Hey guys! This is my first story! I AM SOOOO EXCITED!
Silver- what could you possibly be ranting about NOW!
My first fan fic... I am about to twist your life more then you can possible imagine!
Silver- oh goodie... wait what?
If you read the story you will find out! But lets just say your first idea won't be correct. It IS a adventure/fantasy and I love adding twists...
Silver- Oh god no...
Oh God yes! Now on with the story!
Anyways the prologue is my interpitation of Silver's kidnapping and it introduces Sarah, a VERY important character later on...
Prologue-
14 years before in Viridian City, Giovanni residence….
"Daddy I want to go travel in the Forest! You promised me for my birthday!"
The morning has only started and my Son is running around me in circles. That rascal sure can be a handful. But I did promise him that on his second birthday I would take him out into the forest.
Yes I said second birthday. My son Silver is only 2 (or turning 2). But he is smart. You can see how well he can talk and walk. And he is a strong trainer. His little sneasle can actually make me work to win and I am the Viridian gym leader. I can tell he will be something when he grows up. I think he can handle the Viridian forest.
Sarah came down the stairs, red hair tangled as she was running a brush through it.
"Happy Birthday, Silver sweetie! What would the little prince want for breakfast today?" she picked up Silver in her arms and she put her hand on the side of his face and kissed his fore head.
"PANCAKES! WITH SNEASLE BERRIES!" Silver raised his hands in excitement and squealed. Sneasle berries are actually a tart sweet berry that my son's sneasle and sneasle buddies are addicted to. So after the little sneasle had some my son wanted to try them and now he loves them.
"Ok calm down silver I'll get right on it sweetie. Why don't you go play with daddy?" she set our rambunctious red haired child down as he was clapping his hands, and strode into the kitchen to tell the cook what to make for breakfast.
Silver ran over to me and started to ask if I will show him the forest. I said yes at about the 5th plea. He hugged my leg. Then his little sneasle friend popped out of his poke ball and was looking into the kitchen curiously and gave a sniff. Before I could grab the little pokemon, he jumped into the kitchen. I heard a scream. Oh crap. I picked Silver up and tried to make the both of us look innocent.
I was telling him to act like he knows nothing when the head chef came barging out holding Silver's sneasle by his scruff.
"What is this infernal creature doing in my kitchen eating my berry stores, Mr. Giovanni?" His big nose was red; it turns red like that whenever he is angry at me and my son. The poor creature in his grasp had berry juice all over his mouth with a look of helplessness on his face. You couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
"Kind sir, would you please put my Sneasle down. He didn't mean to make you mad, he was just hungry. He hasn't had breakfast yet." Silver said with the utmost manners and the biggest silver eyes on earth. No one can stay mad at him when he looks like the worlds cutest kitten. Except our head chef.
"Pay attention to your pets master Silver. I don't want to see this beast in my kitchen ever again or I will poison …"
"Chef Hubert!" Sarah was at the kitchen door, arms across her chest, looking like a predator protecting her cub from a threat.
By this point the Chef shut up and walked into the kitchen grumbling. He dropped the sneasle on the ground. Luckily it was agile or it might have got a sprain.
"Mama, what was the chef going to say before you sent him back to the kitchen?" Silver was leaning out of my arms. The sneasle climbed into Sarah's arms, mimicking Silver.
"Nothing, baby. The pancakes are almost done." She sighed and sat down. I sat down across from her at the table.
Silver scrabbled out of my arms and into the chair next to me and blurted out how I was taking him to the forest today. Sarah smiled and nodded when the chefs came out.
Silver got his pancakes just the way he likes them and me and Sarah had something a bit heavier. Seafood with some eggs on the side, and some soup and some breadsticks. Ok so it is a weird breakfast, but it works for me and Sarah.
The Sneasle went over to the other pokemon and ate there. I had some pretty big pokemon but they always made sure there was room for the little fellow next to the food.
We ate our Breakfast discussing today. Little Silver was saying how he wants to invite his friends over and wants cake and ice cream. However he was especially excited about the trip into the forest. He sees it every day from his bed room and always wanted to explore it but was too young.
Silver was done first and was urging me to finish faster.
"I will eat more afterwards, Sarah. Seems Silver is a bit impatient to get to the forest." I got up and scooted in my chair. Silver did the same (only with more difficult being so small).
The sneasle ran over to get Silvers black jacket. It was Silver's favorite style; however he loses his things all the time that it is probably the 7th one this month. I actually have a bet with Sarah whether or not he loses his jacket or his hand kerchief in the forest today. 50 bucks on the Hanky.
We walked down 3 flights of stairs to the front door and walked into the drive.
If you have not guessed by now, I happen to be filthy rich. 10 story house with more then 60 rooms and 160 acres for my backyard, and the fact I have a professional to make my sons pancakes.
"WAIT, SIR! MR. GIOVANNI!" A man in the league uniform came running down the drive. He was sweating like a wet dog in the summer heat (probably doesn't help the drive is a mile long and he ran the whole way) and was pumping his arms like a train.
"You can stop running now!" He looked like he could drop. "Silver stay here while I go talk to the nice man, Ok." He nodded and I ran to the man.
He stopped running and was panting his hands on his knees for support. He was panting real hard and his face was tipped downward.
"What is it?" The League usually doesn't have to send personnel to run probably 3 miles (you have to count all the way from the gym which is 2 miles from the gate).
"Sir I know you requested the day off, but there are so many challengers today. It is the idea that Christmas Eve will give them good luck."
Yeah my Son was born on the 24th of December. And people get the strangest ideas sometimes.
"How many people are we talking about?" If it was just 10 I bet I can finish this quickly and be done with it.
"236 sir, probably more now." He was shaking his head trying to wonder how so many can come at once.
236! ON THE ONE DAY THE SIGN SAYS IT WILL BE CLOSED ON! I POSTED IT RIGHT ON THE DOOR I WILL NOT BE THERE TODAY!
I looked back at Silver. He was playing tic-tac-toe in the sand at the edge of the pavement with his sneasle. I guess I won't be able to keep my promise, and I will have to miss my son's second birthday party.
"I will meet you at the gym, I just have to sort some things up." He nodded and started walking down the drive. He was about to collapse so I offered to drive him back if he waited a minute. He gladly agreed.
Now I just had to tell Silver. "Silver, I am afraid plans have changed." He looked up at me with questioning eyes. He may be young but those eyes are powerful. It's like they can read the souls of everyone around them.
"Why Daddy? You promised." He looked at the league worker.
It is amazing how he can sometimes just figure stuff out, like how he knew I wouldn't be taking him to the forest just now.
"Well lots of people at the gym want to have a battle with me and unfortunately there are too many to make them all wait to the next day." His eyes looked so disappointed when I said this to him.
"But I wanted to go see the forest."
"I am sorry, but a nanny can take you out into the forest if you want to still go."
"It won't be the same. Can't I wait for you later?"
"Unfortunately I probably won't be home at all today," I thought for a moment I think I might need Sarah's help in organizing things as well. "And Mommy won't be home for a bit either." Oh, god I felt horrible for taking his mother to the gym with me as well.
"Ok, see you tomorrow." He looked down at his feet and slowly walked away, the energy from this morning disappearing from him with each step. I felt so selfish doing this to him, but it is not my decision to make.
I found Sarah in the backyard and told her he situation.
"Giovanni sometimes your works gets in the way of everything."
"But would you want me to quit my job to avoid these situations? I mean I could."
"No, no. but you just better be to all of his other birthdays in his future."
"Ok I will."
"Promise!" I saw the look in her eyes and decided to agree
"I promise."
We went to the drive and got in the car with the league worker. I saw Silver walking into the King's forest area with his nanny.
Now you are probably wondering what I meant by the king's forest. Well the viridian forest is broken down into different sections because it is so big. The king's forest is the largest section of the 7 of the forest (the other 6 are back wood, City forest, Silver Lake, Golden light, Red land, and the Luna forest).
So now let's skip to the point when we reach the gym. Or rather a sea of 11-18 year old trainers who are looking for a fight with me.
I step out into the edge of the crowd. The trainers on the outskirts of the door were talking to their neighbors. They instantly made a path for me and my wife to the doors of the gym.
Once we were inside Sarah and I stood on the stage in the back of the gym.
Sarah yelled into the crowd of the teenagers filling into the room. "LISTEN UP! SENSE THERE IS SO MANY OF YOU WE HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS UP A BIT!" the sea of youths started to murmur to each other.
So I yelled "WE WILL SKIP THE USSUAL BATTLES WITH THE PRE GYM TRAINERS. AND WE WILL BE DOING THIS 6 AT A TIME, ONE FOR EACH OF MY POKEMON. YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO TRY TO DEFEAT THAT POKEMON. IF YOU WIN GO TO THE BACK TO RECEIVE YOUR GYM BADGE AND THE TM. NOW, LETS BEGIN!"
I jumped off the stage and sent out my team. Today I have my nidoking, nidoqueen, rhydon, rhyhorn, aragon, and beedrill. 6 trainers came up to face the pokemon in front of me. They send out there full teams.
"TRAINERS YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO TRY TO DEAFEAT THE POKEMON IN FRONT OF YOU. I WILL JUDGE AND WITNESS THE BATTLES. WE START AT THE SOUND OF BELL!" Sarah yelled the final instructions across the room.
The bell sounded and about 36 pokemon attacked my 6. However they had a flaw, they were over confident. Rhyhorn used a fissure and most of the pokemon fainted except for flying types and a lucky few. Then I sent my nidoking and aragon to finish the rest off with brick break and fire punch. The battle lasted about 20 seconds. The other trainers where whispering and looking at me in awe and shock.
"NEXT!" I can tell Sarah wanted to move on with this quickly.
Now let's have an hour pass with different battles and new strategies. I was mentally drained and my pokemon were also mentally drained adding on top of the physical strain.
We stopped the battles for a break. I opened the shutters in the back of the gym to get some fresh air and relieve the gym of the smell of sweat and battle. However when I took a breath in I smelled something off.
The forest always has smelled fresh and pure sense the day I have first smelled it.
I took another whiff but could not place the stench what might have caused it.
"Hey Sarah do you smell that?" She came out and sniffed the air.
"Its smoke. Giovanni, I… I think the forest is on fire." Her eyes where round with shock as she looked at me. I looked up to the sky and sure enough there was a giant smoke cloud.
"Tell someone to call 911. I am going to find out where it is coming from." I walked outside and had my beedrill lift me up into the bitter sky. Sarah headed inside and was assaulted by questions of when the battles will continue, but she pushed them aside and went to talk to the league worker.
Then I focused on where the fire started. It was already huge. But that is not what scared me. Nor was it the giant monster bird that was tearing up the forest. It was the fact that this was all happening in the king's forest.
Silver is dead center of the destruction.
"SARAH! IT IS IN THE KINGS FOREST! SILVER IS IN THERE!" I started to fly down to collect my team and then Beedrill and i headed towards the forest. Sarah was not far behind on her golden pidgeot. It was an oddly colored one, and amazingly beautiful. But why are we taking about her pidgeot, I have my son to save!
We landed in the heart of the fire and sent out our team. The bitter smoke made my eyes water.
I assessed the situation. The trees were a total lost. All of the power and prejudice they held when they stood tall and green was gone when the fire crippled their forms. No living thing was insight except my group, and the only pokemon we saw were mine, Sarah's, or dead.
Then I heard a ladies shriek followed by a falcon screech. We ran to the sound and found Silver's nanny on fire.
"USE MUD SHOT!" my team quickly put the fire out. She collapsed from the shock and impact of the mud.
Sarah ran over to her. "Look we will get you out of here, but do you know where Silver is?"
The nanny turned her head towards Sarah. "No but the bird…. The bird is chasing him." She passed out and Sarah had her Altaria to fly the nanny out of the blaze.
We heard another bird screech and made a break towards it. Then we saw the actual beast. It was 20 feet tall with the largest rainbow wings I have ever seen. It was red with a golden crest and fierce predator eyes, and they were fixed on a pile of rocks. I was wondering why it was so interested by rocks until I saw some red hair behind it. It was hunting my son.
I gave a roar and charged at the monster. My team and Sarah were running beside me.
"DESTROY THAT BIRD AT ALL COSTS! PUT EVERYTHING YOU GOT INTO IT!" My team was then firing all of their best attacks at the bird (that were not ground type) and Sarah's team of pidgeot, persian, milotic, and nidoqueen did the same.
I ran up to Sarah and grabbed her arm, and she looked into my eyes. "Sarah can you command the teams. I am going to grab Silver." I gave her arm a reassuring squeeze before I ran to the rock pile.
Silver was wide eyed and tear streaked. His Sneasle was holding onto his leg.
"Daddy!" he grabbed onto my leg and the sneasle climbed up my back. I peeled Silver off my leg and held him to my chest. He was sobbing loudly.
I started running to get him away from the bird. I was holding his head and whispering stuff like "I got you, I won't leave you." And "You will be safe soon. It is almost over."
However at some point we heard a loud snapping sound. I stopped to look up at what made it. I hoped it wasn't that red bird. It wasn't, but what it was wasn't much better.
A tree that was finally done with the fight against the fire was collapsing, and was falling right towards us.
I threw Silver and his sneasle out of the path of the tree and jumped, but the tree landed on my left leg. I grunted in pain. I could feel all the bones break and the nerves flare with agony.
Silver crawled over by me. He saw the flames on the tree try to reach me and ordered an icy wind from Sneasle. He was in shock, but he knew what he needed to do to protect us right now.
Silver was keeping the flames at bay with ice (you might not understand how that might work, but ice and fire make water and water puts out flame). I looked around the area. I heard the flames cackle like they were mocking my ill fortune. Then I heard the monster bird again.
"Silver, you must go hide again. Take Sneasle with you. I will be fine now."
He wanted to protest "But daddy…"
"Protect yourself, I should be safe now. GO!"
Silver crawled away to hide in an old pokemon den, or what was left of one. He looked out at me from the opening.
A shadow fell over the whole entire clearing. And then I saw it land right in between me and Silver's hiding spot and the log.
Then I felt the tree lift off of my leg. My Nidoking lifted the tree off of me. He looked ragged and beat up from the fight, soot covered his leathery skin. Everyone else looked pretty much the same.
My Nidoking dropped the tree which made the earth shake and helped me up. The other team was fighting the bird. But that Godzilla of a bird didn't fight back instead it was searching.
It had picked up a log with one of its clawed feet and shock it out. But nothing came out. Then it made a horrible screech and started to rampage. It tore trees up from the roots.
And to think it did this much destruction to find my son. Obviously it was not doing this for its own choice. I think the monster bird was sent by someone. And when this is over I would find out whom, and no amount of protection would save him from my wrath. He would beg to go to hell before he would want to suffer the punishments I have planned for him.
Then the beast saw the den. It tore the top of it off and saw Silver and his sneasle. They jumped to avoid the talons, but weren't fast enough.
"NO!" Sarah and I screamed in union. Our teams were growling and yowling. Silver was screaming for help and was struggling in the talons.
The bird flapped its giant wings, sending embers and smoke in our eyes. It took off into the air.
"PIDGEOT!" Sarah screamed for her bird and jumped onto its back. She was chasing the rainbow phoenix. She was actually catching up with it. I could see her reaching out to Silver and Silver reaching back.
Then the unthinkable happened.
Sarah almost reached our son when the bird turned and blasted fire at Sarah and her pidgeot.
It all happened so fast.
The agony of it all to watch Sarah and the Pidgeot fall in a blaze.
To hear Silver Scream to me and Sarah.
To hear the screech of the Phoenix, roaring to its victory.
THUNK!
Sarah's flaming body landed in front of me. I struggled to reach it but my Nidoking was holding me up. However I finally broke free and sunk to my knees next to my dead wife.
"Giovanni…. Are you there?"
Make that dying.
Sarah put all her effort into speaking. It was amazing due to everything that has just happened. Her face was not on fire and was just badly scratched up, the flames engulfed her torso.
I didn't care though. I held her against my chest, looking down on her face. I could feel the cloths on me catch fire.
"Giovanni, I know this is the end for me…" she broke out into a fit of coughs and I squeezed her tight. I didn't want to let her go. I couldn't lose her. Then she spoke again with a hoarser voice. "But you must promise me you will find our son."
"I will try"
"NO, you must promise me. Promise me you will bring our son home." Her voice was fading, but the look in her eyes was wild. I had to promise her to let her rest. Tears streamed down my eyes and one landed on her cheek.
"I promise."
Sarah sighed and started to close her eyes. I put my cheek against hers and wept. I listened to her heartbeat. I felt her faint breath. And then I felt it all stop. I wept louder and held the body until Rhyhorn took it from me and Nidoking helped me to my good foot and supported me.
The flames around us were dying and sputtering out.
I was haunted by 3 ghosts from then on.
One of my dead wife and the last promises I gave to her.
One was my crying son, lost in the cold world, taken from his home.
And one of Silver when he was happy and content. The ghost of a happier time and the Silver I know and probably lost.
I must fight for all of them.
Hours passed when I reached Viridian city. I sat in a hospital bed the next day looking out the window into the ashes of the King's forest. The whole entire area was consumed by the bird's fire. People were even considering changing the name into Ash forest.
I heard the door open but I could not face to see who it was.
"Mr. Giovanni. Are you ok?" I turned to look at the league official who I meet the day before.
"What is it?" I said the agony pierced the air in my voice.
"I just wanted to tell you that they started to set up the search for your son."
I just nodded. I knew they wouldn't find him. That was my destiny, my promise. The worker left the room without another word.
I searched years for Silver, but could not find him, wherever he was.
Then I got an idea that might just work...
Silver- well that was just great. Way to bring back awful memories.
Your right i souldn't have made you read that. Besides you are supposed to be compleatly shocked and wondering about the laws of science once you learn about it.
Silver- Why? What does this have to do with anything?
You'll find out later! But right now I need to use the forget me stick on you!
Silver- The what?... 'gets hit over the head by a large treebranch and passes out'
nighty night!...
PWEASE REVIEW! This is my first story and I would wuv constuctive critisism!
PS These characters except Sarah are not mine and neither is pokemon or the manga! Or the forget me stick for that matter...
Silver- Uhhh what happened? And why is my head bleeding!
IT WORKS!
Silver- you are starting to creep me out...
