HTK Mini Special 5: The Origins of Pit and Dark Pit

Late at night, Palutena sat alone at an bar hidden from the prying eyes of society. She was still heavily upset over being used but even more so the fact that the bastard cockcanoe Icarus literally almost killed an child! He was just barely thirteen and the man had the nerve to end his life let alone, that stupid dinosaur terminator fucker Yoshi agreed with his viewpoints. Who knew if he was being used as well or if he idolized him. Shortly after, while the goddess of light was in her own train of thoughts, someone pulled up an chair next to her, ordering some scotch.

"It appears you had an rough night. Care to talk about it?"

Glancing over to the left, the green haired goddess noticed it was none other than her former science teacher, man of all jobs ever to exist like in the beginning of Pangea, Dry Bowser. Feeling a bit glad for his presence, she decided to take his offer and share him an story.

"Dry Bowser, I didn't expect you to show up here. Anyways, I can't believe that monster Icarus almost killed an innoce-, wait, scratch that, an bratty child, let alone his own child! I mean, Pittoo's by no means is far from perfect but that doesn't mean he deserves to be beaten to death. I mean, there are better ways of handling troubled children!" she retorted a bit, venting her frustrations and feelings.

"True, true. I do remember that little shithead back in the day. he was always out to make lives miserable, didn't care who cried or how many people he broke up in any form of relationships, he is truly an sociopath. Rumor has it that Emily girl was never the same once she found out he played for an fool. So of course, after when she gave birth to the angel twins, she just gets up and leaves, just like that. Doesn't even bother thinking about the consequences of leaving the children with Icarus or nothing. and of course knowing that man, he probably just left them to die for. He probably didn't expect anyone to find them, let alone keep them and raise them as if they were their own children," Dry Bowser explained. After all, he had an psy. d and an ph. d for the psychiatrist part.

"Thinking about it now, I remember stumbling upon the two by chance thirteen years ago..."

It happened to be around December as snow gently fell from the sky, the streets were busy and people were caroling even if some of them sounded like they have toothaches. Palutena happened to be doing some Christmas shopping for her friends, glancing at her list as she made her way outside of bath and body works, that one store that smells really good every time you walk inside.

"Let's see, what do southern belles even like?" Palutena muttered to herself. She tried her best to think, however her train of thoughts were abruptly interrupted by an faint sound. The goddess couldn't help be quite curious, wondering who or what could it even be. so, she began following the source, heading straight into an narrow alleyway as the sound became more audible, helping her make out who it was.

"The sound of an crying child... what the?!"

She rushed over, eventually coming across two baby angels who were wailing inside of an trash can. She cupped her mouth for an moment, gasping silently as she couldn't believe it. What kind of horrible monster would toss these poor children out in the cold, let alone leave them to die. The green haired woman began digging through her purse, taking out her razor phone(cause iPhones didn't exist at this time) and dialed 911.

As she waited for the ambulance, she looked at the babies, wondering how long they've been outside in the harsh winter weather in the first place. Knowing she was going to be freezing, the woman took off her jacket, wrapping it around the angel babies to help keep them warm. Soon after, the ambulance arrived as Dillon stepped out alongside his partner Gus.

"You just found these babies right here?" he asked, being an holy figure to us all.

"Yes sir," she replied. "I have an good intuition that they were abandoned, possibly left out here to die even!"

"Well then, how about you hop in with us," Gus offered. "After all, if these babies make it, they might need an guardian who can take care of them. You know, give them the love that they need and deserve unlike their birth parents."

The goddess nodded, stepping inside the truck as it took off. Palutena couldn't help but wonder what kind of parents are awful enough to not even want an child, let alone abandon it. Well, she knew that some people couldn't help it depending on their situation, finances or their parents beliefs yet this wasn't the right method to do it in.

At the hospital, Dr. Troopa observed the angel twins, keeping an close eye on them as they did their best to get them back to normal body temperature. To their luck, the first born happened to be recovering but unfortunately, the second twin wasn't doing so well. In fact, his health began to steadily decline as Dr. Troopa listened to his heartbeat, noticing something. The baby, of course wailed in pain.

"Is everything alright doctor?" Palutena questioned.

"I'm afraid not," he replied back, shaking his head. "It appears unlike his brother, this child was born with not only an weak heart, but other complications as well. We're trying the best we can do to save his life but nothings working. I'm afraid in a few minutes, he'll be dead."

The goddess gasped as she couldn't believe it. She felt sorry for the other twin, wondering if he even knew the pain of losing his brother right away. As they were getting ready to accept its fate, suddenly the first born started to have an golden, angelic glow around him.

"W-what's happening doctor?!" asked nurse Birdo, confused.

"I don't know, I've never seen anything like it!" the doctor answered, being just as confused as his nurse.

Palutena observed the child's heart rate, watching it increase back up to an healthy, study pace. The goddess couldn't believe her eyes, it was almost as if an miracle unfolded right in front of them!

"It appears that somehow the other angel child detected his brother's steady decline and decided to give him some of his life force," Palutena exclaimed, still being amazed by such an astounding outbreak.

"It appears so, however like any miracles, there are also consequences," said Dr. Troopa. "If the first born were to die, the second born will die as well. So, be very watchful over that child and make sure nothing happens to him regardless. After all, I think you're best suited to be their caretaker, right nurse Birdo?"

"Right," the nurse simply replied.

Palutena eyed the twins who were now peacefully sleeping next to one another. She had to think of names for them in fast. Looking over to the brunet before the black haired boy, she finally thought of something, her lips slightly curling.

"I'll call you Pit and as for the other one... you'll be named Pittoo!"

The concept of being an mother was extremely foreign to her but perhaps seeing how she is an goddess, these angels can also do her well by being on her side and whatnot. After all, they needed each other the most right now as they are in fact, brothers.

"Ever since then, I've been raising them both and giving them all I can. However, I didn't realize that parenting would be this hard..."

"People may harp on them, but they don't realize how much work raising an child is. They think it's all fun and games but there's so much you have to sacrifice because once they're born, it isn't all about you anymore," said Dry Bowser. He took a sip of his drink before sighing. "And some people just don't seem to get that. In fact, some of them live or try to live through their child, forgetting that their kid is their own person as well. Trust me, I've dealt with many cases before."

"I believe it. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if you dealt with some similar to mine. It didn't help that when I enrolled them in kindergarten for the first time, I didn't expect Pittoo to be constantly picked on because he was different. The kids never even stated why, they just did it. You know how cruel children can be sometimes."

The goddess sighed, taking a sip of her drink before remembering that day.

She dressed them both up for their big day. The two were finally able to go to kindergarten and start their education, meaning the goddess will finally get some free time to herself once more! Pit seemed to be singing his ABCs while trying to quack like an duck at the same time as Pittoo watched him. The boys were big on transformers, Pit now making Optimus Prime do the duck walk and making him battle against an piece of plastic fruit in an decoration bowl.

"Pit stop that," Palutena scolded, causing the boy to frown a bit.

"Aww, but the orange told Optimus that it was an bad guy," Pit rebutted, pouting a bit.

Pittoo just watched, squinting a bit as he couldn't seem to see anything. Palutena took good note and snapped her fingers, producing with her goddess powers of fucking goddess Venus light, round glasses. She placed it on his face as he blinked.

"Better Pittooey?" she asked, calling him by an cutesy nickname he later learns to resent.

"Mmhmm! thank you Palutena!" he chirped, smiling.

Soon, the two boys were off to school as Palutena dropped them off. The song "Highway to Hell" was on the radio as it reminded Palutena of an story she should share with the two boys. After all, hell was also an place were Satan lives and stuff so it wasn't that bad of an curse word.

"This song reminds me of an time an ex-friend of mine got offended by it. So somehow, she managed to edit the song where it would only say highway to heaven instead of hell. Too bad I never got to hear that awful rendition, I bet its hilarious now thinking about it," shared the goddess.

Soon after, they were dropped off at school. Towards the afternoon, she came back to pick up both of the young angel twins, Pit beaming with delight while Pittoo seemed to be down in the dumps, almost as if something happened. This became more and more frequent as she learned that he was being bullied at school. She went and told the teacher along with the principal, yet they did nothing about it as if they were paid to do nothing. As it progressed, she started receiving phone calls about Pit growing more violent as the older angel child was beating up the bullies, blaming it all on him. Not wanting to deal with this bullshit anymore, Palutena just pulled the angel twins out and decided homeschooling was the best option for them.

However, that didn't stop the bullying from happening. The awful children were everywhere to include parks, birthday parties, and even the mall. she figured that this and the fact that Pit was more obnoxious and aggressive out of the two caused him to think she hated him, thus finding Linkin Park one day on the radio and calling himself Dark Pit during summer camp.

"That's a lot to take in," said Dry Bowser.

"It truly is. I just hope he wakes up soon, I mean, I know he probably doesn't want to see my face at the moment but still... I'll give him some distance in the meantime, after that, I need to talk to him myself," said the goddess.

Dry Bowser nodded in agreement. "I think that would be the best option. Explain things to him, say you're not an enemy even if he will retaliate. After all, he is in that rebellious stage right now. "

The man finished his drink as he tipped the bartender. "Palutena, I would like to request that you come to the prestigious party being thrown in my honor at melee city at May 6th. Here's the invitation and the dress wear is formal. I will be arriving at melee city on the 5th of May to get prepared. I will be honored if you bring both of the angel twins along. After all, I'm interested in meeting them now after hearing you little tale."

Palutena took the fancy envelope, thanking him as he began to make his way outside the door.

"Before you go for the night, can I ask you an quick question?"

"That is?"

"Do you happen to have an copy of "Highway to Heaven" by any chance, you know the version of that AC/DC song with the hell part changed up. I could really use an good laugh after all of this," the goddess requested.

"Sure thing!" Dry Bowser handed her an tape, remembering how fucking ridiculous it was. He never understood what even caused Kynthia to even fucking make it or let alone flip out over the fact that they were on the highway to hell in the first place. Then again, Dry Bowser made much estimation on that girl's upbringing to begin with, ultimately coming to the conclusion that she lived an extremely sheltered life.

A week later has passed as Dark Pit finally opened his eyes. An nurse Chansey looked over at him, smiling.

"Glad to see you're awake," he said.

"Where am I?" he muttered weakly.

"You're at Smashville hospital of course! You were out for an week but had lots of company however, there were two who came to see you the most one of them being your brother while the other one was an extremely attractive and gorgeous blonde male," said the Chansey, explaining.

"I see..."

Dark Pit smiled a bit, hearing the mention of Lucas however, his mind was fixated more on Pit.

"He really does care..."

That's it for the mini special! Now stay tuned because this is an double update!

And besides, who is best to help Palutena talk out her woes than her old science teacher, Dry Bowser himself?
Also, I can't stop laughing at picturing what "Highway to Heaven" will sound like.