Of Fire, Ice, and Lightning
Disclaimer: I do own Pokemon…OK, I'm kidding! Don't go suing me for the joke! I do own the Pokemon's names and plot
Chapter 01: In the beginning…
In the Sinnoh Region, like everywhere else in the world, life goes on as always.
Humans of this world live as we do: eating, playing, traveling, researching, catching pokemon, battling with pokemon, testing themselves with pokemon…ok, so maybe that's not what we real people do but this is what goes on in this world.
Anyway, despite human involvements, life for the pokemons carries on as usually. For one particular group of flame-ape pokemons, it is a special day: the day when the alpha male and female's egg will hatch.
The leader, an infernape named Ace, was in a way happy for the occasion, although he seems indifferent about it.
His wife, a monferno named Spade, kept a constant watch over the egg she is proud of. It was her first egg after all and she was one of the youngest of the alpha female ever to be chosen. "I hope I can be a good mother to this child," she kept on repeating.
Ace rolled his eye as chuckled. "Don't worry, Spade, you'll make a great mother. You're just paranoid like when you became alpha female…"
It wasn't until sunset that the egg began to shake. Everyone crowded around it, hoping to be the first, aside from the parents, to see the newborn. But as the sun set, the egg continue to shake as if it wasn't going to do anything else. The eldest of the assembly sees this as a bad sign. "An egg of a flame pokemon that does not hatch by the end of sunset," he mumble, "will never come out…"
"The egg will hatch," Ace growled loudly, frightening his clan, "and it will live…"
"Don't be silly, leader," the elder spoke, "whoever heard of a flame pokemon hatching at night?"
Ace just remains silent. It was true that there was never a case where a flame pokemon hatches at night; it was an absolute higher law.
As the night grows deeper, the clan one-by-one left to sleep. Only Ace, Spade, and a newly born female chimchar named Ember remain to watch the shaking egg.
"You should go to sleep little one," Ace told Ember, "you hatch just today so you need rest…"
Ember shook her head forcefully. She didn't want to miss seeing the egg hatch if was going to. Ace sighed; he was never really good with kids. He looked at the moon glowing everlasting white in the sky.
Suddenly, the color began to change. In a few moments, the moon had turned completely red as rose.
"Well," Ace noted in surprise, "You don't see that everyday…"
"ACE," Spade cried in excitement, "THE EGG IS HATCHING!"
"WHAT," Ace stumble as he looked at the egg which was glowing red as the current moon. As the light fade Ace, Spade, and Ember watched as the eggshell broke completely replaced by a small male chimchar.
At first glance, the chimchar look normal but as it open its eyes, the difference was clear: a pair of stern golden eyes stared silently at them.
Meanwhile in another part of the Sinnoh Region, it was raining hard. For the flock of water-penguin pokemon, it wasn't so bad. The rain was actually quite refreshing for them.
One of these penguins, however, didn't seem to be enjoying herself so much.
She was a prinplup named Nava and she was upset as any pokemon can be.
She had recently failed to become the alpha female of her flock for the sixth time already, but that is not what's bothering her. The male of the group all had a loving partner and she was left alone, but it didn't really bother her either.
What she really wants is to be able to have a loving child; this was what was bothering her. She had long for the chance to raise a child, but now it seems impossible her.
"Sorry, Nava," one fellow prinplup had said earlier, "but you just don't have the thing to get a male attention, no offense…"
"I doubt you could get a child," another had said, "the way you are now…"
"Perhaps they are right," Nava sighed, "I'm never going to have a child…" She continues to walk with no obvious destination.
Suddenly, Nava heard something beyond the sound of falling rain…crying. It was the sound of a child crying. Nava quickly looked around for the source. It didn't take her long.
There was a very young female piplup standing in the middle of the path. She was cover with mud despite the rain.
She was holding on to what appears to be a human children book, trying desperately to shield it from the downpour; the book was already soggy and mashed even with the protection.
She was crying, but the tears that came out of her eyes were strange; they turn to ice as soon as they touch the air. Small frozen droplets cover the ground beneath her.
"Poor thing," Nava thought out loud, "She looks lost…"
Nava walked up to it and gently wiped the icicle tears from the piplup's eye. "Hey there, little one…"
The young piplup looked up at Nava, revealing light blue eyes. Her sober weaken as Nava smiled at her.
"Don't worry, everything is going to be alright," Nava spoke kindly, "Are you lost; do you know where your parents are?"
The piplup shook her head as her tears began to return. Nava guess that the young pokemon didn't have anyone.
"Now why would anyone leave a cute little angel like you all alone," Nava cooed, earning a small giggle from the piplup.
"Well, no more will that happen," Nava declared, as the piplup look at her curiously, "Come with me little one, I'll take care of you now…"
The Piplup nearly jumped in joy as Nava concluded her speech. She hugged Nava, trying to show how much she appreciates the kindness. Nava smiled, understanding, as she gently patted the young pokemon's head.
Slowly, Nava walked the young back to her flock. Her inside was screaming with joy as she did. She had finally received a child to love and rise as her own.
"So young one," Nava asked, "Do you have a name?"
The piplup shook her head sadly.
"Very well then," Nava hummed, "I was going to name you 'Icy', but that sound too cold. How do you like 'Crystal'?"
The piplup thought for a moment before she giggled. She liked the name.
Nava smiled. "I take that as a 'yes'. Crystal it is then…"
Elsewhere in a forest of the Kanto Region, a group of electric-mouse pokemons was sprinting hither and thither, looking for something.
Two in particular was the most concern: a male raichu and a female pikachu; they were searching with all their might to find that something.
They sniffed the ground, they sniff the air, they sniff the trees, and they even sniff the bushes to find any clues.
After sniffing the air for the last time, the raichu hung his head. The pikachu began to sob.
"I'm sorry, dear," the raichu pleaded, "But I have lost the scent…"
"NO," the pikachu cried, bursting into tears and hugging the raichu, "SAY IT ISN'T SO, HONEY! SAY IT ISN'T SO!"
"I would, but…"
"WHY? WHY MUST THIS HAPPEN TO US? WHY MUST FATE BRING SUCH A CRUEL FATE TO US? WHY? WHY? WHY…?"
The paichu hugged the pikachu, unable to find any confronting words. He looked up into the star, praying that everything will be alright.
Not too far from the pair, a man dress in a black uniform was running; he was running at top speed. He grinned evilly as he ran. He looked down at his hand; he was carrying something. It was an egg with a black zigzag on it. He grinned even wider as it broke into a laugh; the large red 'R' flashes as he continues to run.
My first (and perhaps my only) Pokemon Fanfic Story. Please tell me what do you really think about it. Mean while, check out my other two fanfic story: Keronian Pirates Arrive (see Keroro Gunsou/One Piece crossover) and The Legend of Omnini. Next time, a short story of what the 'golden-eye' chimchar. Stay tune...