Welcome to my first true fanfic, I hope you enjoy it.
Journey into the Unown
Chapter 1: The Beginning
By: Coyote_Dynamo
The light from Lampent’s soft glow gave the carved walls of the
corridor a rippling effect like the surface of water as Luka and his
partner made their way along the dim path. The floor beneath his feet
had a slight give to it like walking on dried mud and was slick in some
spots, but that didn’t deter the pair from their quest. The musty scent
of the ruins tweaked Luka’s nose and occasionally a waft of fresh air
would envelope him from the breezeway like a loving mother’s embrace.
The heat from Lampent and the mugginess of the underground corridor
was causing Luka to sweat and he would often have to adjust his
glasses to keep them from falling off his face and wipe the tendrils of his
drenched brown hair from his eyes. As the duo continued to make their
way the same thought of why these ruins seemed to appear out of
nowhere overnight kept coming to the front of Luka’s mind.
The storm had been far worse than anyone had predicted and had
caused countless destruction, especially near the small forest village
where the ruins were discovered. The area was rarely ventured into
and the vegetation nearly impenetrable. The storm had washed away a
small clumping of trees, which revealed the stone doorway into the
ruins. No record existed of any civilization in that area. The ruins
themselves were as mysterious as their sudden appearance.
A blast of cold air filled the corridor for a brief moment. That meant it
was probably getting dark and Luka thought of heading back, but
something was pulling him onwards. Even the worried looks from
Lampent couldn’t slow his pace.
“Just a little farther Lampent,” he said “I have a feeling we may be on
to something big.”
Lampent gave no further complaint and continued on at it’s master’s
side.
The darkness of the corridor was growing and becoming an entity
of it’s own. The opposite ends of the corridor seemed to fall off into an
endless abyss from which nothing could return. Lampent’s flame stood
no chance against the oppressive darkness. The markings on the walls
stood out just as clear as before as if they had an internal lighting
source, but surely that was impossible even in such a strange place as
this. The markings were completely foreign to Luka, but at the same
time strangely familiar, perhaps the darkness was finally starting to get
to him. The last few feet of the corridor were the same as the ones
before, no difference at all and Luka thought he began to see a pattern
to the markings. Luka held his breath in anticipation as he and Lampent
stepped out of the corridor into a small chamber with no doors. The
markings continued along the stone walls. The ceiling was at least
twice the height of the corridor and Luka could finally stand up straight
comfortably. The only possible exit he could see was a round hole in
the ceiling that was too small for a person to fit through, he thought it
must be an air vent.
“Come on out Galvantula,” Luka called.
Galvantula appeared from it’s pokeball and climbed up a few feet on
the wall.
“Alright Galvantula go up through that hole and see what you can
find.”
Galvantula tried and tried to squeeze up through the hole, but even it
couldn’t fit.
“That’s ok Galvantula thanks anyway.” Luka called Galvantula back
to it’s pokeball and stared around at the walls trying to make sense of it
all. He sat down on the earthen floor and took out a notebook from his
backpack. He took note of all the different symbols and sketched a few
of them in the margins. The symbols had an almost futuristic quality to
them as if they were left here by a more advanced race of beings. The
shapes were more rounded than the sharp angular ones he was used
to seeing, he just couldn’t make any sense of them.
Lampent floated around the chamber just as astounded by it all as
Luka. Lampent had been Luka’s partner on many archeological digs and
has come to love it as much as he does. Lampent’s curiosity brought it
to a corner of the chamber, which caused it’s glow to move off of Luka’s
paper.
“Lampent can you come here for a second I need your light,” he said.
Lampent spun around and started to float towards Luka. To get the
momentum it needed to glide forward Lampent had to lean back and
when it did it’s shade pushed into one of the symbols, which gave way
slightly like a button and started to glow. Lampent reached Luka a
second later with no knowledge of the glowing symbol.
“Thank you Lampent,” Luka said.
Behind them the symbol was still glowing and then the ones around it
started to glow. Within a minute all of the symbols on the rear wall
were glowing. Luka took notice of the sudden brightness of the room
and turned to see the source of the light.
“What the…,” he breathed.
Lines of light were now snaking around the walls lighting up all of the
symbols one at a time until they were all glowing with the same pale
blue light. The symbols then started to project off of the walls like
holograms.
“Lampent are you seeing this,” he exclaimed.
Lampent stared around with amazement and a touch of fear.
The projected symbols began to move about the chamber in
seemingly random patterns at first and then began to form into rings.
As the rings of symbols orbited invisible stars they began to turn black
and became solid objects or what appeared more like living creatures
with a single large eye. As Luka and Lampent looked on at the
creatures one thought crossed Luka’s mind…Unown. He had heard of
the mysterious and elusive Pokemon his entire life, but had never had
the chance to see them in real life. The stories he had heard of what
the Unown are capable of were all starting to come back to Luka and he
started to panic.
“Lampent we need to get out of here,” he said. He grabbed
Lampent’s arm and started back towards the corridor, but the doorway
started to dissolve away in a flood of color, in fact the entire room
began to melt away replaced by a swirling sea of colors. Luka knew it
was too late, they were trapped by the Unown’s power. The rings of
Unown began to intertwine and form a large sphere. Luka felt his body
start to get heavy and he started falling with Lampent safely in his
grasp. Together they fell through a sky of countless hues and had no
idea of what lay ahead. Moments later a bright light encompassed the
space and swallowed them as well, all consciousness ceased.
“Luka darling it’s time to wake up,” his mother called “Today you get
to start your journey dear.”
His eyes opened and he looked up at his mother’s sweet angelic face
as she nudged him awake. She kept nudging and wouldn’t stop and
then her face turned into a purple flame.
Luka sat up drenched in sweat. Lampent was nudging at his ribs to
get him to wake up. When he finally did Lampent flew around in a circle
to exclaim it’s joy.
“Lamp lamp,” it said.
Luka rubbed his eyes and readjusted his glasses. After a moment he
realized he was sitting on the ground in a forest, but not any forest he
knew of. The trunks of the trees were a light shade of blue and the leaves a lovely
yet disturbing lavender. The ground on which he sat was a sickly yellow
and brown combination like course mustard. The sky was the most
striking of all, the same swirling pool of colors as the chamber before.
“The chamber,” he said “that’s where we are Lampent, in the space
the Unown created in the chamber room.” He looked around at the
strange new world and wondered why they were sent here and more
importantly how they were going to get back.
Stay tuned for the next installment of Journey into the Unown: Chapter
2. Coming in one week.
Journey into the Unown
Chapter 1: The Beginning
By: Coyote_Dynamo
The light from Lampent’s soft glow gave the carved walls of the
corridor a rippling effect like the surface of water as Luka and his
partner made their way along the dim path. The floor beneath his feet
had a slight give to it like walking on dried mud and was slick in some
spots, but that didn’t deter the pair from their quest. The musty scent
of the ruins tweaked Luka’s nose and occasionally a waft of fresh air
would envelope him from the breezeway like a loving mother’s embrace.
The heat from Lampent and the mugginess of the underground corridor
was causing Luka to sweat and he would often have to adjust his
glasses to keep them from falling off his face and wipe the tendrils of his
drenched brown hair from his eyes. As the duo continued to make their
way the same thought of why these ruins seemed to appear out of
nowhere overnight kept coming to the front of Luka’s mind.
The storm had been far worse than anyone had predicted and had
caused countless destruction, especially near the small forest village
where the ruins were discovered. The area was rarely ventured into
and the vegetation nearly impenetrable. The storm had washed away a
small clumping of trees, which revealed the stone doorway into the
ruins. No record existed of any civilization in that area. The ruins
themselves were as mysterious as their sudden appearance.
A blast of cold air filled the corridor for a brief moment. That meant it
was probably getting dark and Luka thought of heading back, but
something was pulling him onwards. Even the worried looks from
Lampent couldn’t slow his pace.
“Just a little farther Lampent,” he said “I have a feeling we may be on
to something big.”
Lampent gave no further complaint and continued on at it’s master’s
side.
The darkness of the corridor was growing and becoming an entity
of it’s own. The opposite ends of the corridor seemed to fall off into an
endless abyss from which nothing could return. Lampent’s flame stood
no chance against the oppressive darkness. The markings on the walls
stood out just as clear as before as if they had an internal lighting
source, but surely that was impossible even in such a strange place as
this. The markings were completely foreign to Luka, but at the same
time strangely familiar, perhaps the darkness was finally starting to get
to him. The last few feet of the corridor were the same as the ones
before, no difference at all and Luka thought he began to see a pattern
to the markings. Luka held his breath in anticipation as he and Lampent
stepped out of the corridor into a small chamber with no doors. The
markings continued along the stone walls. The ceiling was at least
twice the height of the corridor and Luka could finally stand up straight
comfortably. The only possible exit he could see was a round hole in
the ceiling that was too small for a person to fit through, he thought it
must be an air vent.
“Come on out Galvantula,” Luka called.
Galvantula appeared from it’s pokeball and climbed up a few feet on
the wall.
“Alright Galvantula go up through that hole and see what you can
find.”
Galvantula tried and tried to squeeze up through the hole, but even it
couldn’t fit.
“That’s ok Galvantula thanks anyway.” Luka called Galvantula back
to it’s pokeball and stared around at the walls trying to make sense of it
all. He sat down on the earthen floor and took out a notebook from his
backpack. He took note of all the different symbols and sketched a few
of them in the margins. The symbols had an almost futuristic quality to
them as if they were left here by a more advanced race of beings. The
shapes were more rounded than the sharp angular ones he was used
to seeing, he just couldn’t make any sense of them.
Lampent floated around the chamber just as astounded by it all as
Luka. Lampent had been Luka’s partner on many archeological digs and
has come to love it as much as he does. Lampent’s curiosity brought it
to a corner of the chamber, which caused it’s glow to move off of Luka’s
paper.
“Lampent can you come here for a second I need your light,” he said.
Lampent spun around and started to float towards Luka. To get the
momentum it needed to glide forward Lampent had to lean back and
when it did it’s shade pushed into one of the symbols, which gave way
slightly like a button and started to glow. Lampent reached Luka a
second later with no knowledge of the glowing symbol.
“Thank you Lampent,” Luka said.
Behind them the symbol was still glowing and then the ones around it
started to glow. Within a minute all of the symbols on the rear wall
were glowing. Luka took notice of the sudden brightness of the room
and turned to see the source of the light.
“What the…,” he breathed.
Lines of light were now snaking around the walls lighting up all of the
symbols one at a time until they were all glowing with the same pale
blue light. The symbols then started to project off of the walls like
holograms.
“Lampent are you seeing this,” he exclaimed.
Lampent stared around with amazement and a touch of fear.
The projected symbols began to move about the chamber in
seemingly random patterns at first and then began to form into rings.
As the rings of symbols orbited invisible stars they began to turn black
and became solid objects or what appeared more like living creatures
with a single large eye. As Luka and Lampent looked on at the
creatures one thought crossed Luka’s mind…Unown. He had heard of
the mysterious and elusive Pokemon his entire life, but had never had
the chance to see them in real life. The stories he had heard of what
the Unown are capable of were all starting to come back to Luka and he
started to panic.
“Lampent we need to get out of here,” he said. He grabbed
Lampent’s arm and started back towards the corridor, but the doorway
started to dissolve away in a flood of color, in fact the entire room
began to melt away replaced by a swirling sea of colors. Luka knew it
was too late, they were trapped by the Unown’s power. The rings of
Unown began to intertwine and form a large sphere. Luka felt his body
start to get heavy and he started falling with Lampent safely in his
grasp. Together they fell through a sky of countless hues and had no
idea of what lay ahead. Moments later a bright light encompassed the
space and swallowed them as well, all consciousness ceased.
“Luka darling it’s time to wake up,” his mother called “Today you get
to start your journey dear.”
His eyes opened and he looked up at his mother’s sweet angelic face
as she nudged him awake. She kept nudging and wouldn’t stop and
then her face turned into a purple flame.
Luka sat up drenched in sweat. Lampent was nudging at his ribs to
get him to wake up. When he finally did Lampent flew around in a circle
to exclaim it’s joy.
“Lamp lamp,” it said.
Luka rubbed his eyes and readjusted his glasses. After a moment he
realized he was sitting on the ground in a forest, but not any forest he
knew of. The trunks of the trees were a light shade of blue and the leaves a lovely
yet disturbing lavender. The ground on which he sat was a sickly yellow
and brown combination like course mustard. The sky was the most
striking of all, the same swirling pool of colors as the chamber before.
“The chamber,” he said “that’s where we are Lampent, in the space
the Unown created in the chamber room.” He looked around at the
strange new world and wondered why they were sent here and more
importantly how they were going to get back.
Stay tuned for the next installment of Journey into the Unown: Chapter
2. Coming in one week.
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