Undella Town, Undella Bay, Day 5 of 60, 1:25 P.M.
Skyla
Skyla felt a splash of water hit her in the back of the head. She looked behind her and could see Elesa smiling. Skyla splashed her back, getting her right in the face. As they started splashing each other repeatedly, Skyla felt something grab her leg. Before she could say anything, she was pulled down underwater. Skyla shot back up above water and looked down. Iris, being the little trickster that she was, had pulled her under water. Iris grinned underwater, and then swam off.
Skyla giggled a bit, and then went back to land. Lying down on her towel, she started sunbathing. Next to her, Caitlin and Shauntal were both reading.
"Dealing with this dragon right after getting back from Kanto…he must be really stressed right now. If only he could actually relax while he's here." She rolled onto her stomach, feeling the sunlight on her back. "If anyone deserves a break, it's him."
Skyla untied the back of her bikini top, letting the sunlight hit all of her back. She herself wondered what this Ice-Dragon was, and she hoped that they would find out soon. She sighed again, and her mind drifted off to the past.
…
The black dragon had scored a good hit on the white dragon, knocking it into the wall. The Leader of Team Plasma was obviously annoyed with the hit, while Lotte was confident. The two dragons roared at each other.
Lotte issued the first command, "Dragon Claw!" he shouted. The black dragon's claws began glowing red, and it charged toward the white dragon. Before its Trainer could issue a command, the white dragon was raked by the black dragon's claws.
Team Plasma's Leader cried out, "Reshiram! Are you alright?"
The white dragon stayed standing, and bared its teeth at the black dragon.
"Use Hyper Beam, Reshiram!"
The white dragon began charging a golden light in front of it, and after a moment, unleashed it toward the black dragon. The attack connected and the black dragon was concealed behind a curtain of smoke.
Lotte looked shocked, "Zekrom!" he called out.
As the smoke cleared, Skyla could see the black dragon was still standing. It wasn't completely unscathed, but it appeared alright. It held up one finger and shook it from side to side, as a mother would when telling her child to stop doing something.
Lotte took a deep breath and spoke, "What's the matter, N? Surely Reshiram knows some sort of Dragon-type move. Everything you've thrown at us hasn't done as much as the two attacks me and Zekrom have thrown at you, you'll have to use a Dragon-type move to catch up."
A look of worry spread across N's face. Surely he hadn't forgotten that dragon is effective against dragon, after all, he was Team Plasma's leader right?
Skyla smiled as she realized that the white dragon did not know a dragon type move. Due to a critical error on N's part, the white dragon did not have a way to do enough damage to the black dragon.
At the rate the battle had been going, Lotte was going to win.
…
"What do you think of my brother, Skyla?"
Caitlin's voice pulled Skyla out of her daydream. The question seemed to come out of nowhere. Skyla almost rolled on her side to look at Caitlin, but remembered she had undone the back of her top, so she turned her head.
"He's a really nice guy, and a great Trainer. Why?"
Caitlin shrugged, "You always seem to go to another world when you see him. I actually thought that you were in love with him. Not that that's a problem, you and him would actually be quite cute together."
Skyla blushed, "W-what?"
Caitlin laughed, "Oh you should see the look on your face. It's quite endearing, but be careful, if you shoot up anymore, what I said will be the least of your worries."
Skyla realized she had almost given the people behind them a full show. She laid flat on the ground and shot a glare at them, to which they responded with whistles. Skyla retied her top and looked away. "I can't believe I almost did that! I wouldn't even let Lotte see that." Skyla looked back at the Pokémon Center. "Well…actually…maybe if we were alone…NO! BAD SKYLA! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO THINK LIKE THAT!" She pulled her knees in close. "Why do I keep having these thoughts? They're getting worse."
Skyla buried her head in her arms. She wanted to get this whole thing figured out.
Undella Town, Pokémon Center, Day 5 of 60, 1:35 P.M.
Lotte
"I'd hate to say it, Lotte, but I have never heard of this particular dragon." Drayden said solemnly. "It's just not mentioned in any of the legends."
"Zekrom said that it felt similar to Reshiram, but slightly different. Are you sure there isn't a third dragon in that legend?"
Drayden shook his head, "Only Reshiram and Zekrom came from the original dragon. There is only two, no more, no less."
Lotte leaned back in his chair and stared at the ceiling. Why did it make a spark of similarity in Zekrom if it wasn't a fragment of the original dragon? Better yet, why did Zekrom say that it feel like it was dead? "Wait, what if…?"
"Drayden," Lotte said, "do the legends say what happened to the body of the original dragon?"
"No, they don't say anything. I imagine that it split into the bodies of Reshiram and Zekrom."
Lotte held up his two index fingers. "Now, what if that wasn't the case? What if the original body was still out there, but frozen? Now I might be wrong about it, but what if it still had a mind of its own? Would it be able to function properly without Reshiram and Zerkrom?"
Drayden shook his head. "Losing Reshiram and Zekrom would be like us losing two-thirds of our brain, we'd suffer great losses in thought, maybe even death."
Lotte put his hands on the table and leaned forward. "When Zekrom and I felt it, Zekrom said it felt dead. When we approached it, it spoke, but only in broken phrases. It was like its mind was broken."
"Are you saying that the dragon you encountered is actually the remains of the original dragon from the legends?"
"So far it's the only explanation that seems to make any sense. Very little sense, mind you, but some sense. Right now, that's good enough for me."
"It's all we have right now," Drayden grumbled, "but if that's what we got, then it's what we got. A far-fetched theory is better than nothing I suppose."
"I tell you though; the more time goes by, the more help from N and Reshiram sounds needed."
"Would you and Zekrom be able to handle that?" Drayden asked.
"I don't know, Drayden, I just don't know."
Drayden sighed, "Well I'm sorry I wasn't as much help as you probably thought I would be."
"It's alright, I know more now that I did before, so it wasn't really a waste."
As they got up, Drayden looked quizzically at Lot, "I heard you used Draco Meteor."
Lot nodded, "Zekrom and I couldn't get close enough to use Dragon Claw, so we had to fall back to that."
"Just be careful when you use that, it can backfire pretty badly."
Lot nodded. They exited through the Pokémon Center doors, shielding their eyes from the bright summer sun. They walked down the beach towards where the girls were set up. As they approached, Skyla noticed them and waved. Lotte waved back.
Lotte sat down on the sand between Skyla and Caitlin and sighed. "Well, we know next to nothing about the Ice-Dragon, but we think that it might actually be the corpse of the original dragon that Zekrom and Reshiram were parts of."
Skyla's brow furrowed, "Is that even possible? I mean, for the original body to still be alive?"
"If what Zekrom and I felt is anything to go by, then I wouldn't really call it living, just…what's the best word to use…animated."
Caitlin leaned closer, "Did you and Zekrom try to talk to it?"
Lotte looked over at his sister, "It contacted us, but I wouldn't say that it was talking. It was just screaming nonsense, like its mind was broken."
"So what if it comes back?" Skyla asked.
"Then we evacuate the town, Zekrom and I hit hard and fast, and if it runs, we chase it down. Whatever happens, we have to defeat it if it tries anything again."
"That's a dangerous plan." Drayden said.
"It's all we can do."
Silence presided over the group, the joyful shouts of the other vacationers were all around them, but they sat solemnly, pondering the situation.
Caitlin spoke up, "Well, Lotte, you're certainly making me worry more and more."
"Sorry, sis."
"Just don't get yourself killed. Or seriously hurt. If you do, I swear to Arceus, I will tie you up and keep you in my room at the Pokémon League."
"I love you too, sis."
The rest of the group began laughing. Caitlin smiled. Lotte lay back on the sand and sighed. He needed a real vacation. He thought he could relax while he was here, but the recent events proved that it wasn't going to end up like he thought. He got back up and started walking back to town.
"Where are you going, Lotte?" he heard Skyla ask.
"Just going to walk around, clear my thoughts."
"Can I come with you?"
Lotte turned around, eyebrow arched. The question seemed to come out nowhere. "If you want, I guess."
Skyla stood up, slid a pair of jean shorts on, put on a t-shirt and grabbed her towel. Running up to him, she smiled, Thanks, Lotte."
Lotte nodded and began walking again, with Skyla walking beside him. Her arms were crossed behind her back, and she was humming to herself. When they were a distance away from the others, Lotte turned to her and asked, "So why come with me, Skyla?"
Skyla turned to him, smiling, "Just wanted to shake things up a bit." She looked away, a slight blush tingeing her cheeks. Lotte blinked and the blush was gone, making him wonder if it had even been there in the first place.
Author's Note: I am offcially back. It took me forever, but I am here. To celebrate, you get two chapters in one update.
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