Whisper

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

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(Amaria's POV)

I trudged along beside Amalric in the market place, trying to keep my mind off of Mama and Daddy.

Striaton is a decent sized place, we've been here for an hour or two now. Purrloin jumped from Ama's shoulder to mine, I smiled weakly. "Which kind do you want? Pokepal gourmet or Pika-Chew?"

Her tail whipped in the direction of Pokepal so I picked up a couple of cans and dumped them into my basket.

Amalric dragged me around for another hour or so, apparently looking for something.

We finally stopped in front of a grand building. It had a Pokeball logo on it.

"What is this?" I asked. "Dad's old restaurant. This is White's gym now." I looked up the stairs. At the entrance stood a figure in a trench coat, with blue hair.

I looked at Amalric; he was staring at the man, eyebrows knitted together. He begun to ascend the stairs and I followed. When we were behind the man he spoke to us without turning. "What do you want?"

Amalric gulped and gripped my hand firmly, though when he spoke his voice was strong. "Are you Cress?" The man was silent.

Suddenly his face was level with ours and only a few inches away. His eyes were blue and insane. They glinted with recognition. He smiled evilly. "I knew it. I knew he wasn't dead!" He burst out into a crazy fit of laughter. Once he finished he grabbed Amalric's jaw, twisting his head around to get a good look at him. "Its common manners to tell your own name before asking another's."

I squeezed Ama's hand in fear. There was something wrong with this man.

"I'm Amalric and this is my sister Amaria." Amalric answered hastily. "We're Cilan's children."

Cress's grip tightened on Ama's jaw. "I knew he was alive! Did he send you here to mock me? The fool. I'll show him. I'll show everyone!"

Amalric gasped in pain as Cress squeezed his jaw even tighter. "No, no! We are here to meet you and see if you're regretful of what you did. Like-." I rushed.

"Like Chili? Is that what you were going to say? Chili is an idiot and a traitor! I do not regret anything I ever did to Cilan!" He spat Cilan's name. I turned.

People in the plaza were starting to notice and look at us concerned. Amalric let out a sharp cry from the pain in his jaw. I swung my arm down on Cress's and he released Amalric, holding his arm and having agony cross his face. Ama and I ran down the stairs to the plaza then turned back to our Uncle. He held his arm and stared us down with intense ferocity. "You'll pay Cilan. You'll pay...And you just handed me a way to hurt you." He spoke so quietly that I had to strain my ears to make out his words. He swung a hand up in the air with a terrifying, maniac smile. His eyes were blood-shot and crazy. "Kyurem, Come To ME!"

There was a whistling in the air and a gray, colossal figure swooped down and landed behind Cress, breaking the stairs underfoot. "Kyurem, Blizzard!" Cress screamed. Snow flew from the dragon's mouth and with it came rapid winds that nearly swept me off my feet. The snow felt like tiny daggers stabbing me all over my body. People were running and screaming behind me. I felt Purrloin's claws stab into my shoulder as she struggled to stay there.

When the torrent finally stopped, the plaza was snow-covered and we were the only people still there.

Cress laughed maniacally. "How ya doing kids? You look cold!"

The clouds over head suddenly went dark and began rumbling. Cress took no mind as he continued his horrible cackling.

"Pikachu, Thunder!" A strong male voice echoed across the plaza, making it hard to find the source. There was a loud crack of thunder and a gigantic lightning bolt shot down and struck Kyurem on the back.