The Crown Wars. A Pokemon Fanfiction by Deathlark. Chapter 1, The Dawning of the Storm.

Author's Note to all readers familiar with me: While on leave I got bored and conjured up this idea and my mind got hung on it. I went ahead and wrote it. This is also romance more early on; A.K.A. chapter 1. Yeah, I don't care. It's a story element. My goal for these chapters will be the normal "Word Count3000 words". There is no highest number I expect. Hell, for all I know I could make a 20k chapter if I wanted to. Anyhow, I hope you guys enjoy the new story.

Author's Note to all readers un-familiar with me: Hello. You stumbled upon this little story that I brewed up while taking a break from writing. This is a romantic pokemon story that will start with momentum and only gain more from there. I estimate about 20-30 chapters, which is generously low for my average word count. I mean, one story of mine has 120k words and its only half way done, and even then there are 3 parts to add onto it that are just as long; 90k words would be the minimum words for this story. However, I sometimes add some beef. I expect the total length to be around 120k-150k words in the end. The goal is that all chapters have more than 3k words.

Also, this is the first story that I'm going to try 3rd person perspective. It will be somewhat omnipotent, so I will reveal a good deal of the character's thoughts. This excludes the first part though. Sorry, lazy. :/

Anyhow, to everyone, enjoy reading my new story – The wars for the crowns.

Disclaimer: Well, there will be one for every chapter, so let's start. I do not own the rights to the pokemon franchise.

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The pokemon approach. We all zealously gathered around as he was going to tell the great story of the past. We were all adults, so vulgar acts were not a nuisance. Friends of mine and others were all here. After a bit of small talk, he started with a clearing of his throat.

"Well then, many years ago, on this very soil we walk on today, ancient pokemon existed as civil nations. They did not have quit the great technology that we have nowadays, but it was enough to live.

The world was divided into great kingdoms; originally 279, now 145. There were several kinds of kingdoms, and there was one for each family of pokemon. There were miniscule kingdoms such as the Burmy kingdom and Rattata kingdom. Their populous was small and so was the amount of land they had. From there the sizes could get larger such as the Electrike kingdom. It was fair sized with low chaos. The smaller kingdoms sometimes were seized and controlled by larger kingdoms, often these mid-sized kingdoms. These larger ones were better functioning but sometimes had economic issues.

Then there were great massive kingdoms like the Gible kingdom. They were massive and had much influence over the world. They were powerful and well maintained with frequent interaction in wars. Some controlled kingdoms beneath their size but otherwise none controlled another. The current 145 kingdoms were about 1/3 of each type of kingdom. This is excluding 5 kingdoms known as the Dominances. These kingdoms were the most powerful and largest of all. They controlled massive areas of land yet did not control other kingdoms. They were economically wealthy and powerful in their numbers. They acted as the managers of the world, often overseeing the wars or ending some. They were forces to be reckoned with.

The Dominance kingdoms formed an alliance called the Branches of Harmony. They formed together to support each other and protect each other from conflict. The 5 of them were the following lines from weakest of the 5 to strongest: Rhyhorn, Trapinch, Charmander, Oshawott, and Ralts. Overall the Ralts were the highest powers ever; far stronger than the Oshawotts. Their king wielded a sword so strong that looking at it would make any unruly monster tremble in fear. No one had ever seen it that wasn't allowed. The Oshawotts had a strong police-like force that would parole the land in search of bandits and thugs. One unit was larger than the other and became known as the Breakers.

The Charmanders joined in as air patrol as the Oshawotts could monitor water but not air. Charizards flew about the landscape as air force. The Trapinches acted as the army. They had the strongest of all the soldiers but not the most. The Ralts king valued his people more so assigned his best generals to work with the generals of the Trapinches. Their army became the strongest army in the world. The Rhyhornd did their part in protection of cities and buildings. They acted as guards and protected from onslaughts and other cataclysms.

The enemies of the Dominances were the Brothers of Alliance. Composed of 8 large sized kingdoms, they were the constant attackers against the Dominances. Unlike the Dominances, the Brothers believed in imperialism. The Dominances all acted as separate kingdoms trying to maintain the world. They wanted each kingdom to be its own and not rule other kingdoms. The 8 kingdoms that resisted banded together and crated the Brothers of Alliance, or the BOA. Each one of these kingdoms owned anywhere from 1 to 6 other kingdoms. The most formidable was definitely the Pawniard kingdom. Their warriors known as ninjas were more feared than the Rhyperior guards. Sleek and stealthy with deadly power, these Bisharps undergo rigorous training and are the masters of night, being able to be practically invisible in broad daylight.

The other kingdoms were the Snorunt kingdom, Pansage kingdom, Natu kingdom, the majorly deciding Eevee kingdom, Cubone kingdom, Riolu kingdom, and Hippopotas kingdom. The Eevee kingdom was as strong as the Gallade kingdom, so it was the major factor that the Brothers were at war for so long with the Dominances. It did not equal the soldier strength of the ninjas or Raltsian Knights however. Snorunts had a hidden city where the Glalie emperor resided. Because of its stealth, many Glalie and Froslass soldiers ravaged the world without any source. Pansages lived in a difficult area to assault; on the top of trees. This made the archer Simisages more deadly than ever since their high agility and flying squirrel like habits make them near impossible to kill. The Natu kingdoms were foreseeing and could predict several attacks and acted as the Brothers' psychic division. They were one of the flying kingdoms in the sky which were inaccessible to anything that wasn't flying. This meant they could live in safety as some Brothers warriors assisted in guarding.

The Eevee kingdom was divided into different sections. They had major cities in different locations. One was located near the Pansage kingdom, one near the Snorunt kingdom, one in a volcanic habitat, one deep within a forest, one unique and frustrating one underwater, and one sky habitat. This made them impossible to exterminate and hard to fight due to the illusiveness and how easily another army may show up due to the neighboring allies. The Eevee kingdom conquered 4 other kingdoms adding to their numbers.

The Cubone kingdom acted alongside the Pawniard's ninjas in their dirty work as a backup. The Marowak could wipe out the majority of average armies with a small group of trained soldiers and some ninjas to aid. These cutthroat soldiers also made efficient assassins. They were feared largely for their controlled bounty hunter style. The Hippopotas kingdom was one of the few underground kingdoms making it near possible to be found. Only could the Sandshrew, Diglett, and Sandile kingdoms access the Hippopotas kingdom easily. The Hippowdon warriors were fierce in combat and the equivalent of the Rhyperiors for the Brothers. Lastly there was the Riolu kingdom. Although not as powerful as the Eevee kingdom, they owned more kingdoms than any other kingdom, owning a total of 6. Their numbers were massive and their expertise and wisdom unmatchable. Their aura soldiers, or master Lucarios, were one of the most feared enemies to encounter back then with the ninjas ranking above them. The Lucario kingdom was impossible to find without a clue on where to find it. The location is still a mystery to this day.

The war lasted forever. Many people from all kingdoms started to get outraged overall and started an underground organization known as The Guild. They worked for whomever they were allied with and who aided their purposes. There were pokemon as far as Gyarados to Sigilyphs inside this guild. It was treated with low regard and respect which only toughened the guild. This made them just as formidable as the Brothers or the Dominances. In the end, the Guild sided with the Dominances rather than the Brothers. They also formed alliances with other Non-Dominator-Alliance kingdoms.

Indeed, the Guild has become known as the Rascal's Guild by any kingdoms not supporting it, as only 19 kingdoms supported it and 104 were against it. They had become infamous as thieves and trouble makers by many, but others viewed it as an underground convenience. The base of the guild itself was in the midst of the Gallade kingdom and would not be able to be entered in without pre-guild approval.

Nonetheless, King Insitir, the Gallade king, was a frivolous supporter and could rely on the guild for a lot. The guild often withheld its duties that Insitir had assigned them to do. Other wealthy supporters in the favoring kingdoms of the guild also paid the guild to do their work.

Much of this spending from Dominance and guild favoring kingdom people had outraged any kingdoms against or sometimes neutral to the guild. The neutral kingdoms were enemies of the Dominances or the other guild favoring kingdoms, or simply just disliked the guild. The Pawniard kingdom ordered the ninjas to kill any guild members they found. Needless to say, ninjas started to become the primary source of loss within in the guild. Ninjas often pursued shady areas and rather royal areas to search for ninjas. Some ninjas were even paid just to search for some.

The guild started to lose its strength as more dislike. Soon very few kingdoms were neutral to the guild. In addition, the guild did not gain any supporters; in fact, they lost some. They had gone from 19 supporters to now 14 patrons. It started to seem bleak. The profiting guild had suddenly gone bankrupt. Insitir had lost his trust on them. Everything seemed to be crashing…"

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"Darcel! Darcel please!" the Lucario yelled.

"My love! If this is the last time we ever see each other…" Before the Lucario could finish her sentence, the abruption of a Bisharp swooped in and grabbed her.

"Damn the rascals!" the Bisharp yelled. His ninja training made his quick moving actions pounce on the Lucario. He was now immobilized. "You used to be a Brother Lucario!"

"I was, but I am no longer!" The Lucario yelled and pushed the Bisharp off of him. The Bisharp reacted quickly with a counter. It failed as the Lucario ducked and pulled out his crossbow and had the binding arrow attached.

"NO!" the Bisharp yelled. Soon he was thrown all about the room with the single swinging of the crossbow. The pure impact of the power was enough to shake the life out of him. Soon the bewildered ninja lay dormant on the ground. The Lucario ran over quickly to Darcel.

"Darcel, are you okay?" She coughed.

"Not quite…" Soon she revealed the gaping wound the ninja had left in her side. "*Gasp* Look out!" The Lucario immediately turned his head and the ninja grabbed his leg and stuck a dagger into his back.

"AAAAAAAUGH!" Soon the Lucario fell over in an agony of blue blood.

"Jas!" Darcel yelled. The ninja removed the arrow from his body and interlocked the arms and mouths of the two Lucarios in chains. He soon bound the two together with chains.

"Master Dyor will appreciate some new aid…" The ninja picked the two Lucarios up by the ears, causing them to scream out in pain. The wails made no difference to the merciless ninja. Jas was now contemplating a new idea to get him and Darcel out. But how? He was pretty much locked in-

Except for his legs. He hastily used his legs remove Darcel's binds and she removed his. The ninja saw immediately and tossed them on the ground and put a leg on both of them so they couldn't move. Jas was a genius.

He swiped the ninja's sword and slashed it into the ninja's chest. This time the ninja fell down. For good.

Jas and Darcel immediately set up a small recovery camp just under the radar of Lucario patrol. They had lost their herbs and remedies so they would have to naturally recover for a long time. Jas expected a week.

Jas is one of the top ranked players within the guild. His lover, Darcel, is the Lucario princess. Their dare to love each other is massive, considering Darcel also secretly supports the guild. This is coming from the Lucario empire which is one of the Brother empires. Surely if this relationship was uncovered all hell would break loose with the Lucario empire. And it had earlier.

The daring Jas snuck into the palace sneaking underneath the Aura Guards using a special spell. He was able to do so from the local shrine. Jas was a master of stealth, magic, and more. Anyhow, while entering the palace he visited the princess. During their time together, a guard entered hearing noises coming from the room. It was too quick as the ninja guard had suspected something. When finding the two of them cuddling with each other, he immediately tried to use the musket he had been given to kill Jas. It ricocheted and injured the princess.

This set off a chain that had the two of them running for their lives. They ran through the basement still being chased by the ninja. They were stopped in a small cove that led outside. Darcel, still injured, was now a target by the ninja. He knew that the Lucario was a guild member from the looks of it. After all, he was paid to hunt ninjas.

The rest is known from there. There is much to do. Now that a ninja will be found dead, and that the Lucario princess is in love with a guild member, chaos will erupt between the guild and the Lucarios. Jas was more nervous than he ever has been in his entire life. It would be difficult to escape with the pride of the Lucario kingdom while inside the home of all Lucarios.

A beacon of hope shined high in the sky. Jas spotted a Honchkrow flying high in the clouds. Jas knew him better as Taíer (Thai-air). Taíer is a very skilled guild member who has done much reconnaissance and rescuing. He is placed as a rank 3 member of the guild; Jas is rank 3.

Jas had mentioned Darcel about running off with him to the guild. Darcel was at first unsure, but she agreed with a small bit of time they had after they had been chased down by ninjas.

Jas had a special flare that anyone in the guild can pick up with special enchanted lenses. It can be used as location. Taíer had those lenses on, so he was scanning about the area knowing that Jas said he would be meeting with Darcel.

However, it had been 3 days since the incident had occurred. This search was overdue. Jas was a bit irritated with the tardiness, but he was at least glad that help had arrived. Jas used his signal flare and soon Taíer picked up the sight. Soon he flew out of sight. Darcel was at first worried, but Jas calmed her.

Soon enough, Taíer came in and landed right by the two.

"I am desperately sorry. We knew that you wanted time Jas, so the others assumed you were just taking some extra time. It occurred to me that there was a problem," Taíer explained.

"Well at least you're here. The princess and I are roughed up and we need some way to get back to the guild. Any ideas?" Jas asked. Darcel was slightly intimidated by the large Honchkrow. Taíer noticed.

"What should we do about the princess? We can't simply fly out of here, and that wall is harder than an Aggron's head," Taíer asked.

"I know a way out… But it means going back into the castle… and it's paroled," Darcel answered. Taíer seized the opportunity.

"I can create a distraction while you two escape. You're in no condition to sneak by Jas, and you have your alé (ah-lay. It means female mate in Honduka, or Honchkrow language) which makes it harder. I can easily distract some guards. After all, they'll get confident since I'm dark type." Jas considered.

"It sounds good, but are you sure about taking on the guards? They are strong. Plus ninjas may be lurking about with them."

"I am a bit worried, but it will be the only way. Are the both of you ready?" Taíer asked. The two of them nodded. "Good. Darcel, lead the way back." She slowly got on her feet and guided them to the entrance where they had come out. They wandered their way passing by the dead ninja.

"Interesting. It must have gone unnoticed so far," Jas noted.

"What did?" Taíer asked.

"I had to kill a ninja… it hurt Darcel and I." Taíer nodded.

"Even more reason to get you two to safety." They continued until they had entered back into the royal halls. There were already 4 Lucario guards. Darcel visualized the way to the next spot. Taíer hastily ran out screeching gaining the guards' attention. He flailed about attacking them.

It was enough of a distraction for Jas and Darcel to make it through, and soon Taíer ran off outside. The Lucarios left to report the disturbance which allowed Taíer to join up with them.

"There should be no more guards… Let's hope for the best," Darcel optimized. They continued down until they made it into the passage that Darcel had knew. They continued down until a major obstacle stood in their way.

Dalku soldiers. The Darmanitan were roughly talking with each other. Dalku soldiers are fierce fighters that are not part of the Brothers but are allies of the Lucarios. The kingdom is average sized but very powerful for its impact. Fighting them would be risky.

"Let me handle this," Darcel told the two. She walked out calmly. Jas and Taíer held their breath. They were nervous.

"Gentlemen, could you make way for my friends?" she asked commandingly. The Dalku chatted amongst each other in Darun (Darumaka language). They soon nodded and stepped aside. Jas and Taíer sighed slowly as the band of Dalku let them through calmly.

Eventually they escaped to the sanctity of the outside world. The general midways between kingdom outposts and hometowns were calm, but sometimes wanderers or groups of kingdom soldiers may be astray as well as some uncharted settlements of smaller kingdoms.

The group of them made started to trek over to the Gallade kingdom. Taíer had spoken with a Raltsian knight and agreed to house the three of them while on their way back to the guild. The guild had to move away from the Gallade kingdom and more astray in the wilderness as of an agreement. The path from the Lucario kingdom to the Guild would be 2 weeks' time by foot, but Taíer could carry them through all territory excluding when they were near any Lucario allies or Brother kingdoms. Even by the enslaved kingdoms were dangerous to fly around. With Taíer's flying, the three of them should be back at the Gallade kingdom in 2 days.

While flying, there was a small conversation between Jas and Darcel.

"You know, Jas, I've never been this far from home. My mom and dad never really let me go far from the kingdom. I only went once with a trip to visit a small caravan outside the kingdom. It's a huge leap for me going out here…" Darcel said to Jas.

"I am unfamiliar with that. I've been to the corners of the world." Darcel looked at Jaz for a second.

"Just promise me that the guild will keep me safe at home." Jas nodded. She came in and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Jas blushed a bit.

The Honduka kingdom lay between the Lucario and Gallade kingdoms. It was an airborne kingdom, so Taíer had to take the risk of flying by an enslaved kingdom that the Brothers owned. Taíer's family lived there, but he scarcely sees them. The Honduka kingdom are one of the few neutral to the guild, so it is unusual for him to visit in. Taíer asked Jas and Darcel if he could visit in with his family. Despite the difference, Taíer was still close to his brother and his mate lived not far from his home. He had an ovation for being powerful, and many knew that he was part of the guild. Everyone respects him and he is treated highly, but Taíer has trouble not feeling like an outcast.

Jas and Darcel went along with him to his mate's house. Taíer was mating with a female Honchkrow named Melia. She was a seldom and kind Honchkrow that was very caring. Currently she was harboring an egg within her. They easily walked in and met with Melia.

"Oh Taíer, it is so nice to see you." She came and embraced her mate. They had a small moment to be with each other.

"Melia, these are friends of mine. One is from the guild and the other is his mate." She saw them.

"Hello. I am Melia. I have heard of you Jas, but what is your name?" she asked Darcel.

"My name is Darcelia Balonne. Just call me Darcel," she answered.

"Darcelia? Balonne? Are you really the Lucario princess?" Melia asked with awe. Darcel nodded. Melia was genuinely impressed. "Taíer, what are you doing with her?"

"We are taking her to the guild. She will be eternally punished if we return her." Melia understood. "I wanted to stop here to see you and make sure you're fine… Do you know when our egg will come?"

"The doctors say I should be due soon, but I'm not sure if I can trust them. It have not felt any issues or major weight yet. No hard feelings inside," Melia answered. Taíer seemed a bit worried.

"I hope there is nothing wrong…" Abruptly the door slammed open revealing two ninjas and a Xatu foreseer. Jas and Darcel immediately hid themselves, and were completely unnoticeable.

"Hello. Sorry to be a nuisance, but have you seen any Lucarios per chance?" a ninja asked. The two of them shook their heads. The Xatu closed his eyes. Taíer didn't know, but Jas knew that the Xatu was checking if he was lying. Jas knew that he would find out the truth soon enough.

Jas saw a small hole and cracked it open. He and Darcel escaped narrowly.

"They are lying," the Xatu said. Taíer was a bit scared and edgy.

"Do you know where they are?" the other ninja asked. Taíer and Melia looked at each other and knew their efforts were futile.

"They are under our bed," Melia said. The ninjas quickly looked under and found nothing. Melia and Taíer were confused.

"Oh ha. Very funny. Anyhow, have a good day. We will be checking in on the other houses," the ninja said. Taíer sighed, and soon Jas and Darcel re-entered through the covered hole.

"That was close," Jas said.

"You escaped… Oh wow," Taíer said.

"Yes. That Xatu foreseer can detect lying. We must go before any other problems arise." Taíer sighed.

"I will check back on you soon Melia. Please be well," Taíer sadly said to Melia.

"I will see you soon my love." They embraced each other for a small bit.

"Let us go," Taíer commanded. The three of them left and flew off through the night sky.

"The bond between two lovers is stronger than any connection in the world. But no bond can merely match up to vengeance, death, and the allure of power."

-Dielty Seylderyn | Tyranitar author

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