Champion, a Pokemon story: Chapter 8

Champion, a Pokémon story: Chapter 8: Ringing the bell.

Allison stared stupefied at the huge rails on Unova’s Route 7. This region obviously wanted to kill people, one slip on the beams and your life was over. There was no water to cushion your fall, just the hard ground. She looked at Gardevoir already half way across the beam. “Screw it.” Allison muttered to no one in particular. She scaled the beam.


Gasping for breath ant the entrance of the Celestial Tower, Allison stood hunched over with her hands on her knees.  Gardevoir looked at Allison, confused as to why she was out of breath.  Allison looked Gardevoir right in the eye and gave her a look that pretty much explained it all. Allison walked into the tower. Several light gray tombs and tombstones were scattered in the ground.  She saw a woman in black weeping as an older gentleman Led her out. When Skyla said ‘Celestial Tower’, Allison didn’t ever expect anything like this. It had the same aura as the Lost Tower in the Sinnoh region. Allison watched as a little Pokémon came over to her. It looked like a little candle. Allison knelt down and held out her hands, the little Litwick jumped into them. The one foot tall Pokémon chirped at Allison. Allison set the Litwick down. The Litwick started hoping up and down excitedly when she pulled out a dusk ball from her bag. Allison smiled as she held it out to Litwick; the Litwick head butted the pokeball and went inside it in a brilliant flash of light. She took out her updated pokedex. Flipped out the side section and placed her new Litwick’s pokeball on the pad. The ball turned into a green, spherical grid then disappeared. Allison smiled. This marked her 25th Pokémon. Allison stood up and continued up the stairs.

Allison rounded the final staircase, Gardevoir bored as ever from all the battles on the way up.  As Allison rounded the corner she walked right into someone. Both Allison and the other person fell to the ground. “I’m so sorry I didn’t see you there!” Allison apologized, shame starting to leak into her voice as she looked to see who she knocked over. N sat on the floor, smiling.

“You came all the way here just to chew out Volkner.” N laughed.  She didn’t have to ask him how he knew that, one; he was a local, two; He could talk with Pokémon. She smiled. N was one of few people that she knew wouldn’t betray her. First her Father, then Cody, then Zoe, one of her friends from Solaceon town who had stolen the Spooky Plate from her and left her unconscious in the Solaceon Ruins.  She was lucky that the Toxic Plate wasn’t stolen from her. “If you’d excuse me, I have urgent matters to attend to” N announced as he left, pulling out his Xtransceiver. Allison turned and walked up to the bell. She took the large rope and yanked hard. The bell bonged violently as it swung, knocking her to the ground. Immediately after the ringing stopped, the uncomfortable presence vanished. She got up and threw out her Flygon, Gardevoir hopped on and Allison in the back. “Mistralon City” she commanded, “Lets fly”.