Chapter 8: new uncovered power
Author's note: again this chapter is going to be pretty dialogue heavy but hope you guys don't mind
" Hey Alex, look who's back." we greeted Alex at his door, needless to say, he was kinda shocked that we arrived unexpectedly.
"Wow, Ryan, what brings you on this uninvited visit."
"let me come inside and i'll tell you all about it. Hey where's Shredder, i don't see him." come to think of it, i haven't seen a sign of him anywhere either, but then i knew where he was when a Sceptile jumped on my back in a surprise attack. he jumped off of course, but it still shocked me.
"Emburn, is that really you?"
"yeah it's me, good job on that heart attack move, have you been working on it."
"haha, very funny, but wow, you're already a Charizard."
"hey you're the Sceptile, how are you surprised?"
"touche, but what brings you to Hoenn."
"come inside, and Ryan will explain everything." we went inside Alex's house, and Ryan told the whole story, the gyms, the team, and the quest for the mega stone.
"wow, so you came here, one, to visit me, and two, to find the mega stone for Emburn?"
"yep, that's about it, so do you guys wanna come along on our search?"
"do you really need to ask. of course we're coming along. when do we leave."
"well, seeing that i have the map drawn out in my notebook, now i guess."
"alright sweet, let's go, you ready shredder?" we both nodded, we left a little bit after Alex and Ryan packed all that they needed. according to Ryan's map, the mega stone was located inside Mt. chimney, we decided to walk there, one reason was that i was too tired to fly us there, and the second reason is that with the pokemon that we encounter along the way, it'll give the rest of the team some training . it was nighttime by the time we made it to the base of the mountain, so we decided to set up camp at the base until morning. throughout the day, we encountered a lot of wild pokemon, Sharktooth finally evolved into a Garchomp, and Nightshade became a Gengar.
"dang Ryan, you are really taking this pokemon master stuff really seriously, i mean you now have a Charizard, a Lucario, a Garchomp, a Lapras, a Gengar and a Pupitar. if this keeps up you'll have become the next Red of your region."
"the next red huh. i've heard of him, but he was before i was born. he was the first pokemon master right? the one who caught all 151 pokemon in the Kanto region and became the champion after his rival?"
"that's the one, and now with this mega evolution power that's in that mountain, you'll be even more epic as a pokemon trainer."
"hey thanks man, you know, i've been on my journey for only a month, but it feels like it's been a year."
"yeah, i know what you mean, but anyway we should get some sleep, we need all the energy we can get climbing that volcano tomorrow." we all went to sleep after the little conversation they had. that night i dream't of what this new power would bring us, i dream't myself more powerful and with a sweet new look, but like all dreams it was cut short by the morning sun. we all woke up felling the morning tiredness, but when i remembered what was waiting for us at the top of the mountain, i quickly woke up, same thing went for Ryan, we had to wait a bit for the two sleepers here, but eventually they woke up. since i could fly, and shredder was a natural born climber we each carried our trainers to the top in no time at all.
"ok Ryan here's the top, but i don't see anything like a mega stone or something."
"well duh you don't see it, it's an artifact of power, it's not just gonna pop up and say 'hey look at me i'm a mega stone ripe for picking.' do you seriously think that would happen. but i think, since Emburn has to have the stone, he should be able to find it." i had to agree on this one, so i just closed my eyes and felt for a strength, i finally located the feeling, and as i walked towards it, i could feel it getting stronger, i continued walking towards the presence, until i fell into the lava, luckly being a fire type, this didn't affect me, although the others were laughing hysterically, i splashed some lava in their direction, just to give them a warning. after they finally shut up, i decided to follow the feeling again, it was leading me under the lava, so i "flew" under the lava where i could faintly see a ceramic ball on the bottom, i picked it up and it felt a lot heavier than what i expected, i flew back up to where the others were and set the box down.
"i wonder if this is where the mega stone is, just let me see if i can brea- OW! it's uh, it's hot." there you have it folks the smartest man to ever walk the earth, my trainer Ryan. so after that little sherlock episode, i broke open the container and inside was the reason it was so heavy, it was a cast-iron chest that was probably used to resist the heat, although lava is nothing compared to my fire. i shot a flamethrower right at the thing full force, not very long after it popped open revealing the mega stone and the key stone. we each took our own respective stones, i took a quick glance at my wrist and realized that there was a hole in the bracelet just large enough to fasten the mega stone into, so i did that, and Alex was helping Ryan fastening his key stone onto the hollow spot of his watch that didn't seem to work anymore. after a bit of sruggling, they both managed to get the key stone fastened, suddenly i felt something like a wave of electricity flow from my wrist to my head, and by looking at the dazed look of Ryan, he felt it too. ' i wonder what that was all about.'
"huh who said that? did any of you guys hear it?' we each looked at him in confusion, then i realized something, i spoke i my mind to Ryan. 'hey Ryan can you hear me, it's Emburn.'
"wait, did you say that Emburn? try speaking normally"
" you mean like this?"
" oh my Arceus, i can actually understand you, wait do you think it's because of the bond we have and it's been strengthened enough because of the mega stones?."
" i think that could be it."
"umm Ryan are you actually talking to Emburn right now? cause it seem like you're going a little nuts here."
"yes i am talking to Emburn, and no, i'm not going nuts, the mega stone and the keystone have linked our bond even more to the point that we can communicate on a telepathic level."
"oh, that makes sense, i guess. but anyways let's get on to that mega evolution stuff."
"right, you ready Emburn"
"as i'll ever be"
"then let's do this." we connected stones by crossing our wrists together, and then i could feel the evolutionary shell forming around me, i could feel my appearance changing, the spikes coming from my shoulders, the jets of flame coming out the side of my mouth, and the power, the power was overwhelming. i broke free of the shell and stood before everyone else who looked very awed and surprised.
"wow, so i guess you really weren't pulling my leg here, this mega evolution stuff is real."
"yep, and now let's test out Emburn's power."
"hey, what about him versus Shredder." needless to say, Shredder's face was priceless, but after getting over the shock, he looked ready to go.
"so what do you say Shredder, wanna go a round."
"yeah, let's go" we got prepared for a battle and i made the first move, a flame burst attack, already i could feel this attack was more powerful than a regular flame burst, it hit Shredder very hard.
"yeaow, that one really hurt, but let's just see what you can do against this dragon claw." i hit back with a dragon claw of my own, they each hit, his dragon claw hurt more than what it usually should have, then i realized that along with being a fire type, i was also half dragon type, that made sense seeing that my dragon claw dealt about the same hurt as Shredder's. i quickly ended it with a wing attack, and Shredder was lying face first on the ground. i went back to my regular form.
"umm Ryan, you got any hyper potions, cause Shredder here might need one, after what he just went through."
"no i don't, i used the last one on Crusher, how about you Alex, do you have any hyper potions or something?"
"already on it." Alex sprayed the pink medicine around Shredder, and in a little bit, he was back on his feet.
"wow Emburn, it looks like we're gonna go really far in our adventures huh?"
"you got that right, but now, how's about we get a move on that final gym badge."
"i totally agree on that one." we went back to Alex's house and spent the night there, and in the morning we went back home to Kanto, and now with being able to mega evolve, the trip time was cut in half due to being much faster now. we made it back to Kanto to prepare for the gym battle, and we were off.