Chapter Two
"The victory goes to Ashley Winters and her Pikachu! She is our new Guardian of Aura for the year! Congratulations!" Michael smiled.
"Yeah, good job!" Ashley hugged her Pikachu. "Ash that was a short but great battle. I'm sorry your Pika-wika slipped while doing his attack. We might still be battling!"
"Pika-wika?" Ash looked confused.
Later ...
Inside the castle, Lord Luke gave Ashley Amy's silver staff.
The crowd cheered for her, and then split into dance partners.
"WHY?"
Ashley jumped, and looked around. She saw nobody around her, so she put on a confused face.
"Did you say something?" she asked to the maid who was standing next to her.
"No," the maid answered.
Then Ashley shrugged, and stood up. Reaching around her waist, she let all her Pokemon go, grinning widely.
Her Blaziken, nicknamed Blaze, came out first. Heading over to the tables loaded with food, he was followed by Maisie, Ashley's Kecleon. Maisie had the worst naughty nature ever, and she mastered how to speak human language, just like Team Rocket's Meowth.
Ashley's Mightyena and Pikachu danced together. For some strange reason, the next time Ashley looked back at them, she saw an Aipom dancing with them.
Ashley kept getting hindered from getting up by the maid that was closest to her. She never noticed her Pokemon along with Ash's, Brock's, and May's getting led away by that same Aipom.
After everyone had fun dancing, Lords Luke and Michael stood up.
"Why, master?" asked a voice.
Once again, Ashley looked around.
Michael was saying that Ashley would now give the signal to begin the fireworks. Ashley posed like how Amy did in a painting behind her, from a gesture by Ginny, her best friend.
"WHY!" shouted that mail voice again.
"Huh?" Ashley was very shocked when the staff started shaking very violently.
"What's going on?" the maid asked.
"The staff is going crazy!" Ashley yelled. The silver staff flew out of her hands, and released a strange Pokemon.
"What is that?" Ashley wondered after she caught the staff.
"Lucario," Michael answered.
"Lucario?"
Ash and his friends came to the front of the audience.
"Why did you betray me, Lady Amy?" asked Lucario.
"Telepathy!" Ashley muttered. She wondered why his eyes were closed.
"Answer me!" Lucario demanded. He had already jumped in front of Ashley.
"I don't understand what you're talking about. I'm not Lady Amy!"
Slowly, Lucario began to open his eyes. When he saw her, he blinked. He ran outside, gasped, and saw the fireworks.
"Why are they celebrating?" he thought. "The castle is under attack!" Running around the castle, he noticed changes he didn't understand. As he was inspecting a glass vase, he wondered why the bed that used to be there wasn't.
"Lucario," came a voice.
He spun around, and saw Luke, Michael, Ashley, Ash, Brock, and May standing in the doorway.
"Oh! Lords Luke & Michael!"
"Yes, it is us but not completely. We are the peoples you think we are, but their descendants." Walking forward, Luke shook Lucario's paw and hugged him gently.
"You have been asleep for a long time, Lucario," he whispered.
"What? But I was just in here a few days ago! Where's Lady Amy? Isn't she still here?" Lucario backed away.
"Please believe me. I understand you miss your companion deeply, and it may seem like a few days ago but in reality you haven't walked in this palace for many centuries."
"That's impossible!" Frantically looking around, Lucario noticed with horror that everything had changed. Even the wall color had changed from grey to very light blue. Outside, the lake and bridge were much more prettily decorated, and the fireworks were in the shape of Pokemon heads. That wasn't how it used to be before. And Ashley and the other trainers had these little balls around their waists that were red and white with this button in the middle. What were those for?
"Come with us back to the main room."
"According to our ancient legends, Lady Amy saved our castle from appending doom."
"But that's impossible!" Lucario repeated. "She abandoned you and the castle!"
"What are you talking about? Are you calling Amy a phony?" Michael asked.
"No. I would never call her that." Lucario looked at the painting of Amy.
"Then what are you saying?" Ashley asked.
"Lady Amy trapped me in a staff after she told me she abandoned her brothers and the castle."
"Amy would never do that!" Luke exclaimed.
"That is all I know." Lucario bowed.
"Thank you, Lucario. We will search more on this topic and find which is truth and what is fiction."
"I will do what I can to help."
Michael smiled. (He, Luke, and Amy were triplets their ancestors I mean) "One thing hasn't changed, Lucario. This is still your home. Feel free to stay as long as you wish."
"I am deeply grateful, my lord."
"You guys, you guys!" Suddenly, Max ran in with Ashley's, Ash's, Brock's, and May's Pokemon behind him. Well, not all of them.
"I saw Mew!" he reported.
"Mew?" Lucario asked.
"Ahh! Who are you?" Max asked.
"This is Lucario, and he was trapped in that staff for many centuries," Brock explained.
"Oh."
"Are you sure you saw Mew and not another Pokemon that looked like Mew?" May inquired.
"Mew was here," Kidd came in the room. "I saw her while I was up on the roof."
"Mew teleported away with Meowth, Pikachu, and Maisie!"
"What? Maisie?" Ashley said sharply.
"Pikachu!" Ash exclaimed.
"And Meowth?" May was perplexed.
"Yeah!"
"Does anyone know where Mew took Pikachu?"
"And Maisie!" Ashley added.
"Mew lives in the Tree of Beginning. Mew usually takes toys and hides them there. Mew has a tendency to show up at the castle and cause mischief. The toys Mew takes are usually never seen again."
"Never seen again?!" Ashley exclaimed.
"Can we go now and save Pikachu?" Ash asked impatiently.
"AND MAISIE!"
Going to Michael's balcony, the group looked at the Tree of Beginning.
"It may look like a tree on top of a mountain, but it's actually a rock formation," Luke told them.
"Whoa."
"Can we go find Mew and Pikachu now?" Ash asked once again.
"And Maisie!" Ashley angrily repeated.
"You must remember that Mew can change her shape and turn into any Pokemon in the world. You may have trouble finding it."
"Then how –?"
"Legend says Lucario could leady anybody to the right Pokemon because he learned how to use the power of aura," Luke and the others turned to face Lucario, who was behind them.
"Lucario, do you mind assisting them to find their Pokemon?" Michael asked.
"No." Lucario shook his head. "If it is your wish it is my command."
"Hey, Ash," came a voice from behind Lucario.
Looking around, they saw Kidd dressed in a battle outfit.
"I'm going to the Tree of Beginning too."
Brock and Mime Jr. did their little chorus of talking to Kidd. (Like in the movie)
"Let's head out tomorrow, then," Ashley decided.
They split up to sleep.
During the night, Ashley couldn't go to sleep. Going outside, she headed to the main room.
Lucario was already in there before her, looking at the painting of Lady Amy.
Suddenly, as Ashley stepped one foot inside, silver light began glowing from the painting. Lucario had jumped to the ceiling and was about to hit Ashley for creeping up on him, but he stopped from the glow.
"What is that?" Ashley whispered to herself.
The silver light formed around Amy's body, then it seemed to slice her off the painting. It carried the outline out in front of Ashley, then made her into a real human. Again.
"Lady Amy!" Ashley exclaimed. She was so startled to have just encountered a teenager Lady Amy with beautiful silver hair and dazzling eyes.
"Hello, Ashley." Amy smiled, putting her silver hair into a ponytail. (NO she's not old!)
"But . . . how . . . how is that possible?"
"Well, apparently my soul got dragged to the land of the living after you showed up. I don't know why, so don't ask." Amy looked around, and saw Lucario watching with such an astonished look on his face.
"Ah. Hello, Lucario."
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