- Link -

I wake up with a gasp. What was that dream? Why did I say those things to Pit? He looked so hurt. "So, you finally know..." A voice mumbled. I sat still as my eyes landed on Palutena who laid on the cold metal floor. "You finally know what you did and said to Pit on that day." She mumbled again. Even with her back facing me, I could tell she was hurt. "So, I really said those things?" I asked, looking down at the metal floor. "Yes, you did, unfortunately..." Palutena replied. I sighed as I put my hand against my forehead. I pinched at the skin there with my fingers as I closed my eyes tightly. Why would I say those things? What did Pit do to deserve that? Why did I compare Pit to Dark Pit? Why did my old-self say that? "...Why?" I mumbled out. "Hm?" Palutena hummed. "Why...did I say that? Why...?" I mumbled out, tears pricking my eyes. What the hell is wrong with me? "I'll be honest with you, Link. You never made it clear. You never explained why you did what you did." Palutena replied, her hair being tugged at by her fingers. "Oh, I see..." I mumbled as I looked right beside me. It was a silent night. No waves coming from the ocean below. No rocks trembling down right beside us. And no wind shaking the cage ever so slightly. It was quiet, calm, and cool. I would be enjoying this if it weren't for me discovering what I had said to Pit. I had no reason to respond the way I did. I could have said a simple rejection, still be friends, and leave with no problems. Yet, I feel like something or someone made me do that.

"How did Pit tell you about what I did?" I asked, bringing my knees close to my chest. "Oh, I still remember it like it was yesterday," Palutena spoke, sitting up from her spot. She crawled over to sit next to me as she put her hands on her thighs. "Pit came to my room that night, he was soaking wet. I asked him what happened. He explained what you did. He said that he stayed at the area for hours on end until a single water drop told him it was time to leave." Palutena explained, looking down at her hands.

"He slowly came back home to the mansion in the rain, not caring if he got wet. He didn't care that his clothing was heavy or he would risk getting a cold. His mind was too busy trapped in what you said." Palutena continued as I begin to imagine her story. I imagined Pit looking down as he walked down many paths to get home in the pouring rain. He looks so miserable. "Then, he asked me something. He asked me if I would rather want him to leave and make Dark Pit stay as Captain of my Army." She spoke, chuckling slightly.

Yet, I know that chuckle was fake. Her voice and facial expression reveal it all. "I said that I would never want that to happen. Dark Pit is a solo warrior, I would call. I questioned why he ask such a thing." She spoke. "His face when he responded, I will never forget. Tears started to drip down his cheeks in sync with the raindrops that dripped from his clothing. He put his hands together as he looked up at me with a desperate look. He said, 'Please, change me into someone else'." She explained, poking at her own face.

Palutena's voice sounds so broken and miserable. Did I really affect those three that much? "For the remaining weeks, we were for Smash. I had nightmares of Pit just laying there on the ground with blood gushing out from his head. I have never been so insecure with Pit hanging out with people in my life. That's why Dark Pit and I acted so cold to you. Because we were scared that if you were near that my nightmare would become a reality." She admitted, looking at me. Her face showed guilt, sadness, and fear.

I sighed loudly as I leaned back in the cage. "I can't believe it..." I mumbled, looking up. "No wonder you acted so rude and cold to me ever since Pit offered me his services. You were scared that I would make him...do that." I spoke, my voice trembling at the last part. Just the thought of my poor angel laying on the ground with blood surrounding him haunts me now. It scares me. Why did I say those things? Why? I'm horrible. I don't deserve his services. I don't deserve being near him. I don't deserve ever meeting him.

"Hey, it's bedtime for both of you! Get to sleep!" Dharkon yelled out as he stomped his foot against the cage. We both flinched as we look at one another. "I'm a horrible person...that said and did horrible things to a person who didn't deserve it," I whispered as I looked down at my hands. I can picture Pit staring at me with pale skin and widen eyes that were filled with tears. "I'm sorry. I'm for saying those things. I'm sorry for not remembering why I did it. I'm sorry that I met him." I apologized over and over again.

"You're not horrible, Link. You're a good person who is learning from his mistakes. And that's good enough for me." Palutena whispered with a small smile. "But..." I mumbled yet, I was stopped with a finger to my lip. "You are forgiven, Link. Now, let us sleep." She spoke as she dragged my head to rest on her shoulder. I looked up at her only to see she has rested on my head and closed her eyes. I sighed softly and closed my eyes as well.

For the rest of that night, I didn't have any more dreams about what I did.