Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 14: I Will Go With You
River of Sin… The scariest place in the universe… Or at least that is what I've heard… It is the river that flow in the land of Darkon… When the lost soul arrives at the Darkon, they must go to the Darkon Palace first to receive the judge from the ruler of Darkon about the place that they will live in the afterlife… Along the way, they must cross the River of Sin by the boat… Every time someone is crossing the River… They will hear the voice of… frustration…sorrow… despair… nightmare… Those voices can drive the soul of lost one into a mad state… Someone is so mad even they jump into the river, never to return to the surface again…
Link, Navi and Rucas hear the explanation of the River of Sin from Zelda. Rucas is already known a little about the River of Sin, but since he has never gone to that place before, so he doesn't know how scary it is…
"What is at the bottom of the River of Sin?" Navi asks.
"Easy for you to ask! River of Sin is the last place in this universe that I want to go to!" Diasol says.
"I have never dived into the River of Sin because my father said that it is too dangerous… But he said that that River is bottomless." Yterval says.
"Father?" Zelda says.
"Zygarde, the order Pokemon. Actually, he isn't my true father since I was born from a cocoon, but he treated me like his child so I called him father. He is also the one who entrusts the land of Darkon under my rule." Yterval says.
"That's right! Zygarde is also the adopt father of Xynnia and I, and he entrusts Lumina to Xynnia and leaves the boring land of Soulyn to me." Diasol says.
"So, at least we know that Darkon are not the army that attack Lumina." Rucas says.
"You must let Xynnia flee! Hurry! Before it is too late!" Yterval says.
"Don't worry, this place is blessed by the goddesses of Hylian, so it is safe from the intruder." Zelda says. Her word reminds Diasol of something.
"Wait… Yterval… How do you know that we are at this place?"
"Hm… When I escape from Darkon, I only think of you and Xynnia, and that led me to this place. But while I am in the warp portal, the monster from the River of Sin attacked me so…" Yterval says.
"Then, what should we do next?" Diasol asks.
"Hey! Link! Listen! We can't abandon our mission yet!" Navi says.
"But we can't do anything now unless Zelda knows the location of the Palace of Legend…" Rucas says, his word reminds Yterval of something.
"Wait… Did you say the Palace of Legend?"
"Yes, what's wrong with that?" Rucas asks.
"I know its location." Yterval says. His word shocks everyone.
"Really?!" Everyone says.
"Yes… That place is where our god stays. But to open the path to that palace, you must need the power of the Legendary Pokemon." Yterval says.
"Then, can you help me with that?" Navi asks, but Yterval shakes his head no.
"I am sorry, because this isn't the Darkon, my power grew weaker, so I need to combine my power with other Legendary Pokemon…" Yterval says.
"Which am I, right?" Diasol says, but again, Yterval shakes his head no.
"No, Diasol and my power are not enough. We need the power of…" Yterval says and looks at the unconscious body of Xynnia.
"Xynnia?!" Diasol says.
"If I remember… She possessed a great power of life, so I think that it is enough…" Yterval says.
"But she is still unconscious!" Diasol says.
"So, the next thing that we must do is to find a way to wake her up." Rucas says.
"But… how?" Diasol asks.
"… Maybe if we find someone who is a strong magic user… They may know the way to wake her up…" Zelda says.
"Strong magic user?" Everyone says.
"… If I remember, there is a Legendary Pokemon who is a very strong magic user live in the Meraldia Forest…" Rucas says.
"Really?!" Everyone says.
"Yes… I have heard that they once fought alongside the god to get rid of the darkness from this world…" Rucas says.
"Then, we must go to the Meraldia Forest!" Navi says.
"I will go too." Diasol says.
"Hm?" Everyone looks at Diasol.
"I will do anything that can help my sister, so let me lend you a hand." Diasol says.
"But… can you fight?" Navi says.
"What does that mean?!" Diasol says.
"Well…" Navi says.
"I can use some magic! And I can fight with my umbrella!" Diasol says.
"Your weapon is… umbrella?!" Rucas says.
"Yes." Diasol says.
'Such a strange weapon…' Link thinks.
"… I will go too." Yterval says.
"What?!" Everyone says.
"… I want to do something to apologize her… for the thing that I have done to her in the past… Don't worry, I can use some dark, forbidden magic and I have a scythe as my weapon." Yterval says.
"Ok." Diasol says.
"Don't worry about Xynnia, I will take care of her." Zelda says.
"But this is the middle of the night! I will never travel in the darkness!" Diasol says.
"Then we shall rest, we will leave for the Meraldia Forest tomorrow, okay?" Rucas says.
-Meanwhile, at the Irtha Legend College
"Yawn…" I yawn while Terrus is chewing the soil from the backyard of Irtha Legend College.
"Terrus, how long before I can go back to sleep?" I ask.
"…" Terrus doesn't answer me.
"But Terrus, I still don't understand it… What is the Cloud of Darkness that you mentioned? And why did you accept to be the guardian of Sacred Children?" I ask.
"… If we don't go with them, terrible fate will fall upon them." Terrus says.
"Terrible fate? What is it?" I ask.
"I still can't figure it out, but I am sure that we will know when we are travelling with them." Terrus says.
"Then, what is the Cloud of Darkness in this school?" I ask.
"…" Terrus doesn't say anything and continues chewing the soil.
"Yawn…" I yawn again. It looks like that tomorrow we will get up late and get scold by Maxnet.
To Be Continue…
LD: I start to see it… Now the main characters are divided into two groups. Link, Rucas, Diasol and Yterval at one while Jedi, Ordin, Nardal, Ellisk, Glacia, Terrus, Soryl and Maxnet at another group.
Pokedragon: Okay, at this time, I will reveal some more detail… Actually, Xynnia is one of main character too.
LD: Then… She is with Link's group. And now we have … 13 main characters…
Pokedragon: That may be the true amount of the main characters in this story… or not.