The Dark Chronicles Chapter 15

The only statement that stood out for me was the last , 'Unless you do something.'. Still tying to be compassionate (Which was new to me) I walked up to him. "What does unless we do something mean?" I asked.

Azelf looked me in the eye, his tears gone but expression still very stern "You need to gain access to the Elite Four's secret chamber." he said getting right to the point. "There is an artifact there, an artifact that will tell us how to heal Arceus."

Spark spoke up "The Elite Four? Are you kidding me? Arceus is dying and you guys are relying on us?" He crossed his arms "We haven't even fought the first gym leader."

"Yes we know" replied the legendary "But, Mewtwo thinks that you have potential. I don't know why, I mean you guys are great but I doubt you could challenge the Elite Four."

Spark sighed "How long does Arceus have?" he asked.

The blue Pokemon frowned and looked down "Mew thinks only a year."

I jumped " A whole year?" I looked at Spark "We can make it to the Elite four in a year." I turned my attention to Azelf "And what do you mean only a year?"

"I mean a year, that's like a second in our terms."

I guess that makes sense. Arceus has been around for who knows how long and must be over 2,000 years old. It's easy to see how when you've lived for that long a year could pass like a moment.

Azelf mentally shook himself and said "Well, I've already told you much more than you should know. I'll be getting back to Mewtwo." His tone was mono toned and depressed and as he rubbed his eyes he yawned "Plus I need to rest."

He levitated higher in the air and said "Night, try not to get killed my Ruby." and vanished in a poof of purple smoke.

I'm not sure if wither it was because I'm emotionally as deep as a shallow puddle or because I'm the biggest asshole that I know but the moment Azelf left the first thought that popped into my head was to go bother Ruby. I think it was because I had just heard some terrible news, I mean, Arceus was dying and I wanted to detach from it.

Spark looked at me with a serious expression "We can't tell the others."

"What?" I yelled at him "Why not?"

Spark put his arms on his hips "I think that if Azelf wanted them to know he would have told us to tell them. Plus Night, you don't have the best ideas."

I huffed and raised a brow "Fine, but being with you alone for the next few hours isn't on my schedule." Ans with that I waltzed over to the door.

"Where are you going?" questioned Spark, his voice having a hint on annoyance.

Without even turning around I said "Going to talk to Ruby, I'm dying to find out her secrets."

I knew that Katherine had gotten the room directly across the hall from Jack's ( The love bugs couldn't get enough of each other) so it wasn't difficult to find. However what was going to be difficult is getting them to open the door. I haven't had much past experience with human doors. I was able to get my door open with my paws but when I tried to open theirs it wouldn't budge.

"Damn door."

I scanned my brain for any and all knowledge of doors and remembered that most had locks on them. I knew that if they wanted to Ruby and Razor could let me in, but to do that they would have to know where I was.

I knocked on the door with a paw "Hello?" I called.

I was hoping that Razor's voice would reply and luckily it was him. "Yes, Night is that you. What do you want."

I made up a quick lie "Spark's dying."

The door slowly opened, and on the other side stood Razor with his vine latched onto the door handle. "Spark's dying." he said in a mono toned voice.

I slipped past the plant Pokemon and made my way into the room. "It's just like ours, not very original humans." I said.

Razor turned around "So Spark isn't dying."

"Oh no, he's still dying." then a thought popped into my head "Yeah, I'm dying, your dying... hell everyone who is currently alive is dying."

Razor's expression turned to one of annoyance "What does that mean."

I placed a paw on his shoulder "It means that every moment that we live we are getting closer to death, which means we are dying. Therefore, Spark is dying."

"That's an interesting point of view Night." said Spark's voice. I glanced over to the door and saw the rodent leaning on the door "Nice to see you squeeze out of that situation."

I smiled "Yeah," I looked around the room "Now where's Ruby, I want to talk to her."

"I've been here the whole time you idiot." came her voice from above me. I looked to the source of the sound and saw the fox. Her sleek body was in a relaxed pose with her six tails hanging down off the edge and her pink fur glimmering in the light. "What do you want?"

I approached her "Well I wanted to know what your problem is..." I started motioning with a paw " you know, with your fur."

When I said fur I saw her body chemistry change. Her once relaxed form tensed up and her eyes grew dark "That has nothing to with you." she said curtly, keeping her voice low.

"I'm just saying that if we are going to be traveling together for the foreseen future I think we should get our secrets out in the open." I stated.

The Vulpix hopped down from her perch and got in my face "I suggest that you stop screwing with me Night. At first I thought it was cute but now it's just annoying. You have no idea what I've been through you ignorant bastard,and I don't appreciate the jokes. Now I have no idea why you think it's okay to delve into my personal business but I will warn you. I will not hesitate to leave you at deaths door." She looked down at herself with scorn "This freaking fur is the reason for all my struggles and the fact that you can just take it as a joke makes me sick." I saw a tear flow from her face.

I took a step back, having to take in what I just heard. "I-I'm sorry."

She looked up at me, multiple tears going down her face "Screw you."

I gulped, not exactly feeling good about insulting her before "Look, I know it may be weird to just tell me. But how about this, what if I tell you something about me. I'm not saying that you need to tell me your secret afterwords, I just want to let you trust me." I looked over to Spark and Razor, who where watching the conversation with undying enthusiasm "And so that you guys can trust me too.

Ruby wiped her eyes and sniffled "What are you going to tell us?"

I looked at the floor "I'll tell you about my family."