Tricked up, but the story should be coming along now. Just wait until I
start putting up the second series, the sequel. But before that, here's
chapter 5.
Normal disclaimer applies.
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"Hey, what's this?" Kirin asked as she was by a rock in the bushes. The group had been busy scouring about for some food.
"What'cha lookin' at?" asked Fireburst from high above.
Shadow went over to where Kirin was standing.
"It's a cave," Shadow replied. "Hey, Arbiter, can ya get over here and light up the cave a little with your tail?"
"Sure," Arbiter said as she walked over to the cave. She shone her tail in the hole, and looked inside.
"It's not a cave, it's a tunnel, but to where?" Arbiter asked.
"Well, there's only one way to find out," Larissa said as she swooped down from the tree she was resting in and landed on Kirin's back.
"Should we go in and see where it goes?" asked Calypso.
"Yeah, we should," said Lunar as he walked inside. "It may lead to the place Astroleon was talking about, Fuchsia City."
Everyone else followed Lunar's lead into the dark cave. I felt a bad feeling of uneasiness, but I shook it off as chills.
Our group made our way down into the small tunnel. After twenty feet, the tunnel opened into a high ceilinged cavern. It was lit up enough to see by Arbiter's tail flame and Fireburst's wings, but it was an eerie kind of light, barely piercing the inky blackness of the far reaches of the cave. I heard one of the others whimper because of the darkness, but I couldn't tell which. Far above, Zubat and Golbat slept soundly, undisturbed by the newcomers into their silent domain.
Except one.
Suddenly, a dark shape came swooping down and started emitting a high pitched screeching sound. I was just barely able to shoot a psychic ball at it and knocked it to the cavern floor, where it flopped helplessly. Blade held one of his razor-sharp blades up to its neck threateningly.
"Don't hurt me, please!" it squeaked. Arbiter brought her tail flame over, and it illuminated the face of our assailant, a Zubat.
"Sorry, you just spooked us," I said to it.
"Excuse us, but do you know where this cavern leads to?" asked Flameheart, cocking his head to one side questioningly.
"This particular tunnel leads to a place humans call Celadon City," the Zubat replied nervously, quavering at the feel of Blade's scythe on its neck.
"Is that far from Saffron City?" questioned Blade.
"What's a saffron?" wondered the Zubat.
"Aww, never mind," said Blade, removing his blade and releasing the Zubat. It flew up aways, but not that far away.
"Could you lead us out of here and to Celadon City?" Shadow asked.
"S-sure," it replied. "Just let me call my friends, and they'll help lead the way." With that, the Zubat started emitting a strange, high pitched sound, similar but different from the other one. About ten seconds later, two huge Golems, an Onix, a Sandshrew, a Sandslash, and a Graveler came out from the pitch black of the cavern.
"You require assistance?" asked the Onix in a deep, booming voice that emanated through the cavern. The voice was one you could feel shake your bones. Interesting.
"Yes, we need to go to Celadon City," Shockwave said.
"Follow us, we can lead the way," replied the Sandslash in its squeaky, dry voice. We got ready to leave the cavern. Larissa and Fireburst would ride on Onix's head, since the cavern was too small for them to fly.
Just then, however, three human shapes emerged from the tunnel we came in from. They were holding bright halogen flashlights, which they shone in our faces.
"Holy crap!" yelled one of them. "Check out all of those pokémon!"
"If we caught those, we'd be able to whip the Forest Gang for sure!" said one of the others excitedly.
"There's a coupla silvery pokémon, a fire bird, a Scyther, oh boy!" said the last.
"Wartortle, go!"
"Vaporeon, go!"
"Persian, go!"
The turtle pokémon, a pokémon like just Calypso but the normal blue color, and a huge cat with a shimmering jewel came out in flashes of light.
"We don't want to fight!" I yelled to the pokémon in pokéspeech. "Please let us go!"
"Yeah! We're just passing through here, and we need to get to Fuchsia City!" said Shadow.
"I am Waterfall," said the Wartortle. "We would let you go, but we have to obey our trainers."
Calypso went over to the other Vaporeon. "Hi, I'm Calypso, who are you?" she Calypso.
"I'm Icestar," it replied. "Why are you kind of yellowy?"
"It's a long story," Calypso replied hastily.
Arbiter, Shockwave, and Lunar were talking with the Persian, whose name was Heatseeker. The trainers were definitely not liking this, though.
"Wartortle, Water Gun those pokémon!" yelled Waterblast's trainer.
"Vaporeon, use your Ice Beam on that other Vaporeon!" ordered Icestar's trainer.
"Persian, Slash!" cried Heatseeker's trainer.
None of them listened, because they were talking to us.
"Hey, why don't you try that weird pokémon that you traded for a coupla days back?" asked one.
"Ok, Chikorita, go!" yelled the other.
In a flash of light, a Chikorita with a red leaf on its head came out.
"Chiko?!?!?" asked an astonished Larissa.
"Hi guys," said Chico sadly.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I was captured, and now I have to fight at my master's will," she replied sadly.
"Chikorita, Flamethrower!" ordered its master.
"I'm sorry, guys," she said, her voice full of remorse, before she blew out a huge stream of fire at us. With Larissa's help, we were able to put up a psychic barrier, which blocked off the flames.
"Run through the tunnel to Celadon City. We'll purposely miss and seal off the route, so our trainers can't capture you!" yelled Waterblast. With that, our group took off in a dead sprint for the far tunnel, led by the Zubat from earlier. Waterblast used its water gun on the rocks above us as we passed, knocking a few boulders down. Icestar froze the rocks, and Heatseeker slashed at the remaining rocks, blocking the way behind us. I could faintly hear their trainers berating them for letting us escape. We stopped about fifty feet from the blocked way.
"Chiko! They have her!" cried Kirin sadly. "Those other pokémon allowed for us to escape."
"We can't save her, a pokémon trainer has her now," Blade said solemnly.
Before anyone could reply to this, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. We all stepped out of the tunnel.
"W-we're here," said the Zubat. "It's too bright, so now I'm leaving to go take a nap." It flew off back into the darkness.
"What now?" asked Flameheart.
"I don't know, but I guess we should try and follow this sign," I said, gesturing to a board, which was an advertisement of sorts.
It read, "Take this path for a quick way to Fuchsia City!" I read it to the group.
"Should we take it?" asked Lunar.
"It says it leads to Fuchsia City, so it must. Let's go," I said.
I should've known to never trust shortcuts. For it would lead us into something we never could've ever imagined. But being as young and naïve as I was, I never thought of the ramifications. What would become the beginning to the fight of our lives.
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Foreboding, isn't it? Well, the next chapter will come up soon.
Normal disclaimer applies.
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"Hey, what's this?" Kirin asked as she was by a rock in the bushes. The group had been busy scouring about for some food.
"What'cha lookin' at?" asked Fireburst from high above.
Shadow went over to where Kirin was standing.
"It's a cave," Shadow replied. "Hey, Arbiter, can ya get over here and light up the cave a little with your tail?"
"Sure," Arbiter said as she walked over to the cave. She shone her tail in the hole, and looked inside.
"It's not a cave, it's a tunnel, but to where?" Arbiter asked.
"Well, there's only one way to find out," Larissa said as she swooped down from the tree she was resting in and landed on Kirin's back.
"Should we go in and see where it goes?" asked Calypso.
"Yeah, we should," said Lunar as he walked inside. "It may lead to the place Astroleon was talking about, Fuchsia City."
Everyone else followed Lunar's lead into the dark cave. I felt a bad feeling of uneasiness, but I shook it off as chills.
Our group made our way down into the small tunnel. After twenty feet, the tunnel opened into a high ceilinged cavern. It was lit up enough to see by Arbiter's tail flame and Fireburst's wings, but it was an eerie kind of light, barely piercing the inky blackness of the far reaches of the cave. I heard one of the others whimper because of the darkness, but I couldn't tell which. Far above, Zubat and Golbat slept soundly, undisturbed by the newcomers into their silent domain.
Except one.
Suddenly, a dark shape came swooping down and started emitting a high pitched screeching sound. I was just barely able to shoot a psychic ball at it and knocked it to the cavern floor, where it flopped helplessly. Blade held one of his razor-sharp blades up to its neck threateningly.
"Don't hurt me, please!" it squeaked. Arbiter brought her tail flame over, and it illuminated the face of our assailant, a Zubat.
"Sorry, you just spooked us," I said to it.
"Excuse us, but do you know where this cavern leads to?" asked Flameheart, cocking his head to one side questioningly.
"This particular tunnel leads to a place humans call Celadon City," the Zubat replied nervously, quavering at the feel of Blade's scythe on its neck.
"Is that far from Saffron City?" questioned Blade.
"What's a saffron?" wondered the Zubat.
"Aww, never mind," said Blade, removing his blade and releasing the Zubat. It flew up aways, but not that far away.
"Could you lead us out of here and to Celadon City?" Shadow asked.
"S-sure," it replied. "Just let me call my friends, and they'll help lead the way." With that, the Zubat started emitting a strange, high pitched sound, similar but different from the other one. About ten seconds later, two huge Golems, an Onix, a Sandshrew, a Sandslash, and a Graveler came out from the pitch black of the cavern.
"You require assistance?" asked the Onix in a deep, booming voice that emanated through the cavern. The voice was one you could feel shake your bones. Interesting.
"Yes, we need to go to Celadon City," Shockwave said.
"Follow us, we can lead the way," replied the Sandslash in its squeaky, dry voice. We got ready to leave the cavern. Larissa and Fireburst would ride on Onix's head, since the cavern was too small for them to fly.
Just then, however, three human shapes emerged from the tunnel we came in from. They were holding bright halogen flashlights, which they shone in our faces.
"Holy crap!" yelled one of them. "Check out all of those pokémon!"
"If we caught those, we'd be able to whip the Forest Gang for sure!" said one of the others excitedly.
"There's a coupla silvery pokémon, a fire bird, a Scyther, oh boy!" said the last.
"Wartortle, go!"
"Vaporeon, go!"
"Persian, go!"
The turtle pokémon, a pokémon like just Calypso but the normal blue color, and a huge cat with a shimmering jewel came out in flashes of light.
"We don't want to fight!" I yelled to the pokémon in pokéspeech. "Please let us go!"
"Yeah! We're just passing through here, and we need to get to Fuchsia City!" said Shadow.
"I am Waterfall," said the Wartortle. "We would let you go, but we have to obey our trainers."
Calypso went over to the other Vaporeon. "Hi, I'm Calypso, who are you?" she Calypso.
"I'm Icestar," it replied. "Why are you kind of yellowy?"
"It's a long story," Calypso replied hastily.
Arbiter, Shockwave, and Lunar were talking with the Persian, whose name was Heatseeker. The trainers were definitely not liking this, though.
"Wartortle, Water Gun those pokémon!" yelled Waterblast's trainer.
"Vaporeon, use your Ice Beam on that other Vaporeon!" ordered Icestar's trainer.
"Persian, Slash!" cried Heatseeker's trainer.
None of them listened, because they were talking to us.
"Hey, why don't you try that weird pokémon that you traded for a coupla days back?" asked one.
"Ok, Chikorita, go!" yelled the other.
In a flash of light, a Chikorita with a red leaf on its head came out.
"Chiko?!?!?" asked an astonished Larissa.
"Hi guys," said Chico sadly.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I was captured, and now I have to fight at my master's will," she replied sadly.
"Chikorita, Flamethrower!" ordered its master.
"I'm sorry, guys," she said, her voice full of remorse, before she blew out a huge stream of fire at us. With Larissa's help, we were able to put up a psychic barrier, which blocked off the flames.
"Run through the tunnel to Celadon City. We'll purposely miss and seal off the route, so our trainers can't capture you!" yelled Waterblast. With that, our group took off in a dead sprint for the far tunnel, led by the Zubat from earlier. Waterblast used its water gun on the rocks above us as we passed, knocking a few boulders down. Icestar froze the rocks, and Heatseeker slashed at the remaining rocks, blocking the way behind us. I could faintly hear their trainers berating them for letting us escape. We stopped about fifty feet from the blocked way.
"Chiko! They have her!" cried Kirin sadly. "Those other pokémon allowed for us to escape."
"We can't save her, a pokémon trainer has her now," Blade said solemnly.
Before anyone could reply to this, there was a light at the end of the tunnel. We all stepped out of the tunnel.
"W-we're here," said the Zubat. "It's too bright, so now I'm leaving to go take a nap." It flew off back into the darkness.
"What now?" asked Flameheart.
"I don't know, but I guess we should try and follow this sign," I said, gesturing to a board, which was an advertisement of sorts.
It read, "Take this path for a quick way to Fuchsia City!" I read it to the group.
"Should we take it?" asked Lunar.
"It says it leads to Fuchsia City, so it must. Let's go," I said.
I should've known to never trust shortcuts. For it would lead us into something we never could've ever imagined. But being as young and naïve as I was, I never thought of the ramifications. What would become the beginning to the fight of our lives.
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Foreboding, isn't it? Well, the next chapter will come up soon.