Silver took a calm step forward and Ash noticed that her pads were barely touching the floor, and that her body, previously dull and dark, was recovering her characteristical glow of moon like light. Her eyes stared front, at the image with an angst sadness but that flaming and evil glow that seemed to have bornt in them had vanished completely, they reflected once again the purity of her heart. They descended the last few steps that remained, although those were lit by the blueish light that flowed across the room, the magic that bloomed in every single corner like a spring flower, however it was a sad kind of magic. They felt as if they had penetrated the misterious depths of an underwater cave, rays of faint light sneaking past the minuscules gaps between the stones, filtrating across the ceiling of corals. Complicated patterns shapeshifted in front of their eyes, incredible and almost magical games of light, rippling motions as if a stone had penetrated the surface of the water, breaking it's monotonous calm. Circular waves that expanded and multiplied appeared right under Elly, almost as if the magic had chosen her for something. The eevee stared surprised at the waves under her padded feet, the fascination about such vision increasing within her heart as she felt all evil decreasing.
Ash stared at the source of all this aquatic magic. On top of a dull, grey stone rested the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. The animal's eyes were red, but not an evil and blood intense sort of red, mostly a calm, friendly red, something pretty, and they reflected much wisdom, but at the same time much pain. She stood on four slender yet musculous legs, and her whole body was slender itself, covered in a bright, silky and short fur, similar to an otter's fur except this was an intense blue, almost as if the animal was a fragment of a crystaline lagoon. Her muzzle, stomach and lowr legs were covered in the purest white, so white if could easily blend in with the snow. From the tip of her muzzle and right over her eyes grew a large horn. The magical horn, the one she used to purify forests and lakes, seemed like a green emerald for it looked like made out of precious stones, or jewels. It had four roots, two long ones that blended in on the very top of the elongated structure, and two smaller ones that grew sideways. And over the beautiful body, emerging from the horn, grew a mat of intense, violet fur, so silky and light it floated over her body like a silent cloud. Her tail was parted in two, like two tails emerging from her backside, and they were simply two delicate and large ribbons that wriggled creating a beautiful pattern of multicoloured light over them as they moved like flat snakes.
She was there, Suicune, the water spirit, the Mistress of the Woodland. She stared at them calmly, from her perch on the stone, yet around her body were black chains, chains that irradiated a darkness that was clearly visible to them over the magical light that sparkled on the wolf's body. Silver walked forward and kneeled solemnly in front of her, "we found you Voda, and now you must return to the forests, they are dying, trees moan lacking their souls and pokemons vanish in search of the few fertile lands that still remain alive, the spirits don't know what to do without you, none of us can heal nature!" Silver explained with an anguished voice, it was obvious she as nervous, danger was not over yet. Suicune looked at the dragon with attentive eyes, eyes which focused on the clawed feet with sadness. The wise eyes looked up once again to focus on the nervous looking, young lugia, "Silver, you traveled far when the answer was right under your nose, cant you, Godess of the Oceans, see when a pokemon is special?" the wolf spoke for the first time, a misty voice flowing across the particular and even slightly creepy chambers. Silver looked up shocked, her eyes directed inmediatly to the silvery figure next to her, then once again traveled to the wolf godess, "Ash?" she asked. Ok, Ash had been special for a simple reason, he had been a hbuman reincarnated, yet still keeping his memories of human. Suicune shook her head, "Ash is special because even although he perished Selené decided to give him a second chance, he had a mission to fulfill, save me, and upon saving me I should give him what he desires the most, being human!" Suicune explained in her calm, misty voice.
Ash payed close attention to their words, he surely didn't understand a bit of it but he was afraid, what was going to happen to them? Suicune sighed deeply and her eyes focused on Elly, "it is her who is special for she is what Giovanni is after, and I am a way to lure her in" Suicune explained. Elly's ears perked up, and the blood seemed to drain from her face, she was just an eevee after all, not some sort of godess, now was she? A timid step backwards made her trip over Pikachu's little body, and Elly remained there, laying on the ground, breathing with trouble, trying to overcome the shock that had dawned on her. Suicune ignored her, "for she is special, she is my daughter, the one I left with the pack of eevees to keep her safe and away from Giovanni, but she will be able to heal the nature once she evolves" Suicune continued, "and she will become far stronger than her mother, as powerful as you, Spirit of the Future" she finished in a husky voice, eyes moving torwards the dragon. Suicune took a deep breath to continue, "Giovanni is after her strength, not her purity, he just wants a creature to battle, but once again it would be a failure, Eloise cannot be tamed, no Spirit can be tamed" the aquatic dog finished with a solemn bow. Suicune's eyes oppened again, "however Giovanni's plan was not controling the most powerful creature in the world, but using it to give a coup d'etat and take over Kanto, and Jhoto" she explained calmly "he was not expecting, however, that my capture ould cause the death of the forests all around the world, and without the forests, there is no life, and therefore nothing left to take over, so he decided to free me once he had taken Elly, so he would have something to rule over, but he didn't know that Elly could heal the woodlands as well, so I was not neccesary, but apparently he was not the only one who didn't know" she finished, giving the group and accusatory glare.
A gasp spread across the chambers, Elly? Daughter of a Spirit? Half Spirit herself? What would she evolve into? Elly's body had gone numb. She shook her head to clear her mind and stared at the dog with disbelief, "me? A spirit? I don't want to be one! I don't want to be eternally linked to something, obligued to do things I don't want!" she barked angrily at the wolf godess. Suicune recoiled slightly but recovered her integrity, "Elly, it is in you, you cant escape your task!" Suicune scolded severely. Elly moved her gaze for a brief second to focus her large, icy blue eyes on Ash, who stared back at her with simpathy and even a brief expression of pain seemed to cross his features. Suicune observed the energy flowing within the link, and inmediatly understood Elly's reasons to refuse her destiny as the new Spirit of Water. She sighed in defeat and smiled at the canine, "Elly…you might not need to become the Mistress of the Woodland, as long as I'm here I can take care of the forest" she explained sending her the first true and caring smile Elly would ever see. Elly wanted to screa, to smile, to hug the Spirit, but she was frozen, her mind floated with the faint murmur of silence that seemed to grow thicker every second, wait…that was not silence, those were footsteps!
The canine stood up with a leap, suddenly her body blomed with energy, a renewed strength that spread across her limbs, flowing through her blood and moving quickly like a burning fire, heating her muscles. She looked around with great determination, "someone is coming, we have to get out of here!" she barked frantically. The dog leapt forward and hit the corner or the stone, where the black chain was locked into, with her paw. The strength of that move, from wherever it came from, was enough to open the lock. The chain snapped with a deaf, chiming sound, and it wrigled and danced slike a slithering snake as it's darkness and evil made it's way out of the wolf's body. Suicune stood on two legs as she felt the intense, burning feeling of the chains retreating, falling down and staying still, curled in a treacherous darkness. Her mouth opened and a howl of pleasure, of freedom escaped her pale lips, floating across the sharp fangs that decorated the powerful, canine mouth.
Silver wasted no time, her slender, silvery body glowed brightly, the light of a silvery star, almost as if the tender moon had decided to hug the dragon with her gentle rays of pure light. The light increased in size, growing quickly, expanding like a balloon, and soon diminishing. It was not becoming smaller, yet it was becoming fainter, vanishing slowly, revealing the elegant body of the enormous dragon they all knew, powerful, strong yet elegant. Silver opened her mouth and revealed a set of sharp, small teeth and four larger and menacing fangs. A dim light seemed to glow within her mouth, a dim light that slowly increased as it acumulated particles of energy until it became a bright orb floating lazily over her tounge. Soon the only light was that coming from the dragon's mouth as she charged her attack, "to your left!" said Suicune's misterious voice, guiding the dragon to the direction where she could sense the animated yet passive activity of the fluid that gave honor to her name: Voda.
Ash paid attention to all the process and knew inmediatly they were not willing to fight humans, they were trying to escape from that deadly trap and that evil place. His ears pricked as he heard the sound, unmistakably the thundering of footsteps racing quickly down the stone stairs, yet a few timid hesitations showed Ash their fear for the unknown. Ash saw four figures emerge from the gap, they were dressed in black uniforms with a large, red R sewed on their bulletproof vests. Their heads covered with thick helmets, on the center was placed a flashlight, a dim, weak light compared to the brilliance of Silver's attack. Their feet were covered with thick, leather boots, but what called Ash's attention was the long, black rifles that were placed on the men's hands.
The four Rockets kneeled on the floor and pointed at the four creatures with great accuracy, their hidden faces were sweating, and it was visible that they were frowning with concentration. Ash saw his whole two lives pass in front of him as he did the most fearless act he had ever done, he ran torwards them and stood in front of the group, baring his fangs enraged. The four men laughed, their roaring laughter didn't bother Silver who still charged the attack, nor Suicune who remained passively observing the events. But it did both Ash, whose anger grew thicker, hotter, a boiling pressure flowing across his veins, his calig brown eyes burning with a flame of hathred. The four men ignored the flame that grew around Ash like an evil aura, and their fingers pressed the prepared triggers in unision. A sound, like the clashing of a whip magnified a hundred times, echoed within the room, and the four shinny bullets escaped their prison of metal and flew rapidly, faster than eyes could see, torwards Ash.
They stopped right in front of him, but this didn't seem to surprise the espeon, if did however shock the already conmotioned eevee, who was seeing too much for her young age. But the reason was less paranormal than it was natural, for a thin, nearly invisible film of mist surounded Ash, a protection shield, a psychical protective bubble that had grown around him as a consequence to his anger. Ash's forehead started moisting with sweat as his forehead wrinkled with concentration, his features, frowed, were pained, almost as if he was making a great effort, and his muscles, harder than rock due to tension, started to tremble. He gasped, his fangs still bared, "Sil…ver…hurry…!" Ash pleaded in a weak, strangled voice, his eyes shutting and his head lowering.
With fear, Elly saw the shield start to waver, sparkling slightly like the stars on a clear, night sky, the four, shinny, and metallic assasins pushing harder against the shield, trying to penetrate it's psychic structure and to acess the aimed target. The four Rockets were too shocked to even react against this event, their eyes were wide with surprise, and apparently they didn't know the psychic potential of a teenager espeon. Ash raised his head and yelled in pain, it sounded more like a very acute howl, one of those screams directed to the moon yet more desperate, less solemn and calm, and more frantic. The mist that surounded him expanded quickly, like an enormous balloon increasing when a person blows into it for a long time. The shield pushed aside the four bullets, which finally collapsed on the floor with a faint, tinkle like sound. The already powerful, and boosted psychical energy reached the four, shocked men, pushing them against the wall, one of the men's head hitting the wall and inmediatly dropping unconcious on the floor, the other flew high agaist the stones, and when he fell his back snapped, leaving him moaning with pain on the floor, concious of his new state of lack of movement.
Ash collapsed ont the floor, breathing heavily, his front legs still keeping him standing a bit, but they trembled because of the tension applied and the exahustion of the whole, canine body. Elly took a timid step torwards him but her ears raised inmediatly and her eyes directed torwards the opening as she heard the distinctive clicking sound of a weapon being charged. She looked up and saw with fear that one of the rockets was sitting on the floor, yet his hands bore a rifle, and his eyes looked concentrated at the silvery coloured dog. Elly started running torwards Ash, "Ash, MOVE AWAY!" she barked leaping torwards the silvery canine. The snapping sound reached her ears and the whistling of the rapid movement of the bullet echoed in the room. Ash's eyes widdened upon seeing the bullet racing and the point where it was aimed, and for a brief second his breath vanished.
To Be Continued…
AN: OK, there we have another chapter, he, sorry for the cliffhanger but I thought it was perfect to leave it here. Next chapter will not be too long, but it's the last chapter so I believe it'll be pretty interesting, that's when we see if Suicune can return Ash to his human self and see if Misty still loves him. Anyways please Read and Review and tell me if you enjoyed it, ok? I got other stories you might like so take a peek around my folder, k?