A/N: I'm going to say one thing to the guest that wasn't pleased with the previous chapter. Saying "fuck you bitch" was super uncalled for. There was no need for language or to act that way. I know that many didn't like that chapter but it IS something that helps the story grow. You may not believe me now but in due time you will see the role it played.

I will promise you all this: there won't be anything like the last chapter for the rest of the story. It might have been too much and I apologize but I did warn you all at the beginning. There IS still going to be smut and stuff in this story just nothing like the last chapter.


Chapter 28 Surprise in the Desert

After Zelda found Link and Pit's belongings she returned to Skyloft and informed her father. After that she told him that she was going to search for them.

"Zelda, you can't go after them! You don't know where they are! If it is that Ghirahim guy that took them then he may be using them to get to you. It's not safe for you to go after them. Let one of the knights-"

"I'm a knight, father, in case you've forgotten! I'm not going to sit around and wait for someone to rescue them! They're my friends and they need me!"

"Zelda, please! I don't want you to get hurt. I don't want to lose you."

She looked deeply into her father's eyes. "And I don't want to lose them. I know it's Ghirahim that has them and I know very well what he is doing to them. I'm going to find them and you can't stop me."

And with that, Zelda changed into her pink knight's uniform, packed a few things in Link's adventure pouch and set off to find her friends.


Zelda had searched all over the Eldin Province for them and even asked Eldin the Dragon if he had seen them but he hadn't. The only thing she managed to find was the sailcloth she had given Link on the day of the Wing Ceremony.


It had been five days since Link and Pit went missing. She still hadn't found a single clue to where they had been. She searched Eldin completely and decided it was time to move to a new province. She took to the sky and started flying towards the green beam of the Faron until something inside her told her to turn around and head for the yellow of Lanayru. Why the desert, she didn't know. She was sure that Ghirahim wouldn't be there since he was too flamboyant for it. However; her instincts for the desert were too strong to ignore. She turned her bird around and aimed for the yellow beam.

When she reached the yellow beam she pat her bird goodbye and leaped off. She dove towards the desert with determination to figure out why she felt like she needed to be here. She was nearing the ground and quickly took out Link's sailcloth and safely drifted to the ground.

Once she landed, she quickly packed up the sailcloth. The desert heat was intense as ever. She could feel herself sweating already. She quickly took off her hat and quickly pinned her hair up in a ponytail then place her hat back on. She glanced at the desert and with a determined look she sped off towards it.

She headed for the Lanayru Mining Facility towards the northern part of the desert. Along the way some technoblins saw her and chased after her. She pulled out Link's bow and fired arrows at them. Some missed but she got majority of them. She switched the bow for her sword and charged after them. These were the ones she hated the most. She hated their electric swords. She dodged the first swing and sliced one in the ankles, chopping them off and having the creature scream. She dodged another swing and stabbed her sword at the ankleless one. One of the technoblins hit her with it's sword, sending volts into her body. She cried out as she trembled. Luckily, the jolt didn't last long. She managed to avoid the next attack and get the technoblin to hit the other. She grinned at that and penetrated the two with one thrust of her sword, killing them both.

When she finally killed off the technoblins, she reached into her pouch and retrieved a bottle of water and took a few gulps before putting it away. She placed her sword back in the scabbard and continued towards the facility.

It took an hour before she reached her destination. She took in the view of the huge temple then glanced at the sinking sand around it. She hadn't been here since she and Link were looking for the items Owlan needed for Pit's potion. That seemed so long ago now. She sighed and took a quick breather before she made her way to the entrance.

As she ran towards it she was attacked by more technoblins. She retrieved the flower bombs inside Link's pouch and rolled it towards them. They screeched and ran from it. She then withdrew the beetle and flew it towards them. They squealed at the sight of it and ran back towards the bomb just as it went off. She laughed at the stupid things as she called back the beetle and continued towards the facility's entrance.

Zelda finally saw the huge generator for the facility and walked towards it. She walked up the stairs to the entrance and retrieved her water and took a sip as she over looked the scenery. Just a little ways away she could see the Temple of Time. Seemed like nearly eternity since she had last seen it. She sighed as she took another sip.

She skimmed along the hot desert, looking for nothing in particular as she caught her breath. She took in the scenery until she decided the heat was too much for her to handle. She turned towards the facility until she realized something. She glanced back and saw something black, a good distance away. It looked like it was starting to sink into the sand. Zelda quickly put away her bottle, ran down the stairs and made towards the direction of the mysterious thing.

She pushed her tired self, running faster than she had when she first got there. She had to catch whatever was sinking in the sand. She didn't know what it was but it didn't belong here.

She accidentally tripped over a tumbleweed and fell to the ground. She removed the thing from her foot and got back up just as something smacked her in the face. She pulled it off and saw it was a black feather.

"A black feather?" She asked aloud. She glanced up at the sky. "Must be from those damn birds that try to bomb you." She shook off her thoughts and continued towards the black object.

Zelda was finally closing the distance between her and the object. She realized that it wasn't an object but it was a figure. Someone was sinking into the sand! What if it was Link or Pit? This made her speed pick up.

She reached the figure and saw it was nearly all the way under the sand. She ran to the edge of the solid ground and reached for the person. She put all her strength and fought against the sand. She heaved and tugged and slowly retrieved the person. She closed her eyes and gritted her teeth as she put the last of her strength into the pull. She squealed as she felt the sand release the figure and fell on her back.

She opened her eyes and sat up to check on the person. It wasn't Link or Pit. She had no idea who she just rescued until she saw the person's back. Black wings were attached to his back.

Zelda carefully flipped the person over and saw a familiar yet unknown face.

"You're...Pittoo!" She gasped. She let out a laugh as she couldn't contain her happiness. However; her eyes fell upon all the injuries that stained his body and the old blood that painted his skin. "What happened to you?"

She leaned down and pressed her ear against his chest and listened for a heartbeat. She could barely hear it. Zelda quickly pulled out a bottle with a pink fairy inside. She had been saving it for an emergency and this was definitely one. She opened the bottle, letting the sprite free.

"Can you heal him?" She asked it.

The fairy flapped it's wings happily as it flew down towards Pittoo. It twirled around him, letting pink sparkles soak into his skin. The boy let out a sharp gasp. He never opened his eyes but his breathing began to pick up.

Zelda smiled at the fairy once it was finished healing him, bouncing happily at her then flew away. The goddess reborn glanced back at Pittoo. She had to get him out of this heat and back to where she could tend to his wounds. She slipped her hands underneath his limp body and picked him up, or tried. He was a lot heavier than she thought. She glanced around the desert for something to help her lift him until she thought of something. She reached into Link's pouch and pulled out the beetle. It's claws were surprisingly bigger than she thought. If this thing was able to lift huge heavy bombs then it should be able to carry a body right?

She positioned Pittoo against the nearest rock and sent the beetle towards him. The beetle dove and scooped up Pittoo with almost no trouble. Zelda smiled at this and started guiding the beetle towards the bird statue near the facility.

Zelda managed to get Pittoo safely to the statue before she recalled the beetle. Unfortunately, the angel had grabbed the bombing bird's attention and were headed his way to drop the bomb on him. Zelda cursed under her breath and ran towards the statue as she pulled out the bow. She targeted for the bird closest to Pittoo and aimed for the bomb it held. The arrow hit it and caused the bomb to explode. The explosion caused the other bombs to go off and one by one they did, instantly killing their carrier.

She ran up the stairs towards Pittoo's body. She firmly gripped his hand as the wind whirled around them started to lift them up with orange and yellow lights. Within a second they were both up in the air.

Zelda held on tight to Pittoo as the wind drifted them up and over the cloud barrier. She brought her hand to her mouth and whistled for her bird. Not even a moment passed before her bird appeared and caught her and the unconscious boy. Her bird squawked as it caught them and began flying towards Skyloft at Zelda's control.

Her bird flapped it's wings, accelerating it's speed towards her home. Zelda glanced down at Pittoo in her hold. He was unconscious but still breathing.

"Hang on Pittoo." She said and tightened her hold on him.

In a matter of minutes her bird dove down towards the academy. There was no way she could leap off it and land safely while holding Pittoo, so she had it land near the entrance on the second floor of the academy. Her bird gently landed where it was told and bent down slightly so it's master could slide off with Pittoo. She gave her bird a quick pat before she quickly carried Pittoo inside the academy.

The goddess reborn had no time or any way to hide the boy's wings. She would just have to run fast while carrying a heavy boy. No problem right?

She scurried inside and passed by Pipit and Kraene who looked at her surprised. They hadn't seen Zelda (not to mention Link or Pit) in the past few days.

"Zelda! There you are! Are you okay? Where's Link and Pit?" Pipit asked.

"What is that?" Kraene asked.

Zelda did her best to block Pittoo's body from them as she ran past them.

"No time to explain! Please one of you get my father and have him come to my room!" She called as she ran into her room.

She quickly shut the door behind her and carefully placed Pittoo on her bed. She collapsed onto the pillow bed and began panting. She wasn't used to carrying anyone before. She was actually quite surprised she had enough strength to even do so. She was worn completely out from her adventures in the past days let alone today but she couldn't rest now.

Zelda got her breather and stood up where she walked towards Pittoo. The angel was still unconscious and breathing which was good. She took a good look at him and saw just how badly his condition was:

He had deep claw-like marks all over his body and even over his eyes. He had some bite marks on him along with scrapes and bruises. Something really tore into him. His clothes were also soaked in blood and were shredded too. She noticed that his attire was very similar to Pit's only it was darker and he looked like he was missing the upper clothes.

"What happened to you?" She asked herself as she continued to examine him. She noticed that there was a satchel wrapped over his chest. She reached down to remove it and strangely found it to be as light as a feather. The bag caught onto an amulet that was wrapped around the boy's neck. "Huh? What's this?" She examined the necklace and saw it had a strange symbol on it.

The door flew open, distracting her. Zelda peered over her shoulder to see her dad rushing in with Pipit and Kraene peeping in.

Gaepora rushed in and saw the figure in the bed. He quickly turned towards the curious students and said "I'm sorry guys but this is a private matter." before he closed the door on them. He turned towards Zelda and walked towards her.

"Zelda, are you okay? What happened and who is that?" Gaepora asked.

"I'm fine dad." She answered and moved aside to let her father see the unconscious angel. "This is Pittoo."

"He looks just like Pit."

"He's Pit's twin. I found him in the desert like this. I don't know what happened but he is in horrible condition."

"This seems to be a theme with these angels." Gaepora muttered.

"Dad! Now isn't the time for jokes!" snapped Zelda.

"I know, I'm sorry. How did he get here? I thought the portal to Pit's world was broken."

Zelda shrugged as she looked at Pittoo. "It is so I have no idea how he got here."

"I wonder if he has been searching for Pit and was attacked. Those are some nasty injuries he has there. Have you found the boys at all, honey?"

Zelda shook her head. "No. I haven't. But I think Pittoo might be able to help me." She gazed up at her father. "He and Pit share a connection. Maybe we can use that to find them."

Gaepora nodded. "That could work but we better take care of those injuries first. I'll have someone fetch some potions from Luv. In the meantime I will go get some water to clean up those injuries."

Zelda smiled at her dad and thanked him.

Gaepora left the room leaving Zelda alone with the angel. She placed his satchel down on the ground, reached into her pouch and pulled out a bottle of fresh water. She carefully titled his head up and slid the cold liquid down his throat. He let out a low moan but nothing else.

The headmaster returned to her room with a bucket of water and a wash cloth. He set it beside her and left again to retrieve the potions. Zelda took the cloth, dipped it in the water then brought it to the boy's skin. She gently began to clean up the blood that painted his skin. It was a bit of a challenge to get the blood off him. It was clinging to his skin for dear life.

As she managed to clean off the old blood, she took a glance at his injuries and saw that they were old and now infected. They had been untreated for awhile. Just how long had Pittoo been here?

Gaepora returned with a handful of bottled potions. He brought them to Zelda's desk and set them down. He grabbed one and gave it to Zelda, whom took it and slid it down the boy's throat.

"The injuries are a lot worse than I thought." Gaepora commented. He returned to the desk and gave Zelda a potion with golden sparkles. "I got you a potion ++. This should help with those injuries."

"Thanks dad" She said as she took the potion and slid that down Pittoo's throat as well. She glanced back up to her father with sad eyes. "His injuries are infected. He's been here for a long time and we never even knew."

"Don't worry sweetheart. That potion ++ will do the trick. It's a good thing you found him when you did though. He could have died in just a few days."

Zelda nodded. "Something told me to go to Lanayru instead of Faron. I think it was because of Pittoo."

"Maybe it was Hylia that was tellin' you."

"Maybe." She said.

Gaepora reached over and handed her another potion. "You need one too sweetie. You look like you've been through a lot."

"It won't be nearly as bad as Link and Pit's when I find them."

"How do you know you can trust this angel here? He is darker version of Pit. He doesn't look like a good guy."

"Dad, stop judging these angels, sheesh. You thought the same thing about Pit, remember?"

"I know but this one really looks bad. He could be working for that Ghirahim guy."

Zelda shook her head. "Pit told me about him. He isn't bad. Just has an attitude."

"I don't like the look of him." Gaepora said as Zelda shot him a look. "Sorry. I'll go get you something to eat. I'll be back."

Zelda nodded and continued to heal Pittoo.


A day passed and the angel never awoke. He groaned a few times in the night but that was it. All night Zelda took care of him and cleaned up the injuries as best as she could. Something about those injuries though weren't healing as well as they should've with a super potion. She was going to need a fairy for that. Other than that, Pittoo was healing up nicely. The non-deep wounds were pink lines or yellow bruises. Unlike when Link found Pit, Pittoo's wings weren't broken which was good.


There was a voice. A soft but sweet voice calling his name. Dark Pit groaned as he began to regain consciousness. His body was sore but not as bad as it had been when he was attacked by the soul gatherers. He slowly opened his eyelids but was greeted with sharp pain. He hissed and shut his eyes. There was that voice again. It was telling him something but what? He couldn't make out the words. He tried to open his eyes again but was still stung. He repeated his previous action but continued to open his eyes.

He finally managed to open his eyes. When they had adjusted and he noticed he was no longer in the desert. He was in a frilly pink room with a blonde girl smiling at him.

"You're awake! I'm so glad." She said and turned around.

He instantly shot her a glare. "Who are you?" He snapped, his voice was hoarse and low which caused him to cough. "Where am I?"

"I'm Zelda." She said and gave him a bottle with water in it. "and you're in my room on Skyloft."

"Skyloft, huh?" Dark Pit said and eyed the bottled water.

"It's just water. You're really dehydrated. I found you in the desert and you were on the verge of death."

Dark Pit eyed her suspiciously before he eyed the water as he took the bottle. He checked to see if it was poisoned and when he tasted that it wasn't, he chugged the whole thing. He hadn't realized how thirsty he was. Perhaps he was dehydrated as Zelda said.

"Thanks for saving me and all but I need to go." He gave her the bottle and began to sat up.

"Wait you aren't fully healed yet!" she protested.

"I'll be fine." He glanced around for his bag. "Where is my satchel?"

Zelda reached onto the ground and handed it to him. The angel reached in it and poured hot spring water on himself.

"Hey! You are soaking my-whoa." Zelda started to scold until she saw some of his injuries begin heal. "What is that?"

"Hot spring water."

"It heals you like that?"

He nodded boredly as he put his satchel over his shoulders. He started walking towards the door until he stopped at Zelda's next words:

"No wonder Pit always talks about them."

The dark angel's eyes widened and he turned around to face Zelda. "You know Pit?!"

"I do and that's one of the reasons why I've been tending to your injuries. I need your help finding him and my friend Link."

"What happened?" Dark Pit asked, with a mix of horror and anger.

"They're missing. They disappeared five days ago. They went to a spring on the surface and never returned. I went to check on them and they were gone. Their stuff was still at the spring. I'm positive that they've been captured."

"He has them then." Dark Pit said in disbelief.

"You know about Ghirahim?" Zelda asked, shocked.

Dark Pit nodded. "I know about that freak show and I know what he wants with Pit."

"What does he want?"

"There's no time to explain. I have to go! Thanks for healing me and whatever but there's no time to lose!"

"Wait, I'm coming too!" She said and quickly put on her knight's uniform over her under-dress.

"Why?"

"Because they are both my friends and you might need my help!"

"I don't need your help!" Dark Pit snapped.

"When it comes to Ghirahim you will need all the help you can get! Not to mention you aren't fully healed and you don't know the skies like I do." She said as she placed some potions in Link's pouch and put it on. "Besides, Pit won't leave without Link."

Dark Pit looked at her envious. "Who's Link?"

"I already told you, he's my friend. He's also a very close friend of Pit's. He was the one that saved him when he first came here."

Dark Pit crossed his arms and frowned. "You're right. Pit won't leave unless this Link guy is saved too." He sighed. "Alright Blondie, you can come."

"I was coming either way. I don't need your permission" She said in a way that reminded Dark Pit of Viridi, which he couldn't help but grin. "but I do need your help finding them. I have an idea of the area where they could be but I don't know location wise. Maybe you can use your connection to get a hold of Pit?"

Dark Pit shook his head. "It won't work. Our connection broke when I died."

"You died?"

"Yeah but now is not the time for that. I should be able to detect the demon's aura though. If you can lead me to the area you think he's at I should be able to pick it up." Dark Pit said. He glanced at his amulet and looked at Zelda. "Can I leave this here? It might mess me up."

Zelda nodded.

Dark Pit took off the amulet and set it on her desk. He reached inside his satchel and withdrew his staff. "Okay, let's go!"

"Wait but your wings! You gotta hide them!"

"We've already wasted enough time! C'mon!" Dark Pit ran out the room.

Once they were out of the room Pittoo glanced around, not sure where to go. He caught sight of a couple of humans that stared at him with dropped jaws. When Zelda came out of her room she saw Pipit and Krane staring at Pittoo.

"This way!" Zelda said taking the lead towards the door on the second floor. When they passed by the couple, Zelda looked back at them and quickly said. "Tell my father I'm going to find Pit and Link!"

Zelda reached outside and ran for the nearest running platform. They passed by more of the skyloftains who just stared at Pittoo in awe. She glanced back at the angel as they made their way towards the platform near the tower.

"You can fly right?"

"Of course I can!"

"I just had to ask. I didn't know if you couldn't fly like Pit."

"Who do you think always saves his ass?"

"I figured the boy who has a crush on him would." She smirked

Dark Pit's face flushed. "How do you-"

"I'll tell you later." She winked before she let go of his hand. "I'm gonna jump off this platform here. Hop in the sky and I'll show you the way!"

"What? Wait!" Dark Pit ran after her after she let go. She ran full speed for the platform and then jumped off. "Blondie!"

He ran to the edge of the platform and saw her get caught by a purple-ish bird. Her bird flew up towards the platform and flapped approached Pittoo.

"C'mon!" Zelda said.

Dark Pit let out an amused huff before he ran off the platform and joined her in the sky.

Zelda glanced back at Skyloft and saw there was a little crowd watching them. This wasn't going to be easy to explain but that would have to wait. She glanced at Pittoo whom was waiting for her. She pat her bird, causing it to chirp. The bird looked at Pittoo and chirped at him too. It flapped it's wings and started flying towards the green beam in the sky.

Within a few minutes the two reached the green beam of Faron. Zelda glanced over at Pittoo. He looked back at her, his face dark.

"He's in here! I can barely feel it but it's there!" Dark Pit called over to her.

Zelda nodded. She knew it.

"Alright, meet me below!" She yelled and dove off her bird.

"What are you crazy?" He yelled and dove after her.

This girl is insane! He thought.

"I'm fine! Just meet me down below!"

"You're gonna kill yourself!"

"Pittoo, I've been doing this stuff all my life! I'll be okay!"

"Give me your hand I will carry you and we can find them!" He reached for her but she swatted it away.

"You said it yourself you wouldn't carry me! Besides you're gonna need all your strength for Ghirahim." She said and began digging into her pouch and pulled out the sailcloth.

Dark Pit watched in complete shock as Zelda descend gracefully to the ground. He quickly slowed down his speed and safely landed on the ground. He gazed at Zelda as she landed. She tucked away the sailcloth and smirked at him.

"Not bad" Was all he said.

"Thanks. Can you feel his aura?" She asked.

Dark Pit nodded. "He is differently in here somewhere." He reached in his satchel and retrieved his staff.

"Will he be able to detect you?"

Dark Pit shrugged. "I'm not sure. If he is distracted he won't be able to."

"He'll be distracted." Zelda said darkly and started walking.

"How do you know?" Dark Pit asked her.

She sighed and looked into his red eyes. "Why do you call Ghirahim a freak show?"

"That freak kept trying to tou-wait a minute" Pittoo's eyes widened a bit at a sudden realization. He remembered something the demon lord said during their encounter. He glanced at Zelda. "Your friend Link is a blonde isn't he?"

Zelda nodded.

"So it's him."

"It's him what?"

"When I died, the demon somehow got a hold of my soul and managed to talk to me. He tried to make a deal with me. He said he would revive me if I returned him his 'missing' slave. He must've meant your friend."

"And you accepted?" Zelda snapped.

"Of course not! I don't make deals with demons, especially ones after my-er, Pit! Besides I didn't want his help. I said I would find a way out and I did."

"How did you?"

"I'll tell you later. We need to get to that demon quickly. I won't ever forgive myself if we get there and it's too late." Dark Pit started to run towards the direction the aura was strongest.

Zelda quickly followed after him and prayed that Link and Pit were both alright.


A/N: Alright! Finally Pittoo is alive and sorta well and now they're gonna save Link and Pit! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. Hopefully they get there in time...What do you guys think? Leave a review :)