And then hell began.

"What are they?", I asked Zack.

"Shadows… Are what the demons that killed my family are called. Look, they wont attack anyone but me, since I have the necklace."

"You have it?! Is it in that box?", I asked.

"Nope, the box has something else, I'm wearing the necklace right now."

…What? I don't see a necklace…

"I use illusions to make it invisible."

…Huh, nevermind then.

"Anyway, you might not remember the shadows when they disappear. Only a few pokemon can, and an even smaller amount of pokemon are able to remain conscious during the few hours when shadows show up. Most pokemon turn into strange stone statues, and you probably will too.", Zack explained in a hurry.

I decided to question his logic,"Zack, how would no one notice a sudden jump in time from before they were conscious to after the shadows leave? And WHY do they leave, when that's completely against warfare logic? Maybe the time when the shadows appear, you weren't in the same place as everyone else? Like maybe a separate dimension? Maybe? You know what, I need to see this myself."

I looked out the window of the room.

…Statues.

It has begun.

"FUCK THIS SHIT I WANT TO BRUTALLY MURDER SOME DEMONS.", and with that, I opened the door of our room.

"Huh? Others who can remain conscious during the full moon?", I kinda flipped out upon hearing someone exit from room one.

An alakazam and an octillery exited from the other room. The alakazam looked towards Zack and I, "Do you two know what going on? The demons will be showing up soon, we could use your help protecting this place."

"Wait, what the hell? I thought that only I and my family were able to remain a non-statue-like-object during this time! Who are you two? HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DEMONS?", Zack didn't seem to trust them.

"Calm down, look, if we are found dead next morning, theres probably gonna be panic. Lets go down stairs, I'll explain what we know AFTER the shadows leave."

I heard glass shatter just then.

"FUCK THIS SHIT IM GONNA KILL SOME DEMONS AND BRAG ABOUT IT!", I ran downstairs to murder demons, simply because why not?

Killing evil things is fun. Kind of. Somewhat.

A human-like figure stood before me. It was like a pitch-black reflection of a human, with blood-red claws and eyes of the same color. I wasn't scared, somehow.

…Yup, I'm scared of heights, bugs, and sudden movements, but DEMONS? Hell naw.

It attempted to stab me with its claws, but I jumped back and took this as an opportunity to finally use hidden power.

I held out my paw and concentrated, a pink sphere formed, and floated above my paw.

…What. The. Fuck. FAIRY TYPE?

"Well fuck you too, maggot.", I threw the sphere-thing.

The shadow, however, was not amused.

I dodged another attack, and pulled out my katana, stabbed the demon, and the demon died. No surprise there.

"A weapon? Only hidden power should be able to hurt the demons! No material that exists has ever been able to pierce the skin of those demons! WHAT MATERIAL IS THAT?", The octillery acted as if his life as a lie… Or something like that.

"Uhhh…", I looked at the katana. It was the color of platinum, but it was slightly green.

"Mythril."

…WAIT, WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SAY? MYTHRIL DOES NOT EXIST.

"Mythril? Whats that?", the octillery inquired.

"NOT NOW, BARRY, LETS BE ON GUARD FOR MORE DEMONS!"

No more demons showed up.

"Hey, farfetch'd?", Alakazam called.

…Is farfetch'd not a statue?

"Yeah?", a voice called back.

"Have you found it yet?"

"No."

Zack finally asked, "Okay, what the hell is going on? Seriously, I want an explanation as to why you guys can not turn into statues?"

"Because, we are all bound to the keys of the tower."

Suddenly I figured it out.

"WAIT, I GET IT NOW! The person who owns one of the necklaces and their friend or fellow cult members are all able to remain conscious! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!", I explained my theory.

"Yep, that's how it works, riolu.", the octillery relied.

"By the way, my name is Jack, and he is Zack. We are a nomadic cul-"

"Jack, shut the fuck up, that joke is old."

"Fine."

"By the way, who is barry?", I asked.

"I am.", the octillery responded.

"And my name is Tom, but call me Alakazam if Tom is hard to rememb-"

"Tom is a name that is hard to not remember, its too common.", I interrupted.

"Dunno where your from, but Tom is a rare name in this area.", Tom replied

"Uh, so what are you guys looking for?", Zack inquired.

"The key that is located here. Farfetch'd lost it in the library, so we have to stay here and search for it before we can go to the Eterna Ruins."

"The Eterna Ruins?", Zack questioned.

"You need a key to enter the final room.", Tom answered.

I was getting bored.

"So, how did Farfetch'd lose the necklace?", I asked.

"He dropped it in the library, the idiot. We would be in the final room of the Eterna Ruins by now if he weren't so dumb.", Barry bluntly replied.

"Okay, then."

"FOUND IT!", Farfetch'd exclaimed.

"Oh yeah, and just so you two know, during the time when the shadows appear, we aren't in the same dimension as everyone else. The shadows pulled us into a dimension known as the reverse realm. We don't know much about this place, but the shadows are only able to pull us into their realm during the full moon. I have no idea why, but I assume its because of the moon… Uh, nevermind, I have no fucking idea.", Barry explained.

"Okay, then.", I wasn't paying full attention.

"Do you two want to join us when we go to the Eterna Ruins next full moon?", Tom asked us.

"Sure.", Zack agreed.

"Fine.", I wasn't really motivated.

"Great, but how do you two know about the shadows, anyway?"

"I have a key, as well.", Zack replied.

"Hm, well then next full moon you two will join us on entering the last room of Eterna Ruins. Oh, and the final room is so important because it can only be opened during the full moon due to a… Curse that affects those who open it at any other time.", Barry told us.

…A curse?

"Anyway, the moon is setting, we have returned to our dimension. Uhh, you two should probably go back to your room to get some rest while its still night."

…And that's just Tom assuming that we wouldn't? I'm forking tired from talking in order to stay awake.

Zack and I head back to our room in the inn.

"Well, I guess we will be staying in Eterna Village at least until we go to the ruins. I wonder what that curse was?"

I wonder what the curse was, too. I regardless fell asleep. Screw those demons keeping us awake. Maggots.

A/N:

Sorry if there was too much dialogue. I was hoping the battle with the demon would make up for that. Maybe I answered too many questions…

Uhm, anyway, I'm using my parents IPad keyboard to write this chapter, so that's why I wrote it so quickly in comparison to how slow it takes for me to write the other chapters. Oh nevermind, no one would even know how long it takes to write the chapters but me, so yeah.

Uhm, also, I kinda was having problems with thinking about how to make this chapter more interesting, so this chapter is sadly more boring than the others.

Anyway, please review!

Cya!