A New Beginning
Into the Wild retold with Pokémon. Rusty has a loving family, but when the forest—and destiny—calls, what will happen to him? A threat looms just overhead...
Rated T Suspense Firestar
Prologue and Allegiances
The night was illuminated by the half moon floating between the clouds. The river flowed quietly between the shore and the huge boulders called Sunningrocks.
Shapes crouched just inside the bank, nearly invisible in the shadow of the stones. Watchful eyes glinted overhead.
The two groups advanced with painstaking slowness, silently willing the other side to attack.
Neither side knew which struck first, but suddenly the rocks were alive with baying, fighting forms.
At the center of the frenzy a red-and-black bipedal form pinned down a stocky blue shape. The attacker held a silver blade to the other's throat.
"Oakheart!" he snarled. "How dare you trespass on ThunderClan territory!"
"After tonight, Tigerclaw, these rocks will be RiverClan's!" the Poliwrath retorted.
An anxious call came from the riverbank. "More RiverClan warriors coming!"
Tigerclaw, the Bisharp, raised his head as footsteps thudded on the rocks. Oakheart escaped his foe's hold and croaked triumphantly.
Tigerclaw gave Oakheart a dark look. "Sunningrocks belongs to ThunderClan!"
"Are you so sure, Tigerclaw?"
The Bisharp surveyed the battlefield. The RiverClan warriors were driving ThunderClan back toward the trees. Tigerclaw narrowed his eyes. The battle wasn't over until one side stopped fighting.
"Retreat, ThunderClan! Retreat!"
Tigerclaw looked up angrily. An undersized red form was standing on a large rock, his face shadowed eerily by his glowing head-flame.
"Retreat!" the Simisear repeated.
Tigerclaw glared at Redtail. "The battle is not lost!"
Redtail met Tigerclaw's gaze. "See for yourself."
Tigerclaw glanced around.
ThunderClan's warriors were limping back to the forest. Every single one was injured. RiverClan was celebrating its victory, prancing around on the rock.
"Come on, Tigerclaw," the deputy urged. "We're in RiverClan territory."
How could Redtail give up so easily? Tigerclaw gazed back at the rocks, his eyes furious slits, before following Redtail into ThunderClan territory.
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A blue Pokémon stood in a moonbeam. Her eyes glinted in a shadow falling over them. A dappled shape floated over to her.
"You are troubled," the floating one murmured.
The Nidoqueen gave a quick nod. "ThunderClan has not been beaten in its own territory since I became leader." She shook her head as if shaking off dark thoughts. "How are the wounded, Spottedleaf?"
The dappled Celebi landed next to her leader. "They will recover."
"That is good to hear. You are a gifted medicine-mon." She heaved a sigh. "Has StarClan told you anything?"
"Not for some moons, Bluestar."
Suddenly a shooting star streaked a path across the sky. Spottedleaf gasped and ascended up. She stared, transfixed, at the sky. Bluestar watched, aware but calm.
Finally Spottedleaf floated back down with a sigh. "It was a sign from StarClan." Her amber eyes were distant. "Fire alone will save our Clan."
Bluestar stared at her medicine-mon. "Fire?" she echoed. "But fire is feared by every Clan! How can it save us?"
"I do not know," Spottedleaf admitted. "But this is what StarClan has told me."
Bluestar straightened. "You have not been wrong before, Spottedleaf. It must be so. Fire will save ThunderClan."
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Allegiances
ThunderClan:
Leader: Bluestar: female Nidoqueen
Deputy: Redtail: undersized male Simisear
Medicine-mon: Spottedleaf: female Celebi dappled with darker green and brown with amber eyes
Warriors:
Lionheart: male Manetric with a ruff of fur around his neck
Apprentice, Graypaw
Tigerclaw: male Bisharp
Apprentice, Ravenpaw
Whitestorm: male Girafarig with a white head and neck
Apprentice, Sandpaw
Darkstripe: male Mightyena with silver stripes
Longtail: male Furret
Runningwind: male Linoone
Willowpelt: pale female Meganium
Mousefur: small female darker brown Raticate
Apprentice:
Dustpaw: darker-colored male Sandshrew
Graypaw: male Luxio with gray instead of black
Ravenpaw: undersized male black Absol
Sandpaw: sandy-colored female Vulpix
Firepaw: male Growlithe
Queens:
Frostfur: whitish Glaceon
Brindleface: tabby-patterned Cincinno
Goldenflower: Lilligant with a red-gold flower
Speckletail: speckled Delcatty, the oldest nursery queen
Elders:
Halftail: male Watchog with half a tail
Smallear: grayish male Audino with small ears
Patchpelt: small male black-and-white Excavalier
One-eye: female elderly pale gray Espeon, virtually blind and deaf
Dappletail: female dappled Leafeon
ShadowClan:
Leader: Brokenstar: large male Spiritomb
Deputy: Blackfoot: large Umbreon with big paws
Medicine-mon: Runningnose: small male Beartic
Warriors:
Stumpytail: short-tailed brownish male Granbull
Apprentice, Brownpaw
Boulder: silvery male Golem
Apprentice, Wetpaw
Clawface: battle-scarred male Houndoom
Apprentice, Littlepaw
Nightpelt: male jet-black Umbreon
Queens:
Dawncloud: small Chimecho
Brightflower: brightly-colored Grumpig
Elders:
Ashfur: male grayish Torkoal
WindClan:
Leader: Tallstar: male Zebstrika with a long tail
RiverClan:
Leader: Crookedstar: large male Feraligatr with a twisted jaw
Deputy: Oakheart: male Poliwrath
Pokémon outside Clans:
Yellowfang: old female Zoroark
Smudge: plump black-and-white male Bidoof
Barley: male Leafeon
Important information:
Egg groups are null and void, meaning that two completely different Pokémon could have a completely different offspring. In simpler language, Wigglytuff x Vaporeon with a baby Hoppip. That has no significance in this writing! It's just a random pairing. Very random.
Depending on the Pokémon, it is likely that they will end up pregnant instead of nursing Eggs.
As you may have noticed in Spottedleaf's case, genderless Pokémon may have genders.
The color schemes have been altered in some cases.
I am hoping to go through the Warriors books, making a Pokémon version of each, chapter by chapter. I am not taking words directly from it. The occasional phrase, yes ("Not for some moons, Bluestar"), but I am not trying to plagiarize (take another author's work and call it your own).
I hope you liked it!
—Mothstar