I woke up, staring at the ceiling. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I got out of bed and walked out. Walking out of my room, I saw Espeon and Umbreon sitting and playing a game. But seeing me, they were glad.
"Feel any better? Slept all yesterday, and half of today." Espeon said.
"I guess..." I replied.
"Do you want to head out? Or tomorrow?" Umbreon asked.
"Just give me an hour or two..." I said back.
"Okay." Espeon said.
"Espeon, I wonder what he went through. He seemed extremely depressed." Umbreon whispered, but I heard.
"Umbreon, you two shouldn't hear what I've suffered with. Just leave it." I responded, walking out the door.
I walked to a small store, and bought some random things. And just walked for a bit, thinking what I'm going to do. I already completed five trails just three more, it shouldn't be that hard. It was around three in the afternoon, and I wanted to get my sixth trail completed. So I headed back, gathered the two, and we headed off to the next one. While we were walking, Espeon walked right next to me.
"Remember our leader, Riolu? Well… He called us when you were gone. He wants us to come back like today. But we're not going to leave you alone, you know that? We can take all his complaining when we get back. But we should really get this done, you've been on this for like a week. Who knows how long this "Litten" was cursed for. So let's not waste any time, okay?" She said.
"I know… I don't want to think about it, but maybe he died already. Even if that's true. I'm not stopping my trails." I replied.
Espeon looked at me, and just fell back to Umbreon, as we continued to the sixth trail.
We were arriving at the town where the trail was, but had a feeling of being watched. Stopping, I started looking around. The two looked at me, wondering why I stopped. But after not finding anything, we continued, as I said, I thought I seen something.
And moments later, we reached the town.
Checking my watch, it said it was south of us. So we headed there, and when we reached the cave, I was looking at my map. I sighed deeply.
"Okay… If we do this, we can quickly reach the seventh trail from the north." I said.
"Well, we can t-" Umbreon was cut off, with a short gasp.
Hearing the loud thud, I looked back with confusion on my face.
"Got ya in my grasp now!" I heard a voice.
Looking down, I saw what seemed like a Fennekin. With Umbreon in a choke hold.
"Hey, ugh. Fennekin." Umbreon tried speaking.
"Uh..." I stood there.
"Huh? Oh." Fennekin looked at me.
She rolled off Umbreon and stood up.
"Howdy, I don't recall meeting you." She said.
"Uh, because we never meant… Uh, you guys know her?" I asked.
"Sure do! She has been our friend for quite a bit. Fennekin what are you doing here in Yalso? Weren't you in Gaco like a week ago?" Umbreon said.
"To be honest with ya, I wanted to explore the world. So I left the country of Gaco, and headed here. It's good to see you again." She said to him.
I just stood there, standing in complete confusing. I didn't know who this was, and I just wanted to get the sixth trail done.
"Uh, okay then. Guys we should do the trail now..." I interrupted.
"Trail? Mind if I tag along?" Fennekin asked.
"This is for… Experienced… Trail goers..." I said.
"Boy, I'm possibly more experienced then you. Let me show you!" She said.
"Well, it isn't my fault if you suffer the pain of dying." I replied.
This Fennekin was a bit off. But I was going to give her a chance, possibly she will deem herself.
We walked in, ready for whatever to come. And climbing through narrow and thin places, we reached the middle. With a sapphire looking scroll floating there. Then the guardian appeared, as a fleshy bloody beast. That was pretty new.
"What in tarnation is that?!" Fennekin screamed.
"Calm down..." Umbreon replied.
The beast scanned us down, I was pretty terrified, but stood straight.
"Team of four…?" It spoke.
"And you have five trails completed. You've been doing work. I shall grant you a gift for the remaining trails..." It added.
And moments later, it formed a blood titanium sword. And handed me it.
"Whoa, that's the coolest darn thing ever!" I heard Fennekin.
I tried it on some stone, and it split in two. Even the stone wall cut pretty easy.
"So, are you ready for the trail of darkness?" It said.
We all agreed, and warped to the arena.
Opening our eyes, I felt a little off. When my watch pinged.
"Warning. Timed arena, complete within ten minutes, or suffer a painful death of poison." It said.
"This is new. Well, let's get going." Espeon said.
The three followed behind me, as I navigated the darken arena, slicing anything in two. It took a couple of minutes, but I reached a dead end. I was confused, it was leading us this way all the way. Without any other pathways to take.
"Uh, what is this? This was the only pathway all the way. Did you three see anything out of place?" I asked.
They all shook their heads, and we were left there not knowing what to do. I decided to try cutting through it, but when I did. Something reflected my attack, bouncing my sword back. I was confused even more at this point. Then I thought of something, if it was a puzzle. There was possibly a hidden pressure plate or button to press. And I told the others of this. We all started feeling around the darken walls, in hope to find something to open a hidden passage. And I knew I was right, after feeling around for half a minute, I pushed in a stone. Hearing some clicks, I looked to the dead end, and it opened.
"Good job… Let's continue before this poison kills us..." Umbreon said.
And with that, we ran into the new area. Later finding the center, with what looked like a blacken ball. I didn't waste a second taking it, and yelling to run. And so we did. Surprisingly, Fennekin was right beside me, same speed. Thought she would've died already, but maybe she can really do this thing. As I was near the exit, I felt suddenly cold, and peeking back, I saw what I think was the boss. It was just a black figure, flying towards us.
"What in the world is that?!" I yelled.
But before it got any of us, we ran out. Taking a second to get our breaths back, I showed the guardian the item. And it seemed pleased, and gave me the scroll. Opening it, everything did it's normal thing. And I woke up, having the black mist icon.
"Hey, sixth trail! Two more!" Umbreon exclaimed.
But I felt that strange feeling of being watched, and I looked behind my team. To see a glowing white orb. I didn't look at it, and continued to cheer about our victory.
And that evening, I was sitting on a park bench with, Umbreon and Espeon. Eating ice cream and chatting.
"So, two trails now… Are you excited?" Espeon questioned.
"Yeah, I I'm… I'm glad you two came along." I replied.
"Man, I wouldn't miss a chance to go with a trail goer." Replied, Umbreon.
"Hey, y'all, I'm getting kinda tired. Wanna head to our room now?" The Fennekin said.
It was getting dark out, and we headed back. Just watching some TV, then head off to bed before ten. Laying down, I heard Umbreon calling me. So I got back up, and walked to see what he wanted.
"I kinda want to go to sleep… What did you need?" I asked.
"There's two trails left. So let's give it all we got. I read on my tablet, the last two trails will be insanely hard. So let's try our best!" He said.
"And how hard is hard?" I asked.
"Pretty insane… Pretty much it throws everything at you from the last six..." He replied.
"Great… Well, let's get a good rest and head out tomorrow." I said back.
And with that, I lay down, and fell asleep...
