Chapter 11

Jay

"So, we're in a deserted field why?" Austin asks. It's me, Jaeson and he. Lily took the others, including Sasha, home.

"Because it takes a lot of energy. Now, Jay, come here." Jaeson says. I walk closer to him, and he holds his hand out. I take it.

"Now what?" I ask.

"Unleash all of your energy into my hand. I do the same, and it creates a stone." Jaeson tells me.

"How the hell does that work?" Austin and I exclaim. Jaeson shrugs.

"Not sure. It just does." He says. I blink. Holy crap.

"How do you know it won't kill us?" I ask.

"Trust me, it won't." Jaeson says. I look at Austin, he shrugs, looking a bit peeved off that Jaeson and I could possibly be going to kill ourselves. Actually, I think he only cares if I'm okay. He and Jaeson don't seem to be the best of friends.

"Okay. If I get killed, it's on your head."

With a bright flash of light, it begins. We both push all our energy into our palms. I'm sweating. Now I know why we're in the middle of nowhere.

"Almost... Done... I can... Feel it as a... Pebble..." Jaeson gets out. I can feel it, too. "Okay. Stop!" I collapse down on the ground. Jaeson does, too. A stone falls between us...

Austin

"Holy crap," I mutter, seeing the blue stone. It looks tie-dyed, like my necklace. Wait. There's a Yin-Yang on the front. I walk over to the blue rock, lying in the grass between the exhausted Jaeson and Jay. I turn it over with my shoe. It's warm... weird. The same sword on my necklace is on the stone. "Holy crap." I mutter again.

Jaeson sits up. "What's wrong?" He sounds tired, but at least a little concerned.

"This stone... It's the same as this," I pull the dog tag of my neck and show him it. Jaeson's eyes widen. I feel a burst of energy to my right, but sense who it is immediately.

"I told you he was the one." Uxie says.

"But he's- he's just a lucario." Jaeson stumbles over his words.

"If you'd have once listened to me, Mewtwo." She scolds him.

"He can't be. I thought it was the Lily girl..." Jaeson says to no one in particular. No one speaks for a few moments. Finally, I can't stand the suspense anymore.

"What in hell are you all talking about?" I burst out.

"You're the Keeper of the stone." Jaeson regains himself and stands up. Jay, I notice, is still on the ground.

"Jay? You okay?" I race over to where he lies. He blinks as I come to sit next to him.

"I'm fine," He tells me. I sigh with relief. "I just like watching the sky." I look up to where he points. The sky has two big, puffy clouds circling overhead. Some bird pokemon are playing in the breezes. It's quite beautiful to see, actually.

"Me, too." I say after a minute.

"Looks like you're the stone's friend now, too." Jay gets up and wanders over to pick up the stone. I wonder at what he just said for a moment, then follow him. "Here." He puts the stone in my hands. Problem is, I was holding my necklace in my palms, too.

The moment the stone and the tag touched, an explosion of energy took place. Uxie wasn't effected. Jaeson and Jay got blown back a few feet. I, on the other hand, was throttled a good fifty feet.

Funny, I think when I land on my feet, that didn't hurt at all.

I notice Jay still on the ground and rush over. "Are you alright?" I ask. He nods and gets up. I ask Jaeson. He mumbles a yes and gets up, too.

"Are you okay? You got thrown a lot father than me and Jaeson," Jay says. I nod.

"It didn't hurt at all, actually." I look at Jay. Then blink and do a double take. "Why are you blue?"

"I'm not blue. The energy around me is." Jay explains. I notice Jaeson has purple lining him.

"What in hell just happened?" I ask, wide-eyed.

"Congratz, you just activated the stone." Jaeson says.

"Does it always explode when it happens?" I ask.

"It only activates once. It won't happen again." Jaeson explains.

"Will the air stop glowing anytime soon?" Jay asks. He then glances at me and smirks. "If it doesn't, you can't make fun of me. You're yellow." I immediately look down at my arms.

Sure enough, they're lined with yellow. "Does it go away?" I repeat Jay's question.

"In time, yes." Uxie says. "But only those acquainted with aura can see it. If we were in a populated place, humans wouldn't see it."

"Okay. Thanks." I tell her. I look down at my arms. Yellow is such a weird color on me. I'm not a yellow person, that's for sure. I'm a blue.

Suddenly, I'm very tired. "Jay? You wanna go home now?"

Kamień Z Aurą Jest Ze Mną – The Aura Stone Is With Me

"What's with the stone?" Diane asks the next morning. We're in my office.

"Ask the child." I tell her, pointing to Jay. He sits on top of the filing cabinet with a calm smile on his face, as per usual.

"Hello, Jay. How are you?" She asks. Diane still doesn't realize he's not your normal ten-year-old, even though she's perfectly aware that he's a mew. So, she talks to him like he's little, which I know annoys him.

"I'm quite well, thank you. And yourself?" Jay speaks as properly as he can, again trying to show her he's more mature than she thinks.

Diane doesn't get it. I'll talk to her about it later. "I'm very good. Thank you!" She smiles at him. He rolls his eyes the moment she turns back to me. That makes me smile momentarily.

"Anyway, again, what's with the stone?" Diane asks. I sigh.

"You really want to know?"

"Yes." She responds fearlessly. I pull out my necklace. She gasps as it glows between my fingertips. I hand it to her. It stops glowing as my fingers leave its surface. She realizes this and tosses it to Jay. He holds it up, showing that it isn't glowing. He throws it back to me. It glows as I catch it.

"Apparently, since this thing glows in my hands, I'm obliged to protect this stone." I tell her.

"Why? What would want it?" Diane interrogates. "What's so important about it?"

"Evil wants it. The Aura Stone can destroy the world." Jay tells her.

"Oh, how cute," She coos, then turns back to me. "Seriously."

"He just told you, Diane." I sigh, then point at Jay. "That kid there? He's a mew. The ancestor of all pokemon, the creator of them all, et cetera. That little kid is smarter, wiser, and more mature than I am."

"Aren't smarter and wiser are the same thing?" Diane asks.

"No. Smarter refers to algebra, and wiser refers to the meaning of life, which I'm pretty sure Jay knows." I say. Diane finally grasps all this, and gasps. She turns to look at Jay.

"The meaning of life?" Jay smirks. "That depends on who you are. That's all I'll say right now."

"Holy shit." Diane mutters.