Dragon Master Mike
04-06-2016, 07:49 PM
Well, I am so bad at titles, but even worse at writing apparently because this was so much better in my head. I felt like I had a great idea, but when I actually started writing it all kinda fell apart.
If anyone that doesn’t know about GCEA BB or Rose happens to read this, she is blind, but has a connection with her Chingling. The Chingling senses her surroundings and telepathically sends the information to Rose, allowing her to sense her surroundings through her partner.
Prologue:
“Do you truly seek to bring back the dead?” He questioned, gently shaking his head.
“I know it sounds crazy, but… Yes.” I answered, fully realizing the insanity of my resolve. To bring someone back from the dead… It sounded completely insane. But I had spent the past sixteen years searching for a way to do it.
“Impossible. It is true that I once did restore life to Pokemon, but to bring back someone who has been dead for so many years… That is beyond even the power of a god.” He explained, again shaking his head in disapproval. I suppose that deep down I had always known this to be true, but I couldn’t give up so easily. I had spent so long searching for a way to undo everything. I had never stopped blaming myself for that day. As the sole survivor, I knew that I could never stop looking for a way to make things right.
“Please! You don’t understand what I’ve been through!” I called out, my composure quickly fading. After all this time searching, had even this been a dead end?
“But I do. I know that you blame yourself for your friend’s deaths. I know that you managed to kill the creature known as Dredd on your own, but you never forgave yourself. And I know that you never kept your promise to the league champion Max to free the other half of his soul from Giratina.” He explained. I began to shake as he spoke. Every word of what he had said was true. After a moment though, he spoke again. “There may be a way… But only if you are prepared to go to any length to get what you want.” He had barely finished speaking when I shouted out a response.
“I’ll do anything to bring them back!” A tear ran down my left cheek, and I quickly wiped it away.
“Seek Celebi. I doubt she'll help you, but it's your best chance.” He explained, a white light enveloping him as he returned to his true form. All the colors of the rainbow reflected off of his many colored feathers as he lifted into the air.
“Wait!” I begged. “I need more information!” But it was too late. Without another word, the legendary Pokemon flew off into the evening sky. I dropped to my knees, my hands resting against the cold stone roof of the tower as I began to cry. It had been eighteen years since I had started my journey, and although I was much older now, I really was still the same fragile person I had been so many years before. A familiar chime rang from next to me. “At least I still have you Amirah.” I said. In the past, the Chingling’s chime had given me so much comfort, but in the end, I had still been alone all those years.
Two Years Later…
The cool autumn breeze brushed gently against my face as I walked. Pressing on through the forest, I pressed the button on my Poketech to activate voice commands. “Time?” I questioned. The device let out a beep before responding in a robotic voice.
“7:26.” It said. I didn’t want to get there too late, so I quickened my pace down the trail. “So this is Ilex Forest?” I thought. With the dense tree cover overhead, I wouldn’t have been able to tell the time even if I wasn’t blind. The darkness didn’t matter to me though. I could sense just as well in the dark as in the light. “See anything Amirah?” I questioned.
“No.” The answer was returned telepathically. I let out a sigh. If this turned out to be another dead end, I may have completely given up. It would be another half hour before we would reach our destination.
The small shrine stood in a clearing, it’s age clearly showing. It was a small wooden structure, similar to a large pillar. It’s wooden roof seemed as though it may have been painted at one point, but now the color had almost completely faded.Walking up to the shrine, I sat down in front of it, resting on the damp forest floor. Without a doubt, this was Celebi’s shrine.
I pulled a small bouquet of flowers out of my bag. I have no idea what color they were, but I was told in Azalea Town where I had obtained them that they were beautiful. I was also told that on occasion, people would visit the shrine and leave flowers as an offering to Celebi. I placed the bouquet in front of the shrine. I was unsure of what to expect, but I desperately hoped for the legendary Pokemon to appear.
A few minutes had passed when suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. I jumped, completely startled. How had someone gotten so close to me without me sensing their presence? “It’s a lovely evening, isn’t it?” The stranger said, sitting down next to me. It was a girl no older than 18.
“Yeah.” I responded, unsure of what else to say. I hadn’t thought about it, but I realized that it actually was quite warm out for an October evening. I was confused as to why a total stranger would be approaching me like this.
“What brings you here?” The girl asked me. “I don’t see people here very often anymore.” Something about her voice was comforting.
“I was hoping to… I need to find Celebi.” I explained, determination in my voice. “What are you here for?” Rather than giving an answer, the girl just smiled. Before I could say another word, much like Ho-Oh, she was enveloped in a white light. She revealed her true form to be that of a small Pokemon.
“Celebi?” I questioned, jumping to my feet. It obviously wasn’t the first time I had seen something like this, but I was still surprised.
“You haven’t met me before, but I’ve seen you before, Rose.” The legendary Pokemon spoke to me telepathically. “And I already know what you are going to ask.” Her tone was serious, but still retained the same warmth that it had previously.
“You do?” I asked.
“It is true that bringing back your friends is not possible in the way that you would have liked. Surely that you knew, even if you refused to accept it. But if you are truly prepared to pay any price to change the past, it can be done. It is risky to alter the flow of time. So risky that I would not normally even give you the chance to do such a thing. This… technically shouldn’t even be allowed, but I will give you one chance to change the past.”
“Thank you!” I cried out, a tear of joy flowing down my cheek. I couldn’t believe it. It was finally happening. After so many years, I had finally found a way to fix the past.
“You need to know now though that you may not survive this. You may change the past so that your friends will survive with you, but you as you are now will cease to exist.” She warned. “And if you fail the first time, I can’t allow you to try again. I also can’t allow you to directly interact with yourself or anyone who might know you.”
I didn’t hesitate even for a moment. I had spent so long looking for a way to bring everyone back, if this is what it would cost me, I was ready. “That’s okay. I only need a minute.” I explained confidently. “Please. Take me to Mount moon, May fourth, twenty years ago.” All I had to do was keep Max from being incriminated. If Max is never captured by Team Rocket, he never becomes Dredd, and never has the opportunity to kill anyone. I could think of only one easy way to stop that from happening. Just telling them to do something differently would be easy, assuming they would even believe me, but I wasn’t allowed to directly interact with them. The only thing I could think of was to cause the collapse of mount moon before we ever got there. If we were never there, they couldn’t have linked Max to the crime.
Suddenly, I felt a wave of dizziness overcome me. Before I knew what was happening, Amirah and I were somewhere completely different. It took a moment to realize where I was. “This is the entrance to mount moon.” I whispered to Amirah.
“The rest is up to you.” Celebi’s voice echoed in my head. Tears began to run down from my eyes as the memories of that day came flooding back. But as sad as I was, I knew that I had to hurry. I had to get inside and destroy the caves before the team got there. I stepped inside the damp caves, not bothering with any light source. The darkness didn’t matter to me.
I took out a Pokeball and clutched it tightly. I had to be ready for a Rocket grunt at any moment. Suddenly, I heard an explosion from somewhere deeper in the cave. “S***.” I thought, clenching my fist in frustration. I realized that I was too late. The team was already inside. Carefully, I proceeded, trying my best not to make any noise. I had to find another way to stop them.
Soon, I heard voices up ahead. “Ember.” I whispered, pressing the button on my pokeball. Out the charizard came in a flash of red light.“Get ready.” The moment I sensed the two grunts round the corner, I yelled my command. “Knock them both out!” I shouted. The fire and flying type quickly charged forward, body slamming the two men. The first was knocked unconscious, but the second quickly jumped to his feet. Reaching to his belt, he released what appeared to be a Rattata. Did he actually expect it to stand a chance?
“Flamethrower!” I called out. Slowly, Ember took in a deep breathe. All at once, it released a powerful wave of fire, swiftly engulfing the normal type. It was instantly knocked out. Realizing he stood no chance, the grunt turned to run. It didn’t matter though. Before he had even taken a step, the charizard quickly lifted into the air and spun around, hitting him in the back of the head with his tail. He was knocked to the side, unconscious.
“Nice work.” I said. I decided that it would be beneficial for no one else to know I was there. I took the uniform off one of the grunts and shoved it on over what I was already wearing. The outfit was a bit big, but it worked. I was disgusted to have to wear something bearing the symbol of the ones who had ruined my life, but it was necessary.
Before continuing, I realized that the grunt’s Pokemon would be simply left to die in the collapse of the caverns if I couldn’t prevent it. I felt guilty leaving even a member of Team Rocket to die. I couldn’t do that to a Pokemon that probably didn’t even want to be involved with Team Rocket. I let out a sigh. Reaching into my bag, I pulled out a revive. I probably wouldn’t be needing it anymore anyway. As I gave it to the small Pokemon, it woke up almost immediately. The Rattata looked up at me, confused.
As I checked both grunts for any pokeballs that they may have had, the normal type simply stood there. Releasing the pokemon in the three pokeballs I had found, out came a Nidoran, a Nidorino, and a Vulpix. “Please, all of you. Leave here before it’s too late.” I didn’t stick around for even a moment to see if the Pokemon would listen or stay with their doomed trainers. I quickly turned and headed back through the caverns.
It was then that I first realized that I really had changed over the past few years. When I had started my journey, I never would have done something like what I just did. I began to shake as I realized that I could have just murdered two people, and potentially their Pokemon too. I had told myself that it needed to be done, but already I had begun to question my actions. Was I truly willing to do anything to achieve my goal? I was okay with the possibility that I as I know myself would no longer exist after all of this, but I hadn’t even asked my Pokemon. I had sacrificed them for my goals too. There was no turning back now though.
It was ten minutes later when I heard footsteps running from behind me. Three rocket grunts ran past me, and trying not to seem out of place, I picked up my pace. I soon realized what was wrong. Up ahead I sensed a large cavern filled with people. I was too late: the team had already been captured. Quickly, I ran in, blending in with the crowd of grunts. I remembered exactly what had happened years before as I sensed the entire team from twenty years earlier, as well as the crystal Onix.
Team Rocket had been transporting a rare crystal Onix through mount moon when we had been captured by them. I had told Amirah to use confuse ray on the crystal Onix, but it had been sent into a fit of rage, and as the aftermath of the battle that ensued, the caverns collapsed. This was what Max had been framed and arrested for. I realized what I had to do.
I tried my best not to stand out, but I couldn’t help but shed a few more tears as I saw myself and the others as we had been so many years before. It was with Meghan, Alice, Brandon, and Rocky that I had last felt truly happy. I also noticed a couple of other people who had been there at that time but left the group shortly after. I suddenly noticed that my surroundings seemed off. I began to feel a bit light headed, and the area around me seemed to fade in and out. I was running out of time.
If I told Amirah to use hypnosis to offset the confusion by putting it to sleep, it would pacify the Onix enough to keep it from causing the cave in. That could change everything. It was risky, as hypnosis had a high rate of failure, but I had to try it. “Get ready Amirah.” I whispered. Suddenly I sensed a psychic attack shoot from somewhere ahead at the Onix. That was the confuse ray. “Now.” I ordered. No one would have known that I had ever been there, but things would surely turn out better.
Amirah let out a psychic attack of her own, this one significantly stronger than the one created by the young Amirah. The energy impacted the Onix. For a moment, the Onix stood still. Had it worked? But as soon as I thought that it had, the Onix suddenly slammed its tail into the wall. As it began to stampede around, chunks of the ceiling began to fall. “No…” I whispered. “I… This is exactly like the first time. I didn’t change anything!” I shouted, no one hearing me over the sound of the confusion.
My surroundings began to slowly go out of focus. “I’m sorry.” I slumped against the wall, crying hysterically. “I failed you all again.” As I began to fade away, a small glimmer of hope appeared. The very fact that I had been there had changed the timeline, no matter how small that change actually was. Could that small change snowball into something larger down the line? I didn’t care what happened to me now. I could only hope that somehow, I had nudged the timeline in the right direction. All I wanted was to make things right.
If anyone that doesn’t know about GCEA BB or Rose happens to read this, she is blind, but has a connection with her Chingling. The Chingling senses her surroundings and telepathically sends the information to Rose, allowing her to sense her surroundings through her partner.
Prologue:
“Do you truly seek to bring back the dead?” He questioned, gently shaking his head.
“I know it sounds crazy, but… Yes.” I answered, fully realizing the insanity of my resolve. To bring someone back from the dead… It sounded completely insane. But I had spent the past sixteen years searching for a way to do it.
“Impossible. It is true that I once did restore life to Pokemon, but to bring back someone who has been dead for so many years… That is beyond even the power of a god.” He explained, again shaking his head in disapproval. I suppose that deep down I had always known this to be true, but I couldn’t give up so easily. I had spent so long searching for a way to undo everything. I had never stopped blaming myself for that day. As the sole survivor, I knew that I could never stop looking for a way to make things right.
“Please! You don’t understand what I’ve been through!” I called out, my composure quickly fading. After all this time searching, had even this been a dead end?
“But I do. I know that you blame yourself for your friend’s deaths. I know that you managed to kill the creature known as Dredd on your own, but you never forgave yourself. And I know that you never kept your promise to the league champion Max to free the other half of his soul from Giratina.” He explained. I began to shake as he spoke. Every word of what he had said was true. After a moment though, he spoke again. “There may be a way… But only if you are prepared to go to any length to get what you want.” He had barely finished speaking when I shouted out a response.
“I’ll do anything to bring them back!” A tear ran down my left cheek, and I quickly wiped it away.
“Seek Celebi. I doubt she'll help you, but it's your best chance.” He explained, a white light enveloping him as he returned to his true form. All the colors of the rainbow reflected off of his many colored feathers as he lifted into the air.
“Wait!” I begged. “I need more information!” But it was too late. Without another word, the legendary Pokemon flew off into the evening sky. I dropped to my knees, my hands resting against the cold stone roof of the tower as I began to cry. It had been eighteen years since I had started my journey, and although I was much older now, I really was still the same fragile person I had been so many years before. A familiar chime rang from next to me. “At least I still have you Amirah.” I said. In the past, the Chingling’s chime had given me so much comfort, but in the end, I had still been alone all those years.
Two Years Later…
The cool autumn breeze brushed gently against my face as I walked. Pressing on through the forest, I pressed the button on my Poketech to activate voice commands. “Time?” I questioned. The device let out a beep before responding in a robotic voice.
“7:26.” It said. I didn’t want to get there too late, so I quickened my pace down the trail. “So this is Ilex Forest?” I thought. With the dense tree cover overhead, I wouldn’t have been able to tell the time even if I wasn’t blind. The darkness didn’t matter to me though. I could sense just as well in the dark as in the light. “See anything Amirah?” I questioned.
“No.” The answer was returned telepathically. I let out a sigh. If this turned out to be another dead end, I may have completely given up. It would be another half hour before we would reach our destination.
The small shrine stood in a clearing, it’s age clearly showing. It was a small wooden structure, similar to a large pillar. It’s wooden roof seemed as though it may have been painted at one point, but now the color had almost completely faded.Walking up to the shrine, I sat down in front of it, resting on the damp forest floor. Without a doubt, this was Celebi’s shrine.
I pulled a small bouquet of flowers out of my bag. I have no idea what color they were, but I was told in Azalea Town where I had obtained them that they were beautiful. I was also told that on occasion, people would visit the shrine and leave flowers as an offering to Celebi. I placed the bouquet in front of the shrine. I was unsure of what to expect, but I desperately hoped for the legendary Pokemon to appear.
A few minutes had passed when suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. I jumped, completely startled. How had someone gotten so close to me without me sensing their presence? “It’s a lovely evening, isn’t it?” The stranger said, sitting down next to me. It was a girl no older than 18.
“Yeah.” I responded, unsure of what else to say. I hadn’t thought about it, but I realized that it actually was quite warm out for an October evening. I was confused as to why a total stranger would be approaching me like this.
“What brings you here?” The girl asked me. “I don’t see people here very often anymore.” Something about her voice was comforting.
“I was hoping to… I need to find Celebi.” I explained, determination in my voice. “What are you here for?” Rather than giving an answer, the girl just smiled. Before I could say another word, much like Ho-Oh, she was enveloped in a white light. She revealed her true form to be that of a small Pokemon.
“Celebi?” I questioned, jumping to my feet. It obviously wasn’t the first time I had seen something like this, but I was still surprised.
“You haven’t met me before, but I’ve seen you before, Rose.” The legendary Pokemon spoke to me telepathically. “And I already know what you are going to ask.” Her tone was serious, but still retained the same warmth that it had previously.
“You do?” I asked.
“It is true that bringing back your friends is not possible in the way that you would have liked. Surely that you knew, even if you refused to accept it. But if you are truly prepared to pay any price to change the past, it can be done. It is risky to alter the flow of time. So risky that I would not normally even give you the chance to do such a thing. This… technically shouldn’t even be allowed, but I will give you one chance to change the past.”
“Thank you!” I cried out, a tear of joy flowing down my cheek. I couldn’t believe it. It was finally happening. After so many years, I had finally found a way to fix the past.
“You need to know now though that you may not survive this. You may change the past so that your friends will survive with you, but you as you are now will cease to exist.” She warned. “And if you fail the first time, I can’t allow you to try again. I also can’t allow you to directly interact with yourself or anyone who might know you.”
I didn’t hesitate even for a moment. I had spent so long looking for a way to bring everyone back, if this is what it would cost me, I was ready. “That’s okay. I only need a minute.” I explained confidently. “Please. Take me to Mount moon, May fourth, twenty years ago.” All I had to do was keep Max from being incriminated. If Max is never captured by Team Rocket, he never becomes Dredd, and never has the opportunity to kill anyone. I could think of only one easy way to stop that from happening. Just telling them to do something differently would be easy, assuming they would even believe me, but I wasn’t allowed to directly interact with them. The only thing I could think of was to cause the collapse of mount moon before we ever got there. If we were never there, they couldn’t have linked Max to the crime.
Suddenly, I felt a wave of dizziness overcome me. Before I knew what was happening, Amirah and I were somewhere completely different. It took a moment to realize where I was. “This is the entrance to mount moon.” I whispered to Amirah.
“The rest is up to you.” Celebi’s voice echoed in my head. Tears began to run down from my eyes as the memories of that day came flooding back. But as sad as I was, I knew that I had to hurry. I had to get inside and destroy the caves before the team got there. I stepped inside the damp caves, not bothering with any light source. The darkness didn’t matter to me.
I took out a Pokeball and clutched it tightly. I had to be ready for a Rocket grunt at any moment. Suddenly, I heard an explosion from somewhere deeper in the cave. “S***.” I thought, clenching my fist in frustration. I realized that I was too late. The team was already inside. Carefully, I proceeded, trying my best not to make any noise. I had to find another way to stop them.
Soon, I heard voices up ahead. “Ember.” I whispered, pressing the button on my pokeball. Out the charizard came in a flash of red light.“Get ready.” The moment I sensed the two grunts round the corner, I yelled my command. “Knock them both out!” I shouted. The fire and flying type quickly charged forward, body slamming the two men. The first was knocked unconscious, but the second quickly jumped to his feet. Reaching to his belt, he released what appeared to be a Rattata. Did he actually expect it to stand a chance?
“Flamethrower!” I called out. Slowly, Ember took in a deep breathe. All at once, it released a powerful wave of fire, swiftly engulfing the normal type. It was instantly knocked out. Realizing he stood no chance, the grunt turned to run. It didn’t matter though. Before he had even taken a step, the charizard quickly lifted into the air and spun around, hitting him in the back of the head with his tail. He was knocked to the side, unconscious.
“Nice work.” I said. I decided that it would be beneficial for no one else to know I was there. I took the uniform off one of the grunts and shoved it on over what I was already wearing. The outfit was a bit big, but it worked. I was disgusted to have to wear something bearing the symbol of the ones who had ruined my life, but it was necessary.
Before continuing, I realized that the grunt’s Pokemon would be simply left to die in the collapse of the caverns if I couldn’t prevent it. I felt guilty leaving even a member of Team Rocket to die. I couldn’t do that to a Pokemon that probably didn’t even want to be involved with Team Rocket. I let out a sigh. Reaching into my bag, I pulled out a revive. I probably wouldn’t be needing it anymore anyway. As I gave it to the small Pokemon, it woke up almost immediately. The Rattata looked up at me, confused.
As I checked both grunts for any pokeballs that they may have had, the normal type simply stood there. Releasing the pokemon in the three pokeballs I had found, out came a Nidoran, a Nidorino, and a Vulpix. “Please, all of you. Leave here before it’s too late.” I didn’t stick around for even a moment to see if the Pokemon would listen or stay with their doomed trainers. I quickly turned and headed back through the caverns.
It was then that I first realized that I really had changed over the past few years. When I had started my journey, I never would have done something like what I just did. I began to shake as I realized that I could have just murdered two people, and potentially their Pokemon too. I had told myself that it needed to be done, but already I had begun to question my actions. Was I truly willing to do anything to achieve my goal? I was okay with the possibility that I as I know myself would no longer exist after all of this, but I hadn’t even asked my Pokemon. I had sacrificed them for my goals too. There was no turning back now though.
It was ten minutes later when I heard footsteps running from behind me. Three rocket grunts ran past me, and trying not to seem out of place, I picked up my pace. I soon realized what was wrong. Up ahead I sensed a large cavern filled with people. I was too late: the team had already been captured. Quickly, I ran in, blending in with the crowd of grunts. I remembered exactly what had happened years before as I sensed the entire team from twenty years earlier, as well as the crystal Onix.
Team Rocket had been transporting a rare crystal Onix through mount moon when we had been captured by them. I had told Amirah to use confuse ray on the crystal Onix, but it had been sent into a fit of rage, and as the aftermath of the battle that ensued, the caverns collapsed. This was what Max had been framed and arrested for. I realized what I had to do.
I tried my best not to stand out, but I couldn’t help but shed a few more tears as I saw myself and the others as we had been so many years before. It was with Meghan, Alice, Brandon, and Rocky that I had last felt truly happy. I also noticed a couple of other people who had been there at that time but left the group shortly after. I suddenly noticed that my surroundings seemed off. I began to feel a bit light headed, and the area around me seemed to fade in and out. I was running out of time.
If I told Amirah to use hypnosis to offset the confusion by putting it to sleep, it would pacify the Onix enough to keep it from causing the cave in. That could change everything. It was risky, as hypnosis had a high rate of failure, but I had to try it. “Get ready Amirah.” I whispered. Suddenly I sensed a psychic attack shoot from somewhere ahead at the Onix. That was the confuse ray. “Now.” I ordered. No one would have known that I had ever been there, but things would surely turn out better.
Amirah let out a psychic attack of her own, this one significantly stronger than the one created by the young Amirah. The energy impacted the Onix. For a moment, the Onix stood still. Had it worked? But as soon as I thought that it had, the Onix suddenly slammed its tail into the wall. As it began to stampede around, chunks of the ceiling began to fall. “No…” I whispered. “I… This is exactly like the first time. I didn’t change anything!” I shouted, no one hearing me over the sound of the confusion.
My surroundings began to slowly go out of focus. “I’m sorry.” I slumped against the wall, crying hysterically. “I failed you all again.” As I began to fade away, a small glimmer of hope appeared. The very fact that I had been there had changed the timeline, no matter how small that change actually was. Could that small change snowball into something larger down the line? I didn’t care what happened to me now. I could only hope that somehow, I had nudged the timeline in the right direction. All I wanted was to make things right.