Requiem of the Fallen Dragon

Part 2: Fenrir's Tale

Chapter 51: The Toxic Ranger

Ideal and Truth…

The ideal is not real, and the truth is real…

But sometimes, the truth is very painful, while the ideal is very sweet…

Sometimes, the ideal and truth seemed identical…

If we couldn't tell apart ideal and truth, then we may get stuck in the endless illusion… forever.


"Arr…"

Rucas regained his consciousness after the trial because someone put a spell on him and his friends. Rucas rubbed his eyes and tried to see the environment around him, but all he could see is the darkness…

"What…is this place?" Rucas mumbled.

"…You…"

A quite creepy yet sweet voice could be heard from behind Rucas. Rucas turned back and realized that there is a Pokemon behind him, but the darkness made him unable to see what kind of Pokemon they are.

"You awake…"

The Pokemon said again. Their eyes looked at him, giving Rucas an indescribable feeling.

"W…Who are you?" Rucas asked.

"I…am just a shadow…" The Pokemon said again.

"What?!" Rucas didn't understand what this Pokemon was talking.

"You are…Rucas…the Hero of Justice…" The Pokemon said again.

"Wait… You knew me? By both of my name and my title?" Rucas asked.

"Yes… I have seen… you before…"The Pokemon spoke again.

"Anyway, where am I?" Rucas asked.

"This… is the… Desert Prison…" The Pokemon answered.

Desert Prison? Rucas had heard this name… He remembered that someone at the court mentioned that they will send his friends and him here, waiting for the execution…

"Wait?! Is there anyone else here?!" Rucas asked.

"No… In this cell… It has only been just me here… And a couple hours ago, you were thrown here…" The Pokemon answered.

"So then… My friends must be somewhere else in this place…" Rucas mumbled, and then he saw a light at a distance.

"Hey! That is!" Rucas quickly ran up to the light and found that it is the entrance to his cell, blocked by several sturdy steel bars.

"Damn it!" Rucas tried to find his weapon before he remembered that they took his stuff away before the trial. He tried to use the Aura Sphere and his other moves, but he couldn't!

"…They put the anti-move field in the cell, making the prisoner couldn't use their moves…" The Pokemon that he was talking to slowly moved up to him. The light from outside the cell made Rucas could see them more clearly.

That Pokemon is very strange. First, they aren't quadrupedal like Zira or bipedal like him. It has no legs. Their shape looked like… a serpent? Or maybe a sea dragon. Some parts of their body are brown except the center that is purple and their face, which also has red and green antenna. They have two pectoral fins and a kelp-like tail fin. Their red eyes looked intimidating, but they are also sweet.

"You are… a Dragalge?" Rucas asked.

"Yes…" The Pokemon answered.

"Wait… Dragalge is an aquatic Pokemon, then how could you live on the land?" Rucas asked.

"…We could use the vapor from the air like the water in the sea, and my specie didn't need very much water, so we could live on the land as well as we did in the sea." The Dragalge answered.

"I see… Then, how could we escape from this place?" Rucas asked. The Dragalge shook their head no.

"We couldn't. Unless someone from outside opened the cell, we couldn't leave this place."

Rucas became a bit restless. He knew that the night of Fullmoon is just a couple days later, so he has a little time for escape, but since he couldn't do anything, he decided to sit down to calm himself.

"Rucas… Are you alright?" The Dragalge asked.

"Not really… Wait…" Rucas looked at the Dragalge. "I think I had seen you before… When…. Four months ago… Venturnome Town… I remembered! You were with The Sword of Justice at the Musketeer Bar, right?" Rucas asked. He remembered the Dragalge's voice and the way of talking that is the same as the bartender of the Musketeer Bar.

"You… remembered…" The Dragalge spoke.

"Then, what happened? Why you are here? And where is The Sword of Justice?" Rucas asked.

"They… They got arrested… along with me." The Dragalge answered.

"What?!" Rucas let out a roar.

"They… didn't agree with the way… of giving the Pokemon their 'number', so they tried to stop this. One day… The soldiers from above came… They arrested us and put us here…" The Dragalge spoke.

"So… The Sword of Justice is also in this place too?!" Rucas spoke.

"Yes… They are imprisoned… somewhere… deep into the darkness…" The Dragalge answered.

"Damn it! They even put The Sword of Justice in this place… Prince Hawkins… You are insane!" Rucas roared.

"…" The Dragalge said nothing.

"We must escape from this place! I must rescue The Sword of Justice and my friends… But how could we?" Rucas crossed arms.

"…If only…" Dragalge's voice attracted Rucas's attention. "…If only… He is here…"

"He? Who is he?" Rucas asked.

"…The Black Sniper." Dragalge's answered woke the memory in Rucas's brain up. The Black Sniper is the title of the mysterious Pokemon who roamed the desert of Symmetria and fought with the criminal group called The Phantom Storm alone. The Black Sniper is said to have a sharp skill with his rifle…

"He was here?" Rucas asked.

"… I have heard…that he is around here…" Dragalge answered.

"…" Rucas felt very strange… The Black Sniper… Why did he get a bad feeling about this?

"We couldn't do anything now… Let's settle down." Rucas spoke before he remembered something.

"Anyway, let me introduce myself again. My name is Rucas Couraura the Lucario, the Hero of Justice. What about you?" Rucas asked

"…Sharon… Venomist… The Dragalge… I am… The Toxic Ranger…" The Dragalge answered.


"Arg!"

Fenrir rubbed her head as the guard threw her into the cell and locked the door. Fenrir was the only one in the group who didn't fall asleep by the Hypnosis since she has a dark power to protect her.

"And now I am alone here… In the beautiful darkness…" Fenrir mumbled. She was separated a while ago.

Fenrir looked into the darkness, where she believed that she was alone, but she was wrong.

"?! There are several Pokemon back there!" Fenrir mumbled. She braced herself and slowly walked into the darkness, not know if the Pokemon deep in the cell is the friend or foe.

Fenrir slowly approached into the depth of the the end of the cell, there are two other Pokemon lying on the floor. Both of them are Zoroark like Fenrir. One of them is male, while the other is female. Fenrir immediately remembered them.

"Hel! Jormungand!" Fenrir spoke unbelievably before she quickly rushed up to both Zoroark.

"That voice…sis?" One of two Zoroark spoke and opened his eyes. After both Zoroark saw Fenrir, they slowly sat up and hugged Fenrir.

"Oh… Thank! I thought that I will never see both of you again…" Fenrir spoke.

"Sis… We…" Another Zoroark spoke.

Fenrir looked at both Zoroark. The male Zoroark is Jormungand Illunight the Zoroark and the female Zoroark is Hel Illunight the Zoroark. Both of them are Fenrir's long lost sibling. Jormungand is Fenrir's younger brother and Hel is both Fenrir and Jormungand's younger sister.

"It has been ten years… Since both of you left the Lunar Village…" Fenrir spoke.

"…We are sorry, sis, for not listening to your warning." Hel spoke.

"We just wanted to prove that the dark type Pokemon is not evil." Jormungand spoke.


Ten years ago…

"…Hel… Jormungand… Where are you going?" A female Zorua asked another two Zorua who is walking slowly out of the village.

"Sheee… Sis…" Jormungand spoke.

"We will leave this village." Hel spoke.

"W…What?! B…But why? Did you tell mom and dad yet?" Fenrir spoke.

"…No." Jormungand spoke.

"Go back now! You are just still a kid!" Fenrir spoke.

"No! We couldn't stand it anymore! Anyone from the northern land who came to this place always called us evil just because we are the dark type Pokemon." Hel spoke.

"Leave this stuff to the grow-up! Now get back!" Fenrir shouted.

"Sis… I am sorry…" Jormungand spoke and attacked Fenrir with Dark Pulse, and Hel attacked her sister with Shadow Ball.

"Arrr…" Fenrir collapsed on the ground.

"Sis… Don't worry… We will come back soon… Tell mom and dad that they have not to worry about us…" Jormungand and Hel spoke before they left the village of darkness, leaving Fenrir behind…

"N…No…" Fenrir mumbled.


"…We failed, sis. We tried to make everyone to accept our type, but they branded us as traitors and threw us here." Hel spoke.

"…" Fenrir said nothing.

"Sis… We are sorry…" Jormungand spoke.

"…Didn't you…HAVE ANY SHAME ABOUT THIS?!" Fenrir roared.

"Ssssis." Hel and Jormungand spoke.

"You were just a little kid, and now looked at the consequences of your action! And do you have any idea about our family?! Mom and Dad died since about two years and half years since you left!" Fenrir roared.

"Dad…Mom…died already?!" Jormungand spoke.

"Not only our parents, Aunt Helen was killed one year after you left, and Uncle Eric died shortly afterward! And Blumiere… And Noirus… They…" Fenrir's voice disappeared at the last part of her sentence. She couldn't speak anything more.

"Our family…" Hel said.

"… Now… It is just both of you and me… All left are only three of us…" Fenrir said. Sparkling clear water started to flow out of her eyes.

"Sis…" Hel and Jormungand spoke.

Fenrir sheds her tear. "…I promise to the grave of our parents that no matter what happen, I will find you and bring you back to our home. Now I finally found you. I will do anything to let you go home. I promise."

"SIS!" Hel and Jormungand started crying and hugged Fenrir.


A couple days later…

During that day, Rucas did nothing more than meditating. His aura couldn't be used here very well because this place is filled with dread sense of death from the prisoners that were left here to their dead.

Today is the last day for him. The midnight of today, his execution will be held. He saw several guards looked at him with a creepy-looking face. He couldn't focus his mind on thinking of the way to escape.

"There is too much dread energy here…" Rucas mumbled before…

"!" A very loud voice could be heard by Rucas and Sharon. It seemed like someone is breaking into this place.

"What was that?!" Rucas asked.

"…The Phantom Storm…" Sharon spoke.

"What!?" The Phantom Storm… Rucas and his friends didn't encounter this group of criminal again after their last battle with the Mad Demon.

"They always came… to take the evil prisoners who are willing to join them…" Sharon spoke.

"Always?! Then this isn't the first time?!" Rucas asked.

"Yes…" Sharon answered.

"Then why didn't those guards tighten their security?" Rucas asked.

"…The Phantom Storm… bribed them. The guards won't complain as long as they have extra money…" Sharon answered.

Rucas tighten his fist and punched the floor. This place is truly the cruel place. The evil Pokemon could get out of here easily while the good Pokemon couldn't get out of here…

"BANG!"

A bullet pierced through the lock of Rucas's cell, making the door of Rucas's cell opened!

"What?!" Rucas spoke.

"…" Sharon said nothing.

"Was that The Phantom Storm?" Rucas asked.

"No…" Sharon spoke.

"Then who?" Rucas asked.

"…It's him…" Sharon answered.

"Him?" Rucas looked at Sharon.

"…The Black Sniper… He is coming." Sharon answered.


Meanwhile… At the Palace of Symmetria

The door of the library of Palace of Symmetria opened. A Pokemon was walking into the library.

"Greeting, Archsage Iris. How can I help you?" The librarian greeted the Mewtwo, who had just walked into the library.

"I want to access the Document Hall." Archsage Iris replied.

"Right away, dame Iris."

The librarian led Iris to the hall in the inner part of the library. This is the Document Hall, the place where the old and new document that is related to the history of Symmetria as well as the trial of the court are kept.

"If you need any help, please call me." The librarian spoke and left the Document Hall, leaving Archsage Iris alone.

"…"

Iris walked around the Document Hall, searching for the thing she wanted.

"…This one…"

Iris pulled a folder from the shelf "Solved Trial". She opened until she found the thing she wanted. It is the file of the trial that had just finished.

"…It must be them…" Iris opened the file and read the name of the defendants…

"… It must be them." Iris mumbled and folded her right arm. Something on the back of her right arm showed up. It's the Mark of Legend.

Iris put away the file that she was reading and moved to another shelf, the Historical Research.

"…It must be…" Iris pulled the file "Ancient Inscribe of Primal Ruins" and read it.

"…Fifteen Hero of Legend… If they are truly the Descendant of Legend… There are ten of them, plus he and I are twelve… So there must be three more…" Iris spoke.

Iris returned her attention to the file of the solved trial. She flipped it and found another case…

"What?! They imprisoned The Sword of Justice too?!" Iris mumbled. She looked at the name of the defendants of this case. They are Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, Keldeo and a Dragalge named Sharon…

"This Dragalge… Why? She…" Iris mumbled.

Iris continued flipping the file, but none of them caught her eyes. She was about to stop when the file of the case from several years ago caught her eyes.

"The Mad Demon?" Iris read the case before her eyes grew with the shock.

"What?! It can't be! It is him!" Iris spoke. Clear water started flowing out of her eyes.

"…Prince… You are not alone anymore…" Iris mumbled.

To Be Continued…


Dragon of Vale: The first chapter of the second half. Now, we met the new protagonist of this story, Sharon Venomist the Dragalge, The Toxic Ranger. She is a bit shy and has a quite little role compared to other protagonist, but she is still important. (Yeah, Sharon is a female Pokemon.)

Rucas and his friends are sent to the Desert Prison. And now, in the execution day, someone appeared and rescued Rucas and Sharon! Sharon said that he is The Black Sniper, but who is he? And will Rucas successfully rescue his friends and escape from this place? Let's find out in the next chapter, which is the seventh dungeon of this story.