So, I've hit ten chapters. Thank you all for the continued support, I honestly thought no one would ever read this. I understand it has been a very long time since I updated this story, so for that I apologize and I will try to make up for it. I also have a bit of news. I've been planning a few new ideas for a Star Wars fanfic. I know, seems strange going from Pokémon to Star Wars, but hey. No promises yet, but it's just something I might be doing. Let me know if you would like to see something like that or not, and I'll keep you updated. Now, on with the chapter!
The Legend of Blaze – Chapter 10 – Final Training
I woke in the early morning, just before everyone else. I lay back for a few minutes, and thought about tomorrow's gym battle. I was nervous, but I had dig to help me out. Bulb and Siria were going to have to cover my weaknesses. After a few moments everyone was awake, and we headed out to the rocks to train.
John had decided not to make us run around on those boulders again, so we stick to the rock smashing exercise. I worked at my rock by blasting it a few times with fire, then using dig. And to my joy, it worked. The rock split apart and crumbled to the floor. I grinned to myself and walked back to John. The next practice he did was the rock throwing one. We took up our positions and the rocks took flight. I ducked under a particularly large rock to start with, and then had to roll out the way of the next. I had to keep moving, John was really testing our skill. I jumped over another and was doing well, but then turned to see Bulb get grazed by one. For the split second it distracted me, I had forgotten about my own safety. A rock cracked me right in the side of the head. I adapted quickly and rolled with the blow, and got to my feet. I was stunned from the blow, and my vision was slightly impaired, so the rocks were even harder to dodge now. I managed to make it through with only a few cuts, and I was glad it was over.
No one was badly hurt, so we headed back to the Pokémon centre to relax for the rest of the day. When we got back, the news was back on, and the reporter was giving an update on the chaos in Rustbero.
"The town of Rustbero has now been completely overthrown, and all citizens have been captured and there have been reports of pokemon being taken with force from those who try to resist. We advise people in the area to stay well away from the city, as patrols have been sent out around the outskirts of the city. All ferries to and from the city have been put on hold until this crime is taken care of. The police have cut off routes to the city so the rockets and team magma and Aqua are contained in the city. The Gym leader Roxanne and a few other trainers have managed to hold out in the gym."
I sat back in my soft chair and wondered about what was going on in Hoenn, and why the rockets have united with the Hoenn teams.
After a few hours of doing nothing it was late in the day and time for some much needed rest. I relaxed back on one of the sofas and let the sleep take me.
After what I guessed must have been a few hours, I woke up to a strange twinkling sound. I shot upright and looked around the centre to see a golden light near the door of the centre. I got up and jumped now to the centre floor. I moved towards it slowly until I was right next to it. I called out a hello to the light and it turned with a flash of white light and I was blinded.
When my vision recovered I was in a strange place. It was a large ice cave where light gleamed of the icy walls that surrounded me. I looked up from my own reflection in the ice floor to see a large, blue bird. The bird then suddenly flashed out its wings to reveal its gigantic wingspan.
"Behold!" it cried, "I am Articuno, the legendary bird of ice!"
I cowered in its booming voice. Articuno then folded its wings back and took on a less majestic posture.
"Blaze." It said, "Great challenges await you. I have lots to tell you, and it would be strongly advised that you listened."
I relaxed a little and stepped forwards.
"do you mean the gym battle?" I asked.
"Something far more important and challenging than some petty gym battle. The rockets, blaze. They have big plans. Plans that both you and i will become part of, sooner or later. John, that trainer of yours, and your team, you have been chosen. Chosen by the Pokémon of legends to stop and defeat the rockets. They are coming Blaze, we have run out of time. Eventually out paths will..."
The bird was cut off by a loud crunch. A Charizard with a rocket mounted on its back bust through the wall of the cave, and fired a flamethrower that hit Articuno right in the side of its head, sending it stumbling. The frost bird then rose to full height and spread its wings, causing a snowstorm to rubble around the cave. I was picked up by it and blown into the wall, and just as I hit it I was back in the Pokémon centre.
"what just happened..." I thought to myself.
What did that Pokémon want? Chosen? Rockets? Then I realised. It must have had something to do with what was happening in Rustbero. That Hannah also mentioned something about a big plan. And from that vision or dream or whatever it was, it sounded like Articuno was in trouble. I was stuck pondering what had happened long into the night, until I just fell victim to sleep without even realising it.