Well, I got done with this one quite fast. Now, if you remember, I did have a poll up asking if I should leave her name as Annabelle or Salem. Although, after later during the day did I realize that I hadn't posted it to my profile and made a note of it of it and posted it on the story, I hoped that people had seen it, but only 2 people had voted so it was a 50-50% tie between Annabelle and Salem, so I will actually be going with her birth name, Salem. Now, I hope y'all enjoy this chapter and I don't own Pokemon. Oh and if you're wondering why the title is different from the other one, it wouldn't let me type the whole name.
Chapter 4: The Dark Stones and the Arrival of N
The months came and went and I couldn't find any ways of escape. There were no windows, at least none that I could reach, I tried the door but there was no way to open or budge it.
Vortex kept me company through all this time and like me, she was trapped down here as well.
I had come to terms with what my mother wrote to me in her message.
I sighed. "Vortex, do you think we'll ever get out of this mess."
"I'm not sure, there's no telling what could happen." She frowned.
I frowned, and bored out of my mind I fell asleep with Vortex beside me.
Sometime later I awoke but Vortex was still asleep.
"Well, isn't that cute."
Even though I've only heard that voice for a short period of time, I knew who it was instantly.
I bolted upright, terrified.
He smirked. "What's with the scared look in your eyes Zorua, I thought you'd be glad to see me."
"My-my name's not Zorua." I don't know why I bothered with that, but it was the only thing that came to my mind.
"Oh, I'm sorry, now what was it? Oh yes, I believe it's Annabelle." He mocked.
"It's Salem." I said weakly.
He quirked an eyebrow. "Salem? If I had to take a guess, I assume that that's your birth name, but, if you claimed that you knew nothing about who you were, then how would you know your original name?"
I paled, I hadn't thought of that.
"I don't suppose this is your mothers book?" He held up the small black notebook.
I forgot to hide that from him in case he ever showed up.
He opened it up and started reading. "Isn't that sweet, your mothers last words to you, how very touching?"
I didn't say anything; I didn't know what to say.
He finished reading it a few minutes later and closed it, throwing it back onto the table.
"An interesting letter that was. So, now you know who and what you are, my plans, your memories, and even about the 'boy of your dreams'." He sneered.
I didn't say anything.
"No matter, now that I've acquired a way to change you back to your original form, you won't be alive for much longer."
I was terrified by his words and that's when I fainted.
I regained consciousness sometime later and found myself trapped inside some kind of glass container.
Surprised, I looked around the room and spotted Vortex lying in a cage not too far from me.
"Vortex!" I yelled.
She jumped up, relief plastered on her face. "Salem!"
"Where are we? How did we get here?" I was starting to panic.
"I don't know, I've never been in this part of the castle before, as for how we got here, Ghetsis probably had some members, more than likely the Shadow Triad so we wouldn't be seen." She explained.
"The Shadow Triad?" I questioned.
"They're beings from the shadows, and not easily noticed. One second they're gone, the next second all of a sudden they appear right in front of you, kind of like ninjas." She explained.
'Oh, so Naruto and Sasuke are here.' I thought sarcastically.
Right on cue a black clad man appeared right in front of me.
Holy Shit! I jumped back in surprise.
"Lord Ghetsis, she is awake." He said in a monotone voice.
"Good, the preparations are almost complete." I looked toward the sound of the voice and found Ghetsis standing next to some machine, hand on a lever at the ready.
"What are you going to do to me?" I started shaking from fear, eyes wide.
"That's simple. To get the power I need from you're special ability, I need to transform you back into your original form first." He said.
I paled, how was he going to do this?
"Now, look around the outside of this glass container, you can see there are dark purple stones surrounding it. These gems were made to counteract the powers of Zorua and Zoroark. Also, your little friend in the cage will help with the process as well." He grinned evilly, a cold look in his eyes.
I looked at the nearest dark stone and shivered, glinting with a cold power. Vortex was going to be used to help my transformation process. If he went through with this, I hoped she'd be ok; I don't want her to get hurt.
"Ghetsis, the preparations have been completed." Sounded a new voice.
My eyes strayed to the newcomer. He had blonde hair and gold colored eyes and was wearing a white lab coat and had some kind of headpiece that spiraled around his head and clearing it.
"Good, then we should get started." He took Vortex and her cage over to another machine and placed her down under it, securing the cage to its spot.
He then pulled the lever.
The stones started to glow and I panicked. They were releasing some kind of light purple energy that was being directed toward the top of my glass container.
"Ahhhhh!" I gasped and looked over at Vortex. She was also engulfed in a purple energy that went into the machine and flowing toward the container.
The next thing, the top of my container started to glow and the energy shot out like lightning and enveloped me.
I screamed, I was in so much pain, my whole body was screaming in protest and inside…I could feel myself changing, I seemed to be growing smaller and started to acquire animal like characteristics.
As I started to loose consciousness, the pain suddenly stopped and I could feel myself revert back to my human form as a voice suddenly yelled.
"STOP!"
Sometime later, I awoke and groaned; my body still in pain.
I opened my eyes to see beautiful steel-blue eyes staring down at me.
He had long tea-green hair tied into a ponytail and was wearing a grey and white hat, a white jacket-like shirt that was thrown on over a over a black shirt, tan colored pants and green shoes.
Tied to the waist of his pants, he had a completed rubix cube and on one wrist he had three-square bracelets while on the other he had a sort of watch and tied around his neck was a necklace with a Saturn like pendant on it. It was N.
I bolted upright and my vision blurred from dizziness.
His eyes showed concern. "You shouldn't do that, your body is still recovering from the intense pain it went through, Salem." He said, his voice deep and mesmerizing.
I was surprised. "How do you know my name?"
"It wasn't that hard really, when I saw you turn into Zorua, I immediately knew it was you, Salem."
I stared at him, and opened my mouth to say something when a much older male walked in.
"Lord N, the tests I ran came back with results. It appears that she is still relatively human. But, it also appears that she can also change into her original Zorua form as well. Basically, her powers as a Zorua are flipped as she can also transform into other people and Pokémon as well."
I listened intently and decided to give it a try.
First I turned into a Zorua, I smirked; lets have some fun with it. I then turned into the older male who had a shocked expression on his face and I started giggling.
Next I turned into N, seeing his amused smile I transformed back into a Zorua and played around excitedly with Vortex for a bit.
I turned back into my human form after a while. I frowned and turned toward N and the old man when I gasped and clutched my head.
It felt like my head had just exploded as images flashed through my mind' the rest of my memories.
The bursting of the psychic wall of energy put me through intense pain and soon it became too much for to handle as I started to lose conciseness.
"Salem!"
Eventually I came too, now having a major migraine.
"Are you okay? What happened?" Came the worried voice of N.
"My memories…they came back." I replied, reminiscing.
"Your memories came back? So the wall was broken down?" He questioned.
"How did you know about that?" I asked, confused.
He held up the small black book. "I found this on the table, I hope you don't mind that I went through it."
"It's fine, I'm actually kind of glad you read it, it makes it easier now that I don't have to explain much." I sighed.
"So, Zoroark is really dead…?" He looked extremely sad.
I started to choke up. "Yeah, Ghetsis killed her and my human father Adrian. He kidnapped me and brought me here."
"I'm so sorry, I had no idea about his real intentions, I would have stopped him." He apologized.
I shook my head. "It's not your fault."
Bronius then spoke up. " But…it is my fault. I had known about his plan, but I wanted to wait until the right time to speak up, please forgive me."
"It's alright Bronius, I understand, but now, we need to get out of here. With me now knowing Ghetsis's true intentions in mind, he's not going to let us out so easily. Rally up the members of Team Plasma that you absolutely sure that are on our side."
"Yes, Lord N, I will do it immediately. Ghetsis still does not know I am against him since I came here secretly. It will make it easier to find the true followers of your cause."
N smiled. "Thank you, and please be careful."
Bronius bowed and made his leave.
The young man turned toward me and frowned. "Salem, just how long have you been trapped here?"
I thought about it. "I'm not exactly sure, I do know that it's been quite a few months though."
"Well then, I think it's about time that you were set free." He smiled at me.
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