Chapter 4
"How can you stand all the noise those people make?" Pit asked me as we loaded the groceries into the fridge and cabinets.
"After a while you get used to it, I suppose." I answered. "How about once we finish I show you around town? I can give you some of my dad's old clothes he doesn't wear. If I use my parent's credit card to buy BOY clothes they'll get angry.
Pit nodded and he and I walked upstairs into the adict where boxes of old clothes were. I tore open two boxes and found only my old baby clothes. At the bottom of one of the baby clothes boxes, I found my old family album from when I was younger. I take it out and open it, looking through all the old pictures. Back then everyone was happy in my family. My parents didn't see me as anti-social and crazy. Back then my parents didn't fight as often as they do now.
"You look saddened. WHat's the matter?" Pit took a seat next to me and I sighed.
"Just reminiscing about the past I suppose. Back when I was around six my parents would take me out every saturday to visit some museum, the park, a nature center, the zoo. We were so happy back then. But lately, my parents fight a lot and we don't talk much. Whenever I'm around though they act happy, as if nothing is wrong but at night I can hear them fighting. I wish I knew what was the matter with them. I'd do anything to be young again and for us to be happy."
Pit tilted his head as he looked through the pictures. I wonder what he's thinking? "What was your family like, Pit?" I ask and cloes the photo album.
"My... family? I never had one. Angels don't have families, they aren't born they are created by the Goddess. We don't have childhood memories such as yours. We're trained to fight in different ways until we are adults, then we take on the task of Guardians then Elders."
"That's... so sad. But wait, how old are you exactly?" He couldn't be any older than sixteen.
"I've been alive for six teen years."
"And your already a Guardian?" I asked, impressed.
"Yes. Dazzle and I excell in our abilities to which the Goddess made note to. She assigned us to guard the portal to your realm."
"Portal... Are there portals all over the world or are their only specific ones?"
"There's one portal that will teleport you to the place or person you think of in your mind. Though it can be dangerous since the teleportation is not always accurate, you can be a few feet away from the destination you seek or miles away. It is important that you know your way around, another skill I had to learn as I was growing."
"So... how do you return to Skyworld if there's only one portal?"
"You fly." He said.
"Fly?" I smiled. I wonder what its like to fly?
"Yes."
"What's it like to fly?"
"You are full of questions, aren't you?" He smiled, and I wish I could take a picture of him smiling.
"Yes, I am. I want to know more about you and your world."
"You are not like others. You really are the Pure, aren't you?" He looks at me, studying my expressions. I blush under his gaze and he speaks again. "Well, flying is actually very exhilerating even though I've done it many times. Its a free feeling... no restrictions, no worries, you just soar..." There was a longing in Pit's voice. I could tell he missed his wings, no matter what he said.
"Say, Pit? What do you say we make our OWN photo album? We could take pictures for memories and put them in a scrap book."
He smiled again at the though and for the first time I've ever seen he looked happy, like he was really a sixteen year old boy and not a Guardian forced to protect the key to life or death.
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"Pit, meet Peach, Link, Marth, and Ike. My friends." At school the next day I introduced Pit to my closests friends. Like I expected, they asked a LOT of questions so Pit and I went through a drill last night until he had the answers to all the questions I knew they would ask to a T.
"Where are you from, Pit?" Peach asked. We were all sitting on the grass just outside the school. It was four in the evening and we all had nothing to do but relax.
"My parents moved around a lot so I don't really have a home." I leaned back and closed my eyes, soaking in the sun's light.
"Cool! I've always wanted to see the world but I feel as if I'm stuck in this unexciting little town." Peach crossed her legs and sighed. If only she knew how muche excitement there REALLY was in this 'little town'. "Oh, Zelda, I almost forgot, Daisy is having a sleep over at her house tonight, she asked me to invite you."
Daisy? I always thought Daisy hated me. We were two very different people and every time we crossed paths Daisy acted as if I wasn't even there. "Oh. I don't know..."
"You have to come. Its about time my two best friends started talking. Besides, she throws the BEST sleep overs ever."
"Well..." I looked over at Pit, who was lying down with his hands behind his head and looking up at the sky. "Alright."
"Pit." Marth stood and nudged Pit's side with his foot to get his attention.
"Hmm?" He answered.
"How about you hang out with us tonight?" Marth invited. Mentally, i cringed. Pit was going to seem so out of place... There was so much he didn't know about.
"Sure." I almost face palmed at Pit's reply. Did he know what he was getting into?
"Good. We'll meet at Ike's house tonight. See ya guys." Marth walked off, Ike following him in his path. Soon it was just Link, Peach, Pit, and I.
"Well," I stood and stretched, Pit stood up. "We better go pack. See ya tonight Peach! Bye Link!" I called my goodbyes to them as Pit and I ran home. Once inside the safety of my house I turned to Pit. "You are seriously going to have to learn how to act around the guys."
Pit sat on the couch. "What do I need to know?"
"A LOT. First off, video games. I suck at them but I do enjoy playing them. Thank God I didn't get rid of these games. Their simple to play but... take a while to get used to..."
The rest of the day was consisted of teaching Pit how to play Call Of Duty, Halo, and a lot of other games I hardly played anymore. Surprisingly, Pit learned quickly how to play them and he could beat me by a land slide.
By five o'clock and I had my bag packed along with Pit's and we walked together to Ike's house. Thankfully, since Pit wasn't technically allowed to leave me alone and be far away, Ike and Daisy were practically neighbors.
"I'll see you in the morning, Pit." Pit and I parted ways.
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Daisy, Samus, Peach, Serra, Lyn, Kat, Nana, Crystal, and Ana were all either on Daisy's yellow couch or on the many colorful bing-bags in Daisy's basement. We were all watching some rediculous horror movie that Daisy insisted we all watch. So far I've laughed along with Peach as everyone else screamed. Horror movies always seemed so cliche to me and her so we know what to expect with every scene.
"How much longer is the monstrocity?" Peach whispered to me, our bing-bags close together and closests to the TV.
"Let's see... We started it at ten its now... Twelve. So I'd say ten minutes. Max." She groaned.
"I don't know if I can stand much more of this movie." She put her head in her bing-bag, and smiled slightly, holding back my laughter.
"Alright, enough of THAT." Daisy switched the TV off with her remote. "What do ya'll wanna do next?" She asked, hands on her hips.
"Oh! Oh! Oh! I got an idea!" Peach perked up, her hand raised high.
"What is it?" Daisy asked, smiling eagerly.
"Well, you've got a bunch of AHMAZING dresses right? Let's hold our own fashion show." Peach suggested. A fashion show? I've never been much on fashion but I guess I could give it a try.
"Awesome!" Daisy cheered and opened a walk in closet full of hundreds of dresses shoes and accesories. "We'll do each other's make up too. Everyone pick an outfit!"
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Everyone else was choosing a dress as I still skimmed through the dresses for something that wasn't overly revealing. But then I thought, why? Its just girls here, they won't care, now would they? So, I chose the most revealing dress I could find. I slipped off my pajamas and started stepping into the dress.
"Wow, Zelda. I never would of expected you to pick THAT one." Peach said, and helped zip up my dress as I held my hair up.
"Well, I changed my mind." I looked in the mirror at me in the dress. It hugged my figure perfectly.
"Damn. Even I couldn't pull off that dress that well." Daisy commented.
I turned to the side. I suppose I looked pretty good in it, but this was actually my first time trying something like this on so I had nothing to compare it to.
When I turned around towards everyone they were fixing up their hair in the tiny mirrors Daisy distributed to everyone. Peach looked in hers and glared. "Ugh! Seriously?"
"What is it, Peach?" Daisy and I asked in unison.
"Our perverted friends have been WATCHING us." She threw the mirror at the window they were looking in.
"I didn't see anyone, Peach." I said. Then I felt a cold rush all around the room and the lights went out.
"Shit." Samus muttered. I had a strange feeling all through out my body. I crouched on the floor, hugging myself as the pain got over baring. What... what was this? Could it be the Darkness?
The lights came back on and I opened my eyes and looked up, but I was face to face with the beast that attacked Pit and I. I screamed as it pinned me down and my head hit the floor. It snarled down at me, and I couldn't close my eyes. Or more like I wouldn't. I had to protect myself, and my friends. I lifted my hand towards it and a spark shaped in the form of a ball surrounded my hand and a crackling noise came from the spark. The beast back away towards the wall, and I stood, confused at first then realized, it was afraid of ME. I looked up at it, glaring. Before I could think a red fire ball escaped from my hand and exploded right on the beast and it dispersed as if it were just smoke.
"What the heck?" I stared down at my now sparkless hands. What had I done? I looked around me. Everyone was staring right at me. I felt the pressure and my face turned red. How was I going to explain something I don't even know what happened?
"Zelda...?" Peach looked at me. The look in her face wasn't confusion, anger... It was fear. Fear directed at me. I felt my chest squeeze in pain and I ran out of the house before they could question me. What was going on with me?
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I hugged my knees as I sat on my bed, Pit pacing back and forth, trying to figure out what this all meant. I couldn't get Peach's expression out of my head. I've never had anyone look at me that way, like I was a freak and I was a monster.
"I'll have to consutl the Goddess about this. Perhaps there are more scrolls..." He said partly to himself and partly to me. I looked up at him.
"Don't leave me alone... please." I begged. I felt like crying, but I couldn't, not in front of him... I'll seem so pathetic.
"I won't. You'll come with me." He said, smiling slightly at me in a calming way. I sighed, his smile, his words, calming me. He took my hands and I smiled up at him.
"I will? How? I can't fly." I said.
"I'll carry you. Its not that long of a flight, it will be simple." Pit let go of one of my hands and took out the vial of red liquid. He opened it and drink a few sips of it. A bright light surrounded him and I let go of his hand and shielded my eyes. When the light dimmed I removed my hand and his magnificent wings had returned along with his perfect Guardian outfit. I took my hand and helped me off the bed. I walked to the window and opened it, taking a deep breath I looked down. The ground looked so far away from the third story where my room was.
"Don't be afraid. And don't look down. I won't let you go." He took my hand, and within a few seconds he jumped into the air and we soared upward, the stars twinkling perfectly. It was gorgeous, this high in the sky, and as we got higher and higher I dared not to look down. Suddenly a blueish misty circle appear before us and we flew through it. All I saw as we entered the blue mist was pictures too fast for me to understand what they were really about.
I blinked once and when my eyes opened I saw... ruins. Everything was in ruins except for one building which mus thave been the palace Pit had told me about.
"Its so sad... All of this was destroyed. It must have beautiful..." I said.
"It was. But once this is all over, we'll repair it."
"When this is all over... you'll return here, won't you?" I said, sad.
Pit didn't answer and we flew to the palace in silence. The palace was even more beautiful than I saw in my imagination. It was a gorgeous color of blue and green, but the interior was completely white. Before the throne room was a long hallway with tapestries, a gorgeous white carpet that lead all the way up to the throne, where the Goddess had been waiting. My jaw dropped at her beauty.
"Pit. What is the problem?" Palutena stood, a distressed look on her face.
Pit bowed and I followed. "Are there more scrolls telling stories of the Pure?"
"No. Not that we know of. Why?"
"Recently there was an attack and Zelda experienced something most confusing, your Majesty." He stood as did I. I was mesmerized by the scenery.
"Tell me, Pure one, what did you experience?" Patlutena turned to me and I stutted my response.
"I... do not know how to explain it... Your Majesty. It was as if it was some type of... Magic."
"Magic...?" She put a finger to her mouth as she thought. "It is possible the Pure can channel her own emotions and turn them into magic but... I have only heard Guardians to have those powers."
"Well, Your Majesty, she is a human but she is also Pure." Pit interjected.
"Yes... your right. Her magic could be a way to defend herself. What were you thinking when the attack happened?" Palutena asked me.
"Well... I had to protect myself and my friends..." My friends... What do they think of me now? As a freak most likely... I looked down at the ground.
"I see. Your friends were with you then? We'll have to erase the memories of that night and replace them with something."
I was relieved but at the same time worried. Would my friends even learn to accept me even with these weird occurances happening? The thought made me worry, but at the moment, I needed to focus on the problem at hand. "Your Majesty, how will I strengthen my powers? Pit is a great warrior but magic I don't think is his strong suit. Its a big task fighting off the beasts alone. I would as well like to defend myself. Is there anyone who can teach me?"
Palutena thought for a moment. "There is one I can spare for you. I believe you two have met, and she has learned the ways of Magic quickly. SUrprisingly quickly. She may teach you. I will send for her."
"Thank you, your Majesty." I knew who she meant. It was Dazzle. The angel who I could tell didn't like me. Would she really teach me? And why is it every time I think of her I get a weird feeling in my stomach?
Moments later the blonde haired girl flew into the room. She looked different, paler skin, but her features looked more mature... Almost as if she aged over such a short period of time.
"Pit!" Dazzle smiled, her smile almost as brilliant as Pit's but something about it made me feel uneasy. "I missed you so much!" She wrapped her arms around his neck in an embrace and he embraced her back. I wonder, are these two... a couple? Do Guardians even love?
"Dazzle, I need you to teach the Pure to control her magic." Palutena demanded Dazzle in a stricter tone than I would imagine the Goddess using to her. DId Palutena have something against her?
Dazzle frowned, "Why me?" Ah. I see now why the Goddess was so strict with Dazzle. Dazzle must not take orders very well.
Palutena's expression darkened. "Because, she must learn defense. YOU will teach her. Understood?" Palutena turned away, "I will be in the war room." She dismissed herself without Dazzle getting in another word.
Dazzle sighed, brushing her thick hair behind her ear. "So. YOu know magic, huh? Interesting." Dazzle smiled slightly. I could tell she didn't want to do this as much as I didn't want HER to do this.
"Yeah. Magic. Sparkly." I waved my hand in front of me to exagerate the effect of my words.
"Well, its not easy to master. Unless your highly skilled at it from BIRTH like I was." Awfully full of herself, isn't she?
"I'll be sure to do my best." I attempted friendliness. No point in fighting with an ally, right?
"I'm sure you will." Dazzle smiled at me, but it didn't feel friendly and I got that odd feeling in my stomach again. What was with this girl?
"Alright, let's get going before the potion wears off." Pit said taking my hand and walking me out. I never realized this but he has such soft hands... He really is perfect, isn't he?
"Hmph." Dazzle walked right between us, causing our hands to break apart and my hand to brush slightly against her arm and I got a spark of cold all through my arm. I don't think I'll be trusting this girl... But if Palutena trusts her, how can I not...?
"Dazzle." Pit had a warning tone in his voice.
"Pit." She said innocently. I began to understand the chemistry here, Pit didn't have feelings for Dazzle, but Dazzle had feelings for him. But I always thought angels didn't have feeligns for each other...?
I make a mental note to ask Pit about the emotions of Guardians and Angels later. As for now, I enjoyed the moment of the sunrise and flying down through the clouds from SKyworld with my Guardian holding me securely against his chest.