POKEMON
THE DIAMOND OF DESTINY
NOTES: I capitalize the names of Pokémon as they do in canon. It's not only what they are, but all of the Pokémon's name, unless changed by a trainer. Also, I capitalize their attacks, as they're using them as moves. It also helps from confusing a simple whip of a tail and Tail Whip, the defense lowering move. But to each their own. Just a forewarning.
PROLOGUE
The wind was cold and the night was dark. The full moon beamed down onto the large castle. Inside the castle, torches hung on the wall, lit by fire. Guards stood in every hall, their long steel sword Pokémon standing beside them: Honedge and Doublade. A knight hurried down the hall, a Lucario following beside him. He had long brown hair, a full beard, and a scar over his right eye. His heavy armor clanged together as he walked. Both he and Lucario wore a cape draped over their shoulders. They arrived at two large doors at the end of the corridor. Two guards pushed the doors inward, opening them. The knight and Lucario stepped inside, shutting them tight.
The knight and Lucario were now in the master bedroom. Even more guards were inside. The knight approached the bed, where a king sat on the bed beside his wife, the queen. In her arms was a newborn child, wrapped in a blanket.
"We must move her, Your Majesty. They're coming," the knight said. His deep voice echoing off the stone walls.
"I know," the king said, his voice beginning to break. He took one last look at his newborn and then to his wife. "She must go with him, Diane."
A rumble came from deep in the castle, shaking the room and everyone in it. Something was coming, they all could feel it.
"It's time," the knight said. He reached out his arms. With one final kiss, Queen Diane handed the child over to the knight. The rumbling was growing louder. The knight reached to his belt, and pulled a Poké Ball from it. He pressed the button in the centre, enlarging it. "Come on out, Charizard!"
The Poké Ball opened and a dazzling blue light emerged from it, forming a Pokémon. The light burnt out, and beneath it was a large orange dragon: Charizard!
The doors of the master bedroom suddenly imploded! The guards jumped in front of the bed with their Pokémon, ready to protect their queen at all cost. From behind the smoke and broken doors stepped a man with a large dark coat and red hair, followed by other men in long dark coats with hoods covering their faces. A Hydreigon emerged behind them through the smoke, hovering directly behind the red haired man. The King rose to his feet.
"Don't get up, King Charles, we'll be leaving shortly. Once I have what I want," the man with red hair said, a menacing grin on his face.
"Damian! It's too late. You'll never have it. The diamond has already merged with her!" King Charles shouted.
The grin left Damian's face. It was replaced with anger. Damian's jaw clenched as the anger inside him raged. Damian composed himself, not letting the anger show. He replaced it with a devilish smirk.
"Fine. I'll just harvest it from her! And when I do it, I'll get rid of you, your wife" – and then Damian saw him – "Oh look, even the second rate knight of yours is here. This should be fun… Hydreigon, use Dragon Pulse!"
Hydreigon roared and emitted a bright purple and blue beam from its mouth; straight at the king.
"Lucario, Aura Sphere!" The knight commanded Lucario.
Lucario jumped forward in front of the king, and summoned its blue aura into a sphere before it. Lucario shouted as he threw the aura into the path of the Dragon Pulse. The two attacks collided, causing an explosion!
"Go!" the king ordered the knight. The knight nodded.
"Lucario, let's go!" The knight said.
Lucario and the knight, still holding the baby, jumped on the back of his Charizard. Charizard opened its wings and took off, flying straight through the bedroom and out of the large open window into the night sky.
Damian jumped on the back of Hydreigon while the masked men released their own Pokémon from their Poké Balls and began to battle with the guards and their Pokémon. Damian and Hydreigon took off out the window and after the knight and the child.
The knight gripped tight on Charizard's back as it accelerated over the long stretch of water and away from the castle. The wind rushing passed his ears made it hard to hear.
The knight heard a voice, nearly missing it: "Dragon Pulse!"
"Charizard, left!" the knight said. Charizard pulled to the left, just in time to avoid the powerful blast from Hydreigon, now close behind them.
"Give me the child!" Damian screamed.
"NEVER!" the knight screamed back as Charizard and Hydreigon engaged in a game of cat and mouse.
Hydreigon continued to fire blast after blast at Charizard, but Charizard was too quick, slipping the attacks time and time again. The knight gripped the child tight, as Lucario slowly angled itself to face the Hydreigon. Lucario attacked with another Aura Sphere, but Hydreigon countered with Dragon Pulse, blocking and destroying the aura attack. Hydreigon quickly fired another blast, and this time, struck Charizard's underbelly. The explosion tossed Charizard through the air, sending Lucario and the knight plummeting towards the ground. Charizard plummeted in another direction; both headed in different directions. As the knight and Lucario fell, they grabbed hands.
Lucario and the knight nodded. The knight wrapped his arms around Lucario's torso. Lucario summoned another aura attack, and held it, until they were only feet away from the ground. Lucario tossed the aura at the ground. The energy of throwing the aura slowed Lucario's fall, allowing it to land gracefully on the ground with the knight still holding on.
Hydreigon descended before them. Damian jumped off the dragon's back, moving towards the knight.
"I won't ask again, give me the child. NOW!" Damian roared.
"Lucario, Power-Up Punch!" The knight said, sending Lucario into battle.
"So be it," Damian growled, "Hydreigon, Dragon Pulse!"
Hydreigon attacked with a powerful beam of purple and blue light. Lucario launched forward, its fist surrounded by a powerful orange light. It plunged its fist forward, and directly into the attack. An explosion consumed both Pokémon and trainers.
When the smoke and dust cleared, Lucario and the knight were lying on the ground, both severely injured.
"Did you ever think you could beat me? You were always a fool… Brother," Damian said, now standing atop the knight. Damian put his foot on the knight's chest plate, while Hydreigon hovered over Lucario.
"No, I didn't believe I could beat you, Damian, but I did believe I could distract you." The knight grinned weakly. The blanket the knight had continued to hold fell open and a rock tumbled out of it. Damian's expression changed quickly. Anger boiled inside him.
"Where is the child?" Damian growled.
"Far from your reach," The knight coughed, beginning to succumb to his injuries.
"The Charizard," Damian mumbled, now beginning to realize the trick that had been played upon him.
"Charizard has taken her, and is now too far for even you to find her," the knight said, his voice growing weaker.
"I will find her. Right now, I can see my men gathering up the king's guard. The king himself has fallen, and so has the queen. You have lost," Damian said.
"Maybe we have, but she still has a chance. And when she grows, she will defeat you and all of your ideals. The Diamond of Destiny has merged with her. It will allude you for all of time, Damian," the knight murmured.
"Brother, I will find her, and somehow, I'll take the Diamond from her. Whether she be alive or not," Damian said. He and Hydreigon left Lucario and the knight where they lie. He knew they wouldn't last much longer.
"I will find you, Child, I will…"
10 YEARS LATER…
