(I'm sooo sorry that this is so late. I've been doing many things, including writing this chapter over and over again, trying to get it right. This is the best that I could come up with, it probably isn't really a wonderful chapter, but… Well, I'll let you decide that for yourself: Chapter 10.)
Sara gasps, her mouth hanging open as she watches Huan tackle Elvina in her chest. She didn't even notice the sopping wet Growlithe drag himself until he was next to her. Blaze watches Sara watch Elvina, Huan, and Dominus for a couple of minutes until he rubs his equally soaked nose across her forearm.
She jumps, and knocks into the stand, which topples over as she realizes it's just Blaze. He looked horrible though, like he'd been attacked by many at once. But Sara had no time to tend to him, for at that second Dominus's icy drawl was aimed at her. "So, Sundav's brat has finally shown up. I was wondering how long it would take."
Blaze was growling now, his hackles raised, as a dark shadow suddenly loomed over Sara. She felt a surge of pain as she whipped around to face Dominus. "You're horrible." She managed to spit into the emotionless face of the man.
He just laughed loudly at her reaction and snapped his fingers. Huan came running to his side and barked, not unlike the loving bark that he aimed at Elvina all the time. "You look surprised." Dominus states as he examines Sara, as if looking for weaknesses. "You didn't know that I'm the real Lord?"
It seemed like Blaze had had enough, he charged at Dominus, spouting flames that were put out by the pouring rain. The rest happened in a split-second, Huan realized Blaze's plans, jumped, and landed square on the Growlithe's back. Blaze let out a roaring cry of pain and knocked Huan off of his back, sending the Eevee flying strait into Sara's arms.
Sara just stared at him for a good while, Huan looking dazed as he lay motionless. The look of the pulsing, black band around Huan's neck finally woke her up out of her own dazedness and she quickly laid a hand on it, the band shattering into dust under her fingers. The Eevee regained his normal eye color in a matter of seconds, and looked around as if seeing rain for the first time.
"Go Huan!" Sara exclaims, tossing him onto the ground in Elvina's direction, "Go help Elvina!" Huan looked at her for a second like she's nuts before running to Elvina and beginning the task of chewing off her ropes.
"So, think you're clever, do you?" Dominus asks airily, as if he didn't care at all about what had happened just then. "You just need to learn you lesson, the hard way…"
Dominus gained an evil grin as he raised his left hand, showing Sara the back of it. "May darkness banish the light." These words came from his mouth, but in a voice that made Sara shiver. It wasn't natural, it couldn't be… He began to change, growing thick, raven black fur all across his body. Sharp silver nails grew to a scary size on both his hands, and from the look of Dominus's shoes, his nail were growing as well.
After a moment of stunned silence, only broken by the sound of Huan chewing rope and the sounds of ripping clothes, Dominus's grotesque transformation was completed. His shirt had been torn to shreds, but his jeans remained intact. Dark red, pupiless eyes had been fixed on Sara, who suddenly returned to Earth and screamed at the top of her lungs before turning tail and fleeing.
Rasping laughter and the pounding sound of heavy footsteps followed, as was mocking expressions. "Sara…" His voice sounded cruel and merciless, "Come on little brat, you can't run forever… Stop now and I won't make it painful…"
But she had no intention of stopping, not when a man turned creature was after her for some reason... Sara took her whistle and blew on it again, hoping beyond hope that Sundav would answer her this time. Help, help, help! She yelled inside herself to mid-air, and the whistle answered with a sharp, mysterious melody.
Dominus's footsteps suddenly stopped. Sara stopped as well, panting and looking at the still raging battle ahead of them, but seeing that the red-eyed Pokemon had been reduced to about fifty. It was a relief to know that at least Karen was doing something right…
She turned to face Dominus then, who was just standing there, staring up at a point about her head. There was a massive, blaring screech from high above, and the rain stopped abruptly. Sara followed the point to where he was looking and saw what would look like Sundav, in color.
Sundav had landed a couple yards away now, and was emitting a mysteriously smooth and eerie song, one that visibly had an effect on all around her. Sunlight blazed from in-between breaking up clouds, and the fighting Pokemon seemed to be fighting with more fervor.
"Stop! Make-it…" Dominus was roaring before a patch of sunlight hit him square in the chest, and he melted into nothing without finishing his rant. As if the clouds, the rain, were never there, the sun showed its massive disk again in a flare of bright light.
Sundav continued to sing though, the notes carrying over to the battlefield once again, which was silent now. Thousands of pairs of eyes were locked onto Sundav's form, not one of them red or malevolent. She finally finished with a burst of light from her form, which felt calmly refreshing and restoring to all.
"Lady." The bird's speech focused on her, she looked to be standing at her full height of over twelve feet. She still looked to be made entirely of light, but colorful light now, shining in all the colors of the rainbow. There was a pause in which Sundav bowed her colorful head to Sara and gave a beaked grin. "Good, very good." She seemed to be talking to herself as she disappears in yet another flash of colorful light.
"Sara!" Cried two voices at once, Drake was rushing over to her from the battle site and Elvina from the talent's stand. Elvina, who looked quite worse for wear, got to Sara first and flung her arms around the smaller girl. Blaze and Huan yipped happily, both standing off to the side.
"Excuse me." Drake started, prying them apart, "But it's my turn." And with that, he embraced Sara for a little longer then he should have. Sandsinger came over while he was doing so, her dragon-like head cocked to one side.
"Humans are funny things." She states as she folds her wings and pokes Drake on his back. While she was interrogating Drake about the funny things humans do (Drake hadn't a clue to what she was saying.), Sara let out Star and Vulpix again.
Star chirrups impatiently and flaps weakly up to Sara's forearm. The tired Swellow demanded full attention from her, but Sara wasn't paying much attention to that and picked up Vulpix and petted her instead. It appeared that she had earned her trust, because Vulpix started to lick her fingers as they passed by her head.
"Uh-huh." Drake mumbles as Sandsinger finishes her speech of why: 'Humans should act more civilized. Why live in a brick house when you can just dig a nice hole?'
"Ahhh!" Elvina suddenly exclaims, checking the time on her tattered wrist-watch. "We've missed everything! The festival should have ended an hour ago!"
The sun had set by now, leaving everything in a dark shadow. Elvina made whimpering sounds as a man, probably the person who would have done all the announcements, came across the now ruined stage and boomed, "There will be no contests! I repeat, there will be no contests! Anyone who has injured Pokemon should go to the Pokemon Center immediately!"
While he was making his way off the stage, jumping over huge gaps in the wood that were still dripping wetly, most of the crowd headed away, off to the Pokemon Center.
The rest of the night passed as one big burr, all of it uneventful to say the least. The trio headed back to the Pokemon Center after a while, to find it overflowing already. Most of the trainers there weren't from Inferno Town at all, and they would all be staying at the Pokemon Center overnight. They all settled in the small spaces provided, elbowing in attempts of getting more room, and failing completely.
Sleep overtook Sara two seconds after she lay her head down on her small pillow, her dreams were very strange and distorted. It was a battle with many Pokemon of legends, ones that she'd never see before, but Sara was in the middle of it all, ordering a large, rainbow bird to use Ancientpower on another, more massive creature…