I felt like I was in the Wizard of Oz, walking down the yellow brick road and all. It was like a rich city, with no power lines. Efiel still had yet to see power lines since she lived in the ruins and they manly used candles. Looking around at this spectacular place was breath taking.
Everywhere she looked she saw huge gold/yellow buildings with windows on every floor. Even the roads were equipped with gold/yellow bricks and the sidewalks with gold/yellow tiles. Most of the Pokémon were yellow as well. The only non-yellow thing other than them was the bright green grass next to the road and sidewalk. She didn't know what roads were for, she had never seen or heard of them.
The tiles shined brightly as they walked and turned corner after corner. She looked up to see the bright yellow sun which made most of the sky a yellowish color as well. After walking a while she realized the grass wasn't the only non-yellow thing there. Wooden shops for lemonade or umbrellas or hotdogs were everywhere. Most of the public had either umbrellas or scarfs on, however they were not yellow, they were pitch black. But why would Pokémon want scarfs in this boring heat?
"Sir. Wallace, why does everyone have black umbrellas and scarfs? And what is the drop in elevation near the sidewalk do, what is it for? Oh, and another thing, what's up with this places fascination with yellow? And where are the power lines I thought every kingdom uses power lines except ours? Oh and…" I want to ask more, much more, but Sir. Wallace had decided to interrupt me.
"Is she always like this or is it just me?" He turned and looked at Connor with an annoyed look, obviously not a people person.
"Actually this is the worst I've seen her but yes, she is always like this." Connor laughed and turned to face me, it looked like he mumbled something like 'would you stop being rude and shut up'. Thanks Connor, you're a big help man. Suddenly Noctowl landed near me and held his wing out towards umbrella and scarf shops.
"Those are not normal umbrellas and scarfs; they are made of rubber to help keep the electric Pokémon's power from getting too rifled up." Then he pointed to drop in elevation. "And that is called a street or road, they are used for carriages which pretty much only the thunder and fire kingdoms have, some others have it but you need horse Pokémon to run them. Like that one, it's called a Zebstrika. See how it's pulling that yellow carriage? Well that's its job around here. Then the reason there are no power lines is because this is the thunder kingdom. They don't need power lines." He smiled and took off.
I looked back at the odd thing he had called a 'carriage'. It was a pretty thing with a small room. I had never been in a carriage before, and then I had the perfect idea. "I wanna ride in the 'Carriage'!" I yelled as loud as I could. Pokémon on the street had even turned to stare at me and my little group.
Sir. Wallace turned shakings his head in disappointment and Connor turned with big wide eyes. Noctowl landed again standing near me smiling; he must understand my desire to try something new. The others seemed unsure except for Lizeth, who looked at me happily jumping up and down expressing her want to ride on it two.
"Why is it I always end up with the rude idiots like you?" Sir Wallace asked me. I decided to play his game, sitting I thought for a moment, then I saw Connor shaking his head mouthing either to not reply or say sorry. Sorry? Sorry? SORRY? Why would I be the one to say sorry? Oh, I was going to reply alright, I'm not one to back down.
"Because people are only what you make them out to be, and plus to you, everyone must seem like rude idiots. Am I correct?" Well it sounded good in my head but, not really out loud. Oh well it worked man, it freak'en worked! Sir Wallace looked angry then happy, and walked over to the carriage. Handed some yellow coins, what the hell is it with yellow here, and walked back.
"Ok, you want a carriage ride then you may have a carriage ride. I paid the Zebstrika and Flaffy to give you a tour of the city with two of your friends besides the Persian, he's too heavy. "Samuel exclaiming his displeasure at being called 'fat' almost cried. I had picked Lizeth and Noctowl. They were the two out of this group I liked the most.
As we got closer to the carriage I began to wonder what the Flaffy was for. Noctowl, obviously seeing my confusion decided to answer my question without me even having to ask it. "Flaffy is the one that knows where to go; she tells the Zebstrika where to turn and stop. Only small and light Pokémon can take Flaffy's job, so there for she cannot evolve, unless the Zebstrika wants to carry an extra 50 pounds." He turned back to the carriage and helped the flaffy out of its seat. It took a gold key from around its neck and opened the small room I realized both the door and the wall opposite the door had small windows. Noctowl helped the flaffy back into its seat and then helped me and Lizeth into the carriage and closed the door behind him.
I was so excited that I couldn't sit still and looked out the window dog style. Then Lizeth pulled me back in and motioned toward the wall closest to the Flaffy and found her face looking and laughing at me. She had a small window to talk through just big enough so that we could see her eyes and nose.
Through fits of laughter she began to try and speak, in a very orderly tone. "Haha, my name is Rosa, and I will be your Coachman, I hate the title because I am indeed a girl but I have to deal with it, so I will be taking you to the Wall, Zen River, the Power Plant Museum, and the Court House. I will also be describing what these excellent places are. First off is the Wall." She turned and whipped the whipped lightly, and I lurched backwards. I could tell this was going to be fun. Then she turned back and began to talk some more. "The wall is the giant steel barrier that separates us from the outer world; you would have had to pass through it to get in if you remember it? You can even see it from over most of the roof tops if you'll take a look out your window for a sec!" With that everyone turned to look and sure enough there it was, just barely visible over the roofs. I saw everyone else walking slowly away with Sir. Wallace towards a big white building I hadn't yet noticed, and then Rosa's voice peered into my head. "It creates a circle around us to keep us safe, they even station guards on the wall to make sure its effective, and it only opens when you use a thunder attack on it, but it has to be powerful so most Pokémon use charge or spark first. The wall stands 200 meters high so our skyscrapers all have to be under 620 feet tall, except the Capitol Building. Unfortunately only people with passes can enter the gates to that building." She sat back in her seat so we could see that she was pointing at a tall building that came to a point in the middle of the city. "You are looking to evolve right?" she asked pointing at me.
I nodded and she began to speak again. "Yeah that's what I thought. The guy who paid me told me to drop you guys off in front of the gate; that's where all official business like that is held." I tried to look back at it but we had turned and now it was on Noctowls side. "Oh I'm so sorry, were here at the wall. I wonder how long we've been here…" She trialed off and stopped the carriage, got from her seat and opened the door. After we had gotten out I turned toward the shiny steel that rose above us.
It was magnificent. Carvings in the wall curved and swirled, there was a bird in the picture. It looked like a huge spike ball with two slits for eyes. "What's that Pokémon in the middle?" Walking closer I realized its eyes were made from expensive looking yellow gems. Hearing laughter I turned back towards Rosa, but she was looking at someone else. The Zebstrika.
"Haha, you really know nothing about our culture do you? Well my names Zach and that Pokémon's name is Zapdos. It's the legendary bird for our kingdom." He nodded towards the carving and we all turned to face it again. "It is one of three legendary birds; Zapdos is of course for the thunder kingdom. Moltres, the fire bird, Is for the Fire Kingdom no doubt, while Articuno, is for the ice kingdom, it being the ice bird and all. Anyway we have a festival to worship Zapdos. You guys might be in town for it too." He explained. The carving had indentions to make it out, when the other carvings bulged from the wall.
"They say if your electric power is strong enough then you cans get the Zapdos to glow. Those who have achieved this goal have said it's very pretty." Rosa spoke up. Why couldn't she try? She might be able to do it.
"Give it a try! It might be worth your while. You never know." She gave a nervous smile and nodded. Walking over to it she glanced back at Zach then me and we all encouraged her. Then she began to glow and a thundershock zigzagged toward the belly of the creature but was drawn up to the eyes. People began to crowd around us and talking wondering if she could do it.
"Naaa, it's no good she ai'nt no strong Flaffy." We heard a gruff man's voice above all. The nerve that man has, to just say that. Then I saw another bolt of electricity, however this one was stronger than Rosa's. It was Zach and he was using thunderbolt instead of thundershock. Then I felt a gust of wind and noticed Lizeth running towards them. She skidded to a stop and began to use shockwave.
People laughed until a yellow light emanated from the wall. They all stopped their attacks and stood back as the carving glowed a beautiful yellow and gold color. The yellow stones then projected a bird with a needle like beak and spiky wings and tail flying around in the air. But as sudden as it started it ended and the film was over just like that. People had stopped and stared at the projection and now the whole area was crowded.
Then I felt Noctowls wing on my back. "We should go, I'm afraid we don't have time to see all the other places except Zen River seeing as how we must cross it to get to where we're going." I nodded as did the rest of us. As we pulled out people soon took our spot looking at the wall.
The whole place reminded me of France, the brick, the carriages, and the Pokémon. When I heard water I began to pay attention to what Rosa had been saying. She was talking about some important river and how it runs right through the kingdom. She called it the Zen River and that it was the main water source for her people, and that the bridge was the most used bridge on the Island. Cool fact.
When I looked out my window I saw a beautiful, clear, calm river underneath. You could see anything in it even the kelp. The bridge was long, as was the river. Up ahead I saw a tall building, the tall building. Capitol Building, the one she said was taller than the rest of the city was right in front of me. I could clearly see it now, a polished white building. It had a black iron fence surrounding it, and there stood my friends, or hated companions. There were electric Pokémon all around it the outer barrier, guards.
When we pulled up we all got out. "Thank you so much Rosa that was so much fun!" I hugged her and went back to Sir. Wallace, who just glared at my return. I figured Connor would be to but, he wasn't he was smiling at me, a rather big smile. Why? He was never happy! When I looked back at the Carriage it was Lizeth's turn to hug Rosa. Noctowl was talking to Zach. I should probably thank him to.
I walked over to Zach and thanked him; in return he told us that if we ever needed anything just to send a letter and they'll come. I might have to take him up on that someday. "You guys are so welcome, and if you're still in town for the festival come by and say hi for me will ya? Thanks guys! I hope we seen each other again someday!" Rosa yelled over her shoulder as her and Zach went back across the bridge.
"I hope you weren't too much trouble, and you might want to drop the rude act while you're here and be nice, it's in your best interests." Sir. Wallace snickered and turned to leave. Ok this wasn't fair I didn't even know how I was being rude! I guess asking questions is being rude.
Then the iron fence moved and revealed the walkway which was gray and not yellow, in fact nothing beyond that gate was yellow except the Pokémon. Thank god.
As we were walking I saw a huge lightning bolt come from the wall. Everyone did, I didn't think it was strange seeing as how were in a kingdom full of electric types but Sir. Wallace sure did. He jolted back and glared at the spot in the sky where it had come from. I looked back just in time to see another. Something was wrong, but I didn't have time to find out. Someone pulled me to the white building behind me and closed the door. It was Sir. Wallace.
"Im sorry about that but it policy to secure this building if the Rotom gang appears. I'll have to get back to you so for now stay here, and that means you little miss. annoying." And he left.
"Just to satisfy my curiosity, how am I being rude?" Connor looked at me with hate and Noctowl sadly, but with care and understanding. I had obviously set myself up for a proper scolding.
Yes, yes, I know. It took me a week to update but get over it I do have a life. And review, cause the number of reviews I have for what, 7, 8 chapters is just sad. It's just sad. Ad I think its 9 chapters now. Confusing.
