Well, here is chapter 3. Hope you guys enjoy!


Chapter 3: The Silver Feather

The gang of Dawn, Brock, Tracey, Misty, Max, May and Brendan all left the Ketchum residents with one thing in mind and that was to find anything about Ash's disappearance. Delia Ketchum wished them all good luck as she watched them disappear into the horizon and prayed they find anything about her son.

The gang arrived at the same spot where Brock and Tracey began their search the day before and Brock turned toward the others to tell them what they had to look for. "It's best to keep an eye out on anything that may give us a clue about Ash's disappearance." Brock told them, receiving nods as he continued. "It's best to split up with two teams of two and a team of three to help us find something more quickly. Remember that if you find anything make sue to inform us by sending someone or one of your Pokemon to find and lead us to where you found something." They all nodded as they all got into teams that consisted of Brock and Dawn, Misty and Tracey, and May, Max and Brendan as the team of three.

The three teams all went their separate ways as they began their search for the missing trainer, which they all missed dearly.

Dawn and Brock began their search by looking around the place where Dawn reunited with both Brock and Tracey as they searched the whole area. Brock wanted to know what happened to his best friend, but when he looked over at Dawn he noticed that she really wanted to know what happened to him. Brock frowned at the young coordinator and watched as she frantically searched for some type of clue to Ash's disappearance. Brock cleared his throat to get the attention of the young coordinator, which he did so as she turned to look at him.

"You know Dawn, you should calm down. I'm sure that nothing happened to Ash that will cause him to get hurt. Ash has saved the world countless times, so I'm sure he's just fine." He told her, but it didn't help as she looked down with a frown on her face still present.

"I know Brock; it's just that I'm really worried. What if he's hurt or something?" Dawn told him as she turned away from the breeder.

"Trust me; I'm sure he's fine." He replied as he put a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

"Right, I mean this is Ash were talking about." Dawn smiled as she returned to her search. Brock knew that her smile was fake, but didn't press the issue since Dawn seemed to calm down in her search. He returned to his search, but still wondered if what he told Dawn was really true or not. He slapped himself mentally to erase any bad thoughts as both of them continued their search in silence.

Misty and Tracey walked down the road that connected Pallet to Viridian as they made sure they looked at both sides so that they didn't miss anything. After they were close to Viridian, they made there way back and looked around to make sure they did not miss anything. They were both silent as they searched, but Misty was the one who broke the silence.

"Tracey, what do you think could have happened to Ash?" Tracey turned his attention from what he was looking at to the orange head gym leader next to him as he began to open his mouth to answer.

"It's probably nothing that could get Ash into any danger." He told her.

"You're probably right, but still it's not like a person can just suddenly disappear like this." She told him as Tracey sighed not knowing what to say to the concerned gym leader. They continued to walk back and forth, but had no luck in finding anything.

May had enough of her brother as the two kept on arguing over something that Brendan really did not want to be a part of. Brendan sighed as he searched for anything that had to do with a person's disappearance. However he had trouble thinking as the two Maples continued their argument. Sighing once more, he walked over to the two arguing and regretted when he asked them a question. "What are you two arguing about now?"

Max looked at Brendan and pointed a finger at May before replying. "Brendan, can you please tell May to stop bossing me around and let me search those boulders over there!" He pointed toward the boulders that looked a hazardous death trap.

Brendan sweat dropped as he turned back to Max. "Umm, Max no offense but that doesn't look safe." Max couldn't believe he took May's side as May looked proud in her win.

"But-" Max began before he was interrupted by May.

"No way Max and that is final!" She shouted as Max groaned and pouted at her, which did not faze her one bit.

"Now that we got this argument settled, why don't you guys tell me about this Ash person?" Brendan asked the two. May and Max began to inform Brendan of Ash, from when they met him to the many times he helped them out in tough situations, as well as his many battles. Brendan was impressed at the many accomplishments Ash had and was very impressed when they told him that he won the Sinnoh Cup a while ago.

"It sounds like this Ash person is a very powerful trainer, huh?" He said as he took in everything they told him.

"You know it! If it wasn't for Ash, May would still trade her Pokemon for a trip around the world!" Max told him as May blushed a light shade of red.

"Max!" She yelled at her younger brother, which caused Brendan to sweat drop as the two started a new argument.

Just then something shined at a distance that Brendan began walking toward, causing May and Max to stop their fight to look at Brendan. "Umm, Brendan is something wrong?" May asked as she and Max followed Brendan.

Brendan ignored her question as he continued to walk toward the object that began to shine at the sun's reflection. After they got closer May and Max noticed the shiny object and saw that it was a silver feather.

"What is that?" May asked.

"It looks like some sort of feather of a Pokemon." Max pointed out as he watched Brendan pick it up and observed it.

"It might just be a clue." Brendan told them as they nodded in agreement. May then threw a Pokeball, which opened to reveal a beautiful butterfly Pokemon named Beautifly.

"Alright Beautifly, I want you to go find the others and bring them back here." Beautifly nodded as she flew off to find the others.

"This feather….it can't be…" Brendan whispered as he looked at the feather. May and Max looked at him before looking at each other.

After a while of waiting, Dawn and the others finally arrived and saw Brendan, May and Max looking at something, but turned their attention from it to the four that just arrived.

"You guys came!" May said as her Beautifly landed and sat on her head."Great job Beautifly!"

"Beautifly (Your Welcome!)"

"So, what's up?" Brock asked as Brendan nodded and showed him the silver feather that they found. Brock took the feather from Brendan as he looked at it and passed it on to the others to see if it was familiar to any of them.

When it reached Tracey, he looked at it before showing it to Misty and both their eyes widened when they recognized the feather. "I remember this feather." Everyone looked at Misty in shock.

"Yeah, if I'm correct this feather belongs to the Pokemon Lugia!" Tracey told the others getting shocks from everyone.

"Just as I thought." Brendan whispered as he crossed his arms across his chest.

"Lugia, you mean the legendary Lugia!" Max shouted as his eyes went into shock.

Misty nodded as she took the feather from Tracey and looked at it before confirming it. "There is no doubt that this is a feather from a Lugia." Everyone looked at the feather in amazement and then an idea hit both Tracey and Misty.

"We know where Ash is!" They both shouted simultaneously.

"Where!?" Dawn shouted as she ran toward the two.

"There is only one island he would probably be on and that's Shamouti Island!" Misty told her.

"Shamouti Island?" She asked them.

"I remember now." Brock said out loud as they looked at him. "If I'm not mistaking, isn't that the same island where all these natural disasters began." Tracey and Misty nodded as everyone else began to remember all the natural disasters that occurred some years ago.

"You mean Ash had something to do with it?" May asked.

"Ash wasn't the one who started it, but ended it. It was some Pokemon Collector that disturbed the legend that caused all those natural disasters." Misty explained.

"What really did happen?" Brendan asked.

"I think we should head back to Professor Oak's lab, it's a long story." Tracey told them as they nodded in agreement and headed back toward Oak's laboratory.

"I see…." Professor Oak told them as he looked at the feather and observed it.

"Do you think it's the Lugia from Shamouti Island?" Misty asked.

"Yes, I believe it is." Professor Oak told her as the gang all smiled knowing that they might have found out where Ash is. "So what are you planning to do?"

They all looked at Oak and were confused by what he meant. "What do you mean?" Dawn asked.

"If this is Lugia's feather, then Ash was not kidnapped but went on his own free will." Professor Oak explained. "It could mean that something is up that concern him with his duties of the Chosen One."

Everyone besides Misty and Tracey all looked at him confused by the whole 'Chosen One' thing. "What is all this business about a Chosen One?" Brock asked.

"That's right; you guys don't know what really happened years ago." Oak said as he closed his eyes and sighed. "It looks like we have a lot of explaining to do."

So for the next couple of hours Misty, Tracey and Professor Oak explained to the others about the Prophecy of the Chosen One, Lawrence III, Lugia and the three titan birds, and how Ash saved the world.

"Ash really did all that?" Dawn was the first to speak after they finished.

"Yeah he did, it was all a really weird experience." Misty told her.

"Wow, I can't Ash is so cool that he saved the world!" Max shouted as he shown new respect to the person he considered as an older brother.

"That is not the only time he saved the world Max." Brock told him as Max looked at Brock.

"What do you mean?" Max asked.

"Ash has saved not only the world, but a bunch of us as well." Brock told Max as he explained the time he saved his mom from the Unknown, the way he saved the planet from Mewtwo and many other adventures that caused him to save someone or the world.

'Is Ash really that amazing?' Dawn thought as she listened to the stories of Ash.

Just then Brock was stopped from his story telling as a message appeared on Professor Oak's computer telling him that someone was calling him. Oak turned his attention to the computer and clicked on the button and saw a video of Professor Ivy from her lab. "Professor Ivy, what made you call me?"

"Professor Ivy, it's so great to see you. Right, Brock?" Misty turned to look at Brock, but saw him in the corner depressed as everyone sweat dropped at his antics.

"It's nice to see you too Misty, Professor Oak. I called to inform you that there have been reports of certain phenomenons at the Orange Islands." Ivy told them as they all looked at her in shock.

"What kind of phenomenon?" Oak asked.

"There have been reports that strange weather have begun to form on many islands. But the weird thing is that many islands have begun to disappear where the weather have gone really bad." Ivy informed which shocked everyone.

"How is that even possible?" Tracey asked.

"I'm not sure, but one witness informed me that he saw an island completely vanish into thin air. He also told us that when he got closer to the disappeared island the weather suddenly turned so bad that his boat was crushed by the waves." Ivy explained.

"What in the world is going on?" May asked.

"It seems some prophecy is being disturbed." Oak concluded. "If I'm right then this prophecy has something to do with the Chosen One." Everyone looked at Oak as they knew who he was referring to.

"Then there is only one thing to do; head to Shamouti Island." Brock announced as they looked at him.

"Brock is that you?" Professor Ivy yelled out, but suddenly Brock went back to his corner and went to depressed mode after hearing Professor Ivy's voice.

"Well then I guess you all should head there." Oak told them as they nodded.

"But how do we get there?" May asked.

"Don't worry about that." They all turned to Brendan who smiled at them. "I can get my Pokemon to fly us there, so transportation is nothing to worry about."

Dawn thanked Brendan who nodded back as the gang knew their next destination; Shamouti Island.

"It seems your friends know where you are." A voice told the black haired teen.

"Then we have to leave this place for now." The teen told him as the flying type Pokemon nodded in agreement.

"Then let us go, before they arrive." The teen nodded and went to prepare himself for his voyage. As soon as the teen left, the flying type Pokemon turned toward the pink Pokemon that stood by his side. "Make sure you do not mention anything about him from his friends, am I clear?"

"Yes sire." The pink Pokemon told him as he bowed his head.

"No one must get involved with his destiny. Otherwise they will feel nothing but pain and sorrow." The flying type Pokemon stated as he waited for the teen to return.

"Yes, they shall not know anything about his situation." The pink Pokemon replied as they saw the teen come outside along with a yellow Pokemon on his shoulder.

"Let us go."

To Be Continued….


Sorry for the short chapter, but I just wanted to get to let you know a little bit more about the plot. Please read and review.