A/N Another short, filler chapter. The next one will definitely be longer.
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Disclaimer: Pokemon is Satoshi-sensei's. The song 'Walk Away' is by The Script.
3rd person (present tense)
A cave. Dark cave. Two low voices, whispering with silent glee. This is the future. The world will end soon, very soon. Now that they have the key item and all obstacles safely out of the way. Soon, very soon.
Fast forward. A small cottage, half of the roof falling away, the other half charred with ash and small flames. A boy inside, shouting at another. They both have the same color eyes. The taller looks away, not meeting the other's eye. Instead of backing off, the smaller takes a step forward and shouts even more, even though his voice is getting hoarse and there are tears dripping down. A small, blond boy comes and attempts to restrain the teen, but the other pushes both of them away and storms out under the darkening sky. It begins to rain.
Two don't realize that it is raining, inside the haven of their cave. Their bodies touch comfortingly. Actually, one really doesn't know. One does, but it hides the thought behind guarded eyes. That person knows it will be soon. Soon.
There is something unexplainable in the person's eyes. Like there's a war going on inside. But that's impossible. Impossible to have a war with yourself.
Many others shift through the ashes of the remains of the once beautiful city. She's not there. One boy in particular says nothing, but shifts until his hands start to bleed. He grits his teeth and wipes away sweat, painting streaks of crimson in his hair.
Another band of people search the seas, scanning the water for signs of life. One of them look up, hearing a faint roar of a pokemon. She dismisses it as a mirage, and keeps looking.
An older man sits in his lab, also looking at the darkening sky. It seems like the same sky, even though it is a different region. Maybe he knows what's to come.
Maybe they all do.
Diamond (Normal)
"What do you mean you can't find her? Keep looking!" I shouted, even though I was getting drenched. Somewhere in the falling water, a voice answered.
"We can't, Diamond!" I realized it was Lyra's voice. "It's raining, and we can't see a thing! Just give up for now and-"
"But it'll be too late!" That voice wasn't mine. Instead, it was Crystal's a bit frantic. She was still worried about Gold, who still wasn't accounted for. "We have to keep looking!"
More voices joined in the argument, but one voice rose above them all. Yellow's.
"Listen!" She screamed. We all jumped. We've never seen her act that way. "It's urgent! Very urgent! Something's wrong! This isn't right!"
"There's three missing, when there's only supposed to be two!"
Pearl
Revenge. It was all that rang in my mind at the moment. Faking means gaining trust. Gaining trust meant letting guard down. Letting guard down means revenge. It's simple.
But it wasn't. There was this little voice in the back of my head the whole time, telling me it wasn't right and stuff like that. It really didn't matter to me at the time. Revenge.
It kind of scared me, how I'd changed. Like a cold, heartless machine. That terror grew every time she touched me, or looked into my eyes, or talked to me with her soothing voice. That kind of terror where you want to strangle someone but you can't.
I don't know why she's with me
I only brought her trouble the day she met me
If I was her, by now I would've left me
I would have walked away
I remember, about the fourth day in the cave, she asked me what was in the little crack at the corner of the room.
But now I've walked away
Somehow instead she forgave me
I would've told her, I really would have. But I didn't. Maybe it would've ended up different if I had. I said it was nothing. I bet she knew that I was different too. She knew me well enough.
Or maybe she just didn't want to accept the truth?
She said a woman's got to do what she's got to do
Even if it means she denied herself the truth
Cause if you're in too deep, you wake up when it's too late
I can't remember much. Everything was clouded in purple fog in my eyes. Don't ask me to remember, because I don't want to remember. I only hurt her, so would I want to tell you?
Platina always seemed to be worried about the outside world. Time was slower in this cave (for this was the place Celebi fell) so I thought she would ignore it. Of course, she's smarter than that. I convinced her that everything was fine, and that she wasn't fully healed, so she couldn't fight yet, blah blah blah. Not once, did she mention her pokemon.
That struck me as weird. I hadn't found any pokeballs when I had searched her. It was... It filled me with guilt. She trusted me.
Well, I'm filled with guilt now, thinking back on it. Back then, I was a zombie mad with the idea of revenge.
...You can't hear my dry laughter, can you?
So walk away
Walk away
Save yourself from the heartache
Go now before it's too late
But still she stays
She kissed me. On the fifth day, she kissed me. I was really filled with guilt now, since Rayquaza would unleash her plan soon and... she would die. But, I didn't care. I really didn't care whether she died or not. And, to be honest, it scared me.
And that's what I told her.
"Missy!" I shouted in horror, pushing her away, mustering the most terrified expression I could manage. "This-You-Kissing... It's wrong!"
Platina's eyes only flashed and she pulled me into a kiss once more. She tasted soft. Like cinnamon. I didn't even realize she was slowly inching away from me, towards the small crack in the corner.
There was a slight 'slap' sound when she pushed me away and stumbled to the door. I ran after her, until I was stopped by a barrier of ice.
Her Lopunny. She had with her the whole time. Even that tiny voice inside my head shut up.
She's standing in the heart of darkness
Saying I know you got a soul even though you're heartless
How could any woman in their right mind be so blind,
To find something this safe
Instead of walking with me she should have walked away
We spoke the next words in union.
"You... You never trusted me?" My voice was cracking, and I was desperately banging on the sheet of ice. "But- You just kissed me!" That fire in my head grew brighter, making everything blurry except the girl that was ordering her Lopunny to break the stone wall. "I thought you trusted me!"
Her next words were perfectly clear to me, even through the sheet of ice. "I never trusted you. You aren't Pearl. You'll never be Pearl."
There were flashes of red in my vision by this point. "Me? Not Pearl? Look at me, Missy. I am Pearl! I am!"
"Pearl wouldn't do this."
"Yeah? Well, this is Pearl! The Pearl you never knew, the Pearl you never bothered to know! You created this Pearl!" I slammed my fists against the ice, but didn't even make a dent. "Your fault! Your creation! You didn't even bother to know! You ran off with Diamond! Did you ever contact me after that? NO!"
She finds color in the darkest places
She finds beauty in the saddest of faces
For such a clued in, headstrong city girl
Could've had the world but she's fallen in love in the worst way
And if you don't go now then you'll stay
Cause I'll never let you leave, never let you breathe
Cause if you're looking for heaven, baby it sure as hell ain't me
There was something new in her eyes. I couldn't tell. Everything was red. Red and blurry. I was blowing my cover, not following orders. I knew that.
"I'm not stupid," she said coldly.
Was it really cold? Every movement she made seemed like a thousand needles, pain magnified by a hundred. Was this the voice, or me? Was this even me? Everything was spinning in my head. There were two voices now. One telling me to keep fighting, and one telling me to surrender.
'You can't hurt her; she's your friend! This is all a trick!'
'She didn't trust you! She never did! Can you call her your friend now?'
They kept arguing for the longest time, it seemed. I clutched my head in agony and fell to the floor. Suddenly, everything went silent. A single voice vibrated in my head.
'YOU FAILED.'
And my vision went black.
So walk away
(walk away)
Walk away, oh
Save yourself from the heartache, oh
Go now before it's too late
So walk away
(walk away)
Walk away, oh
Save yourself from the heartache, oh
Go now before it's too late
But still she stays
I'm saying walk away
But still she stays
Still she stays
Yeah, she stays
She stays...
