Chapter 12 Pup of my Dreams The arena was packed tonight, everyone had come out to watch the end of the Fall Festival, the final tournament between the first-year students. Ribbon and Darious had fought hard to reach this point, well…that all depended on who you ask since in Ribbon’s eyes Darious had an easy path to the finals. Anyone who loses round 1 but won because his opponent didn’t feel like continuing shouldn’t be here, then in round 2 Darious didn’t even win the fight the correct way. His chances of beating someone like her…less than 1%. “Are you going to say good luck and have fun?” Ribbon asked, a confident smirk on her face. “Please don’t waste my time with such talk, so unbecoming. It’s you who is going to need the luck Darious, I wouldn’t lose to you in a thousand years.” “Don’t be like this Ribbon, your kinder than this.” Darious growled, the pup looked at his paws, they were shivering slightly. Odd since she hasn’t even turned the temperature down yet. “Don’t let that creature inside of you win.” “Who are you calling a creature, mutt!” Ribbon’s eyes flashed red. Taking a deep breath Ribbon calmed herself, but the shots have already been fired. “Here I was going to share my love with you…” Ribbon’s eyes turned red. “I guess the experience of destroying you will have to do, sad…you are a cute pup when your mouth is shut.” A cold northern wind blew across the Pokémon’s faces. Ribbon heard some members of the audience complaining of the sudden gust of cold wind, but she could careless, they were here to witness her rise to power. Ribbon pats the ribbon on top of her head and slowly removes it, letting it drop to the ground beside her. “What are you doing?” “I’m just unwinding Darious.” Ribbon bares her fangs. “If you’re going to fight like a wild beast, I’ll put you down like one.” Darious looked saddened…why would he look sad for fighting her? Such a weakling. < ~ Wait a minute…Darious never said that to me… ~> Ribbon heard Suicune’s voice speak to her. ~ What are you talking about? ~ Ribbon asked her other half as she dodged Rock Tomb, the large boulders landed where she had been standing a moment before. <~ This is a dream, we’ve already fought Darious here before remembering. ~> Suicune said, the spirit took over as she guided the Vulpix’s legs just out of harms reach of several in coming rocks. Darious was faster than Ribbon thought and quickly closed the gap between them using Take Down to knock the vixen onto the ground. Ribbon felt shaken up, the taste of dirt in her mouth made her want to gag. Looking up Ribbon saw Darious go for a earth shattering stomp, his forepaws landed on either side of her head cracking the earth. If Ribbon hadn’t rolled quickly out of the way she would have suffered a nasty critical hit for sure. Breathing a sigh of relief Ribbon reestablished her neutral play as she was a safe enough distance from Darious to think clearly. <~ When we fought Darious in the real Fall Festival he was a lot easier to read and by this point we…or maybe I was already having my fun teasing him. ~> Suicune spoke. ~ Huh…we’re not really here right now? Can a dream be this realistic? ~ Ribbon looked around the arena, everything looked the same as she remembered. Looking up she noticed that someone was sitting in Bangam’s spot in the Headmaster’s lounge, an Umbreon by the looks of it. He was little cute, red rings instead of yellow ones, a white collar around his neck, with a pair of mysterious looking black earrings. Hmm…would be fun to take that bre for a spin once or twice. <~ Yes, he’s cute, but head in the game Ribbon! ~> Suicune scolded. ~ Stay out of my thoughts! ~ <~ We share nearly everything Ribbon, including this dreamscape. And don’t forget I am you, and you are me. You are me reborn, while I am your past life. So, if anything this is my body and soul and you are the weakling soul that I somehow became after dying in my past life. So, shut up and let me do the driving. Kids these days. ~> “You two done talking yet?” Darious asked, the pup crushed a rock he had been playing with while Ribbon had been arguing with herself. “How did you- “ “Windy is right, this is a dreamscape, your dreamscape really, I’m just a visitor.” Darious hits the ground causing a few rocks to be kicked up for him to play with. “My name is Karis by the way, Master and Commander of Deception.” The Rockruff takes a short bow. “What are you here for Karis?” Ribbon’s eyes flash red as Suicune took over. “It’s rude and against moral code to invade someone else’s dreamscape without their permission.” “Invading dreams is what I do for a living, its where I draw my most power, its where I feed, its where I am at my strongest. You should understand where I’m coming from Windy, you use to be tougher, you went where you felt like, fucked who you wanted too and didn’t care of the consequences. You were someone worth looking up too.” Darious…no Karis smirked while crushing a few more rocks into gravel. “So, you invaded my dreamscape to fight me?” Ribbon…Suicune asked. There was no way she could let her other have driven during this encounter. Whoever this was, this…Karis character was no push over. No, this Pokemon had to be at the strength of a General or Commander, demi-god levels of power. Suicune gulped at the thought of having to fight this Pokemon, he was stronger than her by a long shot. If only…if only she could tap into her ancient powers… “I wanted to see you again, to lay my eyes on my…past work.” Karis crushed another rock. “You can say I have some invested interest in seeing your reawakening Windy.” “Who is Windy…” “That is your name my dear girl, well it was when we last saw one another.” Karis has a devious smile on his face. “Windy Suicune, you were a high-ranking officer in Arceus’s army. You were part of the scouting unit along with Dynamo Keldeo…General of Resolution, a true up and comer.” Karis laughs. “That name…” Suicune puts a paw on her head. “It sounds so familiar.” “It should my dear girl, it should.” Karis kicks a rock over to the Vulpix. “He’s the reason you are here, that you are nothing more than a pussy of a Vulpix.” “I am no PUSSY!” Ribbon and Suicune yelled together, the Vulpix’s eyes flashed purple. “Call us that again and we’ll make sure this is your worst nightmare.” “Oooohhhh…a nightmare…those I know all too much about.” Karis snickered. “But I am not the one you should be angry at, its Dynamo.” “Why should I care about some pony?” Suicune asked, her eyes were still purple. “Some pony that no one has heard from in 200 years.” <~ We can’t get angry, that is what he wants. ~> Ribbon growled. ~ Right and you sound super calm. ~ Suicune took a deep breath as she had to figure out how to handle this situation. Maybe all Karis wanted to talk was chat, but if he wanted to just do that, why not do it in the real world. “What if I was to tell you that he is here Ribbon…Windy…what if I was tell you that you have a chance to get your revenge for him ending your life and more importantly…taking away your dick. That dick that you were so proud of.” “Dynamo killed me…?” “Yes, he did Windy, he killed you, stabbed you right in the heart, pierced your soul, shattering it into two halves. He is why you are here right now, why your soul is not complete. Your soul was broken by a horn filled with magic, the reason you cannot merge your two halves is because of his magic. Your eyes Windy…the color of your eyes tells me who is in the lead. Your…beautiful red eyes, Ribbon’s icy blue eyes, and when you two works together…purple. Purple is the color of uniqueness…it’s also the color that will unlock your true power…the power that you need to get your revenge…your sweet, sweet, revenge.” “Sounds too good to be true.” Suicune said while taking a step back. “I believe more of what you said since it makes sense. But revenge…that is something I’m not into. I don’t know what Pokemon you are Karis, but you’re not my wonderful friend Darious.” Looks up at the Headmaster’s Lounge. “But I bet your that coward of an Umbreon hanging out up there.” Eyes flash purple. “But even then…that is not the real you are it?” “Very good Windy, you always were a master scout.” “Are we going to continue to play this little game?” “No…its almost morning time and it’s time for you to wake up.” Karis turned around and began walking away, the Rockruff’s wiggled his butt at Suicune a few times. “Is that Darious talking or you Karis?” “Darious…I had to use a bit of his mind to pull this off…I will say that…I cannot stand to be him a moment longer after this is over. All I think about is…butts, sex…and saying stupid things.” “That’s my puppy.” Ribbon and Suicune spoke together with a little giggle. The world flashed white…. “Ooohhhh….” Ribbon awoke to find herself back in her room…well her room that she stayed out when she was home with Ruby. The vixen looked around to see that her siblings Fenzura and Angelblade were soundly asleep. Ruby wanted the entire family to come together this holiday season and went out of her way to track down Fenzura who had been staying at White Dreams and introduced him to Angelblade. Now that Angelblade was no longer the “odd” Pokemon that Ruby didn’t want anyone to know about she could come to family gatherings. Ribbon was glad for this happening as Angelblade up until now had felt very alone and unwelcomed. But then again…Angelblade was an Absol while everyone else was a Vulpix. “Go back to sleep Ribbon.” Fenzura yawned, he was still half asleep. “I do not feel like it.” Ribbon walked out of their room and into the hallway. Ruby’s home was inside of a large tree, on the outside it looked like a normal tree, but inside it was a livable home. Three-bedroom, two bath, large kitchen and living/dining room with a garden out back. The only reason the three siblings were being put together was because Kuji the Growlithe family dog had his own room and Ruby didn’t feel like kicking him out of it. Just thinking about how the dog got more privileges than her own flesh and blood made Ribbon become slightly upset. <~ You know all we must do is freeze him. ~> Suicune said with a yawn, Ribbon responded by yawning back. “Can you please not do that, I’m still trying to wake up.” Ribbon spoke out loud while walking into the kitchen and pouring herself some water. The house was mostly quiet…expect from the sounds of something going on down the hall in her mother’s room. Maybe Ruby was awake, good, Ribbon could tell her about her dream and ask who Karis was. <~ Hmmm…I wouldn’t do that if I were you…oh wait…~> “Yes, that kind of loses its meaning when we are the same Pokemon…Windy.” Ribbon winked. <~ My name is Suicune, not Windy…that name is stupid. ~> “I think it fits you, you are a bit of a blowhard.” <~Funny! Just do not go opening doors you are not ready to look behind. ~> Ribbon felt her other half’s mind go back to sleep. Who would have thought that Suicune could be so sensitive about such a simple and but very cute name? But why did she warn her about not wanting to investigate the noise? It was still mostly dark outside, aside from a few rays of sunlight that was poking over the horizon. If Ruby was up at this time it must be for some morning meditation. Ribbon quickly finished her water and walks down the hall towards her mother’s room. No surprise the door wasn’t locked, why would it be, family was here. Pushing the door slowly open Ribbon heard something shifting around just beyond the curtain that provided some privacy from wandering eyes. For someone doing some morning meditation Ruby was being loud. With a sigh Ribbon pushed her way into the room…. “What…the…fuck…”