POKEMON!
SHADOWS: YO EVERYONE! THIS IS OUR FIRST AND PROBABLY ONLY POKEMON FANFIC!
EVER: UH-HUH! SO PLEASE R&R AND EVEN FLAMES ARE ACCEPTED! ALTHOUGH WE MUST SAY SOMETHING…
EVER IN THE SHADOWS: ASH AND MISTY FOREVER!
SHADOWS: I HATE ASH AND MAY I DUNNO WHY BUT IT SEEMS LIKE MAY JUST BARGED IN AND TOOK ASH AWAY FROM MISTY AND I HATE THAT! AND MISTY WAS THERE FIRST! SO THIS WILL BECOME A LOVE TRIANGLE! FOR ASH, MAY AND A NEW CHARACTER MYSTIC!
EVER: COZ WE THINK IT'S A BIT WEIRD IF WE JUST THROW MISTY IN…ANYWAY…WE MAY ADD HER BAK IN SOMETIME…DUNNO… I DON'T REALLY LIKE LOVE AND ALL SO I'LL DO THE ADVENTURE PART WHILE SHADOWS-
SHADOWS: I WILL BE THE MASTERMIND IN ALL ROMANCES AND THERE WILL BE QUITE A FAIR FEW! YAY!
EVER: WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ASH'S DAD SO HE PLAYS A PART IN IT AND NEW CHARACTERS ARE ALL CREATED BY US!
SHADOWS: YUP! AND THERE IS SOME PRETTY EMOTIONAL STUFF IN HERE TOO! HOPEFULLY!
EVER IN THE SHADOWS: WE'LL ALSO ATTEMPT SOME SLAPSTICK COMEDY, OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE LATER… AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU THIS IS THE STORY!
A 17 year old Ash stared into the night sky and wondered where his dad is. He had took off on a journey 15 years ago. Ash could barely remember his father's face. But there was also someone in the background he would see, but it's all a blur. Maybe his dad cheated on his mum, but…that person in the background looked so small…he doubt it…
Ash loved the night sky, and no matter how long he would stare at it, there would always be something new in it he never found out before. It was so interesting. It was as if he was in a trance. Pikachu and the others were already asleep. But Ash couldn't sleep, he can't help feeling as though he was watched and it wasn't safe for him to go to bed.
'Ash, you're still up?' A voice said surprisingly. Ash almost jumped out of his skin. He turned around quickly, the trance disappeared immediately.
'Oh, it's you May, you scared me!' Ash cried, holding onto his chest.
May, now a 16 year old girl giggled, 'Sorry, it's odd but I always thought you were the sleepy-head kind.'
'Well, you were quite wrong.' Ash said, watching her as she crawled out of the tent and invited herself to sit down next to him.
There was an awkward silence between the two.
Without knowing it, they both said, 'So…uh!'
Ash just stared blankly into May's eyes. Don't know what to do. May slowly leaned closer, Ash didn't move. May leisurely began to lean further and closed her eyes. Ash didn't know what to do and didn't move an inch.
'Back off!' Someone screamed at May, Ash felt something covering his mouth and a hand covering his waist and moving him back. He was about to scream but the firm grip stopped him from it at all.
'Hey! What are you're going to do with Ash?' May screamed, waking everyone up with a start.
'Let me go!' Ash cried, about to bite his captors' hand before he saw something.
'One more move and I'll take his life. I mean what I say.' She warned. A knife in her hands pointed at Ashs' neck. At that point another person came out, the moonlight so pale that it was impossible to see any of them. This one though, they could see their clothing. It wasn't much of a hint though, they just wore clothes draping over their whole body, revealing nothing. This one had a sword on them. They wield it well, trying to defend their friend.
'What's going on!' Brock and Max cried as they came out of the tent as well.
'Pika, pika!' Pikachu shouted as well.
Another came as well, a bit taller but the same in clothing. They covered Brock and Max from Ash.
The one holding onto Ash smirked, as it was the only thing that they didn't cover, it was the only thing they could see, 'If you value his life, you won't come with us. If one of you is stupid enough, you can be our hostage as well…'
Without a noise Pikachu stood up front, the one guarding Brock and Max picked Pikachu up. Amazingly Pikachu didn't shoot electricity at them, even though everyone else mouthed it.
'Let's go team!' The one holding onto Ash as hostage cried, without a noise they all mysteriously disappeared, nothing, no ransom, no note, nothing…
None of them slept a wink at all…especially May. She thought over about what she did. She was a confident girl though. He was sure he liked her. It's natural; she was the most popular girl when she was at school. But why didn't he kiss her when he had the chance? May didn't usually let guys do that to her that easily…He should've kissed her while he had the chance…She flicked her hair back.
AT A NEARBY CAVE
'Hey! Wake up!' Something slapped Ash's face.
'Please, don't hurt the poor boy…'A little helpless voice pleaded kindly, a complete opposite compared to the one that slapped his face.
'Oh man! You're so nice to people…' One said.
'Please, maybe my method will create a more satisfactory result…'
'Ok then, go ahead.'
Ash felt a gentle and warm hand caressing his face and a warm voice singing a song to him,
'Goodbye,
Funny how that's such a hard thing to say
Now it's time to let go but…
Never thought I'd feel this way…
Promise not to be sad cause…
We both knew I was lying…
Gotta fight back the tears cause,
Can't let you see me crying.
You're more than just my best friend…
What makes me misty most of all…
In a final curtain call,
Is knowing that I won't see you…again…'
That voice, it was so beautiful, so tender and loving it was…mesmerizing. The words replayed over and over again in Ash's mind, it was so wonderful. It was like every single syllable composed though this stunning voice was concentrated and was all together true. It was strange…such a beautiful song will exist in such a place and with such people. Guess you can't judge people by what they do either.
Ash slowly fluttered his eyes open, his mind still filled with this song, this voice and this person…
'I'm so glad you've finally awoken…' That sweet voice told him, as Ash looked up, all he saw was her eyes, although the rest of the face was covered by a hood, it was a she, her eyes were a dazzling ice blue, such a person should be as cold as their eyes, but it was filled with warmth and gentleness, but there was something hiding underneath those eyes, although he couldn't place what it was…but the colour green just came to his mind. As she spoke, Ash focused on her lips, as they moved it was like an angel was speaking to him, it was a shiny pink, pale but still pink.
'Yo Ash, break it up will ya? Don't go smooching so late at night. Or Pikachu's gonna electrocute ya.' The trance was broken. The one that owned the voice was cold and dangerous, that was more of a threat than a warning. Ash became wide awake, and he stared straight at the eyes just like his own but were far colder, she also had a hood on her face. There was no warmth and only a tremble of fear rushed though him.
'Pikachu!' Ash snapped his head around as Pikachu jumped onto his lap. Ash was glad to see Pikachu, but was wondering why it hadn't attacked his captors yet. But at least it was there with him.
'Oh, I'm so glad to see you buddy!' Ash cried as the two friends embraced.
'Now, let us all introduce ourselves. I'm Alona Ketchum, from Silver-valley town. I'm 19 years old and after my father told me to go on a journey I never saw him again.' Alona, the one so cold and dangerous said, lifting up her hood.
'Alona, I don't think the guy's friends are going to come tonight.' A male's voice said as they came in, 'Oh, so you're awake. Hey, I'm Ayden Abets. 20 years old from Silver-valley town and both parents deceased.' The male lifted his hood to reveal bright emerald green eyes and short dark brown hair.
They all looked back at Ash expectedly, 'I'm…uh…I'm Ash Ketchum, 17 years…old…Palate town…I-I've only got a mother…'
'So it IS you! I've been looking all over the world for you! Who knew you were hiding in the Hoen region!' Alona cried, pointing a finger at Ash.
'W-w-w-why were you looking for me?' Ash stammered, surprised by the sudden change of attitude toward him.
'Doesn't it seem strange to you that she's only got a father to you?' Ayden asked, staring at Ash.
'Uh-' Ash began.
'BROTHER!' Alona almost screamed as she pulled Ash into a bear hug, squeezing him so hard that he almost choked to death.
'Whoa! Alona! Don't kill him right after you see him!' Ayden told her, putting a hand on her shoulder.
'Yes, please you'll harm yourself…' He last girl still under the hood said.
As Alona finally let Ash breathe again, Ash asked, 'So what's your name?' He asked directing at the last girl.
The girl seemed shocked. She didn't respond, instead she lifted her hood to reveal neck long dark, dark green hair. Her eyes revealing like two diamonds between grasses. She was very slender, almost so much that she didn't seem healthy. Her ears weren't pierced and she had lips the colour of really young baby pink it was almost breathtaking, 'Actually I was hoping that you would know.' She simply said her lips barely moving.
'What?' Ash asked, not understanding.
'She had amnesia. We found her by the Silver-valley entrance, half dead and floating down our river that's linked to Palate town and only Palate town. She was freezing. We believe that many of her features now were not so from birth, but from our mystic river as she floated through. It was strange though, while we tried to revive her all she ever said was, "Ash, Ash where are you? Where are you Ash?"'
'Who's we?' Ash asked a stupid question.
'Well, Alona and I with basically our entire village. After she awoke she didn't remember a thing. Then Alona's father told her to go on a journey. That was good enough an excuse to find out more about pokemon and go on some adventure for me!' Ayden told him.
'And go in search for you too brother, and of course to find out the mystery behind her. We call her Mystic for now, and the name just clicks.' Alona told him.
'It brings me great honour to finally meet you Mister Ash Ketchum…' Mystic told Ash as she knelt down and bowed.
'Ah! It's a pleasure to meet you too Miss Mystic!' Ash said doing the same; he wasn't used to having such respect before. As they both looked up Mystic gave Ash a disarming and genuine smile. Ash almost somersaulted into the air, she's so pretty!
A loud roar was heard from outside, 'Seems like supper just arrived…' Ayden said as two large wolves came running in with a bunch of different herbs in their mouths. There was an extremely large one, almost 2 metres in height; in grey so beautiful it is anything but dull, with dark blue eyes. Another looked a bit worn out, it was as white as snow, and this one had green eyes.
'Wh-what pokemon are they?' Ash asked himself as he took his Pokedex out.
'Racksals; the wolf pokemon, their speed attacks defy the laws of motion as they can travel past the speed of light yet their bodies and their passengers will not fall to pieces. Their usual colour is white, and others are grey and black, the more extreme their colour is, the healthier they are. They possess the ability to Sight Share like the legendary Latios and Latias. They possess amazingly large amounts of strength although their weight does not make them seem so. They could also communicate through thoughts to humans as well. The full grown height of a Racksal is usually expected to be 2.7 metres or more. They belong to the Electric pokemon type. They have psychic powers as well as water. It is very rare to come across Racksals as they were hunted for their fur 3 decades ago.' The cool woman's voice said.
'Wow…A Racksal huh…it sure seems healthy…' Ash complimented, but the only response was when the largest Racksal glared at him and began to growl.
Alona slammed a hand over Ash's mouth, 'No! Ash didn't mean that! Please ignore him Serian!'
Alona then spoke to Ash barely over a whisper, 'How dare you not respect a pokemon! They must either be known by their gender, or by their names! Calling them 'it' lowers your respect to the pokemon! Don't ever call them 'it', they must be respected! After all, if you win a battle, it's not because of you, but because of the pokemon's respect for you! Make sure you respect your pokemon, especially Serian!' Alona warned Ash.
'She's right you know, you won't want to disrespect your pokemon or anyone else's! If you were in our village you could be bashed up on the streets for disrespecting your pokemon!' Ayden also reminded Ash, nose to nose.
'O-ok…' Ash stammered, he never really thought about it that way.
'Pika, Pika, Pikachu…' Pikachu also agreed.
'Ok then, from now on I will have high respect for my pokemon!' Ash declared. He walked over to Serian and bowed, 'I'm really sorry Serian for calling you an 'it' I hope you could forgive me.' Ash apologized wholeheartedly.
Serian looked up at Alona, as if checking for approval. As Alona and Ayden both gave her a smile, Serian began to think to Ash, 'You're forgiven, but I must ask you for your consideration towards pokemon from now on, respect is merely the beginning of becoming a good pokemon master Mister Ketchum.' As Ash looked up, Serian lightly licked Ash on the cheek.
The young white Racksal jumped onto Ash's lap, making him fall over and started licking his face over and over.
'Now, I bet you're hungry, trust me on this Ash, Mystic makes the best meals around!' Alona told Ash as Mystic was already setting things up on a pot and starting to throw things into the pot.
'Miss. Alona, I think we're missing some River Wood and Fondles. They're the main ingredients for my special After Rafter…' Mystic looked a bit distressed.
'WHAT! YOU'RE MAKING AFTER RAFTER?' Alona and Ayden both shouted at the same time, 'I'M GOING! NO I AM! NO…I AM!' They both shouted in each other's faces.
'GR…' They both growled at each other holding onto each other's hands and pushing really hard, after 4 seconds the let go and said, 'Elephant, Cat, Mouse!' And Ayden put out two hands on his head, while Alona placed two fists in front of her nose one after another.
'HA! I WIN! SERIAN! LET'S GO!' Alona cried and whistled to her pokemon. She cart-wheeled a few times before jumping onto Serians' back and disappearing into the night.
'What the…?' Ash was stunned.
Ayden seemed a bit bummed out, when he saw Ash's confused look he said, 'Oh? That's just the Chu Formula. Kind of like…uh…Scissors, paper and rock. Elephant Ears is what I put out, but Alona put Mouse's Nose. As you know, Elephants are said to be afraid of mice, so Alona wins. If I put out Cat's Whiskers, which is done like this,' Ayden had his second finger and third finger stuck out on both hands and placed the back of his palm on his cheeks, 'I would've won.'
(EVER: NOT BAD HUH! I MADE THAT UP BY MYSELF!
SHADOWS: YES, YES BIG DEAL, BUT WE DUNNO IF ANYONE HAS EVER DONE IT BEFORE!
EVER: WELL, THIS WAS MADE ON THE 7TH OF July 7, 2005!
SHADOWS: WELL, ANYONE THAT READ IT IS ALSO ALLOWED TO USE THIS GAME IF THEY LIKE! BUT PLEASE NAME IT Chu Formula IN HONOUR OF US? PLEASE? AS THAT IS THE PROPER NAME OF THIS GAME!
EVER IN THE SHADOWS: ENJOY!)
Ash understood now, this is what it meant:
Elephant Ears: The two hands on the head with the elbows stuck out looks like the Elephant's Ears.
Cat's whiskers: the two fingers stuck out are naturally the Elephant's Ears.
Mouse Nose: Although it doesn't look like it, the two fists in front of the nose make the nose bigger like a mouse's snout.
'And so, obviously Elephant beats Cats, and Cat's beat Mouse but since it was an old saying that the Elephant is afraid of mice, so regardless of that being true or false, the Mouse wins the Elephant. And that's how the game works, just like scissors, paper and rock. Although our little village has played it a millennia ago. We never really did tell anyone about it outside our village, so no-one knows the game if they were not part of our village.'
'Wow…that's a pretty cool game…' Ash said, amused.
'Yeah, Alona taught it to me though…those were the days…' Ayden said with a dreamy voice when it came to the past as he laid on his stomach and held his head up by his elbows.
'Are you guys going out?' Ash asked boldly.
Ayden's head slammed into the hard ground, making an imprint as he pulled his face off the floor, 'WHADDA YA MEAN?' He cried, his face still covered in soil as his head flew up.
EVER: AND THAT'LL BE IT FOR NOW! HOPE YOU ENOJOYED IT!
SHADOWS: YEAH! WE'RE ALREADY MAKING THE SECOND ONE SO….HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN!
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