The Legend of World-chus - CHAPTER THREE

How long had it been since he had seen another chu? Eden had been walking through the western region for a week now. Searching. He needed a solution for the trouble happening here. Someway to end this illness that was destroying the plants.  He needed to find what was causing it, if he could find the stem of the problem then he could find a solution. The earth trembled under his feet. Why was that happening? He hadn’t used his signature move for a while now. He turned quickly, staring at the six Pichu only a few metres away.

“You think you can take the amazing brothers?” Came the laugh of a male pichu, his fur was white, his pose radiated obnoxiousness, overconfidence.
“You know, Freedom, I think they do.” Grinned the Pichu next to him, his brother, his yellow fur glittering in the weak sunlight.
“Must be delirious! Well then, Ethan… Should we show them how amazing the amazing brothers of amazing…ness are when we take down all four of them?” sniggered the first Pichu, Freedom.
With a smirk on his face, Freedom threw an electro ball towards the other four Pichu,
“Oh really?”  a laugh emanated from a bigger Pichu with freckles as she easily countered the move with her own Electro ball. The moves collided, equal in power, exploding and causing smoke to flood the battlefield.
“Nice move, Anwen.” grinned a tiny male Pichu as he hugged another Pichu, one with freckles and a ginger ponytail.

Eden watched, fascinated at how these Pichu were battling when the world was crumbling around them. He took a step towards them automatically as the fourth pichu charged at Ethan with a powerful Volt Tackle. The Pichu smirked as she landed back next to her friends- her family.

“Well, Britt… That was a pretty good Volt Tackle, you’re getting better!” Laughed the ginger freckled Pichu, making Britt scowl at her,
“Meera, I’m only two years younger than you, you don’t have to chide me.” She sniffed.  Ethan wiped his forehead and used rock throw hitting Stewart who was thrown back away from the group. The youngest Pichu bit his lip and used water gun on Freedom, the torrent making the older Pichu yelp. Freedom took a hesitant step toward the family, his paws in front of him, casting his Confusion move. Stewart blinked; he stumbled forward in confusion, grabbing hold of Britt’s tail to steady himself. The ginger Pichu glared at Freedom and used grass knot on him.

Eden sighed as the Earth trembled again.  He took a deep breath, then he used Attract on all the Pichu. They all turned to him and he smiled slightly as he used Wild Charge in an attempt to lessen the effects of his Attract.
“What is this fight about?” He asked calmly, keeping his distance from the group. “Don’t you understand that the world is in peril?”  
“They’re bullies.” Stewart pointed at the brothers, who looked startled and confused at the power of Eden’s attract, even on them.
“Meera… What does Peril mean?” whispered Stewart, staring at the freckled ginger pichu.
“It means danger.” She frowned, at Eden, who had turned and was walking away from the group.
“If you help me find a solution I will reward you all.” He called over his shoulder.

“So, Mr. Eden…What is this peril?” Meera asked, tightening the knot of her cape. Eden couldn’t help but smile weakly at that action.
“Well… Super Freckles… “He whispered the first part of his sentence. “We need to find a solution of some sort to save the plants. If they die, the world dies. It’s already beginning…” He added as the Earth trembled once more.
“Well, we’d better start looking…” Freedom glanced around. “What is a solution? Like a berry or something?”
“It could be, but we won’t know until we find it or work out a solution…” Eden murmured, walking further to the west. His eyes on the ground, searching for something he did not know what was. They had been walking for about an hour together when a fight broke out.
“You stepped on my paw!” Squealed Stewart, pushing Ethan away from him, tears welling up in his eyes, “Meera, He hurt my paw!”
When he didn’t receive a reaction from Meera, he turned and used Ice Fang on Ethan, who yelped in annoyance. “You little Ratatta!” He hissed, turning to counter the move but was stopped by a small voice.
“What if we aren’t looking for a plant?” Britt whispered, brushing her fringe out of her eyes. “What if we’re looking for a Pokémon?”
“That’s stupid.” Freedom retorted, laughing slightly. “There isn’t a Pokémon that can save the plants and the world.”
“Oh?” Hissed Britt, shaking her tail slightly, Aqua tail forming, “What are you? A genius? Have you never heard of Shaymin?” She snarled, then looked over at Eden for confirmation, receiving only a thoughtful stare from him,
“Well, have you seen a Shaymin around here? No! That’s because there aren’t any!” Freedom said, his voice aggressive, smugness traced into his posture and eyes.
“No, not here… but I know where we can find one.” Eden grinned brightly at Britt. “Why didn’t I think of that?” He laughed, whistling loud and clear.

As Moltres flew closer to the ground, Eden leaped into the air, revelling in the hang time before he landed on the fiery bird’s back. He looked down at the Pichu, “Well… are you all coming?” He called to the six Pichu who stood staring at the legendary bird. The family of four climbed onto the back of the powerful creature, and Ethan joined them a moment later. Freedom scowled at them, “I’m not getting on the back of that... thing!” He sniffed disdainfully. Britt scowled at him, “Oh, you really are.” She said, focusing her power to use Psychic, moving Freedom into the air. The obnoxious Pichu flailed as he was moved, “Put me down, you psycho!” he yelped at Britt, and Britt obeyed, dumping him in front of Ethan and nodding at Eden,
“Old friend… we are going to visit Rose.” Eden said, smiling at the others. “Hold on tight!” And with a powerful beat of Moltres’ wings they took off to the east.
“Who’s Rose?” Whispered Anwen to her sisters and her brother, all three shook their heads. Staring ahead, Eden murmured something to Moltres who shook his head and then sped up.

Eden glanced back at the Pichu, four huddled on one side of Moltres’ back and the two huddled near Moltres’ tail. He shook his head, how could they live so close and yet be in such conflict?

Eden bit his lip and patted Moltres’ neck, giving the signal for Moltres to dive toward the ground, plummeting as fast as the air resistance would allow him.
“Stop! Please stop!”
“You’ll kill us all, you MORON!” screeched Ethan and freedom respectively as they clung to Moltres’ feathers in panic and desperation. Britt whooped, Anwen and Stewart laughed breathlessly and Meera stayed silent in the knowledge that Eden would keep them safe. Eden stood, preparing to jump. Moltres levelled out inches from the ground and Eden threw himself off of the giant bird’s back, landing next to a pichu who also had a flag marking. She smiled, turned away from the Sandshrew she was bandaging and hugged him.
“Hello Rose.” Eden smiled as Moltres landed to allow the rest of the Pichu to climb off his back. Freedom, shaking, scowled at the legend, who teasingly sent a weak jet of fire his way before taking to the skies again.
“Rose, this is Meera, Britt, Anwen, Stewart, Ethan and Freedom. We have come to save the flowers…” She smiled at the other Pichu, who stood awkwardly in a group, “But we need the help of a friend of yours…” Eden admitted, smiling at how the Pichu who had fought so much just minutes ago were finding comfort in being close together. Britt cleared her throat, stepping away from the group.
“Shaymin.” She whispered. “We need the help of a Shaymin.” A sweet scent filled the air, and as if it heard her voice, Shaymin flew down from the sky and landed next to Rosemary, who stroked it’s head. “Oh, of course! Shaymin… you will help them, won’t you?” She tilted her head to one side. The Shaymin nodded slowly but determinedly.

“How can shaymin help?” Rosemary asked, looking serious.
“Seed flare.”
“Seed flare?”
“Yes, Seed flare is what Shaymin needs to you!” Eden smiled, jumping up and down in anxiety.
“Shaymin… will you please use Seed flare to purify the air over towards the west?” Rosemary asked calmly; the Nepal chu was used to these strange requests of the Pangaea chu.
“Shay!” Shaymin took off toward the west, using seed flare as he went.
“Thank you, Rose.” Hugging her quickly, Eden climbed back on Moltres’ back followed by the six Pichu he’d come with.  Eden laughed with joy as he saw the plants sprouting back, his eyes full of wonder as he realised how easy this solution was. They flew after Shaymin, until they reached the spot they had begun this mission.

The group of Pichu stared at Eden as he stood before them. He was looked somewhat worried about what he was about to do now. Sighing deeply, he forced a smile upon his face.
“Well, here is your reward. May I ask how much land you each think your can protect?” He bit his lip, how was he to know whether they would be correct in their decisions?
“I can protect the whole land!” Freedom announced, grinning smugly.
“I can’t protect as much land as my brother, but I can also protect a vast amount of land.” Ethan looked down at his paws, “But I’d rather the land wasn’t all the same, you know? I’d like it to change…”
“I want to remain close to my siblings.” Britt whispered, her eyes trailing over the three pichus next to her. “But I don’t think I could handle the power of protecting a large expanse of land.” She added quickly. Her siblings all nodded in agreement.
“Well then, let’s see if my choice is a good enough one.” Taking a deep breath, he used Wild charge, creating six separate countries. He then in turn kissed the heads of each of the Pichu, causing flag markings to appear on their ears and tails. Taking a step back, he kicked the ground in between the two groups, using Earthquake, he created two a new continent, and two new islands. The continent, he entrusted to the two brothers. The island, the four siblings split between themselves, indicating to Eden as to where to put the markers. All was well,
For now.