Okayy not much to say here, but here is chapter 4 :)
Note: thoughts are in itallics
Chapter 4: Destiny and Purpose
"Ready or not here I come."
A high pitched roar resonated from far away, but were picked up by Riley's sensitive ears and he stopped cold on his way up to the mountain. Without turning around the Aura Pokemon squeezed his eyes shut as the extensions on his head began to vibrate slightly. The aura abilities inside him began to activate, and he could see a massive shape of strong blue aura soaring in the sky. It was approaching the mountain range at a high speed and that's when the Lucario knew his troubles had begun.
Riley snapped his eyes open and with strong legs began leaping over the bushes and rocks that dotted the sloping hill instead of simply running. He had only been running earlier because he knew Bolt didn't have the same physical strength as him, but now things were serious. Riley was approaching Bolt at a fast pace when another roar emitted from the sky above, this one much closer than the previous. Bolt suddenly stopped and froze on the spot. His body was filled with shock and fear. He couldn't think. He couldn't breathe. He couldn't move.
No...that monster is back...I can't do it...he's too powerful...got to...get away...he is death!
He turned his tail and began running upward towards the mountain at a faster pace. Fear gripped his heart and he continued to trip and stumble at his futile attempt to escape his predator.
"You're too slow! Get on!" Riley shouted. He thrust his right paw towards the frightened Pikachu's thunderbolt shaped tail and snatched it as he ran. Curling his arm upward Riley lifted Bolt onto his head while shifting a still sleeping Lune on his back. He came upon a cliff with an almost vertical slope but he didn't decrease his speed. Riley simply ran up the wall as another earth-shaking roar filled the skies and the Lucario could sense his enemy was almost on top of them. After his ascension Riley felt the terrain change from a soft grass to a rough and rocky. Without the giant trees of the forest near the base of the mountain to protect them, the trio of Pokemon were soon easily spotted by their pursuer.
"I guess you weren't ready for me after all. No matter. This will be over soon enough!" roared Aerodactyl.
"The odds definitely aren't in my favor this time. I've got two injured Pokemon with me, not to mention one of them is out of commission. What can I do..." muttered Riley. He suddenly skidded to a stop making the dust on the ground stir from his change in speed. Riley, Bolt and Lune were in an outcropping of the mountain. There was a fair bit of flat rock along with some boulders dotted nearby. Riley removed Lune from his back and placed him behind a fairly large boulder. Bolt hopped off his head and landed next to his injured friend. Riley stared at Bolt as a thought snapped into his head and a booming voice filled the air around them and screamed,
"COME OUT COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE!
"Bolt! We don't have much time, and I'm going to need your help in order to defeat whatever is following us." said Riley.
"That thing is an Aerodactyl, and it's the one who attacked me and Lune, and...a few others last night." said Bolt as he let his head drop down.
Riley could sense the unease coming from the Pikachu and knew it was best not to press for information on what happened the night prior. He continued, "No matter. If we want to shake this thing off of our trail, I need your electric powers. It's a flying type so you should do a considerable amount of damage."
"I can't! I was that Pokemon's chew toy last night! I couldn't do anything! I'm no match for that monster!" hissed Bolt. "That doesn't matter! This Pokemon, Aerodactyl was it? He doesn't know about me. That will give us an advantage. I have a plan but you have to follow my orders to each detail. Got it?" whispered Riley.
Bolt pondered for a moment then asked, "Why go so far for Pokemon you don't even know?" Riley stared at him with fierce eyes, knowing he was wasting time talking, but then said, "I don't turn my back on someone in need. That's how I live." Bolt was still skeptical about this strange Pokemon, but he knew that he needed Riley in order to defeat Aerodactyl. The Pikachu nodded his approval and the Lucario nodded back and whispered, "Now here is the plan..."
Up in the sky Aerodactyl had reached the mountain range. He could smell his target's blood strongly now and he knew his prey was close at hand. He was tired of chasing these relentless Pokemon and was ready to go home.
"I KNOW YOU'RE HERE! I CAN SMELL YOU! YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME FOREVER! GIVE IT UP! STOP PLAYING SUCH GAMES COME OUT NOW AND I CAN TAKE YOU QUIETLY! OTHERWISE YOU GO WITH MORE BRUISES THAN BEFORE! YOUR CHOICE"
Aerodactyl was getting impatient and soon began firing off random Hyper Beams at the mountain walls, causing them to crack and forcing loose rocks to fall. He suddenly stopped and hovered in spot as he saw the tiny electric mouse come from behind a boulder. He sneered, "There you are! Where's your other little friend? My business is with him!" Aerodactyl tucked his wings in and began to dive towards the weakened Pikachu. He unfurled his leathery wings at the last moment causing sand and dirt to swirl around in the air as he landed on the rocky base. Bolt shielded an arm in front of his eyes to protect them from flying debris. The ancient Pokemon bared its fangs and said, "Give me the Umbreon now and I may let you live another day."
Bolt stood there defiantly and began to move closer to the boulder he had emerged from. Aerodactyl deeply inhaled the air and snarled, "I can smell your bleeding friend back there. Why don't you let me take that dead bag of meat off of your hands? He's the one I want. I have no use for a pathetic mouse like you." He took a step forward with his wings spread out, but Bolt continued to stand there like a statue. He said bravely, "You expect me to abandon my friend? Yeah sure. That will happen the day I sprout wings and fly!" He then procedded to turn around and wave his lightning bolt tail in a mocking manner in front of his dangerous opponent.
Aerodactyl snarled, "I don't know about wings, but since you won't move, I'll give you an experience on flying myself!" He turned around quickly, whipping his thick tail right into Bolt's chest, causing him to be launched and slammed into the side of the mountain at a fast speed. All of the air was shoved out of Bolt's lungs on impact, and the Pikachu cried out in pain. He hung his head in the crater his impact had created with a pained look on his face and began gasping for air.
Aerodactyl hissed, "Too bad tough guy. I guess you can't fly after all!" He then stepped forward towards the boulder that smelt of his target's blood and he was eager to finally catch his prey and return it to his soon to be proud master. As he poked his head around the massive rock, he was shocked at what he found.
Standing there with dark red marks streaked across it's jackal like face was Riley. The Aura Pokemon sneered, "I knew it. Predator's follow their sense of smell, so I smeared some of Lune's blood on me and it covered up my scent as well. I guess you aren't that good of a predator Pokemon after all. You're the prey this time around."
A sudden bolt of electricity made contact with Aerodactyl and the Ancient Pokemon felt his muscles and limps go numb and stiff with paralysis. He dropped to his knees as the Thunder Wave coursed through each of his nerves causing his body to still crackle with excess electricity. He turned his head slowly to face Bolt and growled, "You...only pretended to be hit...just so you would have a clear shot at me!" Bolt weakly smiled as Aerodactyl had guessed correctly. Riley smirked at his now trapped enemy and shouted, "Time to end you!"
He put his left and right paws to one side of his body and began to release his aura from the center of his palms. The blue energy pulsated and curled into a powerful ball of light that continued to grow bigger and shine brighter. Riley thrust his paws back and shoved them in front of his body once the ball of aura had grown to the size of a large watermelon and cried, "Aura Sphere!"
The ball of energy traveled at an incredible speed towards the paralyzed Aerodactyl and it could only gaze in fear as the attack his him square in the chest. The impact was strong and it sent the powerful Pokemon spiraling into another face of the mountain at amazing speed. His body crumpled and Aerodactyl fell to the rock floor in a heap. Still paralyzed from Bolt's Thunder Wave, he could only watch as Riley retrieved Lune from behind another boulder and he once again placed the Umbreon on his back and Bolt on his head.
Riley slowly walked over to the weakened Aerodactyl. He stared down at the beaten enemy with cold steely eyes and said, "I'd work on your hunting skills. Better luck next time I suppose." The Flying Pokemon growled as the trio of Pokemon walked past him and continued their journey over the mountain. Aerodactyl muttered under his breath before passing out, "You can count that next time I meet with you, luck and good fortune won't be on your side."
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No! Please No! Don't hurt me! I didn't do anything! Please!
He was in that place again. He hated this place, and feared it. He came here often, and the routine was often the same. He cried for his mother and father, but they never came. He knew they would never come. He knew it was hopeless, but still he fought.
Lune trembled in fear and anger as he felt himself being lifted from his cage and placed on a cold metal table. Pairs of strong human hands worked thick leather straps around all four of his tiny brown paws and secured them so that they couldn't move. Two straps were tightened on his back and he felt a thin stick prick the area in the middle of his front right paw. Tears welled up in his eyes and fear penetrated his heart and Lune fought against his bonds, but he knew it was futile. He was scared and he hated being scared. He squealed loudly, demanding to be set free. He shook his head in fear as he felt a mask go over his mouth. Noxious fumes were released from the mask and unwillingly Lune was forced to breathe in the sickly sweet smell.
All of his senses soon went numb and darkness was soon claiming dominance over his small body. The brave Eevee had been struggling to escape his bonds, but his body soon relaxed as the gas consumed his body and mind. Lune closed his eyes letting a single tear fall onto the table, and there the drop stood as he drifted off into a fearful and forced sleep.
The room soon changed as colors swirled and dissolved into a blank gray and Lune, now an Umbreon was all alone in a blank and endless space. He moved his head to his left and then to the right, but saw no one in the vast nothingness before him. Turning to face his front Lune pricked his ears as a familiar shape stood in front of him. There was a shadow that stood about 5 feet before him on four slender legs with a mane flowing behind its ears. A thin horn could be seen sticking from its forehead.
Lune was a bit shocked to see the shape standing before him. It had shown up often in his dreams as an Eevee when he was on the wretched island fortress. For the most part it stood there silently like a forgotten memory, staring at Lune with penetrating aqua colored eyes for what seemed like eternity and often leaving him in a hypnotic trance. Sometimes it spoke to him, giving him encouraging words and telling him stories of distant and faraway lands. Lune didn't know what to think of this shadow. He'd felt assured that something familiar was before him again, yet unsettled since it had been standing in front of him once more after 5 long years.
Lune scowled and spoke with confidence, "Why are you here? Why do I keep seeing you? I've been seeing you in my dreams since I was small, and I want to know now. Why do you appear to me so often?"
Usually if Lune tried to converse with this shadow, it often ignored him and continued to stare at him with a never changing gaze. It didn't bother the Umbreon much that this shadow never bothered to communicate with him when he desired, although it did annoy him at times. He never payed much mind to it, so the young Pokemon simply scoffed and figured it was all in his head.
To Lune's surprise, the shadow spoke with a voice that sounded like flowing water, "I cannot answer that now. You have a destiny to play out and path to follow. I've been watching you since you were young. You're no ordinary Umbreon I can tell you that much."
Lune blinked his eyes a couple of times. He was a bit shocked that the shadow had spoken back to him after all this time and was eager to get some answers from it. His eyes narrowed in doubt.
"What makes me so special? Is that why they wanted me all of those years ago? Tell me what's been going on!" barked Lune, his forehead furrowed in anger. The shadow turned around to face away from the Umbreon and spoke in a soft voice, "The time will come for all of that to be you must do now is set out on your destiny. You must conquer your enemies, and become the legend you were born to be."
The shadow soon began walking away into the nothingness, its color slowly fading from a deep smoky black to a pale white. Lune snarled and began to pursue the shadow. He stopped after a short bit and stood defiantly.
"Shadow! Don't you turn your back on me! I want answers! I've been in the dark all of my life! I've had to watch my sister suffer once, and now she is suffering again! Someone else I care about is probably suffering too thanks to me! I never wanted that!" shouted Lune.
"I just...I...just..." he stammered. The shadow soon turned its head around to look at the desperate Umbreon once more, and Lune gave it a bold glare. "I want to know what my purpose is.", he stated.
A thin gold line formed near the shadow's eyes and it soon formed a small smile. The shadow then turned its head back around to the front and continued to walk forward into the vast empty area. "Wait! Don't Go!" cried Lune. Small wisps of smoke were emitting from it each time it walked forward, and it soon disappeared until nothing remained but a few clouds of fading gray smoke.
Lune was all alone again.
He snarled and looked at the ground with a heavy head. His body ached and the Umbreon soon slumped to a sitting position. Lune felt lost and alone for the first time in a long while and his heart weighed heavily at the thought of all of the people and Pokemon he cared about suffering. He snarled softly again just as a deep but soothing bell tolled from somewhere unknown and Lune could feel his eyes closing once more. A voice echoed deeply from nowhere and spoke with a soft and encouraging voice as his ruby red eyes were concealed in darkness,
"If you seek to protect the ones you love, and to defeat the ones whom you hate, you must follow your destiny. Seek out someone who can help you find where the earth meets the sky, and become the legend you were born to be."
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Okay I know all of this may seem confusing now, but it will all make sense in the future. I hope you enjoyed the chapeter even if it wasnt that eventful. Hope I can update as soon as I can. Until next time, see all of you reader later :)