Chapter 10:

Bisharp's Tale

Zelda was running down the fiery corridors of Mt. Furnace. She was covered in numerous burns as her musky green eyes searched for a safe spot.

'So, it seems that Charizard is a accomplice for Zapdos. Why are they so bent on destroying me?' she thought to herself as she ran, not particularly paying any mind to the direction she was going.

She checked behind her to see if her persuer was still ontop of her. Nobody was there.

She skidded to a halt and turned around fully, nobody was behind her.

'H-He's...' she looked around the corridor. Nobody was there except the pounding of her own heart in her ribs, which she could hear clearly in her ears.

'...Gone? No...he can't be...a Pokemon of his size just can't disappear...'

She sat there waiting for the large fire-type to make some type of appearance.

Seconds turned into minutes, before she knew it, 15 whole minutes had ticked by with no sign of Charizard. And it also took her a few moments to realize she had been holding her breath.

The young eevee dared to breathe in a gulp of the hot air. After doing this a few times, she started at a slow pace.

'I need to find Isaac and Bisharp.' she thought as she continued up the corridor of fire and magma. 'Standing around could only make my situation worse. Even with Charizard's sudden disappearance, why can't I shake this unnatural sense of tension?'

It was true, her body felt like a coiled spring. Every strand of woodsy brown fur was standing up, each step she took felt like a lead weight carrying her to some unknown doom. It seemed the very air around her carried this feeling.

She could hear her heartbeat loud in her ears. It took sometime to realize, but since becoming an Eevee, Zelda was more aware of her surroundings. Sometimes it scared her how in tune she was becoming with her enviroment.

'I guess it isn't a bad thing, but the more I stay a Pokemon, the more my senses and feelings become like a Pokemon...' she mused quietly, as she moved up the dark hallway.

It was still quiet and calm, but Zelda refused to relax herself. If Charizard attacked, he could catch her off guard which was the last thing she needed if she wanted to survive.

Suddenly, Zelda began to feel oddly weak, she felt a pain creeping up from the tip of her tail, spreading all the way down to her paws, which suddenly gave out under her.

She tried her best to decipher what was happening to her, but her mind was muddled and foggy from the heat. She tried fighting it off, when a burning pain exploded up her right flank. She cried out, but her voice was gone...

She had no choice but to give into the embrace of the smooth blackness, waiting to take her to its breast.

At this time, when the Eevee passed out, a Flareon was happening by when he saw the attack. The first thing he did was look for the attacker, but then he saw there was none.

He quickly hurried over to the fading Eevee, checking to see if she was alright. When he got there, the Eevee had passed out, from what looked like a bad burn.

Without a second thought, he went to her side and hefted her onto his back.

"Don't worry kid, I'll get you a Rawst Berry. You just hang tight."

With that he ran off.

Elsewhere Isaac was practically in Hell. No, in hell you couldn't die, but this place was nearly as bad. He had gotten separated from Zelda, and was stuck with the stranger Bisharp. Somethingabout the foreign Pokemon felt off.

He definitely felt a Dark Type's aura, but something about him seemed off. Still he had to locate Charizard, but there were so many Fire Types it was starting to get difficult. He decided to at least converse with his new "ally".

"H-Hey... ?" Isaac asked tentative tone.

"Yes Isaac?" he replied kindly. Even though he seemed menacing and stark Bisharp was really kind, or at least he acted like that.

"D-Do you think we'll find Zelda?"

Bisharp was quiet. Then, "Of course we'll find Zelda. She's a tough one."

"Yeah, she sure is..." Isaac said, in a somewhat admiring tone that made Bisharp laugh.

"I have heard interesting things about miss Zelda." Bisharp admitted after a small silence.

Isaac took in a sharp breath. He felt his heart skip a beat. "O-Oh? Like what?"

"Well I was hoping you could tell me since she is your teammate. But I heard she took down Zapdos."

Isaac let a sigh of relief escape as he answered. Thankfully only Link and him knew that Zelda was a human.

"W-Well...Yeah, she did." Isaac said.

"Interesting. There's also a story about Zapdos. Would you care to hear it?"

"S...Sure."

"They say as Ho-Oh has his three Servants, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou, that Lugia, the guardian of the sea has his servants. His are the trio of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres,and are considered as his children. They say that for a long time they were very close, and their bond was unrivaled, until one day when they were attacked."

"By who?"

"No one knows. But what is known is that he was hurt and the others fled. For a long time he was in agony until the duo of Charizard and Delibird found him and slowly nursed him to health. On that day, he proclaimed them to be his new family, but there was one wound the duo could never heal. The one in his heart. He still bears hatred for his master and siblings for abandoning him. Because Charizard and Delibird care for him though, they may do anything to make him happy or defend him. At the same time though, they may be able to make him see sense if they can be led to see how pain has clouded his mind."

"Wait...How do you know all this?" Isaac asked, to which the Dark Type smiled.

"I am a collector of Legendary tales. I chronicle important events in this world, even from regions I am not native to. And I believe...I am witnessing the beginning of yet another." he said as he pointed to the Rollcall Orb. "Remember to use this if you cannot find Zelda before nightfall, and best of luck." He made to leave down another corridor.

Isaac nodded when something occurred to him. "Hey, Mr. Bisharp?"

"Yes Isaac?" Bisharp asked.

"What did you mean by you believed you were witnessing the beginning of another Legendary tale?" he asked genuinely curious. To that, Bisharp said nothing.

"You shall see. We all will." he said as he used an Escape Orb.

As he did he saw a pair of blue eyes peer at him from the side of a large rock.

Whatever Pokemon they belonged to, they had a green body. He pondered who it could be as he disappeared.

Isaac first thought it was Link, but then remembered Link had a fear of fire, so it couldn't have been him.

The young Rilou shrugged and contiued his search for Zelda.

A/N: AHH! I'm soo bad! I'm sorry!

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