Okie- dokes! It's a lovely ferriswheelshipping story that takes place back in ancient Unova where there are still castles and lords and ladies! Um I don't really know what else to say besides the fact that instead of the two brothers being known as the Hero of Ideals and the Hero of Truth, I wanted N and Touko to become them. So yeah, enjoy this story for however long I keep it going.
She didn't know what it was, but all she knew was that she had found it first.
There it was, in its wonderful and unique glory. She touched the surface of the item with her chubby, pale hand; it was smooth and it felt warm like the rays of the sun. She picked it up and clutched it close to her chest and it seemed to quicken her heart beat.
Was it an egg? Was it a soft and warm ball? Maybe it was the stone that she had seen Happiny carry in their soft pink paws?
It aggravated her.
She wanted to know the truth about everything she encountered; but it would seem that she didn't have much chance for understanding what the warm object was at the moment. Eyes of cerulean blue stared intensely at the object and she rubbed its surface warmly. She promised that she would find out everything she wanted to know about the object.
She adjusted the platinum — almost white— crown on her head and pumped up a small fist in determination.
"Touko, dear, where are you?"
The brown haired girl turned her head with a quick glance towards the exit path of the rose garden and she sighed before tucking the 'egg' away in the small pink bag in her hand.
"I'm coming mommy!" A cute and girly voice called.
It was then, that a little girl of ten years ran with her long brown hair trailing behind her to meet up with her mother.
Enter Touko, the charming princess of the White Kingdom of the Unova region.
Seek the truth of life and forgo ideal, you are the Hero of Truth and what is real. Deny your fate if you must, but your position will not change as it is only you I trust.
In the heart of a forest where all was quiet, a young boy floated in the stream without a care in the world. He chatted away happily with the grumpy Basculin and the playful Tympole as they told him stories of their travels and ordeals. He shared stories of funny moments and the antics of many that he has encountered in the town in return.
"N, are you positive you are human?" A Tympole asked him with a slight giggle. "You seem more like an undiscovered Pokémon."
"I myself questions my species… oh how amazing would it be if I truly were a Pokémon?" N clapped his hands in joy. "You all have taught me amazing things such as speech, what I should and should not eat and the wonders of nature! This is the happiest time of my life!"
"Kid you're only thirteen, stuff it will ya?" the old Basculin teased him.
The boy laughed at the Basculin before swimming onto the grass and shaking his tea green hair free of water. He looked down at the mysterious object that he had found with his Zorua only but a few hours ago. He wasn't sure of what it was and he really didn't care. He dressed himself in an orange shirt and black shorts and slipped into a pair of black boots.
He dreamed of wonderful thoughts about the item and he caressed it warmly, the reflection of the object forming in his cool green- gray eyes. It felt oddly electrifying to him; as if by touching it, the object was pumping energy into him. He knew what with the item being a deep black, it was much too dark to be a simple Pokémon egg.
He felt the ridges on the outside surface of the object and it shined brightly under the filtered sunlight like the glass figurines in the shops in the town. He wondered briefly if the object held something amazing inside;
Like Pokémon fairies?
Or maybe an item that made all Pokémon happy?
Or maybe it was a Pokémon he'd yet to meet!?
The possibilities were endless and all he wanted to do was dream of other amazing things that the object could possibly be.
A small Zorua bounced up to the teen-aged boy and yipped with vigor. "N it is time for you to go and work! The shadows indicate that it is midday."
The boy nodded and he walked into the hollow of a large white tree. It was a meager existence for a home; but a home that N cherished. He put the 'egg' down in a small cot made of shed leaves from a Swadloon and the fluffy shed down of a Whimsicott before turning around to race with Zorua out of the White Forest.
This young boy with long hair of a lovely green and a black hat fixed atop his head was Natural, but he preferred the name 'N.'
He was a simple Pokémon handler of Lacunosa Town and could speak with Pokémon.
Dream the great things and let the truth go, you are the Hero of Ideals and truth is your foe. You cannot escape what your heart can do, for it is your heart that brings me to you.
A vast area known as the Unova region was a small area that resided in the middle of the other neighboring landmasses. It was a simple place where Humans and Pokémon who roamed freely depended on one another for help and friendship.
There are many people who take Pokémon as pets and there are Pokémon who cannot bear to separate from a human companion. It is a harmonious life where one would be considered mad to try and break the equilibrium.
In the heart of the capital—Opelucid Town—was a large and extravagant castle with many decorations and on a large area of land. The castle stretched for miles and miles and was known as the amazing White Kingdom.
In the castle, lived a Queen and her two very happy children as well as many Pokémon and many servants, lords, ladies and advisors. Inside of the castle was a room fit for a princess; with walls of cream and designs of Swanna taking flight carved into the wall. The windows were large and covered by lovely silky curtains that shone a translucent shade of white when hit by the sun in just the right angle.
On the large canopy bed was none other than the young princess Touko. She wore a silky white dress with white ribbon shoes. Tying back her long brown hair in a fancy and curly ponytail was a white ribbon. Her short and chubby legs were stretched out and in between the small space was her prized 'egg.'
She had decided not to share her find with anyone. She felt as if there was a reason for her to find the egg and that no one else needed to really see it. On her bed was a small baby Pokémon, with large black eyes and a cute round tomato colored nose. It had two rectangular blue ears atop its pale blue head and freckles on its puffy cheeks. Attached to its small blue otter- like body was a seashell and connected to its body were two adorable blue flippers and a tail.
The tiny Pokémon curiously poked the egg in Touko's legs and Touko laughed when her baby Pokémon ran when it moved in response to its poking.
"Oshawott, you're such a scaredy Purrloin… It won't do a thing to you." Touko lifted up the baby Oshawott.
She placed him on the large fluffy pillows and picked up the egg and put it in the large closet in her room. She turned back around and with a sprint she launched herself on the large feathery bed. The Oshawott bounced from on the mattress from the impact and it laughed gleefully.
It stopped bouncing and waddled towards Touko and sat in her lap, nuzzling the soft skin of her belly and she pat him on the head while cooing at him. Her large white doors flew back and in front of her was a man that she hated with all her might.
He stood at an imposing 6 feet and 6 inches and his awful red eyes stared down at her without a care in the world; she hated how much his eyes looked like pools of blood. His weird green colored hair fell down to his shoulders and curved in the oddest of ways around his head. He was dressed from head to toe in gaudy robes and around his neck lay an odd ornament that resembled the top of castle structures.
"Princess Touko, it is time for us to pick up your Blitzle." The man barely concealed his contempt for her.
"I don't want to go, if it means going anywhere alone with you, Lord Ghetsis." Her Oshawott glared at him menacingly.
"You do not command me just because you wear that little platinum crown— I listen to the crowned queen and she is not you."
"She is not me yet." Touko reminded him. "If you live long enough during my reign, perhaps you should plan on winning my favor rather than destroying it."
Ghetsis laughed as if the young one told an amazing joke. He looked down on her with disdain and walked over to her swiftly and without much hesitance, he yanked her by the arm and lifted her up to face him; her Oshawott was clinging on to her dress desperately.
"Listen here! You still have a brother and your mother has not decided whether you or he will be heir." His smile became crooked. "And I will make sure that your brother becomes king, women are not fit to rule but rather to lick the boots of the men who rule."
Touko groaned in pain as he gripped her wrist with terrifying strength and suspended her even higher from before. He dropped her back on the bed and told her to get ready before turning around and walking outside with his ugly robes trailing behind him.
"One of these days Ghetsis is going to slip; and then I will reveal the type of man he truly is to everyone." She spoke to her Oshawott before picking him up and walking out of the large room.
In Lacunosa Town, there was a small stable known for its amazing quality and how happy the Pokémon were once they left the area.
A lean hand with slender fingers caressed the muzzle of a small Blitzle; a Blitzle who seemed very self- absorbed. N could only giggle at the Blitzle's attitude. Obviously, she was raised under luxurious conditions.
"Surely you have Pokémon food made with fresher berries, no?" A haughty voice spoke to N.
"No, sorry lady, I only have what they give me; but if we were allowed into the forest, I would let you feast on the freshest of berries." He spoke charmingly to the Blitzle.
The Blitzle let out a whinny of pleasure and Zorua rolled his eyes at the pretentious Blitzle.
"You sure know how to charm the ladies." Zorua spoke sarcastically.
N smiled at his friend before he tended to the Blitzle once more. As he continued to lavish the Blitzle in attention, the stable doors swung with a loud noise against the walls.
THWACK! — was the noise that the doors made before swinging with a swishing noise and closing.
N watched as a brown haired girl with a large ponytail that looked like the fluff on a Whimsicott's head and distressed blue eyes ran towards the stable with a baby Oshawott in her arms. He watched her quizzically before turning away from her and tending back to the Blitzle.
"Hey, aren't you going to ask me why I just ran back here?"
N turned to face her. "I figure that you meant no harm. And if that is true, then no I don't really wish to know."
The girl blinked at him and then blinked at the Blitzle who seemed to become excited suddenly. N looked over at the girl who seemed to just stand there in a daze.
"Oh my, that is my friend Touko, young man." The Blitzle cried out happily. "She is the princess of the White Kingdom!"
N turned around to face the girl who just stood there watching him. "You're Princess Touko?"
"How is it that only now you've recognized me? Weren't you are of who I was in th beginning?"
"This Blitzle told me who you are… but it doesn't really mean much to me."
Touko looked at him, jaw agape. How on earth could he have just spoken to the Crowned Princess like that? She was slightly intrigued but at the same time she didn't like it; not one bit.
"Hey! You are the first commoner to approach me so closely and speak to me casually and—" she stopped when she realized something. "Wait a minute, you can speak to Pokémon?"
N nodded and smiled. Touko rolled her blue eyes at the young man; how on earth did he expect her to believe such a silly statement?
"Oh yeah? Well how about you ask my Oshawott something that you couldn't possibly know from any other source."
"Is it so hard to believe that I can speak to Pokémon?" He seemed disgruntled.
"Do not think I am mocking you, but I am the type of person who wishes to find the utmost truths about everything; if I want evidence, it is because I am just curious."
"Okay then, Oshawott, what is Princess Touko's most prized possession?" N asked nicely.
N looked at her Oshawott who seemed to be babbling to him and his green eyes widened. She looked down at her Oshawott who suddenly looked guilty for some unknown reason and then she looked back up at N.
"He says that today, you found an 'egg' shaped object that is extremely warm and you refuse to show it to anyone, because they might take it from you." N spoke.
Touko looked down at her Oshawott and let out an indignant cry of his name. "You weren't supposed to tell anyone!"
She looked back at N and smiled softly. "Well I guess it means you can speak to Pokémon; that's pretty amazing!"
N blushed and rubbed his head sheepishly. "You're the first person to say that. I'm usually laughed at or chided for being a freak…"
"Can people really be so mean?" Touko asked. "In all my ten years, I have never been out of the kingdom walls, so I do not know much."
"The world is a fun place Touko, but it can also be pretty mean. I have seen Pokémon who get attacked or mistreated and I dream of a world where it can all stop."
"It makes no sense to me to dream… I would just focus on making it come true." Touko answered.
"Hey… I don't believe you have told me your name, yet you use mine as if we're friends." Touko spoke pretending to be angry.
N looked slightly panicked; had he done something wrong by using her name?
"My name is N." He spoke and he took note of the look of confusion that graced Touko's chubby face. "Well actually, it's Natural, but I prefer 'N.'"
"It's a unique name… 'Natural?'" She repeated it as if she wanted to get a taste for it. "It suits you! Well now we're friends, aren't we?"
"We are?"
"Yes N, why shouldn't we be?"
N just watched her with his green eyes and he slightly wondered what kind of person she actually was. He never really interacted much with humans— but she seemed different; easy to talk to and nice.
She was like a Pokémon to him— and soon his mind wandered off to strange thoughts such as if Touko was a Pokémon— what would she look like?
Touko became annoyed with his sudden lack of speech and tried to get his attention by speaking loudly.
"…N, come on, stop dilly-dallying!" Touko snapped her fingers. "I'm talking to you still!"
N shook his head out of his reverie and he walked over to her and looked down at her with a smile. He towered over her and she looked up at him angrily. Without much of a statement, his hand found its way atop her brown hair and he ran his hand through it.
Touko blushed and smacked his hand away. "What are you doing!?"
"Well your hair is so fluffy— I wondered if it felt like a Whimsicott—it's one of my favorite Pokémon!"
"N, I am not a Pokémon; do not treat me as such!" She chided him by poking an accusatory finger at him.
His eyes crossed as they focused in on her finger and her cheeks puffed out like a Patrat in anger. He just smiled and brushed off her hostile attitude and walked over to the Blitzle to let her out of the stable.
Touko's Oshawott jumped out of her arms and ran over to the Zorua by N's feet and he started to babble in what was assumed baby Pokémon language. Zorua looked surprised and confused; it was obvious that the Zorua could barely understand Oshawott's random babbling.
N laughed and Touko shook her head in amusement before climbing on top of her Blitzle and petting her head with love.
Suddenly the doors opened with an angry thwack and it revealed to be none other than Ghetsis. He looked down at Touko with his trademark scowl and looked over at N.
"What are you doing here, fooling around with a filthy stable hand?" Ghetsis spoke. "You just do as you please don't you Princess Touko?"
"Touko was only picking up her Blitzle. I was the one who held her back." N spoke.
Ghetsis looked at N with a glare and then a smile came across his lips. "Haha, boy you aren't too hard on the eyes, you remind me of myself when I was younger. You just look like a wimp is all, too feminine."
Zorua barked angrily at the man and Oshawott glared threateningly at Ghetsis and the Blitzle moved as far as possible away from Ghetsis.
"N wouldn't ever be anything like you! He can speak to Pokémon and they all like him way more than you."
"Oh so you're on first name basis with the commoner?" Ghetsis mocked her. "How disgusting; and did you say he can talk to Pokémon?"
Touko never backed down. "Yes and they all like him way more than you!" She repeated her words angrily.
"How pathetic! Who can speak to Pokémon? Only a freak— someone who wasn't human could do such a thing!"
N looked down and Touko noticed that Ghetsis' words had hurt him deeply. She hated Ghetsis with a burning intensity and had no idea how he brainwashed everyone into thinking he was such a great person.
The man was picking on two children and seemed to revel in hurting their feelings.
"What right does a man like you, with a heart of evil, have to pick on someone as nice as N!?" Touko defended him. "I think he is more human than you'll ever be."
N's head snapped up towards Touko who protected him passionately, without even knowing him for more than thirty minutes.
Ghetsis' face burned with fury. "Listen you brat, we leave now! Grab your stupid Pokémon and let's go!"
Touko looked back at N and she wanted to stay with him. She didn't want to go back to being imprisoned in the castle walls; she was the princess of a nation that she had never even known! But she knew what Ghetsis was like, she knew he would torture N; he would torture N for his own amusement and she wouldn't allow that to happen.
"Oshawott, let's go." She held her arms out and Oshawott jumped straight into her arms.
The Blitzle followed Ghetsis out of the stable and before Touko vanished from the stable, she waved sadly at N and the Zorua hopped onto N's shoulder and let out a small yip.
N looked over at Zorua and he spoke in an empty voice.
"I liked her, she was nice… and she called me a friend."
Zorua turned towards N and let out a smile. "Don't worry N; I'm sure this won't be the last time you see her… I have a feeling you two are connected."
So yeah that's the first chapter. I don't know how often I will update it but I hope that I won't update this too irregularly.