I tore out of my room faster than I knew I could go. Immediately, everyone split into their groups.
"Be ready," I said, jumping into the air. "We don't know what they're capable of yet." Everyone nodded, and the three groups all took different routes. We planned to watch for a while, see what they were all about.
I led my group from the air. Flying was cool, I decided, even if I couldn't exactly land yet.
I landed in a bush, thankfully. Joe lent me a hand in getting out. "Thanks," I whispered. We were pretty close to the Mirimages. I saw that they had every single one of their pokémon out, but that my copy didn't have an Abra. Good! I thought.
[Um, Sasha? Can you hear this?] came a mind-voice.
[Hermione?!] I asked in shock.
[Yeah, it's me. Listen, tell me and I'll broadcast the signal to attack.] I agreed to this idea, and told her to wait.
I could tell Kat was getting scared. I turned to her worriedly.
"Kat," I whispered, "what happens with your power when you're scared?"
She gulped. "Wind." And with that, it started to blow. I mean really BLOW. Think 100mph winds here, and multiply by about seventy-zillion, and you might get close. Might. As in maybe.
I grabbed a tree and held on for my life. I could see the others grabbing things too. And the Mirimages were totally stunned. In fact, a Charizard let out a Fire Blast, and with everything being dry and the wind blowing, pretty soon everyone was surrounded by flames.
[Release your Water Pokémon!] I heard Hermione yell, and Shellder instantly appeared.
"Fight it!" I yelled into the wind. Shellder was spraying as much water as it could, and so were a random Blastoise, Feraligatr, Lapras, and Tentacruel. There were probably more, but I couldn't see any.
Finally Kat got control of herself and the winds died down. I released my hold on the tree and looked around me.
The fire was almost completely out, and the clones had fled. I saw groups two and three heading this way, and everyone sighed with relief at this being over.
But someone was missing. "Kahleya..." I said, and the look on her face was as angry as it could possibly be.
"DarkGhost turned traitor on us," she said, her voice full of venom. I heard someone gasp.
"We'll hear the story when we get back to the gatehouse," I said, trying to control the anger in my voice. I slowly walked away, and somehow I knew that the others were following me.
As soon as we got back, I stood aside for a moment and looked at everyone. Kahleya knew what I was up to and shook her head. I nodded back. So no one was hurt. Except maybe me, if the fact that Kat'd nearly torn my arms off counted.
"Kahleya," I said, and all eyes focused on me again, "let's hear it. You say DarkGhost turned traitor. Now tell me HOW." And, shakily at first, but more angrily as she went along, she told how one of my first allies had gone over to the other side.
"Be ready," I said, jumping into the air. "We don't know what they're capable of yet." Everyone nodded, and the three groups all took different routes. We planned to watch for a while, see what they were all about.
I led my group from the air. Flying was cool, I decided, even if I couldn't exactly land yet.
I landed in a bush, thankfully. Joe lent me a hand in getting out. "Thanks," I whispered. We were pretty close to the Mirimages. I saw that they had every single one of their pokémon out, but that my copy didn't have an Abra. Good! I thought.
[Um, Sasha? Can you hear this?] came a mind-voice.
[Hermione?!] I asked in shock.
[Yeah, it's me. Listen, tell me and I'll broadcast the signal to attack.] I agreed to this idea, and told her to wait.
I could tell Kat was getting scared. I turned to her worriedly.
"Kat," I whispered, "what happens with your power when you're scared?"
She gulped. "Wind." And with that, it started to blow. I mean really BLOW. Think 100mph winds here, and multiply by about seventy-zillion, and you might get close. Might. As in maybe.
I grabbed a tree and held on for my life. I could see the others grabbing things too. And the Mirimages were totally stunned. In fact, a Charizard let out a Fire Blast, and with everything being dry and the wind blowing, pretty soon everyone was surrounded by flames.
[Release your Water Pokémon!] I heard Hermione yell, and Shellder instantly appeared.
"Fight it!" I yelled into the wind. Shellder was spraying as much water as it could, and so were a random Blastoise, Feraligatr, Lapras, and Tentacruel. There were probably more, but I couldn't see any.
Finally Kat got control of herself and the winds died down. I released my hold on the tree and looked around me.
The fire was almost completely out, and the clones had fled. I saw groups two and three heading this way, and everyone sighed with relief at this being over.
But someone was missing. "Kahleya..." I said, and the look on her face was as angry as it could possibly be.
"DarkGhost turned traitor on us," she said, her voice full of venom. I heard someone gasp.
"We'll hear the story when we get back to the gatehouse," I said, trying to control the anger in my voice. I slowly walked away, and somehow I knew that the others were following me.
As soon as we got back, I stood aside for a moment and looked at everyone. Kahleya knew what I was up to and shook her head. I nodded back. So no one was hurt. Except maybe me, if the fact that Kat'd nearly torn my arms off counted.
"Kahleya," I said, and all eyes focused on me again, "let's hear it. You say DarkGhost turned traitor. Now tell me HOW." And, shakily at first, but more angrily as she went along, she told how one of my first allies had gone over to the other side.