Chapter 16

Luna's POV

I woke up surrounded by beautiful white feathers. I soon realized that they're attached to form a wing and that the moving ground was Pit's chest. I felt my face flush as I crane my neck up to see that Pit's still asleep.

I've never realized how cute, boys looked like when they sleep. It makes them seem not tense, but very, calm. Any barriers of strength they've put up are lost in their vulnerable faces.

My eyes blinked a couple of times along with my face turning red again as I processed my previous thoughts. Why did they come up? I've just met the angel and I'm already thinking those things? What's wrong with me?

I slowly got off of the sleeping Pit, because God knows I sure don't want him to wake up in this situation, especially not with Red nearby...

"Pika!"

Startled, I trip over a huge root and come crashing into a nearby tree.

"Ow. Ow. Ow." I whispered while clutching my throbbing head.

Once the pain lessened, I looked at the yellow creature that caused all this and found him curled in a ball sleeping on a tree branch, snoring loudly. I never knew Pokémon could snore; now I do. Perplexed and amused, I climbed the tree he slept on and leaned closer to him until he quickly yelled "Pika!" and zapped me.

Now I know what it felt like for those guards back at Ganondorf's castle.

I will never underestimate the power of that little sleep talking, snoring, mouse.

The effects of it were instantaneous. My hair was all mess up and I smelled like fried chicken. I had smoke coming out as well.

Although it hurt every muscle in my body I walked towards a nearby pond I spotted and slowly dipped in.

The water felt amazing. I could feel it washing away my pain along with my burnt marks on my skin. After I put my head in, the pain I had received from the tree was quickly gone.

I felt like I could stay there forever.

But that moment of pure goodness was quickly turned into something short lived as I heard a Pikachu shooting thunderbolts and two surprised yells filled with agony.

I sighed and quickly got out of the pond, running towards the chaos. The yellow mouse probably shocked them in his sleep.

But I stopped with wide; frighten eyes when I heard a familiar voice.

"Where do you think you're going, leaving your own brother behind?"

Nuri's POV

Darkness was everywhere.

It's been this way ever since I woke up from my slumber. Everything was obscured from sight.

I shuffled around to make myself more comfortable and to maybe find/feel an exit but stopped when a voice whispered, "So you're finally awake. I'll give you the rundown why were in here but first things first- are you feeling okay? Before you slept you were… let's say- on fire."

I was? I don't remember that. I replied that I was fine and decided not to pry Samus about me being on fire. At least- not yet.

"So what's going on now?"

"Well your little incident turned out to be found by others. And by others, I meant Ganondorf's servants. Apparently somebody reported seeing strange marks on the ground and many said they saw flames shooting straight into the sky. Since nobody should have powers except him, his minions, and the supposedly powerless Smashers- Ganondorf's was very interested in this.

"So he sent many of his army to investigate. They're checking every street, house, and shop, along with blocking every possible exit of Shyamal. He's sent a bunch into the forest as well. Now the streets are empty since Ganondorf's forces love to ruin the lives of the people. And many people, who have been checked, live in poverty as their precious things were wrecked or stolen by his soldiers."

I felt horrible now. Whatever I did is ruining the lives of every person in this tormenting kingdom. Images of weeping woman and begging children flashed in my mind. I try getting back into the conversation before I lose myself, "But why are we here and while you're on it, could you tell me what 'here' is?"

"I wasn't done yet," Samus growled. "We're here in hiding in these boxes that supposedly carry fragile metals. Link's home and cover is a blacksmith's shop after all. It's also where Ganondorf's army sometimes comes by for weapons since it's cheaper than what he charges for armor and weaponry by his personal blacksmith. Apparently, Link befriended them, making sure he never reveals his true identity, so they shouldn't bother this place that much. But it's always better to be on the safer end just in case."

Hmm. As much as I hate claustrophobic places, I couldn't agree that this was the best method. Still, I don't think my body can stay still for so long.

I was thinking about trying to fall asleep again when I'm pretty sure I heard a loud BANG along with lots of laughter.

I wondered if Samus heard it until she nudged me with her foot. Yeah, she definitely heard it.

I wanted to look through the holes, but in fear of being seen, I didn't.

Then I heard a voice (Link's) that spoke some words and more laughter followed.

He sure got along with them.

"Hey man, sorry about this, but orders are orders, from the so called king. We'll have to search your home in case you're hiding the future queen."

"Queen?"

"Oh yeah, they still haven't announced it yet. Ya see, Ganondorf met this girl from this faraway island and nicely escorted her here. It's supposedly a different world that none of those Smashers come from."

I knew full well that that girl from the faraway world wasn't nicely "escorted" to here. I gritted my teeth.

"But it turns out, she didn't like it here, and busted out of the building along with reviving two Smashers," another one chuckled. "I think she did that to show her gratitude."

"And to think it all happened because she kneed Ganondorf in the groin."

I couldn't keep from smiling. Go Luna!

"I bet he tried to seduce her."

Smile turned into scowl. My hatred for Ganondorf grew even stronger at an alarming rate. And that's saying something.

"But I think what really drove her away was the whole marriage thing. A teenager like her, marrying a green man with red hair? She'd give up everything to avoid that."

MARIAGE! I was about to break these boxes, bust through the doors of Ganondorf's castle, and kick some green man's butt, but Samus grabbed my wrists telling me to cool it.

"So after seeing the whole fire shooting towards the sky thing he goes mad and sends off more than half the army to the forest to bring her back, kicking and screaming and all."

That brought me back to normal, depending on what normal means nowadays. They thought it was Luna and not me! But was that a good thing or a bad thing.

"Course, with that power, she'd be the ones kicking our asses," mumbles another.

"Much as I hate to admit it, but, hell yeah, she probably could. That's why we took the position of searching the city where she's least likely to be, right my good fellows?"

"Right!" And they laughed and joked about some useless topics until one checked the time.

"Boss, it's already noon! We got to get back!"

"Crap! Let's go! Oh and dude, if anyone asks, we completely checked all over your house and found nothing, kay?"

"Yeah, sure," Link replied.

And with that they left.

Moments later, the crate was opened and I was free.

"So what's your plan now?" Samus asked.

I wasn't paying attention, "Huh?"

"You're plan. You're not thinking about going into castle anymore since your sister escaped. So where are you going?"

I made up my decision long ago, "I'm going with you, of course. I still got time, and it's not like I'd let my training go to waste, now would I?"

Link smiled, "Then let's see if your training has done some good. Let's give a visit to Ganondorf's castle."

Samus head swiveled around, "Really?"

Link nodded, "The inspectors said that over half of Ganondorf's army is being sent out to find your sister. So now's the best time to attack when he least expects it."

"When?"

"Tonight."

Luna's POV

I whirled around, hiding my fear, and spoke to the fake figure, "You're not my brother. So go away and bother someone else."

Fake Nuri's image changes into a very mean looking me and said, "Wow, and I thought you were really stupid."

"Shut up! Just leave!"

"Fine, maybe I will. I think my next target will be the red- clothed boy you adore so much or maybe the angel, what do you think?"

My eyes widened at the thought, until I saw dark me laugh.

"Hah! You really are easy to scare! Don't worry; I won't target your friends who mean more to you than you do to them."

I sighed in relief.

"But, that doesn't mean I'm going away."

I stared hard at her.

"Staring is not going to drive me away."

I growled, "Then what will?"

"Hmm… I'll give you a hint- nothing. You really think I'll tell you if I knew? You are stupider than you look."

"Says the one who copies my looks?"

Dark Luna laughed, "I'm not copying you. Believe it or not, this is my real form. After all, I am a part of you."

"Right."

"Don't believe me?"

"Let's see- no."

"How about now?" she asked.

Just as I was about to deny, my body moved on its own. My feet moved me backward until my back rested against the trunk of a thick tree. My arms extended outwards pushing toward the tree's trunk. Then my right leg lifted while my left leg was implanted in the ground. Slowly it got higher and higher passing 90 degrees, 135 degrees, and finally, a painful 180 degrees. I was doing a perfect split and I've never been this flexible.

"How… is….this…. happening?" I said between breaths along with groans.

"Oh yeah, did I mention that I can control your body sometimes too? Or do you still not believe me?"

Seconds later, "Okay, okay! I believe you! Now stop controlling my body!"

"Who said I'd stop?"

My face quickly showed my panic, "What?"

My left leg hopped forward. Then my right leg began to move again but it went in the same direction.

"I want see if you can do more than 180 degrees. What about 270 degrees or even 360 degrees?"

I would not go into detail of what happened except that I've never felt so much pain in body. What's worse was that she wanted to try it with different legs to see if there would be a different outcome.

When she finally stopped torturing me, she said, "So now are you ready to listen to what I say and without doubting me?"

"Yeah, but could you at least explain to me, why you're here?"

"Oh that. Well you remember that story that Grodel told you on why he named you and Nuri?"

I nodded.

"Well, long- story short, you're the descendent of the moon and Nuri's the descendent of the sun. You know the terms half moon, full moon, and crescent moon, right?"

"Yeah. And?"

She sighed as if it were obvious, "It's to indicate how much of the moon you see. One part of the moon is shown and is visible to all. And the other part…"

"Is obscured by the darkness," I whispered, horrified as the pieces slowly came together. "I'm the part of the moon that's seen, and you're the part of the moon that's…that's…"

"Not seen," she finished.

"So you're telling me you're my other half?"

"Yep."

"But you never appeared back at the island!" I exclaimed.

"Your power levels were way too low for me to appear with your seal. I'm sorry for that whole fake Nuri thing, but that was the only way I could get you to break your seal. When you broke your seal, your power increased significantly."

I was confused, "My seal? What are you talking about?"

"I'm not a hundred percent sure on everything, but after you were rescued and had light shoot out of Nuri and into you, it lowered your magical ability, so in a way, it placed a seal on you. But, it didn't completely work. "

I tilted my head towards the right, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"The island needed magical power to fully operate. Before you and your bro came, it was operating under a magic spell that had been casted many years ago. Back then, the magical level was pretty weak, so, when two new mages pop up, it quickly changed its course, and began to consume you and your brother."

"So basically I'm just food for a piece of land," I said miserably, with my head lowered down.

"Hey, I'm not proud of it either, but you can change that."

I looked up, "Huh?"

"This world is in peril. I doubt it always was this way. Someone needs to set things straight."

"So I should save the world?" I said sarcastically.

"Why not?"

I dropped my mouth. Is she really my other half? "Cause I have like zero fighting skills. You act like I'm a Smasher!"

"Then become one!"

"I doubt it's that simple!" I yelled.

"Gwablegwagwabgwable!"

Both of our heads turned. "Stay out of this!" we yelled in unison, but stopped when we realized that the owner of the voice was definitely not Red's, Pikachu's, nor Pit's.

Revealing itself from its concealment in the bushes, a faceless green figure appeared, emitting a purple ominous aura. It had two red eyes, and had a symbol on its clothing.

More rustles were heard, and more of the green clothed being came out, wearing gloves. We were surrounded by them, and they didn't seem like the friendly type.

"Shit."

Yay! Chapter 16 is finally up! School's staring for me on Wednesday so I rushed to finish writing this. Sorry for not uploading in such a long time, but my family and I were on an extremely long vacation.

I've been thinking about trying to write longer chapters, but they may take more time. Cause I want to get into the characters' personalities and feelings better along with being more descriptive in scenery and stuff. If you got opinions, pm me or review this chapter, and it'll help me with my final decision.