Author's note: This is a story of my original character, Tia Rina, who will be appearing in Katie Legends's fanfiction (Emerald : The Legend of Hoenn II) and I would like to thank her for that. Also, I'd like to thank Black Murder Heavangelon for helping me get the right info and facts for this story.
Shadow Inferno
Summary: Tia Rina, an angel from Heaven, likes to go down to Earth during her free time to be with her Pokemon. But her wings get burnt and can't fly back to Heaven. She had to stay on Earth while waiting for her wings to be healed but later decided she would just stay there longer. Just when she was about to leave back to Heaven, thinking she shouldn't be slacking off from work, she receives a mission from Celebi that makes her stay longer.
Chapter 1 – Pyro, Fireworks, Cinder
A 16-year-old girl sits under a tall, thin tree with a red guitar that has a black flaming design. Around her grows wild tall grass that might hide some dangerously wild Pokemon. There is also a large clump of grass and leaves in the tall grass, not very far from her. Playing a song without lyrics, she ignored the moving grass, showing that something is creeping in there. Moreover, there are three signs of movement, all from three different directions. The girl did nothing but continue her song. The creatures moved faster in the grass. Still no respond from the girl. Finally, three quick shadows jumped out of the grass, ready for a beastly ambush.
And the three figures bumped into each other.
An orange salamander with a burning tail has a yellow and orange chick and an echidna-like creature that can flare sharp flames on its back instead of sharp quills on top of him.
"Guys, you need to focus more on hearing if you can't see when you're hiding," said Tia Rina, stopping her song.
'Char…'
'Tor-chic!'
'Cyn…cyn-da-quil!'
The three Pokemon responded.
Tia Rina stands up. She is no ordinary human. In fact, she is not a human at all. She is an angel from the Heavens. She likes to come down to Earth whenever she has the time to do so.
She has shoulder-length layered black hair with red streaks tied up in a ponytail. She wears a long-sleeved red shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and a pair of black jeans. On each of her shirt sleeves is an orange PokeBall design. Around her waist is a white jacket tied. Her black and white sport shoes matched her jeans and white backpack.
She leaned her guitar against the tree behind her and went to help the three Fire starter Pokemon up.
"Cinder, you were nearly there. You were quiet but you're still clueless about what's out there. Work on that hearing sensitivity. Fireworks, you still make a few sounds. Look ahead of you and be careful. And Pyro…" she said, walking towards the Charmander, "…work on that I-won't-get-the-tall-grass-catch-on-fire-again," pointing to the spreading fire behind him.
Tia started telling Pyro about holding his tail safe, in front. Pyro, not listening to his Trainer, panicked as the fire nearly reached the big clump of grass, also known as their secret base.
'CHARMANDER!'
Hearing Pyro's call, Tia finally noticed where the fire is heading. Cinder the Torchic and Fireworks the Cyndaquil had panicked too. Reaching for two buckets of water she had collected from the river nearby, (in case of fire, which is now) Tia then threw the water on the flames. As it sizzles, the four friends slumped down in relief for the fifth time this week, all after saving the base from catching Pyro's fire.
"Grr, c'mere you!" growled Tia and playfully did a noogie on Pyro's head, laughing.
Fireworks grinned slightly while Cinder giggled at her friends.
'Char! Char! Chaaar!'
After Tia released Pyro, the four relaxed, lying on the lush green and NOT ON FIRE short grass, curling up close to each other, staring at the sky.
"Ah, great time for my mind to wander off to the past…" thought the female angel.
Flashback
Tia flew over the Charific Valley located in the Johto region. She felt safe up in the air because no one would see her wings. She could see some orange spots in the valley occasionally and sometimes a great clan of Charizards altogether. Soon, Tia landed on the top of the valley to rest her wings as she un-summoned them. Breathing in the natural fresh air, she sighed to the wonderful feeling. Walking along the valley, the rough ground crunching under her sports shoes and a cracking sound was heard somewhere around her.
Ready to fly off anytime, Tia cautiously crept behind rocks and peeped to see what was causing the cracking sounds. She was surprised to see a lone Pokemon egg in the process of hatching. An orange claw shot out of the egg, breaking a large part of it, causing the egg pieces to crumble down and reveal a small Charmander with only a mere small flame on its tail. Tia could see that the Charmander is fragile enough to be on its own. Its parent should be there to look after the hatchling and nurture it. Since she couldn't see any Charmeleons or Charizards around, she went to the baby Pokemon and picked him up gently.
The little critter squeaked cutely as Tia smiled softly at him. Tia summoned her white wings and took off to the air with the Charmander cradled safely in her delicate arms. She circled the area a few times to locate any nearby adult Pokemon for the Charmander but couldn't spot any so she landed back on the valley.
"I'm sorry I can't find your parents…" the angel apologized.
She purposely left the Charmander and was relieved to see that he followed her.
"So I guess I'll be your adopted parent, huh?"
'Char-char..?'
The juvenile lizard, apparently knew nothing about what she had just said but Tia ignored the fact. She reached for a PokeBall from her front pocket of her white backpack and threw it to the Charmander who went inside the ball in a red light. The red and white ball moved from left to right, its middle glowing the same red as Charmander did and finally stopped. Tia went to pick up the PokeBall, smiling to herself.
"Welcome to your new life, Pyro…"
End of flashback
Tia looks at her grown, energetic Pyro, four-months old, showing Cinder his Scary Face technique causing Cinder to sweat-drop. Fireworks, on the other hand, lay curled up, asleep, on her left. He had always been the quieter one…
Flashback
Tia Rina and a month-old Pyro were walking in the forest of Route 32, going for a private picnic. A basket of food was in Tia's hands. Pyro stared at it longingly.
"Now, Pyro, if you want these, you'd better be patient. Now, go on, walk along, in front of me. I don't want you lost in these woods."
'Char!' obeyed Pyro.
They could hear Spearows and Pidgeys. They even saw a sleeping Hoothoot in a tree. Tia had to scold Pyro for almost burning the round bird with his tail because he had climbed the tree to see it closer. She placed her palm on her forehead,
"Sweet, dear, innocent little Pyro…" she sighed, shaking her head slowly.
A little while later, they saw a large, tall earthy tower with lots of caves and holes. Some were small, smaller than Pyro; some were as big as Tia and could be bigger. They awed in amazement.
"Whoa, that is…"
'Char-man-der…'
"Come on, let's sit somewhere near this… lair and we might actually see what kind of Pokemon live here."
Pyro stretched out a wide cloth for them to sit on with his clumsy small claws. Tia took out paper plates and cups, tuna sandwiches and a thermos bottle containing Pop Soda and arranged them neatly on the cloth.
"Sit, Pyro. Here, remember your manners, now," she told her Charmander, handing him a slice of triangle-shaped sandwich.
'Char-char-man-der!' replied Pyro with a happy face and happy fire on his tail, showing his emotion.
"Do you want to hear a story about my home, the Heaven?"
Pyro nodded eagerly.
"It's a very wonderful place… I teach the younger angels about our angelic powers, flying and such… There is a…"
As Tia told Pyro about her home, a small echidna Pokemon scuttled up to them quietly, trying to snatch one of the sandwiches.
"…and he finally managed to help her fly. Oh, there's when… eh?"
Pyro was confused to her reaction. He looked down to his plate to grab another sandwich, only to find it had disappeared just like Tia's.
'Char-man-der!' Pyro's tail began to fire up into large flames.
"Pyro! Stop that! You'll burn me! Look! And be quiet!" Tia pointed to the thief.
It had taken a few sandwiches in its short front limbs and one in its mouth.
'Char-char!' shouted Pyro angrily.
"Pyro…!" Tia growled, obviously annoyed, as she tried to pull his tail but let go of it immediately because of the heat from his fire, "Ouch…"
'Cyn-cyn! Cyn-da-quil!'
The Cyndaquil saw Pyro's anger and scurried away from him, heading towards the caves.
'Char-man-der! Char!'
Tia looked at the two fire Pokemon, circling around the tower of holes again and again until the Cyndaquil climbed and entered one of the holes. Pyro, in spite of gravitational force, could easily run up the steep slope for he was too angry to even care about scientific laws. He tried to get in but couldn't. The hole was too small for him. A minute later, two big shadows loomed over Pyro. He gulped and dared himself to look behind. Two adult Typhlosions with sharp glares in their eyes growled deeply at him. Tia had seen them come out of the big entrance of a cave, unnoticed by Pyro as he was too busy shouting at the small hole which the Cyndaquil went through. That particular Cyndaquil was in between his parents, sharp flames glowing on his back while his parents' fire blazed on the back of their necks.
"This can't be good…!"
Tia summoned her wings and flew up to the high ground to fetch Pyro.
"Sir! Madam! Please forgive my Charmander! He was just angry his food got stolen!"
The Typhlosions saw her wings and can sense the twilight energy on all over Tia so they let Pyro go. They turned to their child and started to get upset at him for stealing food from others, especially from an angel.
'Grr… Typh-lo-sion!' snarled the bigger male.
The Cyndaquil didn't look very sorry, though but returned the sandwiches to Pyro all the same. Pyro stared down at his food and then at Cyndaquil. He kindly offered to share with him. Cyndaquil, surprised, was grateful and muttered a shy "thanks" to Pyro.
Tia grinned at the two new friends, along with the pair of Typhlosions.
"Care to join us?" Tia asked the couple, "I have a lot more sandwiches enough for you two."
The Typhlosions joined her. After eating, Cyndaquil, whom Tia nicknamed Fireworks, felt much better. Pyro had shared his food with him and was now inviting him to play. Fireworks nervously accepted because he had never done this before. He used to like being alone but now he found out that he liked being with a friend even more.
'Maybe he is a true friend for me…' thought Fireworks.
His parents, Tia called them Typhoon and Fiona, looked at their son, playing with his friend. They were talking to each other, which, of course Tia couldn't understand because her powers are limited and because she didn't want to interfere, so she just let them talk quietly.
'I've never seen him so satisfied before…' Fiona told her mate.
'He just needed a friend…' replied Typhoon.
'And he just found one. All thanks to the presence of the angel.'
'An angel for our son… Maybe it is fated so…'
A few hours later, Tia and Pyro had to go back to Violet City's Pokemon Center, where they're staying. They waved goodbye to the family of three and walked back through the forest.
"I promise we'll come back here tomorrow!" called Tia and Pyro jumped up happily.
Typhoon roared slightly as a reply and they all went back into the cave.
After four straight days of spending time with Fireworks's family, Tia and Pyro finally had to leave Johto and head back to Hoenn. Typhoon, Fiona and Fireworks were all sad they had to go. They watched her.
"I'm sorry, Fireworks… But I have a home back at Hoenn region, far away from here. I can't stay here forever."
As Tia summoned her wings to fly off with Pyro's PokeBall on her belt, Fireworks felt something in him. He then ran to her, tugging at her black jeans.
"Huh? What is it, Fireworks?"
He ran back to his parents and said something to them. Fiona gasped. Typhoon said something back to Fireworks and then to Fiona. She picked her little Cyndaquil, hugged him and walked to Tia. She handed Fireworks over to her.
"Wh-what…?"
'Typh-typh-lo-sion…' she said as she pushed Fireworks to her again.
Fireworks looked up to Tia.
"You… really want to follow me…?"
Fireworks nodded in response.
"And… you are willing to let him come with me…?"
Typhoon and Fiona nodded as well. Tia smiled an angelic smile. She took Fireworks from Fiona, put him down on the ground and with a PokeBall ready in her hand, she threw it at him. After the ball had stopped moving, she picked it up and clipped it on her belt just like Pyro's. She hugged both Typhoon and Fiona before leaving.
"I'll take care of him really well," she said with sincerity, "We'll try visiting you sometimes."
The Typhlosion couple purred and nuzzled her. She flapped her wings and flew away, heading towards Hoenn's Fortree City, waving her last wave to Fireworks's parents.
End of flashback
She knew he missed his parents. Now, Cinder and two stray Rattatas are chasing Pyro in a game of tag. Cinder was one of Pokemon Researcher of Hoenn, Professor Birch's Torchics.
Flashback
Tia was taking a walk on Route 101, watching some Poochyenas and Zigzagoons in the growing tall grass. She climbed up a tree to sit on the big branch and took two PokeBalls from her belt. A Charmander and a Cyndaquil formed out of the red light from the PokeBalls. Fireworks jumped onto Tia's lap while Pyro sat next to her.
Meanwhile, in Professor Birch's lab, a 15-year-old male Trainer was choosing an inexperienced Pokemon for him to start off a new team. He's called David. He has a skinny figure and dark eyes. He wore a T-shirt with a black torso and red sleeves and a pair of trousers of red and white halves. There were green PokeBall designs on the white half of the trousers. He had black shoes on, with a bit of red and green on them. He also had a white and green wristband on his left wrist and a Hoenn League cap, facing backwards, on his black hair.
He had decided on a Torchic to go with.
"Ah, so, Torchic it is," said Professor Birch.
He released the chick Pokemon for David to see. Torchic chirped and immediately panicked when she saw David and Professor Birch.
"What's wrong with him, Professor?"
"Her. Uh, I'm not sure what's wrong with her. Sorry."
Secretly, the Professor knew what was wrong.
"I can't believe she's still panicking with males…" he thought.
David tried to hold her and calm her down but she scratched his hand and sprinted away from him, going through the front door.
"Hey! Watch her!" shouted Professor Birch's lab assistant.
The Torchic ran as fast as she could, away from the evils of male creatures. (A/N: I mean no offence to any guys reading this. Honestly, I wouldn't say that. Only Cinder thought so. She has androphobia.) She entered Route 101 and tried to hide in the grass.
Tia, Pyro and Fireworks had seen the young Torchic run in terror. They could see the shifting movements of the grass as the bird ran through it. A few seconds later, they heard a Zigzagoon's growl and were followed by a panicked blazing fire breath from Torchic. The poor burnt Zigzagoon was thrown up in the air because the Torchic had mercilessly slam into him when running away. Tia, Pyro and Fireworks sweat-dropped at the scene that just played in front of their eyes.
"I wonder what's chasing the Torchic..." wondered Tia as she watched the chick run.
At the exactly right time, an angry David and a worried Professor Birch came along the route, apparently searching for the escaped Torchic. Tia sensed shadow blinds from the person called David. She knew he was mad at the little Torchic.
"Uh-oh, guys, this boy is dangerous to the Torchic. We'd better go save it!"
'Quil!'
'Char!'
"Pyro, distract the teenager while Fireworks and I retrieve the Torchic. Got it?"
'Char-man-der!'
Tia brought Fireworks in her arms as she quietly flew away from Professor Birch and David. Pyro jumped down from the tree and purposely set the tall grass on fire with his tail.
When David saw the fire, he thought it was Torchic so he called out his Raichu.
"Raichu! Slam attack at that fire's direction!"
Pyro heard the command and hurriedly got out of the way. Raichu fell only a few centimetres away from Pyro. He saw Pyro and alerted his Trainer, jumping up and down.
'Rai-ai-ai!'
Pyro ran away and David saw that he wasn't a Torchic. Somehow, he got even angrier. Pyro didn't know that he hated Fire Pokemon started from when Torchic ran away from him.
"David, please! Let her go! I'll give you another Torchic some other day!"
"No! Let… me… show that Torchic who's boss!" David burst.
"Can't you at least release the innocent Charmander? It has nothing to do with this…"
"Yeah he does! He's a fire Pokemon, that's why! Raichu, follow the Charmander!"
'Rai?'
Pyro had made a close call. He managed to avoid the crazy Trainer.
Tia and Fireworks were still searching for the lost Torchic. They were in Route 104. Tia bent down to see if Torchic went into a messy scratched hole in a tree she had found.
"Torchic?"
'Tor-tor… chic!'
She saw Tia's angelic face and her ruffled down feathers began to smoothen again. Tia held out her hand to Torchic and she jumped on it.
"Fireworks! I found her!"
'Quil? Cyn-da-quil!'
He went over to his Trainer to check on the Torchic but she chirped loudly when he tried to come near.
"Wait. Fireworks, stop right where you are," ordered Tia, "I don't want any battles between you two."
'Cyn-da…!' he looked underestimated.
"Heh, you're right. I know you're too patient to fight her, sorry… but you are to stay there anyway."
Fireworks obeyed her. Tia cooed to the Torchic to calm down.
"Shh, relax… He wasn't going to hurt you…"
'Tor-tor-tor-chic!' she cried out loudly.
Naturally, a Pokemon would just treat Tia's Pokemon like it treats her as an angel.
"So what makes her think differently of Fireworks?"
She decided to use her angel powers.
"Torchic, you've got to let me read your mind for a while…"
She concentrated on the path to Torchic's mind and explored it. Immediately she found out about her phobia with men. Tia thought hard about fixing that until it hit her.
It was Pyro. He had run all the way to Route 104 and bumped into his own Trainer, shocking Torchic, who gave Pyro a Peck and a Scratch.
'Char…' Pyro covered his wound with his claws in pain.
Soon, David and his Raichu came with anger on their faces, Professor Birch still tagging along.
'Char-man-der!'
'Cyn-da-quil!'
They shouted at her Trainer to warn her about the furious David. She hurriedly told Fireworks and Pyro to follow her and they all hid in the thick forest. Tia put a finger on her lips, indicating the others should be quiet as David kept on bellowing, "Where is she? Where is she?" somewhere near them.
'Rai-ai-chu…' said Raichu slowly.
Raichu only told his Trainer to 'let the freakin' Torchic go…'. David growled as he glanced sharply at his electric mouse Pokemon.
"I'll get that thing once I see it next time!" he said as he gritted his teeth and turned away.
'I hope he never will…' sighed Raichu.
"I hope he never will…" thought Professor Birch as he, David and his Raichu headed back towards the lab.
Once they had gone out of their sight, Tia, Pyro, Fireworks and the intimidated Torchic left their hiding spot.
"I can't bear leaving you to that… that monstrous human! Supposedly, he is darkened by the Blind Shados now… And that could also be dangerous."
Blind Shados is the first level of darkness that an angel can sense. These natures are of a dark entity, but the Shados isn't as strong in a younger human. It is rare to find one in an old person.
She took a PokeBall from her bag and tossed it at Torchic. She waited for her to stop moving the ball and when she did, Tia took the ball back.
"Good girl. Now, come on, you two. Get inside as well."
Tia then decided to name her new Torchic Cinder as she flew off.
End of flashback
Tia feels proud of her three Pokemon. Fireworks has woken up. He yawned and stretched. He sees Pyro, Cinder and the Rattatas playing and he decides to just watch.
Author's note: Well, that's it for first chapter. I hope I'll be able to update the next chapter soon enough.