Yeah, sanctuary is spelt wrong. Blame the book I just finished :P Oh and Arcy wont be joining us today because he is currently trying to make up an excuse for banging me over the head with his cooking pot. glares
Also, ffnet doesn't like asterickses and not always hyphons. So, instead of asterickses I'll use hyphons. If those don't work, brackets'll do.
Anyways, I'd like to introduce my two new muses: Bahi the Bahamut (if you don't know what a Bahamut is, get FFX) and Bob the Balrog (If you don't know what a Balrog is, then...Well, then you'd better read Lord of the Rings or watch the movies sometime soon)
Bahi: -hides behind a pillar-
Bob: -tries to hide behind his flame-whip thingy, without much success-
Shy, aren't they? :P Anyways, let us start!
Chapter Eight
Sanctuarii
Out of the darkness, red eyes glared at Dain as he struggled to get up, feeling bruised all over from the fall. The pool on which he now sat was shallow, and the hole in the ceiling from which he had so un-ceremoniously arrived was two metres up. He could see a bleeding cut on his left ankle. The wound stung, but he didn't notice as he gazed into the shadows, more than a bit frightened. As a sinuous figure began to materialize from the darkness, Dain had visions of sea serpents and other monsters, but what actually appeared was a small Dratini.
'Dra?' Dra, tini tini?' As he heard the Pokemon speak, a voice echoed in his head. Who are you? What do you want?
Dain looked at the small dragon curiously, thinking how best to answer. 'I was shipwrecked, then my Seadra brought me here. I seek to find a way back to the mainland, or Dewford Town,' he said. His voice was strangely calm.
As he said this, the shadows lightened and dissolved, as a bright light flooded the chamber. And chamber it was. Coral made up what he lay on, and the ledge upon which dozens of Dragon Pokemon stood, gazing at him. It ringed the chamber, a catwalk surrounding a clear lake, some fifty metres across and stretching down about twenty metres. Tunnels and caves branching of promised more secrets to be had in this underwater kingdom. A tall pillar, extending all the way to the ceiling, crowned the center of the lake. Beneath its glossy surface, more Dragons swam, as well as multi-coloured fish, giving the entire chamber an aura of life.
Staring at this strange yet beautiful spectacle, Dain hardly noticed the stares of Dratinis, Dragonairs, Dragonites, and some species he could not identify. He was certain his PokeDex wouldn't be able to, either.
Impossible. No mere mortal can make it into Sanctuarii. Who are you? How did you get here?
This time it was a Dragonite who spoke.
'My name is Dain Evrai, I'm a Pokemon trainer. As to how I got here, I have no idea! I blacked out, and when I awakened I was falling into the sea with no boats in sight. I dived underwater and saw this place – when I saw the twin dragons on the door, I knew to come here-' he stopped, as the Dragonite looked at him strangely.
No human should know the symbol of Ryukon's arch.
'Just before I fainted, a voice told me to seek the twin dragons to return to safety,' Dain answered. 'I figured those were the dragons it mentioned.'
How did your ship sink?
Dain frowned, trying to remember. 'Something attacked us – it looked like a huge green serpent,' he said.
The assembled dragons shuffled, and muttered under their breaths. Dain could only catch the words 'Soul of Dragons' and 'Ryukon' repeated again and again. The Dragonite looked at him with an expression Dain could not understand. Awe, or shock perhaps
My name is Xannon. I am Leader of the Dragonites here. I will take you to the elders. Nisha, Shae, Namir. Accompany us.
Three Dragonairs broke away from the group and fell in step- with Dain and the tall Dragonite, Xannon. Dain followed them to the edge of the lake, then wondered where they were about to go. When one of the Dragonairs swept his tail at his feet, Dain had barely time to take a breath before falling into the lake.
Following Xannon and the trio of Dragonairs, Dain swam through this underwater kingdom, observing as dragons played and talked outside small caves. There were two Dragonairs watching three Dratinis play, including one who was trying in vain to ram a small, swift fish. Following his gaze, Xannon laughed.
That's young Nyack. His name is true to his nature. It means won't give up.
If he could have, Dain would have chuckled. But he was running out of air, and there was no stop in sight. Just as he was about to start swimming back, they entered a tunnel and he found, luckily, that it had an air pocket at the top of the ceiling. Surfacing, he took a deep breath and dived back down. They continued in this manner until Dain's legs began to ache, and he was running out of air again. He resurfaced for air, just as a pitch-black shape swam underneath him. Curious, he refilled his lungs, then submerged just as the shape turned a bend in the tunnel. He started to follow, but Xannon stopped him.
That was Nox. You don't wanna get on her bad side.
Dain shrugged, but the gesture was harder to pull off underwater without rising to the ceiling than he expected--.
A few moments later, they emerged into a vast chamber, almost as big as the entrance hall. In the center, an island made of stone, rather can corral, floated with no apparent means of support. On the island, three Dragonairs lay, and Dain could sense that they were old, older than any he'd encountered so far. The elders Xannon had spoken of, he guessed. Dain was broken out of his thoughts by Xannon, who was talking to the elders.
I bring before you the one that is destined. The one with the Soul, the one who carries Ryukon's blessing. This is Dain Evrai.
-I know Dragonairs don't have feet. But what was I meant to say? Glide? Slide? Fly? You get the point :P
--I tried. After all, I am on holiday. :D
To be continued…
Oooh! Another semi-cliffhanger! And do I smell a whiff of plot in the air? :P
Bob and Bahi: -are engaged in an argument about whether Bob looks better in green or purple-
I told you they got chatty. :P Anyways, I like this chapter. nods 'Tis plot-filled. And I introduce lots of characters. Anyways, don't have anything to say, 'Cept that it was my birthday on the 12th of August! YAY! Anyways, hope you liked this chapter, please review, and next one shall be up shortly. :D