Hi everyone, I deeply apologize for the huge hiatus but certain incidents had occurred in my life (which I will share with you all at the end of this chapter) I hope I haven't lost my readers, so without further ado, please enjoy.
(A year ago)
They kept their backs pressed against one another, swaying back and forth in a smooth synchronized motion as they moved their arms and hands through the air in a hypnotizing manner. Their white gowns danced to the night air, shifting back and forth and rippling into the moonlight shining down on them which had reflected on the surface of the lake they were standing on, tiny specks of light began rising up from the water, illuminating the three girl's figures as they continued with their ritual.
"Darkness". Her eyes opened, revealing the golden glow within her iris, she had one arm stretched out, holding out the black orb with a golden ring within on her palm.
"Clarity". She kept both arms out, one over the other as her eyes parted wide, revealing the light lavender glow in them, she was controlling the purple orb that stood still over her hands.
"Light". She whispered into the night, holding her arms out as well, cupping the pink orb with a crescent symbol in the center within her palms.
"Are you ready?" Her pink locks swayed to the side, allowing her icy turquoise colored eyes to stare at Scarlet who nodded, she was standing at the end of the lake, remaining on land, her feet were bare on the soil, allowing her to feel the rough and moist texture underneath. Her white gown had flown to the side with the cool breeze, moving the same direction as her hair.
"Once I complete the ritual...you will never be the same again, you will be one with the beast of the moonlight". She took a step forward, parting herself away from Rouge and Lucille who had their heads down, eyes closed as they gained focus.
"Make me be reborn again…..pull me from the darkness that is my past". her hands had pulled her gown up slightly, now reaching to her ankles when she stepped into the lake, she sunk in, leaving a trail of air bubbles to rise before they stopped.
A tiny stepping stone rose from the water in front of Blair, she placed one foot on it, leaving the other on the stone podium, she held the pink orb up to the night sky where it began glowing and shining brightly, "Lord Arceus, grant me your power to fulfill this young warriors inner beast, until their final breath, until the darkening day of her death, she will remain a loyal and faithful guardian to the order of light, show her the essence of rebirth".
The water began bubbling up, a ray of light shot down from the sky and into the building water, she was pulled up from underneath, unconscious and soaked as her body laid flat. A crystal stage rose from the water just underneath her, she was placed on it, the light still hitting her body directly.
"Ahh!" she released a gasp, followed by an ear piercing cry, jolting in place as a pink glow started appearing by her heart, it released tiny glowing wisps which had slithered around her body, curling itself around her arms and legs.
"Sylveon….you once had the duty to protect your holder years ago, now your power is needed once more…..awaken and fuse with Scarlet, bond your hearts, souls, and minds together, become one with each other". she released the orb in her hand, allowing it to rise up and shift as it released a blinding light.
"Scarlet…." she had quickly lost her energy, now remaining still on the crystal surface, she turned her head to the side as a faded image of the Fairy beast appeared beside her glowing body.
"A-are you…...my….my?" a small tear fell down her eye when she couldn't continue, the pokemon nodded.
"I could not protect my last master, and I lost her…...but I will do my best to protect you from this day forth, allow me to be one with you, master". it began shifting once more, looking as if it was being sucked and dragged into the brunettes heart, causing her to release another ear piercing scream.
The water began swerving into a whirlpool, increasing drastically and speeding up faster with every scream Scarlett released, beams of light shot out through the water and up towards the moon. The three of them remained calm on the stone podium, watching the entire scene before them.
"Your loyalty lies within me and the Lord, keep peace wherever you are….and free yourself from your dark past, become new once more, and live with the mark of a beast". She shot her hand up to the sky, holding her hand spread out, the water had calmed down, the rays of light had faded, and darkness returned once more into the sky.
Silence overtook the atmosphere, the brunette remained on the crystal stage solely, her body dried of energy and left unconscious, "Was this really the best choice?" Rouge leaned over to Blair, whispering in the pink haired girls ear, keeping her hazel hued eyes onto the slumbering brunette.
"It might not have been….." mumbled Blair, lowering her head as she held her hands together, cupping them as a small light appeared in between, forming into the orb she previously held.
She turned back, staring at Lucille who had placed her hand on the blonde's shoulder, keeping a straight and collected expression towards Rouge's frowning one, "...but it was certainly the only option we had to save her".
"We saved her for now…." they both looked over at Blair who continued staring down at the dimmed orb in her hands.
"...But the fate of her life lays on her own hands, whether she will allow her dark memories to haunt her continuously and drag her into a world of despair, or if she will overcome the difficulties that await her in the future, she isn't one of us, born with the spirit of a guardian beast, the path to controlling her essence will be a long one, she must not allow the power she now holds to take over, or she will fall into the hands of darkness, and soon after, her own death".
(Chaos/Styles/Aria/Scarlett)
"Why are you doing this?" he dodged another one of her attacks, watching as the floor crumbled apart from her deadly power.
"Because I sense evil within her….It is my duty to protect everyone in this institute, especially the Champion, I will eliminate anything foreshadowing destruction upon us, and that means her".
"That can't be, Aria hasn't done anything to anybody, I mean look!" he gestured down to the unconscious girl in his arms, hoping it would make the young muse understand.
"I'm not easily fooled, my patience is of an essence, and since neither of you will comply, I'll take you out, here and now". She shot her hand up to the sky, a shower of light began raining over her.
"I wouldn't count on that". Chaos kept a straight face, swiping his arm to the side and commanding a group of shadowy wisps to rise up from below. They had gathered around Scarlett, swerving faster around her as she tried to gather light.
"Don't count what you don't know". She snapped her fingers with her other hand, a ring of beautiful but deadly light bursted through a perfectly cracked circular shape around her, automatically destroying the shadows, he held back on his grunt, now glaring at the brunette who met his angry gaze, her eyes grew lighter than before.
"There's a reason why I'm a muse". the light below kept expanding, burning through the grass on the surface into ashes, both boys were growing weary of it's bright velocity.
"My light will burn and purify anything tainted with the taste and scent of darkness". She clasped both her hands down and together, sending a vicious and powerful wave of light rushing towards their direction.
(Aura/Aaron)
"I got your back!" Aura shot another beam of fire towards the winged males who were now taking to the sky for defense. They dodged every one of her attacks, swiftly avoiding them with grace, sly smirks remained plastered on their faces as they soared above both teens.
Aaron remained silent, carefully examining both Skylar and Orion's sky movements, almost as if he was trying to predict what was to come, and he did, slightly widening his eyes when the blade on his head twitched. He took Aura's hands from behind, startling the pyro girl who jolted from the touch, he gripped onto them firmly, now making her blush furiously from the unexpected move.
"Aura…" he kept his voice low, low enough for only her to hear.
"Y-yeah?" She couldn't contain herself, growing more and more nervous as he held onto her hands.
He kept staring at both males, they took off in separate directions, leaving a huge gap in between them up in the sky, their smirks only getting more and more dangerous.
"...Whatever you do…...don't let go, disaster is about to strike upon us".
(Blair/Junbei)
"Where are you going?!" he had finally caught up with her, struggling to keep up with the pink haired champion who wasn't willing to reply back instantly. He rolled his eyes, growing more irritated from every attempt.
She stopped and pulled the hood of the cloak off from her head, now turning to Junbei with an expression he least expected, sadness, distraughtness, the look of a broken person. "To find her…...I need to know where they are keeping Rouge….I can't waste any time, every second can be a beating or threat to her life, If I'm too late…..I…...I can't.." she closed her eyes, lowering her head as she turned it to the side.
He remained silent, not knowing how to react or respond back, he wasn't the type to sympathize with people, in fact, he wasn't the type to care, the whole situation to him didn't matter, he didn't know Blair all that well and he only just met Rouge, so why should he care?
He sighed, not caring that a hint of grunge and somewhat annoyance was detected within it, the diamond pendant hanging around his neck began glowing.
"Huh?" she was quickly caught off guard, being scooped up into Junbei's arms, she grabbed a hold of his neck, wrapping her arms lightly around it as she was lifted off the ground.
"Consider this a once in a lifetime favor…." she was seemingly stunned by his gesture, he seemed indifferent in expression, but a tiny grateful smile had formed on her lips.
"Why?" she asked, keeping her voice low in volume, his dark wings began flapping, he didn't respond back, but only gave her a blank expression as he took off into the sky.
(Kei/Nate/Scott)
"Alright, first things first…." they were now standing within a secluded forest space, the area was vacant with flat land, only large trees which were surrounding them in a ring.
"...Workouts". Kei and Scott stood in the center of the area while Nate peacefully slept beneath one of the trees, listening to Kei's lectures which were all meant for Scott.
"Workouts?" he looked at the white haired boy in a tiresome way, unhappy about what he knew was coming.
"Yeah, if you expect to kick some ass in the ring then you have to grow some muscle, I'm sure your beast essence is probably embarrassed of it's masters physique, I know I would". Nate stifled a laugh, something which went noticed by Scott who frowned, now glaring at Kei who smirked.
"That's it, the more angry you get, the more interesting this will get". he had loosened his tie, now rolling his sleeves further up. Scott had followed along, now loosening his tie as well as he rolled up his sleeves. He adjusted his glasses which gleamed to the sunlight, practically glowing from it's uniqueness, half of it was framed from a purple like stone while the other half from a red like gem substance.
"What next?" he asked, waiting for Kei's orders. He was sent crashing to the floor, practically skidding across the grassy plain land, he looked up at the white haired male who was smirking with a dumbfounded expression.
"Never leave yourself open, no matter what, you can never let your guard down, because someone will always be looking for an opening".
"That's what she said". snickered Nate, immediately piping down when Kei glared back at him.
He turned back to Scott, noticing how the young boy was no longer paying attention to him, instead, his eyes were focused up towards the sky, dark clouds seemed to be floating up at the sky. Taking a closer look, he realized they were smoke clouds.
"What are you staring at?" he turned to the direction Scott was looking at, now seeing the clouds as well, "Smoke? Is it a fire?"
"Up there". the glasses boy now pointed upwards, Kei's eyes widened as he saw Junbei fly by, Blair tightly being held in his arms.
"Blair?!" he exclaimed out loudly, yet not loud enough for her to hear, they watched as the two of them got farther and farther away into the sky, Kei's curiosity was now lit, his hands had formed into fists as he grew more and more impatient, he took off, leaving both Scott and Nate who looked at one another.
"Kei! Where are you going?!" Nate shouted, sitting up from the ground as Scott shrugged when he turned to him, they got no response back.
He slapped his hands on the ground, annoyed from the fact that he had to go chase after the white haired boy, Scott followed along, not knowing whether he should do the same or not, but went ahead anyways.
(Lucille/Nero/Aedan/Basher/Michael/Alain)
"L-lucille!" everything was dark, pitch black, almost disturbing and uncomfortable to their eyes which continuously tried to find some source of light. Michael scrambled across the floor, searching for the raven haired girl who he was unable to find.
"Lucille!" he heard Alain's voice, eventually bumping heads with the Ruby elite who growled in response to his own, although already irritated, he was also now a bit relieved that he wasn't the only one there.
"Michael! Alain?!" they saw something glow from across the room, her eyes glowed with their gold tint while the ring on her forehead and around her neck began releasing a light, nearly illuminating the entire area. They took off after her, seeing that she was already with the other elites.
"What is this place?" whispered Basher, looking around, nothing was yet clear to there eyes.
"Welcome to my playhouse". the lights had flashed on, lighting the entire room up which was revealed to be more like a chamber. Wooden planks with chains were nailed to the stone brick walls, dark stains covered almost every inch of the floor while tattered pieces of clothing were scattered all around.
"Levina! Raiden!" Nero growled, swiping his trident angrily, waiting for the twins to reveal themselves.
They clicked there tongue, now huddling all close together with their backs connected, a giant ice beam came crashing down, forcing the group to split up as more and more attacks were aimed at them, thunderbolts, flamethrowers, ice beams, hyperbeams.
"Stay strong everyone!" Shouted Nero, using his trident to block a thunderbolt fired at him, it reflected from its spike, being directed up towards the ceiling which had cracked slightly apart.
"Who the hell are we dealing with?! These definitely aren't the twins!" Aedan had used his cannons to block any attacks aiming towards him, eventually aiming back and firing his own attacks towards the directions where they were being attacked.
"You're right, I'm far more dangerous than those two put together". Something had shot down from above, it was cloaked in a red cloth, kneeling to the ground. They all took a step back, waiting for the figure to reveal its identity.
"Who are you? Why have you brought us here?" Nero issued the others to remain back, while he was the only one to take a step forward, holding his trident proudly as he held a strong front.
The red cloaked figure began rising from it's kneeling position, still keeping its identity a secret with the hood covering there face. "I'm nothing but a mere ghost, rising from the dead to claim what is rightfully there's".
"Where is Rouge?!" Lucille couldn't wait any longer, growing impatient with the fact that they were nowhere being led to Rouge.
The figure laughed with a hollow manner, "Rouge could no longer continue playing, She was a tired out doll, and I hate having old broken toys, So I quickly disposed of her, she posed no use to me anymore".
"What?!" tears were ready to stream down as she began thinking the unthinkable, was Rouge gone for good? Did they kill her? Did they make her go through so much torture only to discard of her like nothing?
She was being held back by Alain and Michael who were even have trouble keeping her tamed, she pulled her arms away from them, shoving them away as she charged towards the red cloaked figure.
"No! Lucille!" a giant shadow had emitted out from her body, forming into a horrific like creature that tailed her from behind. Her eyes were no longer gold but had turned into a dangerous blood red, her canines grew even larger while her claws grew further out. She hopped onto the floor, now running on all fours, everyone was left speechless, they had never seen anything like this before, what had happened to Lucille? Was it even her they were seeing?
"W-what the…...what is that?" muttered Michael, unable to move as he could only stare at the gruesome like creature that had come out from Lucille.
Nero had remained normal, as if he had seen this before, he turned to the others who looked at him, still in shock, "A beast of darkness…..in there true form, Lucille is not with us at the moment, she has lost all sense of sanity".
"What are you saying?" Alain's fists began turning white as he tightened them too much, he was angry, confused, he needed to do something, but what?
He aimed his trident back at the dark beastly figure taking over Lucille's body, it had tackled the red cloaked figure against the wall, nearly breaking it apart, "Lucille no longer has control of her beast, she has let it take over and rid any sense of sanity within her mind, what you are looking at is a cold blooded killer, lusting for fresh blood".
Ok so that is where I will end this chapter! I hope you all liked it and I know it was pretty short but I just wanted to let you all know that I am back and going to continue this story, I at first did have a short break from writing because I needed inspiration, but I had gotten into a serious accident soon after and have been in the hospital for quite a while trying to regain my health through physical therapy, I suffered some serious fractures and had gotten a major concussion which had messed my memory up and had me suffering such as not being able to read properly or be able to think of things clearly, but luckily I have gained my normal sense back and am still in Physical therapy, but I won't let it get in my way of writing and finishing my story. The next chapter will have the rest of the characters coming out, and I hope to update soon for you all, so please review to let me know that I haven't lost my readers and let me know what you all thought, until then, I really appreciate how loyal you all are and I'm happy to have such amazing readers.