Pokemon: Book One: The Dark Hearted

Chapter Seven ~ Enemy Revealed

    "How-?" Aurora was stammered. "Reshiram- He's- Master Ball-"

    Sapphire, who was also breathing quite fast, smacked her. "Shush!"

    Reshiram gazed down at Shadow, his blue eyes narrowing. He said nothing, but I could tell he looked slightly sad. He doesn't want to fight Shadow, I realized.

    Well he doesn't have to! I thought with a burst of anger. That's not what Reshiram should be doing, serving her!

    I can make him realize that.

    I shoved Sapphire aside and bolted through the doorway into the arena. The disbelieving gasps grew louder as I planted my feet next to Shadow, who looked petrified by the Pokemon in front of him.

    "Reshiram," I called, "What are you doing?"

    The white dragon, who had seemed so majestic and powerful in my dream, took a shaky step back away from me. Liana, who was smirking, saw the retreat and shouted, "go forward!"

    As if by magic, Reshiram obeyed and faced us again, stepping closer to us. I stared at him.

    "What- You couldn't-" I spluttered. "She's controlling your mind!"

Reshiram paused slightly. Then he spoke.

"She's not controlling my mind."

His voice was clearer and firmer than it was in the dream. I narrowed my eyes. If he wasn't being controlled, did he want to be there? Carefully I lowered my head so my long blue horn was like a shield in front of Shadow.

"Trust me, please," Reshiram said quietly. "Zekrom helped her rise, but I don't know why. She used a Master Ball and-" he waved his wing to the Master Ball in Liana's hand- "captured me."

Shadow gulped. "B-But- just fly a-away!"

"Don't you understand? If she did, she would send all her Pokemon after me," Reshiram murmured.

I considered his words. "Did she catch Mew?"

"Not yet. Dare, we need you to warn all Pokemon of her. We don't know what she's doing, but she's capturing Pokemon and-"

"That's a Reshiran!" The announcer yelped, as if he had just suddenly got his voice. I ignored him and gestured the Legendary Pokemon to keep talking.

"-and she's-"

I could barely hear Reshiram, for the crowd had suddenly began to shout and stomp their feet. Some were demanding Reshiram's release, some were wanting to know how she obtained him, and some were just yelling because everyone else was.

Liana spoke, and the crowd hushed. My horn began to tingle.

"Do you see? This is Reshiram. The one and only. The white dragon."

The crowd oohed and aahed.

"I want the whereabouts of other Legendary and Mythical Pokemon, such as Darkrai, Jirachi, Celebi-" her eyes narrowed- "and Mew."

"So she's going after Legendaries and Mythicals?" I whispered.

Reshiram nodded sadly. "They'll believe an Absol. Warn them all. She must be avoided."

"Visit me in my dreams again," I pleaded. "I need to know everything."

"It's not as easy as you think it is, but we'll try," Reshiram promised.

Suddenly Liana shouted, "I don't care about the badges. I'm unique, an individual. I only came so you all know I am here, and if anyone dares try catch the Pokemon I'm after, I will take extreme measures to take it from them.