Hiya, I'm ba-ck! I just finished Beta-reading and sent the document, so here's some more of the chapter I think you have been waiting for (because of the cliffhanger) And I have some guest speakers to read the disclaimer, Rook and Kiara!
Rook: Prepare for paragraphs!
Kiara: Make it double!
Rook: To protect Wingedpaws from being sued! To unite all peoples who love Pokèmon!
Kiara: To denounce the evils of copypastas! To extend the story's reach to the stars above!
Rook: Rook!
Kiara: Kiara!
Rook: Wingedpaws tries to write at the speed of light!
Kiara: Re-read now, or prepare to fight!
Cabbage: Cabbage! That's right!
Rook: O.o how did you get in here?
Chapter 13
Rook's POV
"Guys..." Stella said. Me and Barry were arguing about the Absol, Kiara trying to break it up. "Guys, you might wanna.." I could only faintly hear Stella. "Hey guys... look!"
"Stella has something to say! Just STOP!" Kiara yelled above everyone, quieting me and Barry down. I shot a angry look at Barry, which he returned.
"Look..." Stella soared into the air to get a better look at the amazing crystals. They must be at least as tall as a Golurk and as thick as 3 Gudurr.
"Holy sh-" I said. They were glowing different colors and were EVERYWHERE. Purple, Blue, Orange, I must say, it's a sight to behold.
"Both paths must have taken us here." Barry said, looking behind to see the two pathways.
"I wouldn't be too sure about that.." Kiara said. "Either way, thing is beautiful." I could hear the soft clatter of claws against the rocky ground. A Absol - the Absol we had seen earlier had appeared in front of a exit high above the crystals. It was wandering to a cliff in front of it. The Absol leapt from the cliff and dove onto a blue crystal, green energy pooling around the Absol's paws and swirling on the surface of the crystal. The Absol leapt off the crystal right as the whole thing turned green and landed in front of us.
"EEEEYYYYAAG-" Barry tried to screech in panic. Kiara covered his mouth with a forepaw. The Absol looked into my eyes with understanding.
"Absol..." I said. "Do I know you... or another?" I asked hesitantly. It's horn on the left side of it's head glowed purple.
"What is it doing.." Kiara said. The Absol leaned into the ground. I could tell it was scanning for some sort of marker. Grinning when it found it, it thrust it's horn into the ground, and everything turned white. When the light faded away, the Absol was nowhere to be found. "Where did it go?" Kiara said, uncovering Barry's mouth.
"Guys." Stella said, dropping from above us and landing beside me. "There's some writing or whatever right where the Absol was standing." She was right- there was faint words etched into the ground. They looked strange, yet familiar...
"Yeah, but what does it say?" Kiara said absentmindedly.
"The Muk mentioned these." Stella said, bobbing her head up and down. I stepped forward.
"It's human!" I could understand the writing. It didn't look like the writing in the Guild or in Treasure Town, and was nowhere close to Footprint. "Unify the sprit of the crystals. Embody the essence of willpower," I read aloud.
"(Well, that explains one thing...)" Kiara mumbled.
"So, now what?" Barry said, leaning in to see the writing.
"Maybe make all the crystals the same color?" Stella suggested, flying up and batting a orange crystal with her wing. She watched as it turned yellow. She hit it again, and got green. Again, blue, purple, white, black, red, orange...
"Okay, MAYBE that Absol was trying to help." Kiara said.
"But you never know!" Barry shot back.
"Let's make all the crystals the same color now!" I said, smiling in a attempt to stop a fight before it breaks out. I'll just sit here and bask in the glory of being right if you two don't stop... We all split up and made all the crystals a bright green color.
"Alright!" Kiara said, tapping the last crystal to green. She walked back a couple paces. With each passing second, she got more concerned. "Nothing's happening." Kiara said, confusion in her voice.
"Well, it said to 'Embody the essence of willpower'..." I said.
"But what's the color of willpower?" Barry murmured with a look of concern.
"Purple..?" Kiara suggested. I knew how purple was her favorite color.
"Well, Uxie is yellow, and Mesprit is magenta." I said, thinking things through. "That means that Uxie is a primary color... and Mesprit is a primary color... kinda... then Azelf must me the last primary color, blue."
"Worth a try." Kiara said, touching the crystals until they all had a sky-blue hue. The ground shook violently and the mouth of a cave opened wide in front of us. Small, cracked stone stair led to a dark musty-smelling underworld. I felt my eyes grow wide.
"Wow, I can't believe that worked!" I said with disbelief.
"I hope that leads to where we need to go." Stella said, staring down, slightly shaking. It wasn't from the dull present quaking of the ground. "Let's try not to touch the crystals now."
"I hope everyone else gets here to where we are in time- it might close." Kiara said quietly. Suddenly, she flinched. "PIT!" True enough, the cave trailed almost straight down into the earth.
"Kiara, it's not that bad!" I said. "We're in this together!" I forced a smile despite being nervous myself. The darkness has a vague sense of guilt, like the dreams I have...
"Okay.. i'll take a peek..." Kiara sighed quietly, staring down. Stella smiled at her and flew closer to Stella. Barry walked up, standing by me.
"That's the sprit!" I said, smiling for real this time. I walked closer, Kiara following close behind. "See, look. there are faint blue light below, just like the crystals here. Maybe someone's down there."
"More like a rabid." Kiara said, narrowing her eyes in a attempt so see closer in. Stella soared over the hole with a smile. Her shyness is fading, I can tell.
"Are we missing something?" Barry said, with a look in his eyes that said that he's trying to help Kiara.
"No, we arn't." Kiara said. Barry sighed.
"Okay, whenever you are ready." He murmured. Kiara straightened up.
"No, it's okay." she said. "We just have to be brave. No one's died on this trip yet... I think I can do this." I grinned and jumped feet first into the hole without thinking, shutting my eyes. "ROOK!" Kiara screamed and jumped after me in order to rescue me, I suppose. Kiara knocked Barry into the hole (who screamed like it was armageddon). Stella resorted to flying after everyone.
I felt myself plunge into a pool of water. I opened my eyes and Kiara appeared above me in a explosion of bubbles, Barry being thrown lower then me, a muffed (AAAAH), considering he's sunburned, I pity him. I crawled out of the water, Kiara flailing around, Water flying everywhere. Barry was the only calm one considering he has a strength against water. I stood up and noticed a blue figure from across the pool.
"Hey! that must be Azelf!" I exclaimed. "We made it!"
"Well, I might have DIED on the trip down!" Kiara shook the water out of her fur. "That was easy for you to say."
"Oh be quiet." Barry sighed. Stella soared up above us.
"I think I see someone with Azelf..." Stella said, stopping Kiara from screaming insults at Barry.
"I damn hope it's a guild member." Barry murmured.
"Would the pit have closed?" Stella asked, worry in her eyes.
"Hmm..." I hummed in thought. "Maybe... it resets... and pokemon have to solve it again."
Kiara's POV
Oh my Arceus, I am going to KILL Barry... I thought angrily. I glared over at him, still angry that he was typeist. Rook looked over to the figures casting shadows on the softly-glowing lake.
"We should go over to see if they are alright." Rook said.
"What? You mean swim!" I said. Being weak to water, that's dangerous. It's like a rock-paper-scissors sort of thing, like i'm not allowed to learn how to efficiently swim. Just Furfrou paddle like Arceus meant it to be.
"No, not swim." Rook assured me. I sighed in relief. "There's a skinny path along there." Rook gestured to a small cliff leading to where the shadowy figures were. Better than swimming, I guess. Me, Barry, Rook, and Stella carefully made our way around, until...
"G-guys... you might wanna check this out..." Stella whimpered. I took a good look and was shocked beyond belief.
"Grovile?!" I said. "What the fuck is he doing here?" We ran closer until we were in earshot. At that point we had to walk quietly so Grovile didn't know we were here. I accentually kicked a loose stone and froze as Grovile slowly turned towards me.
"Mmmm. I remember you, seem you have a new friend, though." Grovile said with a smirk.
"So my siblings were right..." Azelf (as I will assume) said. The blue fairy had yellow eyes, two tails with gems, and a red gem in the center of it's forhead much like it's siblings. Azelf's eyes glowed bright blue, it's forhead and arm also adapting the glow. "If I waited long enough..." I noticed Azelf had evidence that he was beaten, "that help would come." Azelf smiled slightly as he rose his small arm, and long, sharp crystals rose out, surrounding and trapping me, the rest of Team Sky, Grovile, and Azelf.
"WHAT?" Grovile growled in anger. He narrowed his orange eyes. The crystals arched over and created a sparkling dome.
"The only exit is behind Team Sky..." Azelf said with his quiet voice. He turned to us. "You cannot let him pass..."
"Oh, you've GOT to be kidding." Grovile sighed. Azelf floated down, clutching his sides.
"My strength is fading fast..." Azelf whispered.
"Imprision!" I yelled, crossing my paws. A red X appeared over Grovile, fading to grey and finally disapearing, leaving red dust on Grovile. Grovile growled in anger.
"Hurry!" Barry hissed. "Before he can attack!" Stella's eyes glowed bright red and she went in for several close-range Quick Attacks. Rook ran in for a tackle, and I used Faint Attack on Grovile.
"First mistake." Grovile hissed, a blinding light consuming us. When the light faded, the Imprision's dust soared and disappeared into the air. He slapped me with his leaves, cutting my cheeks.
"Ugh..." sighed. I gathered all my courage and looked Grovile in the eye, growling under my breath.
"Why can't you let me take the Time Gear?" Grovile asked. "I'm not lying when I say I don't want to hurt you." He quickly defeated us one by one. "Damn, nevermind. I'll just go and-"
"NOT SO FAST!" I heard a familliar voice. It was Bubble, Cabbage, Sabishii, and Jupiter!
"Yeah, you hurt our friends and possible future friend!" Cabbage yelled.
"Your reign of terror ends now." Jupiter said coldly.
"..." Grovile fell silent for a minute, looking the renforcements in the eye. I noticed Areyon wasn't with them, and a pang of sadness hit me as I looked into Jupiter's sad and angry eyes. "HAHA!" Grovile laughed. "You are kidding, right? Like you could beat me."
"Yeah, we're kinda..." Bubble refused to look at Grovile.
"We probally couldn't beat you!" Cabbage said with a tone of happiness.
"cabbage." Rook said sternly.
"While the truth is spoken, action is taken." Sabishii said, a slight smirk on her face. I was confused. What... does Sabishii have a plan? I thought. Grovile noticed this.
"What're you..." Grovile glared. A ghostly silver hand reached out and grabbed Grovile by the neck. "AUUUGGHK?!" Grovile screeched, struggling to breathe. Dusknoir materialized, gripping Grovile tightly.
"Cabbage, please lend your Sleep Powder." Dusknoir said in his low toned voice. Cabbage smiled and let the pink sparkles drift over Grovile, putting him in a peaceful slumber. I glanced over at Stella, who was hissing, her eyes still bright red.
"Is she rabid?" Dusknoir said, shocked.
"No, everything's fine!" Rook said, grabbing Stella and hugging her tight. Stella screeched and used Peck on Rook's left paw, drawing blood. The light faded from Stella's eyes. "Right, Stella?"
"S-sorry..." Stella whimpered.
Rook's POV
I let Stella go, taking a glance at my paw. Ugh... I hope that doesn't scar... Dusknoir was loosening his grip so that he doesn't kill his captive. In the back of my mind, I felt sorry for Grovile, the guilt that I felt during the dreams of blood present. Did I do the right thing... or am we truly the criminal here? I thought. I fell backwards, tired from the fight. Azelf weakly turned his head to look at me.
"Thanks." Azelf sighed.
"Your'e welcome." I said, smiling.
"LOOK OUT!" Cabbage screeched in terror. "HE'S TRYING TO ESCAPE!" Something slammed into my head and everything was once again washed in a sea of black.
Chapter End
So yeah, how was that? In case you were wondering, our team is practically dying off- Areyon is deeeaaaadddd ;_; Anyway, I can have more guest appearances in the beginning (Including ghosts), or I can stop it altogether. You choose~ Bai for nao!