CHAPTER 2
Snoring away, Pit rolled around in bed, not wanting to leave his soft paradise. The promise of today could wait until tomorrow.
"Waky waky Pit!" Palutena beamed, tearing off the puffy, white sheets.
"Ahhhhhrrg!" Pit yelled, shielding his eyes from the warm sunlight.
"Come on! The early-bird catches the worm!"
"But I don't like worms…" Pit complained, lying back down in his soft bed.
"Come on now!" Placing his pillow atop his head, Pit rolled over to his opposite side.
"It's a shame.. I made pancakes for breakfast and now they're going to get cold because a certain angel didn't wake up," She teased, crossing her arms. Popping out of bed like a daisy in the snow, Pit exclaimed, "Really?! Where?!" Chuckling, Lady Palutena replied,
"Of course, they're on the bar in the kitchen. Better hurry though! I sense something is going to happen in the Overworld." Quickly dressing, Pit made his way to the sweet, puffy pancakes. He took a seat across from Lady Palutena as shoveled down the pancakes that melted in his mouth along with the warm syrup. With a harsh gulp, Pit asked,
"Why is it that you can't see directly what's happening in that little town?" Calmly and happily she explained,
"My powers are not without limits. I can only use my senses at best, I'm not as young as I used to be.. That's why we have technology that channels goddess power. You remember the little pond by the big door you go through to enter another world?" Pit nodded for his mouth was much to full to speak. "I use that to track you and visibly see others."
"So what you're saying is that you can see anything at anytime?" Pit awkwardly asked.
"Of course," She smiled.
"That's um.. Helpful I suppose…"
"Hahaha, so you better not be doing anything naughty!" Palutena laughed, as if reading his mind. Choking on the pancakes he stared at her wide-eyed, shaking his hands in denial. "Come on now, you're going to be late!" Grinning, Pit left to select his weapon for the day. Often times it seemed like it took hours to find just the right one. After much deliberation, he decided on the Aurum Bow. It had good range, fast, and was powerful enough.
Before leaving through the large, heavy, double doors within her temple he shouted, "I'm off!" The wind blew in Pit's face and rustled his clothes. Spinning and laughing along, he enjoyed every moment he could fly; after all he could only do so for five minutes at a time. Throughout the ages this was the one thing that could never grow old to him. Sure enemies change and so might the landscape but the basic principle of each would always remain the same to him. Kill an enemy, gain hearts. Save people, gain hearts and experience. Same old, same old it seems. Flying however was much different. Pit felt a sense of freedom and power with flight. "Man I wish I could fly on my own one day…" He mumbled. Suddenly a vision of small children came to his mind. Who is that?
"You know why that can't happen," Palutena's voice rang.
"I know, I know, but still I can't help but think of all the places I could go, all the people I could meet!"
"And where would you go, hmm?"
"I dunno! Anywhere I wanted I suppose. I could fly high into the clouds without worrying if I have time to land! I could fly off to the stars and to the sun!"
"You technically could fly longer but your wings would burn up. Remember last time?"
"How can I forget… I saved Pitto from the Chaos Vortex and my wings were barbequed afterwords.." Pit frowned. Bringing up such dark times troubled Pit deeply. He never wanted to look back; he always wanted to move forward, toward the future.
"I won't ever let that happen to you again.. I can't stand to see my little Pitty in so much pain!" Palutena cooed.
"Hey! Don't call me that! It makes you sound like Hades!" Giggling girlishly, Palutena disregarded the lame comeback.
"Anyways we are approaching the town! Prepare for landing!" With that Pit was on the ground, inside the bustling town. He heard the people's laughs and idle chatter, concluding that he must have been near a market. As soon as he was spotted little boys and girls surrounded Pit excitedly.
"Pit, Pit! Where have you been! I've missed you!" Squealed a little girl, no older than 8. Turns out it was the same girl that he took possession of all that time ago. To this day he still felt guilty about using her body.
"Pit! We just got a new ball! Would you want to play a few rounds with us?" beamed a little boy, holding up a brown ball.
"Maybe in a little while, okay? Do you know if the king is available?" Pit smiled warmly.
"I think he is," The little boy frowned.
"Hey! I'll be right back okay? I just need to be sure everything is running alright in this town, it's my duty to protect it after all." Hugging the little boy and girl he gave a soft smile before he ran off toward the center of town.
The King's court was a marvelous thing to behold, especially after how hard it was to repair when Pit's body rampaged throughout the town. Much of the town was still under reconstruction in fact. He caused the town so much despair within those three years. Many people died, basic needs became scares and overall economical depression occurred. Walking absent-mindedly, the angel stumbled into a dark, muscular man.
"Hey! Watch it! Oh- it's you angel face." Magnus, what was he doing here? In his usual, battered up, torn clothes he carried his club with him and leaned against it, smirking at Pit.
"Oh hey! What brings you to town?" Pit replied grinning widely.
"I heard the king needed a new bodyguard since the last one quit."
"What? He was only here for a week!"
"Yeah, I guess somethin's spooking the town pretty good."
"Funny, I was just headed to the king myself!" Pit laughed. Nodding, the pair of them walked to the court, which was truly was a sight to behold. Breath-taking lush flowers bloomed everywhere and the earthy green hedges were trimmed to perfection. Stone fountains of Palutena could be found as well, however, Pit thought that they could never portray her true beauty.
"What's wrong angel face? You haven't said a word since we entered the court."
"I suppose I've just been thinking a lot lately…"
"About your girl, Palutena?" Magnus winked. Blushing heavily, Pit scrammed to find the right words to reply with. "No-No! She's not my girl… I have been thinking about her though. She has seemed kinda off since we took down Hades."
"Maybe you did something wrong?" Magnus chuckled while rustling Pit's hair.
"Gee, thanks for the self-esteem boost. But I don't think so, I mean I've done everything she's asked.." Pit gloomed.
"Well whatever it is, it will work out. I know you and you always find a way to make things right," Magnus smiled warmly. Arriving at the doors to the castle, they presented themselves before his majesty, King Segnis. The King was a very lazy who wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. His hair was grayed with age and his eyes were clouded with misery but yet held a certain light to them. His wife had passed away quite some time ago, leaving him with his daughter Princess Agatha. She was a tad eccentric, having an obsession with bugs however, she was good-hearted. Agatha also helped her father run the kingdom, ensuring that the choices that were made were rational. Both Pit and Magnus bowed before him previous to Pit asking,
"Sir, what's the status report?"
"Something in the town has been spooking people something fierce. Some say it was lower underworld enemies, others say it was a.. Reaper… This is why I've hired Magnus here to protect me."
"Do you want me to search the town Sir?" Pit asked.
"By all means do so. I want my town to be able to sleep again! Everyone's always so cranky and our shipment of coffee won't arrive until next week!" Magnus stepped beside King Segnis, leaning on his enormous club cockily.
"Don't worry, I'll keep the ol' King here safe. I am getting paid for this right?" With that Pit left the room dispatched into the court. "I can't believe me, a mercenary, is reduced to protecting a simple King." Magnus huffed under his breath. The princess then entered the room smiling a sweet grin.
"Thank you for protecting my father and me, is there anything you need?" Adverting his eyes, Magnus dryly replied,
"No, I'm fine." Sitting upon the large fountain in the center of town Pit sighed,
"Where to begin? I guess I'll start asking around."
Hey! I'm going to try and update this every day or every two days! Please leave feedback so I can improve the story as well as my skills! ;D Thank you!
Updated: 8/7/15
Update: 6/17/15
SO. MANY TYPO'S. I'm going through this story a second time and DEAR LAWD. I am so, SO sorry to those who read all those confusing typos… .