To the Reader:
It has come to my direct attention from review that this story plus its characters may get a little on the Mary Sue-ish side. This is probably because when I started out about a year ago- I was wasn't that good a writer… But now that I've gotten better, I've realized how Mary Sueish some of it is and tried to change it- thus the revision phrase. But, I couldn't alter too much… Meaning the story would get changed around- so yeah… Please bear with me if I get Mary Sueish and point it out to me! Thank you!
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Moonlight's Shadow Chapter 15:
An Unexpected Visit
Amazingly, the sudden blizzard that had came yesterday, vanished and was replaced by warm, almost even hot weather. Snow was melting in places and it was just plain unnatural. Especially since it was just about winter. Sami was looking tense and nervous, almost as tense as Koja. What was going on?
Shadow had taken little notice of the weather, or basically anything for that matter. She was looking for her parents. The next morning, the Umbreon had vanished at dawn while the others were still sleeping, and returned at noon. Though they were quite worried and a bit angry for her just going of like that, they didn't really blame her for doing so. After all, this was the matter of her parents.
After lunch, Shadow proceeded to leave the den but was stopped by Sami, "Take it easy… There's no rush in finding them you know?"
The teenager had heard the whole story about the Alakazam and everything so she had a pretty good idea on what was going on… But she had a suspicion that… Well that Shadow wasn't going to find her parents here… They could even be dead. But nothing seemed to push that particular thought into Shadow's mind.
"I'll be back by sun down… Maybe earlier… Maybe later. I can take care of myself."
"Go then…"
As the teenager watched the Umbreon bound off, she shook her head. Shadow sure could take care of herself… In fact, she was still worried about what Sabrina had said to her about Shadow… It was… slight unnerving. She hadn't talked to her master about it yet…. Maybe she should…
Koja glanced at Sami and then back to Shadow who was by now almost out of sight. Shaking his head, the Absol lay down, head on paws. Beside him, Inferno was sitting upright, taking in the surroundings. Pep was taking a nap, thankfully. It was unnatural. The weather they were experiencing now was… suited for summer- yet the weather yesterday was suited for winter. Unnatural.
"She could actually be two years old you know…"
"Eh?" roused out of his thoughts, Koja glanced at Inferno, "What d'ya say?"
"She could be two years old… Your age."
"Oh?"
"Her maturity level is of a two year old- your age. But then your maturity level is higher then it normally should be…"
"That's a good thing of course."
"On your case yes, Shadow's- no. It's mixing up her history."
"… Explain…?"
Lazily, the Houndoom grinned at Koja, "If she's two years old, which I am assuming she is, it means that some part of what she knows as her past is incorrect. But if she's a yearling that means that her past of being separated from her parents by a flood is nonexistent."
"And this all means…"
"That there's something very strange going on with her." The Slowking entered the conversation, his eyes set firmly on the horizon.
"Yeah… That she is… I've been told that she may not even be an Umbreon…" Sami stated, twirling a stick with one finger.
"What?" Koja was instantly alert, "That's… not right."
"Why? It's quite logical." The Slowking smiled grimly.
"She just a slightly abnormal Umbreon who's got amnesia…!" protested Koja.
But he himself knew it wasn't quite true. Shadow wasn't slightly abnormal- she wasn't even just abnormal. Shadow was strange. It was illogical to state that she had amnesia. If she had amnesia she would have blank spaces in her mind- Shadow didn't. She had an incorrect past. Which really muddled things up.
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Shadow smiled gently seeing a pair of Butterfrees dance in the wind. The insect like Pokemon called out to each other happily, gliding and swaying through the air. She didn't just leave the others to find her parents. She had a good idea that they were not to be found here. She came out here by herself to think. To try to tell herself that she knew exactly who she was. Except, the problem was that Shadow's mind was turning into a huge jumble.
It just didn't happen. Your past just didn't make itself up… It was impossible. But it fit… so nicely. She had heard Sami talking… She wasn't an Umbreon… or was she? Yet it would also fit oh so nicely if she weren't an Umbreon. After all, none of her characteristics fit and apparently there also some other factors…
This was getting deep… So-
A blaze of heat streaked past Shadow and left the nearby grass black and sizzling. The temperature seemed to double. But before any intelligent though came to the Umbreon's mind, a blaze of intense cold streaked past her, leaving traces of snow and ice in the grass. The warm temperature vanished and was replaced by frosty winds and a cold atmosphere. This time, the Umbreon managed to get an intelligent thought out…
"What?"
Maybe not that intelligent… But before another thought was processed a black of bright light streaked past her leaving Shadow with a paralyzing electrical shock. The cold temperature was still there though the snow had turned to water and it seemed to tingle with electricity. Swallowing, Shadow started to bound back to the den. Things were getting strange… Was this what Koja was so afraid of?
It didn't take long for the Umbreon to be in seeing distance of the cave where the others were. But… there was something… Very wrong going on here. There were colors bounding everywhere, ice, electricity, and fire running amok… Shadow ran faster and faster… Reaching the cave in a matter of seconds…
And there… Well the sight was something you didn't see everyday… Standing before Shadow were the three Elementals. Also known as Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. Also classified to be the Gods by many.
A sudden shove made Shadow kneel down on the ground. Yes… She had to kneel… Or at least bow. They were sacred, these three.
"Greetings mortals." Was the first thing said by Moltres.
"We have a grave matter to discuss with you." Continued Articuno.
"Something which very coincidentally involves most of you here in this cave." Finished Zapdos.
No one spoke… They were too busy being awed that their bodies and minds were unable to function properly
"First off. Slowking- Are you the one who made the prophecy many years ago?" the question was spoken quickly and briefly.
"Yes…"
"Good. Then we have come to the right place."
"Umbreon."
Shadow's heard jerked up.
"Your holiness- how may I assist you?"
"You are the on afraid of shadows are you not?"
"Yes your holiness."
"Excellent. You must all know… That you are going to get involved in a war. Between the Gods and the Unknown. We have a faint idea of who the enemy is."
"Absol."
Koja turned to face Moltres, the God who last spoke, "Yes mighty one?"
"You are to find your pack. They are in this region. You must convince them to help us fight."
"And if I do not obey?"
"The world will be no more ruled by the Gods that you know."
"I am an outcast. I am afraid-"
"You have been given an order. You are expected to do it. You will be able to do it."
"Human. Do not tell any of your race of this. Get involved minimally. Your kind seem to have an ability to destroy easily."
"The rest of you. Go to your packs, you families, your friends. Rouse them. Tell them to join us and fight. When you have done so. Meet us here."
"Take the feathers. There are three of them. They will summon one us if there are complications."
Dropped on the ground were three feathers. One an icy blue, one a fiery red, and one bright yellow. Sami, trembling picked them up and let them rest in the palms of her hands.
"We must take our leave now. You have our blessing."
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The visit from the Gods had been brief. It had been unexpected. It was also very strange. It was almost as if the Gods were stereotyped- the Gods should have appeared powerful, mighty, loud and strong. Instead the three came and left quietly. Their tone of voices seemed tense and scared. It was what you would expect of a God or Goddess. There was no display of powers, or dazzling shows of might. There were no threats or anything to persuade them to do what they asked.
Sami would have immediately suspected that the three who came earlier were imposters- except that from the lore and myths that her master had told her… Gods were unique- no one could copy their form. IT was unheard of. And… They were confused. They had been given orders so briefly that they were still recovering from the shock of just seeing a God, let alone three.
They had little information to begin with. They had no idea of what was going on. The Gods were vague. They no time for questions. Why? And apparently Koja had been thinking the same thoughts.
"How unorthodox. Or rather- unexpected. I'm still… very confused."
"Wonder no more…" The Slowking cleared his throat, "I have the answers."
Shadow blinked. Sami glanced at her old master. He was the one who taught her many things, one being Pokespeech. His was incredibly wise- if not reclusive and not very sociable and quite… blunt. Pep was amazingly… Still sleeping. She had slept through the whole thing. Hopefully the Gods didn't get offended.
"And how, may I ask do you know these answers?" asked Koja half frustrated.
"Because I was spoken to mentally. But you probably won't understand that so I'll move on. There is a dark force roaming around, and gathering Pokemon to fight our Gods. The group is kept in the dark, very few know of it and it is only recently that the Gods themselves have discovered this enemy."
"And…?"
"The dark force is stronger then it should be, his of her strength could be defined as Godly. This dark force of forces have are responsible for certain deaths, certain plots, certain dark things that have been kept a secret. Fortunately, they could not hide forever and the Gods know not what the force is but that it is simply evil."
"And we must gather up Pokemon to fight… No one would believe us. Heck, I don't even believe you!" snarled Inferno.
"You must. That is why the Gods may not have seemed like gods to you. It is because they are simply put, afraid. There is a possibility that all of them will be overthrown by one other God. There is also a number of evidence. For example… You."
The Slowking pointed at Shadow, "She is what is guessed to be part of a plot from this dark force. It is not sure exactly what that plot is, but no doubt, she has to be watched carefully by us."
Shadow swallowed. Watched. It was like she was the evil one… Like there was something hideously wrong with her…
"You don't need to watch me!" she protested, "You know I'm not going to do anything ridiculously insane…"
"I'm not worried about you doing anything," replied the Slowking coolly, "I am worried about a force that will take over you and do something."
"Why didn't they just tell all this to us themselves?" Koja cried, "It would be much easier."
"Do you think the Gods have time to spend hours explaining thing to mortals like you? Besides that, there isn't much time left. In fact, it may be too late already. We have to travel. Now!"
Sami sighed. This is what she meant by blunt. He was certainly very intelligent, this teachers of hers but he didn't see the point of… well, putting things nicely.
"This is absolute nonsense." Muttered Koja, "Let's go Shadow. We've stayed long enough anyway. Your parents obviously aren't here."
"But…" Shadow struggled to find words, "We can't leave… It's like forsaking the Gods! That's wrong! Extremely wrong!"
"Those were not the Gods. Just paranoid fools." Shot back Koja smoothly.
"Open your mind young Absol." The words were spoken quietly but determined.
Koja stiffened. A dark type was immune to psychic types like the Slowking. If he opened his mind, he would momentarily allow his powers to disperse for a moment. It was unheard of.
"No."
"I will not hurt you. All I want is to show you something mentally. You don't have to take away your barriers fully, just a bit."
"I'm warning you-"
Koja cut his own words short and it was clear that the Koja was somewhere else… The painfully long seconds went by, neither Koja nor the Slowking moving. The others didn't move, it was as if time had stopped completely. But it seemed that after a while time went back to its usual state and Koja swallowed.
"We have to move now Shadow." The sentence was spoken quietly, you had to almost strain your ears to hear it.
"Wha-?"
Whatever, that Slowking did to Koja… It was meant to make him agree and believe in everything not do nothing…
"We have to find my…" Koja's eyes hardened, "Pack. And tell them to join us."
Fwee… I might actually re-edit this chapter… I'm not sure if I explained things are wrote things well enough that the Gods didn't seem TOO un-godly… Feedback appreciated by the way. Oh… and, The story is either half or three-quarters through!
At least I think so anyway! Thanks for bothering to read anyhow!
-Star Dragon X