Sorry this took awhile to update, but here is part 2 of the prologue. It's a little bit longer so that's why it took a bit longer to update. The next chapter will be the beginning of the actual story, but trust me when I say that this is important to read. Enjoy the chapter :)
Note: The thoughts are itallics, and the bolded itallics are things that are being heard.
Prologue Part 2: Rescue
Clop...clop...clop ..clop...clop...
Wh...where...where...am I...what...
Allen was halfway pulled out of his unconscious state with a hollow noise. He couldn't figure out where it was coming from, but he knew it was close. It felt like his body was floating since he wasn't touching anything, but Allen could also feel a slight discomfort right behind his neck.
He tried to open his eyes but they felt like lead, much like the rest of his small body and he just didn't have the strength to do it. He wanted the annoying sounds to stop so that he could sink back into the comforting folds of a quiet darkness.
Clop...clop...clop...clop...
I...I thought...I remember...the storm...a wave...Kaya sinking...a shape?...what...
Clop...clop...clop...clop...
What's happening now...am I dead...no...if I were dead...I wouldn't feel so sore...or so cold...ugh...
Allen drifted into unconsciousness once again and was lulled into a heavy sleep from the rhythmic and soft but unknown noise. Almost as soon as he was asleep again the odd noise suddenly stopped, and Allen could feel the gentle pressure from behind his neck ease up as he was laid down on a soft surface.
To him he had never felt something so soft before, and he yearned to sleep again. But something was nagging his throbbing brain, and he finally realized what it was.
Kaya...is she alive...is she safe...i have to keep...my promise...for Kaya's sake...where are you...ugh...
With great effort, like pushing a boulder up a steep slope, Allen slowly opened his eyes. At first, all he could make out were fuzzy blobs of faded and dull colors, but the young Eevee blinked a few times and finally made out what was before him.
He could see that he was on nothing more than a small pile of various dried up grasses and leaves, and that he was inside of a hollowed out trunk of a tree. Roots curled around the entrance to the old tree, and it protected viewers from outside from noticing the hole at the bottom in the first place. The storm that had been blowing outside had died down to a steady downpour, but it was nothing like it was out at sea.
Allen shivered from the cold and glanced to the right of him and he could only see the dark and damp wall of the tree trunk's inside. He shifted his sore neck to the left to see his younger sister asleep, but still wet and shivering from the stormy sea.
The older brother instinctively wanted to go over and begin to warm his sister up, even with his still soaked and freezing body. He began to stand up, but his legs buckled up underneath him and he collapsed back onto the now semi-wet makeshift bed.
Allen panted a bit since the small effort of trying to stand wiped the energy out of him, and he wondered out loud, "How did we end up here? All I can remember is sinking in the sea..."
Clop...clop...clop...clop...clop...clop
Allen tensed up as he heard the noise again, only it sounded much heavier and faster than what he had faintly heard before. He bristled his fur and attempted to make himself appear big and strong even in his weak and feeble state, although it wasn't working too well.
The young Eevee saw a small orange globe appear before the base of the tree, and a pair of boots stopped in front of the rooted entrance. He growled softly again, thinking that the fortress guards had found them and were prepared to return them to that wretched island, and was prepared to give his life to make sure he and his younger sister never returned there.
It wasn't a guard to Allen's surprise and relief; it was a small child. A girl to be exact, but Allen continued to growl softly and he inched towards his sister to protect her. He had never trusted any human before, since most of them he knew beat him and his sister and almost killed them multiple times. He wasn't about to begin trusting them now even when he and his sister were on the brink of death.
Allen prepared himself to attack this stranger.
Earlier
Alexa had been walking home from her friends house and had taken a shortcut through the forest that separated their homes. The rain had picked up again so she decided to head home at an earlier hour, but the stormy skies made the land a bit darker even though it wasn't night yet.
The young girl was about 12 years old. She had chocolate brown hair that was hidden under a hood. The raincoat she had on was a pale green color, and her boots were white and stained with dark mud. She carried a small glowing lantern in her right hand and an umbrella the same color as her raincoat in her left.
She sighed and let out a small puff of fog from her mouth, a bit surprised that the temperature had dropped with the coming of the storm, but was plenty warm in the hooded sweatshirt and raincoat her mother had provided for her.
Walks through the forest were usually uneventful with the small occasion of seeing a couple of Pidove and Tranquill in the trees, or a small herd of Deerling and Sawsbuck in the grassy areas. This time however, she saw an unfamiliar shape.
A lone figure stood about 100 feet in front of Alex's path. Because of the rain she couldn't make out what it was, but it looked somewhat like a horse.
It's mane and tail flowed from its body like water in a small river, and as it turned up the path, she could see a small horn sticking out of its head like a unicorn's would. It began to walk up the path, but turned around to face her again.
It suddenly reared up on its hind legs and kicked its front feet into the air for a moment, and it then landed on the soaked path again, splashing into a puddle and causing water to fly in all directions.
It pawed the ground with its front legs, and shook its head a bit, still keeping its gaze locked on Alex. The girl tensed up a bit, wondering if this strange creature was going to attack her, but somehow she felt a sense of urgency coming from it. She began to walk towards the restless figure and it soon bolted away from her off the path and into the forest.
Curiosity took hold of Alex and she cried out "Hey! Wait! Come back!" and she took off into the forest, determined to figure out what that creature was and why it was in such a panic.
After about four minutes of sprinting through the wet grass and slipping in countless puddles of mud, Alex suddenly halted as she saw the figure standing by an old tree with roots tangled around the base.
Alex looked down at her lantern to switch it on, and when it began to glow she looked back up to see what kind of creature brought her here, it had vanished. She swiveled her head left and right, but found no trace that the figure had even led her here.
She sighed and began to walk away when she heard a faint noise coming from inside the tree. She fingered the tiny Pokeball in her sweater's front pocket that contained a Pichu, and she wondered if she would need to call out her partner. She cautiously walked over to the trunk and held up her lantern to the hidden entrance of a hollowed out trunk. She gasped at what she saw before her.
A pair of Eevee were inside of that old tree. They looked soaked to the bone and half frozen to death. Their ribs were showing, and she knew they were probably starving. Alex could see multiple scars and wounds on their tiny bodies and she knew they were in pain. The smaller one was on the right and was unconscious and shivering from where she lay.
The one on the left was a bit bigger and awake, but to Alex he looked afriad and angry. He was shivering more than the smaller Eevee from the cold and was probably in worse shape.
The bigger Eevee bared his small fangs in an attempt to frighten her, but Alex knew she had to help these two poor Pokemon.
Present Time
With her soft amber colored eyes, Alex looked into the tiny, frightened eyes of Allen who was still softly growling at her. She spoke in a whisper as to not scare the Eevee even more,
"Hey...You're hurt, and your friend is too. Why don't you let me help you? Please? You can trust me. I'm not going to hurt you. I promise I can help you."
Allen thought to himself "I don't believe anything you humans have to say! Just go away!"
Alex set down her umbrella and lantern onto the soaked ground and reached into the trunk to try and pet and comfort the terrified Eevee, but he growled even louder once her hand was inside the trunk. She spoke again,
"Take it easy...I'm not going to hurt you...I can help you...please trust me..."
Alex inched her hand so that it was right in front of the Eevee that was growling and cringed as it clamped its tiny teeth onto her hand. She shut her eyes for a moment to block out the small wave of pain, but she let the frightened Eevee continue to bite her, showing it that she meant no harm.
"There, you see? I'm not mad at you, and I'm not going to hurt you. Will you allow me to help you?"
The eyes of the older Eevee were softened as he realized this human meant no harm to him or his sister, and he released his grip on the girls hand and began to gently lick the bite wound he caused.
Alex smiled at the brave Eevee, recoiled her hand from the tree and proceeded to remove her raincoat from herself. She then placed it down on the wet ground and reached inside the tree to gently lift the unconscious sister from her resting place. She set down the injured Eevee on the raincoat and did the same for her brother.
Alex wrapped the raincoat around the siblings, picked up her other belongings and made her way back to the dirt path that would lead to her house. Allen was tired from his aching body and diffused energy, and was soon lulled to sleep by the steady walking and soft thumping of Alex's feet, but he was able to hear her whisper to him and his sister
"I promise I will protect you"
0-0-0
Up in the sky, hidden under the cover of the dark storm clouds, a snarling Hydregion hovered above the forest. He blinked the raindrops out of his eyes and with his enhanced hunting vision he could see the two fugitives being carried away by an unknown human. He muttered to himself, "I'll kill that human and bring back those brats myself. The boss will surely reward me for my actions."
The dragon Pokemon began to open his mouth and he prepared to blast his target with a powerful Hyper Beam, but a figure halted in front of him, flapping its wings and blocking his attack. Hydregion shut his mouth, cutting off his attack and growled, "Admin Honchkrow, what on earth brings you all the way out here? Aren't you supposed to be waiting at the island where the boss is?"
Honchkrow cawed back at him "I have a message from the boss himself. Here is an audio recording on this machine". The dark bird Pokemon held a small audio recording device in its claws, and pressed the replay button with one of its curved talons. A deep voice boomed form the tiny speakers,
"My pet Hydregion, you've done well in locating the fugitives. I will let them roam free for awhile, since it won't hurt the process of our plan. I don't want any harm to come to them, or to the girl who has found them. Return to the base to receive further instruction. I shall await for your report once you have arrived."
The Hydregion snarled and with a disappointing scowl on his face he turned his back to the fugitive siblings and began to fly back to the island he came from with the Honchkrow following him from behind.
On the desolate island from which the two Eevee's escaped, a middle aged man stood in his main office looking out from his window and out to the stormy sea. He said to himself,
"That's right you foolish Pokemon. Go and roam free, pretend that you've won. You think you've escaped from me, but I will have you within my control once again. And with you in my grasp, I can create something that will help me achieve my goals. And my dreams will become a reality, no matter who or what is sacrificed in the process."
The man deeply chuckled to himself as a bolt of lightning stuck the sea, illuminating the scar over his left eye and casting dark shadows on his mature and smirking face.
And that's the end of the prologue =D What kind of creature saved Allen and Kaya? Who is the man with the evil scar? What are his goals? WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN! Aha I can't say! You'll just have to continue onto the main story. The prologue wasn't that exciting I know, but it's going to get alot more intense as the story picks up. Please remember to review if you can, and I'll hopefully have the next chapter up next week! See ya until then! =D
