Authors notes

Hello my readers welcome to the world of the Southlands! It really is a rush to be writing something such as this. Now that that's said, it's time for you to figure out who's who

Kite- Based off me, right down to the hair and eyes
Tak (Takuma)- Based off my friend
Dean Kidon- Based of my best friend
Kiri- Based off –wingsofRain-
Zach- Based off Ash Ketchum from Bulbagarden Forums
Sky- Based on one of my friends
Willow-Based on one of my friends
Sange- Based off……well….idk

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon…but boy if I did….

Line of periods separates sections.

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UNABLE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT.
TRY AGAIN Y/N?

Zach let out such a long and vulgar string of cuss words that made Sky who was standing beside him almost drop his coffee.

"I take it you can't get a word toward him?" He asked. Zach turned around and gave the commando a look that could have moved mountains.

"I've tried EVERY frequency; even SAT-COM can't get a fix on his radio." Zach turned towards his computer and pressed a few buttons. A weather map of the riptide corridor was brought up on his screen. Sky leaned down to take a a closer look at the thick red line that was heading north across the ocean. Zach pointed to an area just north of the storm front.

"That's where the boat SHOULD be at this moment, but I have no way of confirming it." He then pointed at the angry red line that represented the storm front. "As far as we know, if the keep their course, they'll be headed into a class A clusterf**k." Sky shrugged and took a sip from his drink again, but Zach could see the look of concern for his fellow commando in his eyes. He knew how bad a Southlands ocean storm was.

"Any chance you can get a aircraft in there to evac him?"

Zach gave him another look "And what? Leave one-hundred and fifty other passengers on that ship?" Zach sighed. "Even if I wanted to I would still have to fly through hellfire and brimstone to get their…I hate to say it, but Kite's on his own."

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"Ha-ha! Come on ya yellow rat! This is my court baby! I AM GOD past this line!" Sange said as Ash's Pikachu dribbled the orange basket ball with his tail. In front of him, Sange was doing some weird thing with his feet in an attempt to throw Pikachu off his game. Pikachu wasn't having any of it.

He looked to his left to see Ash being blocked by Kite. No matter what his trainer did to try and get into the open, Kite seemed to anticipate his move and block him. In front of Pikachu, Dawn was attempting to get in the open, but Brock was tall enough to block her too. With his teammates being blocked, and Sange in front of him, he had nowhere to go.

"Ahhhh that's right! You be screwed now!" Sange said confidently. Pikachu grinned, gave Sange the one finger salute and made his move. Using his small size, he smacked the ball with his tail so it went under the Lucario's feet; Pikachu dashed around him, recovered the ball and moved down court.

"NOT IN MY COURT!" Sange roared and dashed after the small yellow Pokémon, but he was already several feet away. In front of him Kite quit guarding Ash and ran towards Pikachu. Pikachu knew from his time with Kite, that he had incredible agility. Pikachu was probably the only one who noticed because he sometimes watched for the signs a person (or a Pokémon most the time) would display such as the way they walked and their seemingly inability to lose balance no matter what position they we're in.

Pikachu knew he couldn't beat Kite the way he beat Sange. So he smacked the ball over Kites head and into the arms of his trainer. Ash immediately made a dash towards the goal, but Kite realizing his mistake, ran back towards Ash. Ash took one look at Kite.

"Pikachu! Dunk!" He yelled. Ash threw the ball towards the basket. Pikachu then turned around towards Sange and proceeded to jump on his head.

"What the frig?" He let out and tried to swat him away, but the yellow electric mouse was already flying towards the hoop. Pikachu arrived at the same time as the ball. He flipped around in the air and smacked the ball with the flat of his tail, sending it into the basket. He landed on the ground and pointed towards Sange

"Pika pika Pikachu!" THIS IS MY COURT NOW.

……………………………..

"Tell me I don't have sweet ass moves don't you…" Sange grumbled as Kite, Ash and Brock walked out of the showers. Dawn was still busy in the women's showers, and knowing her, she would be there for a long time. Brock waved goodbye to Ash, Kite and Sange and went out to find Dean. The two of them had become inseparable. Kite looked over towards Sange and blinked four times in rapid succession. It was their silent code that meant to back off, but stick close enough to listen. Sange gave a tiny nod and walked over to a window.

Kite sat down and motioned for Ash to do the same. The raven haired boy gave him and odd look and complied.

"So..." Kite began "Are you going to tell me the real reason why you're heading down to the southlands?" Ash seemed to shrink a little under Kite's words.

"I already told you…"

"Bullshit, you and I both know the Southlands is not a training spot, if you wanted to train you would have hit up the survival area. And besides, I can tell when a person is lying."

"I wasn't lying-"

"Or telling the whole truth." Ash deflated and looked down at his feet. Kite could tell he was feeling ashamed. Help came from the Pokémon on his shoulder.

"Pi!" tell him. Ash had been around Pikachu enough to tell what he was saying, at least most the time. Ash sighed and looked Kite straight in the eye.

"Yeah I didn't tell you the whole truth." He admitted. Across the room, Sange straightened up. If there was a single mention of anything thing even remotely close to the advent, Ash would be floored in an instant. Kite let Ash continue.

"You might not know it, but I won the Sinnoh Pokémon league" Ash said slowly. Kite already knew this, but he faked a half surprised expression.

"Well I won the league….but I didn't expect all the publicity." Ash seemed to shudder. "We would be constantly hounded everyplace we would go, the paparazzi seemed to want a new icon, and I was apparently their best choice. They gave me absolutely no privacy. And when there was nothing to report on, they began making things up, horrible things"

"You don't have to do into details." Kite said. He could tell the pain and disgust that was etched on the trainers face was real.

"Then Team Galactic decided that if they capture me, they could use me as a ransom…..me, Pikachu, Brock and Dawn we're hounded all throughout the region. Even when we back to Kanto, they wouldn't stop….when May came to visit us one weekend, she was almost taken by them."

"Are they still chasing you?"

"No" An confused look came over his face. "They just stopped one day…one day they we're chasing us around, the next they were gone." Kite probably knew why that happened. After all, he had shot Cyrus from half a mile away in the head. Ash sighed.

"I guess you can say the real reason we came down to the southlands, is because we've wanted to get away from it all…."

Kite smiled and put his hand on the younger mans shoulder.

"I'm glad you told me the truth Ash, as your friend, I have your back 100% on this"

"Thanks Kite" Ash said smiling. Pikachu let out a small squeal of happiness. From across the room, Sange let out a small sigh of relief. At least Ash wasn't part of the advent…as far as he knew. He sighed and looked out the window.

There was a storm coming

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"It's getting kind of windy out here Kiri" May said as she watched her friend try to keep her large yellow hat on. Even though they had become good friends over the past few day on the ship, she still had no clue why she wore that large straw hat. But she had to admit, she had been around her and that hat enough to admit that without it, Kiri wouldn't be Kiri.

The Sootopolis City native sighed as she tried to hold her hat down as the sudden gusts of wind tried to blow it away. She clamped both of her hands down on it.

"It's fine May" She said smiling.

"But what about your hat?"

Kiri laughed, "This hat has survived worse, and if I lose it, I won't have my full outfit for the Southlands open Pokémon contest!"

May sat up straight so fast that she could have been launched into the air if gravity was just a little off. Her sapphire eyes stared intently at Kiri. The slightly older trainer gave her a confusing look.

"What?"

"THERE'S A POKEMON CONTEST IN THE SOUTHLANDS?" May said, her voice rising several octaves.

"Of course there is…I thought you knew about it?"

May was starting to get excited, as her face was turning a slight shade of red.

"No I didn't! I knew there was no Pokémon league, but I also thought there we're no contests!"

Kiri gave her a look of confusion. "But I thought…that you wanted to come down to the Southlands for the Contest? I mean, you are a coordinator like me..."

"I had no idea.."

"Then, if you don't mind me asking, why are you going to the southlands?"

Instead of answering, May was silent for a few seconds, and then a tiny, almost invisible patch of red formed on her cheeks. Any other person wouldn't have noticed, but Kiri wasn't just any other person. She smiled as she saw her friends face. Although she didn't know what May was thinking, she could have probably guessed.

"Are you thinking what I think your thinki-"Kiri paused and looked past May for a moment? May followed her gaze and looked across the ocean. For the past day, the clear sky and almost perfect weather they had been experiencing was slowly getting worse. The overcast sky had given the ocean an almost gunmetal grey color and the waves we're slowly getting bigger, but not large enough to interfere with life on the ship. Kiri was staring at a line of clouds that looked like a solid gray wall that extended to the heavens.

"What?" May asked. She wasn't familiar with ocean weather like Kiri. Kiri had learned how to read the ocean as she had lived in Sootopolis City.

"That cloud formation….I think it's a…." Kiri stopped talking and shot up like a rocket.

May grew suddenly scared at the way she was acting. Kiri suddenly pointed at a grey line on the horizon. May look at it.

She blinked.

The line that Kiri was pointing too was slowly getting larger. May was about to ask what it was but Kiri let out a loud yell that caused everyone within earshot to jump.

"ROGUE WAVE!" Kiri grabbed Mays arm and the two of them took off towards the closest entrance. But Kiri and May both knew that they wouldn't make it in time. May looked over her shoulder and saw that the previously small grey line was now a huge wall of water that was almost as tall as the ship itself. She took one look at the grey wall of water and ran faster.

………………………………….

Dawn had just came out of the shower room and she waved at Ash and Kite. The two teenagers waved back towards her. Kite leaned towards Ash.

"Does she always take this freaking long?" He murmured.

"Yeah, but you get used to it."

"You must have the patience of a saint Ash" Kite said. Dawn heard this and laughed.

"Ash?? Patient? Where is the real Ash Ketchum and what have you done to him?" she joked. Ash put on a pouting expression.

"Hey I can be patient…" Everyone, including Pikachu stared at him. "…ok only in some situations…" Everyone continued to stare at him. "Ok I can-"He would have continued if Sange hadn't yelled from near the window.

"HOLY CRAP, INCOMING WAVE!" Dawn and Ash looked at Sange with confusion. Kite also looked at Sange, they had been in calm waters so far, but then he noticed that the floor was slightly at an angle. Slightly was an understatement of epic proportions as the floor suddenly tilted down towards the direction of the bow. Dawn struggled to gain her footing but remained standing.

"That wasn't so bad" She said after a second. But Kite knew otherwise, Waves don't cause the bow to drop. He had been on enough ships in his life to know what was about to happen. Something very big was coming.

"COVER YOUR HEADS." He yelled. Kite grabbed Ash and Dawn and threw them on the floor. Both let out startled sounds of surprise as they landed. Not wasting anytime, Kite threw himself on top of the two and used his arms to cover their heads. Pikachu, who seemed to sense what was coming, held on to his trainer's shoulders.

The floor suddenly tilted upwards at a very steep angle. A groaning sound could be heard from some part of the ship.

"What the?" Ash managed to let out as the four of them began sliding across the floor. Kite quickly managed to grab a hold of a bench that was welded on the floor. He quickly grabbed both Ash and Dawn, Ash with his free hand and with Dawn he held her with his legs.

After what seemed to be several seconds the floor's angel returned to its flat state.

Dawn let out a sigh of relief and began to try and get up. Kite slammed her back onto the ground with his legs. Dawn gave him and angry look.

"We're not done yet." He said. As if on cue, the floor began to tilt the opposite direction. The group slid around until they we're pinned against a wall next to the bench. Kite swore. If there was anything loose on the floor, they could be seriously injured. Luckily, the room that connected the Gym and showers to the rest of the ship had only some benches that were attached to the floor.

Within the span of a few second, the floor returned to normal. Kite let go of Ash and Dawn and got up to check on Sange. The aura Pokémon was already on his feet looking out the window. Kite could see no trace of whatever had hit them, but he did notice the cloud formation in the sky.

"Crap, Squall line" Kite said. Ash, Dawn and Pikachu joined the two of them.

"Squall line?" Dawn asked.

"A Squall is short, but heavy windstorm" Kite explained. "typically happen at sea, we're in one right now."

"How short?" Ash asked. The floor was beginning to tilt in random directions as the boat was starting to get rocked by large waves. It was becoming an effort to keep their balance.

"In any other ocean, probably less than half an hour…"

"But this is the Southlands" Sange finished. Outside, rain was beginning to fall and the waves we're increasing in number and ferocity. The floor was becoming very unstable.

"We need to get back to our rooms, now" Kite said. The group began walking towards the door. Sange walked up to Kite and hit the poke ball on his belt, returning himself.

"Why did he do that?" dawn asked.

"He get's motion sickness." Kite answered. He opened the door and pulled the two through it. They we're having trouble walking, continually being flung to one side of the hall to the other. Kite groaned, he sometimes forgot not every person was as agile as himself.

"Stick to one side of the wall." Kite said. The two of them grabbed a hold of the sides and began cautiously advancing along the wall. Kite could tell the storm was growing worse be the minute, they needed to hurry up. After a few minutes of being knocked around, they finally made it too the rooms. Ash reached towards Kites door.

"No not there!" Kite yelled. Ash looked at him. "That room has multiple windows, if we get broadsided all that glass becomes shrapnel!"

"Oh crap your right!" Ash exclaimed.

"My room then?" Dawn yelled. Kite nodded. She lurched over to the opposite door and pulled it open. The three of them dashed inside. Brock and Dean we're already there. They had already moved all the loose items into the closet, leaving only the two beds and a dresser in the room. Kite looked at Dean and noticed there was blood coming from a cut on his arm.

"What the hell happened?" Kite asked him.

"Freaking rogue wave blew out all the windows" Dean said rubbing his arm. He had tied a cloth around the wound. "One moment me and Brock we're talking about Pokémon breeding, next, hell decides to take a dump in the ocean."

Brock spook next, his voice had a small tremor in it.

"The window near us was there one moment, the next thing I knew, there was a loud bang and Dean was hauling it out of the room with me."

Dean looked up at Kite "Did you get a look at the storm? We haven't been near a window."

"Yeah, it's a squall."

Dean cursed.

Brock suddenly jumped up.

"Where's May?"

…………………………….

She couldn't see anything

She couldn't feel anything

She could only hear the dull roar of an angry sea god. She could only see darkness. She felt cold. Her entire body was cold. It pierced her soul. Her chest felt like it would explode. The darkness was becoming darker every passing moment. She was having trouble remembering her name.

I'm May Maple

She saw faces looking at her.

A short child with a green shirt smiled and laughed at her. He was holding a poke ball in his hand. He seemed to be crying tears of joy.

I'm May Maple

A tall man with dark skin handed her a plate of some delicious smelling food.

I'm May Maple

A Green haired teenager smiled and handed her a rose, it smelled very nice.

I'm May Maple

A girl with blue hair walked forward and shook her hand. There was cheering in the background, but she didn't care/

I'm May Maple

A spikey haired trainer grabbed her by her shoulders and said something to her. She couldn't here him, but her heart began to pound.

I'm….who am I again?

Just when the darkness began to choke her, a hand reached out to her and grabbed her own.

……………………………….

"HANG ON MAY I GOT YOU" Kiri Screamed into May's ear. The girl managed to open her eyes. She then proceeded to cough up water. Kiri held her closely, relief all over her face.

"You almost drowned May!" She said. Kiri quickly embraced her. May tried to clear the fog in her head. She remembered the huge wall of water crashing down on the ship and their mad dash towards the door inside. May pushed herself away from Kiri.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Well we didn't make it inside…The wave nearly swept us overboard" Kiri said. She indicated where they were. May saw that they we're in the ships outdoor pool, but all the water was gone. She also noticed it was raining heavily and she could hear the wind whipping around above them.

"We got lucky, both of us were swept into the pool, but you almost drowned." Kiri said. May looked at her. Her dress was ripped in multiple places and she could see some bruises on her arm. Miraculously, her hat seemed to not have a single scratch on it.

"Can we get inside?" She asked. Kiri sighed.

"It's a gale out there May, set a foot out there and you will get blown away."

"We'll at least we're safe here…"

Kiri looked down at her feet.

"What?" May asked.

"in the southlands…Each storm has an average of four rogue waves…if another one comes, we can get swept out to sea…."

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"I'm going to find her" Kite said standing up. Dean immediately stood up.

"Are you crazy? She was on the outdoor deck, its suicide to go out there"

"I'm still going." Kite said and began to walk towards the door.

"Why?"

Kite stopped. Dean was right. He was here for Ash, not his friends. He had no reason to go out and risk his life…

"Your eyes….their beautiful..."

He thought about everything May and him had said and done while together. He thought about how she looked like someone from his past and how much of a friend she had become.

Friend….

I don't have any friends…I have myself….I don't need friends

Another voice popped into his head.

Not anymore wise guy. You have friends now. Go and act like one

Kite smiled and turned towards Dean and the rest of the group.

"I'm going because I want too." And with that he dashed outside. He had gotten ten feet when he heard someone behind him. He turned around to see Ash and Pikachu.

"Go back Ash." Kite commanded.

"May's my friend too Kite" Ash said firmly. Pikachu agreed. Kite saw the look in Ash's eye.

The eye of a man who was willing to give up everything to save someone.

"Alright, let's go then."

The two of them dashed down the corridor. Ash was keeping up but almost lost his footing several times. Kite grabbed his shoulders to help his balance. The waves where still getting worse. They were running up, down and at angles constantly. At some moments the two fo them would get thrown into the air by a particularly violent wave, sometimes causing them to hit their heads on the ceiling.

The shit is really starting to fly outside.

They got to a small atrium that led to a pair of glass doors that allowed entrance to the main deck. Ash began to run towards the doors. Kite stayed back a second and noticed a large dot speeding towards the doors.

"ASH DOWN!" Kite yelled. He dove forwards and pushed ash out of the way. There was a large shattering sound as a deck chair lodged itself into one of the doors. Tiny shards of glass covered them and they could hear the howl of the wind through the opening the chair made. It sounded like a hundred trains where driving past their ears.

They stood up and brushed the glass of themselves.

"Wow…it's bad out there" Ash said. Bad was an understatement, as heavy rain and wind blew across the deck as if an angry sea god was directing it himself.

"You wanted to help kid, so let's do this." Kite said. He looked across the deck for any sign of May. He suddenly had an idea. He threw one of his poke balls out and with shiny blue Gardevoir materialized.

"You have a Gardevoir?" Ash said. He sounded more interested in his Pokémon than the situation.

"Focus Ash" Kite reprimanded. Ash looked ashamed. Kite turned towards his powerful embrace Pokémon. Moon was looking at the storm.

"Moon use future sight, find May."

Moon bowed and closed her eyes. She began to softly chant.

"gar…gar…..gar…" Her natural voice was far different than her telepathic one. Her telepathic one reminded him of a flirty teenager that was still in high-school. Her real voice was just plain weird.

Slowly, images began to materialize in the air in front of her. Ash and Kite watched intently. It showed May and Kiri holding onto each other in some sort of bowl.

"That's a swimming pool!" Ash exclaimed. He rushed towards the class window and looked out. He then pointed a pool that was about one hundred yards away from the door. Kite grinned and was about to return moon when suddenly the scene she was projecting changed. It showed May and Kiri being swept out of the pool and into the ocean by an incredibly large wave.

"Oh balls…" Kite muttered. Ash saw this and let out a yell.

"MAY!"

It showed may struggling for a few moments underwater. Her actions were becoming slower and slower, until she stopped moving completely. Her eyes seemed to go blank. Moon immediately stopped the using future sight, but the damage was done. Tears we're flowing from Ash's eyes.

"She's dead….she's dead…" He was saying. Pikachu was trying to tell him something, but he wasn't listening. Seeing one of his best friends die had forced his mind off the deep end.

Kite walked over and slapped him in the face.

Ash immediately stopped crying and looked at Kite with an angry expression.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"She's not dead yet, but she will be if you don't pull yourself together. Future sight only shows one POSSIBLE future. Now we need to act now or both those girls are going to die."

Kite stared into Kites eyes. There was a hardness Ash hadn't seen before in them. He quickly clamped down on his racing emotions and nodded to Kite. Kite smiled and looked out the window.

"There is no chance in hell either one of us will be able to make it through there without being blown away. We need a heavy Pokémon to get out there. Ash who in your team is the heaviest?"

Ash suddenly looked embarrassed.

Kite sighed. "You don't have any balls do you…"

Sange suddenly let himself out of his poke ball.

"THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID! WOOOO!"

Kite and Ash both contemplated strangling him right then and there. But Sange laughed and got back into his ball. Kite sighed. He had wanted to keep one of his most powerful Pokémon a secret from ash and everyone, but he didn't have a choice. He threw a blue covered poke ball up into the air.

……………………………………..

"I don't think anyone is coming…" Kiri sighed. May looked at her normally optimistic friend.

"Don't worry…I'm sure someone is coming. Ash and everyone know where I am."

"They also know that a massive wave probably swept across the deck, throwing everything off the boat." Kiri said glumly.

A tear began to form in the corner of one of her blue eye.

"Never thought It would end on the ocean…I spent my whole life within sight of it…and now.."

"BAROO?" Came a loud roar from above them. Both May and Kiri jumped and looked up.

A large orange Pokémon with green wings was staring at them both. There was a huge smile of happiness on its face.

"A DRAGONITE?" they both yelled.

"Baroo!" the large dragon Pokémon said back to them, it slowly crouch towards the ground and held out both its paws toward them.

"I think it wants us to…" May began.

"Save us!" Kiri finished. She crawled towards the orange paws of the dragon and grabbed a hold of one. May did the same with the other paw. The dragon Pokémon then hoisted the two girls up and held them close to his chest.

As soon as they got above the pool, the wind and rain hit them both like sledge hammers. Mays hair immediately began slapping her in the face and her bandana flew off her head. She felt a pang of regret. She had worn that bandana for years. Kiri on the other hand, had her hat firmly planted on her head as if some magical force was preventing it from moving.

The dragon Pokémon began a slow and difficult journey back towards the entrance to the inside of the ship. Several times he nearly slipped on the slippery deck when a large gust of wind kicked up. But he held the two girls close and continued to walk. Finally he made it to the door and barged in. The Dragonite dropped the two girls who promptly fell to their knees.

"MAY!" May looked up and saw Ash, Pikachu and Kite. Ash immediately ran towards May and hugged her. May suddenly gasped. Ash had never soon this much affection to her before, or anyone for that matter.

"I thought I lost you" Ash said. It sounded like he was crying. May was too overwhelmed to say anything. After a moment, Ash let her go and helped her up. There was no sign of a blush or anything on his face, just a face full of relief.

Beside them, Kite helped Kiri up.

"We thought you two got swept off with the first wave." Kite said.

"We came close to be, luckily we only got swept into that pool." Kiri said. A few moments ago she had been awaiting death, now she was safely inside. Words couldn't describe her happiness. She turned towards the Dragonite who was standing behind them.

"Thank you so much" Kiri said. The Dragon Pokémon gave a short bow and smiled.

"Baroo."

Kite pulled out a poke ball. "Thanks for the help Journey, I would keep you out, but we need to go deeper inside and I don't think you would fit." The dragon nodded his head and was returned in a flash of red light. Kite turned towards the group.

"Ok now it's time for us to get down to the room's an-"The four of them where suddenly thrown into the corner.

The second rouge wave had hit, this time on the port side of the ship. Water swept across the deck like a cleansing flame, decimating anything that was still on the deck. The door blew open and a wall of water descended towards them.

"RUN" Kite screamed. If they were caught in the flood that was heading towards them, they could get killed. Ash and may immediately jumped to their feet, ignoring the odd angle that the floor was in, and took off towards another door down the hallway. Kiri tried getting up, but quickly fell down. Kite saw that her left leg was bleeding.

Without pausing, he quickly scooped her up and began dashing down the corridor. Ash and May we're already far ahead of the two and past a set of heavy doors, Ash spun around and closed one door and began yelling at Kite to hurry.

The path had dozens of debris on the floor, giving it the look of an obstacle course. That, along with the constantly tilting floor, and the girl in his arms, made the corridor have the words "trip" all over it. He knew if he tripped, he and Kiri would be swallowed by the water. Hey would have to play this perfectly.

Dashing forward, he leaped over a overturned bench and slammed his feet down, not adjusting his balance; he dashed over several pieces of a broken chair. His thoughts began to drift to what his old master had taught him.

You can always fly over the ground instead of running

He jumped towards the wall and kicked towards it. The action sent him over a fallen palm tree. He landed it perfectly.

The air around us is more than just empty space, it is a stepping stone

He jumped several times in quick succession over some tables

It comes down too if you believe you have more than just feet

The floor suddenly tilted downwards and Kite planted his feet and used it to slide forward several feet. He ducked under a poll while sliding.

All you need to do is spread your wings that you have, forget the fear that you have in your heart.

He jumped forward after the floor tilted a different angle and ran full speed towards Ash. Kiri held onto Kites neck tightly.

Start running…and then just...

The last obstacle was in his way, two benches had fallen on top of each other. He had only one shot. He jumped forward once and, with his muscles straining, jumped again into the air. Time seemed to slow as he flew into the air. He could hear his heart beating. He could hear the wall of water coming towards him. He could see Ash and May staring at him, cheering him on. He could see Kiri, her face buried in his arm.

He cleared the benches.

Almost falling at the landing, he dove through the door. Ash and May slammed in closed behind him

…Fly….