A Dragon's Tail
Tail 6: Baromyteus' Tail - Deception
Tail 6-5: Hidden Village of Dragon
A group of eight Pokemon stood in the middle of a small plain within the bottom of the inaccessible valley. This group consisted of a Latias who dressed in an exotic dress that showed her innocent personality to everyone she met, a Latios who dressed in a carefree teenage cloth for boy that he didn't choose it for himself, a Garchomp in a khaki jacket and a cowboy hat, a Mega Charizard X in a red armor suit that looked like a blazing flame with a dragonhead-shaped helmet, a Kingdra in a blue light armor suit that sparked as if it was cloaked by the waves of the ocean, a Dragonite in a white heavy armor suit that covered almost his entire body exclude his face that was covered with an open-faced white helmet, a Goodra in a beautiful and graceful dress that a dancer or a songstress usually wore, and a Shiny Haxorus in a black armor suit that covered his entire body, including a horned demon helmet that covered his face, giving him an appearance of a reincarnation of a demon from hell…
Moreover, all of them were also carried their own weapons with them, which consisted of an Espurr PokeDoll for the Latias, a book of chronicle for the Latios, a modificated pistol for the Garchomp, a well-tempered Naginata for the Mega Charizard X, an anchor with a long chain attached to its head for the Kingdra, a heavy but sturdy and sharp halberd for the Dragonite, a dual-swords that were made of the bone of the dragon for the Shiny Haxorus, and something for the Goodra…
While their outside appearance gave them an impression that they were forces to reckon with, or at least they were not amateurs, they all possessed a forbidden power that was obtained from forming a pact with Legendary Pokemon, giving them an extraordinary ability that exceeded an ordinary Pokemon…
And now, all of them were surrounded by a group that consisted of 5 Dragon type Pokemon, which were… a Fraxure, a Deino, an Altaria, a Noibat and a Hakamo-o.
"… What?" Xavier was the one who spoke the first word after him and everyone were surrounded by a group of Dragon type Pokemon.
"You all are the intruders of our homeland!" The Fraxure spoke up and pointed his paw at the group of eight Pokemon in front of him, which, coincident or not, the tip of his finger was pointed at the most frightening Pokemon of the group.
"…So what?" Baromyteus spoke with a sinister voice.
"Um…" The Fraxure retreated his finger back from pointing at the Pokemon in the black armor in front of him, and turned his attention to the Noibat who stood beside him. "Noctus, what should we do next?"
"I… I don't know, Dimitri…" The Noibat answered. "T… They are the first outsiders that we met…"
"Right." The Altaria spoke up. " Actually, I think they are the first Pokemon that had passed through Cave of Ages since—"
"Please, not now, Lyzia!" The Hakamo-o suddenly interrupted the Noibat's words. "But now, I think we should honor the elder's words by following his order."
"R… Right." The Deino spoke up. "B… But what if t… they don't c… come with us?!"
"Then I will do anything in order to make them come with us!" The Hakamo-o said. "After all, everyone in this world is equal to each others, and I will do anything in order to preserve this within our world!"
"!" Despite being seen by almost no one, a mark of anger had appeared on the face of the Shiny Haxorus. While no one was able to see through the horned helmet he wore on his head, one of them was able to grasp what happen to the Shiny Haxorus as she saw that her brother suddenly tightened his grip after hearing the words of the Hakamo-o.
"…You there." Baromyteus spoke up, with his attention directed at the Hakamo-o. "I don't like you."
"W… What?!" The Hakamo-o was clearly shocked after seeing the action of the Shiny Haxorus, despite him trying his hardest to hide it.
"Don't you hear what I say?" Baromyteus spoke, and a sinister aura started emitting from his armor suit. "I said that I don't like you."
"W… What is that?!" The Hakamo-o slowly stepped back as the Shiny Haxorus gradually stepped up to him.
"I don't like you, but it will be too pathetic for me to kill you with a single strike…" Baromyteus said, and his paws were gripped around the handle of his blades. "So, I challenge you to a duel to the death."
"W… WHAT?!" The Hakamo-o could no more hide his expression of shock after hearing the words of the Pokemon in the black armor suit in front of him. It was very clear that he was frightened by everything about the Pokemon in front of him.
"Draw your weapon, boy." Baromyteus said as he drew his Dragon Horn Swords out of their scabbards and pointed one of them at the Hakamo-o. "And then we shall engage in a one-on-one battle until one of us falls into the oblivion."
"W…Wait a minute!" The Hakamo-o spoke up with a shaking voice. "W… What kind of madness this is?!"
"No madness. This is just a way of warriors." Baromyteus spoke. "You want to become a strong warrior, right? So you will not hesitate to face any opponent, as you won't be able to choose your opponent in your life."
"W… Wait a minute…" The Hakamo-o spoke up again. "H… How did you know that I want to become a strong warrior?!"
"… Enough talking." Baromyteus said as he tightened his grip on the handle of his weapon. "Now, we fight!"
After finished speaking, Baromyteus was about to dash up to the Hakamo-o to battle him, if it was not for someone who stopped him.
"Stop, brother!" Anastasia said as she stepped between her brother and the Hakamo-o.
"Anastasia, step back!" Baromyteus said. "This is a battle between me and that boy! Now, step away!"
"Brother! Why did you have to start a fight with any Pokemon you met?!" Anastasia asked. "Moreover, this Pokemon didn't do anything wrong, and why did you have to focus your wrath only onto him?!"
"It's because that boy is dangerous, especially to you, Anastasia!" Baromyteus said. "He will bring a great pain to you if we allow him to continue living! I am sure of it!"
"You just say that because this boy reminds you of R—" Anastasia continued speaking, but her word was cut off by a roar of the Shiny Haxorus!
"DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME!" Baromyteus roared at his younger sister.
"B… Brother…" Anastasia took one step away from her angry brother. "Y… You…"
"… Ah!" Baromyteus shook his head. It was noticeable that wrath had conquered over his body for a minute, and he had just returned to his self. "… I am sorry, Anastasia…"
"Brother…" Anastasia looked at her brother, who then sheathed his blades. Meanwhile, the other four Pokemon quickly approached the Hakamo-o after seeing that the serious situation had already passed.
"K… Korben, a… are you alright?!" The Noibat asked.
"I… I am fine, Noctus." The Hakamo-o spoke with a relieved voice, but his body still couldn't stop shaking.
"T… They are so dangerous!" The Altaria spoke up. "E… Everyone was right! The outside world and everyone there are very dangerous to us!"
"T… Then, what should we do with them?!" The Deino asked.
"Isn't it obvious?" The Fraxure spoke up with a serious voice. "The elder ordered us to patrol this Valley of No Return, and should we encounter any Pokemon from the outside world, we must take them to meet the elder immediately."
"Are you serious, Dimitri?!" The Deino spoke up. "Don't you see how dangerous they are?! And they almost killed Korben!"
"M… Moreover…" The Altaria spoke up. "W… What if they refuse to come with us?! What should we do then?!"
"… Then I will have no choice but to... Well…" The Fraxure answered. "But for now…"
The Fraxure then turned his attention to a group of eight Pokemon in front him and slowly approached them, and then he spoke up again.
"All of you." The Fraxure spoke up with a proud voice. "Come with us."
"Okay." Xavier answered immediately.
"WHAT?!" The Noibat, Altaria, Deino and Hakamo-o were shocked by the answer of the Dragonite. "Seriously?! This easy?!"
"Do you want us to come with you all or not?" Claura asked impatiently. "We don't have a whole day for you."
"Yes, I want all of you to come with us." The Fraxure spoke up. "This way, strangers, and don't wander too far or you may get lost in this valley."
After finished speaking, the Fraxure started leading a group of eight Pokemon toward the other side of this plain, with the Noibat, Deino and Altaria closely followed him, and the Hakamo-o came last…
After passing through the small plain and another narrow path of the valley, a group of eight Pokemon from the world outside the valley, as well as a group of five Pokemon whom they had just met on the plain, had arrived at a middle-sized plateau located on the other side of the valley, which was located in the southern region of the valley. This plateau was like other plateaus on the continent of Symmetria, such as the Windsky Plateau in the very same nation, being a highland with a modestly rocky terrain. However, this plateau was also surrounded by a river that originated from the valley that everyone had just passed. The valley had surrounded the whole area of this plateau, making it look a bit like a very large island in the middle of a lake…
Moreover, there's one more thing that this plateau and the Windsky Plateau had in common…
This thing… For the Windsky Plateau and other plateaus, it was no more than a common thing that some plateaus actually possessed… But for this plateau, it was the thing that shouldn't be here, in a plateau and valley that was surrounded and secluded from the 'Outside World' for the longest time…
"W… WHAT?!"
What belied in front of their very own eyes was the cause of their shocking expression, as it was the thing that half of them weren't expected to be here, and the other half of them was still shocked after making a huge discovery like this…
"A… A village?!" Rachael spoke up.
What they saw on this plateau within the inaccessible area on the continent of Symmetria was a small settlement that's inhabitable by quite a few Pokemon.
"W… Why is there a village here? Of all places?!" Diego said with a shocked voice.
"I have never thought that we would actually discover this place…" Claura mumbled.
"Right…" Xavier mumbled.
"Wait a minute…" Richard, Rachael, Zetarus and Diego turned their attention to Claura and Xavier. "Did you two already know that there's a village right here, in this place?!"
"Well… It's a long story…" Xavier answered with a nonchalant voice. "But we will need to talk about this later, okay?"
"Right." Baromyteus spoke up. "For now, we have a thing to do, right?" Baromyteus ended his words by turning his attention to the group of a Fraxure, a Noibat, a Deino, an Altaria and a Hakamo-o who led them here.
"Yes." The Fraxure nodded to Baromyteus' words. "Let's meet the elder of our village first. Korben, lead the way."
"Alright." The Hakamo-o nodded to the Fraxure's words before he started walking toward the entrance of the village, and everyone else then followed him.
13 Pokemon, five natives and eight outsiders, walked into a small village located within the inaccessible valley at the center of the continent of Symmetria. As they walked into the village, they could notice that all houses in this village were built in a primitive way, only be built using woods in a very simple method. The same went to the clothing of every villager, including five Pokemon who were escorting them into the village, as their cloth were simple and plain, compared to the eight outsiders. (Especially Rachael and Anastasia who wore a 'sophisticated cloth'.) Some male Pokemon here didn't even wear a shirt, including the Fraxure, Noibat, Deino and Hakamo-o that led them into this village.
As everyone walked into this village, most villagers stopped doing what they did before and turned their attention to them. For them, it was quite understandable as they were the outsiders who came from outside this inaccessible place and the 8 outsiders who had just entered this village all wore a cloth that's considered 'bizarre' for the villagers,
"Onii-chan…" Rachael mumbled as she and everyone else followed the lead of the five Pokemon into the village, and the attention of every villager here was in them. "Why there are the Pokemon living here? I thought this place was inaccessible from the outside world, so how could they come and live here?"
"… I think I have an idea of what happened here…" Richard spoke up.
"Really? Tell me!" Rachael said.
"… Don't you notice something about the residents of this village?" Richard said and looked around the village.
Rachael turned her attention to see the villagers of this village. She could spot a Dragonair, a Shelgon, a Gabite, a Hydreigon, a Dragonite, a Turtonator, a Vibrava, a Noivern, a Tyrunt, a Zweilous, a Kingdra, a Garchomp, a Salamence, a Dratini, a Sliggoo, a Dragalge, an Alolan Exeggutor, and many other Pokemon…
But…
"Wait a minute…" Rachael spoke up after a bit of observation. "Aren't they all…"
"Yes." Richard nodded. "Everyone who lives here is a Dragon type Pokemon."
"Here we are"
The Fraxure, Noibat, Altaria, Deino and Hakamo-o stopped in front of a big house located at the other side of the village, which was the opposite side of the village's entrance. This house, while being built in a primitive way, just like other houses in this village, was much bigger than other houses in this village, indicating that it must be either a house of a rich Pokemon or a Pokemon of a great importance of this village.
"This is the house of our village's elder…" The Fraxure explained. "Let's go."
The Fraxure walked up to the door of the house and knocked it a few times.
"Who's there?" A voice came out of inside the house.
"It's me, Dimitri the Fraxure." The Fraxure answered. "We have a very important business with you, elder. Can we come in?"
"Ah! Sure. Come on in!"
After finishing, the Fraxure turned his attention to Baromyteus, Anastasia, Claura, Xavier, Zetarus, Diego, Rachael and Richard, and spoke up. "This way, please. The elder is waiting."
Everyone nodded to the Fraxure's words, and then they entered the house together.
While being a house of the elder of the village, inside this house was modestly decorated. There was not much house ornaments here except a few trinkets, which seemed to be at least a few hundred years old. The interior of this house was also bare of any decorations, which was actually enable anyone who had stepped into this house to see that this place must be among the oldest homestead in this secluded village…
And when the eight Pokemon from the outside world were led into the living room of this house, they realized that this house wasn't only the owner of 'oldest in the village' title…
"Ho! Ho! Ho!"
Sitting on the couch in the living room of this house was an old Dragon type Pokemon. They were a Pokemon that looked like a cross between a dragon and an old man, Drampa.
"Good morning, Elder Baldr." The Hakamo-o spoke up after everyone had already gotten themselves into the living room of this house.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Welcome back, Dimitri, Noctus, Lyzia, Unos and Korben." The Drampa spoke up with a hoarse voice. "Did you come back to hear my stories again? I have a LOT to tell all of you about my young day when I was just—"
"Not now, elder." The Fraxure spoke up with a voice that concealed a feeling of pique. "We have a very important thing to report, regarding our patrol at the Valley of No Return."
"Ah! Valley of No Return!" The Drampa spoke up once again. "That reminds me of when I was at your age. I remember that I soared above a vast valley—"
"…Hey, old man." Baromyteus suddenly spoke up as he stepped forward, turning the attention of everyone to him!
"Hm? That voice?" The Drampa asked after his attention was shifted to the Pokemon in the black armor suit. "Damos? Did you come to take your son back? And why do you have to wear that armor suit? Don't tell me that you are going to leave our village to find your sister? But it has already been more than 50 years since she left our village, didn't she?"
"… What are you talking about?" Baromyteus asked.
"Elder!" The Fraxure spoke up with a flustered voice. "This guy isn't my father! He is one of the Pokemon from the outside!"
A moment of silence did occur following the end of the Fraxure's words. The Drampa didn't act or say anything as he slowly examined the Pokemon in the black armor suit in front of him, and then he shifted his attention to seven other Pokemon behind the Pokemon in the black armor suit.
"… You…" The Drampa slowly spoke up with a nonchalant voice. "You all… come from the outside…"
"…" Eight Pokemon from the outside slowly nodded their head. They were unsure of what this Drampa was going to do next after seeing a group of eight Pokemon from the world outside this valley.
"... Ho! Ho! Ho! You all must be very tired after travelling so far to get here!" The Drampa suddenly spoke up with a cheerful voice. "Would I interest you all with a nice cup of tea?"
The sound that followed the end of the Drampa's words was the sound of 13 Pokemon fell down onto the floor in a comical way of the house as they couldn't adjust to the Drampa's sudden change of mood…
"So, can anyone tell me about this place?!" Diego asked up as he, Zetarus, Rachael, Richard, Claura, Xavier, Anastasia and Baromyteus sat down on the cushion that the Altaria and Hakamo-o brought for them, and now, the Drampa, Fraxure, Noibat, Altaria, Deino and Hakamo-o had gone into the kitchen to brew tea for them, leaving eight Pokemon from the outside alone in the living room. "Why there is a village and some civil Pokemon living here?! I don't understand anything!"
"Right." Zetarus said and turned his attention to Claura and Xavier. "And I think that you two could give us the answer of this question, since you two seem to already know that there's a village here."
"Okay…" Claura spoke up. "First, did you remember last night's tale about War of the God?"
Rachael, Richard, Zetarus and Diego nodded to the Kingdra's words.
"But what does it have anything to do with this place?" Zetarus asked.
"… What happened at the end of War of the God II?" Instead of answering the question, Xavier asked them yet another question.
"Kingdom of the Dragonking was banished into the realm between time and space." Richard answered the question. "And then the Great Continent—"
"That's enough." Claura interrupted. "Do you see what we are trying to tell you?"
"No." Zetarus immediately answered. "I don't see any sxxt that you want to tell us."
"Your head has more ash than I thought…" Claura mumbled. "What I tried to say is—"
"—While Kingdom of the Dragonking and its Dragon type residence were banished into the realm between time and space, there were some Dragon type Pokemon left on the Great Continent." Instead of belonging to the Kingdra, this part of explanation belonged to the Latios instead.
"Richard?" Everyone's attention was at the Latios.
"I have just found the record of this within the Chronicle of Darkside." Richard continued speaking. "During the event of War of the God II, while the Dragon type Pokemon from Kingdom of the Dragonking had engaged in a war with other Pokemon from the Great Continent, there were some Dragon type Pokemon who didn't participate in this war. In fact, they didn't even live in Kingdom of the Dragonking, instead, they lived somewhere else on the Great Continent."
"Oh!" Rachael spoke up. "I understand now! When Kingdom of the Dragonking was banished, it may seem like all Dragon type Pokemon were gone from the Great Continent, but in the truth, there were some Dragon type Pokemon left on the Great Continent!"
"Right." Richard nodded to his younger sister's words. "And I am sure that you can guess the rest of the story."
A moment of silence followed the Latios' words, and it was destroyed by the voice of the Latios.
"After that, you know what comes next, the Apocalypse." Richard spoke up again. "War of the Gods II and the Apocalypse, with two catastrophe events in a row, the hatred of the non-Dragon type Pokemon toward the Dragon type Pokemon had been drastically increased…"
"And then they started hunting the remaining Dragon type Pokemon, whether on the continent of Mytherel, Luminus and Origia, just like what happened during the first part of War of the God III." Claura spoke up. "Their very intention at that time was to exterminate any remaining Dragon type Pokemon on the tri-continent."
"T… That's terrible!" Rachael said.
"Yes. It was terrible." Claura closed her eyes. "Some Dragon type fought back and… got themselves killed by the wrath of their slayer. However, there were some Dragon type Pokemon who chose not to fight. Instead, they retreated into the inaccessible area of Omega Mountain on the continent of Origia and continued living there quietly without associate themselves with the outside world."
"And then, when the continent of Origia was merged with the continent of Mytherel and Luminus, the area of Omega Mountain had become the inaccessible part of the area called 'Brownhill Mountain' on the old continent of Symmetria, which later be changed after the Fallen Crisis 30 years ago and become this place, the inaccessible valley on the continent of Symmetria…"
Everyone nodded to the Latios' words. They now understood about what this village was…
"…In the summary…" Xavier spoke up. "This is the Hidden Village of Dragon type Pokemon who had been living on the Great Continent and survived the Apocalypse instead of being banished with Kingdom of the Dragonking. Here, they live within the inaccessible area without associating with the outside world since the Apocalypse until today…"
-A Few Minutes Later…
"… And that's how we end up here."
Xavier finished explaining their journey through the sealed cave and the inaccessible valley to the Drampa, Fraxure, Noibat, Altaria, Deino and Hakamo-o after they all had come out of the kitchen with several cups of tea. They then sat down and passed the teacups to their guests.
"I see…" The Drampa said as he finished passing the last cup of tea to all of his guests. "You all had journeyed through the Cave of Ages and Valley of No Return before meeting our village's patrol group."
"Patrol Group?" Rachael spoke up.
"That's us!" The Fraxure spoke up. "We are a band of fighters who patrolled the Valley of No Return everyday for the sake of our village!"
"Whatever…" Diego spoke up. "So, this is really the village of the Dragon type Pokemon who survived the Apocalypse…"
"Not really, young man." The Drampa spoke up. "Every Dragon type Pokemon who survived the Apocalypse and found this village had already been dead, and everyone here is just their descendants."
"Make sense." Zetarus nodded. "It was a very long time ago. I don't think there would be any non-Legendary Pokemon who had been living at the time of War of the God II and the Apocalypse and is still alive until today."
Unnoticed by anyone, after hearing the words of the Garchomp, Anastasia and Baromyteus unconsciously looked at each other, but they didn't say anything.
"Anyway, I don't remember that I have already introduced myself to all of you yet!" The Drampa continued speaking. "My name is Baldr the Drampa, and as you can see, I am the elder of this Hidden Village of Dragon."
After finished introducing himself, Elder Baldr the Drampa turned his attention to the Fraxure, Noibat, Altaria, Deino and Hakamo-o. "Now then, my children, why don't you all introduce yourself too?"
"Okay…" The Hakamo-o spoke up first. "My name is Korben Forcenter the Hakamo-o. I am the member, as well as the vice-leader, of our patrol group."
"I… I am Noctus Sonicwave the Noibat." The Noibat introduced himself.
"My name is Lyzia Cottonshroud the Altaria." The Altaria introduced herself.
"I am Unos Gloomdrastic the Deino…" The Deino introduced himself.
"And my name is Dimitri Drawyvern the Fraxure." The Fraxure introduced himself. "And I am the leader of this patrol group."
Hearing the introduction of these five Pokemon clearly surprised the eight Pokemon from the outside, especially for the part of Dimitri's introduction.
'This Fraxure… He has the same surname as Baromyteus…'
"… Then, let's introduce ourselves too." Xavier decided to speak up. "My name is Xavier Stormwing the Dragonite."
"… My name is Claura Pulsawhirl the Kingdra." Claura spoke up.
"My name is Rachael Lustermist the Latias!" Rachael said.
"… My name is Richard Lustermist the Latios." Richard said.
"I am Zetarus Quakersand the Garchomp." Zetarus said.
"I am Diego Pyrotorch the Mega Charizard X." Diego said.
"I… I am Anastasia Wyrmscale the Goodra…" Anastasia spoke.
"…And I am Baromyteus Drawyvern the Shiny Haxorus." Baromyteus spoke.
Hearing the introduction also caused a shocking expression to appear on the other six dragon's faces too, especially for Dimitri after he heard the name of the Pokemon in the black armor suit.
"Ah…" Elder Baldr slowly spoke up. "Your surname… I could recognize most of them… So you all must be…"
"If I may, Elder Baldr…" Claura spoke up. "You can ask us your question regarding our surnames later. But for now, we have something that we must tell you."
"Go on." Elder Baldr nodded to the Kingdra.
Claura and Xavier then turned their faces to meet each other for a few second, before they turned their attention back to Elder Baldr, and then Claura continued speaking. "Xavier and I… We both came from Kingdom of the Dragonking... We are here under the order of the Dragonqueen to find this village."
"!" Elder Baldr was clearly shocked by the words he had just heard, but he still remained calm.
"I see…" Elder Baldr slowly spoke up. "Tell me, when Kingdom of the Dragonking was sent to the realm between time and space, the one who ruled over the realm of dragon was the 10th Dragonking, and now, who is the current ruler of Kingdom of the Dragonking?"
"… Kingdom of the Dragonking is now under the rule of the 15th Dragonqueen." Claura answered. She then was about to continue saying something, but Elder Baldr spoke up first.
"And… She ordered both of you… to find our village?" Elder Baldr asked. "… May I ask you the Dragonqueen's reason behind this action? What does she want to do with the humble village of us?"
"… All she wants…" Xavier spoke up. "… Is invite the residents of this village to go to live with other Dragon type Pokemon in Kingdom of the Dragonking."
"!"
A shocking expression appeared on everyone's face. Rachael, Richard, Zetarus and Diego were shocked as they didn't know about this before. Anastasia and Baromyteus, unlike the other four, weren't as shock as them as they already knew about this since when they agreed to travel with the Kingdra and the Dragonite. For everyone else, they were shocked because…
"Y… You would say that the queen of Kingdom of the Dragonking wants EVERYONE in this village to leave their home and goes to live in Kingdom of the Dragonking instead?!" Dimitri spoke up with a panick voice.
"Not really…" Xavier said with a laid back voice. "Surely, what you said is her will, but she wouldn't force you to leave this place if you don't want to."
"Right." Claura nodded to the Dragonite's words. "In you want to, you all can refuse the request of the Dragonqueen, without any consequence."
"…" Elder Baldr didn't say anything after hearing the words of the Kingdra and the Dragonite.
"The Dragonqueen had acknowledged the existence of the place where the remnants of the Dragon type Pokemon gathered after the end of War of the God II and the Apocalypse, and she always wants everyone there to go back to a place where the Dragon type Pokemon called home, Kingdom of the Dragonking." Claura spoke.
"…" Elder Baldr still said nothing.
"This is a request, not an order." Xavier said. "You can accept or refuse the Dragonqueen's request. If you don't want to leave this place, we will not force you."
"… Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!" Elder Baldr suddenly laughed after being silenced for several minutes, surprising everyone in this room!
"W… What's wrong, elder?" Lyzia asked.
"It's already lunch time!" Elder Baldr continued speaking with an old but cheerful voice. "Since you all are my guests, why don't you join us too?"
Once again, the Elder's sudden change of mood made everyone in this room, including five young native Dragon type Pokemon, fell down onto the floor in a comical way due to them unable to adjust themselves fast enough to this sudden mood…
Unable to refuse the Drampa's kindness, eight Pokemon from the outside world and five young Pokemon from the village decided to join the elder for a lunch.
At the start of the meal, the dining room where 14 Pokemon stayed for lunch was low on the voices and most Pokemon exclude Elder Baldr didn't say anything as some of them were either too shy or too afraid to speak with others Pokemon who joined them in the meal. However, as the time passed, combining with the Drampa's ice breaking, the 8 Pokemon from the outside world and 5 native Pokemon gradually started to warm up to each others.
"The food here…" Xavier spoke up as he looked at the dish in front of him. It was a grilled Magikarp in a simple manner, but the way it was grilled, as well as the way it was flavored, was unique…
"This is the way we cook our dish here." Unos, who sat across the Dragonite, spoke up. "We are almost completely cut off from the outside world, so the materials and ingredients we use for our food are either from the field of crop that we cultivate, the river that surrounds this village, or the wilderness of the Valley of No Return."
"Right." Lyzia nodded to the Deino's words. "Sure, it's quite boring to eat the same kind of food for all of our lives, but I bet that you haven't eaten any food like this before!"
"…No." Xavier shook his head. "…I have eaten food like this before."
"Hm?!" Not only Unos and Lyzia, but Noctus, Korben and Dimitri also turned their attention to the Dragonite too.
"Right." Claura nodded to her cousin's words. "We had eaten food like this before. Our grandparents used to cook it for us… When they were still alive."
"Really?!" Unos, Lyzia, Noctus, Korben and Dimitri said with an unbelievable feeling toward the words of the Kingdra.
"Do I look like I was lying?" Claura spoke with a serious voice, which made the five young Dragon type Pokemon decided not to say anything more.
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" Elder Baldr laughed. "Tell me, young Kingdra. Who are your grandparents? Can you tell me your name?"
Claura seemed to be disturbed when the Drampa called her 'Young Kingdra', but she still answered his question. "They are Pridra Pulsawhirl the Kingdra and Slaynith Stormwing the Dragonite."
"Pridra? Slaynith? Oh! I remember them!" Elder Baldr nodded. "They were once living here too, long time ago!"
The words of Elder Baldr shocked everyone in this room, except Claura and Xavier. However, both of them seemed to be skeptical of the Drampa's words.
"You know them?" Claura said. "But they told us that they left this place… Around the same time of the Daybreak Crisis."
"WHAT?!" Rachael, Zetarus and Diego spoke up with a shocking voice. "I… It was already 1147 years after the Daybreak Crisis. Y… Your grandparents really live that long?!" Rachael asked.
"Well… There's two things that you three seem not to know…" Claura sighed and spoke up. "First, a Dragon type Pokemon, being a sacred and the superior type of all Pokemon, live a much longer lifespan than most Pokemon. And, of course, this also applies to three of you."
"Okay…" Rachael, Diego and Zetarus mumbled.
"And next…" Xavier spoke up. "Kingdom of the Dragonking, the place where we came from, is located in a realm between time and space, so the time and space of that place don't synchronize with the time of the World of Pokemon, making the time there flow in a different speed from the time of World of Pokemon, and the speed of time in Kingdom of the Dragonking are also quite erratic due to being located in a realm with no stable ground to support the land, making there's no specific speed of time in Kingdom of the Dragonking comparing to the time of the World of Pokemon."
"… Do you have an easier explanation of this sxxt?" Zetarus asked with his arms crossed.
"Then, allow me…" Richard spoke up and was about to open the Chronicle of Darkside and started his explanation, but his voice was immediately cut off when Diego stuffed a Watmel Berry into the Latios' mouth.
"URRGGGG!" Richard groaned as his mouth was stuffed with a large berry, so his sister had to turn his attention to help him, while the Garchomp and the Mega Charizard X acted as if they didn't do anything wrong.
"Sigh…" Cluara sighed after seeing the action of the Mega Charizard X and the Garchomp. "Anyway, Xavier said that the time in Kingdom of the Dragonking flows at a different speed from the time of the World of Pokemon, and speed of time in Kingdom of the Dragonking is unstable. So, sometimes, one day on the continent of Symmetria may equal to ten years in Kingdom of the Dragonking while sometimes, one year on the continent of Symmetria may equal to ten minutes in Kingdom of the Dragonking… Not that it's really matter to the Pokemon who live in Kingdom of the Dragonking as they has a very long lifespan, so one decade for a non-dragon type Pokemon is merely a tiny part of the time when compares to the lifespan of the Dragon type Pokemon…"
"…So…" Diego sighed. "You two want to say that your grandparents lived a very long life because they are Dragon type Pokemon, and they lived in Kingdom of the Dragonking, right?"
"Correct." Xavier said.
"Sigh…" Zetarus mumbled while Claura and Xavier turned their attention back to Elder Baldr. "So did you say that you know our grandparents?"
"Right." Elder Baldr said. "I remember sipping tea from my cup and looking at both of them playing with other children of this village. Ah… Such a memory…"
"… Are you seriously that old?" Xavier asked. "According to them, they left this place at the age comparable to Claura and my age right now, so they must be born about two decades before the Twilight Crisis, which is three years before the Daybreak Crisis, AND THEN YOU ARE ALREADY AN OLD MAN BY THAT TIME?!"
"Ho! Ho! Ho! That's right!" Elder Baldr laughed. "You are very sharp, grandson!"
"Sigh…" Claura sighed. "And then I thought that our grandparents are among the oldest non-Legendary Pokemon…"
"I am not that old!" Elder Baldr said. "I am just about 2,000 years old!"
A moment of silent suddenly overcame the dining room, following by a sound of sighing from every other Pokemon in this room.
"Anyway, I would say that I am as old as this village…" Elder Baldr said. "I remember that I was just a young child when this village was built."
"Really?" Richard spoke up. He seemed to be curious in the Drampa's tale.
"Of course!" Elder Baldr said. "At that time, all Dragon type Pokemon who were still living in the World of Pokemon gathered together in a mountain that's almost inaccessible from the outside world. There, we built a village and lived peacefully with each others until the present years, despite there were some Pokemon who decided to leave this village, including the little Pridra and Slaynith! Ho! Ho! Ho! This explained why both of you know about the existence of this place! Little Pridra and little Slaynith must have told both of you so much! Ho! Ho! Ho!"
Again, Claura and Xavier didn't agree with the Drampa calling their grandparents 'little', but they decided not to say anything about this.
"Anyway, I am sad too to hear that little Pridra and little Slaynith had already passed away…" Elder Baldr continued speaking with a sad voice.
"Yes." Claura spoke with an indifferent voice. "They were harshly injured and left to die… by the hands of 'them'."
"Them?" Elder Baldr looked at the Kingdra.
"Um…" Claura and Xavier looked at each other. Both of them aren't sure what to say next.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Anyway…" As if knowing what they were thinking, Elder Baldr suddenly changed the topic of conversation. "I remember that little Pridra and little Slaynith left this village with five other Pokemon… If I remember correctly… Their names were…"
"… Wratus, Glutton, Lusia, Hydread and Enavan, right?" Claura spoke up.
"Ah! Yes!" Elder Baldr said. "But… How did you know?"
"Well… They lived in Kingdom of the Dragonking with our grandparents too…" Claura and Xavier said. "Along with our grandparents, all seven of them were the high-ranked general of Kingdom of the Dragonking, known as the 'Dragon General'."
"Oh! I see…" Elder Baldr said. "Anyway, how about them? Are they still alive? Or…"
"… Of all seven Dragon Generals, only one is still alive, as the other six were harshly injured by 'them'." Claura answered. "However, like the other six, the last of them were harshly injured too, and it would be only a matter of time before he succumbed to his injury, so he decided to retire from his duty as the Dragon General…"
"That's sad to hear…" Elder Baldr said. "Anyway, other than Pridra and Slaynith, did any of the rest five have any child?"
"Well… I think Wratus Scorchraze the Salamence, who was already dead, has a child and a grandchild, who's at the same age as both of us…" Xavier said. "But for the rest four…" Xavier finished his words by glancing at Unos and Lyzia.
"Us?" Unos and Lyzia spoke up. "What's wrong?"
"… The full names of two of them were Lusia Cottonshroud the Altaria and Hydread Gloomdrastic the Hydreigon." Claura said.
"What?!" Lyzia and Unos were shocked by the words of the Kingdra, because the names that Claura mentioned had the same surnames as both of them!
"Oh! That reminded me…" Elder Baldr spoke up and turned his attention to Unos the Deino and Lyzia the Altaria. "Lusia and Hydread relate to both of you respectively. If I remember correctly… Lusia is the younger sister of your grandmother, Lyzia, while Hydread is the elder brother of your grandfather, Unos."
"Wow… I can't believe it…" Lyzia and Unos spoke up. "… That we have a relative who lives in the world outside this place…"
"Sadly, you two will never meet them…" Xavier said. "Because both of them are also already dead, with no descendant…"
"That's too bad…" Lyzia and Unos mumbled.
"Anyway." Elder Baldr spoke up again. "How about Glutton and Enavan?"
"For Glutton Scaroyld the Druddion, he doesn't have any child, and he is also already dead…" Xavier answered. "And for the last one…"
"I see…" Elder Baldr nodded. "So, Enavan is the only one that's still alive, right?"
"Yes." Claura nodded. "However, I heard that he doesn't have any child, and his injury ensures that he won't live much longer…"
"That's so sad to hear…" Elder Baldr said.
"Despite leaving this place, all seven Dragon Generals had never forgotten this place." Claura said. "They always tried their hardest to get the attention of the Dragonqueen on this matter of discovering the village where the Dragon type Pokemon who survived the Apocalypse live."
"I see… So it was them…" Elder Baldr said. "What thoughtful children…"
While Claura, Xavier, Lyzia, Unos and Elder Baldr were speaking with each others, the rest 9 Pokemon were also having a chat with each others too. Rachael, Richard, Zetarus and Diego were having a heartwarming conversation with Noctus the Noibat, as the little Noibat seemed to be very curious about the world outside the Valley of No Return, much like how Richard was curious about the knowledge of the World of Pokemon. This left only four Pokemon…
"Hey, you." Dimitri spoke up as he fixed his gaze at the Pokemon in the black armor suit, who sat across him.
"…" Baromyteus didn't say anything, but he had his attention on his pre-evolution.
"Why did you have the same surname as me?!" Dimitri asked.
"… How the hell should I know?" Baromyteus answered with a stern voice. "All I did was just being born and being given this name!"
"I guess I set my hope too high by asking you this…" Dimitri spoke with a sarcastic voice.
"You little daredevil…" Baromyteus spoke with a creepy voice. "Your words made me really want to stab you with my swords…"
"And why wouldn't you?" Dimitri asked.
"…Whatever!" Baromyteus mumbled.
"You know what?" Dimitri spoke up again. "You are so much like my father."
"… Just because I am a Haxorus doesn't make me your father…" Baromyteus spoke with his arms crossed.
"Heh?" Dimitri let out a sarcastic laugh. "Do you see me as some kind of Pokemon who goes around and names any Pokemon I meet my father?"
"… More or less…" Baromyteus answered.
"You overgrown…" Dimitri mumbled. "You! After we finish this meal, how about you and I have a duel to death?! I really want to smash the face of yours!"
"… To tell the truth, I really want to accept your challenge." Baromyteus said. "But… Killing the Pokemon of this village won't do anything good for me… Except getting rid of a little pest out of my way, of course."
"Hm! Coward!" Dimitri commented.
"…" Baromyteus didn't say anything. Instead, he continued glaring at Dimitri with an intense look in his eyes, and the Fraxure also did the same thing back to him. If anyone looked closely, they could notice a little spark in the way between their gaze…
"Sigh…" Anastasia sighed. "That's so like you, brother… You always have a special ability of starting a fight with the Pokemon whom you had met for the first time…"
"Yeah…" Korben spoke up. "Dimitri has been always a battle-loving freak, but I don't understand why did he decide to start a fight with… him."
"Really?" Anastasia turned her attention to the Hakamo-o.
"Yes." Korben nodded. "I have never seen Dimitri acts like this before… And… It seems he really enjoy doing this…"
"My brother too…" Anastasia said. "Now when I look again, these two… They both really look like father and son, right?"
"Right…" Korben said.
"NEVER!" Baromyteus and Dimitri quickly turned their attention to the Goodra and the Hakamo-o and spoke out at the same time.
"Sigh…" Anastasia and Korben sighed.
"And…" Baromyteus glared at Korben with a bloody-looking in his eyes. "You… I will say this only once. STAY. AWAY. FROM. MY. SISTER. IF. YOU. DON'T. WANT. ME. TO. CUT. PART. OF. YOUR. BODY. OFF."
"!" Korben quickly got away from Anastasia and Baromyteus.
"Brother!" Anastasia spoke up. "Why did you have to be so mean to anyone you met?!"
"…Look, I will behave like a happy-go-lucky Pokemon who goes around and befriends anyone, if you want." Baromyteus spoke. "But there's no way I will let this Pokemon get near you and repeat the mistake I made 30 years ago!"
"…" Anastasia turned her attention away from her brother and didn't say anything more, same went for the Hakamo-o and the Fraxure…
-A Few Minutes Later…
After having a meal, everyone gathered together again in the living room of the house, at the request of the Drampa.
"Thank you for a meal, elder." Anastasia thanked with a gentle voice.
"Ho! Ho! Ho! It's nothing, young Goodra!" Elder Baldr said and laughed. "Anyway, what would you all do next?"
"… For my cousin and I…" Claura spoke up. "We will need to hear the answer of the request we gave you."
"Hm… I will need sometimes to ask other residents of this village, and I am sure that most of them, myself includes, would need sometime to decide, so I would say that it would be quite a while before we could give the answer to you." Elder Baldr answered. "Is that acceptable to you?"
"Of course." Xavier said. "Please do not feel pressured. Take your time as much as you want."
"And then…" Elder Baldr continued speaking. "Why don't all of you stay with us in this village for a while?"
"…Are you serious?!" Claura asked.
"Of course!" Elder Baldr said. "Well… I know that our village isn't a very comfortable place to live—"
"No, I didn't mean that!" Claura said. "It's just that… Is it okay for we, a group of Pokemon from the outside world, to stay here?"
"No! Of course not!" Elder Baldr said. "Actually, I would be very happy if you decide to stay, as it would be nice to have a company of a Pokemon whom I wouldn't met every day. And you can stay with me in this house too! This house is big enough for everyone to stay! And I ensure you that you all wouldn't be a burden to me!"
"… What do you think, Xavier?" Claura asked her cousin.
"Well… Walking through the valley back and fourth would be too much of a pain…" Xavier said. "Moreover, we should be around here in the case if anyone want to know about Kingdom of the Dragonking…"
"Okay…" Claura said and turned her attention to the Drampa. "Elder Drampa, if you want, we would like to stay here for a time being."
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Great answer!" Elder Baldr laughed. "I am so glad that you decided to stay here! I am sure that everyone in this village would be glad to have a company of the Pokemon from the outside world too!"
"However…" Claura continued speaking. "I don't want to be a freeloader to you, so, if there's anything that we can do, you can always ask my cousin and I to help you."
"Ho! Ho! Ho! What diligent children!" Elder Baldr said before he turned his attention to six other Pokemon who stood next to the Kingdra and Dragonite. "How about the rest of you? You all are also welcomed to stay here too! Think of this as a little vacation of yours, if you want!"
"… If that's so…" Baromyteus glanced at his sister, who nodded to him, and continued speaking. "Then my sister would like to stay too."
"Ho! Ho! Ho!" Elder Baldr laughed before turning his attention to Rachael, Richard, Zetarus and Diego. "What about you four? Will you stay here too?"
"… What do you think, Zetarus, Rachael, Richard?" Diego asked three Pokemon who stood beside him.
"I want to stay here." Richard quickly answered. "This place is the settlement that exists in the isolation from the outside world for two millenniums, so there would be much for me to discover."
"Well…" Rachael said. "This place also looks like a nice little place, so I think I would stay too!"
"Well… If that's your thought…" Diego said before turning his attention to Zetarus. "Zetarus, since I don't have anything else to do, I will let you decide this for us. Whatever you want, I will follow you."
"Then…" Zetarus spoke up with a crafty voice. "I want to bite your tail."
"Not this sxxt." Diego said and knocked the Garchomp with a fist on his head.
"Aww…." Zetarus gently rubbed his head at where Diego's fist landed. "Well, then… I think… We could use a little vacation here too."
"Really?" Diego said. "What about our little 'task'?"
"That can wait. That bastard won't go anywhere soon." Zetarus said.
"Well, then…" Diego turned his attention back to the Drampa. This time, he had an answer for him. "Then, all of us will stay here too."
"Excellent!" Elder Baldr said. "I am so glad to have a company of all of you! Anyway, the next thing that I must do is announcing this request, as well as introducing you all to everyone in this village."
"W… Wouldn't it be too much?" Rachael asked.
"Don't worry, lass. Everyone in this village knows each others, so, why don't let them know you too?" Elder Baldr said before turning his attention to four young Pokemon who stood beside him. "Now, then… Hm?" The Drampa had just noticed that there was one Pokemon missing from the group. "Where's Korben? I think he was with us when we finished our meal…"
"Oh, he already left." Dimitri answered. "Korben said that, because he didn't do a full morning patrol, he would take an extra afternoon patrol as he needs to be equal to everyone, and he already left for Valley of No Return."
"That's so like him…" Elder Baldr sighed. "Anyway, Unos and Lyzia, could you tell everyone to gather at the village's plaza tonight?"
"Sure." The Deino and the Altaria nodded to the Drampa's words before they left the house.
"Okay…" Elder Baldr turned his attention back to a group of Pokemon from the outside world. "There is still a few hours before sunset. So, what do you all want to do next? You can look around the village, stay here, or go back to Village of No Return, if you want! The choice is yours! Ho! Ho! Ho!"
"Then, I want to stay here…" Anastasia answered. "I will do dish washing for you as a thank for the meal."
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Thank you so much for offering, young Goodra!" Elder Baldr said.
"Then, I will stay here and help my sister—" Baromyteus said, but his words were cut off by his own younger sister.
"You can stay, brother…" Anastasia said. "But do not help me in this! The last time you try to help me, you broke almost every dish!"
"G… Give me a break, Anastasia!" Baromyteus spoke.
"What a loser…" Claura mumbled.
"WHAT?!" Baromyteus turned his attention to the Kingdra! "YOU SAY AS IF YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN ME!"
"AT LEAST I WON'T BREAK EVERY DISH I WASH!" Claura said.
"Yes, not every, but at least half…" Xavier mumbled.
"XAVIER!" Claura roared at her cousin.
"See? You are no better than me. What a waste…" Baromyteus said.
"SAY THAT AGAIN TO MY FACE, YOU DRAGON JERKY!" Claura roared at the Shiny Haxorus.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK LIKE THIS TO ME, YOU SALTY SEAHORSE!" Baromyteus roared at the Kingdra.
"Sigh…" Xavier sighed after seeing his cousin started another fight with the Shiny Haxorus again. He then grabbed the Kingdra's tail and dragged her away with him. "Then, my cousin and I would take a little stroll around this village. See you soon."
After finished speaking, Xavier dragged his cousin with him as he left the house, but everyone could still hear the Kingdra's voice as they left…
"HEY! COME BACK HERE, YOU SALTY SEAHORSE!" Baromyteus roared and tried to follow the Kingdra, but he was stopped by his sister.
"That's enough, brother." Anastasia said before turning her attention to the Drampa. "I am sorry that my brother's being so rude…"
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Not at all!" Elder Baldr laughed again. "I would say that your brother and the little Kingdra are both indeed very peppy!"
"Thank you…" Anastasia said. "Then, please excuse us…"
After finished speaking, Anastasia walked toward the kitchen of the house to wash the dish, dragging the Pokemon in the black armor suit with her too.
"Well then…" Elder Baldr turned his attention to the remaining four Pokemon. "How about you four? What would you like to do?"
"Hm… I think I would go to Valley of No Return…" Zetarus said.
"Why there?" Rachael asked.
"So that I could hunt something for tonight's meal…" Zetarus said before he realized something. "… If hunting the wild Pokemon is permitted in this village."
"Of course!" Elder Baldr answered. "We all need to eat to survive, so you could hunt any wild Pokemon, pick any wild plant you find, or catch any wild Pokemon in the river! You can hunt as much as you want!"
"B… But…" Rachael continued speaking. "Wouldn't overhunt make the wild Pokemon in Valley of No Return become extince, and then we wouldn't have anything to hunt in the future?"
"Don't worry about this, young Latias." Elder Baldr answered. "Wild Pokemon of Valley of No Return reproduced at a faster rate than we could hunt, so we wouldn't have to worry about overhunting. Moreover, not only to be our food, but hunting them also ensures the safety of this village too! Ho! Ho! Ho!"
"Okay…" Rachael nodded.
"Then…" Elder Baldr turned his attention to the Fraxure who stood beside him. "Dimitri, why don't you go and guide them?"
"… I could use a little brawl with the wild Pokemon…" Dimitri answered.
"Thanks!" Elder Baldr said. "Oh, and if you happen to run into Korben, do tell him to come back here after finishing his patrol."
"Yes." Dimitri said before he turned his attention to Zetarus and Diego. "Then, you two, follow me."
After finished speaking, Dimitri walked toward the door of this house and left the house, with Zetarus and Diego following him, leaving only four Pokemon in the living room of this house…
"What about you two?" Elder Baldr turned his attention to the remaining two Pokemon from the outside world who were still here. "What would both of you want to do?"
"Hm… Maybe we will take a stroll around this village too…" Rachael said.
"Agreed." Richard nodded to his sister's words.
"If that's so…" Elder Baldr said and turned his attention to the Noibat beside him. "Noctus, I want you to go and guide them around this village."
"Sure!" Noctus said and flew up to Rachael and Richard. "I know everything about this village, and I will tell you all of them! In return, you will have to tell me about the world outside Valley of No Return, okay?"
"Okay!" Rachael said and turned his attention to her brother. "What about you, Onii-chan?"
"… A trade using knowledge as a currency is always a fair and great trade." Richard answered.
"Glad to have you seal the deal!" Noctus said with a cheerful voice.
After finished speaking, Noctus flew toward the door of the house and left the house, and Richard and Rachael followed him, leaving only Elder Baldr in the living room alone.
"Hm… Now there's nothing else to do… for now…" Elder Baldr mumbled. "Maybe I should brew another cup of tea…"
Meanwhile…
Valley of No Return… A vast valley located within the area surrounded by a range of mountain, which formed an incomplete roofing above the whole area of the valley, making the valley almost completely inaccessible from the 'world' outside the valley, giving a nickname of 'Inaccessible Valley' by the 'outsider', as the only way to access to this valley was via the 'Cave of Ages', which was sealed and hidden from the eyes of the outsiders…
However, for the residents of the Hidden Village of Dragon, this valley was known by its name of 'Valley of No Return' as the residents of the village didn't usually travel across the valley. In truth, they only visited this valley for either hunting wild Pokemon or finding a wild plant, but neither of them would travel across the whole valley to the other side of it. For them, there's only one kind of the Pokemon from the village who would travel across this valley, a Pokemon who wished to leave this village, who all never return to this village again…
Despite being a wild and inaccessible valley within a range of mountain, the valley was not at a high level of danger. In fact, this valley was actually a much safer place than some inhabitable places on the continent of Symmetria, such as Leafburg Forest, Gamma City, Dustorm Desert and the whole Shadowlost Territory. If you stay on a path, you would almost be guaranteed to safely cross the valley without any harm, but if you try to stray from the path, the level of danger would drastically increase. Nevertheless, this valley was safe enough to cross, even for a single Pokemon who knew nothing of protecting themselves…
"Where… Where is he?"
In a small plain near the southern end of Valley of No Return, a single Pokemon slowly turned their head left and right. It seemed like they had already crossed the majority of the valley, but they were not sure of where to go next…
"I was sure that I saw them entering that cave… But I lost the sight of them while I was in that cave." The Pokemon mumbled as they looked around the place carefully.
This Pokemon was a female Dragon type Pokemon who had a light green bipedal body with a pair of large, red-trimmed wings. She had two toeless legs and two skinny arms with three-clawed hands. Her long tail had several dark green stripes and its tip had three small rhombus-shaped with red trim, like her wings but was much smaller. She had a pair of dark green antennas on her head, and she had two large eyes with red goggle-like covers.
Overall, it could be said that she was a female Flygon, and if anyone looked closely, they could see a small emblem that she always carried with her. It was an emblem in the shape of desert rose, which was the symbol of Dustorm Empire's Quakersand Family…
"But this place…" The Flygon looked around the area she was in. It was a small plain located on the other side of Cave of Ages. "This place is so… beautiful… I have never known that there's a place like this within the Dustorm Empire… Maybe after I left this place, I should—"
"HALT!"
A voice that the Flygon had never heard before echoed through the area she was in, and before she could do anything, a Pokemon suddenly appeared from somewhere and stood before her!
"YOU!" The Pokemon who had just appeared spoke with a serious voice as he pointed his paw at the Flygon. This Pokemon was a Dragon and Fighting type Pokemon called Hakamo-o. "YOU ARE THE INTRUDER OF THIS SACRED VALLEY!"
"I… I am so sorry!" The Flygon quickly apologized to the Hakamo-o. "I… I don't know that this place is… Oh, no… I will take my leave now…"
"Never!" The Hakamo-o approached the Flygon. "Since you are already here, I must ask you to come with me."
"W… What?!" The Flygon was shocked after hearing the words of the Hakamo-o. "P… Please… Let me go…"
"I couldn't do that." The Hakamo-o spoke. "Everyone who had stepped into this place must come with me, and I must treat everyone equally, whether it's a single Pokemon like you you or a group of Pokemon who had just come not too long ago."
"Wait a minute…" The Flygon spoke up. "Did… Did you say about a group of Pokemon?"
"Yes." The Hakamo-o answered. "It was a group of outsiders that's consisted of a Shiny Haxorus, a Goodra, a Kingdra, a Dragonite, a Latios, a Latias, a Mega Charizard X and a Garchomp… Wait a minute, why did I tell you about this?"
"Oh! It's them!" The Flygon said with a cheerful voice.
"What?" The Hakamo-o turned his attention to the Flygon. "Did you know them?"
"Well… Yes…" The Flygon answered. "D… Did you know where they are right now?"
"… Yes." The Hakamo-o answered. "They were at our village."
"Village?" The Flygon seemed to be confused after hearing the word 'village'. "Is there a village in this place too? I have never heard about this before."
"Well... It's a long story…" The Hakamo-o said. "But if you come with me, I would be able to tell you more, and since the place that I have to take you to is the village I mentioned, I am sure that you would run into them too."
"Okay, t… then… I… I will go with you…" The Flygon nodded to the Hakamo-o.
"Then, this way, please." The Hakamo-o pointed his paw at a path in front of them. "Our village is not too far from this place. We should reach it within a few minutes."
"T… Thanks…" The Flygon said before she remembered something. "A… Anyway, could you tell me who you are?"
"Hm… Sure." The Hakamo-o said. "My name is Korben Forcenter the Hakamo-o."
"Korben, what a great name…" The Flygon said. "Sir Korben, thank you so much for helping me You are such a kindhearted Pokemon… Thank you…"
"W… Whatever!" The Hakamo-o quickly turned his face away to hide a red blush that appeared on his face after hearing a compliment from the Flygon. "A… Anyway, since I have already told you my name, it would be equal if you told me your name too, right?"
"Oh! R… Right…" The Flygon said. "M…. My name is Freya Mirasert the Flygon…"
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: First, I am very sorry for a long hiatus. It was that I had experienced a writer's block, so I couldn't come up with a good arranging for this chapter. Anyway, I finally managed to overcome it and finished this chapter at last, and I hope that this chapter turns out good enough…
So many things happened in this chapter, and so many characters were introduced within this chapter, including the appearance of an old character from the former tail…