Happy New Year everyone!! I hope you all had a great celebration and a great new year!
And for everyone, I want to say that there is one more week of break before school officially starting up again so that's a bust, but that just means we have to make the most of it won't we. If anyone would look at my profile I've been posting a lot of stories and updates as of late. That is because I've gotten a whole load of inspiration on my part of things, so far I have another chapter for 'Ghostly Brother of His' almost ready, another new story going to be posted, and the last chapter of 'The Sword Hand'. I really can't wait to just post more stories as I only had two for the longest of time, something that I'm not proud of on my part. But anyways, if you are a Fire Emblem fan like me then you might want to look out for the new stories I've just posted.
Side note! I might, and I'll say it again, I might make another story for little scene and clips that I never did get to add for the Masked Children. For an example I'll put a short story of how Ruby came to like Will or maybe an information post on are four lost children or even a scene on Ruby's father, Norman, when he heard of his son being taken away. I don't know if I want to do it as it will be like an excuse to me for making more delayed updates for the main story but I also want to add these fun little clips as well. What do you think? Should I do it or not?
Kanto-Sinnoh: Japan
Unova: New York
Kalos: Paris
Alola: Hawaii
Will have a language barrier here.
And depending on the person that I'm 3poving, the languages will be set up as-
Japanese-actually language (will have errors)
English- backwards/mirrored
French-actually language (help from Liyada)
Alola-actually language (will have errors)
Ages:
Carl-34
Sham-31
Karen-28
Will-25
Red-21
Blue-22
Green-21
Yellow-20
Gold-19
Crystal-19
Silver-19
Ruby-17
Sapphire-17
Emerald-16
Diamond-15
Pearl-15
Platinum-15
Black-15
White-15
Whi-two-13
Lack-two-13
X-11
Y-11
Sun-10
Moon-10
Disclaimer: Do not own Pokemon Adventures
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August 11 - Kalos
She was amazed by the sight before her, taking all of it in as she stood there, stunned.
There was a beach, waves lapping and expanding onto the sand before cowering back to the main ocean, leaving treasures of shells and coral in its wake. Salt scented air washed over her, wind dancing and playing with her hair as it swirls. The rocky cliff side having been near the body of water was violently hit by the waves, droplets of water fanning out into the open. Even in the dawn it was still a sight to behold.
She was amazed in awe, she mind practically guling the sight of it all into her mind as she sought out more and more of the scenery in front of her.
Yet she can't stay for long, she never can, not unless she wanted more time.
So with the strong will power that got her this far, she once again pulled the hood of her coat over her masked face, shadowing it from praying eyes that might see her. She may not be well versed in the shadows but she does know the basics of stealth.
At the moment, she was gripping on to the cliff side, climbing down from the mountain top to reach her destination. The Rock Gym entry.
She continued to climb down.
She knew it was a risk to do so, climbing down without equipment, to be out in the open during the early morning, to wear all white on an all stealth mission, but she has to, she must. It would be and ill omen if she goes against them.
A sudden strong wind blew her way.
She gasped, clutching the rocky surface of the cliff side with all her might as she pressed her body as close as she could to the rock format.
The wind subsided.
She didn't move for a while, shivering from the unexpected forces of nature that could have been her end. Forcing herself to move her hand she saw a bit of color near her hand.
A spot of red.
She didn't flinch, didn't react to the blood on the hard surface before continuing, like nothing had ever happened.
"It was only a bit of blood, ignore it. Hurry up and finish the task at hand."
Finally she was at the back entrance of the Gym, hidden by the natural formations.
Without another word she pulled out a PokeBall from her coat side and pressed to open.
In a small flash of blue, a Frolass floated in front of her.
Her Frolass, she sweet Frolass hummed at her, using one of its hands to pull on her hand, the same hand that still had wet blood from the trip she took to get down there.
Her Frolass hummed again, this time more saddening.
Platinum let herself have the pleasure at smiling underneath her mask at her Pokemon.
"It's alright," she said, earning herself a stream look from her partner. "It hardly scratched me at all, it's only a flesh wound. I'll have it fixed once we finish this mission alright."
Her Frolass hummed again, more aggressively this time.
"Please, I can't fail. Not so soon."
The iced ghost type heatatied, clearly not happy with the card that she just pulled on it. A few moments passed by before it floated away a few feet, waiting, watching.
Her heart broke from the sight but instead pushed as much sincerity in her voice as she could to show her appreciation. "Thank you."
Her Pokemon hummed again, this time softer.
"Now then," her voice becoming a void once more. "Could you unlock it."
Without another word she nod before going through the metal door. There was silence for a few seconds before a loud 'click' was heard in the early morning. Without difficulty, the door pushed open with a single push.
Making her way into the Gym's back entry she looked down. "Take the left?"
Frolass chirped before phasing through the walls of the hall they were in.
Platinum looked at the spot her Pokemon just disappeared before looking ahead of her. In from was a short hallway, one that splits into a two way path. They were the same, metal floors, rock walls, lights over head.
She took in a breath, let it out, then take a step.
It was time to play the mask.
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August 11 - Alola
"I understand," Whi sighed. "I'll make sure we do…. Yes…. Alright, good luck in your end."
"So," X look up at the girl (a slight bit of irritation surged through him, why does she have to be taller than him!). "What did he say."
Pressing the side of the special made earpiece she had a face of slight discomfort. "He said that things will be more complicated from here on out and that they have to try and blend in more. Something about groups and singles and-"
"We're being split up."
"Yes."
"You don't want us to."
Whi pressed her lips, refusing to answer.
"Why?"
This time she didn't hesitate. "Because I don't want to leave you alone."
More than one emotion surged through him. Anger for her for thinking that he was in need of a guardian around him 24/7. Sadness as she will be leaving her to go by himself all over again. Fear that something will happen if they both go their separate ways. Warmth when she showed concern for him even if they both knew that they can't go against the rules placed on them.
Instead he went with his masked self, just like he always does, just like they always do.
"Opinions don't matter in our line of work."
Whi sharply turned her face to him, her twin pigtails whipping the air around her as she did so. "You make it sound like we chose to be here, to work day after day in the dark."
"Don't we," he shrugged, a void of a mask still in play. "I mean they let us go. Why are you still here if you could just go into hiding instead of sticking around. Don't you want to be free?"
"Then what," she snapped. He was pushing her buttons far more than either of them liked but they were in to deep. "They can just track me and exploit me. There's nothing here for me and I already did a crime at this point!"
"We have mask for a reason."
She made a struggling sound. "Why- you! You…."
"I what? Speak up," X stood his ground.
She glared at him, then she closed her eyes. It wasn't until she opens them that he understood what was going on. It was her turn to put on another mask.
"Ru-Cliff said that you are going to to Hoenn, Mossdeep Space Center to exact. I'm expected to at Kalos by the next morning." She smiled (he couldn't help but think how fake the smile seems and how plastic like it was) as she skipped over to him and ruffled his hair. While it may not be the most unexpected thing she did around him but it was not the most welcomed in his book. Annoyed, he swat at her hand but missed when she pulled back with a grin (plastic, fake, masked) wide on her face.
"I'll be seeing you my Chevalier. Just wait a little longer."
Plastic, fack, masked.
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August 11 - Hoenn
Silver was wonder what kind of people were even allowed into the Dexholders at this point. First was Gold and his fun for gambling (and surprisingly winning). Sapphire and her quirks of having to run around and swinging vines and sleep in trees all day, living more in the wild side of things then you normal average person. And the Unova Junior of his, Black, and his loud voice, his blake stare, and his Musha that was eating his head!
His face must have been a sight if the foreigner directed to pick up the pace when he turned to look at him. Honestly he was glad for the space as well. Things were just not working out for him anymore, none of it is. He rather focus on the task on hand.
"Here we are, welcome to the origins of the world!"
As if reading his mind, Wallace opened his arms wide, throwing them upwards in a flourish movement that he knew that he used one to many times. But that doesn't make it any less appealing to the eye.
When he turned to look at the cavern room they were now in, he couldn't look away.
The walls seem to glow, no light was directly caused onto them but they had their own shine of light within them all, making the room lightup more than it did with the entry passages way that they all went through to get here. But that wasn't the eye catching sight of it all. It was the hand drawn painting that made it all the more eye catching.
Colors after color after colors, they were so many that they blend in to one another, making a show of which one would pop out from the rest. Some of the older ones were that of stick figures while others were that of many details and fine attention to enchant everyone.
It was like going back through time itself.
"Wow," Black, the first one to give a verbal reply, gasped in awe at the sight. "I-its so...I have no words to say."
His right, he has no words to describe it, any of it. It was all to much.
"That's the first reaction to all the newcomers when they first enter," Wallace supplied, walking over to a familiar painting of a land and sea Pokemon. "Even I had to take a moment to take it all in at first. But after that last 5 or so visits you get use to it. Doesn't mean it isn't that less spectacular though."
"I'll say," Green answer, his eyes ranking over the drawn out stories.
"Good," Wallace clapped his hands together. "But now that we are here… What next? I'm certain that this wasn't the sole reason you all came here."
A pause.
"Right," Green coughed into his fist, the first to recover. "We were suppose to see if they left any clues that they might have been the target of his trip here."
"Hmm," Wallace look thoughtful as he did a 360 to look all over the room. "Well there doesn't seem to be anything tampered in here at all."
"So there's nothing," Silver narrowed his eyes.
Wallace for his part waved his hands dismissively. "You misunderstand me. Just because we haven't been able to see ourselves what had happened here doesn't mean that nothing had happened at all."
"What do you mean," Black tilted his head in an expression of confusion.
With a raise of his hand, he pulled out a black Pokeball with yellow strips on either side of it, a grin in place of his natural smile. "Why don't I introduce to you are solution."