Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 38: Day II; The Lost King
In the morning of Day II, at the Palace of the Dragonking, Anna's Room.
Anna is preparing her stuff while thinking of her conversation with Iris yesterday.
"So, you know who is the lost king of your kingdom, right?" Iris asks.
"Although I have so many works, but something I like to solve the mystery of our kingdom too. There is one famous mystery of our kingdom, about the lost king of our kingdom." Anna says.
"So…" Iris says.
"I will help you, Iris." Anna says.
"Anna! Thank you!" Iris says and hugs Anna. (Which makes Iris covered in Anna's goo.)
"Don't thank me, Iris. I only follow your request because I am investigating about the lost king of our kingdom and you are my friend." Anna says.
"Anna, you haven't changed, aren't you? You always pretend like you are serious and grumpy dragon, you can lie to others, but you can't lie to me and your heart." Iris says.
"Iris!" Anna says.
"Just kidding. Okay. I will go and search about the other piece of the Mirror of Nightmare. Here, take this." Iris says and gives Anna a copy of her notebook.
"I will tell the Hero of Time that I asked you to lend us a help." Iris says.
"Okay." Anna says.
"Farewell, Anna… This might be the last time that we will meet each other…" Iris says. Her word shocked Anna.
"Why?!" Anna says.
"I have a feeling that I will not make it through the end… So…" Iris says.
"… So…" Anna says.
"…So… I will be able to meet my lost heart soon… Wait for me, Ravenoir, I will go and join you soon." Iris says and leaves the room.
'Iris…' Anna thinks before she snaps it out of her head. Because thinking about this conversation brings back the painful memory for her…
After finishes packing her stuff, she hears the sound of knocking door.
Anna gives permission, and then Latios and Latias go into the room.
"Your highness, will you leave our kingdom?" Latias asks.
"Leave our kingdom, will you, your highness?" Latios asks.
"I am sorry for leaving our kingdom in sudden, but I have an emergency thing that I must do no matter what." Anna says.
"Your highness, what about our kingdom? Who will in charge of it?' Latias asks.
"Who will in charge of our kingdom? What about it, your highness?" Latios asks.
"There are several commanders in our kingdom. Tell them that I leave this kingdom to them.
"Yes, your highness." Latias says.
"Your highness, yes." Latios says.
After hearing that, Anna leaves her room, the Palace of the Dragonking, and goes to the warp portal of the kingdom. Her destination is the land of Irtha.
After a short warp, she reaches the land of Irtha, but the location that she appears, according to the map of Irtha that she found from a book in the library in her palace, is the Lapice Great Snowfield.
"What?! Why the warp portal that leads to Irtha must end up in a cold place like this?!" Anna mumbles, because the dragon Pokemon are not fond with the cold area.
Anna walks across the snowfield. Luckily, now is the daytime, and the sun is bright, so she can walk across the field without worrying of the blizzard.
After walking for several hours, she decides to take a break under the cedar tree in the field. Then she picks Iris's notebook and starts writing something about the lost king of the Kingdom of the Dragonking.
The Kingdom that is blessed by the Dragon God, known as the Kingdom of the Dragonking, is ruled by the leader that was chosen through strength, knowledge and vote. They will rule the kingdom with their power, wisdom and courage. Each age of the Dragonking/queen will be difference according to the current ruler. Each age will end in the different way. Most ages will end when the Dragonking/queen decide to leave the throne to the next ruler, such as the age of Dragonking V, Dragonqueen VI, Dragonking IX and Dragonking XI. Some ages, such as the age of Dragonking VII, Dragonking VIII and Dragonking XIV/Dragonqueen XIV, end by the death in the war of their ruler. Some ages, such as the age of Dragonking I, Dragonking II, Dragonking III, Dragonking IV and Dragonking X, end by the god, Arceus, punished them. Although there is one Dragonking, the Dragonking XIII, that was exiled from the kingdom due to his bad behavior as the Dragonking. But there is one Dragonking that is the mystery that was passed down through the generation, about one Dragonking…
The Dragonking XII…
Unlike the age of the other Dragonking/Dragonqueen, his age ended with the disappearance of himself. Until today, no one knows the truth of the end of this age. Where is he? What made him disappear? And… Why did he have to disappear?
After finishes writing, Anna closes the notebook and puts it back into her bag and prepares to continue her journey.
Since she became the Dragonqueen, she always tries to investigate about the disappearance of Dragonking XII, because the first time that she became the soldier of the Kingdom of the Dragonking, she served under his command, and he is the best Dragonking ever. His age is one of the golden ages of the Kingdom of the Dragonking. Everyone likes him, so does she, so she tried very hard to solve this mystery, but until today, she still has no clue about it. The only clue that she has is her memory about the Dragonking XII. He is a Shiny Haxorus…
Shiny Haxorus?!
Anna snaps the thought about her head, thinking about a Shiny Haxorus also brought her painful memory back to her head too…
Anna continues walking through the snowfield. She knows that there is a village somewhere in the Lapice Great Snowfield, but she doesn't even see it in a distant.
Suddenly…
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
Anna stops walking. She hears the sound of… war-cry?
Before she can think about anything, a group of human appears from somewhere and surround her!
"!" Anna looks at the group of human. They look like a group of… bandit.
"Hey! Jackpot!" One of the bandits says.
"No one ever passes through this field for a few days… And look who it is… A dragon type Pokemon!" Another bandit says.
"I heard that the dragon type's blood or their organ can be sold for quite gold!" Another bandit says.
"Come on, little dragon. Don't dare to fight." A human that looks like the leader of the bandit group says.
Anna looks around herself. The group of bandit had surrounded her, blocking her way to escape… But who need to escape? At least not Anna.
Anna says nothing and slowly picks draws her weapon. Upon seeing her weapon, the bandits laugh,
"You think that you can win us with that weapon?" A bandit says.
"You are idiot!" The leader of the bandits says.
Anna looks around herself with a serious face. Usually, she will use her knuckle as her weapon, but since she left her kingdom, she left her weapon in her room and decided to use another weapon to conceal herself, as well as keeping her crown in her bag.
Anna says nothing and starts fighting the group of bandit!
"RRR!" The bandits roar and start attacking Anna. But none of their weapon can pierce through Anna's slimy skin… On the other hand, no one ever has a chance to touch Anna because Anna uses her "Weapon" to defeat them quickly.
"You… You are not an ordinary Pokemon!" One bandit says before he falls unconscious. Now Anna had defeated most bandit, leaving only…
"YAAAAHHH!" The leader of bandit roars and strikes Anna from her back while she turns her attention to the defeated bandit, so she couldn't dodge the attack or counter the attack!
"!" Anna shocks. And then…
The blood splatters everywhere, include Anna's face. But… that is not her blood.
Anna looks back at the leader of the bandit. He is lying on the snow, already dead. The trail of his blood soaked the snow on the ground crimson.
Behind the corpse of the leader of the bandit, a Pokemon is standing there.
"Hm... Those scumbag human are so worthless… Attack a beautiful dragon from behind…" A Pokemon says and looks at Anna.
"Goodra, are you alright?" He asks.
But Anna doesn't hear anything that he says. She had lost her consciousness after seeing his face…
He is a dragon type Pokemon. His skin is covered with a black armor, except his torso. He has several red claws on his hands and his feet. His eyes are glowing red. And he has two tusks at his cheek.
He is a Shiny Haxorus…
Seeing him brought back her painful memory.
After that, Anna couldn't feel anything more…
"Hey! Goodra! What's wrong! Wake up!"
To Be Continue…
LD: Shiny Haxorus again? Pokedragon, all of your Pokemon fanfictions have a Shiny Haxorus as a character too.
Pokedragon: That couldn't be help. Shiny Haxorus is my favorite Pokemon.