Samurott(Mistress) - the Formidable pokemon

Partially continuing from Dewott

"Mistress! Mistress!" a worried discipline pokemon ran into a dark cave, where the pokemon he was looking for, was practicing her sword skills, facing the end of the cave.

"What is it, Udro? Did they finish already?" a female Samurott asked calmly, slowly slashing with her light blue, glowing sword in different positions.

"N-no, Mistress... They... They escaped," the Dewott gulped. He was scared of what might become of his Mistress, when she was mad.

"Escaped? Well, that's peculiar," she was too calm. "Who exactly escaped?"

"The Dewott and the Servine. The Pignite is still in the Darkness's teritory."

"Idiot," she snickered. "Darkness will soon arise. We need to contact the other chiefs," the Samurott put her sword in the scabbard on her front left leg. "Send messengers and tell the chiefs to go to the meeting place as fast as they can," she turned around and started walking towards the exit.

"M-Mistress," the Dewott spoke up when the formidable pokemon was right next to him. "The goddess of Memory was freed. Pokemon are starting to remember."

"Really?" she stopped and said with an intrigued voice. "And you, Udro?"

"Yes... I remember too. But I think, losing my memory was better, than living the life I was supposed to live," he said with sadness, but also with gratefulness.

"At least it worked out for some," the Samurott let out a half smile and exited the cave, only to see the chaos brought by Memory's release in the soft daylight.

"We were deceived! We are free now! But we have to make our chief suffer!" someone yelled loudly in the chaotic crowd. Everyone stopped in their maniac tracks and looked at their Mistress. Some faces well full of contempt (not sure towards whom), some just lowered their heads, but no one disagreed. "Now is the time to get our revenge!" the same voice yelled and a war cry began.

"Mistress, what will happen to you now?" the messenger Dewott exited the cave and stood beside the Samurott.

"I'll be fine. Don't worry," she said confidently. "You should go. Do what you want - either send the message to other chiefs, or join the mob."

"Mistress..." Udro couldn't believe that their chief could let him be a traitor by herself. "I... I will get a trusty teammate and we will each go to the different tribes. We'll be as fast as we can. Good luck, Mistress," he bowed, jumped off the hill the cave was on, and landed near the mad crowd. After a quick look around, he ran off to somewhere. "From about thirty pokemon, this still seems like a formidable army... I'm so proud," she smiled inside. But she had to settle her pokemon down. "Oshawotts and Dewotts! It is true that you were trapped in here by Darkness and Memory and it is true that the chiefs were a little involved, but if you know the truth, you also understand, why we didn't want to let Darkness reign upon our land!"

The pokemon started whispering, but the voice from before still arose. "Then why trap us here?! You could just have let us go to other lands! But no! You just wanted power and wanted something to rule! You must pay!"

"I'm sick of getting lip from a pokemon I can't even see!" Mistress was finally irritated. "Come out, you coward!"

The voice was silent. Everyone started looking around, but no one showed the revolter. Samurott knew who must have tried to bring up a riot.

"Darkness! I know it was you! Revolting my pokemon against me, just to get power?! You are just as despicable as me!"

Finally a dark cloud appeared above the heads of Mistresses' subjects. That's why no one could pinpoint her location - she was not in the crowd, she was above it.

"Darkness has to admit - Darkness didn't think you would figure it out. But it seems your Oshawotts and Dewotts actually like you. They would never have revolted by themselves. And Darkness grew tired of waiting," an echoing, dark giggling reigned across the land. "But never mind now. Your pokemon know at least the partial truth. Darkness will return for you later. Now, it's time to bring up a revolution in Serperior's territory," the dark cloud twirled and vanished. Too bad Darkness could even operate during the day. She must be stronger than anyone thought.

"I believe you all understand why we are here," Samurott started, looking at the other land chiefs.

"Of course! We have to put an end to Darkness!" Emboar was as straight as ever with his ideas.

"What about a plan, genius?!" Serperior smirked. "You want to fight a goddess head on? It seems you are as stupid as you look."

"Take that back, you snake!" Emboar snorted furiously.

"Make me! Why should I take back the truth?" Serperior teased further.

"Honestly, you two are acting like spoiled brats!" Mistress roared and silenced the noise makers. "We can only defeat Darkness together! We have to be teammates and help each other!"

"Team up? With him? He doesn't even know which way is up!" Serperior hissed and another wave of Emboar's furry was about to be released, but Samurott stood up on her back legs and drew both of her seamitars. Both sharp weapons quickly appeared next to the male chiefs' throats. It was a good thing she was so precise, or maybe their heads would already be off.

"I hope you two are done. There are more important things at hand, than insulting each other," she said calmly, seeing the startling impression she gave.

"...fine," after a minute, the Serperior admitted defeat. Emboar nodded, but not as much that he would touch the blade.

"All right. Then let's go to Darkness's lake. I could rely on my army, but I don't think you two have so many subjects that would still obey you, so now it's time to show our might alone!"

It was still morning, but the sun was already quite high. The dark lake was peaceful, maybe a little too much. Three different type pokemon were standing back to back, observing every direction possible. Darkness didn't want to show herself. It wasn't clear if that was because of the power the three chiefs had, or because of the sun that must have been depleting her energy.

Still, she had to be stopped.

"Show yourself, Darkness! Don't be a coward!"

"You are the cowards attacking Darkness when she is most vulnerable. And it's three vs one. Darkness could hardly say that is fair," many voices were all around them. There was no way of knowing where Darkness really was.

"I need to check the lake," Samurott whispered to the other two. "Stay alert here."

"But in the water, only two out of three can fight," Serperior pointed out.

"It will be fine, I'll just get her out of the water, if she is in there," she whispered again and ran towards the lake at incredible speed by her size. She dived in with a big splash and the dark water hid her completely.

"That's more like it," Darkness's voice was louder underwater. "One vs one. That Darkness can do."

Mistress immediately got thrown into something dark. She couldn't see anything. Complete blackness.

"Darkness hopes you like it here, because you certainly won't be getting out," Darkness's voice echoed again.

The Samurott growled and got out one of her seamitars. Once the creamy yellow blade changed its color to white and bright blue, she began slashing the darkness.

"Like student, like mentor," Darkness groaned. "That Romeo got on Darkness's nerves when he was here, but Darkness bets you'll be worse. Especially because no one will try to save you," the goddess teased.

"I don't need saving. Don't worry," Mistress smirked. She jumped to the spot the voice was loudest and slashed the dark air. Her weapon brought out light, but nothing was there. Then, a creepy giggle flew through the blackness."Maybe... Maybe I truly won't ever get out? Maybe no one will save me, if I won't come out for a long time... Who saved Dewott?...It must have been that Servine. I can't expect that from Serperior," dark thoughts were overwhelming her. It was obvious why and she didn't even want to stop them. She wanted to drown in her own fears.

"Delicious, Samurott," Darkness spoke up. "Your thoughts are magnificent. With that attitude, Darkness won't even need the other two chiefs. The occupying of other lands will be ever so easy."

"...Do you want me to want to get out of here and fight you?" Samurott had this vague idea. It seemed the goddess just spoke like that, to make her want to revolt.

Silence in darkness.

"I bet you just want a proper fight. You just want to test out your abilities. But with me here, you can't really have a difficult fight with only the other two chiefs."

Silence again.

Samurott knew that this might just be goddesses's trap, to make her think she thinks that, but there was no time to try and understand everything. Mistress was losing valuable daytime. At night, Darkness can even be unstoppable. The chief of the water tribe had to get out, no matter what.

Her weapon glowed with amazing brightness and grew at least twice in size. Now, it was almost her own size.

Slash after slash, she tried to hit something. Darkness was silent, but Mistress heard her gasps, like she was close to hitting the goddess. She hoped it was true.

"It's been a long time since she dived in," the regal pokemon pointed out, with a hint of worry.

"Yeah. And the goddess didn't come out. That means those two are fighting in the lake... Let's go!" Emboar turned to the lake and started running towards it, but Serperior halted him with his vines.

"Are you crazy? You'll faint even before reaching Darkness and Samurott!" Serperior yelled and murmured to himself. "Idiot."

"Then go in yourself. You said two out of three can go in. Then go!" Emboar always had that spark with him, or rather, flame. He was always optimistic and ready to help. It made the other chiefs wonder, how did he manage his pokemon. None of the chiefs ever visited the other tribes. Too bad though. Maybe they would have learnt something from each other.

"...Fine," Serperior retreated his vines and went to the lake.

Before going in, he observed the dark water. He remembered it being that dark only the time all three chiefs went to negotiate with the goddess. That must have been the time with the most hatred. Now it's similar, but... he doesn't feel angry at the chiefs, not even at his own pokemon that are leaving him as he is here. Only hatred for Darkness remained. And it was weird for Serperior, because he always despised the other chiefs too, because he couldn't get their land. Now something's different...

*splash*

The regal pokemon dived into the water. He tried to see something at first, but suddenly, there was nothing left. Complete darkness.

"Where am I?" he spoke up. It didn't feel like water. He could breath too, but it still felt, like he was engulfed in liquid. "Samurott! Where are you?!" he yelled with hope.

"Show yourself, Darkness!" Mistress was getting tired, both from slashing nothing, and from the behavior of the cowardly goddess.

"It will soon be time. Don't worry. Then you will be able to see Darkness' physical appearance, but Darkness doesn't believe you will even lay a finger on Darkness," the echoing voice sounded confident.

"You mean you'll keep me here until night?" Mistress knew how bad it could get... Or at least she hoped she knew, because if it was worse, the whole forest will be engulfed in seconds.

"Well, of course, dear. What did you expect? You three try to get me in the daytime, so Darkness pokenaps one of you and just waits till night. It would be silly of Darkness to try and take you on at daytime. Did you think Darkness was stupid?" she laughed and suddenly stopped. "...We have a guest."

Samurrot turned around and spotted something green moving towards her.

"...Serperior?" she questioned, tilting her head.

"Finally. Is this darkness endless or something?" the regal pokemon softly groaned.

"I guess with all that slashing, I went pretty far," Samurrot looked back. "... Wait... Did you try going the other way?"

"...Yeah," Serperior really wanted to go back. He didn't have those knightly attributes. "But there was... a wall..."

"Maybe that's the exit," she quickly thought.

"Don't be silly, Samurrot," Darkness echoed. "You can't leave through there," but she sounded tensed.

"Let's go, Serperior!" Mistress ran towards and passed the regal pokemon. Finally, he ran too.

"No! Where are you going?!" Darkness yelled. It seemed she was getting louder. Maybe she fueled herself with her own fear.

Mistress smirked at the goddesses's desperacy. She could feel they were close.

Her seamitar was in front of her, to pierce anything in its path.

*Rrrrrrip*

The glowing seamitar went through the darkness. A dimmed light was coming through. A horrific shriek followed.

"Aaaaaaaaaaagh! The pain! It's unbearable!"

The light got intenser. So did the screaming.

Mistress couldn't help but feel bad, but Darkness had to be stopped. She started slashing the darkness and letting light in. Who would have guessed a goddess had this kind of weakness.

But could this be the time of the goddesses's death? Could she be killed so easily?

Suddenly, both final evolution starters got thrown out of the darkness, like they were spit out. They were flung out of the lake and onto the grass, where Emboar was keeping watch.

"Oh! You two are finally back. I thought about jumping into the water to save you, if you wouldn't have came back in a few minutes," Emboar grinned. Serperior thought he was just saying that, but his smile was sincere. That caught Serperior a little off guard. Why would a fire type sacrifice himself so much for two different types, different tribes? But it still could have just been an idiot's talk.

Mistress was carefully observing the dark water. It was calm. Not a wave insight, even though two pretty big creatures just got out of it. But she didn't have to figure anything out. After a few seconds, the lake water started waving and something emerged from the middle of it.

A dark cloud, spreading negative feelings all around.

"You pests! Because of you, Darkness couldn't even go into Darknesses' physical form!" a furious woman's voice echoed.

"She's mad at us only for that?" Mistress started wondering, what's so special about that form, but if it would have made her stronger, then it's better to keep her in the dark cloud form.

Suddenly, a golden beam shot straight at Darkness, but she managed to evade it. Mistress turned around. Serperior must have released a Solar Beam.

"What happened to teamwork?" she thought, but it wasn't smart to shout out any plan now, when Darkness was so close, so she just yelled. "Attack!"

Samurott shot powerful jets of water, Emboar released a stream of orange-yellow fire and Serperior stayed with his Solar Beam.

Darkness was clearly startled. She tried to evade one attack and usually got hit by the other one, but then she immediately got back on her... air and the process repeated again. The final evolutions of the Unova starters were obviously getting tired, but the goddess seemed to just be playing.

When the attacks seized, an echoing giggling filled the air.

"That's it? Those are your biggest and most powerful attacks? Pathetic!" the dark cloud seemed to be getting bigger. "Darkness will show you real power!"

The cloud started pulsating and after every shrink, got bigger, when it expanded.

A terrible feeling engulfed Mistress. She knew this was going to get bad.

*swoosh*

A black wave spread everywhere and destroyed everything in its path. It spread slow enough for Mistress to see the grass just before her being annihilated. Not a speck of green was left, when the wave touched something. The starters started backing away. They wanted to just turn around and run, but the exterminating sight kept them glued.

The wave finally got them too.

Shrieks and screams of pain echoed through the whole forest. Such strong pokemon felt their skin being ripped off, their muscles - ripping apart, maybe even their bones - breaking. The pain was so huge, so unbearable, they all understood that this pain can kill almost anyone.

But when the wave passed and all of them collapsed, they realized... they were still alive.

Mistress felt the that every part, where there wasn't any skin, was releasing blood. It seemed that now even the air burned. She couldn't move. She couldn't see what state she was in. And she was actually glad to not see her body. She was glad not to see Serperior and Emboar. They all must have looked horrific.

"Oh, too bad," Darkness spoke up with a mocking sadness. "You are all still alive. If Darkness was in her final form, only hints of you three would have remained. Oh well, after a few minutes, Darkness can repeat the process. Then it's a certain bye-bye for you."

"Yeah. It is," Mistress thought, but even thinking hurt. Tears appeared in her eyes and went down her almost disfigured face. Oh Arceus, how the salty tears burned her. It made her want to cry even more. But what could it bring? Only more pain.

She tried breathing... but it hurt. She blinked... that hurt too.

"How pathetic. I agree with Darkness," she started sinking herself in sad thoughts. What could fix this now? Even if somehow they defeated Darkness, she couldn't live with this pain. She didn't think the other chiefs could too. She still wanted to save this forest, maybe even more, but the thoughts that she couldn't save even herself or Serperior and Emboar, just crushed her. "I hope they all escaped," she remembered her pokemon. They were all her students, they were all her family. Even though she was a strict teacher, she was a fair one too.

She didn't remember her real family, but it was fine, when she had this one.

She wished to see them. Only once. She knew that where she was going, she will see the killed Dewotts... but maybe she won't be allowed to go to the better place? Only the worse place will be waiting for her. She hoped it would still be better than the pain she was feeling before the inevitable death.

She closed her eyes. She knew the time of passing was very close.

"Mistress," a voice, so familiar, but yet - unrecognisable for Samurott in this state, flew through her head. "Mistress... I'm sorry."

"Wh-who could that be?" the formidable pokemon wanted to open her eyes again. But it was impossible.

"Mistress... I'm sorry we're late..." she heard tiny footsteps getting close. Many tiny footsteps. "I-I tried to remind them as fast as possible, but Darknesses' questions made them question everything as well. But-but they're here now. We are all here to help..."

It still sounded so distant. And seemed to be going away with every word. But Mistress finally understood.

"Udro," she felt the painful smile appearing on her face. "Everyone. They are here," She started hearing sobbing and weeping. Finally, crying broke out. "Is it for me?" she thought. "Oh. What I wouldn't give in this pitiful state, to see them once more. To wipe their tears and bring back their smiles."

"Ha! Pathetic pokemon, giving Darkness power with your dark feeling of sadness!"

That voice was even further than her subects' voices were and was hardly understandable, but Mistress did her best and understood that the sadness must be stopped, before Darkness turns so strong, she'll do the same wave on every living pokemon here.

But even though others understood too, the crying couldn't be stopped. It just went a little quieter.

Mistress heard crying even further. Those must have been her fellow fallen teammates' pokemon.

"They were good rulers after all," Mistress thought. "I shouldn't have thought I was the only one caring for my pokemon. At least we will go out together... If they aren't gone already. And to think that this all broke out, because two of three pokemon sent here weren't killed by one another. Who would have died, if Memory hadn't been released? Now it brought three chiefs to death. But Darkness would have broken out some time later, even if that hadn't have happened... When I think about it, it's still the day after the night, when the first evolutions were sent here to fight. Blood should still be waiting... Too bad no one will sacrifice anything to her now."

Suddenly, Mistress heard gasps from her pokemon. After a second - whispering. But it was finally too hard to understand. Only Darkness, when she spoke up, could make Mistress at least partly understand, what was going on.

"Blood! What are you doing here?! No one sacrificed anything to you! You don't have the power to seal Darkness again!" the goddess was furious.

"Oh, no?" Blood asked teasingly. "Blood sees three ruined and bloody bodies. They are even the chiefs' bodies. Blood thinks it's fair to say that this is the biggest sacrifice yet, so Blood thinks that it would only be appropriate to come and take them herself," she turned silent. Maybe she was observing something. Then her voice got angry, just like Darkness's. "How dare you rebel like this, Darkness! You are not allowed to show yourself in Lights' time! If she were to know, you would be hiding in your lake already!"

"N-no, no! Please! Anything but Light!" the goddess was clearly backing away. Her trembling voice revealed a fear no one expected of a goddess.

"Don't worry. Blood will be just as bad as her," Blood must have smirked. "With the blood from these bodies, Blood will trap you in your lake for an eternity, if she has to. But all the pokemon in this forest must leave!" she shouted, so that everyone could hear. The pokemon were startled, but stayed by their chiefs. Some even came to hug the skinless creatures. Mistress felt them... and the pain. But it was nice... It was warm... "The goodbyes have been said," Blood spoke up after a minute. "Now leave! Unless you want to suffer a similar fate like your masters.

Now the tiny footsteps were going away. Mistress felt both sad and happy. Her pokemon will be safe. They will help each other... They will be like family... Only without a mother.

"Blood! You can't trap Darkness again! Darkness has more power now! The pain and the sadness has fulled Darkness!" the goddess yelled triumphantly.

"Oh really? It seems you are forgetting the goddess of Sadness."

"Her? She's too far to even know what's happening here, so Darkness can take what's hers!"

"Sadness disagrees," a gloomy voice echoed alongside the other goddesses'.

"S-Sadness? Wh-what are you doing here?"

"Sadness felt the feeling belonging to her were especially powerful in this area, so Sadness came to look around. And Sadness was right. It saddens Sadness that Darkness is behaving like this. Sadness will be taking the power that belongs to her," she kept a monotonic and a little melancholy tone.

Mistress felt the dark and painful feelings filling the air. Sadness really was taking the feelings belonging to her. At least now, Darkness will be far less powerful... But she almost killed them without sadness... What power should Light have then, for such a powerful goddess to fear her?

"Blood hopes you are happy, Darkness," the goddess of Blood spoke up. "Such destruction only for your own selfish desires."

"Ha! Why didn't you release Darkness, so that Memory could escape, then? Keeping all the pokemon in this forest without their past lives. Couldn't admit you were wrong, huh?" Darkness teased, but her voice was obviously weaker.

That must have caught Blood off guard, but she just coughed and answered.

"I admit it. I was wrong. But you were more wrong. And now it's time for you to retreat to your lake forever."

"NOOOoooo!" Darkness's scream was getting more silent with every passing moment. Mistress hoped she was right and that it wasn't just her drifting away from this reality.

"Done," Blood said happily. "I'm very thankful you came, Sadness. I couldn't have been able to trap her without your help."

"Yes..." Sadness sighed and must have gone away.

Blood got closer to the bodies that were "sacrificed" to her. Mistress could feel her presence.

"You three must have suffered so much... The pain should have been out of this world..." Blood was flying from one body to another. "Huh? What's this?! The Samurott is still alive!... But barely."

"What? Serperior and Emboar have already passed?! Why am I still alive then?" Mistress questioned herself.

"Interesting. It seems her body is ruined, but her mind doesn't wish to leave... Blood is sorry. But Blood has to take your body and blood, to have enough power to entrap Darkness for as long as Blood lives."

"I understand..." Mistress sighed in her thoughts. She really didn't feel her body. The pain had faded and only numbness kicked in. It was easier for her mind to stay here like this. But she has to leave this ruined body... Sadly, she doesn't know how to.

"Don't worry. You don't have to do anything. I'll accompany you to where you should go," Blood got really close.

Suddenly, everything turned red. Blood has entered Mistress's mind.

A gorgeous lady with long red hair and a long red, beautiful dress. It seemed to be made of liquid. Probably blood. Her eyes were brighter than the blood around her and her skin had a reddish tone.

"Take Blood's hand. Blood is sorry, but you cannot stay here."

Mistress didn't hesitate. She saw her dark blue arm, with black nails and a scabbard on top, reaching out towards the goddess.

"Because your body has been sacrificed, Blood can choose where your mind will go. It's time to rejoin your family," the goddess smiled.

A light broke out and Mistress saw a beautiful meadow with a pond nearby. After so many years, she remembered too. She was always the mother raising others, but now she was with those that raised her.

"I'm so happy," she smiled too.

End of the Formidable pokemon.

"Woot! Woot! All the starters finished ^.^ plus Victini. And that makes 10 pokemon covered so far.

Thank your Airenee and Mister L. Rest assured, Leavanny will be written by your idea, Mister L.

Hehe... sorry Airenee... I couldn't help it. I just like this ending.

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