New Story! Alright, came up with this one YEARS ago. Originally meant to be a generic trainer fic, today I have something a little more... interesting in mind.
NOTE/DISCLAIMER: This fic has characters from the Pokemon games, the Spell of the Unown movie and the anime. I do not own them.
Curse of the Unown
Chapter One: Homecoming
"Arcanine, FLAME WHEEL!" A boy with red, shoulder length hair, dressed in black clothing commanded a giant, red furred canine. The dog howled as its body erupted into flames and charged a small, orange mouse with a long, lightning bolt tipped tail.
"Voltage, get ready…" Another boy wearing a red jacket and black shorts commanded the rodent. The mouse stood guard, staring the flaming monster rampaging toward it. "Dodge now and counter with Thunderbolt!" The mouse quickly reacted and jumped out of the way at the last second. Its yellow cheeks then started sparking before unleashing a massive amount of electricity aimed at the canine.
"Arcanine, use Fire Spin!" The red haired boy commanded. The giant canine did as it was told, opened its muzzle and unleashing scorching hot flames that swirled around itself instead of the small rodent in front of it, surprising the mouse's partner as the electric bolt was deflected by the swirling flames.
The boy's opponent gasped. "What?"
"Like it, Hiro? This is a new trick I came up with." The red haired boy sneered. "As it turns out, Fire Spin can be used for more than offensive purposes… Arcanine, now!" The dog leapt out of the swirling blaze with its body on fire and attacked the mouse with a hard tackle. "Flare Blitz!" The red haired boy shouted. "Did you like that?"
Hiro gritted his teeth as his mouse slowly got back up. "…This battle's not over yet! Voltage, Thunderbolt!" The orange mouse again did what it was told as launched another electrical attack and again the Arcanine protected itself with Fire Spin.
"Is that the best you've got? Pathetic… FLARE BLITZ!" The large dog leaped out of the flaming vortex again and was about to pounce on the small orange mouse. The huge hound again rammed into the rodent, causing a great deal of injury to its opponent.
"Volt!" Hiro cried. His partner responded with a weak cry and slowly rose to all fours.
"Humph! What a waste of time and effort… Arcanine! End this battle! Flamethrower!" The dog roared and prepared to fire another stream of searing hot flames at the little mouse.
"Volt, counter with Discharge!" Hiro shouted. Voltage quickly nodded and let loose powerful bolts of electricity all over the field, hitting and severely injuring the dog, stopping it from attacking. "Now use Thunderbolt!" Hiro commanded. Voltage quickly discharged a single bolt this time aimed at the hound.
"Arcanine, use Fire Spin to protect yourself!" Flames quickly spun around the canine leaving the incoming attack useless. "Now strike with Flare Blitz!"
"Predicable as ever." Hiro grinned as Arcanine blazed out of the flames in a fiery assault. "VOLT TACKLE!" The mouse's body quickly sparked was engulfed in electricity as the rodent charged the larger creature head on. The two collide in a large explosion and are sent flying back. "VOLTAGE!" Hiro cried at his fallen partner.
The other boy simply shook head as he noticed his Pokémon was also knocked out by the explosion. "Pathetic…" He said as pulled a small red and white sphere from his pocket. He pressed a button on the ball and it grew till it was the size of a baseball. "Arcanine return." He commanded. A red light emitted from the ball and hit the large dog. The dog faded into red was pulled into the ball. The red haired boy turned his back on Hiro and began to walk way.
"SILVER!" Hiro angrily shouted. "This isn't over! You hear me? Next time we meet, you won't be so lucky!"
Silver looked back and laughed. "You keep telling yourself that, Hiro… next we meet, our battle will not end in a draw. Mark my words…" With that turned around and walked away.
Hiro growled but remembered his wounded friend and quickly opened his backpack and rummaged through all the junk he had in his back. "Come on, I know it's in here… somewhere… no… no… still no… how'd that get in here? …WHA! How long has that been in there? …A-HA!" Hiro shouted as he took out a diamond shaped candy. He fed the candy to Voltage and the little mouse quickly jumped back onto his hind legs.
"WHA! Who, what, where, when, why, how?" The little mouse suddenly shouted glancing around the forest. "Hey! Where'd Silver and his damn mutt go?"
Hiro sighed looked in the direction his rival left in. "…They're gone, Voltage… for now at least."
"Aw crap! I had that battle locked up!" The mouse whined. "If only that mutt didn't use fire spin like that…"
"There was nothing we could do, Volt. It's not like we knew Silver was planning…" Hiro sighed. "…Still wish we'd won that Pokémon battle though. May have not lost to him… but ending in a draw is just as bad." The boy griped.
"Hey, can't win them all, right Hiro?" The electric Pokémon cheerfully said. "And when you do lose, learn from it, so you never lose again!"
Hiro fixed the pair of goggles he wore over his gold and black cap he always wore backwards and brought his fist down on top of Voltage's head. "You're one annoying little Raichu, you know that?"
"So I've been told." The rodent grinned, giving his trainer a small shock.
"There you two are!" A girl in a sleeveless blue blouse called. She appeared to be Hiro's age and height but had a big, blue bow in her brown, shoulder length hair to make her seem taller. She was fuming; her face was red with anger, her eyes glared daggers at the two as she stormed up to them. "I can't believe you two ditched me again!"
Hiro swallowed hard and let a nervous chuckle. "M-Molly… uh… how's it going?"
Molly let out loud, frustrated groan and punched Hiro in the arm. "You asshole! I thought we were going straight home! No distractions!"
"I know, I know… but then I saw Silver and you know he's ALWAYS up to no good… so…" Molly groaned again and stomped on Hiro's foot. "AH! MOLLY!"
"I'm sorry, Hiro… I've been planning on this day for three years." Molly said in a softer tone. "I just want to be able to see my papa and mama and tell all about our amazing adventures!"
"Oh, come on. They're not that great, Molly." Hiro rolled his eyes.
"Are you kidding me? We got see the legendary dogs and even stopped Team Rocket from taking over Johto! We rock!"
"…To be honest, they weren't all that tough." Hiro sighed, a little disappointed about their quick battles against the Rockets. "Probably could've taken on the Rockets with a newborn Caterpie."
Voltage chuckled and scurried ahead of the two. "Come on, you guys! Let's go already!" The rodent excitingly shouted. "I'm just dying to have some of Hiro's mom's special, homemade poffins!" He shook with anticipation. "It's like Heaven in your mouth…" He dreamily smiled before turning in the direction of their hometown.
Hiro sighed while Molly giggled and pulled her friend after the rodent. "Come on, Hiro! New Bark Town is only moments away!"
"Alright, alright, I'm going!" Hiro cheerfully replied. "Bet the professor's gonna be impressed to hear we conquered every Pokémon gym in Johto."
(Meanwhile, in a recently discovered ruin site near New Bark Town called the "Old Bark Relics")
Two grown men are examining a wall with some ancient language no one else has ever seen before. The older man had a head of grey hair that looked like the mane of an Entei and was wearing a beige jacket and beige cargo pants. The younger man next to him wore a white lab coat over his blue button shirt and green slacks. Both men were comparing notes and talking over the strange symbols.
The older man sighed and rubbed his eyes. "…It's been five years since we first discovered these ruins, Professor Elm, and still no progress…" The sulked down, defeated and stumped. "AH! What am I to do?"
Professor Elm adjusted his glasses and smiled at his colleague. "Poketopia wasn't built in a day you know, Professor Hale." Elm cheerfully responded. "You and your entire family moved here to New Bark so you would be able to study these ruins, correct?" Professor Hale nodded. "And do you remember why that is?"
"To better understand our past." Hale answered. "These ruins may very well explain to us much of what our ancestors' culture was like and role Pokémon had in it."
Professor Elm nodded. "If any." He simply added. "That's why you needed my help, right? You came to me because of my extensive knowledge of Pokémon and their habits, right? Not only that, but I was Professor Oak's top student in my day." Elm beamed with pride.
Professor Hale let out a small chuckle. "It's that's so, them how come you haven't figured out what this strange symbol is?" Hale pointed to a small symbol of what appeared to be a dog that walked on two legs and had a tail almost as long as it's body.
"Hm? Uh… well… let's see… uh…" Elm reached into his bag and pulled out a magnifying glass. "Well… clearly this is some kind of canine Pokémon… uh… native to Johto… Um…" Elm sighed. "Spencer, you know very well that I'm no archeologist!"
Professor Hale laughed and patted his colleague on the back. "It's okay… how about we call it a day and go home? All of the other archeologists and scientists have already done so."
"NO! I will not eat until I solve this!" Elm cried. His stomach told a different story in the form of a loud growl that echoed throughout the ruins.
Professor Hale laughed. "Sounds to me that your stomach has other plans."
"Professors! Professors, come quickly!" An excited young girl suddenly rushed into the site.
The professor both looked stunned. "Samantha? What are you doing here?" Professor Elm asked.
"You know that these ruins are off limits. Only members of my team are allowed in here." Professor Hale sternly reminded the young girl.
"I know, I know. But listen! It's important! Hiro and Molly have finally returned from their long journey!" The young girl leapt for joy.
Both professors looked at each other in shock then looked back at the girl. "Really? Where are they?" Professor Hale quickly asked.
"They're already at my house! And everyone's throwing a big party and-Oh my Mew! Mom's making cake and Hiro's going to lick the spoon!" She cried. "I gotta go!" She cried before bolting off.
"But wait, Samantha…" Hale sighed before turning back to Elm. "Well… I have to go. After all, it's been over three years since I've last seen my daughter… I bet she's really grown up by now…"
"Hopefully some of Hiro's rash thinking hasn't rubbed off on her." Professor Elm joked.
"Yeah… I still think it was a bad idea letting those two go on that crazy journey. They were far too young."
"Spencer, they were twelve. Most of their friends were already on their way to the Pokémon League when they were just starting out."
"…I guess you have a pointed, Elm… Come on, let's go back and welcome those two back."
(Meanwhile at the Gold family household)
"AW! NO FAIR! You always lick the spoon clean, Voltage!"
"Losers weepers! HAHA!"
"VOLT!"
Hiro charged after his little, electric friend after his mother and sister put their cake in the oven. Molly was sitting on the couch in the living room talking with her mother, telling her all of the adventures she and Hiro have been on.
"Goodness…" Mrs. Hale gasped in astonishment. "Sounds like you two have been through a lot these past three years."
Molly nodded. "Yeah, we have… but for some odd reason, we kept wondering back into to the Ruins of Alph… Find more and more different kinds of Unown there…" She paused for moment, still vividly remembering her first encounter with the strange, psychic Pokémon when she was just a child.
Her mother frowned at and shook her head. "Molly, you know how I feel about you getting near those creatures." Her mother sternly said. "Not a single person in Johto has forgotten about what you did almost a decade ago."
"I was only a little girl back then, Ma, I didn't mean to hurt anyone!" Molly quickly exclaimed in a defensive tone. "I thought I had lost both you and Daddy forever back then!"
"Molly," Her mother spoke in a calm tone. "Please calm down. I don't mean to upset you… I just don't want anything like that to ever happen again… to you or your father…"
At that point several of Hiro's old childhood friends entered the house, looking for the young Pokémon trainer. "Hiro! Molly!" They shouted. "Everyone's looking for you two! Come on, already! They're throwing a welcome home party for you over at Elm's!"
"Party? YEAH! Now we're talking!" Hiro exclaimed.
"Alright! PARTY! WHOO! YEAH!" Voltage jumped for joy. "Come on, guys! Free food!"
"Can I come too?" Samantha asked her older brother.
"If you can keep up!" Hiro sneered as he and Volt dashed out of house, running towards the lab with their friends.
"Wha? HEY! HIRO!" Molly shouted after the edger trainer. "You little… UGH!" She quickly turned to Samantha and took her hand. "COME ON!" She shouted chasing after the duo, heading for Professor Elm's lab.
"It's nice to see that those two haven't changed a bit." Mrs. Hale smiled.
"That's what bothers me… you'd think by this time Hiro would've matured a little…" Mrs. Gold sighed. "Oh well… so much for the cake I was baking for them…"
"What bothers me is what Molly told me…"
"About the Unown?" Mrs. Gold asked.
Mrs. Hale nodded. "Yes… as of late, those creatures seem to be appearing all over the world… they're in ancient ruins on the Seveii islands and have even appeared in the Shinnoh region… plus Johto seems to be filled with temples built to worship the damn beast… I'm concerned."
"And why's that?"
"Because I fear that my daughter may have had a hand in all this…" Mrs. Hale confessed her worst fear.
Mrs. Gold gasped. "Molly? But what would ever make you think that? Molly's such a sweet girl."
"Let's not forget what happened ten years ago… After that horrid day, all sorts of ruins have been popping up all over the world… and more Unown have been appearing along with these reports of strange creatures…" Mrs. Hale sighed.
"Strange creatures?"
"Well… I don't know how to explain it myself… but there have been reports of very large and deformed Pokémon running rampant near these sites. Creatures that look more like monsters then Pokémon."
"Oh Mew!" Mrs. Gold gasped. "Where have you heard these rumors?"
"From My husband and his team." Mrs. Hale explained. "A little after we moved here is when I first began hearing about these creatures… I worry about Spencer as much as I worry about Molly…" Mrs. Hale sighed then looked in the direction her daughter ran off with her friends. "…I really should stop worrying so much… She's home now. And even it's for only a short time, I should enjoy my time her while it last."
(Back with Hiro and Molly in Professor Elm's lab)
"There they are!" Professor Elm shouted as Hiro and Molly entered the pack lab followed by their friends. "We've been expecting you."
The duo was greeted with a thunderous applause as all their friends and neighbors cheered their return. "Whoa…" Molly Gasped. "It looks as if everyone in town is here."
"Awesome!" Hiro cheered. "So who wants to hear all about my many gym conquests?"
Molly quickly slapped the back of Hiro's head. "Self-centered much, Hiro?" She sighed.
"DAOW! Oh come on, Molly." Hiro groaned as rubbed the back of his head. "That's why they're all here!"
"It's nice to see that you two haven't changed a bit." Professor Hale laughed.
"Papa!" Molly cheered rushing up to hug her father. "Oh, Papa, I've missed you so much! There's not a day that went by that I didn't think of you! Oh…"
Her father chuckled and returned his daughter's hug. "It's nice to have you home again, Molly." Her father warmly replied.
"BLEAH!" Voltage gagged getting his furry, little head pounded by his trainer.
"Who asked you, anyway?" Hiro asked his Raichu.
"Yes, it is nice to have you two home again." The New Bark Town Nurse Joy smiled.
"Yeah! Now why don't you tell us how you guys actually managed to beat every single gym leader in Johto?" A miniature Joy hopefully asked.
"Hope? Wow! I haven't seen you in years." Molly smiled. "You're ten now, right?"
Nurse Joy's eldest daughter nodded. "Yup! And tomorrow's the day I start my Pokémon journey!" She cheered.
"A Joy as a Pokémon trainer? That's something you don't hear every day." Hiro mused
"I know right?" Hope giggled. "And I guess that means that we're all rivals now, right guys?" She giggled.
"Yeah… right." Hiro rolled his eyes.
"You wait and see, Hiro!" Hope shouted. "I bet I'll a better trainer then you!
"Hope…" Her mother sighed.
Hope just ignored her mother and pushed her way past the two trainers to talk with Samantha who had just managed to squeeze through a couple of her brother's friends to talk with Hope.
Professor Elm cleared his throat and got everyone's attention. "Okay… well I believe we've waited long enough. Now everyone, let's dig in! All foods and snacks are in the front, now I want a single and orderly li-" Professor's Elm's voice was drowned out by the thunderous sounds of dozens of kids and teenagers stampeding towards the food and refreshments.
Someone managed to make it the radio and started playing some dance music. Before long, Elm's laboratory was turned into in a teenage night club while Elm himself was lying on the floor with multiple footprints covering his body. Hiro and Molly would have helped him… if wasn't for the fact that they were the ones leading the charge. Only Samantha and Hope stood behind with Nurse Joy.
"…Or you could just take over my lab… that works too…"
"Oh Mew! Professor Elm, are you okay?" Nurse Joy asked, helping the poor professor up.
"I'm fine… I'm all red and burger."
"…Umm… How many fingers am I holding up?" Joy asked, holding up three fingers.
"…Orange?" Elm answered, causing Joy to sigh.
The girls giggled at the professor and left the semi-confused professor with the Pokémon nurse and decided to go find Samantha's older brother. "Ladies." A young boy smiled, walking up to Samantha. "Looking beautiful this evening." He smiled as he took her hand.
Samantha quickly slapped the boy with her other hand. "Knock it off, Chris!" She yelled. "We know you're only nice to us when you want something… so what do you want?"
"Want? I don't want anything… except for maybe your brother's gear number."
"For the last time, NO! I will not give you my brother's gear number. Why are always pestering me for it?" Samantha asked.
"Seriously, it's like you have a crush on him or something." Hope quickly snapped. "Every time you see Sam, you ask her for her brother's number."
Chris slowly backed away and spoke in a defensive. "Hey, hey… don't get the wrong idea ladies. It's just that if I get Hiro's number, I could prove to all my friends that I personally know the greatest contender for the Johto Championships."
Both of the girls briefly looked at each then looked back at Chris and said in unison "What friends?"
"My point exactly…" Chris sulked. He then pointed at Samantha. "You're big brother is my ticket to popularity."
Hope suddenly laughed. "That's funny, Chris…" She looked into the boy's eyes and saw he wasn't kidding. "You're serious? Really?" Chris nodded.
"You can't be serious, Chris." Samantha sighed. "Remember who we're talking about here…" She pointed at her older brother who had just been pushed head first into the punch bowl and was chasing after the little Raichu that pushed him in.
"But he's not the little idiot he was three years ago." Chris protested.
"You're right… he's grown a bit taller hasn't, he?" Hope joked.
Chris glared at Hope. "I'm serious, you guys!"
"It took him three years to do what many trainers have done in less than a year." Hope pointed out.
"…Hey… where's Jessica?" Samantha suddenly asked, changing the subject.
"Wha?"
"You're older sister, Chris. You know… the only sibling you have? The one who's always bossing you around and embarrassing you?"
Chris pouted a bit and grumbled "Oh her… she's not here."
"Well where is she?" Hope asked. "She and Molly are best friends. You'd think she'd be at her best friend's homecoming."
"What do I look like? My sister's keeper?" Chris asked. "Last time I saw her, she was in the woods, heading to that old ruin or whatever…"
Both of the girls froze up when they heard this. "The ruin?" Samantha asked.
"Are you kidding me?" Hope asked. "That's a dangerous place! The only the research team and their escorts are allowed in there and don't even get me started about the Unown! Oh Mew!" The young, pink hair girl started to hyperventilate.
"Calm down, Hope." Samantha said lightly shaking the girl. "I'll tell Hiro and he and Molly can go and bring her back."
"Why should we bother them?" Chris asked.
"Uh, maybe because they're used to this?" Samantha answered.
Chris shook his head. "Used to what? Rescuing people? I don't think so."
Samantha glared daggers at the boy as she turned to face him. "Maybe not, but my brother has explored mysterious ruins like these before and has come face to eyeball with Unown. He and his team of fearless and clever Pokémon know what to do now."
Hope quickly tapped Samantha's shoulder and pointed at Voltage who had somehow got his head stuck in a rather small pickle jar. The rodent was bumping into everything and everyone in the lab while everyone simply laughed his blunder. Chris looked at Samantha expecting her to come up with some excuse for poor Voltage. Unfortunately, Samantha was at a loss of words and felt like strangling the little electric type Pokémon.
"How is that even possible?" Hope asked. "Can Volt's head even fit in a pickle jar? …Well I guess the answer to that is obvious now." Hope shrugged. "I don't think I've ever seen him eat a pickle before…"
"You should know by now that nothing makes sense when that stupid rodent's around." Samantha growled. "I'm trying to make a point here, you stupid Raichu!" She yelled at the mouse.
Chris sighed and headed for the door. "Alright, now if you two don't mind, I think I'll go get my sister…"
The girls frantically rushed in front of Chris. "What? You're going to the ruins alone?" Hope asked.
"I'm not going to be alone… my sister's there, ain't she?"
"Come on, Chris, be reasonable." Samantha asked. Chris replied by pushing the girls out of the way and continued out of the lab.
"CHRIS!" The both of them yelled as they followed the boy out of the lab and into the town, begging and pleading him to turn back.
(Meanwhile, on the outskirts of New Back Town)
Five mysterious persons, dressed in black clocks entered the town. "…is this where she is?" A male voice asked.
"Yes… I can smell her scent… she is near…" A female voice replied.
"Then we hurry!" A younger female voice exclaimed. "We must get to her before they do!"
"Silence!" An older male voice bellowed. "Let us not forget why we are here…" He paused. "We are here to do the master's will… and that will must be done before all other tasks!" He paused. "…now… let us take a closer look at the so called 'Old Bark Relic' and release the creature within." He looked up as the sun was setting and grinned. "Tonight will be a full moon… the perfect time and place for a resurrection… we must hurry!"
Ooo... Creepy... yeah, kinda cliche I know, but please bear with me here.
Quick note, I based Hiro off of the male trainer from the original Gold and Silver as well as Gold from the Manga and decided to mix up Silver's team a little.
I know this started out like any other trainer fic, but believe me when I say this, it isn't.
As Always: Love it, Hate it, Just Review it,
Gunner out.