Chapter Four: The Darkest Nightmares
"Why do you even want to take over Full Moon Island?"
An unearthly silence developed between the two as Shinji asked this question to his 'Dark Lord'. The ghostly pokémon's ice blue eyes flashed from rage at being asked such a question when his pprentice shuld have known better not to ask this question.
"I have my reasons." The dark voice replied, a cold atmosphere settling itself down on Shinji's shoulder.
Hikari Light indeed was a princess...
But she was much more than that...
She's a soldier, a warrior, a fighter
One here to help defend and protect
The wonderful island of Cresselia's
The one called Full Moon Island
Master of power, not yet perfect
Beginner? Far from it
Master of Light, Goddess of Light
One of the many names some call her
Able to see the light in anybody's heart
She's opens up with the trusting heart of an angel
And Shinji Dusk was indeed an orphan
Darkrai's child, the child of darkness and hate
The puppet soldier to help gain power and control
Of Full Moon Island
To destroy Cresslia and her apprentice
Or the one he knows as...
Hikari Light
Master of Darkness
Goodness in his heart is let to be found
His words as cold and sharp as ice
Creeping of darkness and evil
His lies will send cherry blossoms to the grave...
When Light and Dark clash
Rain will fall, lightning will crash
For love and hate will collide
And nothing or nobody can hide
Betrayal of one will burn passionately
Love and Truth disguised as Power and Hate
Secrets are revealed
And as they open the gate to their fate
Something is discovered...
(Shinji's POV)
I gazed up into the sky with a carefree expression on my face as I walked down the dusty road, my eyes on the glowing pearl white moon in the middle of the ebony black sky which was also filled with millions of multi-color stars. Some stars were white while others were gold, and some stars were a blue and some between a blue-green.
I stopped in front of Lake Valor, noticing immediately that I wasn't the only one who liked to go to Lake Valor in the middle of the night.
The girl who I came to know as Hikari smiled when she saw me, getting up from her current spot where she was soaking her small pale feet in the lake's water. She jogged over to me, a happy grin on her face. "Hey Shinji!" she greeted cheerfully, her eyes twinkling.
"Hn." I grunted in response, walking past her to stare into the lake's water. The pearl white moon was reflected on its surface, ripples on the image.
"What are you doing here?" She questioned in her same optimistic voice, her hands twisting together behind her back.
I shrugged, staring blankly at the lake, a dull glaze covering my eyes. "I always come here after midnight." I replied indifferently.
Hikari sat back down where she was before, hugging her knees close to her chest as she rested her chin on them. Her toes wiggled in the water.
"Really? Me too!" She chirped. She added on quickly though, "Well, okay maybe not all the time, but once in a while I come here with my friend, Kasumi. You remember who she is right?"
Yeah, the carrot top that is always glaring at me suspiciously. You would think that I'm some sort of mutant, half-human and half-pokémon the way she was always looking at me. But then again, in a way I guess I really was half-human and half-pokémon I mused to myself.
I turned to face the blunette. "You mean the carrot top that is always glaring at me as if I'm some sort of sadist or like I'm a serial killer? Yeah, I remember Kasumi."
Hikari sweat dropped, laughing nervously. "Yeah, that's Kasumi… sorry about the way she acts. I really have no idea why she's also… glaring at you. Maybe you remind her of some ex she had or something."
I didn't reply. Instead I continued to gaze out at the lake, enjoying the tranquil atmosphere. A cool breeze blew at my lavender locks. I glanced down at Hikari, the corner of my lips unconsciously threatening to turn upward into a small smile.
Instead of staring at the lake's surface like I was, she was staring into the night sky, her eyes on the full moon. The breezed played with her midnight blue locks, doing some sort of dance with them.
"Isn't it beautiful?" She whispered, obviously referring to the full moon.
I glanced up into the sky, staring at the glowing white circle in the sky. The full moon was currently the brightest thing in the sky, producing a white glow that surrounded it.
"Yeah…" I agreed, tearing my eyes from the moon.
The full moon… Full Moon Island…
I shouldn't be thinking the full moon is beautiful, I thought scornfully, glowering at the small ripples that the lake produced, shoving my hands in my pocket.
"Are you okay?" Hikari questioned noticing my souring mood.
"Yeah, I'm fine…" I grumbled.
"Good!" She stuck her foot even farther into the water before bringing it up swiftly, sprinkles of water being thrown into the air. Unfortunately, since I was only half a foot away from her, I ended up getting most of the water on me.
I scowled as the tiny droplets of water hit me. I wiped the lake water away from my face, muttering curse words under my breath.
Laughter chimed nearby. "A little water doesn't hurt, Shinji!" She giggled, splashing me with more water as she flicked her wet foot in the air.
"Can you stop doing that?" I asked coldly, wiping more of the water off me. She frowned but did not flick me with anymore water.
"Fine Mr. I-hate-getting-wet!" I smirked in amusement at the nickname.
There was something about her… something about Hikari that just made her different from any other girl I met. I don't know what it is, maybe it's everything about her, but Hikari just had this way of making me feel… not exactly happy, just… different. It was as if she was a magnet, pulling me into her world.
"How come you always come here at midnight?" I asked the blunette beside me, suddenly curious as to why.
Hikari stiffened slightly before releasing a small puff of air from her mouth. "Well, honestly, I don't come here all the time… just during the nights of the new moon."
I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Why?"
"You will probably think I'm stupid for admitting this, but… I-I sort of have a-a sort of… phobia of the new moon."
I blinked at her, not believing my ears. "You're right I do think you're stupid for admitting that." I stated blandly, turning my attention back to the lake in front of me. "Who the hell is scared of the new moon? You can't even see the moon."
I could feel Hikari's intense glare on my back as she seethed beside me, her fists clenching and unclenching as she struggled to vent her anger. "Hey! I'm not scared of the new moon! I'm scared of being asleep during the nights of the full moon!"
I didn't reply. Instead I scoffed mentally and rolled my eyes.
"Hi Kasumi," I heard Hikari greet an approaching carrot top who, like always, was glaring at me as if I was the black plague that was about to affect her with the sickness any second.
"Hn."
"What's with you, Hikari?" Kasumi questioned, noticing the sour glower that was carved into the girl's face. Her scowl deepened.
"Nothing." She replied, collapsing onto the grainy ground as she let out a huff of air, crossing her arms against her chest.
Kasumi turned to me suspiciously. "Okay, what did you say to Hikari this time to piss her off, Shinji?" Of course according to Kasumi it's always my fault whenever the annoying girl's mad. I admit though, most of the time it was my fault her blue-hair friend is in a bad mood.
I smirked at this thought. "Nothing; I was just wondering how somebody could have a fear of the new moon, especially when you can't even see the moon."
"I'm not scared of the new moon!" Hikari shrieked, glaring daggers once again in my direction. She stood back up, her balled up fists by her sides. "I just don't like being asleep on the night of the new moon!"
I scowled at how loud she was yelling. She could wake up the town if she keeps yelling this loud. "Would you keep it down, noisy girl?"
She huffed again, crossing her arms once again. Her long blue hair along with her dark pink scarf blew gently in the wind.
"Come on Hikari, Satoshi wants us to watch some new movie he just bought at a video store." Kasumi spoke up, gently grabbing the girl's arms as she led her away.
The two retreated together, but before they were completely out of sight I saw Hikari turn around and stick her small pink tongue out at me.
Once again I found myself smirking in amusement at the gesture.
There was just something about her… something that made her different from the rest of the girls, I just couldn't figure out what it was…
I turned back up at the full moon and frowned.
She said she usually came here during the nights of the new moon, but tonight there was a full moon. I frowned at the moon. How come she was out here tonight then?
"Wherever you're hiding, I'll find you…" A dark voice murmured from out of the blackness.
Hikari turned around, trying to locate where the voice was coming from. "H-hello? Anybody there?" she called out in a shaky voice.
"Full Moon Island will be ours." The voice spoke again, sending a shiver down her spine.
"Who-who's there?" Hikari called out in a tiny, frightened voice, her knees shaking uncontrollably from underneath her.
Plop!
"Huh?" She turned around, letting out a shrill scream as she realized she was on the surface of a lake that glittered in the moonlight.
Hikari stared into the lake's dark depth, still shaky as she stared into the water that was as black as ink from the night sky which reflected trillions of glittering stars.
Plop!
What was making that plop!-ing sound? Hikari tilted her head so she was now looking into the sky, and she saw a raindrop from the sky fall, landing in the lake and making another plop! as it hit the lake's surface. Another raindrop fell, followed by another and another. More raindrops fell from the sky, making more plop-ing noises.
"Cresselia's Island will be ours." The voice repeated, echoing and fading in the darkness.
Hikari's eyes widened as the water rose above her knees and waist, and she realized she was sinking. "No! No! NOOOO!" she shriked, wriggling and turning, desperate to escape the water that was now making it's way to her chin.
She looked up into the darkness of the sky, as if hoping some miracle would come and help her. As a raindrop dropped on her forehead and dribbled into her mouth, she suddenly realized it wasn't raindrops – it was teardrops.
"Wh-why did you have to leave us daddy?" Hikari heard her five-year old self exclaim before being completely engulfed by the rising water. "Why?" The word echoed in her mind as she sank farther into the water.
When she opened her eyes again she saw was drowning – yet. But instead was just sinking, deeper and deeper into a dark abyss that seemed to have been made from bad memories of hers. Bad memories entered her mind, drowning in her in the devastating memories that clouded her mind. The times she got lost in the woods of Full Moon Island, the announcement of her granny's death, the memories of her precious skitty who ran away, never to be seen again…
Tear rolled down her cheeks, dripping off her chin. Her head ached, and a terrible numbness filled her body, leaving her with a feeling of misery…
"When we find you, Full Moon Island will be under our control, and you will be no more." No more… no more… The words echoed continuously in her mind and she felt more misery.
"You suppose to be strong, Hikari. Strong for Full Moon Island and the pokémon of Full Moon Island. You can't have fear take over your life. When you're out fighting the Dark One, tears aren't an option Hikari."
Creseelia's words echoed in her mind, and suddenly, the heavy feeling in the pit of her stomach vanished.
"Tear aren't an option…"
Hikari felt herself floating. Not downwards though… she was floating upwards. She was floating to the top of the lake, breaking its surface, escaping from the water and its bad memories.
"You're supposed to be strong, Hikari…"
-x-
Hikari gasped as she woke from her dream, breathing heavily as she clasped at her heart. "Oh gosh… Oh, gosh, no…" She breathed.
"Heh? Hikari, what's wrong?" Kasumi asked as she rushed to the young blunette's side. "Did you have another nightmare?"
Hikari swallowed twice before weakly nodding her head.
Kasumi rubbed her back to comfort the shaken girl. "Don't worry, Hikari… it was just a bad dream… it's not real… It's okay, promise."
"Kasumi… this wasn't just another nightmare." Hikari choked out, sweat rolling down the side of her head. She was drenched in sweat from the terrifying dream. She dug her nails into her arms, cutting into the delicate pink silk of her pajama top as she did so.
Kasumi tilted her head in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"The… The Dark One…" She managed to whisper, shivering as she heard his voice again in her mind.
Kasumi blinked in confusion. She blinked twice as the words finally sunk in, her brain absorbing the words and comprehending them. "Oh! Y-You mean…?! Oh! Son of a freaking—" Kasumi cursed under her breath. "When the hell did he learn Darkrai's ability to communicate through dreams?!?! Or nightmares actually… Ugh!" Kasumi cursed some more.
"I should have seen this coming! Of course! He can't find you so he decides to send you 'nice' little warnings by communicating through your darkest nightmares! Oh, Hikari I'm so sorry! I should have warned you!" Kasumi apologized, hugging her best friend.
"It… its okay, Kasumi… I'm fine - really! I… I just feel a little dazed…" Hikari murmured.
Kasumi pulled away from the girl, a frown now on her face. "But wait… the only way you can break from one of Darkrai's nightmares is by being exposed to a Lunar Wing of Cresselia's… The Dark One should be just as powerful as Darkrai even if he's human, so why were you able to…" Kasumi queried, tapping her chin thoughtfully.
Hikari shrugged. "Maybe it's because my powers connect to Cresselia's, so I'm able to break free from the nightmares, with or without the Lunar Wing…?" Hikari suggested.
"That makes sense." Kasumi agreed.
Hikari nodded, trying her hardest to stay awake. She glanced around, noticing that the TV was off and she and Kasumi were the only one there. "Hey… where's Satoshi?"
"The movie finished a while ago," Kasumi explained. "He left once it was over with — said he was beat. You fell asleep about half way through."
"Ah." Hikari nodded.
Silence.
"Did anything… spicy happen between you two while I was asleep?" Hikari grinned slyly, momentarily forgetting her nightmare.
Kasumi turned several shades of red, stuttering out, "O-of course not! Wh-what do you th-think could have happen?!"
Hikari laughed good-heartedly. "Nothing…" She replied teasingly.
Hikari sighed contently before turning her gaze outside the window. The pale blue curtains fluttered from a light breeze that came from an open window. Outside the window she could see an inky black sky and a pearly white moon.
Now I'm not even safe in my dreams… Hikari thought to herself sadly.
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So sorry for the late update! I don't blame anybody if you gave up on this fic... :x I probably could have had this updated last week but I was too lazy to finish typing what I copied into one of my notebooks. (I'm still trying to make this as close to the original version as I can - but better, of course). Again, so sorry!
If anybody bothered to read this, please review? Please?
