Hours earlier...

"Are you sure that is a good idea? For I don't want the two of you doing such thing?" Damian warned seeing Nathaniel eating breakfast like nothing have happened on the previous day.

"For the sake of Lu's happiness, we will do this!" Nathaniel said in a heroic tone, despite it not being necessary. Probably just to make Damian confused, which actually did manage to work. "Look, your father, the big boss around, would get very worried if he knew his precious son, that never took a step outside of this prison he calls home, was attacked while we were in our little training, to a point where he would cancel the stupid idea of letting little Lu attendee public school and have his little moment of freedom." The Galvantula declared before sinking his fangs into two batteries and dry them from their electricity. "It is our job as big brothers to make sure the youngster is happy."

"You do understand how crazy this idea of your is, don't you?"

"If you weren't so sure about this, why haven't you told father about what happened? There are no webs or psychic pulses holding you here." Nathaniel said and started chomping the dead batteries.

"Father was very agitated yesterday when I tried to report what happened during the training. I have decided not to bother him with that information, not while in such stress level." Damian told avoiding looking at his electric brother. "You may try say anything about it, but I will report it at the first chance I get to talk with him."

"Alright. I'm fine with that. But let me ask you something? Will you do that for Lu's safety or for your own?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Two weeks... Take is how long it took for me to learn about Lu's existence. Do you remember how I discovered that?" Nathaniel demanded the answer, yet it did not came. However, he felt satisfaction noticed Damian's reaction. The owl wasn't looking at him, but the body language was just enough for him to know what was happening with the older sibling. "Food for thought."

"... I-I must go now." The Dartrix said and attempted to leave. The Galvantula however, shot a string of web on his brother's left wing and pulled him. "What was that thing about no web keeping me here that you said earlier!?"

"I am not trying to influence your decision on reporting us or not. I am just trying to finish what I have to say before you take your decision."

Meanwhile

Lu was laying on his bed. He didn't feel ready to stand up just yet, not after getting so tired after using all his powers until his brothers told him that psychic powers doesn't work to mind reading dark types too. His mind still was too focused on that Umbreon. After being shot by the arrow and Nathaniel having wrapped him in silk, the Umbreon completely stopped what he was doing. No words, no reactions, even the look of his eyes were blank. Noticing that, Nathaniel decided to lock the man inside the panic room.

"What happened?" Lu asked. No one was in the room and no one's mind was connected with his own, so it wasn't telepathy. He just asked with himself. "Was that a warning about what the world outside really is?" Somehow, just the thought made him frustrated. As far as he remember, which isn't that much, he always have either been within the wall of the Star Dreams or under their gaze when they need to go somewhere that also belongs to the family.

He has never felt really free, in fact, he felt truly locked during the first moments he joined the family, it was only after he met Nathaniel, he had started to feel more free. The spider had freed him once and, after hearing that he will finally have a social life outside these walls and the same brother was going to accompany him, he was freed once again.

Lu knows. His parents, Damian, Nathaniel and all other siblings are not a family in terms of blood line; With Damian being the only know siblings actually carrying the same bloodline as the actual leaders of the family; But, he didn't care about that when it comes to the Galvantula, they are brothers.

Lu shakes his head to avoid the thoughts and stood up. "I need to get out of here! I have to-" A strange feeling started to make the teenager sick right in the stomach. He has detected a powerful force nearby, so strong that he came to fall on the ground and cough small drops of blood. Then the force has left the place like it never been there. "What the hell!?" Lu murmured and stood up again.

Lu no longer could feel that force. It was gone, but now he felt too intimidated to go through the door. He sat back on his bed and started rubbing his temples trying to calm down and stop bothering with the unknown force.

"His name is Matheus. Remember that as if you life depends on that."

Lu suddenly jumps startled with the words that came into his mind. He felt someone touching his back and everything around him back something interesting.

Then his stomach got a knot and he started puking.

"Somewhere else… stomach ache... dizziness… Wait!?" Lu finally stood up and looked at the faces looking at him. "Did I really use Teleport?" He then puked feeling the energy of many people around him for the first time.

Evolution/Metamorphosis - part 4

One of the survivors and got on his knees right on top of a heated altar. They left their ore in front of them and started praying. As the pray kept being spelled, remaining survivors started to circle the first with their ores.

The first finished their prayer and the group waited.

"The cursed kin has come all this way? It was not expected." A male voice came out of nowhere startling the Riolus. Flames started to circle the air and a man appeared out of it and land in front of the Riolu who was praying. The altar itself cracked upon impact.

Legends told about him. Tanned skin, a large platinum elm and collar, the last completely covered his mouth, black colored eyes, but with the cornea being completely made of magma. Very tall and muscular, with most of the weight actually being the magma inside of him. His armor appeared to be made of copper and steel.

"My name is Heatran, I am the blacksmith of Arceus." The deity presented himself formally. "It's been quite a while since someone came all the way to this shrine and prayed for me to appear. Now, what do you have as request for me?"

Only now I noticed that I should have labelled this sub-story as something else.

But now there is only one sub chapter for the Riolu's story. I will make another evolution line next.

(Editor's Comment: The plot thickens.)