The Mysterious Hidden {4th Place in Romance (Pokemon Watty Awards 2015)}

Chapter 4

N~
My head spun and felt even hotter, it was burning! I soon found myself in a ring of raging fire, and inside were four torches lit with a blue flame. "...why are you doing this, ...? What more do you want from us?!" I heard a voice cry. I couldn't make out the name it was saying, but suddenly, I saw a figure through the smoke. I tried to squint and make out the shape of the figure, but my eyes burned and I had to close them. When I opened my eyes again, the figure was clear: it was a person, a middle-aged man with hair just like mine and a red eye piece. He looked very familiar in a way. I stepped foward to get his attention, but he turned around and roared at me, "You're a disgrace to me, look what you have done! I have no use for you any longer! Leave, I don't want to see your putred face anymore!" He turned and walked away, disappearing into the flames. Why would he say thing to me like that? What did I ever do? I didn't even know who he was! I wondered. Just then, I noticed something else appearing from the fire. It didn't have a human shape, it was more like a large dragon with the wings of an angel. It stopped at the point where it looked like a black silhouette.

"N..." it called. "N, you must listen to me carefully, all of the Pokemon and people are now in grave danger, especially you and Touko." What is it talking about? I thought. "It has already started in Nuvema town... Soon, it will spread, and everyone will be gone," the dragon explained.

"Wait, why? Why will they be gone?" I asked.

"They will come and try to punish the people who have hurt us..." the dragon replied.

"Who?!" I questioned feverishly, but the dragon just turned and started to fly away into the distance. "No!" I cried. "Tell me more! I need to know why!" But still, the dragon kept on flying until it was out of sight. As it flapped its wings, it looked like a guardian angel, so graceful, I longed to see it again. Suddenly, I heard a voice.

"N... N!"

"Hey N!" My head jerked up upon hearing the sudden call. I looked next to me: it was Touko, still supporting me. "You okay?" she asked. "It looked like you were thinking about something really intense." I looked at her with relief that she was alright and alive.

"I... I was just thinking about the dream I had... That's all..." I stammered. I didn't want her to worry about me anymore. She touched my forehead.

"You're sweating a lot, are you sure you're okay?" she asked. Without thinking, I used my injured arm to pull her hand down from my head, and I flinched with pain.

"Yeah, I'm ok..." I winced as I urged her to keep walking.

"So... Where are we going?" Touko finally asked.

"To Accumula town," I replied. I had to see if everyone was okay. Touko nodded and we continued down Route 1.