We Are The Pokemon & We Have Risen [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 10

"Guys, get to the staircase." Snivy's voice was calm and deadly.

"We're not leaving you!" Kip cried, moving forward, but Charmander picked him up and held him back. Serperiour regained her composure and stared at Snivy hard.

"Kip I'll be fine, I just need to have a little chat with my mother." Snivy's voice was still calm.

She met my eyes, and her's were sharp. I knew that face; it was her battle face.

"You're not going ANYWHERE!" Sereriour roared and swung her tail, lashing embers across one of our paths. Snivy roared and leaped forward, Leaf Blade clashing with the Queen's, shedding emerald sparks into the flames.

"Go! Hurry!" Our friend yelled. We turned and dashed through the smoke and to the base of the staircase.

"We can't leave her!" Kip yelled, struggling against Charmander's hold. I turned and saw the battle was clearing the smoke away as the two grass types fought.

"Look out!" Ace yelled suddenly, moving in front of us and beating his wings to keep the approaching flames at bay. Psyduck, Pidgey and Kip also tried to douse the fire as it rose.

"How dare you disrespect your mother this way!" Serperiour hissed, swinging her tail at Snivy. She jumped over it and lashed out with her own.

"You can't treat people like this!" Snivy shouted, eyes flaring, tail glowing.

"A princess does not RAISE HER VOICE!" Serperiour shouted, sending a volley of razor sharp leaves at her daughter. Snivy rolled away as the leaves sank into the wall behind her.

"I don't want to be a princess! I never did!" Snivy yelled, running straight at the Queen and slamming into her. The snake like Pokemon bent over in a wheeze, trying to catch her breath. She looked up to see Snivy standing over her.

"I am the General of the Freedom Fighters and the Commander of Eevee's army Mother. And for once, I will talk and you will listen."

The Queen's eyes went cold.

"You are a selfish tyrant who only cared her own needs. You only taught me that to rule you had to do it through power and fear. You were never my mother. You were a warden. A jail keeper. You are a bigger monster than any human could be. And I hate you!"

Snivy was screaming now as the Queen rose up to her full height.

"I HATE YOU!"

Snivy looked up at her mother and tears streamed down her face, "You've been this way since Dad died!" The Queen went utterly still, her red eyes hollow.

We all froze, and even the flames seemed to fall quiet. Suddenly an incomprehensible look of rage crossed the Queen's face.

"Don't EVER speak of your father." The Queen snarled, tail coiling up. Snivy still had hot angry tears running down her face, fire making them look like molten gold.

"NO! STOP AVOIDING IT! YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING! NOT GUARDS, OR DAD DYING OR ME!"

Snivy broke then, going quiet and sniffling, still looking up at her mother who's face was angry and hurt, "You don't control the things you love Mom." Snivy croaked, flames dying down, "Did you ever even love me?" She asked finally.

The Queen's eyes shone.

Then went flat.

"Maybe once. Now you are a traitor and useless to me."

Snivy shrank from her parent, "Mother..."

"I AM NOT THE MOTHER OF AN UTLAGA! And the punishment for treason, is DEATH!" And Serperiour's eyes turned green, smoking emerald vapor and a ghoulish light spread out on the wood from underneath her and across her skin.