Here we are for the second installment of On The Road, Far From Home. And yes, the title came from the 11th season of Pokémon. It's the opening line to the theme for that season.
Edit- 3/some date/17: Basic editing.
Disclamer: If I own Frozen and Pokémon, then I'm a Charizard. Which is to say, I don't and I'm not.
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"Noooooooo!" Anna screamed, tears threatening to spill out. Elsa was gone, sucked into the darkness of the rift. She couldn't be, not after we just got back together. Not after 13 years. This can't be happening, this can't be happening. No, no, no, no, no!
Suddenly there was a jerk on the rope and Anna felt herself being pulled backwards away from the rift. She looked back and saw that Kristoff was pulling the rope back, with Anna still tied on. He was huffing with the effort, as the rift was still open and creating a tidal force of air, sucking it in. The rift felt to Anna as if it was trying to pull her soul with it along with most of her heart.
Anna's tears started coming out as she felt Kristoff's arms around her. She held him for a moment in comfort, sobbing, but the howling of the rift brought her back to reality. I need to get to her. That was the one thought going through Anna's head at that moment. I need to get to her. I need to follow her. I need her and she needs me. We can't be apart anymore. Anna started trying to untie the rope she had around her waist but then a pair of strong arms held her in place.
"What are you doing?!" Kristoff shouted over the wind.
"I need to follow her!" Anna shouted, struggling against the ice miner's strong arms, trying to break free.
"You don't know where she went!"
"I don't care!" Anna screamed in hysterics and resumed her fighting Kristoff to untie herself.
"Anna, listen, we have no idea where Elsa went, and that's if she did end up somewhere!"
Anna freaked out over Kristoff's unspoken implication, "Don't you dare say that Elsa is gone! She'll be back, I'll find her! We'll bring her back! We need to go after her!"
Kristoff was torn. He knew that it was a slim chance that Elsa could be reached through whatever that thing was. He didn't want to think the worst, but it was definitely there in the forefront of his mind. This rift-thing was clearly not from this world and Kristoff had no idea what it did. Knowing what magic could do from living with trolls, it could be anything. And he didn't want Anna going into that thing.
But he also knew that Anna wouldn't give up until she found her sister, and would never forgive him if he stopped her. Plus what would be the consequences of letting Elsa go? Arendelle needed strong leadership and he doubted that Anna would be up for the task, no offence intended. He gave a sigh that was taken away by the wind. There was only one option he had really.
"Anna, I'm not going to let you go!" Kristoff said. Anna turned around, crazed fury in her eyes. He flinched from the look, seeing pure off-the-deep-end rage, something he had never seen before in Anna's eyes, and frankly it scared him slightly. Okay, more than slightly. But he steeled himself and said, "Not without me anyway!"
Anna's whole body shifted when she realized what Kristoff was saying. It turned from aggressive and agitated, to shock, then to joy as she relaxed and leaped at Kristoff. Or more like shrugged into him as he was still holding her. Kristoff loosened his arms some, enough for Anna to untie the rope, but not enough for her to get dragged away by the rift. Speaking of which…
Kristoff noticed that the rift thing seemed to be loosing strength, as the wind wasn't nearly as violent as it was. It also seemed to be shrinking slightly, which worried Kristoff. Will that change anything? He wondered on the off chance that Elsa traveled somewhere else through it. And will we make it as well? A little late to be thinking about this now.
Anna finished untying the knot and braced herself against the doorframe again. She was slightly out of breath from the wind exposure and yelling so much, but fervent about going to get Elsa. She looked down the staircase and saw that Sven and Olaf were still clinging on, but not as desperately as they were before.
"Can you wait for us to get back?" Anna shouted to them.
"Don't worry, we'll hang in here guys!" Olaf said.
Kristoff retrieved the rope and rolled it up back into his pack. "Wait a day and if we're not back, go back down to Arendelle and tell everybody what happened!" Kristoff instructed the snowman.
"Alright Kristoff!" Olaf said and promptly started backing down the stairs as best he could.
Wow, he got my name right, Kristoff thought in an off-hand way. He saw Sven start to slide down the stairs, not being able to get any more traction. Kristoff felt a momentary pang of regret, knowing that his trusty partner wouldn't be able to come with him. Fighting back the feeling, he turned to Anna. "Ready?" Anna nodded and Kristoff said, "On three!"
"One!" They both took a deep breath, preparing themselves for whatever was about to happen.
"Two!" Anna looked around the corner and saw that the rift had significantly shrunk, and was showing signs of disappearing. The wind had also died down a bit as well.
"Three!" They two launched themselves off the doorframe and ran into the palace, immediately feeling the wind start tugging at them with a vengeance. Anna could feel her feet lift off the ground as she came closer to the rift. She stared into the darkness in the center, and she, for one brief moment, felt like it was staring back. She looked over and saw Kristoff had a determined look on his face, so Anna matched it and soon enough they were almost in.
The last thought Anna had before they entered the rift was, Don't worry Elsa, I'm coming for you.
Then the two entered the rift and disappeared.
Immediately, the rift destabilized, not being able to handle too many persons entering it. It wavered for a moment, and then shrunk down into nothingness, leaving behind only the wreckage inside it caused.
There was a loud silence without the constant wind and howling. The mountains stood still again.
Then there was a slight shuffling from outside the palace. A white, snowy head peaked inside and saw nobody was there. They had all gone.
"Hmm, what should I do to pass the time?" The snowman mused, unphased by what just occurred. "Play with Sven? But he can't get up here. Wandering around might be fun, but I need to be here when they get back. Hmmm…" He drifted off again, before suddenly having an idea. He chuckled to himself and went to sit on the remains of the bannister, before starting his new way to pass the time.
"One, two, three, four, five…."
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Elsa saw the look on Anna's face as she felt herself slide backwards into what she knew was probably oblivion. She tried to accept the fact that she was probably not going to survive whatever this was, but couldn't find herself to do it. I just wish that we had more time together before… she trailed off as she felt her body meet the rift. She felt a strange sensation, like her entire body was vibrating. She closed her eyes and waited for the end.
It didn't come, but instead she felt something different.
It felt like she was passing through a layer of… thick water was the best description she could come up with. She peaked open an eye, then both of them shot open in amazement. She was floating in some sort of realm. It was a murky brown and black, with a smattering of lighter colors in the distance and she was alone in this realm. There was nothing distinguishable about it. It was a whole lot of… of nothing. It was unnaturally quiet, nothing could be heard except Elsa's breathing.
Am I dead? Elsa wondered. Is this the afterlife? She looked around; It's not exactly what I imagined. She had to give a short laugh at that thought. Really? It that all I can think about, just what I imagined it looked like? Or maybe this isn't the afterlife. So if that's it, then where am I? I fell through that rift, and it must have taken me somewhere. So I guess now I need to find out where here is. She paused thinking.
What was that? Elsa suddenly wondered. She swore she heard something behind her. She looked behind her and saw the rift she came out of still staying strong, but she had drifted away from it from the leftover momentum she had when she was drug into it. She couldn't control where she was going; forward seemed like the only choice she had at the moment. But other than that, there was nothing.
Huh? Elsa turned back around. Either she was finally loosing it, or this place was making her go crazy. She could practically feel something right next to her, something… right...
There! Elsa turned her head and saw the strangest thing. There was an eye staring at her. A literal, floating, eye. It was about half a foot in diameter and had one small black pupil staring back at Elsa. What. Is. That? Elsa wondered. The eye thing started floating around Elsa, as if it was examining her, making strange child like giggling noises.
Elsa took the time to also get a better look at it. Now that she got over the shock of seeing an eye of all things, Elsa could now see that there was more to it. The eye remained the most prominent feature, but more details were made out. The eye was surrounded in a circle of black 'skin' set in the center of the thing, and there were four 'limbs' to it, one at the bottom pointing right, two shorter ones were in the middle pointing in opposite directions on both sides of the eye, and the final one on top also pointing right.
Elsa frowned. What is this creature? It's unlike anything I've seen before. Even the trolls aren't as strange as this thing is.
The creature suddenly spun around Elsa, making a sound that sounded like it was saying 'known'. Then there was another one! Elsa's eyes widened as a second one suddenly appeared out of nowhere. This one looked similar to the first one, but instead its eye was higher up and there were only two limbs, one sticking out at an angle from the top of the eye, and the other going straight down for a bit before pointing right at the bottom.
Two more appeared, joining the first two. One had its eye in the center and two limbs, one going to the left before curving round to the right on top, the other one the same except on the bottom and going right then left. The other creature had the eye high again, with a small nob at the top of it, but with two 'legs' going down joined in the middle with a hoop. The four creatures stopped spinning and chanting around Elsa, forming a straight line in the order they appeared in.
The last one to appear made Elsa realize something. They looked like letters! The last one was the most recognizable, looking like an 'A'. With this discovery, Elsa realized they spelled her name, E, L, S, A. How do they know my name? What are they and how do they know?
"You know my name." Elsa said, more like a question.
The creatures chattered excitedly. I think that that was a 'yes', Elsa thought, then another realization hit her. They can understand me? Then maybe I can ask them why I'm here.
"Why am I here?" Elsa asked.
If they could, these creatures suddenly looked nervous. Before anything else could happen, an ear-splitting roar came over this realm. The creatures suddenly became more agitated. Elsa turned around to see what made that noise, and suddenly wished that she hadn't.
A large group of these creatures was coming at her, too many to count. But they were all fleeing, all fleeing from the maker of the roar. Elsa's blood would have frozen if it wasn't already. There was a giant monster coming at her, a blue and silver beast with a blue jewel in its chest. It had four legs and its neck was long, ending with a metal plated head, making it look like it had fangs on the side of its mouth.
Immediately Elsa could feel the power coming from this beast. It simply radiated it, and it felt ancient. It was an old power, one that was as old as time. Elsa knew that this was no ordinary beast, as this had to be the thing of legends, spoken of only in the oldest of tales, ones that were as old as people were. If Elsa's magic was considered strong, then this beast was supreme.
Elsa would have been more fascinated if this beast wasn't coming straight at her. But something else made her sweat. There was a second roar. Turning yet again with panic in her eyes, she saw another beast. This one was a light purple color that had two legs and claw hands. Its neck was long and it had two shoulder plates that were striped purple with pink pearls in the center of them. Also like the first beast, Elsa could also feel the power radiating off this beast, and it was equal at the least to the others, feeling as old as well, and as vast as space.
And they were coming at her. Or more precisely, they were coming at each other, with Elsa stuck in the middle.
Uh-oh. Elsa looked back and forth between the two monsters and saw that they were charging something inside their bodies. They started glowing with a blue or purple light respectively, and glowing orbs of power started forming.
I want to get out of here, Elsa thought, but still couldn't move in any direction. She started to panic as she felt the beasts' energies building up to the breaking point. Please, I want to get out of here!
Suddenly, the four creatures that spelled her name out started chanting and circling around her, and Elsa could feel a pressure start to build up around her. She looked down and saw that there was another rift, or a portal now that Elsa thought about it, right below her. "Un-known, un-known, un-known," the creatures chanted louder and Elsa felt an all too familiar wind tug at her. She was going to get sucked into this portal, but this time it was out of danger.
Elsa started gliding towards the portal and looked back at the creatures. They were all watching her to make sure she made it through. Their concern touched Elsa; after all, she was probably the stranger here and they were helping her.
"Thank you." She said, and the creatures chittered once again, presumably in a 'you're welcome'.
She felt herself going into the portal and once again felt like her entire body was vibrating. There was a bright white light that was so intense it was painful. Disoriented, her retinas aching, and a deafening noise in her ears, adding onto the headache she now felt, Elsa passed out as she went through the portal. She felt herself land on something what felt like grass, and then let the blackness take over.
Back inside the Alternate Dimension, the group of Unown that had created the portal for Elsa took a brief moment to be happy they helped another human. Then two roars prompted them to scatter away.
On either end of the area, the Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia finished charging their attacks and unleashed them at each other. Dialga's Roar of Time and Palkia's Spacial Rend collided in the middle. The force of these attacks was devastating, but equally matched. However, there was more, unseen damage being caused to the fabric of the universe when the lords of time and space collided. It was warping, causing all sorts of problems in the different realms, all affected by these two titans clashing.
After the two attacks drained out of power, the two mighty dragons moved elsewhere to continue their battle with each other.
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Elsa slowly felt sensations come back to her. She could feel herself lying on the ground, and that there was grass underneath her. The air was nice and fresh as she breathed in, getting oxygen into her body and refreshing herself. She opened her eyes and was momentarily disoriented as she saw nothing but blue, but then realized that she was on her back and was staring up at the sky. Looking around, she saw that she was in the middle of a clearing, ringed with trees and bushes.
Where am I? Elsa wondered, as she became more lucid. I came through the portal, and I ended up here. So, where's here? The ringing in her ears died down and she slowly remembered how to feel things as her body started to become more under her control again. She flexed her fingers experimentally, and then did the same thing with her feet. Trusting herself, she gently pushed herself into a sitting position on the ground, groaning slightly. How long was I out, she wondered.
Looking around, she saw that the clearing was small; the trees were less than twenty feet away. She seemed to be at the foothills of a giant mountain range, or just one giant mountain, which was to her left in the distance visible over the trees. There was snow covering the peaks of it, which made Elsa feel a little better, knowing there was at least something she could be comfortable with about this place.
There was some rustling coming from her right, and as Elsa looked over, an animal came out of the bushes. It wasn't one that Elsa had seen or was familiar with. It was short and had four legs, with a big bushy tail. Its fur was a light brown-grey, with its collar and the tip of its tail a light grey color. It had long, pointy ears and its eyes were black with highlights that shone brightly in the sun.
It came closer and made a questioning "Eee?" sound, looking at Elsa quizzically, which Elsa returned the look.
What is that? It almost looks like a fox, but it looks too different to be in the same family. She looked at it further, it is cute whatever it is, she decided. The animal came closer and made another "Eee, eevee?"
Elsa smiled at the animal, "Hello there." She said calmly, not wanting to scare it off.
The animal heard her voice and stiffened slightly, but calmed down immediately after and came closer. "Eevee eee, eee vee!" It started coming closer and Elsa could see the lack of fear in it's eyes as it came up and sat on its hind legs right next to her, smiling.
Elsa chuckled at its boldness. Wild animals don't often settle up right next to you, unless they are used to people. Maybe it's tamed but got loose somehow. I don't know.
The animal gave another "Eee!" sound and motioned for Elsa to pat its head. Elsa smiled. "You're a friendly little one aren't you?" She said. On impulse, she reached out and patted it on the head, like it wanted. The animal smiled with glee and made a happy sound.
Then it started glowing.
Elsa's eyes snapped wide open in shock and she backed away from it, still on the ground. What's happening? What is it doing? All I did was pet it. She looked down at her ungloved hands. Did I cause something without meaning to with my powers? Is this my fault? After her coronation incident, she abandoned the gloves that had imprisoned her hands for over half her life and gained a lot more control over her powers. She still had her days however where they seemed to get out of control, but at least she didn't need to wait for the ice to melt anymore when she could do it.
She frowned. No, I'm in control of my powers, so it couldn't have been me. So what is it doing?
She soon got her answer. The glow faded and there stood another creature in the same place as the old one. It looked similar to the first one, but there were several distances. Its fur color had changed to a silver-blue, and its tail changed shape slightly, now loosing most of the fur, and it became longer and shaped like a rhombus, with the tip now a darker blue. It now had a crest on its head that came up into three points and was a deep cerulean blue color. The crest had two ends that came down on either side of its face, similarly shaped like its tail. Its eyes had also changed to a light blue, just a shade darker than Elsa's own.
Right away, Elsa felt a sudden connection with the creature, a feeling of sameness. What is this? Why do I feel connected to this creature? And for that matter why did it change? Is it natural? The creature now felt to Elsa as if it had a blue glow around it, only visible to her.
The creature also seemed to be momentarily confused about this as well as it looked over its new body. "Glaceon!" It cried out, still having a surprised look on its face.
The next part shocked Elsa even more than its sudden change.
"Wow, I really didn't think that would happen. I evolved into a Glaceon!"
Elsa's jaw dropped. Did it just…? "Did you just talk?"
The creature turned to Elsa with a puzzled expression on its face. "Huh?"
"Did you just talk?" Elsa repeated, making sure she wasn't hearing things.
"You can understand me?" The creature asked.
Elsa's eyes widened. "Oh my God, you did. You just talked!"
The creature seemed to be equally as surprised. "You can understand me?"
Elsa nodded, too shocked to say anything. This animal can talk like a human. Am I hallucinating? That's the only thing I have, or I'm dreaming this all up.
The creature seemed to get over its shock quicker than Elsa and started jumping around in joy. "I don't believe it! A human can understand me! A Pokémon! I didn't think any human could do that! But then why didn't you answer me when I was still an Eevee?"
Elsa blinked a few times, still a little confused about how she could understand this thing. But then she realized that she made a talking snowman, so she really couldn't complain about strange talking creatures. "Wait, what? A Pokémon? What's that? Is that what you are?"
The creature stopped and gave Elsa a stare that made her feel like she was clueless about an obvious thing. "You don't know what a Pokémon is?" the creature asked. Elsa shook her head in a negative and the creature gave her a long stare down. "Where are you from if there's no Pokémon?"
Elsa was about to answer when another voice came from the trees. A clearing of a throat was heard and both Elsa and the creature turned to see who made the sound.
At the edge of the clearing was a young woman with really long blond hair with a few hair decorations in it. She was wearing black pants and a black shirt, and had a large backpack that was a light blue color. Elsa guessed that she was just a little older than Anna.
"Uh, hello. Pardon me, but who are you?" The new woman asked.
Elsa stood up and brushed some dirt off her skirt. "I should ask you the same thing." Elsa said, coolly. The creature next to her seemed to stiffen a bit.
The woman's grey eyes widened realizing her mistake. "Oh, pardon me, that was extremely rude of me. I apologize. I should introduce myself first. My name is Cynthia Shirona."
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There you have it , chapter two. I really didn't want to include Olaf and Sven in this so I hope that's okay. And aren't the Unown helpful little buggers?
In case you were wondering, the Eevee is a shiny Eevee, and it evolved into a shiny Glaceon. Explanations of how that evolution worked will be in the next chapter, or at least theories.
Stay tuned for Chapter 3: Enter Cynthia
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-OrangeGalen
