Mewtwo

The cold night wind whirled around me as my body glided through the night sky. My reflection stared back at me across the shimmering glassy surface of the lake. The town's lights danced ahead of me, that's where I need to be. My only friend is waiting for me there. I flew towards the cliff face, at the last possible second I shot upwards. I was centimetres from the rocky wall but I still flew higher. Dirt pelted my body, stinging my face and arms. I shut my eyes and felt the cliff face rush past me and disappear.

I opened my eyes again and slowed to a stop. I hovered over the edge of the town of Alimos and looked around. The garden was across the other side of town. I could see people in the center square with their Pokémon. The two Pokémon were being forced to battle with each other, much to the applause of the on lookers. An Electrike shot a bolt of thunder at an Empolion, upon impact the Pokémon cried out in pain as the electricity coursed through its body. The creature fell to it's knees and lost consciousness.

"The winner is...Electrike!" The announcer called and the humans all cheered. The trainer of the Empolion rushed over to wake it up. Mind numbing disgust filled me to the core . These Pokémon were just gladiators in the arena for these humans sick entertainment. This is why humans need to be stopped using Pokémon this way, can they not see the pain their Pokémon are in? For the first time in three or so years, I felt again like destroying them all...I've got to snap out of this before I do something I will regret.

I closed my eyes and felt an energy flowing through my veins. It was like a stream of pure light being pumped through my body. I was in control of this stream; I directed it to the outside of my body. It tingled over my skin and made it disappear. I opened my eyes and moved my hand in front of my face. I could only see a thin blue outline of my hand. Not complete but it will work. It took me a long time to figure out how to turn transparent. When my strength fully returns I will perfect it. I flew over the top of the human's town and made my way towards the garden.

I had followed this path before, when I first met him... I flew toward the playground where he told me to wait. I slowly landed and released my Psychic energy back into my body. I walked over to the swing and sat down on it. He was sure to have felt me arrive. I shouldn't have to wait long. As I waited the bell towers started to play a song. It was the midnight song. I looked up and watched as a fireworks display began.

Human were horrible beings but sometimes what they create is beautiful. I watched as one of the fireworks flew through the night sky with a trail of sparks like butterflies made of fire, and then explode in a shower of blue sparkles of beauty...then slowly fade back into the night. Each made their own unique shapes and patterns. Blue spheres, gold ring, green sparks...they were all in an eclectic collection of beauty. The song echoed and drifted into an eerie silence. I revelled in the silence. A presence other than my own was coming from behind me. It thought it was being stealthy, but the crunch of its paws gave it away. I sighed to myself, will I ever know peace?

"Get away from here stranger. Your presence is unnatural" A growl came from the bushes behind me.

'My whole existence is unnatural, but I don't need to hear it from you, inferior' I spoke telepathically. The Pokémon revealed itself, sparks flying in its enraged state. It was a black and blue creature with a yellow bit at the end of its tail, a Luxray

"What did you call me freak, just 'cause you waltz in here being all high and mighty, don't mean your automatically become head shot, I call the shots 'round here get it freak!" The Luxray growled menacingly. I rolled my eyes.

'I may be a freak but you truly are a weakling if you believe that is in anyway threatening' I stood up, towering over the beast. It cried out with rage and charged at me. I merely chuckled as it ran electricity over its body and leapt into the air. With one flick of my wrist I held the creature in mid air. The Luxray struggled in an attempt to move, limbs flailing. I stopped this too. It just hung motionless before me, spitting with contempt.

"Let me down from here you stupid purple freak!" This for some reason sent me over the edge. Before I could stamp out the anger it flowed through my veins into my mind. The psychic energy flowed though my fingers as they closed together, crushing the swine where it floated. It cried out with pain as I squeezed its body.

Somehow the other Pokémon nearby heard the commotion and had come running to the snivelling creature's aid. I could sense them coming all around me. The first of the creatures were coming from my right. I flung the Luxray at the first of the Pokémon to appear, sending them crashing to the ground. All at once their feeble attempts to hurt my came flying my direction. Strong streams of water shot from the water Pokémon, leaves as sharp as razors from the grass types and birds dove out of the sky to peck at me. I smiled as I threw out a psychic wave, throwing their attacks right back at them. Where is he already! More and more things were propelled at my body, all being flung straight back at them. The energy flowing through my mind didn't waver for even one split second. After a long and fruitless attempt to engage me the Pokémon laid slumped against the trees groaning. I felt triumphant. Letting the shield down I began to walk away, then I smelt it.

It smelt strange, like a mixture between some sort of exotic spices and electricity. I couldn't quite place what it was until it was too late. Stun Spores. I tried to hold my breath but I already had too much in my lungs. It burned and filled my body in a matter of seconds. The spore made my lungs itch and sting until I succumbed under its effect. I fell to the ground in a coughing fit, body burning as it froze into place. I couldn't move an inch.

My face was pressed against the ground, arms frozen where they fell, legs sprawled in an awkward position and tail twisted the way it was when I was couching. The Pokémon began hurling themselves at me hoping I would falter. I never falter. I sent out a powerful wave of psychic energy, sending the Pokémon flying into the trees.

From the corner of my eyes I could see something out of place. There was a shadow darting towards me...with no owner. Out of the shadow leapt a towering black figure, billowing dark tendrils flowing from its body. Darkrai.

'Stop this now!' It hovered above me, yelling at the top of its lungs to get over the sound the attackers were making.

"Stay out of this!" The Luxray threatened Darkrai. Darkrai lifted its black arms above its head and cried out 'Dark Void!', a big red and black sphere forming between its hands. The sphere shot out smaller bubbles that hit the Pokémon, trapping them within. After about three seconds the sphere absorbed into the hit creatures, which immediately fell unconscious. I could feel the effects of the stun spores wearing off as my skin began to twitch. How humiliating. As if being caught off guard by a Beautifly wasn't punishment enough. The ability to move again finally flooded back into my body. Darkrai held out his arm and pulled me to my feet.

'Thank you. That was quite an annoyance' I said.

"I can imagine. I got delayed, there were strangers in the town I was checking out" He explained telepathically to. It's nice to not be the only person having to speak like this. I followed him away from the sleeping mongrels, flying over to the other side of the garden. We landed on the very edge of the trees in a spot that over looked the town. The clock tower lightly struck one in the distance. We stood on a rock and finally relaxed.

Just over a year ago I came here to Alimose town, wandering by night as I do, when we met. For some reason I real connected with him. It might have something to do with the fact we were both out casts. We told each other our stories and our lives. Sharing things with someone felt good. I had never been able to do it before then. We did much the same now. We both agreed that at least once a year we'll met, so here I am.

'So what are the humans celebrating down there, there were fireworks' I asked, curious as to the ways of humans.

'This is the last night of the Space Time festival. It marks the days following the battle of Dialga and Palkia as the town rebuilt itself' Darkrai explained. 'Even though Palkia brought the town back there were still buildings that had collapsed and the garden had withered, the people worked for months to restore it back to its former glory'

'It's beautiful' I walked to the edge of the rocky overhang. From here it was about a ten meter drop straight down then a steep slope leading down to the edge of the town.

'That's why I stay. I know there are five other Darkrais in the world, one lives on an island far away from civilisation, two decided to serve humans, the other two just roam the world. I'm the only one that has settled down near humans and helps them' Darkrai shook his head. Two of them served humans? The idea makes me sick to my stomach. I remember a time when I said any Pokémon belonging to humans were weak and deserved to perish. I have of course changed my point of view but sometimes I do think...

"At least there are others like you in the world. I'm the only one of my kind in existence" I sighed.

"That isn't necessarily a bad thing" Darkrai pointed out.

My ears pricked. There was something moving behind us. I could hear three heart beats coming from about ten meters behind us.

"Maybe you should talk to Mew or something, I'm sure she'll-" I shushed him, trying to hear the things shuffling toward us.

"What? I know you had that fight with her and everything but she seems like the type of Pokémon who forgives easily!" He hadn't heard it. But I had. I figured it must be that emotionally challenged Luxray so I wasn't too worried. I was just about tell him when I heard two sharp puffs of breath.

Something sharp stabbed into my neck, sending something cold and thick into my veins. With a grunt of pain I ripped the thing out and stared at it. It was a small glass tube which once held some sort of liquid, one end had pink feathery things the other end was a metal point, a needle. My hand had begun to shake by themself. It was a tranquiliser. Darkrai gasped as one hit him too. He yanked it out and sank into the ground, becoming a shadow, then darted off through the trees. I could feel the dart starting to take effect. I caught a glimpse of one of the people responsible hi-five someone I couldn't see. Rage flooded through me. With a sweep of my arm I sent them flying into trees behind them, making sure they smash them hard. Black spots began dancing in front of my eyes. My thought were getting blurry, I shot up into the air like a rocket with no idea of what to do. I just flew. I shot out over the garden, over the bridge and towards the edge of the town. I must make it out of here...it would help if I could see where I was going. The black spots were making me light headed and I was beginning to see double. I sucked in lungfulls of the cold night air as the dizziness grew stronger. I could feel my power faltering as I slipped further into the darkness. The edge of the city seemed to grow further away each time I tried to move closer, like in a bad dream. The ground seemed to rush up out of nowhere. I smashed hard into the cobble stone path but barely felt it. There were five people at the end of the street, a mother and daughter and three men dressed in all black. The men stood over me as my eyes started to close. The little girl's mouth was moving but the words wouldn't reach my ears. Her green eyes were filled with concern as the men flung me over their shoulder roughly. The men pushed the girl out of their way as they passed. Even though I probably only had seconds left before I blacked out but I couldn't help but feel angry. As the girl fell I used the very last of my power to catch her. She looked startled as I set her back on her feet. The little girl stared straight into my eyes as her mother rushed to her side. The darkness finally engulfed me. No one hurts my Amber...