Pokémon Legacy
Chapter- I
Two years had passed since Ash had come across Riolu, and since then the two had become close friends, and seldom was one seen without the other With Ash closing in on five years old, new friends are just over the horizon.
In the outskirts of the forest surrounding Pallet Town and Route One, a green portal appears…out flies a boy with spiky midnight dark hair, which seemed almost dragon like, two tuffs over his ears looking like ears of a Lopunny, he has a black shirt with a bi-colored delta that had a white fill. He opened his eyes, slitted and blood-red, and they widened from seeing the speed at which he was falling. He took out a piece of paper and his hand glowed blue for a moment. Then, paper disintegrated and he fell a bit slower. However, he was utterly focused on his task, not noticing the branch that his head was about to hit.
"CRACK" A sharp pain blossomed rapidly at the back of his head. Moving his hand there, he felt something wet. Looking at his hand, he saw crimson. Then, his eyes rolled back in his head. And he was still.
Nearby, foresters were working hard to collect lumber for the paper works and construction industries in the next city over. Soon, one of the workers came across the young boy. "Hey! I found a kid over here, he's unconscious and bleeding from his head, someone call a doctor!"
Elsewhere along route one a dark green car travels south through the forest.
"God morgon Katarina, Vi är nästan framme en halvtimme till." A man speaks behind the wheel, just as a girl in the passenger side wakes up, and nods slowly.
The four year old girl is a lovely platinum-blonde. Her eyes are light blue, and her face is naturally pale. She is tall, her height a stunning 1-metre, taller than most children her age in the region. She is simply exquisite, the apple of her father's eye.
The bespectacled man sitting next to her in the driver's seat is her father, 23 years old. He has the same blond hair and bright blue eyes as his daughter. However, Katerina's legs end in stumps at the knees, unlike her father who has both his legs.
Neither of them like talking about what happened to cause her to lose half of her legs "Have you practiced your English." Her father segways the conversation as they round a large corner. "Yes daddy, I have. What is the place we're moving to like?" The father smiled, happy that she has shown some interest.
"It's a nice home, where you can get around easily with few problems. From what I've been told, the town is a great place to live in."
The car slowed down as a small flock of pidgey flew across the road. About half an hour later Katerina and her father catch their first glimpse of Pallet town. A sign reading:
パレットタウンへようこそ
-Welcome to Pallet Town-
In the distance they catch glimpses of the fishing port and ferry terminal, with private boats just to the west of both. Following along the passenger terminal, and fishing docks, is a large market, filled with people mingling about, all surrounded by beautiful pink flowered cherry trees.
Further in, are endless rows of multi storey rowhouses, each one as similar as the one besides it. Towards the center of town sits a memorial near the heart of a second square, surrounded by more cherry trees, a temple, and a school. Encircling it is a multitude of commercial structures, including the town hall and clinic.
Along the heart of the town were the remains of what appeared to be a wooden palisade, half of which looked to be reconstructed recently, with new wood taking the place of the old that had rotted down to the old stonework. Outside of the wall Pallet town was markedly more rural.
Larger single family homes with yards replace the row housing. The area Katerina and her father will be living in.
Parks dot the rural area with children playing with pokémon and each other. Jutting proudly out from a top one of the large hills amongst the family homes is a large, rather reserved manor home, with a windmill attached. Housing none other than the famous Professor Oak.
The car descended down a large hill, through farm fields and rice paddies. They pass a ranch, a pasture filled with Rapidash and Ponyta. Nearby, two Rapidash were out on a track, running laps with riders on their back. The sign in front of the ranch read that it had won multiple major races over the years. In another pasture are a herd of powerful horned Tauros grazing peacefully upon the grass, Katerina quickly taking notice of several out at work on the fields.
After a few minutes the agriculture were replaced by the single family homes with white picket fences and unique gardens surrounding the homes.
Katerina and her father take a sharp turn whilst passing a small playground, with a swing set, sandbox, and children playing. Several more houses down and the dark green car pulls into a driveway, where waiting for them is a mother,her son, and a small black and blue puppy like pokémon with pointed ears. All of them with a warm smile on their faces.
As Katerina's father opens the door and walks out, he is greeted by the brown haired woman, who carries a newspaper. Katerina catches a glimpse of:
The Kanto Weekly
03-31-2001
Reigning Champion announces wishes to travel freely around Kanto region.
The reigning champion, Ellen Hilt (winning her position in the 2000, Pokémon league championships) has warmly stated that wishes to continue her travels through organizing to facilitate her wishes this might prove difficult with the numerous responsibilities she carries...
Looking towards the adults, Katerina doesn't miss the spark that seems to have ignited between them and she doesn't remember her father being that happy in long while. (further back than she cares to remember anyway.)
Katerina then turns her attention to the boy standing next to his mother, Her mood darkens a little at this, remembering she too had a mother once upon a time. The boy has raven black hair, a dark complexion and shimmering chocolate brown eyes. He wears a plain dark blue collared T-shirt, and light brown shorts that go slightly beyond his knees.
Standing in hiding behind the boy's left leg is a small, bipedal black and blue puppy like pokémon with blood red eyes. It's quite short. The pokémon, for a second, looked directly at her, then up to the boy, then back to her. Then it looked between her father and the boy's mother, as if looking for something in their expression.
Focusing elsewhere, Katerina undid her seatbelt,and opened the door a little, reminding her father that she had yet to get out of the car. He places the conversation with the boy's mother on hold as he opened the trunk (or bonnet) of the car to retrieve her wheelchair.
Soon opening the door all the way, Katerina's father parked wheelchair facing the door, before lift his daughter out if the car and into her chair. Katerina's view is then promptly sun around so she is facing the welcoming committee.
"This is my daughter Katerina, she is the same age as you are Ash. Katarina this is Ash, his Riolu, and his Mother, Delia. They are our next door neighbors who live right across the street.
Katerina turns her attention to Ash… there's something about him that, draws her to him. She pushes the strange feeling away for now and greets him. "Hello, it's nice to meet you Ash."
Ash smiles, nods and bows, finding himself having the same kind of feelings. However, he also pushes them away until later.
"Master wishes you both welcome, as do I." A girlish voice echoes in Katerina's mind that initially scares her. She looks down to Riolu who nods before continuing. "I speak for master by using my aura as a way of communication to you humans. Though it takes a lot of energy to do so."
Ash sweetly drops a little and bows, as if to say sorry. "It's… ok, I was just startled a little." As Ash listen to Katerina speak, he finds himself wrapped up in her dialect, it's like nothing he had heard before. And very difficult to place, especially since he has never been outside of Pallet town before. Where is she from? Ash wondered though not intending for Riolu to actually ask.
"Master wonders where you are from as he has never heard your dialect before."
Katerina's cheeks redden and her normally bright eyes become dark, finding it difficult to answer the question She gains a pained look from past memories"Umm… I." Ash waves his hands in front of him with an apologetic expression. "Master says that you do not need to answer if you aren't comfortable answering any question, I'm also sorry for asking a personal question."
All conversion is stopped as an middle aged man on a bicycle, "Hello! I missed the welcoming I see." The man said as he parked his bike out side. "You must be Mr. Lenn. My name is Prof. Samuel Oak, it's nice to meet you." The Prof. said, having dismounted, and leaned the bike on it's stand. "Hello Professor, good to finally meet you as well, This is my daughter, Katerina. I've been telling you about her on the phone." "Ah yes, nice to meet you too Katerina, I can tell you'll turn out to become a great trainer one day." She blushes a little at the compliment, and bows low in greeting, doing her best to imitate Ash, as per the local custom.
Ash smiles a little, but makes sure Riolu doesn't say anything. Professor looks backwards towards the road behind him as a low rumbling echoed from down the street "oh… I'd best get my bike out of the way." Prof. Oak moves his bike into the front yard just as a small white moving van comes to stop, with the back just next to the driveway. Two men get out of the van and open the back doors, revealing the meagre belongings they brought along.
Two bicycles, several boxes, and pictures are all that is in the van. "Do you need any help with unloading? " Delia asks as the men start working. And before much of a reply could be made, the contents were offloaded and moved into the house.
With the van gone, and all the greetings taken care of, Professor Oak made his way home. Delia crossed the street to hers, having to call to Ash who wrapped up in a conversion with Katarina. "I remember passing a nice looking ranch just outside of town, it would be nice to learn how to ride." "Master knows the ranch, and that they offer riding lessons and he wouldn't mind taking you there if you're fine with it." Katerina smiled gleefully at this. "REALLY? You mean it?" Ash nods affirmatively, happy to have made a new friend. "I would love to!"
"Ash, It's time for you to go to bed, the two of you can spend more time together tomorrow." Ash grins and waves to his friend as he walks away.
Elsewhere in town, the boy found in the forest that day begins to stir. Looking around, he finds white plain walls and light green curtains giving way to a window with a view of the bay, with a number of fishing boats making their way out to the open ocean, and a lone ferry making its way into port to offload its passengers. "Kolos los zu'u." he said before shaking his head, "Where am I?"
Next to the bed, is a small table, holding a number of items, amongst which is a card.
Temporary ID card.
Name- Marth (last name Unknown)
Date of birth- unknown
Region of birth- Unknown
ID#- Temp-3D7
Assigned- 03/31/2001
Expires- 04/31/2001
The card is plain white with no photo, a red and dark blue stripe running underneath the title.
"ID card" he struggled to sit up as he felt a bit weak. He looked around the room before he suddenly feeling a pain in the back of his head. Instinctively putting a hand on his head, he saw his vision change. It was only for a second, but he saw the dim blue lights on the edges of objects, and he could see some people, which had a brighter glow to them.
A few seconds later, a woman in a doctor's uniform entered the room, and everything turned back to normal. As she walked in, she seemed to be reading some kind of paper, before looking up and smiling softly, though he could see the exhaustion etched in his face. "It's good to see you awake Marth. I was afraid that the damage might have been more extensive, and that you would have been out for another week or month. My name is Doctor Oak, I'm your Doctor, and the doctor for every one else in town." She explained. "Please don't be alarmed if you have trouble remembering, we will be finding out the extent of that tomorrow. Do you have any questions?"
Marth nodded. "How long have I been out?" he asked her. "You have been unconscious for about 6 hours."
He tilted his head. "Really? Because it feels like I haven't eaten in a day." he said. His stomach rumbled loudly to agree with him. He quirks a sheepish grin on his face at the doctor. "You have a mild case of Diarrhea, and probably ate something that your stomach didn't agree with at some point. Hence, why you might also feel a little uncomfortable, in your diapers, Dinner is on it's way, along with a diaper change."
He arched an eyebrow. "Diapers? What the hell are you talking about?" He looked under his covers, only to find the hospital gown he was wearing stretch down to his feet.
"Don't worry, the Diarrhea should only last a couple of days, of greater concern though is your head injury, as well as the matter of family and the rest of your ID card. For your protection, your last ID was destroyed by the police, after retrieving what information they could. The town has sanctioned a temporary ID for you but you will need to get a permanent ID before the same date next month." She explained, doing her best to cover multiple topics without rushing too much. "Any other questions, Marth?"
He frowned. "Is there a Mirror I can look at?" he asked. Furrowing her brows she nodded and took a mirror from a nearby closet, "You are pretty banged up at the moment, your skull was showing through on of the cuts but nothing that shouldn't heal with time, The area has been stitched up, but you're going to need to keep the patch on for a long while." Then she allowed Marth to look at himself at the reflection. He saw the patch but what caught his attention was his own strange eyes. 'Do normal people had blood red eyes and slitted pupils?' he thought to himself. He wasn't sure if the doctor had noticed. If she did, she certainly didn't say anything about it. Doctor Oak promptly left to attend to her other patients.
Marth took the time to think. 'Hmmm... I can't remember anything past the fall. But... I'm certain that I had armor on. I definitely remember having underwear on. But...what was it that I used? Was it a rune?' he decided to save the question for later, as it seemed Diaper changing time was soon upon him.
A nurse entered the room, looking to be in her late teens. "Good evening Marth." She was holding a stack of linen in her hands and a bottle of powder balanced on top.
He groaned inwardly. Well this is going to be one hell of a time. I can't wait to wear my old clothes again.
Elsewhere at home, Ash was restlessly trying to fall asleep. He had enjoyed chatting with Katerina, she was such a joy to be around, especially with that exotic dialect that he simply couldn't lay his finger on. She was a mystery, and he always did enjoy his mysteries.
It never occurred to Ash what tomorrow's date was. 04/02/2001, his birthday. Though in the end, it meant little to Ash, as it was never celebrated anyways. He was just another year older, five years old to be exact and it would be the year he would be starting school, come september. Sleep soon caught up to Ash as he slowly drifted off.
As dawn broke, Ash was excited, rushing downstairs early in the morning at 8:30 (well early for him any way.) He finished his breakfast of toast with cheese and apple juice on the side, Riolu eating chicken breast, and when they were done, they rushed outside to see Katerina, where they would spend the entire day talking, playing, or helping out with what they could. This continued for several days. Though on the second, Delia got a particular phone call.
"Hello?"
"Is this Delia Ketchum speaking?"
"Yes. Who am I speaking to?"
"Good afternoon I am Karen Hagley, from the department of Child Services."
Delia furrowed her brows, puzzled at why would a government agency contact her of all people, her finance though not high, where enough for food, water, and shelter, even some comforts and still be able to pay taxes.
"I'm calling to discuss and ask if you're willing to adopt a child who is currently without any known family."
Delia went blank in the face, not prepared for such a discussion. "Uh… I… I'll have to discuss this with my son as this will affect him as well. I'm interested if my son agrees."
"I understand. I'll leave my phone number with you for after you've talked to your son… thank you for your time."
Delia looked down at the paper. This was certainly unexpected, a new son… what would Ash think of all this?
She left the house and walked across the street to where Ash was playing with Katerina. "Ash, Riolu! I need you two to come home, there's something we need to talk about."
Ash and Riolu turned their attention to their mother. "We're coming Mistress Delia." Riolu said using her aura, curiosity the predominant emotion on her face. Katerina watched as her friends left, feeling slightly sad, but knowing that they would come back soon.
As Riolu and Ash entered the household, Ash removed his shoes and cleaned his hands in the bathroom as his mother had instructed. Then, he found her sitting in the living room couch. "Ash, Riolu, come sit down please." Both did as they were told and Delia took a deep breath, before explaining, "I got a call from the Department of Child Services." Ash gave a confused expression, and a small exhausted smile graced her lips. "They are part of the Government that takes care of children like you and makes sure that they are not abused, or mistreated. Another one of their tasks is to make sure all the children in Kanto have a nice home." Ash nodded, somewhat understanding, "Well, they called me today, offering us a chance to get you a new sibling."
Ash's brown eyes went wide, as uncertainty, fear, trepidation and excitement blossomed deep in his eyes. Despite how well things had gone with Katerina, Ash had a hard time making new friends, and meeting new people. Gary Oak had made sure to keep it that way.
Though now, a person he didn't know just might become his sibling, what are those even like…. "Mistress Delia-"
AN:
On behalf of the team (Marth, Lux, and myself.) I would like to thank you for your time and please remember to review, I hope to see you next Chapter wich will be up next week.
Arkilos