Gates to misery ch: 8

Story by dusk102 on SoFurry

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#8 of Gates to Misery


I completely lost my composer and cried myself. "Z-Zorua......I'm sorry..." I told her with a shaky voice. I could tell my sudden apology surprised the dark type and she drew closer. "Sorry? What what?" Each step she took to me made me back up from guilt. "Y-your mother... She came and.... she almost....I....." I couldn't say it. The thought alone hurt too much.But Zorua could guess what happened. She was either beaten or worse. Which one she thought, I couldn't tell. She suddenly hugged me, which made me freeze in place and stop crying from surprise. The tears that were already out was the only thing that moved. "It's OK." She told me in a whisper. "Whatever happened, I'm sure it wasn't your fault. I don't blame you." As sad as I still was, I didn't cry at all. "O-okay... Thank you, Zorua..." I barely said. "I.... have to go now." She didn't let go of me though. "I wont let you go without me." She said firmly, letting me know I would not take no for an answer. I had to take it in slowly before I needed. "Okay. We'll go together." I agreed before we both went.

Where we ended up, I don't know. Looked like a cave, but it looked and felt so..... unnatural. Like something dark and depressing that didn't belong was here. And that's why we had to hurry. This was most likely the work of the bitter cold. "This isn't right... Dunsparce told me the way to the palace, but he didn't describe it at all like this." "Must be the Bitter Cold." Zorua included. I only nodded as we both went our way through this.... place.

Getting through it wasn't so hard. Well, it was for Zorua. I could tell she wasn't a fighter. And maybe it would be hard for me if I didn't have my powers. Something I really shouldn't take for granted. Either way, we got out and.... The glaciers I saw were like as described to me by Dunsparce. Was a bit dark though. Like something was looming over us.It was the first time I ever regret looking up. A palace of spikes and ice over us from a great distance. It scared me to see it, but I didn't want to turn back. Ever. I had everyone to save and I wasn't alone. I swear i heard some sort of noise. Maybe a roar. It was confirmed when Salamence. The some one I met from before... And behind us, Two Chandelure appeared. We were outnumbered, but Zorua was dark, so maybe she could handle the two ghosts.

We only one because of my powers. I think I'm getting stronger. I thought of all the times I had with my friends and.... I don't know how to describe it. Salamance was suddenly freezing and slowed down by an ice cold wind that seemed to come from me. I was happy to know we would win and that seemed to only make it stronger. It wasn't enough though. He fired a dragon breath at us both, but my protect kept us safe. Good timing too. The Chandelure fired incinerate from behind. I lowered the protect and Zorua went to work on her end as I used icicle spear on Salamance. I could use other moves it seemed. Ones even an Eevee can't normally use. I didn't question it. I was just thankful. Zorua had dealt with one of the ghosts, but one she was still fighting with. I fired a Shadow ball and the remaining Chandlure and he went down from the surprise of that and a feint attack from my partner.

Zorua looked as surprised as I was. The fight did take a while to win, but it seemed faster then expected. "I don't get it." I told her. "Aren't Salamance supposed to be stronger?" "Don't ask, just be thankful and lets get going." She told me and went ahead. I caught up and.... something caught my eye. A card? No. Cards. Entercards. Just lying there. I picked them up. "Zorua, I think these will help." I was already placing them in random places of the thing I stole from Espeon. She came over to see. "Are you sure you know how to use them?" "No." I said honestly. "But we don't have any other choice." I placed the last one in and a gate was made. To the palace even. What great luck we had for this. But there was no time to celebrate. We jumped in and ended up in the icy place

We were outside and it was a bit chilly. "Wow... I'm really grateful we're here and we can finish this together." I simply went one way without thinking of where to go. Not a smart move to make, but I need to be stealthy. Luckily, Zorua is the sneaky type, so she did help me stay hidden. At times, we did have to fight though. Mostly when we thought we were in fact, near the Bitter Cold. A lot of Pokemon were guarding one area, so we thought that's where it was, electricity was dancing all over it too. A fake looking wall was there. "This is it?" Zorua asked. "It's not as far as I thought it would be. Lets break in!" Without much warning, she ran at the door and I had to catch up to help her break it down.It was surprisingly easy, but there was no bitter cold. First thing we found was more enter cards "More of these things?" I looked them over and their symbols. No idea what they meant, but we found a Pokemon neitherof us had seen before. I was the first to go to him. "Ngh....Y-you...You actually...came..Th....thanks..." He told me. Or us. "It was a pretty long shot, but...I guess...all hope wasn't lost...after all...We've got to hurt...and get away..." I knew why he wanted to flee. "Find you're way out. We have to stay and finish this." I told him "We can't let everyone perish like this." Me and Zorua were heading out of the tower when we heard him again. "Wait. Take me with you." We turned around and saw him standing, already had entercards ready for use. We agreed. Especially since that would be faster.

We all teleported in Front of Munna and her gang. Munna looked surprised to see us. "Keldeo?!" I won't lie, I was just surprised, but Keldeo had a look on his face like he intended this. I guess he wanted to unsure her friends wouldn't get us if we took out the leader. "Keldeo, how did you escape from.... Oh. I see. You little meddlers!" He stepped forward to confront her. "Munna! I'm sorry for you, but Eevee and Zorua are going ahead to do what they came here to do! I'm going to see that!" That seemed to make her shake in anger "You--!" Zorua interrupted. "You guys are so low! Trapping Pokemon that want to ave the world! I bet you can't even feel-" She would have kept going if I didn't stop her. "That's where you're wrong!" Munna shot back. "Keldeo let himself be caught on purpose! All because he thought he could convince us to change our plans!" So Keldeo was trying long before we did. I understood now. He sent a cruel letter to Virizion so she wouldn't look for him and get involved. "When he first came here, he got all the way to the crystal and even learned what it was. I offered him to join to help destroy this world and he rejected us!" "Of course I'd reject an idea like that." Keldeo spoke up again. "I couldn't agree to a future of destruction. After I said no to them, Kyurem and Munna's gang chased me relentlessly. But...as I ran, I began to have my doubts. I began to wonder if Munna and the others were really determined to end the world. And so i came back here... I came back to try and make them reconsider. But these guys wouldn't listen to a thing I said... So in the end, I was captured." "What else would you expect?" The Psychic asked. "Of course we wouldn't listen to your petty lies!" "I wonder about that..." Keldeo started up again. "It looked to me like you had your own doubts. Still looks that way in fact."

"No! No! You're wrong!" She seemed desperate to convince us. I could see it clearly that she still believed in this world. "There is not a single good thing about this world for any of us! That's why we all want to dissapear together! If we're together, we won't be sad or scared. Not ever again!" Tears were being held back by her. Her friends were no different. "There's no good in this world, and that is why... We have no choice but to dissapear!" That last part made something in me snap a little. I grew angry and a red aura grew to show it. "No good?! I've seen a lot of great good that the team I joined alone have done! They worked hard to help others and even if there is nothing to save this world, they are trying and they believe! I was even there to help do it with them." Everyone was seeming to back away from me. "SO don't you DARE say there's nothing good in this world!" At that point, I noticed just how big my red aura had gotten and calmed down. "Um...Ahem. Sorry...."

Wasn't enough time for anyone to respond. A big tremor shook the place up. "Lady Munna!" I Gigalith yelled out. "The icicles--they are a-shaking, ma'am!" A pillar of an icicle was coming down behind Keldeo, which is where Zorua and I were! We did try to run for it, but something about my legs refused to move. I closed my eyes tight and waited.........Nothing. I wasn't even harmed I opened them again and..... me, Zorua, and Munna were on the other side of a chasm it made. Everyone else was on the other side. She.... pushed us here when she saw it coming. "Munna?" Zorua asked and went a bit closer to her. "Don't sound so worried. I'm fine." She said, though not getting up. "Never mind me... Just keep going." Even though she saved us, I was still surprised. "What?" "I've sworn loyalty to master Kyurem." She explained. "I can't go any further than this. So... I'll have to count on you... Please.... Save the world." We would have talked more, but another tremor told us to keep going, so we ran without further word.

We kept running, but I stopped so poor Zorua could catch her breath. I don't think she was expecting this, but she was clearly determined to help me. "Hah....hah... Once we get through all of this, I think we'll reach the top. Where..... the Bittercold is waiting for us!" I couldn't help but feel bad for her, though I knew any chance of asking her to turn back would be rejected. On the other hand, the wind seemed to be sucked to where I think the crystal is. So we knew where to go. "Eevee. You don't have to worry about me. It's a but tough, sure, but I can take this. I have to. I want to see this through the end. Now lets keep going!" I nodded and went with her. There wasn't anything to deal with anyway. With Munna on our side, no Pokemon tried to stop us.

We made it. The very top. Only thing there was a stairway entrance to where was clearly the Bittercold. Zorua needed a break though. We were at the other side of the foor and she was clearly having a hard time. "Zorua..... I should go the rest of the way on my own." That seem to make her angry. "Eevee, I'm going all the way and that's that! I wont let you go on you're own!" "Zorua... We're already here. The Bittercold is in there. Anything that happens in there, I'll be fine, but you... I'm worried about you and-" "Halt!" We both heard from no where, which made us look around. "Eevee..... Who was that?" Zorua asked, nervously. "It is true that the Bittercold lies within." The voice started up again. I never heard this voice, so I had no idea what it was. "However... You two will never reach it!" There was a bright flash before a giant dragon was in front of us. It let out a loud roar and spoke again. "Did I not tell you? That if you still harbored the desire to save this world, I would dedicate every fiber of my being to destroying you?!" I never even met him. Maybe this was Kyurem that Snivy, tepig, and Oshawott mentioned before. I recall them saying someone said that. "What are you talking about? We never even met before. Ever." I spoke up, but i was nervous and my voice showed it. "Just give up." He said right to me. "No matter how fiercely you struggle,the future cannot be altered. "Yes it can." I spoke up. "And the fact that you're standing in our way shows that you believe it! You want to believe that this world should go. In fact, you seem to have more faith in it than anyone else. Why though?" he didn't directly answer the question. "It may be that you could alter some small fate by your own hands. However, in the face of so great a fate as this, you are like a soft breeze against a stone wall! The fate of the world is decided! It will not be moved!" "Ha!" Zorua laughed at him. Of all the people she could laugh or mock, it was a legendary. "You're too mixed into this to really see it. If fate was so destined, it would not have let us get this far in the beginning. You see, Eevee isn't a breeze.... HE'S A WRECKING BALL! Now get out of our way before he wrecks you too!" The dragon wasn't that surprised. In fact, it was like he expected that answer. Was he preparing us for this? "If that's what you say, then... Prove it! Show me, if you can, how you will overcome me!" And with a final roar, he used Glaciate. A freezing cold attack that hurt us both. It almost felt like i was on fire. I cuddled up to Zorua to try and get us both warm. Luckily, an opening was there now. Our enemy used fly and flew up for it. "Oh good. I'll distract him and you run in!" Zorua told me, quietly. I didn't argue. In fact, I liked the idea, so I ran for it to there in a hurry.I went in

It was is unpleasant. a void with ice floating everywhere. And what I can only assume was the bitter cold was a huge, spiky ice ball with pitch black rocks. Electricity was coming off of it here and there and it was sucking in an ominous wind. A wind that seemed to push on my chest like it was trying to suffocate me. But... I was human. It shouldn't be effecting me.....should it? I wouldn't let it stop me though. I had an idea to get rid of this thing myself. I went as close as I could before I had a real hard time breathing. Then... I heard voices.... saying they believed me... Snivy? Virizion? All my friends yelling at me that I can do this. I felt more confidant in this now, but I didn't believe I actually was hearing them. I focused an energy out of me slowly, building up a ball of power. Every time.... I felt more pain... sorrow... loneliness. The voices changed, telling me to stop. I don't want to though. But the weirdest part was, my silver fur was turning brown as I took out my own power. Tears rolled off my face as I thought of my life. "You... you're not an enemy. You're not evil either." I told the Bittercold like it was alive. "You're pain. The pain of everyone living. I don't want to be in pain either, but I have to now.... for my friends... for everyone... Here's everything I live for. Take it!" I shot it with everything, losing what seemed to be my own joy as it hit the Bittercold. At first, it was absorbed into the ice. Looked like it did nothing, but then, a crack appeared. And another. And more, letting out what seemed like a small glimpse of a rainbow before it broke completely.

I suddenly woke up to so much pain... Mostly emotional pain than anything else. I couldn't stop crying. I lost all my joy, but everything is safe now, so it was worth it. My blue aura... It was pure sorrow now. If i go back to my friends, it will destroy the purpose of having them.... There's no was I can go back. I slowly picked up my injured body from the ground and looked around. Pieces of ice were everywhere. I didn't know where Zorua, Keldeo, Munna or her gang were, but I hoped they were OK. Now, I had to go... somewhere no one would so everyone could live in peace.... without me...

THE END