"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, this is the event you have all been waiting for!" a male voice booms the announcement over the noise of the crowd that sat in the bleachers of the indoor Pokémon Stadium. "On the red side we have Pokémon League Champion and Dragon Master, Lance!" The announcer pauses to let the fans and spectators scream a bit before continuing. "The only Dragon Master in Kanto and the best in the world, Lance is no pushover when it comes to Pokémon Battles. Even the champions and elites of the other regions have a hard time with his dragons!
"And on the green side we have the rookie, the crowd favorite and Future Dragon Master, Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" the voice on the announcer says. The crowd cheers even louder when the name of the outstanding Pokémon prodigy that Professor Oak had personally sponsored and trained is said. "He started his journey just this year but he has already raised some pretty powerful dragons! He has also done the impossible and won his first league without losing one Pokémon! But is it enough to defeat Lance's dragons? Let's find out. Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for the battle of the Dragon Master title!"
"As Champion and a Dragon Master, I'll make the first move," Lance says as he enlarges a Pokéball. He throws the Pokéball while calling out, "To the Battle Front!" The Pokéball opens in a flash of light and when it subsided, a roaring gyarados is revealed.
"Nice, starting with your gyarados," the young boy, dressed in magnificent attire, says while picking up and enlarging a Pokéball, "but mine's better. It's Time to Rise and Shine!" He threw the Pokéball and it opens with a flash of light. The light fades to reveal another roaring, yet magnificent and equally terrifying, gyarados.
"And both trainers choose gyarados to start with!" the announcer says over the roaring crowd as the arena went dark and the spotlights shine on the two Pokémon. The excitement and anticipation of the crowd is so thick you can cut it with a knife. "Which Sea Dragon would come out on top?"
"Alright, gyarados," Lance says as he starts the battle. "Let show this newbie the true power of Dragon Pokémon! Start off with Dragon Rage!" The Atrocious Pokémon complied and fired a purple and orange fireball.
"You know what to do," Ash says calmly. His Atrocious Pokémon roared with agreement before swishing its tail to hit the attack and bounce it back. Lance's gyarados wasn't able to move out of the way in time. Before it could recover, Ash's gyarados used Thunder and the super-effective move got a direct hit.
"Amazing! Lance's gyarados never stood a chance against Ash's gyarados!" the announcer said with excitement in his voice. The crowd roared loudly at the result. Clearly this child is a true dragon master. "The question is; has this been a lucky shot or is Ash a true dragon master?"
"There is only one way to find out," Lance says as he enlarges another Pokéball. The crisp summer night air breezes through the stadium as he tosses the Pokéball into the air and yells, "To the Battle Front!" The Pokéball opens in a flash of light and when the light faded an aerodactyle appeared.
"And Lance's next Pokémon is the fossil Pokémon; aerodactyle. What would Ash do?" the announcer says while everyone is waiting for the battle to start.
"If you don't mind, I would like to switch Pokémon," the young dragon master-in-training says as he returns his gyarados. He takes out another Pokéball, enlarge it, toss it into the air and yells, "It's Time to Rise and Shine!" The Pokéball opens with a brilliant flash of light and when it died another, yet more magnificent, aerodactyle appears in its place.
"And Ash sends out his own aerodactyle!" the announcer's voice booms over the roaring crowd. "But is it good enough to face Lance's aerodactyle?"
"Let's find out," Lance says to no one in particular and yet, to everyone. "aerodactyle! Start off with Rock Throw!" His aerodactyle complies and threw a huge rock at Ash's aerodactyle.
Ash's aerodactyle didn't do anything at first and Ash never gave an order. Just right before the rock hit it; Ash's aerodactyle grabs it by its feet, swings it around and launches it back at Lance's aerodactyle. It hit Lance's aerodactyle head on, causing it to smash into the ground. Before it could recover, Ash's aerodactyle launches a Hyper-Beam which hit it dead-on. The smoke cleared and the moonlight shines down to show Lance's aerodactyle out cold.
"AMAZING! Ash's aerodactyle knocked out Lance's aerodactyle easily!" the voice of the announcer says over the roaring of the crowd. The score is 0-2 with Ash in the lead.
"Very impressive, Ash. I see you trained your Pokémon well," the dragon master says as he enlarges another Pokéball. "But the battle has only begun. To the Battle Front!" he says while tossing another Pokéball into the air. The Pokéball catches the light of the sun right before it opens in a flash of light. That light fades to reveal a lapras on the battlefield.
"I like how you think Lance," the young and talented boy says as he returns his aerodactyle. He grabs another Pokéball and enlarges it. "However, the battle might have just begun but the fun never stops. It's Time to Rise and Shine!"
His Pokéball also catches the light of the sun before opening in a flash of light. However the light fades into a brilliant reflection of sparkling ice. The sparkling ice forms into another, but 1000 times more beautiful, lapras. The ladies went wild upon seeing Ash's lapras.
"Now we have the battle of the Transport Pokémon; lapras! Ladies and Gentlemen, have you ever seen such a beautiful Pokémon like Ash's lapras?" The ladies screams agree with the announcer.
"Beauty doesn't determine a Pokémon's strength," Lance says bitterly, obviously jealous with Ash's lapras's beauty. "Start out with Ice Beam!" His lapras complies and starts to charge an Ice Beam… only to get hit with an Aurora Beam.
Ash's lapras had fired the beam to keep the Pokémon from attacking. Then, before Lance's lapras recovered, Ash's lapras charges forward and Body Slam it into a crater. And just to be sure Lance's lapras won't be getting up, Ash's lapras fired an Ice Beam, encasing the foe in a thick sheet of ice. Lance's lapras struggles to get out of the thick ice. It took some time but the massive ice starts to crack before shattering. Lance's lapras breaks out but is breathing heavily. However, before Lance could get out an order, Ash's lapras used Body Slam. The other lapras couldn't stay conscious any longer.
"What a spectacular finish! Lance's lapras wasn't able to get a hit in!" the announcer states the obvious but with astonish in his voice. The crowd, mainly the females, squeals in delight. The sunset kissed color sea rolls across the bay as Lance stares awestruck at the scene before collecting himself.
"I seem to have underestimated you, Ash," the dragon master says. "To the Battle Front!" he says as he tosses another Pokéball in the air which, again, opens in a brilliant flash of light. The light fades leaving only a seadra in the ocean where one wasn't before.
"I get that a lot," the boy casually replies as he returns his beautiful lapras. He enlarges and throws another Pokéball while yelling, "It's Time to Rise and Shine!" After opening in a glorious flash of light, a magnificent seadra danced on the fiery waves and into battle. The crowd goes wild upon seeing Ash's seadra.
"Now we have the battle between the Seahorse Dragons!" the announcer says in a tone that screams he excited to see what happens. "Can Ash keep up his winning streak?"
"Seadra!" Lance starts, "Let's start with Smokescreen! Try to confuse them!"
Lance's seadra complies and fires a Smokescreen, tainting the fiery waters. It hides in the dark cloud, hoping to confuse its opponent. It fires off different attacks to try to hit the opponent while hiding in its dark cloud. It seems to have worked… until the cloud started spinning.
Ash's seadra, who has been dancing to avoid the attacks, fires an attack of its own: Whirlpool. Since Lance's seadra refuse to fight it head on, it figures it needed to even out the playing field a bit. Still dancing, Ash's seadra fires off some electric-filled fast-moving bubbles and a Dragonbreath. The Dragonbreath move launches Lance's seadra into the air and before it and Lance could do anything, Ash's seadra let loose with a Thunder attack, instantly knocking Lance's seadra out.
"What a spectacular battle! Ash's seadra danced it way into victory!" the announcer says as the crowd goes wild. It almost sounds like the announcer is trying not to faint. "With a 4-0 score, can Lance turn this battle around?"
"I plan to," Lance says to no one in particular. "To the Battle Front!" he yells as he enlarges another Pokéball before tossing it. The ball caught the light of the midmorning sun before opening in a flash of light. The light fades to reveal a sleek and beautiful dragonair, who is singing a beautiful melody, a battle songlike cry.
"And Lance brings out his dragonair! We all know what Ash is going to pick to fight this powerful beauty," the announcer says. Already the crowd, gathered around the grassy areas of Pallet Town, is anticipating Ash's dragonair and how more beautiful it would be compared to Lance's Dragonair.
Ash doesn't say anything, just returns his seadra with a smile. He takes out another Pokéball, enlarges it, and tosses it into the air while saying his catchphrase, "It's Time to Rise and Shine!" The Pokéball opens in a dazzling flash of light and everyone is holding their breath to see Ash's dragonair… only the light doesn't fade into the slick body of a dragonair. Its body is thicker, it has short arms with clawed hands, legs and wings. When the light fades completely, the crowd could see what Pokémon it truly is.
"It's a draginite! Ash sends out a dragonite! He Breaks The Pattern!" the announcer exclaim as he can't believe what he is seeing. Even the crowd is stunned silence. As amazing as the dragonite is, they are wondering why Ash would break this pattern.
"Dragonair! Let's finish this quick!" Lance says as he is the only one not stunned by this revelation. His dragonair acknowledge and spread out its ears/wings. Ash's dragonite prepares for the fight by spreading its wings and both Pokémon flew to the skies above Professor Oak's ranch. Soon no one could see the two Pokémon.
Up in the skies, Ash's dragonite and Lance's dragonair were sending all of the attacks they have towards each other and blocking their opponents attacks. Thunder meets Thunder, Ice Beam meets Flamethrower, Hyper Beam meets Dragonbreath and so on. It wasn't until dragonite manages to get above dragonair did the battle finally end. The bigger, stronger dragon grabs the other one and uses a super-effective move at point-blank. Dragonair couldn't handle it, fell back to earth and lost conscious.
"What a battle!" the announcer says after the smoke cleared. "I doubt anyone saw most of the battle since it was so high up but we all saw the end result. I guess this shows evolution is the key."
"Perhaps," Lance semi-agrees, accepting the lost well. Its dark out, as the sun hasn't risen yet, so it's hard to see what Lance is really thinking. "How about we see which dragonite is best?" he asks as he throws his sixth and final Pokéball in the air. The ball opens in a blinding flash and once the light dies down, another, healthier, dragonite stood in its place.
"Evolution isn't always the key," Ash says, somewhat surprising himself with the words. He returns his dragonite and adds, "And I'll have to decline on the dragonite. I think it would be best if our strongest Pokémon fight each other." He tosses another Pokéball into the lightening dark sky. The ball opens in a blinding flash and a blazing charizard blast through the light. The fire on its tail shines brightly and fiercely.
"With a score of 5-0 with Ash in the lead, can Lance's dragonite defeat Ash's charizard and his entire team?" the announcer says in a tone that's says he's both disappointed there won't be a dragonite vs dragonite yet excited for the next battle.
"Perhaps not, but I'm not going to give up," the soon-to-be-former Dragon Master says before the battle starts. "Dragonite! Start off with Twister!" His dragonite roars his acknowledgement and begins to flaps his wings. The powerful whirlwind swept towards Ash's charizard, creating a broken path of grass, flowers and grown food along the way.
Ash's charizard beat his wings hard to create some sort of whirlwind barrier before taking to the skies, leaving Ash's mother's garden. Dragonite flew after charizard high into the sky until the only thing visible is the light form their attacks.
The sky begins to brighten more, drowning out the light from the attacks until they are no longer seen. Not long after, both Pokémon decent from the skies in tremendous speed with no sense of slowing down. If one looks closely they would see charizard's wings are frozen and dragonite's wings are burnt badly. Both Pokémon hit the ground, in the middle of Ash's mother's garden, hard. When the first rays of sun hit and the dust settled, only Ash's charizard was standing.
"What an amazing fight! With Six wins and zero losses, Ash is the winner of the title; Dragon Master and League Champion!" the announcer says as the crowd in stadiums bleacher around Pallet Town cheers. "Ladies and Gentlemen, for all of those watching at home, this battle is surely one for the history books."
Ash is now standing on a platform while being handed the trophy and getting his picture taken with Lance. His mother is in her garden, which now looks like a wild forest with thick vines, picking out food for his special dinner and dessert. When she looks at him, her eyes are filled with so much pride they glow, very brightly.
"Ash?" a strange old, yet wise, voice calls to him. Ash turns around to see a group of old people wearing old clothing, similar to Lance's outfit, though his is more modern. The oldest man, dressed in chief clothing, steps forward. "With the talent you showed here, defeating our best Dragon Master, we would like to ask you to join us, teach us your secrets and guide us to a brighter future," he says while holding out some clothing for Ash.
"I… It'll be an honored, sir," Ash accepts, stunned by the offer. His clothes are now a combination of the clothes the dragon clan are wearing and his magnificent outfit. Ash waves to the crowd as they cheer for him.
"Well done, Ash," the voice of Professor Oak says as he walks up. "I always knew you are special, and I was right. You are so much better than my loser grandson, Gary." Over Professor Oak's shoulder is a young boy, about Ash's age, sulking in the background while all of his fans become Ash's fans.
"I am so proud of you, Ash," his mother says as she comes up with a basket of food fresh from her garden. The smile on her face seems too big for it but it's really warm. Ash just smiles and nods, to show her words mean everything to him.
"Unown," a small and almost silent voice sings. A strange S letter, blue in color, with an eye floats by. Ash almost didn't catch it but he dismissed it as unimportant. This is the moment he has been waiting for; nothing is going to stop him from enjoying it a little longer. Not even an image of a sleeping pikachu and a grass fairy.
Ash turns towards the crowd when strange sounds, almost music start to play. A beautiful melody, like a forest, echoes across the stadium. Ash pays no mind to it as he begins his speech. But before any words came out, rainclouds start pouring all around him and things start to get really weird.
"Unown," the voice quietly sings [do]. Ash turns slightly to try to find the source and he thinks he caught sight of it. Only… it was an A. He doesn't notice his clothes are different. For some reason, he's now wearing his pajamas.
The smell of sea foam fills his nose as the wave crashes against the cliff. Snow, rain, hail and lightning fall from the sky. Now the song matches the chaos of the storm, but if a way of calming it, or trying to. It's like the song alone isn't enough to stop the fighting.
"Unown," the voice sings again [re]. Ash tries to look where he thought he heard it but he didn't see anything. Then something flew by his eye. He only caught a glance but he thinks it's that strange letter… but why is it a C?
Then the ground shakes as harsh sunbeams and dark rainclouds fight for their place in the sky above. Fire erupts from the earth as the ocean came crashing in. The earth and the ocean are now fighting each other with no regards for the living caught in the center. Suddenly the sky seems to lock up the harsh sun and the pouring rain, much to the displeasure of the fiery earth and the watery ocean. The three sides each has a different sound; a gruff, harsh roar for the earth, a high-pitch song-like call for the ocean and a wind chime cry for the sky. A misunderstanding from a desire to reshape the world.
"Unown," the voice sings yet again [me]. Ash caught a glimpse of it before it vanishes into the background… but it was an R this time. He wants this to stop.
The ground shakes again and the water drives away from the city. Out in a distance, a huge wave comes rushing back before it is stopped by a pillar of light. Another song is sung as a temple under the sea rises forth. A drive for power and glory with no concerns for anyone around them.
"Unown," the voice sang so close to Ash's ear [fa]. Ash turns around quickly to see it vanishing. He thought it was an E this time, but isn't too sure.
Two blasts rips apart time and space. Pain rips the minds, hearts and strength of men and Pokémon alike. A shadow comes out from nowhere and pulls some poor souls into its world. Power given to those worthy of winning, a battle of truth and ideas is put on the battlefront. To reshape the world, to have unlimited power, that's what drives some hearts astray.
"Unown," the voice sings again [so]. Out of the corner of his eye, Ash saw the letter floating away… only the letter is a D. He briefly wonders why things are changing so quickly.
A forest in a city, wild Pokémon thrives. Superpower attacks hit, Pokémon scatter, then a psychic blast explodes. Healing water revives a dying soul. Crystalline tree gives closure to the past. The past forgotten only brings pain from the weapons they leave.
"Unown," the voice sings as it dances behind Ash [la]. He turns around to catch a glimpse of it; the letter A it was this time. He starts to wonder if the letter has anything to do with what he is seeing. He doesn't understand this.
Glittering diamonds, a touch of death, a gift of life; a brother is almost lost. An act of selfishness causes pain and suffering. A drive for power, glory, blinds a noble act. Only in true selflessness would the heart thaw and true strength emerges.
"Unown," the voice sings again [tea]. This time Ash caught a glimpse of the letter, an S, before it disappears into the background. Why won't this stop?
A rare, one in a lifetime event is celebrated. A man blinded by humiliation takes a being so powerful, and special, to make his desire, his wish, come true. A streak of light is seen in the night sky. A rock falls form the sky and onto the earth. Rainbow lights fill the sky. Friends separated fight to reunite against a harsh sky on a strange world.
"Unown," the voice sings once more as Ash tries to figure out what is going on [do]. The strange letter danced in front of him for a moment before disappearing again. He saw the letter clearly; an H, but he couldn't understand why this is happening.
The touch of death, the loss of his brother; it hurts and he can't do anything about it. A storm, powered by anger and confusion, with the desire to reshape the world his way. Hatred for all things it's not, hatred for all things not natural, a fight, a war, breaks out. A war from long ago, a war that has yet to begun, sacrifices are made for the better of all but ones sacrifice may be in vain. A sacrifice causes pain, confusion, to those close to them. A cry calls to him; "Pikapi!"
"Unown," the voices sang together. Wait, voices? Ash looks around the see the letters, as in more than one like he first thought, dancing around him. "Unown," they sang as they danced. They are moving around so much Ash can't tell how many there are.
It's raining again, with the occasional lightning strikes striking so close, as he stands in the face of death. Sunlight cuts through the clouds and rainbows fills the sky. The background suddenly burst into golden rose colored flames as a screech cuts through the air. The flames climb into the air until they touches the rainbow above.
"Unown," the strange letters sang as they circle him. As Ash watches them, he hears something other than their singing. It wasn't really a voice, just some words that came to him, though he doesn't really understand it. A single letter alone isn't powerful, but a thousand words can change the world and create new realities.
Authors Notes: Here is a part of the [unfinished] rewritten Chapter One. To be honest; I never liked how I started the last one, which is why I decided to rewrite it. Confused with whats going on? Don't worry; I meant for that. And if you aren't confused the first time you read it... then I did a poor job...
This chapter hasn't been beta-read yet, mainly because I don't have someone who knows how the system works. I'm sure it's simple, which is why I can't seem to figure it out.
Sorry for any misspellings. I am not familiar to Pokemon name spellings. And I wanted to try something; have Pokemon names be lowercase [like dog and cat aka growlithe and meowth] unless it's also their name. I hope no one minds this.
Please leave a review or ask questions if you don't understand something. And please be nice when saying something. If you aren't I am going to ignore you.
Does anyone know if it would be okay to have two of the same story only one has smaller [and more] chapters? I like having one VERY long chapter but my sister thinks it's too long and wants me to shorten it or break it up. I don't know what to do... In the meantime, it's here.