Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. This is simply a fan fiction I decided to write. This is also my first fan fiction and I'm almost completely new to the sight, so please don't be too hard on me.

Nightmares of Destiny

Everything was going black. Kent could not tell what was going on, as noises were everywhere and nothing seemed to make sense. He could hear people shouting, that much he could tell. He felt like he was being moved quickly as if some terrible accident had occurred. He started to black out again as he remembered what had just happened. He faded from consciousness as the sight of his parents being engulfed in the explosion filled his head. Then everything went black once more.

As the paramedics wheeled him to the emergency room they informed the doctors of what had happened. "Name: Kent Milbrose, age 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milbrose who have passed away in the explosion." He went on to explain other details such as the extent of the injuries, blood type, and other necessary information.

Kent was rushed into surgery where he was operated on for several hours. He had several broken ribs, a punctured lung, and many other injuries that should have already killed him, yet stunningly hadn't. No one thought that he would survive surgery, yet he did. Although the operation was deemed successful, he was not expected to live much longer, but again defying all odds he somehow did. He was placed in a room with other surgery patients where would slip in and out of consciousness. He could occasionally hear nurses in the room talking about the incident that had killed his parents and mortally injured him. "I heard on the news that Team Rocket was supposedly behind that explosion" he heard one nurse say. "What would they want with them? It's not like they had any rare Pokémon or anything…" another replied. She turned to face where Kent was supposed to be lying only to find that he was no longer there. "Wha…" she began with a start before yelling out, "He…he's gone! Someone get the doctor! We need to find him!"

As chaos ensued throughout the hospital Kent was slowly making his way through the forest outside often stumbling as he was still gravely injured. Pain seared through all of his limbs with every step he took as he would place his hands on any nearby trees for support only to have pain shoot up his arms. But the pain he felt was nothing compared to the anger he now had for what Team Rocket had to him, his parents. He desperately wanted revenge but as he was he could barely even walk. He suddenly tripped and fell onto the ground, as his strength abandoning him and being replaced with pain. His vision began to fade as he could begin to feel the life escaping his body. He tried to get up but realized that he couldn't even lift a finger, much less his entire body. He shook with anger and sorrow as thoughts of his parent's dying faces filled his head and tears began to run down his cheeks. I'm not going to make it, am I, he thought to himself. If only I had the strength…I'd…I….

His thoughts became muddled and he could no longer think straight. Just before he could fade away completely a dark form suddenly appeared before him. The Pokémon Darkrai was looking down at him, staring at him with his red eyes.

"You wish for revenge against those who have wronged you, correct?" said the Darkrai. "You're actually quite fortunate, for you have the power to do so. All you need is to fuse your body and mind with my own, a rather rare ability that very few people can achieve. I require such a skill, and if you agree to help me, I will in return help you to avenge those you have lost, no matter the cost. Will you accept?" He hovered above Kent, arms crossed and awaiting his response.

Kent, with the last of his strength, nodded weakly at the Nightmare Pokémon, wanting nothing now but revenge.

"Then it is decided." He unfolded his arms and reached down to Kent placing his hand on top his head. As he did so Kent could feel the life return to his body. Darkrai was lending Kent his strength and beginning to fuse with his life-force. The pain in his body faded away only to be replaced with a migraine as Darkrai's powerful energy was fused into Kent's very soul. "Wha-what's going on!?" He shouted out as he held his head between both his hands, for the pain was unbearably harsh. His screams pierced the very night as he rocked back and forth as if possessed.

"Do not panic, this will only hurt for a little while" replied the slowly fading Pokémon, trying to ease his pain. As the last of his power was absorbed into the small child he said gently, "Now,…sleeeeeeeep…"


A bead of sweat trickled down Kent's neck as he breathed heavily. 7 years had passed since he had first fused with Darkrai. He had spiky white hair and red eyes that seemed as if they could peer into one's very soul. He had grown taller and bulkier than most did at his age, and was extremely athletic. Currently he was running from a couple of grunts from Team Galactic whose Pokémon he had taken from right under their noses. Kent jumped up into a tree as the two grunts came into view, panting heavily having chased him so far into the forest. They looked around a bit before one of them began to curse under his breath. "That brat…" he said, "where the heck did he run off to?" The second grunt nodded in agreement. "If we don't get those Pokémon back the boss will punish us for sure."

They paused and shuttered at the thought of what would happen when they returned empty handed. "We'd better get back to searching. You go that way, and I'll head over there." The two grunts took off, resuming their search. Once they had left Kent jumped down out of the tree.

"That was close" he said, letting out a sigh of relief. He brushed a few leaves off of himself and his black jacket. He was wearing a red shirt under the jacket and was wearing black jeans with a large red stripe running down both sides of his pants leg.

"You obviously need more practice if you can't even handle two grunts on your own" said a voice in his head. Darkrai had been talking to him like this ever since he first entered his mind. The night they fused he had teleported him the Sinnoh region where Team Rocket's influence couldn't reach him.

"Give me a break Darkrai," Kent replied. "It's not easy for me to become a Pokémon yet."

"You've had the last 7 years to practice though" said Darkrai in a disgruntled tone.

"Yeah yeah, I get it. Anyway, I need to get back to Gardevoir. She's with the rest of our friends."

As Kent walked back to Floraroma Town, careful to avoid the two grunts that were searching for him, he tried to establish a mental link with Gardevoir. [Gardevoir? Gardevoir, can you hear me?]

[Yes Kent, I can hear you just fine. Are you ok?]

[I'm fine Gardevoir. Are you still in Floaroma?]

[Yes, I'm waiting for you at the Pokémon center with the rest.]

[Alright, we're on our way.]

Kent made his way to the Floaroma Pokémon center where Gardevoir and the rest of his Pokémon were waiting. He had been healing them when he noticed the two grunts outside making off with some Pokémon, so he had left the other Pokémon with Gardevoir as he chased them down.

As he entered the Pokémon center he saw Gardevoir waiting at the counter for him, along with six Poke balls sitting on the counter. Gardevoir was talking to the Chansey on duty when she noticed him walking in. She turned to face him and smiled as she greeted him with her telepathy. [Welcome back Kent. I take it your task went well,] she indicated the four Poke balls he was carrying that he had taken from the grunts.

"Yeah," he replied, "all that's left now is to turn these in to Officer Jenny so that she can return them to their rightful owners." He walked over to the counter and picked up the belt of Poke balls laying there, strapping them onto his waist. "OK, all set. Let's go."

Leaving the Pokémon Center they headed over to the towns Police Station where they would find Officer Jenny. They entered through the automatic sliding doors and walked up to the counter where Officer Jenny sat. She was busy looking through files when she saw them approach. Looking up at Kent and Gardevoir she greeted them. "Good afternoon, how may I be of service?" Kent took the four Poke balls he had retrieved from the grunts and placed them on the counter.

"I found these on a pair of "questionable" gents. I believe there was a robbery earlier today of four Pokémon, was there not?"

Officer Jenny took the four Poke balls and ran them through her computer, confirming Kent's inquiry. "Why, yes I believe these are the missing Pokémon. Thank you for your assistance, it is greatly appreciated" said Officer Jenny smiling, "I'm sure their trainers will be happy to have them back as well." She beckoned them farewell as they exited the station.

"Alright, that's been taken care of" said Kent, a smile of satisfaction on his face. "What's next Darkrai?"

"You need to practice some more with your transformation Kent if you can't even change in time to fight two defenseless grunts" said Darkrai with a grunt of dissatisfaction.

"Aw crud" he replied. He disliked Darkrai's training. But he knew that without he might never have the power to avenge his parents. He sighed as he agreed with Darkrai. "Fine, lets get this over with. Back to the forest?"

"Back to the forest" replied Darkrai.

Kent and Gardevoir walked into the forest where no one could see them. They reached a small clearing where they would have enough room to battle, and Darkrai told them to stop. "Alright, Gardevoir you'll be Kent's sparring partner again today" he began, "now transform Kent, you have less than ten seconds until Gardevoir starts to attack you." Gardevoir took up her battle position.

"Right, I know the drill" said Kent. He closed his eyes and began to envision himself becoming a Pokémon. His features slowly began to change as the transformation commenced. His elbows began to grow larger and longer in length. His nose began to flatten on his face and grew more hooked as his eyes grew larger and more slanted. His midsection began to shrink, growing slimmer, as a large, red, and flat horn grow where his stomach was.. "Five seconds" said Darkrai. Kent's fingers began to merge with each other as his hands shrunk in width, becoming the same size as the rest of his arms. A second horn came up from the back of his head. The sides of his face extended out, becoming wing-shaped. When he finished the transformation he had become a black, red, and white Gallade. He opened his eyes just in time to see Gardevoir launch a shadow ball at him which hit him straight in the face, knocking him back several feet. "Too slow," Darkrai said, "you need to be faster in your transformation process or else you'll never be able to respond to an emergency situation."

Kent merely groaned as a response. [Kent, are you…ok?] asked Gardevoir worriedly. Kent managed to push himself back up on his feet. [Yes, I'm fine, thanks Gardevoir] he replied. He took a battle stance as he faced Gardevoir. [Ok, let's continue.]

Kent launched a Psycho Cutter at Gardevoir who deflected it using Barrier and launched a Psychic attack at Kent. He leaped to one side, dodging the attack and started to dash at Gardevoir to attempt a Leaf Blade attack. Gardevoir charged up another Shadow Ball at him only to have it repelled by Light Screen. Razor sharp leaves formed along Kent's forearms as he prepared his Leaf Blade attack and slashed at Gardevoir. She used Teleport to get behind him and launched Confusion on him, getting him in the back. Kent was blown onto the ground as Gardevoir Teleported back a safe distance. Kent recovered and got back on his feet. Good one he said.

Thank you she replied. They began sparring again, not aware of the person watching them.

As they finished their sparring ending with a draw (as declared by Darkrai), they sat down to catch their breath. [You're getting better at this Kent] complimented Gardevoir, [you've really come a long way.]

Kent was changing back to his human form as he blushed. "Y-you think so?" he replied, happy to be getting a compliment from Gardevoir.

"Don't get too cocky kid" said Darkrai.

"I-I know that Darkrai!"

The person watching them was shocked at what they had just witnessed. "A…a human who can become a Pokémon?" she said exasperated.

Gardevoir suddenly noticed the stranger's presence. [Kent, we've been seen!] she exclaimed. The two of them shot up and looked over at where the stranger was watching them. They ran over as the stranger panicked and turned to run but tripped and fell instead. As Kent and Gardevoir approached the stranger they noticed them moaning in pain a little. When they reached the spot the stranger laid they got a good look at them.

"It's… a girl" said Kent. A girl of about 15 years of age lay on the ground, clutching her knee. She had shoulder-length gold hair and was wearing a light blue skirt with a white top. On her head was a tan hat with a couple of pins on it. She looked up at them with her dark green eyes and wondered if she was in trouble. "H-hello?" she stammered nervously. Her mind was rushing at a hundred thoughts a minute as she wondered to herself, "Oh, why did I come here? I knew it was a bad idea this guy, I should've just gone home after getting my Pokémon back!"

Using telepathy, Kent was talking with Darkrai and Gardevoir about the situation. W-what should we do? She's seen me transform! No one's supposed to know about this, that's what you told me Darkrai!

[Calm down kid, she doesn't look like the type of person who would go off blabbing about this anyway.]

[Darkrai's right Kent, maybe you should just try talking with her.]

[Talk to her. Right. Got it.]

Clearing his throat, Kent tried talking to the young girl who was lying at his feet. "H-hi there! How are you doing?"

Feeling that she wasn't in any immediate danger, she tried to answer him, "I-I'm ok, I think..."

"What's your name?"

"A-A-Ashley" she managed to stagger out. She had never been this nervous in her life, shaking like a leaf and breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Ashley, you didn't, err, see anything just now did you?" Kent asked, hoping for a "no." Ashley let out a small "meep!" as he asked this.

"Err… do you think you could…not tell anyone about this?" Ashley nodded in reply, which seemed to satisfy Kent who let out a sigh of relief. "Good," he said, "so…what brings you out here anyway?"

Ashley swallowed a bit before answering. "Well, Officer Jenny told me that the person who got my Pokémon back headed off into the forest and I wanted to thank them."

This must be the trainer whose Pokémon got stolen, Kent thought to himself. "Well, it was no big deal, really" he told her as he put his hand behind his neck.

"Huh?" went Ashley, "you mean that you were the one who rescued my Pokémon?" She jumped forward all of a sudden and hugged him, crying some. "Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou! If you hadn't done that for me then, then…" She looked back up at him and realized what she was doing. She turned a very bright red and jumped backed apologizing, "I-I'm s-s-s-so sorry! I-I-I didn't mean to…"

Kent was blushing a bit as well." It's…fine, no need to worry about it" he said to her. He was wondering what he should do next when he heard a noise. His face turned serious and as he grabbed Ashley he yelled "Get down!"

A line of powerful flames shot out from between the trees. Kent looked up after the flames died down to see the two earlier grunts, beaten black and blue, along with someone who looked to be their boss and several other grunts. Their leader had a Skunktank who had just finished unleashing its Flamethrower attack. "Th-there he is boss!" shouted one of the two grunts pointing at Kent, "He's the one who took the Pokémon we stole!"

The boss looked over at Kent, Ashley, and Gardevoir and shook his head in disbelief. "Them? You must be kidding!" as he let out that last word he punched the grunt in the diaphragm, who fell over gasping for air. "It seems you got lucky against a couple of my grunts, but then again I'm not surprised. Those two can't do anything on their own!" He began to kick the second grunt in the stomach who coughed up blood. "Useless grunts, they're no better than trash!"

Kent reached for a Poke ball at his side at whispered to Ashley, "Hey, can you battle?" She nodded in reply, nervous and scared as she had never seen anyone so cruel before.

The boss turned his attention back to Kent and Ashley and laughed as he saw them going for their Pokémon. "What? You think you can take us on? It's useless resisting you know, we'll get that specimen one way or another!" His tongue hung outside of his mouth as he grinned evilly. Specimen? thought Kent. He looked over at Ashley who started to shake. "You two aren't even worth my time! I'll let the trash take care of you!" He waved his hand in the air, apparently an indication for the grunts behind them to attack. One by one, they released their Pokémon, consisting mainly of Zubat, Geodude, and Bidoof, as well as the occasional Glameow and Stunky. Kent didn't seem intimidated at all as he grabbed one of his Poke balls and tossed it into the air. "Come on out Lopunny!" The ball opened and a light shot out of the ball, landing on the ground and took the form of a large, fluffy-eared rabbit that let out its cry, "Lopunny!" Ashley picked out her own Pokeball and tossed it in the air. "G-go! Togekiss!" Another light came from inside the Pokeball onto the, taking the shape of the Pokémon Togekiss.

"Get them!" As the boss shouted out his command the grunts began ordering their Pokémon attacks. "Lopunny, use Agility," commanded Kent. Lopunny began to move around at a quick pace avoiding all kinds of attacks, such as Rock Throw and Supersonic.

"Togekiss, use Protect!" The Togekiss formed a barrier in front of her that prevented any of their opponent's attacks from reaching them. Gardevoir used Barrier and Light Screen on Ashley's Togekiss, protecting it from further attacks. Meanwhile, Lopunny was dashing between Pokémon and knocking them out.

"Ice punch! Then Jump Kick! Doge and use Bounce!" Lopunny launched herself high into the air above the other Pokémon. "Ashley, attack while I have their attention!" Ashley nodded, starting to adjust to the momentum of the battle.

"Togekiss! Aura Sphere, now!" Togekiss formed a sphere of its energy around itself as it began to tackle what remained of the grunts Pokémon. One grunt had avoided the attack and was preparing to attack Togekiss when Lopunny landed on top of his Glameow, knocking it out. "Too easy," sighed Kent as his Lopunny hopped back to his side. Togekiss was headed back to her trainer as well when it got struck by a Thunderbolt attack. It fell to the ground despite having had Barrier and Light Screen to protect it.

"Togekiss!" exclaimed Ashley as she hurried over to her fallen Togekiss. Before she could reach her a wall of flames shot up and cut her off. "Ah, ah, ah…that's ours," The boss of the grunts walked over and picked up the Togekiss. He tossed it into a cage before going on. "You aren't half-bad kids," he grinned wickedly, "but you're no match for me!" He had brought out a Luxray alongside his Skunktank, who both began to approach Kent and Ashley.

"Togekiss, no…" Ashley fell to her knees on the verge of crying.

"Don't give up yet," said Kent, "We can still save Togekiss. Don't you have any other Pokémon?"

Ashley looked over at him. He's right, she thought to herself, it isn't over yet. She recovered and got back up, nodding. "Y-you're right." She reached for another Pokeball and threw it. "Go, Eevee!"

The ball opened up to reveal the small dog-like Pokémon. "Vee!" it voiced aloud. It had become a 2-on-2 battle with Kent and Ashley against the grunt boss. The boss smiled as he commanded his Pokémon, "Skunktank, use Toxic! Luxray, Crunch!" The Skunktank began to build up the lethal poisons in its body before unleashing them at Lopunny using its tail. Meanwhile the Luxray was charging at Eevee baring its fangs.

Kent didn't seem worried at all. "Lopunny, use dig," he commanded. Lopunny began to dig furiously into the ground until it disappeared from view. The Luxray was upon Eevee and it sunk its fangs into its fur, dealing a great amount of damage. "Oh no, Eevee!" cried out Ashley. Kent looked over at her. "Don't just stand there, give him an order!"

Ashley thought for a moment before shouting out to Eevee, "Eevee, before it can get away, use your Iron Tail!" Eevee's tail began to glow bright before using it to slam Luxray's head into the ground, scoring a critical hit. "What?! Luxray! Get up and fight!" shouted the boss. However, Luxray was down for the count, and the same was about to be for Skunktank. Lopunny suddenly shot out of the ground and delivered an uppercut to the unprepared Skunktank.

Both of his Pokémon were knocked out and he began to panic. "Huh? What just… H-hey, can't we talk this over? Guys?" Kent was approaching the boss when he turned and tried to run off with the Togekiss, but he was stopped by Gardevoir's Psychic attack. The lock on the cage was broke open and Togekiss flew back over to Ashley.

"Togekiss! I'm so glad you're ok!" She hugged the egg-shaped flying Pokémon and cried tears of joy having once again been reunited with her Pokémon. Kent smiled as he looked at her, then he went back to his serious face as he turned back to the Galactic boss. "As for you…" he smiled a bit and it scared the boss very, very much.


After Kent had turned in the group of grunts and their boss to Officer Jenny in Floaroma town he was resting at the Pokémon center. It was getting dark, and he didn't think he would be doing any more travelling today. "You did pretty well today kid" said Darkrai in Kent's head. Kent smiled a bit at this compliment, as compliments from Darkrai were pretty rare.

[I'm pretty certain that girl is thankful for what you did for her today] said Gardevoir who was sitting next to him in the lobby and smiling.

"Y-you think?"

[I know, actually. She's just around the corner behind us, trying to find a way to thank you. She gave sly little smile.]

Kent turned around in his seat and saw Ashley looking at him. She blushed and tried to duck behind the corner again but Kent beckoned for her to come over. She did so and sat across from him looking down at her feet. After a few moments of silence she looked up at him and started to talk.

"Th-thanks again for helping me, uh…"

"Kent. My name's Kent"

"K-Kent. Thanks."

"Say, I wanted to ask you something"

"W-What?" her heart started to pound a little harder.

"Those grunts," he began, "they said something about a 'specimen,' what was that all about?"

Ashley was quiet for a moment, and then answered. "It's my Togekiss. They say that it has some kind of special power. What kind of power, I don't really know, but they keep trying to take Togekiss away from me for that reason."

Kent thought to himself for a moment, and then he talked to Darkrai and Gardevoir via telepathy until he came to a decision. "Well then, how about you come with us?" he said with a smile.

Ashley was surprised at his proposal. "E-eh? Really? Can I?"

"Sure!" said Kent, "Besides, I kind of want to make sure that my secret doesn't get out yet."

"Ah! I-I promise I won't tell anyone about that!"

"Good, just wanted to be sure. At any rate, will be ready to leave town by tomorrow?"

"Yes, I'll be ready by then."

"Tomorrow it is then. We'd get to sleep though, else we'll never get up" he said jokingly.

As they headed off to the beds provided by the Pokémon Center, Ashley thought to herself, He's a nice guy after all. I'm glad I met him. As she remembered how he had helped her she saw his face in her head again, and she blushed ever so slightly as her heart speed up. W-what? What was that about, she thought to herself. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and she headed off to bed.

While Kent was sleeping, Gardevoir was sitting in a chair next to him, talking with Darkrai. Are you sure this is a good idea? She asked him. "It'll be fine Gardevoir" Darkrai voiced in return. "Just get some sleep."

Kent's sleep was restless as it always had been. He had the same nightmare every night of the day his parents died, watching their faces twist in pain from the explosion. This was the reason he kept on going, why he tried so hard, so that he could get revenge on the people who had caused him to have these horrific nightmares every night. As the nightmare ended, he was able to get some rest. One day, he thought to himself, one day…


I hope you've enjoyed the beginning of my story as much as I did writing it. Not sure how frequent I'll be on updates seeing as I have no real computer to call my own yet, but I may be able to get at least a chapter a week. I'm also accepting O/C's as I'll need several characters for some scenes. Appearances can range from cameos to sub-characters, as well as random Team Galactic grunt members, and I might even consider main characters (no promises though). If you wish to know more details about O/Cs I'll accept just email me at . Please review if you have the time.