A/N: First off as you can see in the title this story ties into "The Legends Saga" and there with is connected to a group of stories from other authors. Just to name a few:
- A Legend's Beginning by TheGreyOne
- I am Sin by WolvenRepublic
- Temna by cadenceheart117
Also, this is the first story I am publishing and therefor is already completely written. That is mainly because as a reader myself I hate it when someone starts a good story only to abondon it before it is finished.
With that said I hope you enjoy the story!
[Unknown Location, with Artul, 1st Person POV]
It's been 91 years since the War ended and the world has been slowly recovering. My name is Artul. I am 21 years old and I was a Student that lived alone at the outskirts of the town. I mostly kept to myself and when I wasn't studying for exams or other things I spent my free time developing and building guns. I always had a liking for weaponry and after I went to the cinema to see this new movie called "Demon One" things changed. The Movie was based on the life in service of a Sniper from the War called "Aurumn Wolfe" with the code name "Demon One". The movie inspired me to enlist and I went to the shooting range to improve my Accuracy. You could say Demon One was my role model.
But then someday everything went downhill for me. Now I am stuck in a Hospital bed with an unknown but luckily not contagious Illness. How does it feel? Well, every heartbeat feels like electricity is shooting through my body the pain increasing over time, it's getting hard to breath they already need to pump the Oxygen into my lungs it feels like they are turning to stone. My muscles and nerves are slowly disintegrating it's only a question of time before I die. That's why I decided to let them put me into an artificial coma and then shut down the life support systems.
Seems like it is time, my vision is turning dark, finally the torture I endured through this Illness will end. I hope nobody else has to go through this and that they find a cure.
[Unknown Location, with Artul, 3rd Person POV]
When he finally regained consciousness he found himself lying in a small clearing at the bottom of a Cliffside. Where am I? He wondered and got up to get a better look of his surroundings. It was in the middle of the night but the light from the moon and the occasional Lightning in the distance gives him enough light to make out his surroundings.
To his left he could see a Waterfall that went directly into a pond at the bottom. To his right was a small log cabin with some creature standing in front of it. He started walking towards said creature to get a better look.
It was a black and blue, jackal-like creature that was near four feet in height. It had large pointed spikes on the back of its black forepaws. There was also a third spike in the middle of its chest and its torso was covered in yellow fur. It also had a black "mask" with two black appendages on each side.
As he got closer the unknown creature suddenly spoke up with a feminine sounding voice: "So you are finally here."
To say he was shocked would be an understatement. He already had so many questions and now there even was an unknown creature talking to him? It seemed absurd and only threw up more questions, so he decided to get rid of as many as he can and asked the creature: „Who or what are you? And where am I? "
The creature started glowing and changing shape, turning into a quadruped mammalian creature, its body was covered in spiny bright yellow fur with long ears resembling a rabbit, deep purple almond-shaped eyes, and a blunt cat-like muzzle with a small black triangular nose. It had a spiky white mane encircling its neck. Its legs and paws are slender and foxlike. It has a spiny fringe of fur covering its backside, and it had a small short spike-like tail. It's back legs seem to be powerfully-built, allowing it to run at high speeds.
After her little show she took the time to answer his questions. „Who I am is of no concern for you, but know that I am here to guide you. For where you are, there is no simple answer to this question, but you may call it your paradise."
The words 'guide' and 'paradise' stood out for Artul as many religions in his world had some form of paradise world for the dead, where their souls would get guided to when they die. Even though he didn't believe in any of those things, he made the assumption that he was in fact dead and even voiced his thought: "So, I am dead."
"Yes, though not for long. I am going to give you a second chance at life with a 'New Body' and in a new World. That is if you are willing to become my Shadow.", his 'guide' answered as she again changed shape.
This time it was a fox like creature covered mainly in dark grayish fur. It had a pointed muzzle, red lining around its eyes and mouth, teal eyes, a fluffy black ruff of fur around its neck, and a long, voluminous crimson red spiky mane with gray tips. A teal-colored band encircled the bottom part of its mane, like a ponytail. It had three sharp red claws on both its hands and feet. It seemed to be able to stand upright on two legs like a biped.
Artul frowned at her answer. "Your Shadow? What is that even supposed to mean?"
She just smiled at him. "Oh, nothing much, to put it simple you would just have to do a few things for me when the time comes. Thought for now you have to learn. I will contact you once the time comes."
"But why choose me?", he asked.
Now she frowned at his question and seemed to contemplate before she answered him. "That is for me to know and for you to find out."
That was an answer he didn't like, but he can't do anything about it if she doesn't want to tell him. So he decided to change the subject to something more important, if he was going to live in a new world. "Well, if you are going to throw me in a new world, shouldn´t you tell me a bit about said world?"
She thought for a moment before answering his question. "There is not much to tell you about the world, it may not be as advanced as the world you grew up in, but there are similarities. The only thing you should know is that there are no animals like in your world, instead there are creatures with various powers known as Pokemon."
She changed shape again, now it seemed to be a lion cub or lynx kitten. Its fur was mostly blue, yet there was black fur under its torso. It had a long black tail with a golden four-pointed star on the end. Its forelegs each had a gold ring around them. It had large, oval ears with gold, star-like symbols on them. It had gold eyes, and a pink-red nose.
"These shapes you take on, are those Pokemon right?", Artul wondered.
She nodded. "Indeed they are, but I fear we don't have any more time to answer your questions. We have to get you to the new world as fast as possible."
Artul sight sadly, he wanted to know more but if it had to be cut short then there wasn't anything he could do about it. "How do we get there?"
"All you need to do is to drink from the water in that pond." She said gesturing to the Pond to her right.
Artul slowly went up to the ponds edge and kneeled down to cup some water in his hands. He hesitated and took a look at his reflection before at last drinking the water. That was when he felt a powerful surge of electricity shoot through him and he collapsed next to the ponds edge, his vision slowly turning black. But before he lost his consciousness he could hear her say one last thing:
"You finally are where you belong."
