A/N: Hello readers! Sorry that this took awhile but I once again got caught up in a game (Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond). Anyways, this chapter will be focusing on Connor's trip in the Path of Soul. Oh! I almost forgot! Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 have been revealed, for more info o to , the best place to get Pokemon info
Pure Gamer: Thanks for the review, and you're free to use it as much as you like, it's not just mine.
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Chapter 21: Path of Soul: Connor
"Ugh, where am I?" I asked. I had woken up in what seemed like a normal neighborhood, regular houses placed a fair distance away from each other, a white picket fence guarding each home, and a few Pidgey flying around. It would've been nice, except for the fact that all the doors and windows were open and no one was in them.
"That's weird" I continued to say, getting up. I decided to explore the area for clues. "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING!" a voice in my head screeched. "Ow! Who are you!" I asked it. "I'LL TELL YA IF YA FIND ME!" it challenged. "Challenge accepted!" I said getting ready to run. "I'LL GIVE YOU A HINT, I'M NOT IN THAT NORMAL, BORING PLACE!" it said. I ran past the houses and into the forest behind them. 'This'll be easy' I thought to myself, jumping a fallen log. "THIS ISN'T THE HARD PART" the voice warned. Eventually I made it to the end of the forest, and I suddenly blacked out for what seemed like seconds.
When I awoke I was back where I started, in front of a house. There were some noticeable differences though, the streets were cracked and in some spots spiked. The houses were gray and lifeless; the once white fences were now barbed wire. The Pidgey that once flew seemed long gone, and the sun had set, but there was still light coming from behind me. I walked toward it, the forest was on fire, yet it didn't seem to spread. "THIS HARD ENOUGH FOR YA!"It challenged "IF YA GET THROUGH THIS, THEN WE MEET" I didn't answer and started running into the burning palace.
I quickly found that most branches had knives varying in size like leaves. I was careful to avoid them, and then I reached a river that went down the middle of the path. The trick? The river was made of lava. "LET'S SEE YA GET PAST THAT!" The voice challenged. I jumped from one side of it to the other and back, slowly and surely getting across. "CLOSE ENOUGH" it said. I kept walking on the right side of the river because it got too wide to jump. Then I jumped a small cliff and found an entrance to a cave.
"I take it you're in there?" I asked. "Yeah, I'm in here, let's meet" it said, and finally stopped yelling. I walked in, it was dark and damp. "It's wet in here!" I complained. "Sorry, I don't usually come to the entrance, so I didn't know how dirty it was" it apologized. "It's okay, so, where do I go now?" I asked. "…Do you trust me?" it asked slowly. "Of course, you've made this trip fun!" I explained. "I'm glad; now that we know we trust in each other" it started "follow the light, the Light of Power!" he finished as some torches on the wall lit.
I followed the path as the flames on the torches got stronger the closer to the middle I got, or I think it's the middle. Anyways, I eventually stumbled into a large room with jagged pillars, on the center pillar stood a 12 foot translucent Blaziken. "Ah, you've arrived" it said as it shrunk back to the regular 6'3". Its feathers were lava red, meaning it's shiny. His voice was deep, so it was probably a male. "So you're the voice in my head?" I asked. "That's correct" it continued saying in telepathy. "Cool! Blaziken are my favorite Pokémon!" I exclaimed. "T…That's nice?" it mentally stuttered. "I would catch ya, but that would be wrong" I said depressively. "Well, you'll get my power, that's the same thing, right?" it persuaded. "True" I agreed. "Good, onto the test" he said, readying his foot. "Test! I didn't have time to study!" Connor joked. "Wrong test that would be a test in Wisdom, that's not my job" he explained. "Oh, so what test do I do?" I asked. "A test of strength, the test is split in two parts, arms and legs" he explained.
"We'll do legs first" he said jumping to the pillar in the back of the room. He then stomped his foot, making the pillars stand at different lengths. "You must jump on the pillars and reach me" he explained as several small steps appeared leading to the smallest pillar. I jumped from one pillar to the next, some jumps seeming harder than the others. I finally reached the spirit, by that time I was out of breath.
"Nice Job, now…" he started and stomped again. This time, the floor leveled out and a boulder popped out of the ground. "Try to pick up that boulder, or roll it, as far as you can" he explained. "Roll it?" I started picking up the boulder and putting it on his back "That would be the easy way out!" I carried it about 6 feet then dropped it. "Impressive" Blaziken stated and smashed the block with his fist. "Although, the main part was to see if you would roll it or not and to see if you would carry through with it" he explained. "I see" I agreed.
"All right let's go to the ceremony room" he said breaking a wall that led to another room. The next room was similar to the last except it only had two pillars and they were multi colored. Blaziken jumped onto the right pillar and I climbed onto the left. "My name is Funkazan, kneel down and say it" he explained. I kneeled down and uttered "Funkazan". Suddenly, my body started warming up "Careful, your body will gain much heat during this process, do not lose though, if you drop from the heat you'll turn into a full Torchic permanently" he explained. "O…Okay" I struggled. "5 seconds" he said as the heat becameas hot as your hand being on fire. "4" the heat was like being on fire. "3" the fire became as hot as lava. "2" the heat was like a volcano. "1" the heat was unbearable. I started letting my pants come out in loud hoarse coughing.
Funkazan jumped over a patted my back till I stopped. "Ya did well" he comforted. "Thanks" I said quietly. "Now that you have my power, I'll explain how to use it" he said. "Let me guess, I can understand pokespeech?" I said. "Obviously, as well as enhanced speed and strength and the ability to light your limbs into flames" he explained. "Anything else?" I asked, examining myself. "Nothing we can't go over when the time comes" he said and led me back to the entrance of the cave. "Now just kneel and say the color of your aura it's…" he started before whispering the last word into my ear. I nodded and said it:
"Red"
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A/N: and that is all she wrote, I don't know who she is or what she wrote but it seemed like the thing to say. Fun Fact 1: Funkazan is Japanese for Volcano. Fun Fact 2: the scenery in this chapter (before the change and minus the cave) is what Connor and mine's neighborhood looks like.
Funkazan: SEE YA NEXT TIME!
Ikazuchi: try to be quieter Funky, some spirits meditate
Funkazan: I MEDITATE! ...sorry, I'll be quieter
