Requiem of the Fallen Dragon
Part 3: Tale of the Fallen Dragon
Chapter 83: Unfulfilled Heart
"Overcome our own memory?" Iris asked, her arms crossed.
"Your memory is the hindrance of your ability to move forward, but I didn't tell you to throw it away. I just want all of you to put your memory into a use to make yourself move forward." Frostic said.
"That made no sense for me…" Garland spoke.
"All of you have a secret of your past, either it was a pain or a question, you must overcome it." Frostic said.
"And how could we do it?" Joshua asked.
"That question needed no answer from me. It is you who must answer that question…" Frostic spoke.
Everything fell into silence after everyone heard Frostic's word. His word seemed like a puzzle that they must solve in order to move forward… But how?
"…Even with that…" Hawkins broke the silence. "Some parts of our memory were forgotten already? In order to become a perfect being, we should overcome those parts of our memory too, and how could we do that?"
"…You all must go to the place… A place where the memory of all of you is kept…" Frostic answered.
"Where?" Rucas asked.
"…I heard that there is a place in the land of Symmetria… A place where the memory of the living creature and the dead one are kept… But I didn't know what that place is…" Frostic spoke.
"But I know…"
Anastasia spoke up, turning the attention of everyone to her.
"What place?" Rucas asked.
"Rucas, you forgot it already? It is the place we went after we finished our first quest! It's the Groove of Memory!" Anastasia said.
"Hey! How could I forget that place?!" Rucas said. Joshua understood Anastasia's word too, but everyone else didn't.
"The Groove of Memory? What is that?" Zira asked. She is still in her Sylveon form as she claimed that it is her favorite form of Eeveelution.
"…Let me explain." Joshua spoke up. "The Groove of Memory is one of three sacred places in Greenleaf Forest (The other two are the Forest Lake and the Shrine of Life.), and is the only one that didn't involve with Yggdrasil. It is a place where the Pokemon of Greenleaf usually comes to store their memory or remember the past they have forgotten. We believed that the Groove of Memory will keep our memory safe within its possession."
"That's good. We could warp to the Forest Lake and went to the Groove of Memory easily, so let's go now." Rucas spoke, but Kamui held him back.
"Hold your rush, Rucas. We are still tired from our mission. Let's have a nice rest." Kamui said.
"…Fine. However, I will stay here, in this garden for tonight." Rucas declared.
"Why?" Magnus asked.
"…I didn't want to lower myself by going to the village of dark type Pokemon." Rucas spoke with a cold voice, which shocked everyone, especially Fenrir, but Fenrir quickly went into the portal that led back to the Newmoon Temple in order to let no one see her tear.
"Then…" Frostic spoke. He is aware that something has happened to Rucas, and possibly Fenrir. "See you all tomorrow."
That night… Rucas's PoV
Rucas sat under the tree in the Colorless Garden, far from Yggdrasil and Frostic's place. He was thinking of the truth, he had learnt today.
Fenrir…
Fenrir… The friend he once trusted. But… She was the one who deceived him…
The love of Maria was the only love he had until today, only to be destroyed once he learnt the truth…
What should he do next?
"…Rucas."
A soft voice called him. Rucas looked beside him and saw a female Pokemon next to him. She was closest female friend of Rucas until a few months ago…
"Anastasia?" Rucas called.
"Can I sit with you?" Anastasia asked.
"Of course…Wait!" Rucas quickly stood up and looked around, trying to find the one that was always with Anastasia… The one that always tries to kill him…
"Oh! Don't worry about Baromyteus… He is not here… I came here alone…" Anastasia spoke, making Rucas felt relaxed. Rucas sat down again, and Anastasia sat next to him.
"I am sorry that Baromyteus upset you… He was just… too overprotective…" Anastasia continued the conversation.
"It couldn't be helped. He was your brother, and I… I once nearly killed you…" Rucas spoke without looking at Anastasia.
"Rucas, forget about that incident! I didn't mind it! It was not your false." Anastasia said.
"…" Rucas said nothing.
"Anyway, this is the first time in a while that we could have a decent talk without anyone interrupt us." Anastasia said.
"Hm… You are right." Rucas accepted.
"Um… Rucas… Today… You and Fenrir…" Anastasia tried to ask a question, but Rucas quickly interrupted her.
"Stop reminding me of that bxxxh. I despise her to the deepest part of my heart."
"B..But, didn't she love you?" Anastasia asked.
"She didn't truly love me. She was just trying to find a way for me to forgive her, but I will not forgive her." Rucas said.
"And you… What are you thinking about…Fenrir?" Anastasia asked.
"As I said before, I despise that bxxxh." Rucas said.
"…That Gardevoir… You must love her very much, right?" Anastasia asked again.
"Of course, I loved her, but Fenrir destroyed it. Now I won't be able to love anyone again… I think it is my destiny for the Hero of Justice to devote himself to the way of Justice, not to be altered by the power of love." Rucas said.
"…Then… I hope that you… Will have a good time with your justice…" Anastasia spoke. Her voice shakes a bit, but Rucas didn't notice that.
"…Thank you for comforting me… Anastasia, you are one of my best friends…" Rucas spoke.
Anastasia stopped speaking for a minute… Before she spoke again.
"…I should leave this place now… Baromyteus won't be pleased if I wasn't with him for too long."
"Good night, my friend." Rucas spoke, and Anastasia stood up and walked away, leaving Rucas alone under the colorless tree again…
Rucas…. Why?
Despite all afford I try… Why I couldn't be in your heart?
I love you, Rucas, but why you didn't love me back?
For you, I am just a…
That night… Fenrir's PoV
Fenrir is also alone too. She left the village and went to the central park of the Lunar Village. The snow continued falling from the sky. All villagers of the Lunar Village are staying in their house due to the endless snowfall. Tonight is very cold, but not as cold as the frozen heart within Fenrir's chest after getting stabbed by Rucas's word.
Fenrir couldn't hold her tear. During her lifetime, Fenrir rarely cried because she was the eldest child of her family, so she had to be strong. This is the third time in her life that she cried. The first time is when her parents died, the second time is when Jormungandr and Hel left her, and this is the third time, when Rucas rejected her…
"…Fenrir…"
A strong and cold voice called her. She looked beside her and found a black dragon standing beside her.
"Baromyteus?" Fenrir called the name of the black dragon.
"Fenrir, you shouldn't be here alone at night. You could catch a cold." Baromyteus spoke.
"Thank you, but the one who shouldn't be here is you since you are weak to ice type, and you should be at Anastasia's side by now." Fenrir spoke.
"Hm! Anastasia said that she has something to do alone and told me not to follow her or else she will…" Baromyteus stopped for a while before changing the topic. "Anyway, Fenrir, are you alright now? That wicked jackal's word pierced you real hard…"
"DON'T CALL RUCAS LIKE THAT!" Fenrir shouted, much to Baromyteus's surprise.
"I… I am sorry… It just that… You shouldn't call Rucas like that…" Fenrir spoke.
"I shouldn't?! Then what about him?! The thing he did to you is beyond the acceptable! If I were you, I would not hesitate to stab him with my blade!" Baromyteus spoke.
"…If you were me, you would be in the same condition as me." Fenrir spoke.
"What?" Baromyteus said.
"…Although he said that he hates me, I am still love him." Fenrir said.
"But he didn't love you…" Baromyteus said.
"…If you have a love, you will understand my feeling of loving someone who didn't love you back…" Fenrir spoke.
Baromyteus stopped speaking for a bit, before he turned back. "I should go now. Anastasia shouldn't let me for long."
"Thank you… My friend." Fenrir said.
"…" Baromyteus said nothing and walked away, leaving Fenrir under the snowfall alone again.
The feeling of loving someone who didn't love you back…
I understand it… Very well…
I had experiment it… with my own heart…
It hurts…. This feeling… is worse than the death…
-Somewhere… Far from the Lunar Village…
"!"
A Pokemon woke up from her slumber. She looked around and found that she is still in her room at the night.
"N…Nightmare?"
That Pokemon got out of her bed and walked up to the balcony of her room. She looked at the moon and thought of her nightmare.
"…"
The face of that Pokemon changed from a pale face into a serious face of a strong determination. She walked back into her room and changed her cloth from the night dress she wore into the cloth she used to wear while she was on the adventure. She quickly wrote a note and placed it on her table. After completing everything, she walked onto the balcony of her room.
"…Wait for me… My love… I will go and join you now… Baron" That Pokemon spoke and jumped down from the balcony!
The next morning, Rucas, Zira, Joshua, Ellisk, Magnus, Leonel, Fenrir, Nyxier, Kamui, Tyrus, Sharon, Garland, Iris, Hawkins, Anastasia and Baromyteus met up at the Newmoon Temple before warping to the Forest Lake of the Greenleaf Forest. (Joshua: Snowfall in this forest didn't go well…) And then Joshua guided everyone to their destination, the Groove of Memory.
"This is it…Lovely… Isn't it?" Joshua asked once everyone stepped into the Groove of Memory.
The Groove of Memory is a small plain, with many trees surround it. Standing here makes everyone feels refreshing! And… For some reason… Snow didn't fall here, making this area looked the same as when Rucas came to this place for the first time.
"Can you feel it? This place was guarded very well by the forest spirit, even the violence caused by the Fallen Dragon couldn't harm this place!" Joshua said.
"Stop babbling." Leonel mumbled. "I think that I could remember something in my past more clearly, but… not very well…"
"Then we must go to the middle part of this place." Rucas spoke.
Everyone walked until they reached the middle part of the Groove of Memory. According to Joshua, this place contained the strongest force of memory.
But when everyone reached the middle part, they found that there is someone already here. She is a white dragon Goodra like Anastasia, but she is much older and much stronger. Upon hearing the noise of the everyone, she turned back and faced everyone.
"Hm? Why you all are here?" Anna Wyrmscale the Goodra asked.
"Mother!"
Anastasia rushed up to her and hugged her, followed by Baromyteus.
"Anastasia, Baromyteus. You seemed to be well." Anna said.
"Mother, why are you here? You shouldn't leave the palace until you got better." Baromyteus spoke, which surprised Rucas and his friends since this is the first time they heard Baromyteus's voice.
"Oh… I had never known that now, I had to take an order from my own children. I am much stronger than both of you, so quit worrying about me." Anna spoke.
"Anna…" Iris spoke and stepped forward.
"Oh… Good day, Iris! Glad to meet you again." Anna greeted.
"I am sorry that I didn't go to visit you when we reached the Palace of the Dragonking. We were in the sort of a rush…" Iris spoke.
"Don't worry about it. I understand." Anna spoke and then she faced Rucas and everyone else.
"Since all of you are here, you will be in the honor of hearing my introduction. My name is Anna Wyrmscale the Goodra. I am the wife of Baron Drawyvern Sr. the Shiny Haxorus and the mother of Baromyteus Drawyvern the Shiny Haxorus and Anastasia Wyrmscale the Goodra. I am also the 15th Dragonqueen of Kingdom of the Dragonking and one of 13 Hero/ine of Legend of the formal generation." Anna introduced herself.
Everyone else took turn introduced themselves to Anna.
"…" Anna looked at everyone else. "Memory… All of you are like the older generation of the Hero/ine of Legend. Now only Iris and me from the formal generation that is still alive. I hope that all of you will continue the duty to protect this world."
"Right." Everyone spoke.
"Mother…" Anastasia spoke up. "You still didn't answer our question."
"…Let me hear yours first. Why are you all here?" Anna asked.
Rucas told Anna about Frostic's word, which Anna seemed to understand.
"…Well… It seemed like we came here because of …the same reason." Anna spoke.
"Really?" Anastasia said.
"But we still found nothing here…" Baromyteus said.
"All of you are very lucky. I am about to enter the Sanctuary of Memory when you all appeared." Anna said.
"Sanctuary of Memory?" Everyone asked.
"It is the 'true' place that kept the memory of Pokemon. The Groove of Memory is just its entrance." Anna explained.
"Then, would you mind if we accompany you?" Rucas asked, but Anna shook her head no.
"Impossible. Once we enter the Sanctuary of Memory, even if we come in a group, we will get separated…" Anna said.
"What?!" Everyone said.
"One Pokemon has one memory, and some memory could only be seen by its owner. If you are lucky, you may meet up with your comrade during your trial." Anna spoke.
"And?"
"…At the end of the Sanctuary of Memory is a place… No… I would only tell the one who could pass the trial of their mind. For this time being, you all must pass through the trial of your own. Once you reach a large room with a large gap that separated this room into two sides, wait for your comrades there and we will proceed together…" Anna said.
"Then, we are ready to face what is lied beyond our life." Everyone said.
"Good…" Anna spoke before she raised her paw and mumbling something, causing a light portal to appear. "Once you step into this portal, you trial shall begin."
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: At first, I want this chapter to be the start of the 11th dungeon, but it seemed like it has to be the next chapter…