A Hero's Blood

Chapter 12

As the vortex opened, the heroes of N. Sanity Isle stepped through to the 63rd dimension. Unsure of what they would find there, they proceed with much caution. The 63rd dimension looked strangely like N. Sanity Isle when our heroes arrived. John and Pete went scouting out first. The two Pichu brothers were curious. Following the duo were the rest of the heroes of the Wumpa Isle Circle.

Cynthia stated, "This is a strange dimension."

Cristaen turned to Cortex and asked, "Isn't this where our alternate genders live?"

Cortex nodded and answered, "Supposedly but it seems like they aren't around."

Nacey's eyes glowed white as she grabbed her head. Nina saw this as she turned to her. Nina didn't know much about her mother since she was left on the islands with her uncle ever since she was a baby.

She asked, "What's the matter, mom?"

Nina had to admit that just saying that sounded right, weird as it was.

Nacey answered, "I'm not sensing any life forms in this dimension except us and two dark forces."

Gus overheard this and questioned, "You have island magic too?"

Cortex explained, "Nance and I had our powers ever since we were little."

Crash stated, scratching the back of his head, "That's one story I never heard."

Nacey smiled as she replied, "Allow me to further explain, then."

-Flashback: 'The Way We Met'-

On one sunny day in London, England, a young Nacey was reading a book...a spell book. She was currently 16 as Jasmine Cortex; 18 years of age, long brown hair, brown eyes, wearing a purple suit, and white flat shoes, approached her younger sister.

Jasmine asked, "What in the world are you doing?"

With that, Jasmine took Nacey's book.

Nacey protested, "Hey!"

Jasmine flipped through the pages and saw no words. She shook her head and stated; "Now this is one weird book. Every time I pick this dumb book up, there are no words."

Nacey snatched her book away from her older sister and hissed, "That's because it's like grandma told me. If you're not pure of heart and don't believe in anything is possible, you won't be able to see the words."

Jasmine questioned, a bit shocked, "You really believe in that stuff?"

Nacey shot back, "I am a Plumber's assistant, aren't I?"

Jasmine rolled her eyes and stated, "That's for toilets, silly."

With that, Jasmine left and Nacey rolled her eyes. Suddenly, she heard the 15 year old Cortex calling for help. Nacey ran into his bedroom and saw a very tall man standing there...Jorgen Von Strangle. And he was doing the "Strangle" part since he was holding Cortex by the collar.

Nacey demanded, "What in the world is going on here?"

Jorgen grimaced and muttered, "Oh, great. Now another human knows about the fairies!"

Both of the siblings questioned, "Fairies?"

"Oh darn it," Jorgen said under his breath.

Nacey stated, "Look, I don't know what this all about but let go of my brother!"

Jorgen objected, "No way! He's been sending mutants to Fairy World!"

Cortex protested, "I've been doing no such thing! I don't even know where Fairy World is!"

Jorgen replied, "I don't believe you."

Nacey whispered, "There has to be a way to convince you that my brother is innocent." That's when she looks at her spell book, an idea forming in her head. She whispered, "Maybe there is a way...." She opened the book and flipped to a page. She chanted, "Truth flow to the pores of my brother."

With a flash of a white light, Cortex felt awfully strange...like he had to tell the truth.

He stated, "But, I really didn't send mutants to Fairy World!"

Jorgen was stunned by this as he commented, "Unbelievable. Your brother was telling the truth."

Cortex asked, "Can you let me go now?"

Jorgen complied as he let go of Cortex, rather harshly.

Nacey went over to her younger brother and asked, "You okay?"

Cortex nodded and answered, "Yeah... It is good thing grandma gave you that spell book. I couldn't see Jasmine having that book."

Nacey pointed out, "Jasmine can't see the words but we can."

Jorgen was interested about this and questioned, "May I...?"

Nacey gave him the spell book and he examined it. He thought, 'The ancient text matches the text from the legends of the magical beings. Could it be that these two....?'

He told the two siblings, "Here's what I'll do. Help me free Fairy World and I'll tell you what I know about this book."

Cortex looked at his older sister and asked, "What do you think?"

"We have nothing to lose," Nacey answered, "We're in!"

-End of Flashback-

Nacey finished, "After we freed Fairy World from the mutants, Jorgen told us about our powers. We've been magical ever since."

Nina, Gus, Aku-Aku, John, Pete, Cynthia, Selma, Cristaen, Johnny, Cynthia, N. Gin, Tiny, Crash, Coco, Crunch, Coral were in total shock.

Tiny commented, "Tiny is surprised!"

Aku-Aku replied, "I am too. It appears that your evil actions made me blind to the fact that you had island magic."

Cortex stated, "I have had it most of my life."

"Same here," Nacey added.

Before Aku-Aku could continue, John and Pete perked up.

John stated, "I'm sensing something."

Pete added, "Yeah, more Pokémon!"

"That's impossible," Nacey replied, "I didn't sense any Pokémon besides the ones we brought and you two."

Gus asked, "Are you sure that you two aren't just sensing yourselves?"

That's when everyone heard a scream.

"You were saying," John stated as he and Pete ran off with the others right behind.

AK1028: And that's the end of chapter 12! Sorry for the delay but things have been nuts! Allow me to explain!

My news: My last day of classes is going to be on December 6th and then I'll be going on vacation. So, I'll be celebrating the holidays outside of Buffalo, New York. Destination, you ask? No spoilers!

Story news: As for Unova League Chronicles, as soon as I get some decent help, I'll update it! Sorry for the long delay on that! For The Call of the Heroine, I hope to update that today!

Final notes: Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!