AN/ FF.N seems to be determined to make my life miserable. It is now
deleting anything inside , if those even show up. So I had to change
the telepathic communication symbol to {Talk}, which really bothers me.
Grrrrrrrrr. And, as always, please read, review, and enjoy! (
When Tasha woke up later she realized she was laying face down on a soft bed of grass. Her back throbbed, but it wasn't hurting as much as before. She slowly scanned the her surroundings, still a little out of it. The walls were stone, but everything else was as beautiful as a garden. Several small, tranquil pools of crystal clear water dotted the large cavern she was in, which was filled with small trees and flowers.
"What happened?" she wondered, "Did I die?" Feeling better than she had in a long time, Tasha struggled to her feet. She gingerly rubbed her wrists, which were still black and blue from the manacles. She did a slow circle, taking in more of her surroundings.
Tasha gasped. Behind her Entei was asleep under one of the small trees. She also saw Raikou, who was drinking from one of the many pools.
"What happened?" she asked herself.
{I brought you here,} a voice said from somewhere nearby. Actually, "said" isn't the right word, since Tasha only heard the voice in her mind.
"What?" she asked. Then the speaker appeared. Tasha's eyes went wide. She remembered seeing his form for a brief second before she fainted, but now she actually had a good look at the strange new pokemon. He was over a foot taller than she was, and had the most intense violet eyes she had ever seen. His head was angular, with two very pointy ears. He had two necks and three nubs on each paw. He was completely white, except for his tail, which was violet. He stood upright, balanced on his toes.
"Who are you?" she asked, mostly in wonder. She remembered the panel about him in Alph, he was the on who lived in Goldenrod City. But he was the only one not named in Alph.
{I am Mewtwo,} he replied telepathically.
"I'm Tasha," Tasha replied, it seemed like the right thing to say. "Thanks for helping me. But what is this place?"
{This is a hidden cavern beneath Mt.Cana, where I moved the spring and the lake,} the pokemon replied.
"We are under Mt.Cana?" asked Tasha, eyeing the ceiling suspiciously.
{Yes, watch,} said Mewtwo. His eyes glowed with an intense blue light and he Teleported himself and the girl to the surface.
"What? Wow!" exclaimed Tasha as she looked around. It hurt her still healing back to move to quickly, but it was breath-taking on top of the mountain. The cool mountain air blew her hair around. The sky was gorgeous, because the sun was just peeking over the horizon. The small island they were on had its own wild beauty. Beyond it was the dried out crater where the lake had used to be. Many plants were already growing in it.
Tasha looked above her, and saw the legendary birds doing slow circles in the sky. They were simply happy to be able to stretch their cramped wings.
{I know, it is beautiful,} Mewtwo voiced their thoughts.
"But why did you bring us here?" asked Tasha. The pokemon turned his intense violet eyes on her, making her shift uncomfortably.
{The spring here has amazing healing capabilities,} Mewtwo explained, {That is something all of you needed. I also have some questions that only you may be able to answer.}
"What? But how did you even know where to find us? And why did you even bother to help?" asked Tasha.
{I followed the man who was holding you prisoner back to his house,} he explained, {Something with him seemed out of place, and now I am glad that I decided to follow him.}
"How did you escape him? I mean, none of the others could," asked Tasha as the wind began to pick up.
{He underestimated me,} replied Mewtwo, his eyes smiling. {And now I have some questions, which I hope you are able to answer.} A huge zephyr came and nearly knocked the girl off of her feet.
"What?!" asked Tasha.
{Not now,} the pokemon cautioned, {There is a storm coming. This place is not safe once it begins. I'll Teleport you below, but I have to warn the others.}
"OK....." agreed Tasha, as her necklace whipped around her neck. Mewtwo's eyes began to glow and an instant later Tasha was back underground. He than flew off to warn Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres about the dangers of flying in this weather.
Tasha looked around the cavern again, as she let her eyes adjust to the slightly dimmer lighting. Raikou had laid down and was watching the others in the cavern. Entei was pacing out of restlessness, back and forth, back and forth. Suicune had appeared, and was closely examining the spring.
"If this water is as pure as Mewtwo said it was, it is no wonder that it interests Suicune," thought Tasha as she watched the aurora pokemon. "This is too bizarre. I mean.... how many people actually see a legendary pokemon, and here I am with seven! Not to mention I keep getting dragged all over the place. But I like this place better than the last." A large clap of thunder knocked Tasha out of her thoughts. The thunder was followed by a huge deluge of rain. It sound like billions of buckets of water were being poured over the roof of the cavern. Mewtwo and Moltres blew in with the first drops of rain.
{It is foolishness to stay out in this weather,} grumbled Mewtwo.
"They'll come in quick enough," replied Moltres, "They just have to prove they can take a little rain."
{Around here it is never a little rain,} Mewtwo retorted.
"That is why they will be in soon enough," replied Moltres, "Who wants to be out in the rain anyways."
Tasha was more or less gaping at the bird of fire. Moltres was barely twenty feet away from her, closer than she had ever been to any legendary, save Mewtwo. Tasha was stunned at how beautiful Moltres looked, with its bright flame contrasting the shadows of the cavern. "How can anyone think of imprisoning something so beautiful?"
"Why is there a human child here?" asked Moltres noticing Tasha.
{She was a prisoner, like yourself, so I brought her here,} replied Mewtwo.
"A prisoner?!" he squawked, "Since when do humans begin to catch their own kind?"
"Because I knew something he wanted to know," replied Tasha, honestly, but a little embarrassed.
{You can understand what Moltres just said?} asked Mewtwo.
"Yes," replied Tasha, "I don't know how, but about two and a half weeks ago I woke up and was able to understand poke-speak." She got weird looks from both of the pokemon.
{What did you know?} asked Mewtwo finally. There was a hesitant pause on Tasha's part. But she was saved from having to answer by Zapdos and Articuno flying in.
"That was fun!" exclaimed Articuno as she landed. Frozen water droplets showered the ground.
"I have never seen a worse storm," commented Zapdos, "Well, maybe one worse storm."
Tasha was again shock to be so close to more legendaries. Articuno was more stunning than she ever imagined from looking at the panels in Alph. With her long, elegant tail and pale blue crest and plumage, Tasha was amazed. She never realized so many shades of blue existed, as were displayed in Articuno's feathers. Zapdos was just as magnificent, but in another way. Just by her vivid yellow feathers she seemed to glow. The black feathers in her tail, and the layer in her wings proved to be perfect for contrasting. The black plumes on her face gave her an almost sinister look, that was not necessarily her personality.
"So you decided not to be storm riders?" snapped Moltres.
"Back off fire breath, at least we can take a little rain," retorted Articuno.
"Well, at least...." Moltres began to reply.
{Now is not the time for your quarrels,} reminded Mewtwo as he walked away. "No wonder Lugia had to interfere," he thought. Tasha was still starring at them. She began to feel guilty for them being caught, even if she didn't betray these three specifically.
"So how come you are here?" asked Articuno when she noticed Tasha.
"Um.... I was brought here," she replied. "I can't believe I am actually having conversations with legendary pokemon," she thought.
"So it appears that I was not alone with my troubles," said Entei as he walked over to where Tasha, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres were standing. Tasha was surprised at how big he was, close up. Her head probably only came up to his shoulders. Tasha took a tiny step backwards because his silver, yellow, and red mask-like part of his face intimidated her. But she then remembered how gentle the ruins said his kind was and calmed herself down. His brownish red coat had lost some of its luster from his time in captivity, but still was glossy and smooth. Tasha also noticed the manacle like parts on his legs and remembered the manacles that were placed on her wrists. He had a white mane that flowed behind him like hair, which covered several hard silver, wing-like projections on his back.
"That is a face I never thought I would see," commented Moltres, as he eyed the new legendary.
"It appears we have a common enemy," observed Raikou as he also joined in on the conversation. "One who does not care who he hurts." Tasha shuddered. She knew this was true. Raikou had a mask-like face like Entei, but his was silver, blue, and white and wasn't so sharp looking. He had a billowing pale lilac mane and a jagged silver tail that ended in a barb, like a lightning bolt. The rest of his fur was as intense a yellow as Zapdos, but Raikou had several black stripes that resembled the letter V.
"It is hard to believe a human would be able to bring us all down," commented Articuno.
"You didn't stand a chance, frost bite," snapped Zapdos.
"Like you did, static cling," retorted Articuno.
"Why do the three of you always fight?" asked Tasha, surprised that she found her voice, ".... I mean, you caused a lot of trouble last time." The birds looked at her with a kind of shock. They really had no answer to her question.
The eerie silence was shattered by a sharp bolt of thunder, then by a scene by the bank of one of the pools. Suicune stood at the edge of one, still enjoying the spring. But as if she got bored with that she suddenly broke into a run, sending water spraying everywhere as she raced on top of the surface of the water. Her violet main and aqua blue crystalline charm seemed to glitter as she ran. Her white, ribbon-like tails whipped wildly around her. Her blue fur with white diamond spots made her appear to be one with the water. She landed gracefully on the opposite bank and walked over to the mix-matched group as if nothing had happened. Tasha could see that she was barely shorter than Entei, but she was still taller than Raikou, who was about as tall as Tasha was. The others gaped at her performance, even Mewtwo, who was in the corner of the cavern, reminiscing about the time he lived here.
"What is going on here?" asked Suicune.
"Suicune.... that would complete the set," muttered Moltres, who was trying to make a joke about the bad situation they had wound up in.
"I was minding my business the whole time," grumbled Raikou. He sat down as he said that. Tasha saw this and did the same. It caused her back to hurt a little more, but she pushed it out of her mind.
"Let's face it," said Zapdos, bluntly, "we were all caught...."
"It wasn't a fair fight," Suicune pointed out.
"I am just ready to get back to my nest," said Moltres.
{You would be better off to finish the day here,} said Mewtwo, walking over. {It is unsafe to travel in this weather and none of you are at full strength.}
"Who are you?" asked Entei, speaking for most of the group.
{I am Mewtwo,} he replied.
"I have never heard of your kind before," commented Articuno.
{My kind? I am the only one. There are no others,} Mewtwo replied.
"I guess that is what it meant when it said, 'never seen before in history and never will be seen again,'" muttered Tasha. She hadn't meant to be heard, but pokemon have better hearing than people.
asked Mewtwo, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Um.... the Ruins of Alph," she replied. She told the truth because she did not think it was right to lie, not ever.
{What do you mean?} asked Mewtwo.
"The ruins say stuff about you," replied Tasha. She was beginning to get nervous, although she had no idea why. She felt something behind her, pushing slightly on her tender back. She turned around and saw that Entei had sat down behind her. Red eyes met brown. "That's right," thought Tasha, "Entei likes kids."
{What does it say?} asked Mewtwo. He liked his secrets to be kept, and this could definitely endanger them.
"About you, or in general?" asked Tasha.
{About me?} he gaped, {Impossible.}
"It does say stuff, about all of you," replied Tasha. Fourteen eyes turned on her. "I shouldn't have said that," she thought.
"You can't mean about us, specifically," protested Raikou.
"Well..... yes....." stuttered Tasha.
"How is that possible?" asked Suicune.
"So everything about us is in plain view for anyone in that building," grumbled Zapdos.
"Oh, no," explained Tasha, "The panels aren't that detailed, and I think I am the only one who can read them."
{Explain everything,} suggested Mewtwo, simply.
Tasha took a deep breath and did so. She tried not to leave anything out, even her knowledge of the pokemons' lives and her own capture. It took her a good chunk of time to get through everything. She got some very interesting looks from the legendaries from time to time, but she tried to ignore these.
"And that's about it," she said as she finished. It was silent, save for the falling rain, for a few seconds afterwards.
"I find all of that hard to believe," commented Moltres at length.
{How is all of that possible?} wondered Mewtwo. She had said things about him that he had hoped would never see the light of day.
"I don't know, I was wondering the same things myself," replied Tasha.
"No one should have gone through what that man put," said Entei to Tasha. Tasha was surprised, that was the first sympathy she really had received.
"I am sorry I ended up putting you though all of that too," she said to Raikou and Suicune as well as Entei, still feeling guilty.
"It was not your fault," said Raikou.
"We don't blame you for anything," added Suicune.
"It doesn't make any sense," puzzled Zapdos, still trying to figure it all out.
"Is it all true?" wondered Articuno, she seemed to look right at Mewtwo when she asked that.
"I have no reason to doubt that," said Moltres.
"But to actually have the words change?" wondered Entei.
"That isn't quite what I meant," said Articuno, "You all know about us, the whole world does..... But no one has even heard of you." She looked straight at Mewtwo when she said that. "What are you hiding?"
{If you knew what I was capable of you would not demand things like that,} he warned.
"I do think Articuno has a point," said Suicune. "While we are grateful for you getting us out of that prison, you know about us but we know nothing about you." Mewtwo remained silent.
"You said you are the only one, but don't you have family or something?" asked Tasha, think of her father.
{I have no family,} he replied.
"How is that possible?" asked Raikou.
{I am not like you,} he replied, }I was never born into this world, but created. Using Mew's......}
"Did someone say my name?" chimed a new voice.
{Mew,} said Mewtwo, eyeing the floating pink kitten. {What are you doing here?} The newcomer was the palest of pinks, and by far the smallest legendary yet. Tasha guessed that she could hold Mew in her lap. Well, all except for her tail, that is, which was about twice as long as she was. She had big blue, almond shaped eyes, that were full of eagerness.
"I came to see you. I looked everywhere. You hide well, did you know that? But I finally found you. I am not surprised you find a wild place like this to hide. But I never thought that you would have such a variety of company. And....." rattled Mew.
"Slow down," said Raikou. "And what are you doing here?"
"I came to visit a friend, but I didn't know he had company," said Mew giggling. She conjured up a pink bubble and began to bounce on it.
"A friend of yours?" asked Suicune to Mewtwo. His eyes narrowed at this, but he said nothing.
"How do you two know each other?" asked Articuno, "I didn't event think that Mew existed any more.
"Most don't," the tiny cat replied, "I like it that way."
{Mew appeared and stopped me from making one of the biggest mistakes of my life,} explained Mewtwo.
"After you tried to blast me," joked Mew.
"Why did you do that?" asked Raikou. "Mew is the strongest pokemon alive. Even I wouldn't try something like that."
"You give me too much credit," said Mew with a blush. Tasha was still gaping at this point.
{Was the strongest,} said Mewtwo, {I was created to be stronger.} It was dead silent for a minute after this comment.
"What do you mean by created?" asked Tasha the same time Suicune asked "Do you mean you are really stronger than Mew?"
"Well,....." said Mew, "It was kinda a tie when we fought last time."
"You actually fought each other?!" exclaimed Articuno. Tasha glanced around the cavern. She noticed that Moltres, Entei, and Zapdos had drifted to sleep, more or less.
{Yes, we did,} admitted Mewtwo, {I was cloned from Mew's DNA. When I was created I was designed to be the strongest ever, just to be some human's living weapon.}
"Is that even possible?" asked Raikou.
"That is awful! No wonder you did all of that!" exclaimed Tasha, "No one should have to live like that."
"What happened?" asked Articuno.
{It wasn't much different from what Tasha said,} he explained, {I was lied to and used, so I fled. I want so badly to hurt someone that I did not care about anything. But between Mew and another human child my eyes were opened. I left to find peace and came here. But I was not left in peace. Those who wanted to control me hunted me down...... It almost cost me my life resisting them, but that same child put away all differences and saved my life. I now know that how I came into this world is unimportant, but that doesn't mean that I still do not face discrimination.}
"And I thought I had it hard...." muttered Raikou.
"I can see why you tried so hard to protect your secrets. Perhaps if our kinds ad been more secretive in the past, we would have had the trouble we had had recently," commented Suicune.
"But what happened this week cannot repeat itself," said Articuno, which they all agreed on. "But what can we do?"
"What happened this past week?" asked Mew.
{I will see what I can do,} said Mewtwo, {For now you should rest to recover your strength. I will help send you on your ways tomorrow. But,} He looked at Tasha, {I plan on returning with you to these ruins and seeing for myself what dangers there may be for us in the future.} Tasha was surprised, but said nothing.
"What happened?" asked Mew again.
{Come, I will explain it,} said Mewtwo as he walked away.
"His idea about sleeping sounds good," muttered Articuno as she stuck her head beneath her wing. Raikou and Suicune also lowered their heads and closed their eyes. Tasha leaned up against Entei and also fell asleep.
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When Tasha woke up later she realized she was laying face down on a soft bed of grass. Her back throbbed, but it wasn't hurting as much as before. She slowly scanned the her surroundings, still a little out of it. The walls were stone, but everything else was as beautiful as a garden. Several small, tranquil pools of crystal clear water dotted the large cavern she was in, which was filled with small trees and flowers.
"What happened?" she wondered, "Did I die?" Feeling better than she had in a long time, Tasha struggled to her feet. She gingerly rubbed her wrists, which were still black and blue from the manacles. She did a slow circle, taking in more of her surroundings.
Tasha gasped. Behind her Entei was asleep under one of the small trees. She also saw Raikou, who was drinking from one of the many pools.
"What happened?" she asked herself.
{I brought you here,} a voice said from somewhere nearby. Actually, "said" isn't the right word, since Tasha only heard the voice in her mind.
"What?" she asked. Then the speaker appeared. Tasha's eyes went wide. She remembered seeing his form for a brief second before she fainted, but now she actually had a good look at the strange new pokemon. He was over a foot taller than she was, and had the most intense violet eyes she had ever seen. His head was angular, with two very pointy ears. He had two necks and three nubs on each paw. He was completely white, except for his tail, which was violet. He stood upright, balanced on his toes.
"Who are you?" she asked, mostly in wonder. She remembered the panel about him in Alph, he was the on who lived in Goldenrod City. But he was the only one not named in Alph.
{I am Mewtwo,} he replied telepathically.
"I'm Tasha," Tasha replied, it seemed like the right thing to say. "Thanks for helping me. But what is this place?"
{This is a hidden cavern beneath Mt.Cana, where I moved the spring and the lake,} the pokemon replied.
"We are under Mt.Cana?" asked Tasha, eyeing the ceiling suspiciously.
{Yes, watch,} said Mewtwo. His eyes glowed with an intense blue light and he Teleported himself and the girl to the surface.
"What? Wow!" exclaimed Tasha as she looked around. It hurt her still healing back to move to quickly, but it was breath-taking on top of the mountain. The cool mountain air blew her hair around. The sky was gorgeous, because the sun was just peeking over the horizon. The small island they were on had its own wild beauty. Beyond it was the dried out crater where the lake had used to be. Many plants were already growing in it.
Tasha looked above her, and saw the legendary birds doing slow circles in the sky. They were simply happy to be able to stretch their cramped wings.
{I know, it is beautiful,} Mewtwo voiced their thoughts.
"But why did you bring us here?" asked Tasha. The pokemon turned his intense violet eyes on her, making her shift uncomfortably.
{The spring here has amazing healing capabilities,} Mewtwo explained, {That is something all of you needed. I also have some questions that only you may be able to answer.}
"What? But how did you even know where to find us? And why did you even bother to help?" asked Tasha.
{I followed the man who was holding you prisoner back to his house,} he explained, {Something with him seemed out of place, and now I am glad that I decided to follow him.}
"How did you escape him? I mean, none of the others could," asked Tasha as the wind began to pick up.
{He underestimated me,} replied Mewtwo, his eyes smiling. {And now I have some questions, which I hope you are able to answer.} A huge zephyr came and nearly knocked the girl off of her feet.
"What?!" asked Tasha.
{Not now,} the pokemon cautioned, {There is a storm coming. This place is not safe once it begins. I'll Teleport you below, but I have to warn the others.}
"OK....." agreed Tasha, as her necklace whipped around her neck. Mewtwo's eyes began to glow and an instant later Tasha was back underground. He than flew off to warn Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres about the dangers of flying in this weather.
Tasha looked around the cavern again, as she let her eyes adjust to the slightly dimmer lighting. Raikou had laid down and was watching the others in the cavern. Entei was pacing out of restlessness, back and forth, back and forth. Suicune had appeared, and was closely examining the spring.
"If this water is as pure as Mewtwo said it was, it is no wonder that it interests Suicune," thought Tasha as she watched the aurora pokemon. "This is too bizarre. I mean.... how many people actually see a legendary pokemon, and here I am with seven! Not to mention I keep getting dragged all over the place. But I like this place better than the last." A large clap of thunder knocked Tasha out of her thoughts. The thunder was followed by a huge deluge of rain. It sound like billions of buckets of water were being poured over the roof of the cavern. Mewtwo and Moltres blew in with the first drops of rain.
{It is foolishness to stay out in this weather,} grumbled Mewtwo.
"They'll come in quick enough," replied Moltres, "They just have to prove they can take a little rain."
{Around here it is never a little rain,} Mewtwo retorted.
"That is why they will be in soon enough," replied Moltres, "Who wants to be out in the rain anyways."
Tasha was more or less gaping at the bird of fire. Moltres was barely twenty feet away from her, closer than she had ever been to any legendary, save Mewtwo. Tasha was stunned at how beautiful Moltres looked, with its bright flame contrasting the shadows of the cavern. "How can anyone think of imprisoning something so beautiful?"
"Why is there a human child here?" asked Moltres noticing Tasha.
{She was a prisoner, like yourself, so I brought her here,} replied Mewtwo.
"A prisoner?!" he squawked, "Since when do humans begin to catch their own kind?"
"Because I knew something he wanted to know," replied Tasha, honestly, but a little embarrassed.
{You can understand what Moltres just said?} asked Mewtwo.
"Yes," replied Tasha, "I don't know how, but about two and a half weeks ago I woke up and was able to understand poke-speak." She got weird looks from both of the pokemon.
{What did you know?} asked Mewtwo finally. There was a hesitant pause on Tasha's part. But she was saved from having to answer by Zapdos and Articuno flying in.
"That was fun!" exclaimed Articuno as she landed. Frozen water droplets showered the ground.
"I have never seen a worse storm," commented Zapdos, "Well, maybe one worse storm."
Tasha was again shock to be so close to more legendaries. Articuno was more stunning than she ever imagined from looking at the panels in Alph. With her long, elegant tail and pale blue crest and plumage, Tasha was amazed. She never realized so many shades of blue existed, as were displayed in Articuno's feathers. Zapdos was just as magnificent, but in another way. Just by her vivid yellow feathers she seemed to glow. The black feathers in her tail, and the layer in her wings proved to be perfect for contrasting. The black plumes on her face gave her an almost sinister look, that was not necessarily her personality.
"So you decided not to be storm riders?" snapped Moltres.
"Back off fire breath, at least we can take a little rain," retorted Articuno.
"Well, at least...." Moltres began to reply.
{Now is not the time for your quarrels,} reminded Mewtwo as he walked away. "No wonder Lugia had to interfere," he thought. Tasha was still starring at them. She began to feel guilty for them being caught, even if she didn't betray these three specifically.
"So how come you are here?" asked Articuno when she noticed Tasha.
"Um.... I was brought here," she replied. "I can't believe I am actually having conversations with legendary pokemon," she thought.
"So it appears that I was not alone with my troubles," said Entei as he walked over to where Tasha, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres were standing. Tasha was surprised at how big he was, close up. Her head probably only came up to his shoulders. Tasha took a tiny step backwards because his silver, yellow, and red mask-like part of his face intimidated her. But she then remembered how gentle the ruins said his kind was and calmed herself down. His brownish red coat had lost some of its luster from his time in captivity, but still was glossy and smooth. Tasha also noticed the manacle like parts on his legs and remembered the manacles that were placed on her wrists. He had a white mane that flowed behind him like hair, which covered several hard silver, wing-like projections on his back.
"That is a face I never thought I would see," commented Moltres, as he eyed the new legendary.
"It appears we have a common enemy," observed Raikou as he also joined in on the conversation. "One who does not care who he hurts." Tasha shuddered. She knew this was true. Raikou had a mask-like face like Entei, but his was silver, blue, and white and wasn't so sharp looking. He had a billowing pale lilac mane and a jagged silver tail that ended in a barb, like a lightning bolt. The rest of his fur was as intense a yellow as Zapdos, but Raikou had several black stripes that resembled the letter V.
"It is hard to believe a human would be able to bring us all down," commented Articuno.
"You didn't stand a chance, frost bite," snapped Zapdos.
"Like you did, static cling," retorted Articuno.
"Why do the three of you always fight?" asked Tasha, surprised that she found her voice, ".... I mean, you caused a lot of trouble last time." The birds looked at her with a kind of shock. They really had no answer to her question.
The eerie silence was shattered by a sharp bolt of thunder, then by a scene by the bank of one of the pools. Suicune stood at the edge of one, still enjoying the spring. But as if she got bored with that she suddenly broke into a run, sending water spraying everywhere as she raced on top of the surface of the water. Her violet main and aqua blue crystalline charm seemed to glitter as she ran. Her white, ribbon-like tails whipped wildly around her. Her blue fur with white diamond spots made her appear to be one with the water. She landed gracefully on the opposite bank and walked over to the mix-matched group as if nothing had happened. Tasha could see that she was barely shorter than Entei, but she was still taller than Raikou, who was about as tall as Tasha was. The others gaped at her performance, even Mewtwo, who was in the corner of the cavern, reminiscing about the time he lived here.
"What is going on here?" asked Suicune.
"Suicune.... that would complete the set," muttered Moltres, who was trying to make a joke about the bad situation they had wound up in.
"I was minding my business the whole time," grumbled Raikou. He sat down as he said that. Tasha saw this and did the same. It caused her back to hurt a little more, but she pushed it out of her mind.
"Let's face it," said Zapdos, bluntly, "we were all caught...."
"It wasn't a fair fight," Suicune pointed out.
"I am just ready to get back to my nest," said Moltres.
{You would be better off to finish the day here,} said Mewtwo, walking over. {It is unsafe to travel in this weather and none of you are at full strength.}
"Who are you?" asked Entei, speaking for most of the group.
{I am Mewtwo,} he replied.
"I have never heard of your kind before," commented Articuno.
{My kind? I am the only one. There are no others,} Mewtwo replied.
"I guess that is what it meant when it said, 'never seen before in history and never will be seen again,'" muttered Tasha. She hadn't meant to be heard, but pokemon have better hearing than people.
asked Mewtwo, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Um.... the Ruins of Alph," she replied. She told the truth because she did not think it was right to lie, not ever.
{What do you mean?} asked Mewtwo.
"The ruins say stuff about you," replied Tasha. She was beginning to get nervous, although she had no idea why. She felt something behind her, pushing slightly on her tender back. She turned around and saw that Entei had sat down behind her. Red eyes met brown. "That's right," thought Tasha, "Entei likes kids."
{What does it say?} asked Mewtwo. He liked his secrets to be kept, and this could definitely endanger them.
"About you, or in general?" asked Tasha.
{About me?} he gaped, {Impossible.}
"It does say stuff, about all of you," replied Tasha. Fourteen eyes turned on her. "I shouldn't have said that," she thought.
"You can't mean about us, specifically," protested Raikou.
"Well..... yes....." stuttered Tasha.
"How is that possible?" asked Suicune.
"So everything about us is in plain view for anyone in that building," grumbled Zapdos.
"Oh, no," explained Tasha, "The panels aren't that detailed, and I think I am the only one who can read them."
{Explain everything,} suggested Mewtwo, simply.
Tasha took a deep breath and did so. She tried not to leave anything out, even her knowledge of the pokemons' lives and her own capture. It took her a good chunk of time to get through everything. She got some very interesting looks from the legendaries from time to time, but she tried to ignore these.
"And that's about it," she said as she finished. It was silent, save for the falling rain, for a few seconds afterwards.
"I find all of that hard to believe," commented Moltres at length.
{How is all of that possible?} wondered Mewtwo. She had said things about him that he had hoped would never see the light of day.
"I don't know, I was wondering the same things myself," replied Tasha.
"No one should have gone through what that man put," said Entei to Tasha. Tasha was surprised, that was the first sympathy she really had received.
"I am sorry I ended up putting you though all of that too," she said to Raikou and Suicune as well as Entei, still feeling guilty.
"It was not your fault," said Raikou.
"We don't blame you for anything," added Suicune.
"It doesn't make any sense," puzzled Zapdos, still trying to figure it all out.
"Is it all true?" wondered Articuno, she seemed to look right at Mewtwo when she asked that.
"I have no reason to doubt that," said Moltres.
"But to actually have the words change?" wondered Entei.
"That isn't quite what I meant," said Articuno, "You all know about us, the whole world does..... But no one has even heard of you." She looked straight at Mewtwo when she said that. "What are you hiding?"
{If you knew what I was capable of you would not demand things like that,} he warned.
"I do think Articuno has a point," said Suicune. "While we are grateful for you getting us out of that prison, you know about us but we know nothing about you." Mewtwo remained silent.
"You said you are the only one, but don't you have family or something?" asked Tasha, think of her father.
{I have no family,} he replied.
"How is that possible?" asked Raikou.
{I am not like you,} he replied, }I was never born into this world, but created. Using Mew's......}
"Did someone say my name?" chimed a new voice.
{Mew,} said Mewtwo, eyeing the floating pink kitten. {What are you doing here?} The newcomer was the palest of pinks, and by far the smallest legendary yet. Tasha guessed that she could hold Mew in her lap. Well, all except for her tail, that is, which was about twice as long as she was. She had big blue, almond shaped eyes, that were full of eagerness.
"I came to see you. I looked everywhere. You hide well, did you know that? But I finally found you. I am not surprised you find a wild place like this to hide. But I never thought that you would have such a variety of company. And....." rattled Mew.
"Slow down," said Raikou. "And what are you doing here?"
"I came to visit a friend, but I didn't know he had company," said Mew giggling. She conjured up a pink bubble and began to bounce on it.
"A friend of yours?" asked Suicune to Mewtwo. His eyes narrowed at this, but he said nothing.
"How do you two know each other?" asked Articuno, "I didn't event think that Mew existed any more.
"Most don't," the tiny cat replied, "I like it that way."
{Mew appeared and stopped me from making one of the biggest mistakes of my life,} explained Mewtwo.
"After you tried to blast me," joked Mew.
"Why did you do that?" asked Raikou. "Mew is the strongest pokemon alive. Even I wouldn't try something like that."
"You give me too much credit," said Mew with a blush. Tasha was still gaping at this point.
{Was the strongest,} said Mewtwo, {I was created to be stronger.} It was dead silent for a minute after this comment.
"What do you mean by created?" asked Tasha the same time Suicune asked "Do you mean you are really stronger than Mew?"
"Well,....." said Mew, "It was kinda a tie when we fought last time."
"You actually fought each other?!" exclaimed Articuno. Tasha glanced around the cavern. She noticed that Moltres, Entei, and Zapdos had drifted to sleep, more or less.
{Yes, we did,} admitted Mewtwo, {I was cloned from Mew's DNA. When I was created I was designed to be the strongest ever, just to be some human's living weapon.}
"Is that even possible?" asked Raikou.
"That is awful! No wonder you did all of that!" exclaimed Tasha, "No one should have to live like that."
"What happened?" asked Articuno.
{It wasn't much different from what Tasha said,} he explained, {I was lied to and used, so I fled. I want so badly to hurt someone that I did not care about anything. But between Mew and another human child my eyes were opened. I left to find peace and came here. But I was not left in peace. Those who wanted to control me hunted me down...... It almost cost me my life resisting them, but that same child put away all differences and saved my life. I now know that how I came into this world is unimportant, but that doesn't mean that I still do not face discrimination.}
"And I thought I had it hard...." muttered Raikou.
"I can see why you tried so hard to protect your secrets. Perhaps if our kinds ad been more secretive in the past, we would have had the trouble we had had recently," commented Suicune.
"But what happened this week cannot repeat itself," said Articuno, which they all agreed on. "But what can we do?"
"What happened this past week?" asked Mew.
{I will see what I can do,} said Mewtwo, {For now you should rest to recover your strength. I will help send you on your ways tomorrow. But,} He looked at Tasha, {I plan on returning with you to these ruins and seeing for myself what dangers there may be for us in the future.} Tasha was surprised, but said nothing.
"What happened?" asked Mew again.
{Come, I will explain it,} said Mewtwo as he walked away.
"His idea about sleeping sounds good," muttered Articuno as she stuck her head beneath her wing. Raikou and Suicune also lowered their heads and closed their eyes. Tasha leaned up against Entei and also fell asleep.
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