High above the air Ash and Pikachu were still shocked and awed at the fact that they were actually on the back of a dragon and not a pokémon one either. They had heard Timothy talk about them many times before and they concluded from the way that he would talk that they didn't exist or something. Yet here they where high above the ground riding on the back of an actual dragon which they continued to play in their minds. Not only that, but he had seen not one but two dragon and one was much larger than the one they were on.
Ash looked down at the pink skin of the dragon, before he rubbing his hand across it and found it to feel sort of leathery unlike the scaly dragon that they guy summoned. As he continued to rub the dragon's leathery hid he felt it shaking though no because it they where flying through the air, but it was coming from much deeper. It was as if the dragon was extremely excited about something and so much so that she was shaking or trembling. Just then Ash's and Pikachu's thought's were interrupted by Brock asking Timothy a question.
"So Timothy what's the story behind you and Exci?" asked Brock
"Well to tell the story I'll have to start from the beginning." replied Timothy
"Sounds good to me." nodded Brock
"Ok...well as you know I came to the Hidden Shadow Village 9 years ago. While in the village I wanted to learn as much as a could and absorb as much knowledge as I could take in. This lead me to be trained by some of the clan leaders of the village." explained Timothy
"But what does this have to do with Exci?" asked Jamie
"Just wait and listen. Do you all remember when I started training with Joshua?" asked Timothy
"Yea I remember." nodded Hinta
"Me to." nodded Alice
"Well after I finished my training he offered me a gift like the other clan leaders, but since dragon's aren't used by the Kumai clan he gave me a different gift. While going through the Dragon's Branch's files I happened upon an old Dragon Summoning Contract. I asked Joshua if I could have the file and he let me have it as a gift instead. With that said I later signed the contract and tried the Summoning Jutsu." said Timothy
"But if you know that dragon's weren't being used by the Kumai Clan why did you want the scroll?" asked Brock
"Just out of curiosity." shrugged Timothy
"So what happened after you tried the summoning?" asked Ash
"Well I got transported to someplace in a forest that I didn't recognize. I wondered the forest for awhile to take in the sights and after awhile something stated to call me." said Timothy
"What do you mean something started to call you?" asked Misty
"It was a voice that I started to hear in my head and it wanted me to follow it so I did. The voice lead me through the forest and to a mountainous area. The voice then let me into one of he mountains which was I found to be an active volcano." explained Timothy
"Why in the world would you go into an active volcano? Are you nuts?" asked Brock
"Ok maybe a little bit, but I was still curious. So I continued onward and soon came upon a batch of large eggs and from my research into the late Tarakona clan I realized that the egg were dragon eye's. Three of the egg had a rocky almost molten rock look to them, but there was a fourth egg that had a white leathery shell. It was this egg that the voice was telling me to touch and it was then that it hatched into a small pink dragon. That was the first time that I met Exci." replied Timothy
"Wow you did this all while you were in the academy?" asked Alice
"Yep." nodded Timothy
All of a sudden they felt Exci shift her weight and they started to descend toward the ground. They had been so into Timothy's story that they didn't notice that they had made it to Sleeping Dragon Lake. She landed on the ground and they all jumped off of Exci's back as she reared her head back and fired a stream of fire into the air.
"So what happened to her afterwards?" asked Hinta
"Yea...i mean you've told us about her, but we never did see her until now. Why is that?" asked Alice
"That's because after awhile Exci came down with a illness that is fatal for dragons and I as actually distraught at the fact that there was nothing that I could do to save her." sighed Timothy
"But she still here so there must've been something you did since she's still here." noted Hinta
"Yea, but it was odd. I don't know what happened, but being so distraught and upset triggered something in me. It changed Exci from her dragon form into a sword." explained Timothy
"Wow...that a strange story...a dragon that was once a sword. Sound like it could be straight out of some kind of legend." thought Alice
"Pika...Pi." laughed Kim
"Yea it could...i was still able to talk to her and apparently it cured the so called incurable illness she had, but a I wasn't able to turn her back afterwards. So instead I put her in a deep sleep until I found a way to turn her back." nodded Timothy
"So she's been in her sword form asleep until this day." said Hinta
"Wild man." said Ash
"Chu." agreed Pikachu
"Yep and until today I haven't even talked to her." smiled Timothy
He turned around and looked at the dragon who was looking at Kachu, Nina and Nikita, before noticing that Timothy was looking at her.
"So how's is she feeling after all this time?" asked Alice
"Well why don't y'all ask her yourselves." suggested Timothy as he turned back around toward them.
"What, but how?" asked Hinta
"Just relax and calm your mind. Then focus on expanding the barriers of your minds and take in all of your surroundings." said Timothy
They all began to relax and focus on expanding the barriers of their mind just like Timothy told them. After a few minutes Ash mind became silent he soon began to hear someone specking though he didn't recognize the voice. The more he listened to the voice he soon concluded that it was a male voice and it tried to deduce to itself Timothy's story. The presence that came with the voice was also close by also like it was right next to him and then it hit him.
It was Pikachu's voice that he was listening to though he couldn't believe that he could actually understand him. Just then he felt another presence enter the barrier of his mind and then he heard another voice calling his name along with Misty's, Brock's, Alice's and Hinta's. He recognized the voice as Hinta's and she was ecstatic when they started talking. After a few minutes Misty, Brock, Hinta and Alice joined them in a conversation before they where joined by Timothy.
"See it's that easy." said Timothy
"It kinda feels like being some kind of psychic." joked Ash
"This is cool. I can talk to somebody without even moving my mouth." laughed Misty
The looked around at each other talking and though nobody was moving their mouth they could hear each others voice as clear as day.
"Well it is easy, but you'll have to be extremely careful when doing this though. Somebody can really mess up your mind in you don't watch it." warned Timothy
"Right." They all nodded.
"Can I join in?" asked A voice
They all heard the voice in their minds that sounded like it came from a perky teenage girl.
"You know you can anytime Exci." laughed Timothy
They looked and saw that Exci was now standing beside Timothy looking down at them.
"Well its good to finally get a chance to meet and talk to you all." greeted Exci
"Wow...it really is good to finally met you. Timothy told us so much about you." replied Alice
"And he's told me much about you three as well...especially you Alice." nodded Exci
"What did he tell you?" asked Alice smiling.
"Well we'll save that angle of the conversation for another day." interrupted Timothy
"Fine." laughed Exci
"But you said that it was a reason that you brought us t Sleeping Dragon Lake." reminded Ash
"Yea what's the reason?" asked Hinta
"I hope your ready for another addition of my most shocking secrets?" asked Timothy
They all looked at each other for a few minutes confused before turning back towards him and nodding their heads. Timothy turned around and walked up to the waters edge, before looking down into the clear blue water.
"I think its about Timothy that I wake up the sleeping dragon." stated Timothy
To Be Continued...