Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Destiny Of The Stars. ❯ Chapter 2

©H. Falcon. 2000-2003

--I felt a cool breeze blow against my skin and I looked up into the night sky. The stars seemed to almost twinkle, like small lights. The breeze against my skin felt cool, but it felt strange as well. I decided that since I had done so well in my training that I could stop early. I had done enough for tonight. Obviously my powers were more focused, and for now I was content with them. I floated into the sky, rising past where the glass dome had reached it's highest point and continued up until I reached my balcony. Balcony, you ask? Yes… I had a Balcony. Why didn't you use your balcony to gaze at the stars instead of your window, you ask? I did... on some nights. On very clear nights like this. But often I used the window in my room for simply this reason, because the window was on a different level, and it faced a different direction. The window faced north - northeast, but the balcony was facing the south; and although its view was spectacular, especially when the dome was closed and you could look down at it and see the stars reflecting in the glass of the magnificent dome, it was not the same as my window. What could be more beautiful than that, you may ask? More wonderful from a simple window? Simply this: you see, from my window I was able to gaze at the star that was the brightest in the sky; the star I called Ai... For when I looked to this star, I felt I was able to feel her with me... feel her touch. "Ai?" you ask. That is another tale, one that has been told but may not be so well known. Perhaps I will tell you more about it later, in my tale. So I stood on my balcony looking up into the night sky, and felt that breeze against my skin. But something about this breeze played on my nerves. Something was wrong about it; something didn't feel right. I closed my eyes feeling it's cool touch against me, trying to figure out what it was that felt wrong.

--I opened my eyes and, feeling uneasy, I decided to go for a night fly. I often liked to fly through the sky, but I only usually did so on nice nights. Tonight was such a night. So I bent my legs slightly, my feet gripping the ground of the balcony, and then jumped into the air over the rail of the balcony. I let myself fall a certain distance and then swooped past my training arena, as I flew past the dome began to moan and complain as it started to shut. But it obeyed my command and continued to close. As I flew further away, heading out over the sea, I heard the sound of the dome finally closing, letting out a loud sound as if to shout at me as it did. I only continued to fly higher, heading into the sky. The water below me was dark and only the moon's reflection shone against its surface, creating a wavy glow against the dark water. I continued faster, moving fast against the night air. I seemed to be heading in the direction of the wind, as I felt it against my face, trying to find out where it was coming from. I increased my speed. I flew high into the sky moving faster, heading to the wind that had felt strange against my skin. You see, even though I had slept during most days, this was another reason I loved the night. It was much easier not to be seen in the night. I could fly high in the sky without much worry of being seen by some human. But what about radar, or such other devices, you ask? I was keen on those as well, but did well in hiding myself from them. You could say… it was like I was using stealth. I was invisible to any such radar. I used my powers to reflect anything from my body away. Instead of reflecting the information back to whoever was at the other end, whatever radio waves or sounds that hit me simply reflected up into the sky, or down into the water or ground below me. I was clever in my abilities to keep myself in the shadows and unseen, and you might think this is irrelevant to tell you. But it is not… and you will see why, eventually.

--The wind felt stronger as I seemed to be getting closer to where it blew from, and I saw something dark and big in the distance. Jagged edges ripped at the sky and I realized this was a mountain. I knew the place well, but this wind; why was it here? I flew even faster, eager to find out why. The mountain was getting closer quickly. The dark jagged edges that seemed to rip into the night sky started to form, and became a more dark grey as I approached them instead of a dark empty shadow. I landed with a loud thud and some dust kicked around at my feet. I looked ahead, my eyes wide. I was standing on a precipice. That was not why my eyes were wide. This ledge had always been here as long as I could remember. But what was in front of me, this was new. The wind blew strongly at my face here and I moved closer, looking with wide eyes at what I saw. The wind... it came from this... cave!? But how did this cave get here? It was never here before! I reached my hand to it, to touch it as if I needed to confirm to myself it was indeed a cave. Well, cave, I suppose, is a little misleading. It was more of a hole, a crack and a hole in the cliffside. Not very wide, a Pikachu could fit in it, perhaps even a slightly bigger Raichu. But this wasn't here before. How had it gotten here? As I touched it, it started to shake and I heard a rumbling. The cliff shook and the cave, well the hole, started to get bigger, cracking wider. I moved my hand back... and the rumbling stopped. For a moment I stared at it in wonderment. My eyes shifted, and if I had had any what you humans call eyebrows, they would have been raised. I went to reach for it again, to touch it, and my hand got within a few inches, when it started to rumble and shake again. Little rocks from above fell, landing next to my feet. The cave widened, more and more, and I just watched in amazement, baffled by it. Then, as it was getting wider and taller, it just stopped, and I looked at it, wondering why it chose to stop now. My eyes widened again when I realized exactly what was happening. You see... the shape... the shape it had made was almost exactly my height and width. There was no mistaking this, this was done on purpose. But how could this be? I wanted to know these answers, and I wanted to know now. The wind blew at me and I felt my answers where inside… Someone… or something… wanted me to go here. So I thought to myself that I would play their game... and find out what in the hell was going on. I stepped in.

--My eyes squinted and I tried to adjust to the darkness. It was not a problem for me, as I told you. I was used to the dark. But wasn't it already dark outside, you ask. Yes it was, but the moon was out, and when you are flying in the sky, the moon and even the stars make it so it is not completely dark. Any one of you who has been outside at night even on a very dark night for a long period of time and you step into a completely dark room you know what I mean. There is a difference. My eyes quickly adjusted and I was able to see a path. It was the only way I could go, so I walked. Now I said I was in a hurry, but I did not run; I casually walked as I always did. It made no difference, whatever was at the end of this tunnel would still be there. And it was. When I finally got to the other end I was completely unprepared for what I saw. It was a clearing, and a… shore? But how? I did not recognize this place, yet it felt oddly familiar. A feeling like what you humans call deja-vu. I looked down and the cave came out at the cliff side about 100 feet from the ground. Strange... the tunnel had not felt like it was on a decline. It felt flat. Yet the ground was only 100 feet from where the cave emerged. Yet on the other side when I entered, that ledge was at least 250 feet from the bottom of the mountain. This bothered me, but I did not dwell on it as I jumped down and floated to the ground, landing near the shore. I looked out into the water. I do not call it a sea nor a lake because I am not sure what it was to this day. I felt relaxed looking out into the water, hearing the waves lap at the shore. And then I felt that strange wind. It encircled me, caressed me, it moved around my body and it felt good. I looked down at myself, but did not see anything. Only felt it, as you might have felt the feeling of someone brush passed you, even though no one was around you. It was this feeling, and then I felt it leave. I wanted to look at it, but being that it was the wind I could not see anything as I have told you. So I touched the last place it had touched against me, my left cheek. I held my hand to it, and I smiled. It was not often that I smiled, not often at all. I heard a whooshing sound behind me, the kind of sound you hear when you open something that is airtight. If the object is large enough you hear the air rush into it. That was the sound. I turned to my left where I had heard the sound and what I saw put me on edge. I moved my right leg back, placing my weight on it, setting myself in a ready stance. My right foot dug into the sand. My eyes widened as what I saw started to take form. What did you see? What did you see? What was it? You might be yelling in your mind. And although I cannot describe it, for there are no words to describe such a thing, I will try. It was as if the wind was trying to come to life. To take a form. It blew around, circling like some serpent. You may ask how did I see the wind if you can't? But this time I did. It was like water had been caught in it and was mixed in with it. I could see little beads of water, circling around in these long elegant trails of wind. I could see the wind, and then my eyes widened more at what started to take place. It was a figure... a female figure. I knew this because it was not a clothed figure. It quickly began to take shape faster, my eyes wanted to blink, the wind was making them itch, but I would not close them. I could not, my gaze was frozen at what I saw. My mind taking in all of it. There was another loud screaming sound at my ears as the wind finally took full form and then it was silent.

--My ears twitched from the ringing that the scream had left in them, and my eyes burned wanting me to close them, to blink. I did not, and they continued to burn. I felt them water slightly. I looked ahead still staring at what was now clearly a girl. A young girl and my mind figured she was around 16 or 17 years of age. My mind was quick to point out to me that she was nude, and was wearing nothing. Her hair hung long past her shoulders, it was a dark green in color, as were her eyes. I shifted myself back into a normal stance, feeling no threat from this girl. She made no motions to cover herself up in modesty and all I could think of at the moment was my burning eyes, but I did not want to close them. What if I did and when I opened them she was gone? I had the bad feeling that would be the case, so I kept them open. While my mind was thinking of such things she spoke, her voice was soft and it sounded familiar to me, but… why? I clearly did not ever see this girl before.

"Hello there..." I only continued to gaze at her. I didn't know what to say.

"Hey... are you OK?" I looked at her and realized how I must look to her, my eyes had begun to water a little because I refused to close them. I realized to her it might look like I was in some sort of pain, and in truth I was, but only my eyes. I nodded my head, and wiped my eyes.

~I am fine~. I said, my voice did not come from my mouth, but I spoke it into her mind.

She smiled at me and I found myself smiling back slightly.

~Who are you?~ I asked. ~What is this place?~

She only continued to smile at me and I watched her, my eyes tried to stay on hers, but I found them wondering down her body. "All your answers will be answered, Mewtwo..." "I am here... come to me" My eyes darted back to hers when she said my name. How did she know my name? How did she know who I was? I did not know her... so how did she know me?

~How is it you know my name? How do you know me?~

I began to step forward, moving closer to her as she had told me to go to her. I don't know why I did. I just felt it. I Felt that I should, so I did. I got a step closer, maybe two, when I felt something very strong above me and to my right. Something was very bad... something was wrong. I looked up, my eyes shifting to what I had felt, and it was only a matter of seconds until I saw this bright light come screaming out of the sky and high above the water. My eyes widened at this, as I knew where it was headed, but I might already be to late. I immediately turned my head to the girl and shouted in her mind ~Watch out! MOVE!~ But it was already to late… and as I said it was all very fast, a matter of seconds. The beam hit her and created a light so intense I placed my hand in front of my eyes, squinting them. But I still didn't close them... ~NO!~ I yelled... ~NO!!~ I heard her scream a sick scream, and I felt my heart shudder... this... this felt all to familiar... "help.....me.....please... help me....." She vanished into the light... and then the light was gone. ~NO!~ I screamed again. ~NO!~ I lowered my hand now that the light was gone and stood there. I finally closed my eyes and whispered. "I'm sorry...."

--My eyes opened wide. I was breathing heavily and I was griping the rail tightly. I felt my body covered in sweat, and felt my heart pounding in my chest rapidly. I looked at my hands. They where gripping the railing tightly. The railing? What the...? I looked around, my eyes darting in different directions. I was home... but... but how? What happened? How did I get back here? I looked around. It was still nighttime, and then the reality of it hit me. It wasn't a question of how I got home. I had never left. I had closed my eyes to feel the wind against my skin, but I had not opened them. Had not gone for a night fly. It had all been a dream. A bad one. I looked around and looked up at the sky, the wind was gone now, strange. I stood there, my breathing slowly returning to normal. My heart slowing as well. The cool air nipping away at my sweat covered body. I looked at the stars. Why had I dreamed that? Why had it all been just a dream? What did it mean? What did that light mean... and... THAT GIRL! What had happened to her? Why didn't I do something? I felt mad at myself, and then my mind started to tell me it was all a dream, to forget it, it was nothing but a dream. But... It had felt so real... so, so real. How was it just a dream? I turned away from the sky. Yes... it was all just a dream, a bad dream… My eyes went wide when I looked down at my arena, the.... the dome? It... it was closed? But... but how was that possible? I closed it in my dream… in my... DREAM? I jumped into the air and took off at as fast a speed as I could...

©H. Falcon. 2000-2003