By TeaFlower
The Disclaimer of FATE: Terra, Ackers, Gaia, Vines, Rai, Gengar (the character), Sailor and Fearful are my characters. Pokemon in general does not belong to me. When I say 'in general', I am referring to NPCs such as Oak, Pokemon such as Articuno, and the general concept of Pokemon, which is gotta catch 'em all. The Storm thingie is mine.
Ackers: Notes to reader!
Terra: This is the beginning of a three episode long series.
Ackers: You will see several of these series in the Chronicles of Ackers.
Terra
and Ackers: You have been warned.
Episode 8: The Storm
Having recently defeated the Elite Four and becoming Pokemon Master, Terra was now having what she considers a vacation; going to the beach and relaxing. Of course, there's always GETTING there.
"Gah! These Tentacool are merciless!" Terra remarked while riding on the back of Sailor. Having her legs clad in shorts while riding a Dewgong wasn't one of her smarter decisions. "Good thing I got some sting ointment."
I'll keep saying this, but we're still translating!
"Are we there yet?" Sailor asked.
"Not yet." Terra replied. Apparently one of the things about connecting minds with a Psychic Pokemon is that you gain the ability to understand what Pokemon say. "But we're almost there. Don't worry."
Eventually their destination came into sight: Seafoam Islands. It was Terra's favorite place in the world besides her room. So calm… so peaceful… A perfect place to just explore and bird watch and read and tan and swim. But I don't think anyone is going swimming today. As Terra said, the Tentacool were merciless that day.
Upon reaching the twin islands, Terra unpacked all the beach stuff. She let the Pokemon out of their Pokeballs, grabbed her binoculars, sat down, and began to look through them. She saw a Pidgey, a Spearow, and…
"An island?" Terra asked no one in particular.
Ackers floated up behind her and said, "I don't see an island." He squinted towards where her binoculars were pointed. "How can you see an island from here?"
Terra turned to the psychic cat. She handed him the binoculars and said, "Look through those over there." She pointed in a direction. Ackers looked through them.
"Hey!" he gasped. "An island! Can we go there?"
"… why not? Seafoam is pretty damn dull." Terra replied. Ackers jumped for joy. "Guys! New plan!"
"Oh, dear." Vines said. It was enough that they were on an island, but the island where Articuno was wasn't high on his favorite place list.
"We're gonna go explore this new island that I saw. It could be fun!"
"… joy…" Sailor muttered.
"Rapture." Fearful nodded.
"Bliss." Vines said.
"ECSTASY!" Gengar yelled. She loved going to new places and stuff. "What will we call this new island?"
Ackers thought for about half a second, then blurted out, "New Island!" Everyone except Ackers fell anime style.
"Right," Terra said, "Let's go. Return!" Ackers, Vines, Fearful, Rai, and Gengar returned to their Pokeballs. "Let's mosey, Sailor." With that, Terra jumped on Sailor's back.
---ELSEWHERE---
… The creature looked on with slight interest. I may never be alone… it thought while watching the young trainer. She doesn't mean to find me, but I can never be too careful. I must be on my toes! It looked down at its warped feet. But I don't think I have toes…
---ELSEWHERE---
Without warning, a storm had started, causing monster winds, giant waves, and no sun to guide them.
"Sailor! You okay?" Terra shouted over the storm.
"NOT REALLY!" The Dewgong screamed. "THIS STORM IS REALLY HARD TO SWIM IN!" As he was screaming, a monster wave hit them, soaking Terra and making her fall off the aquatic mammal and into the water.
"EEEEEEEEEEEP!" she screamed. "Cold! COLD!" She floundered her way over to Sailor and got back on. "How do you stand this?"
"I HAVE A THICK LAYER OF FAT UNDER MY SKIN THAT KEEPS ME INSOLATED! YOU DON'T!" Sailor yelled. Eventually the waves became too strong for Sailor to surf over. "TERRA! I CAN'T KEEP THIS UP!"
"Sailor, look--!" Terra tried to keep the Dewgong's attention on where it was surfing, but it was too late. They had surfed right into the king of all monster waves and they were now underwater. Terra was terrified. Sailor was used to it. Terra looked around, trying to keep her eyes open in the salty water but failed. She motioned to Sailor that they needed to get above the water. And that they did. When they were above the salty, salty water, they saw the island that Ackers dubbed New Island up close and personal.
"… whoa." The two beings said in unison. New Island had a beautiful windmill on it and was crafted with who knows what. It was truly a beautiful structure. There was a port thingy and it was about the size of Cinnabar Island.
"… I think we should explore…" Terra stated in awe.
---ELSEWHERE---
… where did that storm come from? The creature asked, looking at a large screen. I didn't do that… ah, well… I should get ready for anything! With this, the creature floated off.
--Part one is done! Sneak peak at part two and three!—
Creature and Ackers: What the…?
Terra: Can you explain that a little bit clearer?
TeaFlower: I have to go get something!
Creature: … WHY did you do that?
Terra: Ackers! How did you get here?
