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Chapter 8
Kiara's POV
"Groudon?" Rook excaimed, staring at the limestone statue in front of her. Her mouth was agape and I could tell she recognized it. There was still a thick blanket of fog everywhere, so it was hard to see.
"Hey Hey, it is Groudon!" Corphish said. "At least... it's just in it's primal form here. But still a cool discovery, hey hey!" The statue was a massive structure of a bipedal, dinosaur-like creature covered in limestone plated to represent thick skin. It also had huge spikes that ran along the sides of it's head, body, and tail. It's long claws looked like enough to chop down a tree in a single swipe. "It's a Pokemon known to have lived in ancient times, maybe it's alive now. Who knows?" Corpish said.
Ancient times... I thought as everyone fell silent. Rook mentioned she'd seen it before... so is she from the past? Well, that doesn't explain the mystic dizzy spells...
"Hey Hey!" Corphish said, breaking the peace. "Does anyone know footprint?" Looking closer, I observed that the statue had footprint runes on it. Rook climbed onto the statue to get a closer look, Corphish following.
"Nope. Don't know it." Rook said. Suddenly, a local Meowstic appeared on the statue. "Waah!" Rook exclaimed, falling off.
"I can read footprint!" The male Meowstic excaimed.
"Hey hey! Read it then!" Corphish said, climbing higher.
Let's all climb on the statue, why don't we? I thought, facepaw-ing before not wanted to be left out and climbing up top.
"Re-ignite the life buried within Groudon," Meowstic read in a unearthly voice for dramatic effect. "Then the sky shall blaze with the volcano's heat, the path to treasure shall be revealed." Meowstic hopped off Groudon. "And that's it." He said, his voice back to normal.
"And that means..." Rook asked.
"Just take the gem you found and put it into the statue's chest." Meowstic said. Rook got out the Treasure Bag.
"How'd you know about-" I started, looking up at where Meowstic should have been. He's gone... I thought, unsettled.
"I'll have a look." Rook said as she climbed up to the chest of the statue. "Well, whadda know?" She said, shocked. "There's a slot!" She retrieved the shimmering jewel. "Here goes nothing."
*CHUNK*
"Oh!" I said, looking around. "The fog is lifting!" Indeed it was. The white clouds were almost sucked into the sky. "Wow. There's more water than I thought. Makes me nervous." There were several pools of water around, I was only a couple pawsteps away from a deep-looking one.
"Speaking of lakes..." Rook said, looking skyward. "I found Fogbound Lake... at least I think." I looked up and saw a plain dripping with waterfalls that defied the laws of physics. The rocky, skinny bottom of it was being held up by a single boulder.
"Yeah, it's right above us." I said. "How does that work?"
"What now?" Rook asked, her eyes still on the entrancing lake.
"Hey Hey!" Corphish said. "I'll go tell the guild what you found." He left,scurrying on his six skinny legs.
"Okay, then how-" I started. I was cut off by Meowstic, who was sitting on the statue.
"Hmm. It doesn't come out." He said, staring at his paws.
"Gah?" I said, surprised.
"Things went from boring to weird, then back to boring." Meowstic said. "I'm out." He jumped off the statue and vanished into thin air.
"The plot thickens." Rook said.
"The opposite, actually." I replied. I turned to look back at Fogbound Lake. Getting a better look, I noticed the ground holding it up was riddled with holes. "We should explore those caves." I said absent-mindedly.
Meanwhile...
Skuntank's POV
"Wigglytuff, we should really consider going." I said, grinning.
"Nonsense!" Wigglytuff said cheerily. Arceus, I hate that pink fluffy wimp.
"The other teams are on the move." I said as Zubat stopped by my ear to give me the 411.
"(The Sky idiots are already at Fogbound Lake.)" Zubat whispered, grimacing. I just want to win this time. I have been abused by my parents before they abandoned me 5 years ago, and now I all I want is revenge. I haven't found them yet, but when I do... It's payback time.
"We don't have time for games anymore." I said sternly. Being cruel is the only way to go through life. Act like Wigglytuff and get no respect. They will find the treasure before we can act. I thought. "No hard feelings, 'friend.'"I said, stepping closer to Wigglytuff. He forgot about me, his childhood friend. Now, he's the first to go. I grinned.
"Friend?" Wigglytuff asked as he turned.
Meanwhile... (+Timeskip)
Rook's POV
"Hey Rook, check this out!" Kiara said. She was in front of me. There were several lines cut into the sandy ground. We had reached the top of the dungeon. Suddenly, a loud growl shook the earth.
"GROOOOOOOOOAHHH!" A voice screamed. A earthquake? I thought as the lake shook violently. I grew very nervous with each passing second. I can't stop shaking... what was that? Kiara turned to look at me.
"Well, that was strange.." She said. "You okay?" I raked at the ground with my claws.
"I don't know... I just have this terrible feeling in my gut..." I said. Suddenly, I noticed a soft glow, the color of my aura beneath me. "What the-" The strange patters cut into the ground had lit up. "Kiara... I think we should go..."
"Yeah..." Kiara said, grimacing. "Those earthquakes could cause this whole place to collapse."
"GROOOOOOOOAAAAAHHHH!" The voice shaking the earth and the pounding of footsteps everywhere. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. I thought, bolting the the entrance.
"Come on!" I shouted over my shoulder.
"I'm going as fast as I can!" Kiara shouted. "Rook! Look!" She said, halting. I stopped too.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. I thought. "Where's the entrance?!" I yelled, panicking. The pattern's glow was steadily getting brighter.
"We came in here this way, right?" Kiara said.
"Let's just calm down." I said, sitting down. "It'll be okay.."
"I am calm.." Kiara sighed.
"YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE ALIVE!" Someone screeched from directly behind, startling me and Kiara. "GRAAAAAAH!" I turned and saw Groudon. His bumpy skin was a deep red and his eyes the color of the sky.
"GO GO GO GO GO!" I yelled.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Kiara screeched. She tuned tail and ran. "But how do we beat it?" She said, realizing it was guarding the only existing exit.
"You can't!" I shouted. I turned to face Kiara. "We need a escape plan if we want to live. We need to distract it... maybe?"
"RRRRRRRRRRR." I growled. It was pretty slow, we covered at least 10 feet for it's one step.
"We should really go with that plan." Kiara said. I ran off in front of Groudon. "I DIDN'T MEAN YOU!" she shouted at me.
"Look at how sluggish it is!" I shouted. "Hit it with a flamethrower when you can! HEY GROUDON! COME AND GET ME!" I started to zig-zag all over, between Groudon's feet, that sort. It gave up on me and turned. Crap! It's going for Kiara! "HEY!" I whipped my tail, lowering it's defense. "Groudon!" I used Helping Hand. "Hang in there, Kiara!" I pulled out a couple seeds from the box. One red, one green, one green with a black stripe running down it.
I ate the red seed (Hardblow Seed) and tossed the green seed (X-Eye Seed) and the striped seed (Evil Seed) and Groudon. I turned suddenly to face me. "STOP IGNORING ME!" I shouted, using Tackle. The Groudon walked around, disoriented as Kiara used Flamethrower.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Groudon screamed, unable to attack due to not being able to see Kiara. I ran over to meet her.
"Exit?" Kiara asked.
"None." I said sternly.
"WHAT?" Kiara yelled at me. "The X-Eye Seed could wear off at any moment!"
"Don't worry. I have a plan!" I said.
"Hurry up then! We-" Kiara started before I slapped her. Kiara slapped me back. "WHAT THE HELL, ROOK! WE COULD DIE ANY MOMENT!"
"Calm down." I said. "I just want to see if this is a illusion."
"Do you see any Physic- type pokemon?!" Kiara yelled. The fire-type threateningly charged a flamethrower at me when I noticed Groudon was fading.
"IMPRESSIVE." The Groudon said as he faded. "Not many see through my illusions." The voice wavered into a quieter one. I flinched hard. "No matter." In Groudon's place, there was a yellow-and-blue pokemon. It's two tails each had a red gem on the end and one on it's forehead. It had two arms hanging down from it's sides and tiny blue feet. Her head was partially yellow, the majority covered with a yellow hood-like feature. It's yellow eyelids were closed. "I am the guardian of Fogbound Lake- Uxie." The Pokemon said. It slowly opened it's eyes into little slits.
Chatot's POV
"Ah, guildmaster! I finally found you!" I exclaimed, flapping my wings hard. I found the Guildmaster staring into a bush, fists balled. "What has become of Team Skull? The tremors haven't stopped yet." Guildmaster Wigglytuff turned, unballing his fists. His blue eyes sparkled as usual.
"Ah, they only had to do some things, my friends." Wigglytuff said cheerily, kicking a purple ball of fur into a bush. Sometimes I don't know what goes on in the Guildmaster's head these days.
"Come, we must go and meet with the locals and the Guild members." I said. "You have them worried sick over you."
"Yes friend!" Wigglytuff said, smiling as usual. I led him through the tall grass. As I left the area, I could have sword I heard a groan from the bushes. "I'm sure Team Skull will get the message." Wigglytuff said.
Rook's POV
"It is my duty to erase the memories of the intruders of fogbound lake." Uxie said, his gem on his forehead glowing slightly. I could barely tell his eyes were a vibrant yellow.
"Hey, wait!" I said. I glanced over at Kiara, who was staring in disbelief at her paws. I shrugged it off and Uxie closed his eyes again. "Can I ask you a question?"
"But you will forget the answer." Uxie said.
"I woke up one day and only remembered that I was human." I said. "Have you seen me before?"
"I see in your eyes that you tell the truth." Uxie said, his eyes still closed. "But a answer, no. I haven't seen a Eevee nor a Human here for many generations. I must have forgotten to turn off the earthquakes after you beat Groudon." Uxie said, tilting his head in a westward direction.
Note: That statement is kind of like Diglett's feet in PMD: Red/Blue.
"Wait... If Groudon was a illusion, then why were our attacks working?" Kiara asked. I looked up and noticed the sun was setting, the sky pink with orange clouds.
"Pardon me, I must leave for a while. Please wait here for my return." Uxie said before wavering and vanishing.
So I guess those were real earthquakes... I thought, sweatdropping. I started to walk off.
"Rook?" Kiara asked. "Where are you going?"
"Looking around." I said.
"We Uxie said we shouldn't leave here!" Kiara said. "Shouldn't we listen?"
"I'm just exploring." I walked over to the wall where I had seen the exit that had vanished. "I'm just poking around, no big deal." I paused to put my paw on the wall when it went through." Well, that was fast. I thought. I walked straight through the wall.
Kiara's POV
I watched Rook walked straight through the wall. Shocked, I called out, "Rook! Get back here!" I've been thinking that this whole place is one big illusion, but what if I am a iillusion, too? "Rook?" I walked up to the wall.
"Holy shit Kiara you gotta check this out!" Rook said, her head popping through the wall. Little yellow sparks flew from where she had poked her head.
"WAAAH!" I screeched. "You almost gave me a heart attack!" Rook laughed like a Skitty - high-pitched and fast - momentarily before pulling me through the wall. "What's the big id- Woaaah!" I said, staring through the cavern Rook discovered. It had a lake in the middle with a purple/pink/blue light shining up through the thrashing surface of the lake's center. The caves walls had little white stones embedded in it so that when the light hit the stones, it appeared to be stars twinkling in the night sky.
"It's beautiful!" I gasped.
"Do you think this is the treasure of Fogbound Lake?" Rook asked, turning to me. I wasn't able to take my eyes off the beautiful light throwing little colored sparks into the air. Every spark vanished after a few seconds.
"This is probably what Uxie is protecting."
Chapter End
Wow, this chapter's actually longer than usual! Well anyway, It's-a-me, WingedPaws, saying see you next time, on A Series of Unfortunate Events!