Aura Of Two

By RandomRooster

Prequel Chapter: 9-10. Lucid Dreams.

The atmosphere was tense, Raven could sense it, he did not know why, he didn't even know where he was. Everything seems to phase and blur around him, as if caught in a slow motion moment, sped up into real time. It was all very surreal; nothing seemed natural, yet he totally felt sure of himself for this to be real. It had to be, the earth under his feet he could feel with great effect, squashing the mud tightly in between his toes.

Everywhere was dark, and there was a lot of space around. Yet there was a distant glow of orange as dusk was soon to become night. Not being able to see a lot from the little light that was there, but getting an incredibly faint idea that he was in open ground somewhere. His ears began picking up sounds, continuous crashing, emitting in a long burst, before being drawn away again. Raven suddenly knew the location. He was somewhere near the sea, but high up. Perhaps near a cliffs edge.

As soon as he worked it out, he saw himself to be on that very cliff edge. He daringly peeked over the edge, seeing only the white edges of the waves, but nothing else.

Then, as he reeled back, a tall shadowy figure began to evaporate together in front of Raven. He tried to scream, shout, anything, but the very sight of this being gripped his throat and vocal chords. Only leaving him to have his mouth wide open.

This, phantom, was a total blur to Raven's vision. All he was able to make out was a collection of cloud like particles that grouped mysteriously blended and swirled together. As it seemed to be in the shape of a dark, forbidden, purple tornado. With the upper part of it being wide, and the lower gradually getting thinner and fading away.

It also acquired what seemed like, two, thick bodied tentacles that seem to have sprouted on each side of its upper part. Each taking their separate ways, extending up and outwards in a parallel formation.

Raven began picking himself up, ready to run anywhere but here.

"Who are you?" He shouted at last, if he wasn't able to alarm others of his surroundings, at least he could find out what was stalking him.

The tornado of dark powers at first did nothing, letting fear creep more into Raven's heart. Before making his spoken words heard.

"Let Darkness…invade your soul!"

It cruelly announced, as a magical ancient source of power began to build in the middle of it. Its glow lighting the area vastly, bringing the thought of demise and corruption into Raven's mind. He tried to run, but the sight of the power building to be used on him had given him an affliction of extreme fear that cursed his feet into the ground, nothing was going to move.

Raven looked in horror, as the weapon was ready to be fired. There was nothing he could do, and he knew that, if that energy will touch into him, he would be living a fate worse that death. Something about it made him know that, there would be no afterlife for him.

"…..Surrender your essence to me…your soul is mine!"

Raven ducked his head away as the ball of aluminous power deflated and transferred into a shooting black infused purple beam of doomsday. Heading straight into Raven's area.

"Noooooooo!" Came a telepathic voice from nowhere. Raven looked around in desperation to find the voice. Then, it stepped out in front of him. Clear as day, Raven saw what happened. He knew the person that stood in front of him, willing to take the shot.

His canine like appearance was unmistakable. A strong muzzle, tall, cupped and pointed ears, paw like hands, crooked tail. Also obtaining sack-like tassels that hung behind his head, and those all-important fire printed tattoo's that shimmered uniquely on their own up his arm.

"ORIAN!" Raven shouted, watching as the concentrated beam collided with the dog like being. Hearing the grunts and groans of Orian being forcefully subjected to the dark ones power.

"Hyyyggggghhhhhhgghhhhhhhhh!…"

It all happened so fast, the beam dissipated. Its brightly coloured light corroding away, making it harder for Raven to adjust to the darkness around him once more. But still being able to see his friend before him just about.

"Orian!…are you alright?" Raven desperately asking, seeing Orian hunched over forwards on one knee, as if kneeling.

The Aura Pokemon began to steadily rise slowly, as if it had no injuries what so ever. Still hunched over, he began growling wildly, eyes shut tight, as a dark area of purple haze surrounded him. His Aura, corrupted. Darkness spreading deeply into his mind and soul. The haze continued growing, furthering its spread into Orian's essence. Replacing what was once there, with pure corrupted shadow.

Raven began to see the change, and feared for his life.

"…Orian?"

The altered beast turned round, facing Raven in his violent process of conversion. Until suddenly, the purple haze began to be sucked into his chest, before a series of red veins began to penetrate and course through his body. Glowing a pulsing red as they slowly grew all over him, like evil ivy in fast motion. Until it came just under his head. Where it seemed to have stopped.

Raven stood petrified. Not knowing a single thing to do.

"…O-….Orian?…..what's going on?…..are you…"

His sentence was cut short, as Orian brilliantly snapped open his eyes, as they seemed to be fuelled with an unnatural shadowy dark purple glow.

"Hhrraaaaahhhhggghhh!" Orian roared back, the power that tainted him making him violent and wild with rage and fury.

This, was no longer Orian.

"….Good….good!…..Yessssss!….I can feel great darkness within you! Yessss! Unleash your fury! Let the darkness compel you to fall into chaos!"

The dark cloud ordered his new minion, cackling with fearing laughter.

The Dark Aura minion obeyed his master's commands, starting with his first volunteer in front of him.

"Hggggrrraaaagghhhhh!" He battle cried, reeling back his paw, as it began to group a dark shadowy blob at the tip of it.

Raven held his hands up in defence, never wanting to believe for one second that this was happening.

"No….Orian…no wait PLEASE DON'T!-"

The droned dog had stricken his prey.

"NOOOOOOOO!"

Raven awoke suddenly in a deep hot sweat, his breathing terribly speedy and his heart racing.

He looked around, and saw himself within the cave room that was his quarters.

"What?…"

He questioned, seeing the floating candles around, knowing he was in the right place, at Uatu's Guild still. He wiped his hand over his face, trying to get rid of the sweat that completely covered his face. But only spreading it around since his very hand had the same sweat on it.

"So…it must have been a dream…no…nightmare…"

Raven began to think on, still coming to terms with the whole experience.

As he seemed to think it was still dark outside, he laid his head back down on the bed. Not noticing a material that covered over the window of the suns light that tried to shine through.

Raven stared blankly for a few moments, before braving to close his eyes again. Hopefully, never ever wanting to experience that horrible feeling again.

'What did that all mean? What was that monster? And Orian…' His mind cringed for the relaying thought.

'I'll never let that happen to him…ever.' He spoke within his mind, as the steady flow of sleep collapsed his consciousness.

So. Hello again.

Now, the 10th chapter is on the way, I can tell you that. It's just today, (11th of June 2010) during my time at working, cleaning at a school. I thought of doing this pre chapter. Just a little like, side thing I wanted to put in.

Reason is, that I recently watched a Pokemon episode called "Steeling Piece Of Mind" And the bit that really, seriously, honestly, truthfully, got me…..well…. I don't know how to explain it really…it just hit me so hard…..like a fear of something would hit you…..it had that same effect when I saw this happen.

When towards the end, Lucario cannot keep his Aura protecting him from the weird temple's energy, and then joins the rampaging steel types; it just really struck badly into my heart. And with that dark aura surrounding him, its just…..I dunno….its unexplainable, and its probably nothing for everyone else, but if it made me create this chapter in one evening, which by the way, I have never done before. Then it really must have affected me so much so.

So yes, that episode was my big inspiration for this chapter, and I wanted to show you all that…the experience I felt when I saw that. And see from my point of view.

Well, this chapter wasn't to plug that episode, but to also give you a little taster of a chapter before I upload my next one. Sorry it's taken so long, I've been on other community websites, work, games, life problems, ya know, the usual things that happen with writers to stop them writing. Plus, just bad writers…well not block, but doubt in own writing skills.

I might make this pre-chapt to become something in the story later on, i'm still working on it, but yeah. Think of this as extra Downloaded Content you can get with video games. A little extra little plot you can follow.

So yeah, finally, ill say that, if you are confused on why Raven has been asleep back on his bed, it will be revealed to you in the next chapter. So don't worry, I've got it covered.

Right! Well I hope that has gotten you excited for a little while! Sorry so so so much for taking so long, times change as times continues on, and your life has to adapt to them.

Ok then! I shall leave ya for now! Been great to come back to uploading on this site again! I've missed this terribly!

See ya soon!

Thanks for reading!