Chapter II
Bounded by Darkness
The air became one with the darkness; an ominous vibe engulfed the depths of the black water below. It was a grand lake, the same that touched Hades's last breaths. The place had been abandoned and forgotten throughout the years of a new peace, but today… today, something whispers from below. A warm glow lifts from the edge of the earth, a dawn sky paints the life in surrounding clouds and highlights the surface of small waves. There, a creature emerges; a frail looking thing with a seeking eye in a circular body. Flying close to the water, the creature was lured to the center of the lake and halts in the presences of yet another being. This time, it is one who is pure evil - the air around him stenched with fear and the sight of him shutters with ice. The man who watched the skies, lowered his gaze to the creature that made its way to him.
And then the seriousness broke… the man gasped like a dying old man, "YE- WHA- AH! IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS? It can't be… no, no , no NO!" The man threw his wailing arms above and tackled the poor little creature and cried out, "THE. LAST. MONOEYE!" and wept, "oh I didn't believe this day would come! What happened; what. Went. WRONG?"
Then his expression flipped, changing drastically the man spoke with an ill, annoyed tone. "That's right…" he let go of the creature and crossed his arms with disgust, "that unfortunate winged boy somehow defeated I, Hades, has now made this world…" The former power of all, observed the area; a family of merry birds sang together, soaring through the colorful sky; the grass was green and full of flowers; the air clean without a spec of dust, "disgusting! EW! What IS this? Is this, IS THIS- PEACE?! Oh dear heavens save me, all this- *gagging* joy sickens my soul; something has to be done!"
Hades then lowered the hands that pulled at his face and spotted the creature, "Yu! It is time for my welcoming party. Bring me all those who are bounded by darkness, I have a plan- a new plan that despises failure! This time Pit, I will not lose!"
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A God nervously looked over his shoulders, his fingers twiddled together and sweat streaks ran down his forehead. His voice trembled, "why does everyone love ignoring me? DARK PIT! HEY this isn't right; Viridi or anyone could be watching us! I'm sure that seven second breeze just a minute ago, wasn't just anyone! DARK PIT PLEASE!"
The black feathered angel sat atop a ruined and discolored column. He and the God of Death were found on the Surface, the human soil that strayed at one end of the vast, blue sky and loathed the legends that lie away from them. "Yeah, yeah, sure…" he brushed off the topic and continued to flip through a fancy book over a bent knee, his other leg dangled off the column, "we'll reach that 10k mark in no time…" his tone lacked energy.
"I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THAT!" Exploded Thanatos; in the process of his burst of power, the God actually flipped through his many forms for no longer than a half a second a turn. Pots, swords, bats, he raged at his friend's heartlessness. "Don't you understand?! Viridi will literally kill us for who knows how many times! DARK PIT!"
"Huh?" The angel lifted his gaze from a page of Nature Goddess's diary, "want me to read you a piece?"
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"...okay," Thanatos sat down on the fluffy green and let his curiosity get the better of him.
The area they stayed at was isolated from any human civilization and far enough from SkyWorld; it was the perfect hiding spot. No one really cared if the they were gone for long periods of the day, since the two had both built a busy reputation from themselves, Dark Pit's training and Thanatos's soul-catching. Oh but of course they still kept to their said pastime, it's just reading Viridi's diary was an occasional (may or may not be abused) treat. Ay, the angel had to try out his new skills somewhere; sneak level was totally through the roof after years of following Pandora's prank skits, he was also taught to read and being given a surplus of freedom- Viridi's dairy was basically begging to be taken, right? Thanatos practically caught the angel red handed one day, in exchange for silence he was promised help to reach his soul goal. Unfortunately that deal was never respected.
Dark Pit abruptly closed the book once he realized the sun's position, that surplus freedom came with a price. "I gotta check in with Amazon or else she'll send a tornado after me. See ya," and tossed over the dairy.
"Thanks for nothing," waved the God, "...again."
Jumping off the stone column, Dark Pit stepped into stance. He activated his power of flight with a spark of blue and black flame, then his familiar purple glow followed- he was ready to take off. The power that the Goddess of Calamity had given him rushed through the angel's soul, his wings stretched out and lifted to the sky into the wind current. He then made it to the forest where the entrance of his home waited and descended down to a patch of dead trees. "What the?" Dark Pit landed before his dimension tear, confused to see it wide open. A thought struck him and the angel instantly face-palmed, he yelled, "PandoraaaAAHHHHH!"
A burst of wind followed and the Goddess of Calamity teleported next to the boy. Her timing couldn't have been any better as she just finished up her business for Lady Palutena. Upon hearing the last seconds of her angel cry, Pandora rested her hand under her cheek. "Someone must be hungry…"
He sighed, letting his hands slowly drag off his face which stretched his skin to look like a zombie. "Pandora," he started softly and pointed towards the open vortex, "what do you see?"
"Home…" she tilted her head.
Again, Dark Pit face-palmed, "correct, but what else?"
"uh…" her head tilted the other way, "home…?"
"IT'S OPENED!" He ended, "the vortex is opened! Okay… if the vortex is opened, what happens?" The Goddess just began nodding her head confusing the angel, her eyes switched back and forth from the vortex to Dark Pit. Seeing this he asked aggravatedly, "wha-what are you doing?"
"I don't know-"
"Ookaay!" The angel threw his arms into the air seeing all of this was hopeless, "let's go- hup two- inside, come on Pandora!" The two entered and Dark Pit lectured tiredly, "just- Pandora, just close the portal after yourself. Literally anyone could just walk inside and-"
"Oh hi Pittoo!" greeted a happy angel already inside, causing his counter-part to scream. Smiling, "how's it go-"
"YOU!" breathed the black-winged angel, "OUT NOW!" he then marched right up to Pit, grabbed onto his collar and snapped open the vortex once again, attempting to throw the happy angel out. But alas, the portal closed as Pit was flying through the air. So instead of throwing out his counter-part, DP ended up just throwing him across the room, a yelp and a loud thud echoed. "What? Pandora?" he looked towards his Goddess for answers.
"You said to keep the vortex closed," she said innocently. The angel opened his mouth to yell but held back. Instead, DP walked over to the nearest wall, banged his head a couple of times and muttered that he was going to his room.
Pit eventually got up and sat by the Goddess of Calamity, he explained that he was on his way to Viridi's but his power of flight was running low. Her palace was the closest for a quick rest up so the angel just let himself in. He was welcomed to stay, after all everyone was practically at peace with one another. A few changes were made to Pandora's domain after she brought in DP. The headache infused vortex still led through mind puzzles, but the palace itself was restructured into something both the Goddess and the angel would like. Darker colors for DP and a more royal style for Pandora; the choices ultimately ended up looking like Boo's Castle.
The vortex point b was placed at the beginning of the main throne room, at the end was the throne itself being led with a wide red carpet. Behind the royal chair was a grand glass-painted window that reached the high ceiling. Of course there were more windows other than the stained one, it just the rest were clear and revealed twisting colors of the dimension caster. Columns each end of dark marble which match the floors, gazing paintings and floating books/vases filled the hall. Two staircases served at the end's left and right, both able to rotate like a quick escalator to which they led to halls and rooms. Halfway across the throne room were two large double-doors, again one to the left and the other on the right. The doors to the left opened to a two-story library and the other opened to a full out kitchen, there the Amazon and angel chatted away.
"I'd teleport you if my powers would allow it, " offered the goddess as she set down a bowl of cookies before him. She snapped her fingers drawing up her limited power, "my other half is with Dart."
"It's alright," Pit waved off the gesture. "I've been practicing, each time I try flying further and further-"
"Ha," snickered Dark Pit who appeared next to the cookie jar. His smirk complemented by his stuffed cheeks and sprinkled crumbs, "and how's that going?"
"Funny." Pit who was grinning from remembering his time goals, instantly replaced that grin with a daring smirk as his twin's.
Cracking his knuckles, Dark Pit laughed, "oh I've been waiting for this! Wanna go Pit-squeak?"
"Bring it Pittoo!"
FIVE MINUTES LATER...
A dark angel cried waterfalls while in the arms of his goddess," whyeeee e'ery time?"
The hero Pit saluted by exit vortex, his tired yet victorious figure before a pulling hole of colors. "I gotta get going, but this was fun!" And he was gone.
The word fun only made the dark angel weep louder, "why Pandora why-e-ee?"
After a quick hug of comfort, the Goddess of Calamity smacked the boy away; hot pink fire lit her eyes and her voice was full of anger. "UNACCEPTABLE," she pointed towards the vortex, "TRAIN WITH WHAT I TAUGHT YOU." DP nodded weakly and activated his power of flight to which he took off. He heard over a sweet voice over his shoulders, "okay have fun! Careful not to kill too much now," Pandora's voice flipped again, "CAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO SAVE SOME FOR TOMORROW'S DOING."
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Feeling the refreshing breeze and the loving sun, Pit flew his way to Viridi's Garden. He received a compliment from Lady Palutena and a door slam from the Goddess of Nature. Though nothing discouraged the angel from his duty for peace, "Viridi!" The hero called behind a barrier, "Oh wow! Your garden looks lovely from this angle! Viridi? Viridi! Viridi! Viridi! Viridi!"
"Shut it!" The vines that guarded quickly withdrew from the entrance, sturdy greenery that could protect against the toughest of fires. As all the vines pulled away, Viridi was revealed on the other side. Her arms crossed and her foot tapped; she wasn't in the mood for games. "I'm this close to declaring war, Pit!"
"Aw come on!" Pit waved his arm, taking his friend's comment as a joke, "don't be like that!" he laughed.
Fire ignited in her eyes, "I'M NOT JOKING!"
"Okay, okay," snickered the hero and changed the subject, letting himself in. "I'm a little hungry, how 'bout you?"
The Goddess huffed and turned from him, mumbling hopelessly, "get out…"
END/NEXT TIME: More Piridi, sorry I cut this short; I didn't want to delay the chapter any longer.
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[Anthony/Antwon] Hey it's been such a long time XD I still KIU like a pro (haha I jk) and I actually didn't get a new 3DS. Long story short, I had to delete all of FCs to follow up with one my good friends named GP or Karp217 (who's like my queen because he's legit a pro KIU fighter, I look up to him a lot). He formatted his 3DS and I was suppose to as well but ended up not following through haha XD I basically lost all my FCs. Soooo yeah, sorry about that; I didn't get a chance to add much people back mostly because I lost their FC. The easiest to get back were old clan mate FCs since we all knew each other but other than that... nothing much. I'm thinking of formatting in the near future, I'll post up my new FC in my biography of anyone is interested. But if you would like, you can review or message me yours on this website and I will gladly add you back! Ready for another 1v1? Muhaha XD
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[DeceasedKid] Thanks so much man I won't let you down! And I'll try my hardest to keep up with updates and build up great characters! About the serious route haha... As you can tell, I'm not at all taking that path XD it's not FtAaIiRlY-like ya know what I mean? But if readers who like for me to tone things down with the dramatic humor, than I'll gladly do so - just lemme know. Also... stay awesome as well haha!
[Moonwolf121] Woohoo XD for the lovely feedback and for sticking with this story, it means a lot haha! I'm glad the preface gave enough information without giving too much away (even though I practically told the whole story on the last chapter of Forbidden Love XD...) anyways thank you again!
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BEFORE THEY BECAME A LEGEND:
Thanatos, God of Death - was a royal jester serving a corrupted king and family that suffered their king's rage. He wasn't aloud to speak while in the presence of anyone higher in rank and so he chose to remain mute his whole life. Lady Palutena says that's why Thanatos talks so much now that he is dead. The royal children at the time were miserable living with their crazy father so Thanatos would spend time to make them smile, as a jester should. He played magic tricks and acted out fool plays for them. Until one day the king tried to punish the children for talking back to him, he sent them to sliced by guillotine. To which the jester could smile no more, he sacrificed himself instead. So now Thanatos lives on to serve and reap the dead since the corrupted king so often killed.