A.N.- Hello readers! Does that ever get old? Yes my other stories are in hibernation now. Lumiose High (on xorobukkit's profile) is one I'd like to work on too. But, I don't know if it's dead to him yet. This idea randomly popped in my head and is a mix of three games. Two pokemon and one in the summary.
Disclaimer- I don't own Pokemon. (Lost Kingdoms things is something used in many games to my knowledge, just that's one I've played).
Chapter 1: Shuffling the Cards of Fate
"Darn it! Why does my ice/ normal type deck always fail!?" I yell after my tenth consecutive loss.
"Maybe it's the fact that any ground, rock, or fighting pokemon can beat your ice and normal pokemon. Those are common in all decks. That's elementary Ruth," mocks a boy sitting across from me. Why is Wyatt such a jerk to me? I think to myself. I pack up my cards and walk muttering out of the store. As I'm heading home a man stops me.
"Do you want me to show you a way to beat people without changing your deck?" they ask.
"Yes," I respond without thinking, still furious about all the losing.
"Follow me," the man says, walking off. I follow him and we get to this building with broken windows, a barred up door, and the wooden steps leading up to the door have several planks missing.
"Why are we here?" I question beginning to regret my hasty answer.
"You'll see. Just come inside," the man says, going up and opening the door with a loud creek. Once we are both inside he shuts the door and leads me down into the musty basement. The man removes a brick from the wall, reaches in, and as he pulls his arm out I hear a click. The brick is replaced and I hear a rumbling sound. The ground a few feet away opens up and I see stairs (in much better repair than the previous ones) leading down. The man once again takes the lead and I follow him down. "Welcome to Transform Labs! I may as well tell you my name now. I'm John. Sorry if I scared you a bit, I have to keep this place a secret. We don't want certain people to know," John explains. "Follow me, soon we will have reached our destination," he states. Unlike most labs I've seen on TV, the hallways and rooms are booming with every color imaginable. This could be a hippy house. We reach a room with a sign labeled "Battle Tech" hanging above the door. I'm lead inside and see different of all sorts. I don't know what half this stuff even looks like it could do.
"Ah! A possible new recruit! Wonderful!" a woman wearing a new orange lab coat exclaims.
"Wait! What!" I shout, "I didn't ask to be a recruit! I came so I could beat someone in a battle with my current deck!"
"If this succeeds that will be accomplished. What I'm about to say will sound insane. We are actually from a parallel universe. We came looking for people to go back and save it from a group using cards for evil," the lady explains.
"I don't really believe you. If it's true, prove it," I challenge.
"To prove it you must accept the task," John says.
"I accept," I say.
"Put this on and go with John to the transport room," she says, handing me a headset with a metal arm covering attached. On it is a rectangular storage device and seven slots. One was further away from the rest and another was in front of the other five. "Put your deck in the storage area," she finishes.
"Right this way," John says, leading me down the colorful halls again. John opens a door and ushers me in. Shockingly, it is pure white. In the center of the round room is a lounge, like at a psychiatrist's place. "Lay down and relax. I wish you luck," he says walking out.
"So now wha-" I start to say. Everything goes black.
A.N.- I hope you enjoyed this chapter? I have a decent amount of inspiration for this. I'll pop one of these out whenever I get the whim to do so. That's what started this and what will continue it. Endrew out!