This is a little idea that came to me a little while ago, I don't have much worked out but I decided to give it a try. I would like to dedicate this fanfic to all my friends back in Spain, reason why I'm trying to make characters loosely based on the members of the corner (our corner), except for me (since I will not degrade myself by doing some lame self-insertion), although some might have some trouble reading it, since not all of them speak a great english, but I think they'll understand it.
As always, I thank my friend and betareader casju, for making sure that words like rhdduing don't see the light of the internet.
I don't own Pokémon (well, except for some games, but you know what I mean).
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Prologue: The Traveller
Silver Mountain, Mt. Silver, Monte Plateado, Monte Argentum, Grotte Argentée, Monte Argento... many names for a single place. Mt. Silver is one of the highest mountains in the world, it's right between Johto and Kanto, and people have been arguing about whe it should belong to for as long as anyone can remember. Right now it's acknowledged as part of Johto, but is in Kanto territory. Mt. Silver gets colder and more windy the higher you get, making living there almost impossible. The only inhabitants of Mt. Silver are pokémon; pokémon that have grown to resist the extreme weather conditions, and become as tough as the mountain itself, reason why only the most ambitious and experienced trainers approach it, and that's not common either.
However, that evening, some minutes before sunset two figures began to take form in the horizon. The first figure was slim and not very tall, not more than 1.50m. As clothing began turning visible, one could identify a plain white shirt, blue shorts and a matching baseball cap. The other figure was significally taller, over the 1.80m mark. Not much was distinguishible, besides some kind of rag that covered most of his body, his worn out shoes, and ruffled hair that hadn't been taken care of for a long time, and was just long enough to cover his eyes, hiding his face.
Maybe the most remarkable thing about these two trainers, for surely only trainers would dare to come this close to Mt. Silver, was the third, much smaller figure perched on the second figure's right shoulder. This figure wasn't human. It had slim, light-looking legs, a rather unusually shaped tail, and a set of long ears, that looked slightly similar to its tail. The creature seemed to mix with the oncoming darkness, with the exception of numerous white rings adorning its body, which seemed to glow with more and more frequency as the night approached.
The two travellers arrived at the mountain's foot, where they stopped walking, and began to talk.
"This is as far as I can go mister. Even my father's pokémon team has a hard time with the pokémon in the tall grass here." The shorter figure, now identified as a kid about 10 years old, informed.
The taller figure nodded, and said ,"It's okay kid, I think I can find a way through the mountain myself, I know there are many caves that go up."
The kid still seemed uneasy, not very convinced by his words,"Are you sure you want to go up there alone, mister? The pokémon in this mountain are the toughest in the whole region; most people can't make it past the first floor.
The traveller smiled at the kid, "As long as she's here, we'll be just fine, right?" He said pointing at the creature on his shoulder, that agreed with a single "Breon!","See? And stop calling me mister, I'm not that old. I'm like, what? Six, seven years older than you?"
"Okay, be careful." The boy said as he waved goodbye.
"Don't worry," Said the teen as he moved aside the dark blue bangs covering his eyes, revealing two crimson orbs,"we will."
And so, the traveller and his quadrupedal companion entered the cave, dimly iluminated by a little amount of Flash Moss, known for absorbing the power of the pokémon move Flash, perpetuating its effect.
"You know, I think you should step down. We are going to need full mobility in this place." The traveller said to his companion.
"Um."The creature said, looked at him for a second, and licked his cheek before jumping down to the rocky floor of the cave, making the traveller crack a smile.
"Don't worry, this will be a piece of cake. He isn't exactly easy to miss you know. I'm sure you will like him, although his sense of humor can be a bit abrasive... No, don't look at me like that, he's one of my best friends, but the truth is the truth."
The two of them kept walking through the cavern nonstop, and no matter how much they walked, their surroundings never appeared to change. After what seemed an eternity, but were actually no more than thirty minutes, a soft rumbling began to sound.
The creature's ears perked up "Breon!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's water. That means it's somewhere we haven't gone through yet. It's nice to know that we haven't been walking in circles." The traveller said, "Of course I already knew that." He added quickly, earning him the equivalent of a snort from his companion.
Soon, the couple reached the source of the sound. An underground river that descended from a waterfall about ten meters upstream. It seemed like a dead end: behind them, the way from which they came from, at their left hand, a powerful stream of water, at their right hand, a completely vertical wall, and in front of them, a similar wall, the only difference being its lower height, and being a bit more worn out.
"Darn! I should've seen this one coming, I knew there was a place like this somewhere." The traveller looked at the waterfall, and then at the wall with a calculating look. "I think we can do this. We've got two options, wall or waterfall."
"On, breon, um, umbreon, umbre." The criature seemed to suggest something.
"You are right, me neither, at least not up a waterfall, so we're gonna have to choose wall." He said. "You wouldn't happen to know Rock Climb, would you?" The creature gave a negative sound."Neither do I, not that I could learn it anyways... or you, now that I think about it."
The traveller looked at the wall, more specifically, at them point where the two perpendicular walls met. "I think I've got this. That wall is too steep and even, so how about some Shadow Balls?"
Seconds later, several explosions were heard, and a cloud of dust and smoke covered the two partners. From inside the cloud of dust several coughs could be heaard, and as the smoke began to fade away, the traveller and his partner became visible again.
"Maybe that was a bit too much, but it should work."The traveller said with his right arm protecting his mouth from the dirt. "Jump onto my shoulder, I'll take care of this." He told his companion, who didn't hesitate in doing as told.
The traveller relaxed his body, and exhaled, before taking a deep breath, and flexing his arms and legs, lowering his body slightly."Ready?" He asked after exhaling once again.
"Um." His partner answered .
He cracked his neck,"Then here we go." After taking one last breath, the traveller jumped with superhuman speed and power, about four meters in the air, towards the recently damaged wall, and just before reaching it, he flipped in midair, softened the impact with his feet, and bolted towards the perpendicular wall, on which he performed the same operation, and then again on the first wall, finally landing on the top of the second.
"Piece of cake. Which reminds me, do we have any apples left? I feel like eating one." Said the traveller as his companion stepped down.
"Um-on, umbreon bre-um, on." His partner said almost teasingly.
"No, not always; and you had some too, so don't blame me." He replied,"Anyways, I think somewhere around here there should be a..." The traveller's eyes stopped at section of the wall from which the moomlight was entering the cave. "There! Look, there's an exit." He said after scanning the area.
"Breon, umbre um." The creature said in a somewhat smug tone.
"But I said it was there, so it doesn't matter who saw it first. Let's go."
The treveller headed towards the exit, it wasn't too far away, just about 80 meters, but one would have to wonder how the traveller saw it in the middle of the , a bark from his companion stopped him on his tracks.
The traveller seemed to realize something."You're right, but where...?" Both he and his companion looked around the cave, focusing all their senses on the nearly absoulte darkness.
"Jump!" The traveller shouted. He jumped out of the way, and so did his partner, just in time to avoid a huge fur covered arm that came crushing down, destroying even the rock under it.
"Great, just great." Said the traveller while eyeing the newcomer.
This creature, although definitively not human, was bipedal and stood straight. It was big, even taller than the traveller, and twice as wide. Its whole body was covered in brown fur, with the exception of a yellow circle on its abdomen and the yellow fur that covered his stout muzzle. It had strong, rather short legs, and relatively long arms with five sharp claws each, and a short stubby tail. Above its wide muzzle, two small eyes could be seen, and two small squared ears adorned its head.
"Wow, it's the first time I've ever seen an Ursaring in real life." The traveller thought out loud. "I don't know why you attacked us, but we are just passing through, leave us alone, and we'll leave peacefully."
The Ursaring stared at the traveller with an slightly shocked expression. Who were this creatures that had intruded in her territory? They claimed to come in peace, but so many others had come with similar promises, only to capture her kin.
Then, the traveller saw another, much smaller form behind the Ursaring. It looked like an orange teddybear, with a moon shaped spot on its forehead. "Oh, I see, you are its mother. I swear we won't hurt your cub, please let us pass. A fight here could hurt your child."
The Ursaring growled at the traveller and his partner. It was a warning; she would let them go, but if anything happened to her kin, she would not let it pass.
The traveller seemed to understand,"Thank you for your understanding." He said, and began walking to the exit, followed by his companion.
The Ursaring didn't let them out of her sight until they walked out the hole that was the exit. The Ursaring was perplexed; never had such creatures entered this cave without the intention of capturing her kin, at least not that she new of, but there was something in the eyes of the tall creature that told her one thing: he, or rather, they were different.
The traveller and his companion continued to climb the mountain, this time from the outside, where the darkness and strong winds made climbing difficult. Soon, they arrived at a some kind of small plateau, covered in tall grass. They could see another entrance to the cave beyond the grass.
"He should be around here, probably inside the cave." The traveller informed his companion, who barked in acknowledgement.
They began making their way through the grass, having the luck that no pokémon found them. "Okay, we are almost there." The traveller said as they approached the entrance.
"Breon! Breon!" His partner announced alarmingly.
"What is it?" The traveller asked his companion, who kept barking and calling for him.
The traveller walked to his partner, and crouched down, to find a small grayish green body laying on the ground. The traveller looked both shocked and worried, the little body wasn't moving, or breathing. With some hesitation, the traveller proceeded to examine the body more closely.
"Um-breon?" Whispered his companion.
"N-no, it's not him. The age doesn't match..." The traveller sighed in relief."Also,it must've been here for some time, I'd say too much for it to be him, only the shell is left." The traveller put his hands together as in prayer."Rest in peace." He got up, and called for his companion."C'mon, we have to keep going."
The traveller's companion gave one last glance to the body, before following her partner, who was entering the cave at the moment.
"Hmmm, I can feel it, this is actually the same cave, just higher at that river. We are probably higher up than that waterfall from before." The traveller said inspecting the cave."Now, he can't be too far. Let's go upstream, going upstream always leads you somewhere, but be careful, the floor is slippery."
The traveller and his partner advanced through the dimly iluminated cavern, scanning every nook and cranny, looking for something, or rather, someone.
"Darn it, where is he? Stupid crazy old geezer, it's all his fault. I bet he couldn't find a more isolated place to send him." The traveller said as he began losing his patience.
"Umbreon, umbre-eon." His partner said, apparently as a rebuttal.
"The Southern Island! How do you even know where the Southern Island is? That's where? In Hoenn?" The traveller asked perplexed.
"Umbre umbre." His companion stated matter-of-factly.
"Did I? Really? My memory must be worse than I thought it was." He said scratching the back of his head.
"Anyways, I guess would be the logical choice, but-WOW!" The traveller was cut of by an enormous blue bat-like creature (with an equally enormous mouth and nasty-looking fangs) that almost bit his head off.
The flying creature attacked once again, trying to sink its fangs in his neck, but the traveller dodged it with ease."What the heck! A Golbat?" Said the traveller. The Golbat kept attacking, and the trveller kept dodging with mastery. He'd rather not hurt the pokémon, but he couldn't keep dodging forever.
"Stop it! I said stop! Really, I don't want to hurt you, but you aren't giving me many options!" The Golbat seemed to ignore the traveller's complaints, and kept rushing towards the traveller again and again.
"Um-eon, breon!" The traveller's partner exclaimed.
"No need to, I've got this." The traveller replied, he closed his eyes and relaxed his body. The Golbat came at him once again, but right before contact was made, the traveller disappeared and reappeared right behind the Golbat. The traveller kicked the Golbat and pinned him to the ground.
"Okay buddy, I've got things to do here, so if you just leave me alone, I'll let you go, deal?" The Golbat must have agreed, because the traveller let it go, and it flew away into the darkness.
The traveller turned to his partner."Now that that's been taken care of, I think we are deep enough into the cave to try different searching methods, don't you agree?"
"Um." Agreed his partner.
"Great. Then please, stand still, this takes a bit of concentration." The traveller closed his eyes and lowered his body sligtly, taking deep breaths. He stood like this for several minutes, before opening his eyes suddenly. "I've found him. Let's go!" His companion followed him through the cave, knowing that her partner knew exactly where he was going.
The traveller halted after some minutes and began looking around."He's gotta be right here..." He murmured. Then, both his companion and him were startled by a loud roar. A giant green creature appeared from underground. It was big, even bigger than the Ursaring from before, in both heaight an width. It had a dinosaur-like shape, and was covered in rocky green scales, with some black holes here and there, with a blue abdomen. Three horns came out of its head, and several spikes ran down its back.
"Holy $%¡#! A Tyranitar!" The traveller exclaimed.
The Tyranitar looked at the traveller with rage, and shot a huge yellow beam at him. Both the traveller and his companion jumped out of the way to avoid the attack, wich's sheer destructive power was enough to create a crater a couple meters deep, and at least seven wide.
"Aagh! Please, we don't want to fight, we are just looking for someone." This time, multiple rocks fell from the cave's ceiling, threatening to crush the traveller, who jumped forward, and slid between the Tyranitar's legs, not an easy task, having in count the length of its short legs and its tail.
The Tyranitar didn't appear to have realized that the traveller was currently standing right behind it, and began looking in the opposite direction.
The traveller was trying to think of a way to avoid the fight, when he heard a soft noise next to him. He looked for the source of the sound, only to find a small figure laying a couple of meters besides him. I looked remarkably similar to the one his partner had found in the tall grass, but this one was breathing and was a little bigger.
Could it be? The traveller thought. Right then, the Tyranitar located him, and shot an stream of fire in his direction. The traveller dodged it, and hurried to get as far from the Tyranitar as possible.
"Please listen, we aren't trying to hurt your child, this is just a misunderstanding, that's not really your baby,-" He was cut of by another yellow beam, which he barely dodged.
"I see... So that's how it's gonna be?" The traveller said. He turned to his companion "Luna, move aside, I'll take care of this."
His partner nodded, and stepped back. He would be fine.
The Tyranitar roared, and began charging another beam of yellow energy. The traveller, adopted a battle stance, and his red eyes began glowing blue. "Let's do this!"
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And there you go, the prologue for my new story; it was supposed to be shorter, but I hope you liked it, in fact, I hope you liked it so much that you will have to click that pretty review button down at the botton. I don't know when the next chapter will be ready, I had to write this one, not because of me, but because of the plot bunnies, I always thought they wouldn't come after me, but here they are.
Please review!