Hello everyone sorry for the really late post. I had school work, I was wrapped in a game, and was working on my other stories. And now that it's summer me and PhantomCross19 are going to work on a story together The Red vs Blue Pokemon Files first post will be 6/01/20 and it will be rated M for safety. And will be posted randomly with us sharing the story.
What I mean is that I will have season 1 on my page and PhantomCross19 will have season 2 on his page.
Also I have a summer class for the whole month of June so I might not be posting much that month so sorry. Now on to chapter 19.
Chapter 19
A Day In the Desert
Oliver P.O.V.
Not even an hour into the desert and heat was already affecting everyone. "There's no shade anywhere." Estelle said to everyone as they stared at the wide open desert. "I never Imagined it would be this hot." Karol said to everyone breathing heavily. "Skiddo." Skiddo said, agreeing with Karol. "It's a dessert that's the point." Ava said to Karol. "Nobody'd last long out here without the proper supplies." Yuri said to everyone.
"Then we have to find Alph and Layla's parents as fast as we can." I said to everyone. "What's with him? He looks like he's out for a walk in the park." Rita said as we noticed Raven jumping around a few feet away from us with Drilbur and Stableye next to us.
Then Raven ran to us. "Hey old man… Aren't you hot?" Yuri asked Raven. "Hot? Heck yeah! I'm sizzling over here! Burnin' right up!" Raven said to everyone. "That lousy." Rita said to Raven. "Metang." Metang said agreeing with Rita. "It look like you have the Chlorophyll ability to us." Hugo said to Raven.
"I feel like the temperature goes up every time somebody says the word "hot."." Estelle said to everyone. "Togetic." Togetic said, trying her best to stay airborne. "Then stop saying it." Ava said to Estelle. "We'll be fine so long as we remember ta keep out water well stocked." Raven said to everyone.
"Right. The cacti." Estelle said to everyone. "And like Oliver said Alph and Layla's parents are out here. Probably with no supplies whatsoever." Judith said to everyone. "We do have Phaeroh to look for, but…" Estelle said, losing her train of thought. "One problem at a time. First let's do what we can for Alph and Layla's parents. They need our help." I said to everyone. "What about Phaeroh? Did you forget the Knights are after him" Judith asked me. "He's a strong old bird that lives here. I'm sure he can handle himself." I said to Judith.
"I agree with Oliver. Phaeroh is smart and strong. I'm sure he can handle himself. But Alph and Layla's parents will not last long without help." Hugo said to everyone. "I'm okay with that. You've more than fulfilled your obligation to me." Estelle said to everyone. "Estelle." Karol said to Estelle. "Okay then, let's find their parents." Yuri said as we heard a cry in the wind. Whatever that cry was it made the Pokemon growl. "Was that Phaeroh?" Estelle asked everyone.
"Then he really is somewhere in the desert!" Karol said to everyone. "Settle down. You'll get plenty of attention once we're done helping those kids." Yuri said to the wind. "Ok I think we should go this way first." I said leading the way. "How do you know they're that way?" Karol asked me. "I don't, but we have no idea where they are or have any clues to their location. So best to just start walking and hope for the best." I said leading the way. "Sounds like a plan to me." Yuri said following me. Soon everyone else started to follow me.
An hour later everyone was starting to slow down. Well almost everyone Raven someway somehow was totally fine. "Better stop plodding along like a zombie, or you'll only make yourself more tired!" Raven said as he ran ahead of us and started to do some flips. "How are you in such good spirits?" Karol asked Raven.
"Some people take pleasure in the suffering of others..." Yuri said to Karol. "That or he's crazy?" Ava said to Karol. "Houndoom." Houndoom said agreeing with Ava. "Why I oughta..." Rita said, raising one of her fist. "Rita you can bet him later." I said to Rita. "Yeah don't waste your energy." Yuri said to Rita.
"That sort of peppiness simply isn't healthy… Hey, did you hear a voice?" Rita asked everyone. "No… not at all..." Estelle said to Rita. "Rita… I'm sure… it's just your mind… playing tricks." Hugo said to Rita. "By the way, why were you in this desert before?" Rita asked Judith. "I used to live in a town up in the mountains to the north of here. Together with my friend Ba'ul. So I sometimes came down near the desert." Judith said to them. "Odd choice for a playground." I said to Judith. "All the way to the desert…?" Rita said to herself.
"Anyway, we hardly have time to look for anything out here, what with this heat... " Judith said to us. "Seriously… if we run out of water, we'll be goners." Yuri said to everyone. "We need to find something like a clue soon…" Karol said to everyone. "Yes…" Estelle said to Karol. "Then let's... get moving again…" I said as we started to move again.
We walked for a few more hours and while the cacti did give us some water, it was terrible and only made us feel worse. "Ugh. We're out of water." Karol said as he tried to give Skiddo and Mawile some water. "Don't go drinking all of it." Yuri said as he gave his water bottle to Karol. "Thanks. Yuri." Karol said as he started to give Skiddo and Mawile some water.
"Hey… do you think… we could take five…? Rita asked everyone. "Sure… sounds like… a plan." Ava said to Rita. "And you say I'm the one always wanton' ta rest." Raven said to Ava and Rita. "Well we don't have your… Chlorophyll ability." Hugo said to Raven.
"Yaaaaaaah!" Karol yelled making me turn to him. Soon he, Skiddo, and Mawile took off running. "Huh? The heat's gone and backed his brains!" Raven said as I noticed Karol, Skiddo, and Mawile jump into some water. "Water." Rita said as her, Hugo, Duosion, Metang, and Noivern ran to the water.
"Cannon ball." Hugo said as he jumped into the water. "Noivern." Noivern said jumping into the water with Hugo. "Karol, Hugo, Noivern, Skiddo, Mawile, be careful you'll hurt yourself!" Estelle said as she, Audino, and Togtic, ran to the water. "Heh… looks like he still had plenty of energy." Yuri said to me.
"Wait up for old Raven!" Raven said as he, Drilbur, and Stableye ran to the water. "And here I thought they couldn't bear to go another step." Yuri said to the rest of us. "Come on let's take a break." I said as the rest of us walked to the water.
We stayed by the water for half an hour refilling our canteens and relaxing. "I think I'm in heaven." Rita said to everyone. "In a desert, a place like this is heaven." Ava said to Rita. "I thought we were really done for." Karol said to everyone. "Hey now. Gotta be tougher than that of you're gonna save the world kids." Raven said to Karol. "Trust me saving the world gets old fast." Hugo said to Raven.
"Shut up." Rita said to Raven and Hugo. "It'll be dangerous if we just keep going like this." Karol said to everyone. "But we still need to find Alph and Layla's parents." I said to everyone. "He's right. If we turn back now, we'll only disappoint those poor children." Judith said to everyone. "We've got to keep looking as long as we can." Rita said to everyone.
"If we're lucky, we may even find Phaeroh along the way." Estelle said to everyone. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves Estelle. We got to find Piha and Layla's parents first. They need our help." I said to everyone. "That's right, and with this spring, we shouldn't have any trouble keeping up the search." Yuri said to everyone.
"If you've already eaten the poison you may as well lick the plate." Raven said to Everyone. "Yeah, you're right. We've come this far." Karol said to everyone. "Then let's get ready to move. Did everyone finish filling their canteen?" I asked everyone. "Yeap everyone canteen is full." Judith said to me. "Then are we all ready to move." I asked everyone. "Yes." Estelle said as everyone nodded their heads. "Ok then let's get back to work and find Piha and Layla's parents." I said as we started to walk again.
We walked for some time until Raven stopped for some reason. "What the?" Raven said, making us turn to him. "What are you doing, old man?" Yuri asked Raven. "Yeah why'd you stop?" I asked Raven as we gathered around him. "Uh, y'see. I was thinking that those are some pretty odd creatures over there." Raven said as we noticed three things in the sand, one black, one blue and one pink. "What are those?" Karol asked everyone. "Are they Pokemon?" Estelle asked me, Ava, and Hugo. "I don't know?" Ava said to Estelle.
"Wait it can't be?" I said as I finally figured it out. "Can't be what?" Hugo asked me as the things started to move to us. "Waah!" Karol screamed as he hopped onto Skiddo's back. The black one grabbed my legs. "Ok Patty knock it off you scaring them." I said to the black thing. "Heh heh. You're no fun Oliver." Patty said to me as she, Slowpoke, and Cramerant poked their heads out of the sand. "...I thought I was going to have a heart attack there.." Estelle said, holding her hands over her heart. "Should have known it was you from the second I saw you. So what trouble have you found this time?" I asked Patty.
"I didn't find trouble, I found treasure." Patty said as she pulled out a small chest from the sand. "What's this?" Yuri asked Patty. "A treasure that Aifread hid." Patty said to everyone. "This cheat?" Estelle said looking at the small box. "I'm surprised you were able to find treasure in the sand." Karol said to Patty. "Me two a dessert keeps changing so it's hard to find something out here." Hugo said to Patty.
"An adventurer's intuition is even sharper than the right side of a dolphin's brian." Patty said to Karol and Hugo. "And make weird analogies apparently." Ava said to Patty. "Intuition? How unscientific." Rita said to herself. "Sometime science bet good old fashioned dume luck." I said to Rita.
"Seriously? Is that the treasure you were looking for?" Yuri asked Patty. "Nan, this is just rubbish. Besides, finding treasure isn't my goal." Patty said to everyone. "If that's the case can we have it we're running low on money." I said to Patty. "Sure." Patty said, giving me the chest. I opened it to find a few jewels that could be worth a pretty penny.
"If I remember correctly? It's recovering your memory. Isn't it?" Estelle asked Patty as I closed the chest and put it in my bag. "Aye. And, in order to do that. I need to find me grandfather's treasure: the Maris Stella." Patty said to everyone. "Yeah? And you still haven't recovered your memory yet?" Yuri asked Patty. "Mm. unfortunately no." Patty said to Yuri. "Don't worry I'm sure you'll get them back. It just takes time." I said to patty. "Right my journey's only just beginnin' Patty said to everyone. "That's the spirit." Ava said to Patty.
"She sure recovers quickly." Raven said, looking at Patty. "I like that about her." Judith said to Raven. "Really? I'm like that too. You know?" Raven said to Judith. "Only if we make fun of you first so I don't think it counts." Ava said to Raven, making everyone laugh a little. "Why do you always have to be mean to old Raven, Ava?" Raven said to Ava.
"Hey, if we keep chatting out here, we're gonna keel over!" Rita said, making us remember where we are. "Oh right we have to get moving." I said to everyone. "Patty, why don't you come with us too?" Estelle said to Patty. "Hm? But I need to keep hunting for treasure." Patty said to Estelle.
"Shut up and just come with us, all right!" Rita said to Patty. "Yeah come on Patty. No matter how many times you say goodbye we always met again so just travel with us." I said to Patty. "Ok I'll go with you." Patty said to everyone. "Ok then let's get moving people." Ava said as we started to move again.
After some Karol spoke something. "Hey Oliver what are those?" Karol asked me ponting. I then turned my head to see two big hippo creatures with red eyes, a black noise with two ports on it. They had a patch black on their backs with six ports on it. They had four short legs with large while nails and two black bands on each leg. The only difference was that one had light brown skin and the other had dark grey skin. "Those are Hippowdon their the evolved form of the Hippopotas we saw with Piha and Layla. The light brown one is the male and the dark grey one is the Female." I said to Karol. "Hippowdon?" Estelle said looking them up.
Hippowdon
The Heavyweight Pokemon
Ground
When roused to violence by its rage, it spews out the quantities of sand it has swallowed and whips up a sandstorm.
"Sounds dangerous." Estelle said putting the Pokedex away. "Hey what that on their backs?" Rita asked everyone. Then we notice two people on their backs. "Those are people." I said to everyone. "Let's go!" Yuri said as he ran to the two Hippowdons. "Yuri wait!" Ava said to Yuri but it was too late the two Hippowdons noticed him running at them. "Hippowdon." The Female Hippowdon said as she fired a giant ball of mud at Yuri. Lucky for Your Bisharp and Shuppet pushed him out of the way of the attack.
"Yuri Hippowdon are quick to anger, you can't just run to them. You have to approach them slowly." I said as I slowly approached the Hippowdons. "Hey it's ok. We just want to help. We have water. Please let us help them." I said to the Hippowdons. The two Hippowdons looked at each other and then started to dig into the sand leaving their eyes and backs out of the sand. Allowing us to help the people on their backs revealing a man and a woman.
"A-are you okay?" Karol asked the man. Estelle then cast a healing spell. "Oooo….. It's. it's you." the man said looking at me. "Here drink this." I said giving the man some water. "Do you feel better now?" Estelle asked the man. "Ohh. my wife. Where's my wife." the man asked us. "She's right here." Ava said to the man as she started to give the woman some water. "Thank you." The woman said to Ava.
A few minutes later the man and the woman were drinking more of our water. "*Gulp* I can feel the life coming back into me." the man said as he finished drinking. "Oh, that really hit the spot!" The woman said to us, finishing her drink. "Glad to hear it." I said to them as they got up. "Thank you so much!" The man said to us. "We're alive, thanks to you… you're our saviors!" The woman said to us.
"Please, it's nothing…" Estelle said, hiding her blush. "We'll have time to relax once we get back alive." Yuri said to the man and the woman. "What's the problem? Things'll work themselves out!" Patty said to Yuri. "You're pretty crazy to say that in a situation like this." Rita said to Patty.
"She's right. By the way what with the Hippowdons?" I asked them as the Hipowdons got out of the sand. "There are friends. But when we were forced out here they knocked them out and they were caring us trying to find their way back." The woman said to me. "I'd like to thank you for saving us… but I'm afraid I don't have anything with me that I could give you." The man said to us.
"Oh, please, we don't need anything like that." Yuri said to them. "Yeah we saved your lives because it's the right thing to do not for profit." I said to them. "No, that simply won't do. Please, come to Mantaic so that I can pay you back for what you've done." the man said to us.
"Mantaic?" Rita said to them. "Wait, are you the parents of Alph and Layla?" Judith said to them. "Y-yes, yes, we are." The man said to Judith. "Then I guess these two must be the parents of those Hippopotas with Alph and Layla." I said petting the side of the male Hippowdon. "Hippowdon." The male Hippowdon said nodding his head yes. "Did you see our children back in Mantaic?" The woman asked us. "Yes, we met them there." Estelle said to them. "They were worried about their mom and dad." Karol said to them.
"They were even going to come out into the desert to look for you." Judith said to them. "Oh… This is terrible. We have to go back to them…" The man said to us. "Relax, we convinced them to stay in town. They should be waitting for you back in town." I said to the man.
"Then we should head back…" The man said to us. "Don't be so hasty. Do you think you four can go back by yourselves?" Judith said to them. "Well, we… this is… No. I guess… we can't." the man said to us. "Then just calm down for now." Raven said to them. "Aye, that's right. Just lie down and relax a bit." Patty said as she started to lay on the floor.
"Patty, I think that's taking it a little too far…" Estelle said to Patty. "Yeah we can relax back in town." Ava said to Patty as that cry form early making the Pokemon turn and growl at a nearby passage. "A bird… in the desert?" The man said to us. "I don't think it's a bird. That cry seems to agitate the Pokemon." Hugo said to everyone.
"It sounds close…" Karol said to us. "Sounds like it came from just up ahead of where the Pokemon are looking." Raven said to everyone. "So we'll get to meet him… it's about time. I was about to shrivel up in the heat." Yuri said to us. "I'm not sure we should do this, somethings wrong with that cry." I said to everyone.
"Come on if that's Phaeroh we have to go." Estelle said to me. I then thought for a minute. "Ok, but let's keep our guards up." I said as we started to move again. "You two come, too." Estelle asked the man and the woman and their Pokemon. "Y-yes…" The man said to us. "Make sure to keep a safe distance. You'll want to be out of the way in case a fight breaks out." Yuri said to the man and women and the Pokemon. "Y-yes, okay." The woman said as we all started to walk to the passage.
Soon we walked into the passage. "Something isn't right… be on your guard." Judith said as the Pokemon started to growl more and looked around. Then we heard the cry again. "That's not Phaeroh…" Estelle said to us. "Yeah… There's something different about that voice." Yuri said to us. "I told you. But did any of you listen no" I said to Estelle and Yuri. "H-hey!" Karol said as some kind of black energy gathered in front of us.
Soon some kind of blue spirit thing with a tail, two fin-like wings and some kind of stick lines appeared in front of us. "What the?! It's disgusting!" Rita said to Everyone as some of the Pokemon started to bark and growl at the thing. "I don't know, but the Pokemon don't like it." I said looking at all the Pokemon. "Using a decoy to sneak up on us… what a cowardly monster!" Patty said to us. "I've never seen a monster like that." Karol said, backing away.
"That's not a monster." Judith said to us. "If it's not a monster, what the hell is it?!" Raven asked us. "Talk later, fight now." Hugo said to us. "Let's get out of here!" Karol said to us. "It's coming this way!" Estelle said to us. "Damn. look like we have no choice. Out of the way. You two! Hippowdons protect them!" Yuri said as we all drew our weapons. "Everyone scattered." I said as the monster charged at us.
"Skiddo uses Vine Whip and help Mawile use Ice Fang." Karol said to Skiddo and Mawile as Karol tried to swing his hammer at the thing distracting it. "Skiddo." Skiddo said he wrapped his vines around Mawile and helped her into the air. "Mawile." Mawile said as she landed on the back of the thing and used her ponytail to bite into one of the thing's wings.
The thing roared as it shucked Mawile off but Vibrava was able to catch her. "Noviern uses Boomburst." Hugo said to Noviern. "Noivern." Noivern said to Hugo. "EVERYONE COVER YOUR EARS!" Hugo yelled as Noivern got ready to strike. Soon we all dropped our weapons and covered our ears.
"NOIVERN!" Noivern roared as he fired a giant sound pulse at the thing. The attack kicked up a lot of the sand. But even though it was a strong attack it didn't do much damage. "Great, I guess thing are tougher than it look." I said as we picked our weapons. Then the thing charged at us. Hugo then jumped up and striked the back of the thing. This made the thing stop and try to shake off Hugo. "Bisharp uses Metal Claw, and Shuppet uses Knock off." Yuri said as he, his Pokemon, and Repede charged at the things belly. "Bisharp/ Shuppet." the Pokemon said as they all striked the belly of the thing.
The thing roared and swung its tail forcing Yuri, Bisharp, and Shuppet back, and then threw off Hugo. "You guys ok. Audino uses Heal Pulse. Togetic use Air cutter. First Aid." Estelle said to Audino and Togetic as she and Audino started to heal Hugo, Yuri, Bisharp and Shuppet. While they were healing them Togetic was firing blades of wind from her wings distracting the thing. Then the thing fired an orb out of its mouth. Soon the day became to the night
"What the?" Karol said looking at the sky. "This thing can turn day into night?" I said looking at the sky. "It's probably an illusion. Duosion uses Shadow Ball and Metang uses Bullet Punch." Rita said she started to cast an earth spell. "Duosion." Dousion said as she started to gather shadow in front of Duosion and Metang charged at the thing. "Metang." Metang said as it slammed it's arm into the things head forcing it down into the ground. Then Rita finished her spell and fired a bunch of rocks from the ground forcing it back up into the air. Then Duosion fired her Shadow Ball forcing it back.
But the thing just got back up. "What's with this thing?" I said to everyone. "I don't know no matter how many times we hit it. It won't stay down." Raven said to me. "Just keep attacking. Vibrava uses Dragon Breath." Judith said as she charged at the monster. "Vibrava." Vibrava said as he fired a burst of energy at the thing. But the thing dodged Vibrava's Dragon breath and knocked Judith back with its tail.
"Sableye uses Fury Swipe. Drilbur uses Metal Claw." Raven said as he tried to shoot some arrows. "Sableye / Drilbur." They said as they started to attack. But then the thing spit out that orb again. "EVERYONE CLOSE YOUR EYES!" I yelled as me, Ava, Hugo and our Pokemon, and Shuppet, closed our eyes.
I couldn't see it, but I know it turned night into day. "AAH! MY EYES." Karol yelled. We then Opened our eyes to everyone holding their hands over their eyes. "I told you to close your eyes. Wait where'd it go?" I said to everyone as I noticed the thing was missing. Then I heard it's cry and turned to see it was right behind me about to strike. "Pyroar." Pyroar said pushing me out of the way and taking the hit.
"Pyroar! Houndoom uses Dark Pulse." Ava said as she started to fire some arrows at the thing. "Houndoom." Houndoom said as she fired a pulse of dark rings at the thing. "You big meanie. Cramerant uses Drill Peck. and Slowpoke use Water Gun." Patty said as she started to shoot the thing with her gun. "Cramerant." Carmerant said as he charged at the thing. "Slowpoke." Slowpoke said, firing a stream of water from her mouth. But the thing just started to fly around dodging the attacks
As Ava and Patty distracted the thing I ran to Pyroar. "Pyroar are you okay?" I asked Pyroar as I helped her up. "Pyroar." Pyroar said as she got up. Then she turned to the monster. "Pyroar." Pyroar said as she focused on the thing. Soon her main started to glow and light started to gather.
"Pyroar?" I said as I backed away. "PYROAR!" Pyroar roared as she fired a beam of light at the thing. The beam of light went right into its chest forcing the thing into a side of the passage. "What was that?" Karol asked me as everyone rubbed their eyes. "That was Solat Beam. She must have just learned that. And with this intense sunlight it was even stronger." Hugo said to Karol.
"Pyroar I'm so proud of you." I said as I hugged Pyroar. "Nice work Pyroar." Yuri said to Pyroar. Then the thing got up and charged at Yuri. "Shuppet." Shuppet said as he intercepted the thing. "Shuppet!" Yuri said as the thing slammed into Shuppet sending him flying. Shuppet then landed on the ground dealing a lot of damage. "Shup shup SHUPPET!" Shupppt weekly said before yelling.
Then Shuppet started to glow. "It can't be? I said as Shuppet started to grow a body, with two long arms with three claws on each arm. Small legs, a yellow tail with spikes on the end. And his head had three spikes on it with a long ponytail looking thing, red eyes and a mouth zipped by a yellow zipper.
"Banette." Shuppet said showing off his new form. "What just happened?" Raven asked me. "Shuppet evolved, he's Banette now." I said as Estelle pulled out the Pokedex. "Banette?" Estelle said looking him up.
Banette
The Marionette Pokemon
Ghost
Resentment at being cast off made it spring into being. Some say that treating it well will satisfy it, and it will once more become a stuffed toy.
Then the thing shot out its orb again. "Banette." Banette said as he fired two shadow chains from his hands. The chains wrapped around the orb soon went black. "And he learned Embargo." I said to everyone. "Embargo?" Karol asked me. "It's a move that prevents the target from using Items. Meaning that thing can't use it's orb anymore." I said to Karol.
"And with this sunlight you think what I'm thinking?" Ava asked me. "You know it." I said as Ava. "Pyroar / Houndoom use Solar Beam!" Me and Ava said at the same time. "PYROAR / HOUNDOOM." They roared as they gathered light and fired two beams of light at the thing. The beams went right through the thing. Soon the thing let out a cry and it was gone.
"It vanished…?" Yuri said to us. "I don't blame it... I would run two... if I got my but handed... to me like that…" I said to Yuri. "And we owe… it all... to Pyraor… Houndoom… and Bantte..." Ava said to everyone. Then me and Estelle notice a father land in front of Estelle. "What this...?" Estelle said as she sat to pick it up, but she didn't get up. "Aah… I can't go on…" Karol said as he, Rita, Skiddo, Mawile, Metang,, and Duosion passed out.
"Rita… Karol… Skid…" Estelle said as she, Togetic, and Audino passed out. "A more simmering, dizzying heat... than grilling mollusks..." Patty said as she and Judith and their Pokemon passed out. "I'm afraid even I can't take anymore…" Raven said as everyone else but me, Ava, and Yuri passed.
"What's... going... on..." Ava said as she passed out. I used the last of my strength to catch her. "What's… wrong with… us… we were fine… a few minutes… ago...?" I said as I dropped to my knees. "I don't... know… this isn't good…" Yuri said as we fell to the ground still conscious. "...What? A… town…?" Yuri said as I used what little strength I had to turn my head to see a town about a mile away from them.
Then Yuri and I notice a shadow. We turned our heads to see the thing from the Weasand of Cados. "... That Dragon from the Weasand of Cados… heh… Go ahead… Hope you choke… on my bones…" Yuri said as he finally passed out. I summoned all the strength I had left and used my body to cover Ava. "If... you… want... her… you'll…. have… to… go... through… me…" I said as I passed out wondering if this where it ends.
Only it wasn't the end. The next thing I know I woke up in a bed next to Yuri, Rita, Karol. With all of our Pokemon laying on the floor next to us. But this bed was different from the one back in the Mantaic. "Ohh." Yuri said as he got up. "Welcome... back Yuri." I said to Yuri, still feeling tired. "We… collapsed in the desert… and this can't be heaven… you're here… Oliver." Yuri said to me. I then punched Yuri's arm. "Very funny... Yuri. If anyone should be... saying that it's me." I said to Yuri as we started to feel like our old selves.
"Where are we?" Yuri asked me. "Don't know I only just woke up." I said to Yuri. "Come on let's go look around." Yuri said to me. "Sure. Pyroar return." I said as I followed Yuri after I returned Pyroar to her Pokeball. We walked outside to see Ava, Judith, Patty, and Estelle watching their Pokemon playing in the water. "Good Morning." Judith said to us as they noticed us. "Don't you want a good mornin' kiss?" Patty said as she charged at me. I then moved out of the way. "Nope." I said to Patty as she crashed into the building.
"Oh. Yuri, Oliver. Are you two feeling better now?" Estelle asked us as we walked to them. "Were fine how long were we out? And where's Houndoom, Raven, Hugo, Repede, Noviern, Stableye, and Drilbur?" I asked as I noticed the rest of the group missing.
"The people here said we were out for a day. Noivern and Houndoom are back in their Pokeballs. And the others are trying to figure out where we are and trying to figure out how we got here." Ava said to me. "Yeah that's a good question I was the last one to pass out, but I didn't see anyone." I said to them. "It seems like someone did come to our aid though." Judith said to me. "Though we're not sure who." Estelle said to me. "I wonder what kind of praiseworthy fellow could cross such a toasty desert and save so many people." Patty asked me as she walked back to the group.
"We need to find whoever it was and thank them." Judith said to us. "And like I said before. If they wanted to be thanked they would stay with us until we woke up. But no, we woke up with just our friends. I'm sure the person who saved us was just doing his job." Ava said to Judith.
"What about the couple and their pokemon who was with us?" Yuri asked the girls. "They appear to have been brought here as well." Estelle said to us. "That's good." I said to Estelle. "So they didn't get a look at our rescuers either?" Yuri asked the girls. "Apparently they lost consciousness like the rest of us. I believe the two of them are having a look around town." Judith said to us.
"Which I find weird. We were tired, but we all should not have passed out like that." Ava said to everyone. "I wonder. Was it just a mirage?" Yuri said, thinking out loud. "What do you mean?" Estelle asked Yuri. "Oh… Just before I blacked out. I saw that dragon that got the aer under control back at Cados." Yuri said to Estelle. "That wasn't a mirage I saw it to." I said to Yuri. "Really." Estelle said to us. "Yeah. didn't you see it Estelle?" Yuri asked Estelle. "No, I didn't see anything." Estelle said to Yuri. "Then that monsters must've saved us, or something." Patty said to us.
"A monster saved us…? I can't believe that." Estelle said, thinking out loud. "Or it put us to sleep and was about to eat us when the persons who really saved us scared it away." Ava said to Estelle and Patty. "Who knows, but at least we're all here and alive." I said to everyone. "So… what's the story? Where exactly are we?" Yuri asked, looking around.
"A kindly gentleman is looking into that very matter for us." Judith said to Yuri. "Kindly gent-? Oh. you mean Hugo." Yuri said to Judith. "Yeap he, Rapede, Raven, Stableye, and Drilbur are asking around town." Ava said to us as Rita, Karol and their pulse Yuri's Pokemon walked outside.
"Well look who decided to join the land of the living." I said to them. "There's no barrier here. This town is weird…" Rita said as she looked up. "I thought the mountains in the east were supposed to be uninhabited." Karol said looking around. "Maybe no one knows about this place. It is a pretty isolated town." I said to Karol, making them turn to us. "Everyone over here." Estelle said to everyone as she pulled out the feather she found in the desert.
"What's that?" Yuri asked Estelle as everyone walked to us. "The monster that attacked us in the desert dropped it." Estelle said to Yuri. "I didn't see any feathers on that thing." Rita said looking at the feather. "There weren't any feathers on that thing and the feather is a different color then that thing." I said getting a good look at the feather. "That's one of Phaeroh's feathers." Judith said to everyone surprising us. "But why would that monster have one of Pharaoh's feathers…?" Estelle asked Judith. "Hmm." Judith said as she started to think.
"Man. there's so much we don't know." Karol said to us. "It probably just picked it up, after all I'm sure Pharaoh sheds every now and again." Ava said to everyone. "Welcome back." Judith said, making me turn around to see Hugo, Rapede, Raven, Stableye, and Drilbur walking to us. And just why was it up ta me ta go trompin' off on a recon mission." Raven asked Ava.
"Because I can't leave you alone with any woman." Ava said to Raven. "Oh come in I'm not that bad." Raven said to Ava. "I had to drag you away from every girl in this town." Hugo said to Raven. "I believe my point has been made." Ava said to Raven. "I think I'm gonna gag." Rita said to herself.
"Do that later. Hugo did you figure out where we are." I asked Hugo. "What about me." Raven asked me. "I doubt you got any good info." I said to Raven. "Well guess what I did find some good info. It seems we're in Yormgen you know. That town from the diary on the ghost ship." Raven said to us, surprising us.
"Wait, this is Yormgen?" Estelle asked Raven. "Hugo please tell me that he's pulling our leg?" I asked Hugo. "Sorry, but he's telling the truth. This town is Yormgen." Hugo said to me. "The town that needed the clear ciel crystal to protect itself from monsters?" Karol asked Raven.
"It makes sense. They don't have a barrier here." Rita said to everyone. "That must be why they were searching for a way to drive away the monsters." Patty said to everyone. "But that was 1,000 years ago." Raven said to everyone. "Yeah and by what the captain wrote down. It sounded like Yormgen was on the verge of destruction. So there's no way that this place can exist." I said to everyone. "You're right." Karol said to me. "Aye." Patty said to me. "But somehow we're here. So what should we do?" Ava asked everyone.
"What if we were to show this case to one of the locals, and ask them?" Judith said to everyone. "That sounds like a plan." Hugo said to Judith. "Yes. we might learn something about Phaeroh that way as well." Estelle said to everyone. "I agree." Yuri said to everyone as we nodded in agreement. Soon we started to walk around town trying to find someone who knows about the box. To help our search I pulled it out of my bag and was carrying it.
Soon we found a woman with black hair rolled into two buns on the back of her head. She was staring at the water. But then she turned her head to us and noticed the box in my hands. "That box…" The woman said to us. "Do you know something about this box?!" Estelle asked the woman. "Longchi had it where did you get it?" The woman asked us. "On a ship called the Atherum. My lovely lady. Have you heard of it?" Raven said to the Woman trying to charm the woman.
"Of course…! You know about the Atherum too?" The woman asked us. "Y-yes. We happened to come across it on the ocean." Raven said to the woman. "Did you see Longchi?" The woman asked us. "And Longchi would be…?" Raven asked the woman. "Oh, Longchi is my love… I'm sorry to suddenly get so personal." The woman said to us.
"Your love… Damn it…" Raven said before he got pushed away by Ava. "Just shut up old man." Ava said to Raven. "Sorry this box was the only thing left on the ship. We didn't see anyone else on the ship. But we found Longchi's logs. He really wanted to give this to someone named Yuefan." I said to the woman. "That's my name. I'm Yuefan." The woman said to us.
"Ok this is getting weird." Ava whispered to the group. "Perhaps she's a descendant with the same name?" Patty whispered to the group. "I don't know, but maybe she knows what the clear ciel crystal is?" I whispered to the group. "Hey do you know about the clear ciel crystal?" Yuri asked Yuefan. "They say it has the power to drive back monsters." Rita said to Yuefan. "At least that's what it said in Longchi's logs." Ava said to Yuefan. "The sage said it was necessary to make a barrier around the town. I-is that what's in the box?" Yuefan asked us.
"According to Longhi's logs it should be in here but it's looked so we don't know." I said placing the box on a table nearby. "I-i see." Yuefan said as she pulled out a key. "Hey… is that the key? Rita asked Yuefan while looking at the key. "Smart move Longchi. Place it in a box that can't be broken and give the only key to the person that needs it." Ava said, cracking a smile. "May I open it?" Yuefan asked me. "You don't have to ask, Longchi wanted you to have this." I said to Yuefan. Soon she opened the box and pulled out a clear crystal with some kind of light in the middle.
"Wow… is this the clear ciel crystal?" Karol asked as Yuefan gave me the crystal. "Well it's clear and it looks like a crystal, so I'm goin with yes." I said looking at the crystal. "It's so sparkly and glittery. A treasure even more beautiful than sea sparkles blooming on the surface of the ocean." Patty said looking at the crystal. "What's this?" Yuefan said, pulling out a crystal with a yellow and dark grey core and light grey crystal around it. "It can't be!" I said, pushing the clear ciel crystal into Estelle's chest and yanking the crystal out of Yuefan hands.
"There's no way it can't be." I said looking at the crystal before Ava ripped it out of my hands. "It shouldn't be here?" Ava said looking at the crystal before Hugo ripped it out of Ava's hands. "But it is." Hugo said looking at it. "Will three please tell us what's wrong with that crystal?" Rita asked us. "Oh right this is Banettite." Hugo said to Rita. "Banettite?" Rita said to us looking confused. "It sounds like it's connected to Banette." Estelle said to us.
"It is. This is Banette's Mega stone with this and a Key stone. He can Mega Evolve like Manectric, Blastoise, Houndoom, and Gallade, but you haven't seen his Mega form yet." Hugo said to everyone. "WHAT!" Everyone yelled. "Yep and now it makes sense. Banette must have sensed this back on the Atherum. That's why he wanted that box so badly, he knew his Mega stone was in it." I said to everyone.
"Cool, but I don't have a Key stone." Yuri said to Me. "I got you. You see before I got sent here I was working to become a Mega Evolution Master and my master gave me a mission to kind Key stones. He said it was part of my training. So I have a few extra key stones." Hugo said, pulling out a key stone. "Cool, can I have it?" Yuri asked Hugo. "Later I got to make you and Banette something to hold the stones." Hugo said to Yuri, putting the Banettite and the Key stone in his bag.
"Anyway who's that sage you were talking about earlier?" Raven asked Yuefan. getting us back on the topic of the clear ceil crystal. "The sage is a great Krityan who came to our town from across the desert." Yuefan said to us. "A Krityan…?" Karol said as we looked at Judith. "Well, creating a barrier is basically creating a blastia." Rita said to Yuefan.
"Blass...tee...uh? Uhh…" Yuefan said not knowing what a blastia is. "But we can't make blastia with current technology, right?" Karol asked Rita. "There are people who do. You saw the blastia at Ehmead Hill and Caer Bocram. But I don't think that sage guy is the one who made those blastia with messed up formulas." Rita said, completely confusing Yuefan.
"I'm… I'm sorry. I don't really understand..." Yuefan said to us. "It's fine Yuefan hey can you tell us more about this sage." Ava said to Yuefan. "The sage said that the clear ciel crystal was needed to create the barrier and not much else. Then Longchi set out to look for it… It's been three years since he left." Yuefan said as she turned away from us. "Three years, huh. You must be worried." Yuri said to Yuefan.
"Wait this sounds weird." Karol whispered to the group. "Yeah, the stories don't match up." Estelle whispered to the group. "You think she could've miscounted by a thousand years?" I whispered to the group. "How old is she, anyway?" Rita whispered to the group. "The same thing could've happened three years ago or a thousand years ago. Probably." Patty whispered to the group. "They say that History repeats itself, but who really knows?" Raven whispered to the group.
"Actually I theory about that." I whispered to the group. "What's your theory." Estelle whispered to me. "We're in the past." I said surprising everyone. "What there's no way where in the past." Rita whispered to me. "Think about it Rita. we are in an area that is supposed to be uninhabited. Yuefan said the Atherum has been missing for three years, but Longchi's log book proves that the Atherum has been at sea for over 1,000 years. Yuefan doesn't know what blastia is. And Longchi's log book said that monsters have plagued this town for a long time. And I'm from another world so is it really that crazy to say we timed travel?" I whispered to everyone.
"He's got a point, there's something off about this town." Ava whispered to everyone. "I say we see if this sage can help us figure out what's going on around here." Hugo whispered to everyone. "Is that sage in this town? Where does he live?" Judith asked Yuefan.
"Oh yes. He lives in the house farthest into the town." Yuefan said to us. "Thanks Yuefan. Ok everyone let's go see the sage." I said to everyone. "Ummm… If you're going there could you take the clear ciel crystal to the sage for me?" Yuefan asked us. "Yes, of course." Estelle said to Yuefan. "Thank you very much." Yuefan said to us. "Okay, let's go." Karol said as we started to walk.
We walked around for some time until we found a big house far from the town. We knocked and no one answered so we walked in. and as we walked in we saw Duke and Absol staining in the dining room. "Excuse me." Yuri said without noticing that it was Duke. "Huh…? Hey, that's…!" Karol said to everyone. "You're..." Rita said to Duke "Duke and Absol surprise to see two here." I said to Duke and Absol. "You know these two?" Ava asked me. "Yeah we met in Keiv Moc. A couple of odd ones though." I said to Ava.
"You… how have you come to this place?" Duke asked us. "What do you mean, how we walked, as in across the desert." Yuri said to Duke. "More accurately. We walked into the desert, passed out, and woke up here." I said to Duke. "...I see… And yet, how did you…? Duke said to himself. "I'm starting to get what you meant by an odd one." Ava said to me. "No matter… for what reason have you come?" Duke asked us. "We're a little curious about this." Yuri said taking the clear ciel crystal from Estelle and walked to Duke showing him the clear ciel crystal.
"This must have cost you dearly to obtain." Duke said looking at the clear ciel crystal. "Actually… it just sort of landed in our lap." Yuri said to Duke. "If by "landed in our lap" you mean us crashed into a ship and fought a ghost monster. Then yes it landed in our lap." I said to Yuri. "Hm… that was quite a miracle." Duke said, still looking at the clear ciel crystal. "You're planning on making a barrier blastia, aren't you? You're free to go pretending you're a sage, but forget about making any blastia. Who'd even consider building a barrier blastia with something that's so obviously not a core?" Rita said to Duke, crossing her arms.
"Rita be nice. The Sage asked for this. That means that this thing is important." Hugo said to Rita. "He's right. This is a solid mass of aer, it simply lacks an inscribed formula." Duke said to Rita. "Lacks an inscribed formula...?! What do you mean?!" Rita asked Duke. "They are most commonly known as apatheia, of which the clear ciel crystal is one example." Duke said to us. And it may have been my eyes playing a trick on me, but I could have sworn I saw Hugo clenched his fist at the word apatheria.
"So this is an Apatheia…?!" Raven said looking at the clear ciel crystal. "That the treasure you've been looking for, old man?" Patty asked Raven. "I guess The Don didn't send you on a wild goose chase." Ava said to Raven. "Also. I am not the sage." Duke said to us. "Huh…?" Rita said to Duke as he took the clear ciel crystal out of Yuri's hands and placed it on the floor. "No such being exists any longer." Duke said as he stood up. "What are you talking about?" Ava asked Duke. "Yeah while you at, it. We'll need to get that back from you." Yuri said to Duke pointing to the clear ciel crystal.
"Neither I nor humanity have a need for such a thing." Duke said to them. "Don't talk like you know what's best for humanity. I heard words like that before and the guy who said those words tried to kill everyone." Hugo said to Duke. "I'm surprised you would say that." Duke said to Hugo as he raised his sword.
"Whoa, what're you doin'?! Hold on a sec!" Raven said running to Duke, but was stopped by Hugo. "Why are you stopping me?" Raven asked Hugo. "While I don't trust him. He is right. That thing is too dangerous." Hugo said to Raven as energy wrapped around Duke. When the energy stopped the clear ciel crystal was gone.
"It's the same phenomenon we saw at Keiv Moc!" Rita said looking at Duke. "Aww, man. Just when I'd found one." Raven said, placing his right hand above his eyes. "Looks like you're going to have to look for another one Raven." Ava said to Raven. "The apatheia bring only chais to humanity, they are better off returned to aer." Duke said to everyone.
"While I don't approve of your opinions on humanity. He is right about the apatheia." Hugo said to us. "And how do you know that?" I asked Hugo. "I just do trust me. Returning that thing to the aer is the best thing we can do with that." Hugo said to me.
"Returned to the aer…? Is that really all you did just now…?" Rita asked Duke. "That's still no reason to go smashing other people's things." Yuri said to Duke. "What kind of a person treats treasurer so poorly?" Patty said, crossing her arms and closing her eyes. "Someone who knows what that treasurer can do." I said to Patty.
"Wasn't the clear ciel crystal- the apatheia- needed to save this town from the monsters?" Estelle asked Duke. "This town has no use for a barrier and no need to be saved. This place has been granted everlasting calm." Duke said to us. "Everlasting calm. Can you please make sense Duke." Ava asked Duke.
"Come to mention it, it is pretty quiet here." Yuri said to us. "Yeah for a town plagued by monsters it is quiet." I said to Yuri. "But there's still monsters here. After all Phaeroh is nearby." Estelle said to me. "How do you know of Phaeroh?" Duke asked us.
"Oh we learned his name as he tried to kill us, but was stopped by the master of destruction Yveltal. But I gotta ask how do you know that name?" I said to Duke. "Yeah, how do you know about him?" Yuri asked Duke. Duke didn't say anything. "Please. Tell us what you know. Phaeroh referred to me as a "poison." and Ava and Oliver as "End Bringer" what does he mean?" Estelle asked Duke. and I think I saw a hit of surprise in his face.
"I see." Duke said to himself. "You know something, don't you?" Estelle asked Duke. "Please tell us Duke." I asked Duke. "There is a being in this world who possesses a power the Entelexeia despise. And those that can open the gates that can end the world. "You mean… us?" Estelle said to Duke. "These beings are known as the Child of the Full Moon and the Bonded." Duke said to them. "Child of the Full Moon. Like in the legend…" Estelle said to Duke. "And by Enterlexia. You mean Phaeroh?" Estelle asked Duke. "And what do you mean by Bonded?" I asked Duke.
"That is correct and I'll let you figure it out." Duke said to us. "But what would these Entelexeia have against me… against the Child of the Full Moon? what is this power the child of the Full Moon possesses that they despise?" Estelle asked. "And what end can we possibly bring?" I asked Estelle. "That answer lies only within the heart of the Entelexia themselves." Duke said to us. "Which means I've got no choice, but to find Phaeroh and ask him myself." Estelle said to Duke. "Yeah if you wont give us an answer then we have to find them. And right now the only other one who can help us find them is Phaeroh." I said to Duke.
"Do not be foolish. Meeting Phaeroh would end only in the death of the Child of the Full Moon and the Bonded." Duke said to us. "But…!" Estelle said to Duke but was interrupted by Rita. "Estelle, give it a rest." Rita said to Estelle. "Yeah ovestly Duke doesn't want to tell us anything." Hugo said to Estelle. "Hey, Regaey...er. Yeager from Ruins' Gate talked about the Entelexeia earlier, didn't he?" Karol asked me. "Somethin' about them bein' the ancient race that built Nordopolica." Raven said to everyone.
"Correct." Hugo said to Raven. "So Phaeroh built Nordopolica? That doesn't seem possible." Rita said to everyone. "It would be if you opened our mind a little Rita." Hugo said to Rita. "Take your leave. There is nothing more for you here." Duke said to us. "Wait! there 's something I want to ask you, too! What were you doing at the aer krene? Just who are you?! what is that sword of yours?!" Rita said to Duke. "Those matters exceed your comprehension. Do not ask of them again. Go I have nothing more to say." Duke said to us, making Rita mad.
"Where do you get off?!" Rita said running to Duke. but was stopped when Absol jumped on her and started to growl. "ABSOL!" Absol growled at Rita. "Duosion / Metang." Rita's Pokemon said to Absol. "Absol." Absol said, firing a Dark Pulse at Rita's Pokemon. Soon the Dark Pulse hit Duosion and Metang forcing them both into the ceiling and then they crashed to the floor both with swirls in their eyes. This made everyone on edge.
"Ok everyone let's calm down. Absol can you let Rita go. We will leave once you let her go." I said to Absol. "What no I-." Rita said before I covered her mouth. Absol looked at me for a few moments before getting off Rita. "Thank you." I said to Absol as I dragged Rita outside. With Ava and Hugo dragging Duosion and Metang outside with everyone following us. But Judith didn't move. "Judith, come on." Hugo said to Judith. Judith then followed us.
"Duke and Absol may have been the one that saved us in the desert." Estelle said to us as we all got outside. "Hmmm, maybe." Yuri said to Estelle. "I'm going to go and thank him." Estelle said, trying to go in, but I grabbed her arm. "Estelle I doubt Absol is in the mood to see us. You walk in there. I'm sure the only thing you're going to see, is the wrong end of a Dark Pulse." I said to Estelle. "Also, he doesn't seem the type to do something like that." Yuri said to Estelle. "You don't think so?" Estelle asked Yuri. "I'm with Yuri. I get the feeling that Duke would walk away and let us die." Hugo said to Estelle.
"You said that the Child of the Full Moon he mentioned was the friend of the Red Eon that became Brave Vesperia, right?" Yuri asked Estelle. "Yeah. Goddess who bathes this world in her golden light, you are named Child of the Full Moon. And your friend Red Eon now called Brave Vesperia, watches over us from the skies. You remain bound to each other and you two will protect the world with your unbreakable bond." Estelle said to us.
"Is there, like, a hidden meaning in there?" Raven asked Estelle. "I'm not sure, but maybe it's more than just an old legend." Estelle said to us. "You two will protect the world with your unbreakable bond. Huh?" Yuri said to us. "Could "protecting the world" have anything to do with ruling over this world?" Rita asked us. "You mean, like becoming the emperor? If Estelle is the Child of the Full Moon, that would add up." Karol said to Rita. "Which means all the previous emperors would've been on Phaeroh's hit list." Raven said to us.
"I don't think so. A lot of these old stories that Estelle and Ioder told us are always about a bond one way or another? I feel like we're missing something?" Ava said to everyone. "I agree with Ava. Where missing something and until we find it, we're never going to learn anything." I said to everyone. "Also I never heard of anything like Phaeroh attacking the past emperors." Estelle said to everyone. "Then what are we missing?" Ava said, crossing her arms. "This all sounds pretty complicated…" Patty said to everyone.
"Yeah. I suppose It might be a bit too complicated for you, Patty." Raven said to Patty. "It's too complicated for you too. Old man!" Patty said to Raven. "Rita can explain it to you later." Judith said to Raven and Patty. "M-me…?" Rita said to Judith. "Shouldn't we be thinking more about what to do next?" Judith said ignoring Rita. "I'm gonna stay here. There are things I've got to investigate." Rita said to everyone. "Investigate?" Estelle asked Rita.
"Clear ciel crystals, apatheia… all kinds of things. Honestly, I have a few bones to pick with Mr. Warm-and-Fuzzy over there. If you're all going back, we'll have to say our goodbyes here." Rita said to us. "But!" Estelle said to Rita.
"There's no point in staying Rita. Your temper has only proven Duke's view: that humans can't be trusted. Talking to him will get you nowhere and by the look of it. Duke's Absol is strong so I doubt you will be able to intimidate him to talk. And the Sage wasn't here, so you can't learn from him weather. Plus the new moon is in a couple of days. If you want to talk to Belius. We have to go tomorrow." Hugo said to Rita.
"Plus if you stay then you gotta walk back to Mantaic alone with your Pokemon. All alone in the hot desert wandering around blinded by the light form Metang body slowly dying from the heat." Ava said as she pretended to die. "Have fun with that." Ava said getting up and pating Rita's shoulder. "Ugh… that's right… I can't go anywhere without crossing that desert." Rita said to Everyone. "And Hugo is right. If we want to meet Belius we have to leave tomorrow. We can't afford to wait for you to figure things out." I said to Rita.
"But I must say. I'm pretty interested in apatheia myself." Raven said to everyone. "Then I'm sure Hugo can tell you more." I said to Raven while looking at Hugo. "I can't tell you anything." Hugo said to them. "But you can't tell us anything if Belius told you corect?" I asked Hugo. Hugo then cracked a smile. "So then we'll ask Belius about it then. For now let's just get ready to walk through the desert again and get some sleep." I said to everyone. "Aya, if we're going back into the desert, we need to be prepared and well rested. We don't want to keel over again." Patty said to everyone.
"That's true." Yuri said to everyone. "Ok then let's go back to town, get our supplies and then rest at the inn. We'll leave first thing in the morning." I said to everyone. "I met you all there. I have some work to do." Hugo said, leaving us. "Ok let's go everyone." I said as we started to walk into town. We gathered everything we needed and told the parents that we were leaving in the morning.
I didn't see Hugo the rest of the day. Later that night I saw Hugo walk into our room at the inn and went to bed not even a good night. Something is wrong with him and he can't tell me and that is what I'm worried about. Hugo and I never hide secrets from each other. I hope that after we meet Belius that he will finally tell me what's wrong.
Next morning we were all gathered around the entrance for the town, waiting for Hugo, who was still asleep. After some time passed Hugo finally joined us. "Sorry to keep you waiting. I was up late last night working on something." Hugo said to everyone. "And what were you working on?" Yuri asked Hugo. "I was working on these?" Hugo said, pulling out a back glove with a key stone and a black armband with a smaller version of the Banettite in it from his bag.
"Our those?" Yuri asked Hugo. "Your Key stone and Banette's Mega stone yes." Hugo said, giving the glove to Yuri and helping put the armband on Banette's right arm. "Cool, I can't wait to Mega Evolve." Yuri said, putting on the glove on his right hand.
"Wait. Mega Evolution is not something you can just turn on. It's forged by a strong bond and you and Banette only became friends less than a week ago. Doing it now could be dangerous." Hugo said to Yuri. "What do you mean?" Yuri asked Hugo. "Right now one of four things could happen. One, nothing. Two, a slim chance you and Banette can handle Banette's Mega form. Three, the energy of Mega evolving over loads Banette and he passes out for a few days. Or four, he goes on a rampage and attacks us all." Hugo said to Yuri.
"Wait? WHAT?" Estelle said to Hugo. "Yeah Mega Evolution isn't for everyone. It takes real trust and understanding from both Trainer and Pokemon." Hugo said to Estelle. "What do you mean Hugo?" Karol asked Hugo. "You see the four things I said are based on how strong Yuri and Banette's bond is. Depending on how much they trust and understand each other. The result may vary. For all we know Banette will be fine for a few minutes before passing out. Or it might suddenly turn off. Who knows?" Hugo said to Karol raising his shoulders.
"So wait to use it?" Yuri said to Hugo. "Yep, but don't worry I'm sure you guys can handle it just to spend more time together, that's all." Hugo said to Yuri. "Ok so what's the plan when we get back to Mantaic." Karol asked everyone. "I'm heading for the aer krene in the Weasand of Cados. But I am curious about the Entelexia, too." Rita said to everyone. "I have the honored task of Delivering this letter here ta Belius." Raven said to everyone.
"And I will go with you." Hugo said to Raven. "I'd like to meet Belius once myself. I mean, Seriously! The Duce! I want to see just what kind of person the leader of the only guild to rival Altosk really is." Karol said to Hugo. "Trust me Karol, she's going to blow your mind." Hugo said to Karol. "I'd like to go two. I want some answers and I'm hoping Belius has them." I said to Hugo. "Belius…?" Patty asked them. "Yeah, Belius is the Duce of Palestralle, which governs Nordopolica. She's the most important person there!" Karol said to Patty.
"You're friends with someone that amazing, Karol?" Patty said to Karol. "Huh? Friends? Well, uh..." Karol said, rubbing the back of his head. "He's not, I am." Hugo said to Patty, making Karol stop rubbing the back of his head. "You can't just let me have a moment can you?" Karol asked Hugo. "You can have it when you earn it." Hugo said to Karol.
"It's Nordopolica for me too. I'm gonna see what Flynn has to say about those knights in Mantaic. That's assuming he's still in Nordopolica, of course." Yuri said to everyone. "I… I want to know why the Entelexia hate the Child of the Full Moon and what are the Bonded? Which means I have to meet Phaeroh..." Estelle said to everyone. "But there's got to be another way that doesn't involve Phaeroh." Rita said to Estelle. "I'm with Rita. If Phaeroh is an Entelexia, and if they do hate you. What's stopping him from killing you the second he sees you." Ava said to Estelle.
"Right… Besides, walking around in the desert just looking for him wouldn't be easy." Yuri said to Estelle. "Why don't we all head for Nordopolica. Then? You're only looking to find out the reason you were… attacked by the Entelexia, correct?" Judith said to Estelle. "Y-yes…" Estelle said to Judith. "I imagine Belius could tell you if you met with her." Judith said to Estelle. "Yes Belius knows a few things about the Entelexia, she can tell you why." Hugo said to Estelle.
"How, because of the connection between the Entelexeia and the coliseum?" Rita asked Judith and Hugo. "I do remember Yeager mumblin' somethin' about the Entelexeia of Nordopolica." Raven said to Rita. "If we can believe anything he told us." Yuri said to everyone. "Well he was telling the truth. Nordopolica does have a connection to the Entelexeia." Hugo said to everyone.
"Well, we'll pass through the Weasand of Cados on the way to see Belius. Good enough?" Raven asked everyone. "Sounds like a plan to me." I said to Raven. "True enough, All right, then. Nordopolica it is." Yuri said to everyone. "Right. First let's get back to Mantaic." Karol said to everyone. "What about Patty…?" Yuri asked everyone. "If I remember correctly, there were some people in Nordopolica who didn't think too highly of Patty." Estelle said to everyone.
"I'll be fine as long as I don't run into any of them. As soon as I'm out on the open sea. Everything will be okay." Patty said to Estelle. "Ok but if anyone is giving you a hard time just tell me. And I'll make sure to deal with them." Hugo said to Patty. "Then… will you come with us?" Yuri asked Patty.
"Aye, that I will." Patty said to us. "About time you officially joined the team Patty. Welcome aboard." I said to Patty. "All right people, let's move it. I want to be in Mantaic before it gets dark." Ava said as everyone but me, Yuri, Estelle, and Repede started to walk. "Hugo said the new moon was only a couple days away right." Estelle said to us looking at the fading moon in the morning sky.
"Yeah, we'll have to get a move on if we're going to see her. I'll kick myself if we miss the new moon and have to wait another month." Yuri said to us. "Don't worry. As long as we get to Mantaic before it gets dark. We should have plenty of time to deal with whatever problem we run into and make it in time to see Belius." I said to Yuri and Estelle. "Don't you me if we run into a problem?" Estelle asked me. "Come on Estelle you know our luck. It's not a question of if. It's a question of when. No matter where we go somehow we always get roped into trouble. I'm sure Yuri is cursed." I said making Estelle laugh a little.
"Remind me why we're friends?" Yuri asked us. "Because you love us and I'm the only person in the world who will follow you wherever you do something crazy." I said to Yuri. "Oh yeah." Yuri said to me.
"Come on let's go it's going to be a long walk, but I'm sure we can handle it. After what can the world throw at us that we can't handle." I said to Yuri and Estelle as I started to walk. "I'm sure I can think of a few." Estelle said while following me. "And like you said knowing our luck will stumble on it sooner or later." Yuri said as he started to follow me. "If we do find it, we'll just throw Raven at it and run away while it's betting him." I said to Yuri and Estelle. "I heard that." Raven said, making me, Yuri, and Estelle laugh as we marched back into the hot desert. This is going to be a long walk.
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