Hello ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the beginning of my new story. I had this Idea since I first started posting stories onto the site but I never got around to writing it. Now I'm getting around to writing it. Any who, I hope you enjoy the prologue and I'll see you guys at the end.

Disclaimer: Hold on a sec, I think... No. Still don't own Pokémon.

On with the story:

Warriors of Aura

By

Th3nerdy0ne

Chapter one

Prologue

A young man, no older than 16, looked on in horror as his home town was burning. People were running and screaming from the chaos as their homes burned to the ground leaving nothing but black ash. Some people tried to put out the fires using their water Pokémon but to no avail. The fires were just too strong and too large. As the young man watched on, he caught the sight of a familiar woman with long brown hair tied in a ponytail running with a familiar looking Psychic-type Pokémon. They both had a look of terror on their faces.

The young man tried calling to them, but no sound would exit his mouth. He tried running to them but his legs would not move. He could do nothing more but watch. Suddenly an explosion came from a very familiar lab on a hill top. A figure emerged from the now destroyed lab, a black aura surrounding it, and began floating towards the crowd of terrified town's people. More specifically, a certain woman. The young man could do nothing but watch as the figure got closer and closer to its target, a black ball of energy appearing in its right hand.

As the figure got closer and closer, the light from the fire began to illuminate its features. The young man drew in a sharp breath as he stared at the familiar face of his home's attacker. There, floating closer to the woman, was himself. The young man continued to watch in horror as the woman tried to defend herself only to fail as the doppelganger threw his black sphere at her, causing a large explosion. The young man screamed out for the woman as tears began to fill his brown eyes.

"MOM!" He screamed. Sound finally exiting his mouth.

Hearing the scream, the doppelganger turned his attention to the young man and began to advance on him. The young man tried to move but his legs still wouldn't listen. The doppelganger stopped a few inches in front of the young man. A look of pure evil came into his eyes as he smiled maliciously at him. He took a few more steps closer and whispered into the young man's ear.

"This is the future that awaits you." He said.

Though the voice was the same as the young man's voice, he could feel a sense of something else in it. A sense of complete evil. He didn't have time to think on this any further as the doppelganger made another black sphere appear in his right hand and pressed it towards the young man's chest. Before he could react, the sphere exploded in his chest with a large flash of light.

"Ah!"

Ash Ketchum looked at his surroundings as he awoke from a dreadful nightmare. He found himself in his bed at his home in Pallet Town. His breathing was very heavy and he was covered in a cold sweat. After a few minutes of deep breathing to calm himself, he got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom. Once there, he turned on the cold tap and began throwing water on his face to cool himself. He reached for a face towel and began drying himself off. Once he removed the towel he looked back up into the mirror, only to be met with the sight of his doppelganger standing right behind him.

"Boo." He said.

Ash woke up for real this time and found himself lying in his sleeping bag in the middle of a forest. Looking around, he could see two other sleeping bags which belonged to his friends and traveling companions, Brock Harrison and Dawn Hikari. Looking down, Ash could see the yellow fur of his best friend, Pikachu, sleeping soundly on the pillow of the sleeping bag. Sighing, Ash lay back down and took a few deep breaths to calm himself.

'What the hell was that?' He thought to himself.

That was the prologue, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you liked it. Please leave a review letting me know what you thought, constructive criticism is always welcome.

I'll get to work on chapter two as soon as I can and have it up when it's finished and perfect.

Until then, live long and prosper and may the force be with you.