The Darkside of Legend
Chapter 10: Volcano Fortress
-Dungeon 1: Volcano Fortress-
"Look like I am destined to travel in a dungeon like this…" Link mumbles after everyone enters the Volcano Fortress.
"Another dungeon thing? I hate it." Midna says.
"Link, let's finish our job before my skin burns." Jedi says.
"Shut up, Jedi." Ordin says.
"You should be patience." Scarley says.
"Said the fire type and water type Pokemon." Jedi says.
"… Ordin." Link says.
"What's wrong, Link?" Ordin asks.
"Since your father is the greatest blacksmith, so your weapon, Ruby Lance, is the weapon made by him?" Link asks. But his question makes Ordin laughs.
"Of course not!" Ordin says.
"But why?!" Link says.
"No blacksmith in this universe that can make a lance from ruby, especially the ruby that is my weapon's material!" Ordin says.
"Then your weapon…" Link says.
"I found my Ruby Lance when the Redflame Volcano erupted five years ago…" Ordin says.
"Erupt?" Link says.
"It isn't a big problem for us about that eruption. After the end of the eruption, I came to Redflame Volcano for a walk. Then I found a ruby…" Ordin says.
"Ruby?" Link says.
"I feel surprise since I have never found a ruby like this before. It sparkles like the blazing flame with the great power. When I grabbed it, it starts glowing and then it changes into a lance." Ordin says.
"What?!" Link says.
"I don't know about this. So I decide to take it to my father. My father said that this weapon is flawless, even he can't make something like this. But then, something strange happened again. My father can't carry this lance no matter what he tries. So he decided to let me keep it as my weapon. I like it. It is beautiful yet powerful." Ordin says.
"Strange…" Link says.
"You too, Link. The material of your weapon is the very rare material." Ordin says.
"Hm?" Link says.
"My father said that we can't find a material that your sword made from anywhere in this world… It only exists in the human world." Ordin says.
"!" Link shocks after hearing Ordin's word.
"You are such a lucky one to get a weapon from another world." Ordin says.
"Well…" Link says.
"Link! Come here!" Iris shouts. Link and Ordin walk up to the place where everyone gathers. Everyone is standing in front of a lava sea.
"What's up?" Link asks.
"How can we cross this lava sea?" Zelda asks.
"Such an easy puzzle…" Link thinks.
"I can fly across it." Ordin says.
"But we can't." Scarley says.
"Hm! Such a stupid!" Ordin says.
"What?!" Scarley says angrily before he uses surf to Ordin. Ordin quickly dodges his attack, making the water from Scarley's surf fall into the lava sea. But then…
"What?!" Everyone says. Because the lava where the water falls becomes a hard rock that everyone can step onto it.
"See? If a water meets a lava, it will become like this." Ordin says.
"Thank you, Ordin." Iris says before everyone walks across the lava rock.
-After a while-
"Yo! A treasure chest!" Ordin says when they finally found a treasure chest in a small room.
"What is in this chest?" Link says and opens the chest. Then he picks something from the chest.
"What?! Not a treasure?!" Scarley says because the thing inside the chest is a Bow.
"It is a Flame Bow. We can use it to shoot it to the target far away from us." Link says.
"Wow! You know a lot!" Iris says.
"Haha…" Link says. But actually, Midna is the one who told him about the bow. And he had owned a bow before…
-Finally-
"Hm?" Link says after they finally reach a big door.
"What's wrong, Link?" Iris asks.
"The source of the mysterious power.. It is behind this door for sure!" Link says.
"Then let's go." Zelda says.
"And plus, this is the boss room…" Link thinks. Then everyone enters the deepest room of the Volcano Fortress.
-In the deepest room (Or you can say "The boss room") -
"Hello…" Jedi shouts while everyone is walking into the room. This room is filled with lava tile. And there is a statue standing in the middle of the room.
"Wait…" Link says.
"What?" Zelda asks.
"The source of that mysterious power is this statue!'Link says.
"What?!" Everyone says and looks at the statue. But then… The statue starts moving!
"It is alive?!" Everyone says and looks at the statue… No. It isn't a statue. It is a real Pokemon!
"RRR!" That Pokemon roars. Then a flame blazes on its head! And it starts attacking everyone!
Blazing, Inferno Ape
Infernape
"Woh!" Everyone says when they dodge Infernape's attack.
"What should we do?!" Iris asks.
"We must defeat him!" Link says.
"But he maybe just an innocent Pokemon! If we kill him, we will become a murderer!" Link says.
"Do you have any better way?!" Ordin roars.
"Just calm him down!" Link says.
"How? Go near him and ask him to calm down?" Ordin asks.
"…" Link thinks. But then, he gets an idea.
"I know! That mysterious power must conquer his body!" Link says.
"Then?" Scarley asks.
"We must fight him until his power calm down!" Link says.
"Sound good!" Iris says.
"But we can't get near him or he will burn us!" Jedi says.
"No problem!" Link says and picks a bow from his bag. Then he shoots the arrow to Infernape's forehead.
"RRR!" Infernape roars in pain. Then he falls down. And his flame disappears.
"Now it is our change!" Link says before everyone attacks Infernape until Infernape regains his power and stands up again.
-Finally-
"RRR!" Infernape roars in pain before he falls down, his flame disappears. But this time, two items come out of Infernape's forehead. Link walks up and picks up the first item.
"What is it?" Iris asks.
"A Heart Container. It will expand our life force." Link says.
"And another…" Zelda says and looks at another item on the floor. Everyone looks at it. It looks like a strange, dark item. Link quickly recognizes it.
"Wait… Isn't it a piece of Fuse Shadow?" Link says.
"Fuse Shadow?" Iris asks.
"It is a strange power that covered in a mysterious power. If you touch it… something bad will happen. So it is best for us to leave it alone." Link says.
"So that Infernape had touched it…" Zelda says and then everyone looks at Infernape who regains his consciousness.
"What happen?" Infernape asks. Ordin recognizes that Infernape is actually the Redflame Town's leader. Everyone except Link and Zelda quickly go to help him.
"…" Link and Zelda say nothing while looking at a piece of Fuse Shadow.
"How can a Fuse Shadow appear in this world?" Midna asks.
"I don't know. But since one is here, so the others two piece must be in this world too." Zelda says.
"Everything starts getting very complicated…" Link says.
"Anyway, I will keep it…" Midna says and picks the Fuse Shadow and keeps it with her.
"Everyone, let's get out of here." Iris says before she uses her magic to transport everyone include Infernape out of the dungeon.
-After a while-
From Infernape's word, he said that he went to Redflame Volcano to investigate the black Blancer that Dinus mentioned. Then he found Volcano Fortress and he touched the Fuse Shadow and become a demon like that. He thanks Team Legend for helping them. And now, the mysterious power that flows inside the Redflame Volcano disappears, so no citizen of Redflame Town needs the reactor anymore.
"Well done, son." Dinus says.
"That's a hard job." Ordin says.
"But that's fun." Link says.
"Thank you for finish my request. Here is your reward." Dinus says before he gives Link 2,000 Poke. (No fee for the guild like the Wigglytuff's guild in PMD: Explorer of Time, Darkness and Sky.), several Oran berries and…
"Hm?" Link says and looks at the last reward. It is an empty bottle.
"That's an empty bottle. You can use it to fill something useful such as potion and keep it during your adventure." Dinus says.
"Thank you." Link says and puts away the empty bottle.
"Let's go back to our school." Dyabolt says.
"Good luck." Dinus and Tophia say. Then Link and his friends walk out of Dinus's house back to their school.
-Back to the Alpha Exploration School-
Everyone is waiting in the student academic for Iris who goes to report the mission to the principal. After a long wait, Iris comes back.
"How about it?" Link asks.
"The principal says that you all have done well to finish a mission that exceeds the skill of grade 2 students like that. So he decides to…" Iris says.
"Hm?" Everyone looks at Iris.
"He decides to move our team to grade 3." Iris says.
"Move to grade 3?!" Everyone says.
"YEAH!" Jedi, Ordin, Scarley and Dyabolt say.
"We did it!" Zelda says.
"Your team is quite something! Moving from grade 2 to grade 3 by finish only one mission!" Iris says.
"Let's get some rest. We have lots things to do tomorrow!" Iris says.
"Right!" Everyone says before going back to the dormitory.
To Be Continue…
Side Story I:
"In the small land, far away from any big cities… That's my hometown. I live in a small family but full with happiness."
"My father is a huge, muscular Pokemon. He is the great warrior but with pride and kind-heart."
"My mother… She is so sweet. She is beautiful and kind…"
"I am their son."
"Other than me and my parents, I have a younger brother… He… He is quite different from me. Sometime we share our joy. Sometime we share our tear. Sometime we get angered. Sometime we forgive…"
"I and my younger brother have a happy childhood. We receive loves from them. Our father teaches us how to fight and defend ourselves. Our mother teaches us about language and history."
"With all of this, I thought that I and my brother will have a good childhood until we grow up…"
"But…"
"…"
"That isn't right…"
"Because of them…"
"They destroyed our life…"
"I hate them…"