Chapter 10 Preparation, Training, and Establishment
Ash is now seen training with a heavy sword that Aslan formed during the meeting they have earlier. Misty, May, Dawn and Iris, alongside Brock, Max and Barry, together with the likes of Axew, Piplup, and Pikachu, is watching the said training. The Lion is in front of him, saying the words "Ash, you have to think of the time I rescued you."
"What, but why?" Ash yelled, as he struck the very heavy sword to the ground.
"Because the sword that I'm allowing you to hold is not for the faint out heart. Don't let fear cover your face, because it is important..."
Flashback
"First among the list is Ash Ketchum." Aslan remarked during the meeting "Ash, you hold a key role in this conflict."
"Wait, but isn't it being a chosen one isn't enough?" Ash said in return. "You know that I've receive too much."
"I know that, because among everyone of you, you have the most child-like faith I have scene, enough that you even decide to tone down your performance for the sake of new trainers to rise up."
"Speaking of child-like..." Iris called out. "What's this key role anyway?"
"You'll soon see." the Lion smiled at the aspiring Dragon Master.
"Anyways, Aslan!" Timmy yelled in his corner with his two other companions firing their wands into several poles appearing around them, simultaneously. Whenever a pole appears, the poles get disintegrated once a white beam ,coming from the simultaneous pointing of the wands the three children is holding, is fired at them "Why do we have to do this? Britain is ALWAYS doing this training!"
"You aren't doing it correctly." Aslan remarked "You're goal is NOT to perfect on how to destroy those poles, but rather to perfect how NOT destroy them while firing them."
"What, but how?!" Tootie yelled.
"You'll soon learn about that." the Lion remarked
Flashback
"Tootie, Trixie, and Timothy." The Lion called out the names of the three current Wand Trio "I want you to at least perfect the power of the wand to change the hearts of someone. Britain trained you to destroy objects, but those wands cannot destroy living things."
"We know that!" All three of them yelled in unison.
"Now, how about not destroying the objects they are in, rather to input the message the wand contains. But first, you have to learn it by your heart."
"But why?" Trixie remarked "I thought the wands already link our minds?"
"But none of you contains the heart to know that." the Lion replied "You have to learn how to personally link your heart to the wands. That way, you won't destroy things, rather, preserve them. No one has yet to accomplish this, but since I created the wands, I know it's strengths and limitations. The wands has a message inside it, and that is the sole reason why many hearts are being changed, unless they reject it fully, like what the Darkness did."
Meanwhile, Dan and Draco are staring towards them training. For some unknown reason, the Lion inhibits him to train, but he does have a part to play, all what matters now is timing...
"How about me?" Dan remarked
"Your part is to at least prevent Yuji's disappearance. The extreme decisions Japan and the Kids Next Door are doing may prevent Yuji from disappearance, but the OTLI has other plans. Your mission is to intercept the OTLI at all cause. It doesn't matter if you fail or not, just believe that I'll guide you, and you'll do it."
"Wow, that's one training session." Cilan remarked as he is walking towards the group of the trainers "Fairy diplomacy sure is a harder one than I thought."
"Isn't it your part is to hire the help of the second group of fairies leaving on earth?" Iris looked at the green-haired Striaton Gym Leader.
"Make that OUR part, have you forgot that?" Cilan reminded Iris of her part in the plan alloted to them.
"Everyone may be wondering why Cilan and Iris are here..." Aslan remarked.
"Yeah, why didn't you just told me earlier that they have a part also?" Ash asks the Lion with curiosity in his face.
"Because I wanted to surprise the OTLI and Britain on what I will do." The LIon just smiled. "But first, are you willing?"
"What is it anyway? You just got us abducted in this place anyway." Iris harshly responded
"You'll discover a new world together, travel new places together, and learn new cultures. You'll learn a lot in this trip."
"Alright, that seems astoundingly delicious!" Cilan called out "I'm signing up!"
"Alright..." Iris said "I have no choice."
However, The other trainers are staring blankly at Ash. Because they still have a secret purpose, just that the Lion isn't blunting out anything regarding their parts. So right now, all they could now do is stare as Ash and the Wand Trio are training altogether.
However, the regions of the Pokemon world have long left, because their involvement would be that of support.
"Shinnoh..."Aslan remarked "Jorgen actually has a piece of document. Kindly give this to Arceus, would you?"
"Alright." Shinnoh said with a nod.
"And Unova..."
"Yes?" the region yelled out.
"Contact your commanders. Jorgen also holds the plans for your involvement. Follow the plans down to the single dot, deviate from it, and you'll be punished. You could add any regions who wish to join."
"Roger that!" Unova smiled, at best.
Ash is finally finished in his training, dropping the heavy sword and sweating a lot. Meanwhile, Paul, Barry and Kenny has just brought out snacks for everyone, and everyone dug in to eat, except the Lion and Draco, still in Bakugan form. Draco rants because Fairy World enables his kind to be useless, since he can't change form. After everyone consumed the snacks, Aslan said "I may want for the trainers to be left behind for a while. All the rest may go, but you can stay to hear our plan."
"Alright..." At that, Timmy, remarked "Trixie, Tootie, how about I tour you here in fairy world."
"Wow, why not!" The two girls gleed with excitement.
"We'll come!" Cilan remarked "Iris, will you join?"
"Well..." Iris thinks hard and followed "I've got no choice."
"I'll just be here..." Dan remarked. At that, the Wand Trio, Cilan and Iris left them, to wonder about the fairy world (which Timmy failed to noticed to have changed... a lot, after it's destruction before during the Second Darkness incident.)
The Lion gathered the ones remaining, where he spoke "Aside from Dan, have you followed my command to read the Book I told you to read."
"Got no time for that." Ash replied with some worry. The nine others stared at him, with Max yelling "Seriously, then why are you..."
"I just knew it." Aslan said calmly "Have you read it, you'll have a lot easier time to handle that sword. However, since the rest of you are reading it, perhaps you have improved towards Me and My Father."
At that, Dan called time out and said "What are you talking about? And who's you're Father anyway?"
"I've already spoke about it since the meeting, and you haven't listen Dan?" Aslan remarked. "If you want, ask either one of them after this."
"Alright..." Dan just isolates his mind from their conversation.
"Now..." Aslan remarked "Remember the time you saw me on that tree?" Everyone just nodded.
"Because that event is long prophesied by my prophets before it occurs." the Lion remarked "Drew, May, you've read the prophecy that my servant Isaiah wrote 700 years ago."
"WHAT?!" Drew yelled out "But while reading that, it's seems to written only just 10 years AFTER that event!"
"Dawn, I bet you've also read about the promise I gave to Abraham,"
"Yea." Dawn replied "But it does point to you, right?"
"Misty, you've just finish the part of that of Moses lifting the snake in the desert." Aslan followed, swiveling his head towards her "Have you remember the time I also said the Son of Man shall be done the same?"
"Yes." Misty said in agreement.
"And Paul, yesterday, you've been struck when you read that I'll raise a temple that the people will break down in three days. Have you got what I meant back then?"
"Yes." Paul said "The caveat is explained in John's writings."
"Well then..." the Lion remarked "The reason I gathered you here is for you to form a study group, a group where you can discuss what you read. In your world, I can't find a certain congregation suitable for you by now, so instead, you'll form one within the PODMD."
"Wait, but isn't that..."
"Barry." the Lion cuts in the rash trainer's reasoning "Remember that whenever two are gathered in my Name, the Name I gave in a single dimension, my presence is there. In fact, I gathered you here for exactly that purpose. But in this group, I won't be the one who will personally lead."
"But how are we going to lead this group?" Brock uneasiky responded, with curiosity raising in his mind regarding the one who would lead this group of theirs "We have no single clue."
"Then I'll do it." a yell surrounded them. Everyone stared at Ash. Is he really...
"But how could you lead this group if you can't even be here permanently!" Misty said to him.
"But no one's volunteering!" Ash remarked "Alright, if you want, I'll let Paul do it, is that alright?"
"What? But I'm busy too. Let Barry take it." Paul said, turning his head and closing his heads, an indication that the proposal is rejected.
"Uh-uh, I can't." Barry replied, trying to defocus the other trainer's eyes at him. "How about the coordinators?"
"Can't do." May remarked with ease "And we can't let Max take over, he's too young."
"How about Brock." Ash suggested "He doesn't seem to be busy."
"Sorry, but I'm overtaken by my duty as a student in Pokemon Medicine." Brock replied.
"Enough, you're just starting out and you're arguing?" the Lion spoke, which made everyone stop. He then continued "You're counterparts in other worlds did a better job."
"Wait, we have counterparts?" Max remarked.
"Of course." Aslan replied "One group has to undergo the tribulation because they only chose to follow right after I took the faithful there, and the other is similar to yours, but they decided fairly easily. I'll let you think of this matter for a while."
At that, the ten trainers thought for a while. They group together seperate fvrom the Lion, discussing, arguing, and murmurring in secrecy, in which the Lion smiled, since they are discussing things on the basis on what His Spirit in them are saying. This until Dawn stood up straight, raising her right hand to the air with the poity finger pointed to the air, and yelling "It's decided!"
"Good" Aslan remarked "Could you tell to everyone so that Dan would learn of this."
"Of course." Dawn smiled with a shining glee. "Spotlight!"
At that, there is some stage with a dark background. A certain spotlight lightened up, with Ash underneath it. Dawn remarked "Ash would lead the group whenever he's present, since, well, Aslan said he has a child-like faith, just that all he needs is to read the Book. But when he's out..." at that, another spotlight shone, and underneath it is Paul "Paul would take over."
"Wow, that's unexpected..." Dan remarked "So, I heard everything and you said that there will be a group. Should I tell the others?"
"Yes..." Aslan remarked "But not the countries. Their reaction, as of this moment, would be hostile to them. Let them discover this group. Now, for now, we'll discuss out how this group would work..."
At that, hopes rose up in everyone. With the PODMD now in set for a certain direction, they now one thing: the upcoming war would deal in a certain result...
"So, what's the end result of this plan?" Dan continued to ask the Lion. "I'm still a bit unsure on what the KND would be doing in here..."
"Many will be saved, many lives will be preserved, some lives will return back to exists again, while some hearts will repent. Hate will be removed, and love will return to many hearts. It will be a birth of something great, something that would change entire histories of hostilities." the Lion promised. "I'm telling this to you now, so that you'll tell this to the others, because it will certainly come to pass."
A/N: This chapter has many references to the Book. I encourage you to read it. Reminder: this Chapter is NOT pointing to Aslan, but to someone whom his character is allegorized by C.S. Lewis, who actually exists in this world. The answer is to why would they read this book is written in the chapters I said would offend people in Saga 1.