Itaics = Thoughts (Anything not spoken out loud)
Kathy's eyes slowly opened. She tried to move, but she was strapped to something, a table or some altar of some sort? She could barely make out a whispered thought. Together. Soon… She was confused, then looked around. She appeared to be in the sky, and the altar she was tied to seemed to be on top of a large cloud.
"AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGH!" Kathy felt a sudden sharp burst of pain coming from her heart. She looked up and noticed a dagger stuck in her body. Where did this? A gust of wind blasted her face, and Kathy looked straight up. A blurry, yet incredibly large purple bird was hovering above her. The bird opened its mouth, and a strangely familiar sound rang out.
BRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIING! BRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGGGG! BRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIING! Kathy woke up; her alarm letting loose an annoying sound. She slapped the button on the alarm. Suddenly, she remembered the knife that was in her chest in her dream and immediately checked the area above her heart. No knife. No pain. I guess it was only a dream. Well, got to go to school. Oh right, got to cover the purple on my arm. She took out a long sleeved shirt and made sure her left sleeve covered her left hand.
Daniel met up with Kathy after school, saying, "So you're not busy today?" He lightly grasped Kathy's right hand.
"Oh, yeah, you want to go somewhere?" Kathy blushed, and felt her pulse rate increase as Daniel held her hand. An Ultra Ball fell off Daniel's belt, releasing a Pokemon. LLLLLLIIIIIIITWWWWWWWWICCCCCCK! A Litwick jumped up as Daniel bent over to pick up his Pokeball.
"Oh, just saying, but my Litwick evolved!" Kathy hurriedly pulled out her Pokeball, throwing it to the ground. "Go, Lampent!" LAAAAAAAMMMMMMPEEEEEEEEEENTTTT! The two Ghost Pokemon jumped around, greeting each other.
"So, Kathy, you want to go to the Poke-Café? I'll buy you a drink."
"Sure!" Kathy and Daniel picked up their Pokemon, and walked over to the café nearby.
Daniel gave Kathy her drink that he bought. "Thank you. Hey, you remember when we caught those two ghosts?" Daniel and Kathy looked over at their table a few feet away, watching the two Pokemon play. "Lampent, stop!" Lampent rolled off of Daniel's Litwick, audibly sulking. Daniel and Kathy burst through the doors of the Pokemon Center, to the front counter. "Quickly, Nurse Joy, can you heal these two Pokemon?"
6 years ago…
It was early in the morning, when Kathy ran up to an old house, where her friend wanted a meeting there.
"Hey Kat, let's go to the abandoned mansion!"
"Are you sure? It's scary and dangerous!"
"Come on, let's go! We got our starters now! Are you ready Oshawott?"
OSH-Oshhhhh!
"Well ok, you ready Snivy?"
SNIIII-SNIIII!
The two lifelong friends and their new Pokemon walked into the dark mansion, opening the doors with a loud CCCCCCCRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKKK! The mansion looked as if the whole house and the stuff in it were over a hundred years old. There was a huge chandelier hanging above them, strangely lit up. No one noticed that the chandelier blinked.
"Look!" Kathy pointed down a dusty hallway. The 4 friends noticed some light coming from a room. They dashed over to the door and stared into the room. "Woahhh…" LIITTWICKKK! LAMMMPEEENTT! CHANNDEEELURRRRRREEEE! There was a Chandelure floating in the air, and Lampents and Litwicks surrounding a single Litwick, which was lying on its side, a small blue flame struggling to stay lit.
Daniel whispered, "What's going on?" The Chandelure turned around, and immediately let out a warning cry, turning the heads of all the Lampents and Litwicks, except the differently colored Litwick. "Uh oh…"
"Oshawott! Water gun!" Hearing this, the Chandelure, Lampents, and Litwicks all ran in front of the injured Litwick. After enough water was shot, all the Ghosts were lying on the floor, moaning.
Kathy said, "We should catch the strangely colored one and take it to a Pokemon Center!"
"Ok, Kat, let's do this!" Daniel threw an Ultra Ball, but then one single Litwick jumped in front of the one the humans were trying to catch and was sucked in the ball. LIIIITTTT! The injured Litwick struggled to its feet and repeatedly slapped at the ball, crying. Daniel spat out, "What? I should've caught it!"
"I got it, Dan," Kathy murmured, throwing a Dusk Ball, catching the other Litwick. The other Ghost Pokemon recovered during this time and the Chandelure psychically wrote on a nearby chalkboard, "We now understand you come here for a good cause; please take these two young and train them well." With that written, the other ghosts vanished.
"Are they leaving because we just want to heal their children?" Kathy inquired.
"Nah, it's because the sun just rose up." Daniel pointed at the window, where the two humans could see the first rays of sunlight through the glass.
Nurse Joy gave the two a smile, saying, "Sure I can" as she placed the two balls onto a healing machine. Then she gave the two Pokeballs back to their respective owners.
"Nurse Joy, why is this Pokemon an unusual color?" Kathy asked as she let out her Litwick. The Litwick immediately looked around and started panicking, running around the counter.
"Oh my!" Nurse Joy picked up the Litwick and started tickling its "chin". Nurse Joy said, "If you need to calm this little cutie down, just tickle it on this spot. And about the color, hmmm, do you have another Litwick?"
"Yeah, I got one too," Daniel let out his Litwick, pointing out its purple flame, unlike Kathy's Litwick's blue flame. Kathy's Litwick jumped out of Nurse Joy's hands and embraced with the other Litwick. Thw two Pokemon calmed down after seeing each other.
Nurse Joy explained, "Oh, this one," pointing at Kathy's Litwick, "is a shiny Pokemon. These Pokemon are differently colored, and they are very rare to find. Congratulations to you two!"
Kathy gave her a smile. "Thank you!"
Nurse Joy gave the two another smile, saying, "You're welcome!"
Kathy and Daniel put their Litwicks in their Pokeballs and left the Pokemon Center.
Daniel frowned while he looked at his Ultra Ball. "You want to trade?"
Kathy smiled, saying, "You kidding? No way…."
The last words Kathy spoke echoed in her mind as her memory ended.
"Kathy, I hope mine evolves." Daniel picked up his Litwick. Litwick smiled and then blew a bit of fire at his trainer. "Waggh!?" Daniel dropped his Pokemon and his drink as he grabbed his newly burnt nose. The two ghosts started laughing as Daniel's Litwick started drinking Daniel's drink.
Because Daniel couldn't talk, Kathy scolded his Pokemon, stating, "That wasn't nice, little guy, go apologize." Litwick frowned, and let out a cry of apology to Daniel from a little distance away. Liiiiiiiiitttttt.
Daniel and Kathy continued talking until a cry caught their attention. LIIIIITTT! LAMMMPEEEENNNT! Daniel's Litwick was glowing, then became a Lampent. "Wow, it's like he was waiting to evolve until she did!" The new Lampent shook his head in agreement.
"Thanks Daniel, I had a good time, and I'm sure Lampent did too!" Kathy gave her friend a huge smile. I'm glad I was able to release my anger.
"Yeah, no problem Kathy. See ya later!" Daniel picked up his Lampent. "We'll talk more later," Daniel pointed at his burnt nose. Kathy heard something, so silent that the person thinking was trying to hide his thoughts. It's taking too long, she isn't building her rage. Did I pick the wrong person? Kathy looked around, but she saw no one suspicious.
"You alright? You seemed to have panicked there." Daniel put a hand on Kathy's shoulder. "And that cut is healing, right? It's pretty nasty."
"Yeah, and the cut is getting better." Suddenly, in the distance, she saw a familiar looking person, but she didn't catch his face because he suddenly raised a newspaper in front of his face. "Ok, it's getting late; see you tomorrow!"
"Yeah, see you tomorrow Kat." Daniel and Kathy put their Pokemon in their Pokeballs, and walked away to their houses. They gave each other a good-bye wave, as they split up.
The man started to walk away, towards the woods. When he was certain he wouldn't be seen, his body started changing color to a nasty purple. Quickly, his body began to take a different form. He spread out his arms as they fattened into large wings. His clothes ripped apart as a white circle formed across his chest. He let out an evil laugh as the back of his head stretched to a point. A tail grew from his back as his torso expanded. His legs lengthened and he remembered what his father said when he was a baby.
You're the last of your kind. Humans hunted down your mother, and I'm getting old. It's been years since I escaped from Cipher HQ. Never allow yourself to be caught. People will experiment on you. Now, when choosing your mate, corrupt one who has much hate inside. It's also possible to reverse one with much compassion and care. Maybe she'll go willingly. Oh, real quick, have this dagger, for the transformation. Now go! I'll hold them off as you escape.
As he finished his transformation, he wondered, "Did I choose the wrong person? I'll heal her and try someone else."
When Kathy went to bed, she noticed the purplish tint on her arm was gone. As Kathy started to fall asleep, she looked out the window, and noticed a purple shadow.You're free… She shivered, then fell asleep.
The next day was luckily Saturday, and Kathy looked at her arm. No purple whatsoever. It was as if it never was there. She ran to the closest mirror. No cut. No pain? She decided to call Janice.
"Hey, it's Kathy. Guess what? The cut and the purple is all gone!"
"Seriously? Come on over, it's boring here. My brother's doing video games, as usual."
"Sweet, I'll be right there!"
Kathy grabbed her Dusk Ball holding her precious Lampent, and ran out the door. In her haste, she forgot to lock the door. Down the stairs, she bumped into a boy she'd never seen before, making him drop his textbook.
"Sorry." The boy mumbled something and scratched his head.
"It's alright." Kathy gave the kid back his book.
"Thanks." And with that, the boy ran up the staircase.
Weird kid. I wonder why I haven't seen him before. Well, I gotta get to Janice's house soon.
As the girl ran off, the boy smiled. Weird kid? She should know better, but, then again, she doesn't know I'm a legendary Pokemon anyway. The boy pulled from his pocket the key he pickpocketed from the girl, but when he realized the door was unlocked already. Wow, clumsy. The "boy" walked through the girl's apartment's door, not knowing what he'd see.
Half an hour later, Kathy knocked on the door. No answer. What's going on? After knocking for what seemed like forever (when in fact it was just a mere minute), the door opened. Janice's brother, Anthony, looked at her, appearing confused.
"Where's my sister? You and she went for a walk."
"I just got here. What are you talking about?"
Anthony shrugged, saying, "Well, hell if I know where she is. Make sure she gets back here by 11pm. Our mom gets back around that time."
The boy walked around the apartment, looking at everything there was to see. He picked up a framed picture. It was a picture of Kathy with her parents, when she was younger. The shadow Lugia frowned. He did pick the wrong person! This one had much love and compassion. He had probed her mind and found another potential mate. Her name was… Janice. He slowly placed the apartment key on Kathy's nightstand and walked out the door, closing it behind him. The shadow Lugia used his dark powers and teleported away.
The shadow Lugia approached Janice's house's door. He used his power to turn invisible, and teleported into the house. He walked invisibly around the house. There was a young man wasting his life to video games. He scanned his brain. This one was a gamer at heart; no studying or interest in Pokemon at all! What a useless human. He floated upstairs. There was a girl on a laptop, laughing. Yes, this one was perfect. It seemed that she had a dark heart inside her. He looked into her mind. Many thoughts were flowing through her. One caught his attention. When is Kathy coming over? Damn! I got sidetracked! The other girl might come anytime soon! I must hurry. He teleported to the house's front porch. The shadow Pokemon became visible, changing his body to appear like Kathy. He knocked the door. Janice opened the door.
"Kathy! Come on in!"
"Actually, do you want to take a walk?"
"Oh sure!" She turned around, yelling, "Anthony, I'm going for a walk with Kathy! Whatever, he's playing video games." She closed the door and locked it.
"Great! Come on. You see?" The fake Kathy pointed to her "face". "No cut!"
"Cool! I guess it healed up!"
When the Lugia was sure they were out of sight, he used Hypnosis on the girl.
"Hey, I'm feeling…sleepy…"
The Lugia caught Janice before she hit the ground. He made a ladder up to a "cloud". This "cloud" was in fact not a cloud but a cleverly disguised floor in the sky for an altar. He dragged the girl up as he turned into a Lugia and flew up to the cloud altar.
Kathy looked to around her, and saw a ladder. Puzzled, she walked towards it. Suddenly, it started to disintegrate from the bottom. Alarmed, she jumped on and climbed the ladder. It seemed endless, but she finally reached the top. Kathy felt a sudden chill run through her spine. She knew what this was! It was her dream! Was it real? She pinched herself. Ow. It's real. Just like in her dream, she saw an altar, except she wasn't strapped to it this time.
There was a person tied down to the altar, so Kathy ran over to it.
"Moan, what happened?" Janice tried to break her bindings, but she was stuck fast. "Why am I stuck here?" She felt pain all over from purple cuts all over her body.
"I don't know. I'll try to get you out of here." Kathy pulled on the ropes keeping Janice to the altar. She remembered something else in her dream, but what was it? A purple shape? A bird?
"Not a purple shape, nor a bird." Janice and Kathy looked over to see the tall man with shady clothes. "I am Lugia."
"You again…" Kathy stood there in shock. Her hand slowly reached across her belt to grab her Lampent.
"You know this man?" Janice looked shocked and surprised. "Groannnnn" She was in much pain from numerous cuts.
"You, I thought you were the one… I apologize for the cut. I'll just leave you be, and corrupt this one." He pointed to Janice, who started crying. "Now leave me be."
"No, leave Janice alone! Take me instead!"
"No, she's the one. She has much rage inside."
Kathy ran over and pushed the man, trying to keep her friend out of danger. The man changed his form, shedding his human costume, much to the surprise to Kathy and Janice. The revealed Pokemon yelled out, "I AM LUGIA!"
Janice, through her pain, asked, "Isn't a Lugia white, not purple?"
"Yes, but I am no ordinary Lugia. I am the last shadow Lugia!" The Lugia pulled out a black tipped red knife, letting out an evil laugh when he saw Janice's panic. The shadow Lugia slapped Kathy away with immense strength, and grasped the blade with both "hands".
"Let her go! Kill me instead!" Kathy wiped blood off of her lips and offered herself to the evil legendary bird.
"You wish you knew what you're getting into, but I accept your request." The Lugia let loose a powerful sleep wave which made Janice and Kathy fall into a deep slumber.
Janice woke up with a start.What happened? All her cuts were gone, and she was lying on her bed.Where's Kathy? I hope she's alright. What's this? Janice noticed a dusk ball beside her. She tried to get up, but she was too exhausted to move. She fell back asleep, thinking the events before was only a dream.
Kathy's eyes opened, and her arms and legs were strapped to the altar. Soon, we'll be together. She looked to the left, and saw a shadow Lugia with a knife in his hand. He let out an evil cry as he grabbed his knife with both hands. LUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGIAAAAAAAAA! I guess you were the right mate. She heard his voice as if it was her thoughts, except not her own voice. Mate? I'm a human, not a Pokemon? The Lugia's voice echoed throughout her head. Skeptical, are you? You may show resistance, but you won't after this is over. We'll be together for a long time. Without hesitation, the shadow Lugia stabbed the knife into Kathy's heart, sending a black cloud of anger throughout her body. Kathy let out a cry of rage and anger.
"AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"