Clean the place up! We have visitors! Foresight into next chapter!
“Thihan-Dalm,” I repeated softly, looking to the side of the ward, out of the window. Dawn spread across this part of Sinnoh, but I was hardly looking at the view…I was mostly looking through the view.
“This vacation took a strange turn,” I heard Alex say. I turned my eyes to him. He wore a red shirt and blue jeans; unlike what he usually wore… He sat on a chair near my bed, not really in the mood to talk, but came to me nonetheless.
I leaned back, smiling warmly at him; I knew how he trusted me to confide his secrets, so I asked, “What’s going on in Alexland?”
“Nothing,” he replied, but there was some emotion I could not read in his eyes.
“You’re not feeling comfortable to what we’re in, right?” I asked. He nodded reluctantly.
“I understand how you feel,” I said. “I’m sorry if I got you all involved in this.”
“That’s not it,” he replied, running his hand through his hair.
“What is it, then?”
He didn’t reply, but turned his eyes from me in confusion.
“I’m being more of a danger then I am worth, aren’t I?” I asked darkly.
“No!” He responded, turning his eyes back instantly. I shook my head, “No, I understand how that’s like, Alex. You are worried for Mark and Katherine from what Cynthia said, aren’t you?”
“I won’t forsake you for what she said!” he replied hotly.
I frowned, but not at him, but at myself. My eyes turned absently, as I leaned back. “You won’t be forsaking me, friend.”
“If I turn away from you because the worries of a rival champion, and not knowing everything, I’ll be horribly unfair to you,” he responded hotly. “You want to press through this, and we’ll trust you.”
“I’m not sure if I’m right, either…” I responded. Alex’s expression didn’t change. “I’m waiting for Lucian to come and fill me in.”
“Fill you in?” He asked with surprise.
“Yes,” I confirmed the unasked question, as I raised my eyes to his face, smiling warmly. “I’ll do what the man at the Festival told me…and I’ve been assigned a partner to accompany me to my destination.”
“We’re coming with you,” he said sternly.
“But,” I began. Alex frowned, and reached for his belt, “I’m a trainer as well, Saif. We won’t be of any burden to you. We’ll help you out.”
“Very well,” I replied, smiling and standing up from my bed. I reached for my vest, and wore it, followed by my tailcoat. “Get ready, we’re leaving in an hour.”
“So soon?” He asked. “What were you doing in bed? I thought you were waiting.”
“Relaxing my nerves,” I responded, tightening my clothes. I then mentally called Ielas, who appeared suddenly at my side. “And I was waiting…when you told me that you’ll join, Lucian sent the message to me. He’s waiting outside, along with my accompany.”
“I’ll call Mark and Katherine,” he said, smiling, as he ran outside. I nodded at his leaving figure.
“Are you going to leave them here?” Ielas asked.
“No. I’ll take them with me,” I responded. “I just hope they’ll leave soon.”
Ielas nodded, before I asked him, “How about you? I’ll try to avoid any problems that could hurt my friends, but if you are staying with me, you’ll be in more danger.”
“Meh,” he smiled. “I’ve almost died already; nothing could strengthen a psychic as feeling of false invincibility.”
“That doesn’t make sense,” I responded absently.
“It shouldn’t…but trust in your abilities does strengthen them,” he said, before handing me a small can-like box. “Here you go.”
I took the box, and opened it. Inside were two pairs of sunglasses. I lifted my eyebrows, as Ielas took a pair.
“Oh, come on…” I said, a smile playing on my lips.
“It’s not for decoration purposes, master,” he said calmly, unfolding the sunglasses with his thin fingers. “Something I’ve noted while a person exerts his or her Hidden Power, is how their eyesight grows hazy in short jolts, and in some instances, even changes color.”
He wore his pair, before I asked him, “But you don’t use HP control. Don’t Channelers do that?”
“I will from today,” he smirked. “You’ll need all the help you can get in the road to the Lake; Ending has their eyes on you.”
“Idiot, your HP is dark-based…won’t that conflict with your nature?” I asked. He shrugged.
“I won’t allow you to use HP, Ielas,” I said sternly.
“I am sorry, master, but I will go any lengths to protect you…and that, you cannot command over me,” he said coldly, before smiling.
“What a strange person,” I said to myself, before putting on my pair, and heading out the ward. “Just don’t do rash things, Ielas.”
“I almost said that to you,” he said, smiling widely. “It’s not me who keeps fainting.”
“Curse you,” I said jokingly.
“Hey, Saif!” Katherine called. I turned, just to see her, wearing a white t-shirt under a thin brown coat, along with similar-colored pants. She also held the Trainer Belt, but there were only two Pokéballs there.
“You don’t have a team,” I almost said, but she waved her hand, saying, “I need to check out some new species here, silly!” Then gave a strange, awkward laugh…I blinked, before scratched her hair, and said, “I’ve got only two of my choice.”
“Well, who are they?” I asked.
“Galad,” she said initially, referring to her Cloyster, “And Snorlax.”
“Won’t his attitude get in the way?” I asked passively.
“Galad won’t act heroic…he learned from your experience,” she said; Ielas’s eyes widened, just as Katherine, who added quickly, “I mean your training, of course. He’s learned to stay back and listen to us!”
I frowned slightly, as she rubbed the back of her hair and laughed awkwardly. I then smiled, and then asked, “How about Alex and Mark?”
“Alex is getting Hitmonchan and Machamp,” she said quickly. “Mark is getting his Ninetails and Nidoking.”
I nodded, before I asked, “Why didn’t he choose a Hoenn Pokémon?”
She shrugged, “They’re his chosen.”
“Very well,” I replied, before the two came at me. Both smiling.
As we left the building's main entrance, we noticed Lucian speaking to a blond-haired woman. She had heavy black eyeshadow, and was clad in a strange mixture of cloth and something of a body armor's skeleton. Her right hand was covered by a strange metal device.
"Lucian," I started. He turned to me, pushing up his glasses up his nose, as he said, grinning warmly, "Hi, Saif. I've prepared you a bodyguard."
Huh?
"Bodyguard isn't the word," The woman said. She was in fact younger then me, but the impression she left was staggering. She smirked, as she said, "Saif, I'll accompany you on your road to the north. Sadly, we can only use traditional transportation methods after we hit Veilstone city."
"Alright," I responded. Travelling on foot was not something new to me.
"It'll be safer," she commented, eying me. "We could take a more direct way if we wanted to be sniped off by our enemies."
Cynthia must've told this woman to discourage me.
"I expect no less."
Lucian was watching the coversation with a mild smile on his face, before he stepped in, and said, "I didn't know you'll all come with Saif," he asked Katherine, Alex and Mark.
"Neither did he," Mark said.
"The more the marrier," Lucian said, before that woman interjected, "Ending will have more targets to snipe."
"It's not like they have nothing else to do, do they?" Mark retorted.
"They seem to believe in the saying, 'Crush snakes before they become pythons'," The woman responded, crossing her arms.
"It doesn't matter, we're coming," Alex said neutrally. "We're not shabby trainers."
"Indeed," Lucian commented. "They will only sense Channelers. You will not even appear to them."
"Meh...turns out Mrs.Preppy is more of a danger on me then my friends," I smirked.
She turned to me coldly, not saying anything.
"She's specialized in disguise, Saif," Lucian commented. "Indeed, they will 'see' her miles away, but--"
"I'll do my best to protect you, Thihan," she cooly. "I would appreciate it if you respect me a bit more."
"Do the same for people who've spent more then three years in the wilderness with me, and I'll consider it," I retorted harshly.
She didn't respond. Lucian instead stretched, and said, "Very well, since you are all going along fine, I'll leave you to go ahead."
"Wait, Lucian?" Katherine asked. "Why won't you accompany us?"
"I'm sorry, Katherine," He responded, smiling. "We're in a war, and Lyrissa is best equipped to accompany you at the moment."
"And besides...I'll bring things down with the Book," he continued, winking at Mark, who smirked.
I turned to Lyrissa, who avoided my gaze, and saluted Lucian, who nodded, before leaving.
Ok, that's enough for chapter 13. Chapter 14 will go mainly on the 'thing' that will happen on the road.
I do feel that the pace is a little fast, but the beginning was very slow.
I hope I'm not wrongly compromising.
“This vacation took a strange turn,” I heard Alex say. I turned my eyes to him. He wore a red shirt and blue jeans; unlike what he usually wore… He sat on a chair near my bed, not really in the mood to talk, but came to me nonetheless.
I leaned back, smiling warmly at him; I knew how he trusted me to confide his secrets, so I asked, “What’s going on in Alexland?”
“Nothing,” he replied, but there was some emotion I could not read in his eyes.
“You’re not feeling comfortable to what we’re in, right?” I asked. He nodded reluctantly.
“I understand how you feel,” I said. “I’m sorry if I got you all involved in this.”
“That’s not it,” he replied, running his hand through his hair.
“What is it, then?”
He didn’t reply, but turned his eyes from me in confusion.
“I’m being more of a danger then I am worth, aren’t I?” I asked darkly.
“No!” He responded, turning his eyes back instantly. I shook my head, “No, I understand how that’s like, Alex. You are worried for Mark and Katherine from what Cynthia said, aren’t you?”
“I won’t forsake you for what she said!” he replied hotly.
I frowned, but not at him, but at myself. My eyes turned absently, as I leaned back. “You won’t be forsaking me, friend.”
“If I turn away from you because the worries of a rival champion, and not knowing everything, I’ll be horribly unfair to you,” he responded hotly. “You want to press through this, and we’ll trust you.”
“I’m not sure if I’m right, either…” I responded. Alex’s expression didn’t change. “I’m waiting for Lucian to come and fill me in.”
“Fill you in?” He asked with surprise.
“Yes,” I confirmed the unasked question, as I raised my eyes to his face, smiling warmly. “I’ll do what the man at the Festival told me…and I’ve been assigned a partner to accompany me to my destination.”
“We’re coming with you,” he said sternly.
“But,” I began. Alex frowned, and reached for his belt, “I’m a trainer as well, Saif. We won’t be of any burden to you. We’ll help you out.”
“Very well,” I replied, smiling and standing up from my bed. I reached for my vest, and wore it, followed by my tailcoat. “Get ready, we’re leaving in an hour.”
“So soon?” He asked. “What were you doing in bed? I thought you were waiting.”
“Relaxing my nerves,” I responded, tightening my clothes. I then mentally called Ielas, who appeared suddenly at my side. “And I was waiting…when you told me that you’ll join, Lucian sent the message to me. He’s waiting outside, along with my accompany.”
“I’ll call Mark and Katherine,” he said, smiling, as he ran outside. I nodded at his leaving figure.
“Are you going to leave them here?” Ielas asked.
“No. I’ll take them with me,” I responded. “I just hope they’ll leave soon.”
Ielas nodded, before I asked him, “How about you? I’ll try to avoid any problems that could hurt my friends, but if you are staying with me, you’ll be in more danger.”
“Meh,” he smiled. “I’ve almost died already; nothing could strengthen a psychic as feeling of false invincibility.”
“That doesn’t make sense,” I responded absently.
“It shouldn’t…but trust in your abilities does strengthen them,” he said, before handing me a small can-like box. “Here you go.”
I took the box, and opened it. Inside were two pairs of sunglasses. I lifted my eyebrows, as Ielas took a pair.
“Oh, come on…” I said, a smile playing on my lips.
“It’s not for decoration purposes, master,” he said calmly, unfolding the sunglasses with his thin fingers. “Something I’ve noted while a person exerts his or her Hidden Power, is how their eyesight grows hazy in short jolts, and in some instances, even changes color.”
He wore his pair, before I asked him, “But you don’t use HP control. Don’t Channelers do that?”
“I will from today,” he smirked. “You’ll need all the help you can get in the road to the Lake; Ending has their eyes on you.”
“Idiot, your HP is dark-based…won’t that conflict with your nature?” I asked. He shrugged.
“I won’t allow you to use HP, Ielas,” I said sternly.
“I am sorry, master, but I will go any lengths to protect you…and that, you cannot command over me,” he said coldly, before smiling.
“What a strange person,” I said to myself, before putting on my pair, and heading out the ward. “Just don’t do rash things, Ielas.”
“I almost said that to you,” he said, smiling widely. “It’s not me who keeps fainting.”
“Curse you,” I said jokingly.
“Hey, Saif!” Katherine called. I turned, just to see her, wearing a white t-shirt under a thin brown coat, along with similar-colored pants. She also held the Trainer Belt, but there were only two Pokéballs there.
“You don’t have a team,” I almost said, but she waved her hand, saying, “I need to check out some new species here, silly!” Then gave a strange, awkward laugh…I blinked, before scratched her hair, and said, “I’ve got only two of my choice.”
“Well, who are they?” I asked.
“Galad,” she said initially, referring to her Cloyster, “And Snorlax.”
“Won’t his attitude get in the way?” I asked passively.
“Galad won’t act heroic…he learned from your experience,” she said; Ielas’s eyes widened, just as Katherine, who added quickly, “I mean your training, of course. He’s learned to stay back and listen to us!”
I frowned slightly, as she rubbed the back of her hair and laughed awkwardly. I then smiled, and then asked, “How about Alex and Mark?”
“Alex is getting Hitmonchan and Machamp,” she said quickly. “Mark is getting his Ninetails and Nidoking.”
I nodded, before I asked, “Why didn’t he choose a Hoenn Pokémon?”
She shrugged, “They’re his chosen.”
“Very well,” I replied, before the two came at me. Both smiling.
As we left the building's main entrance, we noticed Lucian speaking to a blond-haired woman. She had heavy black eyeshadow, and was clad in a strange mixture of cloth and something of a body armor's skeleton. Her right hand was covered by a strange metal device.
"Lucian," I started. He turned to me, pushing up his glasses up his nose, as he said, grinning warmly, "Hi, Saif. I've prepared you a bodyguard."
Huh?
"Bodyguard isn't the word," The woman said. She was in fact younger then me, but the impression she left was staggering. She smirked, as she said, "Saif, I'll accompany you on your road to the north. Sadly, we can only use traditional transportation methods after we hit Veilstone city."
"Alright," I responded. Travelling on foot was not something new to me.
"It'll be safer," she commented, eying me. "We could take a more direct way if we wanted to be sniped off by our enemies."
Cynthia must've told this woman to discourage me.
"I expect no less."
Lucian was watching the coversation with a mild smile on his face, before he stepped in, and said, "I didn't know you'll all come with Saif," he asked Katherine, Alex and Mark.
"Neither did he," Mark said.
"The more the marrier," Lucian said, before that woman interjected, "Ending will have more targets to snipe."
"It's not like they have nothing else to do, do they?" Mark retorted.
"They seem to believe in the saying, 'Crush snakes before they become pythons'," The woman responded, crossing her arms.
"It doesn't matter, we're coming," Alex said neutrally. "We're not shabby trainers."
"Indeed," Lucian commented. "They will only sense Channelers. You will not even appear to them."
"Meh...turns out Mrs.Preppy is more of a danger on me then my friends," I smirked.
She turned to me coldly, not saying anything.
"She's specialized in disguise, Saif," Lucian commented. "Indeed, they will 'see' her miles away, but--"
"I'll do my best to protect you, Thihan," she cooly. "I would appreciate it if you respect me a bit more."
"Do the same for people who've spent more then three years in the wilderness with me, and I'll consider it," I retorted harshly.
She didn't respond. Lucian instead stretched, and said, "Very well, since you are all going along fine, I'll leave you to go ahead."
"Wait, Lucian?" Katherine asked. "Why won't you accompany us?"
"I'm sorry, Katherine," He responded, smiling. "We're in a war, and Lyrissa is best equipped to accompany you at the moment."
"And besides...I'll bring things down with the Book," he continued, winking at Mark, who smirked.
I turned to Lyrissa, who avoided my gaze, and saluted Lucian, who nodded, before leaving.
Ok, that's enough for chapter 13. Chapter 14 will go mainly on the 'thing' that will happen on the road.
I do feel that the pace is a little fast, but the beginning was very slow.
I hope I'm not wrongly compromising.