This is my first fanfiction, so forgive me if I make a few mistakes. It's basically how I imagined the Pokémon anime ending. But before I start I should probably let you know a few things about this story.
First, it's written in the style of the movies, (Obviously, because an episode wouldn't be this long.) So, expect a few things that make you think of the Pokémon movies. Especially the prologue.
Second, it slightly diverges from the main series. For example, in this story, well, let's just say the Kalos League had a different outcome.
And finally, I must confess, I haven't seen the whole series. So, I'll be getting my information from online, and by watching some of the movies. (I'm not going to watch the entire series, it would take too long.)
So now, without further delay, I present Pokémon: Ho-Oh and the Battle for Pallet Town.
Prologue
All over the face of the planet, live extraordinary creatures that have captivated the minds of humans for centuries. They are Pokémon. Since the beginning, humans and Pokémon have lived side by side in peace in harmony. They teem in mountains and landscapes. They thrive in the seas. They gather in forests. They soar through the skies. There are even Pokémon who are believed to have come from beyond the stars. There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands that we have yet to discover.
Pokémon can be captured to be more than pets. Human trainers will often battle each other with their Pokémon in contests of skill and strategy. These battles often set trainers and Pokémon against each other, but they remain ever friends. And these battles strengthen the resolve of Pokémon and their bond with their trainers. Each trainer has one dream: to become Pokémon masters.
This dream has been a driving force for many trainers on their journeys. Ash Ketchum, a young trainer from Pallet Town, has a dream of becoming the greatest Pokémon master in the world. Together with his first Pokémon, Pikachu, Ash travels across the entire world, meeting many new friends and having many amazing adventures along the way.
But while Ash and Pikachu continue their journey, little do they suspect that back in their home region of Kanto, a sinister plot is underway.
In the darkness of a science lab, the only light came from the various machines and instruments that took up most of the room. The team of scientists had been hard at work for days, but so far, all their reattempts at the experiment had been unsuccessful. This time, however they were determined to make sure this next one would survive.
"Begin," the head scientist said coldly. She gestured to a small capsule containing something that couldn't be seen with the naked eye. No one bothered to ask questions about it, though. Everyone in the room knew exactly what it was. But what no one understood was why their boss was so obsessed with these experiments. Well, almost no one.
The capsule was placed onto a very long conveyor belt. It was then rapidly propelled into a large machine that, at first glance, seemed to be shaped like a snail shell. At the end of the machine was a series of large, clear glass tubes that stopped at a small stand at the bottom. Once the capsule was inside the machine, the only thing the scientists could do now was wait.
Very few of them knew this for a fact, but that machine was not the first of its kind. There had been one like it four years before. However, while the results of that experiment had been fruitful, the Pokémon it had created proved to be too powerful to control. No one knew where it was now, but their client was eager to get a replacement as soon as possible.
After what seemed like fifteen minutes, there was movement near the top of one of the tubes. A small catlike Pokémon soon drifted down to the base of the now fluid-filled tube. It was mostly white, with its lower body being largely purple. And it had a small fleshy tube connecting the back of its neck to its head. At this, many of the scientists began to erupt into small cheers. The head scientist, however, wasn't going to celebrate just yet.
"Hold on," she told them. "We still don't know if this one will survive. Begin scanning its vitals."
And with that command, many microscopic sensors were released into the tube. Within minutes, the sensors were attached to various points of the Pokémon's body, scanning its pulse, blood pressure, brain waves, heart rate, etc.
On a small computer screen, a diagram of the Pokémon's anatomy was displayed. Below the diagram, an ECG was beeping steadily. After a while, everything seemed normal. Until…
"No, no, no, no!" one of the scientists exclaimed. Upon hearing this, the head scientist rushed over.
"What's happening?" she asked.
"We're losing it," was his response. The head scientist looked at the screen to find that the Pokémon's heart rate was getting slower and slower. She normally didn't emote much, but after seeing this she was in a panic.
"Get a medical team down here immediately!" she shouted, with more anger than she had shown in her lifetime. An alarm began going off sharply, like the shriek of a Zubat. As the sound echoed through the laboratory, there was a sensation of panic in the air. As the head scientist looked at the tube containing their newest specimen, her mind was in a state of terror.
We can't lose this one, she thought. They had tried 20 times to replicate the previous success of creating Mewtwo. But they had been a failure every time, each one being in worse condition than the last. And the worst part was, their employer's standards were almost impossible to meet, let alone exceed.
But he did fund the last Mewtwo project. So, if this one didn't survive, the head scientist knew she would not get any more chances after this.
By the time a medical team arrived in the lab, any preexisting sense of order had all but vanished. The head scientist was about to bark an order at them to begin defibrillating the new Pokémon in the tube, but all her hopes were obliterated when her colleague at the vital display screen spoke his next words.
"No heart rate," he said. She rushed over to see this was in fact the truth. The ECG meter had gone completely flat, as well as the brainwave meter below it. As she lowered her head. This was their 20th failure. And to make matters worse, the genetic material they had used was the last of it anywhere. They could always try to find another Mew to get more samples, but it was one of the rarest Pokémon in existence. Finding one, let alone capturing one was easier said than done.
Turning toward the door, the head scientist contemplated her options. She certainly couldn't try to create another specimen, but she also didn't want her client to find out she had failed. Of course, this was futile. He would find out the truth eventually, anyway.
When the chaos in the room finally calmed down, the head scientist regained her composure. Calmly she turned to one of her aides.
"Contact Giovanni," she said.
"What?!" the word escaped Giovanni's lips almost immediately after he heard the news.
"As I've already told you," the woman on the other end of the video phone said. "Our latest attempt was a failure."
Giovanni banged his fist on his desk, awakening the Persian that was napping beside it. He had been used to minor setbacks before, but they had never occurred this often. It had been four years since the first time this had happened. But in the end, the first Mewtwo project was a complete success. Well, except for the fact that it wound up betraying him, that is.
After that, well, he couldn't remember everything exactly. He even completely forgot that Mewtwo existed at first. But after a failed mission in Unova, when he tried to use the Pokémon Meloetta to take control of the Forces of Nature trio, his memories of Mewtwo somehow came flooding back to him. In secret, he had ordered a worldwide search for it, but he found nothing.
He decided the best thing to do would be to clone another Mewtwo. But all those attempts backfired.
"This is the 20th time this month your experiments have failed," he said. "You'd better have a good excuse."
"Well, sir," she explained. "Since we restarted this project, we've noticed that Mew's genetic material has been harder to come by. And what little samples we've had are, how do I say this, lacking in quality."
'Lacking in quality?' Giovanni spoke the words as if he'd heard an excuse that would often come from Jessie and James.
"Well, any samples of Mew's DNA have been… incomplete. We just can't create one that will survive long enough."
Giovanni stood up slowly. He turned his back to the screen, lost in thought. He had come too far to let this stop him. Ever since he had first heard of Mew, he somehow became convinced that its power would be the secret to controlling the entire world. He had yet to meet a Pokémon as powerful as its clone, Mewtwo. And now, he was basically hearing all his plans were impossible. No, he decided. He didn't get to where he was just by giving up, after all.
"Begin a new cloning procedure at once," he ordered her.
"We can't," the scientist said, with an undercurrent of anxiety in her voice. "We used up the last sample Mew's DNA we had."
Giovanni turned back toward the screen. "I see. Then I have no other choice. I'm terminating your project immediately."
The scientist looked stricken, as if his words had just reached through the phone and punched her.
"But sir, if you just—"
"You're fired!" he interrupted. And with that, he hung up the phone.
Giovanni sat back down. At that moment, Julia, his secretary came in. She was holding a tray carrying a mug and a pot filled with coffee. In contrast to her boss, her face was completely devoid of any emotion.
"Our attempt at restarting the Mewtwo project has ended in disaster," he told her as she began pouring coffee into the mug.
"With all due respect," Julia said. "Mewtwo can't be the only powerful Pokémon on this planet."
A light flashed in Giovanni's head. He was almost completely dependent on Mewtwo in his plans before, but she had a point. He remembered hearing about Pokémon even stronger than Mewtwo. And if he could find at least one of them…
"You're absolutely right," he said. Julia let out a small smile, clearly appreciating her boss's praise.
"I have been going at this the wrong way. I have been foolishly trying to create another Mewtwo when all this time the answer has been in right before my eyes. What I need is a substitution, a Pokémon that could rival Mewtwo in sheer power."
"And what Pokémon do you think could do that?" Julia asked.
Giovanni took that in. He would have to think long and hard about this. He couldn't use the Forces of Nature, he had already tried that, and from what he could remember about that day, it had almost destroyed Unova.
Then he remembered something. When he was much younger, he had heard about a Legendary Pokémon from the Johto region. One that was said to fly around the world creating a rainbow wherever it went. A Pokémon that was rumored to have created Entei, Raikou, and Suicune. In an instant, Giovanni knew which Pokémon would serve as his replacement for Mewtwo in his plans.
He turned to Julia. Taking the mug of coffee from her hand, he knew what he would tell her next.
"Find out everything you can about the Legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh," he ordered. "Including how to find it."
"Yes, sir," Julia nodded before walking out of the room.
Giovanni was now alone, except for his Persian. As he took a sip from the mug he was holding, he wondered why he never thought of this sooner. If Ho-Oh really was as powerful as the legends said, he might not have even needed Mewtwo in the first place.
"It won't be long," he said to his Persian. Pulling up an image of the Pokémon he now desired on his computer, he sat back, content. "Soon I will have both Ho-Oh and the power to control the entire world."
He continued to look at the image, now chuckling softly to himself.
For the title screen, a Pokéball appears on screen then opens, revealing the series logo. Once it disappears, a bolt of lightning strikes an empty field, causing a fire that nearly takes up the entire screen. Then, heavy rain starts falling on the flames, extinguishing them and revealing the film's logo. The word "Ho-Oh" is in dark orange letters while the words "Pallet Town" are in multicolored letters, specifically the colors of the rainbow.
Well? What do you think so far? You may have noticed I even added a title screen sequence, the make this feel like one of the movies. As for the part about Giovanni remembering Mewtwo, I sort of forgot that his memories of it were erased during "Mewtwo Returns." But I had the idea that being possessed by the Reveal Glass back in Unova helped restore his memories. I don't really know how that makes sense, though. Anyway, you can expect an update from me soon. Don't forget to read and review!