Hello there laddies, it's me again, and welcome back, ta another chapter of this here story!
This time, we shall see the Ground Kingdom, and their new King!
It's going ta be a bumpy ride, so don't leave even for a moment!
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Chapter Nine:
The island can be seen from afar. The waves were going frantic as usual and the storms have calmed down from before. All the lights were on and we see Solomon, reading a book about the geography of the earth. He then turns to you and smiles. "Ah, hello there, and welcome back. I suppose you want to me to continue the story?" Solomon chuckles. "Why yes, of course."
Solomon puts the book away with Psychic and then gets the same book from before. "Now lets see here, we will now learn about the Ground Kingdom, and their new King."
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We see a light-brown colored Kingdom that is mostly made to look more like an old western town than anything else. It had lots of ranches, saloons, race tracks, and many other buildings. The Kingdom also had a very dry climate, with dry and cracked up land, tumbleweeds seen to fly away by the wind, and the sun's scorching heat on the Kingdom. But regardless to all of those things, the Ground Type Pokemon seemed happy and content on how they're living in the Kingdom.
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Solomon speaking:
The Ground Kingdom is certainly an interesting Kingdom. It is the driest Kingdom of all of Poketopia. It's temperatures even rivals with the Fire Kingdom. It may have it's droughts, it's harsh environments, but regardless, the Ground Pokemon have made their lives enjoyable with what they got.
They have racing tracks for Mudsdale to race on. The Ground Pokemon would also place bets on the Mudsdale to see which one would win. Gambling was their main source of entertainment. If you don't see a Ground Type Pokemon riding a Mudsdale out in their ranch, then you're going to see them gamble.
They have casinos, where they place their money to bet on cards, certain challenges, dice, they even bet on heads and tails.
It may have seened not healthy to most, but to them, it was their way of living. It was like they were living in the Old West, gambling away and having their races.
But things took a serious turn back in the Ashen War. The Dark Army came and the Ground King was sadly killed. It was devastating, their King was gone, and so did all their hopes and dreams. It was slowly but surely, turning into a ghost town.
But in due time, a new Ground King was crowned and he brought all the spirits back to the Ground Kingdom. It took a while, but it was finally brought back to it's former glory.
Now the the castle of the Ground Kingdom was light brown and it looked more like a large saloon. But all in all, this is where the Ground King resided in.
End of Solomon speaking:
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The inside of the castle was light-brown. There was no floor, only the ground itself, and the walls looked like it had a mud coating on it. There was also a Pokemon, walking down the hallway and started heading his way towards the throne room.
He has has a dark brown body with diagonal, red splotches. Three markings are on his front, with two under each arm, and two on his back. He has short legs with small, narrow feet, each containing three toes. His small white face is long and thin, tipped by his pink nose. His eyes are set back, on either side of the bridge of the nose. Under them, on each side, are two thin, red stripes. A large blade roughly twice as large as his face extends from his forehead. The top of the blade contains two smaller blades, resembling fins. His arms are thick and have three large blades instead of fingers, with two smaller blades on top of the middle ones. On his knees, halfway down his arm, and just behind where his forehead meets his face, are small red spots.
He is a Excadrill, and he had a light-brown robe on, with the Ground symbol on it, indicating that he is the Ground Advisor. He walked down the halls until he met the two big doors and opened them.
The throne room was actually outside the Castle, with a lot of dirt while looking more like a race track. It had the light-brown colored throne at the very middle of the race track. On the race track, there was the King, riding on a Mudsdale. "YEEEHAAA!" He shouted before he jumped off the Mudsdale and landed right in front of the Excadrill.
He has a thick maroon-colored body, black back, and white stomach. He has five triangular spikes on his back: four around the middle of his back, and one large one at the beginning of his tail. Each of the smaller spikes on his back are linked to black, triangular spikes that reach around to his front, slightly overlapping his white stomach. The largest spike sits at the beginning of his long thick tail, which has three, thick, black stripes. The last stripe covers the tip of the tail. His legs are very short and directly attached to his feet. The feet are wrapped in black and have three white claws facing forward. His arms are short and thin with a black stripe around the elbow. His long, thin fingers are each tipped with a white claw. His head is slightly pointed and contains a distinctive black membrane that surrounds both eyes. His other notable feature is his long snout, containing a black stripe around the bridge, and large pointed nostrils on the end.
He is a Krookodile, and he had a full cowboy outfit on. With straps, a belt, and even a big light-brown hat. He had light-brown eyes, instead of the normal white. He also had his light-brown cape, with the Ground symbol on it.
His name is Maverick, and he is King of the Ground Kingdom. "Well howdy there Raiden! What brings you to these parts?!"
Raiden sighed. "I came to tell you that today's Summit Day, we need to go to the Citadel."
Maverick laughs. "Well that's mighty news partner! Now, let's say that we flip on how we get there?!" Raiden groans. "Not this again." "Indeed it is partner!" Maverick says as he gets out a Ground Token.
He then places it on his right hand, ready to flip it. "Now, heads we get there on foot, tails we take the Mudsdale!" He flips it in the air and catches it. He reveals the results and it shows tails.
Maverick laughs. "Well I'll be damned! The stars above are kind to us!" Raiden groans again. "Do we have to flip for almost everything that we do?" "Why of course there partner! It's a fine mighty tradition in the mighty Ground Kingdom! Ya know this already!"
"Alright, well let's just go already." Raiden says. The two were about to leave until Maverick stops. "Wait , should we tell the other Pokemon about this?" "I think we should." Raiden responds.
Maverick laughs as he gets his coin out. "Let's flip it!" "Oh Arceus no." Raiden groaned. "Now, heads we tell everyone the news! Tails we just go now!" Maverick flips the coin and catches it. He revealed the results and it showed heads.
Maverick laughs. "Well, then I guess we're telling everyone then! Raiden, have everyone come here!" "Yes my king." Raiden said, before he left to do just that.
Moments later, all the Ground Type Pokemon showed up at the Castle. Some were annoyed though because they were interrupted of their games.
King Maverick arrived and waved his hat to everyone. "Hello there everyone! Now I know that I interrupted some of your fun, but let me explain! Your King will be heading out towards the Citadel! It's Summit Day and I need to make my first appearance to the other Kings and Queens! Now while I'm gone, I better not see you all set the place on fire!" This made all the Ground type Pokemon laugh. "Now, I'm gonna go now, but I will miss all you varmints while I'm away! I'll see you all later, great Ground Kingdom!"
Everyone shouted and cheered Maverick's name. Maverick and Raiden both left the Castle and took off to the Citadel, while riding Mudsdales.
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Solomon speaking:
King maverick was crowned King about five days ago. Before then, he was a Mudsdale racer,, racing along the tracks to win for himself, and all the other Ground Type Pokemon that betted on him.
But after the Ashen War, certain Ground Type POkemon were chosen to become candidates for the new Ground Ruler. Maverick, was one of those Pokemon. And sure enough, the Earth Plate chose him to be the new Ground Ruler.
He may not have much experience in becoming a King, but does his best to help keep his Kingdom stable. He keeps his hobby in racing Mudsdale and like the other Ground Type Pokemon, Gamble.
With almost every choice that he makes, he decides it with his trusty Ground Token. That Ground Token has made him make every good choice he made so far, and he wasn't giving up on that tradition just yet.
He hasn't met any of the other Rulers yet, but he was hoping that he would try his best to be nice so that he doesn't have to be involved in another war. Don't want him to die like the last King now do we?
End of Solomon Speaking:
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Maverick and Raiden both make it to the Citadel. They drop off out of their Madsdale's and tell's them that they'll be back later. Maverick looks at the Summit House and smiles. "Ha ha! The great and wonderful Summit House! It's time to show all of Poketopia who's the next Ground King!"
"That sounds good and all, but let's not get too hasty now." Raiden advised."Whatever you say partner! Now, let's get inside this building!" Maverick said.
The two enter the Summit House and sees a certain Lilligant in a special dress. Margaret sees the Ground King and stops what she's doing. She sees the Krookodile and is frozen with awe. To her, he looked absolutely stunning.
Maverick looks at Margaret and tips his hat to her. "Howdy there missy, you mind showing us to the Summit room?" Margaret shakes herself out of her fantasy and nervously giggles. "Oh yes, of course, and I take it that you're the new Ground King?"
Maverick laughs. "Why of course there missy, and don't forget it either! I'll be an important Pokemon among these parts!" "Oh, I hope so." Margaret mumbles. She then shakes herself again. "W-Why yes, I-I'll go tell the Chancellor right now!"
Margaret then leaves and tries to keep a calm composure before she walked inside the Oval room. "Was it me, or did that Lilligant act odd all of a sudden?" Raiden asked.
Maverick waves it off. "I'm sure it's nothing partner. Now I can't wait to see all the other Rulers! It's going to be thrilling!"
Margaret then comes back and blushes when she sees Maverick again. "Y-You can e-enter now." Maverick tips his hat to her again. "Thank you kind miss." When the two left, Margaret sighed with glee as she fell on her chair.
When the two entered the Oval room they saw everyone there. Jaba nods. "Hello there, Ground King. This is the Summit Room. And these, are the current Rulers that are here."
Everyone either waved, or nodded with acknowledgment. Maverick looks at everyone and grins. "Why howdy there everyone! I am Maverick, King of the Ground Kingdom!"
"Hi there Maverick, it's nice to meet you." Roxanne greeted. "Zzzzz So good for you zzzzz To be here." Juvia added. "I second that motion." Caesar said.
"Welcome Maverick, I hope we can be good allies." Ivy greeted. "I also hope that we can become good allies." Olivia said. "Hello there friend, welcome to the Summit Room!" Howlite simply said, while waving at him. Gregory just smiled at him and waved at him.
Maverick laughs. "Well, ain't this a mighty fine greeting?!" He then takes his coin out and flips it. It revealed heads so he took the seat to the far left of the table, all to himself.
Raiden goes to the wall with the other Advisors and stangs by Simon, Steven, and Strider. "Hey, I have a question." Simon said, with his eye still twitching. "What did Maverick just do with that coin of his."
Raiden groaned. "He used it to decide on which side of the table he's sitting." "Really? He used it on something as trivia as that? Why?" Strider asked. "Because he uses the damn coin for almost every choice he makes. It's a tradition of gambling at our Kingdom." Raiden replied with a uninterested look.
"Really? That seems pretty silly to me." Steven commented. "You have no idea." Raiden muttered.
"So, how are you guys like? Is there any wars that I should know of?" Maverick asked. "Well, there's the war with my Kingdom and the Water Kingdom." Ivy replied. "There's my war with my Kingdom and the Flying Kingdom." Howlite replied, with a sad look. "There's also that war with the Water Kingdom and Ice Kingdom." Gregory added.
"Wow, that be a mighty lot of wars." Maverick said, shocked. "I know, tell me about it. I mean I'd be surprised if Sheman over here picked up a war with me." Gregory said, pointing towards Olivia.
Olivia kept a straight face. "Gregory, I'm not going to declare war against you because of your annoyance. It would be for a more serious reason. "Did you hear that? She's practically planning on it." Gregory whispered to Ivy, who giggled in the process.
Suddenly, Margaret came out of the door. "The Dragon King is here." "The Dragon King? Why send him here then." Jaba insisted. "Yes Chancellor Jaba." margaret said, before she left the room.
"The Dragon King? I don't think I quite know him yet." Maverick said. "Zzzzz I have some information." Juvia said. "Zzzzz He's the new Dragon King. Zzzzz About three days ago to be precise."
"Wow, I wonder what he's like?" Roxanne asked. "Let's hope he's calmer than the last one. I sometimes got scared of his yelling." Howlite admitted. "Yeah, the last one always pestered me." Olivia said. "Even more than me? Now that's just being hurtful." Gregory joked. Olivia glared at Gregory, but decided to just let it slide. Don't want to get too violent with him. That would only appease him.
Suddenly, the Dragon King and his Advisor had just entered the Oval room, and everyone looked at them.
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Solomon closes the book and puts it away with Psychic. "Well, wasn't that an interesting story? We got to learn about the Ground Kingdom and their daring King Maverick. But next time, we shall see the story of the Dragon Kingdom, the Dragon King, and how he recently received the Draco Plate. But until then, I'll see you all later. Goodbye everyone, till we meet again."
Solomon goes to sleep. While one by one, all the candles goes out, then eventually, all lights goes out as well, with only the stars showering it's light on this one island. In the middle of the ocean, with no one knowing of it's location.
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Well laddies, wasn't that quite the adventure!
We got ta see how Maverick got settled in as the Ground Kingdom's new King!
We also got ta see how the Dark Kingdom affected the Ground Kingdom, and took their previous King!
So what will happen next? Well laddies, we will get ta see the Dragon Kingdom, their King, and how he received the Draco Plate in the first place!
But until then, I'll see ya around laddies!
Maverick: *He gets his coin out* Alright, heads I tell them to review, Tails I don't!
Raiden: Oh for the love of Arceus!
Maverick: *Flips the coin and catches it. It revealed heads* Ha ha! Alright everyone, go ahead and review this story will you?
Raiden: *Raiden groans* Review.