Chapter 10: The Element Clan

The light that entranced me over to it grew brighter and brighter as I walked nearer and nearer. Things were racing through my mind as I slowly walked towards the light, things like why there was a light in the middle of the woods for. Then again, it was proably some humans setting up camp and they were known for making campfires. So this light might have been from a campfire, but if that was the case, how was it I was able to see it from afar?

I would soon find out the reason to my question in just a minute as I walked into a nearby bush to do some obeservation. Good thing I was an Umbreon, eh? Anyway, I sat down for about a minute to calm myself so I wouldn't do anything foolish to give my position away. When I felt ready, I silently padded forward, moving ever so slowly so as not to rustle the bush too much. I came to the opening and had to squint my eyes being that the light was a little too bright for my taste.

After adjusting to the light, I looked out toward what I thought was a campsite, but what I got was a big suprise at what I was actually looking at. I glanced around just to make sure my eyes were looking right. There were weird looking lights sitting upon the ground in a kind of circle, all pointing inward upon the largest group of pokemon I have ever seen. And it wasn't all just Weedle, Caterpie and other bug pokemon, no. There were other pokemon I have never seen in my life before. It was sort of strange really. I remember coming through this way because I remember the large tree that the pokemon were gathered in front of. And that wasn't too long ago. So this must have happened just recently.

I looked up toward the big tree as all the pokemon had their attention to it. I couldn't see nothing at first, but then a pokemon walked up in front of the group of pokemon. I couldn't tell what pokemon it was exactly due to the lights all focused on him. All I could see was a shadow figure of the pokemon as he began to speak.

"Well," the pokemon said in a cold, gentle, slimy voice. "It's certainly wonderful to see such a crowd of pokemon before me tonight." He became silent for a few moments before continuing. "Now I must apologize for calling you all out at this time of night, but this is the only time we can start our the meeting of our clan to succession."

"And what clan are we to be?" someone had asked.

"This is the beginning of the Element Clan," the pokemon said. "The reason for the name, if you all haven't noticed, there are pokemon of every single element here, thus the name Element Clan." Mumurs of talk of the clan name spread out clearly for several seconds before the leader pokemon of the clan silenced them all down. "Hush now. We don't want anyone knowing about our little clan group now, do we? Now, on to business. I have sent my best warriors out around the world to recruit all of you here for the past year for a reason, a reason that I shall reveal tonight. But before I explain my goal, I need to ask, how many of you here have always felt ignored, useless, pathetic, weak? Like you weren't good for nothing in life and wish you had never been born?"

A bunch of paws were raised high into the air as other pokemon siply just tried to look tall, adding themselves to the votes. "Excellent," the pokemon said. If I knew what he was, I would have imagined him smirking. "What if I told you that the reason I decided to form this clan was to get back at the ones for their wrongdoings by showing them just how meaningful you are? To show them that they're the weak ones who have deserved what is to come to them?"

More exciting talk went on for several more minutes before they were hushed again. "And just how do you plan on making us stronger than anybody else in this world?" another pokemon asked. "Especially when there are stronger pokemon out there in the world?"

A few other pokemon agreed with the one who spoke up, stirring up some doubting issues before they were silenced again. "I know that what I'm about to say is going to sound completely crazy and that you may not believe me, but the only way for the weak to become strong is to absorb the power of a legendary pokemon."

Silence fell over the crowd as the pokemon said this, surprised reactions upon their faces. Still reamined in the bushes, I allowed my jaw to drop in surprise as well. Abosrb the power of a legendary pokemon? This pokemon must be nuts to do something like that. Why would he want to absorb a legendary's power anyway? The question would have probably been asked, had my nose began tingling so suddenly. I realized what was trying to come out, and I did my best to keep it from coming. The tingling sensation went away after a few minutes.

"Whew!" I thought to myself. "That was almost too- achoo!" Sneezing alerted the attention of everyone as they all turned and looked at where I hid. My mind decided to go blank on me at that moment. So now here I was, exposed to all these pokemon after listening in. The bad thing about it was, whoever this unknown pokemon was that wanted to absorb the power of legendary pokemon, I had absolutely no idea what type of pokemon he was.

"Show yourself," he said. "Unless you would like to meet an early death."

Well, guess I had no choice but to go out there and bluff my way out of this mess. Taking a deep breath, I walked right on out in the open with a smile, hoping my plan would work. "Hi guys!" I said cheerfully. "Nice night, isn't it? Sorry about the whole hiding in the bushes thing, but I kind of got attracted to the light and decided to see what all that was about."

"Exactly how much did you hear, Umbreon?" the mysterious pokemon asked. Jeez, he sure was one to get to the point.

"Well, I only just got here, so I couldn't have heard anything, what with the silence and all," I began saying.

"You know what I think?" I heard someone say. "I think he's lying. I think he heard everything you said." I looked around quickly, trying to see who said that, but to no avail did I see anyone. So my conclusion was that there was someone else up with the unknown pokemon. "What do you think we should do?"

Everything was silent for a while. I felt very awkward standing here in front of all these pokemon, being stared at like I was the next new thing in life. Finally, the tension was relieved as the pokemon spoke, "I have come to a decision. We have been stumbled upon by accident. We shall move the location of our clan elsewhere and resume matters there. But, I will need someone to stay behind and take care of the intruder. Anyone to volunteer?"

All was quiet for several seconds before someone said, "I'll take care of things, sir." I looked around, hoping to find out who said that. It's tough when you have a sea of pokemon before you.

"I thank you for your bravery," the unknown pokemon said. "Catch us up nearer the city. As for you, intruder, if you ever survive, pray we not meet again." At those words, the lights all around glowed brighter, causing me to close my eyes before they dimmed again. I opened my eyes and found that all the pokemon were now gone. The only one left standing there was a pokemon I've seen plenty of times: a Sneasel. It stood there, arms crossed and a smirk upon its face.

"You sure know how to make a mess of things, don't you Umbreon? he asked.

"What does it matter?" I asked. "Why does your leader want to absorb the power of legendary pokemon?"

"You think that if I knew, I would tell you," the Sneasel said. "But, then again, even if I did know, I wouldn't tell you a single thing. But it isn't going to matter, because you're going to die for finding out about our little clan, especially since you weren't recruited."

"You can try," I said, forming up a Shadow Ball before firing it at the Sneasel.