Posted On: 2-21-16 4:01AM GMT -600
(Central USA Time)
A/N:
This is the first of several short (only a few chapters each) stories about what lead up to the situation in my main Pokémon story (which I don't plan to post until I'm done with these shorter ones).
These stories are numbered and called: Temperance.
(EXAMPLE: Temperance #1: The story of the Cerulean Gym.).
There is a reason for this, and when we get to the main story that I have planned, then the reason should be clear. For now, enjoy this story.
Disclaimer at the bottom. Also, please be warned, the rating on some of the stories will be T and some will be K+ and others will be M. But no lemons on FF net. If there are any, they will be posted to my adult-fanfiction account.
And, also, please note this: all of my fanfics for pokemon are based off of the ANIME, for reasons that I would rather not get into, I haven't been able to play any of the main pokemon games. Just a part of a dungeon game, a ranger (the first, I think) game, and some puzzle Pokémon games (like tortzie(sp?) And shuffle, for the DS and mobile), as well as Pokémon rumble world. I also haven't read much of the manga, so, just keep in mind that my Pokémon stories are off of the anime knowledge, as well as info I gleam from forums and knowledge-base websites. That being said: the stories all use anime and non-anime info.
More About The Characters Planned To Be In This Story After This Chapter
(And The End Of Every Other Chapter, 4 My Own(& Anyone Else Who Might Need IT) Reminder.)
(That Will Be A Listing Of Names, & The Ages. The Ages Are Mine, Not Canon, To My Knowledge):
Misty's CURRENT Age In The Story - 15 years The Start.
Planned Age The End: 16-17
Ash's CURRENT Age In The Story - 14 years The Start.
Planned Age The End: 15-16 years.
Daisy's CURRENT Age In The Story - 20 years The Start.
Planned Age The End: 23 years.
Tracey's CURRENT Age In The Story - 18 years The Start.
Planned Age The End: 20 years.
Other Age Differences & Names:
Maya (The Sea Priestess) - 3.5 years Older Than Daisy
Daisy - 6 years older than Misty
Violet - 3 years older than Misty
Lily - 3 years older than Misty
Canon Char- ON: Isabella Giovanni (Madam Boss) - Giovanni's mother. (ON=Original Name-Not confirmed. She is Canon- not from anime)
OC: Misty's Mother - (Saya) Artesia Louisa Waterflower
Age When Became A Mother: 17 YRS - An Alpha/Omega Priestess
OC: Misty's Father - (Mark) Daniel Marcus Waterflower
Age When Became A Father: 21 YRS - The Cerulean Gum Leader
OC: Maya's Mother - Juliana Maya Sapphire
Age (Around The Same Age As Artesia) - An Alpha/Omega Priestess
Other ages listed after chapter.
Warning:
This will eventually lead to Pokéshipping in it's connected stories, if I get that far.
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Temperance #1;
Chapter #1: Family Secrets
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When Misty Waterflower was born, her parents were so happy. Yes, they had 3 other daughters, but her mother had almost miscarried, several times. However, that happiness soon turned into concern, because they noticed that she had the same ability as her mother, who was from one of the last bloodlines of the Sea Hero's, also referred to as: Water Pokémon Alpha Omegas. They were a people who lived IN the waters of the whirl islands, in ancient times.
This meant that she could communicate with water Pokémon and breath under the water if she wished. So, she did not need an air tank.
Misty's mother was named: Artesia. She, her cousin, Juliana, and HER daughter, Maya, as well as some other non-direct blood related, members of the clan (this included Miranda a harbor master at ? And the people of the water, who protected the sea temple near ? And the people who protected Melloetta, in Univoa. They were the last of the people who carried it in their blood.
But, Only Misty, Maya and Miranda's family's still held active powers.
And now, Misty had been the only one of the sisters, who had been born with these abilities, as well. Artesia's other daughters: Daisy, Violet and Lily did not carry the ability.
Artesia had hoped that the same would be the case for Misty. But they weren't so lucky.
Misty's father, Mark, was the leader of the Cerulean City Gym and he knew very well why this was a problem. But what the parents did not know, was what to do about it.
Daisy, their oldest daughter, who was 6 years old, when Misty was born, was the only one of their children, who was ever told the truth. The complete reason as to why, they had to hide what Misty was, from everyone. Including Misty, herself.
As the years passed, things seemed fairly quiet at the gym. By the time Misty was 1, she was able to swim in their aquarium-like pool, with her mother, The other girls, while loving the water and Pokémon, as well, usually spent their time seeking their father's attention and watching him as he did his job as a gym leader.
When Misty was 4, however, that's when the problems started to show themselves.
The first incident, was when the 15 year old, Maya's mother, Juliana, suddenly went missing. She was found dead, months after her disappearance.
Daisy, who was around 11, at the time, was frightened for her mother and her sister, when she learned from Artesia that her cousin had died because she was an alpha omega.
Maya came to live with them, after that, for a time. Misty was happy, she had another big "sister" to play with. And Maya did play with her, even though she was sad over the loss of her mother.
After Juliana's death, Mark had hired security for his family, and things seemed to quiet down once more. However, when Misty was 5 and a half, tragedy happened. Misty was playing with a water Pokémon in the pool, with Maya and Artesia watching, as well as several guards, when an earthquake hit. A piece of the ceiling fell into the water and pinned the small girl under the water.
Artesia jumped into the water immediately, and a guard ran to call for help. Meanwhile, some other guards stayed in the room, not sure what to do, as Artesia reached her daughter.
"I'm going to get you out, ok?"
She said, as she gently caressed Misty's face. Neither had to worry about drowning, as they could both breathe under water. The child nodded and her mother, called her Gyarados over, after a while, she and her Pokémon had freed Misty and soon both were swimming up to the surface. Once on the side of the pool, they sat down and Artesia was examining the gash in Misty's leg, when the EMT's came running in, Mark not far behind. None of them noticed that one of the guards had turned pale. None of them noticed that, they had been under water far too long, to NOT be dead from drowning, yet they were showing no signs of oxygen deprivation or nearly drowning. The guard was shocked. The child and her mother had been under the water for approximately 17 minutes and were fine, aside from the leg injury. The guard suddenly grinned and slipped out of the room, in all of the chaos, no one noticed.
Days later, the family was heading out to p town, to see a friend of Mark's father, Professor Oak.
Misty was still in a lot of pain, from the leg injury. But she was excited to see the professor. She wanted to ask him so many things about water Pokémon!
Maya had stayed at the gym, because she was ill, but the other girls were in the back of the car, with Misty. The twins, Violet and Lily were arguing about something and Misty was sleeping with her head on Daisy's shoulder. Artesia had a headache, so she turned to scold the twins, when suddenly there was the sound of a large boom, the car shook and Artesia turned to look at the road just as Mark cursed, and jerked the wheel to the right suddenly, trying to avoid a massive amount of rocks that were falling from the rock-face to their left. However, on their right was:
"Mark! Look out!"
Screamed his wife, in horror, he glanced at her and then realized that he had turned the wheel too much and they had just driven over the cliff.
"Shit!"
He swore, as the car fell off the side of the cliff, the sound of 4 little girls screaming was cut short as the car vanished into the rocky waters below.
Days passed, and the 4 little girls had been found, washed up on shore only a few days after the horrific accident. Their parents were never found. When Misty finally woke up from a coma that she had been in, when found, she didn't remember anything. Not even her own name.
Things were complicated for them for a while, after they finally left the hospital, they and Maya went to stay with one of Mark's relatives.
Their parents were presumed dead after a time and the will was read, the 4 girls were given the gym, all of its associated properties and so on. They had joint ownership.
The girls were now living with a relative in Cerulean city, but, that did not last long. When Misty was almost 7, Daisy demanded that they be given the ability to live on their own, in the gym. Her reasons were that she and her sisters were being mistreated at home.
By now, Maya had gone to live back in the whirl islands, with her mother's friend, a former whirl cup champion.
Daisy managed, at the age of 12 and a half, to prove that she and her younger sisters were being severely mistreated, and she was also able to prove that she was able to make a living for her and her sisters, by performing.
By this time, Misty had also regained a lot of her memories, but they weren't too clear. And, for some reason, she was afraid of water.
When they moved back into the gym, they started performing. Misty watched her sisters when they did their water ballet shows and wished that she could love swimming once again. However, she was just too frightened.
As time slowly ticked by, a day finally came when Misty was cleaning the poolside after a performance. And suddenly she was bumped from behind by a child, who had gotten away from it's mother.
Misty landed in the pool, just as the boy's mother, and Daisy came running in after him. The mother scolded him, while Daisy froze in fear, Misty was just sinking.
Misty's mind went blank, as soon as she hit the water. Then a sudden overwhelming fear took over and she started to panic.
'MISTY! NO! You bitch! Let my daughter go!'
That was the faint, echoing voice of her mother, she knew that. It was also a memory. She knew that, as well. But, she had no images with it. She sometimes heard that terrified and frantic screaming when she was sleeping, as well.
Just as the panic set in, her friend, Seal, swam over to her and licked her cheek. She giggled and he helped her up to the surface. Daisy helped her out, dried her off and then told her to go rest. She did, however, she couldn't get the feeling of being surrounded by water, out of her mind. Later that night, she went downstairs to the pool, found a small air tank to fit in her mouth, not remembering that she had once been able to, and still likely could, breath, under water.
Then she quietly slipped into the water. The seal came over and she started to play with him. Not as afraid as she was before, now that she had him and her air tube... She lost track of time, and when her sisters came in the next morning, to find her clothes damp and that she was asleep with Seal curled up beside her.
Later, at breakfast, she started talking about their water Pokémon, and wouldn't stop. Soon after, they started finding her in the water at every minute.
"Com'on Mist! Your gonna get waterlogged!"
Daisy would call out to her. Misty did not seem to remember that she could breath under water, and Daisy wanted it kept that way.
They never spoke with her about what happened to Mark and Artesia. Soon, she began to think that they had been abandoned. No one corrected her thoughts.
When she was 11, She wanted to go on a Pokémon journey. Her sister's, who had never wanted to do that, couldn't understand why she wanted to, but, they finally agreed, and told her to do it. Seeing her off with tears and smiles.
Years later, when Misty was almost 15, she came back from her journey with her friend's Ash and Brock. She hadn't wanted to come home. But she had no choice, her selfish sisters had suddenly gone off on a trip around the world. They would lose the gym that she loved so much, if they left it unmanned!
"Damn my selfish sisters..."
She muttered, months later. By now, she was 15 and one day. She had, by now, had to give up her Togepi, a few days prier to this.
She was currently cleaning out a storage room in the gym. She found an old photo album. At first she wasn't going to mess with it, but, as she went to move it, she saw a small letter slip out. She picked it up, and froze when she realized that it said:
*To my dearest daughter, Misty~*
That didn't sound like a mother who would abandon a bunch of daughters...
She sat down and opened the letter, starting to read.
The more she read, the bigger her eyes got.
The letter warned, that if anything should happen to her (Artesia), then the girls were to continue as if they were normal. No one must know about Misty's abilities. Maya was willingly acting as a decoy with the sea spirit sapphire, hoping that Team Rocket would forget about Misty, and her abilities.
It said that if Artesia was no longer there, that Team Rocket had done something to her.
That's when it happened. Misty fell over, a sudden and intense pain in her head as she dropped the letter and cried out in pain. Her eyes squinted shut, she could see images behind her eyelids. Along with them, were the sounds.
Flash Back/Memory
The waves crashed around her, and her mother swam over, but just before Artesia could reach little Misty, a hand grabbed the girl roughly and yanked. Her mother's face contorted in rage!
"MISTY! NO! YOU BITCH! Let my daughter go, Isabella!"
The woman. Isabella. She wore a burgundy skirt that stopped just above her knees, her shirt was black, and tucked in. She wore a blazer over her black shirt that matched her skirt in color. The woman had piercing blue eyes and wavy black hair down to, and past, her waist. She sneered at Misty and yanked her, dangling the child by one arm.
"Misty!"
Artesia cried out as Misty whimpered in pain. Misty was struggling and saw her sisters sitting on the sand behind some men dressed all in black, with large res R's on their shirts and jackets. She saw that Daisy was the only one of the 3 conscious. Then Misty's attention focused back onto Isabella, who was smirking at the mother, shook her head.
"I want you, Artesia. But, I'll make due with her, if you won't come with me."
"I'll go! Just... Please!"
Her mother begged as she stood up in the shallow waters.
"Good."
She dropped Misty and her hand snapped out, grabbing the sobbing mother by the hand. The last thing Misty heard, was her mother telling her that she loved her and her sisters and then Artesia was dragged off by Isabella.
The next time Misty came too, she was in the hospital with no memories. And a frightful fear of water for no apparent reason.
Misty lay on the dusty floor, curled up and crying. What had happened to their mother and father after that...?
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To Be Continued...
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Further age listings:
(This is for characters that will be in, or mentioned in, ALL Temperance Stories.
Not just this one.)
Brock's age: 19-20
Delia Ketchum's age: 34
Prof. Oak's age: 53
Gary Oak's age: 15
Rudy's age: 18-19
Dawn's age: 13 at very start, then 14 after getting to whirl islands.
Paul's age: 15- Same as Ash
Reggie's age: 20-21
Alain's age: 17
Sophie's age: 37
Prof. Sycamore's age: 39
Alexa's age: 27
Giovanni's age: 46
Isabella Giovanni's age: 72
Silver's age: 18-19
Leaf's age: 15
Jessie's age: 24
James's age: 25
May's age: 14-15
Max's age: 10
Drew's age: 15-16
Serena's age: 15
Bonnie's age: 7-8
Clemont's age: 16-17
Looker's age: 45
Steven Stone's age: 27
Cynthia's age: 27
Diantha's age: 31
Barry's age: 15
Kenny's age: 14
Zoe's age: 15
Harley's age: 23
Solidad's age: 24
Pike Queen: Lucy's age: 22
Salon Maiden: Anabel's age: 14-15
Iris's age: 12-13
Cilan's age: 15. Died sometime after Ash got to Kalos, in a train crash.
(Why? Because I find him too annoying for words, with all of his food references! Nothing redeemable.)
Disclaimer:
Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri, Nintendo, Shogakukan Comics, And Other Official Companies.
I claim no ownership to any of the games, anime, manga or the characters.
I just love the anime and have since I was around 10-11 Yrs Old.
I am making no money, whatsoever, off of this. This is a story by a fan, meant for other fans who love it as much as I do.
Copyright/Ownership- All pokemon names and media types are copyrighted to:
Copyrighted by Satoshi Tajiri, Nintendo, Shogakukan Comics, And Other Official Companies, and all other entities that are involved with the creation/publication of the games/anime/manga. I only claim ownership of the original characters that I may or may not add into the stories.