Pokémon: Phantoms Rising
By Eaglestorm, Moonstar, and Nightstripe
*Disclaimer* This story will involve Pokémon that don't belong in Sinnoh!
(A/N) Alright, people, Eaglestorm here with a bit of explaining. This story will be similar to The New Dawn, with perspectives switching off every chapter, so it will go from me, to Moonstar, to Nightstripe on the writing front. I will be writing Shock, Moonstar will be writing Flame, and Nightstripe will be writing Frost. This is one of our first non-Warriors fanfiction, but we're pretty confident about this.
(A/N) Um, this is Nightstripe and I'm just coming out and saying that I'm not a Pokémon nerd like Eaglestorm and Moonstar, so, um, they'll be writing a lot/ better parts than me. And yeah, I'm just not good at Pokémon stuff. They'll edit mistakes in game logic, however. Because I'm not good at that ._.
(A/N) Hey everyone, it's Moonstar here. Wow, Nightstripe, a Pokémon nerd? Ok, I guess it's true. Although I only played X/Y and ΩRuby ɒSapphire. This story is set in the Sinnoh region, and Shock and Flame live in Eterna City, while Frost starts out in Celestic town. By the way, I never played Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, so all of these towns are from the map on Google Images =) However, we will try our best. Oh, and by the way, WHO'S EXCITED FOR Pokémon SUN AND MOON!? I think it should be obvious which one I'm gonna get. Sun (-Nightstripe). I'm going to name the legendary Moonpie after my cat =) Well, I've talked for long enough. ON TO THE STORY!
Chapter 1
Shock
Shock flinched as he felt something pounding on his chest.
What- who's doing that? He threw off his covers and exploded out of his bed, landing with a loud thump on the wooden floor of his bedroom. Looking around, he noticed something squirming beneath the sheets that lay on the floor.
"Grr, lemme outta here!" a voice squeaked, the thing still struggling to break free from the blankets.
Shinx, Shock thought. He slowly walked over and picked up the sheets, his Pokémon still inside. He then pushed his way through his door and tossed the sheets over the rail. Moments later he heard thump and a satisfying "Hey!" Then trudged back into his bedroom and slammed the door behind him.
He leaped back into his bed, feeling frustrated when he realized he no longer had any blankets to use. I can't believe that guy. He thinks he can just hit me every morning to wake me up? Especially on July seventeenth, which is the day I start my Pokémon journey-
The thought fired through Shock's head like a shotgun. Today was the day he would begin his Pokémon journey! He rolled onto the floor and sat up, then dashed over to his dresser and grabbed the outfit he had picked for the journey.
This'll be perfect! He quickly put on his black hoodie with his own logo he had spent hours designing on his computer the night before, smiling when he remembered the extremespeed delivery service that had gotten it to him only hours after he made the purchase.
Then he put on his yellow scarf and his gray pants, and finally his trademark goggles that fit perfectly on his forehead, just below his spiky blond hair.
I am totally ready for this! He thought excitedly. He picked his bag off of his desk, and quickly checked that all of the contents were there.
Pokeballs, check! PokeTranslator, check! Bike, check! Clean underwear, check! Change of clothes, of course not! He slipped the bag onto his back and opened the door to see a very angry looking mom standing there.
"You are in very big trouble, young man," his mom boomed scarily.
Shock shrank back further into his room, not knowing what he had done wrong. "Uh, I'm very sorry and I will never do it again," he guessed.
His mom sighed heavily, and then did that think parents do where they shake their foreheads and close their eyes, like they have some sort of weird illness. "Have you checked the time yet?"
Shock swallowed a gasp of surprise, realizing that he hadn't yet looked, nor had he asked Shinx why he had been waking him up. "No, mom,"he replied. Slowly turning his head so that his clock was in the very edge of his vision, he read the time as "eight thirty-three," then looked back at his mother in confusion, wondering why she was mad when it really wasn't that early.
"You were supposed to start getting ready at seven o' clock! Flame has been waiting downstairs for an hour, and Shinx has nearly been jumping out of his skin with anticipation! It doesn't help that you just threw him down the stairs, either," his mom explained, exasperated.
Shoot, I totally forgot to set my alarm! Shock remembered. He let out a faint, awkward chuckle that resembled that of an old man, then pushed past his mom and half slid, half ran down the stairs.
Once again, Shock was met with not one angry face, but two.
In front of him was his friend and rival Flame, next to Shinx, who still had one leg wrapped up in Shock's sheets.
"You idiot!" Flame exclaimed. "Why in the name of Arceus did it take you so long to get down here?"
"Chill out, Flame," Shock said calmly, slightly worried that his Pokémon and friend were going to leap at him at any moment.
"No, seriously! The only reason I didn't run up there and have Fennekin shred you is because your mom was here!" Flame told him.
Shock snorted. "Like your Fennekin could shred me."
"Ahem," Shinx growled. "Are we forgetting that I just got coldly thrown down a one-story drop?"
"You look fine to me," Shock looked down at his Pokémon, who didn't have a scratch on him. "You make it sound like you ran into a pack of Quilladin."
"Maybe I did," Shinx said.
Shock saw Flame shudder. "Running into a pack of Quilladin is definitely not something you want to have on your bucket list."
"Oh, and you would know."
"Hey, I'm from Kalos, so I know this kind of stuff."
"I would know already if something like that happened to you."
"Maybe I don't tell you everything."
"You don't, I just know."
Shock's mom descended the stairs and promptly pushed the arguing boys apart. "If you two have forgotten, Professor Maple is waiting for you in the lab."
Shock stepped back, calming down. "Come to think of it, where is Fennekin, anyways?"
"I may or may not have sent Fennekin up to your room to attack you if you didn't wake up within the next ten minutes," Flame explained casually.
Ignoring what Flame had just said, Shock continued. "How much clothing do you have, anyways? I don't think I've ever seen you wearing this."
Flame had on a blue hoodie with pink highlights and a pokeball design in the middle, and some basic jeans, which Shock thought didn't really match his fiery red hair.
"Hey, you know things are different in Kalos," Flame told him.
Just then, Fennekin dropped down from the railing by the stairs and landed directly on top of Shinx, who was no longer fuming.
"Are you serious?" Shinx yowled, throwing Fennekin off.
Fennekin landed on her feet and burst out laughing. "You should've seen your face!"
"You couldn't see my face, dimwit, you were on top of me!" Shinx insulted her, leaping to his paws and creating sparks around his claws.
Shock sighed. Fennekin and Shinx were always at each other's throats, and no matter how hard he thought, he just couldn't figure out where they got it.
Shock's mom pointed from Shock to Shinx, and then from Flame to Fennekin. "Apple," she said, "tree."
Both Shock and Shinx whipped around at once. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Fennekin hopped up on Flame's shoulder. "How about we get going? I've been waiting here for such a long time."
"That's the best idea I've heard all day!" Shock agreed.
"Then let's just get moving, already," Flame sighed impatiently, already starting towards the door.
Shock looked at his mom, who seemed like she was all of a sudden having a mental breakdown. That can't be good.
She rushed over to Shock and captured him in a tight hug, much to his dismay. "I can't believe after twelve whole years you're leaving me!"
Shock heard Flame laughing softly and resisted the urge to make Shinx hit him with Thunder Fang. "You know, mom, we've been planning this journey since I was five. Would it have been so hard to find a better time to break down like this?"
Shock's mom stepped back and wiped a tear from her eye and stepped back, looking like her usual, serious self. "I guess you two had better get moving, seeing as you're so late already."
"Well, bye mom!"
"Do you have clean underwear?" She asked Shock, clearly remembering it was the most important thing to remember on a long journey.
"Obviously! How stupid do you think I am?" Shock responded.
"Would you just get going, already?" Flame complained, pushing open Shock's front door.
"Yes, I'm getting tired of hearing you two bicker nearly every day, so this will be a good break for me," Shock's mom agreed, shooing the two boys out.
"Thanks, mom, I always knew you really cared about me," Shock muttered.
Flame snickered.
"Goodbye, boys!" Shock's mom let out a final goodbye, and then slammed the door hard behind them. Shock even thought he felt the ground shake.
"So," Flame said. "When do you think the party music will start?"
"I'm not sure," Shock replied. "But she has horrible taste, so we should get out of here before she gets the idea."
Shinx shivered as if recalling something. "Let's get moving, fast!"
Fennekin frowned. "How bad can it really be?"
Horrible sounds began blasting from inside.
Shock's eyes widened and he prepared for his ears to start bleeding, but it didn't happen as quickly as usual. "She hasn't turned up the volume yet, now's our chance!"
Covering their ears, the group dashed away from Shock's house, glad when they were finally out of reach of the torturous music.
I can't believe it's finally happening! Shock had been waiting nearly eight years to set off on his journey. As soon as he found Shinx, injured by a truck on the road, he knew that he wanted to spend his life catching and training Pokémon, as he was completely fascinated by them.
The tall buildings of Eterna City flashed by them, and before long, the lab came into view. It was a tall, dome shaped building, that was reasonably recently made. The two aspiring trainers skidded to a halt with their Pokémon.
Professor Maple, who had come from Celestic Town, told the two boys two years ago that she would give them Pokedexes if they promised to catch her as many Pokémon as they could find. When they asked why she picked them, she just said that kids around their age had a knack for this kind of thing.
"We're finally going to do some battling!" Shinx growled excitedly, scrambling up to sit on Shock's shoulder.
"It's not all about the battle, moron," Fennekin barked at him. "Catching Pokémon is just as important. But, I must admit, I'm ready to beat some gym leaders!"
"I know, right?" Flame agreed. "I heard that Oreburgh is where the first gym leader lives, so that's where we should head first."
The group skidded to a halt, and the Pokemon leaped onto their trainer's shoulders.
Shock put his hands on his knees, panting, then straightened up when he realized Shinx was slipping off. "We should probably head in, considering how late we are."
Everyone nodded.
When they walked up, the metal doors of the lab automatically opened for them, and Shock could barely contain his excitement. After so many years, so much waiting, and so much boredom, his Pokemon journey was finally beginning.
(A/N) Eaglestorm: I AM DONE, YAY! Uhh, review and stuff.