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Warning: Character Death
“Not possible.” Regice’s tone contained more than a hint of incredulity.
“Is so,” Celebi argued, putting his hands on his hips.
“Don’t do that, it makes you look like a girl,” Regirock told him, stifling laughter. Celebi quickly took his hands off of his hips and let them swing loosely beside him.
“All right,” Jirachi said defiantly, “all right. If my wish tags don’t work, I will jump into that lake.”
“What lake?” Celebi asked.
“That one,” Jirachi said, and hovered to the edge of the large cliff he and his companions were standing on, pointing to a large lake far below.
“From here? You’re crazy!” Regice yelled.
“My wish tags work, though, so that shouldn’t be a problem.” Jirachi winked at his companion.
“Well, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to do anything crazy like that if these ‘wish tags’ do work,” Regice told the others.
“Fine with me,” Jirachi said.
After several minutes of silence, Registeel spoke.
“Why don’t you test the wish tags?” he suggested, looking up from his book. It was always certain that Registeel was reading, but it was never possible to tell what exactly he was reading, as his long, thin fingers always covered the title. No one ever asked, either, as for the most part, no one really cared.
“That’s a good idea!” Regice shouted excitedly, grabbing one of Jirachi’s wish tags and pulling on it, at the same time pulling Jirachi towards him. When the pokémon’s body hit him, he quickly let go.
“Careful!” Jirachi rubbed the top of his head, annoyed. Regice quickly apologized, and then grabbed the same wish tag, more lightly this time.
“I need something to write with!” he yelled frantically. Registeel took out a pencil from behind his ear and threw it at his brother. The pencil hit Regice and became lodged in his back like a knife. He ignored it, though, and requested for Regirock to take it out. The rock pile of a pokémon did so, and then gave the pencil to Regice, eager to see the results of the situation.
Regice was holding the wish tag in his right hand, and the pencil in his left. Not being left-handed, his writing was sloppy and difficult to decipher.
i wish i had sooper strength, he wrote. Regice wasn’t the best speller, and he rarely used proper grammar. Jirachi was annoyed by this, but granted the wish anyways, so he wouldn’t have to jump in the lake. The writing slowly faded away, and Regice dropped the pencil.
“You have super strength now,” Jirachi told him, “go test it out.”
Regice laughed, and then looked around for something heavy to lift.
“What do I test it on?” he asked no one in particular, continuing to survey the area.
“How about this?” Registeel motioned with his head to the large boulder he was leaning against. It was at least ten times the size of Regice, who seemed impatient to try and pick it up.
“All right,” Regice said, smiling. He rushed over to the boulder, and told Registeel to get up. Registeel listened to him and stood up, but not before closing his book and carefully setting it, title facing down, on the ground. He wouldn’t admit it, but he was also eager to see what would happen.
After Registeel moved out of the way, Regice walked up to the boulder and put his fragile arms under it, with the rest of the group watching anxiously. In one swift move, he picked it up and raised it above himself as if it were a feather. Four of the five pokémon there were astonished. Jirachi smiled.
“Now throw it off the cliff,” he said triumphantly. Regice followed the directions, and threw the boulder up and towards the edge of the cliff. It went more upwards then forwards, and the five watched the sky carefully, waiting for it to come down.
One by one, the group was distracted from their waiting by an amazing sight. A large yellow bird was flying towards them. It had jagged wings, and small sparks of electricity periodically emerged from them. Truly, it was a sight to behold.
“Maybe that’s our savior,” Celebi said hopefully, transfixed by the creature.
“Maybe it is,” Registeel agreed, also watching the bird intensely. What happened next surprised the entire group.
The bird’s calm flight towards them was rudely interrupted when the large boulder thrown by Regice earlier came down right on top of it. It squawked in surprise as the heavy rock on top of it forced it down, down, down…
Within a couple of seconds, a splashing noise was heard.
“It must have landed in the lake,” Jirachi said, and carefully peered over the edge of the cliff to check.
***
Arceus stood on the shore, admiring the beautiful lake he had just created and pondering its name.
Maybe I should call it… Lake Utsu, he thought. No, too hard to say… what about—
He quickly came out of his deep thought when an enormous, irregular object hit the surface of the lake and plunged deep below it. A large wave came out of the lake, and after it subsided, Arceus was drenched. He dried himself by shaking the water off, and watched the lake, now a bit smaller, carefully.
He thought he saw a small spark of electricity, but he could not be sure, as almost instantly after, there was a huge explosion. Arceus ran for his life as the ground and water behind him was destroyed.
***
All five pokémon on the cliff felt the ground tremble. Regice and Regirock lost their balance and fell on the ground, but Registeel managed to stay stable. When what they thought was an earthquake stopped, Jirachi turned around, a grim expression on his face.
“…I think we killed that bird,” Celebi said, breaking the silence.
“We did kill that bird,” Jirachi pointed out.
“Arceus is gonna be mad,” Regice said.
“All right,” Registeel said, panicked, “no need to worry here. If anyone asks, we were indirectly responsible for the death of that bird and destruction of that lake.”
“Kyogre’s gonna be mad, too,” Regirock said.
“Let’s just never speak of this again,” Celebi suggested, “how about that?”
The others agreed, and so none of the five ever spoke of the day’s events until twenty-eight years later.
Warning: Character Death
“Not possible.” Regice’s tone contained more than a hint of incredulity.
“Is so,” Celebi argued, putting his hands on his hips.
“Don’t do that, it makes you look like a girl,” Regirock told him, stifling laughter. Celebi quickly took his hands off of his hips and let them swing loosely beside him.
“All right,” Jirachi said defiantly, “all right. If my wish tags don’t work, I will jump into that lake.”
“What lake?” Celebi asked.
“That one,” Jirachi said, and hovered to the edge of the large cliff he and his companions were standing on, pointing to a large lake far below.
“From here? You’re crazy!” Regice yelled.
“My wish tags work, though, so that shouldn’t be a problem.” Jirachi winked at his companion.
“Well, I’m sorry, but I’m not going to do anything crazy like that if these ‘wish tags’ do work,” Regice told the others.
“Fine with me,” Jirachi said.
After several minutes of silence, Registeel spoke.
“Why don’t you test the wish tags?” he suggested, looking up from his book. It was always certain that Registeel was reading, but it was never possible to tell what exactly he was reading, as his long, thin fingers always covered the title. No one ever asked, either, as for the most part, no one really cared.
“That’s a good idea!” Regice shouted excitedly, grabbing one of Jirachi’s wish tags and pulling on it, at the same time pulling Jirachi towards him. When the pokémon’s body hit him, he quickly let go.
“Careful!” Jirachi rubbed the top of his head, annoyed. Regice quickly apologized, and then grabbed the same wish tag, more lightly this time.
“I need something to write with!” he yelled frantically. Registeel took out a pencil from behind his ear and threw it at his brother. The pencil hit Regice and became lodged in his back like a knife. He ignored it, though, and requested for Regirock to take it out. The rock pile of a pokémon did so, and then gave the pencil to Regice, eager to see the results of the situation.
Regice was holding the wish tag in his right hand, and the pencil in his left. Not being left-handed, his writing was sloppy and difficult to decipher.
i wish i had sooper strength, he wrote. Regice wasn’t the best speller, and he rarely used proper grammar. Jirachi was annoyed by this, but granted the wish anyways, so he wouldn’t have to jump in the lake. The writing slowly faded away, and Regice dropped the pencil.
“You have super strength now,” Jirachi told him, “go test it out.”
Regice laughed, and then looked around for something heavy to lift.
“What do I test it on?” he asked no one in particular, continuing to survey the area.
“How about this?” Registeel motioned with his head to the large boulder he was leaning against. It was at least ten times the size of Regice, who seemed impatient to try and pick it up.
“All right,” Regice said, smiling. He rushed over to the boulder, and told Registeel to get up. Registeel listened to him and stood up, but not before closing his book and carefully setting it, title facing down, on the ground. He wouldn’t admit it, but he was also eager to see what would happen.
After Registeel moved out of the way, Regice walked up to the boulder and put his fragile arms under it, with the rest of the group watching anxiously. In one swift move, he picked it up and raised it above himself as if it were a feather. Four of the five pokémon there were astonished. Jirachi smiled.
“Now throw it off the cliff,” he said triumphantly. Regice followed the directions, and threw the boulder up and towards the edge of the cliff. It went more upwards then forwards, and the five watched the sky carefully, waiting for it to come down.
One by one, the group was distracted from their waiting by an amazing sight. A large yellow bird was flying towards them. It had jagged wings, and small sparks of electricity periodically emerged from them. Truly, it was a sight to behold.
“Maybe that’s our savior,” Celebi said hopefully, transfixed by the creature.
“Maybe it is,” Registeel agreed, also watching the bird intensely. What happened next surprised the entire group.
The bird’s calm flight towards them was rudely interrupted when the large boulder thrown by Regice earlier came down right on top of it. It squawked in surprise as the heavy rock on top of it forced it down, down, down…
Within a couple of seconds, a splashing noise was heard.
“It must have landed in the lake,” Jirachi said, and carefully peered over the edge of the cliff to check.
***
Arceus stood on the shore, admiring the beautiful lake he had just created and pondering its name.
Maybe I should call it… Lake Utsu, he thought. No, too hard to say… what about—
He quickly came out of his deep thought when an enormous, irregular object hit the surface of the lake and plunged deep below it. A large wave came out of the lake, and after it subsided, Arceus was drenched. He dried himself by shaking the water off, and watched the lake, now a bit smaller, carefully.
He thought he saw a small spark of electricity, but he could not be sure, as almost instantly after, there was a huge explosion. Arceus ran for his life as the ground and water behind him was destroyed.
***
All five pokémon on the cliff felt the ground tremble. Regice and Regirock lost their balance and fell on the ground, but Registeel managed to stay stable. When what they thought was an earthquake stopped, Jirachi turned around, a grim expression on his face.
“…I think we killed that bird,” Celebi said, breaking the silence.
“We did kill that bird,” Jirachi pointed out.
“Arceus is gonna be mad,” Regice said.
“All right,” Registeel said, panicked, “no need to worry here. If anyone asks, we were indirectly responsible for the death of that bird and destruction of that lake.”
“Kyogre’s gonna be mad, too,” Regirock said.
“Let’s just never speak of this again,” Celebi suggested, “how about that?”
The others agreed, and so none of the five ever spoke of the day’s events until twenty-eight years later.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
In the context of the story, Jirachi's wish tags only work once a year. By the time they can be used again, the event will either be forgotten about, or they simply won't speak of it again, as the group promised.
There's your answer.
In the context of the story, Jirachi's wish tags only work once a year. By the time they can be used again, the event will either be forgotten about, or they simply won't speak of it again, as the group promised.
There's your answer.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Twenty-eight years later. ;P
It's not made clear at all, but this chapter takes place 28 years in the past.
Twenty-eight years later. ;P
It's not made clear at all, but this chapter takes place 28 years in the past.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Delicious plotline, Malicious characters; I like it!
Oh yeah, the reviews in your sig is an awesome idea.
Delicious plotline, Malicious characters; I like it!
Oh yeah, the reviews in your sig is an awesome idea.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Thank you.
And yeah, I got the idea from movie previews.
Thank you.
And yeah, I got the idea from movie previews.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your Zapdos cuz they stoning everybody out here.
I love the chapter
Hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your Zapdos cuz they stoning everybody out here.
I love the chapter
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Beyond that, good chapter. You added more desciption this time, and it worked well.
That was my only grammatical problem....(that I could see)
Beyond that, good chapter. You added more desciption this time, and it worked well.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Oh, wow, didn't catch that! Thanks! ^_^
*Fixed*
Oh, wow, didn't catch that! Thanks! ^_^
*Fixed*
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Just a quick update for my readers here, letting you guys know that I haven't forgotten about this, and Part V is in progress. I've been somewhat distracted by some important goings-on in real life, but it should be posted by sometime next weekend.
Just a quick update for my readers here, letting you guys know that I haven't forgotten about this, and Part V is in progress. I've been somewhat distracted by some important goings-on in real life, but it should be posted by sometime next weekend.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
No problemo! Keep up the good progress!
No problemo! Keep up the good progress!
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
Once again, apologies for the delay. I've been real busy with homework, plus I recently bought White, so I've been preoccupied by that, but I still managed to finish, proofread and edit the chapter within the weekend. So, not to keep you waiting, here's Part V!
“Dude… we killed Zapdos!”
“Yeah, we killed Zapdos. I thought we agreed not to mention this, though…”
“Oops…” Celebi laughed nervously. “I kinda forgot about that. Anyways, we should tell Mew we killed Zapdos.”
“Are you crazy? Do you want Mew to be mad at us?” Jirachi laughed. “Maybe you’re right. I don’t know, though… let’s go to Mew’s house and then we’ll see.”
Celebi nodded in agreement.
“We need a map first, though,” he reasoned.
“Actually, I’ve been to Mew’s place before,” Jirachi said, recalling his last visit. He had been invited to the house for small talk over a delicious dinner of oran and pecha berries while Celebi stayed at home to write a report on newly discovered pokémon for the Legendary Council. Mew, Groudon and Jirachi had talked about many controversial issues over their private dinner, such as Arceus’s leadership and favoritism of Rayquaza. At the time, Mew had supported Arceus as the leader of the council, but eventually, he realized the tyranny and such going on due to this, and change his views. It did not occur to Jirachi to mention this to his companion.
“Really?” Celebi asked, surprised.
“Yeah… it’s not too far from here.”
“Oh, cool. Where is it?”
“That way,” Jirachi said confidently, pointing to his right.
“Are you sure?” Celebi asked doubtfully.
“Yes, I’m sure. Let’s go.” Jirachi quickly floated out of the house he and Celebi shared, turned to the right, and went down a few blocks, with Celebi following close behind.
***
When the two finally arrived at Mew’s house, they stopped and surveyed the house. Celebi was amazed at the quite unusual shape of it: two cubes, one standing on top of the other, each with its own doors and windows. Jirachi recognized it, though, and quickly floated up to the top cube, knocking on its door.
The door flew open, and would have sent Jirachi flying, had he not dodged just in time. Celebi quickly floated up to the door as well and saw Mew eagerly beckoning them in to the top cube. Jirachi quickly went in, while Celebi hesitated for a second. Before any more hesitation, though, Mew pulled him inside and shut the door as quickly as he had opened it. It made a satisfying bang as it closed.
Celebi was astonished at the inside of Mew’s house as well. Paintings of legendary pokémon—all of the human artists’ depictions wrong, of course—were plastered all over the walls. In the very corner of the room, a fire was lit on sudowoodo-shaped logs. Chairs, couches, and other places to sit covered the floor. Mew sat down in one of the chairs, a rocking chair near the fireplace.
“What brings you here?” he asked.
“Well, Mew--” Jirachi began, quickly interrupted by Celebi.
“We wanted to find out more about how the original Legendary Council was destroyed,” he said hurriedly, glancing nervously at Jirachi.
“Ah,” Mew said, smiling, “I knew you would want more details. Everyone always does. Anyways, to learn more about the destruction of the Legendary Council, you must understand the battle of Lugia and Ho-oh. You see…”
While Mew droned on, closing his eyes reminiscently, Jirachi leaned over to Celebi.
“What was that all about?” he whispered angrily.
“I chickened out,” Celebi admitted sheepishly, “I don’t want him to know.”
Jirachi sighed.
Mew opened his eyes and noticed the duo, not paying attention.
“I’m boring you, aren’t I?” he asked calmly. Jirachi and Celebi quickly shook their heads, but Mew disregarded this. “Hang on,” he said, quickly getting up and dashing down, through a hole in the floor, into the other cube.
“Uh… what is he doing?” Celebi asked nervously, as sounds of various objects being tossed aside waved up to them.
“He’s looking for something,” Jirachi said, “that’s his storage room.”
Mew darted back up into the cube with a book in his hand and held it out to Jirachi, who took it and carefully blew the thick dust off the cover. Celebi eagerly looked over his shoulder and read the title aloud.
“Legendary battles, volume two…”
Aside from the title, on the cover of the book was a magnificently incorrect interpretation of Lugia and Ho-oh. The former was rising from a stormy sea, water dripping from its back, while the other dragon waited above him, positioned to attack. Fiery clouds surrounded the sky behind Ho-oh, while the entire background for Lugia was covered by the water. Despite the artist having correctly painted the types of the pokémon, both the appearances and color were off—Lugia was shaded in black where it was supposed to be gray, and purple where it was usually blue. Its wings, instead of branching out like fingers at the ends, seemed glued together. Ho-oh had been painted in pure grayscale, and its feet were missing.
“Is that supposed to be…” Jirachi trailed off, too absorbed in concentrating on the cover of the book to finish his question.
“Yes,” Mew said, “that is what some believed Lugia and Ho-oh to look like.”
“So this is a book about the battle between them?” Celebi asked. Mew nodded.
“Go ahead and take the book for a while. I don’t need it for anything.”
“Cool!” Jirachi smiled, tucking the book under his arm and floating out the door. “C’mon, Celebi, let’s go!” Celebi shrugged, waved a quick goodbye to Mew, and followed Jirachi.
***
“You know, I remember this battle,” Celebi mentioned as they began traveling back towards their home.
“Are you sure it’s not the battle between Kyogre and Groudon that you’re remembering? This one was quite a while ago,” Jirachi said, obviously concerned. Celebi laughed.
“No, I was alive during this one, too,” he said, “I was just hiding.”
“Hiding? From what?”
“From the same thing that destroyed the legendary council… that,” Celebi said, pointing at the book under Jirachi’s arm.
“You mean to tell me that this battle was so intense that you actually had to hide from it?”
“Yes. It destroyed the entirety of Kanto, and several locations in Johto. Luckily, Ilex forest was safe.”
“Well, since you were hiding, it certainly should be just as interesting for you as it is for me to read this,” Jirachi pointed out.
“True.” Celebi paused. “Hey, why don’t we just read it right now and return it to Mew?” he suggested. “It should be pretty short, the battle only lasted two years.”
“All right,” Jirachi said, and pulled out the book, opening it and flipping through to the first section of the book. Printed in broad letters across the top of the page were the words ‘Cause of the Battle.’
“This ought to be interesting,” Celebi noted, and began reading over Jirachi’s shoulder while Jirachi read aloud.
“Not much is known about the reasons why Ho-oh and Lugia went into battle. However, based on intensive research from our team’s many journalists, it has been guessed that the battle originated based on a disagreement over…”
They kept reading as they moved for several hours, not even paying attention to where they were going, occasionally switching the reader.
When they reached the last page, it was already quite dark outside. They finished the book using just the moon’s light, and they looked around, once again lost.
“We should probably return this book to Mew tomorrow,” Celebi said.
“We should find our way home first, though,” Jirachi said. Celebi laughed.
***
“Okay, what’s this?” Jirachi examined the note stuck on Mew’s door. Hastily scribbled were the words ‘gone explorin’. be back next year.’
“Mew goes exploring? Wow.” Celebi shook his head in disbelief.
“Why are you so surprised?” Jirachi asked.
“He’s... well, he's old. And for a whole year? Wow.”
Jirachi chuckled.
“Mew goes exploring all the time. Age has never stopped him.”
“In any case, though, we should probably put the book on his, er, doorstep."
Jirachi carefully set the book, face-down, in front of the lower cube of Mew’s unusual house.
“This should do,” he said, satisfied, and the two quickly floated away.
***
Mew arrived home and tossed his pack aside, distracted by the small package in front of his doorstep. He bent over and picked it up, judging from its shape that it was a book. He brushed off the thick dust that had formed on it to find that he was looking at the back. He turned it over to see its cover, and immediately realized what it was based on the amazingly inaccurate painting on the front.
Smiling, he picked up his pack, put the book in it, and went into his house.
Once again, apologies for the delay. I've been real busy with homework, plus I recently bought White, so I've been preoccupied by that, but I still managed to finish, proofread and edit the chapter within the weekend. So, not to keep you waiting, here's Part V!
“Dude… we killed Zapdos!”
“Yeah, we killed Zapdos. I thought we agreed not to mention this, though…”
“Oops…” Celebi laughed nervously. “I kinda forgot about that. Anyways, we should tell Mew we killed Zapdos.”
“Are you crazy? Do you want Mew to be mad at us?” Jirachi laughed. “Maybe you’re right. I don’t know, though… let’s go to Mew’s house and then we’ll see.”
Celebi nodded in agreement.
“We need a map first, though,” he reasoned.
“Actually, I’ve been to Mew’s place before,” Jirachi said, recalling his last visit. He had been invited to the house for small talk over a delicious dinner of oran and pecha berries while Celebi stayed at home to write a report on newly discovered pokémon for the Legendary Council. Mew, Groudon and Jirachi had talked about many controversial issues over their private dinner, such as Arceus’s leadership and favoritism of Rayquaza. At the time, Mew had supported Arceus as the leader of the council, but eventually, he realized the tyranny and such going on due to this, and change his views. It did not occur to Jirachi to mention this to his companion.
“Really?” Celebi asked, surprised.
“Yeah… it’s not too far from here.”
“Oh, cool. Where is it?”
“That way,” Jirachi said confidently, pointing to his right.
“Are you sure?” Celebi asked doubtfully.
“Yes, I’m sure. Let’s go.” Jirachi quickly floated out of the house he and Celebi shared, turned to the right, and went down a few blocks, with Celebi following close behind.
***
When the two finally arrived at Mew’s house, they stopped and surveyed the house. Celebi was amazed at the quite unusual shape of it: two cubes, one standing on top of the other, each with its own doors and windows. Jirachi recognized it, though, and quickly floated up to the top cube, knocking on its door.
The door flew open, and would have sent Jirachi flying, had he not dodged just in time. Celebi quickly floated up to the door as well and saw Mew eagerly beckoning them in to the top cube. Jirachi quickly went in, while Celebi hesitated for a second. Before any more hesitation, though, Mew pulled him inside and shut the door as quickly as he had opened it. It made a satisfying bang as it closed.
Celebi was astonished at the inside of Mew’s house as well. Paintings of legendary pokémon—all of the human artists’ depictions wrong, of course—were plastered all over the walls. In the very corner of the room, a fire was lit on sudowoodo-shaped logs. Chairs, couches, and other places to sit covered the floor. Mew sat down in one of the chairs, a rocking chair near the fireplace.
“What brings you here?” he asked.
“Well, Mew--” Jirachi began, quickly interrupted by Celebi.
“We wanted to find out more about how the original Legendary Council was destroyed,” he said hurriedly, glancing nervously at Jirachi.
“Ah,” Mew said, smiling, “I knew you would want more details. Everyone always does. Anyways, to learn more about the destruction of the Legendary Council, you must understand the battle of Lugia and Ho-oh. You see…”
While Mew droned on, closing his eyes reminiscently, Jirachi leaned over to Celebi.
“What was that all about?” he whispered angrily.
“I chickened out,” Celebi admitted sheepishly, “I don’t want him to know.”
Jirachi sighed.
Mew opened his eyes and noticed the duo, not paying attention.
“I’m boring you, aren’t I?” he asked calmly. Jirachi and Celebi quickly shook their heads, but Mew disregarded this. “Hang on,” he said, quickly getting up and dashing down, through a hole in the floor, into the other cube.
“Uh… what is he doing?” Celebi asked nervously, as sounds of various objects being tossed aside waved up to them.
“He’s looking for something,” Jirachi said, “that’s his storage room.”
Mew darted back up into the cube with a book in his hand and held it out to Jirachi, who took it and carefully blew the thick dust off the cover. Celebi eagerly looked over his shoulder and read the title aloud.
“Legendary battles, volume two…”
Aside from the title, on the cover of the book was a magnificently incorrect interpretation of Lugia and Ho-oh. The former was rising from a stormy sea, water dripping from its back, while the other dragon waited above him, positioned to attack. Fiery clouds surrounded the sky behind Ho-oh, while the entire background for Lugia was covered by the water. Despite the artist having correctly painted the types of the pokémon, both the appearances and color were off—Lugia was shaded in black where it was supposed to be gray, and purple where it was usually blue. Its wings, instead of branching out like fingers at the ends, seemed glued together. Ho-oh had been painted in pure grayscale, and its feet were missing.
“Is that supposed to be…” Jirachi trailed off, too absorbed in concentrating on the cover of the book to finish his question.
“Yes,” Mew said, “that is what some believed Lugia and Ho-oh to look like.”
“So this is a book about the battle between them?” Celebi asked. Mew nodded.
“Go ahead and take the book for a while. I don’t need it for anything.”
“Cool!” Jirachi smiled, tucking the book under his arm and floating out the door. “C’mon, Celebi, let’s go!” Celebi shrugged, waved a quick goodbye to Mew, and followed Jirachi.
***
“You know, I remember this battle,” Celebi mentioned as they began traveling back towards their home.
“Are you sure it’s not the battle between Kyogre and Groudon that you’re remembering? This one was quite a while ago,” Jirachi said, obviously concerned. Celebi laughed.
“No, I was alive during this one, too,” he said, “I was just hiding.”
“Hiding? From what?”
“From the same thing that destroyed the legendary council… that,” Celebi said, pointing at the book under Jirachi’s arm.
“You mean to tell me that this battle was so intense that you actually had to hide from it?”
“Yes. It destroyed the entirety of Kanto, and several locations in Johto. Luckily, Ilex forest was safe.”
“Well, since you were hiding, it certainly should be just as interesting for you as it is for me to read this,” Jirachi pointed out.
“True.” Celebi paused. “Hey, why don’t we just read it right now and return it to Mew?” he suggested. “It should be pretty short, the battle only lasted two years.”
“All right,” Jirachi said, and pulled out the book, opening it and flipping through to the first section of the book. Printed in broad letters across the top of the page were the words ‘Cause of the Battle.’
“This ought to be interesting,” Celebi noted, and began reading over Jirachi’s shoulder while Jirachi read aloud.
“Not much is known about the reasons why Ho-oh and Lugia went into battle. However, based on intensive research from our team’s many journalists, it has been guessed that the battle originated based on a disagreement over…”
They kept reading as they moved for several hours, not even paying attention to where they were going, occasionally switching the reader.
When they reached the last page, it was already quite dark outside. They finished the book using just the moon’s light, and they looked around, once again lost.
“We should probably return this book to Mew tomorrow,” Celebi said.
“We should find our way home first, though,” Jirachi said. Celebi laughed.
***
“Okay, what’s this?” Jirachi examined the note stuck on Mew’s door. Hastily scribbled were the words ‘gone explorin’. be back next year.’
“Mew goes exploring? Wow.” Celebi shook his head in disbelief.
“Why are you so surprised?” Jirachi asked.
“He’s... well, he's old. And for a whole year? Wow.”
Jirachi chuckled.
“Mew goes exploring all the time. Age has never stopped him.”
“In any case, though, we should probably put the book on his, er, doorstep."
Jirachi carefully set the book, face-down, in front of the lower cube of Mew’s unusual house.
“This should do,” he said, satisfied, and the two quickly floated away.
***
Mew arrived home and tossed his pack aside, distracted by the small package in front of his doorstep. He bent over and picked it up, judging from its shape that it was a book. He brushed off the thick dust that had formed on it to find that he was looking at the back. He turned it over to see its cover, and immediately realized what it was based on the amazingly inaccurate painting on the front.
Smiling, he picked up his pack, put the book in it, and went into his house.
RE: Legendary Tales (Part IV up)
OKay, So we have only a one grammatic issue that I noticed..
But beyond that, we have another problem, that is not grammatic...
Very well done!
OKay, So we have only a one grammatic issue that I noticed..
But beyond that, we have another problem, that is not grammatic...
This has a huge opporunity for description! How does he know? Why did he visit? Who told him? Maybe something like
Even just that could have improved the story.
Very well done!
RE: Legendary Tales (Part V up)
thefleeee-Thanks!
aggie-
First off, thanks for catching the grammar mistake.
The main reason why I didn't expand on Jirachi's visit to Mew's house is because it holds almost no importance in the rest of the story except for explaining further why Jirachi, Celebi and Mew are all friends. However, because I went so in-depth describing the cover of the book, which holds no significance either, I suppose you're right and I should describe the visit to make the chapter better and longer.
Thanks for the suggestion! ^-^
EDIT: Updated.
thefleeee-Thanks!
aggie-
First off, thanks for catching the grammar mistake.
The main reason why I didn't expand on Jirachi's visit to Mew's house is because it holds almost no importance in the rest of the story except for explaining further why Jirachi, Celebi and Mew are all friends. However, because I went so in-depth describing the cover of the book, which holds no significance either, I suppose you're right and I should describe the visit to make the chapter better and longer.
Thanks for the suggestion! ^-^
EDIT: Updated.