Author Note: Hey everyone. this is a story I'm going to be working on for awhile. there isn't going to be much of a set date for when chapters come out since i don't really have that much time. anyways this is the Prologue for Master Ash Book I: The Beginning.
"Welcome back to KNN, Kanto National News. I'm your host, Lisa Good-Ridge." The reporter smiled, and took a deep breath, continuing. "Yesterday, a strange phenomenon occurred over and near Mount silver and the surrounding mountains. We have Dr. Rinn here to help explain. Doctor?" She looked sweetly to her left, the camera man following to the Doctor. He nodded back, although he didn't smile.
"Thank you, Mrs. Good-Ridge." He paused, as if waiting for dramatic effect. "Where to begin..." pausing again, a thoughtful look on his face. "easiest, using the term lightly, place to begin is what eye witness reports say." From under the desk, he pulled out his suitcase. Taking his time he pulled out some papers. He adjusted his glasses, and then read out loud " 'Thunder could be heard over the racket of the Pokémon. I looked to the mountain to see dark, ominous clouds gathered over one spot, as if the god Arceus himself cursed the spot. The Pokémon was all nervous, scared even. Then in one, heart stopping, sound a thunderbolt, of pure blue color, fell from the cloud.' Miss. Dubose, Pokémon Rancher" he stopped, taking a breather. " ' I've never seen anything like it. Being a trainer, I can recognize power, but that... that was power beyond legend.' Mr. Reggie, Pokémon Trainer." putting the paper on the desk, he continued "Those were few of the hundreds of reports that came in. And more then a thousand said they saw the ominous show, even from Saffron. Of course, things can be exaggerated."
"So Dr. Rinn, can you clue us in as to what could of cause such a thing?" Lisa asked. The doctor in response shrugged his shoulders.
"Anything possible, but without reliant data, no one will know for sure."
"Your saying, that you don't even have a theory as to what happen?" Lisa asked, one eyebrow raised.
"Everyone has a theory, but what is the one that best fits what we know, and what had happen?" The Doctor replied calmly.
"Your the Doctor, I would like to here what you think." she replied her voice calm, but a bit annoyed with the back and forth.
The Doctor sighed, showing every bit of his age "to be Frank, I even don't know enough to make a educated guess. But if you want my opinion...." He paused. "How much do you know about Pokémon and Evolution, Mrs. Good-Ridge?" he asked.
Lisa blinked twice in succession. "Well... in scientific terms, not much." Dr. Rinn smiled for the first time.
"Not many outside of the scientific community knows much about it. Very complicated." the Doctor paused again, pondering how to word the explanation. " Dr. Rowan of Sinnoh, the leading scientist in evolution, printed, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest papers about the reasons of evolution. He had discovered that Pokémon admit a special radiation. Harmless To humans, but still Radiation. When Pokémon uses their powers and attacks, the Radiation builds up in a Pokémon.
"Also when a Pokémon defeats another Pokémon, they absorb, for the lack of a better word, the Radiation from the opposing Pokémon, yet leaving the same amount in the other Pokémon. Once they gathered enough Radiation. Their cells mutate and rearrange themselves, trying to dispel the Radiation. This is what Evolution is. The easiest way a Pokémon rids Radiation from it's body. After the mutation or Evolution, the body builds a tolerance to the energy. Sooner or later they stop the need of evolving, since the Pokémon body learned how to fully resist the Radiation..
"however, they still gather Radiation, even though they won't evolve. The more radiation they Pokémon has gathered, the more powerful they are."
Lisa listen patiently throughout his explanation. After he finished she said " That is interesting." Sincerity in her voice as she said it. "But what does it have to do with the Mount Silver phenomenon?"
He again smiled and pulled out a small red device. Lisa automatically recognized it, having done enough interviews with trainers who had this device. "A Pokedex?" she asked, confusion palpable in her voice.
"Correction, a prototype Pokedex, with a brand new feature. It was easier bringing this then ten tons of wires and such from the main system." He flipped open the Pokedex to reveal two screens. The top one being a bit bigger then the bottom. Suddenly it sprang to life and in a programed cheery voice said "Pokedex #042025, booting. Activate Radiation Level Sensor?"
"What?" Lisa was very confused by now. She was pretty sure that was not a feature on a regular Pokedex.
"Yes" Doctor Rinn said to the machine. "Prepare for Scan."
"Yes Doctor." the Pokedex replied, still in a cheery voice.
"Do you mind bringing out the two Pokémon I brought with me?" the Doctor asked one of the stage hands that was standing out of the camera range. He jumped, surprised of being addressed. He suddenly shook his head vigorously and ran behind the set to grab the Pokémon.
"What are you doing Doctor?" Lisa asked.
"Seeing is believing as they say. I'm doing a demonstration." he said. Soon two Vileplume was brought out. They stand by each other, they look exactly alike. "Plume!" they said at the same time. The Doctor smiled. "Do you mind standing there you two?" the both shook their heads and skipped over to the appointed spots.
The Doctor was about ten feet from them, with the Pokedex in his hand still. "Now tell me Mrs. Good-Ridge, Who is the stronger of the two?" he said while Lisa was walking over.
"ehh.... that one?" she said pointing at the one on the left. The Doctor let out a soft chuckle.
"We'll see." The Doctor cleared his voice. "Pokedex, Scan. Ten Feet Radius."
"Scanning." it replied in a Cheery voice. Suddenly a panel slide out of the Pokedex. Out of the panel was a small antenna. The Pokedex let out a "Bing" and spoke. "Two Pokemon in radius. Species Vileplume. Would you like a more detailed explanation?" It asked
"Yes." the Doctor replied.
"One moment." The Pokedex replied. After 5 seconds or so it replied "The one on the right of this unit, is approximately level 42, It has a Hardy personality. The one on the left of this unit is approximately level 27, with a Quirky personality."
"Levels?" Lisa asked, generally confused.
"You see, we, Rowan and I, Created a scale to measure radiation in Pokemon. 1-100. One being the weakest, while one hundred being the strongest. Not only does it measure Radiation level, it also tells us how strong a certain Pokémon is along with is personality. We hope to have this feature in all Pokedexes in about two months." The Doctor explained.
"I can see where that helpful, but again, what does this have to do with Mount silver?" She asked again.
"You see, I had a much larger version of this scanner in my laboratory. It was my good fortune I had it pointed at Mount Silver, hoping to test it, when the phenomenon happen." he Explained again.
"Wait, you mean you have some evidence to explain what happen?" Lisa asked.
"Not yet, the machine are still processing the information. Until then it will be like I said before.
without reliant data, no one will know for sure." the Doctor respond back. Lisa nodded dumbly. Quickly shaking her head, she faced the camera and said. "Well that all the time we have. Doctor, thanks for coming onto the set today. I'm pretty sure every trainer will be waiting for that feature."
in response the Doctor nodded. He grabbed his suitcase and walked towards the exit, his Vileplume happily following along. Lisa sat back down and cleared her throat. "Well, in other news, Team Rocket's former leader and Gym leader, Giovanni, is going to his trail today after being in prison for nearly 4 months after his arrest. We have a fe-" the screen paused with Lisa still smiling.
The teen watching the T.V. Let out a sigh while rubbing his temples. He was bored. Plain and simple. He had nothing to do. He let out another sigh. He stood up from the chair he was in and walked over to his bed. On the bed was a yellow creature. It was curled up in a ball, breathing in and out in a kind of rhythm. It suddenly rolled over and let out a small "Pi...". The teen smiled and petted the little creature, who unconsciously let out a "Pi" of delight. Suddenly the bathroom door opened, letting in steam. Out of the bathroom a little girl walked out. She was about 9 years old and has brown hair that went to her shoulders. Currently she was wearing pink pajama shirt and pants with Jigglypuffs all over them. She was also about 3 feet tall and had sky-blue eyes.
She was currently wiping her wet hair with a towel while heading towards the Teen. She was standing right next to him when she looked over at the T.V.. although she wasn't smiling before, her face quickly turned into a frown. "You watching that again? Jeez, what are you obsessed? That happen about four months ago. No need to beat yourself up over it." she scolded the older teen. Her voice, he notice, was smooth as a marble. It was sweet, almost Innocent sounding, but the Teen knew better then that.
The Older teen sighed. " I know, Sabrina. I was bored so I decided to watch it again." he half lied to her. His voice was a lot deeper then the girls, as expected. But it had a calming affect, as of a voice of a father figure. Sabrina clearly did not believe him. She looked at him, her eyebrow arched.
"Oh, Really?" she said with heavy sarcasm. She slowly shook her head. The teen sighed while sitting down on the bed. He didn't respond because he knew he was beat. Sabrina slowly got onto the bed and looked him right in the eyes. "Your nervous, aren't you?" she said gently. It was more of a statement then a question. He didn't respond. He didn't have too. His eyes was all she needed to see to know how he feels. She slowly wrapped her tiny arms around his neck. He found himself hugging her back as well. "You have a right to be nervous." she started still in a gentle tone. "I would be too if I were you. But you shouldn't let it affect you this badly." She quickly pulled her head back and looked him in the eyes. "You had a hard time over the last four years."
"So did you." he found himself responding. She nodded with a sad smile.
"Yeah, but I always had you Big Brother. You on the other hand, missed your family and friends. I would too." She tried to stop her tears from falling, but she couldn't help it as tears flow down her cheeks. He quickly wiped the tears away while saying
"Shh. It all right Sabrina. I promised I'll try and be happier." She was still crying bit, recalling memories from the past. He gave her another hug. Minutes passed until Sabrina broke the silence.
"I'm better now" she said. He gently lifted her chin with one hand while giving her a one arm hug. Although her eyes were red, she had stop crying. He gave her a smile, which she quickly returned. She wrapped her arms around his neck again. "Thanks Big Brother." she said.
"You want to go to bed now?" he asked gently. She shook her head and responded
"Nah... I'm want to be like this for awhile." so they spent time just comforting each other. For awhile no one spoke until he asked a question.
"Do you think they will be happy to see me Sabrina?" he asked with worry. She let out a small giggle. Without even facing him she said.
"Anyone will be happy to see you Ash. Your very nice and caring person, even though you had a bad time in the past." Ash smiled then started to chuckle.
"Thanks Sabrina. Let's go to bed, we have a early day tomorrow."
