*It was a peaceful day in a forest clearing. Animals going about their day, the pleasant smells of the forest enveloping the area. However, this peace would be disturbed. A loud roar was heard as an Arwing flew overhead. The Arwinghad a white body and wings with black engine and G-Diffusers. The Arwing's right wing had a black-outlined, white 5 pointed star, the symbol of the Elite Squadron Snow Star. This squadron was known to give even StarFox a run for their money. The Arwing turned on a sharp turn and hovered 5 feet above the ground. It slowly landed, landing gear coming out the bottom, and hissed as it touched down. The pure black canopy that was a 1-way mirror, normal for all of Snow Star Arwings, opened and the piolet of the beautiful piece of technology hopped out. It was an arctic fox that was wearing black combat boots, white cargo pants, a black long-sleeved shirt, and a white vest. It also had a green, holographic, visor that showed over its right eye. It soon disappeared to show blue eyes full of life and enjoyment. It smiled*
Hey Readers! Frost Fox here! I'm Arctic's furry persona and Star Fox OC! Not sure how he does this intro thing so I'm going to keep it short. We both find the reviews we got about our mysterious Absol quite fun! It will just get more fun as we go! Hope you enjoy the chapter! Frost Fox out! *Frost hopped back into the Arwing and took off, 3 other Snow Star Arwings falling in on his wing.*
Forest
POV: Ryu
Ryu grinned as he looked at his group. The group was ready to go on another adventure, something that they always loved to do. Shade nodded at her brother, smiling.
'Let's get this show on the road.' Shade said, smiling. Ryugrinned and nodded, turning into his human form, just for the memories. He then smiled sheepishly.
"Oh. Umm. I forgot I just teleported here. Let me teleport us to where the weird feeling was last at." He said, chuckling and embarrassed. The 5 Pokémon snorted, trying to hold in their laughter. Ryu turned into his true form and focused. He thought of him and his group around the forest far from Birch's lab, about 1 mile away as that is where he felt the phenomenon strongest. He opened eyes, revealing white eyes instead of Sapphire blue to his friends and team, and teleported the group to the place. When they arrived, he looked at the group.
'Give me a second. I want to do something.' Ryu said. The group nodded and all got comfortable while Ryu floated towards Birch's lab. He stopped at the tree line and looked towards it. What he saw broke his heart. Winter was sitting where she and he sat yesterday, tears flowing down her cheeks while she was comforted by Luna's team. It almost made him float to her to try to comfort her but he steeled himself. He didn't want her hurt by having her come with him. It was for the best. If she stayed her, she would be safe. Turning around, with much difficulty, he floated back to his team. When they say his face, they stood up and almost asked if he was alright but he stopped them with a wave of a paw. The group looked at each other before looking back to Ryu. Espeon tilted her head at him.
'You ready?' She asked. Ryu nodded and the group turned around, heading the direction of where Ryu last detected the strange feeling. Ryu hopped he was doing the right thing.
Deep in the Forest
POV: Ryu
Ryu and his team have been walking for quite some time now. They were talking mainly about what could have caused the strange feeling that Ryu felt. They were coming up with really strange ideas. One of the weirdest was by a laughing Pikachu. He suggested that a walking taco was using its super awesome taco powers of deliciousness to mess with his head. That got a laugh out of Night and Ryu and a glare from the girls. Soon, however, while another random idea was being thrown out there from Night, mutant alien tacos that came from outer space, they heard a loud scream. Looking at each other, they nodded before sprinting in the direction of the scream, hoping to find what screamed. When they arrived at the scene, they found aGardevoir who was trapped under a fallen tree, crushing it. They jumped into action, Ryu, Espeon, and Night using their Psychic powers to lift up the tree while Pikachu, Nami, and Shade pulled the poor Gardevoir out from under the tree. They were not out of the woods, no pun intended, yet. They still had to heal the poor thing as its body was crushed from the impact. Ryu, Shade, Night, and Espeon used Heal Pulse or Heal bell respectively to help heal the poor thing while Pikachu and Nami looked around to try to cover them in case something happened. After theGardevoir was healed, they all sat around it as it leaned on a tree that had no intention of falling any time soon. They all looked at it, concern in their eyes.
'You ok? You took quite a nasty hit there.' Ryu said, wondering if the Gardevoir was ok. The Gardevoir looked at him and spoke in a female voice, telling the group what gender she was.
'Y-Yeah…Thank you for helping me…' She said, still unnerved about what happened to her. Shade smiled at her.
'It's not a big deal. We couldn't have let you stay under there after all. It would be wrong.' Shade said, putting a paw on her shoulder. The Gardevoir smiled at Shade but blinked when she realized something. She never said her name.
'I never introduced myself. My name is Alice. Thanks again for saving me from one of the worst kinds of deaths ever. Crushed by a tree.' The Gardevoir, now known as Alice, said, laughing at the last part. The original 6 laughed along with her before they grew serious. Alice was confused at why they became suddenly serious. Ryu answered her unspoken question.
'We were on our way to try to find something that shouldn't even exist. It's unnatural. Want to join on our little adventure?'Ryu asked, hoping she wasn't put off by the sudden question. Alice blinked for a bit before smiling.
'Sure! It sounds fun!' She said, excitement in her eyes. Before the original 6 could welcome their new member, a growl was heard was heard from all around them. It seems they weren't the only one who heard Alice's scream. The group jumped to their feet, paws, things, whatever and got into a defensive stance, backs towards the middle of their circle as they scanned the tree line with their eyes, looking for any kind of danger. Soon, the whole tree line started to shake, much to their growing fear. If the whole tree line was shaking, there had to be a bunch of things out there. The group started to slowly back up till the circle was much smaller. Eventually, strange Pokémon started to walk out of the tree line. They were all different kinds ofPokémon, Mighteyena, Houndoom, Persian, and many others. All covered in strange black, pulsing, veins that seemed to cover their entire bodies. The group of 6 reeled back in disgust, fear, and shock. The strange creatures snarled one more time at them before jumping towards the group. First contact has begun. This would be one of many battles the group would face.
Unknown location
POV: Unknown
The Absol smiled evilly at his new minions, the black veins pulsing on its body as some of it leaked down its fur. The Taint did a wonderful job at corrupting the local Pokémon. He already started to have an army. Whenever the Taint touches a Pokémon, they are doomed to become corrupted. It's how it works. Even if a corrupted Pokémon draws another Pokémon's blood, the corruption will work its way into its blood stream, corrupting it as it makes its way towards the brain. Once the brain is corrupted, the corruption has full control. The black veins appear on the body then….nothing can change it back. Except for a few things that he won't name as it actually hurts to say them
'Lord Shadowstorm!
The voice knocked the Absol, now known as Shadowstorm, out of his thoughts as he looked at the minion. It was a corruptedBuizel, the black veins covering its orange body.
'What do you want?' Shadowstorm replied, coldly. The buizelshivered at the tone but responded.
'The target has been corrupted.' The buizel said, expecting some sort of attack. Shadowstorm smiled the first genuine smile in a very long time.
'Excellent! You can go take a break.' Shadowstorm said, genuinely happy for the first time in countless years. The buizelwas shocked but wasn't stupid enough to look a gift Rapidash in the mouth so it ran off, happy to be alive and for the break.Shadowstorm walked towards his prize, the plants dying under his feet with every step, and looked up. The huge red monster was slowly being covered in the black, pulsing veins. Slowly, its eyes opened up to reveal dark, black orbs that were as dark as a black hole. It looked down, slowly, at the Absol. It went to a knee as it bowed to him, much to Shadowstorm's minions surprise and his delight. He grinned evilly as the black veins on his fur pulsed, leaking more of the dark liquid down his fur, spilling onto the ground.
"The first pawn has been captured. Groudon is mine!"
There you go! Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Wonder how you reacted to Frost? Oh well. Groudon has been corrupted. Things are not looking good for the world. WillShadowstorm succeed and capture the world? Find out next time in "Pokemon: Shadowed Destiny, Corruption Arc" Arctic Fox out!
