Jynyx's rings glowed a soft red.'You did not fail.It was I who
failed,but you could not do anything to defy the inevitable.'She
turned and looked up at the moon,which was visible through the
glass roof,and her rings paled into a light blue.'Arceus wanted
them.' Jynyx turned back to Addy.'You must get well,Addy.The palace
has fallen not only onto my shoulders but yours too.'
Addy turned her sad eyes to Jynyx, "I will do my best, but not
because of me. For you...You should have saved your mother" She
added quietly, sleep causing her eyelids to droop.
Jynyx nodded,barely hearing Icy's response.She had just remembered
the cave she had seen.She bounded back out of the castle and into
the cave before her throat closed in awe.
The cave was a dome in shape,with stalactites poking down from the
roof and water dripping gently down their sides and pooling
underneath,the sound echoing beautifully through the space.A small
rise in the corner served as a nice place to sit and a cave stream
flowed through the back,slithering deep into the narrow tunnel in
the back of the cave and disappearing in the darkness.A soft,purple
glow reflected off the cave walls and the water,illuminating the
entire cavern.
Jynyx stepped towards the narrow tunnel as her rings turned blue
with excitement.She rushed down the path,staying beside the cave
river as the sound grew louder and faster.A mist sprayed her face
and she jumped when her paws hit a moldy wood;Before she could
react she was plunged down the river on a raft.She struggled to
stay upright as the stream began to froth with white foam and rocks
jutted out of the water.The raft bumped off them and a waterfall
loomed in front of her.Jynyx's rings erupted into a bright,vibrant
blue and she squealed excitedly as the raft plunged down the
fall,river foam spraying her face.
(What is this,the Pirates of the Carribean Disney ride now?)
Addy began to mutter something in a forgotten language, getting
into the safety of the forest before her body began to change
shape. Slowly it morphed back into her true form, Mew. She shook
herself out and muttered, "Geez. I was a plusle for to long. That
shock shouldn't have knocked me out too. I failed. I must report
back, I have failed to keep this kingdom's King and Queen alive. At
least they are in good hands. I will even stay here, still using
Addy as her advisor...It will be nice to hear my own name, Aza."
Jynyx looked down and shrieked with fear and her rings exploded
into a terrified neon green.Below,several gorebyss,tentacruel, and
other water types waiting in the froth below.
Jynyx quickly leapt off the raft and let it break into rotted wood
shards and jumped from one jagged rock to the next,dodging water
pulses and hydro pumps.She landed on a beach with black sand and
pokemon skeletons littering the charred sand.A creeping sensation
rode up her spine and she dashed through the wooden door in front
of her,into a small room made entirely of stone bricks.The open
exit was in front of her again,and she went through,but she was
back in the same room,and it happened again and again until she
realized some etching on the wall beside her: Sometimes to move forward in life,
You must first go back.
She turned and headed back through the doorway to find herself
outside.
Aza took to the air and landed in front of her master, "Arceus, I
have returned with grave news. The King and Queen of the kingdom I
told you are dead. However sad this is...The new Queen will do
well. Only thing is we are without a king, and this saddens me. I
like her, ad I know her better than most. A forced marriage, though
the only option, will upset her. I hope she can see the for the
greater good...' Arceus looked down upon Aza, "I understand you did
your best, Aza. I know Jynyx and have been watching her, and I
agree she will be a great queen, but she is also stubborn. She must
tame her wild attitude if she wishes to survive. You may go." Aza
looked at her king, "Yes King Arceus." She said, floating back to
the kingdom and watching from a perch.
Jynyx looked over her shoulder at the cave exit.Did she ever want
to go back in there...?Well,yes.She could train there until she
cleared out the pokemon there were gone,then clean out the pokemon
skeletons...the thought of them made her shudder,but it had to be
done at some point.She turned away from the exit and entered the
palace again.
Jynyx bounded again into Addy's room.Since she was asleep,she
turned to leave when a strange thing hit her;
The smell of the forest!
Had Addy been there?
Maybe that's why she felt better.
Whatever,Jynyx thought,and she turned back again when
another thing hit her.
There was no king.
So what?,she thought.The kingdom could do without a king.Even
though every kingdom had one....
She would just adopt the unwanted eggs from the hatchery.It would
support her wisest statement,anyway: Blood connections do not matter.It is a strong bond that truly
connect two pokemon.
She nodded.
This would be a strong kingdom,the way it was planned in her head.
Aza opened her eyes slightly, but not wide enough to notice. How
could she get her to understand the need for a king? No matter how
much it hurt, the kingdom needed one. Pokémon needed to be
comforted, and not only that but only heirs of the throne have been
supported by blood for one reason. This family line was special, in
many ways. Aza had an idea, she would tell Jynyx of her mother when
she was in a younger age. Maybe that would help, seeing as her
mother had the same attitude as her once.
Jynyx left Addy's room and sat down in the royal garden.
The thought still nagged her..... No king.No king.No king.
Jynyx shook her head angrily.Her only words worth hearing would be
wrong!
She growled and,out of anger,yelled and a powerful pulse of
darkness swept across the grass before vanishing.
She was a queen now,not a princess.She had to keep calm.
She was still mad,so she tugged at her spiked collar.
Azathouht quietly, then made a huge decision. She would reveal her
true self to Jynyx. Getting up, she rushed to the garden still as a
plusle, "Jynyx!'
Jynyx pricked her ears(How do umbreon hear?There are no ear
openings)and turned to Addy.'What,Addy?'She said,then added
quietly,'Surely you aren't here to tell me what I already know is a
problem?'
Addy sighed, "I already know that you have known the problem. This
is different. Something else you need to know, but you must promise
to tell no one."
Aza took a deep breath and then morphed into her true form. The
legendary pokemon mew, said to watch over people as an assistant to
Arceus, She looked timidly at the new queen for her reaction.
Jynyx just stared at her.Not even surprised.
She just stared.
And stared.
Stared.
Finally she said,'I never would have guessed,'and she turned back
to the lake,turning the king problem over in her head.