Meanwhile, I am trying to calm myself.
It must be my imagination, I think as I stare down at my burned hands.
I attempt to touch the top of my right hand with the index finger on my left hand. I yelp in pain, quickly withdrawing my left index finger.
This is real, I think in panic as I begin to search for something to hide my hands in.
I finally spots some dressing on a small table across the room.
It could work, I think as I grab it and begin to fanatically wrap up my burned hands.
With the wrapping for the day complete, I sigh and walk over to a small dresser on the other side of the room, the same one were the dressing came from, where Veer, Flare, and myself stay in until Santerous shows some kind of improvement. Veer enters and leaps up onto my right shoulder.
Ready? He asks.
Yes, I say as I halt by my bed.
Veer jumps off and I pull on my white cloak.
Now we go, I say as the two of us leave the room.
The ceremony for the presentation of the Aura Staff is long and drawn out, much to my annoyance. Finally I am allowed to touch the staff and am commanded to raise it to start the fireworks.
"Whatever," I grumble as I stand up and raises the staff above my head.
You abandoned me.
I startle. Who said that? I look around the room but finds that no one has said a single word. The blue crystal in the center of the staff glows faintly and then I remember where I have seen the staff from.
* * *
The staff contains a blue crystal in the center, surrounded by a black steel cage-looking covering.
* * *
Of course, I think as the crystal's glow brightens.
I struggle as the crystal's glow brightens even more. I finally turn the staff around and a stream of blueish light erupts from within the crystal to beam down on the floor. The light fades to reveal a tall blue pokemon with black ear like appendages that are fanned out to the pokemon's side. The pokemon leaps toward me.
You betrayed the kingdom.
Telepathy? I think as the pokemon waits for an answer.
The pokemon finally opens its red eyes and lowers its ear appendages. It looks around for a moment before running off.