Chapter 11
All alone in the woods was Silvounous. Pit had left for Skyworld, his world. Her heart was shattered and could never be fixed. She loved him and he loved her too, but there was no chance for them. They couldn't be like that. His kind forbid it.
There was a harsh snap too her left. "Who's there?" she asked turning toward the sound.
A menacing laugh came from within the trees. "Show yourself!" she cried.
"No need to be frightened Silver."
"My name is Silvounous, not silver."
"Sorry about the mess up, anyway, I'm Tip." Seconds later a boy stepped out from the shadows of the pines.
The boy, Tip, looked very similar to Pit. Instead of light brown hair, he had dark brown. His eyes were a muddy brown. And his skin was a deep tan. The wings were black.
She didn't know what it was about Tip, but she felt that he was a bad person. He had the essence of evil. Sensing that she ran.
As she rushed pass the trees, she heard the thumping of feet behind her. Great he's chasing me. Hah, it's like Ganon all over again except this time I don't have Pit to save me. I'm on my own this time.
She was coming up to a cliff. Tip had her caught. She had a decision. Either let Tip catch her or fall to her icy death. Both options were unappealing to her. What should I do? Do I take my chances and walk away with that menace or do I jump into the ocean to most likely die.
That's when she heard him. "Silvounous!" yelled a familiar voice. Pit. He had come back.
"Pit!" she cried passing through the barrier of branches. She made a split second decision. "Stay there!"
Confusion crossed Pit's face. "What?! Why?!"
Silvounous didn't have time to explain. "Catch me!" Then she jumped, Pit caught her with ease. Tip appeared out of the branches. "Fly!" cried Silvounous. "Now!" Silvounous wanted to be faraway from Tip. As faraway as possible. Pit obeyed and flew.
Soon Tip was out of sight and she let out a sigh of relief. She was completely safe, for the moment.
"Pit why are you here?" she asked.
"Later Silvounous, I'll explain later."
"Alright."
After what seemed like centuries of flying, Silvounous fell asleep. When she awoke, she found herself in a bed underneath an ocean of blankets. Silvounous clambered out to find Pit asleep on the floor. He looked so innocent, so vulnerable. Just like the first time she had seen him. That day he had appeared as a fallen angel, a spiky brunette who she never could have guessed would become her knight in shining armor.
Looking around the room she spotted nothing in ordinary. The room looked just like any room on earth. Then she spotted something gold. A note. The same note Pit had found the day before. "Look in a village by sea, near a dark road and bunches of trees. Here you will find eyes a blazing blue, the key to our future, who knew? Pale as the moon she will be, silver hair is blown when it's windy."
As she read this Pit got up and grasped her shoulder. Silvounous understood the note immediately. It was obvious what conclusion someone would have drawn from this, especially if it were a certain angelic male who had read it. The village it talked about was Farego. And the key, it was her.
"Why did you come?" she asked, her voice trembling.
"It's not like you think. Well not fully anyway. I wanted to... I knew you were in danger, there wouldn't have been a note otherwise."
"Who am I in danger from?"
"Not who but what, the suracais are what your in danger from."
"Suracais? You talked about them before, What exactly are suracais?"
"You saw Tip, didn't you?"
"Yeah I did, why?."
"Because he is one of them. Suracais are creatures without a soul. And they take away people's souls."
"How do they do that?"
"They uh... Suck it out... Like the stories they tell about the vampires sucking people's blood."
"Who wrote this note?"
"Palutena wrote it, or at least it's in her handwriting"
"Palutena?"
"Leader of the Icarus."
"Oh." Silvounous felt, for some reason, stupid for not knowing that. The name sounded familiar, then she remembered that he had told her before.
"What is Palutena like?"
"She's nice, she took me in when my parents were turned into suracais, she tried to save my brother but was too late."
"That was Tip, right? He's your brother."
"Yep, my twin."
"So your brothers an evil soul stealing monster."
"Pretty much."
"I'm sorry Pit." Silvounous wrapped herself around Pit, wanting to comfort him in some way.
Pit wanted so much to let her hug him like that for the rest of his life but then he remembered their difference in species. "Let go!" he cried, grasping her arms, trying his best to pry her off. When he was free, he zoomed out of the room, leaving Silvounous alone once again.
Dang It! His stupid, runt of a brother was still alive. Not only that, but he'd gotten away with Tip's prize. The silver haired girl, Palutena's kid. Silver. Silvounous. Whatever!
Tip let out a roar as he kicked the shit out of a luxurious red couch. "That fucking little bug of an Icarus. Why can't he just die already?" He grabbed a random item off the table and threw it at the ground with rage. The item shattered against the cold cement. Now if only he could make Pit shatter like that.
