A Storm of Legendaries

Chapter 22: A New Partner

Chapter 22: A New Partner

>Aleksi<

I was on a time limit. I needed to hurry. I only had 1 day left to get to Cyllage City.

But honestly, I wanted to see some sights before it was all destroyed.

IF it was all destroyed, that is.

I arrived in Camphrier Town shortly after dawn.

"Quiet again. Everyone's gone." I released the rest of my Pokémon.

"Let's go see the castle! And, while we're at it, how about a race?"

We all took off at the same time.

Foofoo and Thunder quickly made it to the front of the pack. Shadow and Dusk were right behind them.

Surprisingly, Whirlpool was equal with Dusk and Shadow. Latios and Flame sped through the air.

Foofoo started to pull ahead. Thunder immediately started running faster. Whirlpool was catching up, along with Dusk and Shadow.

Suddenly, a clear wall materialized in front of me, and we smashed headlong into it.

"Ouch... What the Psyduck!?" I swore, rubbing my head.

"Lux, ray!" Luxray pointed at a lone figure on a hill. The person turned around and walked off.

"Who was that?"

"Umbreon." Dusk shrugged.

"Lati."

"Plup."

Foofoo immediately took off running.

"Foofoo!! Hold on!!" I yelled, running after her. Foofoo swerved around a corner and shot a Focus Blast into the trees.

"Hahaha!! Silly Mienfoo!!"

"Who is that!?!?" I yelled.

"Who else, Aleksi Riverwind?" A woman dropped out of the trees.

"Ah! Drasna!"

"Malva and Siebold are very frustrated with you, as is Wikstrom. I thought I'd pay you a little visit." Drasna replied smoothly as a Goodra loomed up behind her.

"Whirlpool, Ice Beam!!" I shrieked. Whirlpool shot a beam of ice right at them.

"Is that really a proper way to greet me? And I traveled all the way here to meet you. Goodra, Dragon Tail!" Drasna commanded.

Goodra's tail glowed turquoise, and it smashed the Ice Beam to bits.

"Now, because I'm so generous, why don't you have a minute to run?" Drasna said plesantly.

"Come on!" I leaped on Thunder and took off.

"Flame! Brave Bird, then Roost!!" I yelled, pointing at a large window.

Flame smashed through the window and flew inside Shabboneau Castle.

"Good. Return, everyone!" They all disappeared into their PokéBalls.

"Now what? It's been over a minute. Dusk, we need to hurry!"

We ran down hallways and into rooms. Sometimes, I heard Drasna yelling out commands. I backtracked and got lost.

Dusk and I ran down a hallway that we'd been down before when I saw a hall that wasn't there the first time.

Without thinking, I ran down it.

And for some reason, ended up in a bright and colorful room filled with toys.

"WHAT!? WHAT THE PSYDUCK!?!?" I yelped.

"Es?"

"Hm?"

A Espurr peeked out from behind a rocking Ponyta.

"Hi!" I grinned.

"Espurr!!" It hid behind the toy.

"I'm not going to hurt you. What are you doing here? We don't usually see Pokémon wandering around in houses."

"Es?" It peeked out again.

"Wanna play?" I grabbed the closest toy-a ball.

"Espurr!!" It laughed. I threw the ball at it, and it caught it with Psychic and threw it back at me.

This continued for a while, until-

SMASH.

"So, playing games in a little kids room. How nice." Drasna sneered.

"Go, Foofoo!" I yelled. Foofoo appeared in a flash of light.

"Dragalge!!" A seahorse-like Pokémon with kelp-like ornaments appeared.

"Foofoo, Swift!"

"Dragalge, Water Pulse!"

Stars shot out of Foofoo's paws and clashed with the ball of water that Dragalge created, causing an explosion. Smoke filled the room.

Suddenly, something gooey grabbed the back of my shirt.

"Ahh!! Dusk, use-"

"Not one move, or the Mienfoo gets it!"

The smoke cleared to reveal a chilling sight.

Dusk wasn't bound, luckily. However, her Goodra had grabbed the back of my shirt to prevent me from moving.

But that wasn't the scary part. Drasna had a dragon-fang knife pointed right at poor Foofoo.

"Foofoo!!"

"Uh uh uh!! Not a STEP. Now, surrender, or the Mienfoo gets it!!"

I stared at Foofoo. Then at Dusk.

"No."

"Very well. I hope you don't mi- Huh!?" Drasna yelled.

The dragon fang was glowing and floating. As we watched, it snapped in half.

"Espurr!" I gasped.

The Espurr's eyes were glowing as it threw the splinters of the dragon fang away.

"Why you-" Drasna and her Goodra disappeared in a shower of rainbow light.

"Was that... you?" I asked Espurr.

It also looked perplexed.

"Hmm. We'll figure that out later. I need to get going! Thanks for-huh?"

The Espurr was staring at me.

"Ohhh. Do you want to come along?"

"Es, purr!!" It hit a PokéBall and got sucked in. 3 shakes, and it was mine.

I snapped it into the extra 7th PokéBall compartment.

"Now I gotta hurry. I need to get to Cyllage!!" I ran off with Dusk loping behind me.

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In this fanfic, they can have more than 6 Pokémon with them at a time.

It's a FANFIC.

Anyways...

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