Before this chapter begins, Edgar Knight belongs to fellow author Blue-Eyes White Knight-BEWK, not me. So ask permission from this author to use this OC in other works. Also, thanks goes to BEWK for helping to contribute to this Cerulean Saga, so thank you for your help!
The Cerulean Saga: Part I
Within the region of Kanto is a city called Cerulean, where our next story begins to unfold…
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The pool of the Cerulean City Gym was filled with various Water Element Pokemon that swam within the vicinity of the pool as they enjoyed their early morning swim. Suddenly, from one side of the gym room opened a door and followed out with someone calling out:
"Okay guys! Time for breakfast!"
The various Water Pokemon, all perking up to the word "breakfast", gave out their cries of excitement and started to gather around a certain edge of the pool to await their meal. Coming out from the and entering into the Gym room was a seventeen year old boy with spiky black hair that lustered a faint blue hue under the spot lights of the gym and had glistening sapphire blue eyes that gleamed with a bright intelligence. His attire that he wore was simply a black T-shirt that had a screen print of the Casacade Badge upon it, showing that was the prize to be won at the Cerulean Gym, and khaki shorts that reached down in the middle of his kneecaps. Since he worked around a pool, the male didn't have a need for shoes and walked around barefooted, feeling the cool and partially wet tiles under his feet's bottom. This Pokemon trainer, and current overseer of the Gym, was no other than: Edgar Knight. With a smile upon his face, Edgar swung down a bag and opened it to reveal chucks of PokeChow and by grabbing handfuls of this meal; he threw it out into the pool of the aquatic Pokemon. The various Water Pokemon followed in pursuit of their breakfast and either jumped up to catch their meal or just wait until their breakfast hit the water's surface. Edgar softly laughed at the various Pokemon's actions and then sat down on a bleacher seat on the lower levels in the Gym. He then breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself:
"Man…working at this Gym for a month is too much work…I hope Misty and the others get back here soon, I'm dying to restart training for the Battle Frontier…"
"Hello…is Misty here?" came a soft voice of a woman.
Edgar turned to the voice to see a woman who looked like Nurse Joy, with pink hair that was put up in the classic Nurse Joy style, blue eyes, but wore a white shirt, purple pants, and an orange-tan colored jacket instead of her nurse's uniform.
"Oh Agent Joy," said Edgar, "sorry…neither Misty nor my cousins are here…I'm in charge of this Gym while they're gone…"
"Oh," said Agent Joy, "I see."
"Uh…may I help you Agent Joy?" asked Edgar, trying to be helpful in this situation.
"Well," said Agent Joy, "I'm here for the Cerulean Gym's inspection."
"Inspection?" asked Edgar.
"Yes," said Agent Joy, "I'm here to make sure everything at the Gym is safe for both humans and Pokemon alike."
"Well this gym is in good condition," smiled Edgar, "but since I understand the seriousness of this, go right ahead and look things over Miss. Joy."
"But of course…" said Agent Joy, but then stopped midway in her sentence when she saw that Edgar's left right was tied up in a green cloth that housed a golden Rayquaza ring pattern on the cloth and caused her to say: "…oh my! Did you inquire yourself Edgar?"
"Huh?" asked Edgar, looking down at his wrist at the cloth, and asked: "Oh this?" and began to chuckle.
"Huh?" asked Agent Joy, "So you didn't hurt yourself?"
"No ma'am," said Edgar, "I didn't…I got this from a special friend of mine back in Hoenn."
"Oh," said Agent Joy, "that was so sweet of your friend to give it to you…"
"Yeah…" said Edgar softly and began to blush to the thought of her…
"Edgar?" asked Agent Joy, noticing Edgar's face turning red, "Are you feeling okay?"
"Um n-n-no! I'm not sick!" stammered Edgar, "I'm fine! Heh…heh…"
"Oh, well okay," smiled Agent Joy, "then I must be getting to my inspecting then!"
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Meanwhile, outside the Cerulean Gym stood three figures staring at the Gym from a far off vantage point. They were all dressed dark bluish indigo fighting attires with red cuffs on the shirt's sleeves with one having brown hair that was cut in a bowl shaped and black eyes, another having mahogany colored hair with black eyes, and the third having blue colored hair with black eyes.
"So," said one of them named Rin, "the red-head isn't around…how convenient for us…" and he pressed on a sly smile.
"I guess now our plans for taking over the Gym will finally once again commence," stated another named Chan.
"There's a kid in charge of the Gym," stated Shin, the final one to speak, "It'll be a piece of cake to take out the little brat."
"For we are the Pokemon Fighting Brothers!" they all shouted in unison and began to laugh in a sinister way.
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Back inside the Gym, Edgar was finishing up his rounds of taking care of the Water Pokemon within the pool after their breakfast meal.
"Man…I never knew taking care of so much Water Pokemon can take so much work…" said Edgar as he let out a tired sigh and wiped his brow with his forearm, "…hmm…maybe I'll take a dive in the pool…"
Edgar then walked up to the edge of the pool and with a powerful push off his feet from the floor; Edgar made a perfect dive into the pool. Edgar let the cool water of the pool wrap around his swimmer built form as he let himself sink a bit into the crystal clear water and be lost in the aquatic serenity. Then, with his lung tingling for oxygen, Edgar kicked upwards and broke the surface of the pool as he gasped for a fresh breath of air. He then lay back in the water and closed his sapphire eyes, saying in a low, pleasurable voice:
"Ah…so relaxing…"
Edgar then began to laps back and forth in the pool as he was enjoying the cool water and the pleasurable company of the Water Pokemon as they swan around him. When he swam back toward where he first began, Edgar heard a familiar voice ask:
"Ed?"
Edgar looked up to see a nineteen year old girl with orange hair that was tied back to a one sided ponytail and bright blue eyes and wore an attire of a yellow and blue designed sleeveless shirt and short combo along with yellow and blue sneakers and had a red sling bag on her right shoulder, staring at him with a curious look.
"Huh? Mist?" asked Edgar, wondering if it really was his cousin and then seeing it was exclaimed: "Misty! You came back!"
"Yeah…I did," said Misty with a smile, "now come hug your cousin."
With a soft laugh, Edgar climbed out of the pool and hugged his cousin; although he was soaking wet and had wetted Misty's attire.
"Oops, sorry Mist," said Edgar.
"It's alright," said Misty with a laugh, "I'm a Water Trainer and I know that'll get wet."
"So is Lily, Daisy, and Violet back?" asked Edgar.
"Yeah," said Misty, "the four of us all came back just a little while ago."
"That's good," said Edgar, "now that you guys are all back, I can restart my Battle Frontier training! I only have three days left!"
"I know Edgar," said Misty, "and you will…but first…" Misty shoveled a long metal pole into Edgar's hand that had a blue net at one end of the pole, "…the pool needs to be cleaned out a bit more…"
"B-B-B-B-But Mist!" stammered Edgar, shocked that he would have to do another cleaning of the pool.
"No 'buts' Poliwag!" said Misty, "You are still in charge of the Gym. Now, I'm going to go unpack after my journey and take it easy for the rest of the day…"
"Misty!" exclaimed Edgar, but Misty didn't listen as she left the Gym room.
'Man…' thought Edgar and then he began to distastefully rake through the pool with the net.
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Meanwhile, Beka, Brendan, and May had arrived at the front of the Cerulean City Gym to see the giant domed building with a giant Dewgong, a Water/Ice Element that looked like an elegant snow-white seal with frilled fins and tail, a horn on its head, and brown eyes, emblem upon the top of the brightly painted Gym.
"So this is the Cerulean City Gym..." said Beka in awe at the sight of the Gym for real before her eyes, "…wow, it's more amazing than I expected…"
"Yup!" said Brendan, "I can't wait to see old Poliwag swim!"
Brendan then began to laugh at his compliment.
"Mind your manners Brendan…" smiled May.
"Aw come on May!" whined Brendan, "Don't ruin my fun!"
May then grabbed a hold of Brendan's emerald green and white Pokeball designed head band and pulled it back, stating:
"If you don't…then you'll have to face the on-saught of snapping headband…"
"No!" exclaimed Brendan, "Not that!"
May, ignoring Brendan's plea, released the headband from her hand and caused the headband to snap back hard on Brendan's head.
"OW!" screamed Brendan.
'Oh boy…' thought Beka as she watched the two Hoennshippers fought and had a small sweat-drop appear on the back of her head.
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After doing his final rounds of cleaning the pool with the net and pole, Edgar breathed a sigh of relief and wiped his brow with his forearm.
"Whew…" Edgar sighed, "…all done…it took me a while, but finally the pool looks cleaned…and since they're haven't been much gym battles for the Casacade Badge, maybe I'll take the day off…" Edgar then let out a soft sigh and spoke with: "Man…I'd rather travel to another town and win badges rather than working here…this is so boring…plus, I could travel with the gang…Brendan, May, Benen, Beka…"
Edgar grew silent at the last name he spoke and said:
"…Beka…I wonder how you're doing…I've missed you so much…I wish I could see and hear your voice again…Beka…"
Suddenly, Edgar perked up to the sound of people entering into the Gym.
"Huh?" asked Edgar, turning toward the noise, "There must be someone to battle for the badge…hmm…" he then smirked, "…might as well give them a show and…"
Edgar suddenly stopped when he saw it was them…the gang from Hoenn…his noble friends…
"Beka?" asked Edgar, "Brendan? May?"
"Hey Ed!" came May's cheery voice and waved to Edgar.
"Guys!" exclaimed Edgar and began to run toward them, "Oh my gosh…guys!"
Edgar, if he had been paying attention, suddenly slipped on a slick spot on the pool's edge and caused him to fall into the pool by accident. The three trainers sweat dropped at Edgar's action and wondered if he was okay. Suddenly, a upward burst of water spewed upwards and for a Gyarados, a Water/Flying Element that looked like a monstrous sea serpent with harden blue and cream yellow colored scales, a large jaw, a tri pointed appendage on its forehead, blue whiskers that flowed from its mouth, fins that ridged along its back, a large fin at the end of its tail, and hardened purple eyes that was pressed into a hardened look, to appear. The group suddenly looked up at the Gyarados and began to scream as they saw Edgar was hanging out from the Gyarados' mouth.
"Oh my gosh!" freaked out May, "That Gyarados has Edgar and it's going to eat him!"
"M-May," said Beka, trying to calm May down, "I think Ed's okay…"
The group saw Beka was right as the Gyarados lowered its head down and placed Edgar down on the pool's edge safely.
"Thanks Gyarados," smiled Edgar and petted the Gyarados' head as it softly growled in happiness.
'Amazing…' thought Beka as she saw how gentle Gyarados was toward Edgar, '…that Gyarados is so tamed…'
"So…hi guys," smiled Edgar as he approached the group.
"Hey Ed, how's it hanging?" said Brendan.
"Good-good," nodded Edgar, "I'm just glad you guys are here…" Edgar then turned to Beka and smiled softly at the sight of her and said: "…hey Beka…how have you been?"
"I've been doing okay," said Beka with a smile, "How about you?"
"I've been good," said Edgar, "Beka…listen…I'm sorry I didn't hug you back last time…you know, before I left to go back home…"
"Oh…that's okay," said Beka, "I was a bit worried about you when you left and well, let me give you one of seeing you again…"
Beka then walked up to Edgar, with a soft smile on her face, and hugged Edgar; glad to see her friend again after being a month apart. Edgar, feeling her warmth up against him, immediately wrapped his arms around her as well in a tight hug to see and have her back again and near him as a thin tear of happiness streamed down his face.
"I missed you so much…" came the hush whisper of Edgar's voice against Beka's right ear.
"I missed you too Ed," said Beka.
"I'm just glad to have you with me again…" said Edgar as he let go of Beka as she did as well.
"And now we can travel again like before and compete in the Battle Frontier. Isn't that great?" smiled Beka.
"Oh yeah!" said Edgar as he raised his right fist up, "I'm just dying to get out of this gym and return back to Hoenn and crush the competition!"
"Well, I guess I'm not the only one who's ready for the Battle Frontier," Beka laughed softly.
"Hey Poliwag," said Brendan, calling Edgar by his dreaded nickname and smirking, "let's see you swim!"
"Brendan!" exclaimed May and whacked him across the back of his head with his headband.
"Ow!" shouted Brendan.
Edgar, having an evil grin upon his face and walking toward Brendan, said:
"I got a better idea…heh, heh, heh…"
"Huh?" asked Brendan.
Suddenly, Edgar grabbed Brendan from the back of his shirt and from the belt of his pants and threw him out into the pool, with Brendan screaming his head off as he crashing into the pool's water. Moments later, Brendan broke his head up above the surface of the water and shouted:
"Hey! I'll get you for this Knight!"
"Oh…Gyarados!" called out Edgar to Gyarados and then pointed out the Brendan with a smirk: "Go chase Sweat-Band Boy around the pool; I wanna see how fast he swims…"
"GAH!" screamed Brendan and immediately began to swim fast as Gyarados was, in play of course, chasing after him.
May was laughing her head off at the sight of her boyfriend swimming around like a rapid, yet flailing Magikarp while Beka watched in silence as she covered her right hand over her mouth in repressing back the humor that wanted to escape from her lips. Edgar, who was also laughing his head off, called out:
"Wow Birch! I didn't know you were a fast swimmer!"
"HELP!" called out Brendan, as he screamed like a girl, "I DON'T WANNA DROWN!"
"Gyarados…" called out Edgar, "I think Sweat-Band Boy learned his lesson."
Gyarados, hearing Edgar to return, stopped chasing Brendan and came back toward Edgar and the others. Brendan was then pulling himself up onto the pool's edge and collapsed upon the titled floor, gasping and wheezing in his little exercise routine and soaking wet.
"Good job Brendan," said Edgar with a smirk on his face, "you broke the world record by acting like a wimp."
Edgar followed out with a chuckle under his breath and Brendan shot him a dirty look.
"I'll get you for this…" murmured Brendan.
"You can try…" smirked Edgar.
Then, Edgar tossed out a white towel at Brendan.
"Now dry yourself…you're wetting my floor," laughed Edgar.
"Hardy-har-har…" sarcassed Brendan as he began to dry himself.
"Edgar!" came a loud noise that entered into the Gym room, "What's going on here? I heard someone screaming really loudly…and really girlly at that."
The group turned to see it was Misty walking up to them.
"It's okay Misty," said Edgar with a smirk, "Brendan was just being Gyarados' toy for a few brief moments."
"Brendan?" questioned Misty, surprised to see he was here, along with: "May! Beka! It's good to see you all again!"
"Yes, it's great to see you too Misty," smiled Beka.
"Yup!" agreed May.
"Huh? Wait a minute…" said Misty as she pondered on Edgar's sentence, "…you let Gyarados chase after Brendan?"
"Well, Brendan started it…" said Edgar, "…he called me a Poliwag and…AH!"
Edgar suddenly lost his footing near the edge of the pool and once again he feel into the crystal blue water, causing the rest of the group to sweat-drop to Edgar's action.
"Nice job Knight!" called out Brendan into the pool and began to laugh.
Suddenly, the group noticed bubbles were beginning to form and pop around the area where Edgar had fallen into and suddenly another upward blast of water shot up. They suddenly saw the figure of Edgar now standing soaking wet right in front of Brendan's face as Brendan, May, and Beka screamed in surprisement.
"What was that Brendan!" asked Edgar in a dark voice.
"Eh…nothing…nice landing…" stated Brendan blankly as he sweat-dropped.
"Now you're gonna get it," smirked Edgar and called out: "oh…Gyarados!"
Gyarados came at Edgar's side again in wondering what Edgar needed.
"Gyarados," said Edgar, pointing to Brendan, "go and fetch Sweat-Band Boy there!"
"NO!" exclaimed Brendan, "I'm too young to die!"
"Heh, heh, heh," came an evil grin over Edgar's face.
"Gyarados stop!" said Misty as she stepped in between Brendan and the Water/Flying Element.
Gyarados stopped making its way toward Brendan and instead came up to Misty and began to nudge toward her in a friendly rub toward its trainer.
"Nice to see you too," giggled Misty as she gently petted Gyarados.
'Wow…Misty is amazing…training that Gyarados like that,' thought Beka as she looked at Misty and the Gyarados, 'but then again, she is a Gym Leader…'
"Aw man! Misty! You had to ruin my fun…" pouted Edgar.
"Come now Ed…Gyarados must be polite to our guests," said Misty and then smirked at Edgar, "…as well as you…"
"Yes ma'am…" sighed Edgar.
'And Edgar as well…' thought Beka and began to laugh softly.
"Heh, heh," smirked Brendan, "Poliwag's in trouble!"
"Birch!" exclaimed Edgar and then wrapped his right arm around Brendan's neck and put the white-haired trainer in a headlock.
"Boys…" May and Misty sighed in unison.
"Uh…" said Beka, a bit worried about the situation going on, "…should I…pry Brendan free?"
"Oh," said Misty, reassuring Beka, "let then have their male bonding moment."
"But…Ed's kind of…killing him…" sweat-dropped Beka as she saw Brendan's face was beginning to discolor in lack of oxygen.
Eventually, Edgar let go of Brendan from the head lock and breathed a sigh of relief, saying:
"I feel much better now."
"Yeah," said Brendan, rubbing his sore neck, "and my neck probably grew some more…"
In low grumbles and mutters to himself, Brendan headed back toward May as May giggled softly at the Hoenn trainer.
"So Ed," said Misty, "is everything in tip-top shape here in the gym?"
"Yes," said Edgar nodding, "everything here is in good condition."
"That's good…everything must be ready for tomorrow," smiled Misty.
"What goes on tomorrow?" asked Beka, completely blank about what was going on.
"Yeah," asked Edgar, "what is going on tomorrow?"
"Well," explained Misty, "the play we hold at the gym: The Little Mermaid, is going to be played here and…" she placed on a cunning smirk, "…you should know about the second part…you love this certain competition every year…"
"Oh, uh…yeah…heh…" sweat-dropped Edgar.
"Huh?" asked Beka, "What's going on?"
"Well Beka," explained Misty with a smile, "tomorrow is also the annual Swimsuit Competition here at the Gym."
"Oh wow!" giggled May, "Count me and Beka in!"
"Swimsuit…competition…?" asked Beka, with a bit of nervousness in her voice at those words.
"Heh…" smirked Brendan, "…imagine all the babes I can watch showing their stuff in a bikini…"
"Especially me Brendan…" giggled May as she got up close to Brendan and gave him a peck on the cheek, causing Brendan to blush in a deep red tone.
"It'll be fun if you participated too Beka," said Edgar.
"Um…" said Beka, still shaking softly in nervousness about the thought, "…y-you think s-so?"
"Yeah," said Edgar, "it'll be fun."
"Um…um…" said Beka again, trying to think of something to say about the situation, but suddenly, Beka felt something gently tapping against the back of her legs and causing her to scream at the surprise motion, "…GAH!"
"PI-KA-CHU!" came a loud voice from behind her.
Beka, hearing the sound behind her, immediately turned to see a Pikachu, an Electric Element that looked like a yellow mouse with long pointed ears that ended in black tips, brown stripes that hugged around its back, a yellow lighting bolt shaped tail with brown markings at its base, red circles that covered its cheeks, and deep brown/black eyes, was looking up at her. She also saw that this Pikachu was wearing a small blue and white Pokemon League hat that looked identical to the hat Edgar had given her a month before upon its head.
"Hey," said Beka softly, "A Pikachu…"
"PK!" exclaimed Edgar with a smile on his face, "Come here buddy!"
Edgar knelt down toward the ground and extended out his arms toward the Pikachu nicknamed PK. With a gleeful cry, PK ran up to Edgar and jumped into its trainers arms. Edgar then turned toward the group and said:
"Guys…this is PK, my Pikachu."
"Aww," said May, "it's so cute!"
"Pi-ka-pi-ka!" exclaimed PK at May's comment and then jumped out of Edgar's arms and into May's arms.
May laughed softly at PK as she gently petted the top of its yellow head gently. PK, spotting Beka again, then jumped down from May's arms and ran up to Beka. Seeing PK coming toward her, Beka knelt down and took off one of her gloves from her right hand and held out her bare hand out to PK so that it could inspect her.
"Hi PK," said Beka in a calm, quiet voice as she pressed on a soft smile.
"Pi-ka-chu…" said PK and then began to lick Beka's hand that was extended to it.
Beka softly blushed at PK's welcome as the Electric Element 'kissed' her hand gently.
"Hey there Pikachu…" said Brendan, approaching PK all of the sudden.
The sudden approach of Brendan caused PK to grow frightened and for its red cheeks to begin to glow and dance with crackling electricity…
"PI-KA-CHUUUU!" cried out PK as it shot out a massive surge of yellow energy in the form of Thunderbolt and to strike Brendan.
"GAH!" exclaimed Brendan as the Thunderbolt coursed through him and the collapsed in a charred smoldering form on the ground, followed with a painful: "Ouch…"
"Good job buddy…" smirked Edgar.
"Pi-ka!" exclaimed PK and then suddenly jumped on Beka's shoulder.
As Beka stood up, PK came to rest across the back of Beka's neck and began to nuzzle against her cheek and neck.
"Aww," laughed Beka softly, "you're so cute PK."
"It likes you Beka," said Edgar.
"You think so?" asked Beka, a bit surprised on how affectionate PK was being toward her.
"Yeah," nodded Edgar softly.
Beka began to blush softly again and said, while gently scratching the back of its ear:
"Well, I like PK too…"
"Well then," stated Misty, "I'll make us something to eat for lunch…Ed…why don't you show your friends to their rooms and around the gym?"
"Sure thing Mist," said Edgar and then turned to the group, "c'mon guys."
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Within a certain hallway of the Cerulean Gym that was up upon a second floor of the building, Edgar led his guests to their rooms in which they would stay in during their stay at the gym.
"So Ed," said Brendan, "where's our rooms at?"
"Well sorry but, you have to sleep outside Brendan…" said Edgar as he pressed on a sly smirk upon his face.
"WHA!" exclaimed Brendan with a haunting look upon his face.
"Just kidding," laughed Edgar.
"You better be…" mumbled Brendan.
"You'll bunk in my room and the girls can sleep in the guest room," explained Edgar to Brendan and the others.
"That sounds cool," said May.
"I'm just happy to see you guys again," said Edgar as he smiled at his friends.
"Yeah," said Brendan, "we missed you too Ed."
"But…" said Edgar as he stared at Beka and had a soft smile on his face, "…I missed you especially Beka."
"Really?" asked Beka.
"Yeah," nodded Edgar.
"Well," said Beka, "I missed having you around too Ed…"
Beka's compliment caused Edgar to blush in slight pink shades on his face. Brendan, noticing Edgar's face changing, asked his friend:
"Hey, you okay Ed?"
"Huh?" asked Edgar, "Oh yeah…I'm fine."
"Okay," said Brendan softly.
Soon, the group reached a certain door in the hallway and they all stopped before it. Edgar then reached out from the brass handle of the door and turned the knob. As Edgar turned the knob and pushed opened the door, the room began to reveal before them. It showed a light blue painted room that housed a desk with various papers and PokeSupplies, a dresser with various objects upon it, a nightstand with a light blue lamp on the top, and a bed with a light blue comforter upon the bed as well as a few…
"Wow!" said Brendan with a grin on his face and pointing to the bed, "Look at all the plushies on Ed's bed!"
Beka turned to see that there were about five small plushies on Edgar's bed and they were all Poliwags, a Water Element that looked like a tiny blue tadpole with feet, bright black eyes, a black swirl design on its white chest, pink lips, and a tadpole tail that was light blue and transparent.
"Oh crud…" said Edgar blankly and slapped his forehead.
"Aww," said May, picking one up, "they're so adorable!"
"Dang…I forgot to hide those…" muttered Edgar under his breath.
Beka then looked around Edgar's walls, which had various Pokemon posters of and one a certain wall was a framed piece that didn't have a picture in it, but of twenty-eight different Gym Badges within, from Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, and Hoenn. She also saw in a frame next to it was a picture of her and Edgar with their Pokemon after becoming Champions of Hoenn and another below it that showed both a news article and a colored photograph at their win at the Hoenn League at Evergrande City.
"I see you found my trainer's wall," said Edgar from behind Beka and stood beside her to look at his trainer's past.
"Amazing," said Beka, "I know it took you a long time to earn all of these Ed…I could never compete against you…"
"Well," said Edgar, "you aren't a bad trainer yourself."
"But I mean…" said Beka, "…you've spent your entire life with Pokemon and have accomplished so much…more than I could…" Beka then sighed softly and said: "…I've only been at this trainer stuff for months…and I still have so much more to learn…"
Edgar was about to say something to Beka, but then was suddenly cut off when Brendan exclaimed:
"HA! I knew it! Ed is a Poliwag!"
Beka and Edgar turned to see Brendan had picked up a photo that was on the dresser in a silver border frame. In the photo, it showed Edgar at the age of three and he was wearing a very cute and adorable Poliwag costume. Immediately, Edgar began to flame in rage and shouted:
"Brendan…shut up!"
Then, Edgar came at Brendan and knocked in a full frontal blow into the Hoenn trainer and the two males began to wrestle as Beka had immediately caught the photo that had become air borne from Brendan's hands as he was knocked down by Edgar.
"Ah!" exclaimed May, jumping on the bed to evade them, "It's too crowded in here!"
"Are you gonna stop?" asked Edgar as he had Brendan in another headlock.
"Okay! Okay!" pleaded Brendan, "I'll STOP!"
"I always wanted to do this…" smirked Edgar, grabbing Brendan's headband and then yanking off the trainer's head.
"HEY!" exclaimed Brendan as his snow-white hair flowed down the back of his head to reach just above his shoulders and for the small black parts of hair around his ears to be revealed, "Give that back!"
"Wow Birch!" laughed Edgar, "I didn't know you had such girlie hair!"
"YOU DIE NOW!" exclaimed Brendan in a fit of rage as demon eyes overcame his sight.
"Uh oh…" said Edgar softly and then made a mad dash out of his room and down the hallway with Brendan's headband, with a snarling Brendan at Edgar's heels.
"Brendan!" exclaimed May and then ran after Brendan in hopes to calm him down.
Beka and PK were the only two beings left in the room as they watched the spectacle from their quiet points of view.
"Whoa…" said Beka softly, "…that was strange…right PK?"
"Pi-ka-chu…" sighed PK and shook its head.
Beka softly laughed and then went back to put Edgar's Poliwag picture back on the dresser where it belonged. Beka then stared at the other photos that were propped on Edgar's dresser, showing various stories of Edgar's adventures from him and a group of friends in Johto when he was ten, to when he was in the Orange Islands, a group photo with him and his cousins at the Gym, and then a final photo showed Edgar when he was nine years old and sitting in a family pose was a male and female in their thirties with the male having black hair like Edgar and brown eyes as the female had long blond hair and dazzling blue eyes that were in the same sapphire hue as Edgar's. Beka couldn't help but stare at the photo even more and then thought:
'I wonder…is this…Ed's…parents?'
"AH! HELP!" came the scream of Edgar as he ran back into his room.
Immediately, as he got into his room, Edgar slammed door shut and remained quiet, pressing his ear to the door and listening to any movements outside. He heard the sounds of a rampaging Brendan and screaming May running down the hallway and not bothering to look again in Edgar's room.
"Whew," Edgar breathed a sigh of relief, "that was close…"
"Pi-ka-chu!" exclaimed PK as it jumped from Beka's shoulder and onto Ed's shoulder.
"Hey pal!" smiled Edgar and ruffled PK's fur.
"Pi-ka!" said PK and nudged against Edgar's cheek.
Edgar then turned and was surprised to see Beka was over by his bed and picking up a Poliwag plushie in her hands to look at it. Beka, turning and seeing Edgar staring at her, immediately dropped the Poliwag plushie and said:
"Oh…I'm sorry…I didn't mean to bother it…"
"Heh, it's alright," said Edgar, walking over and picking up the Poliwag plushie and gently tossing it back on the bed. Edgar, trying to think of something to speak to Beka about, asked: "So…uh…have you gotten stronger?"
"I guess so," said Beka, "I mean…I've been training for almost a month and everything, so I guess my team and I have gotten stronger."
"I've been training non-stop as well," said Edgar, "Well, actually besides acting as a temporary Gym Leader, heh…"
"Well," said Beka, "that's good Ed. At least you'll be strong when you enter the Battle Frontier."
"Yeah," said Edgar, "I just want to get out of here and go to the Battle Frontier."
"But," asked Beka, "didn't you go to the Frontier a few years back?"
"I did," explained Edgar, "but I wasn't as strong as I was back then like I am now…trust me on this Beka, in the Battle Frontier, the Pokemon battles are a million times tougher and trickier than anything…"
"Oh…I see," said Beka and then switched to thought: 'I'm going to need to know my way around the Frontier since Ruby nor Sapphire had this region called the Battle Frontier in the games…'
Beka then turned back to the series of photos on Edgar's dresser and asked, pointing to the one of photos with Edgar and the two adults:
"Um Ed…I know this really isn't any of my business, but…what is this photo over here?"
"Oh that…" said Edgar with a hint of sadness in his voice, "…that's me when I just turned nine…those two…were my mom and dad…"
"Oh…" said Beka, filled with sadness of the identity of the adults as well as a feeling of guilt, "…I'm so sorry Edgar…I didn't mean to ask…"
"It's okay," reassured Edgar.
"I didn't mean to…" said Beka, trying to think of someway to not get Edgar mad at her, "…bring back those memories and…"
"It's hard, I know…" sighed Edgar, "…but I've learned to cope with it and…"
Suddenly, a loud rumble of an explosion was heard with the Gym, causing Edgar to ask:
"What the!"
"Where did that come from?" asked Beka.
"It came from downstairs!" exclaimed Edgar, "Come on!"
"Right," nodded Beka and the two, along with PK, headed out of Edgar's room and toward the noise.
0o0o0o0o0o0
Moments later, Beka, Edgar, and PK all entered into the Gym to see that a smoldering hole was made in the roof of the Gym's ceiling and to see three guys standing in fighting uniforms within the vicinities of the Gym area and the pool.
"Who are you!" asked Edgar, with bits of an uninviting anger in his tone.
'The Fighting Pokemon Brothers!' Beka exclaimed in her mind at the sight of the brothers before her hazel sight.
"We are Rin, Chan, and Shin…the future owners of the Cerulean Gym!" laughed out Rin.
Suddenly, from another section of the Gym came out Misty as she asked:
"What's going on here…" and the she noticed the Fighting Pokemon Brothers and exclaimed: "…you three again!"
"So," said Chan, "you have returned Misty."
"What do you want!" asked Misty with also an unwelcoming tone in her voice like Edgar.
"As of before," restated Shin, "the ownership to your gym!"
"Hey Mist," called out Edgar to his cousin, "do you know these three clowns?"
"Yeah," said Misty, "these three tried to take the Cerulean Gym years ago and it looks like their back for a second chance…"
"You night as well give up Red," said Chan, "you won't win this time…" and ended in an evil chuckle.
"Now hold on!" stepped in Beka.
Beka's voice caused the brothers to turn and see Beka standing before them in a defensive stand, both in form and voice.
"Hey!" exclaimed Shin as his black eyes stared at her, "I heard of you! You're the one known in the Hoenn League as one of the recent champions…Beka Goldheart!"
"That's right," said Beka, with her hazel eyes now beginning to flash and grow into hardened emeralds, "and I don't trend lightly upon those who shouldn't take something that isn't theirs…"
"Mind your own business!" snapped Chan, "This doesn't concern you!"
"Well guess what?" asked Beka, reaching down toward her Pokebelt to grab a Pokeball, "It does now!"
"Beka," came Edgar's voice into Beka's ear, which caused her to freeze her action to grab a Pokeball, "let me handle this…"
"Listen Ed," said Beka, "I'm not afraid to fight them…I can battle them and take them down to show them what happens when they mess with my friends…"
"This is something I have to do…" Edgar spoke as he got before Beka, "…when it comes to punks like these three that messes with my family, I take it really personal."
"Ed," whispered Beka, "I understand…but...they're going to cheat…you need help and I can provide the help you need…"
"I can handle them on my own…" said Edgar, his tone growing serious.
"But," said Beka, "you'll need help…I can help you…please…"
"Beka…let Ed handle this…please…" said Misty as she got near Beka and Edgar and noticed that Edgar's hands were starting to tighten into fists.
"But Misty," said Beka, turning to Misty, "they're going to cheat…I need to help him…he's my friend…"
"You can be my back up," said Edgar to Beka, "just in case they try anything."
"Okay," nodded Beka and then stepped back away from Edgar along with Misty as PK jumped on Misty's shoulder.
As Beka and Misty stepped back and left Edgar alone to face the trio, the Fighting Pokemon Brothers started to laugh at Edgar and for Beka to think with a serious emerald gaze:
'What are you three planning?'
"So the punk wants a piece of the Fighting Pokemon Brothers," chuckled Rin, "I'd rather duel Misty…you're not in my league kid…"
"Shut up you punk and listen up!" exclaimed Edgar in an anger tone and for his sapphire gaze to become determined, "If you want to take this gym, you're going to have to go through me! Got it! Since you three tried to take over my cousin's gym a few years back…and cheated…well that won't happen this time! Misty's not alone! She's my family and I will defend my family's honor by kicking your sorry butts in a Pokemon battle!"
"Heh," said Shin, "you'll be sorry wanna-be…"
He, along with Chan and Rin, all threw out three Pokeballs and called forth!
"Hitmonchan, go!"
"Hitmonlee, go!"
"Hitmontop, go!"
In three flashes of white light materialized three Fighting Elements; one being Hitmonchan that had tan skin, black eyes, and wore a lavender-blue fighting outfit with red punching gloves on its hands and lavender-blue shoes, another being Hitmonlee that had brown skin, cream colored skin that housed upon its legs and arms that looked like wrappings that fighters would put on before a match, white claws on its brown feet, and black eyes, and the final a Hitmontop that had tan and light blue designs on its body, a small horn on its head, wing-like hair, and black eyes; before the Fighting Pokemon Brothers.
"Hit-mon-chan!" called out Hitmonchan.
"Hit-mon-lee!" cried out Hitmonlee.
"Hit-mon-top!" exclaimed Hitmontop.
The three brothers stared up at Edgar with smug smirks on their faces in hopes that the black haired trainer would be intimidated by their Fighting Element arsenal.
"You don't know who you're messing with…" said Edgar in a low tone. He then put two fingers in his mouth and unleashed a powerful high pitched whistle that rang through out the gym and for Edgar to call out: "Aurora! Come to me!"
From the pool, Beka noticed that the calm surface of the water was beginning to bubble and churn within the middle of the pool and then followed up with a powerful upward burst of water; shooting up like a geyser. From the blast of water leaped out a blue blur before Edgar and then stood before him. Beka saw that the majestic Legendary of the North, Suicune, had come before Edgar and caused her to smile softly. Suicune, nicknamed Aurora, was a Water Element that was covered in majestic cerulean blue and white fur, had white diamond designs on its sides, a massive flowing purple cape on its back that looked like a river, two white streamers that wavered by the creature's sides, a giant six-pointed crystal designed crown upon its forehead, and glistening ruby eyes.
"SUI-CUNE!" roared out Aurora in a majestic cry of purity and strength.
"What the!" asked Chan in shock, "Is that…a…a…Suicune!"
"That's right…" smirked Beka.
Suddenly, Beka felt an energy surge surround her and envelope around her form in gentle waves. She turned to where the main point of the surge was being expelled at and saw it was from Edgar.
'W-wha? What was that surge of energy I just felt and why is it coming from Ed?' thought Beka and then placed her hand on her chest, the point where the energy touched her the most, 'It felt like…maybe…it was just…'
"Go Ed!" cheered out Misty.
Beka, hearing Misty's cry for her cousin, stopped thinking about the certain subject and turned to the battle, thinking:
'…good luck Ed…'
"Give me your best shot!" Edgar called out.
"Hitmonchan, Focus Punch!"
"Hitmonlee, Mega Kick!"
"Hitmontop, Triple Kick!"
The three Fighting Pokemon made a powerful dash toward Aurora with Hitmonchan's left fist glowing in a white light, Hitmonlee's left leg glowing in a white light as well, and for Hitmontop to jump upon the horn on its head and began to spin rapidly toward its target.
"Aurora! Use Ice Beam!"
Aurora opened its mouth, showing a white orb beginning to grow within, and then shot out the attack in a flash of icy white light in its Legendary format and struck all three Pokemon at once, freezing them instantly on contact in crystal-like prisons.
"NO WAY!" the Fighting Pokemon Brothers shouted in unison.
"Now Aurora! Use Hydro Pump!"
Aurora then opened its mouth again and began to form a sphere of blue light within. With its Legendary format of Hydro Pump formed, Aurora unleashed the Water Element attack in the form of a beam of blue light and it struck at its target. The power and intensity of Aurora's Hydro Pump immediately broke through the icy prison and hit all three opponents at once, causing them to be knocked out to the Legendary's attacks. Edgar smirked at the instant victory Aurora brought to him.
"No!" exclaimed Shin, "Impossible!"
"Now get lost!" shouted out Edgar, "Before I really get angry…"
"No!" Rin exclaimed, "We can't lose this way!"
Rin then shifted his gaze to see Beka standing away from Edgar and a revenging idea popped into his mind.
'That girl…' Rin thought, '…she'll pay for her actions before this match…'
Rin then immediately grabbed another Pokeball from his belt and threw out the Pokeball, calling out:
"Tentacruel, go and use Poison Sting on the girl in green!"
In a flash of white light, Tentacruel, a Water/Poison Element that looked like a giant jellyfish with giant ruby jewels upon its blue caped head, black slanted eyes, a black bottom half that housed a pair of blue pincer-like appendages and a series of thick gray tentacles.
"Ten-ta-cruel!" growled out Tentacruel in a deep voice.
Then, spotting Beka, Tentacruel's central ruby on its forehead began to glow in a white light and caused thousands of white needle-like projections to spew out and flew at their target. Edgar, seeing what was going on and figuring out whom Rin's target was, shouted out:
"Beka! Look out!"
Immediately, Edgar made a dash before Beka and spreaded out his arms in order to protect her. The Poison Sting then hit Edgar in the chest as the black haired trainer took the full brunt of the Poison Element attack and did it all in the name for the one he cared about…
"AHH!" screamed Edgar as he felt the attack hitting him like knives.
"EDGAR!" exclaimed Beka in horror as she saw Edgar's pain before her sight.
"PI-KA!" exclaimed PK as it saw its trainer attacked as well.
Then, after the Poison Sting had stopped, Edgar collapsed to his knees on the ground and then fell back upon his back; holding in his chest around the impact of the attack and began to breathe heavily. Frantically, Beka knelt beside him and asked in a shaking voice:
"Ed…are you okay?"
"Man…that hurts…" Edgar wheezed as drops of sweat began to form and drip from his brow.
PK got to Edgar's side and pressed on a serious look of concern for its trainer.
"Oh no…Edgar…" said Misty as she ran beside him and knelt down with him.
Beka, immediately feeling a surge of anger begin to arise in herself, stood back upon her sneakered feet with her fists clenched in tight holds. She then glared a deep emerald gaze deep into the three brothers' dark eyes and spoke with tears streaming down her face:
"How-how could you do such a thing to Edgar…how could you do that to my friend!"
"Heh…" Rin laughed, "…that attack was you brat…and beside, he got what he deserved…"
"For what?" yelled out Beka in a tone of rage, "For defending the ones he cares about from sick, twisted, cheating minds like you three!"
"Beka…" Edgar said softly as he heard Beka speak, but then stopped when he winced in pain and began to show signs of a fever upon his face.
"Ed!" exclaimed Beka as she heard Edgar's weak voice.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Misty, holding Edgar in her arms as tears began to form from her blue eyes, "Ed's burning up in fever!"
"Misty," said Beka, taking out a Pokeball from her belt, "get Ed to a hospital…I'll take care of these three myself…"
"No…" Edgar's voice stopped Beka's next action of throwing out the Pokeball and caused the red-haired trainer to turn and see Edgar struggle to get up, "…this is my battle…"
"No…Ed…" said Beka softly as she saw Edgar climb back to his face and walk toward Beka's side.
"So," said Shin, "the brat wants more?" and he began to laugh.
Suddenly, what happened next caught Beka completely off guard. Beka saw that Edgar had gotten in front of her and then he suddenly began to be surrounded in a crystal blue aura that danced like flames around his shaking, yet determined form. Beka immediately felt the energy surge of the aura seep into her form and thought with awe:
'This power…it feels so…ancient…as if…'
"Aurora!" called out the glowing Edgar in a deep, determined voice, "Use Hyper Beam now!"
Aurora then opened its mouth again and unleashed a massive surge of golden energy that blazed out in a hyperactive beam of light that hinted in shades of crystal-blue aurora flashes within. The power of the attack hit at the ground before the Fighting Pokemon Brothers and caused the ground to explode before them. The force of the attack also caused the brothers to be shot out of the Gym and back through the hole in the ceiling in wince they came.
"We're not Team Rocket," called out the Fighting Pokemon Brothers in unison, "but we're blasting off!"
A bright light and a PING! sound effect filled the sky to show they were blasted off far away. Meanwhile, Beka ran up to Edgar's side and saw that he was still glowing in the crystal-blue light and his sapphire blue eyes were focused at the sky where the brothers had blasted off to and that those beautiful sapphire gazes where now hinting shades of a crystal light as well…
"Ed," asked Beka meekly, "are you alright?"
"Heh," Edgar's deep, determined voice began to sound from his lips, "I did it…"
Edgar then closed his eyes, stopped glowing, and began to collapse to the ground.
"EDGAR!" exclaimed Beka in horror and caught Edgar in her arms so that he wouldn't hurt himself going down.
"I'll go get Nurse Joy!" exclaimed Misty, but then stopped to see that Agent Joy had arrived in the Gym after her inspection.
"What's going on?" asked Agent Joy.
"Agent Joy!" exclaimed Misty, "My little cousin is hurt badly!"
"Oh my!" exclaimed Agent Joy and ran up to Edgar.
Beka, who was knelt on the with Edgar against her chest, felt her friend growing sicker in her arms and she knew that it was all her fault…she was the one intended for Tentacruel's attack, but Edgar got before her and took the attack for her. Because of her, Edgar was going more seriously ill and with that feeling of that guilt hardened deep in her heart, Beka's emerald eyes began to continue with streams of tears down her face and seeming to hint tiny glints of emerald light.
"This…this is my entire fault…" Beka choked out.
"No," said Misty, "Beka…this isn't your fault…"
"Ed…" Beka began to space out in grief, "…he protected me from that Poison Sting…and now…he's…" Beka suddenly bursted into tears and hugged Edgar in her arms, "…ED! I'M SO SORRY!"
"The poison is coursing through his body!" Agent Joy said, which caused Beka to begin to hurt more on the inside and for her to cry more.
Was this the end for her friend?
"Ka-pi-ka?" asked PK softly and caused Beka to look up.
Beka saw that Aurora, with a deep look of concern on its ruby gaze, approached Edgar and began to sniff his breath; detecting the smell of poison upon it.
"Aurora," said Beka softly with tears running down her face, "I'm so sorry that this happened to Ed…"
Suddenly, Aurora threw up its head toward the ceiling and unleashed a powerful mystic roar:
"CUNE!"
As Aurora's roar echoed the Gym, the Legendary of the North Wind began to glow in the same crystal blue aura as Ed did earlier. As it began to glow, so did Edgar and caused Beka to look down at her friend. Beka then felt the light around her friend against her form as the gentle waves of warmth lapped and gently caressed around Edgar. She then saw that his chest, which was bruised where Poison Sting had hit and that the shirt area was slightly torn at, was beginning to heal and fade away to the touch of the light.
'This energy…' thought Beka, '…I can feel it…it's a healing source…it's healing Ed…'
For a few moments, the crystal aura surrounded Edgar as Aurora focused its energy upon its trainer. Then, after Edgar was healed, the light quietly vanished away and for Edgar to slowly open his sapphire blue eyes open.
"Huh?" asked Edgar, "What…what happened?"
"Ed," smiled Beka to see her friend was alright and for more tears to flow down her face, "you're alright…"
"Yeah," Edgar smiled back to see her face beaming down upon his', "did I win?"
"Yeah," Beka nodded softly as Edgar sat up.
"PI-KA!" exclaimed PK as his Pikachu leapted into his arms and began to cry softly to see its trainer was okay.
"Oh…PK…" smiled Edgar and began to pet his Pokemon.
"Edgar Jason Knight!" Misty bursted into tears and hugged Edgar tightly in her arms, "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
"Mist…" said Edgar softly and hugged his cousin back in comfort.
"Oh my," said Agent Joy as she saw Edgar's chest under the torn black shirt, "your wounds are completely healed…"
"Yeah, but my favorite shirt is ruined," said Edgar, looking down at his chest and then thought: 'What just happened? Do I have some kind of hidden power…no…that can't be possible…I'm just a normal person…'
With that thought over, Edgar got back up to his feet but then suddenly felt dizzy and began to lose balance.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Edgar, but quickly made a sudden step to one side and caught his balance.
"Ed," said Misty, getting up along with Agent Joy, PK, and Beka.
"I'm okay Mist," reassured Edgar, "just a little dizzy, that's all."
"You're going to bed this instant…" said Misty.
"But Misty…" said Edgar, but was cut off with Misty saying:
"No 'buts' Ed…you're in no condition right now to be walking around."
"I'm not going to bed," Edgar protested, "I got many thing to do…like get ready for the Battle Frontier."
"Ed," said Misty, "you need your rest. Please…just take it easy for today…"
"Do as your cousin says Edgar," said Agent Joy, "It's for your own good."
"And you look kind of pale," Beka added in softly.
"Pi-pi-ka," PK added in as well with a nod of its head.
Seeing that he was outnumbered four-to-one, Edgar sighed in defeat and said:
"Fine…I'll do it…"
Beka then turned to Misty and asked:
"Should I take Ed to his room? Just to make sure he gets there okay?"
"Sure," smiled Misty, "and if he tries to escape…whack him with this…" and gave Beka a cartoon-like mallet from behind her back.
Beka softly sweat-dropped and said:
"Umm…that's okay…I'll just knee him in the gut…"
"Hey!" exclaimed Edgar.
"Sorry," apologies Beka, "I was just kidding…"
"I know…" Edgar said with a weak chuckle, "…let's go."
With an arm around her shoulders, Beka helped an off balanced Edgar to walk back to his room as PK followed them closely behind. Seeing them leave, Aurora stared at its trainer with its ruby gaze and then made a dive back into the pool for rest.
0o0o0o0o0o0
In the kitchen moments later, Misty and Agent Joy were having a lunch coffee at the kitchen table as Misty was letting a pot of vegetable soup finish simmering on the stove for her cousin's and guests' lunch.
"I really hope my little cousin will be okay…" said Misty, with worried look on her face.
"I'm sure that if Edgar gets a few hours rest, he'll be good as new," said Agent Joy as she pressed on a hopeful smile.
"Agent Joy," said Misty, "there's something you should know…"
"Yes?" asked Agent Joy, "What is it Misty?"
"This is not the first time this has happened with Ed…" said Misty.
"What 'isn't the first time'?" asked Agent Joy, "You mean about Edgar glowing in that light and what not?"
"Yes…" sighed Misty.
"Then," asked Agent Joy, "when did it all begin?"
"It happened five years ago," said Misty, "Ed came back home to take a break from his Pokemon journey from Johto and Kanto…"
"And?" asked Agent Joy.
"One night," said Misty, "Edgar was having a terrible nightmare…he was only twelve at the time…"
0o0o0o0o0o0
Begin Flashback. Five years ago…
A twelve year old Edgar Knight was asleep in bed peacefully, but then began to wince and struggle under his blankets in the bed. A sleeping look of sorrow began to appear on his face and he fought against the nightmare he was having. Edgar then finally screamed in his sleep:
"MOM! DAD! Come back! Please don't go!"
Misty, having heard Edgar's screams, immediately entered the room and runs to Edgar's bed.
"Edgar…Edgar…wake up!" said Misty, softly shaking Edgar to wake him up.
"DON'T GO!" screamed Edgar and immediately opened its eyes as crystal light began to gleam upon the sapphire irises.
Misty unleashed a soft gasp at the sight and speaks in a speechless tone:
"Ed…Edgar?"
Suddenly, a flash of aurora light fills the room as the Crystal Ball pops open from Edgar's Pokebelt that rested on a chair and Aurora appears in Edgar's room.
"A-Aurora?" Misty said at the sight of the Legendary.
"Cune…" Aurora growls softly as it began to glow in a crystal blue aura as well as Edgar.
"What," asked Misty in disbelief, "what is going on here?"
Aurora approaches Edgar, who has his eyes closed again as he struggles against the nightmare and begin to nuzzle close to his body.
"Cune…" Aurora growls softly and begins to lick Edgar's cheek and neck in comfort.
Edgar suddenly wakes up, with his eyes returning to normal, and sees Aurora.
"Aurora," Edgar speaks softly and hugs the Legendary's neck.
"Edgar?" asked Misty, who is too stunned to move.
"Misty?" asked Edgar.
Misty, with tears wielding in her eyes, begins to cry softly and runs to hug her cousin.
"Oh Edgar," said Misty, "what happened?"
"Huh?" asked Edgar, "I just had a nightmare…"
"But," said Misty, "your were…you were…"
But Misty noticed Edgar's face and an expression that told that he didn't have any idea on what was going on.
"You have no idea…do you?" asked Misty.
"What are you talking about Big Sister?" asked Edgar.
"Edgar," said Misty, "you were…glowing…"
"I was?" asked Edgar with a confused look.
Misty nods softly.
"I don't remember…" said Edgar.
"You don't?" asked Misty.
"No," simply replied Edgar.
"I see," said Misty and hugs Edgar again, "oh…my sweet Edgar…"
"Mother Misty…" said Edgar and hugged his cousin back.
End Flashback.
0o0o0o0o0o0
"Oh my…" said Agent Joy.
"Yes," said Misty, taking a sip of her coffee, "It seems that Edgar shares a special bond with his Suicune…but I never saw anything like that night…"
"I see," said Agent Joy, "you know…it reminds me of something…"
"Of what Agent Joy?" asked Misty.
"Well," said Agent Joy, "about a story I read a long time ago…about a legend that exists about humans and Legendaries sharing a mysterious bond…"
"No way…" said Misty.
"Yes," nodded Agent Joy, "and apparently, this bond isn't to fully occur until…The Legend of Hoenn has come to pass…"
"But what does this have to do with my cousin?" Misty asked, "He did battle Suicune in the Tin Tower back in Johto…"
"I see," said Agent Joy, "then, how come your cousin was glowing with Suicune after his nightmare? I wonder…could it be the bond of Crystal?"
"Bond of Crystal?" asked Misty.
"Yes," said Agent Joy, "according to this legend, humans who have a bond with Legendaries are given their Legendary names as well. For example, Suicune is best represented by the precious stone: Crystal."
"I never thought of it that way…" said Misty.
"Yes," said Agent Joy, "apparently…these legends of humans and Legendaries is deep at that…I don't know all of the stories behind them…but I an familiar with the story behind Crystal and Emerald…but even those stories are also limited to me…"
"I've had my share involving Legendary Pokemon," said Misty, "like the time Ash was chosen to help Lugia stop Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres from destroying the world…"
"I see," said Agent Joy, "so Ash must have a bond between a Legendary as well…"
"My cousin," said Misty, "a Chosen One…"
"Your cousin," said Agent Joy, "if he is a Chosen One of Suicune, or Crystal…is said to be a head guardian of Johto…just like the Emerald is the head guardian of Hoenn."
"You mean Beka?" asked Misty.
"Beka?" asked Agent Joy with a confused look on her face, "What do you mean?"
"Well," said Misty, "from what Ed has told me…he said that Beka was known as 'Emerald' by Team Aqua, Magma, and Sky and that was why they were after her in Hoenn…"
"You mean," said Agent Joy with a surprised look on her face, "Beka is…the Chosen One of Rayquaza!"
"Yes," nodded Misty.
"Then," said Agent Joy, "she is the one! She is the one who has unlocked the concealed bonds between humans and Legendaries…for she is the one to come from a different reality…she is not of this world…" and with a soft sigh, Agent Joy ended with: "…so it seems that both Edgar and Beka are Chosen Ones."
0o0o0o0o0o0
Meanwhile upstairs, Edgar, who had changed out of his tattered black shirt and into a simple white T-shirt, was lying on his bed on his back as Beka and May sat beside him on the bed as Brendan was sitting backwards in a pulled chair and for PK to sit next to Edgar's head on a pillow.
"Ed," said Beka softly, "how are you feeling?"
"I'm just tired…" sighed Edgar.
"Who wouldn't be after they got attack by Poison Sting?" complimented Brendan.
"Was it true?" asked May, "You were glowing Ed?"
"Glowing?" asked Edgar.
"Yeah," said Beka, "you were glowing in a crystal-blue aura…"
"Heh," laughed Edgar, "you're joking right?"
"No joke," Beka shook her head.
"I don't remember," said Edgar, "to be quiet honest…"
"I see…" said Beka and looked away softly, knowing that Edgar had surely remembered about what had happened to him that was caused by her.
"Hey," said Edgar, noticing the look on her face, "what's the matter Beka?
"Um," said Beka, trying to think of something, "It's nothing…I just need to step outside for a moment…"
Beka then got up from Edgar's bed and walked toward the closed door. She then took a hold of the knob, turned it, opened the door, stepped out, and pulled the door so a creak could be left open. The group then heard Beka's footsteps leave down the hallway to some unknown destination.
"Beka…" said Edgar, wanting to get up and follow her, but knew he couldn't since he was put in bed.
"Pi-ka-chu…" PK told Edgar and then jumped off the bed.
PK effortlessly slipped through the creak in the door and entered into the hallway. After a few sniffs on the ground, PK caught Beka's scent and followed them down toward a corner at the end of the hallway. When it turned the corner, PK saw Beka was sitting up against a wall at the dead-end of the corner with her face buried in her knees and her arms were wrapped around her knees in order to hold them up. PK also saw Beka was softly shaking in grief and that muffles of soft crying was heard from her.
"Pi-ka-chu…" PK said and gently brushed up against Beka's side in a nudge.
Beka looked down to see PK up against her and she pulled out her hands from her green-fingered and white gloves and began to pet PK softly on the head. With tears still falling from her eyes, Beka spoke:
"PK…I…I almost killed him…he almost died trying to protect me…it's my entire fault he's like this…"
"Pi-ka-pi-ka-chu…pi-ka-chu-chu-pi-ka…" PK explained to Beka and with begin in this world, Beka had began to understand Pokemon and their language and understood what PK said that translated to: No…it wasn't your fault…
"Yes it is," said Beka, "I'm the reason why Ed got to be like this…"
"Pi-ka-chu-pi-ka-chu-pi-ka…" PK said that told of: Ed has a hidden power he doesn't know yet…
"You mean," said Beka, surprised at this, "he has a bond with Suicune?"
PK simply nodded as Beka thought:
'Wait…then that must mean…Edgar could be…' but then switched back to speech with: "But still…he's hurt because of me…"
"Pi-ka-chu-pi-ka-chu-chu-pi-ka-pi-ka-pi-ka-chu…" PK explained with: He did it to save you from harm…
"I would have been alright," said Beka, "even though I would have been poisoned…I would have been alright…and no one else could have gotten hurt…because of me…"
"Chu…" PK said softly and began to lick Beka's hand in comfort.
"PK," said Beka, "I think I'm just a problem…"
"Pi-ka-chu-pi-ka-chu-pi-ka-pi-ka!" shouted PK at Beka that came out to be: No, don't say that Beka!
"But it's true!" said Beka, "Back in my world…everyone consider me as a problem and no one wanted to be my friend…and ever since I came to this world…I've done nothing but cause trouble here and I've put my friends in danger one time too many! I just…I just think I'm nothing but a problem…"
"That's not true Beka…" came a familiar voice beside Beka.
"Huh?" asked Beka and she lifted her head up to see it was May standing beside her and looking at her with a concern sapphire look, "M-May…I…"
"Beka," May smiled and sat down beside Beka, "you have done more than good in this world…you saved Hoenn from the evil clutches of Team Sky and you've helped us so much in our darkest moments…"
"But I…," said Beka softly, "…I didn't want to get any of you hurt or caught up in the situation in Hoenn…because of me…"
"Beka," said May, "Ed did what he did because he cares for you deeply…"
"But," said Beka, "He didn't have to…take that punishment…I just wanted him to help defend Misty…not for him to take punishment that should belong to…" Beka then sighed softly and said: "May…do you think…I'm a good person?"
"Yes," smiled May softly, "you are the kindest person I know…"
"Then," said Beka, "why do stuff like this happen to me? Why is it every time something happens, the blame that should belong to me befalls innocent people around me?"
May, seeing Beka was putting too much pressure on herself, asked her:
"Let me ask you something Beka…if you were battling the Fighting Pokemon Brothers instead of Ed, would you have done the same thing as Ed did for you?"
"Of course I would of," said Beka, "no doubt about it…he's my friend and I don't want to see him or anyone else get hurt."
"Well, Ed would've done it again in a heartbeat…" said May and then placed a hand on Beka's shoulder, "…don't be so hard on yourself…"
"I know," said Beka, "it's just…"
"You have feelings for him…," said May, right out of the blue.
"What?" asked Beka, surprised at what May just said to her.
"I can tell in your eyes Beka," said May, "you care about Edgar…"
"Well yeah," said Beka, "he's my friend and in fact, one of my best friends."
"Well," said May, "Ed likes you as well Beka…only…well…more than a friend…"
"I remember you told me that a while back," said Beka softly.
"I know you feel the same way about him," said May.
"Huh?" asked Beka.
"Beka," smiled May, "you love him...you feel it in there…"
Beka then saw May point her index finger near Beka's chest, toward her heart.
"But," said Beka, "I love Steven…"
"Are you sure about that?" asked May.
"Yes," Beka simply replied, but as soon as Beka gave her answer, she suddenly, for some unknown reason, felt her heart give off a slow, aching beat.
"Well," said May, "I'm heading back to Ed's room…you're more than welcome to join us."
"Okay," said Beka.
May then got up and left back for Edgar's room, leaving Beka and PK alone in the hallway. Beka decided that she should go back and apologies to Edgar for what happened and then got up to her feet.
"Come on PK," said Beka, "let's go back to Ed's room."
"Pi!" PK nodded and then jumped on Beka's left shoulder.
Beka made her way back to Edgar's room and, after wiping away any signs of crying on her gloves, Beka and PK entered the room. As they both entered into the room, the others watched as they entered and for PK to jump off Beka's shoulder and give a friendly nudge to Edgar in welcoming back. Edgar chuckled softly and gently petted PK's head and then looked up to Beka and asked in a concern look:
"Hey Beka…are you all right?"
"Yeah," said Beka, "I'm okay…um…Ed; I just want to say…I'm sorry about what happened today. You got hurt really bad because of me and…" Beka tried to hold back tears as she finished with: "…I'm so sorry. Please forgive me…"
"Hey…it's not your fault…" said Edgar with a soft smile, "…if I could go back in time, I'd do it all over again to keep you safe from harm…"
"Edgar…" said Beka softly and then ran up and hugged Edgar, "…thank you so much for protecting me…I'm so glad to have you as my friend."
"And I'm glad you're not harmed," Edgar said as he hugged Beka back, "I'd give my life for the girl I love…"
'What?' thought Beka as she heard Edgar's words enter into her mind, 'For the one he loves? Is he talking about…me?'
"I don't want anything to happen to you," said Edgar, "I'd be crushed if you've gotten hurt…"
"Uh oh," sighed Brendan, "I'm sensing a soap opera here…"
"Hush!" said May, grabbing Brendan's headband, pulling it back, and releasing it so it would snap back on Brendan's head and caused him to yell in pain.
"Pi-ka-pi-ka…" PK giggled at the two Hoennshippers.
Suddenly, the door to Edgar's room opened up and Misty appeared, holding a tray that contained five bowls of soup, a platter of sandwiches, and glasses of milk for the trainers and PK.
"Hi guys," Misty said with a smile, "I decided to bring you all lunch…I know you must be hungry Ed…"
"Hungry and bored," whined Edgar, "I hate being in bed Misty…I'm not a little baby anymore…"
"I know," said Misty, "but once you get something in your stomach, then I'll let you help me out a little bit around the Gym for tomorrow…but…don't even think about getting out of bed without food in your stomach or I'll make sure you don't go to the Battle Frontier but instead, you'll be confined in the Gym for a while longer!"Misty ended in a smirk.
"But," said Edgar, "but…Mist! You can't do that!"
"Just as long as you get something to eat," protested Misty, "then I'll let you get out of your room."
"It's not fair…," said Edgar as he crossed his arms.
Misty just giggled softly and said as she placed the tray of food on Edgar's desk:
"Well, you guys enjoy lunch…bye!"
Misty then left the room and closed the door behind her so that the group could enjoy their lunch together.
"Looks like little Poliwag is stuck in bed!" laughed Brendan.
Edgar, hearing Brendan call him by his dreaded nickname, called out:
"PK! Use Thundershock on Birch!"
PK's red cheeks began to sparkle in bright currents of electricity and then sent out a tiny yellow lighting bolt at Brendan, knocking him off the bed and for May and Beka to laugh.
"I might not be able to get out of bed," said Edgar with a smug smirk and laughed, "but I got PK to put you in place…"
"Ow," said Brendan as he rubbed his elbow in which he landed on and muttered, "I'll get you back Knight…"
"Well, let's get you something to eat Ed…" said May as she picked up a sandwich and handed it to Edgar.
"Uh," said Edgar, "your not going to feed me are ya May?"
"Of course not silly…Beka can do that," said May as she winked at Beka and began to laugh.
"Umm…" said Beka as she began to softly blush.
"That'll be funny to watch!" laughed Brendan.
"Birch…" growled Edgar as he was about to get out of bed and put Sweat-Band Boy in another headlock, but was then stopped with Misty yelling out from the hallway:
"Edgar Jason Knight! You stay put in bed young man!"
'Wow…she's got good hearing…' thought Beka and she sweat-dropped.
"Um…yes ma'am…" said Edgar softly and stayed put in bed.
And so, with their lunches ready before them, Edgar and his friends began to dine on their lunches that were prepared before them and conversated anything that came into their minds; like what all friends do.
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Next chapter, the drama flies in Part 2...