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Chapter 35: another two
I got very little sleep that night, and what little sleep I did get was filled with nightmares about what might happen to Aqua. When I woke up, Leaf brought me breakfast.
"I figured you would still be upset, so…" she said, handing me the plate
"Thanks" I replied with a weak smile.
"Are you scared for Aqua?" she asked
I sighed "yea, she's really close to me, and I'm afraid of what will happen" I replied
"I know how you feel" Leaf said "I don't know what I would do if I lost Red"
I smiled "you can ask Aqua when we get her back" I said
Leaf sighed "I'm really sorry about that" she said
"You tried your best, it's not your fault" I replied
"I know" she said
After I was done eating, we immediately went to Five island. There wasn't much to do here surprisingly, so we were able to find the Warehouse easily.
"Huh, not very well hidden, is it?" Red asked
"I feel like there's more to this…" I said, not quite remembering it
"Well, let's go find Aqua" Leaf said. When we got in, it was one giant maze
"Well, there's you're more than meets the eye" Zain said
"Yea…now let's go through it" I said.
Surprisingly, there was no opposition. We got to the main room untouched, and found Aqua unconscious with the Sapphire still in her hand.
I shook her gently "Aqua, wake up!" I said.
Her blue eyes fluttered open "Alex!" she jumped up and hugged me
I smiled "I'm glad to see you too" I said
"Come on, let's get this Sapphire back to Ceil" Sarah said.
We got on the ferry, and arrived at one island around noon. "Welcome back" Bill said
"We got the Sapphire" Aqua said, giving him the stone
"Great!" Bill said "there's just one more thing"
"One more?" Leaf asked
"This time it's for your benefit" he said "there are two other islands that have been inaccessible, but recently became explore able. We think you would like exploring them, but this needs to be deciphered first." He handed us a paper with symbols on it.
"Hey, those look like unowns!" Sarah said
"Exactly what I thought" Bill said "it seems you'll need these six to get to them"
"Ok, thanks Bill!" I said as we headed out. We immediately went to seven island, and it wasn't long until we found the cave with unowns.
"Ok, we need five different unowns" Sarah said
"I thought there were six" I said
"One of them is repeated, this will be easy" she replied.
It was easy catching them, and we soon figured out what it said. Using that, we got two passes from the person at the ferry, who then immediately took us to Birth Island.
"I have a really bad feeling about this" Leaf said
"I'll go alone, if I run into trouble, I'll come straight back" I said, not really wanting to argue right now
"Just be safe Alex, ok?" Aqua said
"I'll be fine" I replied. I headed down the path while the others waited at the dock.
Soon, I got to an opening and a rock, which moved when I approached it. After chasing the rock for a bit, it finally stood still. I was confused for a second, until I saw Deoxys hovering at the edge of the clearing.
"Uh…hi" I said, not knowing what else to do.
It didn't say a word, just watched me. I could tell it was in its normal form, based on its appearance.
I got out a poke ball, but it quickly knocked it out of my hand "ok, so you don't want to fight" I said to myself.
It nodded its head as if I had spoken to it "ok, what do you want then?" I asked
It hovered over to me. I stood still, not wanting to provoke it. It stopped in front of me, and tapped my earring. First there was a loud noise, making me flinch, but it went away as quickly as it came.
"Hello, Alex" I heard a strange voice say.
"Whoa…what did you do?" I asked, assuming it was Deoxys talking
"I tuned your translator to understand Pokémon" it said.
"Wow…but why?" I asked, mystified.
"You're a special human, Alex…you and Aqua both" it said
"How do you know our names?" I asked
It looked at me "you know I'm not ordinary, Alex, I'm an alien. That gives me…powers, I guess you would call them" it said.
"Ok…but why wouldn't you battle me? Isn't that what you want?" I asked
Its eyes seemed to show amusement "under most circumstances, yes." It said "but you're a special case"
"You keep saying that, what do you mean?" I asked
"You don't belong here" it said "you were separated from where you should be, both you and Aqua were."
"What does that have to do with anything?" I asked
"Because, I'm here to help you return" it said.
I looked at it in confusion "I'm done? Just like that?" I asked
"no." it said "you know why Moltres fled?"
"No, I don't" I replied
"It fled to a different region, one you will have to get to" Deoxys replied
"Ok…but how?" I asked
"That's why I'm here" it said "this island is one of two that are found in two regions. Are you curious what the second region is?"
"Yes, I am actually" I said
"Hoenn" it said. I recognized the region, as strange as that sounds.
"But…that shouldn't be possible" I said
"You had never figured it out, doesn't mean it's not possible" Deoxys said "I can take you and any of your companions to the second region easily…when you're ready"
"But, I'm ready now!" I said
"No, you're missing someone" it said "plus, you shouldn't leave your new friends without saying goodbye"
"When will I be ready?" I asked
"Soon, but for now, you need to rest" it said.
It disappeared, and I left quietly. Not much happened on the other islands. There seemed to be places where Pokémon should be, but they were gone. We went to Cerulean cave to challenge whoever was there, but it was empty. I spent a couple more weeks there, and I started to realize something. Maybe Pokémon weren't so different from normal animals. Maybe the only thing separating the two was something simple: a change in evolution…
Final chapter, yay! In all honesty, I didn't expect this to be the final chapter, but with winter break coming, I became more and more distracted, so I decided I needed to finish. There was definitely a hint at the sequel, but that won't be my next story. The next story will be pikmin based, and will be called 'Pikmin origins'. Remember: Reviews and criticism are important to me! Oh, also remember that I'm willing to try writing for a specific category if you want me to. Thanks for reading!