(Apologies for the hiatus, lately I've been busy with a few things. JUST when I was about to save... my computer got rid of all my work again! Surprise surprise! So I just typed ALL of this over again.)
Chapter 2
Ruby stared wistfully at his reflection in the river and sighed. He figured that he wasn't the right one for the huge destiny he kept hearing of. He was weird looking, a Cyndaquil with black fur, weren't they normally a dark blue? Looks weren't even half of the things wrong with him. Ruby threw a pebble into the river and watched it be swept away by the current. It splashed a bit into his face as if the river laughed at him. Ruby thought he lacked the instinct to defend himself, let alone start a fight. Not that biting Terra's neck spikes would do anything. Maybe he was right, that Ruby was just a waste. He liked sleeping much more than studying and playing much more than actual fighting. A bat squeaked as it swooped down from the ceiling. Ruby shot an Ember and the bat fell to the ground. It shrieked loudly but cut off abruptly. Ruby's stomach grumbled and he debated over eating the charred bat or not. He ultimately decided not to as he was tapped on the shoulder again and somebody shouted "AHA!" Ruby screamed again and flames burst from his back. "AIE! I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT! THE ONLY THING I DID WAS SHOOT AN EMBER AT IT! DRAKE SAID THAT I COULD EAT WHAT'S IN THE CAVES AS LONG AS IT'S SOMETHING SMALL! I COULD MISS DINNER, JUST PLEASE DON'T YELL AT ME!" He yelled out.
"Huh? I was just 'AHA'-ing, it's my war cry… What do you think?" Ruby recognized that voice. It was Opal, she prodded him a bit and he turned around. Opal was the youngest out of all of them. A light colored Axew with a pattern around her neck consisted of a small rainbow. Opal's eyes always shifted color, without them, Ruby figured that he'd never know about all of the colors in the world. "Lapis and Topaz want everyone into the study room." She said, "Oh, what is it about this time?" Ruby asked as his gaze slowly listed to the charred bat, and her gaze followed his. "EEEEK!" Opal shrieked and she booted the burnt bat away. "…Topaz was saying that this is REALLY important, come on." Opal walked out of the training cave with Ruby following her. As they reached the study dorm, Topaz was walking around ordering the rest of the three. Jade was on the floor, with a large book in his hands. Ruby had wondered just how he was capable of holding that. Across from Jade, Ruby found Hematite sitting against the wall with his arms crossed. Just the thought of their eyes locking sent a chill down Ruby's spine. He had no idea how old he even was, Ruby often took guesses but never had gotten any acknowledgment. He was a little strange looking, okay; maybe that was an understatement. Hematite was completely weird. Normal Charmeleon aren't that kind of dark gray with a weird sky-blue, even the flame on his tail was always blue. If Ruby remembered anything from biology... it's that that wasn't normal. Their minders would constantly point that out at Hematite, but he didn't seem to mind being called a "mistake". Come to think of it… Hematite never really told anyone hoe he felt. Ruby couldn't remember much else about Topaz. Except that she did not like to be touched. (From what he remembered last time he tried, she tensed and growled "Get your arm off of me before I bite you!") Topaz and Lapis were pretty similar as far as Ruby knew. But he wouldn't mention that around her. Jade, he's really smart, but Ruby thought he was way too serious… but without his smarts who knows what might happen to them. Hematite was just…well…quiet. There wasn't anything wrong with Opal, she was the sweetest and most innocent person who ever lived! It doesn't matter whether they were called "weak" or anything else like that. An Axew, a Snivy, and a Squirtle, along with a Charmander and it's evolution. These were the people that Ruby felt closest to, just like a big, unique family. Ruby felt somebody pull him aside abruptly.