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Chapter 13: a new legend
After breakfast, we once again headed off, and after a few minutes, we were in the entrance to Rock Tunnel.
"Should we go in?" Aqua asked
"I taught my Clefairy Flash, so yes" leaf said, letting her Clefairy out. We went in, and it soon became very dark "Clefairy, use Flash!"
The cave illuminated a bit, and now we could see where we were going…somewhat. After a bit, Leaf spoke up again "I found out more about the Pokémon we saw" she said.
"Really? What did you learn?" I asked, curiously.
"Well, recently, a legend has been spreading through the Pokémon world. No one knows where it started, but its spreading fast." Leaf started.
"Wouldn't that be more of a myth?" Aqua asked.
"well, I don't know what its considered, but there have been stories for hundreds of years based off of it, things that were thought to be illusions or caused by ghost Pokémon" Leaf said
"So, it's new, and its old?" Red asked, confused
"I don't know, the man I talked to said it was new" Leaf said "something about how the story always changes, but this one is finalized"
"So, it's made up?" I asked
"How about I tell you the legend first?" Leaf suggested. We nodded "good. There are two known dream Pokémon. I didn't get the names, but they weren't important to the story. One of the Pokémon assured good dreams, the other assured nightmares. These Pokémon affect night dreams, but there's a Pokémon that affects day dreams. The legend says that when the two night dream Pokémon were created, the energy caused from them being in contact created a third Pokémon, named Veurean. Veurean was a mistake, and because of that, it slept for many years, even though other Pokémon continued. When Veurean finally woke up, weird things started happening wherever it went. Some people said they saw figures that weren't actually there, others said that they tasted, smelled, or felt something when it wasn't there. It started out as little things that could be ignored, but as Veurean gained strength, the illusions became worse and worse, sometimes driving people to madness. After several years, the illusions became so bad, people were thought to be possessed because of how they reacted to the outside world. Once Veurean realized it was causing havoc, it took control of its powers…but not completely. Anyone who was near Veurean became attracted to it, whether knowledgeable of the attraction or not, and anyone who saw it became entranced, making it impossible to move for several days at times. Veurean slowly controlled its power, making less and less of an impact. It now does not affect humans unless it feels threatened, and the human usually won survive that encounter."
"Wow, that's a complicated legend" I said
"Sure is" Leaf said "Veurean will seek out the one it thinks is worthy of possessing its power, and will stay until someone who does not deserve it catches it. after escaping the grasp of whoever holds it, Veurean will fly around for a year, looking at every person it encounters to find if they have the ability to use it wisely, after the year is done it makes a choice. If it does not feel any of the people it encountered are the right trainer, then it will sleep at its birthplace, which is inaccessible, for 5 years, after which it will search for another year, continuing the cycle. If it finds a worthy trainer, then after the year is done, it will search for that trainer again. While searching for the right trainer, it cannot be caught, after finding the right trainer, only that trainer may catch it."
"So, it runs away from the wrong trainer?" Aqua asked
"No." Leaf said "I asked the same question myself. Veurean has a special ability no other Pokémon has, called trance. While it doesn't affect humans unless it chooses to, it does affect Pokémon. It will entrance any Pokémon that sees it for as long as that Pokémon is looking at Veurean. The effect of this trance varies with each species, but no Pokémon will attack it."
"So how does anyone catch it?" I asked
"If a Pokémon is holding the dream goggles, it can see through the trance." Leaf said
"So how do you get the dream goggles?" Red asked.
"You can't" Leaf said "Veurean must be holding the Dream goggles in order to be used in battle, and it takes the Dream goggles when it leaves. Veurean knows mostly psychic moves, but it knows fling. When it wants a trainer to catch it, it flings the Dream goggles at the Pokémon, who can then fight. However, if the Pokémon is holding an item, fling damages the Pokémon. This also means whatever Pokémon you use will not catch the goggles, causing you to be unable to battle. If that's the case, Veurean will take off, leaving you with the goggles. If someone else gets the goggles, then Veurean entrances them, causing them to give it back. It will then go to sleep for five years, no longer believing the trainer is worthy. Its only happened once, but it's happened."
"So there's really no other way to catch it?" Red asked
"Unless you want to be entranced for the rest of your life, which wouldn't be very long, then I wouldn't try." Leaf said
Aqua stayed quiet, which was odd, considering she seemed so interested earlier.
I was going to say something, but before I could we got to the end of the tunnel. After Leaf returned her Clefairy, we started walking, and after a bit of walking, we got to town. We immediately went to the Pokémon center, and after checking with Nurse Joy, we went to our rooms. I kept thinking about Veurean, and how it seemed to like me. Did it choose me? If so, why? These were my thoughts as I drifted to sleep.
Well, this is what happens when you end up with a half day at school with nothing to do…TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY! Yea…I kind of just wrote nonstop….anyways. While Veurean itself is mine, the name was given to me by 'Pikmin Biscuit', so here's me giving him credit. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!