Atop a high cliff during a rainy night, a solitary trainer and his Pokemon stood watching. Before them lay a vast canyon, with high mountains on either side. Deep in the middle of the canyon a dome of dark energy was slowly growing larger, enveloping everything it touched.
"There's no stopping it," The trainer said, shaking his head in dismay. "At this rate, the entire region will be enveloped in months."
The Mightyena standing at his side looked up at him and whined. The trainer looked back down at him and sighed. "Sorry, boy. But it looks like we're not retiring yet." The trainer laughed, as if it were a joke. The trainer then reached into his pocket and took out a shard gleaming with brilliant light. "It looks like it may come to this after all," The trainer said, gazing at the shard.
Behind them, a second Pokemon appeared, panting heavily. It's journey here wasn't a short one, nor an easy one. The trainer turned around and gave a weak smile. "Ah, you have arrived. Excellent. Come here," The trainer said, beckoning the Pokemon towards him. He took a pulled a thread out of his sleeve and tied it around the shard, before placing it around the Pokemon's neck. "Absol, I need you to do one last favor for me. After it is done, you are no longer my Pokemon, and are free to do as you wish," The trainer said, his voice betraying a hint of sadness. The Disaster Pokemon cocked its head in confusion.
"I need you to take this shard to the One. Protect him, and make sure he is to survive. Go," The trainer instructed. Yes, master, The Absol replied. The Pokemon bowed, then took off back in the direction it came.
"Mightyena, I believe I was wrong. We are retiring today. Just a little differently than usual." The trainer let out an ironic chuckle. He turned back towards the ball of death. "I have one last trick up my sleeve."
The trainer took out a similar shard to the one he gave Absol, and swallowed it. Almost immediately, his body was enveloped in a peculiar blue flame.
"Mightyena, it was an honor working with you. Now do me one last favor," The trainer asked, now slowly levitating into the air. "My greatest fear was dying alone, fizzling out like a flame. Help me go with a bang, like a true star. Together," The trainer said softly, a defiant grin growing on his face. Mightyena barked, then gave a final, triumphant howl.
The two leapt off the cliff, rapidly accelerating towards the dome of energy.
"Looks like it's all up to you now…Elix, and…Lucario," The trainer thought, smiling.
This wasn't over yet.
Not even close.
There's no reason for it to be raining this hard, Elix thought to himself. It's the middle of June. What gives?
The rain pounded incessantly against Elix's small tent. It was perched on a grassy hill overlooking Lake Verity, where Elix was staying for the past week. He was inspired by a TV report he saw on a red Gyarados which lived in Johto, wondered if there was one here. Unfortunately, nothing was found during his weeklong stay. He was just about to pack up and leave when it suddenly started raining like hell.
Elix yawned and brought his blankets closer around himself. The tent was designed for warm weather, and didn't do much to keep the cold out. The rain was too loud for Elix to get any sleep, so there was nothing to do except sit tight and hope the rain stops soon.
Elix was starting to doze off when the flap door to the tent suddenly opened. In came a very soggy Lucario holding a basket full of berries. "Jeez, what were you doing out there?" Elix asked, grabbing the basket and emptying the contents onto the tent floor. You would not believe what I had to go through to get these, the Lucario replied.
Elix's Lucario, or "Ruki" as he is sometimes called (not often, as Lucario doesn't like it that much), was of course not always a Lucario. Elix had originally received him when he was much younger as an egg. His father was leaving on a "business trip" (a trip from which he would never return) and had gave him it as a goodbye present. The two grew up together, forming a very close bond. The Riolu that hatched eventually became a Lucario, and it was around then Elix decided he wanted to be a Pokemon Trainer, and that catching a red Gyarados would be a good way to start. To this day, however, Elix is unsure of where or how his dad got that egg. Or what had happened to his dad, for that matter.
"Give me a hand, would you?" Elix asked, tearing the leaves and stems off the berries and putting them in a separate bag. Of course, Lucario replied, sitting down next to him. At some point he had learned how to use telepathy, but Elix didn't know the details. He just started talking one day, and never mentioned how. Elix suspects all Lucario naturally know, which would explain why Lucario doesn't really know the explanation himself.
But I digress, Elix thought. There must be something going on if it took Lucario this long to gather berries. "So what took you so long, anyway?" Elix asked. There are a whole bunch of bizarre Aura waves coming from the center of the lake. It's putting all the local Pokemon on edge somehow, Lucario responded, tearing a stem off a berry using his teeth.
"That's interesting, but it doesn't explain why you were out there for two hours," Elix said, putting down a berry and looking at Lucario. There was a Beedrill swarm circling the entire forest. I didn't want to attract it's attention, Lucario replied, still focused on the berries. "Ah," Elix understood. Beedrill are nasty Pokemon by themselves, and an absolute menace in large groups.
The two sat in silence for a while, removing the stems from the berries, when Lucario suddenly looked up and started peering very intently towards the lake. "What's up?" Elix asked, concerned. The Aura waves coming from the lake are fluctuating wildly, he said, concentrating. Elix noticed Lucario's eyes turn yellow. They are getting larger. Something is happening out there. Lucario got up and quickly exited the tent. "Yo! Wait for me!" Elix called after him, quickly putting on his raincoat. Sure enough, when he got outside, he noticed waves moving across the lake's surface. They seemed to originate in the center of the lake and move outward. "What the hell's going on?" Elix asked, incredulous. Lucario didn't respond.
The two watched as the waves got bigger and bigger until they saw a small island rise up out of the center of the lake. Just as suddenly, a bunch of smaller islands appeared in a row between the big island and the mainland, creating a sort of bridge. "What the HELL," Elix said again, this time to nobody in particular. Lucario shuddered. It's as if they want us to check it out, he said, regarding the islands with suspicion. Elix shrugged and started walking towards it. "Well, if the lake wants us to go over there that badly, we probably should," he began. "Also, this is way too weird for me to pass up."
After a moment's hesitation, Lucario joined Elix and the two carefully traversed the bridge and reached the center island. In the middle of the central isle was a small box. Elix picked it up and examined it. "Okay, this is making less and less sense by the minute," he said, turning the box over. He quickly noticed there were no visible ways to open the box. "How do you open this thing?" Allow me, Lucario said, taking the box. He closed his eyes, and his paws were soon surrounded by an ethereal blue fire. Almost immediately afterwards the box opened. The two peered inside and saw that the box contained a small red sphere with strange symbols carved into it. The sphere was translucent and inside Elix could see what looked like a small flame. Elix peered at it closely. "What in the world is this?"
It appears to be some sort of trinket, Lucario observed, looking at it closely. It is emanating massive amounts of Aura, though, so it can't be any ordinary bauble. "Well them, what is it?" Elix said, heading back across the bridge. As interesting as that thing is, getting out of this blasted rain is currently his top priority. As soon as they were safely back in the tent, Elix put the sphere on the small bedside table and examined it closely. Maybe Dr. Isaac knows something about it, Lucario suggested. "Hey, good idea. We'll ask him tomorrow."
Dr. Ian Isaac was an old friend of Elix's family for a long time. He seemed to know pretty much everything about ancient Pokemon artifacts. As a matter of fact, before we left he mentioned something about becoming a Pokemon Professor, Elix remembered.
"Either way, there's nothing we can really do about this thing right now," Elix said, putting the sphere in a small bag then stuffing said bag into his backpack. "I'm sure Ian knows at least something about this. For now, though, we should get some sleep. It's really late." Elix lay down on his sleeping bag and drew the covers around him. But Master, the berries, Lucario reminded him. "Ah, we'll do it in the morning," Elix dismissed. Very well then. Goodnight, Elix. "G'night, Ruki."
As the two lay down to go to sleep, the sphere continued to shine softly, the same color as the Pokemon Absol's eyes, as the Pokemon raced through the land, searching for the Chosen One. And as they slept, the dark void grew steadily larger, engulfing all that surrounded it and sucking it into the cast expanse of nothing.
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I don't know why my stories always start so dreadfully slowly. Oh well, hopefully it will pick up as the story progresses. I thought I had wrote a lot, but it seems too short, and I don't want to add any unnecessary filler, I don't know what to dooooo aaarrgh
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