A new world is an empty shell
S:LOG//TEST LOG: 000053
-Test number 37-
--:Results, negative.
--:According to my experiments, the energy maintained its stability for approximately 3% longer period of time than test number 36, stone fails to resonate before self-termination. For a stone with increased vitality, the Energy performs with increasing superiority, concluding that increased strength changes its outcome.
--:All current technology can no longer replicate the mega stone, modified tech currently being in use.
--:My hypothesis is that the Key stone and the mega stone must resonate in the same frequency for as long as 9.14159 seconds long in order to achieve evolution, all devices must be tested to their limit.
--:Current tests were unpredictable, questions raise for each result as it puts me two steps back each time my predictions failed. Now, I am getting close to solving the riddle.
--:The solution to create a bond with Shedinja remains unknown, possible that a bond will not be needed to achieve evolution, mutations is a probability.
--:Relevant to the current testings, an interesting development has affected my body; nausea, slight lost of sight, and sudden change in emotions started to develop during the starting phase of resonating test. Unable to tell if this is caused by the key stone or Shedinja, further testing is required.
--:No further data for now.
M:SAVE//PLEASE STANDBY.........................
M:SAVE//COMPLETE
After finishing the personal logs I slouched down my chair and sigh in disappointment, five months, five long months and still nothing. What is it that is missing? What is the Key to solve the Shedinja conundrum? How can it mega evolve if the pokemon is aura-less and soulless? Ever since Kalos localize mega stone to other regions, it was a hot topic to scientists everywhere, I used to be one of those scientists, until I had an obsession with Shedinja. Now I work on my own in my living quarters, studying and testing, I hope in the end I don't resort to forceful means again.
Five months, 57 tests, 314 grand, and 21 lab equipments, all failures, I used all of my knowledge to their limit and I still find nothing.
Nothing... that is a word that I have always despised, a word I hated to the very core, I hate being nothing, I don't want to be nothing, just something that no one else will remember, no one to remember me. A grain of sand in vast beach never to be noticed. *sigh* I can thank that to the many fails I had in the past.
I slowly rotated myself on the office chair in frustration until I had my eyes on the TV screen, I quickly picked up the remote that was sitting on the desk next to the monitor and pressed the mute button.
"-tiple sightings of legendary pokemons have gone missing across the globe, reporters do not know were they have gone but it is safe to say that they were not kidnappings taking place, few witnesses report that Dialga, Palkia, And Giratina, pokemons that rule over time, space, and dimensions has been seen heading towards Spear Pillar, it is unknown what or why they are rallying there but pokemon scientists and rangers can only assume the worst as this predicament is a possible threat. Many speculate that multiple organizations are suspected to be the reason behind this even and local police are currently assessing the situation."
"World leaders are currently discussing this situation and they advise that the public should stay calm, it is possib-"
Having to hear enough I turned off the television and dropped the remote, not caring where it lands or if it breaks. "Great, I don't to be a theorist to know where this going, maybe Team Galaxy is on the move to destroy the universe again." Bending forward and letting my arms rest on my knees, I stare at the carpet-less floor with a blank face, slowly breathing over time I tried to calm my mind, to forget everything about an impending apocalypse so I can overlook with my own thoughts.
Then suddenly the word soulless suddenly etched into my brain.
Maybe... No... It's too risky, but then again, risks are necessary in order to open up new opportunities, I learned that the hard way in my past life. I closed my eye and rest for a few minutes to recollect my thoughts, a few more and my mind is concluded, there is no turning back now. I have made my decision, swim or go down with the ship, it's the only chance I would ever get. I slowly stood up and resumed my glove covered hands on the keyboard and typed:
S:LOG//TEST LOG: 000054
-Test number 38-
--:Beginning soul transfer test...
It was hours, or was it minutes? That I find my self staring at my own Shedinja, funny how some memory can slip your mind and end up forgetting some things, maybe this is normal when you are facing your own doom on purpose for a selfish cause. I even forgot how I ended up in the ruins of destroyed facility...
Oh, now I know why, so my resting place will be my own past, a past where it only gave me misery, but where I actually was something.
My own Shedinja was staring at me with its ominous gaze, it knows well how this will start and how it will end yet it remains silent. That is one of many things that I love about this pokemon, a complete yet unexplored secret, a treasure that is literally skin deep yet relies only in silence.
It's odd really, how can professors tell that staring at their gaping hole can consume ones soul if not one soul was ever said to be reaped. Maybe these professors know that there is dark secrets hidden within the shells and they have already peered into them, maybe they already know it's secret and they don't want anyone to know of this with a simple ploy of a Pokedex.
Damn you Oak, I knew there were some secrets that you still keep from me.
But alas, it is too late to be in grievance, it is time, it is time to put my last theory to the test, there will be no equipment, no safety precaution, just me, Ripper, the fastest insect pokemon of Hoenn, and Aria the bee queen of Sinnoh, both of them rest on the make shift bed as they spectate my latest test with both content and concern.
I shifted my right hand up my left eye where the bandages rest and lifted it up to remove it from its hold, it revealed a scarred eyelid showing a cut ranging from the brow to the cheek, my eye instantly stings as it didn't fully heal from a recent surgery, it hurts but I won't stop, my heart beats faster as each second passes by, my hesitation is growing but I must move forward.
From afar Ripper and Aria watched me as I removed the cloth from my eye, and as it opened both of them stared in slight shock, not at the eyeball that was replaced by a prosthetic, but at the pupils where a key stone lies.
I open my eyes wide and the key stone activated as it was intended and the bond was finally trying to take form, I can feel a surge of energy moving back and forth between me and Shedinja, but the energy I felt from it was hollow and full of somber, a darkness that was deeper than any nightmare Darkrai or a hundred of Gengars can ever give me, it felt wrong in every way but I must continue.
I was surprise by how well this was going but now I must face darkness itself, "Azimuth face unto me" and so it commended, in a swift motion it faced away and I was greeted by the deepest pits of black. I stared at it for a long 5 seconds until I felt the energy increase ten fold, it's working! My hypothesis was finally right for once and I can feel the bond ripple as it begins resonating, finally after so long I can redeem myself.
That was when my god turned against me.
My sense of relief was suddenly ripped from me as my heart literally skipped a beat.
"AAAAAGGHHHH!!!!!" Ripper and Aria were startled at my sudden scream and felt fear emanating from the aura deep within its pit.
I continue to scream in internal agony as I felt my heart constantly skipping between beats, NO, it's failing! My work is going to be for nothing! I tried my best to continue but the darkness is too powerful, I tried canceling it but the resonating has already reached their mark and the bond was whole, but the bond was too much.
Ripper quickly came to his masters aid to help while Aria tried to save me with Heal Order,but the damage was far too great, the black smog protruding from its back made them back up in fear.
Becoming one with Shedinja was an endless struggle as now I am part of its mind, I see and understand that being nothing is inevitable, being nothing is what I will ultimately end up, being nothing is what I deserve and will always be a husk of someone greater.
No
My body was fighting it with pure adrenaline, fight the will to not succumb unto it, I fought with everything I can but I am slipping, I can feel my nerve structures failing one by one as my body slowly shut down from one major organ to the next, my lungs breath slowly each time until It starts failing as well. All I fell was pain, absolute pain, I have always wondered how much a human body can take before giving up, how a thousand of needles can stab into every single part of my body simultaneously without a single injury, an endless torment that is invisible yet happening before your eyes.
I was never able to witness my accomplishment.
I fell down to my knees and as I was close to passing out, I suddenly heard something, a voice that has been drowned out as my soul becomes consumed, and then, nothing...
Waking up from a blank and nonexistent dream, the first thing I saw was a strange yet alluring mint green chandelier. That's strange, how did I get here? The last thing I remember was when... Was when... What was I doing before I got here?
"... Where am I...?" I asked myself.
One things popped up in my mind in that instance; my own voice felt different, it was like my vocal cord was surgically removed and couldn't feel my own throat vibrating... In fact, it felt like I don't even have one at all... No, that can't be possible, how was I able to talk in the first place.
"How...?"
There it is, I did it again. How is this even possible? What happen to me?!
Slowly panicking, I tried to stand up but my body would not respond to my command. I struggled to move at least a limb but nothing is happening.
It feels like I don't have anything but a torso and a head.
..............
No, I refuse to believe what I was thinking, I tried to struggle again to at least move an arm. Then suddenly I was standing up, strange, I didn't feel my legs while doing this, but I was too soaked up knowing that I have legs at least. Looking down to see if my own body was fine, I froze in shock, I wasn't standing, I was floating... And I don't even have legs!
I searched frantically to find any Pokemon that is doing this on purpose but found nothing. I searched more until I soon realized that there was no sign of the psychic being used, not even a residue.
The more questions I ask myself the more I question what I actually am.
After contemplating with my own thoughts for a few minutes, I decided to have a look bout my surroundings for any clue on how I got here.
After continuously searching the room I slowly started to pick up the architecture of this place. It looked like it was made from clumped up Ariados webs, if it weren't for the fact that the entire room was structured to look like the inside of a catacomb. It seemed that I was inside a large abandoned court room of sorts, either it is a royal court or a Judal court I can't say. From where I am standing, or floating, I'm right on the podium where both royal and/or judge chooses ones fate. What I don't seem to understand is the architecture of this place, how it's orientated, it looks nothing like any modern courts that exists on earth, unless...
He he, no that can't be right, there's no way that I have somehow travel in the past, he he, before I started wondering if I have gone insane I then suddenly felt an urge to look behind me, and look behind my I did.
What I turned to look at was the most beautiful art I have ever witness, It felt so luring it was unnatural.
A large and unusual shaped shell was attached to the wall high above the court room surrounded by obsidian webs like a prey caught to in the predators trap, this must be the courts prized centerpiece, it is a shame that it was abandoned, left to decay. The being inside it was the main attention of this design as it was posed in a way that can only be seen on a persons final resting place. But this one was slightly different, as its quadruple form caused its lower limb to bend in a way a human would stand criss crossed. The most alluring part of this design was its hair as it moves in small ripples like it was animated underwater.
This kind of art was not unusual in the Hoenn region, in fact it was quite exotic for glass designers, as they usually shape the large glass cylinder and carve it into a crystal and install a hologram under to give an illusion of a person being trapped inside. Of course, even for a high tech hologram there is always a small imperfection that gives it away, but this, it held perfection in every way.
But is it as perfect as a mirage?
Strange... I have never seen this kind of design before. The crystal cocoon looked just like a Metapod but the entire shell was out of shape and looked nothing like any Kakuna design I have ever seen. The crystal itself was naturally turquoise and was clear enough to show the inside without difficulty.
The creature Inside was equine yet look a lot like the resemblance of a insect type Pokemon. It had a jagged like horn with a long and pointed end, a pair of tattered insectoid wings, and has limbs that makes it stand high to rival a Gallade. Ominously, it has a mane that mostly resembles a human female with holes as well and a black crown with blue orbs on each tip. If all those holes in its limbs were natural I would be surprised how it does not crack under its own weight.
The more I stare at this work of art the more I start having this unusual feeling of warmth and calmness, no, not calmness, it felt like having a sympathetic attraction to this creature.
This is wrong... Why am I here? HOW did I get here?
My mind drifted back to the reason of being here until my thoughts were soon cut short as I suddenly hear a pair of clattering noises. Almost like the sound of hooves.
I tried to tilt my body to at least move myself somewhere where I cannot be seen. Miraculously I was able to move where i wanted to be, I was surprised at how natural it felt but celebrations can come later. I must see these "new" Pokemon's.
"Tch how long do I have to guard this retched place? It reeks of moss." complained a earth Royal Guard covered in a clad of gold tinted armor with dark brown coat, holding a spear in one hoof.
"Suck it up Quick Hooves, you're not the only one dealing who's guarding a imprisoned bug." said the other earth guard on his opposite side with the same armor who was walking with him.
"Screw you Javelin." Quick Hooves retaliated.
They both know that since Queen Chrysalis' failure, she was punished with imprisonment by the changeling empire. After Canterlot have heard of this the royal court intervened and insisted on surveying her confinement and make sure that it doesn't become the same repeat of King Sombra. The decree was approved of course, and for several months with no breakage, it is almost safe to assume that no one will come for her.
Almost...
Javelin then remembered something.
"Oh right, it's almost time for check up right.?"
"Hah! you forgot already? The empire created a barrier that prevents any sympathizers and any other outside magic from entering three days ago." Smearing at Javelins lack of memory just for a little payback..
Javelin was flustered by his comment but decided to ignore it and continue his patrol.
"Whatever, I still don't understand why it's the royal guards job to do a bugs work, anyways this is our last stop before our shift ends." They started to walk down the corridors where the crystal prison are held.
"Hah that's your biggest issue? I'm still wondering why we need to watch this prisoner if the barrier already does the job for us."
Finishing his final runs, Javelin walked into the prisoners chamber to check if everything is in order and nothing was disturbed. "Something can always slip under our noses Quick Hooves. It's always best to be extra care-"
Concerned Quick Hooves followed Javelin into the room to investigate what got him startled. "Javelin? Hey buddy what are you- Intruder!"
Author's Note
I feel that there is much more that I could have done for my first chapter but I feel like I finally accomplished something.
If you have anything to say that could make this story better feel free to tell me, I would love to look over any open opinions.
I am looking forward to make more chapters in the future.
