Disclaimer- I do not own Pokemon

Author: Pokiwar AKA Dylan A. CJ.

Breaking the Night 31 Days a Year

Chapter 1 – 5th in a Year

"Lunargon! Night-Slash, now!" I roared as foe's Aquallis tried to use Bubble-Beam on my fire Pokemon .The Bipedal, assassin-like lizard lunged forward, dark blades from it's claws tearing through the bubbles doing no damage to my precious Pokemon.

My opponent was fierce. "Use Dragon-Rush!" the Dimetrodon shaped Water/Dragon started glowing a bright cyan as it dashed forward, arcs of energy formed at the snout and circled off creating a sort of energy ram.

I was fiercer. "Ice-punch!" Lunargon's fist glowed a desaturated ice blue before he uppercut-ed the approaching Aquallis, leaving little damage to himself but a decent chunk to his opponents HP. "Now Flame-Claw!"

The opponent had been chucked in the air by the ice punch and as it came down, it was swiped with a heavy – but not very effective – burning claw to the chest. I looked down to my data pad located on my wrist. The opponent was burned, good. Its health went down a smidgen. It was in the reds.

"Finish this off with a Night-Slash Lunargon." The assassin-dinosaur-pokemon nodded as its claws turned the same black as before, extending to a dangerous, knife-like length. Bringing one hand to the ground, he pushed himself forwards at incredible speeds before impaling the Aquallis on its dark energy claws. KO.

"Good work Alex," the Professor complimented, as he approached. He didn't look like a professor, he wore denim jacket and trousers with a white shirt underneath imprinted with The Exploud's on it (a famous rock band).

"Thank Lunargon." I said as I returned my Pokemon to his Pokeball.

The KOed Aquallis was returned as well.

"You did good Aquallis…" the trainer said to the Pokeball replacing it into their trainer belt. Catherine came up to me, offering out her hand for a shake. I turned from the prof. to accept it.

"Good match Cathy," I said as I retrieved my hand.

"Well kid's, time to get back to class then. We will be re-watching that battle tomorrow and taking and analysing it," a sigh erupted from the class that was sitting in the bleachers, the prof. continued "anyway, thank you very much Alex and Catherine. Next lesson will be starting soon so let's head back."

Dear Parents/Carers

Over the Summer holidays, a new wing to the school is to be built, allowing for a larger income of students. Expect to see new students in each year by the beginning of September. Thank you very much.

The Timetable for the…

My mum stopped reading the letter.

I was confused. They're building a new wing? New people? Why? And there aren't too many people in Oldale to go to school.

"I know what you're thinking dear, their range for allowance is spreading to Lodgale Town, so School's going to start at 9 now, instead of 8:30." Mum said, answering my unspoken thoughts.

"Cool, so I get some training time with Mudget in the morning… cool" I replied as I rolled of the sofa I was lying on.

I like the summer holidays. I get to train a lot. In fact, my Mudget finally evolved into Averock when I was practicing down in the desert, crushing fire types with ease. I also had caught a water/ghost Pokemon – Inink – down by Lodgale port

However, it was nearing the end of the holidays and I was about to be plunged into having to meet new people. I didn't like the idea. I knew that Oldale High is a very good school and that people would move across the region to go this school. What was weird, is that down in Oldale, I saw families coming off of the ferries with a lot of luggage and with Kids around my age… Could people have moved Region after they heard of the opening? What about Oak's Academy down in Kanto? Surely that was good, being run by the most renowned professor of Pokemon… right?

Anyway, school was starting in a week and some new neighbours moved in… so being the nice family we are, we invited them over. Oh joy, new people. And what do you know, the Dad quit his job over in Hoenn to get his two children here. Great… now they must be desperate for a job.

"Alex? Can you come down please? The Maples will be here any moment." Mum called up the stairs. I was in the bathroom upstairs, making use of the mirror to smarten up. Wait… Maples? Isn't one of the Hoenn gym-leaders a Maple? Oh Arceus, please don't tell me that he quit his job as a Gym Leader?! Oh Arceus Why?

"Sure… one moment Mum." I called as I finished patting down the last strand of stray hair.

I hopped downstairs to the living room where I helped my mum clean things up – Dad was cooking a sort of Oran, Apricorn and Miltank stir-fry of sorts.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock* I got up and put my dust pan and brush away. It seemed to take a while because as I walked towards the door I heard muffled whispers. "Are sure this is the right house Max?" asked a high pitched girl.

"Yes! Dad said next door to the left… If it's not we'll just go back and wait till mum and dad leave." Said a more nerdy matter-of-fact voice from a kid.

I decided to answer the girl's question and opened the door. I saw a chic wearing a blue bandanna and khaki T-shirt next to presumably her little brother, a twerp with ink-black hair and glasses with green T-shirt.

"Hello?" I said simply looking at the two guests.

"Hello!" said the twerp, "Uh… I'm Max and this is my sister May… are you the James' Son?" he asked in a rather annoying tone. But he was polite so…

"Uh… yeah, I guess you must be the Maples then…" I replied as I looked up from Max to the girl, May, who was looking down at her feet, one of which she twisting on it's ball.

"Yeah…" May said quietly.

"Where're your parents?" I asked them, confused as to why they were alone.

"They're still getting ready. They said the James' had a kid who was going to our school so that we should get to know each other before dinner." May replied in a slightly louder tone.

"Who is it?" called Mum, from our dining room.

"The Maple's kids…" I replied.

Mum stepped out into the hallway then by my side. "Oh, come on inside, it's a bit chilly," she said in a warm tone, ushering them in. She leant to my ear as they entered and kicked off their shoes, "Where's Norman and Caroline?" she whispered. Wow… it was the Gym Leader.

"They are… uh coming over a bit later… May and Max there are going to my school so they… um… came over, I think, to say Hi before their parents come…" I answered pulling back from my mum. She simply nodded.

"Then… um, entertain them I guess." She proposed, before leaving into the kitchen.

"So…" I started, gaining the attention of the two guests. May seemed around my age or younger, maybe 13. Max seemed 10, "do you guys have any Pokemon?" I asked.

They both nodded, "I only got one yesterday when we moved here. It was one of Professor Acacia's starters. Chickorye, I think." Max said, retrieving a miniaturized Pokeball, which expanded into a strange, Avocado colored ball.

"Cool," I said, I turned to May, "What Pokemon do you have?" I asked.

May looked up, it must have seemed as if I was talking down to her seeing the insulted expression on her face. It quickly changed though as she looked down again, I couldn't tell what it was though. She pivoted her foot from her toes, "With me, I have a Blaziken and a Beautifly…" Wow… a Blaziken?

"A Blaziken? Cool. Do you guys want to tag battle me?" I asked as I showed, the ash-grey and magma orange Pokeball of Lunargon and a plain one for Inink.

"Yeah!" Max exclaimed, "I get to try out my first Pokemon!"

"Sure," May answered near inaudibly.

We had a large garden, I liked to practice there a lot, but it wasn't big enough for a tag battle. But we did have a large area of empty pavement just outside our house, so we set up there. Two Pokemon for me and one each for them.

"Ready?" I asked. The siblings nodded, May seemed to have changed persona though as she gripped her Pokeball tightly. "Good! Go, Lunargon, Inink!" I tossed the two Pokeballs into the air, the ferocious bipedal assassin Pokemon on my right, and a Ghostly Eyeball will tentacles of opaque vapor behind it. Six of them.

"Go Chickorye!" called Max.

"Blaziken! Now!" May chorused.

A rather dopey looking green chicken appeared in front of Max, a leaf-crest between his eyes and a larger one for a tail. 'Chick! Chicko!' it called, eyes darting everywhere. A rather ferocious fighter materialised in front of May. Blaziken looked tough.

"Okay, what does Chickorye know?" Max asked himself pulling out his Pokedex.

I looked down to my Data Pad that was strapped to my left arm for all the info I need.

"Okay… you guys go first." I called ready for battle.

"Bad decision Alex…" May muttered, clenching her fist with a wicked smile on her face. "BLAZIKEN! High-Jump-Kick on Lunargon!" she shouted out.

"Chickorye… um… use absorb on… um… Inink!" Max called.

Blaziken launched himself upwards before shooting down at the prepared Lunargon. Chcikorye clumsily bustled towards Inink, Leaf feathers glowing ready to get close enough to work.

Without a word from me, Lunargon dodged to the right with immense speed, letting Blaziken crash dealing heavy recoil damage. May winced. "Lunargon, Flame-Claw on Chickorye!" I called out. His claws went an intense red, before erupting into long knives of flames aimed for the small grass bird. "Inink, fly up then use Psybeam on Blaziken!"

Burning claws sent Chickorye flying straight back to Max, KOed. Meanwhile, used its tentacles to swim upward in the air before its eye glowed a pinky-purple neon color, firing an intense beam of psychic energy down at Blaziken.

"Blaziken, Fire-Punch!" May called out, but by the time Blaziken turned towards the beam, it had been it directly, knocking it back on its haunches.

"Let's finish this off! Lunargon, Night-Slash! Inink, Water-Pulse!" Lunargon struck out with night black claws, striking Blaziken at the back of its head, sending it straight into the incoming orb of water.

KOed.