Requiem of the Fallen Dragon
Part 3: Tale of the Fallen Dragon
Chapter 90: Cherry Blossom in Full Bloom
When Frostic released his grab from the object in his paw and moved away from the Fallen Dragon, everyone could see that a silver, sharp Dragon Fang is stuck on the Fallen Dragon's forehead. The Fallen Dragon stopped moving for a bit, before he spoke out with a painful voice.
"I…I…d…don't….u…unde….r…s…ta…nd…. W…Why…..?...W…Why this….h….hap….pen?...I…It….s…sh….ould….n't….happ….en….ArRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"
The Fallen Dragon let out the last cry before his dark body shattered into the small dust and disappeared into the darkness. The thing that is left on the floor he was is the Dragon Fang that Frostic stuck on his head.
Frostic walked up to the Dragon Fang and picked it. "…I am sorry…" Frostic mumbled. "Someday, you will understand my reason."
"Is this…over?" Zira asked.
Before Frostic could answer Zira's question, this place started to shake!
"W…What?!" Magnus spoke.
"I…It is because of the non-existence of the Fallen Dragon!" Iris realized. "Because this place was built to be the prison of the Fallen Dragon, without the Fallen Dragon's existence, this place will crumble soon!"
"W…What should we do?!" Nyxier asked.
Before anyone could answer anything, a shining light appeared in front of everyone, and it spoke out in the voice of Yggdrasil.
"Everyone! Quickly! Touch me! I will take you out of here!"
Everyone quickly gathered around the shining light and then touched it with their paw.
"Good. Now Rucas…" Yggdrasil continued speaking. "Think of the picture of place you want me to take all of you to, and I will do it."
Rucas closed his eyes. He tried to think of a place in Symmetria, but for some reason, he felt like he is missing something…
"Rucas! Hurry up!" Yggdrasil spoke.
Suddenly, a picture appeared in Rucas's mind. It is the picture of a place in Symmetria… It was the place with the blooming pink flower of Cherrry Blossom… and is the place she liked the most…
"Okay. Now, hang on!"
When Rucas and everyone else opened their eyes, they found themselves in a gloomy garden with several leafless trees. It has a small trail that is made of pure granites. There are many old decoration stands along two sides of the trial, giving the strong exotic feeling for everyone who passes it. Most areas of this place is still covered with the snow.
"W…Where are us?" Garland asked.
"…It's the Cherry Blossom Trail in the Venturnome Town." Iris answered after she scanned this place.
Iris was right. This is the Cherry Blossom Trail. However, this place is dim and gloomy because of the snow.
"W…Why the snow is still here? I think that we had defeated the Fallen Dragon already." Ellisk asked.
"…The everlasting winter finally came to the end." Leonel answered. "However, it would take a bit more time for the spring to come, which will be after those snow melt."
"By the way…" Tyrus spoke up. "Where is Frostic, Vastia and Zastra? I saw them touched the shining light, but I don't think that they are here…"
Everyone looked around and realized that Tyrus was right. Frostic, Vastia and Zastra aren't here.
"Maybe they went back to their place already…" Sharon guessed.
"Speak of the missing Pokemon…" Rucas spoke the thing he had in his mind. "Where is Anastasia and Baromyteus?"
Everything around here fell into the silence, until Iris spoke up.
"…Rucas… When the Fallen Dragon was defeated and when we escaped from the Altar of the Fallen Dragon, all of us didn't see Anastasia and Baromyteus. So… I guess that the Fallen Dragon told us the truth…"
Iris's face turned red. She seemed that she could cry at any moment.
"What truth?" Rucas asked.
"T…That….W…We will not meet them for the rest of our life!" Iris let out a cry in front of everyone else. Everyone is shocked after seeing Iris acted like this because Iris is always cool, calm and she is also the most matured Pokemon in the team.
"Iris…" Hawkins tried to comfort Iris.
"H…How could I told Anna and Baron about this? T…They trust us that…all of us…would be safe…B…But…" Iris still cried.
Everyone, include Hawkins, has the same mood as the Cherry Blossom Trail around them, dim, gloomy and depressed….
And then…
A warp portal appeared in front of everyone. They looked at it immediately, with the feeling that Anastasia and Baromyteus would come out of it, but….No. The one who came out of the warp portal is neither Anastasia nor Baromyteus, but is the Dragon God.
"Impressive Work." Dragon God spoke. "This is the thing I hoped for the Hero/ine of Legend who served the god Arceus. At first, I thought that you all would fail, but it didn't go as I thought…"
Everyone looked at the Dragon God. For some reason, they started to feel strange toward him…
"Anyway, I heard that you all had defeated that nasty dragon, and where did you put him at?"
"…No." Iris answered. "Frostic stuck a Dragon Fang on the Fallen Dragon's head, making the Fallen Dragon's body shattered into the countless dust."
"Frostic?!"The Dragon God seemed to be disgusted when he heard this name. "Why did he get involved with the showdown with the Fallen Dragon too?"
"…He took the role of the Hero of Dragon in the place of Anastasia and Baromyteus and assisted us." Joshua answered.
Upon hearing this, the Dragon God's face changed from a crafty face into the serious face. "…Frostic… Again… You interrupted my plan again..."
"Your plan? What are you talking about?" Fenrir asked.
The Dragon God looked at the Hero/ine of Legend. From everyone's sight (Especially Zira), the Dragon God's face seemed like the one of the demon more than the Fallen Dragon.
"…Keeping it from do won't do anything. Do you remember the time I tested you by having you battled with my minions? And I said that I made a miscalculate. The truth is, the reason I made you all battle with Reshiram and Zekrom is to see if you all will fail during the battle with the Fallen Dragon!"
"WHAT?!" Everyone said.
"I am the Dragon God, the nemesis of the god Arceus, so how could I help the Hero/ine of Legend who served the god Arceus? All of that was my plan to send you all to battle the Fallen Dragon. I knew that, with the skill like you, you all would be defeated for sure, and it will be the end of the Hero/ine of Legend as none of you have the desecendant. However, Frostic interrupted my plan and helped you!"
"Y…YOU!" Everyone roared. They had just realized everything now.
"T…Then…" Rucas spoke. "You knew from the start that Anastasia and Baromyteus would die, right?"
"Of course. Because I was the one who chose them to be the minion of the Fallen Dragon. They all served me until the end, but they were such a useless vessels! That Fallen Dragon too! I told him that I will return him to the normal if he followed my plan, but he failed me!"
"RRRR!" All 14 Hero/ine of Legend roared and drawed their weapon. They had just realized that the Dragon God is behind everything! And the Fallen Dragon they hated is just a goat who beared all the guilt of the Dragon God!
"We will kill you! Dragon God! We won't forgive you! For the sake of Anastasia, Baromyteus, and that Fallen Dragon too!" Everyone spoke.
The Dragon God said nothing as the raging Hero/ine of Legend charged at him, preparing to attack him.
And then…
A Pokemon appeared between the Dragon God and 14 Hero/ine of Legend. He is none other than the one who interrupted the Dragon God's plan.
"Stop right here, both of you!" Frostic shouted.
"FROSTIC?!" Everyone, include the Dragon God, said.
Frostic looked at 14 Hero/ine of Legend. "Leave everything to me. I will end this." Then he looked at the Dragon God.
"Long time no see, LD. I thought that I will not have to meet you again." Frostic spoke up.
"…Calling me with the name like that, Frostic, you are as disgusting as ever, especially when you interrupted my plan not once but twice!" The Dragon God replied.
"...The first time is mine alone, but for this time, the guilt is not mine alone to bear. It also came from your miscalculating too." Frostic said.
"What miscalculation did I make? The only one I made is you, Frostic."
"You are wrong! LD." Frostic said. "You may think that your plan is perfect, but you forgot one of the most important thing; it's Ryouma's weakness." Frostic said.
"DO NOT SAY THAT DISGUSTING NAME!" The Dragon God spoke angrily.
"You are not my god, so you couldn't order me, LD." Frostic said. "You forgot about Ryouma's weakness and made a mistake by assight Ryouma in the most important part of your plan! You forgot that Ryouma lacked one thing; a thing that he couldn't do!"
"…I understand now." The Dragon God seemed to calm down a bit after hearing Frostic's word. "It was my mistake, I forgot about the Fallen Dragon… Hm!"
The Dragon God looked at Rucas and his friends. "You all are lucky that I miscalculate the vital part of my plan, but do not be delight now! Because when the first generation of the Hero/ine of Legend defeated me and sealed me away, I laid a curse on them and their descendant who held the blood of legend, a curse that they will face The Neverending Grieve!"
When the Dragon God finished speaking, he looked at the Dragon Fang Frostic used to slay the Fallen Dragon, which is in Frostic's paw. He nodded a bit and then created a warp portal before disappearing into the warp portal he created.
"Frostic!" Rucas spoke once the Dragon God is gone. "Why did you let him go?"
"…I'd hate to say this, but battling with the Dragon God when he became like that is nothing more than a suicide. The best thing to do when he became like that is to do anything to make him left you." Frostic answered.
"Then…" Zira spoke up again. "Is it over yet?"
"Yes. It's over." Frostic answered.
"Yeah, but it's not really over." Fenrir said. "The land of Symmetria fell into a ruin after the everlasting winter. We still have a long way to go…"
"Yeah…What?!"
Joshua spoke up when his Miracle Seed glowed up with the aura of life, and then the life aura spreaded out!
Everyone couldn't believe in the thing they saw. The snow that fell endlessly from the sky started to disappeared, and the leafless branches of the trees started to become green again!
"W…What's that?" Nyxier asked.
"…It's Yggdrasil's blessing." Joshua answered. "She blessed our land with her power of life by returning our land back to the normal."
When Joshua finished speaking, something fell right there into Joshua's paw. It's a pink petal of the Cherrry Blossom!
Everyone looked up. Not only the tree became lively again, but the Cherry Blossom also in the full bloom!
"Wow! So beautiful!" Zira said.
"Yeah. I agreed with you." Kamui said.
"…If only Anastasia is here to see it." Rucas spoke with a sad voice as he knew that the Cherry Blossom is Anastasia's favorite flower.
"…Rucas." Fenrir spoke up. "Do not think too much about it. Both of them are now gone… All we must do is moving forward to the future… I am sure that both of them wanted this."
Rucas nodded and looked at the Cherry Blossom again…
"Well now." Iris spoke up. "We all are tired from our mission. I think we needed a celebration."
"Sure!" Ellisk said. "Let's go to the Musketeer Bar! I am sure that there will be some food and beds for us!"
"I am going to drink until the dawn of tomorrow!" Magnus said.
"Hey… Do not do it too much." Joshua said.
"Right. The Sword of Justice wouldn't be pleased to see you drink the whole barrel of wine or something." Leonel spoke.
Everyone laughted, and then Joshua, Ellisk, Magnus and Leonel started walking toward the exit of this trail.
"Zira, shall we go?" Kamui asked.
"Sure!" Zira jumped onto Kamui's shoulder, and then they left this place together.
"Sharon, let's go." Garland said.
"Right." Sharon followed Garland to the exit.
"Tyrus! Carry me! I am too tired to walk!" Nyxier said.
"…Fine." Tyrus carried Nyxier on his back and walked to the exit.
"Iris, let's go together." Hawkins said.
"Of course, Hawkins." Iris said, and then they walked together to the exit, leaving only Rucas and Fenrir.
"Fenrir…" Rucas approached Fenrir.
"…What?"
"W…Will you go with me?" Rucas asked. His face is red.
"Heehee! I always want you to say that!" Fenrir said.
Rucas and Fenrir turned back and walked toward the exit of the Cherry Blossom Trail…
Then…
"…Rucas."
"…Fenrir."
When Rucas and Fenrir walked for only a few meters, they heard someone called their name. They looked around but they found that there is no one other than them in this place.
'That voice…' Rucas remembered that voice. That's Anastasia's voice.
'…I knew that voice…' Fenrir knew that the voice she heard is Baromyteus's.
However, both Rucas and Fenrir didn't see the owner of the voice. Instead, two petals of the Cherry Blossom danced around them when the wind. They then touched Rucas and Fenrir's cheek softly. Both of them picked the Cherry Blossom petals that had just touched their cheek and smiled at it.
"…Rest it peace, Anastasia." Rucas spoke.
"…I will never forget you, Baromyteus." Fenrir said.
Rucas and Fenrir let the cherry blossom they were holding away before they continued walking toward the exit, leaving the Cherry Blossom Trail behind.
Two Cherry Blossom Petals continued dancing along with the wind, until the wind stopped blowing…
-End of Tale of the Fallen Dragon-
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: At last, this story reached Chapter 90. Most mysteries are revealed already, include the Mastermind behind the whole story…
Now part III of this story finally ended. Only the Epilogue remained that this story will reach its end…