#wenshreek

[thevaloroushearts-archive-blog]

“You... ll ne...r see... th... n... i... my kingdom...”

Those were the last words that that the Gardevoir ears could make before seeing  the figure tower over her, raising their weapon to the heavens before swiping it down, aiming for the poor sylph’s face.

Oriel could only gasp and cringe before the dark world she envisioned was shattered, rising up and letting out a shriek from the sheer shock.

“WHOA!”

Alyx leapt back and raised his shoulders, startled from his sister snapping up away so suddenly. He took a moment to register the situation before seeing Oriel trying to regain her composure as quickly as possible, holding her head. A pounding headache it seems... her face had both fear and heavy concern smeared across her face.

Nervously, Alyx approached Oriel before sitting down next to her, looking at her with a worried glance.

“Oriel...?” the Gallade called warily. “... You... uh, you alright there?”

“N-nngh...” Oriel could only groan, mumbling the following to herself, “... why...? Why did this come back...? I thought Terminus cleared it...”

The white one had no idea what she was talking about, but even in his confusion and lack of context for the situation, he placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort the girl.

“Sis...?”

“I... I-I’m fine...” she sighed exhaustedly, holding her head. “ ... i-it was just a nightmare... that’s all...”

“ ... I’ll be fine, I promise, brother...” Oriel reassured, even as her palm remained on her head.

Alyx could only wince, not convinced in the least. “Well... I was coming to tell you that our match is coming up... I was looking for you, had no idea you came back to our room to nap. Were you really that tired?”

“E-er...” she stuttered, blinking her eyes before sighing defeatedly. “... Yes...”

“Mmh,” the Gallade quirked his brows, still holding onto her. “... you have to plan your naps better. Now c’mon, our match is coming up, we got a doubles today. You knew we did.”

“R-right...” the Gardevoir sighed, before rising up with her brother. “Let us proceed, shall we?”

“Yeah, for sure.”

As the siblings went down the halls, a blaring announcement was made in the intercom:

“ATTENTION, ALYX AND ORIEL! YOUR MATCH BEGINS IN THREE MINUTES! PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FIGHTING RING IMMEDIATELY!”

“O-OH GOODNESS!!” Exclaimed the Gardevoir, before Alyx added in with an alarming reaction of his own.

“AW CRAP, WE GOTTA HUSTLE! C’MON!”

Needless to say the two of them bolted down the hall. Thankfully their sprinting could shave them some seconds, perhaps just enough to make it on time. On their way towards the entrance, they saw their manager Rhoslyn, and even SHE seemed to be stressed out over how close they were cutting it.

“THERE YOU TWO ARE!!” she yelled before scramblingly waving her claws towards the hall that leads to the arena.

“FASTER! THE NEW ANNOUNCER GIRL’S BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TWO ESPECIALLY!”

Thankfully they had half a minute before they had to step out into the steps of the ring, the collective sighs of the audience filling the air. Once the brother and sister had their fill of air from running so quickly, they pulled themselves together and stepped up to the ring, just in time to be announced.

The crowd was lively and there were lights everywhere. Everything was set for the upcoming battle, and as Rhoslyn mentioned, there was certainly a new face in the middle of it. Probably recently hired.

The audience roared with the Meloetta’s energy, which filled the mythical Psychic Pokemon with equal amounts of enthusiasm. She spun the mic around in her fingers cheerfully before clarifying who she was.

“SUH-WEET! THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT, AW YEAH~! Alright everyone, the name’s Caprice, and here is match you’ve been waiting for tonight! Let’s greet the challengers huh~?”

Caprice swung her attention over to one side where the siblings stepped out onto the ring.

“ALYX! ORIEL! ALYX! ORIEL! ALYX, ORIEL!” Cheers filled the air for those two after the Meloetta introduced them. The girl beamed at the sight of them, so excited to announce for the siblings. She seems to be a fan of them herself. Soon she brought the crowd’s attention to the other side.

“Huh...” Alyx commented, stroking his chin at the opponents. “Wenshreek? Wirliquen?”

“I’ve never heard of such Pokemon... they must be new...” Oriel added on.

“Heh... all the more reason to get pumped. C’mon sis, let’s show ‘em what we’re made of.” Alyx flashed a grin at his sister.

“... Gladly,” affirmed Oriel before synchronizing her rhythm with her brother, her eyes alighting with determination.

Meanwhile, in the crowd, there were some Pokemon that seemed particularly eager for them as well, some magician-looking Pokemon...

And further in the back, there was the Black Knight himself, looking bored yet anticipating. It was rare or him to actually come to the audience seats... hearing how renowned these two were finally tugged at his curiosity.

He needed to see their prowess for himself, to gauge its worth. THEIR worth.

“M’KAY, ARE WE READY?!” Caprice pumped up the crowd once more. After reeceiving an uproarious “YES,” she threw down and yelled,

“THEN LET’S RUMBLLLLLLE~!!”