Requiem of the Fallen Dragon

Part 2: Fenrir's Tale

Chapter 52: Desert Prison

"The Black Sniper?" Rucas spoke.

"Yes… That was the gunshot… So I think that it must be him." Sharon spoke.

"Anyway, let's go, Sharon. We must find my friends and The Sword of Justice first before the guards found out about this." Rucas spoke and left his cell along with Sharon before he noticed something.

"It's very dark…" Rucas mumbled. He couldn't use his aura for now, but since he is now out of his cell, he regained an ability to use his move.

"Rucas… That…" Sharon pointed her fin at a torch not too far from them.

"Excellent!" Rucas grabbed the torch.

"We must… find our belonging too…" Sharon reminded.

"Right. I couldn't leave without my weapon." Rucas spoke.

Dungeon VII: Desert Prison

For now, Rucas has only one companion, Sharon Venomist the Dragalge. He must find his other friends first.

Desert Prison is a very dark dungeon. Unless Rucas used the torch, he couldn't see anything. (The dread energy of this dungeon disable Rucas's ability of using the aura.) The floor of this dungeon is sand. Sometimes there is a quicksand blocking their way so Rucas and Sharon are forced to go another way. Moreover, Rucas and Sharon had to dodge the guards or else they may get captured again. If they ran into the member of The Phantom Storm, they had to fight.

"That is!" Rucas spoke after he had found another cell. There are four Pokemon in this cell.

"That voice… Rucas?" Keldeo spoke as Rucas arrived at their cell and used the Aura Sphere to break the lock, enable The Sword of Justice to escape from their cell.

"Long time no see, The Sword of Justice." Rucas greeted.

"Rucas, I have never thought of seeing you in the place like this…" Virizion spoke.

"How could you be in this place? Don't tell me that…" Terrakion said.

"…The Prince had branded us as traitors for not obeying his command." Rucas spoke.

"That's disgraceful… For the prince." Virizion commented.

"Everyone!" Sharon called.

"Sharon? You are here too?" Cobalion spoke up.

"Yes… Rucas was locked up with me so…" Sharon spoke.

"I see… Well… The next thing that we must do is…" Keldeo said.

"I must rescue my friends first. The Sword of Justice, did you remember Joshua, Ellisk, Magnus and Leonel? They are with me too. And we gained five more companions. They are a female Eevee called Zira, a noble-like Aurorus called Nyxier, a gentle giant Aggron called Kamui, a silent Tyrantrum called Tyrus and a creepy Zoroark called Fenrir." Rucas explained.

"I see… But this prison is very big and we have to race against time before we got caught up again, it would be the best idea to divide our group." Cobalion spoke.

"Right. One group went to rescue our friends while another group went to defeat the guards and the Phantom Storm for the first group." Virizion spoke.

"Then, Cobalion, I want you to come with us." Rucas spoke.

"Of course." Cobalion turned his attention to Terrakion, Virizion and Keldeo. "You three go to rescue our friends. Rucas, Sharon and I will clear the way for you."

"Roger!" Terrakion, Virizion and Keldeo spoke before they departed as Cobalion commanded.

"Alright, let's go." Cobalion said.


"Rucas?" Cobalion looked at Rucas as they are walking in the darkness of the dungeon.

"What's up?" Rucas looked at Cobalion.

"…You seemed to have something on your mind… And why did you want me to come with you?" Cobalion asked.

"…This place… Other than being a prison, it seemed like a great palace or something." Rucas mumbled.

"You noticed? Impressive…" Cobalion complimented.

"Then I was right?" Rucas looked at Cobalion.

"This place was once the Palace of Earth of the Earth Kingdom, one of four great kingdoms from the far away land." Cobalion explained.

"Four?"

"Four kingdoms from far away land were all got distorted by time and space and became the part of Symmetria, such as the Earth Kingdom had become this region, the Orsand Desert, and the Palace of Earth had become the Desert Prison." Cobalion continued explaining.

"If that's true, then why did the great Earth Kingdom become like this? And I have never heard about these four great kingdoms before…" Rucas crossed his arms.

"Because a millennium ago, there was a great war between four great kingdoms. The war result in three of them got destroyed while the last one suffered a great casualty." Cobalion answered.

"So, what about the rest three kingdoms?" Rucas asked.

"The next one is the Mist Kingdom. For now, the Mist Kingdom is the region called Indifrost Glacier. The Palace of Mist is the lost palace on , Snowlost Castle." Cobalion spoke.

"So… That place was once the palace…" Rucas mumbled.

"The third one is the Phantom Kingdom. This place is now the Lunar Island to the south of Symmetria." Cobalion said.

"That place too…" Rucas said.

"And the only kingdom that is still existed is the Sky Kingdom. For now, it became the place for the ruler of Symmetria. The Palace of Sky is now the Palace of Symmetria, the place that Prince Hawkins is now staying." Cobalion spoke.

"Hm… I see… Wait… If Prince Hawkins is the current ruler of Symmetria, which was the Sky Kingdom, then Prince Hawkins…" Rucas spoke.

"Right. Prince Hawkins's ancestor is the ruler of the Sky Kingdom from the past. That's why he had become the prince of Symmetria." Cobalion spoke.

"I see… One more thing, what about the descendant of the ruler from the other three kingdoms?" Rucas asked.

"Hm… For the Mist Kingdom, the descendant from her ruler is now the Tundrafrost Family." Cobalion answered.

"So… Nyxier is really the princess…" Rucas mumbled.

"The Phantom Kingdom… The descendant of the ruler of this kingdom is lost through time, so I don't have any idea about it." Cobalion answered.

"I see… What about this Earth Kingdom?" Rucas crossed his arms.

"The Earth Kingdom… In the few months ago, there was one last descendant that is still alive, but for now… He is…" Cobalion spoke.

"He is still alive, right?"

A voice could be heard from in front of them, but it isn't from Sharon. It came from someone in the darkness!

"What?!" Cobalion spoke.

No one answered Cobalion's question. His question had just echoed in vain into the darkness. Instead, everyone saw a shadow of a Pokemon in the darkness.

"Cobalion… That voice…" Sharon spoke up after listening to Cobalion and Rucas for quite a time. The shadow of the Pokemon said nothing before it disappeared into the darkness.

"It couldn't be…" Cobalion spoke and started running into the darkness.

'How could it be?! But that voice…' Rucas followed Cobalion.

"…" Sharon said nothing and quietly followed Rucas and Cobalion.


"Thank you!" Zira spoke as Keldeo unlocked her cell.

"So, you are an Eevee named Zira, right?" Virizion asked.

"Yup! I am Senpai Rucas's younger sister!" Zira answered.

"Great!" Terrakion spoke and looked at the friends that they had already rescued. Joshua the Sceptile, Julia the Serperior, Ellisk the Heliolisk, Lumiere the Ampharos, Magnus the Feraligatr, Riftblade the Greninja, Leonel the Charizard, Blazus the Blaziken, Nyxier the Aurorus, Snow the Lapras, Tyrus the Tyrantrum and Skelethal the Marowak.

"They are so disgusting… They did even imprison our sibling…" Joshua crossed his arms.

"We had just gone to the Gamma City to receive our number, but they blamed us as traitors for no reason and imprisoned us." Julia, Lumiere, Riftblade, Blazus and Snow spoke.

"Thank you again for rescuing me too." Skelethal spoke.

"So… The rest is an Aggron named Kamui…" Terrakion spoke.

"Um… He is with me…" Zira spoke before Kamui the Aggron emerged from the darkness within Zira's cell.

"Thank you for rescuing us!" Kamui spoke.

"EEE!" Zira cried and hid behind Virizion.

"Hey, are you alright?" Terrakion asked.

"Ahh! Please don't come close to me!" Zira spoke.

"What?!" Terrakion said.

"I am sorry… It seemed like she is afraid of a big, muscular Pokemon with horns like me and you." Kamui spoke.

"Y…Yes… I am sorry…" Zira spoke.

"Alright. If Kamui the Aggron is here, then the rest is…" Keldeo spoke.

"…Me."

A voice came from the darkness before three Zoroark appeared. The middle one is carrying the body of the other two.

"Fenrir! You are alright!" Zira spoke.

"Yes… I used my Illusion ability to trick the guard." Fenrir explained.

"And who are those Zoroark?" Ellisk asked and looked at two Zoroark that Fenrir is carrying.

"They are… my siblings." Fenrir spoke.

"You have siblings too?" Magnus asked.

"Yes. But let's get out of here first." Fenrir spoke.

"Okay since now we have rescued everyone already." Virizion spoke.

"What about my Senpai? And Cobalion?" Zira asked.

"They went ahead to clear the way for us. Now let's go! Since we don't have any weapon now, focus on using your moves if you got into a fight!" Keldeo spoke.


Rucas, Cobalion and Sharon chased after the mysterious shadow. It moved quickly from one place to another place, but it didn't even try to attack them.

They stopped when they reached a very large gap that once there was a bridge here, but the bridge was lifted to the other side, making it is impossible for them to cross.

"Now how should we proceed?" Rucas crossed his arms before he noticed something. There is some strange objects on the floor in front of him.

"What is this?" Rucas picked it. It is a pair of gloves with a claw on their 'hand' instead.

"That's the Double Clawshot. You can shoot it at the target and you will be dragged to the target." Cobalion explained.

"How?" Rucas asked.

"First, you need to wear it around your fist." Cobalion spoke. Rucas did as Cobalion spoke.

"Then, pointed the claw at the log on the other side of the gap, and then fired it." Cobalion spoke.

"Like this…YEOW!" Rucas screamed as he got pulled to the other side after the chain that bound the claw and the gloved pulled him.

"Just like that." Cobalion spoke.

Rucas reached the other side safely. He found the switch and triggered it, making the bridge fell down and opened the way for Cobalion and Sharon.

"Thank you…" Sharon spoke.

"…" Cobalion said nothing and started at the Clawshot that Rucas is wearing.

"What's wrong?" Rucas asked.

"…This Clawshot… It is the same one that I gave him…" Cobalion spoke.

"Gave him? Who?" Rucas asked, but before Cobalion could answer…

"Me."

The same voice came from the darkness. The same shadow appeared again in front of Rucas, Cobalion and Sharon.

"What?!" Cobalion spoke. The Shadow then disappeared into the darkness again.

"Wait!" Cobalion, Rucas and Sharon chased after the shadow.


Rucas,Cobalion and Sharon reached a very large room of the Desert Prison. This room looked like the throne room of the palace due to its decoration as well as the old throne that is still existing. The ceiling above the middle part of the room is opening, enable everyone to see the dark sky of the night time.

"So… This is the throne room of the Palace of Earth…" Rucas spoke and looked around.

"Pretty cool, isn't it?"

The same voice came from the inner part of the room. Rucas, Cobalion and Sharon looked at the inner part of the room and realized that the mysterious shadow is in this room, sitting on the throne!

"What?!" Rucas spoke.

"What is that 'what'? Hm?" The shadow asked.

"Why did you sit on the throne of the ancient Earth Kingdom?!" Rucas asked.

"Ah… It's mine anyway, since I am the last one who have a right to sit on it." The shadow spoke and stood up.

"It couldn't be…" Cobalion spoke.

"Couldn't be? What is that reaction?" The shadow spoke.

Rucas's body shivered. He could remember this voice. It belonged to the Pokemon that was already dead for several months ago.

"What's wrong, Rucas? Why did you shiver like the wet puppy?" The shadow asked again.

"It couldn't be… The ghost of this place is haunting me!" Rucas mumbled.

"Yes… This ghost came back from the Afterlife and haunted you again…"

The mysterious shadow slowly walked up to the part that is open to the night sky. The light from the sky made Rucas, Cobalion and Sharon could see the face of the mysterious shadow clearly.

"Hi! Everyone! Long time no see!" The mysterious shadow spoke.

To Be Continued…


Dragon of Vale: Okay, this is the seventh dungeon. And look at this! We met the character that was already dead! He is the main antagonist of Rucas's Tale. And he is coming back!