M-E-W: Defiance (It begins!)
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Sorry this took so long, but I'll make it nice and long to make up for it.
Crystal:
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"Arc! Jewel! Jewel and Far!" I cried, grabbing Arctic by the shoulders. "We have to go!" For some reason I was unable to find the words to explain. It was virtually impossible for me to take what I had seen in Jewel's memory and translate it. Not even to Arctic.
<<"Crystal...what...">>
I shook my head. "Just trust me! We have to get to Jewel and Far!"
As if he understood my desperation, he nodded and followed me as we zoomed out the castle gates, with Tornado, Byakko and the others in close pursuit.
As soon as we hit the open air, we were instantly struck by an odd crimson rain that pouring down in torrents around the castle and the forest. A bolt of lightning flashed overhead, filling the crevices of the dark forest with an incandescent glow, and the thunder that followed shortly after was so loud it pounded against our ears. This storm...was nothing like we had ever seen before. And it look like it wasn't going to end anytime soon.
Even though I was getting wet, I paid the rain practically no mind as I was too busy scanning the area for some sign of Jewel. I got the strangest feeling this storm was her doing and it looked from the burn marks on some of the surrounding trees that she had done it to put out a fire. But now it was out of control, and if we didn't find a way to stop it the entire area would be destroyed.
<<"What is this?">> Arctic said in a half-hushed voice.
"Jewel did this." I said with an aire of certainty. When I thought back, I could recall seeing this rain before....a long time ago when Jewel and I were still young. Jewel had always been gifted in controlling the weather, that was her specialty. But once we had been testing out our powers and she accidentally unleashed a terrible crimson storm that took both of my parents to extinguish. Although...from the looks of things now, it had most clearly not been an accident this time.
I looked to the right toward the far right castle turret which had crumbled due to some kind of impact. My attention was instantly drawn away from it by the crumpled, white and blue form that lay motionless on the ground beside it.
"Jewel!!" I cried, zooming toward the fallen body of my sister. When I reached her she didn't even make any kind of sign that she had heard me at all. She was completely lifeless, her lifeforce hanging on by a thread. I rushed over and fell to my knees beside her. I had already used up all of my tears and I knew that crying was the last thing that Jewel wanted me to do. Instead I place my arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to me, gazing sadly down at her paled face which, for the first time in years, held an expression of total peace. With a single sob I pulled her in tight against me and I buried my face into her cold fur.
I knew Arctic and the others had arrived and were watching me, but none of them made a sound as they watched me cling to the small, lifeless body of my long lost sister Jewel, who had finally returned to me.
As the storm raged on around us, another loud crack of thunder brought me back to reality. I snapped my head up in the direction of the sky which was filled with clouds of dark purple and red, swirlling and twisting every which way as if it was being churned by some strong force. I blinked the rain out of my eyes and glanced over at Acrtic and Tornado and the others who were looking around worriedly as well. I knew I had to act now. Since Jewel was the one who had started this then it was I, her sister, that should have the responsiblity of stopping it. But I would need her help...
I thought back to my childhood when my both of my parents were still alive and Jewel and I were still small. My mother and father had taught us a special technique that could only be used by siblings, and it was a power that was unique to our particular bloodline and had been developed by our ancestors in the time of the Ancients. It was a melding of minds. A joining of souls, so to speak, in order to call upon the spirits of Mews of times past. It was known as the Beath'mora-Comhghan..."Souls born together."
We had never actually performed it before, there had never been a need. We only heard how it was done. I wasn't sure if I could pull it off without Jewel's concious contribution, and by attempting it all by myself I could very well put my own life in danger. I wasn't going to tell Arctic this...but it had to be done. It also had to be done quickly, for Jewel was quickly fading.
Without a word to the others, I reached down and picked up Jewel's body, cradling in against me as I rose into the air until I was about 50 feet above the castle, right in the midst of the furious storm. The was so much noise that I barely heard Arctic calling to me to come back down. I pulled out my mother's pendent and with the same paw I grabbed hold of Jewel's so that the gem was pressed firmly between them. I closed my eyes and concentrated hard as I recalled the words of the ancient language that I had been taught many years ago. The words of the Beath'mora-Comhghan...
"Beath'mora Comhghan, rishta morag belen!
Cailek rimtan solasis Wa'malain kor lakate,
Decash'mikta aeglain breg jamesran,
Ragora dal kalei terana melasarain!"
(Souls born together, join your hearts on high!
Call forth the spirits of the Wise Ones of time past,
When darkness overpowers the strongest light,
To save the world from the realm of shadows!)
"Crystal fera Jewel korma Keras Arun - Myuu,
Iona fera Caeden listel amin caltatek!
Raganai lekman Wa'malain promonise malisus!
Ongenai ailida fera ren'ferare holisen,
yol ranmidek morash'nen palenseta Pokemonsa!"
(As Crystal and Jewel of Keras Arun - Myuu,
daughters of Iona and Caeden, heed our call!
We call upon the power of the Wise Ones,
To lend us your wisdom and strength
and give new hope to the steadfast hearts of Pokemon!)
As I continued on with the incantation I contentrated hard on keeping Jewel's heart bound with mine. If our link was severed now both of our souls would be cut off from the mortal world and be lost to a void dimension, somewhere between life and death. And if we failed now, the lives of all those we loved would also be lost to chaos.
'Please Jewel...' I thought desperately, 'Please hold for just a few more moments. This is that last request I, your sister, will ever need to make of you. Don't let go...'
I chuckled uneasily at my own joke as the everyone else turned their heads and looked at me, expressions of utter disbelief that I had said that on their faces. (
<-- Like that!) **"Eh-heh...eh-heh...ooooh...."**
She calms herself and takes a deep breath, then followed by...:*
I hate this stupid thing.... 
*hides*
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and I would always remember their kindness. When I made it around to Seiko, who was looking extremely forlorn, I wrapped him in another embrace, burying my face in his shoulder.