"This isn't good, is it," muttered Mew.
{The child is possessed!} exclaimed Mewtwo. And this was making him very nervous, because whatever was controlling Tasha was incredibly powerful.
It took a second for the dumb-founded spectators' eyes to readjust to the dim lighting. But when they could see what had happened they were left speechless. There was no longer any writings on the wall. Instead, the air was filled with strange, symbol-like creatures. Each one was no more than a foot tall. They were pure black, with the same circular core, only their appendages varied. These creatures were humming a strange, haunting tune. They began to form a sphere and rotate in it, like a psycho-band teacher's idea of a drill. There was lines, but they shifted and turned direction with seemingly no pattern.
{Unown!} Mewtwo exclaimed.
"Whoever said I was weird never saw them," giggled Mew.
"The Unown! They are perfect! And excellent addition to my collection!" thought the collector as he quickly tried to format a plan to catch one. But it was not to be.
"Who is it that dares to battle in these halls? Who is it that dares threaten the peace that has been established? Who is it that dare harms Mother Nature's chosen mediators?" demanded Tasha in a voice that was not her own. She instantly caught the attention of the shocked on-lookers. Mewtwo and Mew both noticed something odd. The necklace that she always wore was hovering and glowing six inches off of her chest. But the symbol that had always been on it was gone. Instead, an Unown whose shaped perfectly matched the symbol on her necklace, was hovering directly in front of her. This Unown did not move with the others, but stayed in front of the girl, twirling occasionally.
No one answered the demand/accusation, because they were all too astonished to reply.
Mewtwo finally asked.
"We are the guardians of the legends and recorders of history. We are the gatherers of knowledge. We are unknown. We are the Unown," replied Tasha who was not Tasha.
"What is this all about?" asked Mew. Unnoticed the collector was slipping closer and closer to the girl.
"This world was designed for harmony. But many, through their own greed, have tried to destroy the peace. So mediators were chosen. But once more greed has threatened to do harm. We will not let the mistakes of the past repeat themselves," Tasha's mouth answered.
{What are you going to do?} Mewtwo asked, cautiously.
"They are mine!" cried the collector as he dove for his next attack.
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"Come on sir, there is something happening in the ruins," urged the female archaeologist as she, Prof. Hale, and Tasha's father raced towards the Ruins of Alph. Strange noises had been heard earlier, as well as several earth-shaking concussions. Those has woken the entire camp. But many had been too afraid to actually enter the ruins. But then there was a brief pause of silence. Desperately concerned for his daughter, Tasha's father was about to race in when his to comrades convinced him to take a more cautious approach.
They were now ready to begin a survey into the strange ruins. But as they entered a strange black glow covered the walls, then raced further into the ruins. Showing surprising courage under the circumstance the three pressed on.
"Tasha, please," her father panted.
"Call down," urged Prof. Hale. "You aren't going to help anyone by having an anxiety attack." But as he finished there was another tremor.
"Come on!" yelled Tasha's dad as he started to run.
"Good thing I was a runner in high school," muttered the woman as she caught up to him. The three raced into the ruins, following the direction that the strange glow had fled.
SMACK! Tasha's father, who was the lead, stopped dead in his tracks, clutching his nose.
"What happened?" asked Prof. Hale.
"I feel like I hit a wall," he replied, gingerly rubbing his injury. The woman tentatively stuck her hand forward, into a seemingly empty hallway. She then stopped and put her hand flat in front of her and began to push into the air.
"There is a wall," she said. "It wasn't here before, I've been down her a million times before. But there is some kind of Barrier here."
"The Unown are psychic," muttered Prof. Hale. "Something is happening that they are determined not to let get interrupted."
"TASHA!" cried her father as he began to beat on the wall with his fist.
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"This is my chance!" thought the collector as he prepared to pounce. He lifted a new weapon. This one was loaded with the same sticky string that he had used to capture Zapdos. He hefted it onto his shoulders and aimed into the misted of the Unown. POOF! He fired.
Mewtwo and Mew jumped in surprise, but Tasha's head barely moved a millimeter. But much to the collector's dismay, the white mass that he had fired was stopped in midair by the Unown. It stayed in the air for a second, but then it started coming straight back for him, twice as fast as it traveled before. The collector didn't have time to react, just gape as he was pinned to the wall by his own attack. The pokemon watched this, but made no move to interfere. Slowly Tasha turned and faced him.
"You vile traitor!" Tasha cried out, "Shall you sacrifice all safety and peace of this planet for your own personal greed?!"
"What are you talking about?!" the collector demanded, "I only claim what is mine!" Mew and Mewtwo gave him a look of sheer disgust.
"You cannot claim life!" yelled Tasha, her voice reaching ear-shattering volumes. The Unown's song change to match the angry mode. "Foolish human, you shall be dealt with accordingly."
"You don't scare me!" the collector yelled his defiance as he struggled futilely to free himself from his own trap.
"What are you going to do?" Mew asked to Unown. But they did not reply. They just followed there strange rotation in the sphere they had created, and continued to hum their haunting melody.
"You will pay the price for your deeds, for the pain you caused, for the damage you have done!" declared Tasha, her voice taking on a duel-tone quality. The collector scowled evilly and continued to struggle. The air began to glow intensely as the Unown summoned their strength. The shadows were illuminated with greens and violets and blues and reds and yellows and colors that hadn't even been named. Each color representing a different Unown.
{They are combining their Hidden Powers!} exclaimed Mewtwo as he realized what the pokemon were doing.
"What?" asked Mew.
{They are focusing their Hidden Power on the girl,} explained Mewtwo.
"What are they doing?" asked Mew.
{I have no idea,} replied Mewtwo as he watched closely the events that were happening between the Unown, the collector, and Tasha.
The various lights began to form into solid spheres, which were sent orbiting around Tasha. Then these were focused into one sphere, which shone with more colors than were in the rainbow. It was so intense that no one could look at it. The sphere was then launched at the collector, who futilely tried to duck. The whole chamber was filled with a blinding light, then there was a violent concussion.
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Prof. Hale, and the other two archaeologists were picking themselves up from the tremor which had knocked them off of their feet.
"What was that?" asked Tasha's father, fearful of his daughter's life.
"I have no idea," replied the female archaeologist.
"This is worst than last time," muttered Prof. Hale.
"Tasha...." her dad trailed off.
"Hey! The Barrier is gone!" exclaimed Prof. Hale as he tried to walk forward.
"Tasha! I'm coming!" exclaimed her father as he took off running.
"Hey wait!" exclaimed the other two as they tried to catch up.
SMACK! The elder archaeologist hit another Barrier and slid to the floor, dazed.
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A final surge of power ripped up the walls of the Ruins of Alph. Mewtwo and Mew could sense hundreds of Unown's presenses appear and flee the ruins.
{What happened?} wondered Mewtwo.
"I wish I knew," replied Mew.
"He has been banished," said Tasha, "Long ago, during the great conflict that drove peace from the land, we agreed to a price to not allow history to repeat itself."
"What the heck are you talking about?!" demanded Mew.
"There was a time of peace when the legendaries existed with humans. But a single human's greed drove them away and the land died," Tasha exclaimed, "To ensure that that never happened we were willing to go into exile, to preserve history and watch the legendaries. We knew that there would be a time when humans and pokemon could live together in peace again, and that time is soon. And we will not have that threatened by a single person's greed!"
{Exile?} asked Mewtwo.
"A time of peace?" wondered Mew.
"We were sent to a negative universe and trapped there," the Unown explained, using Tasha's voice, "We were only allowed to watch and record the events that happened."
{You are the one responsible for the stories about us,} said Mewtwo.
"Correct, we watched our mediators," said Tasha, "but we could not help. But then, not long ago, a man deactivated part of the spell. A few us were able to escape. But unfortunately we created a little too much mischief in our enjoyment of freedom."
"That was the incident with Entei, wasn't it?" asked Mew.
"Yes. The human took or place in the negative realm," the Unown continued, "But we could not allow that and returned. But now the prophecy is being fulfilled. One of the Chosen Ones has been found and we have returned."
{Prophecy? What do you mean? And how is it that you are able to return?} asked Mewtwo, getting suspicious.
"The evil man is taking our place in the negative realm," replied Tasha, "Now our kind is free again. And soon, the legends will be fulfilled."
"You trapped him in that awful place?!" exclaimed Mew, slightly horrified.
{How appropriate,} muttered Mewtwo, dryly.
"There is much to be done. We must depart," Tasha said. With that the Unown stopped their strange rotation and grouped together. They then blew passed the two psychics and fled the ruins, heading into the just now rising sun.
The Unown (X) that was in front of Tasha was the last to leave. It turned and began to leave with the others, but quickly spun back around and became part of her necklace again.
**************************************************************************
"The Barrier is gone!" exclaimed the female archaeologist. "Let's go!"
The three began to run, Tasha's father quickly taking the lead.
"What happened?" panted Prof. Hale. "It felt like something left."
"Save your breath," she retorted. They somehow knew where to go without being told. They were all heading for the chamber with the legendary images.
**************************************************************************
With the last of the Unown gone, Tasha's eyes rolled back into her head and she collapsed, unconscious. Mewtwo quickly caught her with his powers and lowered her gently to the ground.
"Now what?" asked Mew.
{We leave,} he said, simply.
"But what if she tells someone?" asked Mew.
{Not after all she has been through,} replied Mewtwo, {She will not tell.} They both jerked in surprise as they heard the sounds of footsteps rapidly approaching.
**************************************************************************
"Tasha!" exclaimed her father as he entered the dim room. She was laying on the ground, unconscious, with Oddish standing over her, looking concerned.
"My little girl," he said as he scooped her up in a big embrace. This succeeded in waking her up.
"What?" she muttered groggily, "Daddy? Daddy!" She jumped and wrapped her arms around her father's neck.
"I had thought that I had lost you," he whispered in her ear. Tears were pouring down both of their faces.
"Oh, my," muttered Prof. Hale.
"Isn't that sweet," cooed the other archaeologist. They began to escort the happy family outside.
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{She is safe now,} said Mewtwo as they watched her being carried out of the ruins from their hidden perch on the roof.
"Isn't that sweet?" giggled Mew at the reunion that was growing bigger and bigger below. Mewtwo didn't reply. "Is something bothering you?"
{The Unown mentioned a prophecy being fulfilled. Something else is going to happen,} he replied.
"You worry to much," snickered Mew as she flew off. Mewtwo did likewise.
The excited camp was oblivious to their departure. They were to busy celebrating at Tasha's safe return. She never told them the truth about what had happened. Something instinctively stopped her. But she had a feeling that there would be a time when she would be needed again.
The End
AN/ Read the sequel, The Legend of Ho-Oh. And, as always, please read, review, and enjoy! (
{The child is possessed!} exclaimed Mewtwo. And this was making him very nervous, because whatever was controlling Tasha was incredibly powerful.
It took a second for the dumb-founded spectators' eyes to readjust to the dim lighting. But when they could see what had happened they were left speechless. There was no longer any writings on the wall. Instead, the air was filled with strange, symbol-like creatures. Each one was no more than a foot tall. They were pure black, with the same circular core, only their appendages varied. These creatures were humming a strange, haunting tune. They began to form a sphere and rotate in it, like a psycho-band teacher's idea of a drill. There was lines, but they shifted and turned direction with seemingly no pattern.
{Unown!} Mewtwo exclaimed.
"Whoever said I was weird never saw them," giggled Mew.
"The Unown! They are perfect! And excellent addition to my collection!" thought the collector as he quickly tried to format a plan to catch one. But it was not to be.
"Who is it that dares to battle in these halls? Who is it that dares threaten the peace that has been established? Who is it that dare harms Mother Nature's chosen mediators?" demanded Tasha in a voice that was not her own. She instantly caught the attention of the shocked on-lookers. Mewtwo and Mew both noticed something odd. The necklace that she always wore was hovering and glowing six inches off of her chest. But the symbol that had always been on it was gone. Instead, an Unown whose shaped perfectly matched the symbol on her necklace, was hovering directly in front of her. This Unown did not move with the others, but stayed in front of the girl, twirling occasionally.
No one answered the demand/accusation, because they were all too astonished to reply.
Mewtwo finally asked.
"We are the guardians of the legends and recorders of history. We are the gatherers of knowledge. We are unknown. We are the Unown," replied Tasha who was not Tasha.
"What is this all about?" asked Mew. Unnoticed the collector was slipping closer and closer to the girl.
"This world was designed for harmony. But many, through their own greed, have tried to destroy the peace. So mediators were chosen. But once more greed has threatened to do harm. We will not let the mistakes of the past repeat themselves," Tasha's mouth answered.
{What are you going to do?} Mewtwo asked, cautiously.
"They are mine!" cried the collector as he dove for his next attack.
**************************************************************************
"Come on sir, there is something happening in the ruins," urged the female archaeologist as she, Prof. Hale, and Tasha's father raced towards the Ruins of Alph. Strange noises had been heard earlier, as well as several earth-shaking concussions. Those has woken the entire camp. But many had been too afraid to actually enter the ruins. But then there was a brief pause of silence. Desperately concerned for his daughter, Tasha's father was about to race in when his to comrades convinced him to take a more cautious approach.
They were now ready to begin a survey into the strange ruins. But as they entered a strange black glow covered the walls, then raced further into the ruins. Showing surprising courage under the circumstance the three pressed on.
"Tasha, please," her father panted.
"Call down," urged Prof. Hale. "You aren't going to help anyone by having an anxiety attack." But as he finished there was another tremor.
"Come on!" yelled Tasha's dad as he started to run.
"Good thing I was a runner in high school," muttered the woman as she caught up to him. The three raced into the ruins, following the direction that the strange glow had fled.
SMACK! Tasha's father, who was the lead, stopped dead in his tracks, clutching his nose.
"What happened?" asked Prof. Hale.
"I feel like I hit a wall," he replied, gingerly rubbing his injury. The woman tentatively stuck her hand forward, into a seemingly empty hallway. She then stopped and put her hand flat in front of her and began to push into the air.
"There is a wall," she said. "It wasn't here before, I've been down her a million times before. But there is some kind of Barrier here."
"The Unown are psychic," muttered Prof. Hale. "Something is happening that they are determined not to let get interrupted."
"TASHA!" cried her father as he began to beat on the wall with his fist.
**************************************************************************
"This is my chance!" thought the collector as he prepared to pounce. He lifted a new weapon. This one was loaded with the same sticky string that he had used to capture Zapdos. He hefted it onto his shoulders and aimed into the misted of the Unown. POOF! He fired.
Mewtwo and Mew jumped in surprise, but Tasha's head barely moved a millimeter. But much to the collector's dismay, the white mass that he had fired was stopped in midair by the Unown. It stayed in the air for a second, but then it started coming straight back for him, twice as fast as it traveled before. The collector didn't have time to react, just gape as he was pinned to the wall by his own attack. The pokemon watched this, but made no move to interfere. Slowly Tasha turned and faced him.
"You vile traitor!" Tasha cried out, "Shall you sacrifice all safety and peace of this planet for your own personal greed?!"
"What are you talking about?!" the collector demanded, "I only claim what is mine!" Mew and Mewtwo gave him a look of sheer disgust.
"You cannot claim life!" yelled Tasha, her voice reaching ear-shattering volumes. The Unown's song change to match the angry mode. "Foolish human, you shall be dealt with accordingly."
"You don't scare me!" the collector yelled his defiance as he struggled futilely to free himself from his own trap.
"What are you going to do?" Mew asked to Unown. But they did not reply. They just followed there strange rotation in the sphere they had created, and continued to hum their haunting melody.
"You will pay the price for your deeds, for the pain you caused, for the damage you have done!" declared Tasha, her voice taking on a duel-tone quality. The collector scowled evilly and continued to struggle. The air began to glow intensely as the Unown summoned their strength. The shadows were illuminated with greens and violets and blues and reds and yellows and colors that hadn't even been named. Each color representing a different Unown.
{They are combining their Hidden Powers!} exclaimed Mewtwo as he realized what the pokemon were doing.
"What?" asked Mew.
{They are focusing their Hidden Power on the girl,} explained Mewtwo.
"What are they doing?" asked Mew.
{I have no idea,} replied Mewtwo as he watched closely the events that were happening between the Unown, the collector, and Tasha.
The various lights began to form into solid spheres, which were sent orbiting around Tasha. Then these were focused into one sphere, which shone with more colors than were in the rainbow. It was so intense that no one could look at it. The sphere was then launched at the collector, who futilely tried to duck. The whole chamber was filled with a blinding light, then there was a violent concussion.
**************************************************************************
Prof. Hale, and the other two archaeologists were picking themselves up from the tremor which had knocked them off of their feet.
"What was that?" asked Tasha's father, fearful of his daughter's life.
"I have no idea," replied the female archaeologist.
"This is worst than last time," muttered Prof. Hale.
"Tasha...." her dad trailed off.
"Hey! The Barrier is gone!" exclaimed Prof. Hale as he tried to walk forward.
"Tasha! I'm coming!" exclaimed her father as he took off running.
"Hey wait!" exclaimed the other two as they tried to catch up.
SMACK! The elder archaeologist hit another Barrier and slid to the floor, dazed.
**************************************************************************
A final surge of power ripped up the walls of the Ruins of Alph. Mewtwo and Mew could sense hundreds of Unown's presenses appear and flee the ruins.
{What happened?} wondered Mewtwo.
"I wish I knew," replied Mew.
"He has been banished," said Tasha, "Long ago, during the great conflict that drove peace from the land, we agreed to a price to not allow history to repeat itself."
"What the heck are you talking about?!" demanded Mew.
"There was a time of peace when the legendaries existed with humans. But a single human's greed drove them away and the land died," Tasha exclaimed, "To ensure that that never happened we were willing to go into exile, to preserve history and watch the legendaries. We knew that there would be a time when humans and pokemon could live together in peace again, and that time is soon. And we will not have that threatened by a single person's greed!"
{Exile?} asked Mewtwo.
"A time of peace?" wondered Mew.
"We were sent to a negative universe and trapped there," the Unown explained, using Tasha's voice, "We were only allowed to watch and record the events that happened."
{You are the one responsible for the stories about us,} said Mewtwo.
"Correct, we watched our mediators," said Tasha, "but we could not help. But then, not long ago, a man deactivated part of the spell. A few us were able to escape. But unfortunately we created a little too much mischief in our enjoyment of freedom."
"That was the incident with Entei, wasn't it?" asked Mew.
"Yes. The human took or place in the negative realm," the Unown continued, "But we could not allow that and returned. But now the prophecy is being fulfilled. One of the Chosen Ones has been found and we have returned."
{Prophecy? What do you mean? And how is it that you are able to return?} asked Mewtwo, getting suspicious.
"The evil man is taking our place in the negative realm," replied Tasha, "Now our kind is free again. And soon, the legends will be fulfilled."
"You trapped him in that awful place?!" exclaimed Mew, slightly horrified.
{How appropriate,} muttered Mewtwo, dryly.
"There is much to be done. We must depart," Tasha said. With that the Unown stopped their strange rotation and grouped together. They then blew passed the two psychics and fled the ruins, heading into the just now rising sun.
The Unown (X) that was in front of Tasha was the last to leave. It turned and began to leave with the others, but quickly spun back around and became part of her necklace again.
**************************************************************************
"The Barrier is gone!" exclaimed the female archaeologist. "Let's go!"
The three began to run, Tasha's father quickly taking the lead.
"What happened?" panted Prof. Hale. "It felt like something left."
"Save your breath," she retorted. They somehow knew where to go without being told. They were all heading for the chamber with the legendary images.
**************************************************************************
With the last of the Unown gone, Tasha's eyes rolled back into her head and she collapsed, unconscious. Mewtwo quickly caught her with his powers and lowered her gently to the ground.
"Now what?" asked Mew.
{We leave,} he said, simply.
"But what if she tells someone?" asked Mew.
{Not after all she has been through,} replied Mewtwo, {She will not tell.} They both jerked in surprise as they heard the sounds of footsteps rapidly approaching.
**************************************************************************
"Tasha!" exclaimed her father as he entered the dim room. She was laying on the ground, unconscious, with Oddish standing over her, looking concerned.
"My little girl," he said as he scooped her up in a big embrace. This succeeded in waking her up.
"What?" she muttered groggily, "Daddy? Daddy!" She jumped and wrapped her arms around her father's neck.
"I had thought that I had lost you," he whispered in her ear. Tears were pouring down both of their faces.
"Oh, my," muttered Prof. Hale.
"Isn't that sweet," cooed the other archaeologist. They began to escort the happy family outside.
**************************************************************************
{She is safe now,} said Mewtwo as they watched her being carried out of the ruins from their hidden perch on the roof.
"Isn't that sweet?" giggled Mew at the reunion that was growing bigger and bigger below. Mewtwo didn't reply. "Is something bothering you?"
{The Unown mentioned a prophecy being fulfilled. Something else is going to happen,} he replied.
"You worry to much," snickered Mew as she flew off. Mewtwo did likewise.
The excited camp was oblivious to their departure. They were to busy celebrating at Tasha's safe return. She never told them the truth about what had happened. Something instinctively stopped her. But she had a feeling that there would be a time when she would be needed again.
The End
AN/ Read the sequel, The Legend of Ho-Oh. And, as always, please read, review, and enjoy! (