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Moemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Chapter 58


"We have arrived, mistress." Empoleon said, pulling to a stop in front of the ice. Petal and Nyu climbed off of her back, standing on the large chunk of frozen land. Before the two of them was a large white castle, encased in ice. In fact, with the fierce blizzard and freezing winds mixed with the ice covered castle, it almost looked like the entire castle was made out of ice itself. Petal placed a foot down on the ground, and was surprised to find snow-covered ice to have surprisingly good traction.

"Alright, let's get going!" Petal said, running through the snow. She ran up to the large iced over stairs, and headed up to the large doors.

"Alright, on three." Petal s said, placing her hands on the edge of the door, as Nyu did the same. The two of them pried the door open, and let it swing out.

"Alright, let's go!" Petal shouted, running into the castle with Nyu following after her, the large white doors swinging shut behind the two of them.

But, like I said, I wasn't there, so that's mostly what I assumed happened. I pulled to a stop in front of a large lake, and realized that this was about as far as I was going to get. Strangely, the lake wasn't frozen even at the temperature it was now. Thankfully, the blizzard had begun to die down, so I could see again. I looked over the lake to the large castle on the other side, and wondered how the hell I was going to cross. I looked to the left and right, and saw two large icy mountains enclosing the lake, making it impossible to cross around the sides.

Then, my eyes an incredible amount of large chunks of ice littering the lake.

"Alright, I bet I can make it over the lake if I jump onto the ice chunks and keep jumping!" I said, nodding. I revved the engine of snowmobile, and shot out towards the lake. "Super jum-"

An Empoleon walked out in front of my snowmobile.

"Holy crap!" I exclaimed, pulling to a stop on the ice. I skidded right in front of the Empoleon, and pulled to a stop inches in front of her.

"Hello." Empoleon said nonchalantly. "Do you have need for my assistance?"

"Are you insane?" I asked, my mouth open in shock. "What kind of idiot are you, pulling out in front of a moving snowmobile?"

"…" Empoleon said, staring at me silently. "Do you have need for my assistance?"

"Yes." I said, nodding. "You could get out of the way, please."

"Why?" Empoleon asked, frowning.

"Because I'm trying to jump over the lake, and I would really like it if you moved." I said, frowning. "Now, can you please get out of the way?"

"Why are you trying to get across the lake?" Empoleon asked.

"Because I'm trying to get to the castle to meet up with my friends." I said, frowning. "And the only way to get to the castle is to get over the lake."

"I see." Empoleon said, stepping out of the way. I revved the engine again, and just as I was about to head forwards, she poked me on the shoulder, causing me to overshoot the engine, causing it to stall.

"What?" I asked, starting to get irritated.

"It's not going to work." Empoleon said, frowning. "Do you have need for my assistance?"

"No!" I said, frowning. "Wait, why isn't it going to work?"

"Because if you land on the ice with the snowmobile at the rate of acceleration it would take to jump the distance required and land at the angle you would have to land at to cover the distance, you'd hit the ice with more than enough force to shatter it, causing you to drown." Empoleon answered. "Do you have need for my assistance?"

"How do you know that?" I asked, frowning.

"I have lived in this lake my entire life." Empoleon answered. "I swim it's area every day, so I know everything about it and the ice within it."

"Are you serious?" I asked, shocked. "So how am I supposed to get across?"

"Are you in need of my assistance?" Empoleon repeated for the fifth time.

"Can you get me across the lake?" I asked hopefully.

"Yes. I can." Empoleon said, nodding. "I am capable of swimming this lake and carrying passengers. Would you like my assistance?"

"Sure." I said, nodding, climbing off of the snowmobile. "Wow, thanks a lot!"

"No problem." Empoleon said, climbing into the water. "After all, I just finished ferrying two beautiful young ladies to the castle earlier."

"Wait, was one of them a moemon wearing a black shirt and skirt with claws, and the other a human with brown hair in two pigtails and was about five feet tall, wearing a ranger uniform?" I asked.

"Yes." Empoleon said, looking back to me, nodding. "I carried them to the castle and watched them get inside."

"Damn it…" I said, frowning, climbing onto her back. "Listen, I need you to get to the castle as soon as possible, can you move as fast as you can?"

"…Of course." Empoleon said, nodding. She shot through the water towards the far shore. She lowered her head and headbutted the glacier sticking out of the water. She shattered the ice with her head, ice hitting me in the face.

"What the hell?" I asked, shocked.

"I'm going as fast as I can." She answered me. She shot towards the ice slope, and hit it forwards, shooting herself into the air, with me on her back. She soared through the air, heading straight towards the castle.

"Brace for impact." Empoleon warned. She hit the ground head on, creating a large crater in the ice. Surprisingly, I was uninjured. I don't know how, I don't know why, I just was. I stood up, and was a little dizzy. I staggered towards the castle as Empoleon jumped back into the water. I staggered towards the castle, and opened the doors, heading inside.


So, what's going to happen within the castle?