The Path to Light and Darkness: Rated PG 17

[§acred†Beo!]

Wolfwhispers: Great post! I liked how you added Electivre into the post! Anyways Growlithe grew to lvl 12! Murkrow grew to lvl 11! Murkrow learned icy wind! Murkrow wants to learn Haze delete a move to make room?

 

[Kerjo]

Darkness, that's the only thing the boy, knew. To his left, to his right, above and below him, there was nothing but darkness as far as his eyes could see. Well, that's if you call it seeing. He brought his hand to his face, rubbing the side of his face and 'looked' at him. Nothing but black.

"Welcome to the Abyss, my friend."

Jake's heart began to pace upon the hearing of the voice echoing through the void he was currently in. The voice wasn't one he had heard before, but the tone of if it sent shivers down his spine and the hair on the back of his neck rose. He felt like something was weighing him down, crushing him without actually touching him.

"Tell me, are you afraid of the darkness? Is it so terrifying that you would lose control of yourself in its very presence. If so, are you panicking right now, wondering who I am, what I am, where I am and why I am here…or more importantly, why you are here?"

The boy didn't respond. He drew his arms around himself, protecting himself from whoever was talking to him. The boy jumped, feeling a hand land on his shoulder and shuffled away from it. As he scrambled to escape something wrapped around his wrists and ankles, holding him in place. The hand returned to him, but this time on his chest, right on top of heart. He held his breath, his head light and his mind screaming with thoughts, though he did not comprehend a single one. He could feel his heart beat against the hand on his chest.

" I see…so you are not ready yet. Perhaps…"

"Jake!"

Jake's every action stopped as he felt the hand slip into his body. Aware, but unable to respond the boy's body began to tremble and shut down.

"Jake!"

"I'll just have to give you a little push…"

He was helpless to stop whatever was happening to him. His senses were overloaded and his mind couldn't comprehend a single thought. He felt the hand on his heart, so cold that his heart ceased to beat. Then, solid again, the hand pushed against his heart…

"JAKE!!!"

The young trainer jolted up, screaming his lungs out, startling everyone in the building. From his position on the other side of the room, Will, who was tending to a hurt Scott, looked over at the trainer, worried. The boy was breathing heavily, sweating excessively, tears pouring from his eyes and his hands balling up the sheets in a death grip. He started to scream out again but nothing came, not a single peep.

"Jake!" The voice called again and suddenly to warm hands landed on his shoulders and he found himself staring at a blonde hair guy around his age, ocean blue eyes full of concern. The boy still couldn't react; instead his drove his face into the other's shoulders, bringing his hands from the bed to his shirt. Beside the boy stood Emily, who looked just as worried, if not more.

"Is he going to be alright?" The blonde haired kid, Wes, turned and nodded. "Yeah, after a while he'll calm down…"

Indeed a few hours later Jake had calmed down at the expense of reassurance that everything was safe from both Emily and Wes. He was then given some water to help calm him down. He now stood in front of the healing machine, healing his pokemon once again.

"Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, next time…"

"Next time I'll handle him myself." Jake said sort of coldly. He turned a bit to look at the blonde hair boy and gave a small smile. "I know your intentions are good and I really really do appreciate you for showing up and saving my butt when you did. But, you shouldn't get involved." A beep ringed through the room and Jake collected his pokeballs, releasing Macey and letting her crawl back to his shoulder. Wes just stared at the boy. There was something different about him. Something awful was beginning to surface from deep within him and Wes knew there was nothing he could do. It was something Jake had to face alone, something that had existed within upon his interaction with the Darkness. The boy sighed in defeat, picking up his Ralts, who had been standing at his side.

"Just…be careful. This isn't a game…people's lives are at stake and…and so is your sanity. I would ask you to not venture in the darkness, but I know you can't. Just try your best…and I'll do my best to block those bad paths…" With that the boy left, quickly slipping out of the building through the wooden board.

Jake looked around at the group of people still in the building. They were all worn down and tired, but they seemed hopeful. When he first saw them they looked like they have given up everything and were on their last leg, but something changed. Now it was like someone had come and given them a shoulder to lean on to support themselves. He gave a small, weak smile.

"I'll be going as well. Hopefully we'll meet again later."

Back outside, Jake was greeted with the reality of the gloomy world. It was well pass noon, probably already reaching well into the evening and now it was as dark as midnight out. Macey gave a whine as Jake leaned against the building, she obviously didn't like the situation, especially with all the recent events. Jake's problem didn't help either.

Once the boy's eyes were adjusted to the dark he began to walk off again, this time heading what use to be the old gym of Viridian. "Hey you, kid!" Jake froze, his hand instantly reaching for Nathan's pokeball while he turned his head just a bit to peek behind him. Seeing a flash of white, the boy whipped around, pokeball drawn with Macey ready to jump from his shoulder. However, once he saw the man behind him he relaxed.

The man before him stood about his height, or maybe a bit taller. His short black hair barely reached past his ears and left his forehead exposed, revealing all the features of his face. By the looks of it, he was just as hopeless and tired as the kids from the 'Pokemon Center'. The man was similarly dressed like the cloak trainers, though he wore a grayish cloak, which Jake presumed had once been white and was just worn and dirty. He smiled eerily at the boy and Jake glared back, still tense.

"Who are you?" The man laughed.

"My name is Tai Fayling. I'm here to escort you to the Clan of Hope's base." The man talked smoothly and his voice was friendly, so much that Jake felt like he could trust him. The boy gave a short sigh, wondering if he should really trust the man before him, but figured that he had no choice. After all, the man seemed to be a good person.

' Why did Chris join the Dark Brotherhood? How, how could he join the group after all the things they did to Kanto and not to mention mom? Had Vince been here he would have taken Chris out without a second thought…but can I really do that. He's still our brother after all. ' Jake placed his hand over his chest. ' And that hand…was that real? Why did it have to be me…why am I the one who has to suffer these things…'

" Because it's who you are…"

Jake stopped, finally taking notice of his surroundings and finding that he wasn't in Viridian anymore. He was surrounded by darkness, but it wasn't the pitch black darkness that he was seen from the 'Abyss'. In this darkness he could clearly see meters ahead of him and he could tell that he had gotten lost somewhere. He took a step forward and it echoed. Then shadows rose from the ground, swirling around each other and joining together to form a cloaked trainer. Jake glared his eyes and shrugged his right shoulder. Macey gave a small responding cry and leaped in front of him facing the cloaked figure.

The man held out his hand and more shadows came together and formed a pokeball. He tossed it into the air and released a pokemon, Houndour, just like the one Chris had used earlier. The boy crackled, thumbing his nose. "This one again? I'm sorry but you're gonna lose. Macey, Water Gun!"

"Howl!" Macey took a deep breath, getting ready to spit forward a blast of water as the Houndour took a stance on the ground. It barred its fangs as Macey and let out an ear-splitting howl. It then glared at Macey, catching the mouse off guard and causing her to take a step back.

"Ember!"

"Don't be afraid! Water Gun!" Encouraged by her trainer's words Macey jumped forward and prepared the attack once again. Houndour dug his paws into the ground, flames visible within his mouth. In another loud howl he sent the flames flying from his mouth towards Macey who shot out a blast of water. The attacks collided, casuing a bit of steam, but having the type advantage, Macey's attack didn't completely dissolve in the attack and Houndour was sprinkled with some water.

"Run up close and use ember once again!" The dog barked, dashing off at an amazing speed while flames fluttered around in its mouth. "Defense curl!" Macey jumped and bounced off her tail, pulled herself into a tight ball just in time to protect herself from taking on the full force of the ember.

"Now Tail Whip!" Just as quickly as she had wrapped herself up, the unwrapped herself, switching away the Houndour with her tail in the process and began to wave the ball on her tail back and forth in a teasing manner. Houndour followed her tail's every move and soon became dizzy and stumbled about on his feet.

"Now, finish it. Water Gun!" Macey took in a big breath of air and within seconds shot a large blast of water at the Houndour. The dog cried out as it took the full force of the blast and was pushed a few yards away. The cloaked trainer grumbled and returned the pokemon to its ball before calling out another. This pokemon was much different from the ones Jake had seen before. It resembled a bat with two skinny tails that was blue in color. It lacked a nose and eyes, but had large ears and four teeth. Jake reached for a ball at his waist.

"Alright Nathan, show them what you can do!" He clicked the button in the middle and a red light shot out hitting the ground in front of the boy. However the pokemon that came out wasn't the pokemon that Jake had caught earlier. No, instead of a brown insect larva pokemon, a pokemon that resembled a brown-gold cocoon with a round head and eyes appeared. Jake blinked for a second. "Wha…when…when did you evolve?"

The cloaked trainer's pokemon gave a cry and Jake reached for his pokedex, gathering information on both pokemon. "So Nathan did evolve, and it appears that he still has some offensive moves and this pokemon…" He looked at the bat. "You're Zubat, a poison flying type. But I doubt a pokemon from a cloaked trainer is even skilled enough to by Nathan as a Kakuna. Poison Sting!"

"Supersonic!" The Zubat gave a silent cry and flew around Nathan before sending out waves at the cocoon-like pokemon. Reacting quickly as possible, Nathan turned and shot poison barbs at the Zubat. Both attacks connected and Zubat fluttered off while Nathan wobbled from side to side.

"Harden!"

"Leech Life." Nathan wobbled around a bit before finding a way to 'stand' straight up and glowed a faint yellow-orange color. "Now Poison Sting again!" Nathan wobbled again and then, without another peep, bashed his head into the ground. As he wobbled more Zubat approached him and sunk its teeth into him. However, thanks to his harden the teeth couldn't completely penetrate and the attack failed.

"Harden and Poison Sting!"

"Leech life!"

Nathan glowed again as Zubat performed a spin in the air before bomb rushing the poor bug pokemon. It flashed its fangs, mouth open and Nathan shot out his poison barbs, catching the bat right in the mouth. It fluttered a bit, but kept on course and tried to sink its teeth into the bug again but failed once more. However this time, two of its fangs fell out and the pokemon cried in pain. Jake laughed as the trainer called back the bat, but his smile disappeared just as quickly as the man disappeared.

"You're lucky that Beo doesn't want you brats dead yet. He says that you're all pawns in some type of game he's got planned, but just to let you know." Jake froze when he felt something cold and sharp being pressed against his throat. "I could have killed you anytime I wanted!" The boy closed his eyes, but he didn't fear the thought of dying.

"There you are!" Jake quickly opened his eyes, wildly taking a look around. No longer was he in that dark place where he fought the trainer. He was now standing in front of the old Viridian Gym. He turned to see Tai running up to him, looking quite worried. "You had me worried when you vanished all of sudden. You know, Zypher wouldn't be happy with me if I let something happen to you!" The man smiled. "But…this is where are path must separate for now. I've got other duties to attend to."

Jake blinked as the man ran off, leaving the Gym. He watched the man go for a while before turning away and walking into the building. ' Tai Faylings…what the heck is up with that guy. '

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Kerjo: Awesome post! I love how the darkness has taken a toll on his mental state reminds of Beo when I started writing his history XD... Ether way Macey grew to lvl 12! Kakuna grew to lvl 10! Kakuna wants to evolve will you allow it?

 

[{Swan}]

((This is the best I can do right now))

Cain didn't like anything dark. This we found out a chapter ago. So it is safe to say that Cain couldn't fully appreciate her surroundings. The trees were black for God's sake! The trees were all twisted and wrong and Cain had a very bad feeling about it.


She had both of her Pokémon out and ready to go. Orre was in her arms and Morsmordre was floating beside them. Orre wasn't sleeping but instead she looked around nervously and would jump whenever she heard a sound. Morsmordre was just as nervous and on edge which didn't calm Cain at all. The three of them were basketcases walking through the twisted forest. There were other creatures everywhere but so far Morsmordre's penetrating stares had kept them at bay.


"Just how far does this forest go?" Cain muttered to herself. She was seriously getting the creeps and wanted to get out of the forest as quickly as possible. She clutched Pandora a little too tightly and the Sableye objected by biting her arm softly. "Sorry Orre," Cain muttered as she loosened her grip.


A crack. Cain jumped, Pandora growled and Misdreavous started. Cain looked around for the cause of the sound and found that she'd stepped on a black and dead twig. She grunted. "We need to keep it together guys," she scolded. They had jumped because she stepped on a twig. She felt so stupid. "Let's get moving again, there has to be an end to this forest someplace."


Just then there was a disturbance in the air. Suddenly a sharp screech rang through the forest, making Cain cover her ears and drop Pandora. When it stopped Cain could see two yellow and blue eyes through the darkness. In a blur of movement something dark jumped forward and the two eyes yelled out in pain. A tiny Shuppet got thrown into the ground and Pandora emerged. She had used a Night Shade attack out of anger for the sudden ambush.


"Pandora!" Cain said, half-scolding. But on the other hand she was glad that Orre had done it. "Have it your way, use leer and then Night Shade again!" Pandora linked eyes with the Shuppet, leering devilishly at it. The Shuppet shuddered and tried to move away nervously. Pandora took that exact moment to jump forward and scratch the living daylight out of the Shuppet, claw enveloped in a darkness that was linked to the Sableye's strength. More screeches of pain from the Shuppet. Meanwhile Morsmordre floated beside Cain, watching it all curiously.


Then the Shuppet had enough. Another murdering screech rang through the forest and Pandora actually cried out this time. When it stopped Pandora was even more angry than she had been before and Cain decided that it was best to give her an order before she started for herself. "Pandora, use foresight and then Scratch!" She ordered quickly and Pandora obeyed. She had that twinkle in her eye that allowed her to hit the Ghost type with a normal attack. And scratching is what she did.


Just as Orre was about to deliver another blow the ghost finally decided to retaliate and started forward with her horn ready. It was a quick and heavy blow causing Pandora to get knocked to the ground. Cain recognized it as a Knock-Off attack. Then a darkness much like Pandora's started encircling the horn as the Shuppet charged again. "Quick Orre, dodge and use night shade!"


Pandora did as told and brought down her claw. The Shuppet was faster than they thought however and it countered it with its own Night Shade. The two ghosts connected and dark energy started encircling the claw and horn. Slowly the energy spiraled both Pokémon. Orre pushed harder and the energy got stronger on Shuppet's side. Shuppet pushed back, causing the energy to spiral back toward Pandora.


Just when it appeared to be endless Pandora brought in her other claw with effort and pushed now with both hands. The dark energy completely surrounded Shuppet now and with one final push it exploded into the other ghost, making it cry out. After a few seconds all the energy was gone and an unconscious Shuppet lay on the floor. Pandora was breathing heavily and watching the Shuppet, poking it with her claw to make sure it was really out.


Pandora walked back toward Cain on her hind legs. She was tired but proud of what she'd done and it showed. "Come here, little one," Cain beckoned, having a potion ready. She sprayed Pandora with its content and the ghost purred at the healing effects. "Now let's go, we don't know how long we still have to go."

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Swan: It was short but hey if it's all you can do at the moment i'm not gonna argue! Misdreavus grew to lvl 11! Sabyleye grew to lvl 10!

 

[Kerjo]

'What have I gotten myself into…'

Jake looked around, finally arriving at the headquarters of the Clan of Hope. From the renovation that had done on the inside of the 'Pokemon Center' the boy had expected something a bit nicer than his new surroundings. There weren't nice decorated floors, clean tables and seats or anything of the sort. Instead there were a bunch of beaten up trainers, about twenty five in all, who looked beat up. They too wore 'white' cloaks, colored gray, black or red and their faces reflected expression of sorrow and grief. Jake shook his head. 'How can this be the Clan of Hope, the organization destined to change the world? Shameful, even our last hope for the return of Kanto's golden days are sad and pathetic.'

The boy sighed as the other trainers scanned him, molesting him with their eyes and the boy shivered. He suddenly felt like turning back, having lost all belief in this organization, feeling like he would be better off traveling on his own. His actions were stopped when a older man, dressed in tattered white cloak stained with red spots approached him.

"You must be one of the trainers from Oak." The boy raised a brow and the man gave a smile. "I can tell by the look on your face how dirty your clothes are." He laughed. "Come on, follow me."

Jake didn't object. These were people he could probably trust in the world, but he also wanted to see the man Oak had talked about, Zypher. As he followed the man into another room he came face to face with a group of vaguely familiar kids. After a few seconds he recognized them to be the group that he had 'met' at Prof. Oak's lab a while back. The boy lowered his head, avoiding eye contact with them and turned his attention to a staircase in the room.

The stairs lead up to a throne and from that point on, a bright light blinded the boy, not allowing him to see the man sitting in the throne. His scowled and covered his eyes. 'Who is so special that they get a throne to sit in these days!? And why are there bright lights, whoever it is surely isn't a god!' He thought bitterly. The man sitting in the chair cleared his throat and the others who were conversing in the room quickly ceased talking.

"As you have notice, the Dark Brotherhood has already begun to toy with your young minds, trying to push you into a corner to give into the darkness. They have made a terrible decision," The chair squeaked as the man stood up. Jake kept of a neutral response to the man's movement. While he was able to project his voice through the room and firm authority, the boy could still catch small moments when the man's voice died a little. "Because I stand here, in front of you all, to tell you that you are Kanto's new light of hope! This decision was reached because most of the other trainers and their pokemon are worn out and they need to rest. This is why we recruited you."

Jake balled his fist up, angry at the man before him. How dare they be called out into the dangerous affairs of the battle between the Dark Brotherhood and the Clan of Hope just because the existing members of the group were tired. Was this the meaning of being Kanto's new hope of life? To come and lay off those more experienced in battle just so they, a bunch of amateurs, could have their try at 'saving' the world. It just didn't make any sense. The boy bit his lips, forcing himself from lashing out in a rage.

"At the moment all of your minds can easily be persuaded by the Darkness and this is because it offers you power. Heed my words friends, power is nothing! Beo thought that becoming a Pokemon Master was all about power, but that is not true! He couldn't realize this and that is why he lost to me in the finals…" The man paused, his voice wavering. "And that is why this region is the way it is today."

Zypher quickly sat back down, breathing heavily. Even through the glare of the lights the shield the man, Jake could see that something was wrong with the man. He took a step forward, all his anger vanishing within seconds, replaced with concern for the man. He stopped as the man continued to speak.

"In the lobby you will find a healing device. I advise you to heal your pokemon before you go on this mission, your very first, that I'm about to give you. This mission is going to be very dangerous, despite it being your first." He paused momentarily, taking a deep breath. "We have picked up readings of large amounts of energy coming from the center of Viridian forest, so for your first mission I want you all to go there and check it out. By the healing machine there are a number of potions, so make sure to take a least five with you and heal!" With that the others turned to leave and Jake reluctantly followed. Something just wasn't right about leaving at the moment.

"Also, if any of you feel like your life is in grave danger at any point of this mission," He coughed. "I want you to return immediately!" Upon finishing his statement the man began to cough horribly, bring up blood. He brought his hands to his mouth as he slumped over in his chair. After a few more coughs, he stopped, passed out in his chair. The guards in the room called out, making a mad dash up the stairs while the others pushed out the trainers, some of which were trying to get to the man to check on him.

Jake felt a small sting in his heart, but continued to leave the room without resistance. Personally, there was nothing he could do to help, so he figured that it would be best to continue on with the mission he had been given. Upon returning to the lobby the boy placed his pokeballs into the machine and grabbed five potions while the machine did its job. Once his pokemon were healed, he released Macey and swiftly left the base without a word.
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If one thought Viridian City was a complete ruin of its former life, they hadn't laid eyes on the once rich forest north of it. 9 years ago the forest was rich with fresh, lush grass that reached up to the waist of the trainers who strolled about it. The trees stretched high in the sky and some of their branches intermingled, leaves weaving together to block out sunlight, protecting the bug pokemon who dwelled in the forest. Though there were many spots in the forest in which the sunlight broke though. There was even a pleasant smell to the forest, a pleasure that recreationists never took for granted.

The scenery now was vastly different and sickly so. The grass had slowly died away, having turned black and curled up to the point where it didn't even reached half the height that it once did. The trees too had turned black and their trunks twisted in unimaginable shape and angles, branches bound together in knots. Unlike the other trees Jake had seen before, the leaves of these trees remained intact, having morphed into long black leaves covered in jagged edges, ready to cut into the flesh and bone of anything that climbed up. While the trees had become twisted they all seemed to lean in the same general direction, towards the center of the forest where a dark vortex swirled clockwise. Looking up above him, Jake caught the sky moving in the same direction.

"I guess that's the center of this place." A crazed smile flashed on his face, and then quickly disappeared. He shifted his eyes over at Macey. "I best believe that we should get there as quickly as possible then return to Viridian. Who knows what's crawling about in the forest these days."

He took a deep breath and carefully took a step forward, heading in the direction that the trees were leaning in. The walk was quite eerie, and the whole time Jake could sense the things moving in the forest, watching his every move. He continued onward, scared, but not willing to turn back. He had a feeling that whatever he was going to find near the center of the forest would help him understand the 'Abyss' later on. That or he was probably going delusional from all the recent activities.

As he continued walking, Jake got a sense that something was following him. He didn't notice it at first, the crunching of the grass beneath his feet was acting as a cover for whatever was following him. Somehow, the thing had gotten out of sync with Jake's stepping patterns and the boy quickly noticed, but didn't make a move to react. Instead he kept walking. He turned his head a bit and whispered as quietly as he could in Macey's ear. The mouse made a small squeak in response and the two kept on. All the while, Macey paid close attention to the sounds coming from behind them and when the opportunity presented itself, she jumped around and shot a blast of water in the direction of the noise.

"Nido!" Jake turned around, catching a glimpse of something being pushed into a nearby tree by Macey's Water Gun. She stood defensively in front of Jake, ready for a new battle and the boy himself prepared himself as well. He concentrated on the area where the thing was pushed and soon found it. It was a small purple rabbit-like pokemon with spikes along its back. A horn protruded from its head, near two large ears that twitched as it rose back to its feet. Jake grabbed his pokedex and pointed it at the pokemon.

" Nidoran (M). It is small, but its horn is filled with poison. It charges, then stabs with the horn to inject its poison." Jake gave a half chuckle as he pocketed the Pokedex. 'A poison type eh? Let's test it.' He smiled. "Alright, let's give this one a battle he'll never forget. Macey, use water gun again!"

Nidoran didn't sit around waiting to be attack. After being hit the first time he was quite made and rushed in, horn glowing. Macey didn't have any time to react and took the attack full force, rolling back a few feet. She jumped up, instantly preparing another water gun. This one she got through, shooting a larger than normal blast of water at the Poison type pokemon.

Nidoran gave a cry and leaped, his feet glowing. His front paw collided with the water, creating an explosion from the force, but still managing to close the distance between him and Macey, kicking her with his other front paw. She gave a cry falling back. Jake was at a loss for words. He didn't expect the Nidoran to give up such a fight against Macey and his speed was completely overpowering her. She wasn't even up and he was already preparing to deliver another powerful peck attack.

"Defense curl!" Macey curled herself into a ball and glowed as the Nidoran charged her, attacking once again with his glowing horn. The rolled back and as she did Jake called out another attack. While in mid-roll and while the Nidoran was charging for a third peck attack, Macey suddenly uncurled herself and shot a blast of water at the poison pin pokemon. He was caught off guard and sent flying back by the water. Upon her feet, Macey attacked with another water gun at Jake's command, knocking the Nidoran into another tree.

"Alright, now tail whip." Macey laughed, teasing the Nidoran and waved her tail back and forth in a playful manner. Her actions only enraged the Nidoran, who jumped up and took a deep breath. A purple aura surrounded him and he dashed off at Macey once again.

"Macey, run at it with full speed!" Macey gave Jake a odd look before, reluctantly, following his orders and charging the mad Nidoran running at her. Jake watched from where he stood his heart beating fast. To date, this had to be the toughest battle he had with a wild pokemon. He shook the thought from his head, focusing on the task at hand.

"Now, jump and use defense curl!" Leaping into the air, Macey rolled herself into a ball once again, rocketing towards the Nidoran with the momentum from her run. The poison pokemon jumped as well, his feet glowing once again. Jake swallowed hard, his fingers crossed as he hoped for the best. The two meet each other and collided, resulting in a sickening sound, but causing no apparent damage to either one. The boy smirked.

"Alright, Water Gun!" Still in her curled up state, Macey shot out a beam of water that propelled herself again Nidoran even more, adding on to her momentum. After a few more seconds the Nidoran was pushed back, collapsing under the pressure and both pokemon crashed a nearby tree. Jake ran over, quickly inspecting Macey's injuries and grabbing a potion to heal her with. As he did he notice the Nidoran struggle to his feet and bark at him.

The boy grabbed an empty pokeball from his jacket pocket and tossed it at the weaken pokemon. The ball made contact with the point on his head and the Nidoran was sucked in…

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Kerjo: Great post! I liked how his feelings for Zypher changed all in a split moment, they will definitly change for the better in a few chapters... Anyways Marill grew to lvl 14! Jake caught a lvl 8 Nidoran(M)!

Note to everyone: If everything goes according to how I figure it will, then the new epic chapter 5 should be up within tommorrow night or early sunday!

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Chapter 5​

All Alone​

Post 1​

As you stand there still listening to the strange roars of something off in the distance, the ground around you begins to quake, kind of at the same magnitude of the shake back at Oak's lab. The roar's begin to get louder and louder now's your time to make an important decision that could shape the future of Kanto.

Choice One:

As the roars get louder you know what your duty is in to this region and that your current mission is to investigate the surge of power in the center of Viridian Forest, you decide to keep moving forward towards the roar, and the cause of the shakes.

Below is what happens if you choose choice one:

Spoiler:

The deeper and deeper you get into the forest the stranger the forest becomes. The ground below you starts to twist up into the air, trees are floating in mid air, it almost seems as if time itself is suspended but you know that is not true, something else is going on here. The sky is now a more of a dark purple and the dark clouds are twisted as well. Suddenly you hear the roars again only this time you get a glimpse at what's causing it.

"RA! GIR! RA TINA!" You hear as you lift your head up to see two big red eyes peering out at you in the darkness. You try to take a few steps backwards only two trip over a shadowy claw coming up out of the ground. You then hear a faint laugh coming from every direction.

"Mwhahah, time's up!" The voice says as you recall Beo's voice and you start to get the chills just from the sound of it… Suddenly shadowy claws come at you in every direction, you close you eyes hoping for the best and suddenly you pass out.

Choice Two:

As the roars get louder you know you have a duty to this region, and a mission that Zypher in trusted you with, but at the same time you know he told you if it got to dangerous to turn around, your life is more meaningful at the moment and you decide to do what's right and turn around.

Below is what happens if you choose choice two:

Spoiler:

As you begin to turn around and head for the exit, you start to get the sense that you've been running for hours and you stop. You begin looking around to notice you are no where near an exit out of the forest instead the tress are begin to twist downwards at you. Suddenly you start hearing whizzing noises circling around you as if many tiny things were flying at high speeds around you. The begin circling in closer causing you to have less room to move. As the make it closer you can finally make out what they are…

UNOWN.

There big white eyes are all you can make out but the begin circling around you at such a high speed that the shadows form out of the ground and encircle you causing you to lose oxygen, as your just about to pass you hear the faint laughing and words of a familiar voice.

"Mwahaha, times up!" The voice says as you recall Beo's voice and you start to get the chills just from the sound of it… Suddenly you lose oxygen and pass out.

End of Post 1

Post 2​

You slowly enter in and out of consciousness; everything around you is blurry and then you open your eyes to a faint laughing. Standing in front of you is Tai Fayling only this time he doesn't have that grin on his face, no this time he has an angered and irritated look on it.

"Aren't you just a lucky person today" he says as he walks closer to you and helps you up. You begin to question where you are since a moment ago you were just in Viridian Forest.

"Beo has separated you from the rest of the group" Tai says as you are shocked to hear this but it did make sense, it would be easier for him to pick you off one by one if you were alone.

"He's going to come to you with an offer you can't refuse; I suggest you accept his offer, otherwise he'll kill you" Tai says as you start t wonder just why Tai was telling you this so of course you ask him.

"Well you could say it's because your Kanto's last hope and I don't want you to die, or you could also say I have my own agenda" he says and with that you turn around to think about things and when you turn back he is gone. You sigh wondering just what Beo was going to offer you. And then you notice it a worn down sign and you realize exactly where you are.

The area everyone is on and the wild pokemon that are on it:

FrostBite: Mt. Moon.

Description: Mt Moon is a very unstable mountain; as well it is completely pitch black inside due to the outside being constantly dark. Every so often there will be violent shakes and quakes. You are all alone in the darkness and have no way of finding a way out.

Wild Pokemon:

Common:

Zubat lvl 10-13
Moves: Leech life, supersonic, bite, astonish

Geodude lvl 10-12
Moves: Tackle, mud sport, Rock Polish, Rock throw


Uncommon:

Shinx lvl 10-13
Moves: Leer, bite, tackle, charge


Rare:

Chimchar lvl 10-13
Moves: Scratch, leer, taunt, ember

Hearacross 10-13
Moves: Aerial Ace, fury swipes, Night Slash, Tackle


WolfWhispers: Rock Tunnel

Description: Basically the same as Mt Moon above

Wild Pokemon:

Common:

Spoink 10-13
Moves: Splash, odor sleuth, psywave

Aron 10-13
Moves: Tackle, harden, mud slap, Headbutt


Uncommon:

Larvitar 10-13
Moves: Bite, leer, sandstorm, screech


Rare:

Mudkip Lvl 10-13
Moves: Tackle, growl, mud slap, water gun

Sneasel lvl 10-13
Moves: Scratch, Quick attack, taunt, leer


Tim0789: Mt. Silver

Description: Same as Mt. Moon and Rock Tunnel

Wild Pokemon:

Common:

Natu 10-13
Moves: Peck, night shade, teleport, Lucky chant

Sentret 10-13
Moves: Scratch, foresight, quick attack, fury swipes


Uncommon:

HootHoot lvl 10-13
moves: Tackle, foresight, hypnosis, peck


Rare:

Cyndaquil lvl 10-13
Moves: Tackle, smokescreen, ember, quick attack

Sudowoodo lvl 10-13
Moves: Wood hammer, copy cat, rock throw, low kick


Charizard_Man: Seafoam Island

Description: Same as the others, only difference is there are pools and streams of water all around, and you can hear them running. Just be careful you don't fall in!

Wild Pokemon:
Common:

Magikarp lvl 10-13
Moves: splash

Horsea lvl 10-13
Moves: bubble, leer, smoke screen, water gun


Uncommon:

Kraby lvl 10-13
Moves: bubble, vice grip, leer, harden


Rare:

Totodile lvl 10-13
Moves: Scratch, water gun, rage, bite

Dratini lvl 10-13
Moves: Wrap, leer, Thunder wave, twister


Swan: Power Plant

Description: Same as the others dark and damp etc, only difference is the occasionally sputtering of sparks and electricity flying from broken machines and wires.

Wild Pokemon:
Common:

Mareep lvl 10-13
Moves: Tackle, growl, thundershock

Voltorb lvl 10-13
Moves: Charge, tackle, sonic boom, spark


Uncommon:

Elekid lvl 10-13
Moves: quick attack, leer, thundershock, low kick


Rare:

Pikachu lvl 10-13
Moves: Thundershock, growl, thunderwave, quick attack

Plusle+Minun lvl 10-13
Moves: growl, thunder wave, quick attack, helping hand


Kerjo: A volcano just off the coast of Cinnabar

Description: Is much lighter then the rest of the other trainers places due to the hot magma all around, be careful not to fall in!

Wild Pokemon:
common:

Slugma lvl 10-13
Moves: Yawn, smog, ember, rock throw

Numel lvl 10-13
Moves: growl, tackle, ember, magnitude


Uncommon:

Torkoal lvl 10-13
Moves: ember, smog, withdraw, curse


Rare:

Torchik lvl 10-13
Moves: scratch, growl, focus energy, ember

Magby lvl 10-13
Moves: smog, leer, ember, smokescreen

Monochrome: Victory Road
Description: Same as the other places, Pitch black, damp, horrifying.

Wild Pokemon:

Common

spinarak lvl 10-13
Moves: poison sting, constrict, scary face, leech life

Zigazgoon lvl 10-13
Moves: Tackle, growl, tail whip, head butt

Uncommon

Slakoth lvl 10-13
Moves: scratch, yawn, Encore, slack off

Rare

Bulbasaur lvl 10-13
Moves:Tackle, vine whip, leech seed, poison powder

Seviper lvl 10-13
Moves: Wrap, lick, bite


​

After you ether battle or catch a wild pokemon, you start to realize that you need to find a way out of this place before Beo arrives.

Post 3​

As you begin to make your way through the depths of darkness, all alone you get an erie feeling that you are being watched. You wish it wasn't true but unfortunately it was as Beo appears in front of you with his Charizard out only to bring a small bit of light so you can see him. You scream at the man asking him what he wants with you. He then begins to laugh and clap.

"I think it's very funny and entertaining that you children think you are making such a difference in this place even though it is hopeless and you are not even powerful enough to beat me blindfolded." He says as you realize it's true just from sensing the pure power emitting from the Charizard next to him.

"Now I've come to you with a bit of a proposal that you shouldn't refuse, you see I think you do have potential to be very strong, but your fighting on the wrong side my young friend you could have all the power you want if you just accept the darkness and let it grow inside of you like I did" he says as you begin to question how darkness could possibly help you.

"Ha very childish of you, listen I know what it is you really want in life" he says pausing as you being to wonder how he could possibly no exactly what you want but he continues (This is the part where you talk as Beo telling you exactly what it is you want, and to your surprise it is exactly right) "See that's just some of the things the darkness can do now join me and I promise you when this is all said and done you can have exactly what you want" he says as he extends his arm out for you to shake, basically throwing your soul to the devil.

Now's your choice to make the most difficult decision in your life, do you choose to continue fighting for the light! Or do you give in and fight for darkness! This truly is the Path to light and darkness.

In the spoilers below is what happens if you choose yes:

Spoiler:

"I am pleased with your decision" Beo says as he begins to laugh as shadows reach out from below you and start pulling you through the ground flinging you through some kind of inter-dimension before landing flat on your back in the middle of the Dark Brotherhood's base. You look around to realize that, as you see other trainers in black cloaks, and suddenly you look at yourself and find that you are wearing one as well.

You also realize that everyone begins to get excited and then you notice why as two dark brotherhood members carry an unconscious Zypher down the hall way, his white robe covered in blood.

You have now chosen a life shrouded in darkness and shadows good luck.

In the spoilers below is what happens if you choose no:

Spoiler:

"Haha the fact that you would turn me down truly shows that you were the right choice for this job, unfortunately your life ends here!" Beo shouts in anguish as shadows reach up from behind you and pull you down to the ground one holding each arm and leg as well as keeping your mouth shut. Beo then grabs that same dagger he killed Oak with stained in blood from his cloak and kneels behind you.

"The fact of the matter is you can't fight it, your all pawns in my game and you'd be surprised to know that I had a hand in who was chosen as the Clan of Hopes replacements" he says as you are a bit shocked, were you really just part of a game? You close your eyes as Beo gets ready to thrust the dagger into your stomach when all of a sudden another Dark Brotherhood member appears behind him.

"Beo sir!" he says saluting his master.

"What is it!" Beo yells to the man a bit annoyed.

"The Clan of Hope base has been destroyed, every member killed." He says as your eyes reopen wider then ever.

"Good, and Zypher?" Beo asks as he gets a big evil grin on his face.

"We have him captured sir" he the man says as Beo gets to his feet.

"I'm sorry will have to finish this another time haha" Beo says to you as he turns to walk away but then decides to kneel back down and then takes a big slice down your left arm and then licks the blood off the dagger.

"That was so you know I'll be back, but first I'm going to finally have my rematch with Zypher!!!" he screams as it echoes through the cave, building etc.

Beo vanishes along with the other man as the shadows release you and you begin gasping for air, you may even being vomiting at the surprising news… Everyone was dead? And they had Zypher? Did this mean it was over?


You have just chosen the life of light and justice, but was the life already coming to an end?

End of Volume one
​

 

[Underoos]

Just like his headache, the roars had ceased to stop. Kabir was trying to figure out what direction the obnoxious noise was coming from, but he just couldn't pinpoint it with his splitting headache. Kadabra, on the other had, was having a bit better luck. It wasn't too long after that he poked Kabir's arm and pointed in a direction directly ahead. Kabir looked at his Pokemon silently. Kadabra looked up at Kabir, eyes calm and expressionless. Kabir had to say, his partner sure fit his personality well. Kabir let out a harsh chuckle and then looked at the sky as he debated what to do. Zypher had said to run and turn around if it was too dangerous, but was it?

Kabir shrugged. He could always turn around later. Just as he was about to take a step to the great noise, it suddenly got louder. Kabir groaned and clapped his hands over his ears, unsurprised to feel blood trickling out. Kadabra didn't seem to like what was going on, and began to glower in the direction of the sound. It stopped for a moment, and it was long enough for Kabir to decide one thing; it was time to leave. He wasn't going to go deaf just to inspect some roar that might not even be that important. His brain was working, and it was telling him that he would be acting like a foolish hero if he tried to go in and win. He would lose, and it would not be pretty. Kadabra knew that too. So, in short, Kabir got back on his feet and headed out.

The only problem was, however, just as he turned around to head out, Kabir began to feel more pain in his system than just his aching ears and head. It was like the oxygen was slowly being sucked out of his body and tossed away, and he just couldn't gather more to breathe. Kabir grunted and glanced at Kadabra, unsurprised to see his Pokemon suddenly looked bad as well. It took a lot of strength, but finally Kabir grabbed Kadabra's Pokeball. He looked his Pokemon in the eyes, if I die, I'm not going to let you.

Foolish human, Kabir heard his Pokemon snap back. Kabir gave him an odd little smile, and then recalled Kadabra back into his Pokeball. No, Kabir wasn't sure it would work. But hey, it was worth a shot, wasn't it? Kabir finally looked at his surroundings, and saw that the scene was twisting like he was on a form of drugs. The trees were spiraling down towards him, and Kabir thought he was having a serious hallucination. In the back of his mind, he wondered if the roars had stopped, but for some reason he couldn't figure out if they had or not. Yes, it was most definitely like he was on drugs that had killed his senses. Well that's what he thought, at least, until he began to hear an odd little buzzing sound slowly begin to circle him.

The high speed of whatever the hell was circling him made Kabir quite dizzy. He tried to watch as they moved all around, and found that it just made his headache worse. That, and the fact that it made him feel like he wanted to vomit. Kabir snapped his eyes shut, and soon he could feel the creatures getting closer and closer. He opened an eye, and found that he was finally able to discern what they were; Unown. Kabir blinked once, very slowly, and stared. All he could see was a field of circling white going by him at a quick pace. Kabir found that he had heard about things like this. Fast pace things cutting off oxygen and killing the thing inside. Kabir let out a bitter laugh as the dark grew just as close as the Unown did.

Just as he tried to suck in another breath, Kabir found he couldn't. He gasped harshly and fell to his knees, clutching at his throat. It looked like he was trying to strangle himself, and truthfully that thought passed quickly through his mind. Just as he thought he was a goner, Kabir heard an odd noise.

"Mwahaha, time's up!" Kabir found that he knew that voice, and along with it a shudder rippled through his body. The next minute he was on the floor, darkness clouding his brain.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

FrostBite: Great post! You did everything I asked with that and made it so in depth! Now move on to part 2!

 

[Monochrome]

Mathias continued to wander through the gloomy forest, the broken, leafless trees slowly became more abundant and the lack of light less inviting. With everything that had happened over the pas few days Mathias couldn't imagine things getting much worse. First he witnesses a murder before being led into numerous death traps, realised that the champion of the cause he had sworn allegiance to was essentially dying, and now he was stuck here in this black miserable place.

"What a drag." Was all Mathias could say to his new captured Shuppet. She hummed in agreement and continued bobbing back and forth at his side deeper into the woods. Suddenly below his feet Mathias felt a heavy vibration shaking the earth Shuppet immediately retreated behind Mathias' back and began quivering. Mathias took the Pokemon ball he had in his hand and returned her to it. "It's alright don't be afraid." He said remembering where he recognized these deep vibrations before. Oaks lab shook the same way before the attack their commenced. Mathias thought quickly and decided moving ahead would be the best bet for everyone, he would only end up getting lost if he went backwards anyways.

Mathias extended one foot outward and continued his long stride down to the end of the forest, loud vibrations continued and gained in strength but Mathias didn't waver. Before Mathias could react the earth beneath his feet began to sunder and fragments began to rise into the air. Trees became twisted and warped as leaves and fragments of wood took the the sky joining the shattered earth around it.

Mathias looked to the sky and realized even it had begun deforming, its clouds spriraling around each other in a tempest fashion. Mathias felt his own body lightening and he began slowly ascending into the air. "Least if I'm going, I'm going in style." Mathias joked thinking it would be the last he ever made. Darkness began engulfing Mathias and the woods around him until he could no longer see his hands in front of him.

Suddenly two giant eyes shaped beacons of red light engulfed Mathias reflecting off his skin to reveal a grotesque golden monstrosity. "RA GI RA TINA!" The beast exclaimed staring down at Mathis with its giant red eyes. Mathias felt something grip his chest tightly and looked down to see a large shadowy claw rightly wrapped around his chest.

"Let go of me!" Mathias yelled as he felt the monsters grip tightening, from behind him he heard a deep voiced laugh echoing through the darkness. He turned to the silhouette of a cloaked figure.

"Times up!" The artificial sounding voice said and the silhouette began to shrink out of sight. Mathias turned to see the giant beast opening its twisted maw to reveal a twisted maw. The claw tightened once more and Mathias felt himself lunged into to twisted jowls of the golden creature, he feel deep into its chest and the last thing he remember seeing was blackness.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Monochrome: Good first post! I love how you just added yourself into the RP like you were here all along :)!

 

[tim0789]

Chapter 5 part 1: Viridian Forest Fiasco!

"RA GIR RA!" the roars began to get louder and the forest itself seemed to become immensly dangerous. "Boone what should we do?" Grecko asked the pokemon hoping for some kind of good reaction.

"CU!" Boone barked as it pointed it's bone towards the center of the forest. "I guess your right...it's our job to keep going and find out whats going on." Grecko reluctantly agreed as the two started to run for the strange cries.

"Bone...." Boone said as the surrounding area began to get distorted. "What's going on..." Grecko began to wonder what they got themselves into. The trees were rotated, the sky was purple, and everything was just messed up.

Before to long, Grecko and Boone seemed to be in a whole differen't reality. "This...what is this place...is it still the forest..." Grecko wondered as he and Boone paused for a moment.

"RA! GIR! RA TINA!" The noise was obviously louder, and it seemed as if it was right in front of them. "We have to find out what that is!" Grecko screamed trying to make himself louder.



"Mwhahah, time's up!" a voice says as Beo's voice plays over and over again in Grecko's head.

"AHHH Boone!" Grecko hollers as dark, shadow like claws emerge from the ground and begin to consume them. "Boone..." Grecko collapses

 

[Underoos]

"Hey Kabir, wanna go play?"

Kabir looked away from his book and at the doorway. It was that outsider. Kabir's eyes narrowed at the boy standing a few feet away from his desk. Sabir. Kabir absolutely loathed him. The boys were both ten, but already Kabir hated him with a passion. He had never felt this kind of hate for anyone before, not even when they made him angry. No, this was true hate that he felt. Kabir's upper lip curled into half a snarl, but then he thought of something. It was something that was sneaky and was almost completely sure to get him in trouble, but it was worth it too. Kabir plastered a fake grin on his face.

"Sure dude! But wait a sec...I thought mom and dad told you to stay inside 'cuz you had that infection thing."

"It's just a tiny cut, and besides, they said it'll heal good now. I just gotta make sure I don't open it again," Sabir replied innocently, rocking back and forth on his heels. Kabir's grin turned into something wolfish, but neither boys really knew what that meant so Sabir figured Kabir was just excited. "C'mon, let's go play out in the yard."

"Naw, that's boring," Kabir complained as he walked over to his shoes and began tugging them on. "Let's go play in the grass again!"

"But..." Sabir grumbled, trailing off and looking at the ground. It was where he had gotten hurt in the first place.

"Oh c'mon you baby, let's go! I'll race you there!" Kabir challenged. "Or are you too chicken?"

Sabir finally agreed, if only because of the last remark. The two boys snuck past their parents and elder brother, and Kabir led Sabir far away from the house and deep into the grass. Sabir didn't seem to like it, but Kabir told him to shut up and come on. There was no point in being scared anyway. Kabir smirked and glanced at his "brother" over his shoulder. Well, there was no point unless you knew you were going to be safe. Kabir led Sabir to a giant cliff that led out into the ocean pretty close to where they lived. He glanced at his brother and then grinned as his brother slowly caught up.

"Dude! Check it out! There's a wild Dragonite over there!" Kabir shouted suddenly, pointing wildly out to the water.

"What?!" Sabir ran over, skidding to a halt just as he reached the edge. He looked around, clearly disappointed. He opened his mouth to say something, when suddenly Kabir shoved him harshly. The boy toppled over the edge...

Kabir groaned and twitched. He was slowly regaining the feel of his legs and the rest of his body. His brain was still, however, stuck in over drive. While Kabir tried to pry himself out of the vague memory that he had all but erased from his mind, his brain fought him and forced him to remember. Kabir ground his teeth together subconsciously as he went out again, only to have the dream come back in vivid force.

"Kabir, what did you do?!"

"Stupid."

"What the heck's wrong with you?! You...you're just a monster!"

"Some brother you are."

"Almost died because of you."

"Fell twenty feet, luckily he missed the rocks. He nearly drowned though, so we're going to keep him here overnight, just to monitor things."

"Sabir, I'm sorry!"

"I'm sorry."

"Sorry...."

Kabir's eyes snapped open, and suddenly his senses rushed back to him. He heard a faint laughing coming from close by, and when he looked to his front there was none other than Tai Fayling. Kabir glared at him harshly, feeling the weight of the dream and casting it towards his anger at being pulled into the state he was in. He had done all he could to forget that day, but no, just because of some ******* it had all come back. Kabir cursed Beo silently as he glared at Tai with pure malice. The voices still echoed in his head. Sabir's would be girlfriend calling him a monster, his parents accusing him of nearly killing his brother, and all of the other things. The sobbed sorry he had said as an apology to Sabir still stung his ears, making Kabir want to go curl up and die. Instead of that, however, he continued to glare.

Tai, in turn, looked just as irritated as Kabir did. "Aren't you just a lucky person today," he grumbled, walking closer to Kabir. He stuck out a hand, and Kabir stared at it for a moment before sighing and allowing Tai to help him up.

"Tch...I wouldn't say lucky," Kabir grumbled. He brushed himself off, and then looked around. "Where the hell am I anyway?"

"Beo has separated you from the rest of the group," Tai stated. Kabir's eyebrow rose.

"Why?" he asked skeptically. He figured that even though he had made it out of the skirmish with the Unown, dealing with Beo and or Tai in a dark place wasn't a good idea. It would be easy for them all to get picked off. Kabir felt very tense and wary now.

"He's going to come to you with an offer you can't refuse. I suggest you accept his offer, otherwise he'll kill you," Tai stated.

"Why exactly are you telling me this then? Wouldn't it be better to lead me into the dark and kill me?" Kabir questioned dryly.

"Well, you could say it's because you're Kanto's last hope and I don't want you to die, or you could also say I have my own agenda," he said.

Kabir glanced at the floor and then closed his eyes. He sighed and turned his head up towards the ceiling. It was probably a stupid idea, if only because he was exposing his neck, but Kabir didn't care. Then, he opened his eyes and was about to say something when he noticed that Tai was no longer around. Kabir blinked and turned around, looking in the nearby area. Finally he shook his head and just decided to leave it; Tai had probably just moved on. Now all Kabir had to do was figure out where the hell he was, because Tai had been pretty bad in answering his questions. Kabir looked around for something that might help him, and finally he saw an old sign leaning against a wall.

He approached it slowly, looking around and trying to discern if it was some form of a trap. When he just decided that it most likely wasn't, Kabir brushed off the old dust that had gathered on the worn and weary sign. It said: Mt. Moon. Kabir looked around, but there wasn't much for him to see. It was very, very dark in here, and there was no way for him to tell the way out. Kabir cursed under his breath, and closed his eyes. He inhaled deeply, but before he could properly concentrate something akin to an earthquake ripped through the ground. Kabir let out a soft yelp and took a step back to steady himself as the earth shook violently.

Dammit! What the hell?! Kabir thought, looking around again. He was trying to see what exactly was causing the shaking and quaking, even though he sort of couldn't. With a growl, Kabir just stalked off into the darkness. He figured that it was better than staying here, and if he was lucky he might even make it out alive. Kabir scoffed at the thought. He was never really lucky. In any case, Kabir continued on through the darkness, patting the walls and attempting to find a way on his own. The voices once again began to echo in his head, making Kabir wince. He told himself to stop it, but that wasn't seeming to work. Kabir cursed under his breath, and continued.

Just as he was beginning to feel a bit better about the direction in which he was going, something not so amazing happened. Kabir tripped over a freaking boulder, landing flat on his face. He growled a string of curses and winced, slowly pulling away from the rock. Then he pushed up from the ground, rubbing his stinging palms against his sides. Kabir was about to keep going, when suddenly he felt something grab him around the ankle. Kabir cursed and attempted to shake it off, but the thing didn't budge. Kabir's big problem was that he didn't know what the heck had just grabbed him. He brought out Kadabra, and just hoped it wasn't some freaky strong thing. Why? Because whatever the heck it was, it was sure freaking heavy.

When Kadabra appeared in a flash of bright white light, Kabir made sure he was looking at his leg. There was a Geodude attached there, and it didn't look like it was going to be letting go anytime soon. Kabir's eyes narrowed and he ordered for Kadabra to use a confusion attack, if only to get the freaking Pokemon off of his freaking leg. Kabir watched as a glow surrounded the Geodude and it let go, then it began to slam itself into a wall. Kabir blinked slowly, and told Kadabra that that was enough. Kaddabra quit the attack, because soon the bright ring of energy disappeared. And with that, of course, out went Kabir's makeshift light.

Suddenly there was a roar from the Geodude, and then Kabir heard a loud crumbling sound. He cursed and fumbled around with his pack, trying to grab his Pokedex to figure out what had just happened. Apparently Geodude had just used rock throw, and now Kabir wasn't exactly sure where Kadabra was in the mass of rocks. Suddenly there was a bright light from the center of them, and then moments later Kadabra had busted through using his focus punch.

"Nice one," Kabir commented. "Now Kadabra, use disable!"

Kadabra pointed his spoon at the Geodude, and the Geodude froze and twitched just for a moment. Kabir hoped against all hope that it had just worked. Apparently it had, because then he saw the outline of the Geodude charging in a tackle attack. It was very slow, however, and gave Kadabra enough time to use another confusion. Once again the light of energy surrounded the Geodude, making it growl in something akin to both annoyance and agony. Kadabra, with a flick of his spoon, shot Geodude directly for the wall, smashing the rock type into the side of Mt. Moon's cavern. Kabir smirked slightly. This was going to be a pretty easy battle, it seemed.

Just as he had thought it was over and it was time for him to leave, Geodude slowly got back up. It was beaten and looked sort of worse for the wear, but nonetheless the Pokemon continued to try. Kabir had to admit that Geodude had spunk, and Kabir sort of liked that. He licked his parched lips and glanced at Kadabra, who's expression was fixed on Geodude. Kabir looked back to the Geodude and watched as it began doing something akin to dusting itself off. Kabir's eyebrows pulled in as he wondered what it was doing. Kabir checked his Pokedex, and soon found out that apparently it was trying to use rock polish to make itself faster. Kabir smiled ruefully.

"There's no way you're going to beat Kadabra in speed, Geodude," Kabir commented. He allowed the rock type to see his bitter smile. "Not unless you use that attack over and over. But by then..." Kabir trailed off, looking at Kadabra. "Use focus punch."

Kadabra didn't hesitate. He began to channel energy to his fist, and Kabir watched as the glow grew very bright. It illuminated the area around them, and very faintly Kabir could see pairs of other eyes in the darkness. They were being watched by the numerous cave Pokemon that dwelled there. Fine by me, Kabir decided. Geodude had apparently finished polishing himself off, because moments after that it charged with a harsh bellow towards Kadabra. Kadabra didn't even flinch; he simply stood and waited for his attack and opportunity to come around. Geodude leaped off the cave floor, about to use a tackle, when suddenly Kadabra's fist came up to meet it. Geodude had a brief moment to look surprised, before suddenly it was catapulted back against the wall, landing with a blow so violent Kabir felt the roof shake.

He stared at the Geodude for a few minutes. Then he sort of smirked and grabbed a Pokeball from his pack. Kadabra watched silently. "I suppose I ought to try, at least, to capture you," Kabir said softly. "Because you've got a tough spirit, and you're strong, and I like that." Kabir tossed the ball lightly, and watched as Geodude was engulfed in a light. Soon it began to shake and quake, back and forth, back and forth...back...and forth....

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Tim0789: It was short, but it got the point across.

Frostbite: Another good post! Way to add the history part in there! Anyways Kadabra grew to lvl 19! Kabir caught a lvl 10 male geodude!

 

[{Swan}]

There was a feeling that Cain had been getting pretty familiar with these days, and that was the feeling that she was being watched. She'd almost get used to it if it weren't that the hairs at the back of her neck were standing up at the knowledge that it was probably not someone who was out for her best interest. But somewhere it made her so mad. Who were they to keep covered in their special little shadows while she was the one in the open, getting observed.


"Whoever you are, show yourself!" She yelled, but of course there was no response. "I know you're here!" She yelled again, getting a concerned look from Morsmordre. Cain glared back but kept walking. With every step she was getting more irritated and more mad. She wanted to know what was the deal with those people. They sneaked around until it they didn't feel like it anymore. They only attacked on their terms, not on hers.


"Come out you bastards!" She yelled again, ready to kill something. "Stop hiding you son of a ***** and meet me face to face!" Nothing. There was the rustle of leaves from the wind but that was all. She yelled in frustration but it didn't help to relieve her anger. She could feel herself overflowing, her built up emotions were pushing through the wall and into the open.


"Come out you cowards and show yourself!" She yelled again, kicking a rock into the bushes. She just wanted to run away from everything and hide somewhere. It was getting too much. Too much of being watched. Too much of being challenged. Too much of cryptic messages and warnings of her own death. Too much relying on her, too much responsibility. Too much resentment. Too much of everything, everything that she did not need. Everything that she never wanted!


She slumped down against a blackened tree and threw another rock as hard as she could into the bushes. Just like that a wave of emotion came over her and she started sobbing into her elbow. Pandora stared at her for a second in puzzlement before she climbed onto her lap, but continued staring.


A crack of a branch. Cain jumped, quickly brushing the tears from her face. "Who's there!" She was surprised at how steady her voice sounded after the small breakdown. She got up after putting Pandora on the ground again and brushed the dirt from her pants feeling utterly humiliated.


Out of the darkness came a tall guy looking to be in his early twenties. He had long-ish wavy blonde hair, light blue eyes and very light skin. He was also wearing a black cloak, but an open one showing jeans and a t-shirt underneath. He had a smile on his face and a confident stride. And he looked absolutely like Cain would look with lighter hair and in man-form.


"Judas?" She whispered, completely and totally stunned.


"Hey Cain, long time no see!" He said cheerfully as he waved at her enthusiastically. Her brother said cheerfully as he waved at her enthusiastically.


"Is it really you?" She asked. He looked just like he did after he had left. Happy, enthusiastic, always able to put a smile on anyone's face. He had left three years ago, when he was Cain's age. He'd never gotten along with their parents, but Cain and Judas got along great. And then he left, leaving her all alone. And here he was now.


He nodded. "It's really me." Cain practically launched herself at him, hugging him tightly. "I've missed you so much little Cain," Judas said as he hugged her back and then held her at an arm'ss length. "Look at you, last time I saw you, you were 15. And little!"


"Yeah, I've grown," Cain said with a smile, she was used to people thinking she was tall for a girl. "You barely changed, you look like you haven't had a haircut in a year, nor have seen the sun for that long, but the rest is still the same!"


"Well you're right about those two, but none of Kanto is getting much sun these days," he didn't sound like he was sad about it, he was merely stating a fact. "But how have you been, I've heard a lot about you from the others. Apparently you're quite the interesting girl, sis!" He laughed good-naturedly, but Cain was silent.


"Judas, what do you mean when you say the others?" She asked, her brain connecting the dots quite quickly. "And why are you wearing that robe?"


"Cain, the fact that you ask those questions means that you already know."


She punched him in the cranium as hard as she could. He gasped. Everything was silent.


"How could you?" She whispered. "I suppose it was you who was watching me, wasn't it? I can't believe you. I can't believe you!" She yelled at him, but he just took it. "Mom, dad, they were killed because of you! Pallet is in ruins because of you! Veridian is in ruins, the forest is ****ed up, the world is ****ed up because of you!"


"Cain!" Her brother warned.


"What?! Are you here to tell be about the wonders of ruining the world?!" She was mad, so very mad. All of the built up emotions and frustrations were now being launched at Judas. "All of the amazing experiences while making people's lives miserable?! Are you here to advocate the wonders of being evil?!"


"Cain!" Her brother snapped again, he was already losing patience with his sister. "Those are not all things I have done. I had nothing to do with the ruins that are Veridian, nor could I have done anything about the forest. Yes, I recommended you to join the recruit project, yes, I know full well that Pallet would get destroyed. But you're my little sister, and you have a temperament that suits the purpose like none other."


"What purpose?!" Cain spat. "Look around you Judas, is this a world that you want to live in. Darkness and ruin?! This Beo is destroying everything! He's not going to have anyone to rule anymore when he's done, and all of you are going to go down with him!"


"Cain, that is not how it will go, and you know it! Beo would never be so foolish, he is a great man Cain, and he is going to do great thinks. Sacrifices must be made in order for great things to happen! The worlds must be rid of some people so it is open for the right people! Things must be done to make it greater than it has ever been before!" Judas' voice was rising as well, he just couldn't understand why his sister didn't think of it the same way he did. Why she couldn't understand the noble causes.


"You're crazy Judas," she whispered it, as if she couldn't quite believe it herself. She could now see the change in him. His eyes had darkened, they had a crazy gleam in them. His posture was more hunched than it normally was and there was a visible shadow over him. He was not the same Judas she had known. "What has become of you Judas? What has made you become so delusional, so in love with the man that you would betray your own family for him, that you would murder for him?"


"Shut up Cain, don't pretend you're so much better than me!" Cain recoiled by the sudden outburst which seemed to make Judas get a grip on himself again. "What did you expect Cain? What did you truly expect when you saw me? That I hadn't seen the world for what it really is? He's opened my eyes, Cain, made me see what really needs to be seen! You have to meet him, then you will know what I am talking about, then you will know greatness when you see it!"


"I have met him Judas. The morning I got Morsmordre he was there, but he didn't seem that great to me then. Sticking a knife into Oak like the man was worth nothing. Speaking in riddles and speaking in madness. That is the man I met."


Judas refrained himself from the anger he was feeling. How dare she insult the man like that? "Cain, Oak's death was necessary and you know it. It was necessary for everything and everyone. Beo put on a show to frighten you, he told me he would try and frighten the potentials to see what they were worth, what they could handle. He frightened you, is all. Purposely acted mad." He sounded like he was convincing himself as much as he was trying to convince Cain. "He is a great man. Beo holds the world in his hands, and he holds it gently. Cleans the grime of it until it shines as new."


"I wouldn't call this gently," Cain spat as she motioned to their surroundings. "Nor do I count murder as something gentle. It's evil, pure evil."


Judas smiled and it sent a shiver up Cain's spine. "Isn't it evil we were destined for Cain? Thanks to our loving parents, weren't we given to evil before we could even talk? Or walk?"


Cain stepped back from her brother, shocked yet intrigued in what he might mean. "Judas, what are you talking about?"


"Who we are, Cain, I am talking about who we are. I am Judas, Judas. They named me Judas!" He laughed in a twisted way, making Cain take another step back. "And you, Cain.!" He laughed again. "They prepared us for the world by giving us names of traitors and murderers! Can you not say that evil is in our blood, dear sister. It was bread into us! We are destined to kill and betray, destined to ruin and live in sin. Our names bear that for us!"


"A name is but a name, Judas," Cain started carefully. "Nothing but a word that is ours. A name does not make who we are or what we become. A name does not make us, Judas, we make the meaning of the name."


"Wrong!" Judas yelled. "Every time I tell someone my name I get that look. They wonder about me as soon as they hear I am Judas. They distrust me because of my name! And why shouldn't they? The name is who I am. I am Judas, I am a murderer!"


"I am Cain, and I am not a murderer!" Cain yelled back, but she was only met by a laugh.


"Oh you don't even know, do you? Because of you mom and dad are gone, if you wouldn't have gone to the lab they didn't need to die. They needed to die so you had no going back to anything. And that girl you just met? Lisbeth? Beo knows about her, Beo knows all. You set her up for death as well."


Cain gasped. "No! No, not Lisbeth, tell me she's not death! TELL ME!" Cain screeched, grief in her voice.

"She's not dead." Judas said. "She is still living her life with her mother, wandering around the ruined city looking for scraps of food I assure you. But Beo knows. She shall not go unnoticed. And the Clan of Hope are being attacked as we speak. It might not have happened at this very moment if you weren't here. Perhaps Beo would have waited, but you and your little buddies are far more important than those beat up whitecoats who couldn't do a thing! Have you met anyone else along the journey Cain? Have you talked to anyone? Looked at anyone? Did you shake someone's hand, helped someone out of trouble or battle someone? Anyone and everyone that you talk to will be a target. Anyone that you interact with will be noted and used."


Cain was sobbing now. "Stop, Judas!" She begged. "Please stop, it wasn't my fault, it can't be my fault ! I didn't know! Oh God, I didn't know!"


"God won't listen to you Cain, why should he? You say you have not murdered anyone, nor have you betrayed anyone. By existing you betray, by looking you murder. By touching you destroy and by knowing you ruin."


Cain was shaking now, tears running down her face. How could she not have known exactly what would happen to her and everyone else? Of course they would get used, of course they were in danger. They would always be, unless she joined forces with Judas and Beo. Was Beo as bad as she thought he was at first? Or was he great as Judas proclaimed he was? Was he really creating a better world? Was there really method behind madness?


"Yes Cain, it would be better if you joined. Your cursed name would do far more good with us than it would with them. With them it is murder of the innocent and with us it is murder of the guilty, you must choose which one serves you better!"


"Shut up!" Cain shouted and Pandora, who had been watching wearily from the side, jumped in between her master and the stranger, growling ferociously.

"Oh I see how it is," Judas said coldly. He threw up a Pokéball of his own and released a Houndoom. "Houndoom, start with an ember," Judas ordered coolly and the Houndoom listened. The great dog let out small but bright flames that Pandora dodged easily.


"Pandora I want you to start with scratch!" Cain ordered. Immediately Pandora ran on all fours as quickly as she could toward the Houndoom. She jumped up and scratched his side brutally, making him cry out in pain. But then one ember that he had been holding back was shot at Pandora who got burns in the leg. When she retreated Cain noticed that she had trouble standing on that hind leg, and she couldn't stand on two legs anymore. "Pandora, take it a bit easier and go in for another scratch!"


"Houndoom, howl and then thunder fang." The great dog howled into the air, making a very ominous sound but it didn't face the Sableye with the nerves of steel. Pandora jumped to scratch Houndoom, but the creature turned around and bit it just in the stomach. Sabelye cried out as currents started to pass through her body but she managed to rake one claw straight over Houndoom's face. The dog whimpered as it let Pandora go, and Cain could see a huge gash going right over its eye, leaving it half blind. "Houndoom, thunder fang again."


"Pandora, use night shade and watch out!" Cain yelled, but Pandora didn't look like she would watch out anytime soon. She dodged Houndoom's teeth by millimeters as she dove and raked her shadow-infested claw over Houndoom's flank. It left an angry black gash and Houndoom showed signs of pain when it put its weight on the leg. A leg for a leg, Cain thought bitterly. "Okay, try again but be careful!"


"Houndoom use smog! Pounce when the opportunity arises!" Judas was losing his calm and barked his order instead of calmly reciting them as he did before. Houndoom released the smoke, leaving the Sableye completely taken aback. She stopped right in the middle of the smoke and looked around without being able to see. Panic started to wash over both trainer and Pokémon. Then, Cain got an idea.


"Pandora, try using foresigh to see better!" Cain prayed to God that it would work. She was not going to let Judas beat her so easily. Sableye tried the move and it did make her see a bit better. She was able to make out the much darker shape of Houndoom between the gray smoke as she saw it now, but it was no more than a shadow. Still, she jumped just as Houndoom spotted her as well.


Houndoom advanced with electrifying fangs while Pandora's claw ad a whirling nightshade attack surrounding it. The two met, shadows versus electricity, an impact that blew away all of the smoke. But Pandora turned out to be the strongest. Dakness started to swirl around Houndoom and the dog whined softly. Then, in one quick burst all of the shadows entered Houndoom, making it howl in pain. The dog fell to the ground and Pandora was still standing.


Judas growled almost as he released his other Pokémon, a Haunter. "Try beating this one so easily, sis, Haunter, start with a curse!" There was a wicked smile on Judas' face, a smile that was echoed on Haunter's as a nail appeared out of nowhere. It was looking right at Cain as it drove the thing though its gut, still smiling, and Pandora started screeching.


"Pandora!" Cain yelled, but Pandora slowly got up, anger burning in her eyes. "Pandora use nightshade, now!" Cain ordered, she also had madness in her eyes. How dare Judas hurt her baby?! Pandora jumped with a screech and raked his claws over Haunter, making the ghost wince in pain, but it still had the wicked smile on. "Again Pandora!" Pandora struck again and Haunter and Judas just let it. "Again!" Can yelled as Pandora once again used her night shade on the Haunter. It winced but did nothing. "Again!"


"Show her what a real nightshade looks like Haunter," Judas ordered, smiling crazily. Haunter moved his hand and connected it to Pandora's claw. The shadow started swirling around like it did the last time Cain had seen two nightshades used against each other. But there was no question who was stronger here. The shadows immediately attack Pandora, making her screech bloody murder before falling to the ground, unconscious.


"Pandora!" Cain yelled. She took a big breath, calming herself, before calling her ghost back and sending out Morsmordre. "You will pay for this brother, no one hurts Pandora without paying! Morsmordre, use astonish!"


"Look at yourself sis," Judas began just as Haunter took its own measures and attacked Morsmordre with a nightshade. "You're entirely infatuated with that Sableye like you were with the girl. Get yourself together!"Morsmordre disappeared and reappeared behind the Haunter. But she hesitated for a moment and Haunter took advantage of that by hitting her with another nightshade.


"Misdreavous, try again!" Cain ordered, deliberately ignoring Judas.


"You can do so much better, be so much more powerful!" Judas continued. Morsmordre faltered again before striking, and Haunted licked her this time. She shuddered before attacking, but it was a half-hearted attack. "You won't even have to be afraid of the dark anymore."


"Shut up!" Cain yelled at the mention of her fear. "You have no clue, no clue at all! You don't know what it's been like to be alone because the only two people I was friends with left me!" She yelled. "You have no idea what it is like to be stuck in a town, not being able to do anything about the darkness that is spreading! I want to do something about it for once!" Morsmordre's attack hit this time, but Haunter quickly retaliated with a lick.


"Cain, all of that is passed. All you have to do is join the Brotherhood when the offer is made, that is all. I'm the only family you have left Cain."


"Morsmordre what the hell are you doing?!" Cain snapped at the ghost who had been faltering since the battle started. "I know you can do better than that, finish it with a psywave!" Morsmordre looked at Cain with anger, but she sent a killer psywave at Haunter, who cried out as the painful psychic energy entered it and it fainted. Cain recalled Misrdreavous, but not before receiving a glare from the ghost.


"Bravo sister, I see that you are more than ready to join our cause. I, for one, will be quite looking forward to it. See you soon!" and with a blink he was gone.


And with another blink a roaring started, the most terrifying roaring Cain had heard in her life.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

Swan: That was an amazing god like post! Reading it I honestly felt Cain's heart break... wow... I definatly like how Judas portrayed Beo and tried to sway her mind. The next chapter is going to be very interesting for Cain. Anyways Morsmordre grew to lvl 13! Pandora grew to lvl 12! Pandora wants to learn astonish delete a move to make room?

 

[Wolfwhispers]

Gil was nearly howling in anger as ge gazed about the mutated forest he he stormed off into after running away from that Tai fellow. The trees were twisted and ugly, looking like some messed up Tim Burton artwork and the whole forest stank of something fowl. The shadows seemed to creep along the ground like snakes, slithering about at Gil's feet, but that wasn't what got to him. It was what had met him. These laughing, mocking, disgusting ghosts.

They floated around him, jeering in their native tongue, perhaps thinking that Gil would be an easy target to harass, but Gil was in no mood. He was in no mood for some slave, some hopeful, some ghost to distract him from what he now knew he had to achieve.

"Growlithe," Gil growled, lip curled, eyes narrowed. If one were to have seen him at professor Oak's, they would never recognize him. Parnoid and jittery little freak that he had been gone was gone. Instead was a paranoid, animalistic beast of a boy. "Strike them down!" he roared.

The ghost scattered as Growlithe's angry howl echoed throughout the area, knowing that an attack would surely hit. "Growli!" Muzzle wide open, blasts of burning hot fire balls were launched into the air and made the cool air sizzle.

"Shuupet!" the the ghost wailed, body trembling as it flailed from pain. Yellow eyes glowing eerily in the darkness, it opened its mouth wide and let out an earth wailing Screech that sent Growlithe to the ground covering his ears in agony.

Gil slammed his own hands to his ears but laughed with a fanatic gleam in his eyes. "Nothing will stop me from destroying all of you," he spat. "Growlithe, Ember!"

Still whimpering, Growlithe managed to open his muzzle to fire a few fire balls before he slammed his mouth shut and slammed his paws back over his ears, but that was more than enough to stop that horrid Screech.

"Shup," Shuppet groaned, closing his eyes at the impact before his whole body glowed as it attacked Growlithe with a Night Shade.

Gil watched his pokemon yelp as his mind was attacked. Gritting his teeth in anger, because no disgusting ghost hurt his pokemon, and snarled, "Bite! Make it disappear!"

"Growl lith!" Growlithe barked in confirmation. Pawing at the ground to get his bearings, Growlithe shot out, rage evident in his eyes with revenge on his mind for that attack. "Lithe!" Sharp teeth glittering in the dark was all the warning Shuppet got before Growlithe latched onto his body, teeth sinking in with murder on his mind, and to Gil's glee some sort of black murky substance began to bleed out.

It looks like sh*t, Gil thought with a deranged grin before growling as the surrounding Shuppet surrounded the two.

"Pet shup!" they shouted, using Knock Off to, quite literally, knock Growlithe off.

"Li!" Growlithe yelped, landing awkwardly as more than he could handle began to pound into him.

"Murkrow, get out here!" he yelled, throwing his pokeball like a grenade into enemy territory.

With a blast of white light, the devilish black bird arose into the air and cawed, "Murkrow!" before aiming his sight on his partner being attacked. "Krow!" Beak wide, a blast of Icy Wind brushed over the crowd, Growlithe barely giving a shiver since his fire sac kept his body warm.

"Pet!" the Shuppet hissed back, beady eyes glaring as they began to attack the new arrival.

"I don't think so," Gil hissed. "Growlithe, Bite, and this time I want it to disappear for good."

With a nod that did show some regret, Growlithe latched onto the closest Shuppet he could reach and clamped down. "Suupet!" the ghost pokemon wailed, wriggling about as Growlithe's saliva began to coat its body.

Gil laughed with glee. "Ember! Burn it back to hell!"

Closing his eyes and lowering his ears, Growlithe unleashed the brutal attack that would hurt anything at such a close range. "Lit," it said mournfully but still respectful of his master's orders. Oh what he would give to make this world peaceful again.

The Shuppet's scream was true agony. This was what true pain sounded like, and if it had been anything other than a ghost, Gil would have trembled, but it was a ghost, and Gil just grinned that demented grin of his.

"Lithe," Growlithe coughed as the Shuppet finally faded away from within his mouth and licked his jaw.

"Shu pet shu," the Shuppet began to murmer, obviously in fear. Without another word, the many ghosts made a break for it.

"No!" Gil spat, snarling at their retreating backs. "After them! Ember and Pursuit!"

With a mocking laugh, Murkrow turned into a haze of dark energy and slammed into the retreating pokemon, cawing as they slammed to the ground in pain. "Krow!"

Gil's grin widened as he began taking a few steps forward to follow after his pokemon and the retreating ghosts, but a soft, "Sabe," stopped him in his tracks. He turned, blinking as he gazed upon a Sableye and feeling extremely uncomfortable. He was beginning to believe that this was the one that had the gaze that had been stalking him for a while, but he had felt that way with Tyler's Sableye. Did that mean that this Sableye belonged to Tyler, and if so, where was the older boy?

"Who are you?" Gil questioned softly, hearing his Growlithe's snarls in the background as it took down the Shuppet.

Sableye cocked its head before opening its mouth into a razor sharp grin that should belong to the cheshire cat. "Saaa," it breathed before running past Gil and off into the heart of the forest.

Wa- wait!" Gil stuttered, holding a hand out as if that would stop the pokemon.

Growlithe finally released the unconcious Shuppet it held in its mouth while Murkrow closed its beak from one last Icy Wind and gave its frozen opponents a baleful glance before following after their trainer in confusion, having no idea what was wrong with the boy.

What had caused him to chase after something when there wasn't anything there?

Gil panted as he ran off the Sableye. Where are you leading me to? he wondered, feeling as if his heart was in this chase. Gil wondered, truly wondered, if he was chasing his freedom.

 

[§acred†Beo!]

WolfWhispers: Wow, Gil has definitely changed alot since the RP started... Poor Shuppets ha.. And the ending adds quite an intresting twist. Anyways Growlithe grew to lvl 14! Growlithe wants to learn odor sleuth delete a move to make room? Murkrow grew to lvl 12!

 

[Charizard_Man]

The very frames of the sunglasses hung around his collar vibrated, the pebbles dotted around the cold forest floor bounced up and down. The boughs of the dank, gray trees peeled at the sound of the monstrous roar.

The boy stood there, fists clenched with a serious expression plastered onto his peachy face. His squirtle partner stood beside him, his second pokemon safely inside of his pokeball.

His right foot moved forward, the white shoelaces bouncing slightly from the sharp movement. One foot after another, he walked down the ribbon of dark dirt.

"Titan." Josh spoke.

The Squirtle looked up at Josh curiously, who merely raised up his pokeball and absorbed the tiny turtle. Josh sighed and crossed his arms, the roar growing.

'Is it in my head?' The boy thought, like a migrane the sound overwhelmed the boy. He gripped his fists with great force and clenched his teeth, he grunted every now and then.

He remembered what he had been told, if something were to happen and he was to die then all would be lost. But Josh never played it safe.

"Head back? Don't think so." Josh managed to whisper out to himself as he trudged through the tunnel of dark trees. His slow walk allowed him to absorb his surroundings. The floor completely tore into several pieces, the edges seemingly melting down into an endless abyss. The dark trees twisting up into different directions, the sky now a fiery violet. Pieces of dirt still in the air.

"Time...frozen?" He asked, couldn't be. What being had that control?

Just on cue, everything around Josh lost all happiness it seemed. The air stay still, nothing moving an inch. Even he himself seemed to move slower, but as soon as he looked up. He saw the eyes.

The eyes of a devil.

Blood red eyes of a beast.

"RA! GIR! RA TINA!" The beast's growl bellowed right onto Josh's face. His hair and jacket flaring up, his entire being blown backwards. He was completely shocked by the being.

One twitch of his foot was all it took to summon a being that erupted from the cold floor. A dark, large hand gripped Josh's leg. It's rotting yellow finger nails digging into his flesh, rivers of blood trickling out of the boy.

"Gah. Get off of me!" He barked, gripping the large hand and trying to pry it off.

Silly boy...only pissed them off.

"HAHAHA! Time's up kiddie." The voice spoke out, dark and cold. Lifeless almost.

Josh completely froze, his entire body received a shock. A chill ran through his spine, the voice was so...

"Dark." The word escaped his lips in a hushed tone. Just as he said that, dozens of large hands erected from the ground up and competely swallowed Josh whole.

"Gaah. Ahh!" The boy tried to claw his way out, receiving large scrapes on his arms and his body. Once completely submurged, he was completely alone.

His last eight point seven seconds of peace and deadened joy.

And then blackness.

The moment the last piece of light was shunned, Josh gritted his teeth and tasted blood in his throat from his screaming.

The second the light was take away, he collapsed sideways on the hard floor of the realm he was in, an image of his past.

His face buried in the itchy softness, the rubble of a once great city, collapsing like a house of fragile cards, and cried and screamed for hours until the blood of her throat burbled up and she had to stop screaming so she could cough it up onto the carpet.

The bloody mess left her body and splattered onto the cream rug, pink pieces of skin and gray sections of throat muscle spilled forth, forcefully and painfully ejected, the blood burned like lava as it left him.

Red splotches, like puddles of water after a heavy rain, decorated the space around her body. He lay sideways in it, the sides of her mouth stained crimson as his hair began to crust over with dark blood scabs. He watched from his place on the gory stairs down at his own sister, soaked with fragments of his own insides, his eyes glazed over and slid out of focus as he stared lifelessly outside, through the glass windows in the living room, surrounded outside by ivy that was blooming. The smell of flowers caught his nose, and the sun dipped below the horizon, a gentle conflagration of coral and rose hues.

he promised himself, all those nights alone in the dark, that he would take the news-

with grace

and candor.

This volcano of blood was certainly not grace. These screams and cries of agony in his head surely wasn't candor.

The sunset and the smell of the ivy flowers and blood rocked him slowly into a coma.

Into sleep.


I should have….smiled….one last time….for you.


But it doesn't matter now.

Because you're gone.​