Hello fellow readers! It is I, Freak4Lucario and I don't think I need to explain my reason for the user name. Anyways, here's my attempt at a...slightly more...different content. Just some minor things to be warn of, like minor language and blood. I want to try something different, so Im mixing a bit of Elder Scroll and Star Ocean (two games I really enjoy playing) and combine them with Pokemon. Just taking some things from those games and adding it to Pokémon. NO LIKE, NO READ THEN!

Also, I want to thank NeoStarGeneralX for his OC submission, which I will say who it is at the end of the chapter.

One last bit of info. I thought of a good theme song for this story. Its called Star Ocean: The Last Hope - Stab The Sword Of Justice (Heroic Remix). Look it up if you want.

Well, I think that's it... Oh yeah! I almost forgot! If you seen my other stories, I'll let you know right now, this is being told in a 3rd person POV. Well, now I think that's it. Enjoy the story!


-Toronto Forest (Night time)-

(1,000 years in the past)

Two cloaked figures where seen sprinting in the forest. Behind them, darkened clouds loomed over that land. One of the cloaked figures where seen carrying another cloaked figure while the other was carrying something round, but hard to make out what it is.

"Do you thing they followed us?" The one figure said with a female voice.

The other figure looked back, but seen nothing. "No. I think we lost them."

"Think again!" A Lucario in blue armor is seen dropping down from the trees, appearing to be a scout, and readying a bow and arrow. "You know that we all have to do this. There is no other way."

"Now listen here! I would gladly sacrifice my Symbology power to keep Salazar at bay, but I am NOT sacrificing my children's life here. I will kill you first, or die first before I do that!" Said the cloaked male.

"Then you leave me with no choice." Said the scout as he put his weapons away. "You've been a good friend, but your mind is being clouded with hate. You need to think of what is best for the sake of freedom."

The cloaked male started to growl, but then he threw off his cloak, revealing to be a shiny Lucario. "I'll say again. Stand aside!" He then gave the object he was carrying to the cloaked female, but her hood fell down, revealing her to be a normal colored Lucario.

"I don't want to have to fight you, but I will if I must!" The scout Lucario the quickly pointed his paw at the male Lucario, which created some kind of symbol of light, and casted a fire ball at him, which, in retaliation, created a symbol of his own, casting a shield in front of him.

"Diamond! Go! I'll handle this."

"Okay. Be safe Riu." The female Lucario, named Diamond said and then took off with both the little cloaked figured the the hiden object she now holds.

"Don't worry Diamond!" Riu said as he turned his attention back towards the scout Lucario. "I don't plan on dying without giving a fight!" Riu said as he got into a fighting stance.

"I'll be sure to make this quick." The scout Lucario said as he too got into a fighting stance.

Mean while, Diamond was sprinting throught the forest, but stopped in her tracks. 'They aren't gonna stop looking for these two. There is nowhere we can hide these two...unless...' Diamond then put the figure down, revealing it to have a furry yellow paw. Then, Diamond crouches down to the ground, puts her paws on the ground, then closes her eyes. "Celebi, please. I need your help, now!"

As soon as she said that, a green fairy-like Pokemon appeared, floating above the ground.

"What is the problem?" Celebi asked.

"Please Celebi. Take my children away. Take them to another timeline! The councel won't listen. I mean, these are children, dammit! And one of them hasn't even came out of his egg yet!" Diamond said, tears running down her face.

Celebi moved the cloak from the figure, revealing a shiny Riolu, then went over to the round object, revealing that this was an egg. Celebi then give a sigh, then said, "Alright. If that is what you wish for, then so be it."

"One last thing though please. Even with everyone's power, and the sacrifice of all the Lucario and Riolu species, I fear that that won't be enough to stop Salazar. I think that one of these two may be able to handle the Aura Sword. But right now, this timeline is bad for them to learn Symbology and about the Aura Sword."

"As you wish." And with that, Celebi started to hum to herself, got surrounded by a green light, along with the shiny Riolu and the egg, then dissappeared.

"Luke...Will...be strong." Diamond said, but then, something hit her in the back as she looked down her body and seen an arrow pierced through her, covered in her blood. She looked back and seen the same Lucario scout from before. Diamond fell down to the ground and looked up at the Lucario. "You...dame...fool. What is wrong with-" She stopped in mid-sentence when the scout got closer to her and she seen his eyes. It looked as if his eye color had disappeared and was just white. Now she knew why he was acting the way he was and why she shot an arrow at her.

As she stared at her killer, her breathing became weaker and weaker, till she begame motionless, eyes still open. But before she died, one thought remained in her mind. 'At lease those two are safe now.'

Meanwhile, back with Riu, he is now seen sitting against a tree, paws trying to cover up his bleeding in his stomach. Taking a look at it, he can see that its deeper than he thought. Putting pressure back on his wound, he looked back up tpwards Salazar's castle, waiting for the clan to do what they saught out to do. In no time, the castle was being surrounded in a blue light, which was getting brighter and brighter, until the castle was surrounded by a blue crystal, sealing the castle so that nothing inside it can harm andyone outside of it. But Riu knew what the cost of that was. The lives of the clan.

'So they managed it after all.' Riu thought to himself, chuckling a little bit. 'I trust that Diamond has done the right thing and kept those two safe. We do need a way to end this once and for all, after all...' He stopped, then looked up at the sky, his vision starting to fade. "Sealing...doesn't...mean...anything..." Riu said out loud, as his breath left him, leaving him just like Diamond. Now only the future holds the hope of stopping Salazar for good. But due to this course of action, all of the Lucario species have been completely wiped out. Or so everyone thought.

-Toronto Town (Day time)-

(Present time)

In the town of Toronto, you would think its peaceful. The sky is clear, the other Pokemon are going about their business, everything seems peaceful.

"Thief! Get back here with my fruit! Guards! GUARDS!" A small, cloaked figure was seen running from a local food shop, carrying a sack of fruits and berries.

"Heh, you should know by now!" The cloaked figured said, sounding to be a young male Pokemon. "I don't stop for anything and those stupid guards aren't gonna catch me!"

Little did this figure know, there was a Sawk, dressed in brown armor, up on one of the rooftops with a bow and arrow in hand, watching the small figure dart through the streets. The Sawk guard pulled back on his bow, aimed it at the figure, and fired it at said figure. However, the cloaked Pokemon seen this coming and dodged out of the arrow's path, leaving the arrow stuck in the ground. The figure kept running as he dodged arrow after arrow from the Sawk that followed him up on the rooftops, jumping from one after the other.

"That the best you can do? I've seen blind Pokemon shoot better than you." The figure said, taunting his pursuer. However, the figure didn't know that he had a brown armored Machoke, wielding a sword, was close behind the little thief, and was dangerously catching up. As the figure was running from his pursuers, he looked back, then noticed the Machoke that was following. 'Dame. Can't lead him back to the hideout. I got to lose him somehow.' The figure thought to himself. 'They sure are stepping up their game. Guess I'll have to step up mine. Good thing I brought these with me.'

The small thief then pulled out a white little ball, turned around to face the Machoke, and starred at him.

"You giving up yet?" Said the Machoke, making it sound more like a demand rather then a question.

"Heheh. You'd want that wouldn't ya? Well, if I must." Said the thief as he raised his arm, slightly revealing that the figure has a blue furry paw. As he raised his paw, he then threw the small white ball at the Machoke's feet, causing a white dust cloud to form around him.

"Gah...dammit!" Cursed the Machoke.

"Heh, how'd you like my little smoke bomb?" Said the figure as he ran in the direction of his hideout. 'Just a little more ways to go, and Im home free.' He thought to himself as he ran past many other Pokemon and shop stands. Everything seemed to be going good, until a Blaziken with two short swords strapped on his back, forming an X, appeared and side-kicked the thief. Looking closer, you could also see a scar that goes across his left eye.

"Going somewhere, Will?" The Blaziken asked.

"Heh. Nope. Not now, it seems* The figure, named Will said as he pushed himself off the ground and took off his hood, revealing him to be a Riolu. "But you know how this is going, right Mason?"

"Yeah. This is where I take you and your partner down." The Blaziken, named Mason said as he unsteathed his swords."Now...are we doing this the easy way, or the hard way?"

In respond, Will moved his cloak so that he could reveal that he was wearing a belt with different pouches and more of those little smoke bombs. He then grabbed two of his knifes on his belt, one in each paw, and got into a fighting stance.

"Hmph. Hard way, huh? Fine!" Mason said as he charged at Will, getting ready to swing his swords.

"You should of see that coming, Mason!" Will said as he threw his knifes at the bounty hunter, but he easily deflected the attack with his swords, continuing his charge. When Mason got close enough, he swung his swords at the little thief, but Will was dodging left and right, avoiding each swing of Mason's swords. At the last swing, Will jumped back, giving himself some space between him and Mason.

"I've had enough of this!" Mason said as he shot a Flamethrower attack at Will while he was in mid-air. However, Will managed to evade the attack by turning and twisting his body.

"So have I!" Will said as he landed back on his toes, grabbed two of his smoke bombs, and tossed one at Mason, then on the ground beneath him. The bounty hunter then rushed at the spot he last seen the little thief at, but when he got there, he was gone.

'Dang it.' Mason thought as he sheath his swords. 'One of these days, Im gonna get the drop on them. They'll be in prison.' He then noticed a poster on a nearby building. It read, "Luke and Will. Wanted dead or alive." The bounty hunter walked over to the poster and took it down. 'They're my prey. No one else's. They will be brought to justice...taken down!'

-Toronto Town, Secret Hideout-

Our little thief was seen cutting a corner and headed down an alleyway and approached a door, and walked inside it.

"Luke! Im back! And I hit the jackpot!" Will said as he walked further into their hideout.

The room they live in was small, but was big enough to keep them comfortable. There are two beds, a fire place, a rocking chair, and they had a stash of food and other goods that they stole. They always went by "We steal to survive", since they were never really given a chance at a proper life.

Luke was seen on the rocking chair, but turned his attention to look when he announced his return. When he stood up, he revealed to be a Lucario, but a shiny Lucario at that.

"William! You've made it. Hmm...looks like you've ran into a bit of trouble." Luke said as he looked at the top of Will's head, seeing a bit of his blue fur got burnt a little bit.

"First, stop calling me William. Just Will. Second, yeah. A problem called Mason." Will said, as he took the bag he was carrying, and sat it over with the other food that they stole. "Oh! And, I picked a little something special for you Luke. I thought you might like it." Will pulled out a dagger with a gold handle on it, with a gold sheath on it, and handed it to Luke.

"Heh." Luke took the dagger, took the sheath off of it, and ran a paw finger on the blade, but cursed when it cut his finger a bit. "Already sharp. You picked a good blade here."

"Well, those royal guards always get to good gear, so I thought that I'd...have them share." Will explained as he crossed his arms, grinning.

"No kidding. They take the blacksmiths, have them make equipment that is needed, and leave the rest of us with crummy weapons and equipment." Luke said while sheathing the weapon.

"So...anything else we're doing?" Will asked.

"Naw. I think that's enough for today."

"Good. Im gonna go visit Aziza."

Luke then grew a grin. "Ahhh...you mean your GIRLFRIEND!" Luke bursted out, causing Will to blush a bit, but he then pulled himself together.

"Your point being on blurting that out like a weirdo?" Will responded while crossing his arms.

"Oh nothing." Luke said as he closed his eyes happily at Will and put his paws on the back of his head. As Will was putting his hood back up on his cloak and was about to head out, Luke then said, "Have fun making out with Aziza." Will looked back at Luke with a glare, causing Luke to break out in laughter. Will then grew a grin at Luke.

"At least I can get a girl." Will said as he headed on out as Luke got a confused look.

"Wait...what?" Luke asked, but Will just chuckled to himself, and left. 'That boy has such a smart mouth on him.' Luke thought to himself, grinning. 'But that's what makes him himself.'

Luke knew Will ever since Will was still in his egg and Luke was a Riolu himself. Luke had to keep himself fed so that he could look over his friend, but they never had enough Poke to get food. He eventually taught himself all that there was to need about being a thief. But when Will was out of his egg, Luke taught him everything he needed to know. Over the years, Will became a great thief, and working together with Luke, they would be able to get all that they needed, and more. However, neither of them had to kill in order to get things done, or to get away from dangerous situations. They always escaped or knocked out they're attackers. That way, they can only get arrested for thieving, not murder.

-Toronto Town, Baldur Mansion (Night time)-

Baldur Mansion...the one home that houses a rich family that has a Gallade, named Baldur, a Gardevoir named Crystal, and their child, a Kirlia named Aziza. Aziza wears a ruby necklace and a gold bracelet. Right now, Aziza is in her room, reading on fencing books on her desk that sits beside her rick-looking bed. She also has a candle lit so she could see the book better. Though she never really held a saber before, she thinks that it would be interesting to learn it anyhow, thinking it may become useful to know some day. Her room also has a window that gives a great view of their garden, which is where we see Will right now.

Will picked up a tiny rock and tossed it at the window. "Aziza!" Will yelled in a whisper. "Aziza! You awake?"

Aziza stood up from her chair, hearing the little noises. She opened the window and looked down to where Will is. "Will! Hold on a second." Aziza went over to her bed, reached under it, and pulled out some rope. This is something they always do. Aziza tied the one end to the foot of her bed and tossed the other end of the rope down to Will.

Will climbed up the rope till he reached Aziza's window. "How ya doing?" Will said as he climbed through the window and got into Aziza's bedroom.

"Better...now that your here." Aziza said as she wrapped her arms around Will, and planted a kiss right on his lips, which he returned.

"So..." Aziza said as she ran her slim finger through his fur. "You here to stay for the night?" Aziza asked, trying to look cute for Will.

"Definitely. Why else would I be here for?" Will said, trying to act strong and confident for Aziza, which she just loves. It makes her feels protected, even though she knows he and Luke are thieves. However, Aziza's father, Baldur, doesn't like that his daughter is seeing a thief. He would do anything to see Luke and Will locked up in jail, that he hired a Bounty Hunter to capture Will and Luke. That's right. Baldur hired Mason, the Blaziken Bounty Hunter to capture Luke and Will. But both Will never really cared about that. All he cares about is seeing Aziza.

-Darkside Castle-

The castle that was covered in a crystal, for 1,000 years. It last this long...or so most Pokémon thought, for the crystal-like seal...has broken. Releasing the one threat that Will and Luke will soon face. Salazar.

-To be continued-

Well, what do you guys think? Im touching new grounds here, something that I haven't tried too much. But, Im giving it a shot. So...leave a review if you may. It took me a bit more time than I thought to come up with the first chapter, but that usually happens, right? By the way, I want to thank NeoStarGeneralX again for his OC submission of Mason. That's right, he gave me that Bounty Hunter to work with. Thanks for the Blaziken to work with buddy! Well, see you guys...in the next chapter. Bye bye!