Author's Notes: 11.22.09
Hey!! Been so long since I updated this thing. Sorry, i know alot of you wait for the next chapters.
There's alot of things I really want to say. The first official installment of my newest fic, "Synergetic Sins: The Mind" has been put up! It is part of the Synergetic Sins series, which is burning now. Check out my profile for further details, and also check my profile because i'm still needing people for "Pokemon ABC!" so, volenteer please!!
So, I really really liked this chapter. It was fun to write. If you know me, you know i love drama. Just saying that you should keep that in mind.
Eh, I can also be very corney and cliche, so, keep THAT in mind too..
Besides that, i don't think i have anything else to say (i will face palm myself an hour after when i realize i forgot to say something), other than thanks for all the reviews and being so pacient in waiting for this installment. Of course, it IS another CIC, featuring TreyP's OC.
Hope ya like it!! Help me reach my goal of 150 reviews!!! I think i might do something for the 150th reviewer. Not sure yet.
Anyways, please do read, review, and
Enjoy!!!
Unfeathered
"Oi, Nickolia, think you can ride that beast over there!"
Diko Hiru Nockolia turned at the sound of his friend, Cole. He had just finished polishing his "baby", a genuine surfboard. With just his swim trunks on, Diko put on his trademark smile, standing up and holding his surfboard under his arm. Cole was headed for the ocean water, his own surfboard in hand. Trudging his bare feet across the hot sand, Diko raced for the waters, a huge wave coming up in the distance.
As he entered deep enough water, Diko layed his chest down on the board, paddling over with his arms. His light brown hair began to soak up the water, his Cerealean blue streak in it turning a darker shade. With determination in his grey eyes, Diko approached the wave and took a stand, Cole close by whooping wildly.
The adrenaline rushed through him. Balancing himself, Diko continued across the side of the large wave, the tips curling over and forming a tunnel of water around Diko. Cole was up ahead, turning around to taunt his friend. With a simple smirk, Diko laughed at Cole, mainly because he saw it coming.
"I'm ridin' da BEAST!! I'm ridin' da BEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTCHHHHHHHH!!!"
Cole's board tilted and he went overboard, disappearing into the roaring water. Diko laughed, passing the board with a large smile on. Exiting the water tunnel, Diko made his victorious way to shore, whooping and mocking his fallen friend that had emerged, coughing and glaring. Cole made his way over to Diko, his surf board in hand, and put an arm over Diko's shoulder. Diko, rolling his eyes, put his arm over Cole as well, and the two trudged through the hot sand and into the shade of a nearby gazibo.
"Man, two minutes out of the water and I'm burning up already! Albino sucks," Cole snorted after a long drink from his can of pop.
"It's Almia," Diko corrected and let out a laugh, taking the pop from Cole and slurping down the soft drink as well. Cole eyed him, but said nothing. He merely reached for his bag on the ground and pulled out a towel, along with a Cellular Phone.
"Man, the tournament today is going to rock," Cole grinned, and raised an eyebrow upon turning the device on.
"Le'me guess. Twelve missed calls from your girl?" Diko chuckled as Cole coughed upon looking at the cell screen. Cole's face went white, and he shook his head in denial before shoving the screen into Diko's face. A text message was open, and it read:
"R u goin 2 come 2 graduation or not? Txt meh bck ASAP"
"Holy shit, Cole," Diko responded and hurried to get up, "I'm late for my graduation!!"
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It was beautiful. Parents gathered and watched their children move the next step and become official Pokemon Rangers. The outdoor stage was decorated with many beautiful flowers and dazzling confetti scattered on the stage floor. The fresh air blew lightly, providing the best mood for everyone, and the sky was clear, with only the whitest, most fluffy clouds dabbed to it.
The parents and guardians who came to watch sat on plastic fold up hairs that were neatly lined up on the flat field of buzzed cut grass, right in front of the outdoor stage. The chairs parted to allow a red carpet to make its way to the stage, and walking down it were the many graduating teens, dressed up in their black and blue gowns and graduation hats. They walked slowly to the stage, as their names were called off, in single file line, peacefully with bright smiles on their faces. The priciple gave them their certificates as he shook their hands and let them pass. The Vice Priciple was reading off the graduate's names slowly, and after each name a series of clapping and cheers would play.
The Vice Priciple cleared her throat once more and said the next name.
"Diko Hiru Nickolia."
The line stopped and waited for the boy to go up, but the problem was he wasn't there.
"Uhm, Diko…Nickolia..?"
"HEEEEEEERRREE!!!!!!!!!!"
A loud scream caused the crowd and graduates to whisper and turn to the boy running across the field to the stage, his black gown barely over his swimming trunks. His light brown hair and the Cerulean blue streak in it was wet and dripping, in his hand held a long surfboard, and over his shoulder was a large bag, a wet towel peeking out between the zippers. Close behind was a boy at the same age, in the same conditions, except he was half naked and wearing only swim trunks, with the sandy blond hair as wet, and instead of wearing flip flops like the first boy, he ran barefoot. Raising eyebrows, the crowd and graduates laughed, but nevertheless, the two boys laughed along.
"I'll be taking that!" Diko grinned and sped up the red carpet, Cole in tow. The graduates hurried and stepped to the side, some more startled than others. Diko hurried and grabbed the certificate, his surfboard nearly knocking over the Vice standing nearby. Cole jumped, demanding for everything to move quicker. The two boys raced off down the opposite end of the stage and decended down the steps just to run back from where they came from. The crowd turned to watch them go as fast as they had come, and the Vice was growling, not so happy about all this.
"We got ten minutes until the tournament starts, Diko!!" Cole panted, his bare feet sore. Diko growled and sped up drastically, his surfboard nearly flying out of his hands.
"We'll make it!!!"
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The crowd cheered. With every wave came a boy who surfed it, some totally killing the killer waves, others getting killed by it. The judges held up their scores for every run, and the MC announced the next contestants.
"And now up next, the Bird lover, Diko Hiru Nickolia, and his Trainer pal, Cole Martin!"
The crowd cheered once more. Diko and Cole turned to grin at each other. Diko threw his graduation hat up, stripped the gown off, and threw his bag to one side, all while running along side Cole to the water. They began on their boards to an upcoming wave, the sky getting darker by the minute as grey clouds formed.
"Rangers suck!!" Cole laughed at Diko as they paddled on. Diko smirked, determination flashing in his grey eyes.
"You just wish you were a Ranger like me," he remarked.
"Having to graduate first? Can't have more than one Pokemon? Bullshit," Cole snorted, "Pokemon Trainers FOR. DUH. WIN. BAYBEH!!"
"Too bad your are a horrible one."
"Y'know what? If you were aloud to battle, I'd whoop yo ass. My Aggron kicks butt!!"
"Right….."
"No, man, I'm dead serious! After we kill this wave ima show you. Ima going to go battle some lonely trainer right when we step on that beach!"
"Yeah. Save it Cole. Surf's up!!" Diko interrupted and stood on his board, leaning himself into the side of the upcoming wave. Cole did the same, following Diko as he sped through the froming water tunnel. Cole growled, about to lose his balance, and Diko turned around to see him tip over. Diko sighed and continued on, but suddenly he too felt an awkward feeling that made him unable to balace his board. He soon tipped over also, falling into the roaring water.
Upon opening his eyes underneath, the stinging of salt pierced them instantly. His body was continuously rolling out of control by the water currents. Looking at his ankle, Diko frowned at the fact he didn't tie himself to his surfboard. He looked around, not knowing which direction he was facing due to the contant twisting of his body underwater. Then something caught his eye. It was a blur, but Diko immediately knew it was Cole.
Trying to make himself swim straightly to his friend, Diko kicked furiously, his eyesight now focusing more abit. He saw Cole thrashing about, something latched onto his leg. With his heart racing, Diko made his way to Cole, who was sinking deeper and deeper. Diko, on the other hand, was running out of breath. Nevertheless, he kept on moving to Cole, rushing himself, and demanding his legs to pump faster.
Cole must've seen Diko, because he was suddenly pointing up as he looked Diko's way. Diko disobeyed his friend's orders, and grabbed onto Cole, heading for his leg. There, was suddenly where he saw that blood was floating all around, and attached to Cole's leg was a large Sharpedo, its sharp teeth digging into Cole's thigh.
That was the moment where Diko's heart sank to his feet. He patted his swim trunks; no pockets, no stylus. For Cole it was the same. No pockets, no Pokeballs, no Pokemon.
Diko's lungs shouted at him, but he couldn't leave. With large, angered fists, Diko pounded the creature, Cole growling in pain with his muffled voice. The blood floated around them, and Diko felt a strong shove to the face. He turned to Cole, who pointed up. Diko shook his head, and thrashed at the Sharpedo once more. With all his might, Cole put a fist to Diko's jaw, his eyes filled with anger.
Diko turned and glared, just to find Cole's eyes glare back. Cole was pointing up, his other fist clenched and ready if Diko were to disobey. Diko brought himself to propell himself to the surface, daring himself not to look back. Reaching air, he hurried and took a breath before heading down once more to the clumped shadow of his friend. Upon reaching Cole, Diko found the Sharpedo gone, leaving Cole with bloody marks on his thighs and one leg to kick him to the surface The water was a deep grey, clouds of blood trailing from Cole and getting thicker by each second. Diko hurried and grabbed his arm, wrapping it over his shoulder as the two rushed to the surface. The air met their lungs at last, and the two coughed wildly, bobbing in the deserted ocean.
"You a'right Cole?" Diko panted, out of breath. Cole nodded dazily, his eyes half open. The two looked around to see the shore gone and out of sight. For as far as they could see was water, water, and distant buildings far off.
"Fuck…" Cole managed to say, "Someone FUCK me."
"Calm down Cole," Diko muttered, leading Cole to head for the buildings indicating land, "It's not that far away."
"Try saying that with half of your leg coming off," Cole retorted, and Diko sighed, struggling to keep the weight from pushing him down.
"Why are you so damn heavy!" Diko growled, but couldn't help but smile. Cole looked at his friend.
"What the hell YOU smilin' 'bout?" Cole failed to keep a straight face and laughed, "Say, I change my mind about that battling part. Once we hit shore, put me on drugs first, will ya?"
"Sure," Diko laughed and watced a small outline of a boat head towards the two, "Hey Cole!! Here they come!!"
Diko turned to look at Cole. His smile faded when he saw Cole's eyeslids drop and his eyes roll up, his face turning extremely pale and his head flopping over. Cole was motionless, his legs no longer kicking and his arm around Diko's shoulder now flopping around. Diko shook his pal, unsure what to make of all this.
"Cole…? Hey, Cole?" Diko muttered and shook him harder, now beginning to panic, "Cole!! Dude!! Don't kid with me!! COLE!!"
Cole didn't move. With shaking hands, Diko slowly took a pair of fingers and reached for his neck. The color of Diko's face washed away when he slid his fingers around, trying to find the pulse of Cole's heartbeat. Propping Cole's sinking body up, he reached for Cole's other hand and went for his wrist. He searched once more, his eyes widening and his pupil's quickly turning to the size a dot.
Nothing. There was no heartbeat at all.
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The sand no longer felt warm to Diko. Paramedics had arrived and sailed the boys back to shore, where an ambulace was waiting. Cole was put on a stretcher, a white clothe covering his pale, colorless face, and Diko sat there on the sand, his knees propped up by his arms. His eyes stared and the water that licked at his feet before moving back a few feet. It repeated again and again, until Diko got up and made his way to his stuff on the ground nearby. The ambulance rushed away after Diko refused to go with them. He picked up his graduation clothes, his bag, and then Cole's bag. The beach were they landed was deserted now, people rushing away as the shacks closed and the police cut the tourist spot off. Diko frowned and coldy looked at the water, where waves crashed against the sandy shore and night began to engulf the sky, leaving only a sunset in the distance. The flashing, soft, orange and the purple that reached out to the night…
If only Cole were here to see it.
Diko reached into his bag and pulled out his certificate from graduation. Attached to it was a pure white Pokeball, which Diko knew held his now official Partner Pokemon. He let him out, ready to ride him home like he always did.
"Pidgeooohhhhh!!!" the Pidgeot cried, but frowned at Diko's sad face. Diko petted his Pidgeot before getting ready to mount it. Something in the water caught his sight, however.
Diko walked over to the water and trudged towards a round, shiney object that was bobbing in the water. Picking it up, Diko realized it was some sort of Pokemon egg, blue with a series of yellow dots circled in a line around the outside. Diko held it up to the disappearing light of the sun, and saw it was clear, like flamed blue glass, and inside was a red orb floating in the middle, radiating warmth and soft light.
Diko continued to look at the egg until the light no longer showed and he could no longer see the red orb inside. Sighing, he carefully held the egg in his arms and patted Pidgeot, mounting the Pokemon lightly. With out having to be ordered, Pidgeot flew into the air, which was cold and dry to Diko now. Diko frowned and sadly looked at the egg, his thoughts still pinned on Cole.
"Cole would've loved to see you…" Diko muttered under his breath, his eyes watering. He quickly brushed them off, not wanting to feel weak by crying. He took in a deep breath and closed his eyes, letting the wind hit his face. A small humming sound was heard thoughtout the night, and Diko hurried and opened his eyes and turned to the sound.
Near him, sparkling and beautifully glowing in the darkness, was a Pokemon, its blue and yellow swan-like body suspended in the air and flying close by Diko and Pigeot. It had two light yellow ornaments on each side of its head, giving its head the appearance of a cresent moon. Its wings, or what appeared to be wings, were glowing pink rings on each side, emiting different shades of pink and purple and also shaking off sparkling dust into the dark. The same "wings" seemed to be on it's back. Its thin purple eyes were glowing, and the dome on its forhead matched the color of it's eyes. It hummed a small, breath-taking tune, and as Diko stared into its eyes, he felt all his heart's pain go away.
"Dear Diko…may you lend your strength to us…" the Pokemon spoke slowly and softly, its voice calm, warm, feminine and motherly. Diko was in such awe he didn't answer. His deathly feelings of sorrow for his lost friend, was filled with positive thoughts. Cole had died smiling, with his best friend laughing with him, the last thing he did being the one thing he loved most; surfing. Cole was off to better places. Why am I suddenly feeling this way…? Diko thought to himself, and he looked at the Pokemon once more, it's eyes bringing comfort.
"Those who suffer from psychological scars will feel healed in my presence," the Pokemon spoke softly and slowly once more, it's motherly voice soothing Diko, "You have been hurt, Diko, and I not only have come to help you heal, but to bring you to the Exellency…"
"W…who?" Diko whispered, barely hearing himself over the blowing wind as he continued to fly over forests and cities of Almia, "Why?"
"Your heart so pure, that will sacrifice itself to save another one…we need a heart like yours. Come with us…Diko…" the Pokemon whispered, "Will you follow me? Will you lend us your strength, oh Knight of the Skies?"
"Yes…I guess so…" Diko muttered, and watched the Pokemon head for the ocean, the moon growing in the distance. He ordered his Pidgeot to follow quietly, and as he looked back up at the Pokemon, he couldn't help but gasp at its glowing sensation, and the sparkling dust released from its pink, luminating wings.
"Who…are you?" Diko spoke up to the Pokemon. She turned, her eyes glowing a sign of happiness.
"I am Cresselia," she spoke, her soft motherly voice echoing through Diko's head, "Please, take care of that egg."
Diko blinked in confusion, then looked down at the blue egg in his arms. It seemed so fragile, as if just holding it too tight would break it. Diko looked back up at Cresselia and nodded.
"Our jouney will be a long one…" she continued, her figure shining against the round moon now bright against the black sky, "I have traveled far to find you, but as time passes, it will be worth the while."
The two flew through the night, glimmering waters rippling underneath them as they headed towards the moon, quickly moving away from Almia and the city's lights. Diko didn't dare to look behind and kept his eyes on Cresselia, fearing the pain from earlier would return. He wanted to keep the positive thoughts and happily look back through the memories, as Cole was his only true friend. Cole wasn't able to fly like the bird Pokemon Diko admired so much, nor did he have wings with beautiful colors, but Cole was the best human friend Diko could ever ask for.
The best unfeathered friend he will forever remember.
*So, that's why the chapter was called Unfeathered. Yeah, corney.
We now have the "Knight of the Skies"!! Yay!! And unless you haven't noticed, Diko is a bird Pokemon lover and is a Ranger in the Almia region. I've never played Pokemon Ranger before, so i know NOTHING about Pokemon Rangers, but thanks to TreyP i have a bunch of info!!
Oh, and P.S. His name is "Dee-ko" not "Dik-o" lol. Someone just mentiioned that to me.
Diko Hiru Nickolia (c) TreyP
Cole Martin (c) Me!!!
And now, how bout a Trivia?
- In the next chapter, someone from the present times that has already been introduced will meet a new OC! Who do you think will meet who?
- Ladidum, Bubble gum, Pickle sauce and Jelly, all up in meh belly, cuz we love ______!
a) confetti
b) spagetti
c) Aunt Kelly
d) WTF.