Gone or Missing

Episode 1

"Students. I am afraid that things aren't the way they used to be," Master Hand said. He stood on the auditorium's stage in front of all the students.  "I know that the disappearance of the three students have highly effected all of you, and of course, the staff too."

Master Hand continued his speech about how they miss the three students and how they should still try to focus on their schoolwork. 

Palutena didn't pay attention to the principal, but instead rested her head in her hand and let her mind wander off to think about the missing students.

'where could they have gone? Are they alive?' Was what she asked herself in her head. She hated the thought of Pit being somewhere she couldn't reach him, and especially him being hurt, or tortured. 

 She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up to see Zelda, one of her best friends, standing beside her. "C'mon." The brunette said.

"Huh?" Palutena looked around to see all the other students piling out of the auditorium. "Oh." Palutena quickly got up from her seat, and without waiting for Zelda, rushed out of the room. She walked out into the parking lot to her car's parking space.

She stood by her car, leaning on it and looking up at the sky. She was about to lose herself in her own thoughts, before she heard little sniffles coming from not too far from where she was. Palutena perked her head up and searched around the parking lot. Finally, her eyes landed on a girl with long, blonde hair with blue earrings. This girl had on pink romper with a gold jacket.

"Peach." Palutena whispered to herself.

Peach was a good friend of Daisy, one of the three that went missing. Palutena cringed a little when she got a good look at how distraught Peach was when she found out Daisy, along with Pit and Samus, has gone missing.

Palutena hesitantly walked over to Peach, who stood under a large, shady tree.

"P-Peach?"

Peach turned her head to Palutena. She quickly wiped her tear-stained face and said, "P-Palutena! Hey, whats up? D-didn't see ya there."

"Uh, I just wanted to see how you're doing? I know how badly this has affected you."

"Fine. I'm fine," A sudden harsh tone came from Peach's voice. After realizing this, the blonde instantly said, "Sorry, sorry. I'm not fine. I just want to know if Daisy is okay."

"I know. I want her and the others back, too. We all do."

"Yeah... Can I have some me time for a little bit?" Peach asked, quietly.

"Of course..." Palutena idled away, quickly letting herself out of Peach's atmosphere. She walked to the front of the school, not knowing what to do with herself. The school day was done, so there were no more classes to rush to. She walked to the outer-side of the staircase that led to the front building, and sat against the brick wall that bordered the stairs.

She checked her phone, looking at her text messages, half expecting a bunch of texts from Pit, but new that she wouldn't see any.

She sighed to herself, and combed through her long, green hair with her hand. She closed her eyes, trying to forget all the conflict going on. But how could she? Three of her friends were missing!

"Pat..."

Palutena looked up.

"L-Lucina!" The blue-haired girl looked down at her. At her side was Ike, Marth, and Robin.

"Hey. You okay? I usually wouldn't find you here..."

"Yeah, I'm fine," Palutena's attention quickly turned to Ike. "How are you doing?"

"Fine... I just wish I could've chosen my last words to Samus more carefully." Ike stated.

"I know they're somewhere." Marth muttered.

"Anyway..." Lucina started. "We were gonna go back to our place, Pat. Did you wanna ride with us?"

"Uh, I'll just meet you guys there. I took my car, today and I can't leave it here overnight."

"Alright. See you at the house?"

"Of course."

"Kay." Lucina and the others walked to her car, talking amongst each other.

After letting out a long sigh, Palutena made her way back to her car. She opened the driver's seat and closed the door. She turned on the radio, and instantly, a song came on. The song that came on was too familiar to her.

It was one of Pit's favorite songs.

Quickly reacting to the song playing, Palutena broke down in tears. She let her head rest on the stirring wheel as she let her tears fall.

"Palutena?" She heard someone say from outside the car.

Palutena turned to see Link and Zelda standing outside her car. She quickly rolled the window down.

"Yeah?"

"Are... you okay?" Link asked.

"Yeah..."

"I know this may be a little rude to ask of you right now, but can you give us a ride to your place?"

"Of course, of course!" Palutena pressed a button that let the passenger seat doors unlock. She heard Zelda and Link pile into the backseat. "Buckle up."

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"Guys? We're home!" Palutena called out as she, Link, and Zelda walked into her and Lucina's place.

"Guys?" The three went upstairs to find the group.

"Hey, we were calling you-"

Palutena, Link, and Zelda stopped in the doorway of Lucina's room.

Lucina, Marth, Robin, and Ike, were sitting on the floor, Ike holding something. It was a photo of him and Samus, taken only two days before she along with the two others disappeared.

"Oh..."

Everyone now sat on the floor in silence.

"This feels unreal... huh?" Robin commented quietly.

"Yeah."

"Yep."

"Definitely."

Lucina sighed. "I'm gonna get a glass of water."

Palutena watched the blue-haired girl walk out of the room. "M-me too." She quickly follwed her out of the room and back downstairs to the kitchen.

Once they got their drinks, intead of going back upstairs with the others, they stayed downstairs by themselves.

"So..." Lucina started. "How have you been."

"Fine..." Palutena suddenly felt a knot in her stomach for lying. "No, actually. It's been hard."

"You can... you can cry... if you need to."

"Already got that out of the way." Palutena said jokingly. Lucina returned a sad smile.

Palutena kept her gaze on Lucina. "But how are you doing."

"Same as you."

"Heh..." Palutena closed her eyes and smiled.

"Let's go back to the others."

"Got it."