Chapter 3
Midnight awoke several hours later in a cave.
"Where-argh," he began, only to be stopped by a sharp pain in his leg. He sat up to see how bad the bite was. What he saw astonished him. It wasn't the severity of the bite, but that he had been turned into Lucario. Then he remembered that Flare had cursed him.
"Oh, good you're up," a feminine voice said. Midnight turned to find the Lucario he had saved earlier.
"Oh, hey," Midnight said glumly.
"I'm grateful that you saved me. I'm sorry you got cursed in the process though. I wish there was something I could do." The Lucario said in an apologetic tone.
"It's OK, I kind of deserved it," he said. "But speaking of deserving things, why was Flare attacking you?"
"I don't know. She has been attacking anyone who goes into that area."
"Oh," he said. They sat in silence until Midnight spoke up. "So… what's your name?" he questioned.
"Natasha, what's yours?"
"Midnight."
Natasha stood up. "Okay, Midnight, I think you should get some rest," Natasha said. Midnight wanted to argue that he needed to find Flare, but, deep down, he knew she was right, so he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
When Midnight awoke the next morning, he got up and found that his leg had been completely healed. "How is this even possible?" he asked himself, confused.
"I manipulated your aura." He turned around to find Natasha. Midnight was confused.
"What?" "Well, normally, Lucario can only manipulate their own aura, but since our auras match,-"
"Wait, our what does what now?" Natasha sighed and began to explain. "Oh, now I get it," Midnight said when she finished. "Because our auras match, we can manipulate not only own, but each other's, for stuff like healing each other's wounds and communicating telepathically, correct?" Natasha nodded.
They sat at the caves entrance for a little bit, until Midnight spoke up.
"Hey, Natasha?"
"Yes?"
"I know this may sound kind of weird, but I don't know how to manipulate my aura. Is there something wrong with it?" he asked. Hearing this, Natasha couldn't help laughing. Midnight started blushing.
"Was it something I said?" he asked embarrassed. Natasha caught herself, realizing he was serious.
"I'm sorry, Midnight. I couldn't help laughing. There is nothing wrong with your aura. Knowing how to manipulate your aura doesn't come naturally, but don't worry, I'll teach you, but on one condition."
"What would that be," Midnight asked.
Natasha smiled."that I can teach you a couple of attacks."
"When do we start?" Midnight asked eagerly.
"Well, if you follow me, we can get started right away," Natasha said. As soon as Midnight nodded, Natasha took off.