I am so so sorry for not updating. Something serous is happening and all attemps to write over the past several weeks were pushed aside repetitively. With school having started, expect no updates for a week or two. Thank you for coping with the inconvenience.
I dont own pokemon.
Chapter 18
Rook's POV
"Celebi!" Teryx yelled above the roaring of the wind as Celebi used the remainder of her power to stop Dusknoir and keep the portal up. Suddenly, I heard a screech of pain. Sabishii was killed by Dusknoir, her body clattering to the ground. She had painted herself with blue swirls while Teryx had helped Celebi set up the portal.
"I'll come back when it's safe..." Celebi chocked out. "Teryx... I love you." And we vanished from the future.
zzzz- Dreamscape -zzzz
Hello? I called out. I was standing on the ocean with no land anywhere in sight. I could just make out a Lapras swimming slowly a distance away. As son as he saw me, he swam close.
"Find the Hidden Land. Dethrone time's prince." Lapras murmured.
...The Hidden Land? I asked. ...What is that?
The Lapras leaned in close. "Listen well and save the world... tell ... of me and he will speak. The Xatu knows." it murmured vaguely. "Hurry." A golden light surrounded me and I began to fly into the sky. But wait! I don't- I yelled as I rose higher and higher until I was out of earshot.
I opened my eyes and shot up out of my bed, gasping for air. Looking around, I noticed I was in a rock formation that resembles a Sharpedo's mouth. I paced for a couple seconds until I reconized a couple voices.. Kiara's and Teryx's. I listened closer to their mumbling.
"I shouldn't have upset you earlier." Kiara sighed.
"It's fine." Teryx said calmly.
"No, I was jealous.." I heard her voice waver as if she was going to cry. "See... Rook is my best friend..." She paused before continuing. "And... I began to think..." I decided to stop it while I was ahead.
"Is everyone okay?" I asked, approaching the two. Kiara looked shocked briefly. Teryx got up and left, nodding briskly at Kiara.
"Yeah, we're fine..." Kiara said slowly.
"You sure?" I asked.
"Yeah!" Kiara said sternly, forcing a smile. Her face fell slightly. "I bet you are wondering where exactly we are." I nodded. "We're at sharpedo bluff." Kiara gestured to a rock formation in the far distcance. "And that's the guild!"
"So we are really back..." I said. "But.. Where's Celebi and Ginko? Are they okay? Does anyone know we're back?"
"...Teryx went down to the beach because Ginko is working on reaching Celebi from the future. I was just talking with Teryx." Kiara said, staring into the ocean below the edge of the cliff.
"I'll go check on him." I said.
"Try to avoid the town.. don't want to spread the word." Kiara said as I left. "I'll catch up with you."
Kiara's POV
The sun had fully rose. I stood up and began to leave when someone wanted my attention.
"Key, Kiara... before you go.." Rook said. "Thanks for being my friend."
"..." Honestly, I was shocked. Had she heard me and Teryx's conversation? "Well.. that was random.." I managed to mutter. Rook nodded and left.
"Thanks!" I called. I slid down a path to the seaside. I noticed Ginko taking a break, staring out to sea. I started to stare out there too, mindlessly pulling out my relic. Ginko glanced over.
"What's that?" She asked, smiling.
"Oh..." I looked down at the gray stone with a strange white pattern engraved on it. "This is my relic. It inspired me to keep going before I met Rook." I paused to think for a bit. "Ha... I just realized I haven't been to the beach since I met Rook. Then we formed a team shortly after."
"...And you were worried about her abandoning you?" Ginko asked with a laugh. Wait- how did she know? Oh... nevermind. "When we first met, I treated her like... well, shit-" She paused. "Well, I should be going."
"Right..." I said quietly, putting my relic back and stared out to sea. I saw a Lapras slowly crossing.
Rook's POV
"..." Slowly, I approached Teryx, who had his head in his hands-claws. "Hey.." I said quietly. "The others are coming to help."
"Alright." Teryx muttered darkly, removing his hands-claws from his cheeks to draw shapes in the sand.
"So." I said. "Do you truely think it's best for us to hide?" I asked.
"Hm?" Teryx glanced slowly at me.
"Well, Kiara and Ginko seem to avoid the town and guild. But I think everyone needs to know we are alive to understand what happened." I said, lowering my head to stare at Teryx's patterns. "We need help to stop or prevent- Dialga could come back soon." Teryx stopped drawing.
"You think it's best to reveal us?" He asked.
"Of course!" I said, nodding.
"What about me and my mom?" Teryx said, resisting the need to agree.
"Oh, right." I sighed. "Well... we could try and convince-"
"Even if one pokemon agreed, think of how many would oppose." Teryx said. The rest of the guild and the town... I thought, gulping.
"Wait! I have a idea!" I said, cheering up. "All we have to do is-" I stopped when I noticed Teryx's terrified face.
"Gigi- uh.." he stuttered. I turned around. It was Wigglytuff and Chatot...
"Everyone?!" I said, gasping for the air I had lost when I saw them.
"Rook." Chatot scolded. I growled. "STAY BACK!" I screamed. Teryx fled. I glanced at the guild and noticed Kiara among them. I did a double-take before following Teryx at a quick, unsteady pace. He paused, and I did too.
"This distance is fine." He murmured, and I only had the courage to nod, still holding a growl in my throat. "I wish I could be more polite, but I dislike being snuck up on." Teryx said, assuming a light battle stance.
"Ive been told that you were stealing gears to save time, right?" Chatot said, scowling. Teryx nodded.
"Yes." He said. "Removing the time gears will temporally save time. Though it does stop time... that only last for a week or two. Leaving the time gears alone won't help our current state at all!" Teryx hissed the last few bits.
"Alright.." Chatot said. "How long have you been awake and back?" he still scowled, not trusting Teryx.
"This morning.." I sighed.
"I woke up 1.5 days ago." Ginko said.
"Me and Teryx woke up 2.5 days ago." Kiara said.
"Then you couldn't have known about the bas stuff!" Wigglytuff said cheerily.
"..unless they lied." Chatot said darkly. Bad stuff? I thought.
"Bad stuff?" Kiara asked, echoing my thoughts.
"Oh, yes!" Wigglytuff said somewhat cheerfully. "We put the Time Gears back, but time won't restart." Ginko and Teryx sighed in annoyance. "The frozen time is speading, actually. Fogbound Lake is completely frozen." I felt myself go wide eyed, Kiara mirroring me.
"Mom.. make him stop..." Teryx muttered under his breath.
"It's happening ALREADY?" Ginko snapped. Wigglytuff stared sadly at the ground.
"Wait!"I screamed above the oncoming chaos. "Someone here doesn't agree." I gestured to Chatot.
"Chatot...?" Kiara asked, looking at him. Suddenly, Chatot burst into a fit of laughter. Ugh... I sighed in my head. "Is Chatot alright?" Kiara asked, pupils dilated.
"Sillies!" Wigglytuff said. "He believed Govyle's and Kiara's and Mom's story first."
"Sir.. we don't have a plan yet.." Chatot sighed, snapping out of it.
"We should focus on getting all the Time Gears then." Ginko said. "I'll alert Officer Magnezone."
"I'll go talk to Xatu." I suggested. Kiara just sat there with a blank look on her face.
"Teryx." Wigglytuff said. Teryx turned his head. "I'll go clear your name!" Wigglytuff said, smiling.
"So that's it?" Kiara sighed. "We are just going to split up?"
"Well... yeah." I said. "It's the most efficient way." I nodded. "Most of us are going to the guild.. you can tag along if you'd like."
Kiara sighed. "In the beginning, you were the one tagging along." Her face fell. "I'll go with you I guess."
"I thought Xatu might know something about the Hidden Land. That's all." I said.
Timeskip
Kiara's POV
"It feels great to be back!" I sighed.
"Same." Rook said. "Though.. I am surprised it seems as if not a day has passed!"
"Yeah." I nodded in agreement.
"Good to see you!" The Keckleon brothers chimed, poking their green, snakelike heads out of their shop. I could smell a mix of oran berries and Sitrus berries being boiled in their hut, and I couldn't help licking my lips.
"Good to see you too!" Rook said cheerily. "Everyone else seems to be happy." she sighed, turning back to me.
"Um.." I murmured, breaking the jolly feel. "...before we speak to Xatu... ...could I ask you something?"
"Shall I wait then?" Xatu said, his tall form casting a shadow over me.
"WAAAH!" I shrieked.
"Hello!" Rook said cheerily.
"No.. its fine." I said, struggling to fight the urge to gag. I turned to Rook. "So... why do you think he can help us?" Rook looked at me like I was crazy.
"He's a Xatu." Rook sighed. "Xatu can do... vision... stuff."
"Congrats." I sighed. "You met the first Xatu who can't."
"What?" Rook said, surprised.
"She is right." Xatu murmurred, closing his eyes. "I am sorry but my future visions are cloudy, though I have deep knowledge."
"It's like a disability." I cut in.
"I hope my dream was right, then.." Rook murmured. I did a double-take.
"Dream?" Xatu asked, opening his eyes.
"Yeah." Rook said. "It had a Lapras in it. It told me you know the way to the Hidden Land." Xatu scrunched his forhead.
"Do you mind explaining?" He asked.
Insert Recap Here
"My mother taught me to never doubt the power of dreams." I sighed. "Do you really think Xatu-"
"I know." Xatu said. "But first." Xatu spread his wings apart wide, pointing to the left.
"Wait... what is.." Rook murmured. I turned my head. It was bubble, headed quickly as possible down the road.
"Hff.." Bubble Huffed, arriving at my feet. "I should have asked someone for a lift of something..."
"Bubble!" Rook cheered.
"Hey gals, glad to see you guys back-" Bubble said, before Rook enveloped him in a hug. "Jeez... you are a worse hugger than me.." he coughed, trying to push Rook away.
"Wait... where is everyone else?" I asked.
"Collecting time gears." Bubble said. "Wigglytuff explained everything and asked the... more agile to go get them. I wish I could do more. There were two Grovyle though... I'm not sure If we should trust them. Since one was the thief..."
I groaned. "Rook knew the female Grovyle before she lost her memory. Bubble flinched slightly, surprised.
"Oh..." He squeaked.
"You told him?" Rook flinched.
"Everyone knows." Bubble said, narrowing his eyes.
"Oh." Rook said, lowering her head in shame for a moment."
"So... what exactly were you doing?" Bubble asked, looking up at me hopefully. Oh, Arceus. He's going to jump on my back. Again. I thought.
"It's fine." Xatu said. I had forgotten he was even there.
"SORRY!" Rook shrieked.
"Then I shall tell you what I know of the Hidden Land." Xatu said. "First of all... it's not located in our world."
"We know. How do we get here?" I asked.
Xatu sighed at my impatience. Just another one of my traits, I guess. "...I see." Xatu said. "Only one is known to have the ability to travel to the Hidden Land. She can be summoned with proof."
"Proof?" Rook sighed. "That sounds like something out of a bad Fanfiction."
"What? I asked, confused.
"Nevermind." Rook sighed. Xatu shrugged it off and kept explaining. "Yes. This proof bears a particular inscription."
"What?" Rook asked.
"If I remember correctly- Wigglytuff knows the pattern, and is even familiar with it." Xatu said.
"We should hurry then!" Bubble shouted in my ear. I winced. "..sorry." He aopigized. "Wigglytuff said he was going out soon!"
Chapter End
Once again I apoligize for not updating, and thank you for sticking with me. :3 I will update in a couple weeks... maybe I will update in two days if I feel up to it. Thus, this is Wingedpaws, signing off.