The Shadow of the Seeking
Part I Gorwlithe of Fading Flame
Chapter 2: The Stone
The Blaze pack was home to a particularly feisty Growlithe named Flame Bristle. She wasn't the most popular poke`mon, that would be Blazing Stomp the Ponyta (for an Espess anyway), but she did have a lot of friends. She had Flame Hooves a Ponyta, Fire Shrew a Cyndaquil, Blaze Tip the Charmander, and Glamor Glaze the Vulpix. These mischievous poke`mon seemed to always be in trouble. In fact, the leader of the Archies, Flame Foot the Houndoom, seemed to always be snipping at their feet in scolding and such.
That Anthdess was cold, brisk, and inviting to Flame Bristle. She got up and sniffed the chill air. It smelled like trouble. She got up from her mothers corner (each family had a corner) and walked around, slinking in shadows as to avoid the Archies on patrol. She went over to Flame Hooves corner and nudged Flame Hooves in the middle. "Wha?" Flame Hooves said sleepily, "Is it already time for Nursials [Food]?" "Shh!" Flame Bristle said and Flame Hooves silenced. "Can you smell it? It smells like mischief. It's inviting us to come and play along. Do you wish to come?" "Oh Flame Bristle" said Flame Hooves with a stifled yawn, "We can't! We've already gotten in trouble by the Archies this morning! We might get in serious trouble!" "Who cares?" Flame Bristle sniggered quietly,"Flame Foot won't send us to see Blaze Burn, not at this hour, unless it's something really bad! Not for walking around at Anthdess. PLEASE!" Flame Bristle gave her the puppy eyes. "Oh alright, but if We do get caught, I had nothing to do with this."
They had been walking around the tower for hours, looking for the thing that had triggered Flame Bristle's senses. Nothing seemed to present itself. But Flame Bristle was determined to find whatever it was. They had soon reached the stairway that, if rumors were told true, held the greatest powers of the tower inside the chamber after the never ending staircase. "C'mon! This must be where it's coming from!" Flame Bristle said excitedly. "NO! We'll get in trouble for sure!' Flame Hooves said resisting. "Fine, I will go by myself then!" and Flame Bristle stormed off. "Oh dear" Flame Hooves said. She swung around and was about to walk away when she heard a voice from behind her, "Where is your companion, Flame Hooves?" She turned and Screamed in horror. It was Flame Foot. "Well! Where is she?" "Up the stairs." Flame Hooves answered. Flame Foot shook his head in understanding. And sprinted up the stairs. Flame Hooves took off in the opposite direction, towards her corner.
At the top of the "Never Ending" stairs, Flame Bristle glanced around, but in the middle was a unusual stone, not a fire stone, it was in a case. It glowed a bright yellow, but it was not an electric stone either. No, this was new. Flame Bristle's curiosity got the better of her, and she stepped towards it. She sniffed in a whiff of something delightful, coming from the stone. It smelt like a different kind of Nursials she had never smelt before. She couldn't help it, she licked the stone. She wished she hadn't. Her paws began to burn, she felt her heart pumping fast. "This is death" she kept on thinking in her head. But almost as quick as it had come, it stopped. She looked down at her paws. They were...transparent. Almost transparent. Noises sounded up the steps, and Flame Foot jumped out. "So, you've touched it." He looked, well there was no other way to put it, concerned. "Come with me, we must see Blaze Burn now."
Part I Gorwlithe of Fading Flame
Chapter 2: The Stone
The Blaze pack was home to a particularly feisty Growlithe named Flame Bristle. She wasn't the most popular poke`mon, that would be Blazing Stomp the Ponyta (for an Espess anyway), but she did have a lot of friends. She had Flame Hooves a Ponyta, Fire Shrew a Cyndaquil, Blaze Tip the Charmander, and Glamor Glaze the Vulpix. These mischievous poke`mon seemed to always be in trouble. In fact, the leader of the Archies, Flame Foot the Houndoom, seemed to always be snipping at their feet in scolding and such.
That Anthdess was cold, brisk, and inviting to Flame Bristle. She got up and sniffed the chill air. It smelled like trouble. She got up from her mothers corner (each family had a corner) and walked around, slinking in shadows as to avoid the Archies on patrol. She went over to Flame Hooves corner and nudged Flame Hooves in the middle. "Wha?" Flame Hooves said sleepily, "Is it already time for Nursials [Food]?" "Shh!" Flame Bristle said and Flame Hooves silenced. "Can you smell it? It smells like mischief. It's inviting us to come and play along. Do you wish to come?" "Oh Flame Bristle" said Flame Hooves with a stifled yawn, "We can't! We've already gotten in trouble by the Archies this morning! We might get in serious trouble!" "Who cares?" Flame Bristle sniggered quietly,"Flame Foot won't send us to see Blaze Burn, not at this hour, unless it's something really bad! Not for walking around at Anthdess. PLEASE!" Flame Bristle gave her the puppy eyes. "Oh alright, but if We do get caught, I had nothing to do with this."
They had been walking around the tower for hours, looking for the thing that had triggered Flame Bristle's senses. Nothing seemed to present itself. But Flame Bristle was determined to find whatever it was. They had soon reached the stairway that, if rumors were told true, held the greatest powers of the tower inside the chamber after the never ending staircase. "C'mon! This must be where it's coming from!" Flame Bristle said excitedly. "NO! We'll get in trouble for sure!' Flame Hooves said resisting. "Fine, I will go by myself then!" and Flame Bristle stormed off. "Oh dear" Flame Hooves said. She swung around and was about to walk away when she heard a voice from behind her, "Where is your companion, Flame Hooves?" She turned and Screamed in horror. It was Flame Foot. "Well! Where is she?" "Up the stairs." Flame Hooves answered. Flame Foot shook his head in understanding. And sprinted up the stairs. Flame Hooves took off in the opposite direction, towards her corner.
At the top of the "Never Ending" stairs, Flame Bristle glanced around, but in the middle was a unusual stone, not a fire stone, it was in a case. It glowed a bright yellow, but it was not an electric stone either. No, this was new. Flame Bristle's curiosity got the better of her, and she stepped towards it. She sniffed in a whiff of something delightful, coming from the stone. It smelt like a different kind of Nursials she had never smelt before. She couldn't help it, she licked the stone. She wished she hadn't. Her paws began to burn, she felt her heart pumping fast. "This is death" she kept on thinking in her head. But almost as quick as it had come, it stopped. She looked down at her paws. They were...transparent. Almost transparent. Noises sounded up the steps, and Flame Foot jumped out. "So, you've touched it." He looked, well there was no other way to put it, concerned. "Come with me, we must see Blaze Burn now."