well, here are a few more ch. i tink i'll go from 8 to 12 in this post
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ch.8
Latias woke up, the first thing she saw was the ocean, it was a beautiful clear blue. She tried to move he arms but couldn’t she looked down and saw that she was bound by a thick rope. A shadow fell over her. She looked up and she saw a man, he had an evil aura around him.
He was holding a large scythe with an edge that looked like a saw and was a shiny black. Behind him there was a Salamence, the same one that had knocked her out and to either side of the man were 2 cloaked figures each had a bow and quiver slung across their shoulders and were holding halberds.
“Hello” said the man. Latias didn’t reply. “I have seen you traveling with that boy.” He continued. The man could see fear and distrust in her eyes. He couldn’t tell of whom though, she seemed to be far off.
“Let me introduce myself, I am Lucas, and behind me is my Salamence.
“What do you want with me?’ latias asked fearfully. Lukas seemed surprised that she didn’t just speak in the pokemon dialect.
“I have been hunting your friend for a very long time, if he has not already told you he has the abili-“
“Yes, he told me, the ability to absorb the essence of a pokemon and become it at his whim.’
“Hmmm, well yes, and I want that power.” He said. “You seem distrusting of him. You have a right to feel like that though. He did leave you to die in the flames.” A small smirk came across the mans face.
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“So let me get this strait, you have the ability to change into any pokemon that you have touched and absorbed their essence?” asked Orin.
“Sounds about right” replied Andrew. All the pokemon had fallen asleep, Quilava had curled up next to latios, and together with the Rapidash they made a pleasant heat. Andrew was glad that he no longer had latios’ gaze burning into him. He didn’t like the look of distrust that was now in latios’ eyes as well as latias’. As an example, Andrew turned into latios and back. Another reason he was glad all the pokemon were asleep.
“And you’re trying to rescue a friend that is latios’ sister?” Orin continued.
“Yes” answered Andrew. The boy knelt next to the blue dragon and looked at his side. The infection was spreading, and the skin around the wound was turning black and when Andrew sifted through them some feathers fell out.
“This is not good” he muttered to himself.
“What? What’s happening?” Orin asked.
“Latios was hit with a poisoned arrow yesterday.” Andrew answered “I’ve tried everything to help him” he said as he pulled out a syringe filled with antidote.
“Well good luck with every thing.” Orin said. “I’m sorry about your friend, both of them.”
The man woke his Rapidash, mounted, and with one last wave he left leaving Andrew all alone with a dieing dragon and his Quilava.
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ch.9
For a while Andrew just sat there. He was thinking of a rescue plan and soon came up with one. He woke up latios and Quilava, the little pokemon stretched and climbed to Andrews’ shoulder. Latios just looked up sleepily shivered at the sudden loss of heat and lay his head back down.
“Latios, I’m going to find your sister, you’re welcome to come along.”
“There’s no use, she died in the fire.” Latios said sadly.
“No she didn’t, how can you not sense her presence? She is not here but she is alive!” Andrew shouted. Latios was more awake now and focused deeply.
“Yes I do sense something, but it can’t be her, it’s in to much distress and pain to be her. Even when she’s hurt or sad her spirit is never like this” latios said.
“Has she ever been threatened with death?”
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“Happy feasting” said a man with a halberd to latias. He tossed her a long dead pidgey and a bowl of water. She gladly ate the pidgey even though it looked diseased; she had only been fed enough to last through one more day, which was usually just a loaf of bread. Today Lucas visited her again.
“Guard, untie her wings.” Lucas commanded. The guard took his halberd and swung, cutting the ropes that had bound latias’ wings to her sides.
“Come with me” said Lucas, she floated up and almost fell back down but the guard nudged her with the butt of his halberd and warned that he would use the tip if she didn’t keep moving.
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As Andrew flew east in his Rayquaza form he noticed that the smell of flowers and the ocean was getting stronger. He was getting closer to his home. Latios seemed to notice the change too.
“Were getting closer, aren’t we?” latios asked. “I’ve never been to the ocean before.” He continued.
“It’s a wonderful place, and that’s where my original form is from” Andrew said “it’s my home”
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The young Lugia lifted her head and listened closely when she heard foot steps in the cave above hers. She put her head to a small vent that led between caves and listened. She heard the voice of the man who kept his armies here. She also heard a voice this one was in her head though.
She didn’t like what she heard.
“Now tell me how your friend got his powers.” Said the man.
“I told you, he never said!” the voice in her head answered. The Lugia heard a thud followed by the sound of someone hitting the ground. She flew out of her cave. What she saw she didn’t like even more than what she heard.
She landed on top of the mouth of the cave so that no one could see her but she could see everything that came in and out of the cave. One of the guards she typically saw came out of the cave carrying a red and white feathered dragon that had blood running down her neck and head. The dragon opened her golden eyes and she some how saw the Lugia and one thought entered her head right before the dragon closed her eyes again: “help me”
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ch.10
Latios soon saw an island. They had been flying over open ocean for days, Andrew carrying him when he got too tired. Every once and while they found a small island and camped there for a night.
“Land ho!’ shouted the blue dragon into Andrews head.
<I don’t know why you keep speaking to me through telepathy, I can understand the pokemon dialect> Andrew said over the wind in the pokemon dialect.
<I know but it feels more right to speak to you through telepathy since when I first met you, you were human> said the dragon. They quickly approached the island and landed. Andrew changed back into his human form and wandered around.
He gathered up palm leaves and made a shelter just large enough for both boy and dragon to fit. Quilava immediately went inside and fell asleep. A cool breeze blew across the ocean, ruffling latios’ feathers and blowing Andrews’s hair around his head.
The boy turned to latios, “let me see your side again.” He said. Distrust quickly filled the dragons red eyes. “Look, I don’t want you to die, I know it’s only been a week since I met you but we’ve already been through a lot.” The boy walked over to the blue dragon. The boy quickly inspected latios’ side and saw that the infection was becoming smaller.
The dragon lay down on the beach and Andrew sat next to him and began rubbing his neck. Latios sighed contentedly.
“We are very close to latias, don’t worry.” Andrew said.
“How can I not worry? She’s my little sister, I’d do everything to protect her.” thought latios
“I would do the same for both of you. Let me see your arm now.” said the boy. Distrust again showed in the dragons red eyes, but only for a moment and he held out his arm. Without taking his hand of Latios’ neck Andrew removed the strip of cloth. The burn had turned into a blister which made the boy feel like puking, but he didn’t and just tossed the bloody cloth away and ripped a new shred from his under shirt, soaked it in the ocean and wrapped it around latios’ forearm again.
“Ocean sunsets are so beautiful.” Latios said dreamily.
“Oh, that reminds me, I think it’s time I showed you my true form.” Said Andrew who let go of latios’ neck and walked strait into the water. Latios was worried he might drown and almost went in after the boy but a sudden spray of water hit him in the face.
He looked around and saw in the water beneath him a large blue whale with red markings going up and down its body. The whale looked up at latios playfully.
“This is my real form” said the whale, which looked extremely young. “I’m a Kyogre”
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Off on an island about a mile south the young Lugia thought about what she had heard from the red dragon, then she sensed that someone new was entering her territory, and she flew off north.
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ch.11
As she soared across the ocean the Lugia could tell that whoever was here was not here to do harm. She came to a small island she usually came to when thinking. When she arrived she saw a small tent made out of palm leaves. She could feel faint warmth coming from the inside. It was still dark out so who ever made the tent must be sleeping in it she thought
The Lugia peered into the tent to see a boy with dirty blonde hair and soot all over his face, a small pokemon which she took to be a Quilava, and a dragon that looked almost exactly like the one from her island, except this one was a bit bigger, blue and had an oval on its head rather than a pentagon.
She looked on the floor and saw a long sword; it was un-sheathed and laying right by the boys’ hand. The sword was made of a metal like none she had ever seen, it was colored exactly like the ocean on a bad day and in the hilt and blade waves were etched into it.
The boy opened his eyes and the Lugia flew into the forest. Andrew sat up and looked around, his hands on the sword. He went out side and tended the fire that Quilava had made the night before. He went into the forest and found some bananas and a few varieties of melons. He found some sticks and began roasting some bananas. He pulled out a loaf of bread from his pack and ripped it in half.
He entered the tent and placed a half loaf in front of Quilava and the other half in front of latios. When he went back outside, he saw the Lugia from his dream sitting by the fire.
<Why are you here?> she asked in her dialect.
“Hello” Andrew said. He was shocked by the sudden appearance and questioning of the pokemon. “I’m here to help a friend.” He answered. A sudden look of knowing spread across the lugias’ face, followed by confusion.
<are you here to help a red dragon? And how did you know what I said, you’re human?> she asked.
“Yes, I am here to help her.” he answered, ignoring the second question. “Can you take me to her?” he asked hastily. Just then, latios came out of the tent. Andrew looked at him. His face showed shock, and then a mild curiosity. The blue dragon floated up next to the boy.
<yes, but you didn’t answer my-> she was cut off by latios.
<who are you? What are you doing here?> the dragon asked.
<I’m Luni, and who might you be?> she asked both of them.
“I’m Andrew and this is latios.” said the boy. “Nice to meet you I guess.”
<well, if it’s the red dragon you seek, come with me, boy, you can ride on my back. And I’m assuming you can fly latios?> Luni said.
<Yes> replied Latios who looked at Andrew.
“Will you ride on her back or will you fly?” the dragon thought directly to him, no one else.
“I will ride her, it would probably scare her if I flew.> said Andrew, again directly to latios. The blue dragon looked startled at this form of communication; he had never heard Andrew use it before.
“May I?” Andrew went over to Luni, who bent over so he could hop on, his sword was in his hand that whole time and now he sheathed it and called Quilava who scurried up oto Andews' shoulder.
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ch.12
Right when Andrew mounted Luni he felt a tingling in his mind. The young Lugia closed her eyes and then opened them again. He had absorbed part of her essence.
As they flew latios asked “where are we going?”
“Before you came out of the tent Luni told me that she had seen your sister.” Andrew replied. He looked at the blue dragon, who was still looking strait ahead but acknowledged him with a red eye.
<So, you’re going to take us to her?> latios asked in his dialect.
<Yes, and when you get there you might have, umm, complications, to deal with.> she said.
“Andrew put his hand to his swords hilt and said “we’ll be ready.”
The group soon approached the island, Luni banked sharply to the left and latios followed suit. The young Lugia dropped them off in the middle of a forest.
<If you need me, just call> said the Lugia.
“I think we’ll be fine, but I will if needed.” answered the boy. Luni flew off, still confused about how a human could understand her.
For the flight, Quilava had fallen asleep in Andrews’ bag, but now got out and scouted ahead of Latios and the boy. The trio came to the edge of what looked like a clearing but with further examination, Andrew saw that a stone painted door had been put into a large rock. Latios saw two archers on top of the rock and warned Andrew.
“Yes I see them” the boy said, and he was suddenly holding a bow and had two arrows in a small quiver. The bow was the color of the sea on a calm day and seemed to ripple where the boy held it. The arrows were the same.
Andrew knocked one of the arrows and fired. The arrow barely grazed the first guard on the arm but the man still fell down and sounded like he was drowning. The second guard aimed towards where the first arrow came from and let loose. His arrow flew right by Andrews’ face but the boy seemed un-fazed. The boy had another arrow knocked and fired within two seconds. This arrow hit the second guard in the chest.
The man looked at his chest in shock. The arrow seemed to have past through him, not leaving even a scrape. Then he seemed to choke and fell to the ground.
“How did you do that?” asked latios in surprise, “the arrow didn’t even leave a mark!”
Andrew looked in his quiver and showed what was inside to latios.
“It's just water.” said the dragon.
“Yes, but those arrows had the essence of water imbued into them,” Andrew began “they kill without even barely touching someone, when the arrow hits; it exchanges all the air inside a living thing with water, giving the appearance of drowning.” He explained. “My sword is almost exactly the same, except it can decapitate someone.” Latios looked horrified.
Andrew walked over to the door and slashed at it with his sword and it quickly fell to pieces. Latios floated over to him.
“Dragons first” said the boy, and they entered into a long dark passage way with Quilava ablaze leading them.
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i probably wont be posting anything for eight days, i'll probably post the rest of this book today though.
Is it better to live on your feet than die on your knees or to die on your feet than live on your knees?