Chapter 56: Drayden's Drawn-out Draconic Discussion

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'Iris: What was that about? That speech was off-the-charts strange!'

'?: The cooperation of people and pokemon is how Unova came to exist to begin with. If a pokemon really didn't want anything to do with humans, it would simply leave… Capturing a pokemon in a Poke Ball doesn't mean you've captured its heart.' Said a white-haired person.

'Ferrothorn: Wot? Iris? It was ? before! …Oh. Who's Iris?'

'Pansear: Someone from Casteli-'

'Lampent: Oh! She and that guy next to her are those two that Alder talked about!'

'Pansear: I wasn't done explaining!'

The screen shifted over to me and Alder.

'Alder: Let's go, Kyle!'

'Stoutland: Yeah. Let's go on the quest to walk up to them!'

We walked up to them.

'Alder: It's been a while, Iris and Drayden.'

'Iris: Oh! Mr. Alder! …And the guy who helped out that time.'

"She doesn't remember my name?"

'Drayden: What's wrong? Why does the wandering Champion who left the Pokemon League need from us?'

'Pansear: What's wrong? Why did he just give us a random infodump? And who does that?'

'Unfezant: Pachurisi?'

'Lampent: Pachee-what? And people do it all the time, don't they?'

"Not really, outside of games."

'Alder: Basically, my request is this. Tell us about the legendary Dragon-type pokemon!'

"And when they're asked to." I added.

'Iris: Are you talking about Zekrom? Or Reshiram? What's the sudden interest?'

"A guy awoke one so we have to awake the other to fight him."

'Drayden: Hmmm… Moments ago, a person named Ghetsis was here. He said a Trainer named N has reawakened Zekrom… Is this the person that you speak of?'

'Alder: Yes! He sent Kyle to go look for the other one!'

'Samurott: …I'm just now realizing how silly the plot is.'

'Lampent: Be quiet, there's more plot on!'

'Drayden: Let me check that I have this straight. This N, or what have you, presumes to set the two Dragon-type pokemon against each other in battle to test his convictions?'

'Light Stone: …I…do…rematch?…..'

'Iris: Oh, no! The Dragon-type pokemon get along so well!'

'Alder: That's right, Iris. The ones who make pokemon battle are the Trainers… And it's so the Trainers and the Pokemon can get to know each other better.'

Alder turned to face me. 'I'm going to the Pokemon League. No, I guess in this case I should say I'm "returning" to the Pokemon League! Of course, I'll defeat N! I'll teach him about the beauty of this world, where Pokemon and Trainers live together in harmony!'

'Stoutland: Whoa, whoa, whoa. N's the main antagonist. You cannot hope to defeat him unless you get Kyurem.'

"Who?"

'Stoutland: Nevermind.'

'Alder: Also, Kyle, I'll be waiting for you. Once you've obtained the Opelucid Badge, come to the League! The Opelucid Gym Leader is tough. Take care!'

Alder walked down and right, down the street and offscreen.

'Samurott: No Flying? Come on. We need more NPC Flying.

'Lampent: With Snivies.'

'Unfezant: Finally! Someone agrees!'

'Lampent: No… I just found that if you add 'with snivies' to the end of a sentence, it's made funnier with snivies. Try it, Samurott!'

'Iris: Awww… He's gone. Is he OK? He looked kinda scary.'

'Drayden: Don't worry, Iris. He is the strongest Trainer in all of Unova.'

Drayden turned to me. 'Well, Kyle, is it? Come to my home. As Alder asked, I'll tell you everything I can about the legendary Dragon-type pokemon. Iris, child, please show the way.'

Drayden walked offscreen, while Iris walked up to me.

'Iris: you bet! If it's Opelucid City, I can take you anywhere. As for the story of Zekrom and Reshiram, we'll tell you all we know about it! This way!'

Iris walked to the right, bringing the pokemon center and a…handheld piano…thing player into view, adding another synth into the music.

'Stoutland: Yeah! Way to go! Play the BGM off, keyboard guy!'

'Ferrothorn: …wot?'

'Stoutland: Reference. But the music is awesome.'

'Ferrothorn: Oh.

'Iris: That way!'

Iris walked upwards, leaving me to save, then go in the pokemon center to heal.

'Pansear: So now what?'

"Now, we go hear lots of backstory."

'Lampent: With snivies.'

I walked out of the pokemon center, and down the road to Iris. When I reached her, she hopped excitedly. 'Just a little farther!'

Iris walked up, and I followed to a building with a door blocked with a sheet of glass.

'Iris: This is it!'

Iris walked to the sheet of glass… and broke it. Then she stepped through. And then the sheet of glass reappeared.

"What? That is insanely cool."

'Lampent: See! Lightsabers!'

I walked upwards, and the glass fragmented from the center out, and allowed me to enter the building. It was rather plain, with black carpeting and a blue light lining the walls.

'Drayden: I'll explain. What you are holding is the Light Stone.'

"…It's in my bag."

'Drayden: Ahem. What you have with you is the Light Stone. Reshiram, who will likely awaken from the Light Stone, and Zekrom, who is already awake, were once the same Pokémon.'

'Lampent: Wait, whaaat? No way!'

"Well, that's going to be the third game. I think some hackers or somebody found a 'god stone' in the game, so maybe that's the main pokemon?"

'Stoutland: Lampent, please save disbelief until the end of this period where you're still unsure of the fact that you're in a game. Thank you.'

'Iris: That single Dragon Pokémon, along with twin heroes, brought a new region into being.'

'Samurott: What, did it use Draco Meteor repeatedly until a region formed?'

'Iris: It called down meteors, and made homes and places for everyone. And people and Pokémon had happy lives!'

'Lampent: Oh, come on! When I do it, it never works, but when he does it, it works with snivies? Heehee.'

'Drayden: One day, however... The twin heroes, the older brother who sought the truth, and the younger brother who sought ideals, began to argue about how to decide which one of them was right... The single Dragon-type Pokémon that had been with them all that time split its body into two. One sided with the older brother, and the other with the younger brother.'

'Ferrothorn: Wot are ideals and truth?'

'Lampent: How did it split? Isn't that, like, impossible?'

'Stoutland: It's a legend. Don't question it.'

'Lampent: What's a legend? The pokemon, or the legend of the legends?'

'Stoutland: …both? Ugh.'

'Iris: In its pursuit of ideals, the black Dragon-type Pokémon, sought ideals and to usher in a new and better world... Its name was Zekrom. And the other, the white Dragon-type Pokémon sought truth, and to usher in a new world-a world of good… Its name was Reshiram.'

'Ferrothorn: Yeah, wot ARE truth and ideals anyway?'

'Drayden: Because the two of them were once the same entity, their battle raged endlessly and neither one could be declared the winner. They simply exhausted themselves.'

'Samurott: They didn't fight in an actual battle, did they? Wouldn't that have almost destroyed the region? …nah, it's a game. It wouldn't.'

'Drayden: The twin heroes proclaimed that there was no one side that was right and ceased the conflict.'

'Pansear: Oh. That's good. Anything else happen?'

'Iris: Well... The two heroes' sons started the battle again!'

'Lampent: With snivies?'

'Pansear: …really. [NOTREALLYBAD BUTSTILLCENSORED]s.'

'Iris: And an instant later, Reshiram and Zekrom wrecked Unova with fire and lightning! Then, they disappeared! But, but... If people work with Pokémon in the right way, we don't have to worry anymore about the world being destroyed. I mean, Reshiram and Zekrom worked hard for everyone and made a new region! So, it should be all right, I think.'

'Drayden: True. Pokémon cannot speak.'

'Samurott: Hey!'

'Pansear: Hey!'

'Lampent: Hey!'

'Unfezant: Whey!'

'520: …?'

'Drayden: People may hurt Pokémon even more by imposing their selfish thoughts on them. But, no matter what, Pokémon and people believe in each other, need each other, and will continue to live together...'

'Iris: Yeah! So I'm never gonna forgive Team Plasma for trying to separate Pokémon and us!'

'Samurott: Yeah! Black is a story of cooperation, and destroying friendship! Therefore Team Plasma is evil.'

'Pansear: We knew that already. I mean they STOLE you guys.'

'Stoutland: That wasn't so bad, really. It just seemed like a second and then I saw the battle screen. But that's off topic.'

'Drayden: Sorry. We got a little off topic at the end. That is everything we know. Unfortunately, we don't know how to wake up the legendary Pokémon...'

'Samurott: …so we came here just to listen to backstory?'

'Lampent: With snivies.'

'Samurott: Be quiet.'

Drayden took a second before talking again.

'Drayden:I made a promise to Alder. You must win the Gym Badge from the Opelucid Pokémon Gym. I, as the Opelucid Gym Leader, await your challenge at the Pokemon Gym!'

A/N: I interpreted Truth as the world we live in, and Ideals as an ideal world. Maybe in an ideal world people live in harmony with pokemon, but the truth is our world now.