Light and Dark: The Battle Within
Chapter Ten: Lurking in the Shadows
A/N: We finally made it to Chapter Ten! Thank you guys so much for reading, it means a lot!
We were finally at Delphi's town. But where was she?
Oh, right. She's a Phantump only in her dreams. In reality, she's a girl.
April looked around with Dawn. I wanted to change back, but not with all the people watching.
"You are Glaceon in your dreams, right? Then let's walk around town and maybe Delphi will spot us. They're not native here, and she's seen what you look like." Dawn theorized. We agreed that was the best solution to our problem.
We walked around town until we came to a quaint house. It said, Delphi's House. It was customary to call it the child's house, it seemed.
We walked up.
Knocked on the door.
A girl, probably thirteen years old, with long, straight black hair and emerald-green eyes answered. Was this her? "Hello? Who's there…" she said. She trailed off when she saw us. "Get inside, Noelia! Your friends too!"
The three of us hurried with her. Delphi looked around. "It's safe to turn back." I did so.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
We explained about the Darkness, and our theory that she would be able to stop it. Suddenly, a thump came from the nearby wooden stairs. A boy, with golden hair and sky-blue eyes, holding a bowl of spaghetti. "Hey, Delphi, I can't find my Pokéball collection or my model airplane kit, and I left them right…" he dropped the bowl when he saw us.
The boy quickly started to act natural. "Uh, uh, umm, hey Delphiwhyarethereweirdpeopleinthehouse?"
She looked at him. "Ayer, these people are Noelia, April, and Dawn." She pointed to us respectively. "Don't bother hiding your Gem, they're Mags too.
Ayer looked at us. "You friends of Delphi?"
I nodded. "Long story short, I see her in my dreams. I lost communication, blah blah blah, Pinkan Island, ice bridge, boom, we're here. We were hoping that Delphi knew some things about the Darkness, and now how do you know each other?"
"He's my half-brother." Delphi explained. "We live here together with my grandmother, but she's in Cinchai about the earthquake. She likes to learn when they happen so she can predict them. About the Darkness, uhm, I'd like to talk to you in private, please, Noelia."
Delphi led me away from the others. "It's got lots of parts, with different colors," Ayer was saying. "If you find it can you give it to me, please?"
"I don't know anything!" Delphi whisper-shouted. "All I know is that it's doing something to the Legendary Pokémon, Hoopa Unbound has something to do with it, and it's really scary!"
I looked at her. "You know, have we ever considered that it isn't hurting them?"
"The Legendaries are not to be disturbed, they control all aspects of the universe. When they are and they don't fight back, there must be something that's doing something to them!"
We turned back. Everyone was staring. Smiling a bit too much, I said, "Hey, we traveled a long time. Let's rest and then we can talk tomorrow. It's almost sundown."
I stared at the big moon, legs dangling off the raised porch in the backyard. I wondered what was happening to the Legendaries.
Growlithe was also watching with the Mom. Why did Noelia and Dawn have to go? He hoped that they would be home soon. He was very lonely, and felt something big was about to happen.
A woman in Iki Town, Aloha was stargazing. Rea looked up and saw some of the stars were twinkling and did not reappear.
In Johto, Marina was smiling at her Feraligatr when, for a split second, she swore that the moon wasn't there, and then reappeared.
In Kanto, Blue, the leader of the Viridian Gym, was training with his Arcanine when all the clouds in the night sky went to cover the moon.
In Hoenn, a woman working at the Lilycove Department Store was finishing up work when a strong wind blew outside, making the outside seem to shudder. A flash of lightning blew over the ocean.
A Kalos Wingull was soaring over Azure Bay when a stray shot of lightning struck dangerously close, too close for comfort. He landed, quivering with fear.
In Lacunosa Town in Unova, the ground trembled and broke under the bridge, and a dark, clawed hand appeared.
