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Chapter 31: a bird of fire
"Alex! Alex! Wake up!"
I opened my eyes and saw Leaf looking at me excitedly "yay! You're up!" she said.
It had been a week since we had challenged the Elite four, and the others, Aqua and Leaf especially, were really excited to get to the other islands.
"Come on! Bill wants to see us at one island!" she said. She ran out as I got up.
I saw a ring with a red stone in it and put it on, then I joined Leaf.
Together, we flew to Vermillion city, where we met up with Aqua and Red. "Enjoy your rest Alex?" Aqua asked. Aqua had gone off with Red to explore a cave in Cerulean city, so I hadn't seen her all week, but Leaf had been keeping me company.
"Yea, enjoy Cerulean cave?" I asked
"Yea, there are some really strong Pokémon there!" she said "in fact, I even saw…what was her name again?" she turned to Red.
"Oh, you guys know the legend about the mother of Pokémon?" Red asked. We nodded "well, her name is Mew, and we saw her in Cerulean cave"
We were both amazed "well, maybe later we can try to catch her" I said. Red shrugged.
After we had breakfast, we got on the first ferry to One island. After the elite four, Sarah had gone back home to check on something, and Zain had followed her. When we got to One island, we found them surfing from a nearby island, which was said to be perfect for treasure hunting.
"hey guys!" Zain said
Hi!" we said back
"come on, Bill is waiting for us" Sarah said.
We went into the Pokémon center, and Bill greeted us immediately "hey guys" he said
"hi" we replied
"what did you need us for?" I asked
"well…we encountered a problem, and wanted you to fix it" Bill said "only problem is, there's no way to fix it right now"
"what do you mean?" I asked
"we need a ruby" Ceil said "only thing is, it's in Mount Ember, which is guarded by Moltres"
"so you want us to go after Moltres" I said
"the hot springs has a camp you can stay in, catch Moltres or scare it off long enough to get the Ruby and get out" Bill said
"got it" Leaf said, then we walked out.
There wasn't much on Kindle Road, and by noon, we got to Mount Ember. After going through the mountain, we saw Moltres on a pedestal…sleeping.
"I'll catch it" Red said
"stop it!" I hissed, pulling him back "it's rude to wake a Pokémon unless we have to!"
"well fine, I guess this is good enough" Leaf whispered "I'll just put it in my Pokedex for later" she took out her Pokedex.
I told Pikachu to stay back, and we walked up to the summit. Leaf got a bit closer, being careful not to wake Moltres. Unfortunately, the Pokedex can be quite loud.
"Moltres, the Fire-bird Pokémon!" it said loudly.
Leaf shut it off quickly, but it was already too late. The Moltres woke up and looked at us, not saying a word, but an angry fire obvious in its eyes.
"I'll do it" I said, stepping forward.
Moltres didn't move. I slowly took out a poke ball, making sure Moltres saw the ring...it didn't have the same effect.
"MOLTRES!"
I rolled aside as Moltres lunged at me, causing me to drop the poke ball. "I can't get a Pokémon out!" I called.
"I'll try" Red said, taking out a poke ball
"MOLTRES!"
The bird knocked the Poke ball out of Reds hand, barely missing Leaf.
"Zain, you've got a shot?" I asked
"I left my Pokémon at the Pokémon center!" he said
"MOLTRES!"
We were split into groups as Moltres lunged again. I was with Aqua, who was terrified, Red was with Leaf, and Zain was with Sarah.
"Leaf, do you have a shot?" I asked
"my poke balls fell out of my pocket" she said shakily
"Sarah?" I said
She hesitated "my Pokémon are with Zain's" she said, fear in her voice.
Aqua had broken down, and was practically in tears now, but it didn't matter.
"MOLTRES!"
Moltres flew at me again, causing me to move out of the way, pulling Aqua with me. Unfortunately, my ring slipped off, and it cracked, causing the stone to fall out. Before anyone could do anything else, Moltres launched into the air and disappeared.
"it just…left?" Red asked incredulously. Leaf collapsed in his arms a moment later, and Sarah didn't look too well either, not to mention I had Aqua crying next to me.
"maybe it'll return later?" Zain suggested
"I-I don't t-think so" Sarah said shakily "i-it knows w-we can't b-battle it"
"then why did it just take off like that?" I asked
"maybe it went to another region" Leaf mumbled weakly, barely audible.
"well, I guess now is a good a time as any to find the Ruby" Zain said.
Aqua had calmed down enough to talk now "I think we already did" she said, picking up the stone from my ring, which was a Ruby.
"how did that get here?" Leaf asked
"however it got here, let's head back" I said. we went back down Kindle Road, and went to the Pokémon center, where Bill greeted us
"so, did you find it?" he asked
"yep, here you go" I said, giving him the Ruby
"great!" he said, giving it to Ceil "It won't be done for a while, you should get some rest"
"hang on a second" Ceil said.
"is there something else you need?" I asked
"Bill, look at this" he said.
Bill looked at the machine "oh, I know what he wants" he said
"what is it?" I asked
"well tell you in the morning" he said "goodnight"
After eating dinner, I went straight to bed. I was curious as to where Moltres might have gone, but I dismissed it, realizing there might be other problems.
Yay, another chapter done! I decided not to catch Moltres after all, so there won't be another chapter on it. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!