Chapter Nine: The North Dungeon Part One: Entrance
Previously on Team Lunar Fire:
-"Where are we?"
"We're in the time stream."
-"We should look around before we do anything else."
-"We're Team Nightshade. I'm Scarlet and these are my friends Cara, Shelly, Donna, and Chloe."
-"We can show you the guild so you can become members."
"Cool."
-"They can take the mission to the North Dungeon. There's a lost child inside of it."
-"Before you begin your mission we need to battle you to test your skills."
The Adventures of Team Lunar Fire: The North Dungeon
"You want us to fight you?" Skyla asked.
"Yep." Scarlet said. "What? Do you think we'll beat you so easy?"
"It's not that." Flare said. "It's just that we're afraid you won't be a challenge."
"Are you saying we're weak?" Shelly asked.
"No." Cela said. "Those two are really strong and they're worried that they won't get a good fight. Let's see why you're really popular around here."
"All right." Team Nightshade said, getting into battle stances. "Let's do this."
"Bring it on." Team Lunar Fire countered, getting into their own battle stances.
The two teams charged at each other, summoning their respective energies. They collided, a huge smoke cloud resulting.
When the smoke cloud cleared, both teams seemed to be in a stalemate.
"You guys are pretty good." Scarlet said, pushing against Skyla.
"You too." Cela said, her and Donna in a deadlock.
"I have to admit you're pretty much ready for this." Cara said, struggling with Flare.
"Really?" Dana asked, grappling with Chloe.
"Yes." Shelly said, her and Destiny standing in front of each other, ready to strike again. "You've proven that you're ready to take on this mission."
"Awesome." Skyla said. "But are we still gonna fight?"
"Maybe later." Scarlet said. "You guys should go find that child."
"On it." Team Lunar Fire said, running into the Dungeon.
"Think they can handle it?" Shelly asked Scarlet.
"We held back for them." Scarlet said. "But I'm thinking they also held back some from us as well."
"Like how much?" Donna asked.
"I think they might be legendary class." Scarlet said.
"Really?" Cara asked, shocked.
"Oh yeah." Scarlet said.
Inside the North Dungeon
What Team Lunar Fire saw inside of the Dungeon was unlike anything they'd ever seen before. It was a lush green field with beautiful flowers of varying colors scattered around it. There was fresh grass everywhere, some as tall or taller than the members of Team Lunar Fire. There was a wonderful aroma about the room that was sweet.
The members of Team Lunar Fire walked into the room, eyeing it and taking in all of the beauty. They took deep breaths to fill their nostrils with the wonderful aroma of the room.
"Something's odd about that scent." Cela thought as she and her team began to sit down and pick some of the flowers.
"This is so beautiful." Destiny said, picking a bouquet.
"This is the best smelling room I've ever been in." Skyla and Flare said, taking in deep breaths of the aroma of the room.
"It is a very sweet scent." Cela said, sighing with content and closing her eyes.
"Wait." Cela said, her eyes shooting open. "That's not good."
"Flare!" Cela shouted. "Use Lava Plume!"
"But Cela!" Flare whined. "The flowers."
"Whatever." Cela said, using Safeguard. A bluish white field expanded out from Cela's form, enveloping the rest of Team Luna Fire. The team stopped being calm and taking deep breaths.
"What's going on?" Destiny asked.
"We were all under the effects of Sweet Scent." Cela explained.
"Sweet Scent?" the rest of Team Lunar Fire asked.
"It is a hypnotic scent" Cela explained. "that can calm a person to the point of sleep. I've been affected by it before, so I knew what it was when I started to feel it. You haven't been affected by it before, so it was new to you. Only someone as powerful as your parents can be fully immune to it. There must be a Grass type somewhere causing it. Flare, use Lava Plume to smoke them out so we can fight them."
"On it." Flare said, summoning Fire into her hands. She threw her hands out to the side, Fire pulsing out from them and making a wide radius, burning the grass around them and removing the Sweet Scent from the area. Several pokéforme Grass types burst from the Grass, yelling and burning. Among them were Roserade, Meganium, Venasaur, and Vileplume.
"So, there were a lot of grass types using their Sweet Scent to affect us." Cela said. "That would explain why we were affected so quickly."
"So, what do we do?" Destiny asked.
Skyla and Flare already knew what they were going to do (you probably know too). They charged at the powerful Grass types and threw powerful punches, Flare using Fire Punch and Skyla using Dark Punch.
The Pokémon attacked growled and backed up under the onslaught of the two powerful legendaries. The others of them used their Energy Balls and Solarbeams to try and defeat the two girls, several of them hitting Skyla and Flare.
The two girls were knocked backwards from the force of the blows, Skyla taking more damage than Flare due to her typing (Fire takes less from Grass).
"Are you guys okay?" Destiny asked, using her healing powers on the two of them.
"We're fine." Skyla said, standing up. "But these guys are gonna pay."
"Why do you two always have to break things and get into fights?" Cela asked, face palming.
"Genetics." Dana suggested, earning her a smack in the back of her head by Cela.
"We're badasses." Flare suggested.
"And you don't become a badass" Skyla said, clenching her fist. "By being a passive individual."
"You become a badass" Flare said, clenching her own fist. "By kicking asses."
"You two would think that." Dana said.
"Well" Skyla said, chuckling. "We're the most powerful members on the team. How do you think we got this way in the first place?"
"By being direct descendants to the three most powerful beings on the planet." Cela said, rolling her eyes.
"that too." Destiny said.
"Well" Flare said, gritting her teeth. "It's time we got our revenge on those wimpy Grass types over there."
"Right." Skyla said, walking next to her best friend as they summoned a large amount of energy, preparing to reengage the Grass types that had knocked them back not five minutes earlier.
The two of them leapt at the Grass types, firing powerful blasts of their respective energies at the opposing Grass types.
The Grass types never knew what hit them. As soon as Skyla and Flare finished firing their blasts, they began landing powerful punches. Once they had stopped that, there wasn't a single Grass type still standing (besides Cela).
"That was impressive." Cela said. "I can't believe you guys just took out all those Grass types."
"We're just badass like that." Skyla said.
"Can't argue with that logic." Cela said, not even trying to argue that point. "Let's just figure out where this child is."
"Right." Team Lunar Fire said.
With Team Nightshade and John (the guildmaster)
"So, John." Scarlet said as Team Nightshade reentered their guild.
"What is it, Scarlet?" John asked.
"Why did you let those guys enter our guild?" Shelly asked.
"Without testing them we mean." Donna chimed in.
"I looked into their auras." John said. "They're pure hearted individuals. I could sense no malice or evil in them. The grey haired one has a dark cloud over her soul, but I can tell she had a good heart."
"So, you think they're…?" Chloe asked.
"Yes." John said. "I think they can save the world."
With Team Lunar Fire
"Let's check the next room." Destiny said.
"All right." The rest of Team Lunar Fire said.
They entered the next room to find it surprisingly empty, save for a shape huddled in the corner.
"What is that?" Cela asked.
Skyla and Flare walked over to the shape, which quivered and made noises as if it was sobbing. When Skyla touched it, it jumped as if scared.
"Wh-what do you want?" it said, backing up towards the wall away from Team Lunar Fire.
The shape was a girl about Skyla's height. She was wearing black leggings with black shoes. She wore a blue pair of pants with a blue shirt that was black on the top and had blue sleeves. She had teardrop earrings on that were blue. She had black markings around her eyes that made it seem as if she was wearing a mask. Her eyes were red with large, black pupils. They were moist from what seemed to be crying.
"What's wrong?" Skyla asked, extending her hand. "We're not going to hurt you."
"How do I know that?" the girl asked.
"We haven't hurt you yet." Flare said.
"I don't know who you are." The girl said. "I don't know what anything is anymore. I'm not myself."
"Why don't you tell us what happened?" Skyla asked. "Then we can help you. It's sort of our job."
"My name is Kiria." The girl, Kiria, said, taking Skyla's extended hand. Cela sucked in a quick breath at the mention of the name, Kiria.
"Something wrong?" Dana asked her leader.
"I knew a girl named Kiria." Cela said. "She met your cousin, Ace, and Shadow on the first day of school. She was a Riolu, like this girl. She was older than this though. Almost three years older."
"We're three years before that." Destiny said. "Maybe it's the same girl."
"Maybe." Cela said. "But I can't be sure."
"So, how did you come to be trapped in this Dungeon?" Flare asked. "You don't seem like the type to enter a Dungeon like this one."
"I just found myself here." Kiria said. "I was sleeping in my own bed when suddenly I was turned into a Riolu and found myself here."
"So, wait" Skyla said, trying to process what Kiria had said. "You were just a plain human before?"
"Yeah." Kiria said. "I had just turned thirteen and I was getting ready to go have a party with my friend Shade when this happened. I don't even know if this is my time or not."
"So" Flare said. "You're from what year?"
"32GDR" Kiria said.
"That's a long time in the future." Cela said, stepping up. "We'll take you to the guildmaster and he can help you to get settled in this time."
"I want to go home." Kiria said.
"I know." Cela said. "But we can't help you that way. All the beings with time capabilities don't have the capability to send you back that far into the future."
"So, I have to stay here?" Kiria asked.
"Yes." Cela said. "I'm sorry."
"Hey" Skyla said, patting Kiria on the shoulder. "It's not so bad here. The people are friendly and you'll love it."
"I guess." Kiria said. "I might as well make the best of it."
"That's the spirit." Dana said. "Now let's get out of here before more Grass types show up."
"Wait." Kiria said. "There's something in this Dungeon that could help me get back to my time."
"What is it?" Cela asked, clearly interested in any objects having to do with time.
"I heard it was called" Kiria said, trying to remember the name of the object. "A Time Flower, I think."
"A Time Flower?!" Cela exclaimed. The rest of Team Lunar Fire looked at her in confusion.
"A Time Flower" Cela explained. "Is a very special flower, even more special than a Gracidea. It can allow the user to see through time. It helps some Psychic types hone their vision abilities. It may even see memories of certain people."
"So, it could help us see certain things that happened before we were born?" Skyla said. "I've always wondered what everyone was talking about when they mentioned the "Battle of the Shadows"."
Cela sucked in another breath as her eyes went wide. Her heart beat a little faster. Everyone looked at her and Destiny touched her shoulder gingerly, comforting her.
"It's okay." She said. "It's over now."
"You don't understand." Cela said. "The Battle of the Shadows was the most vicious fight the Hall of Origins ever saw. Even though we won, we lost."
"What do you mean?" Dana asked.
"That battle cost us the life of one of our most respected members." Cela said, actually shedding a tear.
"Really?" Skyla said. "dad never told us about someone dying when Yveltal attacked the Hall."
"That wasn't the Battle of Shadows." Cela said. "You know what? Let me show you. If a Time Flower is here, it will tell us what actually happened."
"What do you mean?" Skyla asked.
"I wasn't present for the Battle of Shadows." Cela explained. "The Time Flower will tell me what happened as well, if it's here."
"So, what's the Battle of Shadows?" Kiria asked.
"It was the darkest moment of the Hall of Origin" Cela explained. "Only a couple of legendaries were present for it. It's the one thing every legendary knows about, but not all of us know the details."
"So" Kiria said. "The Time Flower could help us see that?""
"Possibly." Cela said. "It's worth a shot."
"I think I saw something pointing to it down this way." Kiria said, pointing down a hallway. "But something turned me around and I ended up here."
"Well, then, let's go down that way." Skyla said. "And try to find the Time Flower."
"All right!" Flare shouted. "Let's go!"
Team Lunar Fire, along with Kiria, walked down the hallway towards the end of it. When they were about halfway down, a Darchic (Dar-kick) Ball (basically a Shadow Ball, but made out of Psychic and Dark energy) struck Skyla in the face, knocking her back. The energy didn't hurt her much due to her Dark typing, but the initial impact of the ball knocked her back about ten feet.
"What the hell was that?!" she shouted angrily, standing up and summoning her own Dark energy into her hands.
"Be gone trespassers!" a female voice shouted as its shape landed in front of the Exploration Team. "This place is sacred."
The female the voice belonged to was about Skyla's height. She was wearing a short black dress with black leggings under it. She wore black shoes with black laces which were in between formal and casual. Her shirt was black with two large white bows in a vertical line. She wore long black gloves that went up to her shoulders. She wore a very dark pink hat. Her hair was black and was short. It had two white bows on each side. She wore deep red lipstick that was about the color of Skyla's scarf. Her eyes were a light blue, but they had determination in them. She was a Gothorita, her Dark and Psychic aura showing (yes, I made the Gothita evolutionary line Dark/Psychic— when I first saw it, I thought it was Dark type (what with "Goth" and all) anyway).
"so, you're the one that hit me." Skyla said. "Now it's time to beat you down."
"Bitch, I will kick your ass." The Gothorita said, getting into a battle pose.
"Bring it on!" Skyla shouted, leaping into battle with the Gothorita. The two of them exchanged punches and kicks, neither of them seeming to gain an advantage.
"You're pretty good." The Gothorita said, stopping the fight. "We've got to finish this later."
"You too." Skyla said, also stopping. "And yes we do."
"My name's Randall." The Gothorita said, extending her hand. "But call me Randi. If you call me Randall, I'll f #$ing kill you."
"Mine's Skyla." Skyla said, shaking Randi's hand. "And these are my friends Cela, the green haired one, Destiny, black haired one, Flare, the fiery one, Dana, the pink one, and Kiria, the blue one."
"I've met the Riolu girl." Randi said.
"We're looking for the Time Flower." Flare said.
"Why?" Randi asked suspiciously. "Many people want the Time Flower for its powers."
"Well" Cela said nervously. "We technically want it for that, but we're only interested in using it once to figure out how to get Kiria here home."
"It can't help you that way." Randi said, causing Kiria's face to fall. "But we can try anyway."
Kiria's face brightened a little. Randi walked them down to the end of the hallway, showing them into a room with a black and blue flashing flower.
"This is the Time Flower." Randi said, extending her hand towards it. "To use its power you have to touch it. Only a special type, like a Dark type can touch it."
"Okay." Skyla said, walking up to the Flower.
"Wait." Cela said. "You've got to be careful. One wrong touch and you'll destroy the Flower."
"So, how do I touch it?" Skyla asked.
"Put a small amount of your aura into it." Destiny said. "It will sync with it and expand the vision to all of us."
"Right." Skyla said, extending her hand toward the Flower once again, this time with a small surge of Dark energy in it. "Thanks, sis."
"Welcome." Destiny said.
Skyla sent her small surge of Dark energy into the Flower, causing it to react by blooming. It sent out a strange wave of energy that permeated the minds of every being in the room. A vision began to play in their minds, but they could still talk and react to it.
The vision showed two people, both male, standing in front of each other. One of them looked like a teenager and the other looked to be in his thirties.
"No, no, no." Cela said, shedding a tear. "Not this."
"What is it?" Skyla asked, worried for her leader, as was the rest of Team Lunar Fire, as well as Kiria and Randi.
"This is it." Cela said, her tone containing shock and sadness. "This is the one battle that none of the legendaries wants to talk about or even think about."
"What do you mean?" Randi asked. "What kind of horrific battle could be so bad that not even the legendaries would talk about it?"
"The one battle that the legendaries lost." Cela said, clenching her fist, causing it to twitch. "The one battle where no matter what the outcome, we would lose. We were attacked, but that attack was just a distraction for the real battle. The battle that only two of us were present for. The Battle of the Shadows."
what could this "Battle of the Shadows" be? Who is fighting in it? Why do the legendaries not want to talk about it? Find out in the next chapter of The Adventures of Team Lunar Fire.
On a side note, the gothorita girl introduced in this story is actually based off of a friend of mine, who gave me a character description of her when i asked her if she wanted to be in a work of mine (it was another one, but i forgot and just threw her in this one) which coincidentally fit that of a Gothorita.
On another side note, the teaser for the next chapter, Battle of the Shadows, will be on Deviantart soon. It's under the same username as this one and should be there before the week is out.