Shadow Uproar

Prologue

Written by: YAJJ

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

I've been thinking about this for a while, and there will be a sequel, BTW, Michael's story, starting just a year after the first Incident. The second one will span more time. Much more time... hehe.

The wind whistled loudly. The sun beat down on the barren, desert landscape. A Skarmory flew overhead. Only the toughest of the tough could live out here, miles from any other civilization. Rocks dotted the landscape, where, in a canyon, behind which hid a hover bike and an Espeon.

The Espeon's dual pronged tail waved in the hot, still air. She leaned down to lick her haunches, and crossed her paws on the rust-colored steel exterior of the sidecar. She panted, and swiped her tongue along her jaws. Her light pink ears drooped down. She glanced behind her. "Espe, Espeon. Es espe pe Espeon espe!" she exclaimed.

She looked into the canyon and smirked as she heard the reassuring exclaimed of "Moonlight! Secret Power!" And then an explosion. She curled up on the floor of the sidecar. She knew it'd be okay.

-Eclo Canyon-

"Moonlight! Secret Power!"

"Umbreon!" Moonlight the Umbreon leapt forward and whipped his black-furred head around, shooting white arrows at the building he was facing. The wall exploded, and he looked up at his trainer, a twenty-two-year-old man with dirty blond hair, and platinum sunglasses over golden eyes. Beneath his glasses was a white strip of sunscreen. His clothes consisted of black boots, black pants, and a long, blue overcoat with long sleeves. Upon his face was a smirk. "Wes? Is that what you wanted?" he asked.

His trainer, Wes, looked down at him. "Exactly." He assured.

Moonlight smiled and waved his black tail with a yellow stripe. He brushed his right paw along the sandy ground. "Let's go. I don't want Daylight burning."

Wes agreed with his trusted partner. He walked into the smoky building. "Wait here." He said.

Moonlight nodded and sat on the dusty ground. He licked his paw and brushed it along his ear, trying to cool himself down.

Wes smiled as the dust blew itself away in some parts. He could see the red and purple machine he had helped to create. "The Snag Machine…" he muttered.

Moonlight pricked his ears at the words. He sighed and shook his head. "Shoulda known." He whispered.

Wes looked back at him. "I thought you knew me better than that." He joked. He turned back to the Snag Machine. He reached out and brushed its fine metal details. He winced as a loud siren wailed.

"Grab it and let's go!" Moonlight exclaimed, already on his paws and itching to run.

"Yeah…come on!" Wes agreed, snatching the Snag Machine off of its base and slipping it over his sleeve.

Moonlight spun on his black heels. Wes ran forward, his boots pelting the ground, edging Moonlight on slightly faster. They ran side by side, as partner and pokemon, trusting each other enough ot know that they wouldn't be allowed to be hurt.

"Hey! Get back here!" exclaimed a bodybuilder in a rust red muscle shirt.

Wes rolled his golden eyes, lifted his platinum glasses so they rested on his mess of hair, and took out a circular object. He pressed the silver button in the middle, and threw it back at the gathered group. It attached itself to the building, and then blew up. The entire group jumped into the air in shock.

The bodybuilder gritted his teeth. "WE'LL GET YOU- AND THE SNAG MACHINE!" he roared.

Wes shook his head. "Maybe if you can catch me!" He rounded the rock.

"Espe! Espeon!" Daylight the Espeon exclaimed as she sat up.

Wes leapt into his seat, and Moonlight into the sidecar. Immediately, Wes started the engine, and they tore off. They passed over the never-ending desert to a small, train-like gas station. He pulled up to it, and shut off his motor. Moonlight jumped out and wandered back to the compartment that held their food, water, and everything that they needed, Daylight right behind him. They pawed at the door that refused to open for them, and then sat down.

Wes laughed at them. "All right I'm coming. I'm right here." He assured them. They panted, and pawed at his leg happily. He unlocked the door, and pulled out two bowls- their bowls- and set them on the ground. He took out the big jug of water, and poured it for them. "There you go, buddies. Drink up. I'm gonna go inside; so try not to mess anything up while I'm gone." He walked over to the train-like gas station, and passed a large hover truck.

Moonlight's fur rose with anxiety, and prickled with fear. He lifted his head, as hot as he was, and growled a little at the truck. He didn't trust it. He refused to. Not at the uneasy feeling it gave off, and the wiggling of a large brown bag in the back.

Just as Wes lighted upon the revelation that his best friend didn't at all trust the thing that he had just came up on, two men, one wearing a navy blue cap and the other with spiky blond hair, came out of the structure, the one with blond hair rubbing his stomach happily.

"Man, did we ever pig out, or what? I haven't eaten like that since never!" he exclaimed.

Wes took a quick step away from the men, now choosing to listen to his over-protective black dog pokemon.

"Man, don't I know it! I feel like I'm going to explode; I'm so stuffed!" Blue-Hat said to Blond-Hair.

"Now we just gotta get this thing to the boss, and we'll be all done with our job." Blond-Hair said, jumping into the driver's side of the truck.

Moonlight growled a little louder, and felt Daylight lay a calming dual-pronged tail on his shoulder. He brushed it away. Wes's safety was much more important than his own; he would give his life to protect the man that had saved his and Daylight's lives when they were hatchlings. He leapt forward, his fur now standing so high that it could have been floating off of his skin, and growled ferociously, taking a daring step in front of Wes, daring the men to even touch their mighty trainer, to dare foul the man with their very aura; with their evil presence.

He didn't understand why; people approached Wes all of the time, but their cockiness, how the bag in back was moving as it was, indicating that these men who were about the same age as Wes were not holding any items in there, but a living creature. Oh ho, the thing may have been an item to the cruel men that were its' captors, but that wasn't the way that the trio worked.

No living, breathing thing was ever simply an item. No, if it could suck in oxygen and feel its life giving power, if it could move on its own without the help of ropes or levers or simple machines, if it could move on its own, be it human or pokemon or anything that could breathe and walk or swim or fly or whatever… anything with motor skills that it needed to survive… then it was no item. It was no thing, and to think that there were people out there that actually believed that… well, it made him sick to the stomach. He would happily fight these people to the death- protecting Wes, of course, in the process- and bring cruel people like them down.

Wes held a hand out to his pokemon, and demanded that he settle down. Moonlight simply shook his head at his beloved master, and continued growling.

The men seemed to notice Moonlight, and snickered. Blue-Hat kicked dust into his face, climbed into the car, and then they drove off.

Wes narrowed his eyes at his pokemon. "What was that for? I can take care of myself!" he insisted, not knowing himself if that was true, not even knowing whether or not his two best friends in the world believed him.

Moonlight sighed. "I know that… and you know that… but didn't you see what they had in that bag? They were kidnappers! And I… I didn't want them to get you too…" he said nervously. He scraped his paw along the ground, his ears low.

"I know, but… trust me a little, guys. I didn't like them, either, but I'm an adult now. I don't need you fighting all of my fights." Wes said apologetically. He knelt, and wrapped his blue-clothed arms around Moonlight's neck, hugging him tightly. Moonlight licked his ear happily. "I'd like to… but I won't be anytime soon." Moonlight said. Daylight quickly nodded in agreement.

"Jeez, you guys sound like my parents!"

No one really said anything after that, once Wes realized his mess-up. He lead his pokemon in to get a drink, and then settled in among the few people there, sitting across from a boy that he hadn't yet met, but had offered him a seat.

The boy had a Zigzagoon sitting on his lap, lapping hungrily from the saucer of water that was sitting on the table. He kept petting the Zigzagoon, as though its spiky fur didn't bother him. "So… your name is…"

"Oh, sorry. Wes. I'm a traveler; don't normally stay much in one place at a time. Just long enough to help some people. Then I'm gone. Probably off to the next region. Oh, and these guys… they're Moonlight and Daylight." Wes said, gesturing to his pokemon respectively. Daylight purred at the mention of her name. "What about you?"

The boy grinned. "I'm Willy. I'm more of a… Normal-type Rancher if you would. I kinda take after Norman in Hoenn, if you've ever heard of him… This is Spikes. He came with his name when I caught him. He's my big buddy, my super trooper, my…"

"I got it." Wes said. He sighed. "Well, I should probably get going. Places to do, people to go, things to meet… Stuff like that." He said. He sighed, and stepped out of the booth.

Willy snickered at him. "Alright. See you later." He said, waving.

"Maybe." Wes said. He closed his eyes, and started to leave the canyon, when the TV came on. There was a newscaster, she was very pretty, and she was showing a picture of the canyon that Wes had been at.

"There is still no idea on who blew up the Team Snagem base in Eclo Canyon. Unfortunately, by the time police got there, all was cleared out, and there wasn't anyone there, so there was no one that the police could turn to for clues. More will come to you as we learn more." Wes sighed. He figured it'd turned on, just for him. Just to mark the cruel things that he'd done as a-

"Come on you guys, let's go. Let's see if there's any place we can rest once day turns to night." He said. His two twin pokemon quickly agreed. Wes finally led them out, and they prepared to go.

"Hey wait!"

Wes turned to the voice of Willy, who was running out, Spikes by his side.

"Wes, wait! I saw it, the fire in your eyes, and I knew it. I want to battle you. Will you? I promise I won't be a waste of your time." Willy insisted.

Wes blinked at him, rather surprised, and then glanced down at his pokemon. The two pokemon's fur was bristling happily. Wes knew that they wanted some action; they hadn't gotten any in a while. Wes don't normally make his pokemon fight; only because he doesn't like the prospect of them getting hurt. It doesn't make him feel any better. He sighed. "Alright. When?"

"Right here, right now. Why, you scared?"

"Of course not. Come on then. I haven't got all day." Wes led Willy directly out to the front of the station.

"Wooh! Baby, I'm burning up! I'm on fire! Let's get this thing going!" Willy exclaimed. Then, he produced another pokeball from his belt, and threw it out. Another Zigzagoon popped out, shaking its furry little tail. He ordered Spikes forward.

Wes sighed. He glanced back at his best friends, and they immediately hopped forward, fur a little high. "Go ahead," he said, waving his hand.

Moonlight and Daylight grinned, and attacked along side each other happily.

"Bite!" "Confusion!"

Moonlight chomped down hard on Spikes' tail, flinging him around. Daylight then hit him with her confusion. The poor little Zigzagoon didn't stand a chance, fainting immediately. He cried out, and collapsed.

The other Zigzagoon shook with fear. "…Tail Whip!" it cried out, shaking its little tail again.

Wes hummed. "Oh, a defense lowering move… not much we can do. Same old same old." He ordered.

"Bite!" "Confusion!" It was almost like a repeat of the previous turn. The poor pokemon nearly fainted out of fright before the other two could attack it.

Finally, Wes held out the two pokeballs, and recalled his pokemon. "This battle is over." He said. He then turned, got on his hover bike, waved, and took off.

Willy sighed. "Cold guy."

End of chapter one, the prologue! XD I hope you liked it! Not the best, I know, but it's something! I personally love this story... :) I hope you will too in the future! Thanks for reading! Please review!

With love...

Ja ne! :-)