Chapter 2

The boy that had fallen twitched, many hours after the girl had left. He woke to a depressing, gray sky. The clouds threatened to spill rain upon him. There was a feeling of cold, in fact it was freezing out in the field. His whole body ached and he felt lost. None of the lush green hills seemed familiar to him. He was unable to recognize the wilting tulips or even the ominous nature of the skies surrounding him. He couldn't remember where he was or what he was doing there. "Where am I?" he asked himself. "What am I doing here?"

The boy looked around the area in which he stood. At first all he could make out was the bleak grassland then he spotted a spiraling concrete road that he believed would lead him to a city. He followed not knowing where it would take him but knowing it was his only chance of salvation. The road ended upon the smallest of villages, Farego.

Farego was a fantastic little village. It's hills were a magnificent green dotted with purple, red, and pink flora. The houses were simple huts made up of bamboo. The streets were filled with noise and people, that surrounded the markets spaced evenly about them. You could see in the distance the outline of a vast evergreen forest. To the side a mountain tipped with pristine white snow.

Somehow the boy knew he didn't belong amongst the villagers. The boy felt out of place, as if he didn't belong there, as if he belonged somewhere else. He felt awkward around the people, and the place itself seemed to scream at him, "Welcome Stranger!"

He migrated over to the other side of the village, feeling he would make an escape into the forest, hopefully to find a trail leading to the next town. Eventually he arrived to the outskirts. He continued on into the dark, damp forest. He liked the sense of the woodland better. The smell of pine needles and freshwater gave him comfort. Along with the smells were the sounds. The crunching of branches, the thud of footsteps on soil. And the texture of bark against his hands. It was perfect.

The boy had arrived into the middle of the woods when he heard a man shout, "Come back here!" The boy turned to see a man with green skin and goblin like features chasing a girl.

"Leave me alone", the girl cried at the man. She was beautiful with her silver hair that shimmered in the sunlight and her moonlight pale skin. Her legs were long and her eyes were the color of sapphire. A short flicker of familiarity was sent upon him. But the image faded to quickly for him to remember. Though a similar feeling stayed. The need to help those in need. He felt obligated then to save the enchanting silverette.

With those thoughts in mind a bow, made of an enchanting brown wood, appeared in his left hand. Next came a set of arrows that shined a brilliant blue. He didn't understand how he had conjured up the items. Then again... did he really need to comprehend it to protect the girl from harm?

When the man was within range the boy let loose with an arrow. The arrow whizzed past the giant pines and met it's target. Right into the man's right shoulder. No. There was never a need to know how the bow and arrows had appeared.

The man stopped to scream out in agony. That made the girl stop in her tracks. She whirled around to look at the man, concern and fear written in her eyes. The boy looked at him then at her and cried out "run!"

She listened to the boy and started running once more. Soon after the man followed stumbling a little as he attempted to make up for his brief rest. "Your going too pay for this Silvounous", said the man.

"What for Ganondork?" asked the girl, a playful look evident.

"For everything" answered the man not falling for her child like banter.

The boy shot another arrow this time adding a time spell to it. The arrow connected once again and this time, froze Ganondork, was that really his name?, in time.

As Silvounous came within his reach, the boy dragged her into the bushes. Immediately she started to struggle in his grip. The boy clamped a hand over her mouth just so she wouldn't scream. She was about too punch him when she looked at him. She stopped struggling and just stared. Her eyes showed recognition of the boy. Spiky brown hair, pale skin, innocent face, It's him. The boy that I saw fall from the sky.

The boy noticed the change and knew she must have thought him familiar. Now he was curious. Who was this girl and how did she know him? He was too busy studying her to notice that Ganondork had become unfrozen and had passed the two of them. He slowly let his hand drop to his side.

Silvounous broke his trance as she got up. She turned and ran back toward the village leaving him to wonder. The boy just sat there and stared after her until the sun finally set.

Peach was extremely frightened. With Pit gone, things had become a disaster. Icaruses were rushing ahead into battle with no strategy in place. Many had left the city to fight, and most didn't come back. The Icaruses had once been a strong civilization. Able to hold their own against the dark beings known as suracais.

But then Pit had disappeared and they had no one to lead the troops. Her fellow Icaruses were being killed or contained. But there was nothing she could do. She was just a lowly attendant for Lady Palutena. Peach had no battle experience. She couldn't fight. She didn't know how. And she didn't have the skills required to cast magic either. She couldn't do anything useful except to maybe fly, but every Icarus could do that.

What could she do? Peach was unable to find an answer before she too was captured by the malicious suracais.