The Shadow of the Seeking
Part I Gorwlithe of Fading Flame
Chapter 4: Past Frustration
Flame Bristle was escorted back to her corner of the tower by a furious Flame Foot. He kept twitching madly which, Flame Bristle noticed, was not a usual characteristic. That meant he was either in seriously deep thought , or he was gonna be extra pissy at people the next day. The immense pain coming from her paws was to much to bare. She really didn't favor her situation, although she was sure any other Espess would kill for the attention. But she wasn't concentrating on that. She was concentrating one of the last things Blaze Burn had said. "You may not live." Those words kept ringing in her stinging ears. But the silence was killing her more then ever. "So..." she said breaking the ice, " What are your plans for tomorrow?" Flame Foot just winced at her. She fell silent again, and no one spoke until they reached her corner.
Flame Hooves was waiting for her when she got back. "Flame Bristle" she said with eager tone ringing in her voice, "Did you actually see Blaze Burn? Is he cool? Did he sentence you to death?" Flame Bristle shuttered at her last question and said, "Go to b-" but was cut off by his senses. A weird smell was drifting into her nose. She took a huge breath through her nose and said, "What is that? Can you smell it Flame Hooves" Flame Hooves sniffed the air, "Whoa, what the heck." They couldn't seem to describe it. Then Blaze Tip, Fire Shrew, and Glamor Glaze came cantering softly as not to wake their parents. "Can you guy smell that?" Fire Shrew asked. They nodded. Flame Bristle had no one else to turn to, so she woke her mother. "Mom" she said as her mother blinked and looked up at her, "What's that smell?" Her mom sniffed and stood bolt upright. She then turned to Flame Hooves mother, Angle Hooves, and nudged her with her nose. "Angel Hooves, Can you identify this smell" She too was confused. "I.. I can't. I don't know Fire Fly" She whispered in bewilderment. "What are we gonna do?" "Flame Bristle" Fire Fly said so quick she jumped, "Go with you're friends and find Pale Fang." Pale Fang was the oldest Archie of the whole fleet. He was scheduled to get into the Yaly in a few anthdesses, but for now he was the most respected Archie. He really liked Flame Bristle.
They found Pale Fang a few leaps from the forbidden stare case. The urge to once again return to the stone was strong. But Flame Bristle controlled her desire to go back and ran to Pale Fang. "Now what would 5 espesses being doing wandering around the tower during Anthdess?" Flame bristle ran over and gave him a playful nip. "Can you smell the air Pale Fang, it's different" Glamor Glaze asked. He sniffed, and his expression went from joyful to a frown. "It can't be..." He signaled for Flame Bristle and her friends to follow him. They ran towards the end of the tower. When they got to the entrance/exit of the tower, Flame Bristle gasped. There were small shapes falling from the ground, making the noise that you can hear when claws tap softly on freshly cut wood. Flame Bristle stuck her paw outside and pulled it back in pain. It felt cold, and weird, and... "Wet" Pale Fang said, reading the young espesses thoughts. "What is this?" Glamour Glaze asked quickly retreating from the door in fear. "This is rain." "Rain?" Flame Bristle asked. "Yes Rain. Rain is water, much like the stuff you drink, only it falls from the sky. It hasn't rained in 1,000 years. And that was when this tower was brought down, by Shadow Seeker." Now Flame Bristle and her friends were REALLY confused. "Who is Shadow Seeker?" Fire Shrew asked. Pale Fang stared out at the rain for a minute, then turned back to them.
"Shadow Seeker is an Umbreon. He is the Umbreon who leads the Dark poke'mon, and Second in command to "Omnipotent Bird of Legend", and owner of Seeking tower at the very heart of the world. He is the keeper of peace among the land, though he has a hardened heart towards his cousin, Gem Stone, leader of the Psychic. But he takes orders from "Omnipotent Bird of Legend", and if something is not worthy of the title it has, he tears it down. Though it has never been taught to the young Espess, this tower was once torn down by rain. We put everything into this tower when we built it again, I only hope it is enough."
Flame Bristle suddenly had a thought. "We need to tell Blaze Burn. Now."
Part I Gorwlithe of Fading Flame
Chapter 4: Past Frustration
Flame Bristle was escorted back to her corner of the tower by a furious Flame Foot. He kept twitching madly which, Flame Bristle noticed, was not a usual characteristic. That meant he was either in seriously deep thought , or he was gonna be extra pissy at people the next day. The immense pain coming from her paws was to much to bare. She really didn't favor her situation, although she was sure any other Espess would kill for the attention. But she wasn't concentrating on that. She was concentrating one of the last things Blaze Burn had said. "You may not live." Those words kept ringing in her stinging ears. But the silence was killing her more then ever. "So..." she said breaking the ice, " What are your plans for tomorrow?" Flame Foot just winced at her. She fell silent again, and no one spoke until they reached her corner.
Flame Hooves was waiting for her when she got back. "Flame Bristle" she said with eager tone ringing in her voice, "Did you actually see Blaze Burn? Is he cool? Did he sentence you to death?" Flame Bristle shuttered at her last question and said, "Go to b-" but was cut off by his senses. A weird smell was drifting into her nose. She took a huge breath through her nose and said, "What is that? Can you smell it Flame Hooves" Flame Hooves sniffed the air, "Whoa, what the heck." They couldn't seem to describe it. Then Blaze Tip, Fire Shrew, and Glamor Glaze came cantering softly as not to wake their parents. "Can you guy smell that?" Fire Shrew asked. They nodded. Flame Bristle had no one else to turn to, so she woke her mother. "Mom" she said as her mother blinked and looked up at her, "What's that smell?" Her mom sniffed and stood bolt upright. She then turned to Flame Hooves mother, Angle Hooves, and nudged her with her nose. "Angel Hooves, Can you identify this smell" She too was confused. "I.. I can't. I don't know Fire Fly" She whispered in bewilderment. "What are we gonna do?" "Flame Bristle" Fire Fly said so quick she jumped, "Go with you're friends and find Pale Fang." Pale Fang was the oldest Archie of the whole fleet. He was scheduled to get into the Yaly in a few anthdesses, but for now he was the most respected Archie. He really liked Flame Bristle.
They found Pale Fang a few leaps from the forbidden stare case. The urge to once again return to the stone was strong. But Flame Bristle controlled her desire to go back and ran to Pale Fang. "Now what would 5 espesses being doing wandering around the tower during Anthdess?" Flame bristle ran over and gave him a playful nip. "Can you smell the air Pale Fang, it's different" Glamor Glaze asked. He sniffed, and his expression went from joyful to a frown. "It can't be..." He signaled for Flame Bristle and her friends to follow him. They ran towards the end of the tower. When they got to the entrance/exit of the tower, Flame Bristle gasped. There were small shapes falling from the ground, making the noise that you can hear when claws tap softly on freshly cut wood. Flame Bristle stuck her paw outside and pulled it back in pain. It felt cold, and weird, and... "Wet" Pale Fang said, reading the young espesses thoughts. "What is this?" Glamour Glaze asked quickly retreating from the door in fear. "This is rain." "Rain?" Flame Bristle asked. "Yes Rain. Rain is water, much like the stuff you drink, only it falls from the sky. It hasn't rained in 1,000 years. And that was when this tower was brought down, by Shadow Seeker." Now Flame Bristle and her friends were REALLY confused. "Who is Shadow Seeker?" Fire Shrew asked. Pale Fang stared out at the rain for a minute, then turned back to them.
"Shadow Seeker is an Umbreon. He is the Umbreon who leads the Dark poke'mon, and Second in command to "Omnipotent Bird of Legend", and owner of Seeking tower at the very heart of the world. He is the keeper of peace among the land, though he has a hardened heart towards his cousin, Gem Stone, leader of the Psychic. But he takes orders from "Omnipotent Bird of Legend", and if something is not worthy of the title it has, he tears it down. Though it has never been taught to the young Espess, this tower was once torn down by rain. We put everything into this tower when we built it again, I only hope it is enough."
Flame Bristle suddenly had a thought. "We need to tell Blaze Burn. Now."