Twilight's Last Shining

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon nor the other game which this is based on, though I won't tell you the game yet. In fact, I'm expecting you to guess the game!

It's not that hard, provided you watched the show, read the manga, or played the video game. As a matter of fact, I'm making this into a kind of game. If you elect to answer the question, please come up with your own character bio and post it in your review. Why? Because I'm planning on putting the first person whom answers correctly in the story!

All you need is a design of your character, a name, a personality, and your pokemon party. Your pokemon party should have 6 pokemon, and you should list their levels (up to 100) and their moves. As for the ability, make sure that if you do list it, it's one that the pokemon can know (for example: Don't have Sableye have "Wonder Guard" instead of "Keen Eye"). If you don't know the ability, don't worry about it. I have a walkthrough which lists the ability a pokemon can have. If there are two, then I'll let you know which ones they are and what they do so that way you can decide and respond to the e-mail with the answer of which one you wish that pokemon to have. Understand?

Also, if you can, give the pokemon a nature, or personality for me to use. While pokemon in this story are just as restricted as those in the game, the ones in the game have a nature listed so to keep true as I can to the game I'd appreciate it greatly. Don't know the possible natures? Don't worry about it. I'll pick one for you! The gender of the pokemon would help to, provided that the pokemon can have a gender.

Well, you've been waiting forever for me to get to the story so now there is nothing left to do but give you what you've been waiting for!

It was the year 2025 and Harriet Tarner, a 16 year old girl living in Virginia, was walking home from school with her friends when one of them asked, "Hey, Harriet, you like Pokemon, don't you?"

Harriet nodded her head and said, "A little, why?"

Her friend, Sally, continued, "They just came out with this new game!"

Harriet replied, "I told you this a hundred times: as much as I like pokemon, I'm happy with the games I have now and am not going to spend even more money to get a game exactly like the ones I have only with new features and maybe a few new pokemon. The game may be older than I am but I still like it the way it is."

Sally responded, "This one is different!"

Jennifer, the other member of the trio, replied, "You say that about every game, but other then the different story line I noticed no difference. I mean, in 19 years you would expect that they would come up with some new pokemon, now wouldn't you?"

Sally countered, "Yeah, well this time I'm serious! They made it an online MMORPG!"

Harriet gave a confused glance at her pokemon obsessed friend. Sally explained, "MMORPG stand for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game."

Jennifer asked, "English, please?"

Sally sighed and said, "It means that millions of people can play the game at once and interact with each other as if they were in a chat room yet be able to see the other person's character design as if they were talking in the real world."

Harriet said, "That sounds mildly interesting."

Jennifer gave a nod of agreement and Sally continued, "It's more then just mildly interesting, it's awesome! Plus it's not that expensive. Because they anticipate millions to join they only charge $20 per person to play for as long as they want! Not only that, but they have events held every once in a while for items and rare pokemon and new features for your character so that way you can further customize yourself. You buy the disk you need to play at any video game store."

Harriet replied, "You're right, that does sound awesome."

Sally nodded and said, "It is. You should get it."

Harriet responded, "Well, I don't know…it does sound cool, but I don't know if I really want to play a game that requires me to be online."

Sally said, "Believe me, it's worth it."

Harriet then said, "Here's my house. I'll see you guys later."

Her friends waved goodbye and continued on. Harriet walked up to the doorstep and took out her key. She unlocked the door and walked into the house. On her way to the kitchen to get an after-school snack she spied a note on the table. She picked it up and read it.

I've gone out to do some shopping. I'll be back later.

Mom

PS: There's some ice cream in the freezer for you.

Harriet smiled and grabbed a bowl to eat her ice cream treat. When she had finished she stretched out on the couch. She thought, "I wonder what I should do?"

Her conversation with Sally and Jennifer replayed in her mind over and over until it drove her nuts. She shook her head and walked into her room. On her desk beside the computer was the $50 dollars she set aside before going off to sleep the previous night. Harriet laughed at the coincidence and grabbed it and a coat before walking out the door toward the nearest video game store.

Harriet walked up to the counter and asked, "Excuse me? Could I get one of the disks to play the online Pokemon game?"

The man fished under his desk and pulled out a case containing a disk and handed it to Harriet. "That will be $23 dollars. You know, if you get the virtual reality head gear, it'll make the experience a lot more real for just an additional 15 dollars, 17 including tax."

Harriet thought for a moment before saying, "Alright."

The man smiled and said, "Okay then, that'll be 40 dollars total ma'am."

Harriet handed him the fifty and he gave her 10 dollars back and a bag containing her purchases inside. The man then said, "Have fun."

Harriet replied, "I will. Thank you."

She then hurried home and unlocked the door again. She walked into her room and sat down at the desk. She followed the directions for the head gear and the controller and connected it to the computer. Afterward she placed the disk inside the disk drive and a few seconds later installation instructions appeared. After following them a message stating "Installation has been successfully completed! Do you wish to play the game?"

Two choices appeared: Yes and Cancel. Harriet moved her cursor over to Yes and double clicked. Some further instruction followed:

1: Please enter your user name.

Harriet tried her own name.

Error! This name is already in use. Please choose a different name.

Harriet thought about it for a long while and entered the name Lily.

2: Please enter your password.

Harriet typed "BlueFlame"

3: Please confirm.

Harriet retyped "BlueFlame"

What is your character's age?

Harriet picked her own age: 16.

4: Design your character.

Harriet choose to be a girl and the silhouette of a teenage girl appeared. She choose to have blue hair, purple eyes, and light skin and the corresponding part filled in. For her hairstyle, she choose to have a ponytail with a red hair-tie. She also decided to have a red and white ball cap with a pokeball on it. Her ponytail went immediately through it and the red hair-tie was covered up.

She then moved on to the body and chose a turquoise tank-top and a blood red skirt. The tank-top clung tightly to her character's skin and the skirt came down to just above her knees. For a pack she choose the yellow bag with a shoulder strap which crossed from left shoulder (your left) to about her waist on the right side. She choose to have white socks and white sneakers with a blue thunderbolt zigzag on both sides.

Is this your character design? The choices Yes and Cancel appeared. Harriet clicked yes.

What is your region? The choices Kanto, Johto, and Hoen. Harriet didn't want to repeat Hoen's journey again and chose Kanto.

Is this where you wish to begin your journey?

Harriet chose yes and this pop-up appeared: Your account has been successfully uploaded. Welcome to Pokemon Infinity!

She was taken immediately to the game's website where she was faced with two choices: Login and Board.

Harriet double-clicked Login and put on her virtual reality helmet. She was instantly faced with the florescent green grass of the Pokemon world. She looked around and saw various people wandering around getting things done. She spied a large building and decided to walk inside.

An old man in scholar clothes awaited inside. Lily walked up to him and said, "Hello?"

The old man turned around and said, "Why hello there! You must be Lily."

Lily stared at the old man and he continued, "I'm Professor Oak, a highly respected pokemon professor. I must ask you to run an errand for me."

Lily said, "I don't really want to…"

Professor Oak replied, "Very well then! You will need a pokemon to protect you along the way. Over here."

Professor Oak strolled over toward the three pokeballs on the table. He then said, "Choose one."

Lily looked at each choice. She could have either Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur. After much thought, she chose Squirtle. Professor Oak then said, "A package has arrived in the Pokemart in Viridian City. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could bring it back to me."

Lily stared at Professor Oak and another player said, "He's a NPC. His responses are programmed for him. Even if you said, for example, eat crap you big asshole he'd still respond the same way."

Lily turned around using the controller and found herself face to face with a boy with red hair, yellow eyes, a backpack, a red shirt and blue jeans with normal white sneakers. The red hair was messy and his backpack was yellow like Lily's bag. He had slightly tan skin. He looked to be about 17 years old, but Lily couldn't tell.

Lily said, "What's an NPC?"

The boy replied, "A non-player character. Basically people who have varying degrees of importance but are basically computers."

Lily then asked, "Who are you?"

The boy replied, "Who are you, I might ask."

Lily could hear the teasing tone behind his voice and sighed. She then said, "My name's Lily. What's your name again?"

The boy surrendered his name, "Blazon. Nice to meet you. I presume you are a beginner?"

Lily replied, "Yeah. What about you?"

Blazon responded, "I've earned a few badges and returned here to see if the good old professor would give me anything. Yet all he does is review my Pokedex."

Lily asked, "Is your Pokedex good?"

Blazon replied, "Well, I finally got 100 species. Let's go outside to talk, it's getting a little crowded in here."

Lily noticed the small crowd of newbies rushing in to receive their first pokemon. She walked out and Blazon followed behind.

"I take it you're new to the MMORPG gaming system."

"How can you tell?"

"Unlike the others, you don't know the basic terms such as NPC. I don't suppose you could guess what a PC is?"

Lily laughed and said, "A computer."

Blazon made his character slap his forehead. Lily gaped at the movement. "Okay, a PC is also an acronym for Player Characters, such as you and me."

Lily replied, "How did you get your PC to do that?"

Blazon said, "I typed in "SlapForehead:"

Lily tried out the system by typing in, "Blank:" which caused her face to assume a confused or dazed look.

Blazon laughed and said, "You're getting it. There are also shortcuts but I'll leave that to you to find out."

He turned around to leave and Lily said, "Hey, where are you going?"

Blazon smiled and said, "To leave you to your quest. Mayhap we will meet again if destiny dictates it."

With that he took a pokeball and threw it up in the air. It glowed and instantly a Pokemon came out. It was a blazing bird with a long beak and a body seeming to be made of flame. Despite the incinerating appearance, Blazon casually hopped on. The bird gave a single fantastic cry before lifting off into the air and racing off at the speed of light.

The spectacle left a crowd of awed newbies and impressed regulars. Lily stared off into the azure sky for a second longer before thinking to herself, "Well, about this quest…"

There are so many clues to this contest that it's not even funny...

Well, I hope you like it and please review (even if you aren't entering that contest)!