Chapter 1: The Thief Boy
Dante set off early the very next morning. His normal blue dress shirt was ruined by the storm, so he instead decided to wear an orange dress shirt. His mother hugged him and gave him a bag of supplies. He walked to the edge of Viridian and turned around to get a last look at his home. He knew he would not be back for a long time. He turned to the forest nearby and went right into it.
The Forest of Viridian was often considered a horrific place to be in. There were Poison and Bug Pokemon around every corner. On top of that, thieves were common, as well. Thieves who had a Spirit Pokemon were especially dangerous in the Forest. No one knew why, but thieves with Spirit Pokemon were becoming more and more common. These thieves were swift and cunning, yet not willing to fight for their kingdom for various reasons.
Dante knew the likelihood of encountering a thief would be high, so he kept his hand on the hilt of his blade at all times. He knew Charmander granted him access to a few Fire moves, but he had no idea what they were yet. He would just have to fight through until he could learn to properly use the moves. Once he did that, he figured that he would learn more about this as he got closer to Saffron.
As he pondered all of this, he saw a boy, younger than he, standing in the middle of the path. He was no older than 9 years of age. He wore a red scarf that he used to cover his head and a green shirt without sleeves. His pants were ripped and were yellow and black. He had golden eyes and dark black hair. The boy held up a jagged dagger. The dagger was interesting in that it had a yellow and black blade with a red tip and a green handle. On closer inspection, the tip of the handle resembled the legs of a spider. It was no doubt that this young boy was bonded to a Spirit Pokemon.
"Give me food and you won't get hurt" the boy threatened as he held up his dagger in as threatening a way he could.
Dante knew this meant trouble. If he did not give the boy food, then he would have to fight him, but he did, then he would not have enough for the rest of the journey,
"I do not wish to fight you" Dante responded "but I must keep my provisions for myself. If you would like, though..." he was cut off.
The boy had his hands in a cylinder shape around his mouth with his dagger in the center. He had fired something at him. Dante looked down and saw his feet tangled in a white, gooey substance resembling a web.
"Wh-what?" He asked in his shock
"Spider Web" the young boy explained. "Now you can't get away. Let me tell you again: Give me food or you will die."
"If you will just listen to me for a moment please" Dante started before the boy was upon him with blinding speed. His dagger was drawn and was glowing purple as he slashed right at Dante. Dante, however was quick and, at the last minute drew his sword and prevented the attack from harming him.
The boy was desperate, Dante observed. He was hungry, and he realized that, so much so that even for one so young, he was willing to kill him just to get a bite of food. Only someone who was truly desperate would attack like this.
Dante looked down, his feet caught in the web, preventing him from moving. The boy came again, the blade glowing purple as he rushed forward and tried to slash once more. Dante parried him again.
"Will you just listen to me?" Dante said as he deflected the boy's attacks. The young boy kept attacking from all angles as he tried to stab Dante with his dagger to no avail. Dante's sword training was just better than what this boy had to offer.
With one final swing, Dante knocked the boy down using the hilt of his blade, not wanting to seriously harm someone so young.
"I need the food for my travels" Dante said "But if you come with me to Pewter, I will buy you a full meal straight from my pocket."
The young boy looked down in embarrassment about the misunderstanding. He had just tried to kill someone with every intention of helping him. He got up and cut the Spider Web from Dante's feet, at last allowing him to move his feet.
"I'm sorry for attacking you..." he said
"It's fine" Dante responded as he tried to get used to moving his feet freely again.
"M-my name is Zyge of the House of Luz" the boy stuttered out of him as best he could.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Zyge. I am Dante of the house of Cecil" Dante said, introducing himself.
"The house of Cecil?" Zyge asked "As in the same house of Cecil where Sir Edmond hails from?"
"Indeed, that very house" Dante said "In fact, Sir Edmond is my father."
At that moment, Zyge got down on his knees and bowed.
"Please forgive me, son of Edmond" he said, trying to be as humble as he could after attacking the son of one of the highest ranked generals in the Kanto Army. Dante, however, would have none of that.
"Get up, you've already apologized, Zyge. No need for that" Dante said. "In fact, please tell me how someone of the noble House of Luz made his way into this forest as a thief, especially one so young."
"So you do know of my father's lineage then" Zyg said. "Fine, then I will tell you as we travel."
As the two travelled through the forest, Zyg told Dante of how he, at only the young age of 9 and of noble heritage, had made it into the harrowing forest.
"Two years ago, my father fought in the Battle of Mount Silver" he said. "There, as he and his Spirit Pokemon led the forces, he was struck down by an assassin. One of the Pseudos they say it was."
The Pseudo's were a group of seven powerful warriors that fought in the nations. Each of them had obtained a Spirit Pokemon so powerful, that it was on par with that of a Legendary Pokemon, yet wasn't quite one. This was because the Pokemon would be obtained from such a young stage and eventually become this incredibly powerful being, unlike the Legendaries, who were that powerful from the very beginning. Each Nation had one Pseudo except for Hoenn, which had two. Dante only knew of one at the time, Lady Cora, who wielded the mighty Dragonite.
"At that time, my mother was pregnant with my sister. Eight months later, however, mother was due. The birth was such a strain on her that it killed her. My sister ended up being a stillborn. That left just me, at only 8, by myself." Zyge explained, tears forming in his eyes. "Then, the other members of our family did not want me for I was not completely of noble blood. Mother married into the family, but was considered a peasant before. The family, despite father's great achievements for Kanto, still considered that to be an unforgivable sin to our family name, and outright refused to take me in. So, I was sent to the Academy in Pewter."
The Academy was notorious in Kanto. As more and more people died in the numerous battles over the years, orphans were becoming more and more common. As a result, to ensue better results for future battles, the Academy was built to train these orphans in the art of battling. It essentially created child soldiers. It was sickening to most, but seemed like the only solution for the problem as well as supplied many trained troops for future battles, as they were always needed. The soldiers were generally great soldiers, but they had such awful pasts that they almost always ended up defecting or committing suicide in battle. It was very dark, but that was just the truth of it.
"After about six months there, I could not take it anymore" Zyge said "I ran away into the forest, taking this dagger because I knew something this small would go unnoticed if missing and I needed something to defend myself. As I began to hide myself here, I stumbled upon a Spinarak. That Spinarak had just gotten out of a fight with a whole group of Spearow and was badly injured. I helped him heal until he was better. Then, as I had expected him to leave, he came back and we connected. It was then that I knew, and I pulled out my dagger. The ceremony took place and now Spinarak and I are forever bonded by this dagger and our spirits."
It was very interesting. Finding his Spirit Pokemon at such a young age meant that Zyge would be able to grow up into a powerful warrior. He already knew how to use moves like that Spider Web and whatever that glowing purple thing was. Had he stayed had more training and not been so much weaker than Dante, he just might have easily overpowered him. Maybe even in a few years if he could get some proper training.
"Zyge, what did you do to make your blade glow purple like that?" Dante asked
"Oh, you mean Poison Sting?" Zyge asked in response. "Well, all I did was channel Spinarak's power into the blade. Once you get the hang of it, it's really simple."
"I see..." Dante said
"Do you not know how to use your Spirit Pokemon's power?" Zyge asked
"Unfortunately, no. I just bonded with Charmander last night" Dante responded
The two young warriors kept walking. The forest never seeming to end. They did not run into any other thieves or bandits. Lucky for them too, because it would not have been easy for Dante, having never actually battled someone who was older than him. Had someone older then him attack them, Dante was unsure of how well he would do. The only people he's ever really fought was his instructor, his classmates, and now Zyge.
The end of the forest was now in sight. The two young fighters reached the end without too much trouble. As they left they saw the City of Pewter just up ahead. The two entered the city. It was now sunset, meaning nightfall was very soon. The two walked on to the nearest inn where they could order food and a room for the night. That night, they ate well, especially Zyge, who had not eaten much over the past few weeks. The two of them then went to bed with full stomachs.
"Dante..." Zyge said before they both went off to bed
"Yes Zyge?" Dante responded
"Can I please travel with you? You're a kind person who seems to know what he's doing"
"Sure" Dante said, glad to have company for his trip "We will leave tomorrow morning and head for the Moon Mountain."
And with that the two young boys rested after their long day.
Little did they know, thought, that the winds of change were upon the world. These winds of change were soon noticed by two very different groups of wandering legends.
In the Southern Kingdom of Hoenn, there was a young man who meditated in a cave. He wore a light blue coat with black pants. Next to him sat a claymore that seemed to be made of pure ice. The man had white hair and icy blue eyes. On the back of his left hand were six dots. The cave he was in was sealed off, but he noticed a disturbance and opened his eyes. Digging through the cave was a Sandshrew holding a letter.
"That must be from him" the man said as he took the letter and opened it up. He read over the contents of the letter.
"Well then" he said aloud as he grabbed his claymore and stood up "looks like I'll be seeing the other two in Sinnoh then. Master must be woken up if that's the state of things."
The other group would be found in a forest of Southeast Kingdom of Unova. Three of them were gathered in a clearing next to a pond. The oldest and leader of the group wore a teal suit jacket with a yellow waistcoat and silver fedora. The second and tallest of the group wore a light green suit jacket with a pale brown waistcoat and pink fedora. The third and most well built of them wore a gray suit jacket, orange waistcoat, and brown fedora. All three of them had black dress pants, brown boots, and a rapier at their side. They all looked up as they took notice of something.
"I see..." said the leader "so the winds of change are upon us."
"Yes..." said the one in green "and it looks as if they are not a good type of change."
"What will we do then?" asked the one in gray
"We will speed up his training" the leader said "d'Artagnan, come, we must accelerate your training"
A fourth member, a young boy of no more than seventeen years of age, stumbled out of the clearing. He was dressed in a light blue suit jacket, dark blue waistcoat, black dress pants, brown boots, and an orange fedora. He, too, had a rapier at his side.
"What for?" asked the young one
"The times are requiring it" said the oldest. "If we do not hurry, this world will be forever in peril"
The four of them took a quick drink from the water and began to walk in order to continue training the boy.
An all out war was on the horizon.
A/N: Hello all! So, I hope you like the first official chapter of The Fire of Knights! I introduced some key characters. I am still accepting OCs for this story. In terms of what I have, I have a character for Charmander Alakazam, Spinarak, Psyduck, Greninja, Empoleon, Blaziken, Elekid, Zorua, Ninetales, Glaceon, Chespin, and Shinx. So, any other Pokemon is fair game. Might I also mention that there are still 13 starters, 7 Eeveelutions, 6 Pseudo Legendaries, and 3 Elemental Monkeys that I'd love to see (Just saying!). Anyways, I'm open to any OC you guys send me regardless, I just want a variety! Hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll get the next chapter up ASAP!
