Prologue – Severed Ties…

…Prolonging Revelations

"Hey! What's up brother?" my cool sister greeted me as I came out of my burrow.

"Nothing much, just gettin' ready for a sightseeing tour featuring myself," I replied.

"Why don't you play with us?" she asked with a sad face.

"Don't you think I'm a little bit old for that now? In fact, I'm the oldest out of our six siblings including me."

"It's not like we're going to tease you because you're older than us!" she loudly replied. I jumped out of my burrow and laid my paw on her head.

"It's not that, it's just… I feel a little different now. Playing with our younger siblings gets borin' after a while. No offence, seriously."

"You think I'm going to get bored of playing soon since I'm the second oldest?" she asked while tilting her head.

"I have no idea, anyways, go take care of them… I'm gonna go look around the mountains up in the north. If I'm not back within' an hour or two, then I'm probably in some serious trouble and I want you to get father and mother to look for me," I instructed her.

"Will do bro, be careful… and bring us another souvenir!" she replied with a smile. I walked off heading north towards the mountains.

"Good morning to you, friend," an old friend of my greeted me, just outside a small village near the location of my burrow. The village only allows quadruped Pokémon since it was specially made for those who don't have hands, mind control, and all that other special stuff.

"Mornin' to you, Henricus." I bowed in front of the Arcanine.

"What's with the formalities? You're my friend, no need for that loyal crap," he replied with a chuckle.

"Well… I still think it's a polite way to greet someone." I nervously scratched my cheek with my right paw.

"Still formal as usual… anyways, sorry for keeping you waiting. Safe trips!" the Arcanine said. I nodded back with a smile and walked onwards. After walking through an encased forest filled with Butterfree and all them annoying pests, I ended up standing on a grassy hill. I laughed victoriously the moment a gush of wind blew upon me.

"This is what you call a life!" I yelled at myself. The mountains were huge and mighty from where I was standing, it looked like a pretty adventurous place to be. Even though it looks dangerous, there's nothing that could stop me from reaching my goal. I wish to stand at the very top of the tallest mountain in this continent, and that goal is set right in front of my eyes. It's morning with barely any clouds in the sky, which makes it a good day to hike.

"Yo, you wanted me to meet you here?" said the Drilbur that dug up under the ground from behind me.

"Petrus, you came at good time. I was about to go if you didn't make it here in time," I replied with a smirk. He chuckled in response and put his arm around my scruff.

"Yo, can't let down a promise. Let's get going and reach the top of that mountain!" joyfully yelled Petrus.

"Yes! Of course!" I said loudly. I ran down the hill while Petrus tried to keep up.

"W-wait! Y-yoooo!" he yelled breathlessly.

"Let's race to the bottom and we'll take a breather there!" I shouted back while laughing.

"Yo! Damn you, you quadruped piece of s-… Whaaaa!" he tripped over and started rolling down the hill. I gasped in shock how he rolled right past me and got to the bottom of the hill before I did.

"You cheated!" I yelled while pouting. He fluffed the dirt off his body with his sharp looking fingers or claws… whatever they are called.

"Yo, fine, then let's race to the top of our goal then!" the Drilbur shouted back.

"You're not gonna roll your way up to the mountain this time, so I have the advantage!" I said victoriously while biting my lip.

"Yo… don't get ahead of yourself," he retorted softly.

"Sorry, I was just messin' around. Hop on my back and I'll help you up," I offered him a ride. His eyes sparkled and his jaw dropped at the same time. He quickly hopped on, just behind my scruff and fastened himself.

"Alright, ready yo!" he told me with a smile. After we went up the hill, there was a huge gorge in front of us with an opening where you could go in and we were at the bottom of it, I went inside. The gorge was pretty dangerous, there were rocks and boulders everywhere. I had to watch my step and get through the exit on the other side, I also had Petrus to worry about.

Petrus is my best friend, we've been friends for a few years now. We'd go exploring and hiking around the continent, finding out new stuff then collecting some souvenirs and giving them to our family. I was surprised what I found last year, we were in a bat-riddled cave and at the very end, there was a rock with writing I couldn't understand. It was in a weird language I've never seen before, they were weird symbols which looked like they were written in pencil lead. I didn't want anyone else to know this so Petrus and I kept it a secret until we could figure out what it meant. We haven't visited that cave in over a few months now and we decided to start our exploring in new areas.

I made it to the other side of the gorge. A rocky and easily but a dangerous climbable slope headed further up into this huge mountain. "Yo, I think I'll be fine now, let's get up," Petrus said as he hopped off my back. I nodded and made my way up the slope, I carefully watched my steps and climbed it up on all fours successfully. At the top of the slope, there was a narrow valley in front of us, which was pretty flat, but huge boulders were fixed around the valley. We were still at the bottom of the mountain though, I underestimated this mountain.

"You think this is gonna take a day or two to get to the top?" I asked while biting my lip.

"Most likely two, yo." Petrus scratched his head.

"Let's just hope that we can find some food before the second day. We need the energy to come back down," I replied while cracking my neck and stretching out my body.

"You alright, yo?"

"I forgot to tell you, I strained my right shoulder last night," I said.

"Yo, oh, did you have too much fun last night?" he replied with a smug sneer.

"Not that type of fun! You know I'm still single… Jeez, calm your stones." I sighed.

"Yo! The most popular male Eevee in our community… is still single!" he blurted out, laughing.

"I see why you're still single…" I retorted with a frown.

"Okay, now that's mean," he said back while pouting. I'm not the one being mean here. We headed in the valley. The walls were pretty scary and really high, there were also rocks hanging out of the walls which looked pretty loose and gave me the chills whenever I'd pass one of them.

"You alright Petrus?" I asked him. I could see there was a little sweat forming on his face.

"Yo, I'll be fine. Besides, if you're thinking what I'm thinking, you can pretty much use your Iron Tail to send one of the falling rocks spiralling out of this world," he replied. If only.

We made it through the valley and we were greeted with another rocky slope, but it was pretty steep. Luckily, there were rocks we could grip on while climbing it. We decided to climb it and halfway through, I almost slipped but Petrus grabbed on my scruff before I would take another misstep after my first. We made it to the top and a cave appeared in our sight. The cave was made of stone which was fixed inside through core of the mountain.

"Yo, what do you suppose is in there?" the Drilbur asked me.

"Most likely bats and some corpses," I instantly replied.

"I can always trust your instincts… yo, wait! Corpses?!" Petrus exclaimed. I always thought of my instinct as a gift from my father since he always knew when I came home during my childhood years.

"Yeah, but I don't know why they're there or who might've left them there," I said with disgust. This pretty much vexed me and I didn't know what to say after that.

"Yo, is there any other way around?" asked Drilbur.

"None, except the way back," I answered. I used my instincts to search for another way, but there was none available.

"Yo… a few corpses won't stop us from getting through… right?" Petrus questioned nervously.

"Yeah, since there's no one inside, we'll be fine if those corpses don't disturb us," I told him.

"Alright yo, let's go then!" he exclaimed with a fake smile.

"Wait."

"Yo, what?"

"There's also a pond in here, Feebas are inhabitant," I said.

"They're real beauties when they evolve…" Petrus trailed off while blushing. So that's what he fantasises…

"We should be able to consume them for a food break," I asserted. Fish were the lowest of the low in our world. They were our food source, though Magikarp is supposedly the best tasting fish out of them all. We went inside the cave, slightly dimmed from the outside light shining through the entrance, it then started to get really dark inside as we moved further in.

"Alright, I might need to hold on to your tail again so I don't get lost, and you can follow your instincts or whatever," Petrus said. I blinked and my breath hitched the moment Petrus grabbed my tail. My tail is a little sensitive, but I can hold it in. There were four different paths, one of them lead to the pond, the other lead to the core of the cave, the other two were dead ends.

"There's four paths, the closest one to us has the pond, the furthest is supposedly a step closer to getting out while the other two are dead ends," I told him. The smell was really bad in here though, most likely from the bat droppings and the dead corpses, which somehow felt fresh. Most likely those corpses have been here for at least a few days. I found the way to the tunnel which had a pond and saw a dim light protruding from inside. As we entered the tunnel, the light got brighter and there was a huge pond with a small hole in the wall which let in the sunlight. We luckily started early in the morning since the sun sets up from the east. We walked over to the pond and took a few sips of the nice and cold water.

"Yo, now shall we start fishing?" Petrus questioned to the most obvious answer known to Pokémon kind. We saw a bunch of Feebas swimming around in the pond, since Petrus had long claws, he was on fishing duty. He jabbed his sharp claws in the pond, spearing the fish and bringing them out. My job was to make sure the fish die. We ended up catching six big Feebas since we both agreed to bring some to our families. I was basically the fish-bearer, Petrus placed a fish on each side of my torso, tied and fastened with some of the vines found in the pool. I also had to carry an extra two fish on top of my torso and those were tied and fastened. Petrus carried two on his back as well.

"By the way, I'm sort of curious of what's in those dead end tunnels," I told Petrus. He h'med and scratched his head.

"Yo, can't you use your instincts to find out what they are? Even though it would've been way more useful the other times we went in caves…" he trailed off.

"I can't detect immovable objects, but I should be able to find out usin' the wind and the object altering the wind's path." I couldn't feel anything, I'm guessing the wind isn't blowing in those dead end tunnels. "I don't know, there's no wind enterin' those tunnels.

"Yo! Then how the heck did you know how many tunnels are in this cave and the way out?" he exclaimed.

"Sources," I replied, "I can use elements to detect things. For example, there were life sources in this tunnel and I instantly felt it, same with the exit since the wind passes through there to the other side from where we entered."

"Explain how you found out those two dead ends? You said that there's no wind entering those tunnels," he replied.

"Heat sources, for example the corpses… wait! That's it, there's corpses inside those tunnels!" I raised my voice.

"Yo, but can't you use the heat to determine an object?" he asked.

"I think that's a little too advanced…" I trailed off.

"Yo… you're one complex son of a b-"

"We should get goin'," I quickly said.

"Yo! Wait, to the corpse tunnels!?" he loudly exclaimed in fear.

"No, I have no interest in discoverin' corpses, I prefer to get the heck out of here," I replied with a vexed expression. We left the pond and continued to the main tunnel which lead to the exit. We made it out after half an hour and the sunlight greeted us a healthy feeling. I felt glad to go outside again. To my right, there was a slope, spiralling around the mountain, like stairs. We went up them, halfway through the slope, I looked down at our homes. I could see the village from here, it was so small and we're not even a quarter way up the mountain yet.

Θ A few hours later Θ

We were tired, based on the sun's position, it should be around ten o'clock. We kept going though, we didn't stop. We've went up around nine huge slopes and two really short caves, along with a few valleys.

Θ Three hours later Θ

We had a lunch break, we shared one of the Feebas we caught in the first cave we've been through. I started to get a bit worried, Petrus also got really worried. We've underestimated this mountain by a huge lot. We didn't know it would be this complex, but here we are, we can't let our efforts go to waste. Going back down would take a very long time as well, with the same dangerous hazards. Today was also very hot, and the stone we were standing on pretty much started heating up our feet, my paws were really hot and sore from all the hiking, the same can be said about Petrus. We didn't even know which part of the mountain we were up to now.

Θ Nine hours later Θ

It was very cold, my paws were extremely painful. Petrus couldn't stop shaking, he regretted doing this, but I thought of it as a painful and tough experience which I could adapt to later on in life. Petrus then collapses.

Θ Two hours later Θ

I didn't know whether to sleep or keep going on. Petrus was sick and I had to lie down on him to keep him warm since he didn't have fur like mine. After a while, he got a bit warm and he could move much better than he did in the last two hours. It would be better if we rested tonight since this is a pretty tough experience for Petrus to go through. I felt really bad, while he was sleeping, I kept him warm with my body, as awkward as it sounds, it was the most necessary thing to do at a time like this. We took shelter under a rock protruding from the wall in a small valley, there were also rocks on the sides so it looked like a tiny room for two.

Θ Nine hours later Θ

It was morning, we were ready to get moving again. We ended up on the south side of the mountain once again, where we could see the village near my burrow, we were more than halfway there. I felt like dropping the fish I was carrying, but I also thought about my family at the same time. We went up another few slopes, valleys and small caves, but we had no idea how long it would take for us to reach the top.

Θ Four hours later Θ

This is it. The last path. Next, we'll be on top of this one hell of a mountain. "Yo, keep going," Petrus said with a really serious voice. Wait, what's happened to him?

"Of course I'm gonna keep goin', it's not like I'm gonna stop or anythin' like that…" I trailed off with a worried feeling. We took a right turn, and there it was. The peak of the mountain… or that's what we thought it was. The top of the mountain is very flat, kinda like a room with a flat floor except it had no ceilings or walls. There was some kind of small stone pillar at the very middle of the top of this mountain. The moment we stepped closer to the stone pillar, the mountain then started shaking.

"Yo, so that's what it is…" trailed off Petrus with a serious voice. He didn't seem bothered by the shaking mountain.

"What the heck is happenin'?" I yelled at Petrus. He chuckled.

"Yo. I'm sorry, but the only reason why I came with you was to confirm that the Severed Ties were real," he replied with a grin. I heard about this Severed Ties thing before, though I can't remember much about it. I'm guessing Petrus got really stuck into that supernatural book about Arceus. Though, the only thing I recall from that book was Arceus creating something called the Severed Ties, I also remembered that you have to win or something but that's all I can remember.

"What were your intentions then? What interested you the most about the Severed Ties?! Why are you sayin' sorry?!" I desperately yelled at him as I lost my balance. He then lost his balance as well.

"Yo, because when you win the Severed Ties, you become a Legendary Pokémon!" yelled Petrus.

"Why…"

"Yo. It'd be nice to become one of the most powerful Pokémon!" he replied. He's insane! "Yo, I don't want you to join because once you become a contender, you have to fight to the death…" he trailed off.

"But what about you?! What if you die in this 'game'?" I yelled back.

"Then that's my problem, yo, you won't be there to see it anyway."

"Brother!" screamed out a familiar voice that was the last thing I wanted to hear.

"Sister… what are you doin' here?!" I screamed as she fell over. I quickly dashed over to her and put my paw over her head.

"You said that if you weren't back by an hour or two… I should get father and mother to look for you and I did! I came with them as well!" she yelled while crying.

"Son!" yelled my father as he came into view.

Ψ Teleportation to an unknown area Ψ

Then everything changed. It was like I teleported to a different place. We were in a large room surrounded by large pillars, but everything was still shaking. Father was gone, but my sister and Petrus was still with me. My sister then stood up and took a few steps back.

"What the hell is going on bro?!" she yelled.

"I have no clue!" I replied.

"Yo. It's because the mountain we climbed is currently being destroyed. The 13 contenders have been chosen, I'm the 13th one as well," Petrus explained.

"I don't even… Sister watch out!" I yelled as a pillar came falling on top of her. I quickly dashed forward, and headbutt her out of the way. She hurtled back and then the pillar fell on me. I was extremely surprised I didn't get crushed, but my ribs were broken, along with my four legs. I screamed in pain, that's all I could do.

"What the hell! No… brother, what the… are you STUPID!?" my sister cried in front of me.

"No… you can't!" exclaimed Petrus. He ran over to me and quickly tried to lift the pillar off me.

"Petrus! Help him! Please!" my sister kept crying.

"I'm trying! You have to get out of here now!" he yelled at my sister.

"No! I can't!"

"You have to go! There's the exit right at the end of this room! Take it!" Petrus yelled louder.

"But my brother!"

"I said go!" Petrus demanded with a serious voice as he stared right into her eyes.

"Lily, please go…" I told her with a really raspy voice.

"Why…" she trailed off. She then let out a whimper and ran off.

"Is she going to be… alright…" I trailed off.

"The door is a portal which teleports anyone to the bottom of the mountain," he said.

"You'll take care of my family… Petrus… right?"

"No."

"W-what…" I replied in shock.

"It's because you're still going to live!" he yelled.

"How..."

"Soon I'm going to teleport in Arceus' lair since I touched the stone pillar. But since there can be only 13 contenders… what if we make you the 14th!?" Petrus exclaimed loudly.

"I can't and how… is that… going to work…"

"It's better if we give it a try!" he yelled. He sharpened his claw and positioned it above my right foreleg.

"Wait… n-no! STOP!" I screamed. He then mutilated my right foreleg and picked it up. I was in shock, I couldn't breathe and it was almost impossible to blink. Petrus runs over to the stone pillar and puts my dismembered foreleg on the stone pillar.

"Please work…" Petrus prayed.

Ψ Teleportation to Arceus' Lair Ψ

Then I felt another teleportation take place.

This time I was in a… nothing. Everything was pitch black and I could only see Arceus standing up in front of me. I then saw the 13 Pokémon who joined, Petrus was among them. I stood up then my heart skipped a few beats. I just realised I'm already healed, I looked at my limbs. They were perfectly fine. What in the hell is going on?

"You've all been summoned here since the 13th contender has joined," said the almighty Arceus. His breath then hitched and he h'med. "A 14th contender? 13th did you bring along this Eevee to the Agapetos Plight?" Arceus asked.

"Agapetos Plight?" questioned Petrus.

"The stone pillar you touched," replied Arceus.

"I had to save his life… he got injured in one of your waiting rooms while the mountain was being destroyed!" Petrus yelled.

"Very well. So we have 14 contenders, but only 13 Legendaries to give out. Hmm." Arceus sniffed.

"Can we start now?!" one of the waiting Pokémon yelled.

"Very well, let me introduce you to the instructions of the Severed Ties. The main goal of this phenomenon is to kill all the other contenders which are now known as Kurios. You will be assigned one Legendary Pokémon to help you win your battles, but they are hidden from the other Kurios until you call their name and summon them in your battles or whenever you want them to appear. But the Legendary Pokémon aren't the only asset you have to help you win, you all get a special limited power called Telesigrafa, which will help assist you. A Telesigrafa has five uses, you can choose one of the three available powers to use up one of it's uses. The first power is known as Tilemetafora – which allows you to teleport to anywhere in the continent, but it takes 13 seconds to activate, to stop the Kurios from abusing it to get away easily. The second power is known as Antilipsi – which allows you to see where all the Kurios are located in the continent and heighten your senses for 15 minutes. The third and last power is known as Anagennisi – which allows you to instantly heal any wounds external or internal, cure any sickness, fix broken bones and it also gives you immunity for five minutes, which stops any new damages done to your body physically and internally, allowing your body to become really flexible in those five minutes," Arceus explained thoroughly.

"Is that all?" one of the Pokémon asked.

"You're allowed to get Pokémon other than Kurios to get involved in this game to help you win battles. You cannot leave the continent, there's a special barrier I formed around the continent for whoever tries to get to the outside and when someone goes through that barrier, it becomes an invisible wall. You're allowed to become alliances with other Kurios, but you can't be alliances forever since there can be only one winner. If you need anymore questions, just call my name and I'll summon you to my lair when you're not in combat," Arceus finished off.

"You said there's only 13 Legendary Pokémon, what does 14th get?" a Pokémon questioned.

"He's going to get another Legendary Pokémon that I haven't assigned to Severed Ties yet. Also, since we have a 14th Kurios, I'm extending the Telesigrafa uses to six."

"When are we getting out Legendary Pokémon?"

"They've already been assigned. I'm going to have Diagla and Palkia to also observe the Severed Ties. Before you start, Kurios, you're all going to get teleported on each corner of the continent, equal distance from each other, but since there's a 14th, one of you will get teleported to the middle. It is important to keep your Legendary Pokémon a secret since other Kurios will know how to counter it if they find out before you find out theirs. You will feel a wave of tension when a Telesigrafa has been used every time."

"Can we start now?" Petrus questioned.

"Of course, and good luck to you, Kurios."

Ψ Teleportation to the middle of Mallowbrook Continent – Quadruped Village Ψ

As soon as I got teleported, I took in a deep breath then felt a random wave of tension flow through my nerves. I'm guessing someone is using their Telesigrafa to their advantage already…

"Hello, Eevee," said a random voice in my head.

"Hi?" I replied in my mind.

"My name is Giratina, I'm your Legendary Pokémon. What's your name?" asked my Legendary Pokémon.

"My name…? Sykes Colonomos."

- This story is an experiment.

- Still looking forward to criticism.

- Italics are thoughts.

- Italics with quotation marks are telepathic conversations.

- Bold Text are sometimes really tense words or important words/names.

- Θ Are time frame skips.

- Ψ Is teleportation.