A Dragon's Tail
Intermission I: Freya's Tail - Arrogance
Intermission I-Interlude: Light and Darkness
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Two Pokemon slowly regained their consciousness as they slowly rose from their slumber. If anyone saw both Pokemon, they would describe both Pokemon as 'same', but also 'completely different' too. Unexpectedly, both words actually fit the description of both Pokemon here…
That's because both of them were the same specie of a Pokemon, and not just an ordinary Pokemon, both of Pokemon were the Legendary Pokemon…
Both of them were Lugia…
But… Not both of them were really 'Lugia'…
While one of them was truly a Lugia, the other wasn't…
Instead, the other was the being known as 'Shadow Lugia'…
In other words, between two Pokemon, both of them were Lugia, but one of them was an ordinary Lugia while the other was a Shadow Lugia…
They were same… But also completely different…
Just like light and darkness…
"… Where am I?"
The ordinary Lugia was the first one who spoke up after both Lugia regained their consciousness. The ordinary Lugia then was about to look around where they were in order to grasp the current situation when he noticed the presence of the Shadow Lugia, who was just beside them.
"Well… Well… Well… Look what we have here…" The Shadow Lugia spoke up with a sarcastic as the ordinary Lugia spotted them. "The first thing that I saw when I woke up was a creature who bathed in the sacred light… Such a pleasant sight, isn't it?"
"… And you… I remember you…" The ordinary Lugia spoke with a soft voice. "You are… the lord of all Shadow Pokemon."
"I have a name too, you know?" The Shadow Lugia said. "My name is Lunoire Belialdusk the Shadow Lugia… And you… If I remember correctly… Your name was…"
"… Solance Aurieldawn the Lugia." The ordinary Lugia replied to the Shadow Lugia.
"Yes… I remember now…" Lunoire the Shadow Lugia spoke. "Hm… Not only we both are the opposite specie of each other, our names are also the opposite of each other too, aren't we? It's just like we are the same creature that exists in the two sides of the same mirror…"
"Wait…" Solance the Lugia said they tried to remember what was happening before they ended up here. "I… I remembered that we met each other before, right?"
"That's right…" Lunoire said. "We met each other while I was performing a ritual to shroud the world in the eternal darkness… And you…"
"… I was… praying at the top of the Tower of the God… When a portal appeared… And… I saw you there…" Solance said. "And then… We spoke to each other…"
"True…" Lunoire said. "But then, just a bit after we finish introducing our name, I saw something appearing before my eyes…"
"You two?" Solance said. "I am not sure what it was… It was a very dark object… Or was it a living creature?"
"That isn't important, as that thing we saw would never hope to match me, the lord of darkness…" Lunoire said.
"And then… I…" Solance tried to remember what was happening, but they couldn't. "I… I couldn't remember anything else…"
"You can't remember anything? Well… Those who bathed in the sacred light has always been a useless creature, and you are no different…" Lunoire said. "I thought that you could at least be a use for me, but just like me, you couldn't remember anything else after that moment."
"Y… You can't remember anything too?" Solance asked. "Then… What was happening? And… Where are we right now?"
Solance and Lunoire then looked around themselves and discovered that they were now in the middle of… nothing. There was an absolutely nothing around them, not even a single living creature or a single object. All they could see about this room was that this room was very dark… Or was it very bright? Strangely, it seemed like this room was both dark and bright at the same time, as if this room both contained all the light in this world and was devoid of any light at the same time…
"… Where in the world we are right now?" Solance spoke as if they looked around the room. "I… I can't even tell how far this place go, as I could see any boundary…"
"… And why does this place both bright and dark at the same time?" Lunoire spoke up as if they weren't pleased with where they were right now. "This is so disgusting… Darkness is such a pure beauty, and yet this place ruins it with all the light here…"
"But the light is very warm…" Solance spoke up. "Sadly, all the light here is tarnished by the darkness…"
"Yes, of course… That's what those who bathed in the sacred light always said…" Lunoire said with a sarcastic voice as he turned his attention to Solance. "Especially since you are the archangel, so you are the living being of all the light, as well as being devoid of any darkness…"
"… And you…" Solance spoke with an emotionless voice. "You are the demon lord, as well as the living being of pure darkness that no light would never hope to reach…"
"That's right… I am the darkness… And you are the light…" Lunoire said. "In other word, we are the enemy of each other, right?"
"…" Solance didn't say anything to Lunoire.
"Let's see… Since you, the archangel of the world, are here… If I kill you right now, there will be no one else to protect this world from me, and the world would soon fall under the absolute darkness…" Lunoire said. "However… I don't feel like killing a pathetic archangel like you, and you may be some use to me, so I will let you live… for now…"
"… And you… You are the demon lord who is threatening the whole world, and so, as the archangel who protects the world, it's my duty to defeat you too…' Solance spoke up. 'However, with my strength right now, I can see that I wouldn't be able to defeat you, and so, I won't take any risk, for that the consequence of my action may be worse…'
"Threatening? Such a suitable word…" Lunoire spoke with a sarcastic voice. "Sure… Symmetria is the land of those who bathed in the sacred light, and only them… There's no place for a Shadow Pokemon like us…"
"W… What are you talking about?" Solance asked.
"Oh? You don't know?" Lunoire said. "Geographically, the continent of Symmetria is located in the area where the light would never hope to reach for eternity. And so, this continent would be shrouded in the eternal darkness… If it wasn't for those who bathed in the sacred light…"
"… What do you mean by that?" Solance asked again.
"Unable to live within the beauty of the darkness, those who bathed in the sacred light decided to perform a ritual to bring the light into this world, turning the land of darkness into the land of day and night, so that they would be able to live their life without being under the beauty of the darkness. However, we, the Shadow Pokemon, can't live in the light of the day, forcing us to retreat to the land of darkness to the north, which was the only place on this continent that still retained its beauty of darkness for eternity." Lunoire continued explaining.
"Land of darkness to the north… Do you mean the Shadowlost Territory?" Solance asked again.
"That's right." Lunoire said. "We are lurking in the shadow, waiting for a chance to strike back for what those who bathed in the sacred light had done!"
"What we had done…" Solance said before he realized something. "I… I remember now! The people on the continent of Symmetria hates the Shadow Pokemon, saying that they are the abominable creatures whose existence is against the law of nature, and thus, they would attempt to obliterate any Shadow Pokemon they see…"
"Yes… You are right…" Lunoire continued speaking. "We are the unnatural creatures, and we truly deserve to be punished by the order of nature—"
"No…" Solance suddenly spoke up. "No living creature in this world is deserved to be killed or treated in a foul way, even the creature that's against the law of nature… Every life deserve to live, and every life deserve not to hurt each other…"
"… I don't even know which word should I use to describe you…" Lunoire said as he looked at the ordinary Lugia beside him. "Maybe innocent… or naïve?"
"… I understand what you are trying to say, and I accept that you are right." Solance said. "As the archangel, I am trying to protect this world from any harm, and that's what I have devoted my entire life too. However, I can't do anything if the one I am supposed to protect ends up killing each other…"
"Protect? Heh… You are more of the mirrored self of mine than I thought…" Lunoire said. "I am the bringer of destruction, yet you are the guardian of the world… And thus, our existences are the bane of each other's existence…"
"… Are you suggesting that we shouldn't let each other exist?" Solance asked with a worried voice.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Lunoire spoke with an irritated voice. "I won't kill you for now, because you may be a use to me… And now, I know… If you are the guardian of the world, then you are in my way to the path of the destruction, but if I kept my in my captive, then you will no longer be in my way…"
"… Actually…" Solance spoke up. "If you keep me in your captive, I would still be able to protect the world too… Because when you are trying to bring destruction upon the world, I would try to convince you not to. I know that it may not be effective, but this is the only thing that I can do…"
"So… You are basically trying to act like my conscience, hm?" Lunoire said. "I am the demon lord. I possess no conscience, so why do you think that I would need one?"
"…" Solance didn't answer Lunoire's words.
"… Forget it…"Lunoire said as he turned his face away. "If you want to do anything, suit yourself, but don't blame me if what you are trying to do doesn't come to the fruition in the end…"
"Lunoire…" Solance mumbled.
"Now… The next thing that I must do is getting out of here…" Lunoire said as they tried to look around, trying to find a way to leave this place. "Hm… It seems like this place won't let me leave nicely… So… We will have to use a little force… Wait, what?!"
Lunoire was shocked as they picked up their weapon, which was a trident. However, as they examined it, they realized that their weapon wasn't same as before…
Lunoire's trident was now dark and demonic, as if it was one of the most cursed artifacts in the world ever. If anyone else held onto it, their soul would soon be absorbed into the cursed artifact, trapping them inside it forever. Moreover, the trident also now had a power to absorb the soul of anyone who was struck by it too. In conclusion, this weapon could only be wielded by the demon lord of absolute darkness, such as Lunoire themselves…
"But… How could this happen?" Lunoire said as they examined their weapon. "It's as if all the impurity of light has been removed from this cursed trident."
"!" Hearing Lunoire's words made Solance realize something. They then picked up their weapon, which was a scepter, and examined it too. And like Lunoire's trident, Solance's scepter was changed too.
Solance's scepter was now pure and angelic, as if it was blessed by all the sacred light that existed within the universe. If anyone else held onto it, they would feel that their soul, be a blessed one or the cursed one, was forgiven and freed from their misery. Moreover, this scepter had a power to pierce even the darkest veil of shadow, where no light would never hope to reach. However, this weapon could only be wielded by someone with the purest heart, such as Solance themselves.
"… My scepter have absorbed more sacred light from somewhere…" Solance spoke up. "And… It's now the Solar Scepter…"
"… And I guess that it was your weapon that purified my trident from the impurity of light, transforming it into the Lunar Trident…" Lunoire said as they turned their attention back to Solance.
"But…" Solance said. "Why would our weapon react to each other's? We are like the opposite self of each other…"
"… Maybe that's why…" Lunoire said. "Maybe we are more of the opposite version of each other… That may be the reason why we appeared to each other when I tried to perform the ritual of darkness…"
"… And when I was praying at the top of the tower…" Solance said. "But… What is it? What is the connection between you and me?"
"… Now that you mention it…" Lunoire spoke up. "When you and I met each other… There was something happening in the sky, temporarily turning the world into the realm of darkness…"
"You mean the eclipse?" Solance said. "Then… It would mean that…"
"Right…" Lunoire said. "That eclipse must be connected to the object we saw before we ended up here, and the reason why we are here is also related to that too… Or maybe… Someone is behind all of this…"
"But why would anyone trap the archangel and the demon lord together in this place? And what is their main objective for doing all of this?" Solance said.
"… I don't know about that…" Lunoire answered. "But if whoever that's behind this is trying to play their trick with the demon lord like me, they will have to pay a price… With their soul…"
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: In this interlude, Solance and Lunoire ended up in an unknown place and unknown situation, but what's behind all of this? And what's the real connection between both of them?
And so, the next chapter will be the first chapter of the seventh tail, as well as the first chapter with the Q&A session! Yay! (But the next chapter would have to come out in the next year…)
Also… Happy new year to everyone!