Labto Journeys Chapter 21: The Return of Umbreon and a Strange Vision, a pokémon fanfic

Labto Journeys

Chapter Twenty-One

By Arizima

AN: Sorry it took so long to update. For some reason, the ENTIRE CONTENTS of my documents have disappeared. So I have to start over ALL my files. Oh yes, did you think that there would be no more of Delmyr? You're WRONG! *laughs insanely*

Key: See Chapter Twenty.

" Umbreon!" Adam called.

Auntie Eevee!

Umbreon!

" UMBREON, WHERE ARE YOU!?" I shouted. It was getting pretty dark, so I got out my flashlight. Suddenly, I noticed that Chris was gone!

" Hey, where's Chris!?"

" I'm not really concerned about him right now! He probably couldn't keep up! UMBREON!!!!" Adam choked back a sob, and wiped his face. " Umbreon…."

" Don't worry, we'll find him," I said.

" HER! We'll find HER!"

" Okay, we'll find HER." I swung the flashlight around, and it illuminated a dark shape near the ocean. " Umbreon!" The shape turned its face toward us, and ran away.

" UMBREON! WAIT!" Adam yelled. Umbreon turned around again, its eyes full of tears.

" Umbre, umbreon…."

" What'd she say, Jade?" I whispered.

She said that since she evolved into a Dark type, Adam doesn't love her anymore. She whispered back.

" Umbreon, I still like you! You were my only friend for two years, you were my first Pokémon! You think I'd abandon you just because you evolved into a Dark type?"

" Umbre…." Umbreon nodded.

" UMBREON!"

Papa won't abandon you, Umbreon! Can't you just give him a chance? Prida said.

" Umbreon!" Umbreon hesitantly nodded, then jumped into Adam's lap. " Umbreo…."

" You'll stay?" Umbreon nodded again. " Thanks, Umbreon. Let's get back to the Pokémon center."

(…)

" What's up with you, Adam? What's with the good mood?" Chris asked the next morning.

" I'm just happy! Can't a guy be happy without being questioned? I didn't expect the Spanish inquisition!"

NOBODY expects the Spanish inquisition! Jade cried, throwing a red towel around her shoulders.

" That joke is sixty-four years old, Jade." I said, exasperated.

Sorry. Wait a sec, wasn't it around in 1999? It's sixty FIVE years old! Jade replied.

" Fine. Sixty-five."

" Well, what are we gonna do today?" Chris inquired.

" I dunno. What do you wanna do?" I asked Adam.

" Well, there's the gym, and the Guardian Shrine, or we could just goof off, or…."

" Guardian Shrine?"

" Yep! There's been big trouble ever since the guardian statues disappeared a few weeks ago." Adam explained.

" When?"

" On August 21."

What!? But that's the night when…. Jade gasped.

" Night when what?"

" The night I saw Delmyr!"

" Delmyr? I think one of the statues is supposedly the Delmyr of legend…."

The other one's Naraxi.

" Yep."

" How'd you find this out, anyway?" Chris asked, very suspiciously. Adam pointed over to the lobby.

" Old newspapers. At least, the news. I've known the legend for a long time, ever since I read the book about it."

" So, where is this place?" I asked.

" I could ask Nurse Amy. Wanna go?"

" Yeah!" I and Chris chorused.

" Alright." Adam called out to the lobby. " Nurse Amy?"

" Yes?" she replied.

" Can you tell us where the Guardian Shrine is?"

" Hold on, come here!" The five of us (Me, Adam, Chris, Jade, Prida) were instantly obedient, and came to the desk. " You want to go to the Guardian Shrine?"

" Yes." Adam said.

" Okay. Go down to the Pokémart and take a left, into the center of the island. It's on the outskirts of town, surrounded by woodland. Hope that helped!"

" It did, thanks."

" No problem!" Nurse Amy called as we headed out.

(…)

" This is getting extremely boring…." Chris muttered. " We've been walking for an hour, and there's nothing to photograph and we're not there yet."

" I'm about to start sleepwalking myself," Adam said, yawning from boredom.

" Well, we could listen to the radio," I suggested.

" Good idea!" I flipped open my Pokégear, which was on my wrist. The clock was on the lid, which I had flipped up. On the inside, there were two antennae which could be flipped up. There was a symbol by one that looked like a phone, and a phone number pad, and an odd symbol by the other one, with two dials: volume and tuning. I flipped up that one and twiddled the dials until I found a classical music station. I like classical music, but I like techno, new age, and contemporary Christian, which is a certain kind of religious music, better.

" How about this, guys?"

" Sounds good," Adam said, tapping his foot.

" Yeah, it's okay." I smiled and turned up the volume. Prida, who was on Jade's back, waved her head while humming the song.

" Hey, we gotta keep going," I said, and our feet were busy again. The number of houses decreased and they were further apart, until we were in pure woods.

" Hey, we might have the chance to catch something in here," Chris commented.

" Nah, not in the mood. If something I really wanna catch pops up, maybe." I replied.

" I don't like to have very many Pokémon. Too much to keep track of and feed." Adam said. " Three is enough for me."

Hey, what about us? We might want to have new buddies! Jade rebutted.

" Jade…."

Just kidding. The path opened up in front of us, and I could see part of an ancient stone building.

" Hey guys, this is it!" I cried and ran ahead. The path became a clearing, with the building in the middle. It looked like we were at the back, all that was there was a big stone wall and a pointed roof. I walked around until I came to the front. It had stone steps which led to a ledge a bit taller than me, which was part of sort of covered porch. There were two rather large parts of the ledge that stuck out on either side of the steps. In the center of the wall behind the porch, there was a large, ominous doorway. I stood there, staring at it in awe, when Adam, Chris and my Pokémon came around and stood by me. Suddenly, the images my eyes were sending me were replaced by something else. It was the clearing, only the building looked a LOT younger, and it was springtime, as there were flower-like things in the trees. On the two parts of the ledge, there were two statues. One I recognized as Delmyr, but I could tell what he was more clearly: a lion with wings and two tails. The other statue looked like a winged lioness, with just one tail, and odd markings on her forehead and paws. They were both sitting down, looking as though they were at a formal occasion, they were sitting so stiffly. As suddenly as the image appeared in my head, it was gone. It was only there for a split second. I looked around, blinking.

" Rachel? You okay?" Adam asked.

" Huh?"

" You looked distracted for a second. Like you were seeing something we weren't." Chris explained. They looked genuinely worried.

" Oh, it's nothing."

Are you sure? You looked like you were having a vision or a premonition or something. Jade said, staring at me.

" I'm okay!"

Mama?

" What!?" I snapped.

I just…. Never mind! Prida began wailing in a high-pitched voice.

" Prida, Prida, it's okay! Tell me what you wanted to say!"

I just wanted to ask what was going on that Papa and Chris and Auntie Jade were so worried! I'm soooorrrrrrryyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

" It's okay, I was just annoyed!" Prida sniffled and looked up at me.

Alright, Mama…. I picked up Prida. She put her head on my shoulder, sniffling. Sudddenly, she looked at me. Mama?

" What?"

I have to go potty.

AN: Sorry it was so short. But I've made a rule for myself: Only two major events per chapter. Sorry. Please don't burn me at the stake! *shrinks back* I'll… just go and post this now….

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