Nova looked down at the letter in her hand, as she read through the lines of the paper she became more and more sure that she was going to trash it. It was a reject form from 'bash brawl academy'. Nova was annoyed and wanted to lash out at something, to damage a few vases, break a few bowls, maybe even smash the table, but she didn't. Nova was a silver Lucario, the first ever, and the first to be able to sheath her spikes! she wanted to be a fighter in the bash brawl arena, But it looked like her dream had been shattered...

Pit was grumbling, he had just been confronted by his worst fear. he had got a place in bash brawl academy. he had wanted to go to a music school, but it seemed to be out of the question. he prepared himself, mentally and physically, for what he was sure would be living hell...

-5 months later-

Nova was out in the town. she needed to clear her head. the town was crowded, everyone looking at the town square. Nova pushed her way to the front of the crowd and watched as a boy her age with blonde hair and a green hat got delivered hit after hit after hit by a shaggy brown haired angel. now Nova knew what was going on, it was a fight organized by bash brawl academy to show off the new students. soon the blonde kid got knocked off his feet by final blow and the match was declared to the angel. Pit seemed to be his name, but Nova didn't care. he didn't mean anything to her. as all the students were climbing down the ladder a guy in a red hat shoved pit, he started to fall. pit was so surprised he didn't have time to pull out his wings, he just plummeted like a rock. Nova moved with instinct. she had to catch that boy! she launched herself under him and mentally checked that her spikes were in as usual. as he hit her a tenth of a second later she thought how lucky she was to be able to do that.

Pit was grumbling. he didn't want to fight but here he was, making mince meat of his best friend, Link, he hit him with bolt after bolt from his bow. suddenly he felt a new pair of eyes on him. he stole a glance at them and saw that they belonged to a silver lucario. he switched back to the match but all he could think about was those eyes, they bore into his soul and made him feel special. he was so happy that those eyes were looking at him, not link. he hit link again and this time his buddy toppled over. the match was over so pit and the others started climbing down the ladder. Mario glanced at pit then shoved him. pit was busy thinking about the silver lucario, he didn't notice until he was toppling off the ladder. he saw something silver and then he felt impact, although it wasn't that bad. not as bad as it should be anyway.

Nova tensed as he hit her but said nothing. she carefully lay him down on the floor and a girl with a crown and a purple dress came forward and started fussing over the boy, pit was his name, pit. Nova got his name into her head before she unsheathed her spikes and walked over to the guy in the red hat. "how dare you" she snarled at him, "how dare you try to harm an unready opponent off the battlefield"

"b-but" said the red hat guy

"but what?"

"pit wasn't going to get hurt"

"if i wasn't there to catch him, angel face could be in hospital by now," shouted Nova showing her fangs "you are a worthless jerk who should be ashamed of himself"

"but I'm not" said red hat getting his courage back "and I don't care if he could be in hospital, or dead. I think he should pack his bags and go to music school"

"that's it! Me. You. Fight. Now." said Nova as she jumped onto the stage that took up the town square

"I can't fight you, you're a civilian!"

"no bruv, I'm your worst night mare. what are you waiting for?"

red hat jumped onto the stage and threw a fire ball. Nova shot back with an aura sphere that blew up the fire ball and whacked red hat on the chin. Nova stormed forward and punched him back. then she spun round 360 degrees and kicked him. he went flying. that was the end of the match. a man screamed from the front row and the whole crowd applauded her. "who are you?" yelled some random person in the crowd. the whole crowd went quiet

"my name is Nova" said Nova calmly, aware that everyone in the square was listing to her "I applied to bash brawl academy this year, but I was rejected. I believe that everyone should get a fair and even fight, not a surprise fight. Today I stood up for that belief and I am victorious. I hope that everyone now agrees that bash brawl academy should continue to teach it's students fair play and respect for their opponent. no mater how much you hate them, you must always respect them."

Pit tried to watch the fight but Zelda was on him like a wild cat. she told him to relax and forget about fighting, she said that she wanted him to be safe and happy. Pit could see a fire ball coming from Mario but then Zelda walked in the way of the battle and Pit was left to listen as an explosion rocked the stage, Zelda sat in front of the stage and Link came over to see if his mate was OK. Then he too plonked himself in front of the stage. The rest of pit's friends (Yoshi, Marth and Kirby) came and sat with them. they were all talking to him very fast but pit was leaning slightly to watch the battle. he saw Mario go down and clapped eagerly. Then he watched as Link shouted at the top off his lungs "who are you?" and then he lent in close to pit "and are you free next Saturday" he whispered under his breath. Pit gave Link a questioning look but soon listened with interest to Nova's speech. "she is so soulful" he thought, he saw that Link and Marth were also wrapped by the speech. Link had gone all gooey-eyed and was goggling at her, whereas Marth was pretending not to be listening but keeping one of his deep blue eyes fixed on her at all times. Pit knew that Link was probably head over heels in love with her as he was with all girls he meets. as Nova wrapped up her speech Pit locked eyes with her for a couple of seconds then she flicked her gaze to Zelda who had moved in so close to him that her knee was touching him and her hand was almost touching his ankle. Pit cursed Zelda in his mind. Now Nova probably thought that he and Zelda were going out, and Pit really wanted Nova to think he was single.

Sargent Fox strode over to Nova who had just finished her speech. "here you go" he said, giving her a sheet of paper. "what's that?" asked Nova
"your ticket to action, It's a entry form to bash brawl academy" said Sargent Fox "you will be in my form, go over there," he pointed at Pit's group of friends "those students will be some off your class mates. get to know them and join us coming back to the academy. you're a great fighter, you could end up in the bash brawl arena if you carry on this way. and if you have the right tutoring. Cadet, DISMISSED!" Nova walked happily to her new classmates

Marth was silent. he had just witnessed a civilian do enormousness amounts off damage to one of the academy's finest cadets, Mario, and then she had performed a wonderful speech about honor and pride and the manners involved in a fight. Marth noticed Nova talking to Sargent Fox, her fur shining like a mirror, suddenly she was walking towards Marth. He felt time slow down as she walked towards him. She stopped in front of Pit, Zelda and Link. She started talking to them. Marth felt himself plummet. He thought she was coming to him... Marth started thinking, he shouldn't have let his emotions get the better of him, he was a good fighter, possibly the best bash brawl academy had seen in 30 years, and the thing that made him most formidable was that he controlled his emotions. he kept them under control. yet this emotion was different. he had never felt it before, right now all he wanted to do was talk to Nova, to make her laugh, to make her like him... he shut off this emotion and tried to control himself. he had been doing this for years and soon became the emotionless statue that he usually was.

"and that silent statue over there is Marth" Marth snapped back to the present and realized that Link was talking to Nova. Marth smiled at Nova "wow, Marth smiled!" said Link. Marth knew that Link was flirting with Nova, but... Nova didn't seem interested in him. Nova's and Marth's eyes met and Nova smiled. Marth felt a blush coming but quickly stopped it. He knew that that would be a bad idea. Sargent Fox shouted for all the cadet's to line up and they all did, Nova was a little slow on the uptake so pit dragged her in front of him.

Pit knew now that he had a crush, he was definitely in love with Nova. when she had walked over to speak to him his heart had skipped a beat, he had felt jealous when Link had been flirting with her, and he had saved her from Sargent Fox's wrath. He was so in love with her, now he had to ask her out.

mistress Falala was in charge of the girls dorms, so when Nova abruptly joined the school it was her responsibility to put her in a dorm where she could make friends easily with some of her new class mates. mistress falala skimmed through the list. Her eyes stopped on room 6, it was perfect.

Zelda was relaxing on her bed when mistress Falala had walked through the door leading Nova behind her, Zelda's and Nova's eyes made contact and they both smiled. since their meeting at the start of the day they had become firm friends.
"dorm 6, it is your responsibility to look after our new student, Nova, make her feel at home and get her to lessons on time." said mistress Falala, then she turned on her heel and left leaving Nova to her new dorm mates. Nova and Zelda shrieked and ran over to each other and started speaking to each other
"I was afraid I would get put with some one I didn't know," exclaimed Nova "I'm so happy that I know one of my room mates"
"Come on, I'll introduce you!" said Zelda happily "this is Rainbow," she said pointing to a pink dinosaur similar to Yoshi "and these two are peach and daisy" she said motioning to two princess like people, one in pink and one in orange, "and," Zelda's voice dropped to a whisper "that's Zoroark, she's a trainer, but she's...weird, she keep's herself to herself and doesn't have any friends" Zelda motioned to a girl with her back to them, she was standing on the balcony looking out at the moon and the stars and the roof tops of the school. Zoroark gave Zelda the creeps and so she, like everyone else kept her distance from the brown haired girl "she is a genius in battle and in class but she only has 5 Pokemon, that we've seen. Everyone's scared of her because she doesn't say much and keeps her nose in a book, no ones ever seen her train outside trainer class but she never loses. Satoshi trains as much as he can but he can never beat her." Zelda saw Nova shiver and nodded "she has that effect on everyone."

-next day, period 1-

Nova was in science and she was bored, she was sitting next to Zelda and they were making jokes about the teacher and some of the students, Nova looked at Zoroark writing quickly in her science book and nudged Zelda
"If Zoroark had as many friends as she has books she'd be more popular then Peach and Daisy put together," said Nova in an under tone, Zelda tittered "I mean, If knowledge was a currency she'd be a millionaire. she spends so much time with her head in a book it's no wonder she's got no friends" Zelda laughed under her breath. suddenly Nova noticed a small blue Pokemon walking away from under her table "err Zelda, what is that?" asked Nova
"um... that's Zoroark's Mudkip, she calls it Giratina..." said Zelda "and I think it heard us" said Zelda
"that's alright, normal Pokemon can't speak to humans"
"well... you know I said Zoroark was weird..."
"what are you getting at Zelda?"
"er... Zoroark can understand Pokemon"
Nova's eye's darted over to Zoroark and saw a teardrop splash onto Zoroark's 10 page essay.
"Oh fudge" was the only thing Nova could say.

-Break-

Link was walking down the corridor to the cafeteria when he heard someone crying. he walked towards the door of the girl's toilets and stood outside "yep," he thought, "someone is really gushing their soul out in there." A small purple girl dinosaur walked past.
"hey, you!" he called to her "come here," the dinosaur obediently came over "have a look and see whose crying in there, please?" he asked. the dinosaur went in and a few second's later came back out.
"it's one of the Pokemon trainers, she has a Mudkip who is trying to comfort her. Something has made her very upset." said the dinosaur and with that she walked away.
"well that's unusual" thought Link to himself as he walked away.

Link soon met up with 'the gang' as they called it. 'the gang' consisted of Him, Pit, Marth, Kirby, Yoshi, Rainbow, Zelda, Peach, Daisy, and now Nova. when he got there Zelda and Nova were missing. He gossiped with Pit about the science lesson for a few minutes then he saw Zelda rushing towards them.
"you guys haven't seen Nova have you?" asked Zelda. Almost on cue Nova rushed up behind Zelda.
"have you found her?" asked Nova
"No, she's nowhere to be found" replied Zelda
"she must have been so upset..." said Nova guiltily.

The cog's in Link's brain whirred for probably the first time in his life, multiple facts circled in his head. Link struggled to put two and two together...Zelda needed to find someone. That someone was very upset. she was some where no one would think of looking. Someone upset was in the girls bathroom crying.
suddenly Link got an answer "she's in the gym! NO, wait... I'm getting something... SHE'S IN THE GIRLS TOILETS!" He said in a heroic voice. Zelda whirled round to him and Kissed him on the cheek . then she and Nova rushed off. "if that's what being clever get's" said Link "hang on Cambridge, Link want's to join" said Link in a dazed voice.

Nova ran head long towards the girl's toilet, leaving Zelda far behind. as she approached she slowed down and moved her ears into a less threatening position. then she opened the door to see Zoroark crying her eyes out over the sink. Zoroark saw her in the mirror and turned round
"what do you want?" she asked, tears running down her face.
"I want to apologize... I've been a jerk... and I'm sorry." said Nova guiltily.
"I forgave you before you said it. People say stuff about me all the time... but today I just cracked. I hoped that when you came to this school I could have you as a friend. I need a friend you see... One who is human... but I can't do it... I'll tell you all about it tonight. Zelda's coming now..." Zelda burst through the door and looked apologetically at Zoroark
"I am so sorry, Will you forgive me?" she asked
"yeah" said Zoroark and she made her way out of the door, Giratina the Mudkip at her heels.
" that went well..." said Zelda.

-12:01 AM-

Nova was being woken up, someone was pushing her. Nova opened her eyes to see Zoroark.
"what are you doing?" asked Nova
"trying to show you something important" answered Zoroark
"can't it wait?" complained Nova
"No." said Zoroark abruptly, "please, get out of bed and come and see this"
"Fine..." Nova got out of bed and followed Zoroark to the balcony. once they where both on the balcony Zoroark shut the door connecting it to the room.
"whatever you do, Keep an open mind" said Zoroark.
"MudKip" said Giratina
"yes Giratina, I promise"answered Nova
"watch this" said Zoroark. her body was surrounded by a bright pearly glow, it started to change it's size and form. it became more athletic and It's hair grew. soon the light went out and Zoroark was a giant red and black Fox like bipedal creature.
"Zoroark, is that you?" asked Nova in a scared voice
"yes... this is the true Zoroark," said Zoroark. Nova thought the name fit Zoroark now. "I am a new, Dark type Pokemon. This is my story... Long ago there was an island where Zorua lived. Zorua are small fox Pokemon that live in peace. one day human's came to the island and killed some of the Zorua for their coats... the elder Zorua were afraid that they would come back again so they decided that one young Zorua from each family had to be turned from a Zorua, to a guardian... these guardians would be responsible for looking after the whole island worth of Zoruas. But the Guardians turned against the Zoruas and fled to the land of the legendaries... Arceus was disgusted with the guardians and killed all but one. he said that... to remind the Zoruas of their stupidity there will always be one 'guardian' left alive. All off the legendaries shunned the Guardian aside and so it went back to it's island where it took a Zorua of the same age and they created a power together. the alliance gave them the power to turn into anything. when the Zoroark died an innocent Zorua evolved into Zoroark to take it's place in the world... 6 years ago the Zoroark died and I got chosen to take it's place. I went in search of a Zorua and we became the best of friends. but... one day a human came and killed my Zorua" Nova could see tears in Zoroark's eyes "I went to Arceus and begged him for my Zorua back, He said that only Giratina could help me, so I went to the torn world. I searched for Giratina and eventually I found him. when I told him my tale he confessed that it was to late to save Zorua. however, he gave me one of his very own son's to be my replacement. as I ventured out of the torn world Entei and Rayquaza gave me one of their sons and daughters so that I would not be alone any more than needs be, and... finally Arceus himself gave me his own daughter to make up for the thousands of years that my species of one had had to feel pain. Giratina's power added to my own let's me change the form of the son's and daughter's of legendaries. Giratina is my partner... I need him and he has grown to need me... Giratina is my Zorua... But it is not quite the same...In a way it is better... In a way it is worse..."
"I will keep your secret for as long as it needs to be kept."
"thank you Nova, you are part human. you can't speak with Pokemon, can you?"
"Nope, I just have to guess"
"I learnt to speak English... I am a dying race, I need human company, for the sake of my sanity."
"can I go to bed now?"
"be my guest"
Nova went to sleep, dreaming about Zoroark and Giratina and Arceus

-Next day-

Zoroark woke up, She felt so happy, she had finally shared her secret! Zoroark knew now that Nova would watch her back and so Zoroark started to make plans...

Giratina felt that his partner was happy, she had a spring in her step that Giratina had not seen since the day Arceus himself apologized for the pain her had caused her by creating humans and other annoying things. Giratina saw Zoroark walk into the bathroom and Giratina followed her out of curiosity. He felt the tingle of dark energy that Zoroark used when she changed her form and watched Zoroark with interest as she used her power to change her hair colour from deep brown to dark blonde. Giratina smiled a Mudkip-y smile and Zoroark looked at him and sighed.
"I think it's time you evolved old buddy" she said and Giratina felt the dark energy flow through him, he felt himself change, grow. soon the sensation stopped and Giratina looked in the mirror. he was Marshstomp!
"come on buddy, we have a class to amaze" said Zoroark as she virtually skipped out of the door.

Sargent Fox was doing a lesson on bash brawl, all of his form were ready to get fighting. Nova stood near Zoroark.
"you look eager," said Nova "What's going on?"
"I'm going to show my power" said Zoroark, a smile beamed on her face and Nova couldn't help but grin back.
"whatever happens, I'll be here at the end to cheer and support you" claimed Nova in a resolute and firm manner.
Sargent Fox cleared his throat, everyone was silent. "what shall we do first? what about the Pokemon trainers?" he asked. Satoshi groaned and Zoroark put her hand up "yes Miss Dark" asked Fox
"could I please fight on my own... without Pokemon? I think I can do It" begged Zoroark. every eye in the stadium turned to her and stared. Sargent Fox was flabbergasted
"you mean... hand to hand combat?" he asked again to be sure"
"yes, Sir" said Zoroark
"for what it's worth sir," said Nova stepping out from the crowd "I think I might have trouble taking her down, If she uses her powers right"
"See Sargent, I can do this!" exclaimed Zoroark
"If it helps, sir, I will fight her" Said Link as he walked out of the crowd
"fine, Just don't kill her Link" said Fox as he stepped back off the stage and let the brawler's get to it. Link got onto the Blue end and raised his sword. Zoroark got onto the red end and was surrounded by a bright light. soon the light subsided and Zoroark was an exact copy of Link, that the copy was completely black with just two red eyes.
"Oh my Gosh, what is that?" said Link taking a step back "Is that you Zoroark?"
"Oh yeah, It's me and I am ready for a fight" said Zoroark in Link's voice, then she screamed and ran at him. steel met steel in deafening sound at the middle of the stage. Link cut up and Zoroark parried, Zoroark started high then swooped low using an unorthodox back hand. Link was totally caught by surprise and stumbled back to protect himself from being sliced in half. Sargent Fox Roared with laughter
"and I was worried Zoroark would get hurt," he boomed "this is one of the most interesting fights yet!"
Zoroark hit Link with every cut possible, Link Parried and Parried until he couldn't take it any more. Link charged at Zoroark and smacked into her. she made a small squeal and was knocked to the ground. Zoroark pushed herself up only to be faced with the steel of Link's sword as it cut down toward her. Zoroark rolled and sprang. she launched herself head on at link and knocked him to the ground. she batted his sword out of his hand and slammed his shoulders to the floor. Link tried to roll but Zoroark clamped her legs to his and pinned him down. By this time Sargent Fox was beside himself with laughter. it reverberated round the room and echoed down the hall. his laughter flowed into the classrooms nearby where it shattered a glass beaker of dark black liquid onto the floor. It made a hissing noise and transformed itself into a blob and slithered away...

Sargent Fox got out his planner. "alright you lot, listen up" he said in his voice that flung full force round the hall "for the next term we will be studying two on two brawls. This is one of the hardest types of brawl because you must be perfectly synchronized with your partner or... YOU WILL LOSE" each one of Sargent Fox's words hit the class like a bullet. "now, I will assign you to your partners. you will then have 6 weeks to work together and spend time together. at the end of 6 weeks you will go into a tournament. the higher up you rank, the higher your grade will be. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR" shouted Fox
"YES, SIR" shouted the class
"Good," said Sargent Fox "now... Nova, you will work with Marth," Nova and Marth exchanged warm smiles and Nova walked over to Marth. "Pit, you will work with... Zelda" Zelda positively beamed with happiness whereas Pit Glared at Marth with envy "Peach and Mario will make a perfect pair" both of the students groaned along with quite a lot of boys "Ah... Daisy, Daisy, Daisy... you and... Luigi" many other boys sighed, "I think that... Yoshi and Rainbow will work and..." Sargent Fox's eyes drifted to Zoroark and then to Link, A plan sprung In his mind "Link, as you have shown a particular interest in the education of Miss Dark, YOU can be her Partner. Satoshi, you can Pair up with Samus, come on now every body, Get training!"