Eclipse stood up, looking at the Latias. She was fairly large, but not as big as she expected a flying mythical Pokémon to be. "Um," Eclipse said, trying to not sound hostile, "Who are you? Also we don't have your brother, we're not crazy." The Latias turned to look at her, light reflecting off her body and making her seem invisible for a second. "I'm Latias, but I prefer to be called Lia." She smiled softly, calming the concerned Pokémon. "Me and my brother, Liam, were captured by the dark Pokémon... while Liam was using his powers to help them with... something bad.. I was forced to be possessed by Giranta and be used like a toy... thank you for saving me!" Lark smiled. "Of course! Although I didn't really help haha, I'm Lark!" Eclipse sat down again, swishing her tail. "Eclipse." Piko jumped onto her back. "I'm Piko!" "Ron." "Weevile!" Lark looked at his comrades before holding a medallion out to Lia. "We're going to the Dark Kingdom, care to join us?" Lia flew backwards quickly, scared. "No way! I'm never going back to that horrid place!" "But.." Lark said, smirking. Eclipse sighed. She knew Lark would come up with something that would force her to join. "...we can save your brother!" Lia's eyes lit up. "Yes! We can save Liam!" She accepted the medallion and flew to the ground. An autumn-colored Leafeon peeked her head over a rock, and immediately jumped on it, yelping "ITS A LATIAS!!!" The group all turned their heads to look at her, and she awkwardly stared back, lying her ears down. After 30 seconds of this, she bolted off. They were quiet for a bit, then Lia said "...Would you like me to fly you to it?" Lark quickly leaped onto her back, followed by Piko. Eclipse and Ron looked at each other, knowing that only one of them would fit on Lia's back. Weevile flicked her tail and used Transform, turning into a duplicate of Lia. Lia was startled as Eclipse climbed onto Weevile's back, while Ron got onto the real Latias's. Lia flew them above the clouds, which revealed a large, thick glop of clouds, with tunnels leading through some of them...
Thumbnail by @FrostnCripple! <D @chavis79 and @BasilWING3443234 for inspiration @eeveepal for introducing me to the song and letting me get the MAP parts that sparked this! The Pokemon Company for Pokemon XD The Greatest Showman for the song The Other Side, which plays in all chapters and inspired the entire story! Many lines in the chapters will be from the song! Scratch for existing XD If you want your character to have a part in the story, shoot me a ref! Characters used in story so far: Maple the Magic Eevee - @eeveepal Maple the Fall-colored Leafeon - @-AutumnBreeze208-
