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Chapter 1, the chapter that you are currently on has been rebooted! YAY! I might reboot some of the later chapters as well, depending on how I view them or whether I want them to be redone.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokemon, only the story and the characters. It goes for the rest of my story as well!
*'Hi.'* - Thought
*[Hi.]* - Telepathy
Hi - Descriptions told in Third Person
"Hi." - Conversations used for a specific character when everything is told from their perspective, aka First Person. Ex. POV Change(Insert)
Chapter One: Wielder of the Rings
-Third Person-
A certain Eevee-morph is sitting on a 2-story high house, a bag labeled Poke Puff Paradise was resting next to him.
In an ordinary crowd of morphs, he'll just fit in nicely but when pulled out for inspection, something unique about him can be noticed. For one, his eyes- they are teal blue, not the like the normal purplish pupils that Eevees are suppose to have.
Despite being an Eevee, his attire consisted of a black leather jacket, a light blue patterned T-shirt to go under it and red colored jeans. Dangling his feet on the edge of the house, he tapped his battle boots against the brick wall, surprisingly not making much of a ruckus.
He continued eating away at his Poke Puff treats, enjoying his favorite snacks, plain puff with chocolate flavored topping.
"Mmm~ Tasty treats~" said the Eevee as he gobbled down his fourth puff, licking his lips with a huge smile on his face.
A vibration in his leather jacket pocket broke the Eevee out of his temporarily paradise.
"Hmm?" Oh my Walkie Talkie," The Eevee pulled out a Walkie Talkie and plugged it in his ear. "Hey Mew, what's up? He answered.
Over on the other side, an angry voice shouted over the Walkie Talkie, "Don't you 'what's up' me! Of course you know what is up when I give you a call, just go ahead and get the job done!"
Mew sighed and said to herself, "Plus, why am I the one who has to track down the 'Mutants?" not realizing that she said it aloud.
"Well, you can't sit around all day doing nothing at base so yeah." The Eevee's voice replied through Mew's ear plugs. "Your job as a part of Team WorldGuard is to be my navigator and track down the Mutants. It's literally the easiest job and you have computers to help you so why are you complaining?"
Mew clenched a fist in frustration but sighed, "You're right, you're right...gosh…"
"So location?" The Eevee said from the other side on his Walkie Talkie.
"Location is at Poke Academy College, you know where that is right?" Mew answered.
A click could be heard through her headset, until she was met with silence. Again, this brought a sigh to the New Species Pokemon.
"I'll take that as a yes…" Mew said as she went back on reviewing the maps and other accessories on her computer.
Back to the Eevee:
That was all the information that the Eevee needed, as he turned off the WT and pulled it out of his left ear before stuffing it back in his pocket.
"Alright, guess I'll have to save these for later." said the Eevee as he left the bag of puffs on the roof before reaching into his right pocket.
He pulls out a ring and fits it in his right middle finger, then proceeds to move his hand in front of the silver trimmed pendant that he's wearing.
*CONNECTION PLEASE*
A large silver colored circle appeared to his right and the brown furred morph reached through to pull out a CRF250R offroad bike. He lets go and it drops to the ground, surprisingly again, not making a ruckus.
Soon enough, the Eevee jumps down from the two-story house and landed next to his vehicle. He raised his hands high and stretched, flexing his arms before climbing on his motorcycle.
The Eevee grinned while saying, "Poke Academy College, here I come!"
The minute hand had just landed on 12 and the hour hand moved onto 3, moments later screams of joy echoed through the hallways; now it is currently dismissal time at Poke Academy College and the students are piling out of the classrooms. Morphs of all kinds exited out of the building, wearing happy expressions on their faces, instead of the usual irritated or tired ones. Why? Today is Thursday and it is one day before last day of school! Everyone is excited about tomorrow's graduation and farewell party.
"WAHHH!"
Well, at least most of them are.
While many people were leaving the front gate of the school, chatting among friends for plans when school is out, a few others stayed behind, saddened at the thought of having to say farewell to their beloved school. A group of girls consisting of an Arcanine, Ninetales and Sylveon-morph were one of a few.
The Arcanine and Sylveon exhaled sadly and took their time to cherish as much as they can. Meanwhile, their nine-tailed friend were being a little dramatic with the situation.
The ground below her is damp, and the Ninetales had blood-shot eyes, although it is probably hard to tell apart since her eyes are already naturally red.
"Why?..." The Ninetales asked no one in particular.
"Come'on Fia, it's okay. It's not like we are never going to see this school ever again." Said the Arcanine next to her.
"It's easy for you to say Flare, you get over this kind of stuff like it's nothing." Fia replied with a trail of tears running down her cheeks.
"Well, I'm not the only one, Ribbon got over it yesterday too." said Flare as she pointed over at the Sylveon.
POV Change(Ribbon)
*'Great, just great going Flare...Last day of school isn't even here yet and Fia is already about to cry a river in front of the school.'*
Anyways, quick introduction, my name is Ribbon Skye or Ribbons if you prefer, but most just call me Ribbon. I'm a Sylveon-morph and also a senior that attends at Poke Academy College along these senior friends of mine. Fia is the Ninetales and Flare is the Arcanine.
"It's okay Fia, we can always come back to visit in the future. The school is not going to grow legs and run away." I said reassuringly.
"You're right, I shouldn't cry because of this," said Fia as she wiped the tear trails off her face. "We can always come back to visit whenever we want to."
"And we will always be friends. The three of us, Flare, Fia and Ribbon. Best friends forever." said Flare as she wrapped her arms around our shoulders, pulling us close to her.
"Forever and ever!" Fia cheered, wrapping her arms around Flare's neck.
I chuckled at that and then we all embraced each other in a friendly hug, forming a circle. We broke apart after about a minute of hugging.
"Alright, it is almost four, we should head home."
In unison, the two fire types agreed, "Right!"
I simply grinned until I hear laughing and clapping behind me.
"Heh heh, such friendship, such drama happening before my eyes. But however, that will end in an instant when that turns into your despair!" said the mysterious voice.
I turned my head and saw a Houndoom-morph, or at least I thought it was...It had three horns instead of two and two tails instead of one. More surprisingly was that his whole body, including the ridges that he holds, were plain black in color. His eyes were complete crimson, no signs of a pupil or iris can be found. There were also a bunch of...Gallade-morphs? If I can even call them that, since their characteristics are not much different from the Houndoom.
"W-Who a-are you?" I said shakily.
"Oh you don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that you will wither away from despair in my hands!" said the Houndoom.
He charges at me at such a incredible speed that caught me off guard and he grabs ahold of my neck.
I grabbed his wrists with my hands and attempted to break free from his hold but to no avail, even with the help of my ribbon-like feelers, I can't even get his hand to budge.
"RIbbon!" Fia and Flare called out.
They both charged at the Houndoom but a swipe of the Dark/Fire type's tail knocked both away, as the two landed on the ground with a thud, defeated.
I gasped at the sight, but because he was distracted, I charged up a Moonblast in my right hand and blasted it square in his face.
*'Super effective.'* I thought to myself with a smirk, as the cloud of dust started to clear from the Houndoom's face.
However, my smirk immediately turned to shock at the Houndoom standing before me, still gripping onto my neck, standing there with no signs of damage.
"H-How?" I managed to choke out.
"Easy," said the Houndoom, gripping onto my neck with more force. "You can't hurt me with with such weak attacks!" He said as he raised a hand that has his claws unsheathed
"RIBBON!" My friends called out in fear.
*'Is this the end?...'* I thought
Suddenly a motorcycle flew out of nowhere and dashed towards the Gallades. The one driving the motorcycle was none other than an Eevee-morph with teal blue eyes.
*'T-Those eyes…'*
POV Change(Eevee)
I rode my offroad bike towards the minions and started to ride in circles, constantly knocking down as much Gallades as I can at once. When a decent amount was writhing on the ground, I got off my bike and swiped my right hand in front of my pendant again.
*CONNECTION PLEASE*
The second the silver circle appeared, I withdrew my GunXword(pronounced as Gun-Sword) from the spell void and pointed it at the leader; the weapon itself was already adjusted as a gun so I was saved from the trouble of having to change it.
In my surprise, he was holding onto a Sylveon-morph as a hostage.
*'Big mistake.'* I thought to myself with a smirk forming on my face.
I stood still and then performed a 180 degree spin while firing a total of three bullets, one going straight towards the enemy. Upon seeing this, the Houndoom instinctively provided himself a meat-shield by using the hostage he held, only then for the bullet to curve past the Sylveon's eyes and explode on his middle horn. The remaining two bullets I fired auto-locked and exploded on the same horn, destroying the Houndoom's horn after the third bullet's explosion.
I taunted saying, "Figured I should break one of your horns so you look more like a regular Houndoom."
By now, the Sylveon was free of his hold, and the Houndoom had his left hand grasping onto his missing horn for dear life.
He said, in more of an exclamation, "Titanium bullets?! You bastard, are you a mage?!"
I heard a low muffle of someone saying, "A mage?" but I payed no attention since my objective is to deal with Mutants first.
"Screw you!" The Houndoom shouted, a Fire Blast attack charging in his hands before he fired it at me.
I smirked again, feeling the wind of the incoming heatwave attack, as I thought, *'Big mistake, again.'*
POV Change(Third Person)
The Fire Blast exploded on the Eevee and covered the area around him fire; flames spewing out in all directions and nearly spreading like wildfire.
Ribbon held her left arm up and shields herself from the light and heat given off by the explosion.
For a short moment, the fire ceased its burning before it all started to float towards a certain point, disappearing through a red circle that was suspended about five feet in the air; seemingly the source that is absorbing the flames.
As more and more fire gets soaked up by the circle, a figure started to become visible yet anyone will find it difficult in trying to identify the mysterious person, especially with the moving flames in tact.
It was a different case for the Sylveon, most definitely from luck and great timing.
No longer feeling the intense heat wave, Ribbon unblocks her vision in time to see that standing in front of her was no longer an Eevee but a Flareon-morph, dressed in a red trench coat, with ruby shoulder pads, and ruby shin guards. She also noticed that his eye color remained the same, teal blue.
The Eevee, now a Flareon, stood there with his hand held up- just a little bit in front of the red circle- which by now has almost finished its process of removing the fire.
Once the coast is clear, the red circle vanished on its own while the Flareon kept his hand held up, obviously for dramatic effects.
"You are...the Wizard!" exclaimed the Houndoom.
Wizard shrugged at the Houndoom's remark as he brought the back of his left hand up-close, inspecting a shiny object equipped in the middle finger.
"Now, it's show time." Wizard said before flipping his hand over to reveal his ruby-based ring, its luster going into action when light bounced off its shiny surface.
After his little announcement, the Flareon spun his gun backwards by the trigger and casually made his way over to the Houndoom, as well as the Gallades that have regrouped behind the Dark type.
"Attack!" ordered the Houndoom, as two Gallades made the first move and charged forward at Wizard with spears in hand.
Wizard grinned and fired a shot to his left, hitting a Gallade in the leg and causing him to face plant. He quickly followed up with a shot to his right, the bullet's explosion forcing the other Gallade to stagger back.
The same thing happened to three more Gallades that charged Wizard head on; each and every one of them completely sent flying backwards by a round to the chest.
A random Gallade used the distraction of its comrades and attempted to slide kick the Flareon off his balance, evaded when Wizard did a 360 flip spin and leaped over him. Not even getting the chance to turn around, the sneaky Gallade was met with a round-house kick to the back of his head.
Another Gallade tries to pull off the same trick, only to get his arm pinned against his back and forced to his knees when Wizard gave the Gallade's arm a little jerk.
Upon seeing himself getting surrounded, Wizard uses the same Gallade's back for support, lifting half of his body up to perform a revolving kick. This process knocked away the all the other Gallades that were trying to have him cornered.
Four more Gallades advanced towards Wizard simultaneously, as the Flareon pondered carelessly on what to do next. His eyes then fell upon the Gallade that has collapsed beneath him, a devious smile forming on his face.
Staring back at his enemies, Wizard was not intimidated in the slightest as he lifted the fallen Gallade by the armpit and threw him towards the group of charging Gallades, also adding an addition bullet shot to the mix.
The bullet pushed the Gallade at its comrades, colliding and creating collateral damage to the other Gallades as they all flew out of the school's gates.
Next, Wizard changes the shape of his gun into that of a sword; pulling the arm handle upwards and then flipping the barrel of the gun outwards, creating a straight weapon that resembles that of a chinese broadsword.
Despite the scene that was going on, no one, especially not the Gallades, were given the chance to get over their astonishment. The second the change process finished, Wizard started to slash away at the remaining enemies.
Of course, after witnessing how easily his henchmen are being defeated by the Flareon, the Houndoom becomes impatient and thus joins in the fight with an ax staff summoned in his hands.
Realizing that Wizard has defeated most of his henchmen, the Houndoom breaks away from the fight to make a tactical retreat behind the remaining Gallades, letting them cover him as he takes his leave.
The Flareon parried a spear handle that one of the Gallades swung at him.
"Damn it, why can't you guys stay out of the way when I need you to?" Wizard said with a hint of annoyance in his voice, pushing the spear away to slash at the unlucky Gallade.
Finally, Wizard flashes his ruby-based ring for a second before proceeding to move it in front of a sigil on his sword. Looking closely, the sigil was a white runic circle of some sort that has eight different gemstone-based avatars on the front. The circle isn't just plain white, the outlines were gold in color.
The moment the Flareon swiped his left hand across the sigil, it began to glow red in color and give off a voice command.
*SLASH STRIKE, FIRE* came the voice command as a scorch of flames began to coat around the blade.
In an instant of a spinning sword attack, the fire expanded into a circular wave attack, and it killed off all the remaining Gallades, an explosion on every one of their bodies ensured this. After the smoke and fire disperses, it is confirmed that the only ones that are still left on the school's property were Wizard, Ribbon and her friends.
"He got away…" sighed Wizard as he scratched the side of his head in annoyance.
The Flareon digs through his trench coat pocket and pulls out his WT, a moderate beep could be heard as he plugs it into his ear. "Hey Mew? I managed to take out the minions but the Mutant got away, can you help me track him down?"
Wizard was met with an ear-splitting scream that immediately forced him to pull the plug out, otherwise he'll go deaf.
"AGAIN?! SERIOUSLY, STOP SLACKING AND DO A BETTER JOB AT CATCHING YOUR ENEMIES!" Mew's loud voice can be heard booming through the WT, even when it was like 4 feets away from Wizard's feet.
Wizard sworn he he heard his stomach rumbling. "Maybe it was because I missed my snack time…" He silently retorted.
The Flareon picks up his WT and plugs it into his other ear, and said, "Sorry, I promise I'll make it up to you...okay?"
Wizard heard a low growl on the other side, followed up with a, "Fine…" before connection to the communication device gets shut off.
The Flareon sighed and rubbed his right ear, trying to rid his ear of the ringing he got from the New Species Pokemon's scream.
"Ouch my ears…" said Wizard as a bright light surrounds his whole body, the Flareon reverting back into an Eevee-morph after the light disperses.
"Excuse me...Are you uh...Are you really a mage?..." a voice said behind him.
POV Change(Ribbon)
My eyes widened and I yelped in surprise as the Flareon's body glowed brightly, the light dying down to show that he has turned back into an Eevee!
I have gotten up at this point, although there was a ton of pain coursing through my neck but I chose to ignore it at the moment. I walked up to him, or rather behind him and hesitantly asked, "Excuse me...Are you uh...Are you really a mage?"
*'Great going Ribbon...What a good way to start a conversation…'* I mentally face palmed.
"I guess, if you want to put it that way." He turns around and then before I know it, we were staring into each other's eyes.
As weird as this may sound, I started to forget everything that was going on around me, and I couldn't help but lose myself in those eyes teal eyes that belong to the Eevee. But there was also one realization I had stumbled across in this encounter.
*'Those eyes...Where have I seen them before? It looks just like…'* I thought.
The memories came rushing back, past memories of a specific person that this Eevee holds resemblance of.
I didn't know why but I felt my lips move on its own and myself mumble aloud, "Azure…"
I was snapped out of my thoughts at a hand waving in front of my face.
"Hello? Earth to you too?" The Eevee waved
"Erm...Sorry, what did you say before?" I said sheepishly.
"I asked, you and your friends are not hurt right?" said the Eevee.
For some strange reason, I can't put enough courage in myself to look at the Eevee so I only nodded at his question.
"That's good to know, now if you excuse me, I got a prey to hunt down." He said before turning around.
I shouted, "W-Wait!"
The Eevee stopped dead in his tracks and turned around with a confused look on his face, as if he's trying to mentally imply, "Is something wrong?"
Alright Ribbon, you have one job, so don't mess it up.
"M-My name is Ribbon Skye, t-thanks for for saving me and my friends…"
Great, I have only known the guy for like a few minutes and I'm already introducing myself to some random stranger. Did I forget to mention how terribly I failed at grammar?
The Eevee blinked a couple of times, finishing it with a shrug, "No problem, it is something that I have to do, regardless if I want to do it or not."
I raised an eyebrow as he said that.
"Nevermind, forget what I said," Wizard said. "It's nothing too important…" He trailed off.
"If you say so…"
The matter seems a little bit personal so I didn't bother pushing on. Instead, I decided to change the subject a bit.
"Hey, since you are a mage, do you by any chance know who that Houndoom was?"
He replied almost immediately, "You mean the Mutant?"
"A Mutant?" I repeated while looking at him confused.
"Certain pokemorphs with creatures deep within their Mentality Zones are known as 'Forms'. The creatures are somewhat similar to the hosts themselves, in appearance-wise. Normally, they are harmless, going about the day without doing serious damage to their hosts. However, if the Forms are killed by these creatures from the inside out, the creatures are then reborn into the dead flesh of another once-alive being. In this case, they are known as 'Mutants." He explained.
"So you are telling me that Houndoom from before is technically dead?"
"Yeah…" He said sadly.
"But you did say that these creatures are normally harmless, what caused them to start attacking their hosts?"
"I was just getting to that, in order for the creatures to start killing off their hosts, they must be provoked. The only way for the creature to be provoked is when they sense their hosts 'despair."
"Despair?"
"Like in a state of despair but on a much larger scale. Somewhat in between the lines of complete depression and total despair where they lost all hope." said the Eevee.
"Hope?..."
"You get what I mean?" He said.
"Kinda...But what does that have to do with you? Where do you come into play?" I feel dumb for asking such a question but I couldn't think properly considering my mind is still trying to process all this information I just learned.
"You don't see a connection yet? Look at it this way; Forms are the neutral side, in between the balance of hope and despair, where either can tip the balance of it all. If Mutants are the negative side when despair outweighs the hope of an individual, then…" He trails off, hoping I'll get the message.
My mind began to pick up on his connection and I finished off his sentence.
"Mages are the positive side, when hope outweighs the despair of an individual?"
"Correct." He grinned.
"Then how does a morph become a mage?"
The grin on his face disappeared replaced with a dark expression. "...Honestly, some questions are better to be left unanswered." He said abruptly.
I was a bit taken back by the sudden change in his tone of voice.
"S-So what do you do as a mage?" Again, I feel dumb for asking such a question.
He pondered on the question for a bit before his grin reappeared. "Everyone's hope is my hope."
I raised an eyebrow at that.
"What?..."
"My hope is to turn all people's despair into hope. In other words, I am the final hope, in times when people's despair grow out of hand." He said.
"You help those Forms that are facing despair?"
He nods.
"Which reminds me, you might be on the Mutant's hit list." His voice now serious.
"W-What do you mean by that?" Fear now visible in my voice.
"Didn't you realize during the time of the Houndoom's attack, he targeted only you and not your friends?" He said in a matter-of-fact voice.
"Er…"
"Just to be safe, I'll stop by tomorrow during the school's graduation and party." He shrugged.
I stared at him in disbelief and shock. "How did you know about the graduation and party?!"
He smirked, "I have my ways."
"Hmm…" I eyed him suspiciously.
"Hey hey hey, I'm no stalker or any of the sort...Just trying to look out for a frien-" He stopped, breaking into a cough.
I tilted my head in confusion. Was he trying to say friend? I barely even know him and he thinks of me as a friend? Odd guy.
"Sorry, that came out wrong...I'll make sure to protect you and everyone at the graduation tomorrow. And if it is necessary, I'll become your final hope." He said while holding a fist out at me, a ring visibly equipped in his right hand's middle finger.
I was confused but also taken back at his statement. I think I might have even blushed at his little remark.
"Anyways, I'm out of here, see you tomorrow." He said, turning around to walk away.
"Wait! I-I didn't get your name!" I shouted, and feeling my face flush at the same time.
He turns back to stare at me in confusion but shrugged and went with it anyways.
"Name's Moonless, Moonless Night." The Eevee said with a smile, before turning around and continued on his way.
I shouted, "Nice to meet you Moonless! Thanks again for saving us!"
He simply waved his hand and drove away on his motorcycle.
POV Change(Moonless)
For the third time I looked back, the school is no longer in range of sight, I exhaled sadly before paying attention on the road again.
"Nice to meet you Moonless! Thanks again for saving us!" Ribbon's voice echoed through my mind, which brought a smile to my face but also a frown.
"Your welcome Ribbon, good to see you again…" I mumbled to myself.