And adding to the list of fanfics I never thought I'd write, this. I wrote out the entire first chapter before coming back to write this prologue, and I tried to make it brief. So yeah, anyway, this takes place post-SF3 and near the beginning of Pokemon X/Y. So slight spoiler warning for both games. Pokemon X/Y will be significantly less spoiler-y because there's not much of a plot to spoil. It's Pokemon.
Also, if there ends up being any pairings, those will probably be Geo x Sonia and Calem x Serena. Maybe others, depends on which characters I drag into this.
Anyway, if anyone even finds this fanfic, enjoy!
"Hey Kid? Come on, wake up, you've got a call coming in," a voice called from Geo's Hunter VG. The sleepy boy groaned and grabbed the device that had fallen to the floor.
"Thanks, Mega," he replied and accepted the incomming call. His Hunter projected a screen that showed the face of one of his good friends, Luna Platz.
".. Were you asleep?" She asked, leaning forward to get a better look at Geo, who was clearly still wearing pajamas. "It's almost noon."
"Uh, yeah, sorry Prez," he replied sheepishly. "I was out stargazing pretty late last night. Am I late for something? I didn't think we had anything planned for today.."
"No, we didn't," Luna assured him, then went on to explain the purpose of the call. "Listen, Sonia and I are here in Willshire Hills to see a movie, but the theater is malfunctioning. They can't figure out what's wrong."
"Is it a virus?" Geo asked, finally getting out of bed.
"That's what we thought," Luna answered. "But Sonia and Lyra couldn't find anything. Could you.. uh, I mean, could Megaman come check things out for us and figure out what's wrong?"
"Sure thing Prez, I'm on my way," he answered, and with that the call ended. Omega-Xis appeared on the Hunter's screen.
"Finally, some action. Things have been way too quiet around here, you know? It's getting boring," the AMian complained, causing Geo to roll his eyes.
"We don't know if there'll be any action. If HarpNote couldn't find anything, we probably won't either," Geo replied while quickly changing into clothes. He put on his usual red jacket, blue shorts and red boots. Lastly he slipped on his treasured pendant and visualizer.
"Aw come on, be a little more optimistic," Omega-Xis said with an annoyed sigh.
"I am," Geo teased with a hint of a smile. "Okay, come on, let's not keep them waiting. I don't want to get in trouble with Prez for taking too long."
Before long, the two had left the house in the form of Megaman and were headed off toward Willshire Hills via the wave road. It only took a few minutes for them to arrive, and Megaman went straight into the projector's cyber core. He found HarpNote waiting inside.
"Hey Geo," she greeted him with a smile. He smiled back.
"Luna said something's delaying your movie?" he asked, walking toward her. She turned and began leading him in another direction.
"That's right," she answered with a nod. "I didn't spot any viruses whatsoever, and that in itself is a bit odd. But, I did sense some strange energy originating from over here."
"That does seem strange," Omega-Xis mumbled. Megaman followed until he too felt the energy she had mentioned. At that point, he stopped and glanced around. "This.. this feels like crimson. But where is it?"
"I have no idea," HarpNote replied with a shrug. At that moment, the ground began to shake. The two cast worried glances at each other before bright flashes of red caught their attention. A ball of crimson, larger than anything they had encountered and growing in size, appeared before them and began corrupting everything around it.
"Pulse out, now!" Megaman commanded HarpNote, and both immediately left the cyber core.
Once back in the real world, it became apparent that the shaking wasn't contained to just the cyber core. It seemed that the inhabitants of the theater had all evacuated, save for Luna. Geo and Sonia, who were no longer in their wave changed forms, ran to her.
"What did you two do?!" she called frantically.
"I don't know!" Geo answered with just as much panic in his tone. Before they had even gotten a moment to catch their breath, the still growing ball of crimson flew outward from the projector's cyber core. It began emitting a powerful force, one that threatened to pull in all three kids.
"Hold on everyone!" Geo yelled over the terrible noise. Soon after, he heard Luna scream. The girl was being pulled toward the cluster of crimson, and Geo had to lurch forward to grab her hand. Sonia grabbed his hand in turn, and despite their best efforts, the three were pulled into the crimson and everything went dark.
Elsewhere, a girl with long, light brown hair sat alone at a small table while holding a cup of tea. A Holo Caster lay in front of her, projecting an image of an older woman.
"Yes mom, I'll be home in a few hours," the girl said before nonchalantly taking a sip of her tea.
"Don't be too long, Serena. I want too see your Pokemon and that new badge of yours. Your first gym badge! How exciting," the woman grinned, clasping her hands together.
"Shh, it's not that big of a deal. You're embarrassing me!" the girl protested, hiding her blush from her mother using the tea cup.
"Alright, alright, I'll let you get back to your shopping. See you in a few hours," the woman replied with a wink, and the Holo Caster shut off.
"See ya," the girl replied, though the transmission had already ended. With a sigh, she glanced toward the busy streets though the window of the cafe she sat in. She absent-mindedly ran an index finger around the rim of her cup. "I have a feeling that something interesting is about to happen.."
Bit of an obvious reference to the XY anime with that last sentence. That being said, in terms of the Pokemon universe where the majority of this fic will take place, I'm mostly going to be pulling from the games. However, certain (mostly minor) things, such as Serena's personality will be based on the anime.
Okay, I hope you enjoyed this little intro bit. I think the next part is much more interesting, so I hope you stick around c: