If you haven't read it, this is a spin-off to my Pokémon story 'My Unova Journey.' Please, it is worth a read if you haven't read it already.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.
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"She must be going to get a ferry ticket to Victory Island from Castelia City." Grasselle predicted to Lauren.
"We should go too, even though Iris can be stubborn; we should help her get Druddigon back from N."
Grasselle agreed. They headed onto Sky Arrow Bridge. "Wow." was the only thing that Lauren could say when she admired the enormous bridge.
"I know, right; it's just beautiful." The girls stood for a minute in awe until they snapped back to the situation at hand. "Come on, we have to get to Castelia City as soon as possible."
Lauren nodded and they ran across the ten mile long bridge, not stopping for one moment until they reached the entrance to Castelia City.
"Finally we're here." Lauren said, nearly unconscious from her lack of breath. "Let's go to get a ferry ticket."
The girls entered the giant metropolis of Castelia. The biggest City in all of Unova. The girls would love to adventure round but they were too busy.
Grasselle and Lauren set out for Unity Pier to buy the ticket. Upon arrival they were met by an old man and woman behind a red desk. "Where would you like to venture ladies?" The man asked.
Grasselle studied the schedule board next to the next. "We would like to have the twelve o'clock tickets to Victory Island."
"So two Victory Tickets, sure." The elderly lady told them; she went into the back room and collected two red tickets. She came back and gave them to the girls.
"Thank you." Both Grasselle and Lauren said in unison.
They examined the tickets to see an orange and red Pokémon smiling at them with its hands in a peace sign.
"That must be Victini." Grasselle said in a hushed tone, "The legendary Pokémon." Lauren's face lit up.
Who's That Pokémon? INICITV…
"Oh, I would absolutely love to see a legendary Pokémon." She shrieked. Grasselle looked at her questionably.
"Have you not heard the legend of Victini?" She asked, shocked.
"No, should I?" Lauren replied, in Grasselle's voice, it was as if it was the most known story of all time.
"Well Victini is known to give Pokémon a boost of power which could lead a Foongus to win in one hit against an Emboar." Grasselle explained.
Lauren was opened-mouthed, she'd never heard of a Pokémon that could enhance another's power. "I want to catch Victini." Lauren said in an outburst.
Then the mood turned sour. "That's the bad part." Grasselle sighed, "Over a thousand years ago, the Legend says that on Victory Island, Victini was caught in a battle between three heroic warriors. The three warriors battled with Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion."
"Why were they fighting, aren't those three Pokémon supposed to work together?"
"Exactly so; in a war long ago, the three fought against humans to protect their fellow Pokémon; this war was the milestone that created the modern day harmony between humans and Pokémon."
"So how were Terrakion, Virizion and Cobalion in battle if they fought together before?" Lauren asked, trying to piece together the story.
"Their master, Keldeo was certain that the humans were planning another war against Pokémon and told the three to attack the human race. But Victini was friends with the humans so when it heard of the news, it tried to persuade them; Cobalion listened but the other two were totally obedient to Keldeo. This led to the three going into battle for what they believed in."
"So Victini was injured in battle?" Lauren insinuated.
"Yes, Victini tried to intervene but to no avail. It was defeated, since that day, it hasn't been seen since." Grasselle let off a sigh at the end of her story.
"That's so sad, what happened to the three Pokémon." Lauren questioned.
"After three years of endless battle, Keldeo realised that humans were not trying to seek revenge and ordered Virizion and Terrakion to stop battling against Cobalion."
"Oh…" Lauren answered before she was interrupted.
"Hey, Lauren!" She jolted her head to see Melissa, dashing towards the two girls.
"Who's that?" Grasselle whispered before Melissa's arrival.
"You'll see before long." Lauren smiled back.
Melissa almost skidded to a stop with a gleaming smiled slapped on her face. "Hello Lauren." She said not realising that she was screaming. Then she directed her attention to Grasselle, grabbing her hand and shaking it. "Hey there, I'm Melissa; future Unova Champion."
Lauren laughed as she recalled what she whispered to Grasselle.
"Well, I disagree Melissa; I know that I will be future Champion." Melissa released her grasp and stepped back in a battle position.
"It's time to put your money where your mouth is greeney." Melissa snapped, obviously aimed at Grasselle's preference to wearing green.
"My name is Grasselle and if you don't mind, I would like our friend Lauren to referee." She smugly asked.
"Fine by me, go Watchog!" Melissa hastily threw her poké ball, releasing her powerful normal-type Pokémon.
"Hey Melissa, Patrat evolved." Lauren said in excitement.
"Yeah, obviously; he evolved mid-battle between Lenora's Watchog, which led us to the win we so highly deserved."
Lauren smiled but Grasselle couldn't help but give an unrespectful snigger as she wasn't use to Melissa's cockiness.
"What, 'Grasselle'?" Melissa said putting a sarcastic emphasis on her name.
"Oh nothing, I'm just preparing to beat your Watchog; go Whimsicott." Grasselle released her Whimsicott, who was met by a malicious glare from the opposing Watchog.
"Okay then, the one-on-one battle between Grasselle and Whimsicott, and Melissa and Watchog is about to begin; the rules are that the trainer with the last Pokémon left standing will be the winner… Now begin!"
"Okay Watchog use bit-"Melissa was interrupted by a loud horn from an appearing giant boat.
"The twelve o'clock ferry to Victory Island is now docking; please may all passengers get aboard as soon as possible, thank you." The woman behind the ticket desk announced over the microphone.
"Too bad Melissa, me and Lauren are getting on here, we'll have to pick this up next time." Grasselle explained.
"Oh there's no need for that, I'm getting on too."
The Pokémon is… Victini.
