This is the first chapter of my rewritten story 'Hotaru no Hikari'. Wow, it really took me two years to do this. Please, enjoy reading it and tell me your opinion and thoughts in a review. And I really hope you will like! Rated T: For violence. If you don't like it, don't read it. Some chapters will be similar to the ones in my old HnH version!

Based on the anime and the HGSS versions.
Main categories: Action, Aventure, Drama, Family, Humor

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or the Pokémon characters! I own only my OCs and plot!

Prologue: A Stormy Night

It was a dark and stormy night in the southern Johto region. A strong wind blew and bent the trees of the forest as if they were made of rubber, and the endless raindrops fell and pattered on the leaves, nearly tearing them apart. All Pokémon stayed in their nests and hideouts, nestled with other Pokémon to find comfort in that storm. It had been a while since the last storm made them hide. A group of Pidgey searched the safety of a strong tree while two Rattata hopped into a hole in the ground. The thunder and lightning bolts rumbled loud enough to make the earth tremble.

Only one single Pokémon flew directly into the center of the storm, it knew it would be in danger if it landed. A tiny Pokémon in the appearance of a reindeer with white and green fur flew through the frightful storm. It fought its way through the wind and rain, but could barely see. Flashes surprised and seemed to surround the reindeer Pokémon, it almost dropped the plant which it carried in its mouth, a pink flower. The petals hung lifelessly and the beauty of the flower got robbed by the thunderstorm.

"Mii!" The Pokémon cried in surprise as a thunderbolt stroke one of the trees before the Pokémon. Immediately, it fell like a stone from the sky. The Pokémon hit several branches of the trees, which caught it before it dropped to the ground. Exhausted and injured the Pokémon tried to stand up. But instead, it collapsed exhausted. "Mii..."

Suddenly, the ear-splitting sound of a helicopter echoed through the valley, literally drowning the noises of the storm.

The Pokémon's eyes snapped open in shock, it panted and raised its head to see the danger coming closer. The reindeer got up on its legs, and with one jump it was back in the air. The reindeer flew higher to reach the perfect altitude, but the sound of the helicopter came closer rapidly and thus the humans who were after the reindeer Pokémon. By glancing at the flying contraption the Pokémon suddenly noticed how big it was, it was frightening huge. And the logo of the Pokémon's chasers jumped into the reindeer's view. A crimson red 'R', painted on the side of the chopper.

Someone inside the helicopter opened the sliding on the side of the chopper and leaned out, only to get greeted by enormous rain. "I can see it! I found the Pokémon!" yelled the person. That man used infrared-field glasses to identify their target in the darkness.

"How far away?" shouted a woman, the pilot of the helicopter. Her grip on the control column tightened as she fought against the strong and rapidly changing winds. Out of the sudden, the helicopter got ripped out of the flight by the wind and lost altitude, but the woman who controlled the machine had enough experiences to get it back under control. She steered it around and followed her partner's orders, chasing after the Pokémon. "I can't see it, where is it?" again, she yelled. The sound of rain that splashed on their contraption added to the helicopter sounds and the thunder. The woman steered the helicopter over the the forest with all her might and above a deep abyss that lead into the dark sea.

"About three hundred meters ahead and it is heading further out to the sea!"

"That is too far. We're nearly out of gas, we need to go back or else we won't make it!" the pilot exclaimed and almost whirled the steering column around, but her partner stopped her.

"Wait!" he yelled and ran to a metallic box in corner. Inside the box was professional equipment to catch Pokémon. Nets, tranquilizer darts, transmitters, blowguns, and a shotgun. It was a matter of fact that he took the modern shotgun and put a single dart into the opening for cartridges before he leaned out of the chopper, again, and aimed for the flying reindeer Pokémon. The shotgun pushed him down, since the gun's weight only laid on his right shoulder. "Okay, hold still, little-" He grunted as the helicopter flew a sharp curve, almost causin him to fall out. "Hun! Are you mad? You nearly killed me!" the muscular man shouted at his partner, grabbing the bar that was attached to the side of the sliding door. To his disappointment, he found the Pokémon escaping from them.

Unimpressed, the female pilot shrugged with her shoulders before she canceled the mission, she steered the helicopter back to the land. "And you nearly killed our target. If that Pokémon falls asleep in its flight, then it would die by falling into the sea from this altitude. Additionally, you wouldn't even hit from this distance, so save the darts for later. We will head out again when the storm is over, Attila. Plus, it still got the transmitter, so we won't have any trouble finding it later," she told him with an icy look on her face. "Let's go back."

The helicopter flew back toward the Johto region, away from the storm. The further they flew the weaker became the wind and the rain became less.

Therefore, the further the helicopter flew the higher became hills and mountains.

An abandoned mountain range appeared on the horizon, and that was the point the helicopter was heading to. It was a lifeless area without many Pokémon, dangerous, dark, sinister, and cold, far away from the sea. The perfect place to hide something no one is allowed to find. A hideout for example.

As the chopper flew to one of the mountains, it seemed like it was about to crash into it, but instead the helicopter turned the rotors upside down to remain in the current position. Artificial lights from the ground signaled the pilot to land. Slowly, the woman flew lower and before she landed the helicopter, the ground split, revealing a platform where the chopper landed on. Before the ground plates closed again, the platform carried the helicopter underneath the surface to the secret hideout of the organization who had sent these two agents.

"How annoying. I can't believe that thing escaped," the muscular man named Attila hissed loudly and balled his hands to fists as he hopped out of the chopper. He cracked his knuckles loudly, simply exposing his muscles. He had short, but shaggy and somewhat messy blonde hair and wore sunglasses, though he hadn't seen the sun shining for a few days.

"Calm down. First, we need to report everything to Professor Sebastian," his partner, Hun, a woman with shoulder-length silver hair and silver eyes told him and followed him.

Their way led through the hideout, through dark corridors all heading deeper into the mountain itself. Doors on each side made it seem endless, but around the corner was the last door. A door made of glass, but the room behind it couldn't be seen. And only the higher-ranked agents were allowed to enter the room. Hun withdrew a magnetic ID card from the pocket of her grey trousers and pulled it through the scanner of the electronic lock. A green light gave the permission to enter and the door opened automatically.

The room behind the glass door included a mass of desks, all lined up and all holding computers and screens. Only a dimmed, artificial light illuminated the room, created by the giant screen attached on the opposite wall. "Professor Sebastian?" asked Hun, catching the attention of the person standing in front of the huge screen. "We're back from our mission." The female agent leaned her hands on her hips as she walked to that person, followed by her partner in crime.

"You're quite late. I hope you will enlighten me how your mission went," the man said, his gaze remained on the screen. Assuming from his clothes, he was a scientist, but obviously a higher-ranked one. He wore a white, rather greyish, lab coat, glasses, had grey hair with a single white streak, and a grey goatee. Slowly, he turned his head to face the agents.

Hun hesitated, her eyes became even colder and her look was filled with anger but she stayed cool. "We failed. The Pokémon escaped and fled in the storm. We weren't able to follow it any further," she reported.

With a sigh, crossed the scientist his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes. "That's a pity, because the transmitter stopped sending signals only a few minutes ago. It doesn't happen too often that a Shaymin appears here in Johto. But more important is, how great its strength can be. The repairs in sector D have been initiated, but proceed rather slowly," Professor Sebastian mumbled under his breath. "I hope you understand how import it is to catch that Shaymin. With a Shaymin under our control Team Rocket would have an unlimited source of power."

"We understand, professor," Hun said, throwing a sharp glare at her partner, which told him to keep quiet.

But instead, Attila snorted and snapped in his rage. "I still can't believe that a tiny Shaymin has destroyed our base. It seemed so weak," he hissed loudly.

The Professor arched one eyebrow suspiciously. "A Shaymin is still a legendary Pokémon despite its size." The scientist raised the remote which he held in his right hand and pressed a single button with his thumb. The picture on the giant screen changed and showed a map of the Johto region. Another click and the directions of wind and water flows appeared on the map, and a red dot in the middle of the sea as well. "We've received the last signal exactly twelve minutes ago," he explained, focusing on the red point in the picture. "Considering the wind speed and the direction of the wind, the storm will head further to the south."

"What is that?" Attila asked, pointing at the tiny green marks on the screen.

"A group of several islands called the Sevii Archipelago. If our calculations are correct, the storm will hit the islands and then vanish there," the scientist explained calmly. He pressed another button to zoom at the islands, enlarging the picture. "The archipelago has one main island and five smaller islands, all populated, around them is a group of several smaller islands but all uninhabited."

Attila's gaze wandered from the screen to the professor, and back. "You're not trying to tell us that the Pokémon will make it to the islands!" he shouted confused.

The scientist's expression was the only answer the agent received.

Suddenly, the red point of the map disappeared, but therefore appeared on another spot, blinking and beeping. The transmitter started to send the Pokémon's location again. But again, it disappeared from the screen. A sinister and satisfied smile crossed the professor's lip. "At second thoughts, we still might be lucky. Prepare your departure immediately that you can leave when we receive another signal. We mustn't waste more time," Sebastian said, but at the end there was a silent chuckle.

"Yes, sir," replied Hun and turned around to leave.

Before she had the chance to leave the room, the door opened once again and a common grunt ran in, he was totally out of breath. Behind him entered an unfamiliar agent with shoulder-length dark blue hair, olive green eyes, and a long dark grey coat. The atmosphere in the room cooled immediately. It was as if the agent was surrounded by ice.

"Professor, sir, he said the headquarters sent him with a mission!" the grunt exclaimed excited, but stepped aside as the man walked past him, ignoring him completely.

"My name is Pierce, I am agent of the first division," the man explained.

Again, the professor raised an eyebrow while he crossed his arms. "What a surprise. I'm wondering why they sent an Elite Officer," he said smugly with a smile on his lips. "I assume, there must be a pressing reason behind it, hm?"

The tension in the room was extreme, it was thick enough to be cut with a knife. "The mission has the rank A and they gave you the responsibility for it." The word 'they' made the scientist listen to him even more carefully. "Here you can find the other details about it." Pierce handed a brown envelope to the professor and remained silent, but studied his features and the features of his agents, Hun and Attila, quietly.

As Professor Sebastian was reading the papers he had to grin, a silent chuckle escaped his lips. His eyes and his gaze wandered across the papers over and over, it seemed like he was reading the same part several times. Without caring about the rest, he raised his head and glanced over the rims of his glasses. "Let me try to understand it. There is the presumption of a person who can talk to Pokémon verbally and telepathically?" he asked, also getting the agents' attention. First, he thought he misunderstood the meaning of the sentences, but after reading it again, he found the same truth and real meaning. He was impressed by what he read. "A person with the ability to communicate with Pokémon...very interesting, indeed. And they want me to investigate and examine this ability," he paused for a second before he chuckled again. "But there is a problem. First, it is only is a presumption, then you don't have any data about this person, neither the address, nor age or any other useful information." Sebastian snickered and cleared his throat. "This rather sounds like a joke to me."

"Our experts hacked into the servers of the Institution of Pokémon Science and examined the information. It is definitely not a joke, professor," Pierce told him, rather annoyed than impressed.

"But with the...given data it will be impossible to find the target," the professor complained. He felt a little insulted by getting such a silly and idiotic mission. As he turned his attention back to the document, his eyes suddenly opened a little wider. His expression changed to a serious one. "That changes the situation. But how are we supposed to find this person?" he asked curiously.

"That is my part of the mission, but I already have strong hunch. The Institution of Pokémon Science is set on Chrono Island, the fifth island of the Sevii Archipelago" Pierce grinned. The fact of the location surprised the scientist and his agents as well. Two targets in the same area, the luck seemingly turned to Team Rocket's side again. "And I am the only one who has the data of her whereabouts and name," said Pierce while he took the envelope again.

"Her?"

"We can only assume from the name that the target is female, but we aren't certain yet," Pierce explained and moved his hands a little while talking.

Curiosity shimmered in the eyes of Professor Sebastian. "So, what is the name of our mysterious target?"

"Hotaru Natsukawa."