Hello, Fluttersong here with a new story. This's my first one in the Pokemon category, so I'm unsure if this's okay or not, but oh well. My new story is about the Pokespecial characters, since their so awesome (although I should probably be catching up on the D/P/P arc...ah, I just can't wait to get to the Canalave City chapter).
Anyways, this's AU since, well, their in a world where kingdoms exist and such...it's kind of obvious, XD. Oh, and the shippings will be Special, Mangaquest, Oldrival, Frantic, Commoner, slight Haughty, and Agency.
Enough of that, let's get going!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or Pokemon Special else I'd make all the shippings canon.
Chapter One-A Letter and Trial
Yellow sat on the rooftop of her home, the electric-type mouse known as Pikachu in her arms. The creature snuggled closer to her chest, visibly shaking from the cold, icy wind. Tail shaking, the female Pikachu whimpered.
The blonde pony-tailed girl patted the creature, soothing it with careful strokes of her hand. "Do you want to go inside, Chuchu?"
"Chuu," the female Pokemon muttered in agreement.
Yellow smiled at that, carefully getting to her feet and climbing down the roof on a sturdy brown ladder. Chuchu whimpered, but the girl just tugged her closer, ignoring the panicked pleas and instead whispering words of comfort.
Before she got off the ladder, Yellow cast a look at the sky. Stars hung in the night, as well as the full moon, which cast a beautiful silver glow on her. The moon sure is beautiful, Yellow thought to herself before continuing down the ladder.
When her feet touched the ground, the sound of footsteps greeted her. Glancing up, she saw it was only her uncle. In one of his hands was a letter. Chuchu looked at it before scrambling onto her trainer's shoulder.
"Stayin' up again?"
She nodded. "Yeah, I like the night sky."
Her uncle looked at her without a trace of surprise. "Well, I suppose that's why you always go to bed at eleven," when Yellow quickly looked away, her uncle chuckled. He held out the letter to her. "For you."
Yellow studied it curiously before carefully accepting the letter. Her brown eyes noticed the name of Amarillo Del Bosque Verde scribbled on the front. She frowned. Who would send her a letter? It wasn't like she had any friends she knew or anyone else that would give her a letter. Besides, no one knew her true name.
"Who wrote this?"
Her uncle narrowed his eyes. "Some random man, asked for me to give ya' this letter." He checked the watch on his wrist and his eyes widened. "Gotta go, I have to go meet some one." He walked away.
The blonde frowned again, brown eyes scanning the letter one more time before she reluctantly opened it. Upon emptying the contents, she began reading the paper tucked inside.
Greetings Amarillo,
You have been chosen to attend as a fellow canidate for being a knight in the Kingdom of Kanto. As you already know, the Kanto region is led by the sacred Pokemon knights made up of trainers with special abilities. You qualify as one of these many trainers, and that is why we want to ask you to join us.
If you accept our offer, please wear the Starmie brooch we have provided you tomorrow. Go into the nearest town and wait. You will be provided a trial that will remain secret for now to test your abilities to see if you are ready to become a knight. If you refuse however...let's just say you'll be forgetting this very soon.
We look forward to seeing your results.
-The Knights of Kanto
Yellow was taken aback by what she had just read. The Knights of Kanto wanted her, of all people? From what she knew about the secretive kingdom, they only chose the best of candidates to join in their ranks and perform noble deeds. Her jaw dropped in shock.
Chuchu twitched her ears and looked into the darkness of the night, black eyes gleaming. Yellow sensed the Pikachu tense and wondered what would cause the Pokemon to freeze.
"Chuchu?"
Yeah? the creature glanced at her. Yellow wasn't surprised to hear the Pokemon speak, seeing as she had had the ability for a long time.
"What are you looking at?"
The Pokemon looked at her feet, black eyes closing. Electricity leaked from her cheek. Nothing.
"Are you sure?"
Y...Yep, nothing to see out there. The Pikachu hopped off her shoulder, tail in the air. She pushed the door and beckoned for Yellow to enter. Sighing, Yellow followed her Pokemon with the envelope in one hand, the letter in another.
Moving past the kitchen and living room, they entered a slightly smaller than normal room. In it, a bed sat with red covers, as well as a oak bookcase and a closet. In one corner, sat a small basket meant to be a bed for Chuchu. The female Pikachu glared at it before hopping on the bed and settling beside a drowsy Yellow. Moonlight filtered in through the window in the left-right corner.
Yellow stared at the letter again, reading it over, disbelief still fluttering inside her. It was just hard to believe that an ordinary girl like her could ever be chosen. Maybe I should tell uncle about this, she smiled. He might support me in being a knight, after all, it's one of the most coveted jobs in the world.
As she thought this, her eyes closed and she slowly drifted off to sleep.
When the blonde girl woke up, she felt slightly dizzy. Standing over her, Chuchu was muttering something unintelligible. When the female Pokemon noticed she was awake, the electric-type jumped back, ears shaking.
G-Good morning! Chuchu greeted, black eyes glittering nervously.
Yellow ignored her strange behavior and instead turned her attention to the letter that lay crushed underneath her. She smoothed the wrinkles out and searched the envelope for the Starmie brooch. Finding the purple and red star-shaped accessory, she tossed if from hand to hand, curious why she needed to wear such a thing. Still, she placed the brooch on her shirt and positioned it for others to be able to see.
Oh! I need to tell uncle! Yellow leaped off her bed and began to search the house for her relative. Seeing him nowhere in sight, the girl glanced outside a window. Didn't he say he went to town though? The blonde bit her lip. I should go and tell him right now, so that way I can make sure he approves.
She rushed back to her room to gather the rest of her outfit. Chuchu, although having woken up early, regarded the girl with glazed eyes, cheeks sparking. Yellow laughed at the Pokemon poking her with a finger. "Wake up, Chuchu."
I'm up, the Pokemon growled, still wobbling with sleep, obviously not helping her point.
Yellow smiled at that, slipping on her straw hat to hide her ponytail. She walked towards the door and stopped, glancing over her shoulder to Chuchu. "Coming?"
The Pikachu nodded, shaking away the last bits of sleep before swiftly climbing onto Yellow's shoulder. She did a fist-pump. Let's go!
Yellow nodded and they took off to the nearest human populated area, a place by the name of Pallet Town. Tugging at the edges of her straw hat, the girl began to walk on the perfectly paved dirt path towards her destination.
"You know," she started, "I wonder what this trial is going to be."
Chuchu narrowed her eyes at her trainer. What trial?
"The one this letter promised," she handed the piece of paper to her Pokemon.
The Pokemon read it, black eyes scanning each word. Yellow waited quietly for the Pikachu's reaction, hoping she would not get angry at her for trusting in some random letter. Unfortuneatly, Mew was being very unkind to the girl.
Why are you even going with this plan? Chuchu snapped. How do you know that someone won't just up and kidnap you? For all we know, this knight could be some sick-minded person who would like to just kill you for sport! I wouldn't trust anything this person says.
Yellow raised her hands in an apologetic manner. "Well, it's true that I can't really trust anything someone says, but why would they give me this then?" she pointed to the Starmie brooch.
Chuchu rolled her eyes, tail whipping back and forth. She put her nose in the air. Whatever, your funeral.
Yellow sweatdropped at that, and turned her attention to the town growing rapidly in size. Upon reaching the end of the dirt path and the start of a concrete one, she stepped into the beginnings of the town. The occupants of Pallet Town glanced at her, sniffed, and then went back to their everyday chores. Yellow felt slightly embarresed by the attention.
When entering the area, Yellow noticed the large amounts of Pokemon that wandered about. A flock of Pidgey rested on a red-roofed building, chattering loudly. Some Rattata chirped at her, tail waving as they snatched fallen apples off the grass. One Fearow perched at the edge of a market stall, glaring at every passer-byer.
Chuchu glanced around before staring at something in the distance. Yellow followed the Pikachu's gaze and saw ripe red apples that sat in a box on a market stall. Chuchu licked her lips and pointed to the food. Apples, she demanded fiercely.
"I don't have enough-"
Apples, Chuchu whined, tail flicking back and forth.
Yellow sighed, and took out a few coins from her pocket. "Fine."
Approaching the market vendor, she examined the apples to look for a deep red one and, finding it, looked at the salesperson. "I'll take this one," she pointed to the apple, and in the corner of her eyes noticed Chuchu nodding in approval.
"That will be six coins, dear," the old lady at the stand said, holding out a wrinkled hand. Yellow placed her coins carefully on it. "Thank you. Take your apple and leave."
Yellow nodded, picked up the apple, and handed it to Chuchu. The Pikachu grinned and dug her teeth into it, taking half the fruit in her mouth. She chew three times before swallowing and taking another bite. Delicious!
"I'm glad you like it."
The girl continued moving through the crowded streets, searching for her uncle. He was no where in sight. Frowning, Yellow looked around one more time. "I don't see him anywhere..."
Just then, the crowd of people suddenly parted, leaving a huge gap with the blonde grl standing in the middle of it. Suddenly nervous at why no one was around her, she glanced over her shoulder and gasped.
A Dodrio was moving at a rapid pace towards her. On top of it, a man sat with a brown bag clutched in his hands. He cackled, eyes gleaming malevolently from behind a black mask.
"Pika, use Thunderbolt!" someone cried.
Yellow was snapped out of her daze and she began scrambling towards the edges of the crowd to safety, only, she was too late. The man's Dodrio collided with her, sharp talons scratching the back of her clothing as it stumbled over. Cries of anger were heard from both the Pokemon and man.
Seconds later, a golden flash of electricity zapped the four, narrowly missing Yellow. Chuchu, who had fallen with Yellow and was now sprawled on the ground, sent a Thunderbolt of her own at the attacker.
"Ah! Pika!"
Yellow turned her head to see a black spiky-haired trainer heading their way, approaching a Pikachu very similar to her own. The electric mouse caught Yellow's eyes and growled, ears and tail waving in an almost unfriendly way. Chuchu copied the Pokemon, snarling and red cheeks sparking with energy.
The boy previously mentioned picked up the mouse, and glanced over at Yellow. "I'm so sorry if you got hurt, I only meant to hit that thief over there," he jerked a thumb to the man and his Dodrio.
She looked at him with surprise and slowly got to her feet, pain throbbing in her right arm. Flexing it slowly, the blonde girl smiled at the newcomer. "You didn't hurt me," was all she said.
Whispers floated up from the crowd of people who had been watching so far. They made no move to apprehend the thief, but instead turned their attention to Yellow and the boy. Pika and Chuchu snapped at eachother, hands curled up into fists.
The spiky-haired boy grinned. "Nice to know. I'm Red, by the way."
Yellow's eyes widened as he held out a hand. A Starmie pin brooch was hooked onto his sleeve, sporting the same colors as Yellow's. She was just about to ask him about it when a shadow loomed over her.
"You know, you really should be paying attention," a deep voice snarled.
Suddenly, Yellow was knocked down to the ground by the Dodrio's feet, face planted into the concrete path. Pain coursed through her, agony ripping at her body. Beside her, Red groaned, reaching for a Pokeball.
"Saur, use Vine Whip," he croaked, weakly tossing the Pokeball.
In mere seconds, a green shape appeared out of no where, vines slithering out of a dark green bulb and striking it's target. A Bulbasaur. Yellow painfully turned her head to see the black-masked man clutching at his left arm, stumbling back. Red's creature seemed to have damaged the arm while fighting against the Dodrio.
Chuchu and Pika, meanwhile, snapped out of their fighting daze and used Thunderbolt on the thief's Pokemon. The bird cried out in fury, the three heads clacking their beaks as they prepared to launch an attack. However, that attack never came as Pika and Chuchu unleased Thunder upon the poor creature, sending them fainting. The man, recovering from the initial pain Saur had caused him, grimaced and began to flee, the bag still clutched tightly in his hands.
W-Wait, b-boss! the three Dodrio heads cried out simultaneously, painfully beginning to drag themselves towards the direction their trainer had headed. Yellow felt pity for the birds and she tried to stand on her feet, wobbling. Upon standing, she rushed over to the injured Pokemon, placing a hand over their necks. They glared at her. What are you doing? they hissed.
"Healing you up," she replied with a gentle smile. After all, it wasn't like she could leave poor injured Pokemon to lay around like dead animals.
Chuchu hopped onto Yellow's shoulder, glaring fiercely at the Pokemon before her. Yellow, are you sure you should be healing enemies?
"They may have hurt us, but that doesn't mean we should neglect them," she whispered back, a green aura seeping out of her palms and onto the birds.
Red walked over to her, a small scratch across his cheek beginning to leak crimson. Pika sauntered up to the three, staring at Yellow. What are you doing? he snapped at the blonde. Healing our enemies?
Chuchu looked at the Pikachu and scowled. What do you think she's doing? Killing them?
Yeah, sure, let's go with that, Pika snorted sarcastically. A little girl killing a Pokemon with a glowing green aura, oh Mew, save them!
Chuchu snickered, grinning. Nice One.
Red stumbled over to Yellow, red and white cap tipped forward to shade is eyes from view. The boy only hovered over her, silent as he watched the girl finish healing the Pokemon. Yellow smiled, and stroked the Dodrio's chin.
"All better," she cooed. "You can go now."
It blinked up at her, brown eyes wide with astonishment. You're just letting me escape?
A nod. "Of course I am. Just...don't get into anymore trouble. Find another trainer to live with."
The Dodrio rose, all three heads glancing uncertainly at Red. He only stood there, giving no reaction as the bird dashed in the direction its trainer had fled to, glancing back guiltily at Yellow. Sighing, the blonde picked up Chuchu and glanced at the boy beside her.
"You okay?" she asked, noticing the bruises on the side of his face.
Red lifted his hat up with a thumb and looked over at her. "Why did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Heal that Pokemon! Don't you know that Pokemon raised by low-lifes such as that thief can seriously harm you, even kill you?" his voice sounded angered and as his namesake eyes met her gold ones, she noticed the fury located within them. "Why would you take such a stupid risk for that?" he gestured to the disappearing Dodrio.
"I-I couldn't just leave the Pokemon to suffer," she pointed out, a bit happy that someone cared for her well-being. "Besides, why do you ask?"
Pika glared at the girl and her Pikachu, electricty sparking from crimson cheeks. His tail waving back and forth, black eyes narrowed. Don't you dare to question Red about that, pitiful human! he snapped, teeth bared.
Red's gaze rested on Pika before drifting away, the anger being smoldered into sadness. "It's nothing...just something personal."
"O-Oh, I-I'm sorry then," she backed away a little bit, Chuchu looking up with intrigue as silence wrapped around them.
You better be, snarled Pika.
Chuchu leaped out of Yellow's arms and swatted the Pikachu. Don't talk to her like that, she growled, swiping claws at him. This led to a full on fight of teeth, claws, and electric shocks. Pika snapped at Chuchu, digging teeth into her left ear. She retaliated with quick double slaps of her tail.
"Pika, return," Red growled, shooting a red beam of light at the Pikachu.
Caught by surprise, the yellow creature was snapped up into a Pokeball. After a quick clicking sound, Pika was seen clawing at the see-through red top, eyes narrowed at Chuchu and Yellow.
Red glanced up at Yellow. "I'm sorry for his actions," and then he took off in the direction of the thief, sprinting swiftly out of view before the girl could chase after him.
Chuchu sneered at him, leaping onto Yellow's shoulder. Serves that stupid Pikachu right, living inside of a Pokeball. Hopefully it's for the rest of his life.
"Chuchu!" the girl exclaimed, startled at the Pikachu's spiteful personality.
What? she glanced over at Yellow. I'm just stating what I think should happen to that idiot rodent of a Pokemon. Besides, are you hurt anywhere? Did that man manage to wound you? she began sniffing the air. I smell blood.
Yellow suddenly noticed the Pokemon was right as she spotted the crimson blood spreading across her left hand from a cut. Eyes wide with shock, she stumbled back and let out a cry of pain. Nearby people glanced at her, but did nothing to help, and instead raised their noses into the air.
"Are you alright, miss knight?" a deep voice asked.
Chuchu and Yellow looked behind them to come face to face with a spiky red-headed boy with a Dragonite at his side. Amber eyes regarded the injury and he brought out a roll of bandages. Tugging her hand carefully, he began to wrap it, gingerly tightning it. The Dragonite glanced around wearily while Chuchu kept her eyes on the newcomer.
Once the red-head stopped wrapping her cut, Yellow glanced at him with grateful eyes. "T-Thank you...u-um..."
"Lance," he offered.
"Y-Yes, t-thank you, Lance."
He helped her up and grinned. "Congratulations, fellow knight of the Kanto kingdom."
The blonde girl looked at him with shock. "Wait, what...?"
"You just passed your trial to become a knight, Amarillo del Bosque Verde. Naturally, you passed it with flying colors."
Chuchu rubbed the back of her head with her tail, an action she did whenever she was puzzled or stressed out. Most likely puzzled at this point. How did Yellow become a knight?
Lance stared at the Pikachu and smiled gently. "She became a knight by healing that Dodrio instead of abandoning it, little one."
Both Pokemon and trainer did a double-take. How did he understand Chuchu's speech? Yellow stared at him with wide eyes, confusion written on her face. Lance glanced at his Dragonite, which only frowned back in return. He sighed.
"Yes, I can understand Pokemon too, if that's what you're wondering," after a confirming nod from Yellow, he continued. "It's something I was born with. Anyways, good job on passing your test. Although, we were hoping you'd come a bit later, after Red had finished his battle. Well, you both passed, so I suppose all is well."
"Wait, this was planned?" she asked, stunned.
Lance nodded. "Yep, that 'thief' was really just a fellow worker of ours. The Dodrio was a part of this as well, he was your trial," seeing the blank face of Yellow, he explained, "Healing the enemy even in a sense of danger. You helped that Pokemon, even if it was an accomplice of a villain. That's something only a true knight would do."
Chuchu growled. So we beat up that guy just for a stupid trial? And Yellow got hurt because of it, what kind of people are you!
The red-head chuckled, black gloved-hands tapping the Pikachu's head. Chuchu glared up at him, but made no attempt to move. And where is uncle, on top of that? she growled.
Yellow glanced at her partner. "Uncle," she whispered the word once before beginning to panic. "That's right, where's uncle? We haven't seen him at all since the trial began!" she looked up at Lance. "Where is he?" she demanded fiercely.
Another chuckle. "Safe, of course. He's known about this the whole time."
"W-What? H-How?"
"Because I was the one who asked 'em to test you."
Yellow's uncle loomed into sight, a fishing pole loosely held in his heads. The girl ran up to him and flung her arms around him. "Oh uncle, you're okay!"
"Why wouldn't I be, Amarillo?" he said, laughing.
Oh, I don't know, you could've possibly been murdered by these mysterious people without us knowing, Chuchu rolled her eyes.
But, of course, the man couldn't understand her. Ears twitching, Chuchu sniffed and let her head sit on Yellow's shoulder, annoyed that Yellow's uncle couldn't hear her.
Yellow ignored her and instead focused on her uncle. "So do I really have to go far away and train in some castle?" she asked.
He nodded. "Yeah, I'm...sorry for that. But I thought you'd like to have a new life away from here. You don't have anything to live for here. No friends to play with, no responsibilities. It would be best for you if you went somewhere new, 'stead of hanging around here with no one you know."
She stared at him like he was a murderer. "B-But, uncle, I have you! Y-You're someone I know! P-Please, I-I don't want to be away from you."
Guilt shimmered in his brown eyes. "You have Chuchu to keep you company," he whispered. "Besides, you can visit me on the holidays."
"But-"
"Amarillo!" the man snapped, causing Yellow to reel back in fright. "I'm doing what's best for you, so go with that man and join the knights. You need them more than me."
"U-Uncle!" she whispered, tears streaking down her cheeks.
He turned away. "It's for your own good, Amarillo," her uncle began to walk away, ignoring the cries of Yellow as she watched him.
W-What are you doing, y-you...jerk of a relative! Chuchu snapped, energy oozing from her body.
Yellow could only sniffle, shaking as she watched her uncle fade from view. Lance stood quietly, his Dragonite remaining silent as brown eyes narrowed. A few minutes passed, and Yellow felt like hiding from the world. But, I need to go, I need to do as uncle said...e-...even is he abandoned me. Face still wet, she tried a half-hearted smile at Lance, still visibly trembling.
"T-Take me to the kingdom," she mumbled, almost reluctantly.
"So you accept being a knight?"
"Yes."
"Then get on Dragonite."
Yellow obeyed, climbing onto the cream Pokemon alongside Lance, Chuchu now resting on her straw hat. They took off, and began to fly across the darkening blue sky. Stars twinkled restlessly, shedding pale light on the girl as she repeated her uncle's words in her mind.
You don't have anything to live for here.
So, yay, Yellow meets Red and becomes a knight! I know I'm being a bit mysterious about the knights of Kanto, but keep in mind they're kind of a secret organization so no one really knows much about them except the members themselves. Ah, it will be explained later.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, although it was probably sucky -is very pessimistic-. Oh, and don't forget to review!
Fluttersong out!
