A Dragon's Tail

Tail 4: Claura's Tail - Stagnation

Tail 4-7x: Revelation and Atonement

On the lonely Mt. Snowlost, the snowy mountain that separated Queendom of Riverbrine from Shadowlost Territory, this place was known for its eternal blizzard, making everyone who wanted to travel between Riverbrine and Shadowlost decided to to travel by boat instead of by foot, as it would be suicide for non-ice type Pokemon to travel across this place…

However, right now, there was someone here… She was walking alone in the howling blizzard. Despite wearing the cloak, her body was still shivering, not from the cold, but from the fear…

"What should I do?" Queen Nyxier mumbled as she slowly walked through the blizzard of Mt. Snowlost. "What have I done…? I was supposed to be the Heroine of Ice type who protected this world from the chaos… But in the end… It's me who ends up falling into the evilness…"

Queen Nyxier continued walking slowly through the blizzard. At first, she was thinking of heading into Shadowlost Territory to take refuge there, but now… She wasn't sure anymore…

"Misvale…" Queen Nyxier mumbled. "I am sorry for not being a better mother to you… Please… Forgive your arrogant mother…"

Queen Nyxier's words echoed into the howling blizzard, in hope that it could reach her daughter. However, she knew that it would be impossible…

"Snow…" Queen Nyxier continued mumbling. "You have done so much for me… While I am such a bad sister to you… I treat you like you are my slave, not my own brother… Oh, Goddess Yggdrasil… Please… Protect him from the reaper's embrace… If I can, I would trade my life for his… I would rather die in his place... Please let me die in his place…"

Queen Nyxier's voice echoed into the howling blizzard, but there was no response, just like she thought…

"And… This place…" Queen Nyxier stopped walking… "This is the place where you and I met each other for the first time in forever… My beloved… I am sorry for treating you like that… The day you left me, I cried so hard and cursed you to never come back, only to realize that it was because of my arrogance that you decided to leave… It was because I am not the same Nyxier you fell in love with… That Nyxier you knew… is already dead… The only Nyxier that remained is the arrogant queen of Riverbrine who thinks that she is better than everyone… And she could do anything she wants… Oh… I am so sorry… Please… Before I die, I just want to see you once again…"

Once again, Queen Nyxier's words echoed into the howling blizzard. However, it was a vain attempt as she knew that her wish would never come true…

"…"

"…?"

Queen Nyxier heard a voice of something… It seemed like the sound of heavy steps through the howling blizzard of Mt. Snowlost. The source of the sound was somewhere in front of her…

The sound of footsteps gradually became louder, and then, she could see a figure of someone in front of her!

"…!" Queen Nyxier was shocked when the figure in front of her gradually walking up to her, until at the range where she could see him clearly!

"!" Queen Nyxier was shocked after seeing the figure that stopped in front of her, because the owner of that figure was the one she wished to meet most before the end of her life!

"Oh!" Queen Nyxier spoke up. A clear water started flowing out of her eyes, which was frozen immediately as it came out by the howling blizzard. "Y…You… Am I not dreaming?"

"…" The Pokemon in front of her didn't say anything. Instead, he started walking closer to Queen Nyxier. Actually, the moment he gradually walked up to her didn't look like the moment of tearful reunion even a bit. It looked more like… a moment of a reaper that approached the near-dead being…

"Oh…" Queen Nyxier gradually walked up to the Pokemon in front of her at the same the Pokemon in front of her gradually walked up to him.

And finally, they stopped in front of each other, with almost zero distance that separated them from each other…

"…This… is just like… that time…" Queen Nyxier spoke up. "We met each other here, on the lonely Mt. Snowlost… Do you… remember?"

"…Nyxier…" The mysterious Pokemon spoke up with a loud and gruff voice.

"And then… We went on the mission to save Symmetria from the Fallen Crisis together…" Queen Nyxier continued speaking and reached her paw to touch the chin of the Pokemon in front of her. "Do you… remember… that night? The night when you came back with heavy wounds on your body, and then I took care of your wounds and exchanged our secret… And then we… passed that night together…"

"…" The mysterious Pokemon said nothing as Queen Nyxier gently touched his chin, but he gave a little nod to her question.

"But then…" Queen Nyxier's voice was shaking as she continued speaking. "I became the queen of Riverbrine… And you became the highest-ranked general… Despite we couldn't rule the land of ice and water together, we promised to always be together, right?"

"…" The mysterious Pokemon didn't say anything.

"However, it was me who broke that promise…" Queen Nyxier continued speaking. "I was intoxicated by the role of the queen… I let the power I have slowly destroy my soul from within… I gradually turned into an arrogant queen who didn't care for anything except for herself… And it got worse at… that day… 17 years ago…"

"…" The mysterious Pokemon still didn't say anything.

"It was the day I gave birth to two eggs…" Queen Nyxier continued speaking with a voice that was filled with grief. "Normally, both eggs would hatch into the twin children of us… One boy and one girl… However… I… I did the terrible thing that day… A terrible thing that no one would forgive me for what I have done…"

"…" Despite he didn't say anything or do anything, it was not hard to see that the mysterious Pokemon was trying to hold back his tear.

"I let the Royal Rule of Riverbrine to overcome me… And… Ordered you… to get rid… of our son…" Queen Nyxier said. Right now, she couldn't hold back her tear anymore. "I am such a terrible mother… I ordered the execution of my own son… Who hasn't done anything wrong… I am the worst mother ever… I don't even deserve to be a mother of anyone… Be Misvale or my unborn son…"

"Nyxier…" The mysterious Pokemon spoke up and touched Nyxier's paw gently.

"And then you left… with a feeling of disgust in your heart…" Queen Nyxier continued speaking. "You couldn't continue to serve the corrupted queen of Riverbrine… And you couldn't continue to be with the worst mother and wife ever…"

"Nyxier…" The mysterious Pokemon continued speaking.

"And now… I am back here… With nothing else in my life…" Queen Nyxier continued speaking. "I know that you will never forgive me… But… At least… Let me be with you… For a while is enough…"

"…Sure." The mysterious Pokemon said.

Queen Nyxier looked at the Pokemon in front of her at his face once again, and then she slowly embraced him with her front legs, and the Pokemon in front of her embraced her with his arms.

"…Thanks…" Queen Nyxier said. "Now… I can die without regret…"

"…" The mysterious Pokemon didn't say anything.

"I am sorry for being a burden to you… I am so sorry…" Queen Nyxier continued speaking. "I always live my life in regret after the day you left… And now… The day that I was waiting has come… The day… for my atonement…"

"Nyxier…" The mysterious Pokemon said.

"I am sure that we will meet each other again… Someday…" Queen Nyxier spoke. "…Farewell, Tyrus."

After she finished speaking, a sharp object penetrated Queen Nyxier at her chest through her heart, making her body gently collapse onto the arms of the one who embraced her.

"…Forgive me, Nyxier." The mysterious Pokemon said as he looked at Queen Nyxier's lifeless body in his arms. Even now lifeless, there was a smile on her face… It was a gentle and tender smile, unlike the arrogant smile she always had on her face when she was the queen.

The mysterious Pokemon drew a sharp blade that penetrated Queen Nyxier's heart out of her chest. However, right now, he could hold back his tear no more. "Forgive me, Nyxier… I promise that I will take good care of our children… Until the moment of my atonement arrives… And then… I will go and join you… We will meet again… I promise…"

The mysterious Pokemon gently carried Queen Nyxier's lifeless body up in his arms. "But for now… As your husband… Let me… protect you… one last time…"

The mysterious Pokemon looked at the smile on Queen Nyxier's lifeless face one more time before he started walking into the howling blizzard once again… Until he could no longer be seen…

To Be Continued…

Dragon of Vale: At first, I wrote this chapter as the part of Tail 4-7. However, it would make Tail 4-7 too long, and I don't want to merge this part into Tail 4-8, so I separated this part into Tail 4-7x.

Well… The next chapter will be the last chapter of the fourth tail!

A special thanks to Ridin Valon, as well as everybody else, for helping me with the error correction.