The door burst open and a familiar face appeared. It was a face I didn't want to see. Jason's face.
"Houndour! Umbreon! Return!" He cried, and I felt myself being sucked into the pokéball. I heard a lot of screaming, yelling, and pokémon cries, and then it was silent except for a steady pounding that I realized was Jason running away. Running back to Celadon.
I was 'punished' horribly for running away, but not as bad as Doroundo. Jason hurt him, then took him into the forest and kicked him away. I only know this because a girl was watching, and she released her Pidgey to attack, it's talons hitting the button on my pokéball in the process.
The girl found and bandaged Doroundo, and I decided to stay with her. When Jason came back and tried to get me and hurt me, I realized who this girl was by what she did. Using her newfound power, the girl, whose name I suddenly heard as Airenkeya, FLEW, and saved me.
So it's YOU, I said later, and realized that she could understand my words. Any doubt that this girl wasn't the one I was looking for vanished at her next words.
"Umbreon? Did you just...say something?" she asked, bewildered.
"I did. I'd suspected it was you, at first, although I never expected the Glowing One to have only a Pidgey as a companion-" I stopped, remembering what Yamiko had told me in the legend.
"What did you just call me?" Airenkeya asked. I laughed softly.
"The Glowing One. The only human on Earth with the ability to speak to Dark pokémon. Anyone else would hear me saying my own name, or nothing at all. You, Glowing One, are the exception. You've been given your power for a reason, although it may not be the best one."
"What reason is that?"
"Dark pokémon everywhere are in trouble, Airenkeya," I said bluntly.
"Most people just call me Keya," she replied softly. Something hit me about that name, but I couldn't figure out what it was.
"We need your help, Glowing One," I continued. "There are...others. Others who care, as you do, for Dark pokémon. But you are the one who must find them, Keya. You're the only one who CAN!" I paused, biting back the tears that threatened to come with my next words. "I tried, once. All I found was that unthinkable excuse for a trainer, Jason. But I'm not his anymore. I'm yours to command, friend, as long as you wish." The moment I spoke those words, that strange feeling of being controlled vanished, and was replaced by a new, more pleasant feeling; the feeling of friendship.
I sort of bowed a little, in the way of Dark-typed pokémon, and looked up at her expectantly. Would she agree?
"Yes, I understand," she said, in a voice just above a whisper. "I'll help. Just tell me how."
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Ending just like chapter three of 'Friendship In Darkness'. In fact, I made sure the words were exactly the same and everything. So now you know how it all connects. But this isn't the end. In fact, it's far from it. See, about the time that Keya and Simon went to spy on Jason and Leria in 'A Mahogany Celebration', Umbreon was visited yet again by Yamiko, and...well, you'll just have to read to find out. ~The Darkness Master
PS-Yes, Keya's full name is Airenkeya Stormlight!
"Houndour! Umbreon! Return!" He cried, and I felt myself being sucked into the pokéball. I heard a lot of screaming, yelling, and pokémon cries, and then it was silent except for a steady pounding that I realized was Jason running away. Running back to Celadon.
I was 'punished' horribly for running away, but not as bad as Doroundo. Jason hurt him, then took him into the forest and kicked him away. I only know this because a girl was watching, and she released her Pidgey to attack, it's talons hitting the button on my pokéball in the process.
The girl found and bandaged Doroundo, and I decided to stay with her. When Jason came back and tried to get me and hurt me, I realized who this girl was by what she did. Using her newfound power, the girl, whose name I suddenly heard as Airenkeya, FLEW, and saved me.
So it's YOU, I said later, and realized that she could understand my words. Any doubt that this girl wasn't the one I was looking for vanished at her next words.
"Umbreon? Did you just...say something?" she asked, bewildered.
"I did. I'd suspected it was you, at first, although I never expected the Glowing One to have only a Pidgey as a companion-" I stopped, remembering what Yamiko had told me in the legend.
"What did you just call me?" Airenkeya asked. I laughed softly.
"The Glowing One. The only human on Earth with the ability to speak to Dark pokémon. Anyone else would hear me saying my own name, or nothing at all. You, Glowing One, are the exception. You've been given your power for a reason, although it may not be the best one."
"What reason is that?"
"Dark pokémon everywhere are in trouble, Airenkeya," I said bluntly.
"Most people just call me Keya," she replied softly. Something hit me about that name, but I couldn't figure out what it was.
"We need your help, Glowing One," I continued. "There are...others. Others who care, as you do, for Dark pokémon. But you are the one who must find them, Keya. You're the only one who CAN!" I paused, biting back the tears that threatened to come with my next words. "I tried, once. All I found was that unthinkable excuse for a trainer, Jason. But I'm not his anymore. I'm yours to command, friend, as long as you wish." The moment I spoke those words, that strange feeling of being controlled vanished, and was replaced by a new, more pleasant feeling; the feeling of friendship.
I sort of bowed a little, in the way of Dark-typed pokémon, and looked up at her expectantly. Would she agree?
"Yes, I understand," she said, in a voice just above a whisper. "I'll help. Just tell me how."
~+~+~+~+~+~+~
Ending just like chapter three of 'Friendship In Darkness'. In fact, I made sure the words were exactly the same and everything. So now you know how it all connects. But this isn't the end. In fact, it's far from it. See, about the time that Keya and Simon went to spy on Jason and Leria in 'A Mahogany Celebration', Umbreon was visited yet again by Yamiko, and...well, you'll just have to read to find out. ~The Darkness Master
PS-Yes, Keya's full name is Airenkeya Stormlight!