Prologue: Swearing on Our Lives

"I can't believe you lost," A voice ranted, clearly male, as the stomping of feet against rock sounded around the small cliff over looking a city bathed in darkness.

"You lost to, Gale." Another male's voice said simply.

"So what! You're supposed to be the Champion! You're not allowed to lose!" The voice snapped back and stomped his shoed foot again on the ground in anger.

"Technically he threw in the towel." A female voice chimed her voice cold and hard.

"That's right! You didn't lose! You forfeited!" The ranting voice said.

Suddenly the wind picked up and howled, hard. Parting the ominous dark clouds that covered the lonely, mournful moon, which was casting its silvery glow upon the group of six. Five children, one adult.

The Champion stepped forward. The silver moonlight was giving his longish spiky silver hair an unnatural glow. His left eye was visible, a brilliant ice blue, while his right eye was covered in thick white bandages. His pale skin almost looked white in the soft glow of the moon. His visible eye narrowed in anger, the pupil turning into a slit of anger. "So, I'm not allowed to lose?" The silver haired youth asked pushing off the large boulder he was leaning against.

The male who was ranting, Gale as he seemed to be called, fixed the silver haired champion with a angry glare. His storm blue eyes flashing with anger. His short spiky white hair blew wildly in the wind that howled past. "No you're not! You're the Champion! You can't lose! Especially not to that child! Not to that disgusting creation!" Gale all but shouted at the Champion.

"Is that what you're saying, Gale? That I should have just let that THING kill the rest of my Pokémon? Just so that I could have won the battle?" The champion asked, his voice dropping in volume becoming low and threatening, as he closed the distance between himself and Gale. When Gale didn't respond at all, the Champion's fist flew forward, punching the other male with enough force to send the other slamming into the rocky ground.

Gale yelped when the fist connected and he suddenly found himself staring up at the moonlit, starless sky. He cupped his quickly bruising and swelling cheek with both hands. Three voices gasping out in shock, however only one was quick to step up before the violence escalated.

"Fade that is not what Gale meant!" A voice said quickly, as a young woman stepped up, to stand in the two boy's way. Her brilliant orange hair cascading down her back in waves and in small ringlet curls. Her bright red eyes were blazing with fire.

That was a lie and they both knew it. That ice blue eye remained narrowed in anger as he glared past Flare, the only woman who dared to stand in his way; his glare was fixed on Gale. Finally the champion... no the Ex-Champion, Fade -Fade Kamia-, backed down, fists unclenching as they rested against his sides. He took a step back and looked away. He wasn't ashamed of what he did; in his eyes his actions were justified. His looking away was a sign of backing down.

The blazing fire that filled the orange haired woman's gaze burned out and she relaxed. She gazed at the male before her and nodded curtly. Obviously satisfied with her work, the teenager spun around on her heel to face Gale, who was now picking himself off the ground, his hands dusting off his pants. "Apologize!" The Third Member of the Elite Four hissed toward the fourth and final member of the Elite Four.

"Why shou-" Gale was cut off by the sudden loud boom of thunder which was followed closely by a flash of lightning that crackled in the otherwise calm night skies. "ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! I GET IT!" Gale suddenly shouted as he threw his hands into the air.

As Gale shouted those words the thunder and lightning died away, leaving the skies clear and silent again, leaving the moon alone in the sky again. Gale growled softly and muttered under his breath as he glanced toward the three figures who hadn't moved from their positions against the rocky walls of their mountain hideaway. The first figure had dark brown hair which was neatly combed and down to his chin, a dark brown goatee covering his chin and onyx black eyes. The second figure had long flowing light blue hair which reached the figure's waist in waves and bright blue eyes. Finally the last figure had black hair which was down to her ankles and bright yellow eyes which were sparking with electricity.

Gale turned away from those electrifying eyes and looked toward the Champion who was now looking back at him, his ice blue eye calm as usual. Gale took a deep breath and let out slowly, as if apologizing wasn't something he liked doing. And he didn't like apologizing! "Fade, I'm sorry. What I said was out line." He said.

Fade nodded simply and smiled thinly at the other. "It's alright Gale. I know you are an ass when you're angry," Fade said coolly. Gale winched at the coldness in other's tone, but he did deserve it. He inwardly sighed, crossed his arms over his chest and huffed, pouting. "Okay. I'll let that one slide, since you are right." Gale said simply.

"Are you four done with your little spat now? We've got important things to discuss." An older man's voice said simply, his voice holding no room for argument.

"I think they are." Another feminine voice said crisply.

"Good," The adult said simply as his onyx black eyes swept over the five teenagers. The silver haired and ice blue eyed Fade -Fade Kamia-, the white haired and stormy blue eyed Gale -Gale Whirlwind-, the orange haired and bright red eyed Flare -Flare Birdie-, the black haired and bright yellow eyed Lightning -Lightning Birdie-, and finally the light blue haired and bright blue eyed Arctic -Arctic Birdie-. "Now listen closely and don't interrupt me." The man said seriously.

The five teens gave the man their full undivided attention.

"Despite the fact that we have all lost and despite the fact that Team Starwave has one of their own as Champion of the Axileo Region's Pokémon League. I still am the Chairman and you four, Lightning, Arctic, Flare and Gale are still the Elite Four. We will make sure the Champion does not overstep his bounds." The man said seriously, his voice calm and firm.

"Understood, Mr. Darken." The chosen four echoed.

"Fade, I have a special task for you. Are you listening to me?" the man known as Darken -Darken Onyx- asked, his gaze once again landing on the 16 year old teenager.

"I am listening, Darken. Tell me what needs to be done." Fade asked.

"Very well," The man said taking a breath. "You must go find the others who have the ability to summon the legends. However they do not know they have this power. You must gather them and bring them here to Twilight City and bring them to my mansion where we can begin their training. But beware Team Starwave are also searching for those with the power of to summon the legends. They want to corrupt the legends and poison the minds of the youths that hold these abilities. They want to use the legends and the trainers that can control the legends to take over not only the Axileo Region but the world as well and they will plunge the world into chaos, where darkness rules and not even we will be able to stop them." Darken said ominously.

A cold, dreadful chill ran up the five teens spines making them shiver. Once the chill passed, the five looked at each and nodded, all in unanimous agreement. "We shall not fail!" The five chorused as one.

Gale suddenly held his hand out, palm facing down to the ground and swore. "For the friends that I hold dear, I swear to do everything my power to stop Team Starwave!" On his left hand is a dark blue mark of Lugia's head.

"For the family members that I would die for, I swear to do everything in my power to stop Team Starwave!" Lightning swore as she placed her hand on top of Gale's. On her left hand is a yellow mark of Zapdos's head.

"For the people that inhabit this wondrous planet, I swear to do everything in my power to stop Team Starwave!" Arctic swore as she placed her hand on top of Lightning's. On her left hand is a blue mark of Articuno's head.

"For the Pokémon that inhabit this beautiful planet, I swear to do everything in my power to stop Team Starwave!" Flare swore as she placed her hand on top of Arctic's. On her left hand is a red mark of Moltes's head.

"For the bonds I have forged with humans and Pokémon, I swear to do everything in my power to stop Team Starwave!" Fade swore as he placed his hand on top of Flare's. On his left hand is a silver mark of Arceus's head.

"For the courageous students I have been honored to train and work with, I swear to do everything in my power to stop Team Starwave!" Darken swore as he placed his hand over Fade's. On his left hand is a black mark of Darkrai's head.

"We swear to stop Team Starwave, even at the cost of our lives!" The six chorused as one and threw their hands up into the air.

No one noticed that in the moonlight the marks on their hands glowed faintly before dying down. The Legends agreed with their wielders.


On the other side of Twilight City, a massive building stood. The building was lit up brightly by blinding white lights that shined from inside the building, making the glass windows that surrounding the massive building on all sides seem to glow a pale blue. There were no buildings that surrounded the massive lit-up-like-a-Christmas-tree building. Just a large white stoned walkway and a simple large white wall with a tall black gate. The grounds inside the walls were filled with grass, flowers, trees, a fountain and lets not forget several different types of Pokémon.

Inside the massive building, past the security and secretary desk, past the first floor and past an elevator ride to floor 51, the entire floor only housed one person. Team Starwave's youngest heir, a child of ten, and the Boss's favorite son.

Inside the child's massive room, it was dark, the lights were switched off. In the dark room a boy of ten sat on a plush couch. The boy had his eyes closed, his bare feet swinging lightly as his heels thumped against the couch making the couch shake slightly with each thunk. The child was bored that much was certain.

On the carpeted floor a strange creature laid, as bored as his master. The creature's shape was changing shape, shifting and changing shape rapidly into different Pokémon, as if it couldn't control which shape and form it wanted to take. The other odd thing about this creature was that it's pelt color changed just as rapidly, shifting and changing colors so rapidly that it would give anyone a headache just from looking at the creature and the colors it continued to change, it was like a rainbow, or a ever changing kaleidoscope. The creature's eyes also changed colors just as rapidly as the creature's pelt, except every few seconds the creature's eyes were stop on a random color and stay that color for a total of ten seconds before the creature's eyes would begin switching colors again.

This creature was a Pokémon, and not just any Pokémon, he was a man-made Pokémon, a man-made legendary.

"Are you bored, Prince?" The creature, the man-made Pokémon asked softly, his soothingly soft voice brushing against the child's mind.

The boy nodded as he opened his eyes, his gaze darting toward the strange Pokémon's face, watching in awe and amazement as the Pokémon's body shifted and changed colors.

This beautiful and powerful Pokémon was his. His.

"Yes I am. I'm very bored, Shift." The boy said woefully.

"Well, Cub, you won't be bored much longer. Tomorrow is a big day for us. You should sleep." The Pokémon known as Shift -Shiftrayia- said, once again using telepathy to speak into the boy's mind. Sure he could speak out loud with Telepathy but he liked speaking in Zephyr's mind, it was easier that way.

The boy known as Zephyr -Zephyr Starwave- nodded slowly, considering what his friend was saying. He couldn't argue with Shift, he had a point after all and he was getting tired, even if he didn't want to admit it. "Fiiiinnnne..." The boy whined giving up as he pushed off the couch and walked easily through the dark rooms and toward his bedroom. Shiftrayia stood and trailed after his young Master, his trainer.


San: OK well that's the end for the Prologue. I'll have chapter one up soon hopefully. Please comment and tell me what you think. Constructive criticism is accepted and appreciated.

Also if you are BlackWolfHowling, Cinnamonpool, Twanny Bizzle, don't worry your characters and the Pokémon you made up will be in the story, but it might be a bit till they come in. Also I might be in need of your character's and Pokémon's profiles again.

Anyways please review. I'd love to get some feedback on how I did.