Pit bounded up the stairs with Celina hot on his trail. She had fallen asleep at the desk supplied for them, and Pit had decided it would be funny to use a sticky liquid called 'glue' to attach a paper moustache onto Celina's face. "I'm going to kill you!" Celina screamed, making Lina jump. She had been making their dinner, and now it was all over the floor. "The moustache suits you well!" Pit said jokily after he jumped behind the counter, arming himself with a pot and a wooden spoon.
"Ah, no you don't!" Lina said, sounding extremely annoyed. She stomped up to Pit and wrenched the cooking utensils from his hands. Lina took one look at Celina and then glared at Pit. "Pretty devilish for an angel." She said under her breath. Celina, having to rely on her hearing for years due to blindness, had strengthened her listening skills. Pit had deemed it 'pretty much useless' now that she could see, but now, it seemed quite important.
Celina's face went white (much like the moustache hanging off of her lip), and she quickly told Pit what Lina had said (telepathically, of course). "Did you say something?" Pit asked Lina, trying to put the girl on the spot. "No. It's probably just the creaks in this old house playing tricks on you." Lina chuckled, although she knew very well they had heard what she had said.
After dinner, Lina presented her guests with pajamas and two pristine school uniforms. When she asked why they didn't have theirs, Celina explained that their uniforms, which were made of cotton, shrank when their mother put them in the washing machine. Lina didn't buy it one bit.
The angel and the mysterious boy retreated to their room. "Do you believe me now?" Pit asked as he opened one of the many drawers in the desk. "I've seen her before too. She looks like Kiara." Celina said, reverting her clothes back to her usual toga and boots (as well as making Pit's little joke disappear). Kiara had been fighting alongside Pit many years ago, when her spirit was captured. No one knew what had become of her after that. Pit sifted through a stack of paper until he found his laurel crown. It hadn't been transformed when he became human, oddly enough. He placed it on his head and sighed sadly.
"You shouldn't have that on. You'll forget to take it off, and Lina will see it." Celina said worriedly. Little did she know, Lina was right behind the door, listening to their every word. "You shouldn't be revealing your wings. She might just-" Pit didn't get to finish his sentence, because Lina walked right through the door. "See you like that?" Lina finished as she crossed her arms and smirked.
"I knew it!" She exclaimed as she walked over and took Pit's crown off of his head and examined it closely. "So, why are you here?" Lina asked as she turned to Celina, who had gone extremely pale. Celina opened her mouth to answer, but shut it before she said something unwise. "You don't want to tell me, and that just makes me more eager to know." Lina said as she spun to Pit, gently tossing his laurel crown onto the bed. For a long time, everyone was silent. "Well, I'll press it out of you one way or another." Lina said threateningly. She turned around briskly, and walked out the door.
xXx
Acero flew ahead of the angels who he led in his search for Pit and Celina, when he felt a strong energy emitting from a city, when a soldier flew up to him. "Sir, I can feel energy much like Lady Palutena's- could it be one of the Savior's Charms?" The soldier asked. "What?" Acero whipped around and hovered, facing the soldier. Immediately, the others froze and stared. "What are the Savior Charms?" Acero asked quietly. "They are items of which Lady Palutena put some of her power in order to create beacons for her lost angels to follow." The soldier said, quivering. Acero squinted at the trembling soldier. "Who told you of these 'Savior's Charms'?" Acero asked. "Captain Pit himself, sir." The soldier said as he drifted back into his spot. Acero just grunted and flew on, leading the party once again.
xXx
"Well this is just great," Pit grumbled as he shoved his crown under a stack of papers- again. "First you screw up your magic," Pit glared at Celina, who raised her arms in defense. "And now oursecret is out!" Pit slammed the drawer closed, and flopped face-first into the bed. "Well, we either explain everything to her, or risk taking the boot and no Savior's Charm." Celina said caught off guard by Pit's attitude- he really must've taken a beating by the events of the day. "You can- she'll probably only talk to the one with wings." Pit grumbled. Jeeze, Pit or Pittoo? Celina thought.
Celina walked out of the door, slamming it behind her. She was quite offended by Pit- he had never snapped at her like that. She walked upstairs to see Lina sitting on the couch, calmly twirling Pit's feather between her fingers. "Ready to give me an explanation yet?" Lina asked without looking up from the feather. "Yes- but Pit won't be here for the main act." Celina said as she plopped herself onto the couch next to Lina.
"Alright, I want to know about everything." Lina said as she placed the feather on her lap. As Celina spoke of her 'mini' adventure, Lina's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "So, you're saying that this plastic charm," Lina said, pointing to the Savior's Charm, "Has a Goddess's power?" She could barely believe what she was hearing. "Yes, but it does all sorts of magic too." Pit said as he climbed the stairs, mostly done with his anger venting. "Like..." Lina said, obviously wanting to hear more. "It could restore an angel if used the right way." Pit said, which caused Celina to glare at him. "Grudge-holder." Celina said grumpily to Pit.
"I didn't mean it that way!" Pit said, looking at Celina as if what he wanted was obvious. Celina's eyes opened wide with realization. Pit wanted to see if Lina's body housed Kiara's soul. It's crazy, Pit. If she isn't Kiara, she'll be driven mad by the power! Celina said to her fellow 'angel' telepathically. "We have to try at least- for her sake." Pit said aloud, instead of communicating telepathically. "Try for whose sake?" Lina asked. Pit and Celina just ignored her. "Fine," Celina sighed, being too tired to argue.
"Lina, take the charm off of your bracelet." Pit instructed. "Why should I?" Lina asked. She was not impressed that the two people she had let into her house had lied to her. "Just because." Celina said, making it known that she wasn't about to say why. Lina yanked the charm off of the silver chain, and held it outward to Celina.
Celina gingerly took it from her hand, and almost immediately, it began to glow. "It's getting hot- is it supposed to get hot?" Celina panicked. Suddenly, the charm jumped from her hand, and floated in mid-air. "What the heck?!" Lina shouted. As the three watched the glowing charm, Lina's blue eyes flashed to grey. "Pit, what's happening to Lina?" Celina asked backing away nervously. When there was no response from her friend, she looked at his face. His eyes were grey- almost lifeless! The light from the charm split into two orbs, and the charm itself fell to the ground. One orb spiralled around Pit, and the other around Lina. Eventually, the energy seemed to seep through the pores of the two humans. "Pit, snap out of it!" Celina said, shaking her friend ferociously. Still, his eyes were unchanged, and he had no response.
"Oh, Acero would have my head for this," Celina said as she slapped Pit across the face. "Oww, what was that for?" Pit said putting his hands to his face. Almost immediately, his eyes returned to their normal sky blue. "W-what happened?" Lina said as her eyes faded to their baby blue color. She ran her fingers through her short black hair, and sat down on the couch, a confused look on her face.
"What happened to you?" Celina said, addressing Pit. She could feel energy emitting from him again. "I think I've gotten some of my power back- and I think my wings are growing back! Pit said to Celina. "How does that work?" Lina asked as she walked around Pit. She stopped when she saw two peculiar lumps protruding from her friend's back. "Oh, that's a little disturbing." She said. Celina stifled a giggle at that remark. Pit just wiggled the nubs, as if he still had wings.
"One question for you two," Lina said, walking to Pit's front side to avoid the view of his wing nubs. "Who's Kiara? The charm gave me her memories. You are both in them." Pit and Celina looked at each-other excitedly. "She was an angel- and you happen to look just like her." Celina said, baffled by the power the charm had kept hidden. "You must be her reincarnate if the charm gave you her memories." Pit said, quite relieved that nothing had gone wrong. "Hmm. Apparently you told Kiara that you have a crush on-" Lina couldn't finish, because Pit had clapped a hand over her mouth. "Let's not talk about that, okay?" Pit said, sounding quite embarrassed.
"I can't believe I'm an angel!" Lina said as she put together a second bed for her guests. She had discovered that she had two small lumps on her back- not unlike Pit's. She was mildly creeped out, but excited at the same time. "Are you two okay with sharing a room? Y'know, since you're not really siblings." She hadn't let go of the 'siblings' lie yet. "Y-yeah, it's fine." Pit said, still caught off guard by Kiara-Lina exposing his secret- well, almost. "I'm fine sleeping in the same room as the fart lord- as long as I don't die in my sleep." Celina joked as she walked into the room. She had changed into a white nightgown whit slits in the back for her wings.
She looks good in everything Pit thought as he subconsciously tilted his head to one side. I got that thought Celina said telepathically to Pit. His cheeks went red and he turned away. Lina just giggled. Pit hadn't watched where his thought had gone, and since she had been affected by the charm's energy, she had many of the same abilities as her friends did. "Well, I'm off to bed. See you two in the morning." Lina said as she picked up her tools. As she walked out of the room, she cast a sidelong glance at Pit. I wonder if Pittoo is still around She wondered.
xXx
"C'mon Pit-stain, where are you?" Pittoo said sounding very agitated. He had sensed his connection to Pit snap, and if it remained that way, his mind would unravel, and he would end up as an empty shell- and even then, his body would fade from existence. It wasn't that he didn't want to die; he genuinely cared for Pit like a brother- although if you asked him, he would deny it. It was dark out, and he could barely see a thing. When Lady Palutena had attempted to extract Pandora's powers from Pittoo, he had used all of his will to keep some of it. At least enough to fly- and maybe enough to give to Pit- but he would never tell anyone about that.
As he was flying through the darkened world, he heard Celina speaking to him through thought.
I'm with Pit! He's safe!
Pittoo was relieved- but he kept his guard up.
Celina? You're with him? And how do you know I care about him?
Because you told Kiara that you did, remember?
Kiara- wasn't she dead? Maybe she hadn't been dead at all!
Where's Kiara? Pittoo asked anxiously.
Well, we didn't exactly find her.
What? How can you 'not exactly find' someone?
I'll explain when you come to her house.
House? You mean a human dwelling? And why do you think I'd go after her?
I'd just assumed you wanted to see her. I'll just tell her you don't-
NO! I'll come! Just tell me where to go.
With Celina's guidance, Pittoo landed in-front of a small house- scaring some citizens along the way. When he knocked softly on the door, he was surprised to see Pit wearing a human's clothing, but he was even more surprised when he realized his friend was wingless. The two stood staring at each-other, wide eyed, but eventually Pit let his counterpart inside- with Lina's permission. When Pittoo saw Lina, he nearly fell over. "Kiara?" He asked, obviously overjoyed to see her- or at least a girl who looked like her. "Close, I'm her reincarnate- but I have all of her memories." Lina said as she giggled."I'm Lina- and judging by Kiara's memories, you're Pittoo." Pit laughed at that. His counterpart hated the name. Kiara had found a good friend in Pittoo, and he, in turn, had shown he had feelings for her, so he didn't really mind it coming from her.
"Oh, uh, this is awkward." Pittoo said as he combed his fingers through his black hair- another one of the many quirks he shared with Pit. He's kind of cute. Lina said telepathically to Celina. Celina looked at Lina with her eyes open wide. You like the goth guy, but not the cheery guy? Celina exclaimed to Lina (telepathically). Hey, I'm Kiara. I guess she liked him. Lina walked up to Pittoo and brought him to sit on the couch with the others. "What the heck happened to you?" Pittoo blurted at Pit. Lina elbowed Pittoo in the ribs. "Oww, you really are Kiara." Pittoo said as he rubbed his side.
"Magic accident. I turned him into a mortal, but it's all fixed now- mostly." Celina said shyly. "Okay, so what brought you here?" Pittoo asked. Celina recapped everything that happened (with Pit annoyingly throwing in sound affects for emphasis. He's such an idiot Pittoo thought). "Now it's your turn to tell us why you're here." Lina said as everyone turned toward the dark angel. "I'm here to make sure I don't die." Pittoo lied. He grabbed Pit's hand and felt their bond replenish itself. Where the heck did that come from? Pit asked Pittoo telepathically, also sharing the question with the others in the room. Ah, when Pit became human I guess your angelic bond broke Celina explained to everyone. "Okay, enough telepathy for a while. Let's just get some sleep." Lina said as she got up. "I'll get another bed prepared for you." Lina said as she grabbed Pittoo's wrist and dragged him downstairs. "No, it's alright. I'll sleep on the floor." Pittoo said. He smiled warmly at Lina, and she blushed slightly.
xXx
"This is horrible!" Lady Palutena exclaimed as she paced around her private quarters. "First Koriel goes mad, and now my Captain and main trainer are gone!" Koriel was the Goddess of fate, and word had spread around the world of the Gods that she had merged with the wandering spirit of Hades. Of course she hadn't tried to. She may have been attending to her 'scales of balance' when she bumped her arm into it- It's possible Lady Palutena convinced herself. "Lady Palutena," An angel burst through the door of the Goddess's room. "Yes?" The Goddess said, clearly not happy about being disturbed. "One of your beacons has been activated," The angel said. Lady Palutena smiled, but only for a brief moment. She could tell that her servant had more to say. "An army of monsters is making its way towards the location of the beacon."