Disclaimer: I don't own Spell of the Unown or any characters from the movie. All that I own is Ella, my OC.
I slowly enter Papa's mansion listening closely for sounds of life. I smirk to myself hearing the sounds of laughter in my little sister Molly's bedroom. Hoppip, one of my Pokemon, floats out of my arms at the sound and heads upstairs. I follow her slowly and quietly.
One of the mansion's servants, Matthew, catches my eye as I pass him. Matthew is an old man but he refuses to retire from service to my father, and has watched me and my sister growing up. I think he's been part of the staff in the mansion since Papa was a child younger than Molly. He moves to welcome me, and I put a finger over my mouth to tell him I'm being sneaky. He just chuckles quietly and nods before walking downstairs. I slip into the nursery, which is really just Molly's room now.
Molly looks up as the door opens with a creak. She jumps up from her bed seeing me and I kneel down so she can wrap her arms around my neck as we hug. I haven't seen my eight-year-old sister in a few months now, and I really missed her.
"Ella! Your home!" Molly pulls away to smile at me.
"Yep, I came to see my favourite sister."
"I'm your only sister." Molly pouts at my joke, the same thing I say every time I return home to see my family.
A short time later, we end up lying together on Molly's bed where Papa had been about to read a book with her before bedtime. Molly crawls over to his side, and I lie on her other side. I glance at the book and smile seeing its a book about legendary Pokemon. I knew my sister loves them, she wants to be a researcher like our father one day. Papa opens the book and Molly starts to point to one of the Pokemon in there, the Unown.
"This is the one your looking for, isn't it?" Molly looks up at Papa who nods.
"Yes. I've been looking for it ever since-" Papa cuts himself off, not wanting to mention Mama in front of my sister. "Well, for a long time now."
"It looks funny." Molly comments, earning a laugh from me. "Look, there's Entei!"
"You like Entei, don't you Mol?" I comment, watching the excitement on her face.
"He looks scary to me." Papa adds. "But you like Entei?"
"He's real big and strong, just like you are Papa." Molly replies and Papa chuckles before playing a game with her where he's Entei. I giggle watching them, but frown as the computer blinks on with mail for Papa.
It turns out to be Papa's friend and assistant Schuyler needing him to go to some ruins. Papa tucks Molly into bed and I follow him to the front door, pulling him into a hug.
"Be careful, Papa."
"Look after your sister while I'm gone, Ella. I shouldn't be more than a few hours, maybe two days at most."
"I will." I give him one final hug before he leaves.
I head to my bedroom, which is just as I left it with Hoppip in my arms and once I'm in my room I release my other Pokemon. Gastly and Flaaffy immediately start to chase each other in the small space available in my room and Slowpoke falls asleep on the end of my bed. I roll my eyes fondly at my water type and settle down on the bed, planning where I should journey to next and whether to take my team with me, or let them all rest here.
I slowly open my eyes. I didn't even realise I fell asleep, but I shrug it off seeing Papa's car in the driveway. I race downstairs with my Pokemon running behind me, only to freeze seeing the only person to enter the mansion is Schuyler.
"Papa! I saw the car and-" Molly rushes downstairs behind me, and I have to force myself not to worry as Schuyler leads us into the kitchen where Matthew begins to distract Molly so I can have a conversation with Schuyler.
"What happened, Schuyler?" I ask the man.
"I'm not entirely sure. Your father was examining a wall of Unown writing, when he just suddenly disappeared..." Just like Mama four years ago... I think to myself.
"I see... I should tell Molly. She's my little sister, and I'm the only family she has left now." At his nod, I walk to where Molly is waiting, and kneel down to her level.
After explaining as much as I could to my sister, I sat with her on the floor of the ballroom. Molly had found a box full of tiles with Unown pictures on them, which she was using to spell out all our names.
"Papa... and Mama... and Ella..." Molly whispers to herself. "Together, with me." I see tears fall from her eyes and swiftly pull her into a hug. That's when I hear strange voices chattering.
I look up and see Unown surrounding us. I tighten my grip on Molly as they begin to turn the room into ice, successfully stopping anyone getting near us though something tells me its not me they want to protect.
A/N: So this is the prologue for this story. I'm hoping to make the rest of the chapters at least 1000 words each. I really wanted to make this story, and I have some ideas for where I want it to finish. I'd love reviews letting me know what's good/bad about this story, and if anyone has any requests whether for this story or oneshots related to Pokemon let me know. I'm planning to update this story at least once or twice a week, and I already have a oneshot planned but there'll be more on that later.