Chapter 36

Sierra's Tale. Part 2

(Flashback WoooOOOooo)

(Lucas)

(Break in flashback continuum)

(Sierra POV)

"Hey wait a second why are you telling this from Lucas's perspective?" Came a confused Grimlock.

"This is my story Grimlock and I shall tell it as I see fit. Besides Lucas is with me most of the time throughout the whole ordeal so you really won't miss a beat on my side of the story." I quickly shut him up.

"Then how do you exactly know Lucas's side of the story? Like really you have to be him in order to tell his side of the story." Ripcore buzzed in.

I heaved a frustrated sigh I always really did grow a very short temper when telling stories, "Since I'm connected with Dialga Ripcore I get to peer back in in place in time and view it in different perspective." I answered his question.

"So should we just rename the chapter Lucas's tale? Cause it looks like you're gonna be telling the story from his point of view most of the time." Came Master.

"You shut it!"

"Ok-ok."

(Reestablishing flashback continuum. Lucas again)

"You gonna finally ask her out Lucas?" A Lucario that goes by the name of Jace said over to Lucas, the two have been close friends ever since they could remember but never to the extent as Lucas's bond with Sierra.

"Oh please Jace the day he tells us how he came home a full blown shiny last year is the day he'll ask Sierra out." Another friend of Lucas named Steel chimed in.

It was true Lucas never really did tell anyone why he suddenly became a shiny Riolu now shiny Lucario. The Lucario wouldn't even tell Sierra why he was that way so the odds of him telling his closest friends and the entire Lucario colony who all wanted to know why was close to zero.

Just to fill the audience for the past week Steel and Jace had been constantly taunting Lucas about asking Sierra out to the Hunter's Moon Dance, the first full moon after the Harvest Moon in human terms at least. Lucarios are carnivores so anything related to farms and or farming bore no relation to them. Hunter's Moon however was off most importance to them really it's just a moon but Lucarios wrap around lots of superstition and mythology around hunters moon.

Perhaps its importance to warrant a dance be made on that night is that the moon marked the beginning of mating season for Lucarios. Couples who attend the dance were destined to be mates, lifelong companions for one another. Of course that was just a social stereotype they aren't forced to be mates but a majority actually do hence forth creating the stereotype in the first place. Lucas knew that it was a stereotype but when he put the two words, Sierra and Mate together it sent shivers up his spine. He had always had a crush on her ever since they were little Riolus, but of course he was always shy and lingering with coming about to tell her of his feelings. And tonight will be one of his if not his final chance to finally confess to her.

"Oh you shut up Steel, as a matter of fact I was just going to ask her out." Lucas retorted.

"oh really?" His friend was doubtful.

"Mmhmm." Lucas replied.

"Well then boy get to it." Came Jace he wanted to see this aswell. Lucas didn't know what to do after that so an awkward silence followed. After a very strange and quiet minute Lucas finally decided to head out and find Sierra.

It is unclear why he didn't do that in the first place but he still did it. Jumping down from the tree he was in he slid down the grassy hill. Inside Lucas was a nervous wreck accounts of Sierra's reaction to him asking her out ran throughout his head, outside however he kept his emotion pretty controlled.

"What if she says no? What if she just wants to be friends? She never really took me serious, hell she probably thinks of me as a little brother. What if she hates me for asking her that?" Thoughts like ^^ flashed through his head.

The Lucario was oh so very scared, he values his friendship with Sierra above anything else… but he feels that the two are at a stage now that he would want to take their relationship to the next level.

"Sierra."

"Lucas." They both called each other's name at the exact same time, it was an awkward moment after that but they laughed it off. Steel and Jace moved in behind the confronting two, they kept a healthy distance but stayed close enough to listen in on all the juicy detail.

"You first." Lucas said being the modest one.

"I was wondering if…"

"Yes, yes?"

"I was wondering if you could take guard duty for me tonight Lucas." Sierra said, Lucas's heart dropped, "I mean Terrence asked me out to the dance, can you believe it? And just for this night Lucas can you please take my spot on watch duty? Please I promise I'll make it up to you." She pleaded.

Lucas tried really hard not to heave a frustrated sigh, "Sure Sierra." He forced himself to say through the surge of anger and disappointment.

"I swear I'm gonna kill Terrence." Lucas had quickly formed jealous thought in his head.

Lucas has always been iffy about Terrence. The Lucario was and I coin the term lightly, among the popular individuals. Both his parents are shiny Lucarios but he has normal blue fur but it still made him special in the eyes of other nonetheless. He has a terrible track-record with keeping any form of a romantic relationship. All the females wanted him, but he could never keep them outside of one date if they were lucky enough for a second date then that is when they would be dumped. Terrence searched in girls for something ever so impossible to achieve, when one speaks of the perfect girl they usually speak of the special one that they feel happy around. Terrence however wants the perfect female, he even has a freakin checklist. Are they athletic? Are they a good kisser? Is their fur soft enough? Can they take care of themselves? Do they have an attractive sister? Any female has to meet these requirements and much more, it is an impossible situation for any of them to find themselves in. And if they fail to pass even one of Terrence's absurd prerequisites then he'll just throw them away… like unwanted puppies. Stupid things like that makes Lucas dislike the Lucario and the fact that his best friend was going out with him…

"Oo thank you Lucas! Thanyouthankyouthankyou!" Sierra squealed hugging him, in the background Jace and Steel were cracking up, "I promise I'll make it up to you, I promise Lucas." She broke their hug and dashed down the hill.

Lucas just stood their paralyzed, a laughing Jace and Steel walked up beside him. Lucas looked longingly at the distance at his Lucario friend she had covered quite a bit of ground rather quickly.

Steel placed a hand on Lucas's shoulder, "Don't worry Lucas Terrence was never really the one to tie knots, you'll get another chance again." He said reassuringly.

"You sure?" Lucas sadly asked.

"Yes I'm sure mate. Love is a very strange field Lucas that's why I never bother with it." Steel said, "But it doesn't take a genius to realize what you two have. You just have to fight for her Lucas, it is never that easy and will never be that easy." Steel said, Lucas pondered whether to take his word or not considering that he said himself that he didn't bother with females.

"Just remember Murphy's Law Lucas." Steel said, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, or in this case anything that can happen will happen. Just keep that at the back of your head at all times, tread carefully, and you'll find it very easy winning Sierra over." Steel said.

"You really believe that?" Lucas hopefully asked.

"I know that, you just have to fight for it." Steel said patting his friend's back.

Oh well Lucas will get his chance soon enough. Anyways onto the guard duty, since Lucarios are being so heavily hunted in Sinnoh the colony has established cycles of Lucarios that would watch for hunters/attackers on the outskirts of their 5 mile radius territory. At any given time there is 40 Lucarios watching over the territory border, 20-20 Lucarios will exchange 12 hour shifts after 24 hours the head back and another 40 head out, they have to do guard duty with no excuses and no exceptions unless some of the obvious ones like being dead or extremely injured.

Special events such as the Hunter's Moon dance are obviously exceptions to the rules, those with a date to the dance can relieve themselves of their duties for the night. Those who don't however such as in Lucas's case will have to continue their guard duty. And since Lucas oh so willingly agreed to cover for Sierra tonight he will be watching over an imaginary line for 24 hours straight, FUN!

(Later that night)

(Lucas POV)

(Break in flashback continuum.)

"Oh so now it's Lucas's point of view!" Came a now annoyed Grimlock. Sierra however was much more annoyed, frustrated, and temper wavering by the second.

"Grimlock…"

"Yes?"

"Do you know how hard it is to peer back into time and place images and depictions of past events like a movie in all of your heads? Like it would be redundant just to tell you the story with just words, the power of Arceus's stalker cam that always follows master around can create vivid illusions in all of your heads so basically you are all seeing telepathic movies whenever the flashback continuum is established." Sierra explained the whole story telling method, it confused everybody in the room even m,.

"So Grimlock, I get terrible migraines whenever you break this flashback continuum. Interrupt me again and I swear you will never have a fun morning ever again for the next 3 years." She said venomously sweet stroking Grimlock's mane. He immediately stiffened up and grew unnaturally silent you couldn't even hear him breath.

Grimlock stretched out his body and wrapped himself around Sierra enveloping the Lucario in a furry blanket. He then proceeded to quietly nuzzle her side. It was his last second effort of trying to appease her. Grimlock always loved the mornings where Sierra would make love to his sleepy body, he enjoyed it very much and the two more so Sierra called it their morning time fun time. Obviously he did not want to lose that pleasurable luxury any time soon so he's gonna be a goodboy until Sierra finishes her/Lucas's story.

Dawn however was keenly taking mental notes of how Sierra can so easily control her boyfriend….

(Reestablishing flashback continuum. Lucas POV again…)

3 fucking hours I've been sitting here… 3 FUCKING HOURS I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE STARING AT A FUCKING IMAGINARY LINE. AND YOU'RE TELLING ME I HAVE TO SIT LIKE THIS FOR 21 MORE HOURS!How in the fuck's sake ever came up with this guard duty bullshit? Like if you are so weary of fucking hunters then, let's just move into the mountains! We're gonna bug out to the mountains anyways if the hunter's find us so why not do it in the first place! It would spare a lot of us a lot of boredom and emotional distress and perhaps even a hunter raid that WILL NOT COME TONIGHT.

Although I was obviously distressed on the inside I think I kept it pretty well hidden on the outside, like all I've been doing the past hour was sitting in a tree staring at another tree so I think I have a bored nonchalant face on right now but I can't be sure… I think I'll go visit Dialga.

I closed my eyes and concentrated, I had always been connected to Dialga ever since that day he read me the prophecy and turned me into a shiny Pokemon. Anyways… I closed my eyes and concentrated trying to establish a telepathic connection with the blue dragon. I soon blacked out and I felt a grand eternal presence upon me.

I found myself standing in a white abyss, where in the hell was I? Dialga himself spontaneously formed in infront of me he had answered my call.

"Why have you called me?" Dialga asked.

"Well I just wanted to talk…" I said failing to form a good enough reason in the first place. Dialga's mouth hung open in a really expression.

"Lucas… I know I will always be there for you as a giver of wisdom but I can't be here to relieve you of boredom." He almost scolded me.

"Well there is something rather dire I wish to speak to you about…"

"Go on then…"

"That prophecy you read to Sierra and I those years ago… what if that knight figure was never me?" I asked with worry in my voice.

"What would ever make you say that?" Dialga replied.

"Well first off do you know what night tonight is?" I asked.

"Yes Lucas I know what tonight is, I'm a legendary I know everything." He replied.

I decided to get right to the point, "Sierra is going out with Terrence tonight." I said sadly, "Couple who attend the dance together… are destined to become mates. Just because Sierra had her name written down in a prophecy why would that exempt her from it?"

"Lucas…" Dialga said softly, "Couple who attend a dance are not destined to be mates, it's just a superstition created by the mind of your past ancestors that saw coincidence. Don't give up so easily just because you see her go to a dance with someone else." Dialga said.

"And since you feel so hopeless by his presence why don't you tell me more about this… Terrence?" Dialga asked.

I didn't know how to truthfully describe Terrence, anytime I try to do so I just drowned it out with my hate and dislike for him. Atleast I can try I guess, "Terrence… well I wouldn't really know how to describe him. He's a lady killer I guess the Casanova of our kind, all the females want a part of him. I'm assuming you know his history so I won't bother with his heritage." I said, "Terrence is also a heart breaker every other week he's with a different female and every other week he dumps them because the failed to meet his ludicrously high standards. He is handsome, charming, strong on the outside. On the inside I see that he is selfish, ungrateful, and arrogant. But he is good enough on the outside side to hide the ugliness inside of him." I said with venom in my voice.

"I see you have a very strong dislike for this Lucario." Dialga noted.

"Even Sierra has fallen under his charms Dialga. I don't want him to hurt her most of all out of all the girls he has hurt." I said passionately.

"I cannot stop Terrence from being himself Lucas." Dialga said sadly, "I know it was probably wrong of me to show you your future self, it was wrong of me to fill you head with possibly false hope." Dialga said.

"But you must have faith in yourself and in her. Lucas, I see all to clearly that you give up so easily at the first sign of trouble." Dialga said, "And to that I say stop that. The best things in life are not just gonna come to you so easily… you have to fight for it Lucas. You have to fight, your time will come you just have to stay stead fast unwaveringly faithful." Dialga said. I guess he had won our pointless fight I had nothing more to say. I drooped my head down in defeat.

"I cannot guarantee you happiness Lucas. Happiness with her but you just have to keep fighting. You say that Terrence was amazing on the outside and venomous on the inside, then I'm sure a Lucario such as Sierra could easily spot Terrence's true self. I mean it would probably be quite easy since she has a rather easy base to go on." Dialga said.

"And what would this base be?" I asked curiously.

"You. I'm not Taurosshitting you, you are one of the nicest, most loyal, and most kind-of-heart in your entire colony. And from what you say Terrence is the wrong of heart trickster just looking for impossible love. Sierra will spot the difference Lucas… just have faith in your friend." Dialga reassured me, it felt extremely strange having someone praise me like that.

Dialga rose his head in a grand stance, "I sense that are time here has come to a close so I will leave you with this Lucas." Dialga moved his face very close to mine, "The dark time prophesied so long ago has finally come upon you. Be weary of the friends you will yet to make for one of them is the harbinger of your kind's destruction. Protect Sierra at all cost for she is the key to the survival of your kind. Remain faithful, remain unwavering, remain strong for the both of you and you will soon find that you can find love and happiness in the darkest of times." He ended.

"Wait Dialga one more question please?" I asked hastily, he nodded in an urgent form.

"Quickly." He quickly said.

"That vision you showed me… how can it be possible that I can do all those things you showed me? Like I'm average in aura skill at best and you expect me to do all that?!" I exclaimed, the ball of aura containing the vision he showed me when I was a Riolu popped up right next to me, itshowed a very badass version of me. A rather… unrealistic depiction for my liking.

"Oh there is no way can you just stumble onto powers just like that. Oh no you will fully realize yourself when you are at your lowest point in the most dire of situations." Dialga said, "Until such time however that force, that part of you will remain in a primal state like an attachment to your instincts." Dialga said.

"It will activate when so needed but you will be controlled by something else entirely the power itself, during that time you will not be a master of your own body." Dialga said tone shifting into a conclusional state, "You will gain full control of the power in pretty much the last possible second were whether you shift or not could determine the fate of everyone you ever loved. Until that time know this. When we are at our weakest we are open to the greatest of change"

"Our time has come to an end. Serve me well Lucas and good luck." Dialga said and with a flick of his head severed our connection.

My eyes snapped open and I found myself in the tree I had been sitting on the past 3 HOURS. All of a sudden I heard a faint explosion in the distance followed by a small flash of yellow light, seconds later a yellow projectile whizzed past me missing me by inches and hitting the tree I was sitting on taking a good chunk of bark out with it before it disappeared.

"What the fuck…" Was all I could mutter before a massive explosion blew up the tree I was sitting entirely sending me flying into the air and eventually falling face first on the charred ground.

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! I had blacked out for a bit but quickly regained my focus I frantically looked around, what had attacked me? I looked over to the remaints of the tree I was in, the old Oak Tree had been completely up-rooted and now lays burnt, charred, leafless, and dead on the forest floor leaning against another Oak Tree faint wisps of smoke flew out from burned trunk. Shit I need to get out of here! I quickly got up and scurried over the nearest tree for cover.

"Lucas what was that?!" Came another distressed Lucario who was also on guard duty with me, I think her name was Samantha.

"Sound the alarm! The hunters are here!" I cried back another explosion erupted 10 feet away from me, it sent a cloud of dirt spraying into the air and falling down like a hailstorm.

"Hunters!"

"Humans!"

"They're here!" I heard several other Lucarios on guard duty yell.

Running up a tree trunk I took to the trees, jumping from branches to branches I dashed towards the colony occasionally chucking aura spheres at the hunters behind me. Wait a second I'm leading them straight to the colony! I stopped dead in my tracks turned backwards and ran towards the hunters, several fleeing Lucarios jumped past me.

"Lucas what are you doing!"

"Lead them away from the colony!" I yelled back.

"What?!" Several Lucarios cried back.

"Lead them away from the colony, we have to protect the others!" I yelled back feeling courageous, selfless, and brave. Apparently they agreed with me with 4 other Lucarios coming up behind me.

I don't know what happened with the rest considering there is suppose to be 20 Lucarios out tonight, well I can't blame them for choosing life over probable death. I can only hope they warn the others.

"What should we do?" A Lucario to my right asked.

"Slow them down I guess! By enough time for everyone to escape!" I cried back.

Just as I said that an explosion racketed the tree infront of me. The group of 5 Lucarios including me literally ran into that explosion and all its shrapnel. It obviously knocked us off balance and we tumbled and fell to the forest floor. I blacked out for a few seconds but quickly stood up helping everybody else up, I think I went partially deaf from all these explosions since I keep feeling this painful ringing in my ear, I didn't pay much head to it however since the adrenaline blocked out most of the pain.

"Lucas…" A Lucario named Samantha said in complete fear and shock. She was trembling… I looked over to where she fixed her stare and so did the 3 other Lucarios in our little group.

"Speak of the devil…" I noted. Before us we saw a group of 15-25 strange unknown creatures of which I assume are these… hunters.

They looked absolutely horrible, no fur whatsoever except for some oddly placed patches on their faces. How could they possibly brave the harsh environment of Sinnoh without fur? I took a sniff of the air, OH SHIT THEY EVEN SMELL LIKE ABOMINATIONS. They were the skin and fibers of other Pokemon… I smelled the wool of Mareeps on them, the pelt of Bibarels, the fibers of cotton plant. What unholy creatures are these like parasites they were the dead material of other Pokemon to suit their own needs.

Oh Arceus are they gonna do this to us?! NO I won't let them skin my colony. I rose up with a brave look on my face, I will probably die tonight… but it is to defend all my loved ones in our colony. The 4 other Lucarios with me rose aswell we had all unanimously excepted our fate. The hunters-no! The abominations rose what looked like sticks in their hands. They held the sticks wrong though as if pointing it at us in a flat-off fashion instead of straight up. They didn't even hold the stick itself instead holding it by a smaller branch facing downwards.

The stick didn't even look like a stick, it looked smooth all around with no imperfections. The fact that they didn't have imperfections made them imperfect themselves because that didn't make them apart of nature. That made even the stick these abominations used abominations themselves.

"Don't stand still keep moving whatever magic stick they have they can drop all of us from a distance." A older more experience what I presume Lucario warrior veteran advised us.

I took great heed to follow his advice, we had a small little standoff with both parties failing to move even a muscle. I was the one to make the first move, I quickly charged an aura sphere within seconds and chucked it at the ground. The ensuing explosion kicked up a whole lot of dirt and debris conveniently making a smoke screen and the entire group of Lucario broke into the trees circling around the abominations.

They fired their magic sticks at us, the yellow glowing projectile that came out of them at lightning fast speed peppered the trees taking off chunks of bark and even whole branches off, what are these things? For now I'll call those magic sticks firesticks I guess I don't really get good inspiration when I'm about to be killed.

Jumping from branch I drew formed a bonerush in my hand dragging the blue glowing ethereal bone from nonexistence. I jumped down from the trees ontop of one of the hunters and batted it in the back of the head, the force of impact was enough to send it to the ground and I'm pretty sure EI broke the skull. Took down one… about 19 more to go, that move I did incapacitated one but I attracted the attention of the 19 other hunters.

I drew up another aura sphere palming it in my right hand and threw it at the ground. I did the smoke screen thing again but this time didn't take to the tree instead circling around the hunters shooting at the tree under a false prediction of my where-abouts. I came up behind one and drew up a force palm swaying my hand back and forth once a massive explosion erupted right next to the hunter's back. With a massive explosion akin to their own explosion guns I sent him fly into the trees he tumbled a bit in the branches before falling onto a singular branch impacting in the worst possible position and with the nastiest spine breaking sound.

You know for such lethal weaponry these hunters use them rather poorly. Several aura spheres came down from the trees racketing the ground with explosions and the 4 Lucarios with me decided to come down and fight face-to-face 2 of them had bone rushes drawn and the other 2 have metal claws drawn. I recounted the hunters which came down to about 14 individuals, they raised their guns I drew a bonerush and charged at them.

"Come on! There lousy at close combat when they can't move their magic sticks." A Lucario yelled and oh how so right he was.

Several of us used double teams to disorientate the hunters while we silently picked them off from behind. I soon found myself facing three hunters who figured out most of their firesticks are useless in close range. I moved up my hands infront of me in a defensive position boxer style. The three drew much smaller sticks but they were extremely shiny and looked to have pointed tips. It was my kind that thought theirs martial arts a mistake if you asked me but that meant I have the unwavering advantage in bare knuckle fighting, or in this case furred knuckles with knife fighting.

One rushed at me preparing to jab me with his shiny stick I side stepped to the right batting his arm away with the spike on my hand. I snaked my left arm up to his neck and bracing it against it soon I had moved into hugging distance locked his neck under my arm twisted it up and listened to the cracks of a breaking neck. The body fell limb and I took cover behind it using it to block the next incoming shiny sticks which imbedded themselves in the dead hunter's back.

I palmed and aura sphere and chucked it point blank at one hunter's face he fell to the ground screaming from the burns. I threw the dead body at the growing group of hunters facing me. They all got hit and comically fell to the ground one of the hunters fired a new kind of firestick one that shot very rapidly one after the other. And much to my distress and dread one Lucario fell lifeless to the ground blood dripping from multiple new holes in his body. No… NO!

Kicking a hunter's crotch causing him to keel over I locked his neck with my arm and rolled across his back using the momentum and my strength to throw them at another group of hunters. One abomination drew a much smaller firestick pointed it at a distracted me and fired I only saw the small flash from the edge of my vision. The searing hot projectile went straight through my side braking multiple ribs but barely missing my heart and lungs.

The impact was enough to stop me dead in my track. Searing pain coursed through my body infecting every single nerve.

"Ahh!" I screamed from the pain never in my life have I ever felt anything so painful no creature on this planet deserved to be killed by these things.

Like how fast they travel however most of the unbridled pain got blocked out by the adrenaline pumping through my veins. But even that wasn't enough the dam hunters soon had my keeling on the floor with their arms locking mine in, one even took the liberty of copying my move and locking in my head with their stick like arms. Everything stopped… everyone went silent…. Off to the right I saw another Lucario being executed by the rapid firing fire stick.

A hunter sprayed his demon stick into the trees and another Lucario fell down from the impact and as I know extremely unexpected and sudden surge of intense pain. A rather large a buff hunter who I would presume to be their leader placed his vile foot on my friend's chest. He drew a sharp shiny stick and drove it through my friends neck….

"NOOOOOO!" I yelled but it was obvious my tongue was un recogizeable by the likes of them. They killed them… Th-they killed them all… no remorse, no mercy. It was clear these freaks lived for the kill and nothing else… what a cursed life it must be to only kill in this world… but I had no pity for them or will I ever have pity for them….

But they left me alive.. why. The abomination looked at me, it had like its friends no fur on its face except strangely patches throughout its face. It walked up to me with its blooded shiny stick drawn, I had a deathly glare on my face I will not give it the satisfaction of seeing struggle or afraid. He brought his shiny stick up against my neck running against the soft skin there, I kept my face straight increasing my glare.

"Go ahead then… kill me you abominatic bastards!" I yelled.

"Keep this one alive, I like this one… want to see the look on his eyes when I wipe his blight of a kind off of this region." He said, his voice was deep yet gravelly, it too was an abomination. In our culture atleast individuals with the deeper spectrum of voices are looked up to as the wise and strong many become great warriors, shamans, and clan leaders. It's voice was the furthest thing from that filled with deceit, lies, evil, and venom.

"What have we ever done to you!? You are the blights to this great planet slaughtering it's creatures off left and right!" I yelled right back at it, but it looked as it did not understand a word I'm saying. What?

It keeled over hovering it's bare face close to mine, "Oh is the little soldier boy trying tot ell me something?" He used a voice females commonly used on cubs.

So I can understand him… but he not me? How is that possible? That alone even further separate it's kind from the rest of the Pokemon on this planet. It let out a sickly laugh and the rest of its followers followed along like Mareeps obediently obeying their masters.

I spat in it's laughing face, it fell over in disgust wiping it's mouth what it has never been spat on before?

"Why you little bastard!" He yelled back taking a coward's route punching and kicking my chest while I was restrained by it's minions, "Disgusting little vermin. Here's something for you to remember!" He ordered his minions to move me into a position where I was on my back being held up.

They held me very still gravitation towards keeping my head, legs, and arms restrained. He tipped his shiny knife very close angling it and pointing it at my eye. Was the bastard going to gouge my freaking eyes out?! Oh nononono I'm not letting that fucker do anything to my eyes, I'm the only one in the colony with perfect 20/20 vision! Just before he was about to take my eye out I buckled up and forward instead sending the knife across my face and down my cheek. OH MY FUCKING ARCEUS IT HURTS! I guess it was better than having it take my eye out. In the brief moment of violence I had sprayed some blood onto its face. It recoiled back in disgust frantically trying to wipe the blood off. The vision on my left eye had been blocked out by blood lost.

"I'm dealing with it anymore. Knock him out and bring the rest of our forces!" He said pissed off and angry at his subordinates.

"Wh-what sir?" One of his little minions failed to understand the command the first time. The leader drew his firstick and delivered one singular shot to the speakers head.

"I SAID KNOCK THE BASTARD OUT AND BRING THE REST OF OUR FORCES!" He yelled at them firing a few more projectiles at the ground infront of them. He flipped his stick over showing the smaller diagonal stick attached to hit and bashed my head. I black out upon impact.

(Not 2 and a half hours later)

"L-lucas! Lucas! Please wake up, please." My eyes groggily opened my vision transitioned from pitch black to one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.

Sierra was ontop of me frantically trying to wake me up. Tears were streaming down those blue eyes of hers. I Arceus what happened! My hand instinctively came up and cupped her head.

"Where am I?" I asked deathly serious I swore she was blushing when I cupped her head. She didn't have a chance to reply because before I knew it the leader guy came up and dragged Sierra from my grasp and threw her into a group of kneeling Lucario with their restrained hands behind their backs. Is this…. No I can't be.

"Oo looky here soldier boy's awake!" The abomination said excitedly pulling em up into a kneeling position and he ordered his minions to restrain my arm.

"Sierra wh-what's going on?" I asked I knew the hunters couldn't understand us and I didn't see any other Pokemon nearby to translate for them, then again he would actually agree to work with these… demons, "Oh yea and the hunters can't understand our tongue I found that out the first 20 minutes." I added.

She looked scared half to death, "When the rest of the watchers returned they sounded the alarm. W-we managed to evacuate most of the colony but the elders are too old and sickly to be evacuated so the praetorians guards had to stay behind aswell and they got killed when these hunters first attacked." Sierra said trembling, "L-Lucas never in my life have I seen a praetorian guard be taken down that fast." She got scared down to a high pitch whisper.

I felt the strangest feeling in my gut, it wasn't butterflies oh no. really I didn't know what it was but if by some off chance that it is this power that Dialga spoke of then I hope it comes soon. Because we are all running out of time. The hunter leader pulled a smaller stick out from his leg, I presume he did such impossible feat by black magic.

He placed a hand on the top of the stick and actually pull a part of it back, he didn't move the stick but moved an attachment to the stick. It cycled with a metallic clicking sound and he pointed it right at my head, it had a hole right dab in the center of it. I assume that their Legendary like yellow projectile ejected themselves from that hole.

"Ok, obviously this isn't your entire colony so I'll make it very clear. Where are the rest? He asked with venom in his voice. I glared right back at him showing no sign of fear, that feeling in my gut radiated across my body.

"Oo not talking I see…" It said, "Just like all the old geezers here you will protect your precious species at all cost." He spat looking at the group of Lucarios infront of us. I looked through them aswell, I saw my parents, Sierra's parents, the 3 high elder that ruled this clan, Jace, Steel, two female Lucario named Samantha and Skylar, Terrence, and a praetorian that looked as if he had been beaten and tortured for information.

Oh great it's not like they have any leverage over us. He selected one Lucario from the group it was elder Alder I know right? That was his name. Oh shit this isn't the time for humor! Sierra bursted into a cry again with fresh tears. The hunter leader placed its stick against Alder's head making that metallic clicking sound again.

"You feel like talking now? Huh soldier boy?" He mocked me. Alder had a fearless look on his eyes and met my gaze.

"Lucas look at me…" He said softly, I so did, "I've dealt with the like of these humans before… they are stubborn creatures and grossly misinformed and fearful/superstitious of the Pokemon they kill. They will single out you and you alone under a assumption that you are an elder defending the colony." He said bravely.

"Whatever happens Lucas even if every Lucario here is killed do not tell them about our secret sanctuary. Do you understand me?" He asked.

"Y-yes sir." I forced myself to say.

"Come on yah little prick I know your kind can talk to mine, you really are the masters of aura and once that barrier is down your blight of a kind can master any possible obstacle ever created, language, war, tactics." It said getting tenser and tenser stiffening its hand held stick against Alder's neck.

"I'll give you 10 seconds!" He yelled at me and started chanting a strange language in unison, what dah hell was he saying, "3..2…1…" He said quietly and all of a sudden a massive explosion came from the hole of his stick and before we all knew it Alder fell dead to the ground blood pouring out of the new hole in the side of his head. Everyone recoiled back in disgust, fear, and anger.

He selected Terrence from the group, "Nonono take this bitch next to me!" He yelled, oh how quickly he shows his true colors. I just wished the hunter would have killed him but Terrence knew how to talk with humans. He closed his eyes and his dreadlocks rose the hunter stopped in his tracks… no, NO HE DIDN'T THE TRAITORES BASTARD!

An evil grin formed on the hunter's face he much to my praise shot Terrence right in the stomach and he keeled over clenching the bleeding hole in his belly I really hope he dies. He plucked Sierra from the group and pointed his firestick at her, obviously her parents went crazy but they were held down. Sierra was crying uncontrollably now. That feeling in my gut was now coursing through my veins, my heart rate doubled, I started sweating, my eyes snapped fully open, and I felt the adrenaline going.

"The time is now" I heard a mysterious deep ancient voice in my head.

"Oh looky here soldier boy has a soft spot for a pretty face." The hunter spat and grinned an evil wolfish grin.

"Lucas." Sierra whispered, "I don't care if I die… just protect the rest of our kind." Sierra whispered selflessly.

The chains that bound my hands faded away into a mist, but I did not spring my surprise attack yet.

"The daughter of Dialga faces great danger. The Knight of the Legendaries shall answer the call" The voice said again, I started losing control of my body. But I was not drooping or falling over I remained in my original state although I feel as if another presence was taking control of my body.

"I'll give you 20 seconds before I kill teary eyes over here." He smiled cruelly , I heard the distinct metallic noise of his firestick preparing to unleash it's projectile. Sierra closed her eyes awaiting her death.

"The Knight of Sierra will answer the call! Tasked with duty of protecting the beacon of a species WE WILL NOT LET FAIL THEM!" The voice inside my head bellowed, I lost control of my head. It was like I was kicked out of my own body, in fact I was. Right now I guess I had turned into a ghost standing just behind my body I looked at my hands and they were slightly see-through and no one in the area noticed me these were classic signs that you had turned into a ghost or is experiencing a near death experience.

I looked over to my body I didn't know what was going to happen, for the first 5 dreadul seconds I just sat there with a blank stare. My body keeled over in a bowing state and I saw that my eyes had shut, my dreadlocks rose.

"Did you really think that a Knight would be so easily broken. Did you really think that you of all humans can so easily stop a Knight of the Legendaries from full-filling his mission. *Mocking cocky laugh* You are clearly mistaken you old fool…" What technically is a spirit growled everyone grew dead silent he had broadcasted his message to everybody.My body had been possessed that was not my voice. I sounded old, ancient, eternal, wise but at the same time took the tone of a warrior aggressive, angry, just load up The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim and use "Odahviing's" voice as a base to what I sound like also with the deepness and ancient vibe of "Paarthurnax's" as an undertone to that .

Everyone took a step back away from my sudden change even the majority of the hunters. The Hunter Leader looked like he had been cornered.

"Lucas?!" Sierra cried in shock.

"Daughter of Dialga…. Get behind me." I said my body still possessed but I'm just translating in first person to avoid mass confusion.

"… What?" She shouted back.

I cracked an ever so ill time smirk on my face and my eyes snapped open revealing glowing blue orbs. I violently lunged out from my kneeling position. I formed an aura sphere within fractions of a second and through it with masterful accuracy at the Hunter Leader's hand dislodging the firestick from its hand. I jumped up in the air tucking my legs in but I didn't do anything to maneuver forward no I just fell down straight and phased into the ground with a puff of oily black shadows.

I popped back up behind Sierra grabbing her dissolving her restraints spun around so that she is behind me. Bending the very earth to my will I thrusted both my fists into the at the same time stone tombs encased all the Lucarios Terrence too… excluding Sierra and I my body was cloaked in black smoke well not really cloaked more so partially covered in it to give off this incredibly badass effect. Anyways black oily smoke drifted off my body, the hunters tried to shoot me but the projectiles just evaporated into a metal mist once they even come close to me. Oh yea the Lucarios I pulled my fists down and the stone for a lack of better word tombs buried themselves in the ground, I sent them off the meet with the colony.

They still fired their firesticks none the less, I kept Sierra close to me using myself as a shield to protect her, it was my duty to protect her at all cost. Soon hunters realized that their firesticks weren't going to work they charged me with their sharp shiny sticks. One hunter went for an overhead jab I grabbed his wrist stopping his attack, I punched out his neck with one single blow and kicked him off. Spinning around I deflected another knife aimed at Sierra I used the deflection to lock the hunters knife arm in and drove it right into the chest of another hunter on the opposite side of me.

I kicked a hunter's balls grabbed his neck locked it in rolled up and broke his neck, I did a blind kick backwards and my leg found a stomach stunning that hunter for the slightest second I elbowed his neck to the side he fell to the ground and I stomped his neck. I blocked another knife literally inches from a panicked Sierra frantically trying to dodge everything. I force palmed his hand into oblivion and kicked him into a nearby tree. I grabbed Sierra's shoulders and a cloud of black smoke enshrouded us. We phased out and reappeared in a nearby tree.

Sierra was looking right into my glowing eyes with a pleading look, "L-L-Lucas what is this?" She desperately asked.

I placed a hand on her neck, "All shall be explained in time, stay up here Daughter of Dialga." The deep ancient voice said turned around and jumped down.

I awaited the swarm of 15 hunters he all stood in a nice orderly line infront of me baring their firesticks all pointed right at me. The black smoke which acted as a protective barrier faded away and it was replaced by the most badass looking blades I have ever seen. The blades where green in color and appear to be levitating literally centimeters above my fur. Around my wrist were circular structures where the blades seem to rotate out from.

Both my arms where covered in these gauntlets that lead up to my elbow. At the very tip of my elbow the gauntlet extended into a lethal tip for lethal elbowing action. From the circular wrist ornament extended blades that extended 3 feet out from the side of my balled fist. The blades were close to the side of my arms and followed the outside of my arm not the inside. I will name these… shroud blades! Or I'll name it when I get control of my body again/

In a taunting state I rose my blades up crossing them in an X shape and grinding them downwards creating a shower of sparks. I repeated that action multiple times letting out a primal battle cry that I swear sounds just like a freaking roar. But that wasn't the stop of it aura armor formed around me.

It started with the double chest plate fitted close together but mirroring my man boobies. But that wasn't the end of it no that was just my upper chest! From my mid chest down to my lower chest was a series of overlapping aura plates following the curvature of my ribs underneath my soft stomach was still covered nonetheless but the armor just looked more natural and organic even though it was by definition naturally made and organic.

My thigh down to my knee was covered in a singular plate, I'm not talking about the always awkward crotch armor. My knee down was covered in a series of overlapping plated armor that took the shape of boots, my knees and elbows had aura knee and elbow pads just getting those out of the way. My arm armor was rather a hybrid with overlapping plates on the top of my arm extending from my razor edged shoulder pads from the bottom extended a singular plate armor. From the elbow down was my bladed gauntlets. OH FUCK YEAD DID I LOOK BADASS!

But that wasn't the end of it! 3 plates came up from my neck and covered my face like a helmet. There was one plate ontop that took the top half of my head including the top of my lip and snout and it formed around my glowing eyes taking the shape of the top of my head. Two plates came in from the bottom on opposites sides of my mouth followed my jaw line and up to the front of my snout. At the front of my mouth they sorta slid open covering the bottom half of my snout and part of my head entirely. From this two mandible like pieces came down two sabered points from the front corner of my mouth where the sides of my mouth ended at a corner leading to my front mouth.

"Solider boy's protecting his little princess." The Hunter Leader laughed at me, "Focus all fire on that little bitch!" He yelled and all the hunters rose their firesticks and pointed at Sierra in the tree.

Instinctively I looked over to Sierra and quickly phased over to her pulling up an aura shield to protect from the shower of firestick projectiles. I wrapped Sierra up with one of my hand and tucked her head into my shoulder shielding her from all the forces that would have killed her. Soon the firesticks stopped firing and I got my chance.

"Stay close to me." I whispered she nodded her eyes were closed she did not want to process with her eyes atleast all the chaos going about. I turned around and Sierra hopped onto my back wrapping her arms around my neck and hugging me close it would have been a lot better IF HER FREAKING CHEST SPIKE wasn't digging into my back.

I jumped down from the tree, with a surge of energy I overlapped my aura armor onto Sierra who was on my back. Now I look like I have a freakin backpack on my back except this one was alive and had ears. The hunters fixed their shiny sticks onto their firesticks and charged me with what looked like a spear.

Here we go. I crashed my shroud blades together creating a shower of sparks before charging at the hunters. I was clearly unaffected by the sudden weight I had gained and oh yea a reminder that I was being possessed by a spirit and am not doing any of this myself. Jumping between two Hunters I brought my blade up between them cutting their necks and pushing them to the ground. Now In a crouching position I rolled to the right to avoid a downward spear blow now on my back I tripped the hunter that tried to kill me. I got up and jabbed him in the neck with my blades killing him.

Standing up I kicked a hunter right in the stomach using the bent result to elbow in his neck and knock him out. Turning around I grabbed both hands of a hunter head butted and kicked his chest. Jumping back I impacted another hunter behind me I sweept his legs from under him and stopped out his neck. Doing a little mini circle with my hands I brought out a torrent of fire from out of nowhere. The inferno formed a fiery circle following the path of my hand. My shroud blades evaporated and I used one of the most deadly weapons in nature to combat the most unnatural of foes.

Sweeping the flames around I set all the hunters on fire, they screamed and ran around like a Pidgy with a head cut off. Evaporating the flames I drew up my aura blades once more and proceeded to finish the rest of these hunters. Soon I easily reached the final three hunters I locked one's head in and broke the other I stabbed that left the hunter leader…. Speaking of which where was that bastard? I felt a massive firestick pellet hit the back of my head the force of which was enough to knock even me over and it almost knocked me even as I'm hovering over the brink of unconsciousness.

There he stood, fucking coward even snuck up on me. I didn't give him the satisfaction of seeing my pain one was that my eyes were glowing and I showed no expression and the other is that I couldn't even show it if I wanted to.

"Looky here…" He said what really is his signature line. I didn't want to carry out that conversation I had regenerated most of my wounds and is now back at full strength again.

I tripped it getting up and over ontop of it hovering my aura blade over his neck.

"Go on than do it…" He said fearlessly.

"…It is not your time to die Slia'ark Upnik your fate has been determined in the prophecy of Lucarios. You the most evil of abominations in this world shall be slain by the blade of the Lucario of whoms body I possess. It is not your time to die, but know this you murderer… your time is coming soon…" I spoke in that ancient deep voice…. WHAT?!, "We shall meet again…" I said before phasing away in a puff of oily shadow taking Sierra with me.

We reappeared in a dark cave I could sense that the colony had camped out nearby. Sierra had been released from my shields and is now backed up against the wall looking onto me with shock and a bit of fear.

"L-Lucas what was that!? What just happened?! Why are your eyes glowing like that?! And how did you kill ALL THOSE HUNTERS!" Sierra shrieked trembling before me. Oh that put a guilty feeling in my heart seeing her cower away from me like that.

"Daughter of Sierra I'am the Spirit of War I was tasked by Dialga himself the father of time with the duty of protecting you at all cost." I said, "At this time however my services are no longer required and rest assure Mistress the individual of whoms body I possess will explain all to you. I do believe his name is Lucas however…" The Spirit said and before I knew it I had control of my body again.

But I wasn't all perfectly healthy oh no. I wasn't immortal that temporary moment of immortality was as I just said temporary. I felt massive excrutiating pain riddled throughout my bodyit was enough as that I fell to the ground threatening to slip into unconsciousness. My vision grew blurrier and blurrier. Sierra scampered over to me.

"Lucas?! Lucas?! LUCAS?!" She frantically screamed tears streaming down on her shoulder, "Don't die on me I can't lose you now? Please Lucas!" Was the last few words I heard before my vision blacked out and I drifted off into the black abyss…

Wohooo! I'M BACK! And holy fuck did I come back with a bang, so nice dam long chapter for you guys. Please like and reviews and UNTO NEXT TIME MATES!