Chapter Ten: Up is Down
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly; it should be thrown with great force.
Note!!- Expect nothing!! I am not all that patient (so this story, though probably long, will be shorter than expected) and I am not all that good at this so… EXPECT NOTHING!!
Note!! (Again!)- The pokémon weren't held differently, they just weren't taken to the pit. (Also, Raichu doesn't belong to Rin. She's 9!) Since they weren't taken to the pit, they had to escape during and after the sacrificial offering ritual thingamawhozit.
Character Recrap!!:
Ash Ketchum- 15 years- Pikachu, Buizel, Chimchar, Riolu, Turtwig (during the League battle only), Staraptor, Gliscor (League only)
May- 14 years- Blaziken, Pichu, Beautifly, Munchlax, Glaceon, Wartortle
Brock- 19 years- Croagunk, Happiny, Sudowoodo, Shieldon
Dawn- 14 years- Prinplup, Lopunny, Pachirisu, Ambipom, Chingling
Kenny- 15 years- Empoleon, Alakazam, Breloom
Misty- 18 years- Gyrados, Corsola, Azurill, Seadra, Psyduck, Staryu
Zoey- 14 years- Mismagius, Glameow, Shellos, Vespiquen, Cherrim
Jesse- 24 years- Seviper, Wobbufet, Yanma,
Meowth
James- 25 years- Carnivine, Skorupi, Mime Jr.,
My made-up Characters! Hooray! (There might be more later):
Sean Skalfite- 16 years- Raichu (Mostly uses fighting type moves), Flareon, Snorlax (super-sonic movement), Dusknoir, Sableye, Silroar (my own made-up pokémon that is a large, humanoid lion with wings and pants, fire-fighting type, fully evolved)
Karin (Rin) Skalfite- 9 years- No pokémon, not of age.
Jaron- 17 years- Typhlosion, Poliwrath, Espeon, Scizor, Rhyperior, Arcanine
Jasmine- 16 years- Swampert, Gardevoir, Delcatty, Plusle, Minun, Gible
Chapter Ten: (Hooray!) Up is down
For about five minutes, the 2 groups just kind of stood there, staring at each other, each with different looks of incredulity on their faces. Most of the goblins stood there pointing at the kids in shock (thinking them dead). Ash, May, Dawn, Kenny, and Zoey had reached down to their pokéballs with looks of surprise. The troll had fallen asleep due to lack of interest. Sean, however, had disappeared entirely.
Suddenly, one of the bigger goblins screamed, "Destroy them!!" and a great-ish battle was met. May sent out Blaziken, Ash sent out Staraptor, Dawn sent out Prinplup, Kenny sent out Alakazam, and Zoey sent out Vespiquen. Sean, of course, was still nowhere to be found. The first wave of small, green goblins were repelled by the attacks Fire Spin, Wing Attack, Whirlpool, Psychic, and Power Gem. The next wave of larger, red goblins was beaten back by Blaze Kick, Whirlwind, Bubblebeam, Psycho Cut, and Attack Order. However, the attack of the 3 large, purple goblins and the troll (roused from its sleep by whacking it repeatedly with large sticks) sent the 5 pokémon flying backwards into the wall behind them.
The biggest goblin stepped up and started mocking them and making idle threats, such as, "Ha ha ha! You call yourselves heroes? You're not heroes! You're fodder for cannon practice! Either submit to that fate or you will join the other fools that disobeyed me in my headdress! Ha ha ha ha ha!!" At the 'headdress' bit, the goblin pointed up at the large headdress perched atop his, you guessed it, head. It was apparently made out of 6 human skulls, multiple fingers, 7 rib bones, and a femur sticking out of it like a horn. It was also apparently fresh, seeing as the flesh was still mostly intact, except for the places where the goblin had obviously taken large bites out of it.
Of course, before headdress goblin could make anymore remarks about how their mothers' were shamed with their existence, Sean shouted down from the ceiling something along the lines of, "10 tons of mega freighter death!!" followed by him throwing a Pokéball down. From out of the depths of the small red and white ball emerged a massive humanoid figure wreathed in flames that let out a titanical roar. Of course, this is Silroar, the pokémon I've already told you about. Sean walked 5 steps across the ceiling before falling off and landing on his feet while calling out various attacks, such as Fire Punch, Blaze Kick, Flamethrower, and Buster Burn. Following each command, Silroar punched with a fiery fist, kicked with a fiery foot, bathed the goblins in fire, and let out a tremendous roar which made all the goblins burst into fire for no particular reason at all.
As soon as the final attack was launched, Sean recalled the massive humanoid lion, which was never seen again in this story for reasons I'm not all too sure about. The other kids recalled their pokémon, saying soothing words of thanks before turning to Sean and bombarding him with questions, such as, "What was that pokémon?!" "How did you stand on the ceiling?!" "Why didn't you help us from the beginning!?" and "Who are you, really?"
"One at a time, one at a time. 1) That pokémon was called Silroar, from the island region of Kaungo, 2) I wandered into a space of reversed dimensions which flung me up to the ceiling, 3) Like I said, I got stuck on the ceiling. Falling like that was like falling on your head after falling off a 20-story building, so I was a little woozy and confused, and 4) It's none of your business who I am. All you need to know is my name is Sean, I can kill all of you before any of you can blink, and I'm fond of apples and cheeseburgers."
Before any of them could state, "Hunh?" headdress goblin slumped into the passage the goblin infantry originally came out of, simultaneously pulling a lever which caused the ceiling to shatter… and the chunks to immediately fall the wrong way. Right before the effects of the reversed dimensions reached the floor, Sean slowly and clearly said, "Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town… Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them… Which one are you?" At this, everybody falls upwards, including the still burning remains of the goblins that weren't so lucky as to be smart enough to run in fear. And soon, the 6 kids were once again separated like so many separated kids…
Tell me if this chapter stinks. I completed it last night (06/23/08) and I wasn't feeling particularly awake at the time.