CHAPTER 24:IN THE NORTH
DIAZ WAS IN THE EAST ALONG WITH EMPOLEON.
EMPOLEON:LET'S SEE, LET'S SEE, LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND. EMPOLEON, THE ONE FROM THE FAMILY THAT WAS RUINED BECAUSE OF YOU, SAW HIS SON DIE. WHICH CAUSED HIS MIND TO BE COMPLETELY CORRUPTED. THAT CORRUPTION REACHED OTHER KINGS WHO, UPON MEETING A CERTAIN CRIMSON QUEEN, DECIDED TO SUPPORT HIM TO REMOVE YOU FROM THE THRONE. WHAT MADE YOU BURY THE FLYGON, DESTROY MISMAGIUS NIGHTMARE, DE-CROWN SLOWKING AND IN THE END EVERYONE BETRAY YOU. ONLY TO BREAK YOU TOO AND FINALLY KILL YOU. SO THAT EMPOLEON COULD TAKE THE THRONE?
DIAZ:....WELL, THAT LATTER IS PURE POSSIBILITY. BUT MORE OR LESS, THE MAIN THING IS FINE.
EMPOLEON:...HEAVENS. WHAT A WEEK YOURS.
DIAZ:AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE ME FAR FROM THE ROAD. EMPOLEON WILL TAKE THE THRONE.
EMPOLEON:ME?.
DIAZ:NO, THE OTHER.
EMPOLEON:OH, WELL, ARE YOU STILL CONFUSING THE POKÉMON?.
DIAZ:EMPOLEON. I KNOW ABOUT 7 OF YOUR KIND AND THEY ARE ALL CALLED THE SAME, WHY DON'T POKEMONS HAVE NAMES?
EMPOLEON:DIAZ. THAT A POKÉMON HAS A NAME IS SOMETHING VERY RARE, WE ALL ALWAYS IDENTIFY OURSELVES BY OUR ROW NAME.
DIAZ:YES, OK. BUT I AM SURPRISED THAT IT IS NOT CONFUSING TO OTHERS.
EMPOLEON:IT IS ONE OF THOSE MYSTERIOUSLY MYSTERIOUS MYSTERIES. LIKE DISCOVERING THE WAY THAT ARCEUS LEAVES OUR KINGDOM.
DIAZ:...ARCEUS....THAT'S IT. EMPOLEON, THAT'S IT!, I KNOW HOW I CAN REGAIN THE THRONE!
EMPOLEON:HUH? I ALREADY LOST MYSELF IN HALF A MOVIE....WHY DID I SAY THAT?, WHAT IS A MOVIE?.
DIAZ:KANTO THING. WE MUST RETURN TO THE NORTH.
AND TAKING THE SEEDS. THEY EAT THEM, LEAVING THERE. WHILE.
FLYGON:REALLY?....WELL, THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
MISMAGIUS:WHAT HAPPENS?.
FLYGON: ...DIAZ....THEY SAW IT IN THE EAST.
BELLI:...WHAT WAS THAT FOOL DOING THERE?.
FLYGON:IT SEEMS THAT I ATTACKED A CERTAIN FLORGES.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲.̲.̲.̲.̲.̲T̲H̲A̲T̲ I̲D̲I̲O̲T̲ A̲T̲T̲A̲C̲K̲S̲ M̲Y̲ F̲A̲M̲I̲L̲Y̲ A̲G̲A̲I̲N̲.̲
FLOETTE:....
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲N̲E̲G̲L̲E̲C̲T̲ M̲Y̲ L̲I̲T̲T̲L̲E̲ G̲I̲R̲L̲.̲ O̲N̲C̲E̲ W̲E̲ M̲A̲N̲A̲G̲E̲ T̲O̲ C̲A̲T̲C̲H̲ D̲I̲A̲Z̲,̲ E̲V̲E̲R̲Y̲T̲H̲I̲N̲G̲ W̲I̲L̲L̲ R̲E̲T̲U̲R̲N̲ T̲O̲ I̲T̲S̲ P̲L̲A̲C̲E̲.̲
BUT FLOETTE WALKS AWAY FROM EMPOLEON.
MEWTWO:....HIS MAJESTY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION?
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲S̲U̲R̲E̲ M̲E̲W̲T̲W̲O̲.̲
MEWTWO:I UNDERSTAND THAT THE BIGGEST TABOO IS THAT THE OPPOSITE POKÉMON BREED TOGETHER...BUT DID YOU AND MRS. FLORGES COMMIT THIS TABOO?
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲I̲T̲ I̲S̲ A̲ T̲R̲U̲T̲H̲ T̲H̲A̲T̲ I̲ T̲H̲A̲N̲K̲ S̲O̲ M̲A̲N̲Y̲ W̲H̲O̲ H̲A̲V̲E̲ C̲O̲V̲E̲R̲E̲D̲ U̲P̲.̲
AND EMPOLEON GRABS FLOETTE ROUGHLY.
MEWTWO:....
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲A̲N̲D̲ T̲H̲A̲T̲ W̲I̲L̲L̲ N̲O̲ L̲O̲N̲G̲E̲R̲ M̲A̲T̲T̲E̲R̲,̲ N̲E̲V̲E̲R̲ A̲G̲A̲I̲N̲.̲
AND FLOETTE TRIED TO FREE HERSELF FROM THE EMPOLEON.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲.̲.̲.̲W̲O̲W̲.̲ W̲H̲A̲T̲ A̲ B̲E̲A̲U̲T̲I̲F̲U̲L̲ F̲L̲O̲W̲E̲R̲,̲ L̲I̲T̲T̲L̲E̲ G̲I̲R̲L̲.̲
AND SHE TAKES THE FLOWER.
FLOETTE:O..OOOO .... OOOO!.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲.̲.̲.̲S̲O̲ T̲H̲E̲Y̲ P̲L̲A̲N̲N̲E̲D̲ T̲O̲ U̲S̲E̲ T̲H̲I̲S̲ F̲L̲O̲W̲E̲R̲ J̲U̲S̲T̲ I̲N̲ C̲A̲S̲E̲.̲.̲.̲C̲L̲E̲A̲R̲L̲Y̲ I̲T̲'̲S̲ A̲ P̲O̲S̲S̲I̲B̲L̲E̲ T̲H̲R̲E̲A̲T̲.̲
AND HE THROWS HER TO THE GROUND.
FLOETTE:IU U, IU U, IU U, IU U!!.
MEWTWO:...
AND EMPOLEON WAS GOING TO STEP ON IT.
MEWTWO:.....DON'T YOU DARE STEP ON THAT FLOWER !!
AND SUDDENLY. MEWTWO IS PARALYZED.
MEWTWO:AGH!.
DITTO:NO!.
AND SURROUND DITTO, MEWTWO, BRAIXEN AND BELLI.
BELLI:WHAT?.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲D̲I̲D̲ Y̲O̲U̲ T̲H̲I̲N̲K̲ I̲ W̲O̲U̲L̲D̲ N̲O̲T̲ N̲O̲T̲I̲C̲E̲ T̲H̲E̲ D̲E̲C̲E̲P̲T̲I̲O̲N̲?̲ H̲Y̲P̲N̲O̲ W̲A̲S̲ S̲U̲P̲P̲O̲S̲E̲D̲ T̲O̲ G̲I̲V̲E̲ A̲ R̲E̲P̲O̲R̲T̲ O̲N̲ H̲Y̲P̲N̲O̲T̲I̲S̲M̲ .̲.̲.̲.̲ A̲N̲D̲ T̲H̲E̲Y̲ F̲O̲U̲N̲D̲ H̲I̲M̲ K̲N̲O̲C̲K̲E̲D̲ O̲U̲T̲.̲
BRAIXEN:....WE WILL NEVER HATE DIAZ!.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲.̲.̲.̲T̲H̲E̲N̲ Y̲O̲U̲R̲ W̲I̲L̲L̲ S̲E̲E̲ H̲I̲M̲ D̲I̲E̲.̲
AND THEY TIE THEM ALL UP, AND THEY ENCAPSULATE DITTO.
DITTO:...GOOD. THIS IS CRAP.
MAXIMILIANO:I AM SURPRISED BY YOU, BELLI.
BELLI:I AM SURPRISED THAT YOU LET YOURSELF BE HYPNOTIZED SO EASILY MAXIMILIANO.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲W̲H̲E̲R̲E̲ I̲S̲ D̲I̲A̲Z̲?̲.̲
BELLI:....
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲.̲.̲.̲.̲W̲E̲ A̲R̲E̲ G̲O̲I̲N̲G̲ N̲O̲R̲T̲H̲.̲.̲.̲T̲H̲E̲R̲E̲ H̲E̲ W̲I̲L̲L̲ B̲E̲.̲
AND EMPOLEON STEPS ON THE FLOETTE FLOWER.
FLOETTE:....
AND SHE WAS STARTING TO CRY.
MEWTWO:...I SWEAR, BY GOD, THAT WHEN I HOLDS YOU IN MY HANDS, YOU WILL SUFFER, YOU DAMN DEGENERATE!!.
E̲M̲P̲O̲L̲E̲O̲N̲:̲S̲O̲ M̲U̲C̲H̲ C̲R̲Y̲ F̲O̲R̲ A̲ F̲L̲O̲W̲E̲R̲.̲ W̲A̲L̲K̲I̲N̲G̲.̲
AND THEY WERE GETTING READY TO GO. IN THE MEANTIME.
EMPOLEON:DIAZ. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?.
DIAZ:HEY ARCEUS, COME OUT AT ONCE, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!.....(SIGH) AND WITH WILSON.
AND COMING OUT OF SOME BUSHES.
ARCEUS: WELL, WELL, WE MEET AGAIN DIAZ.
DIAZ:...
AND LOOK IN THE BUSH.
DIAZ:...WHY IS THERE A LOPUNNY IN THAT MAGAZINE?.
ARCEUS:(IMPACT).
AND HE DESTROYS THE BUSH.
ARCEUS:(FALSE COUGH) WI-WILSON WAS WATCHING NEWS. AND, EEEEH, IN ONE OF THOSE NEWS ONE-ONE LOPUNNY- WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?! WILSON AND I ARE BUSY, RIGHT?
DIAZ:ARCEUS. IT WAS YOU WHO CHOSE MAXIMILIANO'S FATHER, CORRECT?
ARCEUS:AND YOU COME ONE MORE TIME TO PROVE MY MISTAKE BY CHOOSING HIM.
DIAZ:YES, BUT HOW DOES CHOOSING WORK?
ARCEUS:THE LEGENDARIES DO A VOTE WITH THE POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. THE WISHES ONE HAS TO BE CHOSEN AS KING AND ETC, ETC. ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. YOU DON'T STUDY IT?
DIAZ:SO IF THE LEGENDARIES WANTED THEY COULD CHOOSE A NEW KING FOR A KINGDOM, REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE CAME FROM?
ARCEUS:THE SAME HAPPENED WITH THE FORMER QUEEN OF THIS KINGDOM. SHE LEFT AND WE HAD TO PICK SOMEONE TO REPLACE HER BUT THE ONLY OTHER RESPECTED FAMILY WAS THAT STUPID SAMUROTT'S. SO THE ROYAL BLOOD WAS GIVEN TO THAT FAMILY AND THE FORMER ROYAL FAMILY DISINHERITED THE SAID BLOOD, REMOVING THEM FROM ROYALTY.
DIAZ:...ARCEUS. I WANT TO BE APPOINTED AS THE NEW KING OF THE KINGDOM.
EMPOLEON:HUH?.
ARCEUS:....HAHAHAHAHAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA!!! OH MY. THAT IS FUNNY!! YOU TOLD YOUR FIRST GOOD JOKE!
DIAZ:ARCEUS, DESPITE NOT HAVING THAT MUCH POWER, YOU ARE STILL LEGENDARY AND YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS KINGDOM. YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK OTHERS TO APPROVE THIS AND THUS END THE EMPOLEON'S PLAN.
ARCEUS:DEAR. YOU MUST BE VERY DESPERATE IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO HELP YOU! I DON'T CARE IF THEY KILL YOU. YOUR PROBLEM, NOT MINE.
EMPOLEON:....DIAZ. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVINCE.
diaz:....of course not.....OH, WHAT A SHAME, YOU'RE RIGHT. HOW STUPID I WAS TO THINK THAT SOMEONE LIKE YOU COULD CONVINCE TRUE LEGENDS TO CHOOSE ME.
ARCEUS:...I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I COULD.
DIAZ:OH WELL. I GUESS MY DAD DOESN'T HAVE TO COME HERE ANYMORE.
ARCEUS:...WHAT?
DIAZ:I MEAN. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO MEET HIM BUT HE WOULD ONLY COME IF I WERE KING, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT.
ARCEUS:...HE-COULD HE GO VISIT YOU-
DIAZ:NONONO, YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'LL KILL ME ANYWAY. IT MEANS THAT SIMÓN DOESN'T HAVE TO COME HERE ANYMORE AND HE CAN LIVE HIS LIFE, THE SAME GUY WHO REDUCED YOU TO A LEGENDARY OF LITTLE INTEREST.
ARCEUS:...I-I. SCREW YOU!. I CAN CONVINCE THOSE FOOLS TO CHOOSE YOU, BUT I WILL NEVER!
DIAZ:AND I UNDERSTAND. SURELY YOU ARE AFRAID TO CONVINCE THEM IN ONE DAY, ESPECIALLY YOUR REPLACEMENT. AND EVEN IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD BE AFRAID OF MY FATHER. NEGLECT ARCEUS, I DO NOT JUDGE YOU, IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER LEGENDARY.
ARCEUS:....DO YOU DARE TO CHALLENGE ME?! I'LL SHOW YOU! YOUR FATHER IS DEAD! COME ON WILSON, LET'S SHOW HIM THAT WE ARE NOT AFRAID!.
AND THEY TELEPORT.
EMPOLEON:....WHAT HAPPENED?.
DIAZ:BELLI TAUGHT ME, IT'S CALLED REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY.
EMPOLEON:CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS?.
DIAZ:IF ARCEUS ACHIEVES THE TASK. IT MEANS THAT I WILL BE KING, REGARDLESS OF MY LIVING CONDITIONS OR MY ORIGIN. I WILL OFFICIALLY HAVE ROYAL BLOOD AND BE ROYALTY.
EMPOLEON:...AND BY OFFICIALLY BECOMING THE NEW ROYALTY, MAXIMILIANO'S FAMILY IS OUT OF THE ROYAL FAMILY!
DIAZ:EXACT.
EMPOLEON:...DOES YOUR LIFE DEPEND ON ARCEUS?.
DIAZ:....I TRUSTED HIM TO MAKE IT...
AND HE FEELS SOMETHING.
DIAZ:....HERE THEY COME.
EMPOLEON:WHAT?.
AND DIAZ SAW IN THE DISTANCE.
DIAZ:....
AND HE SEES HOW AN ENTIRE ARMY APPROACHED THE KINGDOM.
DIAZ:....
AND IN FRONT.
EMPOLEON:...
EMPOLEON:...DIAZ.
DIAZ:....EMPOLEON....GO TO A SAFE PLACE.
EMPOLEON:AND YOU?.
DIAZ:....IS SOMETHING THAT I HAD TO DO AT SOME POINT.
AND HE GOES TO THEM, FOR THE LAST CONFRONTATION.