Hidden Power
Here's a new story, not gonna say much. Just leave a review and tell me what you think. Well, enjoy...
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. It's a registered trademark of Gamefreak and Nintendo.
Prologue
"These powers, humans cannot handle them!" An old man yelled. "You are making a huge mistake!"
"They can, and they must!" A large Pokemon replied back. It was very large and it stood on four legs. It was primarily white with a grey underside. It had a long neck connecting to a head with green eyes. It had a large mane that flowed behind it gracefully. It had no mouth. It also had a golden cross-like wheel attached to its body by its round abdomen. It had a small white tail, and stood dominantly over the old man.
"Arceus! You and I both know greed will cause them to become evil!"
"No... Only those who follow in the path of Giratina will become evil. They will fight, they will kill. But... In the end! The remaining will follow in my path!"
The old man stared at Arceus for a few seconds, and finally gave up his uphill battle.
"I hope you're right. The fate of the world rests in your decision." The old man said before walking away leaving Arceus alone in its palace.
"Bring me the men and women!" Arceus's loud voice boomed through the palace.
To his right, eighteen people walked in through a wooden door. They approached calmly and bowed down before it.
"Our Lord, Arceus. Why did you call us here?" A man in the center asked.
" You are about to start an evolution! This will be a new start for the world!" Arceus roared loudly.
"What do you mean?" A woman asked.
"You, eighteen show characteristics of a specific Pokemon type. The Pokemon are going extinct. I am trying to preserve their life! You eighteen will keep the Pokemon alive!"
"I don't understand." A man on the far right said.
"You have been selected to carry the souls of the remaining Pokemon. Only one type matches each of your personalities! If you do not agree to this, leave now."
They looked at each other nervously. Not one left the room.
"Good... Now. One of you step forward." He roared calmly.
A man with brown hair and brown eyes stepped forward. He was pale and stood tall. However, he showed no sign of muscle.
"State your name!"
"Norman."
"You show unique characteristics. You get along with others, you have a weak exterior but a huge heart. You are completely true to your word and are compatible in many situations... You will obtain the soul and powers of the Normal type!"
Arceus placed his pointed foot upon Norman's chest. It began to glow a bright blue. A white flash lit up the room and Norman was thrown back onto the stone floor.
He stood up and looked around slowly. He looked at his hands, then his feet.
"What did you do to me?" He asked worriedly.
"Just concentrate your energy and aim toward a sandbag." Arceus commanded.
Norman saw a sandbag in the room. He drew back his hand and concentrated hard. He launched his hand forward and a huge, black and purple beam fired at the sandbag. It ripped it into pieces and threw sand everywhere. It continued going and slammed into the palace wall. It blew a hole into it and fire launched in all directions.
"My Lord! I apologize!" Norman yelled in fear.
"Fear not, my child. You now can control the power of Normal!"
Norman stared with a blank face.
"The spirit of Normal type Pokemon is now within you! You will forever hold the power!
"Thank you my Lord." Norman said and nodded then walked over with the others.
"You will all receive powers that fit your personalities." Arceus declared. "Giratina has become too powerful, and his power will only grow... This is my warning to you. Use your powers to save humanity. Do not let emotions and greed stray you from your goal..."
"And our children?!" A man asked.
"They will inherit any powers you have... Now come, the rest of you must receive your powers so that you can start your counterattack. The fate of the world rests in you, and your childrens' hands..."
Chapter 1:
"Ash, relax. You'll do fine." A middle-aged woman said calmly.
"I don't know if I will..."
"High School is no different from Junior High."
"But what if I don't get along with anyone there?"
"You will, Ash." She reassured him as she walked into the kitchen as a noise came from outside. "Oh, you're friend's here."
Ash walked over and opened the door. It was his friend Brock.
"Hello, Ash. Hi, Mrs. Ketchum. You ready, Ash?" Ash nodded nervously. "Well then let's go."
"You'll do fine, Ash." His mom said cheerfully.
After a long walk, they reached the school. The school only consisted of three buildings. One to the North, one to the East, and the last in the West. The front of the school, the South, was a large open field with around ten square acres of land. There were obstacle courses and other out of place items there.
"Well here it is." Brock said with a smirk as they approached the campus. To the left of them, there was a long line. Behind the line was a rectangular shaped field. Brock led Ash past the line. They sat beside the battlefield. He looked around and noticed there were at least seven other battlefields.
"What's this for?" Ash asked curiously. Brock smirked.
"They're gonna test you. Hope you've figured it out." Brock answered with a laugh.
"What do you mean by that?" Ash asked with a frightened look on his face. Brock went to answer but a voice interrupted him.
"The name's Gary Oak, and I can't stand wasting my time, so you better make this good." A red haired boy said with a grin.
A man stood across the field from him, he was obviously a teacher as he had a large brown mustache and stood over most of the people there.
"You talk real big for a kid with no muscle. Stupid freshman. You make the first move."
Gary charged across the field and fired a blast of water from his hands at the man. He dodged it and summoned stones from the ground. Gary jumped back just in time and raised his hands to the sky.
"You're first mistake was putting distance between us, old man!" Rain began falling around the field. "You're second was not recognizing my true power!"
Gary raised his arms and summoned a large wave of water.
"Cocky brat." The teacher mumbled as he fired a single rock at Gary. The rock was easily larger than his body. Gary slashed through the boulder with a sharp movement from his hand. The boulder split in two and shot past him as his wave crashed into the teacher.
"You're weak, old man." Gary said with a grin. "I thought this was a test."
The man stood up and glared at the red haired boy. He raised his arms upward and caused rocks to fall from the sky. They began raining down on Gary, throwing him to the ground.
He put his arms together and fired another large boulder at Gary. The red haired boy eased out of the rocks and fired a huge blast of water. It shot through the boulder, leaving a hole in the center. He leapt through the hole with his body covered in water, he shot quickly into the man and threw him back.
"Congrats, kid. You pass. You'll be with the Elites." Another man said as he began walking Gary off the field.
"Elites?" Ash asked curiously.
"There are two types of Elites." Brock said as he raised two fingers. "People who can control their powers even at a young age. They're stronger than some of the teachers here."
"Wow... what's the other?" Ash asked.
"You'll learn about them later..." Brock said with a frown.
About an hour passed before Ash got his turn. He walked up to the man running the desk.
"Name please..
"Ash Ketchum..." Ash said nervously.
"Okay, your opponent will be one of your underclassmen."
"May I ask who?"
"Whitney." He answered as he pointed toward the field. Across the field stood the young pink haired girl.
Ash took his spot on the field. And began shaking nervously.
"Hey there. Ready to lose?" Whitney asked with a wink. Ash just cracked his knuckles in response.
"You've got this, Ash. You can do it." He mumbled to himself.
"I can't hear you. Well, whatever. Let's go! You first." She said with a smile.
Ash placed his left fist on his right hand. Electricity spurred from his fist and he lunged his arm toward the girl.
The thundershock barely makes it halfway across the field before it dies.
"Oh my Arceus, you can't even use simple attacks yet? That's so cute!"
Ash placed the palms of his hands together and fired electricity again. This one made it, but fired off to the side, missing Whitney.
"I'm not even gonna bother, Charles! Are there anymore new students?!" She called over to the guy running the stand. He nodded his head. "Well I'm going back to class."
"Wait, I can do this!" Ash yelled. He fired a lightning bolt from his hand that launched toward Whitney. She turned and watched as a huge bolt of lightning shot past her and collided with the ground behind her. A large explosion erupted, throwing her into the air.
She caught herself midair and threw her body at Ash, they collided and he was thrown into the ground. She walked over to him and slammed her foot on his back.
"You better watch who you mess with, kid. Especially not a freshman who can't even use his powers!" Whitney said angrily.
"Get off. You win." Ash said, defeated. Whitney smiled.
"Good, glad this didn't have to get ugly!" She said happily. "See you around!"
Ash slowly stood up and watched her walk away. He walked back over to the man named Charles.
"You'll be in basic training. Here's your schedule." He said with a sad face. "Don't worry, not everyone learns at the same pace."
Ash took it and began examining it. His schedule was:
First: Learning your Powers
Second: Summoner History
Third: Lunch
Fourth: Combat Training
Fifth: Physical Training
"More physical classes..." He mumbled. The indoor classes are located in the Northern building. It was only two stories tall. He entered the building and quickly walked to his first hour.
The class was basically empty. Most kids were in advanced classes or were elites. He saw a blonde guy in the back talking to himself, a brunette girl playing with her pencils, a girl with purple hair brushing her large hair, and a boy with long black hair who was drawing a picture.
Ash walked over and took a seat in the back. There were ten chairs in the class with only half of them occupied.
The teacher stood in front of the class. She was old and short with grey hair. "Okay class. Let's all state our names and power types." She began by pointing at Ash.
"Uh, my name is Ash. And I use Electric." Ash said nervously.
"May and I use Fire." The brunette girl mumbled.
"Tracy, Pokemon artist. I use Water!" The boy with long black hair said.
"The strongest Summoner ever, Barry and I use the greatest Summoner type! Water!" The blonde haired boy yelled.
"I'm the strongest Dragon Summoner, Iris!" The purple haired girl yelled.
"Nice to meet you all. Now, answer this. What is your Hidden Pokemon Spirit?" Agatha asked. No one answered. "Do any of you know what that is?" Still no answers. "Well we'll discuss that another time. Let's talk about where our powers come from. Who can tell me?"
"We get them from our spirit!" Barry cheered.
"That's only part of the answer though." Agatha started. "Long ago, the Pokemon were dying off. An unknown force was plaguing their food sources and polluting their drinking water. Not even the legendary Pokemon could fix anything. So, to keep the Pokemon from truly dying, their spirits were intertwined with ours."
"Isn't Arceus the one who saved them?" Tracy asked. Agatha nodded.
"Well I'm sure class will end soon. Feel free to talk." Agatha said as she walked back to her desk.
Tracy walked over to Iris excitedly, May casually walked toward Iris too, causing Barry to run over to the trio to talk. However, Ash sat by himself in the back.
"Do you know about any Dragon Pokemon to draw?" Tracy asked.
"I don't think so." Iris responded.
"Do you wanna sit together at lunch?" May asked.
"Sounds great!" Barry said excitedly.
"What about him? Wait, what's his name again?" Iris asked. Ash shifted his eyes to the left and could see she was looking at him.
"That's Ash. I hear he can't even summon a Thundershock!" Barry laughed loudly. May punched his shoulder.
"Don't be rude." She said angrily. He gave up his childish antics and sat down normally.
"Hey, Ash. Wanna sit with us at lunch?" Iris asked with a smile. Ash nodded, then stood up and walked over to the four.
"Nice to meet you all." Ash said with a smile forming on his face. Just as Ash went to sit down beside Barry, the bell rang. "Of course..."
"See you all tomorrow." Agatha said as the five exited the room.
Ash walked to his next class without any problems. He entered the room and saw familiar faces. May and Tracy. The teacher was a man wearing camouflage and spiky blonde hair. He was even wearing sunglasses indoors. The board said his name was Lieutenant Surge. Or just Surge for short.
The class bored Ash. There were few people Ash cared to learn about. He just wanted to make friends, and protect them. He was only able to hear the names Lance and Steven before he began daydreaming.
He pictured he was a master of Electric Summoning. He was surrounded by friends, even Whitney. He sighed out loud and caught Surge's attention.
"I'm sorry, son. Is my class boring you?" He asked angrily. "I don't like sitting in here all day either!" He went back to talking about the wars since Arceus's rebirth of the Pokemon. The Dark War, Summoner Alliance War, and the Light War. The Dark War was simply Ghost and Dark Summoners attacking the other Summoners. It lasted for two years.
The Summoners Alliance War was between Giratina worshippers and Non-Summoners. It lasted two years.
The last, and ongoing war is the Light War. Many Giratina worshippers believe Arceus has abandoned us and Giratina should rule. Many families and people have been killed over the war, both innocent and guilty.
The bell rang soon and Ash exited the room. He made his way toward the main hall. It was crowded. Filled with basic and honors students. Ash found Barry standing beside Tracy and greeted them.
"Hey, guys." Ash said with a smile. The boys waved with a smile.
"Where are May and Iris at?" Barry asked impatiently. After five minutes of waiting, the two girls arrived.
"Jeez, thanks for using most of our time." Barry said playfully.
"We get an hour." May replied factually. "So where are we going?"
"There are only three student restaurants here." Tracy began. "Pizza, burgers, or tacos."
"Let's get pizza!" Iris said cheerfully.
After lunch ended and the new friends talked, Ash had to return to class. He walked outside and made his way to the South end. The Combat Field. He dreaded the class all day. Not only was it embarrassing that he could barely use his powers, but the class was two hours long. The class had over twenty kids, more than all of his previous classes combined.
"Ash, hurry up!" Yelled Barry as he ran to the Field. Ash jogged behind him and they arrived shortly after. He stood beside Barry, and an unrecognizable person to his left.
"Okay, class. We'll be doing basic training since it's your first day. I want you to begin by Summoning your power in your hands." All of the students did as they were told and summoned something. Normal users Summoned white energy spheres, Fire Summoned fire balls, etc.
Ash was having trouble controlling his power. The electricity would sometimes spark off in different directions, or die out. The instructor walked by and saw this.
"Just relax. Be one with your powers, people!" He yelled at everyone. As if by miracle, Ash's electricity stood still, the energy flowed in his body and he felt a rush of energy. Twenty minutes went by, and Ash was ready for battle.
"Okay, time for training. Find a partner, and play nice." Ash saw Whitney across the field talking to another girl that looked about her age. He began walking towards her.
"Hey, Whitney. Care for a rematch?" Ash asked with a grin. She turned and laughed loudly.
"Why, just so you can lose again?"
"I was nervous this morning. I can beat you." He replied, annoyed by her cocky attitude.
"Oh really?" She asked confidently.
"Yes." Ash answered with a nod.
"I like you, kid. Okay. Let's go!" She said with a smirk.
They took their spots on the Field. Ash fired lightning into the air, making sure he could control it.
"Ready when you are." He said.
"Okay, I'll go first!" She yelled as she jumped forward toward Ash. He moved to the side and she hit the ground beside him.
He quickly fired a bolt of lightning at Whitney. She summoned a green sphere that protected her body. The electricity bounced off and died in the air. She quickly threw her body into Ash, throwing him across the field. He stood up and lifted his fist. It became covered in electricity.
"Punches won't hurt me if they can't touch me!" She yelled as she began spinning rapidly. Ash took this as an opportunity to strike. He ran and punched, colliding with the spinning Whitney. He was sent flying back as she was pushed into the ground.
"You are really strong, Whitney! But not strong enough!" He Summoned a large thunder cloud above Whitney's side of the field. She ran toward Ash and slammed her foot into his stomach. He ignored the pain flying through his stomach and grabbed her leg and sent electricity into her leg. She punched his arm, causing him to drop her. She fell and limped away from him. She began healing herself.
Ash quickly ran at her and sent electricity flying from his hands. It hit the ground beside Whitney as she jumped up below Ash.
"You're still weak." She whispered into his ear, midair. She placed her hands on his stomach and fired a large orange beam into him. He went flying into the air. She began recharging from the powerful attack.
"You are strong. But I'll never lose to you again." Ash said as he began falling from above. He drew back his hand and fired a ball of electricity at Whitney. She looked up and jumped to the side.
"Stupid kid, you'll never learn." She said with a wink as Ash smacked the ground. He looked up and grinned.
"You should be more observant." He said as he snapped his fingers. Thunder boomed and a bolt of lightning flew down and struck Whitney.
He stood up and walked over to her. He knelt down and offered her his hand. She looked up and grabbed it as he pulled her up to her feet.
"And that class, is how a real Summoner fights." The instructor announced happily. Ash began smiling.
"Hear that, Dad? I'm a Summoner. Just like you."
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