Hello again. This will be the beginning of Act I, which will primarily focus on Lucario and not so much the other two factions at the beginning. I will welcome any and all constructive criticism as I am still fairly new to this. Anyway here is Chapter 2.

Act I: Revelation

Chapter 2: Rebirth

UPDATED 4-2-13

"What the heck just happened?" Hamilton yelled in an extremely agitated voice. "Where are all the Pokémon and why are we in a forest? Roberts! Give me a status report!"

"Sir, to be honest, none of us has the slightest clue. We cannot reach command or any of our satellites and most of our electrical equipment is not functioning." replied chief engineer Roberts. "It would appear that most of the Pokémon escaped after the electronic locking mechanisms failed. We are sending out search parties now, but have advised them to proceed with caution. We appear to be in an area I have never seen before and is not on any of our maps. From my best guesses, we are no longer in the Saldara region, maybe not even in our own world base off the stars and constellations we viewed last night."

"You're telling me that this entire base, the entire staff, and all the Pokémon we had with us, were teleported to an unknown location, that may not even be in our world? That's just great." Hamilton replied as he sank back into his chair. "Send out more teams, but not to look for the missing Pokémon. I want them to try to find out where we are. And tell them to keep a low profile. I do not want to draw any unwanted attention."

"Yes sir."

Lucario woke to the chirping of birds, actual birds not Pokémon, around him. Looking around and seeing that we was in a tree took him by surprise, but he swiftly remembered what had happened the past night. Without thinking too much, he jumped from his perch in the tree to get some water from the nearby lake. When he got to the lake and looked into the sparkling, clear water, he froze at what he saw.

"What, what have they done to me?" Lucario yelled into the sky, his voice full of agony. "Why am I white? What have I done to deserve this?" Lucario starting crying, falling to his knees, unsure of what he had become. He looked completely different in his eyes. His physical appearance transformed into something he did not recognize. After a while, he got ahold of himself, and walked back to the lake to get something to drink. He was absolutely parched and it took a few mouthfuls of water before he could really feel the water in his mouth and throat. After he finished getting water, he noticed some apples in a nearby tree and grabbed some to calm his groaning stomach.

"I need answers." Lucario said to himself. "I need to find out if I really am in a different world as my dream showed. Then I will find those responsible for this," looking down at his body, "and make them pay." The anger in his voice and eyes would have been enough to scare any living thing who witnessed it.

Lucario decided to climb up the hill and look around to try and figure out where he should go next. He sprinted up the hill with speed he had not previously known and reached the peak of the hill shortly. Looking around, he noticed that he could not see the research lab, but he could see the tops of some tall buildings.

"That must be the city I saw in my dream." Lucario said quietly to himself, wishing he was wrong. After another short look around, he headed down the hill, toward the city.

There was something about the forest that had been bugging him since he woke up this morning and only continued as he journeyed toward the city. After for sprinting for an extended amount of time, he stopped to meditate on the issue. Finding a small clearing, he sat down and closed his eyes. He cast everything out of his mind, even his burning anger towards those who changed him. Once he cleared his mind, Lucario began to focus on the surrounding forest for the disturbance he felt, which proved to be harder than he originally thought.

"What is wrong here? Something doesn't feel right." He said in a low, agitated voice. Then it hit him. There were no Pokémon in the surrounding woods. He could not pick up on the aura of even one Pokémon. However, he could sense the auras of many normal animals, which were usually extremely scarce. He expanded his aura vision even farther before finding a few Pokémon. He recognized their aura though; they were also Pokémon from the lab.

"So, there is a good chance I am in a world where Pokémon are not natural." The aura Pokémon thought to himself. "Which means the inhabitants of this world will most likely not react well to our presence. Keeping a low profile is an absolute must then."

He continued toward the city to see if he could sense any Pokémon there, but he doubted that he would. Upon reaching the outskirts of the suburbs, Lucario tried to think of a way to get closer without being seen. After a short look around, he saw his answer. There was a wooded river that ran on the outskirts of the suburbs toward the city.

"Shouldn't be too hard to remain hidden if I stay in the trees, and if thing take a turn for the worst, I can always come out this way." Lucario quietly said to himself. Taking a quick scan for auras in the woods, he was pleased with what he had found. "Doesn't look like to many people are in the woods either. This might actually turn out to be rather easy." Smiling at his luck, Lucario sprinted toward the tree line of the woods. Once in the woods along the small river, he slowed down in order to conserve his energy. He was only a little tired despite the long distance he had run, however, his hunger and thirst had returned. Scanning the foliage for something to eat, he saw some bushes full with berries. After seeing that they were safe to eat, he picked a few handfuls of the small, blue fruit and walked back to the river to rest. Leaning against a tree, Lucario let his mind wonder.

"It was been so long since I have enjoyed myself like this. All that time in captivity, all the tests they did on me. I am just glad that is all behind me now. I wonder what this world is like and if the people of this world will treat us kindly when we are discovered." Lucario thought, for he knew that he and the other Pokémon would be discovered before too long. As time passed, he knew the chances of being discovered grew rapidly. Looking up and seeing that the sun was setting, Lucario decided to call it a day. He looked around for the biggest tree he could find to sleep in and found a rather large oak tree.

"Not as large as the trees by the lake, but it will have to do. I would prefer to sleep down here by the river, but I can't risk being found. As soon as I find a safe place, I will set up some sort of camp for myself." Lucario sighed quietly. After a quick climb into the foliage, he drifted off to sleep.

Lucario had another dream, one of the ones that seem as if it were real. He saw a large single story building on fire. He saw people fleeing out of several doors at the front, but as the fire spread, the doors became blocked, not only by the fire, but also when part of the building collapsed. He knew that those who were still inside would be trapped as the fire was blocking the other exits and the fire-rescue teams were yet to arrive. Lucario now felt as if he had some control over what he was seeing and looked around for other landmarks around the building. He saw a medium sized, white building with a tall steeple and several rows of nice houses, but before he could discover anymore the dream ended with a sharp pain.

"OUCH!" yelped Lucario as he realized he had fallen out of the tree. He felt is head and noticed it was drenched with sweat. "That dream was just like my last one, and if what I know about these dreams is correct, then there will be a large fire in this town tomorrow." Recalling his dream, he tried to decide what to do. From what he could remember, people were still trapped inside, and there was no sign of help arriving anytime soon, which means that most, if not all, of the people still inside would perish. Lucario shook his head and said with determination, "I will not allow that to happen. I will save those people in any way I can, even if it means exposing my presence here." He stopped after what he had said. If he got caught, he did not know how the townspeople would react, and would expose him much earlier than he hoped to. "It is a risk I must take." Lucario admitted to himself, remembering the oath he had taken as a Riolu when he started his training with the Elders of Aura. "For better or for worse, I will protect those who cannot protect themselves."

No longer able to sleep, Lucario got to the highest point he could to look around, which was difficult do to it still being rather dark. He did however catch sight of something, something important. He saw the tall steeple from the building across from the building that was going to catch fire. The only problem was that to get there, he had to go through a residential area.

"So much for this being an easy trip." Lucario thought ironically. "Better start now while I still have some darkness to hide in." And with that, Lucario started off at a full sprint. The faster he could get there, the less likely he will be found. He reached the edge of the woods but did not stop; closing his eye and turning to his aura vision to guide him through the streets. Lucario took back streets and streets he detected no activity on to get the white building. Soon he had the building in his sights and decided to climb into the steeple for a better look at what was to come. Upon reaching the base of the building, Lucario jumped and found himself on the roof; he quickly jumped again and found himself at this destination.

"I didn't know I could jump like that." He thought proudly to himself. "Now, what should I do about this fire? No use trying to prevent the fire; that would mean exposing myself completely. I guess that leaves making another exit and helping those inside get out safely." He knew he could make another exit easily with an aura sphere, remembering to reduce the power this time unless he wanted to bring the building down, but he would have to make sure those inside found the hole he made. He stopped to think some more. "Of course! I can use telepathy to lead them out using their aura to guide them. Now, for some more sleep, I am going to need it." Lucario lay down in the steeple on a small blanket he saw in the corner and continued to get some more sleep.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Lucario woke to the sound of the explosions and sat straight up. Looking around, he saw that it was about midday. Remembering why he was there, he quickly looked down at the large building below him, and saw that his dream had been accurate; parts of the building were engulfed in flames. He saw people starting to pour out of the exits, but soon, all except the front exit was blocked by the fires and debris. Lucario noticed that the archway over the front entrance was about to give way. He quickly used his aura vision to see inside the building and to his horror discovered that the building was an elementary school and another group of students was about to exit under the weakening archway. Realizing that time was short, he created a telepathic link with the remaining teacher.

"STOP! The archway is about to collapse!"

The teacher confused by the sudden voice in her head turned and looked out the doors at the archway. What she saw confirmed what the voice in her head said. Panicking, she yelled out to the students about to go out.

"Wait, stop, don't go out, the archway is about to collapse!"

The group of students looked up in terror and fled back into the building just before the archway collapsed, covering the group in a heavy dust. Lucario breathed a sigh of relief, but his job wasn't done yet. Closing his eyes once again, he established a telepathic link with the same teacher as before.

"Listen to me carefully. I know you have no reason to trust me, but I need you to do as I say. Understand? I can read your thoughts so you don't have to speak out loud to communicate with me."

The teacher stopped her panicking when the voice she had heard before appeared in her head again, only this time it sounded calm and friendly.

"Yes, I understand." The teacher thought, though she was still confused as to who she was receiving instructions from. "What do you want me to do?"

"I am going to help you and your students get out of the building. I need you to follow my directions exactly and swiftly." Lucario replied back to the woman, happy that she was being so cooperative. "I need you to head down the hallway to your left until you reach the end. Then turn right and go halfway down the hallway."

"Okay." The teacher thought back hastily, still not sure what was going on, hoping she could trust whoever or whatever was helping her. She turned to the students, "Listen up everyone! I am going to lead you all to safety. I need you all to form lines behind me and please stay close."

The students obeyed their teacher swiftly as they had been taught to do in emergencies. Soon the group headed down the hallway Lucario had instructed the teacher to take. Upon reaching the end of the hall, the teacher stopped. Parts of the hall had been blocked by burning roof tiles, but there was enough room for the group to navigate through safely.

The teacher swiftly turned right and lead the students down the hallway then stopped. Confused as to why the voice had told her to stop here. By now the fire had cut off their way back and was also advancing from the front. The teacher started to panic as she realized they were trapped with no way out.

"Maybe I am hearing things, this just isn't possible. Now I have led my students to their deaths." The teacher thought to herself, cringing at what she had gotten herself into.

Lucario chuckled to himself at this thought. She would not believe half the thing he could do, though he did feel bad for giving her the illusion of no hope. Returning to the situation at hand, Lucario charge up an aura sphere, a small one, remembering the power his last one had unleashed. This time he noticed it was purple instead of blue.

"Stand back!" Lucario ordered the teacher as he shot the purple aura sphere at the building.

There was a small explosion, but it created a hole big enough for the people trapped inside to escape. He looked down, satisfied with his work as the teacher and students exited the burning building when he noticed that there were news vans in front of the school. Shocked that he had not seen their arrival, and even worse, one of the cameras had been pointed toward the part of the school he had fired the aura sphere at. It had undoubtedly recorded the mysterious sphere and the direction it came from. Panicking, Lucario jumped down from the steeple, away from the crowd in front of the school and began to sprint back to the woods. He was relieved to see that most of the streets were empty. The people of the street he made his way down were either at work or watching the news of the fire on their TV. This made his escape back to the forest rather simple and he was soon under the cover of the forest once again.

Pleased with his escape and the lives he had saved, Lucario slowed down as he realized this wasn't the same forest as before. Undeterred, he continued till he saw a small log cabin. Upon seeing this he froze, fearing that someone would spot him. Quickly driving behind a tree, Lucario used his aura vision to scan the cabin. To his relief the cabin was deserted, and had been for at several years based on the stale aura around it.

"Maybe I can make this my home for now." Lucario thought, hopefully, to himself. "It appears to have been deserted some time ago." He approached the entrance to the cabin and found it unlocked. Opening the door, he looked around and was surprised to see that the inside was more of a house than a cabin. There was a small kitchen, two medium-sized beds, a small table, and a TV. Looking up, he also realized that there was a ceiling fan and lights. Lucario saw the light switch next to the door and flicked it on. This however also turned on the fan, which preceded to stirrup all the dust that had collected in the cabin over the years. Coughing, Lucario dove out of the cabin and waited for the dust storm the fan had created to die down. After a few minutes, the dust seemed to have gone out the door and windows Lucario had opened from the outside. Stepping back inside, he concluded that he would stay here for the time being. While it lacked the beauty of his natural home back in Saldara, it would keep him hidden and safe from the elements.

"Crude but it will suffice." Lucario said in a blunt tone as he explored the little cabin; he quickly noticed that all the furniture had plastic covering. The floor for most of the cabin was a dark blue carpet. He also noticed that the kitchen was not a normal kitchen, but more of a campsite, which deeply clashed with the rest of the cabin. It had a spot, a hole to be exact, for a campfire with a small tunnel for the smoke to escape, some fake logs as chairs, and an iron kettle. The only thing in the kitchen that one thought to find in a kitchen was a refrigerator, a small one at that. Lucario open it and was relieved to see that it was empty, rotten food smelled terrible. Leaving the kitchen, he decided to rest some more. Pulling one of the plastic covers off a bed and turning off the lights, Lucario lied down as the sun set.

"At least it is peaceful here." He said as he drifted off to sleep.

Well there is chapter 2, hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Next chapter I will introduce another Pokémon, hope you will like my choice. I will hopefully have the next chapter up soon. As always please review and like, if you want, but I would love some feedback.