New World Order: The Rift [ARC 2]

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

"Witches."

He visibily flinches and bats away at the air.

"You let a spirit take over... You become them. They latch onto you."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Witches huh? And they dislike similars? I am still part witch" she says, looking around.

"My wild guess is they were hunted, the divine hate other supernaturals, like, all of them"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

"They don't like you. Spending time with other beings. Cursed they say."

Steven sighs. "Stupid spirits."

"They can't move on to the next life because they are not fulfilled."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"I don't really care, I don't judge others for what they are, besides I lived most of my life thinking I was a normal human" she shrugs.

"And if we free them? Can they move on and find peace? I'm not that evil"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

He nods.

"Yes, but they need something done. I don't know what that is."

Steven looks at the door. "It is probably in there."

"They can pass through walls."

Morty looks at the door again. "Destroy the door."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"I want to know what that is first, otherwise I'm doing nothing" she says.

"I don't want to answer the wishes of someone unknown if they don't tell, it could be whoever"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

Morty shrugs.

"Well they aren't going to say anything."

"Unless you let one in," Steven points out.

He shakes his head. "No."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Then I am not going to do anything, so, up to you" she crosses her arms.

"I don't trust strangers"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

Steven sighs.

"What a shame. Didn't think witches had become so cowardly."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Well I'm not a witch that does favors without knowing what could be of danger to me, not anymore at least, I used to be that way but if this experience taught me anything, is to choose well who to trust into" she shrugs.

"You haven't seen what happened in my other world, what for you is new has been the experience of several months for me"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

Morty looks at you.

"The other me... in your world... What could I do?"

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Well he wasn't afraid of getting into trouble, that's for sure. I lost count of the amount of times you got hurt by something or someone, or yourself even" she says.

"Other Morty would have probably helped out, he never lost a chance to show off how good of a witch he was compared to me"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

Morty narrows his eyes.

Steven looks at him again. "Yeah. That one sounds better than you. Why couldn't we have the other one instead?"

He looks around and throws his hands up.

"Come at me, spirits! Do your worst!" he leers.

"What are you doing?" Morty snaps. 

Steven shrugs. "They can't do anything anyway."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"You're also nothing like the other Steven, its like you both swapped personalities, almost" she says.

"Steven wouldn't be this reckless"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

Morty frowns.

"I don't think any of you quite understand what it means to... walk the realm of the dead. You become that person temporarily, and there's no telling what could happen afterwards... or what could happen to myself. You lose yourself for awhile for a few days. It's like playing with fire. Most people go mad. Insane."

Steven shrugs.

"I've spent a thousand years in a box."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Fine we won't then, if you so insist" she huffs.

"This was just a loss of time"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

Steven looks at you.

"Well, why don't you try and touch the door?"

Lance shrugs. "Might be worth a shot."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Fine, it is going to react to me, just like yours, divine blood remember?" she says as she touches it.

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

You touch the door. You feel a warmth spread through you. 

"...Take this pain away," a voice says from behind the door.

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Spirits... they're talking to me..." she says.

"What do you want me to do?"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

"Wait. They can talk to you? You can see them?"

No. You can't see anything, but you can hear the voices from beyond the door.

"Break the curse. Set us free," the spirits reply.

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"I can hear them talking on the other side, but I can't see them" she says.

"Why are you there? Why were you cursed and how I can break it?"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

"The witch trapped us here. A psychic. But she was different from the others."

Morty frowns. "I can hear them too. These ones are really old."

"We can't open the door though," Steven says.

"Cynthia can. She just has to push."

[Sakura Alexia 1,730]

"Hold on, I will let you free, but you shall tell me all about this person first, might be just who I am looking for" she says.

"There's only one powerful psychic I have ever known that could do such things, Arceus itself gave me a mission to stop her, now tell me, was her name Sabrina?"

[AquilaTempestas 5,801]

There is silence then,

”Sabrina, the heathen!” the spirits rage. “We were sacrificed for her spell - to open the doors of hell.”

”The doors of hell?” Morty repeats.

”Giratina’s domain. Giratina seeks to rebel against the good work of Arceus. Giratina sends the demons to corrupt. Your companions... they bear the taint. When Giratina comes he will tempt them.”