She’s
seeing things from the perspective of a terrified mother cradling her child, a
baby boy, as she runs from the soldiers behind her. She slips into the hidden
passageways of the mountain and keeps running despite how safe the passages
should be, not stopping until she passed a trio of pillars, each which had an
intricate craving of a legendary bird atop them.
The
moment she passes the pillars, a village appears around her. She slows to a
walk, feeling safer now, within the village’s protections. It’s really old,
slightly rundown and overgrown, seeming to have grown out of the foliage and
mountainside.
There
are many who know her as she hurries to the temple in the centre of the
village, the only building that wasn’t overgrown or falling apart. They call to
her, waving, though she does little more than nod and smile back with an ease
she doesn’t feel.
She
reaches the temple, where a group of priests bow to her. She doesn’t stop to
talk to them, instead hurrying further into the temple, where she finds who
she’s looking for.
“My
Lady...” She starts, speaking to a black haired, pale woman who almost never
left the temple.
She
doesn’t get to finish as a frightened cry arises from the edge of town. The
woman she had been speaking to moves across to the window, winces and darts out
the door after insisting that her companion take Tat to the Room of Offerings
while she spoke to the newcomers.
Once
there the companion darted off to catch up with the woman, leaving her behind
with her child. Almost immediately she starts praying to the Guardians, praying
for the safety of her village, her prayers becoming more fervent as the cries
turn to screams and bellows of furious, dangerous Pokémon.
Ice
starts building up around the edges of the room as the cries of the Guardian
Birds fills the air, she puts her child down, praying briefly for his safety
and letting out a breath of relief when she sees a hint of a Pokémon then he
fades from sight, a faint green glow remaining in his place and fading away as
she darts over to the window.
She
gets a brief glimpse of the three birds attacking the soldiers who were using
ice Pokémon to attack the town.
Then
everything is cold and white and the memories stop.
When
Tat comes to, she’s in the temple’s Room of Offerings, which looks like it’s
been encased in NeverMeltIce.
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