Hello readers and welcome back to another chapter of Remembering an Old Friend! Ok, first things first, I've heard a few individuals complain about the loss of Altoshipping in my story. Just please bare with me and enjoy the rest of the story as much as possible! Anyone who is for Altoshipping will feel better (hopefully) when my new story comes out! So please, I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
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'Oh Ash, you're such a silly boy!' Latias squealed after the raven haired boy had fallen into one of the secret garden's ponds. Ash pulled off his soaking hat and wrung it out as Latias giggled with enjoyment. 'But that's why I love you!' the red eon smiled, pecking the drenched Ash on the cheek.
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Latias' eyes shot open, she was back in Bianca's room. "What was that dream just now?" Latias thought to herself, wiping a few sweat drops from her forehead. "Is that dream trying to tell me something? I thought that it wouldn't work between Ash and I?" Latias questioned herself, sitting up as she pulled the blankets off of her body, placing her share of the blanket on Bianca. The red eon got out of bed and opened the bedroom door, slightly overwhelmed at the intense pink coloring of Bianca's room, which ended up hurting her eyes. 'Too much pink...' Latias grumbled as she covered her eyes, closing the door silently as she headed down the stairs.
The dead silence of the night rung in Latias' ears as she entered the kitchen, "I hate walking around alone at night, I always get the feeling that there's something behind me..." Latias thought to herself, stopping at the patio door as she turned around. As Latias' eyes tried to adjust to the lack of light in the kitchen, an outline of an enormous being began to form right in front of her. 'AHH.' Latias cried, falling on her back as she covered her mouth, luckily Latios nor Bianca heard her scream. Her breathing became frantic as her body began pumping large quantities of adrenaline into her system. As her eyes continued to adjust to the darkness, she found out that it was just her friend, Ken... 'Don't scare me like that!' Latias sighed heavily as she rubbed her amber eyes.
Strangely, the blue dragon didn't answer, he just kept flying toward the patio door, opening it as he flew through it. 'Is he sleep walking? Or is it sleep flying?' Latias asked herself, getting up from the tiled floor of the kitchen to dust herself off. The red eon picked up a fallen chair that had toppled over with her and followed closely behind the blue dragon. "Where is he going?" Latias thought to herself as Ken began to gain some altitude. Latias followed Ken through the cold and quiet skies of Altomare as they finally reached their destination. The sleeping dragon slowly flew into the secret garden, his eyes completely closed. 'How strange.' Latias whispered to herself as Ken flew closer to the pedestal holding the soul dew.
'Is he going to communicate with the soul dew?' the red eon muttered as her friend approached the pedestal. The blue dragon lowered his head closer to the pond as his chin touched the surface of the water. "Weird, what in the world is he doing?" Latias thought as she flew up right next to Ken, keeping a careful eyes on his actions. The blue dragon brought his head closer, and closer to the glistening soul dew. And just as his lips began sinking underwater, his entire head dropped into the fountain with a small splash as bubbles began to float to the surface... 'Ken!' Latias cried out, almost bursting out in laughter as she pulled her friend's head out of the fountain.
The red eon burst out in laughter as the blue dragon began to wake from his mobile slumber. "What the, why am I wet?" Ken asked himself as he expelled the fluid from his head using his psychic. "Oh hey Latias." Ken greeted as he took in his surroundings. Latias was just finished with her laughing fit as she regained her composure. "What's so funny?" the blue dragon asked, getting up from the ground as he patted the dust from his feathers. Latias struggled to speak clearly as her laughter threatened to burst out once more.
'You were just sleep flying!' Latias snorted, quickly covering her mouth as she did. Ken tried to keep his laughter concealed at hearing Latias snort, but failed miserably as he hid his wide grin, 'Don't laugh!' Latias whined while smiling; it sure had been a while since they have laughed like this. 'It's not like you've never snorted, Ken!' Latias said, feeling embarrassed about her strange noise. The blue dragon laughed even harder at the mentioning of snorts as he became unable to hide his wild smile. 'Don't make me tackle you!' the red eon warned, readying herself for her attack. Ken shook his head as he frantically waved his claws in defense. The red eon playfully tackled her friend, sending him flying into a pond as she flew off into the trees.
Ken quickly shot out of the water, immediately expelling the water from his feathers as he searched his surroundings. "Hey! What was that for?" Ken asked, laughing slightly as the red eon appeared directly behind him. Latias positioned herself by the lower part of Ken's body, acting like a log as the nervous dragon flew backwards. "Latias? How come you're not talking?" Ken asked nervously as he continued to back up. The blue dragon felt something skin the tip of his little feet, "What the heck?" Ken said, finding Latias in a planking position right in front of him. "You know, Latias, table topping only works when you have legs..." the blue dragon informed with a slight grin tugging at his lips as he pointed down to his two little stubs.
'Oh, right...' Latias said, clearly embarrassed at her failed prank. The red eon sighed in defeat as the blue dragon transformed into his human form.
"See?" Ken pointed out, walking backwards as he pretended to trip back over an imaginary log. Latias took this perfect opportunity to stealthily stop Ken's foot with her psychic. The result was Ken getting caught off guard, and falling into another pond with an enormous splash. "Of course..." the young boy dead panned, getting out of the body of water. Latias fell into a giggling fit as Ken simply smiled, unable to conceal his happiness. "Hey wait, how come you're out here Latias?" Ken questioned after the warm moment was over. The young boy expelled the water from his body as the red eon recovered from her giggling fit.
'I saw you flying out of the house so I followed you.' Latias stated, earning a confused look from Ken.
"Wait, what were you doing up at this time of night?" Ken continued to ask as Latias took a long pause. "Well?" the disguised dragon pestered.
'I was just flying around. I had a bad dream.' Latias said, trying not to move the subject to her previous dream that she had with Ash. Come to think of it, Ken did the exact same thing that Ash did in her dream, just with completely different dialogue.
"Hmm, then I wonder what I was doing?" Ken asked himself, earning an inconspicuous sigh from Latias. The disguised dragon looked at the pedestal holding the soul dew from quite some distance, fifty feet perhaps. "Oh! Now I remember!" Ken said, snapping his claws victoriously. The young boy quickly flew toward the pedestal; its crystalline waters sparkled in the moonlight as the small fountain system flowed ever so smoothly. Latias followed behind as she watched her friend place his hand on the shining jewel. The disguised dragon focused his energy which became visible around his body, and after a few short moments he smiled as he took his hand off of the soul dew.
'Were you talking to Colette?' Latias asked earning a slight nod from the sighing boy. "Weird... Until Ken told me about Colette being his sister, I always felt discomforted whenever he had those dreams of her..." Latias thought to herself, unaware of her own feelings. 'Well anyway, why don't we head back to Bianca's place. It's getting pretty cold out here.' Latias suggested as both her and Ken's breath became visible in the cold night's air. Ken nodded in agreement as he transformed back into his true form.
A spiral of blue energy enveloped the boy, but suddenly, Ken's transformation stopped, "What the heck?" the young boy questioned as the blue veil disappeared. Latias was speechless after witnessing her friend's failed transformation. Ken tried once more, succeeding this time around. "That was, odd." Ken said awkwardly as they both flew off to Bianca's house.
'What just happened? It looked as though you had failed to transform.' Latias asked, worried that something out of their knowledge was was going on. The blue eon just shrugged as they continued to their destination. The eons landed in Bianca's backyard, Ken opened the patio door for the both of them as they entered silently. 'So what are we going to do later today? More training?' Latias asked as she took a seat on the living room couch. The red eon caught sight of the time, and it was already past four in the morning!
The blue dragon rubbed his neck as he closed the patio door, locking it as he took a seat next to Latias. "Hmm, I guess so. We must be prepared to fight the shadow at any moment." said Ken, who was worried about when the shadow would make his move. "Come on, let's try and get some rest, since we'll be training tomorrow." the blue dragon suggested, getting up from the couch as he flew toward the stairs. Latias nodded in silence as she followed her friend. The two eons went through separate doors as they said their good nights.
"Goodnight."
'Goodnight.'
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"Latias!" Ash called from afar, smiling widely as he waved at the red eon. Latias turned around, looking for the source of the voice. "I love you, Latias!" Ash called out with Pikachu sitting on his shoulder. The red eon smiled as she found Ash's figure in the distance. The ecstatic red eon shot off at great speeds in an attempt to meet up with her lover. "Latias! Latias!" Ash continued to call out. Something was wrong, it seemed as though no matter how fast or how long Latias would fly, the distance between her and Ash never shrunk. Latias felt that she had been flying for years, as if no mater how hard she tried, she could never get to Ash. This dream had turned into a nightmare.
Latias called out Ash's name finally, falling to the ground below her with all of the energy sucked out of her body. The young boy seemed to be leaving as his body turned around, his back along with Pikachu's were facing the crying eon. 'No! Ash! Please don't leave!' the red eon cried. Ash's figure turned black as he was taken away by a black cloud. A trail of black smoke remained where his body was.
'ASH!'
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"Latias, wake up!" Bianca cried with tears trailing down the sides of her cheeks. The red eon's eyes slowly began to open as her conscious returned to reality. "Oh thank goodness! You're ok!" Bianca sobbed, embracing the sweating eon in a tight hug. Latias looked around the room, she saw Bianca crying her eyes out in front of her on her bed while Latios and Ken were panting on the carpet below them. "We all thought you were going to die!" Bianca whimpered, hugging her best friend even tighter.
'What happened?' Latias asked weakly, suddenly feeling exhausted even after her slumber. Then a sharp pain erupted in the red eon's chest, this was not emotional pain, but an extreme physical pain. Latias cried out as she violently clenched her chest, tears of pain were squeezed from her eyes as the sharp pain continued to grow. It felt as though someone had stabbed Latias' chest with a jagged rusty blade that was coated in alcohol that burned her flesh to the steel of the weapon. The group froze for a moment a this unexpected reaction, but Latios and Ken quickly reacted as Bianca watched, fear for her friend's life was found in her eyes.
'Not again!' Latios shouted as he and Ken rushed to Latias' side, their claws glimmered with pure energy. The two eons forced their glowing claws o Latias' chest as her entire body was colored with a faint, blue glow. 'Use everything you've got!' Latios ordered as Ken grunted in pain, extracting as much power from his body as he can. After a few minutes of shear terror, Latias had calmed down along with the pain in her chest.
The red eon was sweating profusely, the life in her eyes disappeared as her breathing became shallow. After a few moments, Latias had recovered to the point to where she could push herself up to sit upright. The two blue eons fell to the floor panting heavily as Ken passed out from exhaustion. 'What happened?' Latias asked after a couple moments had passed, she felt light headed and sickly, as if she were on the brink of life and death. While the two dragons were unable to explain at the moment, Bianca came back to reality as she sat straight up.
"You were screaming and clenching your chest while you were sleeping, Latias. And when everyone had come in here, your body was emanating black sparks." Bianca explained, her voice trembled with terror as she tried to calm herself down. Latios was sweaty and tired, he could barely prop himself up on his arms as he faced his sister on the bed."Latios, since when did your arm heal?" Bianca asked, remembering how Latios was temporarily crippled in one of his arms.
After a few deep breaths, Latios seemed like he was ready to talk, 'Ken reversed what damage was left in my arm last night at around four.' Latios explained weakly, smiling victoriously at his left arm. 'Wait, what happened to Ken?' Latios asked, just noticing the amount of silence coming from his friend. As he, Latias, and Bianca looked at the downed dragon on the floor, they became frightened of what had happened to him. Latios quickly bent down to check Ken's pulse, 'Good, he's still alive. He probably just passed out from exhaustion.' Latios sighed in relief. Unfortunately, Latios was too tired to notice how faint Ken's pulse was and turned back around to face his sister.
Bianca got out of her bed and went into Lorenzo's room to grab a few medical items to bring back for her friends. As Latios regained the remainder of his breath, Latias sat up against a stack of pillows that Bianca had placed before she left. The red eon looked down at her friend, confused at why he had passed out. Wasn't Ken usually strong enough to handle these kinds of situations on his own? But Latias saw something that would of made her scream in fright if it weren't for her current condition. 'Blood!' Latias dais weakly as she pointed to Ken's body. Latios turned around from Bianca's bed to see what his sister was pointing at. To his surprise, a small pool of blood was spilling out from Ken's mouth and onto the floor.
'Bianca! Come quick!' Latios called out as the young girl entered the room carrying various energy and healing pills. Bianca quickly placed the tray of pills next to Ken's body and knelt down next to him as the stress levels in the room drastically increased. Bianca examined the blue dragon's body and carefully picked out a small, clear, bottle. The blood from Ken's mouth continued to pool around his head as Bianca took a translucent pill from the bottle. The young girl quickly lifted Ken's head and inserted the pill into his mouth, angling his head so that the pill would slide down his throat. After a few minutes of painful silence, Ken's bleeding had finally stopped.
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It was nighttime, the sun had fallen over the horizon while the glowing moon took its place. The group of friends were in the living room of Bianca's silent house; the time was around one in the morning, the nighttime sounds of nature were slowly coming to a stop. Latias was peacefully sleeping on the couch after taking a few doses of a powerful medicine to help her regain her strength the next time she woke up. Bianca and Latios were sitting together on the floor next to Latias, Latios was lightly asleep while Bianca was still wide awake. Ken was resting by the base of the couch after being placed there by Latios. "You haven't woken up since this morning, Ken..." Bianca whispered to herself, trying to keep her trembling hands from shaking the small bottle of pills in her hand.
Bianca was scared beyond belief after what happened throughout the day. Ken had fallen into a coughing fit at least three times yesterday, each time became more and more violent as Ken's internal bleeding followed through. Bianca was dead tired, but her fear of not being able to wake up if Latias or Ken needed her help kept her from sleeping. "Latios, I'm scared..." Bianca said weakly, leaning her head on the blue eon's shoulder, unknowingly waking him up.
'Hm?' Latios moaned softly, opening his eyes to check up on Bianca. 'Don't worry Bianca, everything will be alright...' Latios said sleepily, gently picking Bianca up and placing her on his lap as he wrapped his arms around her. Bianca didn't even seem shocked at Latios' actions, all she did was let her friend embrace her body. 'Get some rest already.' Latios yawned as his eyes began to slowly shut again. The young girl rested her head on the blue eon's chest, feeling the warmth of Latios' feathers.
"So warm..." Bianca mumbled, leaning in closer to Latios' face. Latios was just about to fall into the depths of his sleep when something came in contact with his lips. Something soft and wet met with his lips. Latios' eyes shot open,but his body wouldn't move even though his mind was screaming for it to react. Their contact lasted only a few moments, but to the both of them it seemed as though it had lasted for eternity. As Bianca parted from Latios, she quickly fell asleep in his arms, leaving Latios wide awake.
'Oh boy... this is going to be weird explaining this to Latias...'
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"Damn... what the hell happened to this place?" the Marauder asked, hovering over the rubble of what used to be Team Rocket HQ. The three shadows had quickly arrived at the ruins of Giovanni's organization, paying too much attention to their current situation to notice a small boat on the edge of the horizon carrying what seemed to be two people...
"Shit..." the shadow cursed, falling into a pile of disintegrated concrete. Black ooze seeped from the shadow's body, splotching the shattered glass around him. Giovanni and the Marauder exchanged glances as they approached the weak shadow. The Marauder had the smile of a mad man on his face while Giovanni just stared at the shadow with a slight sneer. They were going to kill the shadow and take the rest of his powers for themselves. They came close and closer to the shadow, their shadow-like claws were already burning with black fire. As they came within two feet of the dark figure, the shadow began to laugh.
"What's so funny? You would have to be once stupid piece of crap to laugh when you know death is right in front of you." the Marauder scoffed, attempting to stomp on the shadow's back. The shadow's eerie laugh stopped as the Marauder's foot froze in midair. "What the hell?" the Marauder gasped, struggling to retract his foot.
"Shame on you Giovanni, and especially you Marauder." the shadow sneered, getting up from the pile of powdered concrete. "You two think you could actually gang up on me, and take my power for yourselves? Well you thought wrong." the shadow said, his eyes beaming at the Marauder. "Since you two can't behave, looks like I'll have to take total control of you guys." the shadow announced. The two Team Rocket superiors looked confused and frantic at the same time. Giovanni turned around to flee but was stopped in his tracks by a mysterious force, his body wouldn't move an inch and ignored every instruction that his mind gave.
"Goodbye, my pets..."
Suddenly, the two Team Rocket superiors froze in place after the shadow had said that. It was strange, it seemed as though their very personality was sucked out of their shadow bodies. And in an instant, the shadow looked several times healthier and more energetic than before, while the two Rocket superiors stood like dolls waiting to be used. "Now doesn't that feel better?" the shadow chuckled sarcastically, knowing full well that his minions no longer have their own free will.
After taking their free wills away, the shadow felt somewhat refreshed, the small energy boost stopped the shadow from oozing black energy and it also gave him a little more power. "Now I'm bored..." the shadow sighed, feeling a little lonely about taking away his minions' personalities. "Well I won't be for long when I attack and finally kill those brats once and for all!" the shadow cackled as the doll-like Rocket superiors watched.
"I'll attack tomorrow, I still need some rest before attacking Altomare." the shadow decided, staring at the faint glow of the moon.
"Just one more day..."
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Morning came, and luckily Latias nor Ken had another episode, allowing Bianca and Latios a peaceful night. Latios was sleeping with his arms still wrapped around Bianca's waist, and his nose nuzzled in her neck while Ken was quietly slumbering away with a strange object on top of his head... The object was fairly large and red, and also seemed to be cutting off Ken's airflow. "Mffm!" Ken mumbled loudly with his head under the full weight of Latias' body. The red eon must have fallen off the couch last night and landed on Ken's head. The blue dragon lifted his head,causing Latias to roll off of his neck, "Uh..." Ken groaned, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
The blue dragon took in his surroundings, he could see a faint glow of sunshine beaming through the windows and a sleeping Latias right in front of him. But once again, as Ken continued to look around, he found Latios and Bianca cuddling... "How nice..." Ken deadpanned in his thoughts. He got up, his balance was extremely off as he almost fell into the cuddling duo next to him. Something was wrong, terribly, terribly, wrong. What happened yesterday? Why was it that Ken had passed out so easily while keeping Latias' condition stable?
Suddenly, Latias, Bianca, and Latios began to wake up simultaneously. The blue dragon searched his own body using his psychic to determine his body's condition. 'Good morning.' Latias yawned as she sat up, confused at how she wound up on the floor instead of the couch. The red eon turned around to find her brother cuddling her best friend, again... 'What a touching scene.' Latias smiled, feeling much better than she did the day before. This time, Bianca wasn't embarrassed about the position Latios and she were in, she simply gave the blue eon a quick peck on the cheek as he returned the favor.
Ken searched his body, making sure that everything was well and working properly. After a quick scan of his current status, Ken's heart sank.
"I'm getting weaker. I'm dying..."
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Well that's the end to another chapter! I hope this made up for the previous sucky chapters :P sorry but I had to put some fluff in here, you know why? It's cause I'm going to "hang out" with this girl I like so we can give each other our Valentine's gift! Well tune in next time on Remembering an Old Friend!