The Lost Aura Prince
Nightmare!
Ca.2 – In the Middle Ages
The black-haired boy slept peacefully tucked into Misty's bed. Misty had protested that a strange boy would sleep right in her bed. Her three sisters had a room that even the spoiled prince would be happy with it, but Misty's room was so small it had hardly anything more than her hard bed. But Misty's mother had said that he would be in Misty's room.
The yellow mouse with a tail that resembled a lightning bolt lay beside the sleeping boy. It had refused to leave the boy named "Ash" for a single minute. The yellow mouse watched with concern when Ash began to turn around and mumble in his sleep.
In Ash's dream
Ash sat in his room and read in the Bible. He really hated to read. Well, he had no problem with reading, he just hated to read the same book again and again. If it had not been for the young prince's faithful best friend he would have died of boredom.
Ash flipped through the book, uninterested, when he heard a light knock on the steel door.
"My young prince, I've been sent here to inform you that the king and queen are looking for you," a male voice said from the other side of the door. Ash slammed the holy book shut and sighed. He knew when his mother and father inquired after him, it meant they would ask him if he has read the Bible, or it's bad news.
When the guard heard no response, he knocked a bit harder at the door. "Your Highness?"
"I'm coming... I'm coming... I'll just change," Ash replied as nicely as possible. He could hear when the guard walked away.
The young prince jumped out of the bed and put on one of his favorite tunics. Then he put on his golden crown and went up to the sleeping yellow mouse.
The sleeping magical creature lay on a red and white pillow, in the shape of a circle. (A pokéball.) He smiled and patted the sleeping mouse, who woke up and smiled.
"Pika Pikapi.. (Good morning Ash..)" Yawned the electric mouse. The young prince smiled.
"Good morning Pikachu." Pikachu stretched and scratched his eyes.
"The king and queen want to meet with me." Pikachu looked at Ash entirely uninterested and closed his eyes again to go back to sleep. Ash looked at his yellow friend who tried to go back to sleep.
"Please..."
"…"
"I do not want to go alone .." Pikachu opened one eye.
"You can get a bottle of ketchup," Ash said in a singsong voice. Immediately after the word "ketchup" left his mouth, Pikachu started jumping around like a happy Spoink.
"PIKACHU PIKA PI?! (What are we waiting for?!)" cried Pikachu. When he started to pull Ash's arms, Ash laughed.
Ash walked into the corridor with his excited friend on his shoulder. On the wall, there were lots of plaques with the former royal families. When Ash looked at his family photo he felt that for some mysterious reason, it didn't feel right. He felt that he didn't belong to this family.
Ash walked up to the guards guarding the king and queen. Because the guard recognized the young prince, he was allowed in.
Ash walked into the room and saw his parents sitting on their thrones. He gulped and went up to the king and queen.
The king frowned when he saw the dangerous creature on the sole heir. He had said at least hundred times that guards will keep the rat from the young prince. The king stood up and gave gestured for all the guards to leave the room, as he would be talking about the kingdom's fate. At once, all the guards left the room, leaving the young prince alone with the king and queen. Pikachu obviously still sat on Ash's shoulder.
"Son you'll soon be old enough to marry a princess and become the next king." The king began his speech.
"But father I'm just 7 years old, I'm too young to marry or even be the king. I've never left the castle, and I'm not ready for such a big step." Ash tried to convince the most stubborn man in the world to change his mind, but it was impossible to change the King's opinion.
"I know you do not feel ready, but in only a few years you will be king and be responsible for the kingdom."
"But I do not want to be king..." murmured Ash quietly. He knew that no matter what he said, the king would still win.
"What did you say?" asked the queen. She was much younger than the king was. The queen had been forced to marry a stranger, so she knew how the young prince felt right now.
"I never wanted to be king, I just wanna be a normal boy and have common problems! I hate to be locked in here day in and day out!" Ash cried, his eyes tearful. He had kept it in for several years, but now he finally let it all out.
"I'm sorry to say it, but you have no choice. As the only heir, it is your responsibility to accept your fate." Ash let his tears flow. He didn't want this life.
One of the guards entered the room. He was one of the best, even if he was dark-skinned. He was the only one of the guards the prince liked.
"Brock bring the prince to his room" ordered the King. Brock nodded and grabbed the heir by the arm. The dark-skinned man began to gently pull the prince to the door. Ash struggled a little.
"Let me go. I can walk by myself." Ash protested. Brock ignored the prince. Pikachu could see from Ash's face that he did not like it, so he let small sparks fly from his red cheek pouches, which immediately led to Brock releasing the prince's arm. All the other guards came into the room and held out their swords against the yellow mouse.
"Pikachu stop." Ash said firmly, but quietly. Immediately, the sparks stopped coming from Pikachu's cheeks. He looked at Ash apologetically. He had just wanted to protect Ash.
"I'm not angry," Ash explained as he lovingly pet his friend.
"Chaa!" Pikachu exclaimed in delight. The guards lowered their weapons because they knew that the Prince had control of the situation.
No one in the palace could understand how the young prince controlled the magical creature with its electrical attacks. All of the royals had a magical creature as a guard, but all their attacks were just normal types. No one was ever able to tame an electric magical creature, and that's why everyone was so worried that Pikachu would shock the prince.
Ash walked out of the room. Nobody dared mess with the Prince as long as he had Pikachu on his shoulder.
That night
Ash slept peacefully in his big bed. His mattress felt like fluffy clouds. Pikachu lay on his pillow, next to the prince's bed.
Suddenly, the door opened and in came a man with a big smile on his face. He looked around to see if there was anyone else in the room. They could see the young prince, who lay in his bed peacefully.
The man walked closer to the prince's bed, extra careful to not wake the prince. If that should happen, they would be executed at once.
The man gently pulled away the blanket that was over the prince's sleeping body and took out a cloth. He also took out an old rope. The man took a deep breath and jumped on the bed and landed on the boy's hands with his legs. The prince woke up and was about to scream for the guards, but before a single sound had left his mouth, the man forced a cloth into it.
Ash tried to scream for help. He had never been so scared in his life. What did this man want from him? Was he a murderer?
"Mmmpw! Mmmpw!" Ash yelled as he tried to shake himself free from the man's grip, causing the man to become irritated and hit the prince on the cheek. Ash stopped immediately.
Ash looked at the sleeping Pikachu and tried to wake him up, but the yellow mouse did not wake up.
The man leaned over to Ash's ear and whispered something into the boy's ear.
"The more you struggle, the more I will hurt you." Ash shuddered and immediately began to struggle. He must leave!
And like the man said, he hit the boy across the face. Ash began to see double. The man struck a blow to cause the boy to fall unconscious. The man looked at the unconscious boy and stepped back carefully. He began to tie the boy's hands and feet together. He put a bag over the boy's head, so that if anyone saw him they would not know that he had kidnapped Kanto's prince.
He threw the bound boy over his shoulder and walked slowly out of the room. On the way out, it so happened that Ash's feet hit a bookcase, causing a book to fall on the floor.
Pikachu woke up when the book hit the floor. He looked up, finding an empty bed with its duvet all helter-skelter. Something wasn't right... Ash would never leave Pikachu, so where had he gone? Automatically, Pikachu started sniffing the air, finding a strange smell mixed with Ash's. Pikachu quickly ran out the "dog door" to find Ash.
The man put down the newly awakened boy in a carriage which was drawn by four Rapidash. The prince struggled to free himself from the ropes to no avail. The man sat up in the cart and used a whip to make the Rapidash start running.
The man had a satisfied smile on his face, as he had managed to escape without any problems. Just when he thought that, a bright light appeared in front of the cart, causing all the Rapidash to stop.
Before them stood Pikachu, sparks flying from his cheeks. Pikachu beat all Rapidash and the man. Then he opened the door to the carriage and saw his best friend bound and gagged.
When Ash saw Pikachu, tears of joy ran down his battered face. Pikachu wasted no time. He began to gnaw the ropes that were around Ash's wrists. He could see bruises on Ash's ankles and growled. How dare anyone harm Ash?
When Ash was finally freed, he took out the cloth that was in his mouth and untied his legs.
"Thanks buddy."
"Chaa (No problem)"
Ash and Pikachu fled out of the cart and ran out into the woods to hide.
In the real world (Not Ash's dream)
Ash opened his eyes and saw before him his best friend, but Pikachu had a worried look.
"Pika pikapi chu? (Are you okay Ash?)"
"I'm fine. It was just a nightmare."
"Pika.. (Okay..)"
Ash looked out and saw that the sun was high up in the sky, it was morning.
"Good morning Ash!" Ash looked towards the door and saw the orange-haired girl in front of him, a big smile on her lips.
He smiled at her. If only he knew that the two would be best friends.
BannanGodis: So what did you think? Did you like it? Hate it? Explain to me why you hate / like / love this chapter! And thanks to awolflover2 for help me with this text, thanks! :)