Hey everyone! Yes, yes, here I am. And yeah, I know I didn't update last week. –hides from reviewers- EEEK! DON'T POKE ME WITH SPORKS!...
Anyway...there's an update now, isn't there? ~.^ I love spring break...I have discovered that the only time I can really work on this with no interruptions is at one in the morning with my crappy J-pop softly coming from the speakers. –swoons-
So yes...the reactions to the last chapter were...interesting ^_~ Even the REAL Lindsey read it! –gasp- So, what do you think Lyndsey? Like how your character is handling things? ^.^;;
More of my rambling after this chapter, which I'm –sure- you're all eager to read. :P So...read!
~Chapter Thirty-One~
I felt Steve run up next to me, and he gasped when he saw what we were all staring at.
"Hades..." I whispered, angry and upset at the same time.
But my parents had other things on their minds besides the fact Hades was dead. "That message..." Mom hissed.
I froze. Was that weird little voice in my head right? Did Darrell do this?
'No,' I thought. 'He couldn't have. He left because he didn't want to do things like this. He's not a Hunter! He's not!'
No matter what I thought, though, I knew I had to flat out ask him. Between his past, that look in his eyes, and even what Steve had just said to me, I couldn't wait and just casually bring it up.
My feet somehow knew what I was doing before it even registered. I started running away from everyone, and didn't stop even though they were letting out confused cries.
I ran though, away from them, away from Hades' body, away from his blood that spelt out such a horrible message. I vaulted over the fence that marked the edge of the property and went even faster into the forest behind us.
I knew Steve knew where I was off too, and maybe Ivy did, but she sure didn't try to follow me, like Steve did. I heard him curse as he tripped over something, and nearly collided with the fence---but he couldn't catch me.
As I ran down the paths, absentmindedly searching for Darrell, the message's words kept whispering in my head over and over: LET THIS BE A WARNING.
What warning? How could the death of an innocent Pokemon be any sort of warning?
My legs were getting tired, and I was reminded of the time I got mad at Steve and galloped away on Joker. Was something similar going to happen? I was getting this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. . .
Finally I reached the clearing Darrell and I were in together last night, and to my surprise, I saw him, not looking like he had just murdered a Rapidash.
But to my greater shock, he was standing face-to-face with a Dragonair.
Not just any Dragonair, I realized...
That Dragonair.
Only, how could it be? Last time I saw it, it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen...shimmering with every movement and surrounded by a light blue aura, only accenting the green tint in its eyes. Never mind it was the creature that stabbed me and caused me to fall into a coma, but who was I to care right now?
This time, Dragonair was covered in something dark, staining its smooth skin. Its eyes, normally full of wisdom, now showed nothing but hatred. Something red dripped down its once pure-white horn.
My eyes widened as it dawned on me:
Dragonair killed Hades.
"No," I whispered, but neither Darrell nor dragon heard me. Darrell's hand was creeping down one of his pockets, and I realized he was going to try to capture the Dragonair. Dragonair knew what was going on, as it looked liked it was preparing some kind of attack.
"NO!" I yelled this time, flinging myself in front of Darrell with my arms out and squinching my eyes shut, afraid I'd get caught in an Ice Beam or something, ignoring the warmth the key under my shirt was suddenly giving off. But as I slowly opened my eyes, I found myself looking at Darrell, who had the Pokeball raised in one hand, and also looking quite shocked.
"Lindsey?" he asked, confused.
My breath stopped. I had meant to shield Darrell from Dragonair's attacks---not Dragonair from being captured! Why did I...?
Before I even completed the thought, I spun around and bounced in front of Darrell. "You killed Hades," I growled at the Dragon Pokemon. "YOU KILLED HIM!"
I don't know what I was expecting the Dragonair to do, but it suddenly lowered itself to the ground, with its elegant, yet blood-stained head still staring at me, and appeared to freeze.
And suddenly...I heard a voice.
"Why Lindsey, I would surely think it wouldn't matter to you. After all, your destiny is with us."
I looked around, confused as to where to voice had come from. I could've sworn I heard it only in my own head, but somehow, it felt like other people could hear it. I glanced back at Darrell, who was staring at Dragonair with some sort of hunger in his eyes.
I looked away. "What?" I whispered.
I heard Darrell gasp behind me. Did he hear the voice too? I looked back at him and saw the hunger in his eyes had been replaced by astonishment.
"Dragons have always been a part of you, it has been since before your birth. You can't run away from fate. Accept your destiny."
Looking away from Darrell again, I noticed the Dragonair hadn't moved a muscle. In fact, it was like the whole forest was frozen.
"Are you okay?" I whispered to the great blue Pokemon.
"Better."
It was my turn to gasp. I covered my mouth with one hand and took a few steps back, realizing that that voice was Dragonair.
I kept walking back until I bumped into Darrell, but neither of us said anything. I kept staring at that frozen Dragon Pokemon, my hand still over my mouth in shock.
"You need to come back home to us. We're waiting for you, our Tamer."
"What...Tamer?"
"Why, you of course. Only you can bring us all eternal hope and peace, something we've been waiting for...for longer than you can know."
"What are you talking about?" My voice quivered behind my hand. I felt sort of airy while I was talking, as if I was flying while I spoke.
"Surely you know of the Tamer's Prophecy."
"I don't."
"You were chosen, you out of every Tamer descendant past, present, and future. It's your time to make peace for us."
"But what does it have to do with me?"
Dragonair stared even harder at me, not even quivering. I saw that fleck of green in its eyes and felt that feeling of someone pulling at my insides.
"Everything."
I looked back at Darrell, who was just staring at me in astonishment behind all that hair. "Tamer..." he whispered.
"What?" I cried, and he blinked.
I turned back towards Dragonair. I was about to ask it something else, when I heard footsteps pounding through the forest.
Oh, great. I knew those footsteps.
Steve suddenly appeared in the scene, huffing and puffing. "What the hell is going on here?!" he cried between breaths. He looked from Darrell and I, to the Dragonair, and back at us. He then did a double take at Dragonair as if he hadn't noticed it.
"Dude!" he cried. "There's a Dragonair!"
"Duh," I said under my breath. I opened my mouth to ask Dragonair something, but it suddenly stretched and floated up, lifting its head. At that second, I somehow felt like I was plummeting to the ground, even though my feet were firmly on it.
I clutched at my chest and tried not to collapse, but my knees were buckling. "N...o..." I said through gritted teeth.
Darrell looked at the Dragonair, who was still floating, so I couldn't see what it was doing. Darrell must've known, though, because he suddenly cried out something I couldn't make out, wrapped his arms around me, and spun me around so his back was facing Dragonair.
About a millisecond second later---I swear, it felt like nothing---I felt sparks of electricity around me. I opened my eyes, which had been squinched shut, and looked up. I realized Darrell had protected me from a Thunderbolt or something of the like.
A singing-like cry let out, and it was silent. Darrell and I looked up towards the sky, and saw Dragonair was gone.
Darrell cursed under his breath, but I barely had time to register everything that had just happened when Steve suddenly came rushing towards me. He literally yanked me from Darrell's hold and held my arms.
"Lindsey!" he gasped. "Oh my god...are you okay?!"
"Fine," I breathed slowly, though I wasn't. I was trembling with confusion over everything that had just happened---Tamer's Prophecy? What did that have to do with me? What did it mean? Why did Dragonair kill Hades?
"To hell you're fine," Steve muttered, breaking up my thoughts. His hands traveled up to my shoulders and he pulled me a little closer. "You're shaking."
I wriggled from his grip, afraid he might try something. Darrell slightly raised an eyebrow at that, but didn't say anything.
I flew over to him and grabbed his coat, still trembling. "Why did you try to capture it?!" I demanded to know, even though I already knew the answer to that. I loosened my hold on the coat. "Why?"
He didn't answer my question, but rather put his head down and closed his eyes. "Of course you would want to stop me," he said in that deep voice of his.
"What?"
"After all," he said opening his eyes a bit to stare at me. "You are a Dragon Tamer."
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Ooooo. And stuff.
Interesting reactions indeed...
Karania~ Eh, except for you. You had the same reaction ^.^;;
Silvie~ I'M ALIVE! ...Where did you get a Lindsey/Darrell flag? O.o –looks around in L:TP merchandise- Hmmm...oh wait, there it is. :P AHHH! KILLER PLOT BUNNIES! –runs in circles-
Yes, poor Ivy indeed. She never knows what's going on, which is exactly how I feel a lot. –rolls eyes- No one ever tells me anything! GAAAH!
Rose~ Hmm, well I guess Anthony wasn't THAT much of an obvious culprit now, was he? ;D Hey Dificil, don't ruin Rose's run. Lindsey thought it was quite gross too :P
Opaltiger~ -sigh- I gotta make time for reading that! –falls over- Anyway...aw, thanks for that comment ^_^ I try to make them as real as I can for a couple of characters that live in a Pokemon world.
Zero_Chan~ LOOK! A CHINCHILLA! ...-cough- Hmm, that was a NIFTY chapter? ^_^;; Never got that one before. Hahaha...wait a sec...are you saying that Lindsey/Steveness is on the darkside?! O.O –falls over some more- Man, I'm going to loose my brain like that one of these days...
Natalie~ Hey! Welcome to my madness! ^_^ In answer to your question, no, that little warning thing didn't happen in either of the other Tamer installments. At least to my knowledge. Unless someone's been messing with me...
Wheehoo! We got another Steve fan! ^.^;; Poor Darrell...right now, it looks like Silvie is his only fan. –cries- Ah well, Steve kicks ass...but please, no thwacking my characters. ^.~
WOO! I FEEL AWESOMECORE! ^_^
Want to make me feel like that even more? (reader's faces get all twisted)
...Not like THAT! I meant by reviewing!
Readers: OOOOOHHH! Yes RainbowSerenity, I will most certainly review!
Thaaaank you!