Author's Note: This is not your average take on Pokémon, and does have a bit of violence in it. Each faction is separated by type in a Hunger Games district kind of separation. I do realize that a lot of these Pokémon are dual type, but I am sticking to which type they more accurately represent. This is the set up for the story so it's may not be as existing as the rest of the story. Comments and reviews are much appreciated.
I do not own Pokémon in any way
There before me, etched within an obelisk of gold were 17 rectangular slots each gleaming their own unique color. The intensity of them all blinding me as I inched my way closer to the otherworldly stone. With a force unknown to me, I was compelled to placed my hand upon it. As my fingers traced the indents of the stone a sharp pain split through my arm as I jolted back and fell to the ground. Immediately all the lights from the stone vanished leaving me standing in total darkness on the ground. Then a green light started to emanate from the middle of my arm in what looked like a beetle. Only then did I hear a faint voice yelling for me to awaken from a far away.
"YOUR ARM…..it was GLOWING" remarked the red haired man hovering at the side of my bed with a Sewaddle perched in his arms.
I sat up and rubbed my face to wake myself from my deep sleep and looked over at my friend to ask him what in the hell he was talking about.
"I came into our hut to see your body twitching about Eli and then…" He stopped to take a deep breath. " your arm started to glow!" he yelled in an unnerving voice. This man at my side was my friend Aydan. We had known each other for as long as I could remember as we grew up together in this village. Ayden and his Sewaddle, and me and my Pokémon Larvesta were a team for life. For 18 years now we had each other's backs both in battle, and in life. Yet if you had to know one thing about Ayden (other than the fact that he had an abnormally tall and lanky body) it was that he was known for overreacting.
"What in the world are you are you talking about" I said to Ayden still a little groggy from just waking up. I swung my feet to the side of my bed to see my Larvesta sitting their on the floor next to my feet patiently. He quickly pointed to my right arm and said "Well look for yourself." as I slowly glanced down at my own arm to confirm. There on my right arm was a symbol dyed in dark green; a single beetle resting halfway down my arm, the symbol of our faction ingrained on me.
Our world is inhabited by Pokémon. Each is categorized by a different type ranging from fire to ghost, and even to dragon. Together we live with these Pokémon, sharing a bond with each that cannot be shattered. Yet our world does not live in harmony as it used to, the balance that once held us all together has been long forgotten. Now we live as factions, separated by type long ago. We are all at war now, battling without care for human or Pokémon life. My village of Bacil is located in the Bug faction, deep in the forests of Navin near the edge of the Steel faction. Only a small wall and unsteady treaty keep us from being attacked. Now that we were 18 it was time for us to fight in this war that we had grown up to fear.
After putting on my dark green faction uniform, and grabbing my bag I was set to go. Ayden and I walked out of out hut with our Pokémon at our sides into the forest both still in amazement of the recent events that had just taken place.
"I came to tell you that Commander Shuma wanted to see us about enlisting today..." Ayden remarked as we made our way farther into the village ",but with that markings on your arm maybe you should go see a doctor first."
"Don't worry about me Ayden" I replied to him; "It's more important we go see Shuma."
I glanced down at Larvesta who was sitting on my right shoulder to see if she had any input in my situation. Larvesta looked at me and nudged her small body against my dark brown hair and squeaked with a sound of happiness. I decided to take as a good sign.
As we neared the edge of the village passin the last few huts we saw a building that stood out from everything around it. There before us stood Shuma's Bunker. It was a steel bunker that had been made to look like it had been made of giant honey combs stacked upon each other to create a hive. This was the most secure place in the whole village, and for good reason. Inside was Commander Shuma, one of the leaders of the Bug faction. He d lead my great assaults against nearly every faction in his younger life, but now he had grown quite old and focused on providing strategies for the other commanders in the faction. Their at the front door of the bunker stood two guards dressed in dark green plated gear and silver goggles on their heads. Each had a Pinsir at their sides who were also covered in the same type of gear as their trainers. We talked with the two intimidating guards and they approved our entry, telling us we were being expected. As we finally entered Commander Shuma's bunker we both grew quiet as I realized the walls were all covered in charts of all shapes and sizes. These were diagrams of nearly every kind of bug Pokémon around us, each one showing their strengths and weaknesses. Yet what stood out the most was a hologram projection of Our faction and the bordering factions in the middle of the room. As I looked at the map I realized how, big our world actually was with our village only being a sliver on the map. Next to it stood Shuma, and his tough looking Heracross coated in a heavy dark green armor at his side.
Shuma was not one of your typical Commanders. He was an a short, old, muscled, and quite intimidating type of man with a voice that could startle anyone he talked to. He wore a dark green cloak and gold goggles on his head while his grey hair spiked it's way upward creating a mad man kind of look. As he turned around and spotted us I realized a necklace was hanging around his neck that held a stone of great color and brilliance.
"Ah! You two finally arrived" he shouted as he grabbed both our arms and pulled us towards him. " You two ready to join in on the fight?" he asked Me and Ayden. We glanced at each other with the same unnerved look then both responded with a simple "yes".
"I'm going to need more energy from you than that If you plan on surviving out there on the battlefield!" Shuma boasted as he quietly chuckled to himself."I have something for you two to have" he said as spun around and reached inside a nearby chest and pulled something out for us.
"Here are your honorary Bug Faction Goggles!" he said as he handed each of us a pair of goggles almost identical to the ones he wore, but were bronze instead of gold. I took them from Shuma's hand, and examined them in my hands. " I'm now part of the war now" I thought to myself as I carefully put them on my head, careful not to knock Larvesta of my shoulder. Just as I put them on my arm started to tingle and glow from under my uniform sleeves revealing the beetle symbols to both Ayden and Shuma who were greatly startled.
"I…I… never thought I would live to see this day" Shuma uttered as the intensity drained from his voice. The man that stood so strong and confident a second ago now knelt down and burst into tears before me.
"Eli! the day has come for a new beginning!" He yelled directly at me with great passion while grabbing my arm in his hand. I glanced over at Ayden with a look of concern, but he looked just as confused as I was. "Eli, I have a lot to tell you about that symbol. A story of legends is coming to life! But before I do I must show you something"
Shuma once again grabbed my arm and pulled me over to one of the larger charts on the wall, and ripped aside the chart to reveal a medium safe made of extremely thick metal. He quickly typed a code into the safe and opened it up. There inside the safe was a brownish green slab about 4 inch's in length and width with the same symbol as the one on my arm carved into it. The plate was glowing the same color my arm was each nearly blinding me. " This is the insect plate Eli, you must look after it with all your life" Shuma said in a serious tone, "Do you understand?"There was so many thoughts going through my head at this moment. What was this "insect plate"? Why was my arm glowing? Why did he tell me to guard it with my life? "I guess so" was all I could muster in response to Shuma at that then a loud crash sounded at the side of the bunker knocking me off balance.
"No not now! This cannot be happening" Shuma shouted to himself in anger. "Eli, many people will want to get ahold of that plate, I need you to take it and run as far from here as you can, can you do that?" " I can" I responded as I grabbed the plate from the safe and put it into my bag along with Larvesta who became startled by the sound.
"Me and Heracross will protect you." Shuma said as held his necklace in his hand. Both it and his Heracross started to glow with an magnificent power. The Heracross started to grow in size and with it it's special armor. When the light vanished a stronger, bigger, different looking Pokémon stood in it's place. The door to the bunker burst open with the sound of clashing metal to reveal a face a Steelix peering in along with the a trainer dressed in a silver steel armor beside it. The two guards and their Pokémon lay on each side of the door.
"Mega- Heracross use Mega Horn!" Shuma shouted as this new pokemon "Mega Heracross" shot forward and slammed his horn into the Steelix's face causing it to fly backwards into a tree shattering it into pieces. "Now run you two" Shouted Shuma for one last time as I ran through the newly opened door into the forest.
I glanced behind me to see an small army of steel type pokemon and trainers all coated in armor battling with the soldiers of our village. I ran as fast as I could trying to make my way to the trees for cover, but before I made it a Metagross slid in front of me along with his trainer. I feel back on my butt with the sudden Pokémon blocking my path, and lay their hopeless. I looked to my right to see Shuma's Heracross wrapped up by the Steelix with Shuma being held in place by a trainer and his Aegislash right at his neck.I was surely going to be killed now, with such a powerful Pokémon, and with Shuma gone my odds were not good.
"Sewaddle use String Shot at their eyes" I heard Ayden shout as a string of white webbing shot at both the trainer and the Metagross's eyes blinding them.
"Now run Eli, you don't have to worry about me!" were the last words I heard Ayden shout as I ran around the Metagross into the forest escaping the battle.
