Chapter 4

Pit saw the hurt in Silvounous' eyes as he left her. And he felt terrible for it. He was immersed in extreme guilt. So many feelings, emotions reeled around in his mind. There was fear, dispare, pleasure, sadness, anger, and most of all, longing. He had wanted Silvounous to be in his arms. Wanted to feel her soft touch. Longing for her to come closer.

He had longed for them to be together and that longing fed his fear. The fear causing the sadness. The anger caused by his pleasure when Silvounous accepted his presence. His despair though he couldn't explain, it was just a flicker of emotion that seemed to lead back to his forgotten past. He had a small glimpse of a woman seated upon a throne, but the image soon faded from his sights.

Pit continued to run even as he reached the outskirts of Farego. Not being able to catch his breath, Pit collapsed onto the grass that lay beneath him. Reviewing his surroundings, he sat there, waiting for Silvounous to show up by his side. He didn't know why he assumed she would follow suit, it wasn't like the two actually knew each other. But he couldn't help feeling as if there was some connection between them. It took him several minutes before he was sure that Silvounous wasn't coming after him. He was stupid to have thought she would.

"What now?" Pit asked himself. I have no clue.

As he continued on thinking, he couldn't help but think about Silvounous. His thoughts went straight to her long, silver hair and her striking blue eyes. They went to her long, pale legs and soft skin. "Stop it", he said to himself. "Forget about her." But he knew he couldn't. Just imagining her brought this fuzzy feeling. He felt this strange comfort with the girl and he didn't understand it.

His thoughts were shattered as a recognizable scream ripped through the air. "Silvounous!" cried Pit as he leaped off the ground and sprinted toward the devastating shrieks.

The scene he arrived to was better then what he pictured, but it was still not to his liking. Ganondorf stood in front of Silvounous, gun in hand, a smirk spread across his face. There was the glint of blood on Silvounous' shoulder. Anger coursed through Pit as Ganodorf announced "Next one is going through your heart."

Immediately Pit had his bow up, already ready to shoot an arrow. The arrow flew through the air digging itself into Ganondorf's side. While Ganondorf screamed both him and Silvounous turned to face Pit.

Now, of course, the gun was pointed at Pit. "And who are you?" asked Ganondorf content in fury.

"Name's Pit, now leave."

"Why should I?"

"Cause if you don't you'll have an arrow going through your heart."

"That, I say, is a pretty good reason", said Silvounous.

"You shut up", said Ganondorf as he turned to face Silvounous.

Pit shot the arrow through his back a little a ways from the position of his heart. "I said leave."

Ganondorf listened this time and left, screaming out of fright. "I didn't know you could be so scary", said Silvounous.

"I can be."

"I'm glad you came back."

"Me too."

"Why did you come back?"

"Well I heard you screaming, and I couldn't help but come back and help."

"Thanks Pit."

"Welcome, now I would recommend you to find a new hideout."

"Already have one waiting, come on"

Silvounous grabbed hold of Pit's hand and headed down the hill. They strolled into the forest and continued on walking till Silvounous stumbled onto the forest floor.

"Silvounous you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"It's your shoulder, isn't it?"

"Yeah it is, but I'll be alright, don't worry about it."

He clearly ignored the comments said after she had admitted the source of pain. "Hang on." Somehow he knew of his abilities from before and made a decisive mood to use them to his advantage. Pit placed his hands on her shoulder. "Heal", he whispered. When Pit removed his hands, Silvounous' shoulder was no longer bleeding.

"How did you do that?"

"I don't know." It wasn't a complete lie. "Let's just get to that new hideout of yours."

"Alright."

Silvounous dragged Pit around the forest for what seemed to Pit like hours before they stopped at the bottom of a very leafy tree surrounded by it's conifer brethren.

"Time too climb."

"Wait, what?"

Too late, Silvounous was already scrambling, up it. With a sigh, Pit followed. Once he was among the branches Pit caught sight of a simple yet elegant, tree house. It's silhouette stood out against the pale green leaves.

Off to the side of the tree house was a platform made of bamboo. On top of the platform was some sort of machinery. It was white and had a handhold and foothold for the right and left side.

"What is that?" asked Pit, pointing at the contraption.

"That is an air rider", answered Silvounous.

"What does it do?"

Silvounous smiled and said "I'll show you". She grabbed onto the hand holds, and Pit wrapped his arms around her waist. There was a lurch and the air rider lifted off the ground.

"Hold on tight", said Silvounous as the two of them shot threw the branches into the bright blue sky. Too Pit, gliding through the sky was so natural, the wind rushing into his face. The whispers of the air as the raced on through the element. The two of them flew over the grassy planes of Farego, over the simple bamboo huts, beside the bases of the mountains.

Eventually the two landed back onto the platform next to the tree house. By then it was dark, the stars showing against the black background known as the night sky.

They rose from the air rider and walked over to the landing's edge. Both of them sat down and swung their legs over the edge. In unison they both glanced up toward the heavens.

Pit felt Silvounous start to slump. Her eyes fluttered multiple times before they finally closed shut. She was asleep. Soon after, Pit was too.

Pit woke up the next morning to find Silvounous laying right beside him, snuggled against his side. He wanted to just stay right there in that moment. There was something about Silvounous that made him feel strange. She was so pretty when she slept.

Pit got up feeling kinda dizzy. Their was a sudden lurch of pain. Then he was vomiting off the edge. To Pit there was only cold, the landing, the leaves that brushed against him as they floated down, even the ladybug that was scaling his arm seemed to be frozen to him. Sitting there silent, he heard Silvounous get up.

"Hey Pit", she said. Turning to face her Pit smiled then winced from the pain.

"Pit, are you okay?"

"I'm fine", said Pit as he stood up.

"You sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure", he snapped taking a step forward. Pit was then overwhelmed with the pain and dizziness and started falling forward, not being able to stop himself. Darkness overtook Pit as he fell.

"Pit!" cried Silvounous. Then for Pit there was nothing.

A woman with blonde hair listened to the screams of her people. The suracais were invading Skyworld. They had already taken Peach and Mario. Only a few Icaruses were left. None able to fight off the enemy.

She knew she didn't have much time till one of them would imprison her. She grabbed a piece of golden parchment and wrote a small note. It would seem as a random poem, not anything special. But to those who knew Palutena, like Pit, would know it was a message in disguise.

"For the good of our people, I hope for you to be alright Pit."