Pokémon PrismGold

Chapter Twenty-Seven: "Wisdom"

Mark pointed to the shadow, yelling out over the thundering rainstorm. "Lugia is coming to the surface!" Pryce was distracted with trying to keep his Lapras calm as the whirlpool sucked them farther in. While Sean leaned out to look at the shadow, saying bluntly. "That's impossible! The shadow is too small! The water is too dark, we wouldn't see him rising until he was right on top of us!" Mark's eyes widened as he yelled back in a panic. "Oh thanks! That helps!" Sean gave him a scowl, when Lapras lurched hard to the side. The shadow had collided into Lapras's side, causing Mark to tumble over the shell and into the water. Sean screamed his name, but it was muffled by the raging water. The waves tossed and turned him within the whirlpool making it hard for him to swim. From under the water, everything was dark and blurry. He couldn't tell what side was up. He held his breath, thrashing wildly as he tried to find a way out of this. Just as he was running out of air and forcing himself to calm down, he noticed a white body swimming toward him.

His whole body tensed for an incoming attack. The creature swam gracefully through the water, unhindered by the rough waves. As it got close, it slowed to a stop. Mark couldn't believe what he was looking at. It looked like a mini Lugia. However, he knew from his training that legendries couldn't breed. They were the only ones of their kind... but here it was. A baby Lugia. The baby giggled through a psychic connection with him. Its big brown eyes standing out within its blue mask. Letting out a sweet calming sound, it moved a bit closer to him. Mark forgot where he was and just stared at the pokemon in awe of it. Baby Lugia's eyes changed to a soft solid blue, before telling him in a cheery voice. "I choose you, Mark. Seek the Ice Crystal. Heal the heart of the ocean by filling it with your wisdom." Mark furrowed his brow, unable to ask why this baby wanted him to do that and how this baby even existed. The baby giggled at his expression, then swam up to let him wrap his arms around its neck.

The baby swam up to the surface, breaching it carefully to let Mark breathe. Mark gasped in air, then sputtered between the waves that splashed him. "Where did you come from?" The baby giggled, practically blushing as it told him over his shoulder. "Doesn't matter where I came from. It only matters where I go." Mark blinked, trying to ask swiftly over the storm. "I thought legendries couldn't breed?!" The baby giggled again, the sound making Mark smile at how cute and innocent it was. The baby smiled back, answering happily. "They can't, but I can." Mark tried to process that when the baby brought him up beside the Lapras. Sean and Pryce quickly pulled him up out of the water, asking him if he was alright. The baby Lugia touched noses with Lapras then sprang back down into the water. Mark grabbed the spikes of Lapras's shell, pointing back into the water after the baby, saying a bit spooked. "Did you see that?!" Pryce and Sean finally looked up from helping him up. For a moment they didn't say anything.

Mark swallowed, spitting some water off his face as he said. "Tell me that you saw the baby Lugia?" Sean looked at him a bit nervously, replying uneasily. "Is that what it was? I wasn't really paying attention. I was... worried about you." Mark looked to Pryce. Pryce stared out at the ocean but said nothing. He looked like he was in shock. Mark grabbed the front of his robe, desperate to prove he wasn't losing his mind from fear. Staring into his eyes, Mark firmly asked him a bit demandingly. "Pryce?! Did you see it?!" Pryce's expression calmed down, but there was something he was hiding. Mark's grip on his shirt tightened, until Pryce uttered out firmly. "Lugia can't breed." Mark shrugged, stating back defensively. "I know that! So, what was it?!" Pryce pushed his hand off him, adjusting his robe as he told him seriously. "Forget about it. We don't have time to waste." He turned to coax Lapras on, but Mark refused to drop it. Putting a hand on his shoulder, he squeezed it as he snapped out. "Why did it want me to get the Ice Crystal?! Should I be worried?!"

Sean piped up from behind him in a startled tone. "What?! Why would it say that? You're not a Mystic!" Pryce slowly looked over his shoulder as Lapras began to move, before uttering out in a low voice. "It told you that?" Mark nodded, then asked him more calmly. "What is it?" Pryce sighed heavily, then turned to look at Mark as he said reluctantly. "In my time, my best friend, Sammy Oak. We came here on a trip. I don't recall how he met it... but he saw that same baby Lugia. He befriended it and learned things from it. Until his rival... a man I came to call Dr. Namba. Chased it off after trying to capture it." Mark stared blankly at him. None of the that connected anything for him. Pryce sighed more from disappointment now, before just blurting out to them. "That isn't a Lugia. It's a Mew." Sean moved closer to them, stating out swiftly. "Impossible! Mew is extinct! Humans cut down the trees of life and they all died!" Pryce turned completely around to face them, stating out bluntly. "According to who? Mew didn't go extinct. Mew left humans to their own destructive devices. Mew is hiding from us on purpose. Because people like Giovanni and Dr. Namba... They want to destroy life in order to make it for themselves!"