Chapter 1

The wind rushed through Viridian's hair and the sun gleamed brightly as he soared through the sky on the back of his faithful Charizard Luthor.

It was a beautiful day and soaring freely in the sky elated him, he didn't have a care in the world.

Luthor puffed a small ball of flame happily batting its wings a couple of times to keep them air-bound.

They wove in and out of the clouds and Viridian laughed holding on tightly as Luthor twirled and sped up.

Here in the sky they could do anything they wanted, fly as high and as fast as they liked and there were no trainers wanting to battle.

Not that he didn't love a good battle, it was just that kids were always trying their luck and cried miserably when they lost against him. He preferred fighting gym leaders and other big game.

He was now in his early twenties and had been a Pokemon trainer since the young age of ten.

After the great Pokemon war all the rules had changed and anyone wanting to raise Pokemon had been allowed, encouraged even to train and become as strong as they could be.

His father had died in the great Pokemon war; taken out early by the enemy.

Viridian had been angry at first, training to become strong; the enemy had been defeated and peace filled the land once again; but he still trained in the hopes they might one day return. Then finally he could avenge his fathers death.

For the past five or six years however he had calmed down a lot, he had formed great bonds with his Pokemon having named all of them individually. He refused to trade a single one, even his weak and rarely used Diglett Barry had remained untraded; even when he had been offered a very strong Tangela for him.

He had lost a lot of his anger and now trained for the joy of training. Usually stopping criminals in towns earned him a free meal, not to mention all the money he made from the locals winning Pokemon battles.

He often sent money home to his mother. She still lived in Viridian city, a town he had grown up in and where he had acquired his uncommon name.

Luthor let out a grunt and nodded down at the trees and villages below.

Viridian patted the Charizard's rough orange skin, "there it is," he smiled stroking his stubbly beard, "Lavender Town, I hope the locals are friendly."

Luthor snorted rolling its large green eyes. It knew how Varidian liked to get into trouble.

"Head down and we'll see if we can bag ourselves a haunter, this place is well known for its ghost Pokemon."

Luthor let out a noise of approval and slowed down lowering itself through the clouds and towards the little village.

There was a sudden slam as something winged dove out of the sky slamming hard into Luthor's face.

The poor Charizard reeled backwards, Viridian falling from its back, he felt himself race towards the earth at a tremendous speed.

Wind tore at his skin no longer a pleasant sensation but a horrible stinging terror. Loud whistling rushed his ears and he balled up his eyes. He was going to fall to his death, his days of training Pokemon were over.

Luthor swooped down at a tremendous speed, overtaking the falling trainer and rising up again, catching him on his back before he hit the ground.

Viridian breathed heavily and gripped his winged friend tightly around the neck.

"That was close," he said gulping large mouthfuls of air.

Luthor swooped back up into the sky to see the strong feathered creature that had attacked him.

A rather scruffy Pidgeotto was flapping its wings furiously, one of its eyes was scarred and the other a dazzling pink. It glared at them as if they had caused its damage.

It made to dive at them again obviously seeing them as it's enemy's.

This time Luthor was ready, he turned left through the air avoiding its attack, the Pidgeotto hit thin air and continued to tumble through the air for a few seconds with the power of its attack.

Luthor whipped around in the sky its great wings beating wildly.

"Now, hit it with your flamethrower," Viridian shouted. No bird was going to ruin their day. Besides his Charizard could do with a bit of training, they hadn't had a proper battle in a while.

Luthor obeyed Viridian opening its mouth wide.
The Pidgeotto turned in the air too and bombed back towards them.

Luthor roared letting a massive stream of burning flame escape his throat.

The Pidgeotto tried to avoid the attack but the flames hit its wings with a mighty blast. It flapped wildly trying to put them out but Luthor's attack was far too powerful.
With a feeble attempt at fighting back the wild Pidgeotto conjured up a small whirlwind and launched it at them its wings still burning away.

Luthor shielded itself effortlessly with its wings and they took the brunt of the attack.

The Pidgeotto stopped fighting against the flames and fell down through the sky.

It would die if it wasn't healed soon. Viridian couldn't stand to see Pokemon in pain.

He grabbed one of the empty pokeballs from his belt and gripped it tightly, he then kissed it for luck and threw it down through the sky towards the burning bird.

The ball slammed into the Pidgeotto and opened up, sucking the Pokemon inside with a strange red glow.

The Pidgeotto was too weak to fight back and was caught instantly.

The ball lit up in the same red glow and vanished, being transported to Bills PC.

Viridian sighed relieved. The Pidgeotto would be safe now, it would be healed up where ever it had been sent and he would check on it later from a PC.

It seemed there was now a new member in his ever growing family.

He patted his Charizard lightly, "cheers Luthor," he said thankfully.

Luthor let out a roar of happiness and again they descended down towards the little Lavender town.