To Be A Legend **Part 2 Get Some Answers, Get More Questions** Nothing to say except please send reviews!!!! I'm not getting any and it feels as if I'm all alone in this PokeFic world. Ok little dramatic! But seriously! I would love it if I got at least ONE review this week!!! Characters: Leah: 10 Clara: 10 Evan: 10 Jesse: 10 Malachi: 76 ----------------------------------------------- The Greatest Evil smiled, 'The Fours' Powers have awakened. My plan shall move swiftly.' "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!" It cackled. *** The next day, when everyone woke up, Leah asked a question. "Evan, Jesse, would you like to travel with Clara and I?" "Oh, please do! The more the merrier!" Clara exclaimed. Evan looked at his brother. Jesse nodded curtly. Evan looked back at the girls. "When do we leave?" Evan replied smiling. Clara let out a small "Eeep!" and ran to hug him. Then she tried to hug Evan's brother. Jesse dodged her and Clara folded her arms and scowled. Leah was excited about making some new friends. A light pink Evan and a scowling Jesse packed up, served food, and then followed Leah and Clara. All was well until... "Ahhh!" Clara screamed and hid behind Leah. The boys, who were trailing behind, ran to catch up. "What's wrong?" They both asked when they caught up. "Th-there's a Jynx in the road!!!" Clara exclaimed. Sure enough, there was a Jynx standing there and waving at them. The Jynx came closer. Clara screamed again and hid behind Evan. "Jynx! Are you frightening some poor travelers?" an old man's voice called. The man came out of the the forest and called Jynx back into it's pokeball. He was bald on the top of his head but had gray hair around his head. He was wearing loose brown pants and a tan shirt. "I'm sorry kids. She likes to greet the travelers. Did she scare you?" he asked in his aged, cracked voice. "Not us, but Jynx sure did scare Clara!" Leah said. Clara poked her head out from behind Evan and laughed sheepishly. "Why were you afraid of Jynx, Clara?" Jesse asked. "Well, I'm terrified of psychic and dark pokemon." she stated, eyeing Jynx's pokeball. "I'm sorry for all the trouble. Please, come to my house for some lunch!" The man offered. "Okay!" Leah answered. They walked into a darker part of the forest. Then they saw a house. When they went inside the man seated them at a table. "Sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Malachi." "Nice to meet you! My name is Leah Ketchum-Waterflower." "Ah, the masters' daughter!" Leah stopped smiling and said in a dull tone, "Yes, that's me." "I'm Clara Oak and these two are Evan and Jesse. I don't know their last names." "You're Gary Oak's daughter!?" Leah asked. "Yes. I know, our fathers are sworn enemies. My dad is going to kill me when he finds out that I'm friends with you!" "If I die first, you're invited to my funeral!" Leah joked. Clara laughed. "So, how is your adventure so far? Is it fun?" Malachi asked. "Not really. We've all had pain in our hearts. Then it was over. Other than that the most exciting thing was Clara nearly jumping out of her skin at the sight of Jynx!" Jesse answered laughingly. Clara hit him. Malachi was silent for a little while. "How was it hurting?" "I had a sort of electric shock." said Jesse while rubbing his new bruise. "I felt as if mine were on fire." Clara said. "It was a terrible ripping!" Evan exclaimed. Again, he shuddered. "Mine felt like it was frozen." Leah said quietly. Malachi was silent again. "Have you heard the Legend of the Four Sprirts?" "No." they all answered. Malachi got up and walked to a dusty old book case. There he took a small book that had the title 'Master Book of Legends and Prophecys.' He walked back to the table and flipped the pages until he came upon the one he was looking for. He started to read. "'Four will be born with the powers of the Legendary Birds Articuno, Ho-Oh, Moltres and Zapdos. At the age of ten their powers shall awaken. They must unite in order to defeat the Greatest Evil. If they fail, the world shall plunge into darkness.'" Malachi finished reading. "What are you trying to say?" Clara asked. She was getting scared. "That you are the four that contain the spirits." Malachi stated. Everyone was silent. "Okay, you REALLY need to see a doctor. And, we need to go now." Leah said, starting to get up. "Wait! You said that your heart felt like it was frozen. That means you have Articuno's spirit!" He exclaimed. Leah sat back down. That DID making sense. "Clara, your heart was on fire, you said. You have Moltres's spirit. Jesse has Zapdos's spirit. That ripping you felt, Evan. Ho-Oh is like the bird of life. The ripping was like hatching. A new beginning." Malachi was frazzled. He was very excited about finding the Four. "So, if you're right. How come my heart hurt at night?" Leah questioned. "What time of day were you born at?" "11:48 pm." "Exactly. You were born at night. Just like Articuno. All of your hearts hurt at the time you were born. And only for the one minute that you were born in!" "That's why Jesse started hurting a little before me!" Evan exclaimed. "Why didn't our whole body hurt instead of only our hearts?" Jesse asked. "Your spirit, or soul, is stored in your heart!" Malachi answered. "But, the prophecy said we would have powers. You said we contained spirits." Leah stated. She was trying to prove that this old man was crazy. "To answer your question, Leah, you must think. How do you think you are supposed to obtain powers if you don't have the spirit?" Malachi asked. Leah was silent. "If we are the Four, then what do we have to do?" Clara asked. "You must go to the Shamuti Islands first. Articuno, Moltres, and Zapdos live there. Jesse, Clara, and Leah, you must capture the bird that has part of it's spirit in you. Evan, Ho-Oh is impossible to track. You might want to ask the birds where Ho-Oh is. For now, you all must rest. You may stay at my house for the night, don't worry Clara. I'll make sure that Jynx stays in her pokeball." Malachi said. Clara sighed contentedly. Everyone rolled out their sleeping bags in an empty room that Malachi let them use. Malachi made dinner, then everyone went to bed. Leah couldn't sleep. She sat up. "Leah?" It was Jesse. The boys' were sleeping on the other side of the room. He crawled over to her. "Do you think that it's true?" He asked. All the time she thought he was tough and fearless. Now, he looked scared. His yellow eyes were wide with fear. "Well, there's no other explanation." She answered. They were silent for a while. Leah laid down. Jesse laid down next to her. "Why did you get all gloomy when Malachi called you the 'masters' daughter'?" "Because, that's who I am all the time. I want to be my own person, not the 'masters' daughter'. I want people to know me as Leah, not as my parents" they were silent again. "Jesse, why are you always so tough and fearless and, well, sort of mean during the day?" "My dad always pressured me. 'Don't be weak. Caring is for weaklings!' he would say. I wanted to be a breeder, but dad wouldn't let both of his sons become 'sissy trainers.' No matter what dad said to Evan it never bothered him. Now, I have to be tough. Dad always said that only grass pokemon were powerful. But, I love my Raichu." Leah was shocked, "That's awful! You can't change who you are just because of your dad! You are who you want to be, not who your parents want to be." Jesse smiled a little bit, "Thanks Leah. Goodnight." He crawled back to his sleeping bag. "Goodnight." Leah said. *** "Malachi! Always meddling with my plans! First, you prevent me from killing them as babies! Now, you've told them about me! They'll be watching out now. No matter. I will get rid of them on the mountain. They won't know what HIT them! HA HA HA HA HA HA!" The Greatest Evil cackled. --------------------------------------------------------- Well, that goes with the title doesn't it? Get some answers, get more questions! Please send reviews. I'd like to know that people are actually reading my fic. School has started, so I might not be able to post as much. Watch for Part 3 The Mountain Pass. Til next week! ~Kicon :)