A/N: Hey. Guess what? New chapter! YAY! I, uh...I haven't updated recently because my family kinda went on a surprise vacation, so I haven't has much time to write. Though, I HAVE been working, progress is just a little slow, that's all.
So, what can you expect to see this time around? Well, an epic fight scene, more bickering between Dune and Horizon, some answers to questions that only createmore questions, and a bunch of other stuff! I hope you enjoy this new chapter!
Dranicus101: Really? You haven't seen it before in any other story? Huh. Also, you're about to see if that prediction of yours is correct!
Chapter 5: Shadow in the Skies
It was at that very moment that all pandemonium broke loose.
The residents of Alpha Town all fled in various directions. Some sped into any open buildings they could enter, others just ran around in sheer panic. Another roar erupted from the shadow, and then it suddenly swooped down, soaring low on the ground at high speed.
"DUCK!" Clay screamed as the mysterious figure soared towards them. Dune and Horizon obeyed, and it flew over their heads with a strong whoosh! Dune looked up at where the creature had flown, and gulped when he saw it.
Though it was still silhouette against the dark sky, Dune could still make out a few details. For one thing, the shadow resembled that of a dragon and a bird. It had a long neck, and it's head appeared to be pointed. It had large wings...or were those hands? Dune eventually decided they were hand-wings (because the wings looked like hands). Anyways, it had a long tail, which looked like it had two spikes o the end. What really got Dune's attention, however, was the fact that it had two piercing, red eyes, each one with a spike above it similar to the ones on the tail.
It roared again (revealing it had a pair of pointed teeth on its lower jaw), and it swooped down again. This time, it flew around wildly before finally landing with a crash onto the path below.
"Oh...my..." Horizon whispered, staring wide-eyed at the being that now stood before them. Dune could now see that it had silvery-white, sleek skin and a blue underbelly. The spikes on its eyes and tail were also blue. He could also tell there were two rows blue plates on its back. He could now clearly see that it's wings did, in fact, resemble hands. Dune could also tell that its eyes had a glowing red haze over them, which he assumed wasn't normal.
"Th-that's..." Horizon stammered. She quickly flipped through the book (which was in surprisingly good shape, considering it was pouring out), and then she stopped with a gasp.
"What!?" Clay called. "What is that thing!?"
"It's a Pokémon!" Horizon answered. "Not just any Pokémon...that's-"
Horizon couldn't finish that sentence, however. Just then, the silver Pokémon raised one of its wings, which began to glow with a purplish-black light.
"Move!" Dune ordered. "It's using-"
It slammed it's wing into the ground where Horizon was standing. Luckily, she dove out of the way, but winced at the pain in her injured leg and arm.
"-Punishment," Dune finished with a sigh.
"Can somebody PLEASE tell me what's happening?" Clay pleaded, ducking as the Pokémon swiped its tail at him.
"That's a Legendary Pokémon!" Horizon exclaimed, her voice shaking with both terror and excitement.
"That's a WHAT?" Dune cried in disbelief.
"A Legendary!" Horizon repeated. "It's known as the "Guardian of the Sea"...WE'RE BEING ATTACKED BY LUGIA!"
Lugia? That was a name? Dune could hardly believe what he was seeing. A Legendary Pokémon...a real one, was right there. He was standing behind it!
"I...I don't believe it!" Dune shouted.
"How can you not!?" Horizon yelled. "It's standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!"
"Well I can see that!" Dune retorted. "But I can't believe that...Legendary Pokémon are REAL!"
"Then wake up and smell the roses, because Lugia's gonna destroy the whole town!" Horizon answered.
"What's a Lugia?" Clay asked, joining Dune and Horizon.
"Like I said, Lugia's know as the Guardian of the Sea. It's said to be able to create storms lasting forty days, just by using its wings!" Horizon read from her book.
As if to prove her point, lightning flashed and the rain poured down harder. Lugia roared in outrage once more, then its eyes began to glow gold .
"Get back!" Dune shouted. Clay and Horizon jumped back as Lugia fired a multicolored beam at the Krokorok, hitting him dead on.
"Dune!" Clay shouted, concerned. Dune, although knocked back, immediately landed on his feet and appeared unscathed by the attack.
"Hah. For a doggone god Pokémon, it really doesn't know anything about types, does it?" Dune inquired with a confident grin. Indeed, Extrasensory was a Psychic-type attack, but since he was part Dark-type, the move had no effect on him. "Now, watch and learn!"
Dune ran forward straight to Lugia, who attempted to squash him by stomping. Dune managed to sidestep in time and got behind Lugia in order to deliver a powerful Crunch to the Diving Pokémon's tail.
While it was a decent tactic, he hadn't fully planned out the attack, as Lugia growled, and raised its tail- with Dune still latched to it. Too late, he realized what was about to happen. The Legendary Pokémon slammed its tail into the ground, earning a muffled cry of pain from Dune. Lugia repeated thus several times before finally launching the Krokorok into the air.
"Overconfidence can get you killed..." Horizon muttered, running around to Lugia's side. Her claws began to glow, and she slashed at the silver Pokémon in a cross motion- X-Scissor.
Lugia, furious, turned and unleashed Hydro Pump, firing the massive beam of water at her. Panicked, Horizon burrowed underground using Dig, avoiding the attack. Clay took this as an opportunity to fight, and fired a Focus Blast at Lugia's left wing. The move hit its mark, but enraged Lugia again.
The huge Pokémon ran at Clay, spitting fury, and raised its wing with another Punishment. Clay attempted to dodge, but the attack grazed his feet and sent him tumbling back to the ground. In its eagerness to attack Clay, however, Lugia had forgotten about one Pokémon: Dune, who was now plummeting back to the ground after being launched by the Legendary.
The Krokorok, after regaining his senses, noticed he had a clear shot of Lugia's back. With that, he charged up a Stone Edge and fired the stones at his opponent. The rocks struck Lugia's back, just as Dune has hoped they would, and allowed Clay to deliver a strong Metal Claw to its belly before diving away.
As Dune landed on the ground, Horizon ran up to him. "Um...how long were you up there, exactly?" she asked gesturing to the sky.
Dune looked up. How long had he been up there? Eventually, he just shrugged. "Don't know, don't quite care."
"Uh...what's it doing now?" Clay asked, fear clear in his voice. When Dune looked to see what was happening, he saw Lugia's body glowing blue, and a Sphere of blue energy materializing in its mouth.
"That's..." Horizon began before stopping to think, as if trying to remember something. Then, her eyes grew wide. "THE REASON WE NEED TO DUCK!"
"Wait, why-" Dune and Clay asked simultaneously, but we're interrupted when Lugia blasted a massive, powerful vortex of swirling wind at the two of them. Heeding Horizon's warning, they ducked to avoid being hit. The beam soared past them, putting a huge crater in the ground a few feet behind them.
"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?" Clay cried, staring at the crater. Before he could get an answer, Lugia wasted no time launching another Extrasensory at the confused Pokémon. While the attack mat not hurt Dune, Clay knew he'd be in for some serious hurt if the attack hit.
Thinking fast, Clay used Aerial Ace to move swiftly away from the psychic beam, and even managed to hit Lugia during that. However, the Legendary spun and slammed its tail into Clay, hurtling him into a nearby building.
Thinking fast, Horizon ran behind Lugia and rammed into it with a high-speed spin. Dune recognized this as Gyro Ball. Using that as a distraction, he slammed and Iron Tail into the Legendary's neck. As soon as Lugia faced Dune, Horizon hurled herself onto its back and delivered multiple slices of X-Scissor.
Lugia roared in pain and flew high into the air, with Horizon still on it. Once it was high enough, it began to fly around erratically, attempting to fling the Sandslash off its back. However, she was holding on firmly...even if she most likely was about to be sick to her stomach.
Dune, who was watching the flailing Pokémon from the ground, was attempting to hit it with Stone Edge, but was having no such luck. "Stupid thing is flying too fast! I can't get a hit on it!"
Clay emerged from where he had been launched. "Leave it to me!"
As Lugia swooped down, spinning, Clay charged up a Focus Blast, aiming for its head. Right when Lugia was above him, Clay launched the attack, which hit its target right in the jaw. The blow caused Lugia to jerk its head up and stop abruptly, giving Horizon the chance to slip off its back unharmed, but slightly dizzy.
Lugia stopping also gave Dune the chance to unleash an onslaught of Stone Edges at his dazed opponent. As soon as this happening, the Legendary regained its focus and blasted Dune with another Hydro Pump, which a he luckily dodged. At this, Lugia attacked with Punishment, but the Krokorok countered with Iron Tail. This knocked him back and kicked up a cloud of dust, giving Lugia the opportunity to attack Dune with another Aeroblast. Before the attack could be launched though, Clay and Horizon both jumped up behind Lugia.
"EAT THIS, JERK!" Horizon shouted as she slammed her arm into its back with a powerful Brick Break. Clay also lashed out with Aerial Ace, slashing at Lugia's back furiously.
With one last burst of energy, Dune hurled himself at his foe at bit it with a strong Crunch. The attack hit Lugia in the neck, causing it to crash into the ground with a resounding boom!
Clay walked up to the unconscious Pokémon warily. "Did we...win?"
Then, Lugia's body began to glow with a bright blue light. It opened its eyes, which were now glowing in the same color. As if nothing has happened, it got up, ignoring the staring eyes of the trio. It spread its wings and let out another roar, only this time it didn't sound angry. It took off into the sky, and disappeared into the distance. With that, Horizon had only one thing to say...
"What the heck was that!?" she shouted. "I mean, I always wanted to meet a Legendary, but not like that!"
Clay shrugged. "I don't know. But on the bright side, the storm's clearing up!"
Sure enough, the dark clouds that blanketed the sky were now disappearing, allowing the sun to shine through the openings.
"Yeah, but that doesn't explain what happened!" Horizon exclaimed. "I mean, why in the world would Lugia just randomly appear out of nowhere and try to destroy the town? It makes no sense!"
Dune agreed with her. It did seem a little odd that a Legendary Pokémon, who hadn't been seen in the world for thousands of years, would just suddenly show up and attack everything. But then, Dune wasn't really paying attention to what Horizon was saying. He had something else on his mind.
The prophecy. The one that had been spoken to him by that strange voice just last night. Dune didn't know how it was possible, but most of the things said on it had come true. "Three bodies of land" was probably referring to him, Clay, and Horizon- three Ground-type Pokémon, and "ground" could also mean land. "A storm arise" must have been predicting the storm Lugia had created, and the lines "A shadow in the skies" and "A legend's wrath" were probably talking about Lugia itself and it's attack on Alpha Town.
Even so, the lines "Rise or fall by darkness hand" and "Send the world on a dark path" still unnerved Dune. After all, he couldn't see how any of that had happened yet. Did that mean they were still to come? Was Lugia's furious attack the beginning of something even bigger? He glanced at Clay and Horizon, who were still deep in their discussion. He debated with himself whether or not to tell them about his strange dream.
No, Dune decided. If I told them a mystery voice in my dream predicted the future and told me this would happen, they'd think I'm crazier than a Teddiursa in a sugar rush...besides, I've only know Clay for a day, and Horizon for half a day! We ain't exactly best friends forever...
Dune decided there was only one Pokémon he could talk to about this. Without letting Clay and Horizon know what he was doing, he swerved past the confused and frightened Pokémon and sped off to Soprano's Café.
A/N: Yep, the Pokémon of the day was Lugia! And it seems that, as more questions are answered, more are created. Just another day in the life of a decent fanfic! Seriously, I really liked how this chapter turned out, and I hope you did, too! And next time, we'll learn a little bit more about the situation with the Legendary Pokémon. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and the next one will be up soon! Well, as soon as I can make it, anyways. My progress is a little slow right now, remember?
Just remember- be patient, and you shall be rewarded with more stuff to read! Until then...goodbye!