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I looked up from the campfire that we had built. The stone floor, which was now glowing a sort of orange color because of the flames, was covered in dust and was making my allergies act up. To prevent myself from sneezing, I would scrunch up my nose.

"Why do you keep doing that?" Pit asked me after the fifteenth time I had done it.

"Because I don't want to sneeze. Can we go outside, or something?" I stood up, making it clear that it was not a suggestion.

He followed me outside where we saw falling stars. It was strange, they were like falling stars but they were too bright, almost pure looking.

"What happened?" Pit cried out, looking at the falling stars in dismay.

"What's going on?" I asked as he took off running towards the nearest falling star.

He just continued running. My curiosity won out and I followed him.

I asked the same question again but instead of answering, he ignored me. I rolled me eyes. "Men." I said, exasperated.

Pit rolled his eyes as he heard me, muttering under his breath about important women demanding answers.

As we reached where the fallen star had impacted the soft, green field, he stopped near the edge, almost afraid to look down.

"Pit, seriously, what is going on?" I asked, stepping closer to him and looking down into the ruined earth. I gasped and backed away.

"Vyhi." Pit greeted the angel with a somewhat cold tone of voice.

"Pit." The angel matched his tone easily.

"What is going on? Why are the angels falling? Did you lose?" Pit asked, firing off questions in one breath.

"Pit, let him answer." I put my hand on his shoulder.

The angel, Vyhi, looked at me curiously before turning back to Pit. "The goddess has issued a retreat. We have lost the heavens." He looked at the ground sadly before glaring back up at Pit. "Ganondorf has won."

"Wait, Ganondorf is fighting in the heavens?" I asked, stepping forward. "But he's down here, in Hyrule with Link."

"I know not of whom you speak, but if Ganondorf is here in Hyrule, I must warn my lady." Vyhi turned to leave but Pit stopped him.

"Vyhi, why would Ganondorf be here if he has won the heavens?" Pit asked.

Vyhi slowly turned around to face us. "I am afraid that I don't know. But whatever it is, it cannot be good. There are a lot of artifacts, priceless artifacts, in the heavens that anyone would want to get their hands on. I'm afraid that there are just too many dangerous things that Ganondorf would want."

"Does Palutena know what he wants?" Pit asked.

Vyhi glared at Pit's lack of respect for calling the goddess by her name, but he shook his head. "I do not know, I have not asked her nor have I seen her since the fall. I must go find my fallen brothers now. Good luck."

"Thank you." I pulled on Pit's arm, begging for him to get going instead of asking more questions.

He got the hint and we continued on.

"So why don't you like Vyhi, was that his name?" I asked.

He was silent for a moment before answering. "Vyhi has always been jealous of my position in Palutena's army. Since I am younger than him, he believes that he should be first in command, even though he is not as great as I am." He smirked.

"But you don't like him, why?"

"Because he has insulted me and doubted my every move in the wars we have fought. His way has more casualties, opting more for a full frontal assault rather than using what is at our disposal, such as buildings to hide in."

I nodded even though he wasn't looking at me.

"You know we'll have to find Palutena, right?" He said, breaking the silence. "My guess is that she knows what Ganondorf wants."

"I don't have any objections." I looked up at the sky, which was now dark. The angels had finished falling and there were no stars in the night sky.

So then began our search for the goddess Palutena.


Sorry about not updating last week, but we both had a lot of school to do. We will try updating Friday since this was supposed to be for last week.