Hello, welcome to my story, The Prophecy of Sinnoh. This paragraph is mainly to explain some things. First, I love to read and I implement some references to certain books I read. If you recognize any of my references you are amazing! Second, this story takes place about maybe 7-10 years before the events in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Third, I have added various cities and locations that aren't in the games, anime, or manga. This will hopefully be the only chapter where it is entirely devoid of humans the rest is all following humans.
Chapter 1
A blinding light pierced through the stormy, night sky. After a while, the light flickered twice before going out. A large, dark, shadow could be seen, through the murky waters of the ocean, as it swam towards the source of light.
As it reached the source of light, it burst out of the water in a spectacular show of strength.
The strange creature was stunning.
It had large wing-like hands which folded against its body like a bird's wings. Its long tail had small flaps at the end of it. On its back were strange, blue folds of skin that were now facing straight up in the air.
The creature half walked, half flew towards what appeared to be a hidden cave in the cliff side. Another creature seemed to greet it, and led it deeper inside.
The cave was surprisingly very warm, considering the raging storm outside. It was very spacious and had a dome-shaped ceiling. There were seventeen plain, white cushions that formed a circle.
The bird-like creature flew over to a cushion closest to the cave entrance, its back facing the outside.
The creature that had greeted it, was white as well with a ring of gold circling its waist. It made its way towards a cushion furthest from the entrance.
After it got adjusted, it started to speak.
"I'm glad you were able to make it, especially with the current weather." It had a deep, powerful voice-the voice of a leader.
The other creature looked agitated. "Don't waste time with pleasantries, do you want me to call them or not?" It seemed to be annoyed, as if taking a nap before being woken up.
"Fine, call them." The creature sighed. "Always straight to the point, aren't you Lugia?"
Lugia flew out of the cave and seated itself on a stone perch above the cave entrance as if built purely for that purpose.
Lugia started to hum, quietly at first, then louder. Its song was filled with notes of sorrow, and hope. The notes echoed through the sky clear as glass, as though the loud booms of thunder didn't exist.
When Lugia finished the song, he hopped back down and seated himself in the same seat.
"Care to tell me about the news in Mirkholm while we wait?" The creature said with a mischievous grin.
"Don't pretend you don't know what happened yesterday, Arceus." Lugia said the name as if it were a slimy snail on his tongue.
"You should keep your emotions in check, Lugia, let's not forget what happened last time, or do you not remember Nehemia?"
Lugia roared. "How dare you speak her name!"
Lugia lunged from its seat, hatred written all over his face, yet Arceus had the nerve to stay calm.
Lugia was inches away from barreling into Arceus when he froze.
Shock filled his face, quickly turning into anger. Lugia was lifted up by some invisible force, and dropped back into his seat.
As soon as the invisible force relinquished its grasp, Lugia whirled around, rage flowing off him in waves.
The rage was turned into joy in the blink of an eye.
"Noctowl!"
"I thought I heard your call, so I came." Noctowl said in a calming tone.
Noctowl gracefully flew to the seat next to Lugia. They quietly conversed as the other council members arrived.
Lugia barely acknowledged the other Pokemon, nodding only to Ariados, his good friend.
When each seat was full, Arceus stood.
"Thank you for coming under such short circumstances. You're all probably wondering why you're here. You were called here to discuss a new prophecy."
Arceus paused to let that sink in. Poorly concealed whispers were heard, everyone talking about what this new prophecy could be.
"This morning I had another vision. In my vision, the only thing I saw were words, inscribed on a rock wall. As I came closer I was able to read it."
Arceus cleared his throat before speaking again. "The ones with great power will each have one choice; Either good or evil, they will have a voice; The betrayal of one, the switching of sides; Unity and Friendship will be their guides."
Ariados clanked its mandibles together in agitation. "Well knowing this is all fine, but who are the ones in the prophecy?"
"I discovered who they are, but revealed the prophecy to a rather.. unpleasant human. For security, I have already send the guardians to-of course-guard the ones in the prophecy." Arceus calmly said. "Any inquiries, opinions, and concerns can be voiced to me in the separate room. Anyone who has nothing to say, or has business elsewhere may leave."
Noctowl and Lugia got up flying next to each other as they left the cave.
"Who do you think they are?" Noctowl asked.
Lugia thought about for a moment and made sure there was no one around them before saying, "I don't know who they are, but I'm sending my most skilled trackers after the guardians to find out more."
Noctowl scratched its head with one of its brown wings. "That's not that bad of an idea; I think I'll send my best spies along with your trackers."
Lugia nodded his head in agreement before they parted ways, Lugia down into the ocean towards Mirkholm, and Noctowl towards the mighty Xan Forest.
Again, I hope you enjoyed! Also if you would like to know how to pronounce the some of the words in here I'll have a list below this.
Nehemia- Ne-HEM-e-uh
Mirkholm- MURK-holm
Xan- z-ON