Hello again everyone! I'm currently enjoying Hanukkah, and I hope you all have a merry Christmas! I'm very excited to be posting again, I have overcome my writers block on my other writing project, so I will once again be splitting time between this and that which means that updates will be slightly less frequent. Funfact: I have never broken a bone and have only been stung by a bee once. The way to avoid being stung is to not freak out like most people and just stay calm and mostly still. I have even had bees land on my hand and then just fly away.
Reviews:
Jolteon of light: Dealt with this in PM's, and just fyi Chronos was the father of the titans.
What Lies Beyond: I thought that it made the most sense to not have Static stick around, although I felt that he was an entertaining character, he served his purpose.
I looked up at the mountain, its peak obscured by the clouds. How was I going to make it up there? I was still a few hundred feet away from the base of the mountain, so I moved closer. As a human I had been pretty good at rock climbing, but somehow I didn't think that those skills would translate well to having four legs.
It was around midday, and the clock was ticking. I had three days to get to the top, so there was no time to waste. I made my way over to the base of the mountain, and started looking for a path upwards. I traveled around the base of the mountain, and came to the general conclusion that there was no best path upwards.
I started up the mountain, going mostly diagonally to try not to fall off of the steep cliff face. I had barely made it ten feet up the mountain when I heard someone call out, "Oh my god, is that a shiny? I have to catch it!". I turned around to see a woman who looked to be in her late twenties. She drew a pokéball out of her bag, and tossed it energetically towards the ground a few feet in front of me.
With a flash of white light, a torterra appeared, some of the dirt from the massive mound on its back falling to the ground. I barely had time to curse to myself before she yelled out "Torterra, use earthquake!" The torterra raised up its massive front legs, and then slammed them back down, causing the ground to shake beneath me. I heard the crashing of rocks above me, and desperately tried to leap off of the mountainside.
Despite the shaking ground, I managed to jump out of the way of the rocks, but as I was concentrating on sticking the landing, Moonbeam's voice echoed in my head, breaking my concentration. "Don't mess up." He said, right before I landed with most of my weight on my front left leg. There was a sickening crack as pain shot through the leg. I fell over, the pain practically immobilizing me. I hear Moonbeam snickering in my mind, which was cut off suddenly with a click.
My mind was torn away from my body, but I could no longer hear Moonbeam interfering with my thoughts. My mind was clearer than it had been in weeks. I tried to visualize my surroundings, and what I saw was… a Rubik's cube? Of course… I had to be inside of a pokéball, that's what the click was. I guessed that this served as a lock of sorts on the pokéball, and served as one that a human could crack but not a Pokémon. Why it was set up that way was beyond me, but I knew how to solve a Rubik's Cube.
I manipulated the image with my mind, and sure enough, within what felt like a few minutes, I had solved it. There was a loud cracking sound, and I regained my senses. Judging by my surroundings, no time had passed while I was in the pokéball. I looked at the splintered shards of the sphere. She had used an ultra-ball to try and catch me.
Her mouth was agape. She recovered quickly, however. "Torterra, earthquake again!" She yelled out, frustrated. The torterra once again raised up its legs, slamming them down. The last thing I heard before I passed out was the woman quietly saying "Oops…", and Moonbeam's quiet snickering.
I awoke, and my leg felt a lot better. The woman had left me where I fell, but had most likely used a potion on me. I guessed I was lucky to not have been found by a greedier trainer. I had no idea how much time had passed, though. It did look like it was morning, however, which only left two days for me to reach the top of the mountain.
"Aww, I was hoping you would stay asleep longer. Ah well." Moonbeam's voice echoed in my mind. I tried to force him to shut up, but I just couldn't do it. "Well, looks like your control is slipping. All the better for me I guess." He said, smugly. I decided to just ignore him. If I couldn't make him be quiet that was the next best thing.
"Ugh, who's making such a mental racket?" I heard someone, seemingly female say, outside my head this time. An espeon had appeared from the nearby bushes, its pink fur contrasting with the green leaves and dull brown rock of the mountain. The espeon stopped short when she saw me. I felt a gentle presence touch my mind, and the espeon's eyes widened. "Oh. Oooooooooooooooh." She said, likely gathering all the information she needed about me right there, which made me wonder if Pokémon regularly did that to humans, and the thought of that made me unconformable.
"Well, you do have quite a bit going on now, don't you?" She said, sounding very concerned. "I can get you part of the way up the mountain, there is a field preventing all but the most powerful psychic Pokémon from detecting anything going on up there or from teleporting there. I only know about it because someone told me. I can bring you halfway up to a trail, and you can walk from there, is that ok?" She asked.
"Yeah." I said. "I would really appreciate the help." The espeon nodded, and put on a look of concentration. I suddenly felt dizzy, as we moved instantaneously up the mountain.
