M-E-W: Defiance (It begins!)

[Da'An]

Arctic informed me of Latios (Xiaso), Latias (Xiaro), and their imminent battle for power (the Shi-Cathor) as the MEW Castle Guardian. Arctic's past is disturbing, harsh, and cruel. He is indeed a strong pokemon for having survived so much. In fact, most of the pokemon in the castle, minus Xiaso and Xiaro, have been through many tribulations. However, the seriousness at the moment must not be ignored. If Xiaso is indeed planning to bring war and intolerance to the world, he must be stopped.

"I must leave you two for the moment," I told Arctic and Crystal. "I must tend to the injured Meganium. I will meet up with you later in the castle."

And with that, off I flew in search of Oceanus and Atlantis. I circled the castle and found that they had brought the injured Meganium by the main entrance of the castle.

"He is injured badly Poseidon," informed Oceanus.

"You must use your powers and heal him or he will not make it," added Atlantis.

"I apologize for my delay, but the Mew, Arctic, was telling me of his past and the events that led up to tonight," I replied. "It is quite troubling and I shall tell you about them in a bit. Wash off his wounds, create a pool of water underneath him, and I shall heal him."

Oceanus propped the Meganium up while Atlantis squirted a weak WATER GUN to wash off Meganium's wounds. A pool of red water soaked the ground underneath the dying Meganium. Oceanus laid the Meganium on the ground and joined Atlantis in spraying the surrounding area with a jet stream of water. I concentrated and my trident began to glow a mysterious emerald purple. I than purified the pool of water with my DRAGON BREATH. As I bowed my head and touched the water with my trident, it glowed viciously and energy started to whirl around it. The energy spiraled into the pool and encased the Meganium. He started to breathe normally and his petals sprung back to life, followed by his wounds disappearing. He slowly rose to his feet. The energy subsided and my trident stopped glowing. The pool was seeping deep into the ground and started to disappear. I greeted the Meganium as he revived himself.

"Hello," I said. "I am Poseidon, one of the Royals from the Seas. I am glad that you are feeling well."

"Thank you Poseidon," responded the Meganium. "Thank you for reviving me. I thought I was a goner. Whatever that entity was, it sure was strong. I was no match for its superiority. My apologies. I am Dionysus, the leader of the Meganium's in this area."

"These are my consorts and companions, Oceanus and Atlantis," I said.

"Nice to meet you both," greeted Dionysus. "Do any of you know where my fellow Meganiums' went? Or what happened to them?"

"I do not know," I sadly responded. "I saw them running off into another area of the forest. It is late now. Why not come inside. There are many good friends here who you shall meet. If you want to leave and search for your friends, you can do so when daylight arrives."

"Very well," agreed Dionysus. "I do need some rest."

I than informed them of what Arctic had told me. It angered Oceanus and Atlantis that this was all boiling over because of a power struggle. All three of us remembered when my father was absent and for a brief moment, the seas were embraced and locked in turbulence. It wasn't until I, along with many Royal Soldiers, freed my father, that peace once again resumed in the seas.

"Yes, we must all remember that rivers of blood will never bring peace," I said. "Now let's go find the others."

All four of us than entered the castle, unknowing of the evils that would transpire in the next few days.

[Arctic A]

Arctic
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I felt a rising feeling of happyness as Poseidon went off to tend to the Meganium. With him on our side, we'd be in for a good chance. But my thoughts drifted back to the shapeshifter, and what he'd done to the Meganium. He was evil, no doubt about it. And how he'd destroyed the book...maybe he was working for Xiaso. Maybe, but we couldn't prove anything.
Stranger yet, something seemed familiar about the Shifter when he'd been in human form. I couldn't quite place my paw on it, but there was certainly something...I frowned.
"Arctic?" Crystal said, shaking me out of my thoughts. "What's wrong?"
<<< Oh...Nothing....Come on, let's get back to the castle.>>>

[Kuro Espeon]

Crystal:
~~~~~
I sighed as Arctic and I went back into the castle. There were too many things on my mind and none of them were happy things. The riddle from Retpurroc kept on reeling over and over in my mind. I had found the shapeshifter she warned of...but now what? What do I do now? Even with Posideon as an ally, were we strong enough to protect Mew castle from Xiaso, the Strange Shapeshifter, and whatever else may come our way...
Also...what Far had said disturbed me too. Mainly because parts of it were true. There really wasn't much that we knew. We knew nothing about what we were doing...we were flying blind. I knew nothing...and it was beginning to scare me.
As we entered the castle I turned to Arctic.
"Arctic...I'll be right back. I have to take care of something."
<<" Oh...ok but...">>
Before he could finish I flew off down a side corridor away from the main hall. I followed it down till I got a small room that was used (or USED to be used...) for storage purposes. There was almost no light forI had strayed far the reaches of the outside light and this particular area of the castle had no light source of it's own. I held out my palm and formed a small energy ball to create a dim light. I made my way over to the back wall of the room and found the brick that was in the very center of it.
This was place only I knew of. It was my secret...my own place. no one else knew of it...not even Arctic.
I tapped the center brick three times and moments later, it and the bricks around it disappeared like magic and a small passage way formed. I flew down through it taking the many twists and turns that it made. finally I came out of it into another small room. this one however had several small glowing lamps to provide light. I had placed these here myself.
"I'm here..." I said in a near whisper as I floated towards the center of the room. "I'm sorry...I haven't been here in while."
In the center of the room was small alter....and on the alter was a bright blue diamond shaped crystal on a long silver chain. Sitting directly behind the pendent was picture...a painting really... It was portrait of a Mew. The Mew was a silvery gray with shining blue eyes, much like mine. At her side was a smaller Mew...a pure white one with pink-tipped ears and tail and crystal-blue eyes...
I knelt down in front of the alter and stared lovingly at the picture. Taking the pendent and holding it in my paws, I spoke aloud from the depth of my heart.
"Mother....I've come back. It's me, Crystal." I paused as I fought back the tears I wanted so much to shed. "Please Mother...help me. I feel so alone. I need...your help..."

O.o Crystal's a little crazy, ne?

[Arctic A]

*Grunts*

Arctic
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I sighed as Crystal shot off in a hurry. Sometimes i worried about her. I hated leftting her out of my sight during times like this, but i didn't stop her. I loved her more than anything. Ever. If anything were to happen to her, i'd kill myself.

"Ohhhh....isn't the concern touching?" A mocking voice came from above me. I looked up. There was a Noctowl floating above me on a purple mist. But it wasn't a Noctowl...
<<< You again! >>> I snarled, and quickly sent a telepathic signal for help...but it seemed to bounce off an invisble wall, and my own voice started echoing in my head.
"You want help? Afraid to fight me alone?" The Shapeshifter laughed, as he shifted into his human form and set down in front of me.
<<< I'm not afraid of y->>> I stopped mid sentance, as a red mist surrounded me. I was lifted off the floor, and i felt myself choking. The Shapeshifter laughed.
"Dear Arctic, you should be. You should be."
The choking got stronger. I was about to pass out when it stopped. The red mist shot into the creature's hands.
"I'm afraid i still havn't introduced myself. They call me Racalexand." He said. "And i'm here to kill you. But not here. Arctic's passing should be held somewhere interesting...not this measly corridor." He twisted his palm, and a white globe emerged and engulfed us both. I felt myself being teleported. The white was all i could see - and it was bright. very bright.
When it ceased, i found myself in Mew Castle's great entry hall. Racalexand was five meteres in front of me, holding a katana in each hand. They were both swirling with blue and red colors. A similar pair lay in front of me.
"Now we will battle....but first.." Racalexand smiled, and swished his hand in the air. An agonizing pain decended upon me, and i collapsed to the ground. I felt myself changing. I curled up as tight as i could, trying to control the pain. Then i realised hair dangeling down in front of my eyes. Human hair...
I was in my human form.

"Don't bother trying to change back, Arctic. I'm blocking you. Come, pick up your weapons. Fight me. Die with some degree of honor!" Racalexand taunted. I growled, and quickly leant down to grab the two katanas. I took in a deep breath, and stood in a battle stance, as did Racalexand. He suddenly swung his blade, and a blue forcefeild erupted out of the ground, covering us both in a circle arena.
"They'll be no outside interference." He said.
<<< I won't need any to beat you, scum. You'll pay for what you did to that Meganium. And to the book. >>> I replied. Racalexand simply smiled.


"To the death, Arctic. Don't hold back." He grinned.

[Kuro Espeon]

Byakko:
~~~~~
After our main group had spilt up I had gone to my room. Or at least...was was appointed my room. I sighed and leaned back against the stone cold wall. Too many things were happening...I couldn't take it all in. I didn't want too. I had thought that after the final death of Kalidor that things would be peacful. And they were...for a while anyway. But now...everything was a jumbled mess again.
How I wanted to go home, back to my future time. But I couldn't...I had to wait until I was sure mom and dad were completely out of danger before I returned. Even though their deaths by the hands of Kalidor was now no longer in the future...now that Xiaso had shown up I couldn't be certain that he wouldn't kill them. No...I wouldn't abanodn them. My mission, my prupose, when i came back in time was to keep my parents safe. I would not return until I had completed that mission.
My thoughts were intrrupted when I suddenly felt a strange force. It felt as though a warm breeze was passing through me and filled my heart. It was...a very familiar feeling to me. For some reason I got the feeling...that someone I knew had returned. I closed my eyes and concentrated on the energy force. It was far away at the moment but I could still feel it from this distance. It was the signiture of a Pokemon...not just any pokemon. A mew... A mew that I had not seen for a long time.
**"Seiko!"** I gasped, jumping up. **"He's...alive??"** I suddenly felt my heart skip a beat in my joyous realization that my dear friend was not dead as I had feared. I immedoetly teleported out of the castle and turned around in circles, trying to locate the direction of Seiko. When I found it, it was off to the West over the water. I nodded and flew off in that direction. I did several flips in the air in my great elation. I would finally see Seiko again!

[Kuro Espeon]

Wow...I'm gone for a weekend and no one posts? come on guys don't let this die! I rally hate posting twice in a row so someone post so I can too!!

[Arnen]

Well, I would post, but I really don't feel like reading the whole thing so... Maybe someone could just put my person in one of their posts...? My person's Arnen, a human-Articuno hybrid...

[Arctic A]

Originally posted by Nabooru23
Well, I would post, but I really don't feel like reading the whole thing so... Maybe someone could just put my person in one of their posts...? My person's Arnen, a human-Articuno hybrid...

It's not that Goddamned much, stop being lazy.
Meh, i was waiting for someone else to post, but i guess i may as well......

Arctic
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Racalexand lunged at me, keeping a calm expression on his face. I brung up both Katanas to block him. He swung his blades mid flight and smashed into me, sending me staggering back a few meters. He seemed unaffacted. I quickly recouperated and drove on the attack, swinging my left blade whilst keeping the right one to block. Racalexand jerked forward suddenly, striking at my stomach. I brung my defense katana in his way quickly, blocking him. I thrust down with my offensive weapon, striking his hand. The Blade went right through, cutting his hand off. There was a spray of blood, and i got covered. I'd expected to hear a scream. But there was none. Racalexand leapt backwards suddenly, putting us quite far apart. He smiled, lifting his bloody arm into the air. A green glow surrounded it, dispelling the blood and healing the wound. Then something fizzled into exsistance - a new hand.

<<< You Cheat! You claim this to be an honorable battle! >>> I yelled.
" No no, dear Arctic. I never said anything about the battle being honoroble. Just your death. Entirely different. You can fall in battle. You'd prefer that to dieing quickly, no?" Racalexand said, waving his new hand around. He looked to his dropped weapon, still in the clutch of his bloody old hand. He smiled, and streched out his arm. The Katana flung itself into his new hand. He laughed. I growled to myself. I was actually beginning to feel afraid.

[Kuro Espeon]

Yes! I'm ginally posting! Maybe we can get this RPG going again!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!


Crystal:
~~~~~
"Mother....it's been so hard without you." I said as if I was speaking into my own memories. "How I wish...you were still here."
I always came down here whenever I needed to think, or when I needed help. I never really or truely expected an answer from my mother because...well, duh, she was dead, and had been for sometime. But it gave me a little bit of comfort at least to be able to hold her old pendent in my paws and think about her. Sometimes I would be able to hear her voice and imagine what she would tell me to do. That helped a little bit....the memories gave me strength.
I sighed. "You should see the mess that I'm in Mother...Everything's falling apart. I...I really don't know what do anymore. Even though I have Arctic with me, and all my friends are here...sometimes, I still feel alone. *sigh* *pause* Mostly....I miss Jewel. I miss my dear, sweet sister. Yes, she is alive, but I don't think her heart is there, or at least not the same one as before. Dear Jewel...she still thinks we forgot about her and abandoned her in that Shadow World, but no matter how hard I try to show her how much I still love her...it seems her heart has been deadened. She is not the same Jewel, and I don't know if she ever will be." I felt a tear trickle down my face. "I wish...there was someway we could get through to her. Someway we could bring back the sweet, innocent Jewel that she was before. I know she's still in there somewhere...but I have no idea how to find it! I'm all out of ideas! *pause* That's why I've missed you so much mother...I never...know what to do. I feel so worthless."
I squeezed the pendent between my paws and fought, to no avail, the streaming tears. After a brief moment, I was surprised to hear a familiar voice speak. It echoed, not in the room, but inside my mind. Someone was speaking into my mind? Someone...
"You are not worthless, my dear Crystal. You are just confused..."
I opened my eyes and gasped at the recognition of the voice.
"M...Mother?!?" I cried, looking around.
"Don't not bother looking around....I am not visible. Yes, it is I. I am speaking to you from that pendent which you hold in your paws. Dear Crystal...I have not much time, and neither do you."
"What...are you saying mother?"
"Those that you love most dearly are in grave peril. He needs your help..."
"HE? Arctic? Is Arctic in danger?!"
"He, among others. They all need you here Crystal. If you were not around, think of what would happen to them....even your sister, my darling Jewel. Though you may not think it, she still remembers you, though those memories are not alwyas dormant. They remain buried in her heart, and only you can bring them back to the surface."
"But Mother....I don't know how..." I said, bowing my head shamefully.
"Take the pendent that you hold. You remember what it is? It was my favorite pendent that I gave to you and Jewel. tkae it from here...show it to Jewel. She will remember..."
"But....I"
[b]"She will! Now hurry Crystal! The one you treasure most needs you!"[/b

With that, my mother's voice faded. I wished for it earnestly to return but it didn't. Mother....
Then I snapped back to my senses and remembered her message. The sadness in my heart turned to panic. How much danger was Arctic in? Was he already.....No! He wasn't! Not yet! I shook my head and quickly placed the blue diamond-shaped pendent around my neck. I zoomed up through the secret passegeway and made my way back to the front hall.
I had to get to Arctic!

[Arctic A]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Arctic
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Racalexand suddenly dropped his blades. "Hand to hand?"
I didn't reply. My Katanas dissapeared in a flash, replaced by a pair of blue fighting gloves. I clecnhed my fists, ready for his attack. He walked slowly towards me, swinging his arms. They were moving so fast now that i couldn't make outb where they were. I grimaced and retreated a few meters. I brung my fists up again. Racalexand stopped swinging his limbs, and made a mocking gesture. He was trying to anger me, like a caged animal. I didn't respond. He frowned, and suddenly dissapeared. I quickly dived around to see if he had gone behind me.
Smack.
He had.
I staggered back, clutching my face. It hurt like hell, but i managed to brush it aside. He kicked me in the side, and i coughed up blood.
"Awww....so sad..."
I quickly snapped of a punch at his jaw, one hard enough to have broken it. It did nothing. Racalexand laughed, and walked backwards. He grinned evily, and suddenly lunged forward. I stuck out my leg to catch him in the stomach. It worked, and he crashed down onto the floor. He quickly leapt up, however and grabbed my foot. He spun it quickly, but with great strength. I did a horizontal 360 before crashing down to the ground. The pain arched up through me, and i tried to ignore it. But it was getting worse....

"Ready to give in?" Racalexand taunted.
"I think you know the answer, fool." I snarled, trying to conceal my fear.
"I see through you, dear Arctic. You are afraid." He smiled. "I can't blame you...a being of my power must seem frightening..."
"I'm NOT afraid of you!"
"MUST we argue like children, dear Arctic?" Racalexand sighed. "Maybe i should stop toying with you and finish this...it'd make things much easier...."
I felt an icy cold feeling going up my spine, totally paralysing my back. I tried to yell, but no sound came out. My whole body was numb, and i couldn't do a thing. Black spires of energy wound around me, encasing me completely. The black turned to icy blue.
"Arctic. It's a strange name. Very cold....and that's how you're going to be feeling."
Tenticles of ice wrapped me up. It was immensley cold, and painful. I tried to call for help, for anything. But i couldn't. I felt like my life was being drained out of me. I lay now, on the floor, completly encased in ice, swirling with dark energy. Racalexand laughed.
"The mighy Arctic! And to think you defeated Kalidor, Missingno, and countless others. Maybe i'm better than i thought....."

[Bulbasaur4]

Mwhahaaa! Messa gots some new idee-ahs!



Repturroc - (F) - Mew-like Creature
***

I smiled as the violet-mew blinked a bit... I then bowed.
[ Welcome Seer of the Lost. Seiko. ]
I said again, as the young mew blinked at me... his moon upon his head swirling with a wonderous glow.
Where am I? He spoke with a young, innocent yet booming voice... he was confused. I smiled softly...

[ Young one, you are in the Temple of the Times. In the battle before- when your counter part Byakko left, you could not return to your own time for you did not have those powers. But a horrible tragedy would have occured if you would have stayed with Arctic and his friends. Thus, I trapped your soul with in the Temple of Times... keeping you safe until you were needed again. Now you are young one... you are desperatly needed- your friends are outnumbered in power. If they fail... I am afraid-]
I cut myself off and shook my head. Riddles could not be used now- things were all too dire for that. Seiko was needed- and Byakko was coming.

But what... what do I do? He spoke curiously, his violet eyes swirling with curiosity. I smiled and snickered.
[ That is up to you- but don't worry, paths will be laid before you now. A friend awaits you...]
With that a voice echoed..
** Seiko?**
I then bowed... and disappeared.


Seiko - M
***

Then the dragon-winged mew-like creature disappeared. I was confused... and bewildered- yet I felt an inner strength like never before.
When I first when t hrough time... I felt lost and confused. There was Arctic, Crystal and the others... but I had no idea on what to make of all of it. Now my head was a bit clearer...
** Seiko!**

I recognized the voice... and strangely, the voice made me happier.
... Byakko?
I rang my voice out, and soon the silver mew appeared. She reguarded me with soft eyes and instantly a smile spreaad across her face.
** SEIKO- it IS you! ** She smiled, and I floated quickly through the air to her and gave her a soft squeeze.
It is strange... we've been far apart for a while, but I feel like I've known you for ages. I've missed you...
I grinned softly, twirling in the air.
The creature known as Repturroc said I was needed... but I ask you Byakko, why? Do you know why?


Far - (M)
***

I padded across the floor, until suddenly the smell of blood filled the air. I rose my head upwards, and instantly caught wind of blood- Arctic's blood.
ABout time that b*st*rd got what he deserved...
I t hought, growling lowly as I continued to pad across teh floor.
It was shameful I wouldn't be seeing his death...
Bwah, to h*ll with that... Mew Castle only has fools in it now if Arctic is killed. Perhaps I s hould go just to make sure mayhem will keep up..

I quickly transformed into myself again... and took off into the air with a streak.

(bwa... that was short.)


Jewel - (F)
***

The jewel was shiny... and that red bird wanted to know wher eI got it. I giggled... he would never find out! NEVER! It was mine... and no one would take it away from me.
I then heard a bunch of noises from some where... and it made me intrigued. What was such noises? They sounded strange... bloody... dangerous.
I closed my eyes, clutching my dear red jewel close until suddenly...
My body disappeared, and I reappeared above two figures. One was Arctic..- full of blood and hurt.. in his human form. I remembered seeing Arctic a human once...
Then there was another figure, dark... and swirling long, shiny sword in each hand... as if ready to kill Arctic.
I blinked... gazing blankly below at them, as I clutched the red jewel.
If the f igure won... Arctic would die- there would be lots of dark red.
Red was good.. a very good color- it showed what the world really was. Just like that red bird- the colors showed what teh world really was...
Then ARctic would die, and his world would be dark.
Dark was black- black was good... it was what I was in before, what the world really was.

... Arctic die, Crystal cry..
A voice bubbled in my head, and instantly I thought of Crystal. The blue mew... the one who seemed to be some how connected to me. But that didn't matter... she was blue- blue was a bad color- I was a bit blue, and I was a bad color.
Blue was not what the world was...
But Crystal would cry... and then she too, might die.
Die because of the red blood... the dark red blood.
Crystal- she hated me, she did not care. Why should I care?
... Arctic die, then blue bird take over.... then birds take over.
I did not like the birds... not much- not the happy one, nor the other one of blue. I only liked the big white bird... the big white one who was not happy- who was sad.
I did not want the two birds to take over... Arctic, the bloody Arctic was better.
Crystal would cry...

I closed my eyes and just as the human-like figure swung his Katana-like thing at Arctic's bloody body, I concentrated and disappeared. Then I reappeared above Arctic's body... in front of the strange figure trying to hurt Arctic.
My small shield surrounded my very small body... pulsating and viberating a deep, blood-red color- usually my shield bubble was blue, but the strange, red-jewel I was holding seemed to change the color of my shield.
The swords both hit my bubble-shield... and made a huge clanging sound- as if they both hit metal. The Katana's seemed to bounce off a bit, as I gazed with my silver eyes blankly at this human-creature trying to kill Arctic.

"WHAT?! I thought I put a spell over this area to not get outside interference.."
The figure spoke, angrily... but then, a lighter voice spoke from the distance...
" You under estimate my sister's teleportation powers! She hasn't met anything able to block them yet..."
With that, Crystal flew in the area...


(Mental Note: Jewel will not let go of the red jewel for the life of her.)

[Kuro Espeon]

BTW B4 - Byakko is a pure white Mew and Crystal is white with pink-tipped ears, feet and tail.


Byakko:
~~~~~
"Please...tell me Byakko...what's going on? What am I needed for?" Seiko pleaded. I looked at him curiously.
**"Seiko? Who told you that?"** I said quietly.
[b]"That Mew-like creature who was here when I woke up. She told me that I was desperatly needed and my friends were outnumbered. I thnk her name is....Repturroc!"[b]
**"Repturroc?!"** I cried, "Why was she here?"**
"She said...I had been sleeping here. She woke me up so I could help...I guess....but with what, Byakko? You still haven't answered my question!" Seiko's eyes suddenly seemed more stern and deep as he asked me once again what was going on.
I sighed and shook my head.
**"Oh....it's horrible! That's what it is!"** I then began to tell Seiko, my dear friend, all that had happened with Xiaso, Xiaro and this strange Shi Cathor. I failed to mention the visions I had been having recently...the ones of a different future. That horrible picture of The burning Mew Castle that would remain forever etched into my memory. no...I didn't tell him that. I didn't want him to worry about it.
After I finished telling him, the stern look on his face had faded and was now replaced with a wide-eyed stare of near disbelief.
"You're telling me....that unless we find someway of getting rid of this....Xiaso...Mew Castle will be destroyed?"
I nodded slowly in reply.


Crystal:
~~~~~
" You under estimate my sister's teleportation powers! She hasn't met anything able to block them yet..." I said as I flew into the room. The dark creature just stared at me in disbelief. He boviously was surprised that so many were able to penetrate his "spell." Jewel looked at me as well, but it was not a look of surprise. it was more like a look of curiousness...as if she didn't know who I was. I was used to this....this was how she always looked at me. It hurt me every time I saw it....
I looked around the room. There had been a battle here. The aura in the room sent a shiver down my back and a cold, hollow feeling settled into the pit of my stomache. I had had a bad feeling about this as soon as I had entered the room as if I already knew what I was going to find. And I found it.....
Arctic was lying on the ground, in his human form, covered in blood and bruises. Next to him has a sword, his hand weakly gripping the handle.
My eyes widened with horror as the red swam in front of my eyes. He.....he wasn't moving......why? why....wasn't he moving? Arctic....Arctic.....
"ARCTIIIIC!" I cried. I zoomed down as fast as I could and landed next to Arctic. It seemed kind of akward, seeing as he was now bigger than me by a considerable margin. But I didn't care....With tears streaming down my face and laid my paw on his cold face. "Arctic! Speak to me! Pease! You can't be....you can't be..."
"...Dead?" The human creature finished, "oh no, he's not dead. Well....not YET any way!" The evil creature laughed heartily as if this was some sort of joke.
"You Bastard! What did you do to him?! I'll.....I'lll.....!" I was unable to finish my sentence as I began to tremble with rage.
"You'll what, little Mew? Kill me? Hmph! I don't think so! You wouldn't be able to! Especially with only the body of a Mew!"
"This Body of a Mew is more than enough for me! I could kill you right now, you monster!" I screamed at him. I noticed that Jewel and Arctic were staring at me, both with surprised looks on their faces. I could tell why, for I was even beginning to surprise myself. The words that were coming out of my mouth were very uncommon for me. They almost seemed like they weren't my own. I very rarely spoke this way....of course...I very rarely got this angry as well.
The creature laughed again. "Don't be foolish! Even if you had a stronger form you would be unable to defeat me! Look at your almighty and powerful warrior! Look at Arctic! He fought me and now look at him! And as I understand it...he is the most powerful one out of all of you...."
"I wouldn't be so sure until you've scoped out all of the competition first!" I said, smirking. Before I knew what I was doing I had stood up and floated into the air, my battle aura steadily growing.
"Oh really now....you truely ARE foolish! Give up now Mew, or you'll end up just like your beloved Arctic!"
I trembling even harder now. Not out of fear, but with anger and all-out rage. I felt a strange power welling up inside of me...something I had never felt before....and it wasabout to break through.
"Never...." I said with my head lowered, "I will never....GIVE UP!!!" On those last two words, something came over me. I was suddenly surrounded by a glowing blue aura that pulsated and covered me all over. I glanced down and saw that the aura was eminated from....my mothers pendent?
Suddenly...I was filled with a strange and almost frightening sensation. I was changing....I was growing...... What...was happening to me?
When the glow faded, I found myself standing on the ground. But I was not the same Crystal. I stood on two feet, and I had two hands. I was much taller too. My fur had disappeared and were replaced with clothing. Now, instead of fur, I had long platinum blonde hair that extended all the way down to just below my waist. I still had my crystal-blue eyes that now stood out even more on my pale face.

I was no longer a Mew...but a human.

I hope you guys don't mind this....I don't want you to think i was copying or anything, I just this might be interesting. Don't worry, she won't STAY a human....the power of the pendent just increased her power and gave her a human form. If this doesn't fly with you guys, then I'll delete it.

[Arctic A]

No, that's great. Nice idea!

Arctic
-------------------------------------------------
I saw a light above me. Sound stupid, i know, but i did. Maybe this was it. Maybe i could experience death once more, but maybe this time for real.

Or not.

The light was powering me, giving me strength. I managed to open one of my human eyes, for a few seconds. I saw another Human, a girl, standing next to me. I also caught a glimpse of another Mew - I think it was Jewel, nut i had to close my eyes because of the pain. I guessed that by human standards the girl would be pretty attractive. There was something familiar about her, though. The way she stood. A Defiant pose.
"Cr....cr......cr....." I managed to speak, if only for a few seconds, and opened my eyes again.
"Arctic!" The Girl turned to look down at me. Then i saw her eyes - her deep, crystal blue eyes. It was Crystal.....but how had she become human like that? I saw from the look on her face that she didn't fully understand herself. I was about to speak again, when i heard a familiar evil laugh.
"Well Arctic, seems like you still have something left in you...But really, i need to deal with these b*tches alone." Racalexand snorted, and rasied a hand into the air. His invisible hand grabbed me, catapulting me upwards towards the ceiling. I was about to hit, when he pushed forward with this energy and sent me flying into the nearby wall. There was a shattering sound, and with the intense pain i realised that i had broken a bone or two. I could feel the blood flowing down my pack, staining my top.
"Arctic!" I heard Crystal yell. I tried to reach out, tried to speak, but the darkness rush up to consume me. There was one thing, i heard however, before passing out -
"Hold on Arc!"

Tornado
-------------------------------------------------------
With those words, I burst into the large hall and flew towards the arena. I quickly noticed that Arctic was in pretty bad shape - he'd need help pretty quickly. The other two human figures, Crystal and the Shapeshifter, stood several meters apeart from each other. Jewel floated alongside Crystal, holding a red amulet of some sort. Tears of rage trickled down Crystal's cheek. I grimaced, and flew right into - A barrier. It hurt like hell, repulsing me and sending me flying across the large hall. I landed with a crash, sending up some dust.
"Foolish, foolish Dragonite.....your dedication to Arctic is admirable, however..." Racalexand snorted. "But you'll have to sit this one out, i'm afraid..."
I flung myself against the barrier again, ignoring the pain, but i couldn't break through. Racalexand was putting considerable energy into keeping me out. I shook my head in dismay, powerless as i watched three of my closest freinds being advanced upon by this horrific being....

[Bulbasaur4]

.... just a note... Jewel is there too ya know.





Seiko - M
***

I blinked, and nodded at Byakko's white figure.
Then shouldn't we hurry back to the castle?
Byakko nodded..
"Yes... I have a bad feeling some thing is happening there..."
Byakko began to fly off through one of the tunnels, but I quickly zoomed in front of her.
Touch my tail.
I rose my magenta, nimble tial in front of her and slowly she touched it softly. I then consentrated...
Tried to pinpoint the location of...

FLASH!
There ... as storm clouds churned and lightening flashed across the sky. A castle was seen in the distance..- Mew Castle. Inside, battles raged and bodies were hurting. I could sense the evil... the hope, love... pain... despair... helplessness... grief... jeleousy.. hate...

I blinked and nodded.
Let us go.
Instantly we teleported, and reappeared to meet a huge smashing force. I blinked dazed, as Byakko blinked as well.
THere before us... was..
"Crystal?!" Byakko cried, as she then added... "Mother?!"
There, two humans stood... next to each other, one bleeding and the other looking horrified. A darker figure loomed near them...s neering as if happy.
I growled... until suddenly I flickered my gaze upwards, to see a light blue mew. Light blue? Her eyes... dead silver. Some thing about her made me twitch... I shook my head quickly, as a scream erupted into my ears.

[Arctic A]

.....
*Slaps himself*
Post edited...sorry 'bout that....

[Kuro Espeon]

Man...I'm not quite sure what to do with Farlander...erg...can csomeone give him something to do? eh-he...


Crystal:
~~~~~
I turned as I saw Byakko and Seiko appear in the room. They both seemed extremely surprised at my new appearance. I was a little surprsied myself....I had never expected this. I looked myself over and I had to admit...I didnt look half bad!
'Hey...what am I thinking?' I thought to myself, 'I shouldn't be thinking about this NOW!' I turned to Byakko and Seiko and spoke aloud. "You two! Stay back!"
**"But...we..."** Byakko said nervously.
"Just stay there!" I replied sternly.
I was also surprised by the fact that Seiko was there. He had disappeared a while ago and we hadn't seen him since. I guess he had returned now...
I looked back at the grinning face of Racalexand and I was once again filled qith hatred. I took a step towards him but didn't get any further. As soon as I tried to walk, my leg caved under me and I fell to my knees. I should have known this would happen....I wasn't used to this human body yet. I was so used to flying and floating everywhere that I wasn't accostumed to walking on two human legs. Racalexand got pleasure out of this as well.
"Ah-hahaha! How pathetic! How do you intend to fight me if you can't even work you're own body?" He smirked. I glared at him.
"I'll manage....It can't be THAT difficult! Especially when I'm fighting a coward like you!"
Theere was never a time when i could remember myself being so bold and rash as I was being right now. What was I doing? Could I really win this fight? Before I could stop myself, I had bent down and snatched up Arctic's fallen sword. I stood back up (slightly shaky), and pointed the sword at Racalexand.
"You will die."

That's all for now! *cries* I need to go to bed!!!

[Arctic A]

Originally posted by Kuro Espeon
Man...I'm not quite sure what to do with Farlander...erg...can csomeone give him something to do? eh-he...

Well, I reckon he should be pretty cheesed off about Xiaso having his Sister. Methinks he should go and rescue her. I'll have Tornado join him, after this battle scene is over.


Tornado
----------------------------------------------------
"You will die." Crystal said.
The words echoed around in my mind - i'd never seen Crystal liike this. I could feel the waves of anger and hatred flowing around her.
"Brave, but ultimatly foolish....," Racalexand sighed. "That's the problem with you Mews...you never give up. No matter. I'll crush you anyways..."
Racalexand summond a pair of Katanas once more, and came into a battle stance. "Your move, Crystal." He smiled evily, casting a look at Arctic. "I'd hurry. He won't survive much longer. Can't you feel it? The pain, it's quite pleasent to me."
I'd long given up on trying to break the barrier, but i tried again. The sudden urgency gave me strength - but it still wasn't enough.
It was then that a bright red beam of energy came from behind me, striking the forcefeild. The energy rippled along the feild, but seemed to have no effect. I turned around quickly.
Xiaro floated behind me, his face a picture of concentration and peace. His eyes were clamped shut.
{I cannot break this sheild. We must find another way.} He said, opening his eyes.

[Bulbasaur4]

Seiko - M
l***


I gazed to Byakko with worried eyes.
We must help them!
** But she said to stay away...** Byakko said, her voice tightened and full of worries and sadness. I narrowed my eyes... sa the moon marking upon my head swirled.
No... some times you must help even when others say no. This isn't just their fight- its ours too! If Crystal and Arctic are hurt, then we will be next anyway.
Byakko nodded, as I narrowed my eyes and gazed at the force sheild. I tapped it lightly, and streaks of energy from the bubble erupted around it.
I'll try to teleport...
I closed my eyes, and felt my body suddenly lighten... I felt my will try to urge my body to teleport past the barrier. Instantly my body disappeared and I felt my body instantly surge its matter to the place I wanted it... but as my body seemed to travel in a freezed time, I felt as though I hit a wall. Instantly my body seemed to be hurled backwards... as pain raked through my body. All too fast, my body reappeared where I had once disappeared- next to Byakko outside of the barrier. I breathed heavily... as Byakko nervously shook.
** Its not use.. Tornado nor Xiaro can even get through.**
I narrowed my eyes tighter... and gazed into the shield. How could we get through?
They need us...
I frowned, and shook as Crystal was about to face a person more then her match. Even with all her will power, there was just no way her body- whom she wasn't accustomed too- could do this.
**Oh no...** Byakko whispered, as we floated there... watching.



Jewel - (F)
***

I blinked... watching the feats below. Crystal was now a human to match Arctic. They had a bond with each other... I could sense it and see it. They... they always were together. I then gazed at the dark figure... and blinked.
He had the same aura as some one I knew long ago... what though? Who?
Then it dawned on me...I remembered who that person was! It was the human... he was that human- gone dark? Maybe he realized what teh world truely was... and decided to reflect it?
ya-ooo, eyeuh ow ya-ooo.
I spoke at him, clutching the glowing red jewel in my paws still. He flickered his gaze barely at me- but he was more interested in Arctic and Crystal.
"Shut up pathetic mew... you'll find yoru death soon enough."
I narrowed my eyes...
ya-ooo, awr thuuut ooman. Ulicks. ya-ooo awr Ulicks!
His wild gaze flickered softly... as he seemed to flinch... but he ignored me- he was forcing himself to ignore me. I turned my gaze, seeing how that a strange magenta mew and the one who was Crystal's daughter, Byakko, couldn't get through the shield. I smiled... I did I did!!! Maybe they were not talented enough..
I rubbed the jewel with my cheek, but watched as suddenly Ulicks charged at Crystal with swift swords. Crystal brought the sword of Arctic forward, but Ulicks was too powerful. The crashingsound of swords echoed, and Crystal fell to the ground, but still blocked Ulicks's swords with Arctic's. I watched...
[ Jewel... Jewel... ]
A voice rang, but I ignored it... Jewel, that name was dead. I was not Jewel.

[Kuro Espeon]

Man..everyone is underestimating Crystal...just because she doesn't like fighitng doesn't mean she can't!


Crystal:
~~~~~
Racalexand had knocked me down on the first blow. I had expected this...I was not quite on my gaurd yet as I was concentrating hard on moving my new body. But I was getting the hang of it surprisingly quickly! I would have full control over it in no time! But in the meantime I had to deal with Racalexand with whatever control I had. I decided offensive was not the best idea right now. I would have to stick with defense.
Racalexand pointed his sword at me and dared me to attack. I stood up and got into a defensive pose instead.
"AH! Defensive! Good idea, Mew, not that it will do you any good of course, but it's a nice thought anyway." he smirked, obviously believing that I wouldn't stand a chance against him. deep inside of me, I agreed with him. This...thing was strong enough to defeat Arctic. And seeing as Arctic was stronger than me, It looked pretty hopeless. Bt none of that mattered to me. I was still going to fight, and I was going to fight with everything I had. Even if it cost my life...I would never give up.

Sorry that was short, but I'm in a rush. AA - feel free to keep the battle going, remeber that Crystal is on the defensive until she gets used to fighting as human, but don't underestimate her....she's very stubborn!
Now....


Farlander:
~~~~~~~
There was battle going on...I could sense it. Two very strong forces were going at it and it seemed as neither of them would give up until the other fell. I recognized the aura of Crystal, but it was slightly altered. It seemed harsher and more powerful. Something had obviously happened to make her battle will stronger. Most likely it was related to the dramitic decrease in Arctic's power I sensed not long before. The other power, the one Crystal was fighting, was strange...but in a way, familiar. It puzzled me....
I had been monitering the battle psychically from inside the castle, perched high in the rafters, shadows covering me from head to tail. I could not see the battle but my toned mental abilites allowed me to estimate what was going on without actually being there.
I noticed, however, that I wasn't the only one keeping an on this fight. Xiaso was sitting at the castle window, his eyes closed in concentration and a smirk of pleasure across his face. no doubt he was, in someway, behind this. I could from the way he was acting that he had some sort of plan. Besides the one with me of course...
I glared at him. This creature was no Pokemon. Even I, who had done some splendidly evil things myself in the past, would not stoop to such underhanded things. I found it very cowardly to hire others to fight your enemies for you when you cna very well fight them yourself. How very low...he just wanted the protecters of the castle out of the way so he'd have no trouble taking over.
The sad thing was...he had me right where he wanted me. He had Disaran....and as long as he held her captive I could not oppose him. .......Unless! Yes! Of course! Why didn't I think of it before? All I had to do was find Diasaran and rescue her! Then, I would be out of Xiaso's control!
This was the perfect time to do it too....while he was distracted. But the only downside was...I had no idea where he was keeping her. And without that...well...it made it rather difficult to save her. I had to find someone who knew where Xiaso might have put her. I took off from the rafters, and to avoid Xiaso's attention, I did a small teleportation out to were the battle was taking place. I saw Tornado, Byakko and...Seiko? hovering outside of a strange barrier watching the fight that was going on inside. Inside the barier was jewel, and injured Arctic in human form, and a human girl.....human girl? Where did SHE come from? But upon furhter inspection I realized that it was Crystal, who had taken a human form. The one she was fighting was a dark, mysterious figure...who still seemed very familair...and I couldn't place it.
Tornado......that Dragonite. Would he know anything of Xiaso and Xiaro? I decided to find out. I flew over to Tornado and hovered beside him.
"I wish to talk to you," I said in a low voice.

[Arnen]

Ok! Ok! Ok! I have an idea! Ok, what's happening right now? Wheer is this taking place? I'm gonna start a different charecter from my origanol sign-up. Hope that's ok ^_^

~Race: Mew
~Name: Arnen
~Gender: Female
~Appearance: Typically a normal Mew, only purple (same as posting color) with silver on tips of ears, tail, and feet. Her tail has a small amethyst embedded at the widish part at the end. When evil's nearby, it glows silver and pulsates.
~Personallity: Shy and quiet or hyper and with a sarcastic sense of humor. Depends.
~Other: The amethyst on her tail's been there as long as she can remember, and seems to be the main (note, main, as in she still has natural Mew powers without it, just much, much weaker) source of her Psychic powers. Her main abilities and attacks are Teleport, Psychic, Mega Drain, Transform, Surf, and Fly, among weaker Psy attacks. She can use Transform to become human for two hours before it wears off, and in human form she has purple hair and crystal blue eyes, and wears a purple belly top and grey jeans. Oh, and she's not very good at teleporting ^_^'

Not gonna post till I know where everyone is right now...

[Arctic A]

Originally posted by Nabooru23


Not gonna post till I know where everyone is right now...

Did i not hammer this in before? READ! Just read this page, and some of the last one. You'll find out that we're in a Hall in Mew Castle, and there is a fight going on. Yes.


Arctic
----------------------------------------
With great strain, i managed to drag open an eye. I saw Crystal, with her back to me. She had just recovered from a blow made by Racalexand. Looked like she was playing defensive, until she got used to her form. Good, i thought.
I saw Racalexand sneer, and leap forward, brandishing his Blade. Crystal raised hers and blocked, pushing hard and making Racalexand stumble back a few meters. She shook her head defiently.
"Stubborn little one, aint ya? Maybe you'll prove good sport...unlike that fool Arctic over there..." Racalexand sighed, twirling his blade. I saw Crystal getting more angry, sweat flowing down her face. And was that a tear? Maybe...
Racalexand launched an attack again, swirling around crazily. Crystal brung up her blade, and lunged forward in a flash, blocking his sword. she left herself open to his feet, however. He kicked her in the stomach. I cringed as Crystal fell back. I hated seeing this happen to her. I'd rather be up there, fighting for her safety. But i was Thankful.
Crystal was even more angry now, and i could see a small red glow shimmering around her. She cast another defiant look at Racalexand.

Tornado
--------------------------------------------------
"I wish to talk to you..."
I snapped my veiw away from the raging battle, and looked at Farlander.
"There's a first time for everything." I said, turning back to the watch Crystal and Racalexand.
"This is serious, Dragonite!"
"THIS is more bloody serious, i'm willing to bet!" I roared. I didn't look at him.
"This could have the fate of everyone hanging in it's balance. Surely you can understand."
"Sure, i suppose Xiaso has bribed you and you're gonna help him destroy us or something," I said, angrily, as i turned to look him in the face. There was a *slight* look of suprise on his face, but it dissapeared quickly.
"Come, Tornado. You are intelligent. You must realise that...higher things are going on here..." Farlander said, speaking quietly. I sighed.
"What do you want?"
"I want to know what you know about Xiaso and Xiaro."
"Not much. Two brothers. Legendeay rivalry. A secret labarynth hidden in the Houen Mountains.."
Farlander nodded. He seemed to appreicate the Labarynth part.
"I need help. In a rescue."
"I see."
"It's my Sister...." Farlander groaned. That came as a suprise. Farlander having a sister? Surely we would have known...but i suppose these Legendary Birds are full of suprises. Having lost my whole family to the hands of evil, i could understand what he was going through. I turned again to look at the battle. Crystal was playing Defenseive, and Racalexand wasn't breaking through. Jewel, Seiko, Xiaro and Byakko hovered - Seiko? Where had he come from? I thought.. - hovered outside the boundary forcefeild. They could help if anything happened. I suppose i could help farlander.
"I accept." I answered, and turned to look at Arctic. He was still on the ground, but he was awake and i'm sure he could hear."
"Don't worry Arc! I'll be back!" I yelled. I saw what may have been a nod. I grunted, then turned to Farlander.
"Let's go."

[Mew Trainer Rose]

I also haven't been posting recently, mostly becaue I could never quite find a spot for me to come into the action. I'd like to know if i could also re-sign up. possibly as a R/S poke? I'm thinking i could meet Tornado and Farlander when they're off in Houen, since i don't want to wander up to the cstle for no good reason again.
And i have been keeping up with the plot, just haven't posted.

[Arctic A]

Originally posted by Mew Trainer Rose
I also haven't been posting recently, mostly becaue I could never quite find a spot for me to come into the action. I'd like to know if i could also re-sign up. possibly as a R/S poke? I'm thinking i could meet Tornado and Farlander when they're off in Houen, since i don't want to wander up to the cstle for no good reason again.
And i have been keeping up with the plot, just haven't posted.

Meeting up with Farlander and Tornado would be a great idea..an R/S Poke would be great as well. Post ya new form and i'll introduce him in Tornado's post..
I would post now, but i'm playin Ruby Version. (Up to the new elite four! Yay for me!)

[Kuro Espeon]

Originally posted by Nabooru23:
in human form she has white-blonde hair and crystal blue eyes

I don't mean to be picky but...can you possible change her human description? It seems she looks alot like Crystal. Maybe she can have purple hair?


Crystal:
~~~~~
I was getting better with this body now. I was alot more steady and I was regaining most of my quick reflexes. That was very good in particular because I would need very single one of my reflexes for this fight. This Racalexand was much faster than I had thought originally. I would have to rely on my speed and agility in order to win.
Now it was my turn to go on the offensive. I quickly jumped back to my feet and dashed foreward at Racalexand. Gripping the hilt of the sword firmly with my right hand, I brought it across my chest and swung in a hard, diagonally-down slash. Racalexand blocked it with ease.
"Is that all you've got?" He smirked, "Come now, I expected you to at least give me a decent fight. Don't tell me this is all you can d-"
I cut him off quickly by exectuting the second phase of my attack. While he was holding off my blade, I unexpectedly drew back my sword and quickly, taking advantage of the opening in his stance,
slashed horizontally at his stomache.
Racalexand had barely enough time to jump back, for even though he escaped being cut in half, the blade still managed to make a shallow cut across his waist.
'Damn!' I thought to myself. 'I missed him....but at least I drew some blood...'
Racalexand regained his footing quickly and, with a look of surprise and disgust on his face, stared down and the bleeding cut on his stomache. He seemed genuinly amazed that I had been able to inflict damage on him or that I had been ablle to even touch him at all. He put his free hand over the wound and glared at me.
"What's the matter, Racalexand? Never seen you're own blood before?" I said with an overlyconfident tone, "I guess this proves that you're only mortal after all!"
That was the first time I had ever taunted someone in that manner....what was going on with me?
Racalexand, to my surprise now, began to chuckled, which quickly turned into full-fleged laughter.
"You truely are enjoying this aren't you, Mew? I find it very frivilous of you to get so excited about one little stratch! This only happened because I let my guard down, and believe, it won't happen again! ....You underestimate me just as much as I underestimated you, Crystal of Mew Castle! Don't go celebrating a victory before it's won!"
I flinched slightly while still maintaining my serious expression. I was starting to feel less and elss confident about winning every second...


Farlander:
~~~~~~~
A small, sly grin crossed my face as Tornado agreed to come with me to the Labyrinth of Xiaso and Xiaro. There was something about his attitude towards me that was amusing. NOt quite trustworthy, slightly reluctant, but also obligated. I could tell that travelling with me was not his first choice of ways to spend the afternoon....but he was going to do it protect the ones he cared most for. This...was something we had in common....
"Very well, Dragonite. Let us be on our way. But keep in mind that the only reason I need you to come along is because.... 1. you're the only own who knows where the labyrinth is and 2. I have no idea what while be waiting for us when we get there so I figured it be better to bring along reinforcements. Not that I couldn't handle it on my own of course..."
Tornado rolled his eyes, and turned towards the west horizon.
"Whatever, let's just go." He said in a monotonous voice. He took off and beat his gigantic wings to gain altitude. I followed quickly and soon leveled off beside him, leaving the slowly shrinking form of Mew Castle behind.
We flew in silcence....seeing as we really didn't have much to say to each other. the dragonite and I had never really been on what you would call "friendly terms" so I guess this unlikely alliance was rather akward for the both of us. After a little while I was surprised to here him speak to me in a civilized fashion.
"Farlander...." He said out of the blue, "You know what I think?"
Out of a sheer effort to be polite I answered: "What...?"
"I think....you've gone soft!" He stated, grining broadly.
I nearly fell out of the air with shock from that outrageous and comepletly random statement. After regaining my balance and turned to him, shooting him a nasty glare.
"What the HELL do you mean by THAT, dragonite?! Do you want me to insinerate you?!" I cried.
"Whoa! Chill, Farlander! All I meant was that I think you've changed! I mean....a year ago you would have never asked me or any of my friends for help."
"Hey! I already told you, I did NOT ask for help. I merely offered you the oppurtunity to come along! And for you're information, I haven't changed one bit! My opinions of you and your pesky little mew friends have not been altered one bit! I have merely learned to tolerate you!"
"Uh-huh...." He replied, obviously in disbelief, "Well...no matter what you say Farlander, I still believe that Crystal and the others have had quite a calming effect on you. Just admit it! You actually care about them now."
"Foolishness! I could care less about what happens to those vermin!"
"Then why do ally with them in this battle against Xiaso? Why do you protect Mew Castle, the home of your former enemies?"
"Tch. Because, you moron, I am bound by a life debt. Those Mews, unfourtunetly, are the ones responsible for restoring my life, and for that I am endebted to them and is my duty as Ledgendary Pokemon to uphold this debt to maintain my honor. But keep in mind, that if this debt had never been placed, and I did not owe them anything....then...things would be different."
Tornado just stared at me with a smirk on his face which I wished I could wipe off with my Aeroblast. Then he turned and looked straight ahead.
"Alright Farlander, I believe you."
I sighed. This Dragonite was even more dense then I had thought...
But then again....could it really be true? Did Tornado and the Mews see something that I was unaware of? ....

.....Had I really changed?

[Arnen]

OoC: Ok, don't feel like changing it, but purple hair! Yeh ^_^ Also, I don't know exactly who's in this battle, so... I'll post, but I'm not gonna say who's in the battle, duh, cuz I don't know ^_^'

~`~`Arnen`~`~

Poof!

I looked around. I was in a long hallway. I heard voices around the corner.

"<Dammit!>" I thought. I had been aiming for Hawaii. I really needed more practice teleporting!

I slowly flew to the corner, and saw a battle taking place. The jem on my tail was glowing silver.

[MetaKnight89]

Race: Pochena(thepokemon under Arctic A
Name: Shadow
Gender:M
Appearance: Black and gray
Personality: Very quiet....
History: Trained by his father he has many skills and is very strong
Other.Unknnown

[Mew Trainer Rose]

drat, I wanted Pochiena. then again, there's a bunch of Mews, there can be more than one Pochiena.

Race: Pochiena
Name: Eclipse
Gender: female
Appearance: regular pochiena, except there's a hint of brown in her fur, so she's sort of grey/brown
Personality: give her all in battle, curious but cautious, a bit skeptical with pokemon she doesn't know, but gets along well once she knows them.
Other: nothing

[Arctic A]

First off, could someone tell me why the HELL s-m-a-l-l-e-r was filitered? O_o

Originally posted by MetaKnight89
Lost in Hammerspace

Race: Pochena(thepokemon under Arctic A
Name: Shadow
Gender:M
Appearance: Black and gray
History: Trained by his father he has many skills and is very strong
Other.Unknnown

It's usually nice to 'ask' before signing up halfway through a topic...
That form could use more info.

Originally posted by Mew Trainer Rose
drat, I wanted Pochiena. then again, there's a bunch of Mews, there can be more than one Pochiena.

Race: Pochiena
Name: Eclipse
Gender: female
Appearance: regular pochiena, except there's a hint of brown in her fur, so she's sort of grey/brown
Personality: give her all in battle, curious but cautious, a bit skeptical with pokemon she doesn't know, but gets along well once she knows them.
Other: nothing

Looks ok. I've introduced you in the post below, if that's ok.


Tornado
-----------------------------------------------------
I laughed inside my head at Farlander. The old bird was going soft. He didn't seem to approve of my ideas though. I almost laughed outloud, but I had a feeling that Farlander would knock me out of the sky if i said anything else along those lines. I simply smirked, and flew on ahead of him.

Houen wasn't that far a flight away. We flew as high as possible, as not to attract any human attention (It'd be quite a site for a human Pokmon trainer...and it might get to their heads....). We spoke very little during the flight. I just closed my eyes and listened to the wind holwing past my ears. When i opened them, i saw the mountains of Houen below me.
"This is it."
"What? There's nothing here, fool!" Farlander snapped at me. I smiled, and stopped flapping my wings. I started falling quickly, Farlander becoming a dot up above me. The dot started to get s-maller, however. He was diving down face first, the flaps on his back folding in to give him more speed. He soon came alongside me. "Huh! Can't you fall any faster?" I laughed. I saw what may have been a look of amusment on his face, and he gained speed. He was below me now, getting faster with every moment.

"Hey! You think you can pull up from that?" I yelled down, not sure if he could hear.
"Of course."
I turned around quickly, seeing Farlander floating down beside me. I was pretty damn suprised.
"Can you?" He smirked.

CRASH

I hit the ground.

When i woke up a minute later, I saw Farlander towering above me. He was laughing. I didn't detect any real 'evil' in the laugh...i think he was just amused.
"Well well, Tornado. Where now?" He said, regaining himself.
"I'm not *entirely* sure....it's somewhere around here, or so my mother told me. It was years ago."
Farlander raised an eyebrow. (If a Lugia has an eyebrow...if ya know what i mean...=D).
"We'd better start looking, no?" I said, standing up. A sudden pain arched up my back. "Damnit. Damn gravity!"
It was then that i noticed something lurking in the shadows. Farlander noticed it too.
"Reveal yourself!" He boomed, a trace of psychic command in his voice. Nothing.
"Maybe it's a Dark type...resistant to your telepathy?" I suggested. Farlander grunted.
Then it decided to come out of the shadows. It was a small, dog -like pochiena. Mostly normal looking, but with a hint of brown. It growled as it walked up to us.
"What just happened here? There was a huge noise." It asked,
"The Dragonite landed flat on his butt, that's what." Farlander replied, smirking. I ignored his comment.
"We're looking for a Secret lair. Ya know. That sorta thing."
"I see...." The Pochiena mused. "I'm called Eclipse. I don't know anything about any secret base or whatnot. But maybe i can help..."

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Eclipse
~~~~~~

"I don't know anything about any secret base or whatnot. But there is a wierd sort of cave naer here. No one goes in it if they can help it. It's supposed to be haunted, and not by ghost-types. Sometimes you can hear scary sounds coming out of it, like moans, pained shouts and such. I can show you where it is if you really want."

The Lugia looked a bit pale for a moment. But when the Dragonite glanced at him he snapped out of it. Shooting an annoyed look at Dragonite, he said "Show us the way. I'm Farlander, and this clumsy dragon is Tornado." Tornado looked offended at that, and i guessed they didn't like eachother much. Before either could say anything again, i said, "OK, then, it's this way." Then I turned and started walking. The two followed behind, and once or twice i thought i heard Tornado mutter something allong the lines of "Damn gravity!"

We reached a tall cliff with rocks piled along the base, and I stoped and turned to face them. "Here we are."
They looked at me like i was a nuts. "Where?" asked Farlander
"Right there," I said pointing at a pile with particularly large rocks few feet away.
"That's a pile of rocks, not a secret anything."
"The caves behind it, of course. Look." I walked up to it, and stood in front of an opening between a few rocks. A breeze coming from intside the cave blew against my fur, tossing it enough for the two to see.

[Kuro Espeon]

Originally posted by Arctic A:
"Hey! You think you can pull up from that?" I yelled down, not sure if he could hear.
"Of course."
I turned around quickly, seeing Farlander floating down beside me. I was pretty damn suprised.
"Can you?" He smirked.

CRASH

I hit the ground.

LOL.


Farlander:
~~~~~~~
I stared at the hole in disbelief.
"THAT?! That's the entrance? You expect me to fit through that tiny little hole? You've got to be kidding me!"
The Pochiena seemed slightly taken aback.
"Hey, don't get mad at me! I didn't put it here." She then turned back to the enterance way and began sniffing about curiously. I turned to Tornado. It was quite obvious that if I couldn't fit through that hole then neither could he. He was, after all, quite a bit larger than me.
"Hmmm..." I hummed thoughtfully. It didn't take me long tor each my conclusion. "Well then, we have no choice. We have to clear away these rocks."
"Why can't we just blast through them?" Tornado asked, twitching in anticipation. I sighed despairingly.
"Don't be a fool Tornado! Even you're not that dense. Don't you think that blasting these rocks and causing an explosion may attract some...'unwanted attention'?"
Tornado scratched his head. "Oh yeah..."
I moved forward, untucking my large silver wings, and began by tugging on one of the larger rocks at the base of the pile." Tornado and the Pochiena hesitated.
"What's with you two? Come over here and help me." I said agitatedly.
"Uhhh...Farlander?" Tornado said slowly, warily eyeing the rock I was attempting to dislodge, "I don't think that's such a good idea."
"What are you talking about? I'm only trying to---" I cut off when the rock finally came loose and rolled away. "There! You see! Nothing to it!" I grinned in success. But Tornado and the Pochiena were not looking at me. They were looking, wide-eyed, above me, their faces pale, and they began to slowly back away. "What in the world is wrong with you two?"
Then, I suddenly heard a low rumble. I froze and slowly turned back around, looking up to where Tornado and the Pochiena were staring. I was met with an unpleasent surprise when i saw the entire pile of rocks tumbling down on top of me.
"ARGH!" I screamed as I quickly scampered away, dodging falling rocks as I slide in next to Tornado. The loud rumble of the rockslide echoed throughout the mountain side and slowly died out when the last rock settled.
There was a brief pause in where Tornado, The Pochiena and I stared at each other. The tunnel had indeed been opened further and was now big enough for us to fit through. But that wasn't going to be so easy....for out of the tunnel opening, obviously in response the noise that had just occured , there came a swarm of shadowed Pokemon, of all different shaped and sizes. They seemed like they had been genetically engineered or something for they did not look like any pokemon I had ever seen. BUt there was one thing I did know....they weren't too happy.
Tornado looked at me through narrowed eyes, a sweatdrop appearing on his forehead.
"So much for unwanted attention," he scoffed.
".......shut up..."I replied.

[Arctic A]

Tornado
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".......shut up..." Came Farlander's reply. I smirked, and looked onwards towards the group of Pokemon coming towards us. Most of them stopped a few meters away, and three came forward. They walked slowly, making strange noises.
"They sound hungry..." I remarked. Farlander clouted me across the head with his wing.
"Let me handle this!" He barked. I snorted, but let him walk forward.
"Greetings. We come in peace!" He said. The creatured drew back a few steps at the sound of his loud voice, but quickly leapt back. They continued making noises. One of the four stepped forward.
"Pawor?" It groaned.
"Pawor? What?" I replied.
"Pawor!"
"Pawor?"
"PAWOR!" It shouted this time, with a deep gurgling sort of voice. It was quite disgusting.
"Pawor?" I replied, still confused.
"Ne Pawor....Ne ecnarten," I growled, rasing it's arms. They were thin, but i could see that they probably packed a punch. The 3 behind him rasied their arms into a battle stance. The small army behind them did as well, making a sort of wave effect.
"Well done, Dragonite. You upset them." Farlander groaned.
"Would you two shut it?" Eclipse growled. "I think we have a fight on our hands."
"Unless we can maybe figure out what the heck 'Pawor' means..." I replied.
"Pawor. Pawor...Power?"
The creature growled.
"Powers?"
The creature growled.
"Paw?"
The creature growled.
"You'll never get it by guessing like that. Think. Paword. Password?" Eclipse suggested.
The creature leapt back a few steps.
"Paword! Paword! PAWORD!" It screamed.
"I think it wants a password." Farlander said.
"Well, thanks Einstein. Any ideas?" I replied.
"Bannana?"

The creatures charged.




Arctic
------------------------------------------
I managed to awake once again. The battle between Crystal and Racalexand raged on. I surveyed the situation. Xiaro, Byakko and Seiko hoeverd outside the arena. I spotted anew arrival - another Mew, it seemed. Inside the arena, Jewel hovered above the fight, clutching a sparkling red gem tightly. I cringed as the pain started getting worse.
"Jewel!" I called out weakly. She didn't reply.
"Jewel!" I tried again. She didn't respond. I gathered what psyche was inside me, and sent a message.
<<< Jewel! Please, help Crystal! She's your sister, damnit! Help! Please! >>>
She turned her head towards me, and looked at me strangly.
'Please help' I mouthed the words. She floated towards me, stopping a few inches away from me.
"ba- wy? wy ouls mi el?"
I couldn't understand her. I tried to respond, but the life was rushing out of me. She spun around, and floated upwards towards Racalexand's barrier. She reached out, and touched it. The area she touched turned blue for a moment as it repelled her touch. Jewel growled.
"Bu. chu na centinno lor...."
A beam of red light suddenly arced out of her small red gem. It struck the feild, turning it a deep form of Crimson red. The beam stopped. She reached out again, and touched the feild. Her paw went right through.
[The feild! The feild is down!] Xiaro shouted, and he plunged head first into the arena, stricking Racalexand in the back. He went flying across the floor, eventually skidding to a halt.
[Go, Crystal. You cannot fight like this.]
"No! I'm gonna make him PAY for what he did to Arctic!" She roared. Xiaro simply nodded.
[Very well. But don't let Anger influence your judgement in future, young one.]
I noticed Byakko, Seiko and the new Mew dash into the area as well. Racalexand saw them as he was getting up. he cursed under his breath.
"Give up! You're beaten!" Byakko called out.
"Beaten? Oh, oh no...I don't think so."
He dashed towards me quickly, reaching out with his Psychic power and lifting me into the air.He skideed to a halt behind me, and lowered me. A large gleaming Knife was summond to his hand. He quickly grabbed me and held the Knife to my throat. That being one of the weakest parts of a human body, it seemed like a good move. I tried to resist, but i just couldn't. He held me with an iron grip.

"If any of you make one more move, Arctic dies." Racalexand sneered.

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Eclipse
~~~~~

I jumped to one side, barely dodging the first creature that came after me.
"I don't know why you wanted to find this place, but maybe something having to do with the reason you came could be the password." I called to Farlander and Tornado. I Faint Attacked another creature, then fell back, feeling as if i had run into a rock. Sightly dazed, i wasn't able to dodge the creature's quick slash at my side. The other two pokemon were busy fighting of more of the creatures, and i didn't even know if they heard me over the growls and odd sounds the creatures made.

[Kuro Espeon]

hmmm....what a dilema! It's going to be hard getting out of this one....
........creative writing time!


Crystal: (human form)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I froze. All the muscles in my body locked and I didn't move an inch. Arctic.... For the first time, I was out of ideas. If I made any move or tried to attack in anyway, Racalexand would kill Arctic...and then I wouldn't know what I'd do...
I could always try to distract him with something, and then find someway to attack....but there was no gaurantee that I would be fast enough to attack him before he killed Arctic. And I couldn't ask anyone else to do it because I didn't want to put them in danger.
I was near tears now as I stared at Arctic. He practically looked dead already. Just his eyes, wide with horror and also sadness, proved to me that he still alive. If only I could talk to him...Arctic always knew what to do...that's why I needed him so much...
Wait! Maybe I could still talk to him! Maybe our power of telepathy would still work in these bodies! It was worth a try, for I could think of nothing else in my fatigue. I closed my eyes and concentrated as hard as I could. And using the great power that bond Arctic's soul to mine, I spoke...
"Arctic? Arctic, can you hear me?"

Ok that wasn't very creative...gomen...I'm tired...


Farlander:
~~~~~~~
"Nice work Dragonite!" I called out over the ruckus while knocking back one of the attackers with my wing, "This is all *WHACK* you're fault!"
Tornado, who was busy shaking one of them off of his wing, glared over at me.
"Hey! How was I supposed that we needed a password?" He stopped looking at me and started to concentrated on beating the tar out of the shadow Pokemon. "And besides! *WHACK* If it wasn't for me *WHACK*! You wouldn't even *WHACK* be here!"
"I had these guys perfectly under *SMASH*control until you jumped in with your *BONK* "outstanding" communication skills and made them angry!"
"Well who was the one who *SLAM* caused that rock slide that *SMACK* brought them out here in the first place?"
"Oh SURE! Rub THAT in my face why don't you?!"
Eclipse quickly Faint Attacked another Pokemon and shouted at us in an aggravted tone.
"Will you two stop bickering! Shut yer traps and try to think of the password!" She cried. My head was swimming now, filled with endless possiblities of passwords. Then I remembered something I had heard Eclipse say earlier. 'Maybe something having to do with the reason you came could be the password...' Something to do with my mission here? What could that be...besides the rescue of my sister...
"Damnit! There's too many of them!" Tornado exclaimed, looking around at the seemingly endless swarm that had now completly encircled us. One of them jumped at me, and before I could hit it away, it clutched the upper part of my wing with it's claws and sunks it's razor sharp teeth into my flesh. I screeched in pain and tried to shake it off. But soon I was overwhelmed by about 20 others pouncing on me and tearing at my body. With a bit of difficultly, I managed to take to the air. Some of them fell off and plummeted to the ground, but others still remained firmly attached to me. My body began to glow with Rage...my patience with these creatures was wearing very thin....
We had to think of something quick....

[Bulbasaur4]

Seiko - (M)
**


I watched in horror as this fight continued. The one named Racalexand held a knife at Arcitc's thoat... and I knew tha tmust be the vulnerable point in a human- it is for any animal. I hovered there... unsure of what to do. I didn't know how to help... and Crystal was near in tears. I gazed to Byakko, who was horrified at this as well... and sighed. But then I looked at Jewel... and some how heard her mumble some thing as she clutched that glowing red jewel which some how let us in.
It confused me... w hat powers did that red jewel have? What WAS it exactly?

"uh ohn ooer yerarr.." Jewel again mumbled, gazing blankly at Racalexand. I stopped short, as my breathing lightened. There was some thing about Jewel... some thing about her...
I understand..

Byakko gazed at me, blinking.
**What?**
I understand what Jewel is saying...
Byakko blinked, as I shook slightly.
**What is she .... saying?***
I turned to look at Racalexand, who seemed preoccupied at the moment at Xiaro.
She says she knows who this Racalexand is..
Jewel gazed at me, with a strange glint in her eyes as she slowly floated higher up... asif in her own world.
"erorse... uh womber um... auhe ith Elixunr."

I blinked... suddenly a memory of a trainer filling my mind. Byakko staired intently at me... as I shook slowly.
I... I can't believe it...
**who is he Seiko? Who?!**
Jewel said.... 'of course I remember him... he is... is..'

**Who?!** Crystal said, her head gazing up at me.

... Alexander...


(Sorry if I'm wrong... just thought that was who it was! ^^

[Arctic A]

Arctic
----------------------------------
...Alexander....
Racalexand simply smiled.
"Well, well, well.....it certainly took you fools long enough to figure it out!" He sneered, tightening his grip on me. I could sense that he was actually afraid. The knife was a mere milimeter away from my throat now.
"But....But....Alex? What happened to you? Why are you fighting us? And how come you look so much older?" Crystal called out.
"It's one of those long, annoying stories. Let's just say i had an 'accident', mmm?" He replied.
"An 'accident' can't change a person like that!"
"Oh, you'd be wrong." Alex (I'm gonna use that now, it's shorter than Racalexand...) growled. "I'll just say that my foolish human curiosity got the better of me..."



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Alex peered inside the cave carefully. It was dark, and a bit scary.
"Whoa man...zard, let's get some light in here!" He said, pulling Zard's Pokeball of his belt and releasing it. Zard's tail burst into a bright flame, lighting the cave. It seemed to go down forever into the distance. Alex gulped, and walked on, his Charizard close behind. They walked for a few minutes, and they came to a wall blocking the path. On it were some inscriptions. Alex peered at them curiously.
"What the heck...." He slung off his backpack and pulled out his sketchbook. He quickly wrote the symbols down.
"Hey...wait a sec. These look like the same stuff that was on Mew castle's walls, Zard!" He said. Zard grunted. Alex looked closer at the marks in his pad.
"Let's see....hmmmm......Espeon could help us here, no?" His Espeon appeared beside him in a flash of bright light.
"Esp? Could you give me a hand here?"
*Of course!*
Espeon studied the markings for a while, then spoke:

* Rock, Ice , Steel.
The three Reji now lie sleeping -
Downed by the mighty pair.
Not to be awoken until the end-
Ragnarok could well be near

Xiaso and Xiaro,
Legends of the sky.
Defenders of Houen,
defeaters of the Reji.
Here they lie.
Until summonded to the sky,
for good or evil,
only they know,
for the onl-*

Espeon's speech was cut short when the walls behind them suddenly crunched together.
"Holy Sh*t!" Alex yelled, dropping his pad. he jumped against the wall. "What'll we do?"
*We could d-*
Espeon was cut off again, but permanently this time. The wall above him simply collapsed - by the time the dust cleared, Alex could no longer hear him.
"NO! ESPEON!" He yelled, tears beginning to stream down his face. Zard roared, smashing his tail against thd fallen rocks.
Then a loud noise shook him back to his senses - the wall with the markings opened up. It was too dark down there to see anything, and Zard's tail light did little to help. The walls started shaking again - rocks started falling. Alex returned Zard quickly, and crunched himself into a tight little ball. The sound was defeaning. Amidst the Choas, Alex made something out -

{Well well well......look's like my experiment isn't over. This human could help...}
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I groaned, as Alex's grip tightened once more. Then something rang out to me - like a sweet song, refreshing and pleasent.
Arctic? Arctic, can you hear me?
It was Crystal's voice. I gathered enough energy and replied:
Y...y....ye..s...

[Kuro Espeon]

Crystal:
~~~~~
"Arc...hang in there Arc....I'll get you out of there soon...." I said softly. I needed to keep him calm. Especially now since he found out that he was being held captive by one of our old friends.
I eyed Racalexand...no...Alex....I watched Alex carefully and curiously. This really couldn't be him could it? Our dear friend Alex...how could such a thing happen to him? darkness had swallowed his heart and soul and turned him into a monster. He was no longer the Alex we had always known. He was different. But I still couldn't believe that he was really gone completely. After hearing the story...I couldn't but believe that Alex's real heart was still there, still alive, still flickering in the darkness of Racalexand's soul. If only we could reach him...
"Arctic...we have to find a way to reach Alex." I said to Arctic telpathically.
"W-What? H...How can we do...that?"
"I'm...not quite sure. I haven't figured that out yet. But I'm positive that there's a way! There HAS to be! The Alex that we know would never give up that easily!"
Arctic didn't reply right away. He was obviously thinking about something.
"You're right, Crys..."
"We have to get through to him somehow. After all...now that I know who he really is...I can't kill him."
I lowered my head. I couldn't do anything right....
"Don't...be sad...Crystal..." came Arctic's faint, but ever bold, voice. "I ...Don't like it...when..you're sad... You're...much prettier...wh..en..y...you...smile..."
I felt my face growing hotter and I began to blush...
I looked up at Jewel. We had to find a way to reach her heart as well...but I didn't know how to do that either...

[Arctic A]

Tornado

------------------------------------------------------------
I leapt over another creature, launching a Hyper Beam at it's freind to my left. I rolled, striking out with my arms at two creatures that had taken a sudden liking to my wings. They btoh coiled backwards, and i blew them away with a gust from my wings.
"Thought of *BAM* anything yet?" Farlander asked, batting away several creatures at once with his huge wings.
"I say we forget the password and make a run for the cave. Maybe we can seal it from the inside."
"Oh, great idea. Lock ourselfs in a cave. Great." Eclipse snarled, biting at several of the strange creatures.
"Aww, think for a sec. There's bound to be another way out!" I responded, batting away more creatures. "This is REALLY getting tiring!"
"I say we go with his idea..." Farlander said, though i could tell he didn't like it much.
"Ok...*SMACK* *SMASH* On 3, people...." I shouted, smacking away more creatures. "1....2....Argh!"
I yelped, as one of the creatures dug a claw into my leg. A small trickle of blood appeared. I snarled, and flung it away with a Hyper beam.
"Argh? I've never heard 3 said so strangly..."
"Shut it. Let's go!" I said, quickly taking to the air. Farlander did also, and Eclipse quickly leapt up onto his tail. The creatures down below stood still, growling. We quickly flew over them, scattering and falling many of them. We touched down at the cave enterance. I quickly rolled down into the cave.
"Run! Quickly!" I shouted. Farlander dived down, with Eclipse still hanging onto his tail. I gasped, and launched a Hyper beam at the cave roof. A rockslide followed, quickly blocking up the cave. A few beams of light slipped through, so we could still see.
"Oh great...oh great..." Farlander muttered.
"Ah, it's not so bad in here.." I replied.
"That's not what i'm complaining about. I'm complaining about the rather large set of teeth marks on my bloody tail. " Farlander scowled, looking at Eclipse.
"What?"
"Did you have to hang on with your fricken TEETH?" He roared.
Eclipse smiled, and i smirked.
"Come on, you two. Let's check this place out."

[Mew Trainer Rose]

Eclipse
~~~~~

We walked along in the semi-dark cave, three pair of eyes keeping a sharp watch for anything out of the ordinary. behind us could be heard the shreiks of the shadow creatures, dissapointed that we had gotten away.
The cave appeared to be a tunnel, long and twisted. After a while, we left the sounds from the shadow creatures behind, and the only noises that could be heard was ourselves.
After a while with noting happening, my adrenaline started to wear off. not being as battle-focused anymore, i began thinking about my curent situation. Beacuse of these, I suddenly asked, "Why're you guys so anxious to get in here, anyway?" I kept my voice down so as not to attract unnecessary attention. "I told ya this place has a reputation for being haunted, and those shadow things would be confirmation enough for anyone. it must be importaint if you're still willing to come in."

[Kuro Espeon]

Farlander:
~~~~~~~
"Why were you guys still willing to come in here?" Eclipse asked tiliting her head to the side. Tornado turned to her and and began to reply.
"Well Eclipse, you see it's..."
"....None of your business!" I snapped, finishing his sentence. Eclipse and Tornado both looked at me with very surprised looks on their faces. Tornado's was more harsh than surprised.
"Farlander!" He said firmly, "What's your problem?"
I looked away from them and stared straight ahead at the tunnel ahead which was gradually growing darker.
"I have no problem, Dragonite! That is, except, for the one I came her for! I do not intend to get anyone else involved in this for it is my business, and mine alone. I suggest, Eclispe, that you leave now. I am grateful for your help but this mission does not concern you. Tornado and I will handle it from here." I began moving foreward again until Tornado's protest stopped me again.
"But Farlander...we blocked up the tunnel entrance. She can't leave now." he stated, looking back in the direction of the exit.
"This is a cave isn't it? I'm sure there are other exits. Xiaso and Xiaro are not so careless that they would only create one entrance." I paused. There was something inside me that made twinged. Was it guilt? no...it couldn't be that. "So...leave! Unless you want to die!" With that I turned and spread my wings, gliding slowly down the corridor, being careful not to hit the walls and ceiling. I could tell that I had upset them...but it my mind this was for the best. "Nothing personal little Pochiena," I thought to myself, "But it is for the best that you remain out of this. I do not want to be responsible for another life..."
Besides....the rescue of Disaran would be my doing and only mine. My duty to my sister was the only thing important to me right now and I would not let anything stop me from saving her.

gee...Farlander sure is touchy!

[Arctic A]

Arctic
--------------------------------------------------
Racalexand - No, Alex...- loosened his grip slightly. I struggled against it, but i was just too weak. I looked up at him. I saw the Alex inside him. Maybe we could unlock it.
"Well, it's been fun all, but i really must dash, you know? I have things to kill. Things to torture. Usual stuff." Alex said, quickly releasing me. I quickly tried to run forward, but Alex grabbed me with one hand. He turned, and used his free hand to shoot out a beam of red energy, making the wall melt away. He dashed through with amazing speed, dragging me along with him. I hit the ground, being dragged along. My skin got cut and bruised as Alex ran with me in tow. He moved very, very fast.
ARCTIC! I heard Crystal's scream. I shouted back, but we were too far away now. I let a tear roll down my cheek. I collapsed into the darkness once again. I do it far too often these days, no?

When i came round later, i found myself looking up into the night sky. It was awesome. Stars shining brightly, it all looked so peaceful. It reminded me of Crystal. I sighed, and tried to get up to see my surroundings. I was held down, however. Bars of Psychic energy restrained my hands, neck and feet. I sensed that Alex was nearby. It was then that i heard the screaming:
"Oh GOD NO! HELP!"
"SWEET F*CKING LORD!"
"Please, no! no! n-"
I gasped as i realised Alex was doing something. Something very bad. I was in a forest, i knew that much. The screams sounded like those of the Meganium. Alex seemed to have something against them. I realised that i was copletely bloody and bashed. I could barely move, even without restraint. I tried to sense Alex, but i got nothing. I got nothing from anywhere.
"Please....alex, no..." I croaked. "Alex....please, stop!"
"And miss all this fun? I think not.." His voice boomed from somewhere nearby. "Dear Arctic, I think that you should go back to sleep."

And that's when i sensed it.
There was someone else inside Alex. Something bad. Something that had been fused with him. I felt two minds in the same body, one in complete control. The other being supressed. So, there was at least some hope. The awful screams continued - i tried to block them out. But i couldn't. It was too much.
"Alex....please...."


Meh, sorry that's so bad. I'm tired, and i can't find my goddamn coffee.