Silent Dragonfly
4th October 2003, 03:08 AM
Hey people, I've been a silent reader around here for a while but I finally decided to write my own fic. It's my first so if it's bad, tell me why it's bad and how I can improve it. It's a pokemon fic set long after the extinction of humans. Well enough of this. Here's the first chapter:
==Sphrene - The Forgotten Age=================
==Chapter One=====Old Friends and New Enemies==
"I'll explain this one more time", the Flareon said. "You give me the items and I'll leave this place alone and get on with my business, however if you choose not to, I may have to take them from you with more force than is nessercary"
"I promised to keep them safe, and I'm not going to go back on my word!" The Misdreavus exclaimed.
The Flareon stared at the Misdreavus through his black sunglasses for a few seconds. The Misdreavus started to feel uneasy. A small green jewel on a chain slid out of the fur around the Flareon's neck. The Misdreavus floated back slightly. It was exactly like the one the Misdreavus wore around it's neck but her's was blue. The green jewel began to glow and the Flareon closed his eyes.
"You are too loyal for your own good" the Flareon uttered calmly.
"You know nothing about me! If you want to fight me for them then I'll fight!" The Misdreavus yelled.
The Flareon opened his eyes and roared. Instantly the jewel stopped glowing and the Flareon's yellow fur was now blue and was waving as a flame would in the wind but the air in the cave was completely still. Suddenly he launched an impressive stream of red flames from his mouth that hit the Misdreavus with such a force that the impact pushed her straight into the wall a few meters away and she slid down to the bottom and lay in pain.
"Are you you ready to submit those items to me?" the Flareon questioned.
The Misdreavus had been serevely weakened by just one flamethrower.
"Please, don't kill me!" the Misdreavus pleaded.
The Flareon's flaming fur died down but remained blue. He walked very slowly up to a large metal door at the back of the cave. Looking to his left he saw the Misdreavus leaning on the wall, badly burned with eyes only half open and seemed to be in immense pain. The lower half of the door began to melt quickly, the blue flames were barely touching it and it was enough to melt it! He entered through the door and a few seconds later a bright orange light poured through the gap in the door. For the Misdreavus time seemed to go twice as slowly and the pain of the burns was as bad as when they were first inflicted. The wall above her was blackened as the effect of that powerful Flamethrower. This Flareon was about to completly ruin the Misdreavus's peaceful happy life here.
The Flareon strolled proudly out through the melted remains of the door with two bright jewels coloured yellow and red, the same kind as he and the Misdreavus were wearing around their necks, clutched tightly between his teeth. His fur had returned to it's yellow colour. He looked towards the Misdreavus's neck.
"Stop right there!" a voice shouted.
The Flareon turned to look, turned back and swiftly escaped through the enterance of the small cave hopping down to a lower level, out of sight with the two jewels he had just stolen.
"Are you alright?" the voice asked
"Uhh......Is.....Is that you......Prekflar?" The Misdreavus asked and then looked up.
Standing there, sure enough was Prekflar, the very Absol that asked the Misdreavus to guard those jewels, many years ago, until he returned.
"Sphrene, are you alright?" Prekflar asked sympathetically.
"It's.....it's really you.....isn't it.....Prekflar" The Misdreavus, Sphrene answered.
"Yes, it's me. Please tell me, are you alright?" he repeated.
"No....burned....badly.....very.....painful" Sphrene answered.
"Wait here" Prekflar said.
Prekflar walked to the enterance of the cave.
"The sun is very bright today, it's usually cloudy up here"
He reached down a pulled up a small plant with blue-green leaves and carried it back to Sphrene at the back of the cave.
"This should help you" he said and began rubbing it on Sphrene's head.
"It's a plant with two different parts. The flower can give a burning sensation, but the leaves can numb the pain of burns. It's kind of like a snake carries the antidote to it's own poison" Prekflar explained.
"Thank....you...." Sphrene said "It seems to be....working"
"Try not to move" Prekflar said "You should take a rest, I'll guard the cave, try to get some sleep ok?"
"Sure, first answer a question. Who was that Flareon who stole your jewels? He had one of his own, a green one" Sphrene asked.
"I'm not sure, I've never seen him before in my life, but he must know the importance of those jewels. I'll have to tell you about them too, later" Prekflar answered.
Sphrene was not satisfied. She wanted to know now, but she was too tired to ask. She fell asleep.
Prekflar sat down at the enterance. He didn't like daytime very much. Things weren't very active. His fur was very messy and his horn blade had a slight chip out of it. He had changed a lot since Sphrene had last seen him and she had never heard from him since. He didn't even know why he came back, he was just drawn back there somehow. He didn't care too much about his appearance, he wasn't out to impress the females anymore and became very distant from his emotions. Nobody knows where he went and what he had experienced but he was a lot more solitary now.
"Hmm....If that Flareon had the green jewel and he knew about this place then he'll probably know about the one I hid in the human city" Prekflar thought to himself. "And that means I'll have to chase him, but Sphrene is too weak to look after herself right now. I must take her with me. Maybe she'll end up useful, she did good guarding the jewels up til now"
A couple of hours later, Sphrene began to wake up.
"How are you feeling?" Prekflar asked
"Much better, thank you" Sphrene replied. "Could I ask you something?"
"What is it?" asked Prekflar
"What is so important about these jewels?"
"I'll tell you, in time"
"But I want to know now! Tell meeeee!" Sphrene demanded
"I said later. Have you fully recovered yet?"
"I think so, but I'm not too sure"
"Well, we need to leave, you can ride on my back until you feel like travelling" offered Prekflar
Prekflar wandered out of the cave. The cave was almost at the summit of the mountain of yellow stone. The humans had once given it a name but no-one remebers it anymore. Prekflar headed to the summit and looked over to the west where the sun was half above the horizon. The skies had turned grey and he wanted to show Sphrene where they were headed to before it got dark.
"The ruins of a human city are over there near the west" Prekflar explained.
"I know, I've seen it many times, while I'm floating up here at night" Sphrene answered.
"It's been over 400 years since the last of the humans lived" Prekflar announced.
"Most left in search of happiness on other planets, right? Sphrene asked.
"Yes, that's what is believed. And those who refused to leave eventually just died out, there were so few of them" Prekflar continued. "Why the ruins of their cities haven't completly collapsed, I really don't know. Well that's where we're headed. I hid the last of these jewels there. I felt they'd be safer to be separated"
"You promise to tell me about them soon?" asked Sphrene
"Yes, when I find the right time" promised Prekflar.
They finished watching the landscape, it was almost sundown and Prekflar was ready to set off. The mountain slopes were fairly easy to hop down but it was a very long way down. As it got darker many of the pokémon living on the mountain were becoming more active. It was the beginning of Autumn and Sneasel were competing for leadership in their packs and Teddiursa were collecting lots of Lum and Rabuta Berries as they had grown espescially well this year. Their normal lives were pretty boring compared to what what Sphrene and Prekflar were to encounter in their travels.
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Extra Notes: Sphrene is pronounced (Sph(like Sphere), enn, ay)
Sphrene and Prekflar's names have meaning and they will find out about them later. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Any critisism welcomed.
==Sphrene - The Forgotten Age=================
==Chapter One=====Old Friends and New Enemies==
"I'll explain this one more time", the Flareon said. "You give me the items and I'll leave this place alone and get on with my business, however if you choose not to, I may have to take them from you with more force than is nessercary"
"I promised to keep them safe, and I'm not going to go back on my word!" The Misdreavus exclaimed.
The Flareon stared at the Misdreavus through his black sunglasses for a few seconds. The Misdreavus started to feel uneasy. A small green jewel on a chain slid out of the fur around the Flareon's neck. The Misdreavus floated back slightly. It was exactly like the one the Misdreavus wore around it's neck but her's was blue. The green jewel began to glow and the Flareon closed his eyes.
"You are too loyal for your own good" the Flareon uttered calmly.
"You know nothing about me! If you want to fight me for them then I'll fight!" The Misdreavus yelled.
The Flareon opened his eyes and roared. Instantly the jewel stopped glowing and the Flareon's yellow fur was now blue and was waving as a flame would in the wind but the air in the cave was completely still. Suddenly he launched an impressive stream of red flames from his mouth that hit the Misdreavus with such a force that the impact pushed her straight into the wall a few meters away and she slid down to the bottom and lay in pain.
"Are you you ready to submit those items to me?" the Flareon questioned.
The Misdreavus had been serevely weakened by just one flamethrower.
"Please, don't kill me!" the Misdreavus pleaded.
The Flareon's flaming fur died down but remained blue. He walked very slowly up to a large metal door at the back of the cave. Looking to his left he saw the Misdreavus leaning on the wall, badly burned with eyes only half open and seemed to be in immense pain. The lower half of the door began to melt quickly, the blue flames were barely touching it and it was enough to melt it! He entered through the door and a few seconds later a bright orange light poured through the gap in the door. For the Misdreavus time seemed to go twice as slowly and the pain of the burns was as bad as when they were first inflicted. The wall above her was blackened as the effect of that powerful Flamethrower. This Flareon was about to completly ruin the Misdreavus's peaceful happy life here.
The Flareon strolled proudly out through the melted remains of the door with two bright jewels coloured yellow and red, the same kind as he and the Misdreavus were wearing around their necks, clutched tightly between his teeth. His fur had returned to it's yellow colour. He looked towards the Misdreavus's neck.
"Stop right there!" a voice shouted.
The Flareon turned to look, turned back and swiftly escaped through the enterance of the small cave hopping down to a lower level, out of sight with the two jewels he had just stolen.
"Are you alright?" the voice asked
"Uhh......Is.....Is that you......Prekflar?" The Misdreavus asked and then looked up.
Standing there, sure enough was Prekflar, the very Absol that asked the Misdreavus to guard those jewels, many years ago, until he returned.
"Sphrene, are you alright?" Prekflar asked sympathetically.
"It's.....it's really you.....isn't it.....Prekflar" The Misdreavus, Sphrene answered.
"Yes, it's me. Please tell me, are you alright?" he repeated.
"No....burned....badly.....very.....painful" Sphrene answered.
"Wait here" Prekflar said.
Prekflar walked to the enterance of the cave.
"The sun is very bright today, it's usually cloudy up here"
He reached down a pulled up a small plant with blue-green leaves and carried it back to Sphrene at the back of the cave.
"This should help you" he said and began rubbing it on Sphrene's head.
"It's a plant with two different parts. The flower can give a burning sensation, but the leaves can numb the pain of burns. It's kind of like a snake carries the antidote to it's own poison" Prekflar explained.
"Thank....you...." Sphrene said "It seems to be....working"
"Try not to move" Prekflar said "You should take a rest, I'll guard the cave, try to get some sleep ok?"
"Sure, first answer a question. Who was that Flareon who stole your jewels? He had one of his own, a green one" Sphrene asked.
"I'm not sure, I've never seen him before in my life, but he must know the importance of those jewels. I'll have to tell you about them too, later" Prekflar answered.
Sphrene was not satisfied. She wanted to know now, but she was too tired to ask. She fell asleep.
Prekflar sat down at the enterance. He didn't like daytime very much. Things weren't very active. His fur was very messy and his horn blade had a slight chip out of it. He had changed a lot since Sphrene had last seen him and she had never heard from him since. He didn't even know why he came back, he was just drawn back there somehow. He didn't care too much about his appearance, he wasn't out to impress the females anymore and became very distant from his emotions. Nobody knows where he went and what he had experienced but he was a lot more solitary now.
"Hmm....If that Flareon had the green jewel and he knew about this place then he'll probably know about the one I hid in the human city" Prekflar thought to himself. "And that means I'll have to chase him, but Sphrene is too weak to look after herself right now. I must take her with me. Maybe she'll end up useful, she did good guarding the jewels up til now"
A couple of hours later, Sphrene began to wake up.
"How are you feeling?" Prekflar asked
"Much better, thank you" Sphrene replied. "Could I ask you something?"
"What is it?" asked Prekflar
"What is so important about these jewels?"
"I'll tell you, in time"
"But I want to know now! Tell meeeee!" Sphrene demanded
"I said later. Have you fully recovered yet?"
"I think so, but I'm not too sure"
"Well, we need to leave, you can ride on my back until you feel like travelling" offered Prekflar
Prekflar wandered out of the cave. The cave was almost at the summit of the mountain of yellow stone. The humans had once given it a name but no-one remebers it anymore. Prekflar headed to the summit and looked over to the west where the sun was half above the horizon. The skies had turned grey and he wanted to show Sphrene where they were headed to before it got dark.
"The ruins of a human city are over there near the west" Prekflar explained.
"I know, I've seen it many times, while I'm floating up here at night" Sphrene answered.
"It's been over 400 years since the last of the humans lived" Prekflar announced.
"Most left in search of happiness on other planets, right? Sphrene asked.
"Yes, that's what is believed. And those who refused to leave eventually just died out, there were so few of them" Prekflar continued. "Why the ruins of their cities haven't completly collapsed, I really don't know. Well that's where we're headed. I hid the last of these jewels there. I felt they'd be safer to be separated"
"You promise to tell me about them soon?" asked Sphrene
"Yes, when I find the right time" promised Prekflar.
They finished watching the landscape, it was almost sundown and Prekflar was ready to set off. The mountain slopes were fairly easy to hop down but it was a very long way down. As it got darker many of the pokémon living on the mountain were becoming more active. It was the beginning of Autumn and Sneasel were competing for leadership in their packs and Teddiursa were collecting lots of Lum and Rabuta Berries as they had grown espescially well this year. Their normal lives were pretty boring compared to what what Sphrene and Prekflar were to encounter in their travels.
=========================================
Extra Notes: Sphrene is pronounced (Sph(like Sphere), enn, ay)
Sphrene and Prekflar's names have meaning and they will find out about them later. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Any critisism welcomed.