A/N Pit is reborn again, but still handicapped. and this will have multiple snippets from the first game, so there will be quite a bit to unravel in one of my typical chapters.
Reborn Anew
He doesn't know where he is, and that thought sticks with him from the moment he first woke up. Chains wrap around his slight frame and he can't think about what could warrant this kind of treatment.
All that he knows is that when he first woke up he was already chained up and there was a long bright shape already retreating from his there. He's than left in nothing but silence with the rattling of chains and cold echos of wind moving through the area.
He sits on the cold floor with knees tucked in underneath the filthy tunic he wears, sliding sandal laden feet across the rough stone ground. In these moments of silence something breaks through the darkness and he looks up to see a translucent figure outlined in light.
With holy staff in hand Palutena finally manages to break through some of the wards surrounding her prison and contact the adopted child of Medusa. The state she finds him in is an alarming one. He sits huddled in the corner in the deepest pit of Hell, with chains securing him to the wall. The child looks past his mess of hair and squints at her transparent form. The goddess composes herself before addressing the child.
"Do you know where you are young angel?" she asks, knowing full well the answer she will receive, and continues after the small shake of their head. "You've been dealt a terrible hand only for trying to save someone who needed your light in their time of need. Someone saw that light and decided to end it by locking you away here. It was that same light that lead me to find you and ask for your help."
"What can I do I'm stuck here, and I don't have anything, and why did you even come to find me?" The child points out holding up a wrist, bringing the chains within full view. Palutena smiles sadly at the chains and question.
"Someone has come to me about your current state, and prayed that I would help you." She holds up a hand when Pit opens his mouth. "I cannot tell you who it is as of yet, but when the time is right all will be known. I have another reason for coming to you however."
That causes the boy to perk up and eyes as vast as the sky lock onto the transparent figure. "Just like you I have been locked up simply for who I am. My request is that you escape the prison you have been forced into and come to my aid, and the aid of other's in need. Accepting this offer would place you within my army, at the highest position I can bestow upon one of my ranks, but you would also be placing yourself in situations that could have dire consequences."
The small figure huddles further away into an impossibly small ball, and the goddess feels a twinge of regret at her own words, but she has to be sure that this is what the boy wants. To say the least she is somewhat surprised when he stands and looks into the eyes of the mirage. "I don't know why I'm here, and I'm not familiar with what an army is or ranks? But if it will help me, than I want to help."
Palutena nods and with a wave of her hand and staff, the chains shatter in a golden cascade, and condense into two separate items. The first appears in front of the boy in the form of a golden bow with silver twisting around it to connect at the center. Palutena had it fashioned to look like two snakes, with the space between their heads used to hold the arrow in place.
At the boys back the second half of the chain fractals condense into a set of angelic wings. They give a slight flutter, and the sensation causes the boy to turn away from the bow now in his hands to get a look at his back. Seeing the pristine white feathers the boy gives a jolt and the feathers fluff up.
The sight is enough to draw a small smile from the goddess before it changes to a frown at the drop in power she feels, Her times up. "I'm sorry Pit, but that is all I can do for you at the moment. Just point an arrow without firing it and you'll find me."
"Wait! Is that my name?" The boy yells stumbling towards the fading figure, only for her to disappear before she can answer.
Pit holds the bow close as the two new limbs fold snugly against his back in some form of comfort, and the newly born angel tries to figure out what it is he's meant to do to get out of the area. Deciding to try the bow out the bow he holds it this way and that until he holds it in such a way where if there was string an arrow would've been notched.
What happens instead is an arrow of pure light form, and the sudden appearance causes a slip of the the hand and the arrow goes flying into the entrance of the cell, causing the bars to dissipate, creating what could be described as an entrance of pure light.
A moment passes in stunned silence, before two hands tighten on the bow before the youth dashes out. All in the name of saving a goddess he doesn't even know the name of.
As Pit traverses the land in search of the goddess he faces many obstacles, some of which he gains the help with in the form of other angels who have been released from their stone prisons with the help of mallets of all things.
In all aspects, he's the same as those angels but one thing keeps him separate... He can't fly. Try as he might his wings only give him a small boast in his jumps, and should he ever fall, they light up with the goddesses power and he is gifted the power of flight for short distances.
During the fights where they assist him, Pit can feel their eyes on him, no that's wrong, the eyes always start on him, but they end up lingering on his back. On his pair of useless wings.
Even with his disability, the other angels, centurions, listen to his request of them returning to defend their home. He doesn't know why they always listen to him, but it the glow of their laurels is anything to go by, it has something to do with their goddess.
The first boss they end up fighting is a large two headed dog that they handle with ease, and with it's defeat one of three supposed sacred treasures are recovered. It's the second that Pit has trouble with.
The other Centurions have no trouble in firing a barrage of arrows at the large serpent, but each time Pit lands a hit, he can't help but to flinch. Something about the large serpent is familiar to him, familiar in a way that the goddess and the centurions may never be. the sacred treasure almost feels tainted as he grabs the case it's contained in.
The third boss ends up being a burning blue of fire with a golden ring at the top acting like a ponytail of sorts. The moment it sees him it's eyes turn down into a glare only to melt away into indifference a second later. The fight this time seems almost personal, like there's something more to prove to this flaming ball of energy. and this time, the sacred treasure feels like so much more.
From that last battle, the centurions help outfit him in the three sacred treasures, and send him off to defeat the one who captured their goddess. The journey is made easier with the power of flight and when he finally come across the warden of the goddess his heart aches during the entire fight.
He's not sure what it is about the large being with single burning red eye and scaled skin, but something seems familiar, and even with her gaze is on him the entire time, he never experiences the curse of stone the others faced. This seems to surprise them as the large serpents on their head detach and fly at him.
Pit manages to persist through it all, and at the end the large red eye bursts and in the very center is a smaller figure, in simpler robes of a finer material, but before he can get a clear look, the figure vanishes leaving a clear path past the empty shell, that leads him straight to the goddess that has saved him.
"Are you truly here?" Pit inquires as he cautiously approaches.
"Yes Pit, I'm truly here."
"I'm sorry it took me so long to come. But I couldn't just leave the others as the were." He looks down, almost ashamed of being helpful to others, and Palutena slowly approaches.
"It is alright Pit, I thank you for your service, It couldn't have been easy." she says and actually kneels down to his meager height. At the small nod her arms tighten around the boy. "I'm sorry I had to do that, but if you would like you may return with me to Angel Land and find a place to belong."
With the small nod to her offer, she summons a ray of light to surround the two and once the light is gone the prison is empty of everything except for a few stray feathers.
A/N and there we have it, Palutena is saved, and Pit is safe in Angel Land. After this the next few chapters will be filler like the first few chapters, so if there is any thing you, my loyal readers, would like to read, leave a comment below, and I'll try to fit it in.
