Steel was watching the sunset with Jake. They had found a good place where you could just see it through the tree's. Steel cuddle close to the jolteon. It had been a week since they got to seals lake and have been training there battle moves 'but i have to get more pokemon to fight with me...ugh....i wish there was a simple way of proving to blaze that I'm his daughter so there'd be no fight' she didn't really want to fight blaze but at the same time the memory of the war with skull and how she found she loved to fight she had lost control on skull when he had hurt jake 'heh but it felt so good...the rush blood pumping.....the thrill of fighting' Jake then licked Steel on the head "Steel....what do you plan to do about Soul?" He seemed to have pulled that question out of no where. Steel flicked her ear before answering "...one thing at a time" Jake then looked at her "....well i guess....but i got to know one thing, why is this so important to you? I mean i never expected this out of you when i first layed eye's on you" Steel didn't know how to answer that, Matt and Anglica know and even Dusty knows about her dreams but Jake was different she was afraid to tell him 'he isn't really opened minded....or i don't even think he believes in that kinda stuff....in fact i don't even know if he believes in Arceus' it hit her hard when she realized there are a lot of things that she dosen't know about him. Steel looks away from him "....but you never answer any of my questions so why should i tell you why it's important to me" Jake looked taken back by her answer but just let a sigh out after and looked away "fair enough....it's just Blaze is an awful king...he just sits in that castle and sends out his gaurds to kill shines like you, abd yet you and that Anglica want him on our side...to fight soul" hake then looks down at his paws "i....i just don't get it is all" he says. Steel lowers he gaze knowing Blaze was doing this out of a broken hreat. "....I think he's just loset....the guy lost his family....I'd be upset to, hell i was...when shawn died i was so upset that i couldn't stop fantasizing about killing Skull" Jake noded but froze and looked at Steel "Shawn?.... why you calling him by his name?" Steel pin her ears back 'Shawn will always be a father to me...but in reality he's not....Blaze is' she glance at Jake with a sad one "Steel?... Is there something you want to say?" I noded my head slightly before i let the words out "Shawn wasn't my father.....he was just looking after me....Matt and Anglica already know this...even Dusty. But i wanted you to know" Jake didn't look as suprised as she thought he'd be "ok....who's your father then do you know?" Steel rested her head on Jake's shoulder "Blaze....that's why it's important" Jake didn't answer. He just let her rest there. Steel wanted to know what he was thinking but didn't want to ask 'we are mates are we not?....i wish he'd open up more....why won't he?....is he hidding something from me?' But then the jolteon chuckles "haha....so that's why soul wants you dead.....because your royalty" Steel lifted her head up right away, she never thought of that, the fact that Blaze was king 'and if I'm his daughter...then that makes me a princess?....next in line?....Oh HELL NO!' I
She shake her head "No, no i can't be royalty I'm not a leader! I don't want to be" Jake had a blank expression "well that's kinda how it works...unless you have an older sibling but you don't" Steel dropped her ears ".....yeah well I'm no queen so just forget it i won't ever change....I'm just an ordinary umbreon and that's how it will be forever" Jake eye's her "hmm but your not ordinary umbreon....your a shiny umbreon" Steel gave him a mean look "you know what i meant" Jake got to his paws and smiles at her "Oh did i hehe, well I'm going hunting with Matt...I'll see you later Steel" he gives her a quick kiss before running off. Steel sat there alone now staring acter nothing 'well then....i better go out looking for somepokemon who want to fight the battle with us'
Steel got up and head back to our camp. She walk into view to have Dusty run up ti her with a happy smile "Steel there you are hehe Jake lafted with Matt to go greet his pack...they finslly got here" he said with his tail wagging behind him. Steel smiles "yea great... Liam went with Mocho like he was supposed to right" Dusty look over to a sleeping umbreon "uh...you kidden that lazzy umbreon dose nothing around here" Dusty grumbles and Steel dropped her eyes "um...dose snypokemon k ow why he's following us?....we never told him to come eith us" Dusty sat down "Well Matt says the more the better...but. Dose je know how to fight even...i haven't seen him fight since Skylar attack us that one day by the tree of soul's" Steel just shock her fur "yea, yea maybe you could battle practice with him...you know to get him goung, if he's going to stay he better help around here" Dusty nided "Alright Steel I'll handle him" the Lyaconroc took off to Liam and push him to wake up the sleeping umbreon. Steel tgen headed out to the forest 'Alright just ask pokemon if there willen to help me fight against Blaze....I'm sure somepokemon will trust me'
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Steel walked around the area but couldn't find anypokemon neer by 'jezz i guess no one live by seals lake' Steel then. Walks up to a bunch of blue flowers, they made her think of jake. When he took her to tgat really nice flower fild but there weren't all blue there was white and pink one's too. Steel walk by them and sniffed at them. "There beautiful aren't they" Steel quickly turned her head to see a shiny glaceon ssitting in a patch of flowers. "Yea they are. What are you doing here Anglica?" Anglica got to her paws and walks over to Steel "i was looking around for pray but i didn't have any luck. How about you?" Steel lowers her head "I'm looking for help...to fight against Blaze" Anglica smiles "well if you like i can help you with that..Hey me and you can take a little trip to dark river it's close by and i hear a lot of pokemon live there" Steel smiles "yeah okay sounds good...but how far is it?" She asked and Anglica just shrugs "not far at all...it will only take half an hour to walk there and back" Steel then nided her head "yea ok then" Anglica then took lead and Steel walks beside her. 'Anglica is family...i should get to know her better...after all she's all i have other then Blaze'
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Steel and Anglica walk to where the forest gets darker. Steel smiles likeing the darkness after being in day light to long. Steel glanced at the glaceon "So....what is Blaze like?" Steel ask wanting to know about het father. Anglica stiffed up before saying "Kind, nice, caring before the death of Emma.. He cared about everyone so much he belived in having peace and only peace. He never liked fighting or having wars...kinda like my sister she never like wars or fight either.....i guess that's why they perfect for each other" Steel notice a sad look in her eye's after talking but Steel didn't want to say anything. "Alright....you said Ramune was my uncle what was he like?" Anglica didn't answer "...he...he was something...what everypokemon knew about him was his Stranth and loyalty....but i didn't know him to well...i got to be honest i left before my sister died like long ago before she even had you...i didn't want to live in everfree.. I mean of course I'd come and visit but i just couldn't handle living with the one that got away" Steel glance at her wuth a puzzled look "the one that got away?...your in love with someone?" Anglica blushed a bit "heh yea....but he had a mate....i don't want to talk about it though" Steel noded "okay i can understand that" Anglica smiles at Steel "heh Steel I'm so glad your related to me...i some how knew it fron the beginning" Steel noded "you know what...i think deep down i also knew it...i just didn't understand at first" Anglica noded her head abd they keep heading to Dark river.
Then Anglica said happily "i can see Dark river from here!" She then ran towerds it. Steel froze when she saw the river 'it looks a lot like...Oh-no the river from my dream the one full of blood!'
Steel srated to panick a bit abd ran towerds Anglica "Anglica wait!" The shiny glaceon stopped and gave a puzzled look "Why?" Steel felt a shiver run down her spin "this place...it dosen't feel safe...." Anglica rased a brow "really? Huh well if you say so th-" but a mightyanae jumps out "Not so fast shiny!" Steel relized it was Matt's sister Raven and sge had her half of the pack with her as she let outva nasy growl "order by the king you shall die because you refused to leave!" She snapped coldly to them "Raven!.... Why you following blaze blindly? Can't you see what he's doing is wrong and not even him any more!" Anglica hissed at her but she just trts to attack tge glaceon with dark pluse. Anglica moves away and used ice beam on her hitting Raven to the ground and the mightyanae gets up fast before howling to her pack and the other mightyanaes start running towerds them "We can't fight them all Anglica we'll gave to leave!" Steel informed her and sge noded "right!" They both took off running Steel then saw. A small cave so Steel headed that way abd Anglica follows "Steel where you going!" Steel just kept running untill she reched the cave abd ran inside "Quick in here! Steel yelled to Anglica. The shiny glace ran in and glars at Steel "this isn't going to keep use safe you know!" Then a really loud growl come from be hind them before a electric ball is thrown at the mightyanae. Raven gave a shock yelp before turnning tail as silvally jumps out from the cave and used dragon claw and the mightyanaes ran way before he could hit them. Steel dropped her mouth ferling shocked as hell. Anglica was the first to say "What....the fuck?" Steel didn't know what to think or even say. The strang pokemon tben turned hus gaze on them "YOU!" he snarled loud and clear eye's lock with steel. Steel's fur raised with feer as she broke into a poison sweat and lowers herself "eh we're leaving sorry" Steel spat out. Sge couldn't even remeber the last time she felt so scared, it didn't happen often that's for sure. Silvally then walked up to tbem but he calmed down a bit before saying "What are you doing here...it's not safe here....not like it sued to be...go away now!" He snarled at them.
Anglica glanced at the big pokemon "....we know....and we're sorry.. But we're here seeking help to fight against the king not to kill him but judt to get his attention so we can show him What s he's doing and see his daughter i-" but the pokemon cut her off "Steel... daughter of Blaze am i right?" He eye's softens on Steel. Steel lifted her head feeling surprised that ge knew all that "y-yes that's me....how did you know?" The pokemon frowns as he sits down and hang his head low "i was here to see it all...the tragedy that took place here in everfree. Mew and Mewtwo couldn't stop the curse that was thrown upon us...and i.....i was stuck in the curse for i have always lived here...." Anglica gave a warried look "you mean this curse isn't fix able?" He gave a sad smile "no...Arceus told us legendarys to stay out of it....that only one can fix the past damage....Steel daughter of Blaze and future Queen of everfree...can save the forest....but i see you need help finding your place as a leader eh?" Steel sat back feeling less threatened by him "yes i guess i do i mean....i don't want to be a leader....I'm not" Silvally got to his paws "these pokemon here will trust you....they fear Soul for they seen how crazy his true colours are....he used to hide here from Blaze and Ramune not wanting to be killed...but not wanting to let go of the pawer of being king" Anglica glanced at him "you lived here that long?....why are you here?" He just started to walk away "i was told I'd be needed....for the final fight....but i sence....that time is far from now....there's a lot you need to learn and do before your ready to take down Echo and his army...but when you are....I'll be there" Silvally then took off in a flash and just like that he was no where to be seen. Steel felt like her head was spinning with those words she couldn't believe that she talk to the legendary Silvally. 'But there are pokemon here that will trust me?....i gotta find them!'
Anglica frowns "A final battle?....Who's Echo?" Anglica asked and Steel dropped her gaze "That's what I'd like to know....but no pokemon will tell me who that is" Steel then headed out of the cave to see if There was any hint of other pokemon and then to her relief she picked up a strong sent "Anglica i think i can small other's around! Come on" she then took off in the direction of the sent with the shiny glaceon close behind her.
Steel then come to a stop when she saw a shiny leafeon and a braixen standing there. The shiny leafeon snarled at them "What are you doing! Leave now your not welcomed here!" He hissed in a vary threatening way Anglica narrowed her eye's at the leafeon and was about to snap back but Steel stopped her by cutting her off "We don't want truble.....we just wanted to talk" Steel trys to reson with them. Tbe Leafeon's gaze was cold and bone trusting "huh...just want talk? Hm yea right the last pokemon who said that, killed half of our village!" Anglica had a blank expression on her face "village?....this is everfree forest....and I'm pretty sure this is dark river....isn't?" That's when the braixen speaks "it use to be....but now it's just a dead area filled with Criminals.....and unwanted shines....Huh Soul did this him and our own king....be banished the shines and they had nowhere to go so they came here yo hide from him....but i fear he'll find us soon" she said it with a shakey voice either from fear or anger but Steel couldn't tell watch one it was. Then Anglica says "But Silvally was living in that cave....wouldn't he protect you?" The shiny leafeon gave a sad sigh "i thought so to when i saw him but.....he says it's not his place to do so....that we got to help our selves" Steel felt a bit bad but she also felt like she wasn't getting the full story here "well why don't you leave then....like leave the forest?" The shiny leafeon gave a cold glare "Because of the curse....the one that holds all pokemon here" Anglica then frowns ".....sorry for your trubles.....but Me and my friend are fighting against the king....we got a fairly big group but it would be nice to have more to our group" the shiny leafeon narrowed he's eye's at them and pulls back his lips into a snarl. Steel felt fustreated with him 'if he keeps looking at us like that, I'm going to smak him in his face' Steel thought yo herself. Then the braixen placed her paw on him "Nixon....please maybe we can trust them after all there shines like you" Nixon held Steels glare before dropping his eye's "yes....fine....but what is your plan?... the king has killed so meny...Soul even more so" he said with a calmer tone. Steel smiles "Great come with us we'll take you to our camp....and mybe you can share what happend to this place?" The braixen then step fowerd " nanes Zara....and what happened here was Soul....before the shines got forced here..... Soul came here to hide and to plot against the king and Prince and he and his army took over and drowned a lot of innocent in the river if they refused to help....now the river truly is dark....with blood that is, but when he left he never came back....but we thank Arceus if there even is one....i sometimes question his existence....why would he let such a dark fate like this happen?" Steel fell quite 'the blood in the water....like in my dream,.... Now i know the damage, the mark soul and my father are leaving here, we got to stop this insanity before more pokemon suffer this'
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Steel lead them back to camp, she looked around to see that a lot of mightyanaes wgere sitting around or making dens to sleep in. Anglica lookef at Nixon "well this is our camp for now but....we'll be heading to the place in a few days to challenge Blaze....i hope you ferl welcome" Nixon frowns "hmm....alright thrn me and Zara will just nake dens then....and i assume that we are battle practiceing so we'll also do that" he said before he walks farther into camp. Steel glanced at Anglica. "Well....I'm going off to reast....I'll see you later Anglica" the shiny glaceon nods before she takes off towerds her den. Steel heads over to Jake who was laying in the sunlight. He smiles at her "hey babe, where have you been all day?" He asked as Steel lays beside him. "Just looking for pokemon willing to help us...." Jake just looked at her "right...well Matt and i where talking and we think. We should head out to face Blaze in two days....i think we got enough pokemon in this group" Steel noded yea well we also found two pokemon that are going to figjt with us" Steel said but she couldn't help but think about everything that has happend at Dark river 'theres a lot you have to learn and do.....but what?....what can i do that other's can't?' Steel then glanced at the blue scarf she was wearing in derp thought.
Skylar's P.O.V
Skylar followed Killian, soul had left to report to Echo so she once again was stuck alone with the loser shiny mightyanae. But he did say he knew where there was a pack and he knew where Steel was 'hehe and that's good enough for me' killian glanced at her "so once i get control of the pack....I'll go get ride of that flareon so that soul can take rightful place as king and end this curse for ever" Skylar give a fake smile "yes that's the plan...." She then heared paw steps behind her and turn to see a mightyanae growling at them and to her suprise it was the royal guards. There was a gole pack behind her. "You.huh how meney shines are there in this forest?! Arceus i thought you'd all learn by now yo leave or die!" But then Killian jumpped in front of her with a deadly glare "Well we can't leave you fucking dumb ass! So knowing you won't leave us alone...i challenge you for your place as Alpha!" Raven looked taken back and suprised "you can't challenge me for that!....your not of my pack!" Skylar smirks at her "you don't have to be though it's pack low that every challenger gets a chance....and the fight gose till one is dead!" Skylar said with a cold glare. 'Hehe if killian can kill her then we can go to Steel and take over the other pack that killian heared howling then that would be having two pack's to kill steel with and take over....your wish is coming true Echo soon we'll own the forest'
Raven then noded "Farwell then i accept your challenge but di know it is a fight to the death so I'll give you your chance to leave....go now" killian pulls back his lips in a snarl "no" Raven then noded and the rest of the pack backs up for tbem to fight. Raven then use shadow ball hitting Killian and he gose for a play rough and got a good hit on raven. She let a snarl out as she got hit and hit the ground but she rolls to her paws and try for a dark plues but killian move away but she was fast and got him with ice fang then follwed by iron tail and he went flying to the ground. Skylar bite her lower lip in stress 'ugghh! better win!'
Raven then pinned him down and trys to snap at his throat but killian kicked her in the belly throwing her off he then used shadow ball and then jumpped on her forceing her to the ground where he used poison fang on her. She let out a yelp as her fur turns a slight purple. Killian the grabbed her by her neck and bite down as hard as he could and a loud crack was heared and the female mightyanae went lemp in killians grip as he let go she lay there lifeless her eye's where still open. But it was clear that she was dead. Killian looked at tbe rest of the pack. Tbey looked shocked as to what happen and killian then howls for his
victory then glares at them "I'm now your new alpha!....so listen up you no longer work for the king! You'll work for me!....unless any of you want to challenge me that is?" Bit none step to him they all lower ther heads as he walk up to them "heh good....now follow me....we're after a evil shiny umbreon named Steel....and i won't stop untill she's dead" he then started walking towerd Seals lake with the pack following him. Skylar walks close behind him with an evil smirk 'hehe this is to easy'