Silenrea: Chains of Creation

Silenrea: Chains of Creation

“It's here! At last, we have found it! Three years of searching and now, we have found the map. Our map...to the gateway and to perfection...”

“The preparations are almost ready. But we need the key. But no other clue to what it is, excluding the...”

“The plan is progressing smoothly. Panic is rising and confusion abound, it will not be long...the world's pain shall bring about the...”

“No! I refuse to let it end this way, not when we have strived so hard to get to this momentous spot! Find it! I do not care how you do it, gather forces for all I care, just bring me back the key!”


“Hey, are you okay? Sorry to startle you...my name is Silenrea.”
“It's nice to meet you, Psyquareon...”


Chapter 1 – Rebellious Minds


Near silence sweeps over the grassy plains and the scattered trees in the area. Sunshine peering down through the clouds as the rays of light hit the droplets of water that cover the landscape like a fine glittering powder. The Pokemon have not all yet come out after the recent downpour, but there are some. Water types in particular never seeked shelter and rather enjoyed the rain, as did some grass Pokemon to enjoy the refreshing liquid to, in a manner of speaking, water them.

The silence is pierced by the chittering and other natural sounds of various Pokemon, yet there are many moments where the silence returns save for the wind blowing through the trees and showering settled water down. The droplets also catch the light and it looks rather magical, the wonders of nature and the ways of the world.

A pair of voices is also heard, a discussion of sorts. A Latias called Silenrea is with a friend she met recently called Psyquareon. Of course, his name is also that of his species, and as such...is a new form of Eeveelution. Indeed, this small Pokemon is one of a kind as far as he knows. Then again...there is little he does know.

Silenrea moves a paw up and scratches her claws along the base of her neck, she has just finished the majority of a conversation with the Eeveelution, and is now summarising it all within her mind.
“Okay...so that is all you can remember?” she asks, even though she trusts Psyquareon to be truthful about the matter. The water and psychic type has no recollection of where he came from nor about his own abilities. The Latias found him one day climbing a tree with him having what could only be described as a blank stare as he was in deep thought. After their first meeting and becoming friends, the female Eon took it upon herself to try and help him discover not only about himself, but how he ended up in this situation in the first place. She continues to speak, feeling that maybe they should do something to clear their heads and freshen up a bit.
“Well it's certainly progress, Psyquareon. But don't push yourself too hard, don't forget what sometimes happens when you do.”

The Eeveelution nods and he remembers the times that happened. When he remembered about being psychic he let loose an uncontrolled blast of psychic energy and he fell from the tree...but was caught by the friendly Latias.
“Right, don't worry about that. I think this is all I am going to remember today. It's so frustrating. To know that it is there, but I cannot grasp my memories. It's like I am at war with myself...at least it feels that way.” he looks down and his tail sways slightly.

Psyquareon is quite the Pokemon to behold. A blue body, several shades deeper than a Vaporeon and a very faint green tinge to it's overall complexion, but barely noticeable...yet also makes all the difference. There are gold-coloured bands at certain areas. There are two at the base of the front paws with a single band at the base of the entire front limbs. In contrast, there is only one band of gold around the base of the back paws. One more band is around the neck and two at the base of his tail-fin. Indeed, at the end of the tail is a fin much like any fish but the same as the rest of his body regardless. However, one would notice that there is a chunk missing from the tail-fin on one half of the tail, as though a bite had been taken out of it...and it does, in fact, resemble a bite mark. On that same half of the tail-fin, but opposite side to the bite, there are three gold rings right next to each other and clearly appear to be made of metal. They, in fact, seem to be like human ear-piercings. Whether these two features on the tail-fin are from his natural evolution or had formed during his past history is unclear at this point.

Psyquareon's ears are webbed and are a slightly darker gold texture, but the top of the webbed ears is bordered by his usual blue body flesh. Between the ears and at the exact center of his head, is a very small fin of a dark golden-brown colour. There are two more that form a perfect line, though there is a gap between each fin, leading down towards his nose but is situated between his eyes. His final features includes the yellow irises of his eyes, and the darker blue texture of whiskers that are almost like a mostache. One would associate them to being similar to that seen upon a Gyarados, yet joined near the Psyquareon's nose on both sides.

Silenrea giggles and purrs softly as she reaches a paw down to pet him tenderly. He murrs at her touch, closing his eyes instinctively and enjoying the feel. He ends up leaning into the petting a little bit, a simple reaction to the enjoyment of the attention given to him by the Latias. She knows what he is going through, she is in a similar situation herself more or less. Just her case varies, though she prefers not to talk about it and for good reason.
“Don't fret over that...okay?” she looks around before returning her attention fully to him and lifts her paw away, causing the Eeveelution to snap out of his semi-trance state. The Eon smiles and looks over towards the forest bordering a river. The sounds of the rushing water faintly reaching her ears.
“Let's go for a bit of a wander along the river. Should help us calm our thoughts and can chat along the way. You even said it yourself, that the sound of rushing water can be very relaxing and soothing.” she giggles and flies ahead of him a little, and as she had expected...Psyquareon bounds along after her.

The only sounds coming from the pair of Pokemon as they near the river is idle conversation about what they did and a few other minor details. In fact, one of the things asked was what the Latias' favourite berry was.
“Pecha berry, to be honest. I can't deny I have a fondness for sweet things.” she then giggles. “Only thing is, I end up having others tease me and say I'm sweeter than the berries. I swear...they do it on purpose just to try make me blush.” the rest of the conversation is pretty much uneventful.

As they slow on their little wander and approach some rocks near the river's edge to rest, a small question comes out of the Latias' maw.
“So what do you suppose happened to make you lose your memory? I know I said we shouldn't dwell on it, but I figure that since we have had time to unwind a little as we went...that you might be able to say a possible cause.” she looks at her friend and he glances at her and then back to the rocks they are getting closer to.

“Well, I was thinking...” he doesn't get any further than that before he turns towards the woods only a split second before a wave of dark energy slams into him. The sheer force pushes him along and slams into one of the rocks near the river where they were headed. It was a Dark Pulse attack, and a powerful one at that. Silenrea yelps out in shock and flies over right away to her friend's side.

“Psyquareon? Psyquareon! Get up...please get up...” she realises that he is completely out cold and is not going anywhere anytime soon. Her ears perk up at the sound of a twig snapping and her head turns instantly towards the noise to see a Pokemon. With a menacing and ominous growl, the attacker stands just fifty feet away from them. It is a Houndoom, and something about the way he is staring at the downed Eeveelution and Silenrea makes the Latias think it very strange that he attacked without any provocation. She flies in front of Psyquareon, placing herself between him and their assaulter.

“What do you want? Why did you attack my friend? Answer me!” she is getting upset at this, because as she was talking and asking those first two questions, the emotions and expressions on the dark type never changed and this makes her worry that something is wrong. And her suspicions would be correct, but the female Eon is not keeping her guard up as much as it should be. With a malicious glint in the canine's eyes, he opens his muzzle for an attack, but it is not what Silenrea expected when she prepared to avoid. Instead of an assumed Flamethrower or Dark Pulse, a noxious smoke of sorts. In truth, it is various gases...poisonous ones from a Smog attack, which fills the area rapidly and engulfs a large radius. The Latias lets out a surprised sound upon the release of the attack, a foolish action as it exposes the passage to the inside of her body, and the gases immediately then assault her lungs unpon inhalation. She realises at this point she should have not reacted the way she did, and mentally slaps herself for getting careless. The Eon, coughing and shaking her head to clear her eyes to be able to see also, keeps her relatively immobilised.

It is not long and she realises that she should just fly up and out. Considering she is still new to being in battles like this, and so ill-prepared on top of that, it is no wonder she is having a little trouble adapting to harsh combat and such tactics used against her. She starts to slowly lift herself up higher, blinded by the lingering gases and yet, unable to see the shadowy outline swiftly move through the dense gases, whom is clearly undeterred by them.

The Houndoom has closed in for the attack, and before Silenrea has even elevated herself up a foot, the dark Pokmeon has leaped and clamped his powerful jaws onto the Latias' left wing. The pain is intense and she screams out in agony from the Bite attack and the momentum from the advisory drags her to the ground with a dull thud, the dark type not letting go, in fact he is biting harder. The pain shooting through to Silenrea's mind is becoming unbearable but she still cannot see...she concentrates and creates a series of pulses of psychic energy to push outwards. After the third one, the last of the Smog attack is gone, this all only took about four seconds. She then turns her head and stares in horror at the canine clamped onto her wing, if he keeps this up he's going to bite through completely. She opens her maw, and with a scream accompanying the attack...she releases a Dragonbreath right onto the deranged Houndoom and maintains the attack...not planning to stop until he lets go.

The outcome, fortunately, is in Silenrea's favour. The dark type Pokemon growls as the attack impacts upon him. The paralysing aspects of the attack loosening his grip enough that the combined force of the attack and his slackened jaw makes him be blasted away from the Latias. The canine landing on his side, he gets back up, a little slowly as the paralysis has affected him but not a total paralysis. So he will be ready to continue very shortly.

The female Eon looks at her wing and winces at not only the sight of it, but also the pain. It is bleeding and is in pretty bad shape. She takes the opportunity presented before her with the partially paralysed opponent and uses Recover. She gains a slight white glow as her body proceeds to accelerate the natural healing, draining a little of her energy in order to do so. Her wing tingles a little as the flesh repairs itself...but fortunately there is no scar. The blood is still there, but that is the old dried blood. She will clean that off...after she stops this fight. But she doesn't want to have to battle the Houndoom, she sees little point in this conflict and it was unprovoked.

With a deep growl, Silenrea's foe is standing on all fours again. His teeth are in clear sight to the female Eon, the teeth that only moments ago almost separated a chunck from her left wing. She whimpers softly, knowing she will have to battle through to the end.
“Fine...” she places her paws close together and her eyes glow blue. The Houndoom doesn't seem worried in the least, he's not concerned about a psychic attack. But then he senses something and looks down to see odd pulses directly under him. They are blue and like the ripples in a still pond, and it doesn't take the dark type long to know to get away from that spot. But just as he tries to leap aside, a massive blast of water surges up from underneath to slam into him. It was one of the many ways to launch Water Pulse, and while he had managed to avoid part of the attack he still was hit hard. He struggles to get back up, but once up he howls loudly and glares at the Latias. It's surprising he is still up, it's almost unnatural.

Psyquareon moans and moves a little as he starts to regain consciousness, which could not have been the worst timing. The Houndoom turns his head and locks onto the downed Pokemon, suddenly feeling that eliminating the Eeveelution would be easier. On top of that...the dark type is closer. Silenrea realises what is probably going to happen, and if not...it's still a perfect opening to attack and try end this. She psychically grips a nearby rock, a decently sized one. She proceeds to pull it up into the air, part of it was in the ground so it is a little harder to wrench it free of the soil.

Suddenly, the Houndoom dashes towards Psyquareon, causing the Latias to make the quick action and hurls the rock right at the enemy as he cannot see it coming at him. It slams into the dark type's side hard and the sheer force winds him, pushing him all the way over towards the river and almost fell in.

Silenrea had, effectively, used Rock Throw. But there was a major difference in the attack. The attack is a physical impact, yes. But normally it is dependent on physical strength to throw the stone. But Silenrea threw it with her psychic powers, and thus the force behind the blow was based upon her psychic strength which is much greater a power than her physical strength. Through these means, she has converted her psychic strength to go head to head with the Houndoom's physical defenses and endurence.

The canine Pokemon whines and whimpers in pain, but then starts to growl angrily. Though down, he plans to get back up. The female Eon starts to move closer and is growling also.
“Don't you dare try attack my friend, let alone when he is defenseless!” she says heatedly. The dark type growls and still doesn't respond, as Silenrea floats near him, she rushes down at him and then, in a surprising motion, forces the Houndoom's head into the nearby river in her anger at how he is acting. He starts to struggle but it is so weak right now. After a few seconds she pulls his head back out to make sure he doesn't drown. He is gasping and then suddenly he looks...afraid.
“What..? Why did you? Who are you?!” he says in fear, much to the Latias' confusion, and yet relief.

“I'm sorry...” she starts to say. “But you attacked me and my friend. And it went from there. Don't you...don't you remember?” she looks at him and then starts to help him into a more rested position as the canine starts to strain his mind to remember what happened. It suddenly comes back in a flash. The shock spreading over the canine's face as the battle and how he acted so mercilessly and brutally enters his mind once more.
“I...I do remember. And I don't know why. How did this happen? I swear, I wasn't myself!” he looks at the Latias, the confusion and realisation of the situation showing in his eyes. He is completely innocent, at least that is what she believes from how he is reacting. And so Silenrea decides to try find out a little more.

“You came out of the forest and immediately struck down Psyquareon with Dark Pulse. Do you remember anything before that? What made you do it?” she moves her paws and tries to treat the impact area where the rock hit the canine Pokemon. She is using a little water, just enough to help clean the dirt off and ensure it didn't cut him. The dark type murrs softly at the tender attention to try be sure he is okay, and in the meantime he thinks about what happened before he, more or less, blacked out.
“I was just heading through the forest on my way to meet with my pack. But they were not where we were supposed to meet. I could tell something drove them off. After pursuing I suddenly felt a pain in my mind, then I was struggling to break free before I just passed out.”

The Latias listens and is rather perplexed at the recount, and is trying to determine what would have done such a thing. Regardless, she feels that this matter should definitely be looked into. Especially since whoever pulled this little prank caused her, Psyquareon and this Houndoom a lot of pain.
“Okay then...thank you for that information. I'm going to try find out what did that to you, they caused us all a big fuss and pain.” she nods and lifts up into the air once more. The Houndoom looks at her with eyes of happiness to know that she is not mad...and believed him.

“Be careful...” he says immediately. “I didn't see what it was, but whatever did that to me...was strong. I could feel my mind crushed underneath the strength of another's will. It's the only way I can describe it, because I didn't feel like my mind was my own...” he gets up and looks over at Psyquareon, feeling regret. “Still, I'm sorry for what I did...”
Silenrea smiles and shakes her head, a soft purr coming from her as the Houndoom speaks and apologises.
“It is fine...now that I know what caused it. Just be careful, try to not let it happen again, okay?” she giggles and smiles. The Houndoom nods and takes off without another word, he didn't feel anything had to be said. Besides...he still felt a little guilty. But one day, they may meet again and on better terms, with his own mind in check.

Psyquareon has managed to get up in this time and looks over at Silenrea.
“Ugh...what hit me?” he mumbles. The Latias floats over and then proceeds to explain what had occurred through many means. Verbal, telepathic and also psychically projecting a few moments into his mind. He whimpers softly and his tail moves slightly.
“I can't believe I was unable to help you at all, I was taken out before it even started.” he says with an obvious complaining tone. He gets up as Silenrea giggles.
“Hey now, don't worry...we still have to find the source. And no time like the present. Let's go.” she uses Wish on the Eeveelution before she turns and starts to head towards the forest. Psyquareon immediately follows after her.

The duo enter the reatively dense forest and start to make their way deeper. The trees not causing any trouble for Silenrea, but the ground gives only slight problems for Psyquareon. He soon speaks up.
“So...any idea what to expect?” he says just to make a little conversation as they look. The Latias looks at him and says to him telepathically.
Don't speak verbally. Just in case they hear us, we cannot afford to let them have the jump on us and gain the initiative. We must be cautious... She smiles to show that she isn't mad, just explaining. All I can tell is that it was definitely a psychic attack. While a dark type can resist harm from a psychic attack, that does not mean their mind's are safe. It's the reason attacks like Hypnosis still affect them to put them to sleep. So this is definitely the work of a powerful psychic.
Psyquareon blushes lightly in embarrassment for not speaking mentally, since he knows that Silenrea's logic was sound and true. He responds in telepathy this time.
Sorry about that. And you're probably right, I guess I didn't think about it, I'm still a little bugged by what happened earlier. I wanted to help you out...even if I barely can do anything. I will help out next time, even if it is just a little. His determination is shown in his voice, and he means every word. He will not back down and he will be far more alert to try and not be hit and out of the fight before it even begins.

The leaves on the ground make soft rustling sounds as the Eeveelution continues to move along behind the Latias. Eventually the pair sense something nearby, another psychic's presence. They prepare for a confrontation and conflict. The Eon peers out into a bit of a clearing, and what she sees makes her a little relieved. It's just a normal Abra, nothing threatening. On top of that, it's asleep. The pair of Pokemon wander out and look at the snoozing psychic. They communicate psychically again. Psyquareon starts it off.
There is no way this is the culprit. It's just an Abra... Silenrea is a little unsure. She then nods slowly and replies.
I guess so. I suppose I agree with your logic there, an Abra only learns Teleport afterall. It has to evolve for anything else to be available. She turns and starts to leave, Psyquareon still watching.

But the Abra suddenly wakes up and looks over at the pair. The Eon is alerted of this by her friend and stops, then turns back around. The Abra is still sitting where it was all along and then yawns softly before speaking.
“Are you two lost?” the voice is feminine, a female Abra clearly. Silenrea looks at her friend and then at the one they apparently woke up.
“Umm...no. We were looking for something. We were on our way to leave and try not to disturb you. Sorry if we disturbed you.” Psyquareon remains silent as the Latias speaks for them both since his statements would be the same.

The Abra is silent for a moment and then giggles, standing up. She moves an arm in a gesture that would indicate it's no bother.
“That's okay. I should have woken up anyway. I prefer not to be like other Abra's and sleep most of the time. I'm...rather different.” she then continues. “So tell me, what are you looking for, if I may ask?”
Psyquareon decides to speak up this time, he wants to not look completely rude or ignorant.
“We're looking for something that caused trouble for us and a Houndoom. Have you seen anything strange around here?” he nods and then sits upon his haunches as he watches the Abra intently. The response comes instantly.
“Hmm...now that you mention it, there have been a number of more violent Pokemon around here. I'm lucky I can Teleport around and avoid any hostilities. What happened to the Houndoom? I ran into him earlier. Tired me out a little when I needed to get away from him. Teleported a few times...this area seemed safe enough.”

Silenrea smiles and purrs softly. She is coming to think this Abra is sweet, maybe she could help them find out who they are after.
“He is fine. I managed to get him to come to his senses. I am not entirely sure how it worked, but it did.” she decides not to go into too much details about her methods and the battle. It is best left unsaid. She proceeds to divert the conversation elsewhere, starting with introductions.
“I'm Silenrea and this is Psyquareon. It's nice to meet you. Sorry but we won't be staying long. We still have to track down someone.” she blinks as she saw the Abra's tail move a little at the mention of Psyquareon. She pays it no mind and the Psi Pokemon responds in turn.
“Very well, I wish you both the best of luck in your search. I'll just be here still if you decide to come back.” she seems to know something, but doesn't say.

Silenrea and Psyquareon turn around and start to head off to leave. The Eeveelution speaks softly to the Latias.
“Something about her seems familiar. Maybe I knew her before I lost my memory. Oh well...I can try talk to her another time.” the Eon giggles and nods.
“You'll have plenty of...” she doesn't get any further before she feels something slam into her mind. She falls to the ground with an agonised cry, her wings shifting around as she writhes...while it is not physical pain, her body is reacting in response to her mental strain. Inside her mind, she feels her mental walls being breached from letting down her guard. Instantly her mind is bombarded and it is painful. A laughing and sinister voice enters her mind.
Well well well...you took out the Houndoom, did you? Well no matter...I'll make you the replacement and I will be greatly rewarded. Now...let us see what weapons I have to break your willpower with. Your memories are so tantalising, I cannot wait to see what I have to use against you. Pain is such a useful tool...emotional is the best. The unknown presence starts to force the Eon's memories to the surface. The happy ones and the painful ones. The happy ones are suppressed and the sad ones are kept up.

Hmm...you don't have many sad memories here. Though this one is certainly a painful one. Why did that happen, hmm? You could have tried harder, wouldn't have failed your friend. Silenrea tries to fight back, but the sadness is making a simple task to repel the invader...that much harder.
Get out of my head! You have no business here! Leave me...leave me alone! Silenrea shouts mentally to the intruder but the retort is chilling.
Leave you alone? That would defeat the purpose of what I am doing. Now...let's see what you have hidden inside. The presence starts to delve even deeper and is met with a mental wall that seems impoosible to pass. How curious...a wall. Trying a last attempt to keep me from juicy memories? Pitiful... All this time, Psyquareon is watching the Latias, worried about what is happening.

No! Stay away from those memories! Don't touch those! She is afraid of what would happen if those memories are released. She could change in personality right there and cause problems. She is unable to do anything because she is panicking. The voice laughs at her pleas to stop.
No, I think now you've made me want to see them even more. Must have such terrible things that would break your fragile little spirit. Oh this shall be good. Let's have a look and... As soon as the attacker attempts to expose the memories, a massive surge of psychic energy and mental spiking is forced out from that section of the mind alone, a powerful one. And it purges the intruder from Silenrea's mind completely.

The Latias opens her eyes and hears a scream of pain, a familiar voice but now twisted.
“Gyaah! You wretched Latias! How dare you attack me like that!” the Eon is up within a split second and looking over at what Psyquareon already is gazing upon in shock. It's the Abra, with her hands covering her face and head somewhat. But her appearance has changed quite a fair bit.

Right away they see that the body is not a light yellow-brown texture but is, in fact, a deep orange complexion. The chest and shoulders, which look more like shoulder-pads, are a semi-dark grey texture. Her tail moves and it can be seen that the band near the tip is also the same grey colour, but what stands out the most is the tip of the tail above it...is coated with steel. The light shining off of the metallic surface. With other physical features, it is seen that the claws of the Abra are very sharp-looking and could most definitely cut those without strong defenses. Her hands come down off her face and it is seen her eyes...are actually more open than other Abra's. On top of that, her eyes are pure red and almost seem to glow, it wouldn't be too surprising if they are.

“Your mind...it is locked upon itself.” she then laughs briefly, her head jerking very slightly now and then to the side in a tilt...an obvious twitch. The mental state of this Abra is unstable, and gets delight in shattering other minds. “Oh and you...” she points to Psyquareon. “...you do know me and a few others. Though I suppose not now.” she fakes sadness. “Oh...how could you forget us? We took you in...” she snickers.

“You...you what? No...that can't be true!” he steps back and Silenrea moves forward. She growls and shakes her head.
“You're going to pay for more than just the ordeal with the Houndoom. What you did to us both too.” no sooner has she said this, that she puts her paws together and a ball of dark energy forms. It grows rapidly. She launches a Shadow Ball at the Abra, who is still grinning and just a split second before impact...she disappears.
“Damn it...I...” she starts to speak before she realises the Abra is behind her. The Psi Pokemon snickers.
“Too slow.” and she whips her tail in mid-air, slashing at the Eon's side, fortunately for Silenrea it was only a grazing blow. She winces softly but takes the opening and with a burst of speed, rushes forward and delivers a powerful Shadow Claw at the Abra and it connects. But it doesn't do as much damage as it should have. This Abra is definitely different to all other Abra's, she screeches out in pain at the blow and teleports to another location. She jumps position several times to try and avoid the Latias' sight. When she reappears in a tree south-west of the Eon, she puts her arms out straight and unleashes a Signal Beam, but the energy is a little darker...distorted. It's very odd, but it would definitely hurt Silenrea regardless.

However, the Eon's ears move slightly at the sound of the incoming attack as it makes it's way through the air, the Latias turning around in the blink of an eye and creating a tunnel of psychic energy, amazingly causing the attack to bend around and head right back at the Abra. The Psi type was still launching the attack at the time of this, so as a result...by the time she ends the attack, she only has time to bring her arms and tail in front of herself as a shield to lessen the blow. It hits her hard and she is knocked back. Silenrea cannot see her anymore and wonders if that is the end, until she hears a laugh up above them. She looks up to see the Abra actually floating in the air in the treetops.
“Well this has been fun, but I have to go.” she says, her head twitching again. “Entertaining...but our rematch will have to wait. Don't worry...I'll come find you, and we'll all be watching you both. Just stay out of our way...unless you want to entertain me again.” she will not admit that she was losing, and is trying to act like she would have won, much to the other two Pokemon's annoyance. Psyquareon yells out.
“Hey! Not yet! I want a piece of you, and information! Get back here!” but no sooner does he shout this, the Abra vanishes and has teleported once again...her laughter echoing around them one last time before it fades away completely.

The Eeveelution growls and then yells out in anger. His biggest clue just slipped away from him, he collapses down as though in defeat...he had answers in his paws, but they slipped away and he never seized the opening presented to him. His mind starts running over all they gathered, the clues. The Abra and others know him, he was associated with them somehow. He couldn't possibly be part of a group like that, at least he tries to not believe it. He is confused and concerned because now, he wants the truth but also fears what the truth is. It would be like wanting to know how hot something is...you want to touch it and get the information, but the knowledge that it will cause potential pain holds you back.
“Damn it...damn it!” he shouts out, all the while, Silenrea floats nearby and whimpers softly. Eventually speaking to him.
“Psyquareon...let's just go. We'll find out more answers, I promise you we will uncover what truly happened. I know you couldn't possibly be bad like that, I don't believe it for one second. And that...that should be all that matters to you. It's not what you were that counts, it's what you are now. Come on...” she moves down and nuzzles at him tenderly, purring in a comforting tone as she tries to help her friend. He murrs happily and smiles.
“Thank you, Silenrea. And yes...it's all that matters. We will find them...and I will get the truth from them, even if I have to attack them brutally until they talk. They will not mock me like that and tease me with fragments when they know it all.” he gets up and returns the nuzzles to the Latias and calms down.

The Eon giggles and nods a little before rubbing at her neck idly and then starts to head her way through the forest, the Eeveelution following behind her once again. They have a clue, but no way to find out more clues. They have come to a dead end and need to get a lead to find that mysterious Abra, or one of the 'others' she mentioned. On top of this, Silenrea knows she will need to sturdy her mind a lot better to prevent what almost happened. That barrier inside her own mind blocking her past is not going to stay in their way forever, they are sure to find a way to bypass it. So she cannot let them have that chance. She considers finding someone to help her with doing that. But for now, the two weary Pokemon make their way to locate a place of rest. After so much battling done by the Latias and the Psyquareon getting knocked out prior too, they will need to regain their strength before venturing further. They start to head for her Secret Haven to rest up for the night.

Within their minds, there is one thing that rings true. They both know this...is only the beginning of their troubles, the start of something big and somewhere along the line...the truth about Psyquareon.

(End of Chapter 1)

“So, Illaria. You promised us all it would be a simple matter. And here you are, returning with your tail hanging between your legs...you failed miserably. On top of that, you ran away. Ha! Sad effort for such a powerful Abra as you so boasted...”

“Be silent! I did not ask for your input you worthless sub-intellectual scumpile!”

“Oh? But I never need you to ask, the fact that you ran away says it all, no?”

“The Houndoom was perfect! Strong and dependable, he should have succeeded! And besides, I don't see you getting off your lazy butt and doing something to make progress. Nor do I see you dealing with that Latias and her friend.”

“For someone so intelligent, you seem to know so little of my workings. I have my own little soldier in the making to send out. And she will do far better than your efforts. Her mind was especially easy to shape to my desires. Better yet, she remained more sentient. Now who is the sub-intellectual?”

“How dare you s-”

“Enough! The pair of you stop it, for your petty bickering tires me. The fact remains that you failed, Illaria. And you shall be punished. Fortunately for you, the information you provided shall lessen the severity. This game of chess just got more interesting...”


Chapter 2 – Unforeseen Departure


After the battle against the Houndoom and Abra, of which her name remains unknown to the pair, Silenrea lead Psyquareon to her Secret Haven. It is the name she gave it due to the fact it is not only a hidden little paradise, but it is so secret that none can get to it unless they have been guided by the Latias herself.

A large expanse of grass and flowers covers the area like a massive garden which is the shape of a circle. The diametre is about five hundred metres across. In the very centre is an odd stone pedestal of sorts with a pattern running down the sides with intricate details carved into it. The top surface is completely flat and is adorned with odd runes of sorts.

The day she came to the area, Silenrea had touched the very middle rune, not knowing what it does. Seemingly nothing had happened so she left, but then had an odd feeling...and it was that she knew the location where she came from. No Pokemon or creatures would manage to reach it either, she observed that when they got close, it was like they didn't even realise they turned direction and headed another way...as though they met a barrier which diverts them away unnoticeably.

Now one would think that an area as large as this, that flying above it would make the location an easy thing to notice and get to. But the pedestal also creates the illusion of there being nothing but trees, rocks and other assorted things. A complete cover over and this is part of the barrier also, allowing secrecy.

Presently, there is a sculpture of sorts atop of the pedestal. One that is finely crafted and is a beautiful thing to behold. It is of a Latias, more specifically...of Silenrea. It was crafted by a friend...a Latios she met.

That day, what had started out as an ordinary stone was made it into lapis lazuli by the male Eon. The blue mineral was then crafted and shaped by him, and changed. Eventually, the lapis became a very brilliant, glassy red and the areas where a Latias is white, has a faint glow of light. Finally the eyes...they look like pure gold, with a sparkle of light emitting from them. The wings both have the word 'Silenrea' written into them very faintly. However are visible when looking closely at it.

Over at one side of the large area is a rather big pond. But the interesting thing about the pond is how it is formed. An underground flow of water manages to constantly flow up somehow and fills a very large rock pool, which the water flows out of and into another four or so smaller rock pools. These flow into another two rockpools and they get smaller and eventually into the pond.

Over by a tree, Silenrea rests still undisturbed for the moment. She and Psyquareon had rested together by the tree as they recovered. But when the Latias' eyelids withdraw back and reveal her golden irises...she notices right away that the Eeveelution is not where he was prior to when she went to sleep.

She looks up and around before noticing him over by the aforementioned pond, his gaze being into the slightly rippling water. The only disturbance to the water's surface being from the water flowing in.

The female Eon lifts up into the air and floats over towards him, her mind wondering how long he has been there. And furthermore, she ponders over what is going through his mind. Considering what that Abra said it would not be unlikely that his thoughts are focused upon her.

“Hey, Psyquareon? You okay? How long have you been here?” she asks softly as she gets within earshot of the other Pokemon. He is completely unresponsive at first and then he finally speaks.
“I've been here long enough...” he says softly, in fact he had barely slept at all. He takes a deep breath and continues.
“I failed...” the Latias is a little confused, but he then continues. “I said, no...I promised, that I would be there to help fight. I said I would...but I didn't.”

He growls angrily and then turn to face Silenrea, his face showing sadness and anger.
“I broke my promise. I just stood there, frozen in place. And it tears me up inside that I made you face that...that thing, alone.” he shakes his head and whimpers.

Silenrea moves forward and pets her friend on the head gently with a single paw, trying to comfort him. He murrs lightly in response to this, and then she speaks in a calm tone, trying to help him also be calm.

“Psyquareon...in all fairness, you had a massive piece of information dropped on you. There is no way that you could have truly put your heart into the battle in that situation. You...you could have gotten hurt. I think it was best that I handled it alone that time. But...you can help in the next battle, most likely you will be at peak performance too.” she nods.

He then nods slowly, taking the Latias' words in and then sighs.
“Next time...it's my time. I will not fail to be of use and I will make up for it. That is my new promise. A promise I intend to keep.” he looks at Silenrea with eyes filled with sheer determination.

The Eon could not only see his determination and will to do good on his word, she could sense it in his emotions to an extent. She smiles and starts to float left of him.
“We had best head out then. If we're going to try find answers about you and your connection to that Abra, we won't find anything by waiting around.” she then continues on her way, expecting Psyquareon to follow.

He sits there for a moment and then pads along behind the Latias, figuring she is indeed right about what she says, and he is quite eager to try get to the bottom of this. His mind plays the scene constantly within his mind. From the moment the Abra said she knew him and others.

Silenrea speaks softly as they make their way out through the forest that surrounds her Secret Haven. She just wants to be sure he is okay, considering he didn't rest very much.
“So, overall how are you feeling? I assume you didn't get much sleep at all.” she turns her head to look at him as they go.

He responds in a low voice, not wanting to speak very loud at all as he has become quite cautious ever since yesterday.
“I am feeling quite fine, Silenrea. Thank you for your concern. But you are right...I didn't get much sleep. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep because of how much those words bother me...”

The Latias listens to her friend speak, she cannot say she is pleased that he didn't sleep much, but it could not be helped. What is done is done, and it is understandable that he would have such problems after an encounter like that.

As they finally make their way out of the forest, the Eeveelution looks around for a moment and then speaks once again.
“So, how do we go about it anyway? Getting information.” the female Eon smiles and giggles, looking at him.
“Well, we ask around. There are many Pokemon out there so it seems very unlikely that they would not notice any unusual activity. Word spreads when things start to go bad and rumours will accompany as such.”

Silenrea flies higher into the air and looks around for a direction that she believes could be a good central spot for Pokemon to gather which would give a range of Pokemon from all around.
“The meadow between this forest and the next should be perfect.” she calls down. “There is a river that flows near it so there will even be water Pokemon to ask if they know anything.”

She flies back down and smiles at Psyquareon, the Eeveelution actually looking very optimistic after the news of that large area with plenty of Pokemon to get answers to questions and try uncover more.

He is about to speak but turns his head to look towards a group in the distance closing in on them quite fast. Four Pokemon...but it is not possible to know what they are at this point. Soon they approach the pair. It is seen there to be a Scyther, Luxray, Breloom and Kirlia.

They all seem harmless and do not give off the sense of hostilitiy towards them, as hostility would be immediately detected by the Latias. So it would seem they are just here for a reason, or just happened to be coming by.

“Umm...hello.” Silenrea speaks softly to the other Pokemon. Psyquareon, meanwhile, has moved to the Eon's side and sits himself there. His eyes study the four newcomer Pokemon and tries to assess what they want, but not having much luck on his own due to lack of psychic prowess at this point.

The Scyther moves forward and makes a motion with his bladed arms to try and have them come along with them. Apparently they want the Latias and Eeveelution to follow them and come somewhere.

Silenrea is dubious about this and starts to scan over them quickly, when she moves onto the emotions...they are non-existent. And immediately the flash in her mind is an image of the Houndoom they met. It's exactly the same as the Houndoom, but these Pokemon are more calm.

The Latias, rather than letting it be known they are not fooling her, moves forward as if about to comply with them, before she opens her maw and a bright beam shoots out, slamming into the flying bug type.

It is an Ice Beam attack, and the impact is severe. Not only did it knock the Scyther out, but encased him in a solid block of ice which glitters in the sunlight...even as it falls backwards and slams onto the ground, the Scyther on his back within the ice.

The other three Pokemon don't even flinch, it's as though they are simply mindless drones with a pre-set programming. Or...they know something the Eon and her ally do not, most likely both. The Latias moves back quickly to be beside her friend again.

Suddenly there is a slight rustling in a tree in the forest behind them, and Silenrea turns to look quickly only to see many strands of white fluid shooting towards her and Psyquareon. Before she can even react, the substance hits them both. It's Spider Web, and it has immobilised the pair of Pokemon.

It is at this point the Ariados is finally visible and it comes closer to them. With the Latias and Psyquareon unable to move, the other Pokemon seem to move into position. Silenrea observes and studies their movements...but then tries to move her paw to see if she can cut free, however she finds she cannot move. She doesn't want to attack until the intentions are clear. They have only used something to stop them fleeing...there is no proof they will hurt them.

The Kirlia starts to chant, immediately getting the attention of both Silenrea and Psyquareon. To the Latias, it sounds familiar and that she is certain it has a purpose...remembering what that purpose is, however, eludes her.

She doesn't have long to ponder over it, as the Ariados attacks by shooting out a spray of needles of sorts...Pin Missile. The Latias lets out a cry of pain as the attack really hurts her because she was not aware of it coming...so she could not brace for the impact.

Psyquareon sees this and starts to struggle against the binds, trying to get free and stop the attack on his friend.
“No! Silenrea!” he shouts as he tries to move his head to bite at the web holding him, but he cannot reach.

The Breloom has been simply standing there with his eyes shut, concentrating intently for the moment. The Luxray's body has been starting to spark and glow a little as she gathers more electricity and charges herself up. All of this happened at the same time of the Pin Missile attack. They have it all planned out, it seems.

After a moment, the Eon lets out another cry and a barrier is formed to block the incoming attack, At the same time...a slash of psychic energy is seen and the webbing is sliced off her and Psyquareon. She hastily flies up into the air, then looks down at the Breloom and Luxray, whom are close together.

She immediately unleashes a burst of energy from her maw at them, a Dragon Pulse attack. The Breloom leaps backwards and the Luxray to the left...avoiding the attack. At the same time, Psyquareon has made a move on the Kirlia, attempting to tackle her.

In the moment of the Latias' attack, the Ariados has moved position, up in a tree now. She shoots out a String Shot from a position Silenrea could not see, ensnaring her in thick sticky silk. She struggles in vain, pitting her physical strength against it.

The Kirlia stops chanting, it's effect is already in place, and uses Double Team. This makes Psyquareon pass through an illusion.
“Damn it...” he then is hit by Magical Leaf from the Kirlia and she still maintains the Double Team.

With their target immobilised yet again, the Breloom crouches and then springs upward, leaping towards the Eon. His claws glow a very light blue and delivers a powerful Sky Uppercut, causing Silenrea to cry out in pain again. But then the assaulter quickly shifts position and presses his feet against her body and springs off her with a kick to get out of the way.

The reason is because immediately after, the Luxray unleashes her Thunderbolt attack up at the already battered and beaten Latias. As the electrical attack surges through her body, a memory is triggered from Silenrea's past.

The memory is clear, she was heading to the camp where poachers had taken her brother. There were cages everywhere and the men were laughing. And then she attacked, surging out of the cover of trees and assaulted the camp...to rescue her brother.

With this memory, the Latias falls silent...and there is a different air around her. The memory surfacing from behind the wall has shifted her personality temporarily for this battle. She is in a rage...but a calm one. Psychic energy expands outward and snaps the String Shot off her. She proceeds to observe and nothing more, this in itself would be a reason to suspect she is up to something.

Psyquareon gets back up from the previous attack and closes his eyes, focusing and sensing where the Kirlia is. He soon figures out which one is real and launches at the psychic type and uses Bite. The psychic type lets out a pained shrill as the powerful jaws are clamping onto her left shoulder. The illusionary copies vanish.

The Breloom lands next to the Luxray and then the electric type roars out and the Kirlia teleports to the other two Pokemon. Ariados uses String Shot on a distant tree and slingshots herself over to the others. They all look up at the Latias, the Eon looking a little spaced out.

A white ball of light forms in front of the Kirlia's head and the Breloom opens his mouth to reveal energy gathering there. The Luxray's body begins to spark a lot more, gathering electricity to use. The Ariados' eyes start to glow a little bit as she readies her attack.

Psyquareon, looking for where the Kirlia went, ends up realising where they all are...and what they are doing. He can tell they are targeting Silenrea with all their attacks. He swore he would make it up to the Latias.
“No!” he yells and dashes forward with impressive speed.

The attacks are all launched at once. The Kirlia releases a rainbow-colored beam of light, a Signal Beam attack. It would only be logical to have such an attack when going against another Psychic, playing to the weaknesses. At the same time, the Ariados shoots out a black energy from her eyes. It wavers and moves like electricity, Night Shade. The Breloom blasts a powerful Hyper Beam and the Luxray uses Thunderbolt once again.

The attacks all merge together in a massive blast of energy. Swirling in rainbow colours and black. It is beautiful, but also very deadly as a combined attack. Psyquareon acts purely out of friendship and leaps into the air, creating a sphere of psychic energy around himself as a barrier...and has launched himself into the path of destruction.

The combined attacks slam into the barrier and the Eeveelution is straining to hold the barrier up. But it only manages to last for a few seconds before it shatters, and to his horror...he is subjected to the full strength of the attacks. He screams out in agony, he has never experienced something so painful before.

But...he succeeded. He shielded Silenrea from the attack, and the other Pokemon cease their attacks and watch the Psyquareon fall and hit the ground with a dull thud. His body twitching greatly in pain and paralysis. He is confused and the world is spinning, due to the Signal Beam. He was subjected to immense power, two of the attacks were ones that he was vastly vulnerable to. It's a miracle he is even alive still...but definitely critically injured and needs aid immediately.

Silenrea sees this...and a rage builds even more. She screams out in anger and surges forward with incredible speed, a white and red blur of fury. Within a few seconds, she delivers a Dragon Claw attack to the Luxray, Kirlia, Ariados and Breloom. The foes are knocked down immediately, but not out of this battle yet. Even the Kirlia, it is impressive she is still going.

The Latias, still a blur, rushes over to Psyquareon and he vanishes with her. She is holding him in her arms, and then she diverts right back up into the sky. She stops, cradling the Eeveelution within her grasp. She growls and a dark hole starts to form right above her head, it starts to get bigger.

Just as the enemies are starting to get back up in a bit of a daze from being hit so fast and hard, comets and meteors come shooting out of the hole and rain down upon them. It is a powerful and devastating Draco Meteor attack. And the many projectiles slam directly into the four Pokemon's position.

Dust and dirt immediately fills the air upon every impact made, eventually the attack stops and Silenrea looks down upon the results. The dust settles...and four Pokemon are now completely unconscious. The battle...is over.

The past memory that had surfaced fades away once more, disappearing from her mind. She knows that something made her personality change for the battle to help her, but she now has no clue what it was. Every trace of it is concealed once more. She looks at Psyquareon and uses Wish on him to heal him a bit.

“Psyquareon?” she whimpers softly and turns around to head straight back to her Secret Haven. She cannot believe this, they only just left it and now she has to return to it and let her friend rest and recover from the brutal attack he endured.

Once inside, she places him down upon some soft grass and waits for him to awaken fully, he is still out of it from the massive blow. His eyes soon open and he looks up at the Latias.
“H-Hey...Silenrea. Is it...over?” he says softly.

Silenrea starts to cry, sadness and joy that he is okay. She nods and smiles a little.
“Yeah...it's over. You need to rest for a bit though. We'll head off when you are better. For now, I'm going to check outside for anyone else. You'll be safe here.”

The Eeveeltion nods and rests his head, closing his eyes once more. The Eon flies off and leaves him there in the sanctuary where he can rest and be at ease with none to get to him. She heads out of the forest and starts to think. She knows now that she and Psyquareon are targets. But she cannot figure out why, and the pieces of the puzzle are not yet found. She is at a loss.

She remains out there, thinking for a long time, before a very familiar shout of distress is heard.
“Psyquareon...” she gasps and turns around. She flies straight for where she left him.
“Psyquareon!” she screams and then arrives in the area, her eyes scanning around. Her friend...is gone.

“I-Impossible. No! This can't be right. This place is not able to be reached unless I bring them here.” she starts to think quickly for an explaination.
“It must have been them. They probably found a way to get in and...oh Psyquareon. I'm so sorry...I never should have left you here.” she whimpers and lowers to the ground where he was previously resting.

“It's all my fault...I let you down. Psyquareon...” she then growls and glares up at the sky.
“That's it! They can attack me and hurt me, send an army after me. But when they take my friends from me, that is crossing the line! I'm going to find you, Psyquareon...I swear it!”

She remembers about the place they were planning to head to, in order to get information. She feels that now, more than ever, she has to get there and try locate this mysterious group that has possibly taken her friend. It might not have been them, she doesn't know for certain. But it is the only lead she has.

With a set goal and a reason to move onward with the quest to find these unknown enemies, the Latias vanishes in a blur as she makes a direct route towards the meadow between the two forests. She can only hope and pray that she will find the answers she seeks, in order to locate and rescue her lost friend...

(End of Chapter 2)