Well, thanks to animatedrose, Grovyle Knight, Kap487 and PoKeMyStErYdUnGeOnGiRl for reviewing. You peeps are great~!
BTW, Rose, yes, that was Sasha, and she will be meeting up with our favorite Pikachu in about, ooh, *Checks plans of story* six to nine paragraphs.
PMD; Golden Storm
Chapter 2
Adria was speechless and very disoriented as she stared up at the Grovyle. This one, while carrying a similar air of a harsh life, had an unmistakably male voice. He also seemed much more aggressive to the Pikachu, though that may have been because he was pinning her down with an extremely sharp Leaf Blade.
"I asked you-" The Grovyle pressed his blade dangerously close to the Pikachu's throat. "Who are you and what are you doing here?!"
"Grovyle, dear, please don't hurt her!" Something pink was floating behind the Grovyle, and it took Adria a moment to understand what it was. A pink Celebi. It had an air of some kind of motherly charm, and it was putting its hand on the Grovyle's shoulder. "She probably fell down the hole by accident."
"Accident." The Grovyle scoffed. "There are no accidents."
"Grovyle, dear, you've said that twice today." The Celebi let out a sigh.
"That wasn't an accident either." Grovyle growled.
"Thrice." Celebi giggled slightly.
"But it doesn't change the facts." Grovyle snarled, pushing his Leaf Blade up against Adria's throat again. "This intruder is not supposed to be here. And we can't let her go, not without risking her being captured by one of Dusknoir's minions. She could reveal our location to them, and then it's be nothing but running again!"
"But, hang on-" Adria spoke up. "I don't even know who Dusknoir is!"
"You wouldn't want to, sweetie. Now, Grovyle, take your blade away and let her speak, you're giving her a heart failure." The Celebi put her hand on Grovyle's shoulder and nodded to Adria.
Grovyle let out a noise somewhere between a snort and a snarl, and reluctantly removed the blade from Adria's throat. Adria scrambled to her feet and subsequently hit her head on the low, earthy ceiling. "Ow, my freaking head!"
"Sorry about that, sweetie." The Celebi rubbed her hand on Adria's head sympathetically. "Now then, do you want to tell us your name?"
"Adria. Say, Greenie, do you have a sister?" Adria asked Grovyle.
"Not anymore. I watched her die." Grovyle stated coldly.
"Okay, sorry." Adria mentally smacked herself. "But I met a girl Grovyle bout half an hour ago. She called herself 'Daisy'."
"I've never met her." Grovyle stated, his eyes narrowing. "I'm pretty sure I'm the only Grovyle for at least ninety miles in any direction."
"I wouldn't say that. But then again, I'm the only human for about a hundred miles in any-" Adria broke off as both Grovyle and Celebi gasped. (A/N: Both Adria and Grovyle are wrong. I love coincidental inaccuracies.) "What?"
"You- You- You-?" Grovyle stepped back. "You-"
"I dare you to work one more you in there." Adria giggled.
"Quiet!" Grovyle shouted, and Adria jumped. When Celebi had put her hand on his shoulder, and he had finally calmed himself down some, he spoke in a harshly even voice that seemed like he was about to explode at any second. "You- You are a human? As in, the kind that have been dead for three thousand years?!"
"Yes, that kind- Wait, what?" Adria blinked as Grovyle looked speechless. "What?"
"But that's impossible…" Grovyle took another step back, then darted forward and stared at her so quickly and so intensely, that Adria yelped and hit him with a Thunderbolt.
"Grovyle, dear!" Celebi chimed, floating over to the singed Grass-type and looking concerned.
Grovyle smacked the singed parts of his leaf and coughed, shaking his head. "Sorry, I guess I startled you." He choked. "But this is all for the better!"
"What?" Adria asked, not bothering to apologize. "How is being stuck in this hell-hole for the better?"
"No, what's for the better is you being here." Grovyle had wiped a lot of the soot off his body, and there was only one burn on his chest.
"Sorry, not following." Adria raised an eyebrow.
"You could help us." Grovyle snapped, glaring at the Pikachu.
"Maybe I don't want to." Adria snarled, sparks crackling across the red pouches on her cheeks.
"Listen, this could help us win the war!" Grovyle growled, apparently losing his patience.
"What war!?" Adria asked, her own patience wearing thin. "Listen, instead of dangling answers in front of me, why the hell don't you just tell me what the ** is going on!?!?"
A/N: Sorry, my parents insisted that I use the 4Kids approved censor button. **.
Grovyle looked furious, but Celebi darted in front of him before he could speak. "Enough, both of you. Adria, you have a right to be angry, but there are some things we can't tell you. Grovyle, dear, please don't try and force the poor girl into this. She doesn't know anything."
"What?" Both Grovyle and Adria looked confused.
"Can you please just tell me what's going on?!" Adria asked desperately.
"Fine. Now what do you want to know?" Grovyle growled shortly, crossing his arms.
Adria rolled her eyes and began firing off questions. "Okay, first, why is everything all gray and frozen? Why are the Pokémon all crazy? Who's the Dusknoir that you guys are afraid of? What war are you fighting? And what has any of this crap got to do with me?"
She paused, glaring at Grovyle for a while, but it was Celebi who answered.
"Well, to answer two of your questions, time has come to a complete standstill in this world. This was caused by a place called Temporal Tower collapsing. When this happened, the world became still and frozen. The wild Pokémon are affected badly by this, and have been reduced to little more than beasts."
"What's Temporal Tower?" Adria asked.
"It's just one thing after another with you, isn't it?" Grovyle snarled through his teeth.
"Shut up, Greenie, you haven't told me anything." Adria shot at him, her eyes narrowing.
"Hush, you two." Celebi sighed, shaking her head. "The Dusknoir we've been running from is the leader of Primal Dialga's forces. And Temporal Tower is where Primal Dialga resides, as well as thousands of Sableye."
"Doesn't sound pleasant." Adria grimaced.
"Not in the slightest." Celebi winced slightly, as if remembering something unpleasant, and continued. "Primal Dialga is exactly what his name suggests. Wild, arrogant, and concerned only with self preservation. He would kill any and all who would attempt to destroy him. Or those who would attempt to change the past."
"How could you change the past?" Adria interrupted. "And why would that make any difference?"
"Because Temporal Tower collapsed in the past. This dark world we live in would be destroyed if we stop Temporal Tower from collapsing in the past." Celebi explained.
"But how would you go back? To the past, I mean?" Adria was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that she was a Pokémon. Now, with added burden of knowing that there was an entire army after the two Pokémon in front of her, she was feeling rather overwhelmed.
"I'm a time-wielding Pokémon too, you know." Celebi crossed her arms and playfully frowned. "I could send you back in time, though not on my own." She paused as Grovyle shot her a warning look. "Well, we can't go back, anyway, since we don't know where the time gears-"
"CELEBI!" Grovyle roared, but he fell silent as there was a scratching noise from one of the walls behind them. The scratching noise grew louder, and Adria hissed under her breath to Celebi.
"What's that?"
The answer became apparent as a Sableye burst through the rocky wall opposite them. "Whe he heh!" It cackled.
"Run!" Grovyle shouted, as Celebi gasped.
"It's one Sableye!" Adria protested. "We can take it!"
"Where there's one Sableye, there's hundreds." Grovyle growled as he darted back up through the small hole.
"Come on, sweetie!" Celebi grabbed Adria's hand and pulled her after as the Sableye lunged for Adria. Once on the surface, Adria realized with a sinking feeling that Grovyle was right. There were at least three dozen Sableye aproaching them menacingly, their claws glinting as they prepared to attack.
Adria reacted without thinking. Utilizing the static already rippling across her yellow fur, she allowed the charge to build, and then released it with a yell. Lightning coursed through the Sableyes' ranks, and caused at least ten of them to keel over.
"Now that you're done with the flashy light show!" Grovyle called, already running. "You should really run!"
Adria dropped on all fours, dashing after the pink Celebi and Grovyle, but they soon vanished from sight. She kept running, but she could hear the increasingly loud cackling from behind her and released another Thunderbolt. She heard the thuds as some more Sableye dropped, but she didn't stay to count. She kept running. Just running, though all her limbs felt like they were made of lead. She felt something slice open her cheek, just above the red pouch, and saw her own blood spatter the gray ground. Adria yelped as she tripped, tumbling head over heels until she hit the base of a tree.
The Pikachu looked up, at the advancing and cackling Sableye. She closed her eyes as three of them leapt for her, so she wouldn't see her blood coat their claws.
She waited, but the pain never came. Opening one eye warily, she saw something white standing in front of her, its blue claws covered in metallic blood. The three Sableye were lying on the ground, twitching as they bled.
The Absol looked over her shoulder at Adria as the Pikachu stood up. "You alright?" The Disaster Pokémon asked.
"I'll be fine." Adria wiped some of the blood off her cheeks. "Now, do you wanna duck?"
The Absol spotted the sparks and ducked her head, and Adria unleashed another Thunderbolt, knocking at least six of the Sableye over, while the rest advanced.
The Disaster Pokémon opened her mouth, charging up a Shadow Ball. Instead of firing it at the crystal Pokémon, she shot it at the ground. A cloud of gray dust billowed up, and the Absol grabbed Adria's scruff and dashed off, her long legs allowing her to be long gone by the time the Sableye pushed through the cloud.
Once they were a considerable distance from the clearing, near the edge of the forest, Adria spoke up. "Um, you can put me down now?"
The Absol promptly dropped her.
"Ow!" Adria yelped, rubbing the base of her tail.
"I'm not gonna ask what that was about, but I'm sure I don't wanna know the answer." The white Pokémon stated, beginning to walk away.
"Hey!" Adria ran after her, and the Absol still didn't slow her pace. "Hey, you just saved my life! You can't just go swanning off!"
"Yes I can. This is me, swanning off." The Absol shot back at Adria, rolling her eyes.
"Look, we should stay together. We could probably help each other." Adria protested, still running after her.
"With what?" The Absol demanded. She turned and stopped so abruptly that Adria ran right past her. "Listen, I helped you. I saved your life. You're supposed to say 'Thanks!' and dash off again on your little mousy way."
"Yeah, but what if I need saving again?" Adria asked.
The Absol didn't reply to that, and Adria grinned triumphantly. "…Alright. I'll come with you. Now, where are we going?"
"…Eh….Heh…" Adria blushed scarlet.
"You're completely lost, aren't you?"
"….Yes, I am. By the way, what's your name?" Adria asked, changing the subject quickly.
"Why do you want to know?" The Absol raised an eyebrow, looking at the Pikachu.
"Because I'd like to thank you properly, that's why." Adria snapped.
"…Sasha." Sasha stated, looking really confused.
"Well then, thank you, Sasha, for saving my life." Adria smiled.
"Sure, whatever." Sasha rolled her eyes again.
Well, now you have that. And, BTW, I'm accepting characters. Just say who you are, what your species is, your personality, and how you'd like to be included. But you probably will feature in at most four chapters. If you're lucky.
Thanks, everybody~!
