GoggleMaster01- I'm going to post every chapter of this wasting away on my computer (except the half-finished Chapter 7), so you're gonna see Chapters 3-6! Yay! Yay!
Pokemon's still not mine. If it was, this would be the plot of Pokemon Battle Revolution.
Chapter 3
That's how he got to Poketopia. Terrell replayed his whole adventure in his mind, trying to find where the hell it went wrong. Maybe, it all started when he opened his eyes on the plane. Or maybe later, when he got his Colosseum...
Terrell slammed down on the seat. His eyes snapped open.
"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty," Marina said. "We're here!"
Terrell sat up and stretched. He let out a yawn, opening his mouth wide. Marina jumped back. Her brother had sharp teeth like Groudon's that she was a little afraid of.
"We're here?" Terrell asked, rubbing his eyes. It took a second for the meaning of the words to set in.
"We're here!" Terrell was excited. "So cool!" He raced out of the plane, knocking down the last few humans that were milling about.
"Slow down there, bucko!" Marina said as she got their stuff from the cargo hold.
"Only Slowpoke slow down!" Terrell said. "Race ya!" He stormed out of the plane.
Marina sighed and carried all their stuff. She ran as fast as she could without losing the luggage.
After all, she couldn't let her brother beat her at a race!
The two of them had raced up Lickitylickity Escalator and into Poketopia Headquarters. A Machoke took their luggage, except for the backpacks, which the twins wore, as the children ran up to the- receptionist from the airport? She was behind the front desk.
"Ha ha! I win!" Terrell was jumping up and down. Marina turned his head in the direction of the receptionist, and he cocked his head in confusion.
"Hey, didn't we just see you in the airport?" Marina asked.
"Oh, no," the woman said. "That was my cousin. I have a very big family. My name is Anna. I will be your guide here at Poketopia."
"That was her cousin?" Terrell asked Marina dumbfounded. Marina shrugged at him. "Pretty weird," she said. Then, she turned to Anna.
"We heard that there were positions open for Colosseum Leaders," Marina said. "We'd like to try out."
"Oh my, aren't you a little young?" Anna asked, glancing over the two children.
"Our father is Quaza. Ray Quaza?" Marina asked, following Rayquaza's instructions. "You know him, right?"
"Oh, you're Ray's kids?" Anna said. "Go right ahead. The door over there with the Staff Only sign over it is the one you want. Wait there. I'll get Master Mysterial."
"Who?" Marina asked. "Rayqua- I mean, our father never told us about him."
"But he's one of your father's best clients," Anna said. "He runs the Colosseum. He'll be meeting with you shortly."
As the children walked over to the door, Terrell asked Marina, "Why does everyone think Rayquaza's our dad?"
"Because he has some fake business," Marina replied. "He made it so we'd have some money when we leave the island. One of his clients is in charge of Poketopia, who seems to be this Mysterial guy."
The children went into the door into a night blue room. There was a single light bulb hanging by a thread from the ceiling, and that was the only light. There was also a wooden bench that the children sat on.
After a few minutes, the door slammed shut and the walls light up, shimmering with many stars. A puff of smoke went up in front of the children, and when it faded, there was an old man in the room with them.
Terrell walked up to the old man and gave him a sniff. The man was only slightly higher than the children- but this may be due to his top hat that was the same color as the room's walls and covered with yellow stars. He was dressed in a night blue magicians outfit with burgundy pants and a tie. His blue eyes had a cruel twinkle in them and a blue mustache finished the look.
"Wow, that was cool!" Terrell said, sniffing him again. "You have to be some kind of Pokemon! But, I can't tell what kind."
"Please stop sniffing him," Marina said, rolling her eyes. Her brother had not been listening when Rayquaza had been telling the kids proper social skills in a human environment. Like, for example, don't sniff people.
Terrell hung his head in shame and walked back over to Marina. "Please excuse my brother," Marina said in a monotone voice. She was sick of saying that, having said it to the Airline Security and two stewardesses on the plane already, one because Terrell jumped her for peanuts, the other because he'd been screaming, "When are we lifting off?!" repeatedly after five minutes on the plane waiting.
"Pokemon?" The old man narrowed his eyes at Terrell. "I am Mysterial, Master of Poketopia!" Thunder boomed and lightning crackled behind him.
"Wow, how did you do that?" Terrell asked.
"Magic," Mysterial said.
"You mean like Rayquaza's Shell-Behind-The-Ear trick?" Terrell asked. (which is the island version of the classic Coin-Behind-The-Ear trick)
"Yea, a little bit like that," Mysterial turned around and muttered some curses at the boy, then spun back around. "So, you wish to become Leaders here at the Colosseums?"
"Uh huh." Marina nodded.
"Well, you're in luck," Mysterial said. "The Leader of Waterfall Colosseum quit recently. Something about not getting paid enough. And the Leader of Magma Colosseum got old and died. Both those Colosseums are open. Pick the one you want."
Mysterial was right when he said the kids were in luck. Just by the names, each twin could picture their own utopia- a water Colosseum for Marina and a volcano Colosseum for Terrell. Without thinking twice, Marina said, "Waterfall!" and Terrell chimed in with "Magma!".
"Excellent," Mysterial said. "Wait here!" He vanished into a puff of smoke. The stars stopped dancing on the walls and everything went dark.
"Now what?" Terrell said, leaning against the dark wall.
Marina thought for a bit. Then, he eyes widened. "Oh no. I just thought- what if I make it and you don't? Or worse- what if you make it and I don't?!"
Terrell cocked his head. "So?"
"So, who's gonna keep you out of trouble?" Marina asked. "And if I make it but you don't, you're gonna throw a fit and force us to go back. What do we do?"
Terrell shrugged. "I dunno. Didn't Rayquaza give you some magic ring or something?"
"The pendant!" Marina picked up the small sapphire stone. "That's it!- oh. Rayquaza was so busy telling me the rules of human society that he didn't tell me how to use my pendant."
"Oh. Bummer." Terrell thought for a bit. "Try asking it something."
"Yea, like that will work," Marina said.
"Worth a shot," Terrell walked over to her. "We'll just have to keep trying things until something works, right?"
Marina nodded. "Yea. If we're going to need it later, we should learn how to use it now." She picked up the pendant. "Will me and Terrell become Colosseum Leaders?"
A bright blue light came up from the pendant. Marina blinked. The light was blinding at first, but it died down a bit after a while. She saw something happening, shadows swimming in the blue light...
Terrell came out with his head down. He sighed and turned to Marina. Then, he lifted his head, winked and flashed a peace sign with his clawed hand. "You did it!" Marina jumped and hugged her brother.
"That mean we both made it!" Terrell cried out happily. The two of them laughed.
The room went back to normal. Terrell blinked up curiously. "Well?" he asked.
"We're both gonna make it!" Marina jumped up and down. She added in a whisper, "But, just because we know that, I don't think it's set in stone. Magic stones that see into the future are weird like that. Fight your hardest, okay?"
Terrell nodded. The room began to light up again. Mysterial reappeared. "Okay, we're ready!" he said. He put his hand out in front of him. There was a puff of smoke and a door appeared before the children. "You may go through that door. One at a time, please. This will be a one-on-one battle with a virtual opponent named Test. If you can defeat his Pokemon, you gain your Colosseum. When you have both finished, I will lead you to either the Leader's house or the airport, got it?"
The twins nodded. Mysterial vanished into smoke again and the star-shaped lights stopped once more.
"Okay, in my vision, it looked like I went first. So, I'll go first." She opened and walked through the door. Then, she spun around and winked at Terrell, who gave her a thumbs-up. Marina closed the door behind her, leaving Terrell alone in the room.
Terrell hated waiting. When he got bored, he clawed or he chewed on a piece of bark. There was no bark to chew on, so he started to claw the wall like at the airport. After carving several deep grooves, he ran over them with his normal hand. Then, he got a look at his clawed hand. The claws looked a little worn down. He wanted to try out that claw file, but he'd left it in his bags, which that stupid Machoke took. So, he began to hum to himself.
After a few minutes, the door opened and Marina came out. "It's right so far," she said. "I beat him! I'm in- wait, did you scratch the wall?"
"Huh?" Terrell asked.
"I'm assuming the gouges in the wall are YOUR handiwork?" Marina pointed to the slightly illuminated wall. The gouges were clearly evident.
"Um...see you later, sis!" Terrell barreled past Marina and into the door, which he slammed shut.
The room he entered was completely white. There was no roof. Terrell looked up. The room he was in appeared to be in another room with transparent walls decorated with a cross-hatch pattern.
A voice behind Terrell that sounded much like a computer sounded, "Target located." Confused. Terrell turned around in the direction of the voice. Behind him, the door slammed shut. In front of Terrell was a faceless man with black hair and olive skin. He was wearing a white shirt, jeans and casual sneakers. He was holding one of those Poke Ball things.
"Destroy target." The faceless man, obviously Test, threw his Poke Ball. Out of it cam a beam of light, which morphed into a large creature that sent a chill down Terrell's spine. "AGGRON!!!" bellowed the Pokemon.
"Eep!" Terrell had been terrified of Aggron, ever since he was little. On the island, he'd been playing with some wild Aron. He had to have been about five. Suddenly, there was a loud roar, just like the one he'd just heard, and a she-Aggron came into view. She chased Terrell away, thinking he was attacking her children, firing beams out of her mouth and trying to impale the boy with her spikes. Terrell had been chased all over the island and eventually ran to Groudon, who caused an earthquake to chase Aggron away. The whole time, he was holding his boy tight. Terrell buried his face in his father's arm and cried.
He'd never seen another Aggron again until now, but he remembered the terrifying experience. Aggron lumbered towards Terrell, drool hanging from its lip. The horns of this Aggron were bigger than the she-Aggron's. This one was a male- and he was hungry!
Terrell fumbled in his backpack for a Poke Ball and threw it at Aggron. The ball opened up in a flash of light. A Quilava appeared on Aggron's head.
"What do I do? What do I do, Quilava?" Terrell asked the Pokemon. Quilava didn't hear Terrell. It was stuck on top of Aggron and trying to find a way down. "AGGRON!!!!" Aggron let out a roar. Quilava was sent back to the Poke Ball. Another one was forcefully pulled out of Terrell's bag. A Charmeleon came out.
The Charmeleon was no fool. It got into the game immediately. Charmelon bowed its head. Suddenly, a bright sunny light filled the room. Terrell absorbed the warm light. It comforted him. He remembered what his father always said.
"In case there is ever a flood, it is a Groudon's job to cause the sun to shine and dry up the flood. Therefore, the sun and Groudon are friends."
Terrell had taken a lot from his father, not just looks, but his love of and strength in the sunlight as well. The Charmeleon had apparently used Sunny Day. The sunlight was giving Terrell courage. He squinted at the Aggron.
Aggron opened its mouth. A beam of light began to form. Then, Aggron shot the beam out of its mouth. Terrell gulped. He had the same beam attack as the she-Aggron!
Terrell shielded his eyes as Charmeleon took the hit. He turned around. Charmeleon had been heavily wounded. Aggron began to pant. It used a lot of energy. It wasn't going to be able to attack for a while now.
"Okay, now's the time to get it. Think, Terrell, think. What do Charmeleons do? Charmeleons- they spit fire. Yea, that's it. Charmeleon! Spit fire!"
Charmeleon looked a bit confused, but then it got the message. It got up and shot a large ray of fire out of its mouth, blasting Aggron.
"Again, hit it again!" Terrell yelled. Charmeleon did so. Aggron was heavily wounded, but it was snickering. It had recovered from its beam attack. Aggron opened its mouth. Another beam came out.
"Attack!" Terrell ordered. Charmeleon shot another fire attack. The two beams collided with each other. There was a huge cloud of dust. When he dust cleared, Aggron, though heavily wounded, was still standing. "AGGRON!!!" it roared. Charmeleon was down.
"No. No!" Terrell was left defenseless. "Eliminate target's Pokemon," said Test. Aggron took a step forward to rip Charmeleon, and possibly Terrell limb from limb- and fell over in a faint.
Charmeleon opened its eyes. Then, it struggled to get to its feet. "CHARRRR!!!" It let out a victory cry.
Test began to fade, and so did Aggron. "Target not eliminated. Welcome to Poketopia. Test program quit." Both Test and Aggron disappeared. Charmeleon turned to face Terrell, who hugged the Pokemon.
"You did it!" Tears streamed down Terrell's face. Charmeleon laughed, then returned to his Poke Ball. The door behind Terrell opened. He turned around and saw Marina waiting for him.
Terrell came out with his head down. He sighed and turned to Marina. Then, he lifted his head, winked and flashed a peace sign with his clawed hand. "You did it!" Marina jumped and hugged her brother.
"That mean we both made it!" Terrell cried out happily. The two of them laughed.
"I fought this giant Aggron, and I won!" Terrell said with a smile.
"I thought you were scared of Aggron," Marina said.
"That was before. But I sent that guy running with his tail between his legs!" Terrell said. "I passed!"
GoggleMaster01- Please review or else I'll sound like a broken record on the movie Groundhog's Day even more than I do already. If you don't review, I think no one's reading. And there's a difference between review and flame. I'm a bit more protective of this fic than my other ones because I gave life to the characters (they were mere bosses in canon) and they (especially Terrell) have a special place in my heart, so don't flame.
