im gonna be gone for three weeks, so here is a chapter for each week:
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CH.13
This night mare was hardly as bad as the ones Andrew had had before. This one was just more of a bad dream. He saw the evil in its new form, a terrifying combination of three pokemon. Andrew couldn't move and the horrible creature approached, swinging two battle axes the size of large Rapidash. The creature swung the axes and Andrew thought they would hit them but they abruptly stopped right in front of him. They were still covered in blood, but not his own. Just as whatever had protected him began to appear, he woke up. Andrew looked around the tent, Umbreon had since left and he was alone. He crawled out of the tent and saw that his army had already started to take down the rest of the tents. He saw one of the few still standing buildings with a few idle guards and a Ninetails by it. He then remembered what had happened with the intruder. Andrew walked over to the building and the guards saluted as he walked up.
"At ease, you are now relieved of your duties." Andrew told them and walked inside. The Mightyena was on the floor asleep. Andrew sat in front of it and a small breeze blew through the opened windows. It woke up the Mightyena which looked startled, like it had no clue were it was. Then it remembered.
<What do you want now?> it asked angrily.
"The same thing as last night. Why are you here?" Andrew asked.
<you answered that last night yourself. I'm just some pesky spy.> it said.
"No, there is more to it than that. Why are you really here?" Andrew asked again.
<I didn't say who I was spying for.> it answered. Andrew looked confused.
"So you're not spying for the darkness?" Andrew asked skeptically.
<Of course not!> the Mightyena looked shocked that Andrew would even think of such a thing.
"Then who are spying for?"
<Tybalt. I'm kind of like a double agent. I pretend I'm working with the evil, but I give them false plans and locations, but I tell Tybalt where the evil is going to strike next.> Andrew looked doubtful, and told one of the Ninetails that happened to be patrolling the area to get Tybalt. In a few minutes the Gallade arrived.
"Do you know who this Mightyena is?" Andrew asked him. The Gallade looked at the wolf like pokemon.
"No, I don't know it at all." Tybalt answered.
"Are you sure? It said it knows you. That it pretends to spy for the evil, but is truly spying for you." Andrew pressed on.
"I don't know it at all. It's lying." the Gallade said quietly. Andrew looked down at the Mightyena.
"I don't take kindly to liars." Andrew whispered coldly. He put his hand on the hilt of Cunamio, but thought better of it and just pulled out some rope. He tied it around the pokemon's mouth and grabbed the other end of it. When Andrew left the building he saw that the rest of the camp had been packed up. He gave the rope end to a guard and had two Ninetails be escorts for the prisoner.
The army set off through the woods. The next place they would come to was most likely the capital, where Andrew would seek the help of the king.
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After two weeks of walking the group still hadn't come to the capital. They hadn't even seen any villages, and the Mightyena was becoming restless. Andrew had left the prisoner alone for quite awhile, but approached it again, this time with Cunamio drawn. The guards that were in charge of it stepped back, curious as to what would happen. Andrew knelt down by the pokemon.
"Now, I don't want to kill you, but I will if I need to. Please tell me the truth." Andrew said politely. This scared the pokemon even more than anything else, Andrew noticed.
<I-I wont tell you anything.> it said shakily.
"Yes. you will." Andrew said. "And that's an order, not a request." The boy looked into the Mightyena's eyes. It looked away, but Andrew pulled its head back toward his. He put his forehead right up to its. "You will tell me. Now." Andrew whispered so coldly that the pokemon flinched.
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After a few minutes Andrew got up and walked over to where the bon fire was being prepared. Latias was helping collect logs, and Latios, Luni, and Umbreon were just wandering through the camp, making sure nothing was wrong. Orin was teaching some men how to properly fight with a lance while riding a Rapidash. Aalina was helping Latias with wood. Andrew sat down on one of the logs that was by the fire. Latias and Aalina finished with the wood and somebody lit the pile of branches. The two sat on either side of Andrew.
<What did you get out of the prisoner?> Latias asked him.
"Not much. I almost killed him. He did admit to not being one of Tybalt's spies though."
"Why didn't you kill him then?" Aalina asked after figuring about what the conversation was about.
"He still might prove useful to us. He might decide to help us fight but I doubt that." Andrew explained.
<When do you think we'll make it to the capital?> Latias asked after a few minutes of silence.
"I'm not sure. Hopefully soon." Andrew sighed. "I have a feeling that war is approaching." Latias and Aalina nodded at this.
"I'm tired; I'll be sleeping if you need me." Aalina yawned and walked over to the tent she shared with her father, everyone else slowly left too, leaving Andrew and Latias alone by the fire. It was very dark out now, and the stars flickered brightly in the heavens. The Ninetails called to each other, giving the night an eerie feel. A warm spring breeze blew through the clearing. Andrew stared into the flames, and wished he could see images like Typhlosion. He suddenly felt a lump in his pocket, and he pulled out the pendant. He clenched it tightly. One of he Ninetails suddenly called out in pain. Andrew got up and ran to where the sound came from, Latias close behind.
Once again, guards were already there by the time Andrew reached the spot. Latios was there too. He saw Jogun lying on the ground, an arrow in his side. Andrew knelt down next to the pokemon and instantly began working on the arrow. After a few minutes of wiggling, he finally got the projectile out and checked the tip. No poison. Jogun looked at Andrew, he seemed scared.
"You're going to be fine." Andrew forced a smile. Jogun calmed down. "Come on." Andrew grunted and picked the pokemon up. He carried Jogun to the bon fire and set him down next to it. He grabbed his bag and pulled out a bundle of gauze and proceeded to wrap it around the wound. When he was done he finally got Jogun to relax and fall asleep. Tybalt was standing close by.
"He'll be ok." Andrew told the black pokemon, who seemed to relax.
"Good, I don't like it when a general is down." Tybalt said.
"No, it's more than just not liking when one of your men, or pokemon in this case, is down. You care about him quite a bit." Andrew corrected.
"Your to smart for your age." Tybalt laughed.
"Pfft, my age? I'm not your average ever day human. I'm not even human at all." Andrew said and walked off.
He grabbed a blanket from inside his tent and lay down on top of it on the ground. He stared at the stars, trying to find a constellation of Typhlosion. He had heard once before that when one died, part of their spirit went to the sky and turned into a constellation. The sky was especially beautiful that night too. Only a sliver of the moon showed, and a strange but beautifully hypnotizing blue light came from over the horizon. It had been about an hour and he was about to give up and just go to sleep when Latias came up to him. She floated right above him for a second, blocking his view. Andrew looked startled.
<What are you doing?> she asked.
"Looking for a constellation. What are you doing? I thought you were asleep." Andrew said.
<I was looking for you.>
"Why? Did you have another night mare?" Andrew asked.
<No, I just couldn't sleep and I knew that you were the only one probably still awake.> she answered with a yawn. She looked very tired she lay down next to him and gently rested her head on Andrew's chest. He absent mindedly stroked her head. <how did you get your-> she was cut off.
"I'm not telling anyone how I got my ability. And what about the Ninetails or the guards?" He said to her.
<I wasn't going to ask that.> she said with a laugh. <I was going to ask how you got your human form. Did you absorb the essence of just one person that looked exactly like that? And the guards and Ninetails aren't as interesting to talk to.>
"Oh, um, not exactly." Andrew said, slightly embarrassed that he just jumped to conclusions like that. "It's a combination of many essences absorbed at once."
<oh, ok. Now what constellation are you looking for?> Latias changed the subject.
"I was looking for one of Typhlosion, but I guess there isn't one." Andrew said sadly.
<You don't know that. I'll help you look.> she said and looked into the sky. < I see it already.>
"What?! Where?" Andrew asked, shocked that she had found it so fast.
<See, right there. The flames on his back are there. There is his head, and there's his body.> she pointed right next to where the blue light ended.
"Oh, I see it now. Thank you." Andrew said and looked up at the constellation happily. "I guess the legend is true." He whispered.
<What legend?> Latias asked curiously.
"The one about when you die, part of your spirit goes to the stars and becomes a constellation." Andrew answered.
<Oh, I think of heard that before, but I've always wondered, where does the rest of your spirit go?>
"I don't know. To the realm of Giratina I guess." Andrew shrugged. He suddenly felt something digging into his back. He gently pushed Latias off his chest and sat up. He reached behind him and felt on the ground the pendant. He lay back down and held it up. Latias looked at him curiously.
<Was that there before?> she asked.
"No, it wasn't. This happened earlier; it was in my pocket last time. I swear I put it back in my bag." Andrew said and stared at the necklace curiously. Latias lay down again and sighed tiredly.
<So how did you get your powers any way?> she asked.
"I just told you that I wouldn't tell you." Andrew said and looked at her quizzically.
<I know. Does that mean I can't ask any ways?> she asked and Andrew gave an exasperated sigh.
"I might as well tell you now. I guess I'll tell Latios tomorrow." Andrew said and began.
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notice any trends with the amulet?
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ch.14
"At the bottom of the ocean, there is a stone. The stone posses a strange but amazing power. It obviously can't use the power because it's a, um, a rock." Andrew said. "It can give any who come to close to it the ability to change shape, to become something entirely different at any point in their lives. It had been sealed in a protective stone coffin for a very long time, but I found the way into it. I gained the ability." Andrew finished. Latias stared at him in wonderment.
<What was the entrance?> she asked.
"I've told you enough already. We should get some sleep." Andrew replied with a yawn and closed his eyes. Latias knew that he wasn't asleep, but he was very good at faking it, making his breathing very light, and snoring softly. Latias lay down next to him anyways and closed her eyes too.
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Andrew woke up before any one else in the camp the next morning. He walked over to where the guards in charge of the prisoner were and relieved them. He crept up in front of the sleeping pokemon and just sat there. The Mightyena's nose twitched as it caught Andrew's scent. It stood abruptly and tried to back away, but Andrew held its foreleg.
"Are you ready to tell me anything?" Andrew asked it.
<yes, but I need time to think how I'll, um, say It.> it replied quietly.
"You have until tomorrow morning to figure out what you're going to say." Andrew said and walked away. Tybalt had been there the whole time and left as the next set of guards walked up. One of them was carrying a rope and tied it around the Mightyena's mouth. The rest of the camp slowly awoke and began to disassemble the tents. A few children were kicking a ball and it rolled towards Andrew's feet. He picked it up and gave it to a child that had run up to collect the ball.
"Thank you mister." He said and ran off to continue playing with his friends. Andrew walked around the camp making sure that nothing was amiss. Latios floated to his side.
<Is the prisoner ready to talk?> he asked.
"He said yes. I gave him until tomorrow morning to think about what he's going to say and how." Andrew sighed. "I told Latias how I got my ability last night. Follow me, I'm going to tell you know." He said and led the dragon into the near by woods, where he repeated the story. After a few minutes of silence, Latios spoke.
<so, just a recap, when you were young, you found a magical stone that give who ever goes to close the ability to shape shift? And it is sealed off by some regular stone tomb, and you found an entrance? And then out of pure curiosity, just plain curiosity, you entered?> Latios confirmed. Andrew nodded and Latios just shook his head in disbelief. <You know, I would have thought that you of all people would have had the common sense not enter a mysterious gap in a rock.> he sighed. <And you don't even regret it?>
"No, I have sometimes though. But if I hadn't gotten the ability, I wouldn't have met some great people and pokemon, including you, Latias, Orin, Aalina…" Andrew trailed off.
<Typhlosion.> Latios finished.
"Yes, Typhlosion. And Rayquaza too." Andrew forced a smile and he and Latios silently returned to the camp. When they arrived the camp had been completely taken down, the tents were rolled up and hung over the backs of the Rapidash. Andrew made a routine check to make sure every one and everything was there. Andrew went to the front and the group left the clearing. The army behind the women and children, and the Ninetails flanked them on all sides. Adelaide trotted up to Andrew's side and nudged his leg.
<All the weapons are ready.> she said and led him to two Rapidash at the back of the group. They seemed to be very heavily burdened by the sacks on their backs. Blades of swords were jutting out the sides of the bags.
"How many swords did you make?" Andrew asked.
<Around 300 swords, 100 axe heads and 200 halberd heads. Someone else made the shafts and hilts.> she answered.
"Good lord…" he muttered and retuned to the front.
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They had been walking for about 15 hours, when Andrew finally decided they would make camp in a large clearing. Every one instantly began unpacking and setting up tents many went right inside and fell asleep. It had been the longest they had ever walked without stopping. The sun slowly sunk below the horizon, and one by one the stars began to appear in the sky. Andrew looked up at the sky and found the constellation of Typhlosion. He noticed the mysterious blue light again and wondered what was causing it. He shook the thought from his head and visited the Mightyena again.
"You had better think of what you're going to say tomorrow, your time is running out. Tick-tock." Andrew said and left the guards to watch the pokemon again. Aalina approached him as he walked back towards his tent.
"How much longer until we reach the capital?" she asked tiredly.
"Only one more day. I have a feeling we're only about a mile away." He said with a yawn. Aalina just shrugged and went to her tent. Andrew slowly crept into his tent, where Umbreon was sitting. There was an oil lantern lit in the tent, providing a warm and inviting glow.
"Hello." Andrew muttered and crawled under the blankets.
<Good evening.> Umbreon said and stretched.
"How has Luni been?" Andrew asked. "I haven't seen her much lately."
<She's fine, still sleeping in for quite along time, and just being generally lazy.> Umbreon answered.
"So nothing out of the ordinary." Andrew said with a laugh. He stared at the roof of the tent and saw a faint blue glow. "Do you know what that blue light in the sky is?" he asked. Umbreon looked up too.
<yes, I think so. When I was an Eevee, I heard of a legend about a mysterious blue glow in the sky.> the black pokemon said. Andrew looked at him curiously. <it's not a good legend though if I remember correctly." He cleared his throat. "'A blue light will appear in the sky when a great evil is near. Although it may be beautiful, do not stare at it for to long, for if you do, you will become a being of great terror.'" Umbreon quoted, and looked at Andrew.
"Well I hope that legend isn't true." Andrew laughed weakly and lay his head down on the pillow and closed his eyes.
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Tybalt stealthily crept past the guards watching over the Mightyena. He stepped up to the pokemon's sleeping form.
"You weren't lying when you said you would tell the boy everything." The Gallade whispered and grabbed the wolf-like pokemon's throat.
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CH.15
Andrew woke up to hear a large commotion outside. Umbreon was waiting by the tent opening for him. Andrew saw that almost everyone in camp was over where the prisoner was kept.
"What's happening?" Andrew asked Umbreon as they began to walk towards the crowd.
<The prisoner was killed last night.> Umbreon said. Andrew looked utterly shocked.
"Were there any blade wounds, bite marks, anything?" Andrew asked.
<that's the weird thing. It was just lying there, not breathing. One of the guards found it like that when he was giving him breakfast.> the black pokemon said and Andrew pushed his way through the crowd that had gathered. He finally made his way to the center, where two guards, Latios, Latias, and Luni were.
"Sir," the guards said when they saw Andrew approach.
"At ease." Andrew said. He disappeared in a flash of light and a cat-like pokemon, a Luxray was there. Its eyes glowed red and Andrew seemed to scan the Mightyena's body. He stopped when he reached the throat and looked intently at it. Andrew was back in his human form again in another flash of light. "He was strangled to death." Andrew muttered. "Did either of you see who did it, or did one of you do it?" the boy said to the guards. They each looked at each other, as if trying to figure it out.
"No, we were standing guard the whole time, neither of us moved." One of the guards said. Andrew nodded and scanned the crowd. He saw tybalt slowly creeping away, he looked nervous.
"Guards! Get Tybalt!" Andrew shouted and three armed men were quickly behind the Gallade. Tybalt tried to stab one with his sharp elbows, but he didn't even manage to dent the armor. Two of the guards grabbed Tybalt's arms, and the third had his sword ready.
"You killed the prisoner." Andrew said.
"He was going to tell you the truth, I couldn't let that happen." Tybalt said and spat at Andrew's feet.
"So, you are the real spy. We all trusted you. We believed you when you said what you did." Andrew said and turned to the rest of the shadow pokemon. "Who else knew of this?" the boy asked. None of the black and silver pokemon spoke, but Jogun went up to Tybalt.
"Jogun, if you are wise, you will know who to join." Tybalt said
<I trusted you, we all did. You helped us in our times of need, but it was all just trickery. We actually are outcasts. You are just a fool. And I do know who to join.> the Ninetails said angrily and went to Andrews side.
"Tie him to a stake!" Andrew barked, and two guards came up with a large wooden pole which they stuck into the ground. The guards that were holding tybalt quickly tied him to the stake with the rope that had been around the prisoner's mouth. "If we were in the court of a king, you would have been hung, or starved to death in a dungeon. This is hardly the punishment you would have received." Andrew said and turned into his Typhlosion form. Everybody backed away, they knew what was about to happen.
<Any last words?> Andrew asked and flames began to shoot out of his back.
"The day of reckoning will soon be here. Within a weeks time the world will be engulfed in darkness. Not even you, young king of the sea, will be able to stop it." Tybalt answered and spat at Andrew's feet again.
<May Giratina and Darkrai have mercy on your soul.> Thea looked away as a jet of flame emerged from Andrew's mouth and hit her mate. Tybalt immediately was ablaze and his cries of pain could be heard throughout the forest. Within 20 seconds, there was nothing left except for ash and dust. Andrew turned back into a human and put the remains in a small sack and whispered to himself.
"The first death of a war." He said. "No need to pack up the tents, I think we're going to be staying here for another night." The boy said to one of the nearby guards, who then issued the order to everyone else. Thea approached Andrew.
<May I have his ashes?> she asked, complete sadness in her voice. Andrew nodded and gave her the sack.
"I'm sorry. All of us would have died if I had not done what I had done. He wouldn't hesitate to kill all of us, including you." Andrew said a note of sadness in his voice too. Thea held the sack to her chest for a moment, but then just tossed it into the woods. She just stood there for a moment, but then walked off. Andrew watched the silver Gardevoir leave, and then went to find Luni, who had left before Tybalt's execution. He hadn't spoken to her in a while.
Andrew finally found her at the outskirts of the camp, speaking with Umbreon.
"Hello." Andrew announced himself. Luni turned towards the boy.
<hello.> she said sadly. <what happened? I-I couldn't watch.> she looked down.
"Tybalt was burnt at the stake." Was Andrew's reply. "Its fine, you needn't be ashamed. I didn't like doing it. I trusted him as much as most of us, but he betrayed us. We all would have been killed if I hadn't done it." He patted Luni's head. "So how have you been recently? I haven't spoken to you in a while."
<Oh, I'm pretty sure that Umbreon told you I was just being lazy, which I have been, but, well, yea I've just been lazy.> she said all of them laughed half-heartedly.
<Too bad we can't have a sand fight again to lighten the mood.> latios said as he approached them. Andrew, Umbreon and Luni all nodded their agreement. <It seems like that had happened only two days ago, yet it was little more than a month ago.> Latios sighed, remembering the moment in which he had thrown sand at Latias's face. Andrew looked like he remembered doing the same to Latios, which had started the whole thing. He shook himself back to the present.
"Tomorrow, we go to the capital. We will request the help of the king, I hope he doesn't refuse." Andrew said.
<And if he does?> Umbreon questioned.
"Then we'll have to fight the evil with our army." Andrew said.
<he's kidding? Right? > Umbreon said and looked at everyone else. They stared at him in return. <oh, Arceus. He isn't kidding.> the black pokemon sighed.
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The day went on pretty normally after all that. The women cooked and the men practiced fighting. Orin had set up a riding course for the cavalry and was getting them to ride through it. Later though, Arye, Semon and the rest of the men that had before been wounded arrived at the camp. Andrew greeted them happily. Arye surveyed the camp.
"You have quite an army here." The man said he scanned the crowd of people that had gathered to greet the re-enforcements. "Where is tybalt?" Arye asked, confused that the Gallade hadn't been the first to greet them. Andrew looked at his boots.
"dead." He muttered.
"Did you say dead? I don't think I heard you correctly." Semon said.
"No, you heard me fine, he's dead." Andrew said, a bit more angrily.
"Who did it? I will kill who ever has killed him." Semon said madly.
"I did. He betrayed us. He was working with the evil. He told us other wise, but he killed our prisoner. He told us that darkness alone would survive." Andrew answered, still staring at the ground. Arye and Semon looked at him shocked.
"But he, I, me, us?!" Semon stuttered.
"What about Thea? How did she take it?" Arye asked, getting strait to the point.
"She took it surprisingly well, he was burnt at the stake, and she was the one who threw the sack with his ashes into the forest." Andrew said. Darkness had now fallen. He looked into the sky; the blue light was no longer there. "Tomorrow, we finish walking to the King's palace. We will then request his help. Until then, you should probably get some sleep. You have had a long hike. I'll get some extra tents set up for you and your men" Andrew said and looked at Semon, who was still just murmuring non-sense. After all arrangements were made for more tents, everyone went to bed. Andrew looked up at the constellation of Typhlosion one last time before he entered his tent. The rings on Umbreon's body were giving off a pale, but calming yellow light. Andrew quickly fell asleep, he had another night mare. It was just one image though: a strange combination of three pokemon, roaring to an army, with a pitch black storm cloud hovering above it.