PMD: Rising Darkness Epilogue by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD: Rising Darkness Epilogue
Dear Shadow,
It's been what, like 3 months since we got separated? I don't even remember. I still don't understand why you decided to leave us right after Lugia flew off, but that was your choice, so I won't bother you with that.
Anyway, I'm sending you this letter just to let you know how things are going for us.
First of all, I guess you pretty much noticed, but Lugia's dissuasion plan worked wonders. Artemis' followers realized that their leaders have fallen, and in less than a day, all cities previously occupied and controlled by Artemis and Seth were liberated.
During these few months, everything went back to normal just about everyw
PMD: Rising Darkness - Chap 26 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD: Rising Darkness - Chap 26
The two Pokémon battled roughly, both giving it all they had. The struggle was surprisingly even, despite Seth's type advantage. Lyra was doing a great job at dodging his moves, and endured the few hits she took well. It seemed like nothing could stop her, as if she could be in pain but still keep fighting regardless. It seemed that even the simple hope of saving Lugia and returning society to the way it was before was motivation enough for her.
The struggle went on for a long while until both of them came to a sudden stop, trying to catch their breath.
"How the hell did she get so strong!? This should be an easy victory for me!"
"Co
PMD: Rising Darkness - Chap 25 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD: Rising Darkness - Chap 25
Lyra closed her eyes tightly, as if she were feeling Shadow's pain. When the Umbreon finally collapsed, Lyra looked around and noticed that she was alone... All alone, and helpless. Her only hope was that Seth would oppose himself to what Artemis planned to do to her.
" Well, that went well," grinned Artemis. "Now, on to the most important thing." He turned his head towards the Sandslash, his eyes burning with the desire to slaughter her. "It's been a long time, Lyra. You've held up an honorable fight until now, but I'm afraid that all your efforts were in vain."
"Says you!" the ground type snapped, trying her best not to show her fear. "It
PMD: Rising Darkness - Chap 24 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD: Rising Darkness - Chap 24
"You know, binding my paws really wasn't necessary..." Lyra sighed, annoyed. "This isn't comfortable at all, and you know I wouldn't do anything anyway..."
"Shut up!" the Vaporeon growled. "You won't live much longer anyway, so what difference does it make whether you're comfortable or not?"
"So, you'll just let him kill me? Even though you know that Artemis might..."
"I said SHUT UP!" he interrupted her in rage, trying to avoid the subject. He didn't want to think about it, and refused to entertain the notion that his partner would dare ditch him, or even eliminate him.
"Okay, okay.... Chill out a bit... Sheesh..." she muttered. "He's cl
PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 23 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 23
Silence invaded the air. Lyra and Flare were left speechless. They simply stared straight at Elric, trying to digest what they just learned.
"E- Elric? Is that really true?" Lyra demanded, her voice shaking. The Ampharos simply stood still, his eyes closed. "Well?!" Lyra insisted, wanting to hear the truth from him.
"Yes... This Pokémon is responsible for the death of both of my parents..."
"Seth!! I finally found you!" A small Mareep yelled, outraged.
"Ah, Elric, my old friend! What have you been up to?" Seth replied, as calm as ever.
"Tracking you down, that's what! And don't you dare call me 'friend' anymore. I came back for you!
PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 22 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 22
"Hey, guys!" a cheerful, feminine voice announced, startling Cole and Elric. They both got up and saw that it was Lyra and Flare.
"Hey there. How was it?" greeted Cole with a smile, trying as hard as possible not to show his sorrow.
"It was fine. We could keep this up for ages of we needed to," replied Flare.
"Glad to hear that! What about your arm, Lyra?"
"Well, I think it's finally healed," she remarked, moving it around.
"Then why are you keeping the bandages on?" wondered Elric, looking at the small piece of cloth, which was lightly stained with dried blood.
"Oh, that? I dunno actually..." she blushed, "I actually think it looks som
PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 21 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 21
Cole and Elric waited at the peak of Rhim Valley until dawn, eagerly awaiting Lyra's group to return. They spent the rest of the night sitting around a warm fire they'd started and talking about random things and events. Jake was completely tied up, immobilized, and left lying flat on the cold ground. He still hadn't regained consciousness yet.
"Night's gettin' long," commented Elric, yawning and stretching his neck tiredly. "Either they're really enjoying themselves or they got into trouble again. I'm seriously getting tired as hell now."
Cole grunted back: "Even when they do get here, we're gonna have to take turns to keep guard while the
PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 20 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 20
"We're almost there," remarked Cole, recognizing the familiar landscape. "Should be there in 15 minutes."
"Where do you plan to start once we get there?" asked Elric, "I mean, everyone will be sleeping, most likely."
"Well, yeah. But we don't have a choice. We're pretty much going to have to disturb them. For a good cause, though. I'm sure it won't be too much of an issue."
"Don't you think the city will be guarded at this time?"
"Probably yes we'll fight if we need to."
"Got it." They walked for a couple minutes until Cole interrupted the silence once more.
"By the way Elric, I still don't get why you absolutely wanted to travel
PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 19 by Dragon-Minded, literature
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PMD Rising Darkness - Chap 19
The rest of the day went by quickly as the four Pokémon got ready to move out and reviewed their plans.
"Well, looks like it's about time to get started. Lyra, Flare - you guys go into any mystery dungeon that suits your current level and do what you need to do. Elric and I will start looking for recruits around Azuria, as that's the most liable place to find old guild members. We'll meet up by dawn at the peak of Rhim Valley. Also, remember to moderate your item usage and pick up as many as you can. We don't have any supply stores anymore so we're gonna need to do our best to ration the few we have now. Hopefully, things will change, b
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