Hello everyone, I'm sorry for the wait, things have been busy and rough. I'm happy to hear season 7 will be coming sooner than I thought it would, and can't wait to see how the story ends.
Now as you know by now, the winner of the vote for the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves crossover is Fire Emblem Awakening of Galarain Trainers, and it will be a while before that crossover is out, the reason is that it takes place after the the story is over, so I have to finish it first.
But here's a small summary of it, that doesn't hopefully spoil too much. Thieves and their Pokemon have stolen a dangerous relic, and the cloak figure sends a team made from the Children of the Shepherds to catch the thieves and retrieve the relic for him before something far worse than a Red Wizard can get its hands on it.
Now for a lot of questions a few people asked me.
First Jimfires97, I plan to have Mizo explain to Karim that he doesn't care about the Sunfire Elves, that he only cares about his rich life, and remind him that not everyone views the past with joy or is the world the same as today as it was during what he thinks of the glory days.
Before I answer questions for MophIIIdragonX and Gue469X I need to explain the sequel story a little. The sequel is another franchise not a world I made, and has a little fantasy in it but it takes place in a modern day Earth, it's not as magical as things like in Dragon Prince. The reason is, like how the two OC from the Pokemon world have the powers of Kyurem, Reshiram, and Zekrom, the star OC of the sequel has the powers of Arceus(And before you ask, no, this OC isn't related to any of the characters from Xadia or Kumandra, and I thought about him a lot, and I mean a lot, so please don't send ideas about him), and I picked this other franchise for his development as the Herald of Arceus, the Dragon Prince kids, and kids from most of my other stories, will come to his world by accident, and will teach the Herald of Arceus many things. And I'm going to leave it at that for now.
Now for all of MophIIIdragonX questions. 1, I don't know if they'll learn about his story, but they will be sorry for him, but they will still stand against him, because what happened to him doesn't justify what he's done, for how is anything he's doing for love, he's just a sad man taking out his pain on the whole world. 2, if you mean Dragon Sisu, then I think they would be very good friends, if you mean Sunfire Sisu, then no clue. 3, I already explained this, above. 4, I think I can have it so Sisu has 1 kid for the sequel, cause it has been a long time so I'm sure Sisu can have a mate and a kid in all that time. 5, Allen and Kali have something else to take care of and you'll know what that is at the end of season 5. 6, after seeing how he gets out, yes, and he'll also recover from all the damage he's taken as well. 7, honestly I have no idea, but it doesn't matter, I have a few things planned for him, so I'm probably going to throw out whatever happens to him in season 7. 8, I think Sisu would try to reason with Aaravos, but it would have no effect on Aaravos, because he's set in his ways. 9, at the wedding, the Kumandra gang, minus Raya and Namaari, will be the talk of everyone there before the wedding starts. 10, I don't think if was just Pengu, Pranee, Jagan, Amba, Sisu and the Regis went to Xadia, they couldn't help Zubeia heal quicker, they really don't have that kind of power, but if it was all of the Kumandra dragons and into the Kumandra river, then that might help, but not in Xadia, also Pengu, Pranee, Jagan, Amba, and their Regis are clean up the mess that came when they brought Aaravos to their world, so they can't get away from Kumandra at the moment. 11, Sunfire Sisu will become a guardian/advisor to the next generation, not much of a leader, she knows her place in the dragonflight, but with her great aunts being Janai and Amaya, I can see her become a master of the shield and sword, and having special weapons, as well as love all the young ones in the flight and vow to protect them from any haters. 12, maybe, not sure. And 13, we can add a couple of Kumandra dragons to the group that travels, with one of them being Sisu's kid.
Now for Gue469X's questions. 1, I have to agree with Py1pod and decided to make Zootopia a Crossover with my Kipo story. 2, yes, for a little bit, when the way home is open they all go and see them for some wisdom and guidance. For questions 3, 4, and 6 (you skipped 5), like I said on MophIIIdragonX's fifth question, Allen and Kai won't be with them, so that's a no on 3, but I was planning to give Raya and Namaari Starsilk Wings, and I can have Callum explina Luna Tenebris to them. And 7, we have to see how the final battle goes first, once I see it, then I can set things in stone, until then anything's up in the air.
Now for Py1pod's questions. But first, about the Zootopia and my Kipo story crossover, after watching Zootopia with a crossover in mind, I figured out how to do it, and found it was easier to do it with Kipo than Dragon Prince, but I'll save it summary and put it up for a vote in Kipo's next chapter.
Now for the rest of your questions. 1, I never thought about them all having dragon forms, so it never crossed my mind. 2, they can be affectionate and hugging each other during those parts, but as siblingings and when I feel like it, I have no interest in making them a couple, remember Zym is sill a baby by Xadia Dragon Standers. 3 I can have Sisu teach Zym how to Swim while in Kumandra. 4, we'll have to see how I feel at the time of writing it. 5, the Cloak Figure wasn't around when that happen, Leola fate was long before his time, but if he was around, then he would have stop them from killing her, for she is a child that just made one mistake on a whim, in his eyes, very old eyes that seen way to many horrible things, she's doesn't deserve to die, but she must know what will happen if she continued her path, so he shows her what will happen, and traumatize her so she behaves and follows the rule for the rest of her life(remember he's evil, and sometimes people need to learn their lessons the hard/terrifying way). 6, the answer is yes, we will learn his name, to be accurate the name he chooses for himself when his story is over. And 7, never heard of it until you told me, but I have been listening to it.
Next for a guest, let's see how season 7 ends and what happens next, after all I'll probably change it a little to match what I'm planning. Now for your questions. 1, yes, they will share resources, but we'll see in maybe season 7, like I said, most of Kumandra is busy cleaning up the mess that came when they brought Arravos to their world. 2, like I said before, we won't spend a lot of time in Xadia, but over the many years before, Amba, Pengu, Jagan, Pranee, and Zubeia would meet up together a lot, and with Sisu and Zym act, they would start treating each other like one big family, and all of them would be called by the people of both worlds the Royal Dragons, with Sisu, Amba, Pengu, Jagan, Pranee being second in statues behind Zubeida and Zym in the eyes of the Xadia dragons. And 3, I won't say that, but I will make a comment about it.
Now Chapter 35.
Chapter 35
What Is Truly Beneath The Surface
Drakewood
We left off with the Gang following N'than and Applin through the Path of Despair to Rex Igneous. "There are three levels between here and the lair of Rex Igneous. I call them "Zone of Peril". If we survive all three, we'll seek our audience with the great Archdragon, give him your gift of sacrifice, and hope for the best." N'than said to everyone.
"Wait, did you just say "gift of sacrif-"?" Ezran tried to asked N'than but was interrupted by N'than. "We're here at the first zone." N'than said to everyone, as they entered a massive crystal cavern, with all the crystals being either red, green, dark blue, light blue, or teal. And the sight of the cavern made everyone go speechless in wonder.
"The Crystal Labyrinth." N'than said to everyone. "This place is incredible." Talia said to everyone, as they started to walk, a look of wonder in their eyes. "Yup, I've always said if there was anywhere I could go and get lost forever and starve to death, this should be it. It's just so pretty!" N'than said to everyone.
"No arguments here." Talia said N'than, as everyone looked at the crystals, and looked at all the pretty crystals, and their reflections.
But while walking, N'than, Ezran, and Talia ran ahead of the group, as the rest of the group stopped when Rayla gasped, getting their attention. "What is it?" Drake asked Rayla, as everyone turned to Rayla.
"Is this how we're going to find Soren?" Rayla asked everyone, as she pointed to the bones of a Sunfire Elf that's been here for a very long time. "If you mean dead, maybe? If you mean like this guy, nope. It's clear he's been here for a long time." Kali said to Rayla.
"Not helping Kali." Rayla said to Kali. "Rayla, Soren is strong, and he has his Pokemon. He'll find a way to survive." Callum said to Rayla, before they looked at the dead body and walked away.
But Soren wasn't down there with them, he was up top, still on Scarmaker, with Hawlucha behdind him and Claudia standing in front of him, looking at him with a very surprised look on her face.
"Claudia?" Soren asked Claudia, as he got off Scarmaker, and put his sword in the ground, while Hawlucha and Scarmaker gave Claudia a low growl. "I-Is that you?" Soren asked Claudia.
"Why… Why… Why are you wearing pajamas?" Claudia asked Soren, more confused about him being in his Pj's then here. "Wait, what?" Soren asked, forgetting he was in his Pj's, before looking down and remembering.
"Oh, yeah! Oh. So, I realized my new dragon friend is afraid of shiny things that clang, so I took my armor off." Soren said to Claudia, as he gave Scarmaker a few pets. "And under your armor, you wear pajamas?" Claudia asked Soren, grabbing her bag.
"Uh, yeah. Saves time and super comfy, duh. Uh, but enough about my pajamas, Claudia. You have to stop trying to release the greatest evil the world has ever known!" Soren said to Claudia, making Claudia groan a little.
"I knew you wouldn't understand." Claudia said to Soren, before crossing her arms and turning away from him. "If you won't stop… then I will stop you." Soren said to Claudia, as he tried to grab her, but was stopped when Claudia threw smoke bomb potions at him and started to run away.
Claudia ran up a tree and casted the spell that gave her wings. While coughing, Soren noticed Claudia flying away. So he grabbed his sword and hopped onto Scarmaker's back.
"Hyah!" Soren said to Scarmaker, thinking that would make Scarmaker move, but it didn't move. "Oh, come on. We've got to follow her! Let's go. Please?" Soren asked Scarmaker. But again, Scarmaker did nothing.
"I guess I'll have to go with Skarmory." Soren said, as he pulled out Skarmory's Pokeball. "I hope you're ready to move, cause I need a yip, yip from you." Soren said to Skarmory's Pokeball.
But once Soren said "yip, yip", Scarmaker screeched, and took off into the air, surprising Soren, and making him yell in surprise.
Crystal Labyrinth
Back in the The Crystal Labyrinth, everyone was still wandering around, taking it all in with Callum using his cube on everything. "This is super intense. The gemstones are making my rune cube glow so bright." Callum said to everyone.
"The gems down here aren't just sparkly, they're filled with Primal magic." N'than said to Callum. "Wait, I know about this. Moonshadow assassins use moon opals as a power source for stealth and illusion spells." Rayla said to everyone.
"Exactly! Fire rubies contain sun magic," N'than said to everyone, as he pointed to the red crystals. "Aquamarines have ocean energy." N'than said to everyone, as he pointed to the teal crystals. "Stoneheart emeralds are earth." N'than said to everyone, as he pointed to the green crystals. "And sky sapphires have sky magic inside." N'than said to everyone, as he pointed to the light blue crystals.
"There are gemstones for each Primal source. Well, five out of six, anyway." N'than said to everyone, as a thought crossed Callum's mind. "And we use them to help humans unlock magic." Drake said to everyone, as Callum looked at the star symbol on his cube.
"Wiat, is there no Primal gem for star magic?" Callum asked everyone. "Technically, there is. It's called a quasar diamond, but they're unbelievably rare. Legend says there are only three quasar diamonds in the whole world." N'than said to Callum.
"He's right. With all the connections we've made, Drake and I have never been able to find anything related to a quasar diamond, more than just the fact they have star powers." Allen said to Callum.
"But there's lots of these though." N'than said, as they stopped in front of a pile of small gems. "I think it's fine if you want to take one." N'than whispered to Callum. Callum then kneeled down and picked up a dark blue gem.
"Oh, nice. Moon ones are the prettiest." N'than said to Callum, as Callum stood up. "Yeah, I think so, too." Callum said to N'than, before turning his head to see Rayla flattered by his words. "Uh, I mean the opals." Clalum said, trying to lie about what he was talking about, making Rayla sad as well.
That's when Allen picked up a fire ruby from the pile. "I don't know, I think fire rubies are prettier." Allen said to everyone, as he looked at Kali threw the fire ruby, making Kali flustered a little. "Oh, stop it you." Kali said to Allen, as she pushed the fire ruby away from Allen's face.
Seeing this, Talia got an idea, and she pulled out a aquamarine from the pile. "Hey Ezran, what do you think?" Talia asked Ezran, holding the aquamarine to her face. Ezran looked at Talia for a few seconds with a normal look on his face.
"I think it's nice. But why are you holding it close to you?" Ezran asked Talia, sounding normal, making Talia frown a little and drop the aquamarine in disappointment.
Meanwhile Stella took a moon opal, and used her powers to open a portal, and tossed the moon opal into it, surprising Bait.
"So, as epic and beautiful as these crystal passages are, how are we going to find our way out?" Ezran asked N'than. "We're going to let music light the way!" N'than said to everyone, as he ran away from the slightly confused group.
"Does anyone know what he means?" Rayla asked everyone. "Nope!" Ezran said to Rayla. "But we'll figure out what he means in a second." Kali said to everyone, as they followed N'than.
Drakewood
Back on the surface, Viren, Terry, and Grav were waiting by a campfire, with Sparklespuff sleeping near them. "So, um, I was just thinking Claudia hasn't come back yet, and it's getting quite late." Terry said to Viren, as Viren used a stick and poked the fire.
"She does not have a curfew, Terry." Viren said to Terry. "No, o-of course not." Terry said before chuckling. "She's a grown woman, powerful mage, able to bring people back from the dead and such. She can handle herself, choose her own bedtime." Terry said to Viren.
"Relax Terry. If she was in trouble we would be hearing dragons roaring. It's most likely she got lost, like many people do in this place." Grav said to Terry, making Terry worry even more.
"No Terry was staying here. Perhaps she's enjoying a moonlight stroll and, uh, getting a few breaths of fresh air to wind down." Viren said to Terry.
But winding down was the last thing she was doing, as she was trying to get away from Soren, Hawlucha, and Scarmaker. Claudia tried some fancy tricks to get away, but Scarmaker was more used to this place then her, making it so her fancy tricks did nothing.
"Leave me alone, Soren!" Claudia said to Soren, turning her head to Soren. "Claudia, watch out!" Soren said to Claudia, making Claudia turn her head. That's when Claudia finally noticed a tree branch in her way.
Claudia let out a yell and managed to dodge the tree branch, but as she dodged the first branch, a second broken tree branch managed to hook onto her bag, causing Claudia to scream as she fell to the ground, her bag hanging on the branch.
"Clauds!" Soren said, as he made Scarmaker stop. Soren then jumped off Scarmaker towards Claudia, with Hawlucha following . Claudia screamed as Soren reached her and grabbed her. "Rhyperior, catch us!" Soren said, as he let Rhyperior out of his Pokeball.
Rhyperior landed on the ground first, and easily caught both Soren and Claudia, only causing a little pain from landing in Rhyperior's arms, plus Claudia hitting her head on Ryperior's body, knocking herself out. Finally Hawlucha landed on Rhyperior's head, striking a pose.
Crystal Labyrinth
Back in the The Crystal Labyrinth, N'than led everyone to a tan crystal. "This is a tuning crystal. When you tap it, the crystal creates a resonating tone frequency that causes a harmonic photo-emission that… well, you'll see. Who wants to tap it?" N'than asked everyone.
That's when Bait grunted, making everyone turn to see Bait with large puppy dog eyes, really wanting to tap the crystal. This made everyone laugh a little. Ezran then helped Bait up and Bait tapped the crystal, making it and another crystal light up while playing a gentle music.
"There's the next tuning crystal. Go!" N'than said to everyone, as they ran to the next crystal.
Callum lifted Ezran up so Ezran could tap the next crystal.
Rayla then did some fancy footwork, getting close to the next crystal, and letting Stella tap it.
Zym then whipped his tail, hitting the next crystal.
Wattrel then flew off and touched the next crystal with his talons.
Noticing the next one was right below him, but could reach, Ezran let out Emolga, who gently flew down and touched the crystal.
And while Talia was reaching for another Czystal, one of her pokeballs opened, and Panpour came out of it, climbing up Talia, and touching the crystal.
Next Kali was looking at two crystals and couldn't tell which one was the right stone. That's when one of her pokeball opened up, and Scovillain stood in front of her. Scovillain then used both his heads on the crystals, having no effect on one of them, and turning on the other one.
Wanting to join in the fun, Umbreon forced herself out her Pokeball and ran ahead of Rayla and touched the next crystal.
"I guess they're having fun. We can't let them have all the fun. Serperior come on out." Allen said Drake, as he let out Serperior. "You can have some fun too, Samurott." Drake said, as he let out Samurott.
Then Serperior and Samurott then raced for the next crystal, and touched it at the same time.
Then one appeared far away. "Yanmega, it's your turn." Callum said, as he let Yanmega. "Yanmega." Yanmega said, as he flew the next crystal, hitting it, and revealing the exit next to him.
Everyone laughed in joy, as they moved to Yanmega. "Wow." Everyone said, amazed by what happened.
Everyone then ran through the exit, laughing and panting a little. Then Rayla sighed. "That Zone of Peril was so fun, I can't wait for the next one." Rayla said to everyone.
"That's the spirit!" N'than said to Rayla. "The next one is just as fun, particularly if you like things like hide and seek with deadly monsters." N'than said to everyone, as he closed the exit. "Uh, what?" Callum asked N'than.
Drakewood
Back on the surface, Claudia woke up, and gasped when she saw she was wrapped in some vines. Claudia then tried to break out of the vines, getting the attention of Soren, Rhyperior, and Hawlucha.
"I'm sorry. I had to tie you up. I-I… I just want to talk." Soren said to Claudia, moving to her. "Okay, um, most people don't have a sister who can sprout scary bat wings and fly off." Soren said to Claudia, chuckling a little, trying to lighting the mode, but only got a mean look from Claudia.
"Why didn't you come home, Claudia? After the battle, like, let-let me know you were alive. I always worried that we would get news about finding your remains after you get attacked by… it doesn't matter. What matters is I missed you! But-But Claudia, you're on the wrong side. I know, because… Because I was, too. But it's not too late to change. Please, I know you can change!" Soren said to Claudia.
But Claudia said nothing. "Dad is dead, Claudia. You don't have to do what he wants anymore." Soren said to Claudia. But this time Claudia said nothing and looked away from Soren.
Meanwhile Viren, Terry, and Grav were still waiting for Claudia, with Terry getting more worried and worried by the second. "She's still not back." Terry said to everyone, before noticing everyone wasn't caring.
"You're really not worried about her?" Terry asked Viren. "And what good would worrying do?" Viren asked Terry. "Yeah, it's better if we wait here for her, instead of wandering around and getting lost ourselves." Grav said to Terry.
"So, um… I want you." Terry said before scoffing. "I want you to know I've given a lot of thought to the wisdom you two shared with me earlier." Terry said to Viren and Grav. "Wisdom? I'm…" Viren said to Terry, but was interrupted by Grav.
"He's talking about when we told him to shut up so we could sleep." Grav said to Viren. "I believe you summarized your philosophy… "Get a grip"." Terry said to Viren. "Oh." Viren said to everyone.
"Well, I've thought a lot about it. A-A lot. You know, aClaudia always says I think too much about everything. And wonderful, so… I think what you're trying to say is. Is that I should stop having feelings." Terry said to Viren. "Oh?" Viren asked Terry.
"You got that right. Feeling anything is a waste of time, and clouds judgment. If we want to live another day in this world that hates us, we have to toss out our emotions." Grav said to Terry.
"Well, I'm not going to do that. No way, I-I'm gonna be strong enough to do whatever I need to do and have feelings. I-I'm gonna have all the feelings!" Terry said to everyone. "Hmm. Claudia's right. You are certainly weird." Viren said to Terry.
"And?" Terry asked Viren, making Viren sigh. "Perhaps wonderful?" Viren said to Terry. "Aw!" Terry said, before laughing. "Thanks! You know, there is one part of your "get a grip" philosophy that I think we all could use." Terry said to Viren.
"mm-Hmm, and what's that?" Viren asked Terry. "A big old hug!" Terry said to everyone, as he tried to hug Viren. "Please do not." Viren said to Terry, raising his elbow to stop Terry from hugging him.
Terry then turned to Grav, but Grav raised his foot. "If you even try, I will kick you in the face." Grav said to Terry. "Right!" Terry said to everyone, nervously chuckling a little. "Okay, I-I respect your boundaries." Terry said to everyone.
Underground
Back underground, N'than lead everyone into a cavern with no light, and turned on his light crystal. "The Bridge Through the Darkness is just what it sounds like. We crawl across a narrow bridge that goes over a deep abyss. If you fall, you plummet and die. But here's the hard part: it's completely pitch dark in there." N'than said to everyone.
"Can't we just use torches?" Callum asked N'than. "Or many of the other ways we can make light?" Kali asked N'than, pulling out her Sunforge Dagger. "Or Bait! Sometimes a friend can light the way." Ezran said to N'than, as Bait lit up.
"That's really sweet. But no, there are terrifying monsters in there that are drawn to even the faintest light. Unclear if they hate the light, or eat light." N'than said to everyone, making Bait stop glowing in fear.
"But whatever it is, you don't want to have any light or these monsters will tear you apart." N'than said to everyone, as Callum, Drake, and Allen covered their staffs in some of their fabric, while Kali made sure her blade was secured in its sheath, and N'than turned off his crystal.
In the dark they started to move, opening the gate into the dangerous area, and started to walk across the bridge. At least they thought they were crossing the bridge, they really had no idea what they were doing.
"Everyone doing okay?" Ezran asked everyone. "Yup." Callum said to Ezran. "Great." N'than said to Ezran. Zym whined and Stella chittered. "More than great." Rayla said to Ezran. "Good for you, I on the other hand find this concerning." Kali said to Rayla.
"Just focus on moving forward." Allen said to Kali. "Yeah, the sooner we get to the other side, the sooner this will be over." Drake said to everyone. "Easier said than done, I can't even see my hand, how are we going to know when we find the exit?" Talia asked everyone.
"Umbreon." Umbreon said, sounding like she wasn't having any trouble. "Scovillain." Scovillain said to Umbreon, sounding like he was complaining. "Serperior." Serperior said to Scovillain, sounding like he was telling Scovillain to stop complaining and keep moving.
"Panpour." Panpour said to Serperior, sounding like she was scared. "Emolga/Wattrel." Emolga and Wattrel said, agreeing with Panpour. "Yanmega." Yanmega said to Panpour, Emolga, and Wattrel, telling them to keep moving. "Samurott." Samurott said, agreeing with Yanmega.
"This bridge isn't so treacherous. In fact, I'm going to do a cartwheel!" Rayla said to everyone. "Uh. Rayla I'm not sure that's such a great-" Callum said to Rayla, but was interrupted by Rayla wheeing and laughing.
"Uh, can we, please, slowly crawl, please, across this bridge?" Callum asked everyone, getting a little touchy. "Ugh, I was teasing, Callum. Just lighten up and enjoy the darkness." Rayla said to Callum, before they heard a clank sound.
Ugh, I dropped my moon opal. Right over here. Found it!" Callum said to everyone, as he picked up the moon opal, and opened his bag. "Light!" N'than said to everyone in a panic, as they noticed Callum's cube's moon symbol was glowing.
"CALLUM PUT THAT THING AWAY NOW!" Allen yelled at Callum. Callum said nothing but put it away.
"Okay, hopefully none of the creatures saw that." N'than said to everyone. "When are we that lucky?" Kali asked everyone. "Just keep moving, we're more than halfway across." N'than said to everyone.
But Callum's actions did get the attention of the monsters in this place. "Come on, everybody. We're almost there. How we doin'?" Callum asked everyone, as the monsters watched them from all over the place.
"Doing good." N'than said to Callum. "Great." Ezran said to Callum. "I would like some light, but I know we can't have any." Kali said to Callum. "You mean any more than the light Callum accidentally shined?" Talia asked Kali. "Girls focus on moving forward, not the blame game." Drake said to Talia and Kali. "How about we just stop talking in general." Allen said to everyone.
"Serperior." Serperios said, agreeing with Allen. "Emolga." Emolga said, sounding like complaining. "Samurott." Samurott said to Emolga, sounding like they were almost there.
"Wattrel?" Wattrel asked, wondering how much was almost? "Umbreon." Umbreon said to Wattrel, sounding like not much. "Panpour." Panpour said, sounding like this was taking too long.
"Scovillain." Scovillain said, agreeing with Panpour. "Yanmega." Yanmega said to the pokemon, telling them to be quiet.
"Almost there." Rayla said to everyone. "Bait you there?" Ezran asked Bait, getting a grunt from Bait. "You okay, buddy?" Ezran asked Bait, making Bait whimper. "Bait, it's going to be okay, trust me. You just need to stay calm and keep moving forward. No glowing." Ezran said to Bait.
But they didn't know a monster was right on their tail. But Bait noticed a light dangling in front of him. Bait followed the light, and turn to see the light was attached to a massive cave monsters with four eyes, sharp teeth with green goo coming off the teeth, walking on all fours, with the front limbs being longer with two massive claws on the end, and the back limbs had three shorter toe like claws.
The sight of the monster, caused Bait to yelp and let out a massive green light. Noticing this, Callum got up, and turned to Bait. "Fulminis!" Callum said as he cast his lighting spell.
"Yanmega!" Yanmega said, as he fired rocks with fossils at the monster, at the same time Callum cast this lighting spell. The two attacks hit the monster, killing it, and forcing it off the bridge.
But that's when monsters started to charge at them. Callum then grabbed Bait. "Come on!" Callum said to everyone. "Everybody run!" N'than said to everyone, as they ran for their lives, with all the monsters chasing them.
Rayla then looked back at the monsters. "Don't look back, it'll only slow you down!" Drake said to everyone, as they kept running, only to run into more monsters.
That's when the Pokemon got into a defensive line around their partners. "Give it all you got. Flamethrower!" Allen said to the Pokemon, as he removed the fabric from his staff, and fired a stream of fire at the monsters, taking one out, but made more appear.
"Serperior." Serperior said, as he made a ball of green energy and fired it at the monsters, taking out a couple of them, but more monsters quickly came to replace the dead ones.
Then a couple monsters lunged at everyone. "Samurott use Razor Shell, while I use Dragon Claw!" Drake said to Samurott, as he removed the fabric from his staff, and made it glow purple with four blades pointing to the cardinal directions.
"Samurott." Samurott said, as he pulled out his shells, and made a water blade come out of it. Drake and Samurott then slashed the monsters, making a green goo fall around them as more monsters appeared.
"Scovillain can you use Bullet Seed on these things?!" Kali asked Scovillain. "Scovillain." Scovillain said, as he fired a lot of green glowing seeds from his mouths at the monsters, forcing them all back. But one Scovillain was done attacking, the monsters moved towards everyone again.
Then one of the monsters tried to eat Emolga and Panpour. "Emolga/Panpour!" Emolga and Panpour said, as they started to do some fancy footwork, jumping all over the place, dodging the monster's attack, and hitting the sides of its head, taking it out.
"Umbreon!" Umbreon said, as she fired a pulse of black rings at the monsters, taking out many of them.
But the monsters kept coming. It was like when one fell, another one appeared. Seeing that the monsters weren't backing down after all that they had done, Zym looked at Wattrel, and they both knew what they were thinking. Zym and Wattrel then started to let out some electricity.
"Zym!" Ezran said to Zym, as Zym and Wattrel lept into the air. And in the air, they started to let out bolts of electricity, lighting up the cavern. This got the monsters attention, and they all shrieked at Zym and Wattrel.
Zym and Wattrel then flew down the pit, with all the monsters jumping after them. Everyone moved to the edge to see if they could see Zym and Wattrel, but only saw darkness below them.
"Go!" N'than said to everyone. "We have to go!" Callum said to everyone, as he forced everyone to move towards the exit. "I'm not leaving without him." Ezran said to everyone, as he and Talia stopped at the end of the bridge. "He's right. If we don't return with Zym, then we might have to live underground for the rest of our lives." Talia said to everyone.
"Zym! Zym!" Ezran and Talia said at the same time to the pit, as everyone moved to them. But they got no response from the pit, so Ezran tried his connection. 'Come on, buddy.' Ezran thought, hoping for a response, but got nothing.
"Nothing. I can't see anything." Ezran said to everyone. "Zym. No." Rayla said, as she turned from the pit about to cry. "We're so dead when Zubeia finds out about this." Talia said to everyone, as Callum put a hand on Ezran's left shoulder and looked at each other with a worried look on their face.
But that's when a claw was on Ezran's right shoulder, and Ezran turned to see Zym next to him with Wattrel on Zym's head. At first Ezran didn't react and turn his head away from Zym.
Only to finally realize Zym was alive. "Wym! Woo-hoo!" Ezran said to Zym, making everyone notice Zym. Then as Ezran hugged Zym, Rayla gasped with joy, and everyone smiled at Zym. "yeah." Ezran said to Zym, as everyone else laughed, glad to see Zym alive.
Zym then broke the hug with Ezran, letting Talia hug Zym. "Never go that again. You nearly gave us a heart attack young dragon." Talia said to Zym. Zym whimpered a little, sounding like a probably not.
"I hate to interrupt. But those things might come back. Let's get out of here." Rayla said to everyone. "Yeah, less rejoicing, more leaving." Kali said to everyone, as they all ran through the exit.
Drakewood
Back on the surface, Soren was sharpening his blade with Rhyperior help, with Halwucha back in his Pokeball, all the while Claudia gave them discussed looks in silence. "Come on, Clauds. I know you're not talking to me, but this has to stop. I know about Arva-dose." Soren said to Claudia, making Claudia groan.
"Uh, Avaroney? Avravadose. Amber-nose!" Soren said to Claudia, trying to guess Aaravos' name. "Aaravos. It's Aaravos! It's not that hard." Claudia said to Soren.
"That's what I said!" Soren said to Claudia. "No, you didn't. And you don't know anything about him." Claudia said to Soren. "I know that he wants us to fight and-and hate each other! He wants the world to burn." Soren said to Claudia.
"You're wrong! Aaravos told me the truth. Pokemon are the source of evil, and Dragons and Elves hate us because of what Pokemon did to us." Claudia said to Soren.
"That's not true. I'm friends with dragons and elves now. One of my closest friends is an elf now. And it was all thanks to our friendship with Pokemon. Sure Pokemon may cause trouble, but they make our lives better." Soren said to Claudia, as he put his sword in the ground, and sat in front of Claudia.
"It's all a lie. The Pokemon are controlling you all. Just like they always do." Claudia said to Soren, confusing Soren a little.
"Pokemon hate us so much they took away our rightful powers and locked us in these weak powerless bodies. Then they left us with nothing. They left us to starve, be wretched, and helpless. There was famine, and disease, and- uh, there was war and fighting over the few resources that we could get our grubby little hands on. Life was pain and struggle, and thanks to what Pokemon did to us, the dragons and elves, they did nothing! They judged us. They pitied us." Claudia said to Soren, sounding mad.
"How do you know this?" Soren asked Claudia. "The same way you do. You can feel it's true, can't you? Humans understand suffering deep in our bones because so many generations went through it, and it is all thanks to Pokemon." Claudia said to Soren, as Soren got up, and moved to Rhyperior.
Soren then touched the side of Rhyperior's head, and both let out a sigh of relief, and could almost feel their friendship.
"Caudia I… I don't think we have the same bone feelings. And I think that's thanks to Pokemons being my friends. Sure they may cause trouble. But they always put life and nature first, so if they really did anything to us, it was because they were protecting life and nature, not because they hated us." Soren said to Claudia, as he rubbed Rhyperiors' chin.
"Aaravos believed in humans when all the other races thought we were worthless, stupid, dirty animals! Aaravos believed we could be better. So he broke the locks Pokemon placed on us, giving us our magic back." Claudia said to Soren, sounding happy that Aaravos gave them magic.
"You say that like it's such a good thing. But if you ask me, it's caused nothing but trouble. Maybe the world would be better off without our magic." Soren said to Claudia, turning away from Claudia, and stop rubbing Rhyperiors' chin.
"Without our magic, you would be dead. Without dad's dark magic." Claudia said to Soren, spit in her voice. Soren felt bad for a second, but his will wasn't shaken by her words.
Underground
Back underground, N'than lead everyone into a cavern with the exit on the other side of a massive lack of lava. "Who's ready for zone three, Lavaland?" N'than said to everyone. "Um, it's lava. How are we supposed to cross this?" Ezran asked N'than.
"We have flying Pokemon, why don't we use them?" Talia asked everyone. "Bad idea. It would be one thing if it was a river, but this lake is too large to fly over. Our Pokemon would probably fall out of the sky from heat exhaustion before we reach the end." Allen said to Talia. "So, any other way across?" Talia asked everyone.
"The lava ebbs and flows like the tides. We just need to wait here, and in a few hours, we'll be able to walk right through." N'than said to everyone. "Well, maybe it's a good time for us to get some rest." Ezran said to everyone. "Considering we were up for almost a whole day, I think that's a good idea, to take a nap." Kali said to everyone.
"All this lava? It's so hot! There's no way I'm going to be able to sleep." Rayla said to everyone, as Callum looked through his book. "Uh, actually, I think I copied a spell down in my book that might be perfect. It makes a breeze-dome." Callum said to everyone, as he walked away from the edge.
"Breeze-dome? I didn't even know that was a thing, and now I need it more than anything in the world." Ezran said to Callum, as the heat started to affect him. "And please hurry, I'm dying up here!" Talia said to Callum, as her skin started to very slowly lose color.
Callum then pulled out his staff and planted it in the ground, while still flipping through his book. "Mm, it's uh… Yeah." Callum said, as he found the spell. "Ventum Circulo!" Callum said, as he drew a symbol of a dome over a circle.
The run flew into his staff, and caused a light blue dome that looked like the sky to form around them. With the dome up, everyone started to relax, and sit down for a nap. "Now I'm cold." Rayla said to everyone, earning an annoyed look from Callum.
Soon everyone was asleep, with Ezran, Talia, bait, Zym, and their Pokemon sleeping together, N'than and Applin sleeping together, Drake and Samurott Sleeping together, Allen and Kali sleeping together with their Pokemon around them, Rayla sleeping with Stella and Umbreon, and Callum and Yanmega.
But Callum woke up and moved to Rayla. "Hey. Rayla? I think I need to talk." Callum said to Rayla, as he shook her shoulder, waking her up. Rayla then let out a big yawn, as she started to get up.
"Of course, of course, I like talking." Rayla said to Callum, before the two of them left the dome, letting everyone else sleep in peace.
Rayla then took a seat on a large rook and turned to him. "It's okay, Callum. Whatever it is you have to say to me, everything will be fine." Rayla said to Callum. "Phew. Okay." Callum said to Rayla, before exhaling.
"Rayla." Callum said to Rayla, as he sat next to Rayla. "Yeah?" Rayla asked Callum, hoping that he was going to talk about them, and even moved her hair a little. "I need you…" Callum said to Rayla, making Rayla hope even more. "To kill me." Callum said to Rayla, surprising Rayla, and shattering her hopes.
"Wha-?" Rayla asked Callum, but was interrupted by Callum. "I need you to kill me. I mean, not now!" Callum said to Rayla, stammering that last part. "But if bad things happen, I need you to kill me." Callum said to Rayla, as he stood up.
Rayla said nothing. "Back at the Storm Spire, when Aaravos possessed me, I felt so weak and out of control. I was his pupper. I'm not afraid that he'll hurt me. I'm afraid that he'll use me to do awful things. Or hurt people I care about. So that's why all I'm asking is that if he takes control of me again, you have to kill me. I need you to promise." Callum said to Rayla.
Rayla said nothing, as she stood up, and pinched Callum's nose. "Ow! Why are you honking my nose?" Callum asked Rayla, as Rayla pulled him forward before letting him go.
"I couldn't think of a better response to your stupid request. I'm not going to kill you. Callum, you're the "destiny is a Book You Write Yourself" guy. No one can control you or make your choice for you." Rayla said to Callum, as Callum turned to the edge of the lava.
"I'm afraid, Rayla. What if I'm on a path of darkness?" Callum asked Rayla, making Rayla groan. "Then take a different path, Dummy!" Rayla said to Callum, before walking back into the dome, angry.
Callum looked at the lava and inhaled. "I have to do this." Callum said, before walking to the edge. Callum looked at the lava with an intense look, and inhal;ed and exhaled before pulling out his cube, and stared at the star symbol. Callum then sided as he held the cube over the lava.
But while Callum wanted to drop the cube, he couldn't. "Do it Callum! it 's the key of Aaravos. No good will come of it." Callum said to himself, as he kept trying to drop it, but he still couldn't.
With a sigh of giving up, Callum put the cube away, and enjoyed the other others in the dome.
Drakewood
Back on the surface, as the sun rose, Viren was asleep tossing and turning, remembering what he said to Claudia the night he became king, and remembering what Aaravos said about her.
That memory caused Viren to wake up with a gasp. But Viren woke up to Terry standing above everyone, with a worried look on his face. "It's morning and she's still not back." Terry said to Viren, noticing Viren was awake.
Viren said nothing. Then Terry held out a hand, and tried to help Viren up, but only pulled off Viren's arm. "Oh, sorry." Terry said to Viren, as he gave Viren his arm back, and helped Viren up by grabbing his back.
After waking Sparklespuff and Grav they started to wander around, looking for Claudia. "So, um, I was actually brought up not far from here." Terry said to everyone. "Oh, is that right?" Viren asked Terry.
"Yeah, my village is smack-dad in the middle of the Uncharted Forest." Terry said to Viren. "If that's the case, then why are you so pathetic? The elves of this place, both male and female, are mighty eleves. And then there's you." Grav said to Terry. "You don't have to be so mean Grav." Terry said to Grav, before he smelled the scent in the air.
"That smell." Terry said, as he inhaled and exhaled. "That brings me back. Smells of my childhood. Back then, when I was just a little one, the other elves saw me as a doe. But I always knew that I was a buck. I chose the name Terrestrius." Terry said to everyone. "It's a strong name." Viren said to Terry. "And you ruin it by using the name Terry." Grav said to Terry
That's when Sparklespuff started to screech, getting their attention, and saw Sparklespuff reaching up at something. "He's found something!" Terry said to everyone, as they moved to Sparklespuff.
That's when they looked up and saw Claudia's bag. "Claudia's bag." Viren said to everyone. "She's in trouble!" Terry said to everyone.
Underground
Back underground, after everyone woke up, they noticed the lava lake had lowered enough for everyone to walk across to the path. So without wasting a second, they all moved across the path to the exit.
"We made it!" N'than said to everyone. "The Lair of Rex Igneous." Ezran said to everyone. "Well shawl we meet another Archdragon." Drake said to everyone, he opened the door to Rex Igneous lair, before they started to enter it.
"Here's hoping Rex Igneous is more Zubeia than Sol Regem." Allen said to everyone, as they closed the door behind them.
Drakewood
Back on the surface, Soren and Rhyperior groaned as they woke up. But they had an odd feeling and could figure it out. "Something's weird." Soren said, as he looked at Claudia. "Why didn't you try to escape?" Soren asked the still awake and tied up Claudia.
That's when Rhyperior and Claudia heard some twig snapping and leaves rustling. And while this made Claudia smile, it got Rhyperior on edge as he looked around.
Then the noises got louder, and everyone looked up to see Sparklespuff coming down from the trees. Sparklespuff landed next to Soren and Rhyperior, and screeched at them, making Soren scream, while Rhyperior growled at Sparklespuff.
"Who are you?" Soren asked Sparklespuff, as he pulled out his sword at Sparklespuff. "Rhyperior." Rhyperior said, as he fired rocks at Sparklespuff, causing Sparklespuff to jump back.
Then vines and roots came out of the ground, with the vines wrapping around Soren, and the roots wrapping around Rhyperior
"What's going on?" Soren asked, as he and Rhyperior kept trying to break free of the vines and roots. "Rhyperior." Rhyperior said, as his tail turned silver, and he started to swing it around, breaking the roots.
But the vines and roots kept coming at them too fast, and grabbed their wrists, angles, and neck, and forced them to their knees, with the roots wrapping around Rhyperior's mouth and tail so he could use his attacks.
That's when Soren and Rhyperior noticed Terry walking up to them, a serious look on his face, his eyes glowing green, and green lines all over his body. Terry then waved his hand, letting Claudia go.
"Thanks, baby." Claudia said to Terry, as she stood up and walked up to Terry, and gave him a kiss on the check. "Oh, I didn't know you could control plants." Claudia said to Soren, as she put his left arm over her shoulder, and a hand on his hips.
"Nan, it's not like that. I have a very good relationship with plants. If I need something, I can depend on them." Terry said to Claudia. "Where's Grav and dad?" Claudia asked Terry, surprising Soren and Rhyperior.
"Right behind me." Terry said, as they turned to the side, letting Soren watch as Grav walked up to them, followed by Viren. "No. No. No!" Soren said, incomplete shock that Viren's alive, with Rhyperior growling at Viren as best as he could with the roots wrapped around his mouth.
Hello everyone, I hope you like this chapter. Please follow or review if you like this story. Oh and if you're wondering what Claudia was talking about when she mentioned Pokemon locking them up, my OC Zane explains in more detail in Chapter 13 of his story, The Phantom of Berseria.
Now for the answers to some previous questions that I answered in an announcement that I deleted before I posted this chapter.
First White3Pika - the title is fine, but I still don't plan on doing that story.
And Py1pod and MorphIIIdragonX, the reason I ask for only a few like 3 or 4 is because I don't want you to get upset when I don't use all the OC you make. You see in the sequel, the kids of the main characters of Xaida and Kumandra will be like side characters in this grand story of mine, appearing in chapters I think they would help out, and the OC's your making will be only around for maybe 5 chapters at most, and at least 2, in total. That's why I don't want you to make a lot, because I don't want you to feel sad or get upset when you don't see them anymore. You can make more if you want, just keep that in mind that they won't be used much, if at all. (And MorphIIIdragonX it was not pressure you put on me, more like worry that I would hurt your feelings or you get angry with me)
Also MorphIIIdragonX, no events please, the sequel won't be on Xadia for most of the time. We will go to Xadia a couple times in the second half of the story, but the first half, we won't.
Next He-dragofi3, you see while the villains for the grand story is more than one person, it's more like a boss and their lackey attacking them, with more bad guys join them, and every none and then one of them taking the bosses powers, becoming a stronger bosses, creating a cycle of stronger and stronger villains. (And I already thought about them for a long while and have everything but the fine details down, so I don't need any inspiration or help with them.)
Lastly Gue469X, I'm on the fence about Karuna, Aalidya, and Iosif. But I love Bernis, and I'm going to use him, and if you allow me, I want to give him a special power from him being a half-blood, a power that when he puts his hands in the earth, he can make flower grow from him to the friend his thinking off, this way he can always find his friends. (Something only he can do).
Now for MorphIIIdragonX answers. 1, yes Sisu will be with Zym. After watching season 6 I had to make plans for how to split both teams and what would the roles in the story would be, and I plan that Zym and Sisu will always be a pair (As siblings just to be clear) in season 6 and Zubeia will be really happy to meet Sisu. 2, for what I have planed, I was going to have Raya and Namaari going with Callum and Rayla. And 3, the sequel will involve the Next generation of Xadia and Kumandra to get dragged to another world, and work towards getting home, but after getting home they they realize they have to go back and help the friends they made their, so they go back to that world and help save it from the problems that still remain, and every now and then they will take their new friends over to their world to meet their folks and learn from them.
Next Gue469X, we'll have to see what these 3 new seasons are. Because for what I'm planning they may not happen(meaning if they're too far into the future I may skip them or do them much, much, much later). But we have to wait and see what they are. For all we know they could be like the graph novels like they did for Avatar and Korra, and while never a show they were what happened after the show was over.