FROM AURA TO SHADOWS

DISCLAIMER - DO I OWN POKEMON? Unfortunately, no.

Author's note- This is my first fan-fic on ; the story is ranked T for now, just in case. Tell me if I should change the rank. Anyway, I'm just gonna start the Prologue.

PROLOGUE

The city was dark and unnaturally quiet, the silence broken only by the patter of feet on cobblestone. No humans were anywhere in sight.

Yet it was not a human who was creating the sound.

It was a Pokemon, but it was about human size. If Egyptian myths existed in this world, one could relate his looks to that of Anubis, god of death.

The creature running was a lone Lucario, its arms trailing behind it in the tradition position. The Lucario sprung off of its right foot, sailing through the humid air at least ten meters before landing again. The blue humanoid didn't even hesitate as he hit the ground; he simply kept running.

Eventually silhouettes of other Pokemon were visible racing along the flat rooftops overhead. The Lucario glanced up, seeing his pursuers and pressing on all the faster. Soon he saw an alleyway to his left and dove nimbly into the dark passage, rolling with the impact.

He shot through the alleyway faster than he would have thought, emerging in a new section of the city. Instantly he knew he had been tricked.

"Dammit," the Lucario muttered, looking up at the enclosed area around him. The pavement extended in a square around him, and several dumpsters lined the edge of the area. But what made him spit out the profanity was not these facts. Rather, it was the twenty foot tall brick walls that completely enclosed the area.

Heat blossomed along his back and he was flung forward, flinching at the bone jarring impact as he slammed into the pavement. He turned awkwardly to see his pursuers spread out in a loose formation behind him, the Hydreigon who had used the fire blast attack standing a little ways in front of the others.

The Hydreigon floated a little closer, and the two mortal enemies glared daggers at each other. "Do you have anything to say before you die?" he hissed.

Lucario looked from the Hydreigon to the assembled forces behind him, then said, quite mildly, "F_ you."

No sooner were the two words out of his mouth than the Hydriegon struck with a lightning fast Slam attack that, despite the type disadvantage, knocked the already weakened jackal Pokemon out instantly.

The Hydreigon stared down at his fallen foe, then gestured at the nearby Tyranitar to drag away the body. "Bring him," he snapped. "Then we will force him to tell us what he want to know."

Lucario's eyes opened quite slowly, and he found himself in a very empty concrete room. He felt his neck being clasped very tightly by the Tyranitar who had dragged him away, and saw an Umbreon standing close nearby. That wasn't what scared him. Rather, it was the fact that he was suspended three inches over a tank of water that he was sure would be ice cold.

Waterboarding was a method of torture that was near unbearable. If he didn't tell his enemies everything they wanted to know, the Tyranitar would lower him so that his nose and mouth were just under the surface of the water. Lucario knew it would be near unbearable.

The Umberoen sprang forward so that he was eye to eye with Lucario. "What were you doing?" he asked softly.

There was no point in lying. "I was following Mewtwo."

"Why?"

Lucario couldn't resist. "To see where he went!"

The jibe was a mistake. Instantly, the Tyranitar who held him captive shoved his head forward.

It was worse than death.

Lucario tried to scream, and instantly water rushed in to fill his mouth. INstantly all thoughts of taking this calmly were forgotten, replaced by insanity. Lucario kicked and trashed for at least fifteen seconds before his captor yanked his arm back and he was freed from the deathly clutches of the freezing liquid.

"I will ask you again," the Umbreon said in that same uncaring tone. "And you will not answer me like that again."

Lucario nodded. All of his pride was gone, and he shivered miserably. His only wish now was that death came quickly.

Dewford Town was quiet except for the sound of waves lapping gently across the sands of the beach. Yet Brawly did not hear this, as he was facing an extremely dangerous opponent on the beach, his features twisted in an expression of fierce concentration.

"Who are you?" he demanded.

His opponent smirked, though Brawly couldn't see the movement behind the hood and black face coverings.

"I must admit, you are skilled. Defeating Shade was an easy task, as she is new and has much to learn. I am more intrigued with your victory over Cobra. However you are a Gym Leader. I am intrigued...but not impressed." The man's voice was awful to hear, like rock scraping across cold metal.

"Spare me the banter." Brawly's voice didn't quaver. "Leave Dewford Town in peace."

A chuckle came from the darkness, but there was no other response.

"Very well," Brawly said, plucking a PokeBall from where it rested on his belt. "I will have to force you."

"I must warn you, Gym Leader. I am no pushover."

Brawly said nothing as he threw his PokeBall. "Hariyama, let's do this!" The beach was suddenly illuminated by the light that emanated from the opening PokeBall.

The other man said nothing as he tossed out his own Pokemon; a Bisharp. Brawly grinned. The four times type advantage meant this would be an easy match. He was dead wrong.

"Hariyama, arm thrust!" he ordered. His Pokemon surged forward, bellowing a battle cry of his own name. His opponent said nothing, but his Bisharp reacted with uncanny speed. One second it was in the line of fire, the next it was gone, standing by the side of it's master. The Arm Thrust sliced through empty air.

Brawly grimaced, then shouted, "Again!" Hariyama surged forward.

The man said quietly, "Sucker Punch."

Instantly the Bisharp was in front of Hariyama, delivering an unnaturalypowerful move. Hariyama was thrown backwards twenty feet before skidding across the beach, leaving a deep trench in the sand.

The man glanced at the defeated Pokemon, then said in the same tone, "For your own safety, stay out of our way. You have no idea of the power of the League of Shadows."

With that, he turned and walked away.

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