The Legend of Yellow
By: hydro-serpent58
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Chapter 11: Crystal's Plan
That voice... In walked a girl about 1 year younger than Yellow. She wore star ear rings and had grayish-blue colored eyes. As soon as the two girls layed eyes on each other they gasped. "You?..."
Yellow P.O.V.
My eyes widened as we pointed at each other. "You?..." We said stimulously. "You know each other?" Asked Rox with interest. We stared at each other. The without warning she lunged at me. "YELLOW!" She wailed clinging to me for dear life. She sobbed into my shoulder as I stood there hugging her back. Her embrace was so warm...I still smelt sea water in her hair though. I noticed she was wearing different clothes. She had a orange scarf around her neck, and wore what looked like leather skinned clothes. Her outfit was brown as she wore what looked like brown goat skin shorts and vest with a black brown T-shirt underneath the vest. She now wore wooden sandals instead of sneakers and had a belt going through the shorts. A belt pack was attached to it and to complete the outfit something that looked like a wooden hair slip in the shape of a Lark placed into her hair. "Crystal..." We pulled away smiling. "So...what's with the outfit?" Asked Mist. "The Larks were kind enough to give me a spare set of clothes since my other one was soaking wet." She replied. "I'm glad you're alright." Mist piped up. Crystal smiled at the pixie. "Thanks Mist." We turned to Rox. "Anyway Crystal, your friends here are looking for Celebi's Gem." Crystal's eyes widened. "What? But Rox you know what happened!" He nodded. "Yes, it's too dangerous to get it though." He turned to us. "Feel free to stay here and rest as much as you want. Crystal would you please show them around?" "Yes Rox." She answered. With that we left the room.
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I walked through the halls content. I had gotten good sleep and was looking around. Suddenly Mist zoomed in front of me. "Yes Mist?" "Crystal said to meet her in front of the canyon and don't tell anyone." I blinked. "Why?" "She said to keep it a secret." That's strange, Crystal's not one to keep secrets With that in mind I exited the cavern. I arrived in front of the canyon and looked around. "Psst." I turned my head and saw Crystal hidden in the shadows. "Follow me." She mouthed. And then she turned and crept along the canyon. I blinked but followed. Since she was trying not to be seen I decided to do the same. Mist sat on top of my hat. Suddenly she turned to the right and pushed a bush away revealing a secret tunnel. She motioned for me to come over and disappeared into the hole. I carefully went over and ducked inside surprised that I could walk straight with out hitting my head. After a while of walking I saw light up I ahead. As I came closer I saw a dark silhouette of someone. Soon I saw it was Crystal. She was right at the end of the tunnel with her back to me a hand placed on the wall and was facing the outside. I slowly came up and stood next to her. I then gasped. There was a large archway door with the symbol of a Phoenix on it. There was sand on the ground and it was getting hotter. The walls were made of granite and a mix of rocks melted into one. As me and Mist stared in wonder Crystal spoke. "This is the entrance to the canyon. Beyond here is the the sacred temple with has now been transformed into a dungeon." I looked at her. "How did you find this place?" At this the girl sighed. "The Larks tried to hide it from me, but I wandered around and happened to find it." She stopped short. "But...why are you showing it to us." Crystal smiled slightly. "Yellow...I just wanted to tell you, I'm gonna to do something to get that gem back." "But Crystal-" "I'm gonna do it because the Larks have done so much for me, the lest I can do is bring it back." She turned to me smiling. "I just wanted to let you know." I saw the determination in her eyes and sighed. Crystal...I just hope you know hat you're doing
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The next day I woke up to a loud ruckus. I peered outside the door to see Larks running everywhere. Sleepily, I went to Rox's room and knocked. "Come in." I came in and saw he was rubbing his throat thoughtfully. He looked distressed about something. "Rox, is something wrong?" I asked snapping his attention towards me. "Yes, apparently the dungeon has gotten worse." My stomach lurched. "What do you mean?" "Before the holy ground was turned only into a dungeon, but now since Celebi's Gem is losing it's power the volcano is beginning to become active." I eyes widened. "Nani?" He sighed. "Yes, if it doesn't stop the eruption will cause the entire island to be covered with lava and then it will melt down destroying everything in it's path." Mist gasped. "But then, you'll loose you're home!" He nodded. "I know." He put his hand-like claws attached to his wings over his eyes. "If only the great Spirit of the Forest would guide us." It seemed more like a prayer than a statement. Suddenly a thought struck Yellow. "Rox, have you seen Crystal anywhere?" He removed his claws and raised an eyebrow. "Crystal? I thought she was with you." My face ashened as I looked at Mist who looked back at me. "I gotta go Rox, bye!" I said quickly fleeing before he could question me. I ran through the halls towards the exit with Mist flying beside me. "Yellow! Do you think-?" I nodded. "Yeah, and right now Crys is in serious trouble!" With that I practically forced Dodosuke to run at full speed causing Mist to hand unto me for dear life. I didn't have to worry about being seen for he was too fast for the naked eye to see when running. In minutes we were in front of the door. "Return." Is said calling him back. Mist let go of me and flew next to me. "Well..let's go." With that I came forward and placed my hand on the Phoenix seal. The ring around it glowed and light from the ring flowed into the cracks into the edges of the door. There was a loud creeeecckkk sound and the door opened. I stepped through and was I met was a lot of hot air. I was instantly sweating. I opened my eyes and gasped. It was a dungeon alright, there were stalactites and stalagmites with rivers of lava in the floor. I was on a ledge with a bridge connecting across to a middle pillar where the path spit in different directions. I saw bats flaying hear and there and the heat was intense. Mist landed on my shoulder and wiped the sweat off her forehead. "Yellow, we've gotta find Crystal fast." I nodded and scanned the place one more time. I'd have one hell of a time in this place.
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~hydro-serpent58
