Metamorphic Battles, Rebirth Of The Abomination

[Nylf]

OOC: Nice title, ain't it? Well it's V2, so it's hardly beginning, more re-beginning. OK, event is the bonding, go crazy!

BIC:
The storms famous on the Whirlwind Plains had once more descended, as a meeting of Legendaries began to take place. Ho-oh, Rayquaza, Cheloly and Uniceera, alongside the four heroes Sieg Donner, Tila Blitz, Cane Lupi and Derek Hade, waited for the other legendaries to arrive. The fourteeen beasts, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Latias, Latios, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Groudon and Kyogre and Anubial arrived with the teens they had 'chosen' to partner with. The egendaries all acted as if it was another meeting, while their partners set about getting to know each other. Once Jirachi arrived, the ancient bonding ceremony began...

Drake watched on, as an immense beam of light shot out of the small Pokemon. The beam split into fourteen seperate beams, and descended upon each of the teens, the legendary who had partnered with them and the two Pokemon they had chosen to bond with as well. Drake looked at the two Pokemon his foster father had given him. he smiled, as the light descended upon him.

He couldn't help but notice how warm the ray of light felt. It surrounded him and the three Pokemon, their bodies floating slightly above the ground. The light slowly changed from the golden yellow it had been, to a clear blue, as Suicune, Tropius and Aerodactly were slowly broken down into tiny orbs of light. Drake felt a pull on his insides, and saw a large glowing orb leave his body. His soul...

He watched as each of the lights that had been the three Pokemon joined with the red orb of his soul. He felt oddly..cold, without the light inside him. Each tiny speck of light caused his soul to glow brighter and brighter, until, once all the Pokemon had been absorbed, it became so bright Drake found himself covering his eyes. The orb than flew straight into him, and he fell backwards, losing conciousness.

He rubbed his head, and looked around. The others were still bonding, but his beam of light had disappeared, as had Suicune, Tropius and Aerodactyl. he looked around, wondering if something had gone wrong.

"Nuttin's wrong mon, cheer up!"

He looked around harder. Who'd said that?

Drake, close your eyes, this voice was calmer, so Drake listened. He found himself no longer on the Whirlwind Plains, but a huge cliff, seemingly floating high above the sky.

"Where am I? he asked, as three figures appeared by him. A huge grey dragon, with scales like rocks and slit pupils. An enormous brown dinosaur with long green leaves sticking out of his body, and bananas hanging from his neck, and finally a large blue dog, with a flowing purple mane and long white tails that looked as if made of ribbon.

"Welcome to you mind Drake," Suicune said, sitting down.

"I always thought this young man had his head in the clouds," the Aerodactyl said, it's voice screechy but still very calm.

"Well mon, whadya tink? Predy nifty is ya ask me," the Tropius laughed.

"It's alright, but why are you here? Aren't we one?"

"Our bodies are one, but are minds and souls aren't. We're sort of in storage. Get used to it, we're going to be here a long time," the dog laid down, rsting his muzzle on his paws. Drake sighed. This 'chosen' stuff just got a whole lot more confusing.

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A girl with long green hair threw the large red camping bag over her shoulders. She stood at the edge of a small village in the region of Hoenn. Numerous small cottages with thatched roofs and small brick chimneys stood behind her. At her side sat two Pokemon. One a large mammal-like reptile, or reptile like mammal, it's hard to tell. It's blue fur rustled gently in the breeze that was blowing. It sniffed the air, and a small smile spread across it's tooth-filled mouth. The other was a large black dog, with a curved pair of horns extending out the back of it's skull. A skull ornament donned it's chest, as it too enjoyed the perfumed aroma of route one hundred and seventeen. The girl sighed, as she took a delicate gold locket from inside her shirt, and opened it. It showed her, and a boy with green hair much like hers, both sticking their tongues out at whoever had taken the picture. They both had an arm over each other, and numerous balloons and other party ornaments could be seen in the backgound. he closed it, and read the inscription:

Where the forest shines and the birds tweet,
That is the place we shall next meet.

She sighed, Drake sucked at poetry. It didn't matter though. He was out there, and she was going to find him...


OOC: There, the last bit's Vertina x Drake stuff. Ok then, well let's get this party started. If you felt your old bonding bit was fine, feel free to c+p it here.

 

[MerkelHog]

Just as the girl was about to say her name, Ho-oh announced it was time for the bonding. He instructed everybody to release their two most trusted pokemon. Sal knew exactly which two he would choose.

“Apollo and Jupiter come on out!” Sal yelled throwing his two most prized possessions in the air. In a flash of red two huge pokemon appeared. One a huge mountain a grey muscle that had two arms sprouting on both sides of its body, Sal’s most trusted pokemon Apollo the Machamp. The other was a huge orange dragon with a huge grin permanently fused on her face and with love in her eyes, Hera the Dragonite. Sal had had these two pokemon since he first started his pokemon journey. Apollo was his starter and before he left his house, his dad gave him a going away present, a dratini egg holding his other most trusted pokemon Hera.

As the light sprang forth from Jirachi’s body, Sal saw that Registeel was nowhere in sight. He frantically searched everywhere for the big lug. Sal finally found him hiding behind a huge rock cowering in fear of the light. It was a good thing Sal found him when he did because just as he turned to look behind the rock a beam of light hit him and his pokemon. Sal watched as his pokemon slowly transform before his eyes into balls of light which then entered his body.

At first Sal was afraid because he just saw his most trusted friends disappear. But right at the moment that thought ran through his mind, a voice rang in his head.

“Do not worry we are here with you” said the voice in a very calm and collected tone.

“It has to be that girl with the Kadabra saying something again in my head but I don’t see the Kadabra close by and besides the voice was different.” Sal thought to himself.

“How dare you compare me to a psychic pokemon? It is I the brave and handsome Apollo.” retorted the Machamp in a very vain tone.

“Hey, don’t forget about me I am here too you know. This is so cool. Just think about it Sal you and me together forever.” said another voice in a high-pitched tone excitedly.

“Apollo? Hera? What are one two doing in my head?” Sal thought inquisitively.

“Why silly, Jirachi fused us with you, my love.” Hera replied so happy to be apart of her owner.

“WHAT!!! Wait does that mean Registeel is also in my head.” Sal shuddered at the thought.

“This is so neat. Where am I? What happens when I do this?” Registeel thought as he touched a nerve in Sal’s brain making him do jumping jacks repeatedly. “Yea, this is fun. Do it again, again.” Registeel said as he repeatedly touched the nerve.

Sal and the two other pokemon in his head were starting to get a little sick from the jumping.

“STOP DOING THAT!!!!” all three of them yelled at the same time.

“Great, what did I get my self in too?” Sal thought to himself.

“Tell me about it. I can’t even see my own reflection anymore.” said the vain Apollo.

“I think this is just great. I get to be a part of Sal at all times now.” retorted the enthralled Hera.

“I like eggs!” said Registeel as Apollo, Hera, and Sal all anime fell simultaneously.

“Can we go play with those pokemon I found earlier” Registeel asked.

“NOOO!!!” the other three yelled.

 

[katiekitten]

Jirachi turned to Cat and shot out a beam of pure white light. She felt it envelope her, a slight tingly sensation. Streams of white light flew around her, blinding her. She shut her eyes, feeling slightly giddy. The light suddenly went out and she opened her eyes. Regirock, the Rapidash and the Dragonite had disappeared. She felt strange, as if there was a strange presence somewhere. She nearly jumped out of her skin when Regirock spoke.
Ah, no wonder you are always so fast to run away. I had forgotten what it felt like to be young again, with your whole life ahead of you…
She started. His voice was coming from inside her mind.
Of course it is! What did you think was going to happen? The Dragonites voice came now, regal and proud.
I just didn’t expect you guys to be, you know, all there. Nattering in my ear.
Our ear. This time it was a Rapidash, peeping up from the back. She was always shy, Cat remembered. Anyway, You didn’t think we were going to let you just walk over us, do what ever you want, did you? You forget this works two ways. You may use our bodies, but we can also use yours.
Cat winced.
Ok, ok… I didn’t think it through… Cat admitted.
Yes, you didn’t. The Rapidash answered smugly.
Cat had always thought she was shy, but apparently not. Arrogant, but quiet, Cat thought. What a combination.
Oi! I heard that. The Rapidash replied in an offended tone. Cat grinned.
Sorry. She automatically replied, not meaning it. She felt a negative vibe from the presence of the Rapidash and her smile grew wider.

What is happening on the outside world Beatrice? Came Regirocks’ voice. Open your eyes before I open them for you. Cat sighed and complied. He is a lot ruder now, she thought sadly. A wave of apologetic feelings reached her from Regirock and she forgave him. She opened her eyes,watching as the others went through the same thing.

I wonder how the others are feeling... She asked, unaware she was still thinking it.
How should we know? The Dragonite replied dryly. Why don’t you ask?
Cat glared at the ground. When we are unmerged, she began.
Stop bickering and get on with it! The Rapidash practically screamed in her head impatiently. Regirock agreed and Cat did so. No use in any more fighting, she decided. I have to live with them for Hoho knows how long.

She got up and walked a little way away, seating herself on a nearby rock. The others were finishing off the fusions, most of them with complex expressions as they discussed something in their minds, most likely arguing with the rest of its inhabitants. Cat sighed and closed her eyes, searching for her ‘room mates’. A mental image of a small clearing in a forest appeared, with a small brook bubbling along happily down one side. Graceful trees such as willows trailed long slender fingers into it, the distant sound of birds twittering combined with the trickling of the stream. It was a peaceful place.

Lounging casually on the opposite side of the clearing, away from the stream, was Regirock. He was looking around with a calculating eye, nodding slightly in approval.
Pretty good, all in all. He informed her, smiling in his own special way. But it is missing something… A little more brown, perhaps. To add to the color. A Mountain here and there, maybe add a couple of rocks.
If he had a face, Cat thought struggling to keep her face straight, he would have a look of dismay on it as he looked around.
It's just so green! He howled, stomping and kicking the grass up to reveal the soft loamy soil.
Calm down, you're making a fool of yourself, Scoffed a voice behind Cat. She jumped and whirled around. There was the Dragonite, holding itself proudly, strutting up to the nearest tree and looked down her nose at it, inspecting it.
Not very professional. She sniffed mid examination, glancing at Cat. But I guess it will do. She sighed dejectedly and glided over to a nearby tree stump, carefully sitting on it, holding her tail like the trail of a ball gown. Cat heard a snort beside her, and turned yet again to find the Rapidash. Apparently she had forgiven her, for she gave her a friendly nip before trotting over to the Dragonite.
Could you be even ruder? The Rapidash demanded, nostrils flaring angrily, looming over the Dragonite. It sniffed haughtily and got up, carefully laying her tail behind herself. Drawing itself to its full height, she glared down at the Rapidash, who only reached her shoulder.
Why do you care? She asked coolly, looking down her nose at it. The Rapidash snorted again and looked her in the eye, the tossing flames on her neck growing stronger and taller.
I’m sorry, your highness, She quipped back, tossing her mane. But where I come from, politeness and couteousness are expected, but should I excuse you, you snot nosed, pounsy cow! That seemed to sting.
The Dragonites eyes flashed as she replied, picking her words with care.
You don’t scare me, She informed the Rapidash hautily. All because your papa died fighting for the good of light doesn’t make you a hero. She grinned maliciously. Oh, I forget. Did he die before they took him, or resisting them? I think suicide is the likelier option... Her grin grew wider. His 'taking his life to spare others pain' was a cover story. He was a coward, taking the easy way out…
That comment struck home. The Rapidash bellowed in anger and charged at the Dragonite, eyes filled with hate. It jumped into the air and bore down on the Rapidash, a lethal ball of white light growing in her mouth, pulsing slightly. Cat shook her head to clear the trance she had been in, staring in amazement at the argument, and leapt into action. Running in-between them, she grabbed the Dragonites tail and hauled it down, the Dragonite landing in an undignified heap. Regirock stomped over and pulled the Rapidash into a headlock. Thus restrained, the two injured parties stared at Cat, their eyes boring holes through her. Cat shook her head disappointedly and stood with her arms crossed, meeting the eyes of both of them. All was silent. The miniature world that was Cats mind seemed to hold its breath.
“Now look, you two,” She began, unaware that she was speaking aloud. “This can’t go on. We have got to learn to live with each other. Now wait,” She said hurriedly as the two of them began to struggle. The Dragonite was pulled into a separate arm lock from the Rapidash by the multi tasking Regirock. Cat smiled gratefully at him through her virtual self and she began again.
“You are both in the wrong,” She stated, choosing the diplomatic option. She turned to the Dragonite. “You need to come of your high horse, open your eyes, stop acting as if you are superior. We are all the same, it doesn’t matter what else you think. Don’t speak,” She said quickly, trying to ignore the Dragonites muffled squeak of rage. “We are all in this together. We all have the same goal. Don’t ruin our only chance of helping to save the world with a groundless argument,” Rage flashed in the Dragonites eyes. Suddenly, she sagged as what Cat had said sunk in. Regirock released her and she fell in a crumpled heap. She got up with some difficulty and faced Cat.
Sorry, She apologized. Cat forgave her and turned back to the Rapidash. She carefully approached, eyeing its hooves, ready to leap back at any moment.
“Now, listen,” She began soothingly, all too aware of its bared teeth. “I know you were only trying to help, but violence is not the way. You shouldn’t let her get to you that way, reacting like that is what she wants. Just ignore her and she will stop. Ok?” The Rapidash nodded, although her movement was severly limited. Cat nodded to Regirock and he released it. The Rapidash quietly got up and trotted over to the pool, bending her neck and sipping long draught to quench her thirst. Approaching the Dragonite who was idly kicking at the ground, she voiced something that had been nagging at her for a while.
Uh… What’s your name? She had swapped back to mindspeak, still without noticing. The Dragonite stared at her in surprise.
You don’t know it? She queried, generally taken aback. I thought you would have remembered by now. Anyway, does this jog your memory? She held out a piece of multicoloured stone carved in the shape of a fang. She stared at it, confused, until suddenly a memory swamped her.

She was six again, playing happily by a small stream in a clearing not very far from her home. A bumping sound makes her look up. There was a blue snake like pokemon in the water, unconscious by the look of it, washed up on the shore. The bumping sound was a small buoy that was attached to its tail by a string, knocking against a bit of driftwood. Pitying the poor creature, she had picked it up and carefully untangled the sharp fishing wire from its tail. Where the string had bit was a large cut, blood leaked from it. She had gathered up the Pokemon and carried it home. Her father had been surprised when she had come in holding it, and had instructed her to lay it on the kitchen table. While he examined, then treated the wound, he had explained to her the type of Pokemon it was.
“A Dratini,” He had told her, carefully laying the bandage on its tail. “And a young ‘un, at that. We’ll take care of it until it gets better,”
“What will we do when it had?” She had asked, eyes wide. Her father had smiled and patted her on the back before swivelling her around and giving her a push in the direction of the door.
“We will release it, when the time comes,” He had told her, “Now out you go! It needs rest!” She had left.
Her memory skipped ahead to another scene. They were by the river, releasing the Dratini after five long weaks.
“Bye, Blu,” She had whispered, it was the name she had given it. Her eyes were moist with tears as she watched the Dratini slip away back into the river, creating the smallest of ripples. They had shared good times together, like the time they had explored a nearby underwater cave and Blu had led her through. But now was goodbye. Her father had hugged her and led her back home…

Cat looked up, tears of joy in her eyes.
Blu! She cried out happily, giving her a virtual hug. The Dragonite smiled and pushed her off.
Please, Blu said in a disgusted tone. I am nice and clean at the moment, at least for the most part. Cat stuck her tongue out at her and turned to the Rapidash. It sensed her watching and trotted over. She raised an eyebrow inquisitively. The Rapidash smiled ruely and explained.
Well, my name is Ruth. You knew my father, when he was younger. An image of a Ponyta running across a field towards her came to her mind, bringing the usual lump of sadness. She pushed it away, listening.
Yeah he never forgot you either. Anyway, when he had to leave you, he met my mother. They fell in love, yada, yada, and next spring I was born. He took me to meet you, as I recall.
An image of a proud Rapidash stallion nudging a colt towards her filled her mind. She smiled and nodded. She remembered that very well.
After he left to fight in the war, my mother fell ill. Remember the rest?
Cat nodded. She remembered. Last summer, a strange young Ponyta had approached her, whinnying urgently. She had followed it to an open glade where a Rapidash Mare lay, slowly being consumed by a bad fever. Further inspection revealed an infected gash in its whithers, which was the source of the problem. Wondering why the wild Pokemon of Laveridge flocked to her, She took out a miniature first aid kit from her backpack that she always carried and got to business. Soon the Rapidash was treated, and Cat got up to leave. Giving the Ponyta a comforting pat, she had left.
You saved her life. Ruth nickered softly. For that I am fore ever grateful. I leapt for the chance of helping you, when Regirock suggested it.
Cat spun around and stared at Regirock. He waved and paused, his stony face becoming, if it was possible, even stonier.
Cat, I believe you need to go back now, He gave her a mental prod. Back you go…
Cat nodded and opened her eyes.

OOC: Now done. I had to edit out some parts... I'll meet with Lemurian after he has finished merging.

 

[Lemurian]

Alex stood a bit away from most of the people when the lights decended. Alex relaxed and slowed down his thoughts as a strange...ripping feeling started in his chest. Suddenly, he saw a strange orb float in front of him. He looked at it. It looked back. He strangely enough recognized it, though he'd never seen it before.

Before he could think more of it, two lights spread out from his backpack, which he had left on the ground near him. First, it was a shadow-like beam that shot out, followed short by a red-and-yellow beam. Suddenly, a white beam came straight over Alex and headed the same way as the other beams; the strange orb in front of Alex.

One after one, in moments that felt like ages, they filled the orb. And over all of himself, he felt a strange buzzing feeling. When all three beams were absorbed, the orb...disappeared into him. Alex felt down on his knees, overwhelmed by this new whole feeling. He slowly raised up on his feet and turned around, hoping to find Regice. He wasn't there.

'Oy, trainer-san!' a strange voice rang in his mind. 'Inside here!' Alex looked around. Nothing. 'I'll give you a hint; you rarely use this.' That voice, it was so cold, yet so relaxed. 'Regice?' he thought inside his head. 'Bingo.' answered the Titan. 'And I'm not alone. Lemme tell you something, it's not as empty here as I thought.' 'What?!' Alex thought in a flash. 'You mean, those beams...they were?' 'Yah! Salamander here. Man, you really are hotheaded. Foosh!' it was a joking voice, filled with heat and warmth. 'Sal?!' Alex thought. 'What are you doing inside my head?!' 'Same as your loyal Wing here.' Salamander replied. 'What?! Wing too?' Alex' voice seemed more and more frantic. 'Yes, sir.' a dry voice replied. 'I am here too.' Alex sat down on the bare ground. "What just happened?" he said out loud.

 

[Shadowfaith]

A bond?

Taking two pokeballs from her belt, she looked at them both wish sadness in her eyes, they had both been wonderful Pokemon to her and she was never really thinking of something like this to occur to allow her to loose them as trusted Pokemon, who would fight the toughest of battles for her. Slick, her Seviper and Alicia her Rapidash were treasured Pokemon, but she knew she could trust them with such a task.

Calling them from their enclosures, she looked upon them with sparkling eyes before she was overcome by darkness and awoken what seemed only seconds later by three voices in her head. She resisted the urge to gasp as a great beak came into her view, and instead rolled side ways onto her stomach to avoid any further contact with the unknown being.

There was a low chuckle and she recognized it to be the chuckle of Zapdos. He had always used that amused tone when Rachel had done something laughable, but what frightened her most was that it was accompanied by two other voices, one a slight hiss and another a rich, feminine laugh.

Turning her head, she noticed that she and Zapdos were not alone on this mountain edge. There standing at the cliff, were both Slick and Alicia, staring at her with calm glances, with what seemed to be a great forest in the background.

“I always knew that your thoughts were with the forest you grew up so near too. You spent so much of your time in its enclosure.” Alicia cooed happily, turning her head from Rachel to the great forest before them.

“What do you mean? Where are we?” Rachel was confused to say the least, she had no idea of what had happened or where she was, and all of a sudden her three Pokemon were talking to her, understanding her perfectly and vice versa. Zapdos had always spoken to her, but he was legendary after all. Slick and Alicia on the other hand, were not.

“We are inside your mind, Rachel.” Zapdos explained calmly.

“Inside my head, but how?”

“It sssseems the bond, did more than merge our bodies. We are now present within your head as well as your body. Though our minds and ssssouls are not one as our bodies are, they are different, but still one to some sssenssse.” Slick’s sentences were long and dragged, but they made sense to Rachel in some odd sense.

“So, we’re one?”

All three Pokemon nodded as a reply.

“Wow. This is weird.” Rachel slid to the floor and wrapped her thin arms around her legs, brining them to her chest and laying her head softly upon them.

Zapdos flew to her side, shortly followed by Alicia and Slick. Zapdos perched himself beside her, Slick wrapped his body snugly around Rachel as he usually did on cold days and Alicia lay at her back, giving her a cushioned surface to rest her head upon.

All was quiet until Zapdos spoke. “We have a long time to wait, perhaps you should get some rest?”

 

[Power Shot]

Tobias heard the voice, and felt immense power surging through him. His body felt ripped in two as voices began to cloud in his head. His mind was overwhelled, is this what Ho-oh meant by mearging?

What is going on? he asked the voices inside his head. They were crowded, aruging with each other. Within the din they were creating he heard the voice of Anubial, his forced chosen Legendary, but also two other Pokemon he had never known before.

Fear not, said one, with the voice of an old samurai. We are with you.

We have always been with you, said another voice, calm and collected, like a warrior.

We are Scizor and Medicham, the two said at once. Born from your fighting spirit blind one.

Tobias couldn't see it, but light was radiating from him, pulsating around himself. Within his mind however, Anubial was growling in annoyance at Ho-oh and the rest of the Legendaries for forcing him to do this. Why should I have to babysit you? he snarled at Tobias from within the mind all four now shared. I am Anubial, I work alone, not with you, child.

Maybe that's for the best then, stupid Pokemon, Tobias answered, now getting annoyed at his Chosen. Out of everyone, why did I get the Pokemon that won't obey me, or even work with me?

Because you're blind child, Anubial sneered back, before growing silent. And of no use to anyone/

 

[~*Ratiosu*~]

Topaz walked towards the large plains...she was nervous but she was going to be all right. She had been in situations like this before...with Tobias, with Fury and Angel...and she was going to be all right. If only that stupid Everstone incident hadn't happened...she might've been able to grow in importance with Fury. But she was OK with Fury just the way she was.

While the Wings of Council trainer was walking ahead, her Pokemon were talking to each other. Do you think that she's stressed out from being in the Wings of Council at last? She's tried so hard and finally made it. Many fans are praising her...the famousness must be incredibly hard to bear. Almost everyone in the world knows Topaz...the trainer from Metone. With these last words Disaster the Absol started pacing. It is highly likely that all these trainers loving her she is afraid.

Fury the Quilava laughed. "Afraid?" she said in a clear human voice. The black translator box blinked. "Topaz has the ego of a...um..." Fury searched for the Pokemon which would resemble Topaz's giant ego. However Topaz turned around and said "Hey!"

Do you think she is being contacted by...by him? Screech the Vibrava asked, thinking of the great phoenix.

Talon the Pidgeotto ran around wildly, screeching and causing a racket. I LOOOOOVE BIRD POKEMON! she screeched, even though it didn't make Topaz turn around and yell at them it made everyone else laugh out of their minds. BIRD POKEMON ARE THE BEST!

Latias hovered over Topaz. <I sense she is being contacted, it is time for the three chosen of us to be fused with her.>

"I can hear you, you know," Topaz said.

<The three chosen are...Disaster the Absol...>

Time the Noctowl nicked at his claws. I wouldn't be surprised.

<Now now, Time, just because you were seperated from Tobias doesn't mean you can nitpick at everyone else.> Latias looked at the five remaining Pokemon: Talon the Pidgeoto, who was hyper and couldn't hardly sit still, Screech the Vibrava, a little kid in the terms of Pokemon, Jet, the shiny Taillow, a rare Pokemon in the ownership of a bird-loving trainer, Time the Noctowl, smart-mouthed and annoying, and Fury the small fire echnida, who depserately wanted to evolve into Typhlosion, but ever since the Everstone incident, could not.

<The second chosen is Screech.> The Vibrava fluttered his wings wildly.

Awesome! he yelled, acting like Charmy the Bee. This is the best day of my life! Oh yeah, what does chosen mean?

It means you get to be a goody two-shoes who can morph with Topaz, Time said, biting his feathers and then starting to preen.

<I am also chosen,> Latias said.

Damn, I knew she hated me, Time retorted.

<Now...let us meet...him...>

Topaz felt something immediately, it felt very odd and she couldn't feel her body anymore. She was being bonded with Screech, Latias, and Disaster. Suddenly she felt a voice within her head, a familiar one that she could easily point out. Screech.

Hey, this is cooler than cool! Screech yelled. This is coolio! More cool than coffee!

Which I think you drink too much of, Disaster responded.

This is something different, Latias said. I can tap into all of your emotions and everything!

OOC: Foot's asleep...facing Mystery Mansion with Team Sonic...

 

[BrokenDreams]

Tanya just sat there, leaning on a tree. Away from the group. As usual, Moltres was perched above her and her Absol, Zodiac, was off wandering somewhere, only to appear when she hated it the most. She looked up from the tattered book in her hand to see a bright beam of light emerge from Jirachi. She stared at it as it separated and hit certain pokemon and trainers. One beam found its way to her and one of her pokeballs. Tanya's vision faded and her body felt somehow warm, but burning on the inside, like something was in her that shouldn't be.

<OH MY GOSH!!!!> shouted an eccentric and enthusiastic voice in her head. <WE ARE IN TANYA'S HEAD! AWESOME!>

"I find this all very uncomfortable." Moltres replied. "I feel deprived of my privacy."

< ..... >

<OHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Ol' McDonald had a window, B-I-N-G-OoOoOoo!! With a peice of dirt here and a keyboard there. A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-S-W-F-Q-L-H-exclamation mark ....> sang the eccentric voice.

"Shade, what are you doing?"

<Well, Moltres, I'm singing portions of songs from Tanya's happy memories.>

"Isn't that an oxymoron?"

<Where?!!> Shade ran off and crashed into Tanya's brain, giving her a tremendous headache.

 

[Zerodius]

OFF: Copying and pasting the old Bonding scene...

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Latios frowned... the time for Bonding...

The light engulfed him... and Latios screamed in pain. He litterally stood there, screaming as loudly as he could, as he felt a sharp, intense pain all throught his body. He felt as if acid had been poured all over him as he was melting...

There was no terror, no frustration, no sadness... only his tears of pure, raw suffering. Tears streamed down his cheeks... and he was horrified, his body ripped apart into tiny pieces of energy.

This time, his soul screamed at the top of his lungs in terror as he screamed in protest one last time, revolting against the necessity of merging... and his body entered within Selven's.

Selven cringed in pain... in pain as holy energy entered within the body of a being who was completely tainted by darkness...

His mutated glove's eyes widened in pain as well... and disappeared. His hand slowly returned to it's original form, the Dark power within it nullified by the Legendary Bird... and as the merge was completed, the human stood there.

Regis smiled... he smiled as two souls stood next to him. The first was a male Skarmory, Zoraphex, and the second was Aixely, a female Togetic...

Regis closed his eyes... and a single tear came out. "So... this is it I guess. Aixely... I and Zoraphex will now become one with Selven... and altought in normal circumstances, this would be just a good bye... unfortunately, this will be a farewell for us. Selven's soul is a vacuum, a void... a reflection of the Vortex. Our bodies will come inside and be released, in time... but our souls will never come back. I am not afraid of emptiness... not afraid of mental death. I have always been a Shadow Pokemon... a being of Emptiness. I used the void for so long... and now, I will return to it."

He turned to Aixely, smiling... "Zoraphex and I are his two most trusted Pokemon... it is only natural for us to be the ones. Aixely... I... I want you never to forget me, okay? Just... don't forget..."

Just like it had engulfed Latios, it engulfed the three... and Regis stood there, especting to be turned into energy... but his eyes widened as Aixely and Zoraphex begun to be turned into energy! Yes, he had espected Zoraphex to do it... but not Aixely!

"NO!" the Murkrow flied foward and landed in front of the Togetic, grabbing it's quickly disappearing hands... "Why?... why? His soul... will absorb you whole... you are not a shadow... you do not deserve this..."

Aixely smiled sadly as her lower body had completely disappeared, only her hands, wings, and head remaining... "I will not disappear... I will live on as Selven's powers... and you are not a shadow... A shadow cannot feel... Fare... well..."

The Skarmory had almost completely disappeared. Only his eyes remained fully visible... "The time has come. Let's go, Aixely."

The faint ghost that was now Aixely nodded and turned to the Murkrow, smiling to him one last time as her body was fully ripped apart...

The two souls swirled about in the light under the form of pure energy... and were then sucked into Selven, his body flinching in pain one final time.

FLASH!

The light stopped shining on Selven and his Pokemon... and Selven collapsed on his knees. Regis stood there, staring at him...

"Why Aixely... why?" he whispered to himself... "I was the one... who was meant to disappear..."

...

Latios cried... he cried, all alone, surrounded in complete darkness... and then, he suddenly stopped, feeling a chill run his spine...

He didn't dared to turn around... and anyway, since he was standing in an endless void of darkness, he was sure he would not see anything...

A gigantic shadow with glowing crimson eyes stood tall before Latios, the Legendary Bird looking like nothing more than a mere insect before the being of pure, raw darkness behind him...

The being had no definite form, only it's endless, dirty, old cloak, pitch-black like the nightsky, covering the void and surrounding Latios. The figure placed it's two gigantic, clawed, three-fingered hands on the Pokemon's shoulders. The hands... were horrific. Each of the claws at the end of each finger looked more like a teeth than a claw and the hands themselves looked like mouths. Five, blood-red eyes were on the back of the hands, truly giving them the look of horribly disformed snake hands. The being had no body, only purple and black swirling energy being visible where the body should be, forming an endless vortex that consumed everything. The being's face... was non-existant, only his eyes visible...

"You... you cannot be human... This... this cannot truly be... your soul..." cried Latios, an intense feeling of guilt being forced into his heart... a guilt coming from the inside of the vortex.

"This is what years of hatred has transformed me into. Evil... was not born out of Mallain. Darkness alone is not Evil. Evil was born out of Hatred... out of the hearts of humans and Pokemon. Mallain's true form is not that of Mew's opposite... it is that of the human who has completely accepted him into his heart, becoming him. Mallain's true form is not that of the Legendary Pokemon of Darkness... but the one of the human who rules over Team Abomination... of the human who has became one with Hatred." explained the shadow...

Latios then finally understood... that this shadow was his Chosen... that it was Selven's true form.

"Mewtwo did not truly transfigure me, unlike what most people think, actually. He merely caused my body to reflect what it hid within... and since I had became Mallain, the King of Demons and Shadows, my physical form became his own. Years have caused me to gain back my humanity... but the Darkness was only tamed... it never truly left. But within this cloak of shadows... within this vortex of endless suffering... a human soul remains. It is hard to believe but... even though I became Mallain... my former identity as Selven was not erased. Celebi's mother seen it... and it is why she gave me another chance."

Selven slowly floated away from Latios and slowly, Latios turned back to face his Chosen. His soul was standing at least at twice his size, his form not even barely human... but his humanity could be sensed. Hard to believe but true... this being was not Mallain... or at least, not anymore.

"This cloak no longer reflect who you are." stated Latios. "You may have Mallain's form... but there is no hatred flowing from you. There is no Evil springing forth from this shadow."

Latios grinned. How ironic... in the merge, he was supposed to see his Chosen's soul in all of it's glory... and yet Selven's soul stood hidden under a disguise of pure negative feelings...

"You said it yourself... you no longer are Mallain and thus, this body and cloak no longer suit you! Mew has better remove this darkness and restore you to your actual, fully human self once this is over, just like it was agreed that she would." said Latios.

The shadow floated there, his expression unreadable. "I... had espected a more negative reaction from you upon seeing who I truly was..."

"Who you truly are? I still don't know what your soul looks like! But anyway... I am more interested at seeing my sister. I have been forced to travel with you... and will get to travel with you as well. I want to speak to my sister... if her soul still exist within her Chosen's body, that is... and speaking of souls... what happened to that Togetic and to that Skarmory?" asked the Legendary Pokemon.

The shadow's eyes glowed blue for a second... and Latios felt a stronger wave of guilt mixed with sadness... and he saw two tentacles sprout from the cloak. At the end of each tentacle stood a half-decayed, barely recognisable body... and Latios's eyes widened in horror as he noticed who those two were...

"To merge with the dead is dangerous... one must be dead and as such... the two died. As you were already dead, your soul could not be consumed... but sadly, Zoraphex and Aixely will only live on as parts of me... their feelings and memories mine... but their souls being gone, actually." Latios couldn't believe it...`

He felt sick and looked away from the shadow... "This is terrible... that wasn't supposed to happen..."

"You're not the only one who finds this to be sad, actually... and this shouldn't have happened, indeed." stated the shadow. "Now... let us awaken. I hate to bathe into my own sorrow and guilt... let us return to the Light... to the world, where the others await our return..."

There was a Light in the Darkness... and the vortex, the shadow, the void disappeared as everything came into existance...

"I am... awake." Selven said, with Latios's telepathic voice.

The human stood up and stared at the world, feeling changed... he turned down to look at his glove... and wondered... why did he hid it? Why did he hid of what he was? The Darkness... the vile form... is nothing but a disguise. He truly is human inside... Latios said so and he believes so as well.

CLAC!

The five blades were pulled off his arm and he slid the blood-covered glove off his hand, revealing a three-fingered hand, the fingers inflated like balloons...

Selven stared at his hand... and for the first time in years, felt the gentle breeze stroking his hand... a hand that was not human by any mean... but was still his true hand. Regardless of how much more human-looking the glove was... it remained a glove and as such, ironically, would always look more inhuman than his true hand.

Selven then proceeded to pull off his left glove as well and then, thrown away both. He expected people to look at his hands and gasp in horror... but it didn't mattered anymore. Once he will have rescued Celebi, he will be restored to a fully human figure... and as such, since the time he'll be human once again isn't that far-off, he'd better start acting like a real human right now!

Selven smiled, turning to face the other Chosens. What would be their anwsers? He couldn't wait to hear them...

For the first time in years, he felt his hard emotionnal shell breaking apart... and he realised that he was, despite everything, still just a teenager... and as such, longed to experience life to it's fullest like most teenagers.

His optimism was shattered however upon seeing his most trusted Pokemon, Regis, looking so miserable...

He figured out... that Regis knew the truth. All of those Pokemon the Chosens merged with... it was a temporary merge. Even his own merge with Latios would be undone in time... but his merge with Aixely and Zoraphex would never, ever be undone. They were gone... forever... and Selven knew that throught his years, Regis had only met a single Pokemon which had never judged him based on his Shadow aura...

He turned to see the Murkrow, feeling guilt... guilt from removing her from his life in such a brutal way... "Regis... I..." the black bird Pokemon didn't let him finish.

"There's nothing to say." he stated. "Some must die so that others may live... and besides, she will live on... as a part of you."

The Murkrow forced a smile on his face and turned his back to his trainer, facing Rayquaza unstead... he stared deep into his eyes, wondering if the Legendary Pokemon knew of what his trainer's true nature was...

... yes, they must know... both Mew and Mewtwo had seen it. But still... it bothered him. That darkness was no longer part of his trainer himself... and yet, it still continued to plague him, continued to consume all those around him.

Team Abomination was Darkness... can Darkness defeat Darkness?... Mewtwo fought Team Abomination and he's even made of pure negative feelings and energies! He is basically Mallain reborn!... and yet, he fought alongside his mother, sister, and opposite...

If Mallain reborn chose Good... then what kept Selven from doing so as well?... and anyway, it was only a temporary state. His trainer as well as all of his Pokemon will be rid of that Darkness once and for all once their mission is completed. Their punishment, which was to remain Shadow creatures despite the Dark Power leaving them, will finally end...

 

[Knightblazer]

"Its time." said the Beast Of Fire, Entei. The red-haired boy beside him couldn't help but grunt in reply to those two words.

Even though I'm here now, it stills seems unbelievable... The boy thought to himself, as he caught sight of his two dearest pals, Jacques the Swellow and Artemis the Marrowak. Entei had spefically asked the boy to bring them here. Although the boy had wondered why, he guessed it must have been important, so he brought them here with the others. But he didn't know what was going to happen next.

The little guardian, Jirachi, arrived. The rather tanned boy couldn't help but grin at the tiny pokemon's looks as it shot out fourteen beams of light, with one descending upon my forehead, and then to Entei, Jacques and Artemis.

I looked at my bestest and first pals, and smiled as the light envloped me...

I couldn't help but notice how warm the ray of light felt. It surrounded me and the three Pokemon, their bodies floating slightly above the ground. The light slowly changed from the golden yellow it had been, to a clear blue, as Entei, Jacques and Artemis were slowly broken down into tiny orbs of light. I felt a pull on his insides, and saw a large glowing orb leave my body. My soul...

It suddenly felt utterly cold, as if all the warmth of my body was gone. It feels just like that time... I thought to myself, as tears started to brim on my eyes. I think. But I couldn't wipe them off, as the glowing crimson red orb merged with the three smaller golden ones, then the warmth rushed back to me as I lost my hold on reality...

The slience woke me up. I groaned, opening my eyes. It was still daytime; the sun shone brighty on me, making me wince. I looked around. Entei, Jacques and Artemis were gone! Where were they?

Its a wonder how a forgetful human like you could be my parthner. muttered a voice in my head.

Who's there?! I demanded.

It's Entei, Luci. said another voice. It was a lot calmer and gentler then the first one. I thought back. Then I remembered about the bonding.

Oh. Now I remember.

Took you long enough. muttered Entei under his breath.

Chill, Entei. He's stilll young. entered another voice.

Artemis? I wonedred.

The one and the same.

I grinned. At least my friends were here- even they didn't exist in front of me. Even if they were only voices in my head. I didn't care.

My pals were still here.

 

[Shadowcat]

OOC: Lateness is bad...

BiC:

"The bonding, oh boy... Being Kyogre is going to be wierd," Sapphire muttered.

Juri the Clefable, a pixie and fairy like Pokemon was dancing around Sapphire. Having small, pink wings, which she couldn't fly with, she was acting like a professional dancer. While on the other hand, Miyako the Altaria was gracefully flying around in the room, enchanting most with her grace. Her clear white clouded wings, a a beautiful, cobalt tail. She also had a cobalt colored body. Both Pokemon loved showing off their beauty, grace and elegance, and they were showing their skills off too.

Jirachi, the wish Pokemon, shot out a bright light from her third eye. Kyogre, who was swimming near by, got hit by the light, and soon, Miyako and Juri, who were showing off their beauty, grace and elegance, were shot by the beam of light which had shot Kyogre. Both gasped and Sapphire was hit next. The Pokemon soon entered Sapphire, and she began dancing around like what Juri was doing earlier on.

'HAH! Sapphire, I can control you'

'At least it's not THAT bad. I love being part of you'

'Cut some slack on the girl. Stop it now Juri. Kyogre, are you really a female? I am shocked'

'I am a female Miyako. And Juri, stop it,'

Immediately, Sapphire stopped dancing and quickly ran and hid behind a pillar, blushing.

 

[Psychic]

“The Whirlwind Plains,” Articuno announced to the tall, brunette girl sitting atop her feathery back. The bird did not sound happy, her voice being flat, but the Legendary’s heart was racing. She knew what would be coming next, and by Mew, she wanted to keep her beautiful, elegant body. Not that Tali’s body was terrible- it was quite nice for a human, being slim and well-defined, and her movements did not match the grace of hers, but Tali was still elegant for a human.

The Chosen herself looked down from Articuno’s back to catch a glimpse of the Plains, but from the bird’s tone, she wondered if it was anything special. What she saw was all dead, barren land- not what she would have expected from the Legendary Pokémon, but she wasn’t about to complain.

Articuno suddenly shifted her position in the air, giving Tali just enough time to wrap her arms around the bird’s body before the Legendary pointed her wings down, craned her neck and shot down at the ground like a speeding bullet. Tali’s hair flew out behind her as she kept her blue-grey eyes fixed on the fast approaching ground.
Just as Articuno was close enough to scrape her claws along the ground, she leveled off to fly parallel to the ground, slowing down as they reached the ground of Legendaries and humans.

Not long after getting off the ice bird’s back, an announcement was made about the bonding.
“Two Pokémon…” Tali murmured, her hand reaching for her belt, barely realizing she was doing so. She delicately plucked two balls off her belt, enlarged them so they fit snugly in her palm, and then released the two creatures from within them; a Gardevoir of great elegance and beauty, and a proud Scyther of noble and honorable temperance.

Gardevoir’s eyes were full of sadness, her dress-like body waving in the wind, moving like the calm ocean waves before a storm. Scyther stood in a stance suggesting he was preparing to battle, his clawed feet digging into the ground and gleaming scythes held at the ready. Both head heard what was to come, and they were prepared.

As the four stood there, waiting for what was to come, Articuno shot a quick glance at Tali. The bird’s eyes sparkled, but not in happiness, and her heart danced, though not with joy.

Once everyone was ready, Jirachi’s three eyes opened wide, and the wish Pokémon glowed with the bright intensity of a star. Jirachi’s third eye absorbed the light, then shot it into the sky, which branched off, as Tali watched in awe, to hit the Fourth Generation Legendaries, their Chosen and two Pokémon.

When the intense light hit Tali and her Pokémon, they rose off the ground, as if being pulled by a rope tied around her chest. The golden light turned a clear blue, and suddenly, Tali felt as if a war was taking place within her, as if her heart was pounding on her rib cage, trying to break free of its confines. As if trying one last time, something rammed out of her, and in a burst of light, a ball of pure…something escaped her body. She stared at it with wide eyes, feeling drained, as if she had just given birth. Without the orb inside her, Tali felt empty, like an abandoned shell, and oddly cold. That’s…that’s my soul… she realized with a jolt. It seemed so…warm and alive, somehow. The more time she was without it, the slower she felt, as if moving and even thinking in slow motion.

Tali’s blue eyes rove over to the Pokémon, and she looked on with mixed feelings; awe and horror, as the graceful Gardevoir, dignified Scyther and magnificent Articuno allowed themselves to be taken apart, molecule by molecule, to be absorbed into the young girl’s soul. She couldn’t understand how they could stand this being done to them while simply showing signs of having lost something they loved dearly.

As the bits of the Pokémon joined the orb, the light grew brighter and brighter until the last of the creatures had been absorbed and the intensity of the light was almost too much to bear. At this, Tali’s soul flew right at her, sending her sprawling backwards to land on the ground. It was a painful landing, but her pain-wracked body was the last thing she was worried about at that moment, as she lay on her back.

My…friends… Tali thought sadly, pushing her upper-body into a sitting position and hanging her head, as if ashamed she had let this happen.

There was silence all around her for a moment as the others finished their bonding, the only remaining Pokémon being the Sacred Four and Jirachi.

Do not grieve, Tali. Rang a feminine voice gently. Shocked, Tali lifted her eyes upwards, searching for the voice. We are not gone. It announced gently.

Gardevoir? Tali wondered, wide eyed. It was coming from inside her head! Shocked, not quite sure what to do, the young girl closed her eyes, and in her mind’s eye a beautiful scene appeared. A golden-red sun was setting over a calm sea, slashing the sky with oranges, reds and purples. On a grassy sort of ledge overlooking the setting sun were her three Pokémon companions; Articuno, Gardevoir and Scyther, all seeming at peace with themselves and the beauty around them.

“Yes, we are all right here, with you.” Moltres’ proud, royal voice rang softly. The bright blue feathers of the bird reflected the multiple colors of the sky so her cold blue coloring didn’t stand out so glaringly.

“Your mind is such a wonderful place, Tali.” Gardevoir commented, looking about. Like Articuno’s feathers, the Psychic Pokémon’s dress-like body was a rainbow of yellows and oranges.

“My…mind?” she asked in awe. It all seemed so real, just the way she had always imagined it, but in three dimensions, and then some!

Scyther nodded his head wisely. “Never apart…” He closed his eyes and grinned to himself, the way one does when one knows something others do not. Scyther was certainly not much of a talker, speaking in riddles, using short sentences that weren’t really sentences.

Tali nodded, a distracted look on her face. “This is strange, but almost comforting.” she said.

“You had better get used to this, for this is the way it is going to be for a long time.” Articuno said with something that similar to a sigh.

“Not everyone would take to this so quickly. I’m sure had you been unable to identify and recognize us, you would have considered yourself to have gone insane.”

“Most other people would have.” Articuno agreed with Gardevoir.

Tali grinned, looking at the three creatures around her. “Welcome to my head, guys.” She said with a laugh.

“Put on some music, Tali. Make the mood last while we can.” Articuno said suddenly, eyes focused on the girl, who shrugged, digging through her memory for a good song,

“Wonderful. I don’t trust the music taste of three females…” Scyther grunted as he sat himself on the ground.

The girls glared at the mantis before a soft song played across the landscape, one even Scyther didn’t mind.

“There’s plenty more of that…” Tali didn’t even bother finishing the sentence as she watched the peaceful-looking creatures relax their muscles as their eyes drooped, and they bathed in the serenity while they could.

 

[Power Shot]

OoC: Tobias has two parts, wanted to reivive the thread. Who are we waiting on?

BiC:

Tobias ignored Anubial's voice within his mind, and opened his eyes to the darkness. The transformation was complete, he was fused with the spirits of Scizor, Anubial, and Medicham. He stamped the earth, listening for the vibrations around him, and reached to his left to grab the cane he had dropped in the middle of the fusion.

He reached for the handle, and picked up the guide. He tapped the earth, feeling the powers within him.

When you use our powers, whispered the ancient samurai of Scizor. Know that you gain the power you lack from being a savior of your ally's lives.

Tobias' face lit up at hearing that, it meant that if he used the fusions he would be granted the power of sight, as long as he remained transformed. Focusing his power, he attempted to summon Scizor. He felt something, but the power died soon. "Why didn't that work?" Tobias asked, listening to the voices in his head.

You are not yet ready to use the powers, was the reply from Medicam. Hold patience, you will soon be allowed what others have.

Tobias nodded, and waited for the voice of the Legends to speak, to lift the fog of darkness that seemed to seethe around him. Even though the powerful ritual had been used, Tobias could feel some form of darkness around the land. The fusion had intensifed his senses.

 

[GoldenHouou]

OOC: ... Sorry if the quality of this post is bad. I'm pretty tired and will go sleeping straight after this post. Anyway... I leave few parts I remember being in the first version away, because... well I want to reduce the amount of whining and sobbing in this. It's already whiny the way it is now. -_-' Also, Raikou's big, OOC part will be left away, and the end of this post will be altered. In the last version, Sylvia ran away, but, meh.

Oh, I changed Vortex to be young instead of old. Need to Edit my Sign Up with that... And I still have to write up the personalities for her Pokémon.

IC:
Sylvia was sitting away from the others, pondering what the bonding would be like. Just then, she saw a ray of light being shot to the sky, resembling her of fireworks as it exploded high in the air, shooting separate beams of swirling light downwards. But unlike in fireworks, these lights didn't fade to the air, but kept descening in high speeds.

Sylvia saw that few beams of light had already reached some of the trainers by now, making them glow so brightly that Sylvia was glad she had her sunglasses, for so many sources of light around her at the same time could've caused some serious damage to her eyes.

Sylvia sat on the rock, looking around, seeing that everyone else was already in the middle of bonding, and wanted to get to that point as well, for bodning with a Pokémon would, according to her thoughts, make her less human-like, and be closer to Pokémon's wave lenght, which was exactly what she wanted. But bonding would mean that she would be stuck to Raikou... for the rest of her life. Did she really want that?

Before she was able to answer to her question, she saw the area around her getting brighter, like the ground itself would be glowing. However, as she looked up, she saw that it was because one of the lights... the very last one was headed towards her.

Sylvia stood up, knowing that she had no escape now. This was it. She spread her arms as the light came down and struck her on the chest, causing her to stumble back a bit. She waited for the bonding to begin, for starting to glow and bond, but nothing happened.

She didn't feel different in any way. Hunging her head she fell on her knees, but as she lift her head again, she saw that the area around her was all dark, and it surely wasn't due to her sunglasses. She was surrounded in darkness, and no matter how hard she tried to see the others, her eyes only saw dark. She got up rapidly and took a step back, giving a hasty look to her left side, begging that she would see the crazy companion of hers, but saw nothing.

"Why?" came a voice, startling Sylvia. The voice... it was terrible, rattling voice, and though the word it spoke was in the form of a question, none could have known it, even if they would've been able to hear it, as the voice was neutral and cold, giving creeps to Sylvia. She looked around, wanting to know where that voice came from. "Where did it come from?" the voice asked again, speaking the exact same words as Sylvia had thought, wishing she could say them out loud. Then, she realized the truth; that voice was hers.

She took few steps back, but it didn't really matter, for the darkness seemed endless, and no matter how many steps she would have taken, it wouldn't have made any difference. The voice was hers, but... how? She hadn't felt her mouth moving. The voice didn't come from her mouth... it came from her head, echoing around her.


(OOC: So, eh, little note at this point. Sylvia is really on the ground in the "Real World", but sees herself being surrounded by darkness, standing up and all the other stuff that will now follow, but what she sees and hears are not visible to others as they are just her memories, thoughts and... stuff. 'Ya know, stuff to do with the mind? I could put Raikou to explain this in the actual RPG part of this post, but it would be... OOC... Gah, I explained this a lot better the first time I posted this >_< Well you got the idea I hope. Anyway, the part between the * * is from the "real world". Yeah. Dang, I hate to use that term here, but I find no better one so... meh. But now, a glimpse of Raikou! )

BIC:

* *
Back on the Whirlwind Plains, Raikou had stopped trying to build a converstation between a rock and a worm, as it seemed there were no progress, and instead turned to face Sylvia, who was on her knees on the ground, a strange, purple glow emitting from her body instead of a white one.

Raikou turned to look at the others, seeing that few had already bonded and few were glowing in a white light. Then, he looked back at Sylvia who struggled on the ground.

"Haha, it seems she's doing well", Raikou smiled and with a sudden movement towards his back, tried to catch his tail. Instead, he fell on the ground, glaring at his `escaped pray`, aka, his tail.

"I will get you... You know I will..." he muttered to his tail and stood up, his expression indicating that he would punish his tail by not talking to it anymore. Little did he know that if his tail would have possessed a soul or brains, it would've just been glad of its `Punishment`.
* *


Sylvia didn't understand why she was where she was now, nor did she understand what had gone wrong with her bonding. Where were her Pokémon? Didn't they want to bond with her? Was she... hated by Pokémon? She shook her head, not being able to handle a tought like that. Pokémon were everything to her. "They mean everything..." the voice of her head whispered, though the tone of it wouldn't have mattered, as it all sounded the same.

"Everything? Hahaha!" came a mocking answer answer from somewhere, startling Sylvia to almost leap back. She looked around, hoping to see the source of the voice, for no matter how much the voice scared her, it was better than the silence that only her own, creapy voice shattered.

"Who's there?" the voice of Sylvia's asked, making her flinch. She hated that voice. Hated that rattling, emotionless voice. And with it, the people who did it to her. No, all people.

"Don't you regognize me girl?" the voice asked again, its mocking tone sounding oddly familiar.

"You... You're the mayor of my village" Sylvia gasped, though again, the voice remained the exact same way it had been. Sylvia shook her head, knowing that the mayor was dead. Killed in the fire like so many others. All because of her.

"You remembered me. I'm honored", the voice chuckled, and soon, the mayor stood in front of Sylvia, looking very much alive. He was middle aged bald man, with very small, pig-like eyes. Sylvia took back a step, and that was when she realized that the mayor's voice was normal human's voice, not like hers. The mayor seemed to notice Sylvia's expression even trough the sunglasses, as he soon spoke again. "What's the matter? You seem startled. Don't be, you deserve that voice of yours"

"What? I don't deserve it any more than you do", Sylvia stated, closing her eyes and wishing she wouldn't be forced to hear the words she `spoke`.

"Hmhmh, you little freak still don't understand. You claim Pokémon are everything to you? Bah, you don't care of them, nor do they care of you..." the mayor stated, crossing his arms. "They hate you. And why shouldn't they?"

"..." Sylvia found no words to speak with. What if he was right? What if Pokémon hated her? They had the full right to do so... the forest fire did not only claim the lives of the villagers, but many Pokémon's as well. All because of her.

"What's the matter? Don't you have anything to say?" the mayor mocked, smiling as he saw that Sylvia didn't answer. "Ah, but of course, you know that it was your fault. Your own fault that Pokémon hate you. And humans do as well. Haha, you have a life filled with hatred!" the mayor continued his laughter, as Sylvia hung her head.

"I..." she said quietly, pondering the words of the mayor. The Pokémon in that forest. I promised them I'd save them. And yet... I'm the reason they lost their home, family members, friends or even... their own life. Is that why they won't bond with me now? They don't want to bond with a murderer...

"Exactly!" the mayor spat, apparently being reading Sylvia's thoughts. "But you wouldn't even want them to, would you? You hate them as well..."

Sylvia's sad expression quickly changed into an angry one. "Again you speak of me hating them. That's nonsense. They're everything to me, I don't hate them, I-" her sentence was cut off by an erupting laughter from the mayor's part.

"Ah, hahahaha... Then why'd you kill them?" the mayor managed to say between his chuckles.

"It was accident!" Sylvia shouted back, the voice still remaining as what it was.

"Hmh, come on, you wanted that to happen, didn't you? Listen to yourself. You have the voice of a Pokémon hater..." the sentence brought back the question Sylvia had asked before to her mind.

"No I didn't! It was an accident. I would never want to hurt Pokémon. And you... you're the one who should be cursed with this voice! You hate Pokémon, you-"

"We aren't talking of me here, girl. My hatred is justified. Pokémon are barbarians, yet you... you have no reason to hate Pokémon, for you are barbarian as well. You're just like them. You hate your own! Ahahahaa!" the laughter of the mayor rang in Sylvia's mind as she squeezed her hands into fists.

"The only barbarian is you. You don't decide what I hate, I-"

"I'm not a barbarian. I didn't kill my own. Nor did I kill my friend", as the mayor spoke the last part of his sentence, he grinned.

"Friend?" Sylvia asked quietly, afraid of what the mayor would say now. "Vortex..." she whispered and looked away, knowing that the mayor was right. Maybe she did hate them. Maybe she was like that. Maybe...

"Yes, Vortex, who now hates you too. He has the full right to. You left him there to save yourself..." the mayor whispered. "Look!" he shouted then, and suddenly, the images of the night Sylvia burned the village flowed to her mind, making her scared of getting chocked to their flow.

Sylvia looked around the burning village, her face having no expression to work with, when suddenly, she heard a cry. Turning around, she saw a Bagon sitting on the ground, with many wounds, burn markers and cuts on its body. It was crying out loud, tears erupting from its eyes, one of them being crossed by a scar.

Sylvia gasped upon seeing its condition. The villagers must have had something to do with it. As Sylvia ran closer, the Bagon stopped crying and stared at her, before speeding off in a tower-like building that the flames had yet to reach.

As Sylvia saw that, she ran after it, soon getting company from her saver and best friend, Vortex the Golduck. The two of them ran inside the building, leaving the flames behind them, but spreading quickly.

As the two of them entered the tower, they looked around, seeing no signs of the small Dragon-Type, nor any other living creature. Soon, the building was caught on fire as well. Vortex, being studying almost his whole life, was able to speak human, and told Sylvia to hurry up and find the Bagon, while he tried to keep the flames away. Sylvia agreeded and ran off.

Seeing nobody in the first floor, she ran up the stairs to the second one, seeing the Bagon there, hiding under a table now on fire. Sylvia ran to it and grabbed it on the vaist, trying to pull it away, but the Dragon-Type was panicing and took a firm grip of the floor, not willing to let go. Sylvia cursed in her mind, knowing that she should talk to it, but shook her head, repeating that she couldn't.

While Sylvia was struggling with her thoughts of speaking, the whole building had caught fire, and parts of the ceiling and upper floors were staring to fall down. Vortex did his best to keep the fire away from himself and Sylvia, but ordered her to hurry up. Sylvia, hearing that, continued to try and get the Bagon to let go. But upon not succeding, Sylvia kicked away the burning table, causing it to fall on the first floor and straight on Vortex.

Sylvia decided to try again and kept on pulling the Bagon, whose eyes were widened with fear of getting tortured again. Meanwhile, Vortex did his best to move away from the table, his fine body covered in numerous burns. He saw that Sylvia was still on the upper floor, and braced himself, shooting water to the flames near Sylvia, ignoring the ones scorching his own feet.

Finally, Sylvia let go of the Bagon anc backed away, staring at it. She had no choice but to leave it, as the building was collapsing. With teary eyes she turned around and ran down the stairs, only to see that the whole floow was on fire. She shook her head in disbelief and horror, when suddenly, steam rose from near the exit, and soon the flames were away from that part. Sylvia, already feeling dizzy of the smoke, ran outside and coughed, only to remember that Vortex was still inside. But as she turned, the flames blocked her way, and slowly, the building started to collapse. Sylvia ran away from it, looking back, crying as she went.

The flashback ended, leaving the current Sylvia on her knees, sobbing, the darkness still being the only thing she could see around her, safe from the mayor who now laughed.

"Do you see now? You left both of them to their death", the mayor mocked. "And you claim you care of them? Bah", he continued.

"... Bu..." even Sylvia's sobbing made so change to the voice. It sounded the same, cruel and insensitive, rattling, strecthing and cold.

"Don't you dare to try any buts. You killed them, end of story", the mayor said, glaring down at Sylvia. "... Do you want to see... Vortex?" the mayor asked in a devious tone, causing Sylvia to gasp.

Soon, a ball of light appeared next to the two, taking a form of a bubble. And inside...

"Vortex!" Sylvia shouted, and this time, it wouldn't have mattered if her voice had been normal, as even she herself didn't know the tone she said her sentence in. She didn't know what she should think or feel. Guilt and sorrow? Joy and relief? She didn't know.

The duck Pokémon opened its crimson eyes and lifted its head from the curled up pose it was in. Sylvia stared straight in its eyes, but saw no emotion in them, which was weird. Really weird. "Vortex..." Sylvia whispered, but upon remembering what her voice was like, she took a step back and covered her mouth.

The eyes of the duck felt like piercing straight trough Sylvia. She wanted to ask why wasn't he talking, but the mayor was faster.

"He sees you again after being killed by you. Do you think he wants to talk? Do you think he wants to be your friend again? Hah..." the mayor grinned. Both Sylvia and Vortex had turned to face him when he spoke, and as he stopped, Sylvia spoke quietly, causing the duck to face her again.

"I... Vortex, I'm sorry", she whispered, her tear-filled eyes turned to the floating bubble that felt to hold her whole past. "Please... forgive me"

The eyes that had been fixed to her didn't move, they just were. Like a statute. Except that it seemed so real. Sylvia stared in its eyes, but saw nothing. Nothing at all. Then it ocurred to her.

"You aren't real", she told to the duck, the terrible voice shaking a bit.

"Hahaha, can't you tell it's real? Pathetic..." the mayor laughed, but something in his voice was less mocking than before.

"No", Sylvia stated, her voice less rattling than ever before. "Vortex's eyes aren't like that. Not before death, not after it"

"Are you denying me nowww? You killed meee... and now you don't think... I'm reallll?"

Sylvia turned to face the bubble in horror. The voice was of Vortex's, or at least, it sounded like it. But it was distant, and it sounded like a veil would be covering the words. "Vor... tex?" Sylvia asked, her voice getting reduced tothe rattling one.

"Yess...[/I" the voice answered, and Sylvia stood silent, closing her eyes. After aa while, the voice asked: "What is the matterrr? I'm hereee... in front of youuuu..." the voice spoke, the eyes of the duck's glowing.

"No. You aren't", Sylvia stated again, sounding like a small kid, convinced that her parents weren't right. Of course, the ratling tone was still there. "You aren't Vortex. You're a fake. Your face, your voice and... your eyes. Now get lost!" she screamed and punched forwards, her hand smashing on the bubble, breaking it, shards of it flying everywhere. Shards that she could see herself now. A mirror.

"NO!" the mayor screamed as he, too, was shattered like a mirror, breaking into milion peaces that seemed to get devoured by the darkness around them.

On the spot the bubble had been, now floated two light spheres, one of them speaking in a warm, soft voice. "An illusion... you noticed", it said. And this time, there was no doubt about it. Sylvia knew that voice. It was Vortex. The real Vortex. And in no time, the sphere took the form of a Golduck. But this time, it stood on two legs, and from its eyes shone joy. "You knew"

Sylvia walked backwards, not believing her eyes. As she walked, she noticed that her feet were on a brown ground, and as she looked back up from her feet, she saw the Whirlwind Plains, though trough a veil of faint light.

"Time... for the bonding", Vortex said and smiled upon seeing the confusion on his friend's face "Yes, we're your partners, we will fuse with you. Become one"

Sylvia seemed to be unaware as to who were `we`, but soon, the other light ball took form, revealing a dragon, a Salamence. "... Great", it said, rolling its eyes. But thought its voice was harsh and judging, the angry expression its face hold was only there to cover a smile. "What could be worse than be a stuck with you two?!"

"Typhoon here will accompany you", Vortex smiled as he pointed the dragon with his finger. "Now then, we-"

"Wait..." Sylvia said quietly, not noticing that as she spoke, the darkness around them returned. "I shouldn't. Pokémon... they don't want my help, they hate me, I-"

Typhoon took form again from the light ball and rolled its eyes. "Pfft, that so? Then tell me why are we here? Why are your Pokémon here? 'Cause they hate you? Stop whinging and bond already so we can get this over with"

"But... I- what if I hate Pokémon?"

"Stop the stuttering already. I mean, geez, if you'd hate them, would you be here? Why'd you try and help me and come all the way here if you would hate them? Don't you know when you hate something? Gah, I'm tired of this. Now we will get this over with! I'm alive again and I don't wanna waste my time in your head!" with that, he turned into the shining sphere he had been and flew straight at Sylvia, his form and consciousness getting fused with hers.

Vortex sighed. "Don't worry, Pokémon helped you your whole life. You helped them. They don't hate you. Nor do humans..." with that, Vortex, too, dissappeared inside Sylvia. She began glowing, and soon the darkness faded, leaving her standing dumbfounded on the ground.

Raikou was sitting few feet away from her, his backside up and head on the ground as he prepared to assault his tail. This time, he was leaning his tail and butt against a big rock, so that he wouldn't be able to turn when his head gets close to them. Carefully he moved closer, opened his mouth and ignoring the pain on his back, tried to reach his tail. Only few inches... few more... but just when he was about to complete his goal, he got surrounded by light, and before he knew it, or before he was able to realize the pain of getting reduced to mere light molecyl by molecyl, he was already heading towards Sylvia.

"I can fly! Whoo! Woot! I can fly!" Raikou cheered. How he was able to say anything when he wasn't technically existing is... a mystery, though so is the answer to the question of `How has Raikou managed to live this far?`

As the light faded around Sylvia, she fell on the ground, panting heavily, still confused and pondering the words she was spoken to.

From inside her head, in a dark, deep corner, a converstation was taking place...

"I got friends! ♪ Hey, wanna play the `what do I see game?`"

"... Here is... nothing to se-"

"Ah, don't be ridiculous! Okay, I see something fugly. Right over there"

"That's my head you dolt! Now get the hell away from me or I'll bite your head off!"

"... Calm down Typhoon, we-"

"Don't care! I'm finally alive again, and what happens? I get in someone's head! I'm stuck with a whiner and a duck, and now this... this... thing comes in! Could things be worse?"

"♪♪Ninetyninehundredninetynine bottles of bear on the wall♪♪..."

"... Please let me die again!"



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OOC: I hope you understood who says what in the last part... Anyway, sorry for the whining in this as well as the fact that it... uh, ends kinda suddenly, though I bet that she will be whining of those same things many more times, as it isn't like she now turned all hip and happy or anything, just snapped out of it for a while and... Bah, I'll stop babbling now. *Runs off*

 

[Felix Feral Fezirix]

OoC: Ultra late. And sucks to the quality.

"Lalala." Groudon devoured bloody Sandshrew remains from one he'd picked up halfway through burrowing. Obviously he had spent 5 minutes torturing it before Haley poured a bucket of water on him and made him split.

The teenager in question leant on a rock, sleeping. They had been burrowing for twenty-three hours straight, and Groudon needed a nap. And a meal. Haley grimaced as her stomach gave a loud growl. She was hungry too. And she needed something to eat. But then she needed to sleep. She couldn't decide which need to fulfill first.

"I'm the only gay Eskimo......" The familiar stupid song drifted over where a Pupitar and a Pikachu were doing idiotic motions.

"Sandshrew meat?" Groudon handed Haley a chuck of raw, bloody meat. She looked at it in disgust, but hunger overcame her, and she devoured the meat hungrily.

"Whoa. Take it easy, I could get you more." Groudon prepared to dig.

"No thanks......Take a rest, I know you're tired." Haley spoke for the first time in exactly half a week, which was pretty uncommon.

"Wow. Did we hear that?" Felix Fezirix hobbled over with his best bud. "Tyrant, I swear she'll begin talking proper at this rate."

"Arrr." The Pupitar issued an affirmative.

"Stop teasing me." Haley mumbled as she settled back on the hard rock.

"Go 'ta sleep, ya little 'uns!" Groudon brandished a fist.

"Yes sir. Now kindly dismiss us." Felix smirked.

"Oh dammitall......Let's try this......" Haley found herself dozing off.

"I know a song that iritates~ you! I know a song that irritates~ you! I know a song that irritates you and the song~ goes like this dandandam-"

"Shut up and let me burrow in peace and harmony!" Haley could hear Groudon yelling in agony.

"We know a song that iritates~ you! We know a song that irritates~ you! We know a song that irritates you and the song~ goes like this dandandam-" The never-ending song trailed on.

"SHUT THE **** UP!" Haley had just woken up, and the loud noise completely p*ssed her off.

Stares. Groudon stopped burrowing.

"Did she break a record? Two years of not shouting?" Felix didn't have any sarcasm left for spiting.

"How would I know? I thought you were the genius with the Guiness Book of World Records." Tyrant scratched his head. Well, tried to.

"Seems like we're seeing the road to recovery! Finally!" Groudon smiled and continued burrowing. "Let's sing something else annoying now, boys!"

"Oh sh*t."

"Far far away by the South Pika Sea,
I left a Pikachu with tears in her eyes-"

"Oh God." Haley tried to shut her ears.

Two hours later, they finally got tired and ceased singing. Haley found herself nodding off on Groudon's back as they tunneled.

Next thing she knew, she was in freefall.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed as she fell towards the ground.

SPLAT.

Sand. Luckily it was sand, or she would have been injured badly or worse. For now, she just had a literal pain in the butt.

"Oops. Emergency brake." Someone said while Haley was still reeling from impact.

"Yippie-ai-ai-yippie-yippie-ai~-"

"God save me." Haley cradled her head in her arms. She had too many annoying songs for a day, and too much of everything is no good.

"Gaku gaku geku piong piong-"

"SO WHERE ARE WE!?"

Groudon was halfway through getting out of his tunnel. "The Whirlwind Plains. Too bad you can't tap it for white mana."

"We are not playing Magic: The Gathering here, idiot." Haley got up painfully, dusting the sand from her skirt and looking around.

"We, the citizens of Pikapore....." An idiotic chorus was suddenly interrupted by half of its singers.

"Godammit, I'm not a Pikachu!"

"Sucks to your un-Pikachuism." Felix yawned.

"Remind we why we're here." Haley decided to talk more than usual, if only not to get lost.

Groudon searched his tiny brain. "Um.....bonding."

"Sucks to the bonding."

Suddenly a certain yellow mouse found himself as a pancake on the ground, and a menacing red monster towered over the rest.

"Who's next?" Groudon growled, cracking his knuckles.

"Let's just do it." Haley bit her lip and looked around. "Er......How are we supposed to bond again?"

"Jirachi'll do it. That little dude is probably looking at us now." Groudon continued staring down Tyrant, who was very, very, very, very scared.

"Um.....no one's around."

"Whatcha' say?" Groudon looked around.

Felix plucked himself from his crater. "To the Groumobile, Robin."

Five minutes later, Felix found himself part of Groudon's foot as they burrowed on.

When they finally arrived at the exact location, Groudon made sure there wasn't emergency brake, and they arrived without accident. Of course, with songleader #1 a pancake and songleader #2 quiet, there weren't any songs.

"Yo butthead!" Groudon took the time to insult Jirachi as well as the rest of the legendarys in his insulting greetings, of which we only cover Jirachi's, and a lengthy, pointless conversation took place which is not detailed, and Jirachi shot out the beam of light, albeit slightly ruffled from the various insults hurled at him.

Haley closed her eyes...

And found herself in a meadow.

"Eh?" Haley was confused. SHe felt behind her and yanked on her hair. After getting over the pain of having some hair yanked out, Haley bit her lip and looked around.

"Haley......" She spun around.

Spirits of the dead and the living floated past. Her parents talking. Their Pokemon playing with her. Things that were already nearly forgotten. They disappeared.

Then what she saw next wrenched her heart.

Salamence. The Flygon that had shared many times singing together with Felix and Tyrant. Then Chick. The Blaziken that had kept her company. Empathized with her annoyance of Felix and Tyrant. Haley and Chick were nearly the same.......

They all faded away.

The living appeared in the form of the two annoying Pokemon. Tears had been streaming down from her face. Now they came harder.

Felix appeared. Writing something. He couldn't write well then, in fact, he was dyslexic. Haley walked closer and looked down.

A birthday card. And her name spelt horribly wrong. Felix scrawled the numeral 11 on it, then opened the piece of dirty, folded up drawing block, and scrawled a few ugly drawings. Then he spent two hours making it look better, but failed miserably. Sighing, he scrawled a few words, and closed homemade birthday card, tired.

Tyrant came over with a baby's alphabet book, tried to brush up the card a bit, made it look much better than after Felix had done with it. The wrong letters were fixed, the drawings were nicely coloured in and sharpened......

The next day, Haley saw herself ripping up the card. She hadn't wanted to be reminded of her birthday, in fact, it hurt her. She tore the card over and over again and tossed it out in the rain. She could see herself noiselessly shouting at Felix. Then the electric mouse and his green burrowing partner ran out of the Pokemon Center.

The picture was a portrait of Haley and the four Pokemon together.

Haley cradled her face in her hands, sobbing hysterically as she sat on the ground, her legs by her side as the images, too faded away.

Then Groudon appeared.

The big red machine, made for destruction, stood over a body.

Me. Haley thought in horror.

He knelt down and placed a giant hand on that Haley's forehead, then jumping up and down from the heat. Then he ran off.

He went to Sootopolis, fighting off everything thrown at him. Bullets hit him, and the wounds bled. The people also had their Pokemon attack, and against over-whelming odds, Groudon fought everything off and was near collapse when a bomb dropped on him.

She could see his pain. The blood, the cuts, the bruises....

In the end, all he asked for was a doctor. To treat Haley's fever.

He had fought so hard just to treat one fever.

Haley couldn't stop cryng. The tears kept coming. She was in despair.

"You understand now, right?"

Haley looked up. Chick caressed her cheek as she continued, "You've grown a lot."

Words failed the girl. She nodded.

"Once in a while, being a jackarse is fun ya' know." Salamence gave her a peace sign.

"That's not jackassal. This is." Groudon gave the Flygon a peace sign, minus a finger. Big guess which one that was.

All three Pokemon turned to Haley.

"Are you ready?" A big voice said.

Haley nodded again.

When Haley returned to the present, Felix and Tyrant were doing a stupid dance.

"Jiggy jiggle jiggle now weenie ham, jiggy jiggy jig, remember I'm your ham- Hey you're back!" Felix and Tyrant stopped mid-dance. Due to having only one point in contact with the ground, the latter crashed into the ground.

"Hey, I like that style." Salamence commented from within her brain. "1337."

"Nope. It's from a kid's show, you jack." Groudon chalked up another one to his quota of insults.

"Please." Haley and Chick chorused.

"Okay okay." Grumbling was heard.

"Where's Groudon?" Both Pokemon asked.

"Somewhere." Haley didn't know how to explain.

"Whee! Now we can practice this song!" Tyrant piped.

"Actually, more like I can." Felix said before launching into the song.

"My name ish Felix.
I have a sword.
I fight Tyrant
Because I'm bored-"

"What the hell!?" Four voices chorused in a brain.

"Because, I art Felix
Thy Pikachuism defyth all gravity.
And I
Can't have too much of Pokéchow-"

(OoC: Thus we learn how I invented my username. xP)

"Let's hope it's not another repeating song......" Haley mumbled under her breath.

"And I will de-feat
that dolt Groudon
Because he not
FTLP."

"FELIX WILSON FEZIRIX, YOU'RE DEAD!" Haley's brains blew out from the sportanous explosion from Groudon, and she sank to the ground.

"God save me from these misfits.....like kill one of them." Haley thought just before she blacked out.

 

[Nylf]

OOC: Thank god. Finally, I thought we were going under. Better late than never Pikachuism. Now then, time for that really annoying tutorial section you get in really poor games. Or hard ones. Though sometimes it isn't annoying, like in Disgaea, but I woffle. And we all know where my namesake comes from, though thankfully, unlike Nylf I I don't wear a thong on my head. Anyway, time to explain morphing.

BIC(sorta): Sieg looked around. The morphing was over, and no-one had gone through too horrible a transformation. Except selven, but frankly he'd seen worse. Namely his father's Flygon with his mother's thong on it's head. A shudder ran down his back. He thanked God his Nylf hadn't inherited that.

"Right then, ladies, gentlemen and morphs of all ages!" Cane yelled, as Sieg rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"I'll take it from here Cane, if you'll be so kind?"

"Whatever," Cane replied, kicking dirt. He was hoping to teach them everything wrong for a laugh.

"Okay then, you're in luck. Two years ago, Tila, Cane, Derek and myself faced Team Abomination with a similar gift to yours, but none of the knowledge Rayquqza's making me tell you. basically. unlike us, you'll know how to use these powers, without wiping out half a town," Sieg shot Cane a very piercing look that only Mewtwo could beat. Cane sweatdropped. When was Sieg going to let him forget what happenend to Rosingham? Tila cut in.

"Alright Sieg, we're just here to teach them, and since our morphs are half dead we'll need some help, Drake, would you help?" Drake looked around, how'd she know his name?

"All four of us are telepaths, so if you think you have a secret you don't, but that's beside the point. Just stand where everyone can see you, and we'll hanle everything. And don't worry, if anything goes wrong....Sieg will think of something. He always does, usually, except before he and I...."

"OKAY I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH ABOUT THAT TILA!" sieg blurted out, his face a brighter red than Drake's T-shirt. Drake shrugged, and did as they said.

"Okay then, first the ins and outs of morphs," Sieg began, "The way morphs work ae that the human or 'chosen', aka you, is called the host. the reason for this is simple, it's your body that serves as the vessel for the other morphs souls, and actually goes through the transformation.

If the host is alive when the bonding takes place, the morphs are brought back to life, though if the morph is dead during bonding, the morphs must die to join them, and in that sitution the bonding is permanent unless the host is knocked out or killed after being revived completely.

Your morphs are the Pokemon and Legendary who are working with you. With Drake here, that would be a Tropius, an Aerodactyl and Suicune.

Okay then, now you know the basics, I'll explain the differant morphs. The first form is simple, it's the one you're in now, or your human form.

Next, you have one of three 'Semi-Morphs', which is where your body and the features of one of your morphs mix.

To become a semi-morph, you must focus on the element that best represents them, and draw it to you. it helps to close your eyes, because then your psynergy, or whetever it's called, can become one with the element and find it quicker. It takes some getting used to, but it isn't too hard. Okay then Drake, just do as I said, pick a morph and find it's element,"

Drake was really confused, 'find it's element'? Well the soil beneath him was very rocky, so he figured that would help him become Aerodactyl's semi-morph. he closed his eyes, and focused on the ground beneath him. At first, nothing happened. But then, slowly and gradually, the earth began to move around him. A small dust storm blew around him, and it gradually began to settle on his body. It first latched onto his hands, the fingers transforming into large grey talons. Next were his feet, his back shoes become three clawed feet which dug into the ground. It then settled slowly on his head, causing two gey horns to protrude out opf the back of it. It didn't hurt, despite the fact his entire body was gaining body parts. Next, the earth collected behind him, forming into a long grey tail with a small triangle of skin. Finally, the earth setteled on his back, forming two huge, rocky grey and purple wings, with a very batlike form, and threee talons emerging from halfway down the length of them. Drake opened his eyes, and looked at how he had changed.

He was slightly in shock. He looked like a grey demon! He looked over to sieg, and Sieg nodded.

"Good job on you first time. I had to fall of a cliff before I learned to find the earth and turn into Nylf II. Now then, to change back just focus on yourself, your own body, and it should work,"

Drake nodded, closed his eyes, and focused on his normal form. Slowly, the parts of him that weren't human began to crumble away, gradually turning into dust which formed into another whirlwind around him, that settled on the ground.

"Good, now try your other forms, find the grass and water to become the other two,"

Drake did as he had done before, but this time, he focused on a small blade of grass he was standing on. He found the very sun's energy flowing through him, as his hair became leaf like, and folded over his head, becoming a helmet. Next, leaves coated his body before merging with his skin, turning it a eep chocolate brown. Finally, four large leaves burst out of his back. That time, it hurt. Drake cringed with pain.

"Ah, yes, the more physical elements like Grass and Steel will cause you some pain while you still get used to them. While elements like fire, earth and poison form on the body, elements like grass and steel come out of the body. Fighting isn't very nice either, as your body changes on it's own. Dragon thankfully though is a former like earth and water. Well then, you can change from morph to morph drectly, all you do is focus on the new element, and you should be fine,"

Drake nodded again. Why was this morphing stuff so complicated? He shrugged, now wasn't the time to ask questions. The sooner this was over the sooner he could get back to Hoenn. He closed his eyes, and listened closely. He could hear waves on the shore. He focused on the waves, and slowly he felt his skin moisten. The leaves withdrew form his body, and Sieg was right after the first time you got used to it, and his hair returned to normal. His skin turned it's normal pale pink, before the final Semi-Morph was awakened.

A rush of power fell over him. Turning into Suicune was differant from the others, most likely because it was significantly stronger. He almost felt like he was melting, as his hands turnd to water, as did his feet, before they reformed into paws. His hair did the same thing, becoming clear and flowing back behind his head like a mane, before solidifing into a long length of blue hair. Finally, he felt the cold triclkle of water flow down his back, as his jeans split open and two long, cream tails burst out.

He opened his eys again, and found it weird getting used to having two tails, and no thumbs.

"The last one's pretty good, isn't it? Try turning into Ho-oh, the feelings way worse. Anyway, now we've handled the Semi-Morphs, it's time to move onto the full morphs. Drake, could you return to normal?"

Drake nodded. He didn't know why, but something told him that he was better off listening to Sieg than defying him. Drake had never met Sieg, but something about him seemed...familiar. Like that feeling you get when your with an older sibling. Anyway, Drake returned to normal, the extras simply melting off his body, leaving a puddle on the floor.

"Okay then, now full morphs are slightly differant. Like with Semi-Morphs, you have to find the element. But this time, you have to bind it to you. Alll you have to do is focs your mind on the element and you becoming one. Again, if all works you should be fine,"

Drake didn't like the sound of that should, but did as he had done before. He focused on the soil beneath him, but this time he focuesd on it and his body becoming one. And it did.

Drake couldn't feel it, but everyone could see it. Drake's body turned to stone, and collapsed in a pile on the floor. Then, the dust reformed, becoming far more reptilian. The new form was that of a lrage dragon, with two horns extending from behind it's head, wings and talons much like Drake's first semi-morph, a long tail also like the Semi-Morph It's eyes wre slit puils, and it's long, fanged muzzle was rather imposing.

"Good, now in this form the Aerodactyl you bonded with can take control of actions, as this is it's body. All you have to do is find it's voice in your head, and it'll take over,"

Drake nodded his new head, and found Aerodactyl in his head. It was hard, Tropius had been yelling really loud ever since he'd become his first morph. Aerodactyl looked at Drake, then flew past him. It looked around. It was starnge, but the ancient beast could swear it felt stronger than usual, preening it's winsg normally.

"I'll assume your Aerodactyl then? Could you let Drke take over once more, so we can wrap up the morhs, if it isn't a problem?"

Aerodactyl smiled and nodded. It was used being treated like an equal by a human, with the exception of Mr. Blitzen and Drake. Aerodactyl's mind returned to the depths of Drake's, and Drake took over again.

"Okay then Drake, changing back is the same as with semi-morphs, just focus on your normal form," Sieg sighed. He'd best tie this up soon, so he decided to skip the other two morphs and go straight onto the last two forms. He knew their preparation time was slowly drawing to a close, and if he didn't leave on his quest soon things would only get worse.

Drake focused on his form, and once more his body became dust, before reforming into his normal body again.

"Okay Drake, we're running low on time, so I'm going to skip Suicune and Tropius, as you seem to have grasped morphing quickly. Now for the hardest ones. The multi-morph, and the maxi-multi-morph. Despite it's name, the latters easier, so I'll explain that first. Remeber how you focused on each element on it's own to become the appropriate semi-morph?" Drake nodded once more.

"Good, now then simply focus on all the elements at the same time, and now if you do it right, you'll be pleasently surprised,"

Drake did so. he focused on the blade of grass, the waves and the soil all at the same time. Things then got interesting.

First, his hair became liquid, and turned into the long blue mane of the Suicune semi-morph. Then, on his back formed Aerodactyl's wings from the dust that had begun to circle him. Then, the two lower leaves of the four that appeared in his semi-morph burst out of his back. Next, both of Suicune's tail slowly formed from the water that had begun to run down his neck, and the tail from Aerodactyl fromed from the dust. Finally, leaves coated and merged with his body, turning the dark brown of the Tropius semi-morph. He looked very bizarre, with three tails, four wings and human hands.

"Well..that's differant. Alright then, now for the multi-morph. Simply do as you just did now, but this time focus on becoming on with the three elements, and don't worry, this is the last one,"

Drake nodded, pleased all this teaching was about to be over. He closed is eyes, and once more focused on the grass, earth and waves, and focused on becoming one with all three. His body became transparent, falling into a puddle on the floor. Then, Suicune's form rose out of the pool, but it's body was made of dust. Two large wings formed on Suicunes back, a third tail, that of Aerodactyl's, appeared between it's two ribbon like ones, and it's paws dharpened, becoming large talons. The dust fell of it's body, leaving now what appeared to be a huge pile of leaves in the form of a Suicune with some extras. Two long leaves sprouted out of the back of the dog, just before Aerodactyl's, and two smaller leaves appeared behind the dragon wings. Finally, the leaves absorbed into the form, turning everything but Suicune's mane, the diamonds that patterned it's body and it's elaborate crest a healthy chocolate brown.

"Okay then, we seem to have grasped all the forms. Okay then eveyone, now it's your turn, feel free to try it out for yourselves, spend a little while just getting used to your powers. Trust me, when they say knowledge is power they are not kidding," Sieg said, as he turned to sit back down.

Drake on the other hand was getting used to the hybrid form he had taken. It was..starnge. But it also felt amazing. He could feel the earth, air and water, all within him. It was definetly an experience, morphing. He changed back to his normal form, and then sat down in the shade. After all the solar energy he'd absorbed as Tropius, the shade was a welcome relief. Unfortunatly, Cheloly didn't agree...

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Vertina looked around the Route. It was weird, they was no-one there. She shrugged, and walked onwards. Little did she notcie two red eyes glaring from within the forest that lined the route.

But little did either of them notice a mysterious dragon in the sky, who, if you looked closely, could be seen to have a sea blue thong adorned to a pair of antennae that donned the dragon's head...

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OOC: Okay then, feel free to try out your morph skills, whatever. This is just a bit of fun, and achance to get used to how morphing work in this, before the action starts off. Everyone has to mak at least one post before we truly kick it off.

Oh, and MH, you can handle that thing we discussed in PM now if you want.

 

[Zerodius]

OFF: This post might be changed soon... wait a while before posting.

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Selven frowned after the explanation. His eyes widened. If he had understood the explanation well... the Pokemon had been turned into mere tools which he could summon and control by focusing on a specific element.

That was... revoltiing.

No! It was worse than revolting!

Vortex and Aixely had not died to become a second skin. Latios had not been returned to become a slave! Selven was not given another chance to make himself even more of a monster than he was already!

That was just... horrible.

"NO! I HAVE BEEN FOOLED! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" that was Latios.

"I feel... dirty." that was Selven.

Selven's eyes turned to Rayquaza and all the others, rage pourring from ALL the souls within him.

"You... YOU HAVE SOLD MY SOUL TO A SELFISH MONSTER!!!" roared Latios in sheer anger.

"Those Pokemon... they died to become my tools? I..." Selven didn't said anything... he just stared at Jirachi, his eyes slowly turning red.

Then, he focused on an element... but it was none of the three elements he had fused with.

A fourth morph?... no... it was Latios's form that was starting to emerge... except that... MASSIVE amounts of Shadow energy was flowing from Selven's body!

Selven's head turned black and metallic in appearance as the Shadow Latios full morph was completed. The morph had been completely corrupted by the sheer anger the souls had felt from Jirachi's apparent betrayal.

"YOU HAVE SOLD US! WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" Selven made no effort to struggle against Latios as he took over as his rage was equally burning.

The large black dragon/bird Pokemon lashed toward Jirachi and grasped it by the neck, threatening to snap its neck. Its eyes glowed blood-red with pure anger, large purple flames erupting all over the body.

"GIVE ME BACK MY FREE WILL! REVERSE THE PROCESS! REVERSE IT OR I'LL SEND YOU TO CELEBI IN PIECES!!!" roared Latios's voice.

"You told me that the fusion wouldn't rob us of our free wills! LIARS! TRAITORS!" that was Selven.

The flames were getting larger and larger as Selven and Latios amplified their own anger, the flames growing, the body turning even darker, the Shadow energy corruption spreading.

clap. clap. clap.

"Congratulations!" said Regis, grinning. "You convinced Latios to become Selven's slave. Really, that was unexpected. You lied. You said that the fusion wouldn't be enslaving... but it's exactely the same as catching a Pokemon. The human has complete control over the Pokemon. You are no better than Team Abomination."

Regis turned to Selven, still grinning. "Don't bother. They can defeat Team Abomination without the help of Latios. Why should they care about expendable tools like us? I'd rather keep the taint of Shadow forever than serve soulless beings who are just the same as Mallain.. except worse since they claim to be good while they're just as Evil."

Selven, or rather Latios, remained there, staring at Jirachi... and then, he turned his back to Jirachi, flying away.

"I QUIT! You can keep your little purification to yourself! Save Celebi yourselves! Regis, we're going home." stated Selven.

Selven made no effort to return to human form... he refused to control Latios. He refused to take part in this hidden form of slavery. The Legendary Pokemon can go to Hell and have a tea party with Mallain if they want. He doesn't care anymore. They had the chance to gain back his trust... and they proved that they're hypocritical morons. Serve them right!

As Selven (still morphed) begun to fly away, a voice echoed in his head... "HMPH! I can't believe Mew can stand those heartless tyrants!... but well... how are we going to return to our normal forms? I refuse to remain a tool! I just refuse to. I don't want to be a second skin!"

Selven stopped right in his tracks. It's true. Because of those Legendary Idiots' fault, Latios and his poor Pokemon had became little more than a second skin, little more than weapons and armors to commonly use and throw away once you used them. An intense feeling of guilt filled him...

... did Mallain felt this when the world was created? Did he foresaw this abomination? To combat those so-called "good guys"... would actually to be on the good side. Maybe Team Abomination had a point... what point is there for a duality with Light and Darkness if Light is nothing but Evil?... but then, Mew is good... but then, she let them do as they please. She's guilty. She's... too naive.

Now, he's all confused!

...

Screw it all! He quits! He's going home and he won't let those tyrants command him!

 

[Power Shot]

"What happened to him?" Tobias asked, he could not see what had happened, the morphs the others could go through. He had heard that they were able to transform, and heard that Drake had gone through something, and that one of the others had left.

No one answered him, he tapped the cane against the ground, trying to sense where anyone was. "What is going on?"

"We can morph now, couldn't you hear him?" a voice behind him answered. Tobias turned his attention to where the voice was coming from. It was a guy, and it was definately shorter then he was.

"I did, but I didn't see it," Tobias replied softly, readjusting the glasses on his head.

"What, are you blind or something? You'd have to be not to miss that kind of show," the boy exclaimed.

"Sorry to disapoint then," Tobias muttered dully. "I happen to fit that reason." He went away from the person, he wanted to be alone again.

"Oh...shoot," he answered. "I'm sorry, I didn't know that." The boy ran back to him, grabbing his arm. "Sorry, sometimes, I'm not as graceful about things like that."

"It's not your fault," Tobias retorted. "It's something I live with." Great, I'm the only one that can't transform because of my stupid morph. Life's just great. He found his way to a rock, and took a seat by a rock.

"You have a name?" he asked.

"Tobias," he replied. "And you?"

"Michael."

 

[Knightblazer]

I just had to raise an eyebrow after the long, horrendous explaination. Man, that was confusing, not ta mention long... but then the whole point was to concentrate. Something I never exceled in. Sighing, I ruffled up my-already messed up-flaming red hair, and then closed my eyes, thinking about Artemis. (OOC: Man, Marrowak morph is gonna be soooooo hard...)

The earth around me rose, covering me like a cacoon. Then I grunted in pain as my skull grew thicker and thicker, exploding over my head and covering it like a helmet, with red hair sticking out at the base. The bottom of my face stretched like play dough into a small snout. My fingers melted together into three smaller fingers and my nails toughened, then SPROOT! The back of my jeans burst open as a long, brown tail shot out from the base of my spine, and my toes melted together into a single toe, with a large, hard nail shining like polished ivory. And finally, I instinvely reached forward and grabbed hold of my bone, and lunged forward to break out of the earth cacoon.

BOOM!

Woah, you look a mega-sized version of Artemis, alright, said Jacques in my head. I grunted in response, holding up my bone and slammed it hard onto the ground. Immediately, a faint crack appeared. Man, that bone was as hard as they said. Then I concentrated on my orginal form again, turning back to normal.

Next was Jacques. I looked at the clouds, thinking how cool it would be to fly up there. As if on cue, a strong gust of wind blew past me, lifting me off my feet. "Woah!" I yelled, when the wind suddenly stopped, and I plummeted towards the ground from a very high altitude. Blood pounded in my head; my heart leapt tenfold, but then I felt an itch across my back as my skin suddenly burst into an array of blue feathers. The back of my coat ripped out as a huge pair of Swellow's wings burst out from my back, near the shoulder blades. My jeans were ripped even further as a fan of tail feathers burst out. I felt my toes melting together once again as they hardned into dark yellow talons, with claws that shone like silver. Instinvetly, the winds stretched open, and a few seconds before I collided with the ground, a strong updraf caught my wings and I soared upwards once again.

"YAHOO!!!" I exclaimed, my now cool blue eyes wide in excitement.

And that, Lucifer, is why I love flying, said Jacques.

Knightblazer ;262;

OOC: I'll get on to Entei's later...

 

[Felix Feral Fezirix]

OoC: Me ish lazy.

"Um......" Haley closed her eyes. Now what would represent a Flygon? Ground? She focused her mind on the tough, sandy ground, and instantly she felt wings form on her back, and attenna on her head. Then a long, flexible tail. Good thing she was wearing a skirt. And a leotard.

"Whoa!" Haley opened her eyes and found herself in the minddle of a sandstorm that was dying down. She flicked her tail and flapped her wings experimentally. It was a nice feeling. But she had to try out other stuff.

"Change me back." She closed her eyes again and focused. Another sandstorm shot up and removed everything from her body.

"Next...." Fire shot around her as she focused, and she felt her legs getting longer, her thighs tougher and heavier, and various other add-ons. But the most noticable one was her legs. For one, they hurt.

"Ow......" Haley winced, and flicked her legs into the air and they shot up to head height. Unprepared for landing, she landed on her rump.

Having lost much dignity, she flipped back up onto her feet and quickly changed back. A firestorm swept past where she was, and she returned to normal, her legs feeling lighter and more managable. As well as losing the extra hair and the fire-shooting wrists.

And then she dreaded the next one.

A giant sandstorm swept past while she concentrated, and she found herself with giant claws, a giant tail, and armoured hide. Scaled down, but she pretty much empathised anyway.

She could easily understand why Groudon was sadistic. And thus, she switched back to the original form before she went on a rampage. There's something nice about sadism in a giant, hulking armoured body, with giant claws of doom and a giant tail. And she didn't intend to find out why.

Now for the......what's it again? Yeah, full morph.

Before she knew she was done morphing, she was in the sky, and Salamence was happy to have the privellege to fly again.

Obviously Haley freaked out, and the Flygon reluctantly glided to the ground, and Haley returned to herself.

She hoped the next one would be better.

This time round, it was the same thing. Except with legs instead of wings.

When Haley landed, she switched back immediately as soon as she had control, and collapsed, panting. Too much shock, and the next one would be insane.

She composed herself and concentrated.....

You know that concentrating and repeatedly coping with so many physical and mental changes is exhausting, right?

Haley couldn't keep Groudon's head screwed on the right way, and she collapsed in her mind, taking a rest. Meanwhile Groudon fixated his eyes on a certain, yellow, electric mouse.

"God save me." Felix pleaded.

"Nope." Groudon raised a fist. Then he felt himself shrinking.

Haley took over and hit the ground on her knees. Her breathing was ragged, and she felt like collapsing.

Two more times. She got to her feet, and tried again.

The....thingy.

When she was done, she felt an adrenaline overload. Which was pretty predictable. Two Pokemon come back to life feel totally extreme. And of course, a giant red machine hell-bent on revenge is also totally flooded with adrenaline.

And thus Haley struggled with 8 different limbs trying to do everything at the same time. When she had suffiecient control over these limbs, she changed back and tried something else.

The result shocked even her.

"Oh no!"

Imagine ultra-tall Groudon.

With giant wings.

And legs that look like something a taekwondo expert would give anything to own.

With antenna and fire-shooting wrists.

Lastly, a horrible temper to boot.

Haley quickly tried to change back, but it was too late. Groudon threw her into the backseat, and towered over a certain electric rodent.

"Hallejulah." Felix said.

"Say your prayers and eat your vitamins." Groudon picked up the electric rodent.

Five minutes later, Felix is six feet under, and the female protagonist in this post collapses on the ground in exhaustion. Her eyes closed and she fell asleep in relief.