A/N: Oh. . yes this is happening. my most successful story has a sequel. holypoop. this has been bugging me for a long time so...I figured that with this new computer I got, why not now? yes, im STILL SICK. no im not abandoning love leads on! its on hold for the time being. I swear, ill be continuing and finishing that when I can. right now I just cant get the words to flow right, so this is filling the gap!hopefully it will live up to its prequel. okay. with that out-of-the-way, it's again told through the eyes of Lucario, but a large amount of time into the future. if you have not read "lucario, legend master" then I suggest you do, because this will be touching with that a lot obviously. so! IF you enjoy please leave a review saying you enjoyed if you hated it leave a review saying you hated it and why. without you guys I would never have continued to write sooo...THANK YOOOOU!
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without further a due...
I give you...
The New Life.
I, Am,Lucario. or I used to be. I traveled with, befriended, and watched over a boy named ash Ketchum. he changed me. not literally of corse, but..emotionally. I spent a large portion of my life with him and his two traveling a time, I had met a lucario that became known as Beth. after an even longer time, we had cubs. but not before It was revealed that I was meant to be the next Legend master. I never fully understood why. I still don't in fact. but what I do know? ill never again underestimate the power of fate. you can run from it, you can hide from it, and you can even fight it. but if its meant to happen it will. that's what I learned. and despite my age, my extended life time, I know there is still so much more I need to know before I can ever call myself wise.
It was yet another fight that summoned us all to the ancient grounds... they where becoming more and more often. it was as if they had forgotten the last time a major fight had broken out between the legends-chaos. the humans had to rebuild almost everything due to the earthquakes and volcano eruptions. I sighed as I watched mewtwo continue to yell at darkri.
"Your wrong! it would do nothing!"
he yelled, his voice echoing off the chamber walls. darkri growled but remained silent.
"guys whats this all about now?"
mew asked, floating over to the two. she looked weary. I didn't blame her-both of them where time bombs ticking away...
"The shadow seems to think that if he where to leave the ancient grounds for good, the nightmaric plague that has been spreading among the humans would slow or stop."
I looked up, utterly confused.
"nightmaric plague?"
entei looked to me with an apologetic expression.
"uh...yeah..sorry for not keeping you updated"
"you didn't even tell him?!"
mew said, interrupting entei with a roll of her eyes.
"no, I didn't. I forgot."
"you forgot? oh, what will you forget next then? the fact that the human population is dropping by more than a third?!"
I sighed deeply again, and turned to mew.
"let it go. please. just.. someone explain whats going on!"
raiku cleared his throat and stepped forward.
" its...hard to explain."
I rolled my eyes.
"try me."
much to muy surprise, it was darkri who answered.
"the humans are suffering to some sort of.. plague. a disease that I have seen before."
"and the cause?"
the shadow-legend seemed hesitant.
"we.. don't know. but we do know the symptoms. first are mild nightmares, then a feeling of impending doom. anxiety, stress, depression.. then the nightmares get worse. much, worse."
my mouth was dry at this point. just how bad was this?
"and...?"
"and eventually death."
I nodded, casting a glance at mewtwo, who still stood glaring daggers at the shadow legend.
"and how would you tie into this?"
again, he hesitated, but answered in a low voice.
"I cause most if not all nightmares. the mere sight of me can cause a human to have a anxiety attack."
I nodded, not breaking eye contact.
"that explains one. and the others?"
darkri turned away from me, and only said six words. six words that chilled me to the bone.
"I caused it the last time."
And with that, he vanished. a silence issued for the next few moments, before it was broken by mew.
"I thought the original cause was unknown?"
mewtwo sighed, and turned to her.
"it was...to most. not many knew that he was the cause. but I guess you all know now."
"but..why?"
palkia answered for her.
"he was young. younger then even Lucario. he had made a human when that human died of old age, he went into a rage. we tried to pacify him, but..he wouldent listen to anything we said. the plague was the result of him unintentionally broadcasting his negative feelings and anger. it caused the nightmares, which caused the stress and anxiety, which caused the depression, and eventually the human that was affected would starve of die from lack of sleep."
Again, the room lapsed into a brief silence.
"okay. I buy that. but..if It was unintentional then, then why now? nothing has happened to upset him. nothing out of the ordinary."
"I don't know why it's happening now..."
mewtwo cleared his throat.
"I think its obvious what has to be done."
I turned to him, not trusting his tone in the least.
"and what is that?"
he leaned forward in his chair, looking me straight in the eye.
"we need to banish him."
at that, a storm of protests and fights erupted.
All around me, there where fights. at first just verbal assaults and arguing. then, the real fighting began. despite my attempts to calm the bigger of the ones who fought, the onslaught continued. eventually the reason behind the disagreement was lost, and it was just chaos.
"GET OFF!"
"STOP IT!"
"ILL KILL YOU FOR THAT!"
unsure what to do, I cowered in the corner. I had never encountered a fight this bad before. of corse arguments had broken out before. but nothing like this!
"g-guys! this is unnessicary! stop!"
I said, but weakly. I was scared. beyond what you could ever imagine. I yelped in shock as a large hyperbeam hit the ground not even a foot in front of me. taking several deep breaths, I took advantage in a slight lag in the fighting, and yelled
"STOOP!"
all was silent then. all eyes turned to me. despite my instincts telling me to run as fast as I could in the other direction, I stormed into the middle of the expansive room.
"you guys have got to get AHOLD OF YOURSELVES!"
I turned to dialga, who was picking himself up off the floor.
"now. tell me. what stopped it before?"
I asked in a small, slow voice. dialga winced before answering.
"mew transformed into a common pokemon and spent..i don't know almost twenty years among humans, spreading peace."
"and how did she do that?"
"By..i don't know!"
I turned to mew, who was obviously trying to back away from the attention.
"mew?"
"I just...made friends? it just fixed itself after a while."
entei nodded.
" the good feelings, joy, happiness, spread like wildfire."
I nodded, suddenly decided. I knew about humans. I spent my entire life with them.i knew what scared them, what made them happy...
" ill go."
I said, and mew cocked her head in confusion.
" it worked before right? I know about humans-more then most of you. if being nice and making friends worked last time then it may work this worth a shot at the very least right?"
mewtwo pushed through the crowed, and looked almost...apologetic?
"are you sure? theres no one left that knows you. you would have to start over."
I sighed, and nodded.
"Im sure. if it helps stop this, then..i have no choice."
mewtwo nodded, and no one stood agenst it. his eyes took on an innerluminesence, and I suddenly felt very tired...
"I meant what I said when I said start over...you will eventually regain your mega evolved form, but not before the deed is done. tread carefully, riolu..."
the message echoed in my mind, but my heart caught when I heard 'riolu'..
when I opened my eyes, it was...strange. not dark, but not light. warm. stretching out my paws, I found I was in some sort of..container. mewtwos message came back to me.. riolu... my eyes snapped open in realization. I was in an egg. I started to struggle, strongly disliking the small space. I pounded agenst the shell, and was rewarded with a satisfying 'crack'. I continued to beat on the shell until it was just weak enough to break..and with an almost blinding flash I found myself falling, then hitting a soft surface. I blinked, disoriented. my vision blurred for a moment before finally focusing, and I recognized that I was in a house. someone gasped behind me, and I turned to see a boy that could not have been older then fifteen. he was shaking, and his eyes where wide as if he saw something horrifying. I shakily got to my feet, took a step, then lost my balance and fell. with a yelp I felt myself being picked up, and was able to catch a glance behind me.a women. much older than the boy-his mother most likely. she turned me around and narrowed her eyes, and looked at me as if I was a danger. after a moment, she smiled.
"welcome to the family little one!"
I smiled,aswell, then turned back to the boy who was still shaking.
"mom get rid of that thing!"
he said, his voice cracking. I turned back to the women who held me closer.
" I will do no such thing! it may look...different... but that doesnt matter! it's still just a baby pokemon. a riolu! you had wanted it to be a riolu!"
he shook his head so fast it almost made me dizzy.
" not one that was a freak!"
and with that, he stormed off. his mother sighed and looked into my eyes.
" your smart. this isnt your first life is it?"
I let out a shocked yelp. how could she know? I shook my head slowly.
" didn't think so. but, still, ill welcome you into our home as if it was. by the surprised look on your face you don't understand my sons reaction...please, don't be offended. he didn't mean what he said. he's just not used to pokemon hatching and looking different then normal."
different? how? she stared walking, slightly tightening her hold on me. she stepped in front of a mirror and turned me around-that was when I realized what had frightened the boy. I still retained a lot of my features from my mega evolution..my body was that of a riolu. easily. but.. things where mixed up. the coloring was off, instead of just blue and black there was red and tan aswell. the fur covering my torso was longer, and my tail was the same. the small buds that would, normally, turn into spikes upon evolving where non existant, instead the spikes where there. my eyes widened in shock, and for once, I had nothing to say. was this intentional? did mewtwo plan this? if so, why? if not, what had gone wrong?
" my names Sarah. my son's name is Josh.. please, don't judge him by his reaction. he was just not prepared. give him some time and I promise he will come around."
I nodded, not fully paying attention. a sudden wave of exhaustion washed over me and I yawned widely. Sarah smiled and carried me to a room with brightly painted walls and a large bed with red sheets.
" you can sleep here for now. if things had gone as planned, you would have slept in joshes room. but for now, this will have to do!"
she said happily, laying me down. I took the time alone to think through what I would do next. I would start by attempting to befriend the boy, Josh, and go from there...
'something tells me that wont be as easy as I want it to be..'
I thought to myself, trying to stay awake. I yawned again, but continued to try to distract myself from sleep. I needed a plan. something I could follow. befriend the boy. that's step one. but what next?...If he takes me out of the house often enough, perhaps to show me to his friends, then I can try to become friends with them as well. from there, I can continue to make friends and such until I eventually evolve. although, who knows what ill look like as a lucario...if I can even evolve. again, I yawned. I turned on to my side before finally submitting to the endless abyss of sleep...I would think about this in the morning.
