Author's Note:
This Pokemon FanFiction takes place in an alternate universe, and I really mean that. This story breaks away a lot from the original canon. Many of the characters (particularly the Legendary Pokemon) will have different backgrounds and history than what is mentioned in the Pokemon games and shows, and the landscape will also be nothing like it actually is. Major issues that arise later in the story are based of well known events that have happened in history, so do not find me being prejudice or racist in any way. If you do not like what you have read so far or do not like alternate universes, I suggest you ignore this story.
Pokemon, another name for our animals in our world; creatures with special powers of the elements that people may use as pets or warriors. The most powerful of these creatures would be the beasts known as the Legendary Pokemon. They are the masters of their own elements with other excessive abilities only they have, one of which is a gift that they offer to trustworthy humans; immortality.
But to get it, is the price worth it? For me, it was too late to decide.
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A loud sigh broke the dead silence on the Goldenrod Railroad train under the light of the moon. There weren't many people on the train at this time of night, so the only noise that disturbed the stars was the grinding wheels below the people as they moved the train only forward. Near the back of the train sat a young black-haired teen, and with modern day standards, could be considered depressed with her dark clothes and shadows of her sleepless eyes. She sighed again, contemplating the recent events in her life with a painted neutral expression.
Parents...
Two black pearls looked out through the invisible window beside her, polished by the water collecting right beneath them. Her throat throbbed, trying to make her choke so the liquid would spill. Stop it, it's over...the funeral...everything. She cupped her face in her hands, ashamed to show her emotions. A dark colored canine that sat beside her, a Mightyena, whined and nudged her snout between her fingers, licking her forehead and trying to comfort her. An unwanted tear forced its way down her face, but through her sadness she still managed to smile at her loyal pet and hugged it tightly, and the dog continued to lick her more rapidly.
The girl laughed and pulled away. "Alright, alright, stop that. I'm fine," she said, wiping the tear away from her cheeks. Barking once, the Mighteyena obeyed her orders and contentedly rested its head beside her feet. Grinding train wheels rang in the passengers' ears once again, joined by the melody of small laughter owned by a man with dark gray hair sitting across from the girl and her pet, who was softly chuckling at the scene they made with a warmed heart. He turned and looked out at the passing scenery, still wearing a bright smile that gradually faded. Squinting his eyes, he pressed his nose against the glass, the fog that normally clouded the glass absent as he held his breath.
His heart nearly stopped with a heavy thump, his eyes widening as they spotted a dark figure out of place in the distance of trees and hills.
The Mightyena's ears suddenly perked up and the canine immediately jumped to her feet, staring out the same window. She bared her teeth and began barking, causing the girl to tremble surprised. "What is it? What's wrong?" she asked as she stroked the pet's back, blushing and desperate to calm her down as people looked to their direction.
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The train was crossing over a small lake surrounded by dark, eerie trees, and the once still water of the river below rippled and the tree branches suddenly shook violently as an alarming shriek pierced the sky. Racing through the leaves was a pitch black, sinister serpent quickly heading toward the train. Beside it chased a pale, cat-like animal, breaking a bead of sweat as he ran beside the serpent's head, who only focused its sight on the train.
"Stop!" he demanded, but the black figure never looked his way, as if it didn't even hear him. Grinding his teeth, the pale creature growled more sharply, "I said to sto..." Two wide, blazing ruby eyes glared at the pestering creature as the serpent turned its head and slithered ahead of him at amazing speed, whipping its tail and smashing the creature into a tree before continuing its way in front of the train. It latched on to the train, black claws suddenly ripping out of the serpent as it crawled into it like a ghost. The lights flickered and fled at the serpents presence, like it had just blown them out like a simple candle light. Each person gave their last ghastly breath, the only reaction they were able to give to the serpent, and their gasps echoed throughout the train, dying at the creature's touch as it made its way through all the passengers. Studying each lifeless corpse, the serpent tried to find a face it recognized, but with no success it continued to touch something new and alive throughout the train.
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In the back of the train the young girl pressed her back firmly against her seat, her heart racing as she tried to see through the darkness, though it was useless. She could only make out the sounds that rang in her ears; her Mightyena barking wildly and the chilling exhalations of the people farther up the train. Suddenly the raspy gasps paused, and a pair of beady,bloodshot eyes made itself visible in the dark and stared at her. With her hair standing up straight,the Mightyena started growling instead of barking now, thinking that less harm may come to her that way, and the eyes came closer to them, glistening fiercely. A mad grin made of triangular pointed teeth appeared under the eyes, creeping slowly closer to them in a soundless slither. The girl's breath quickened as she watched the coming of what she believed her end, her once childish nightmares now coming true, and felt unfortunate that she couldn't summon the strength to scream.
The serpentine creature finally opened its mouth directly over her, as if to engulf her whole, and just as it thrusted its jaws forward, the Mightyena leapt protectively in front of the girl to attack the throat of the serpent, but at the serpent's deadly poisonous touch her muscles eased and her eyes rolled back into her head as she went right through the serpent, slumping to the ground, motionless. Hissing irritatedly, the serpent recoiled back, its body curling into circles into a spring. There was another sharp hiss, though it did not come from the serpent. Craning its neck, the creature came eye-to-eye with the gray haired man, who was still alive and standing boldly before it with his chest and shoulders squared and his chin raised high. His glazed eyes reflected the serpent's ruby gaze, and his skin began to fade into a shade of navy blue as silver protruded from his cheeks, his whole being becoming larger and disconfigured. The girl was thrown into a daze, unable to think or feel for her Mightyena and the man as her head spun in panic, causing her sight to sink in and out of focus. Was this a dream? What's happening? She couldn't understand.
A triumphant roar bit into her ears as a dark blue draconic creature came out of the man and ripped through the roof of the train effortlessly, tossing the metal upward and peeling it back as it barely hung on to the train as wind accelerated past the dragon, who's skin shone radiantly in the moonlight. But its night blue pelt could not distract one's eye from the beautiful glowing diamond embedded in the center of its chest. The serpent stretched it neck to the height of the dragon and hastily tried to crawl out and flee the area, knocking some of the sheet metal upon the girl as it climbed out into the racing wind, shaking all sense out of her that made her plummet into darkness.
The serpent twisted its body to get one last look at the dragon which it knew well before leaving; Dialga, the Legendary Creator of Time. Just as the serpent met Dialga's gaze, Dialga bit and sank his teeth into the creature, unaffected by the touch of death. Desperately screaming and squirming like a worm, the serpent could not struggle out of Dialga's grasp, who started to shake his head back and forth like a pup attacking his master's shoe. The train started to bounce, unbalanced by the wide motions and jumped off the tracks. Dialga and the serpent began to dive to the awaiting waters with the back of the train, only to be suddenly held up in midair with the train screeching to a halt with sparks flying past its iron stomach. Floating in the air, the pale cat creature returned with his arms raised toward the train and his veins visibly pulsing throughout his limbs, strained like he was pushing against something, but he touched nothing. With each movement of his hands the train followed, and when the wheels were placed nicely back on the railroad tracks, the cat gasped and relaxed. The black serpent took one big push against Dialga's face and struggled out of his grip as Dialga's jaw loosened from the distraction of the train, then floated weakly in the sky and vanished.
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"I-I'm so sorry..."
The gray haired man, Dialga's human form, waved his hand in front of his face. "Enough already, it's not your fault. I am not mad at you." His hands curled into fists as he kicked a piece of metal and glared at everything that was broken before him.
In front of him stood the cat-Pokemon, the cloned Legend known as Mewtwo, who was just twidling with his three-fingered hands and constantly twitching his purple tail, relaxed his arms to his sides after confirming that he wasn't in trouble. He looked over the wreckage with a colorless expression. "So, what the hell was that thing?"
Dialga shrugged; the question didn't matter to him now that it was gone. "Just search for survivors."
The damage was still unnoticed by other people, and the two Legendaries took this chance to investigate before the public came. Mewtwo walked through the line of corpses, his face seeming to grow sickeningly older with each new body he passed. "I don't think there's anyone left," he finally said once he reached the end of the train, his stomach twisted into a knot and his spine shivering. He closed his eyes and crossed his arms, trying to erase the disturbing images of the people from his mind, but was suddenly awakened from his meditation as his foot touched the fur that belonged to a body of a Mightyena. He cringed and quickly pulled his foot back, but then his head snapped up at the soft sound of someone coughing weakly. "Wait a minute..." He immediately leaped over all the rubble and searched for the source of the noise with Dialga close behind.
"What is it?" Dialga asked, looking around for something that could have caught his interest. Mewtwo didn't say anything until he came across the raven-haired girl curled up and partially covered in the torn debris of metal. The girl lifted her cheek, staring at the sky hazily, then let her head fall back to the ground. Dialga soon came by Mewtwo's side and stared down at the girl, sighing, relieved someone was at least alive.
"The only survivor," he muttered.