Heart's Like the Tides: Chapter 2 – New Allies and New Foes
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Authoresses Note: Okay I lied. I decided, for the last time, to have Jadin and Favian's adventure as a spin-off story. This story will solely be about the Absols and Persians and such. Here's the second chapter. Please enjoy.
Being in a pokeball was a strange experience if you weren't used to it. It wasn't something Wasaki could explain easily. It's like you were there but in an omnipotent sort of way. Yet he was still aware of his bodily functions but he couldn't see a body. He could also somehow tell that the trainer was walking. After the chat with the Ninetails, Maleah, he had been given some strange tasting liquid that put him to sleep. The next thing he knew he was being recalled into the pokeball.
Wild pokemon like himself normally wouldn't be aware what a pokeball was even for but his father had taught him a lot about trainers when he was alive.
"They have these capture devices. Never ever allow yourself to be placed in a situation where they have you cornered. They'll throw a ball at you that will suck you in. If you ever do get into that situation then make sure you fight for your life."
Wasaki remembered the words well. He had tried to fight the power of the ball but he was still weak and found he couldn't quite get himself out. He had failed his father.
He felt the ball lurch suddenly and in a flash of red light he found himself sitting on the ground outside. The female trainer was standing in front of him. She gave him a smile and patted his head. He didn't like being petted like some common pokemon so he moved his head out of her reach. She shrugged and took out four other pokeballs. She tossed them on the ground and four flashes of light revealed various other pokemon including Maleah.
Now standing before him was a Sharpedo, a Roselia, a pokemon he had never seen before, and Maleah. The female trainer spoke up.
"Okay gang. This is the new member of the team. He's still a little sore so go easy on him." She called out to the pokemon. The three nodded and Maleah waved one of her tails at him. The trainer smiled at them and started digging around in her backpack. While she was busy the three he hadn't met approached him.
"Hey there!" The Roselia squeaked at him. This one was defiantly female. Her voice was quite high pitched.
"Welcome to the team." The pokemon that he wasn't familiar with said in a gentle voice. This one was female too. She was half orange and half brown and had a long neck. Her tail seemed to be a separate head complete with a face.
The Sharpedo, not being the friendly type Wasaki concluded, merely nodded at him. Maleah walked up beside Wasaki.
"Everyone I'd like you to meet Wasaki here. He's an Absol, just like the one that trainer we battled against had." She said. Wasaki assumed she was the de facto leader of the team. She had the air of leadership about her.
She turned to him. "I'd like you to meet Kinesis the Girafarig." She nodded at the pokemon Wasaki had never seen before.
She continued, "Ayana the Roselia." She pointed a tail at the Roselia.
"And finally this is Shiva, the Sharpedo. He's antisocial but once you get to know him he's harmless." She finished.
"Nice to meet you all." Wasaki said politely. They all responded in their own separate ways, Shiva's being a grunt.
"Now why don't you all go eat and I'll show Wasaki around and tell him about Annette and what she's like." Maleah suggested.
The rest nodded and left and Maleah turned to me once more. "Come on we'll eat soon enough. It'll just be easier for you if I show you the ropes."
Wasaki grinned at the chance of spending time with Maleah. "No problem." Maleah grinned back and then starting leading him silently towards where the trainer, Annette, was sitting.
Andromeda had gathered up all the Persians, Delcattys, or any other able fighter within the pack. She sat in the middle of a large circle surrounded by all her allies. Clearing her throat the entire forest seemed to fall silent.
"It is with great sorrow that I announce the passing of my mate Akoni." She said in a monotonous voice. The entire forest seemed to suddenly buzz with chatter. The powerful and ruthless Persian was dead?
Andromeda continued on. "I know this is a great shock my friends you are not alone in your mourning. I am left to rule without a mate and our son is fatherless. This tragedy affects us all."
"Mam! How did he die?" A Persian spoke up. Andromeda turned her attention to him.
"He was murdered." She spat harshly. He eyes flashed with anger as she said it. "Murdered by the leader of an Absol pack and a turncoat Persian."
Gasps were heard in every direction. Several pokemon spoke up at once.
"What are we going to do now?"
"His heir is too young to lead us!"
"What about the empire he left behind?"
Andromeda growled in irritation.
"SILENCE!" She shouted. The forest turned its attention to her once more.
"This is not the end my friends!" She said. "This Absol shall pay for his ignorance. We will fight with all our might till he and everything he loves is brought down! I will lead you to a bright future! I will finish what Akoni hoped to do! An Empire run by Persians and Delcatty shall finally come to be in existence! We'll do it together!" She shouted happily.
She let out a fierce yowl and in response every other cat pokemon followed to show their support.
"We shall gather all of our allies! Every last powerful ally we have. We will take on the Absols. But we won't stop at them. We'll take over every last pokemon territory till it's all ours. We'll finish what Akoni worked for his whole life! First we shall go and gather as many rock pokemon as we can, next shall be the Machop and Machoke, I also know of a Gyarados that owes Akoni a favour, he shall be recruited too. Those pokemon shall help us in our fight against the Absols but after that we shall go get others in our eventual take over of the pokemon world! Who's with me?!" She shouted and was greeted with another chorus of yowls. Grinning evilly at the amount of power on their side.
Sudden flapping of wings made all the pokemon look up. Andromeda raised her head to see two large orange dragons flying over head. They landed suddenly in front of her. She retracted her claws and all the cat pokemon did the same. The larger and more scarred of the two dragons grinned evilly.
"Good evening Madam. Are you Andromeda, mate of Akoni?" He asked in a rough sounding voice.
Not losing her defensive manner. "I am." She replied.
"No need to be wary of us Madam. I am Ignazio the Charizard. This is my younger brother Egon. We are merely looking to join you in your vendetta. It is easy to see we would be of great help to you. We have the power of flight and fire. We are quite powerful." He said in his deep growling voice.
Andromeda relaxed a little but did not bring her claws back in.
"You would no doubt be of service to us. However we do not know you or your motives. We do not know if we can trust you." She said.
The Charizard laughed. "I had heard you were all quite suspicious. But no matter. We shall prove our loyalty to you. As for our motives we had heard of a powerful Persian by the name of Akoni. We had looked around and found more information about him and his objective. He wanted power and that's something he and I have in common. You see we would like to help you reach your objective and only receive a bit of the power in return. By becoming trusted members of your empire we felt we could achieve this. Now what would you have us do?"
Andromeda looked thoughtful for a moment. "Bring me back a friend of Derak the Absol. Leave him and his mate alone for now. They're mine to care of when the time comes." Andromeda ordered.
"Any friend? Do you want an Absol specifically? Or does it matter?" Ignazio asked.
"Any friend. We'll knock Derak's support out from under him by going for his allies. He'll fall at our feet. Now go, bring me back a friend of that murderous Absol, dead or alive." Andromeda snapped.
Ignazio bowed his head in respect for snapping at his younger brother. "Let's go!"
The two spread their wings and took to the sky.
"We'll be back with your pound of flesh Madam. Do not worry." Ignazio called before he and Egon took off into the night.
As the two flew high above Hoenn to where Derak and his allies would be found Egon was having doubts.
"Brother. I do not think this is a good idea. Those Persians are evil and how are we to trust them?" Egon called to his scarred brother.
"Do you have no faith?" Ignazio snapped. "Do you not want power?"
Egon sighed but not loudly enough for Ignazio to hear.
"I guess so brother." Egon said unconvincingly.
"Good. Now be fleet of wing. The sooner we bring back an ally of Derak the sooner our names will be known throughout Hoenn and the rest of the world. They will say fear when they say our names." Ignazio hissed before letting out a great stream of fire from his mouth. It would at least be a few days before they made it to Absol territory. Who said they couldn't have some fun before then?
Egon bit his tongue as he thought of killing another. It wasn't an experience he particularly wanted to try but he owed his brother many favours. He had taken care of him since he was young. He couldn't just leave his older brother. He depended on him. Even if he didn't want to take part in this quest for power he still had to follow his brother and try to be more of a help than a hindrance.
Avis sensed something was wrong as he flew overhead. The lands seemed perfectly fine. Nothing was out of order yet something just seemed wrong. Like there was something sinister coming.
He squinted his eyes and look ahead as far as his advanced eyesight would allow. He couldn't see anything coming from the north. He flew in a circle in order to look in all directions. Still nothing.
Not convinced he flew down lower to see if he had missed something on the ground. Flying low he noticed a small Pidgey struggling to keep aloft. He seemed to be exhausted. He swooped down to where the Pidgey was struggling and chirped in a friendly manner.
"Hello there young one. Are you alright?" He asked kindly.
The Pidgey was gasping as he tried to stay in the air.
"Please help me." He gasped before his wings stopped beating altogether and he started to plummet towards the ground. Avis wasted no time in swooping down after him and caught the small bird gently in his talons.
He proceeded to fly towards Derak and Abha's cave. There was something wrong and he hoped the Pidgey might have some answers. He neared the cave and saw Derak sitting outside in the sun with Abha.
He swooped down and landed as best as he could on one foot. He held out the foot holding the Pidgey out to the couple. Abha instinctively moved forward to remove the Pidgey from his grip. She picked him up as gently as she could with her teeth and placed him in her paws.
"What's happened here Avis?" Derak asked as Abha licked the Pidgey clean in a motherly fashion.
"I found the poor guy struggling along. He asked me for help." Avis replied.
"He's completely worn out." Abha spoke up.
"I know, he could barely fly. I think something awful happened to him. Before I saw him I just had this feeling that something bad was going to happen." Avis said. "I was hoping that he could give us some information if something's going on."
Derak 'hmmed' and looked to the small bird in Abha's paws. "Let's bring him inside then. I'll go get some water for when he wakes up. Do you think you could find some , you know, bird food?" Derak asked Avis.
Avis nodded. "I'll go get a small bug pokemon for him." He said before taking off.
Derak looked back to Abha who was once again gently picking up the Pidgey. "I'll take him back to the cave." She said as best she could with a mouth full of feathers. Derak nodded gratefully before running off to find some water.
Abha brought the Pidgey into the cave and waited for the other two to come back. They arrived back quickly and wasted no time bringing the food and water into the cave. As they moved closer the Pidgey began to stir. His eyes fluttered open and he blinked a couple of times to adjust to the lack of light in the cave.
"Where am I?" He asked weakly.
"Don't worry, you're safe here. We have some food and water for you." Avis said. The Pidgey seemed to recognize Avis's voice because he felt safe enough to move forward and accept the water Derak had brought. As he drank the water and ate some of the food Derak started to talk.
"Could you tell us why you were in trouble? We can help you if you tell us. You're all the way in Absol territory. It's rare to see a Pidgey here. Avis was the last member of the Pidgey family to be seen around here for awhile." Derak explained.
Once the Pidgey stopped he looked to the three adult pokemon. Feeling safe enough to talk he sighed and started his story.
"It was all so random. I lived in a fairly large flock of mixed bird pokemon. We lived a couple of day's flight away from here. However about a week ago we were attacked. I was separated from my mom. Many of the adult's were killed. I don't know how my mother is doing. She managed to protect me from the attacked while I could escape. She told me to fly and never look back. I followed her orders and flew till I got here." He managed to gasp out his story. He was still exhausted from his flight.
"That's awful." Abha said. She licked the Pidgey to comfort him.
"But to be attacked without, that's a very strange occurrence." Derak said in a confused voice.
Avis nodded. "What did the attackers look like?" He asked with a thoughtful frown.
The Pidgey shuddered in fear. "They were huge. There were two of them but only one seemed to be doing the attacking. Even so we didn't stand a chance. They were big orange dragons. They spit flames and had a flame on the tip of their tails. I can't remember exactly what they were called. Char-somethings." He said.
"Charizards." Avis said quietly.
"What was that?" Derak asked.
Avis turned to him in a worried way. "Charizards! They're really powerful. They're not evil by nature but if these ones are evil then that spells big trouble. They have very few weaknesses. If they're attacking without reason then I think we should be on guard." Avis said.
The Pidgey coughed suddenly. "Wait there was something else. The bigger one was demanding something."
"What was it?" Derak asked.
"He was looking for someone. He was asking where he could find a pokemon named Derak."
The entire cave held it's breath as the Pidgey said this. No one dared budge.
"Akoni." Derak whispered.
"What?" Abha asked fearfully.
"They must be in league with Akoni! They have to be!" Derak cried out. "Avis! Warn everyone that something's very wrong. I want everyone to be on guard. If any one spots anything out of the ordinary then I want them to report to me."
"You can't be considering fighting those things! Obviously you don't know what a Charizard is capable of. A single one nearly took out the entire flock this Pidgey is from. We're already weakened from the last battle we had. We can't fight them!" Avis pointed out.
Derak growled in frustration at the situation. "Maybe they just want to talk." He said.
"I wouldn't take any chances." Abha spoke up. "They sound dangerous. We shouldn't risk everybody's lives."
Derak looked thoughtful but then finally nodded in agreement. "You're both right. Avis, could you please gather everyone to the center of the field for a meeting. We have to decide what to do. I need to consult this situation with everyone before we come to a decision." Avis nodded and took off swiftly.
"What about me?" The Pidgey squeaked.
Derak turned to him. Abha still had him in her paws.
"Are you feeling up to coming to the meeting?" Derak asked.
"Yes I feel much better now." He said.
"Excellent because we'll need your help. Now tell us what is your name?" Derak asked.
Looking happy at a chance to help the young fowl chirped his name out happily.
"I'm Jaye." He said happily.
Derak smiled. "Nice to meet you. This is Abha and I'm Derak. The Pidgeot who just left is Avis."
"I'll carry you out if you'd like." Abha told the Pidgey. "If you're still too tired that is."
"That'd be nice. Thank you." He said. Abha picked him up gently once more and the three made their way out to the field.
Authoresses Note: Here's chapter 2. I thank you for the reviews. Luckily I've planned out the direction of this story so this story won't be choppy in regard to plot. Oh and WildTotodile brought up a valid point in her review. In regards to my previous story having a very similar plotline to The Lion King this story will not follow Simba's Pride. I do appreciate that this was brought up though. That way I could clarify. Thanks, Belita Girl.
Oh and in case you were wondering I have some meanings of the new names.
Ignazio is Italian for Fire. Egon also means Fire. Jaye means Jay Bird.