Chapter 2: Journey

I walked around for a while listening for anyone, but I heard nothing. I walked a little more and came to our secret base we made, by hand as a hang out. When I walked in I saw Jade staring at the back of the base.

"Jade? Is something wrong?" I asked as she turned around. Her eyes seemed lifeless.

"O… Pa… l…" She said as she fell I ran over and tried to catch her, but a black patch started to devour me. I closed my eyes hoping this was all a horrible dream. I opened my eyes to see Topaz.

"Topaz! Something is wrong with Jade! Umm… What are you doing on the beach staring at Whirl Islands?" I said looking around.

"It's opened!" Topaz replied.

"What's open?" I asked.

"The path is opened! We can travel anywhere now!" He stated.

"What about Jade?" I questioned.

"She'll come too! Finally we'll be able to go anywhere! Why don't you join us?" Topaz commented. I look at Amethyst and he was flying around like crazy. I could tell something was wrong with him. He knew what was going on and what was going to happen.

"No! I won't! I'll help Jade on my own!" I answered.

"Fine then! Meet the world's strongest type of Pokémon!" He said throwing a pokeball. A Totidile came out, but it seemed weird.

"Well our first Pokémon battle! Ok! I accept your challenge!" I stated as Amethyst went in front of me. One problem, I don't know any of his moves.

"I take it you aren't taking the first move? Ok! Use Shadow rush!" Topaz said. Umm… Shadow what? The move hits and it's super effective.

"Wait! What?! Amethyst use umm… Lick!" I tell him. He does, but it hardly does a thing.

"This is pathetic! Totidile, return!" He says withdrawing his Pokémon and walks away.

"Amethyst are you alright?! Wait, Topaz! Come back! What is going on here?!" I yelled after Topaz. He was already gone. So I turned my attention to Amethyst petting him. "Are you alright buddy?" I asked feeding him a berry I took out of my bag. "Ghastly!" He replied back meaning yes. He snuggled me. "I'm so glad to hear that." I stated. What was going on here though? In the matter of ten minutes both of my friends disappeared. Well at least I still had Amethyst. I started to sink into a black patch. I already knew there was no way of escaping it so I let it finish its job. Everything went black, but this time I didn't wake right up.

-pov change to Amu-

I rushed down the hall in a panic. My brother had left for some quest when we needed him the most. Now I had to find Seika and Ryuujin to assist with the shadow Pokémon thing that was going on. "Seika! Ryu! Where are you two?!" I shouted so the whole tower could hear me. "Why can no one be around when I need them?!" I yelled running all around trying to find them.

"Where's the fire Amu?" I heard someone say.

"Ryu? Seika? Which one is it?" I asked.

"It's Seika! Now what can I do for someone as lovely as you?" Seika answered kissing my hand.

"Now is not the time for that! The shadow Pokémon are getting too wild! You and Ryu need to stop this or find someone that can help!" I yelled yanking my hand away from him.

"Why can't Ina handle it?" He questioned.

"My younger brother is nowhere to be found! And everyone else is busy! So you and Ryu need to do something about this!" I answered.

"Well who are we supposed to get help from?" Ryuujin said as he entered.

"Ummmm… I'm not sure. A person with some special gifts I guess. That's usually what the hero has in every story." I stated.

"So you're basically saying you have no idea who we're supposed to get for help?" Seika commented.

"Well that's helpful!" Ryu teased.

"Just go do something!" I said flustered with embarrassment. These two can be such idiots sometimes. Whoever knew legendary Pokémon could be so annoying sometimes. Anyway I lead them to a workshop so they could get some assistance. Wes and Michael were teaching their children how to fix and build machinery.

"Wes and Michael, Ryu and Seika need some help on a mission I just gave them. And you two know shadow Pokémon better than anyone." I told them.

"Ok! We'll do it!" Michael replied.

"But you can't go asking us to do everything Amu. We'll leave as soon as we finish repairs on our snagging machines!" Wes added.

"Ok! Thank you! And Ryu and Seika don't mess this up!" I said looking at them.

"Why do you always think we'll mess something up?" Ryu asked.

"She doesn't think that! She just wants to make sure we're safe!" Seika commented. A few minutes later Wes and Michael finish up their snag machines, and some sort of vehicle that they all hopped in. Then they left.

"Stay safe you four…." I said to myself.

-pov change to Opal-

"Are you sleeping again? Come on and wake up!" I heard a voice say. I could tell it was Jade, but I just couldn't wake up.

"There's no use in trying that! He could sleep through anything!" A different voice commented. That one was Topaz.

"I… Can't wake… Up…" I stated trying to get up. Their voices then went silent.

I felt something start dripping on me. Rain I guess, then I felt something warm, wet, and long touch my face. I couldn't tell what it was at first and I still had trouble trying to wake up. I felt it on my face again and slowly began opening my eyes. I felt it once again, I finally opened my eyes all the way. My vision was kind of blurry at first. Then it started to adjust to the scene. Amethyst was floating in front of me licking my face to get me to wake up. "I'm glad to see you're ok…" I trailed off. Amethyst snuggled me and helped me to my feet. I took a few steps and my legs shook with each step.

"Hey there sleepy head! Did you have a nice nap?" Someone teased. The voice sounded like Jade making fun of me like always, but it wasn't her. I looked around to see who it was though.