Author's Note:
Remember when I said I'd take these shorts and make them their own story? No?
Well I finally got around to it! This story is a spin off of my main Pokemon story. You can expect an upload whenever I want to talk about Dan. Everyone's favorite Snivy.
This will also be a retelling of PMD: Gates to Infinity... sort of.
And don't worry. I deleted these chapters from the main story so this is not a duplicate.
-lostfan10000
Many months before the events of Gates To Infinity...
Castelia City was by far the largest in the Unova region. In fact there were not many other cities in the world that could compete with it. This is where you could find Daniel Villus, a young trainer who kept to himself.
He had no real friends, not much money, and he hated his family. Well, it was more like they hated him. So when he was 12 years old he ran away with his only true friend at the time, a Noctowl which he named Nacht. Why? Because Nacht meant night in German so Dan decided it would be a fitting name for his nocturnal friend. That was four years ago.
Dan was not like other trainers either. He didn't focus on battling with others to make his one and only Pokémon better. He viewed battling as a sort of last resort. This was probably because he could talk his way out of most trouble. Not that he had anything wrong with battling. He wasn't one of those Team Plasma fanatics that caused trouble a year ago. If two trainers wanted to battle and if their Pokémon were fit for a fight then let them battle.
Tonight was a special night, for everyone except Dan, tonight was the New Year. Dan couldn't care less for whatever the people celebrated. To him it was just another day on the calendar. Yet tonight Dan was surprised by what came his way.
He was walking in the square as the residents of the city were eagerly watching the clock as it counted down the last few seconds of the year.
"One minute!" The announcer called. The night had many attractions. There were many battles between trainers who came from all over. Even Cynthia, champion of the Sinnoh region, made an appearance that night. She might have said something about Unova being a beautiful region and if she did Dan didn't know why. There wasn't anything special here.
Dan sat down at a bench and thought about what he would need to do soon. He had a few jobs he had to get taken care of. Deliver this, find this, tell someone this. Odd jobs that only he wanted to do.
"THIRTY SECONDS!"
There was a fountain in the middle of the square and on the other side Dan saw something most interesting.
There was a group of three people at the other side of the square. Two were people Dan had never seen before. But the one in the middle. Dan knew perfectly well. Then the third person pointed at Dan and that's when Dan knew. It was time to leave.
"TEN!"
Dan stood up. The first two goons began walking over to his side of the square.
"NINE!"
Dan sent out Nacht. Just in case. The goons got caught in the crowd.
"EIGHT!"
Dan began walking toward one of the four streets of Castelia. This one he knew very well. It was a narrow and small street that no one ever went down. He also knew a few "friends" there.
"SEVEN!"
Dan walked a little faster.
"SIX!"
Faster. The two were desperately trying to get through the crowd.
"FIVE!"
Almost there. The fireworks began to go off.
"FOUR!"
Dan began walking down the street.
"THREE!"
Dan stopped in his tracks.
"TWO!"
The third person had slipped through the crowd and was standing directly in front of Dan.
"ONE!"
Dan got ready for a fight. Nacht sure was.
"ZERO!" The crowd erupted with cheer as fireworks exploded in the sky.
No one would hear a battle take place here over the sound of the fireworks and the crowds cheering.
"Nacht, Confusion!" Dan shouted. A blast of psychic energy knocked the aggressor down.
Dan ran up to him and looked down at the opponent.
Why hadn't he attacked? Dan thought. He looked down at his brother, Darius.
He knelt down and asked.
"What are you doing here?"
"What?" His brother asked. "Can't someone say hi to their younger brother anymore?"
"You're not my brother." Dan replied. "Not anymore."
The two goons were coming down the road toward him. Luckily his "friends" had heard the noise and showed up.
Dan nodded his head in the direction and said. "They're causing trouble."
They went off and began distracting the two. Dan recalled Nacht and looked down at his brother one last time.
"Don't follow me again."
Dan took off running. He spent his first few minutes of the New Year running down the Skyarrow bridge. He'd return in a few weeks, when he knew he wouldn't have any unexpected family reunions.
Several months later...
"I have a simple question Hydreigon."
"How can I help?" Hydreigon replied.
"Why did you choose Daniel Villus to come to the Pokémon world? There were many other options."
"Well... you see, I wasn't really sure. I thought about bringing more than one but... that wouldn't have worked."
"Show you needed help quickly and just chose him randomly?"
"I guess. Why do you need to know?" Hydreigon said. "Is something wrong?"
"No, not yet. I was just wondering. If they came here by chance, or something... more."
"So you're asking whether it was chance or destiny?"
"I guess I am."
"Is there anything else I can help with?"
"No Hydreigon. I think I'm all right now."
That certainly was interesting. Hydreigon thought. Well most Voices of Life are.
Hydreigon left to return to Paradise. He had been gone for a while.