Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Search of the Tribe.
Disclaimer: This is an alternate fourteenth season of the Pokemon anime with some crossovers of XD Gale of Darkness game and the anime version of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon specials, all set in the, believe it or not, Sailor Moon Universe which I titled, "Sailor Moon Continuum", which is a head-canon universe of the slight-alternate story-line of the fifth season of Sailor Moon, which is explained in the first volume of "Sailor Moon Continuum" story I wrote earlier.
Author's Note: I don't own Pokemon or Sailor Moon, and Sailor Moon does not make an appearence since this is a Pokemon story.
PROLOGUE: A NEW BEGINNING.
"I've made my decision." said Dawn as she spoke to her friends and mother in her home in Twinleaf Town. It's been a few days since she returned home and had invited her best friends, Ash Ketchum and Brock Harrison, both from the Kanto region, to stay before returning to Kanto. Pikachu and Piplup ate their Pokemon food with Gleameow.
Dawn had original plans to travel through out Kanto to compete in her second Grand Festival, just as May, the "Princess of Houen" as Dawn called her, had done when she and her little brother Max had travelled with Ash and Brock after Misty's departure back to Cerulean Gym. But then she got a call back from the Pokemon Fashion designer to have her Buanery to model for a new costume.
However, when Dawn expressed her fears for delaying her goals as a Top Coordinator to her mother after the phone call, Johanna had suggested something that was unexpected, if Dawn wanted to continue her dream, just, not in Kanto.
Now she was about to reveal her new journey to her friends.
"I've called back and told them that I declined the offer." Dawn began.
Ash and Brock stared at her in shock, and spluttered, "What!?" and if they had food or drinks in their mouths, both boys would've accidently spat the stuff back out in shock. Thankfully, that didn't happen. Besides, it would've been a god-awful mess on the table. Not to mention that Dawn's mother reminded Ash so much of his own mother back in Pallet Town.
"Sure, I like designing fashion, but I feel I'm better off for those designs for my costumes in Contests." Dawn continued, "And I also realised that May's second Grand Festival was in Kanto. Instead, there's a Grand Festival in the far parts near Houen; The Orre Region."
"The Orre Region?" Ash asked, blinking. "Never heard of it." finding himself curious. With the Pokemon, Piplup paused eating and listened, as did Pikachu, and both Pokemon looked up at their trainers and friends.
That's when Brock explained, "I've heard of it. They say that the Orre Region is partly deserts but it also has towns and forests, and many species of Pokemon living there. There's also a HQ Pokemon Lab which has researchers studying on opening the hearts of Pokemon which, for some reason, have been closed."
"A Pokemon's heart closed?" Ash's eyes went wide, incredulous. "That's crazy! You can't close up a Pokemon's heart! Much less close a heart all together!"
"It's alright, because they've done researching to save the Pokemon for the past five years ever since an incident that occured there." Johanna explained. Then as if remembering something all of the sudden, she turned to look at Ash and added, "I also here there are Pokemon Colosseums being held there for trainers all over the world, in case your interested."
The word Pokemon Colosseum perked up Ash's interest alright, as he looked at Johanna and repeated, "Pokemon Colosseums? In Orre?" excitement already getting the best of him.
"Pretty much in a lot of places in the Orre Region." Johanna smiled.
Instantly, Ash stood up, full of excitement and determination, and declared, "That settles it! I know where my next journey will be! I'm going to Orre to compete in the Colosseums!"
Hearing this made Dawn also stand up, happily, and she suggested, "Hey Ash, since my Contests are there too, why don't we travel together?"
"Sounds good to me." Ash answered.
Pikachu and Piplup both looked at each other and the two small Pokemon cheered and gave each other a high-five, knowing that they would be travelling together much longer. Brock smiled at his best friends, even though it left him out of the loop, though he was still considering on whether he still wants to become a Pokemon Breeder or a Pokemon Doctor. The only thing to do is head back to Pewter city to make up his decision.
(~BGM: Memories in Pieces-KH: Chain of Memories~)
Few days later, returning to Kanto and with Brock heading back to Pewter City, which Ash admittedly believing it may be for the last time, Ash and Dawn and their Pokemon rested up in Ash's house in Pallet Town where Dawn meet's Ash's mother for the first time.
Getting some advice on Orre from Professor Oak, Ash and Dawn were now both ready, to begin their brand new journey for Orre. Waving goodbye to Delia and Professor Oak and Tracey once again, Ash, Pikachu, Dawn and Piplup make their way to head over back to Seaform Island.
"Race you to Seaform!" Ash suddenly and happily challenged, breaking into a run with Pikachu, ahead of Dawn who carried Piplup in her arms.
"Hey, wait up!" Dawn called out, but she laughed all the same.
A brand new journey was ahead of our young heroes...and what they didn't know, were new challenges as well.
Meanwhile...in a world that only inhabits Pokemon...
It's been three months since Piplup and Chimchar, the two members of their Exploration Team-Team Pokepals-had saved the world and Time itself from destruction, the loss of their comrade and friend, Grovyle who sacrificed himself back taking himself and Dusknoir back into the now erased dark future, and it's been a month since Piplup, who too was erased, had returned due to Dialga's blessing in Temporal Tower.
They also just passed their Explorers Exam and while they were living in their new base in the Sharpedo Bluff which was also Chimchar's home before joining the Wigglytuff Guild, they would still go on mission at the Guild itself.
Things were finally back to normal for the Pokemon World. However, Piplup, who had trouble sleeping, sat up, and sighed. Glancing over at his partner who was sleeping soundly, Piplup decided to go outside for some fresh air. Climbing up the stairs and reaching the top which overlooked the ocean, Piplup stared up at the stars above, deep in thought.
"Time should've been destroyed-that's the true future." a dark voice snapped Piplup back to reality, and, feeling the shivers down his spine, the once-human-turned-Pokemon quickly turned around, but saw no one. Who spoke to him? And what did the voice mean, 'Time should've been destroyed'? Did the voice know about Temporal Tower? About what would've happened had it not Piplup's and Grovyle's desire to change history despite the risks?
Sensing pressence behind him, Piplup turned around, and his eyes went wide. It was a ghostly figure that was probably a Pokemon, but nothing Piplup has ever seen before. He was reminded of Dusknoir, but this guy took the cake of being scary. What Piplup didn't know, this Pokemon was a Darkrai-the Pokemon controller of Nightmares.
"However, there is another way to correct it-many ways." Darkrai chuckled, before turning and slowly disappeared into the wind. Piplup blinked in confusion.
He rubbed his eyes and looked again. Darkrai was gone.
"Huh?" Piplup muttered, unable to belief what he just witnessed. Was he hallucinating? "What was that all about?" he asked himself.
Meanwhile, back on Earth, in the Orre Region...
A young trainer, about ten years old, named Michael, was about to head out to get some metal supplies under request by Professor Krane, when his eyes spied on an arm machine with wiring. Shrugging, Michael headed out the door and onto his scooter to head over to the port.
:)(:
However, out on the ocean, in the middle of the dark, a ship was floating not on the ocean, but in the air, carried via pyschic by a large bird-like Pokemon that is a Lugia, but all unnaturally people and it's eyes all crimson red, it's belly white, as if it had swapped colours. The Lugia is accompined by helicopters, surrounding it and as if controlling it to lead it to their next destination.
:)(:
In the forest within Orre, a lone Grovyle, as if having passed out and knocked out to unconsciousness, was falling awakening again. It groaned, before opening it's eyes, then moved to lie on it's back, and stared up at the leaves of the trees above up, as the sun tried to shine through the leaves.
'Where am I?' the Grovyle thought in it's mind, in Pokemon language.
POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: SEARCH OF THE TRIBE-FIRST HALF
GALE OF DARKNESS SIDE.
(~End Memories in Pieces~)
A/N: This is the prologue of the first half of my version of season fourteen, and in this story, Ash remains in his Sinnoh attire with his eyes remaining the same before the real fourteenth season, since I prefer Ash's original eye design.
What do you think so far, fellow readers? I know that I'm working on another Pokemon story, but I'm having a writter's block again. I'm taking my own time and in no rush, as long as FFN continues.
Please review before you go, and I'll see you in the next chapter where the adventure begins. (Edited: 25/1/2016)