Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Shiro's Gem
Chapter 6, Day 5 : The Secret of the Garnet Pendant
"Shiro, Shiro, it's me Raven," the voice was getting clearer every minute from the garnet pendant, "finally…"
"Ah!" Shiro and Riolu nearly jumped out of their skin. Shiro took the pendant off and had thrown it on the ground. It turned out to be a mistake, Shiro was starting to feel weak, and sick like someone had just poisoned her.
"What the hell!" Riolu said edging closer as Shiro moved backwards until she touched the dry cave wall. Riolu looked at her concerned, but he could tell that she doesn't want to be near the jewelry.
"What a nice greeting-not!" Raven said and the pendant started to glow again nearly blinding the two Pokémon. "Little Shiro, I am so happy that you are safe, and for crying out loud put the damn necklace on."
"Raven-what the heck-how is this happening-and are you really in there?" Shiro ignored the command with large, pale saucer eyes.
"Whoa, whoa slow down, and calm down," Raven said trying to sound soothing, but it was causing the opposite effect. "Right now, you are dying, please follow my orders."
"How interesting," Riolu said and picked up the chain slowly, but dropped it like it was burning him, "is this you have been crying about, Shiro?"
"Sort of," Shiro took small steps next to Riolu, "Raven, can you explain to me what happened to you."
"I see…you don't remember a thing, I should've expected this," Raven said and the pendant was lifted off the ground like someone was displaying its beautiful garnet and golden chain. "Shiro, first off, you are in danger more danger than you can ever imagine, and I am not exaggerating when I tell you to put this damn pendant on."
Shiro did and she started getting her energy back. Riolu asked, "Do you feel anything?"
"Better, I feel like I can fly."
"That's good, it should be like that," Raven sighed and spoke like she is at a funeral, "this pendant is really important, but not for being pretty. Have you ever heard of cursed items, well this is one.
"This pendant is named Aurum Abutor, which mean Gold Curse in Latin, the golden body and chain was forge with pieces of poisonous seviper and arboc fangs mixed into the gold when it was melted," Shiro shuttered and looked at the piece of jewelry afraid that it might bite, "but thanks to the garnet the effects don't work. How does that work, it works because I am the garnet, my soul somehow fused with the gem. Don't ask how that happened, but I asked a friend to help me.
"The family that we are from is not messed up, but they really messed up on this, it is because of our family that you touched Aurum Abutor."
"What?" Shiro and Riolu were more confused than ever. "Okay, tell me how our family got involved in this whatever situation."
"Alright, fair enough, our family was full of treasure hunters that had pinch of greed in their blood. They found the treasure that is around your neck hoping that they will get a fortune, but instead it killed anyone who touched it after three days without showing any symptoms until the last day. I don't know where this came from or how they got it, but they kept it a secret and never used it against anyone. This somehow led to disaster, and both of us had to pay the price. Our parents weren't as greedy, but they didn't want to give up the necklace so easily so they left it in our possession wrapping it in paper giving it to us afraid that someone might take it. As long we didn't un-wrap it, we were safe from the effects, and none of us had touched it, until someone tried to steal it in the middle of one night and kidnapped you. I don't know what happened to you after that, but I found you again, not as a human, but as a Pokémon the next day. After that, my friend told me that you were going to die and the only way to save you is by creating something that could counter the effects. That is how the garnet was created out of psychic powers and a simple, plain garnet, and I wanted to stay with you so I had my soul form with it leaving my physical body to rot. Since then I've protected you, but I don't know how you ended up here."
"Wow," Riolu and Shiro said lost for words.
"Whatever you do, Shiro, never take that pendant off again, it is the only way you will live."
"Okay, but who is this friend that helped you?"
"Someone who you might be able to communicate with from where you are her name is Kate Amare. She is an extremely special and powerful person; I think she will be able to help you."
"Alright, after this mission, we should find a way to communicate with Kate Amare," Shiro said feeling pumped.
"I agree, but how are we going to do that?" Riolu asked proving a point.
"For now, you should just continue with what you're doing. I think the sun should be coming up soon, you two should rest for now."
They did until the sun went down again and thing cooled down. Riolu was healed enough to fight and Shiro made sure that her sister was still wrapped around her neck. With the stars appearing in the sky, they moved out.
I never thought that something like this would happen, I still have many questions that I will ask Raven later.
After going down two more floors and avoiding the territorial Pokémon we reached our destination. We were inside another cave, this one had sand coming out of the walls and ceiling, and there was no one here except Riolu and me.
"Hello," I called out, but Riolu stopped me and had we hide behind a rock.
"Shh, my powers are picking up more than one person here and they aren't friendly," Riolu warned and ricked looking up. "We will have to be very quiet and move slowly."
"Like that will help you," someone roared and the ceiling started to crumple, causing sand to pour on top of our head. I pounced on Riolu to move him out of the way to avoid a piece of rubble. When I looked at him I didn't realize the position we were in, I was on top of him pinning his arms down. We both blushed when the voice spoke, "Oh, how sweet, you two going to kiss, or something?"
Riolu smirked and grabbed hold of me moving my face closer to his so he can lick my cheek. He said with so much confidence, "Does that work for you, come out you bastard!"
I was frozen for a minute before Riolu got us both up. As I was trying to ignore what just happened I went into a fighting stance yelling, "Where are you, are you going to fight?"
"You will regret it," the voice said and then I felt like I was hit with a boulder slamming into the wall. "Geodude, Onyx, get them!"
"Shiro!" Riolu yelled and jumped in front of me before I could be hit again by a geodude. "Can you fight?"
"Yeah, what is that shaking?" The ground shook violently almost making us lose our footing. "Onyx is beneath us, run for it."
It was too late, a long chain of giant boulders rose out of the sand so fast it binds us in seconds. Riolu and I were so close together that we might be hugging.
"Shiro, I will not let you die," Riolu whispered and something red came out of his hand. A piercing roar came from Onyx and it lets us go making us fall on our faces. "Time to show you what I can really do, Shiro."
"You will not get away!" the voice spoke again. "I, Golem, will crush you."
"Shiro/Riolu," Riolu and I screamed before being crushed and everything turned black.
Hello, hello, and sorry, sorry, sorry. I never thought that it will take me this long to update. I am already behind on another story.
Anyway I want to thank everyone who favorite me and are following me. It is thanks to you guys that I feel like I am not putting my ideas in a void called FanFiction.
I am sure that I might've left something out and I am going to make it up in the next chapter somehow. Remember when Shiro said that she has some questions for Raven, well I am willing to put any questions you have into this story. It can be any question as long it is appropriate.
Also those of you who don't know Kate Amare, she was and will be a character again in one of my Pokémon Ranger stories. Something happened to my past stories and I will fix them when I can.
Please read, review, and enjoy.
Dedicated to Gemstone Gal!
