Our heroes have returned to Ecruteak City for Lillies next pokemon contest. After wards they would resume their course for Mahogany Town for their next gym battle. While Lillie was doing some training for the contest with Gem for the appeal and Sylph for the battle rounds. The gang met up with the Kimono sisters again. Sakura has started her own journey with her Espeon.
Now we find our heros inside the contest wall waiting for the appeal rounds to begin. Lillie learned that Victoria was here as well. The two girls met up and exchange greetings. Tori had acquired three Contest ribbons and seven Gym badges. She was on her way to Blackhorne City. "welcome everyone to the Ecruteak pokemon contest. Lets get some appeals going" said Melanie. The crowd cheered ready for the contest to begin. Many coordinators went off with their pokemon and showed some amazing appeals. Now it was Lilies turn for her appeal. Lillie sent out Gem for her appeal. First she had her use Swift and Rapid Spin. The stars moved around him as it used rapid spin all around the area. Lillie then had Gem use bubblebeam. The bubblebeam mixed with the swift attack and Lillie had finished with Gem using Psybeam. The psybeam made the bubbles and stars explode into particles of gold purple and blue. The crowd cheered for her appeal. Lillie exited the stage and victoria took her place. She used a houndoom for her appeal round with the mix of fire and dark type moves. The crowd and the gang loved her appeal. Now it was time for those who would advance to the battle rounds. The eight trainers that made it were Victoria and seven other trainers. Lillie was one point short to participate in the battle rounds. "Aww she didn't get into the battle rounds" said Amber a bit sad. Gem looked sad that it lost until Lillie said "Hey, we cant always win Gem, We'll win the next one"
Lillie joined the others to watch the battle rounds. By the end of the day Victoria won the Ecruteak Contest with a pokemon no one expected. A Darkrai, A legendary pokemon from Sinnoh. Victoria was awarded the Ecruteak Ribbon which was purple with a silver metal. Tori meet them at the entrance to the pokemon center. "Wow Tori i can't believe that you have a Darkrai" said Ash.
"Yeah, i try to keep her a secret from those who want to take her from me. We been friends since i met her near Darkvelle Town" said Tori. Rotom scanned Darkrai "Darkrai, the Pitch-Black Pokémon. Legend has it that on a moonless night, Darkrai will lure people to sleep and unleash nightmares upon them." He even got a picture of Darkrai. "So where are you going next?" asked Peter
"Well i'm going to head out for Blackhorne City tomorrow, I want to give my pokemon a bit of a break" Said Victoria. "We might pay a visit to Morty tomorrow and show him my Celebi Egg" said Lillie holding her egg. "Besides, he wont forgive us if we don't show him the egg" said Brock. The gang after eating dinner at the center turned in for the night. The next morning our heros was getting ready to head out for the gym when suddenly a sound of bells ringing was sounding out through all of Ecruteak City. "I wonder what is going on?" asked Misty.. "Maybe trouble is happening" said Tomo. Just then a glowing was coming from Ash and Lillie's shirt. Ash realised that their golden lockets, with the rainbow wing were glowing, and when the two opened up their lockets. The two rainbow wings were glowing. "You don't suppose this means that Ho-oh is approaching Ecruteak City again do you?" Ash asked the others. "Well the rainbow wing is a feather of Ho-Oh's," said Brock "so there is a good chance that it is. We should go and see Morty".Said Peter The others agreed. Ash and Lillie placed their golden locket back into their shirts and the gang left the pokemon center at once.
The bell noises were coming from the tin tower, so the gang headed over there. Morty was at the tin tower, and another man was there too. The man's name was Eusine, and he was a researcher and expert on the three legendary beasts; Entei, Raikou and Suicune. Morty and Eusine had heard the bells ringing and checked out the tin tower; the reason why the bells were ringing was because the special crystal bells on the ninth floor of the tin tower had been stolen. "We need to find those crystal bells," said Morty "they are important to the tin tower". Eusine agreed.
"Morty!" said the gang approaching the two. Morty was happy to see them again."With you here Ash,Lillie,We need your help" said Morty.
"what makes you think these two kids can help us" said Eusine. Morty introduced the gang to Eusine. He explained to Eusine that Ash and Lillie have seen Ho-oh twice on their journey. "Impossible, No one has seen Ho-oh twice. They must be bluffing" said Eusine
"Ash,Lillie, Show him the gold lockets i gave you" said Morty. Ash and Lillie pulled out their lockets and showed him their Rainbow Wings, Eusine could not believe his eyes at seeing the feathers. "That really is a feather of Ho-oh" said Eusine.
"Not to mention that these trainers have befriended Solgaleo, Lunala, Lugia,Celebi Entei and Suicune." said Morty.
"A Suicune!" said Eusine. Misty sent out Suicune from his pokeball. Peter did the same with Entei. Ash and Lillie sent out Redwing and Sylvia from their pokeballs and showed him their silver wings inside their silver lockets. "how did you manage to catch a Suicune. No one gets one besides me!" he said a bit angry. Eusine was obsessed with Suicune and wanted to catch one for himself. "Well i found him as an egg. His mother gave him to me because she saw me with a pure heart" said Misty. Ash was not liking his attitude towards misty as was the others. "I'll challenge you to a pokemon battle for suicune!" said Eusine releasing an Alakazam. Right before he can give a command. Starcloud and Nebby came out of their pokeballs. Their sudden appearance along with Entei using roar made alakazam go back in his pokeball. Eusine was looking into the eyes of an angry Solgaleo before he roared at him. Morty knew not to interfere because Nebby was eyeing him. "It's because of Humans like you that Ho-oh refuses to return" growled Starcloud. Entei and Nebby agreed with the lion. Eusine held his head down in shame.
"You must let go of this obsession before it destroys you" said Nebby. Redwing and Sylvia were making sure no one was nearby. Morty took the gang to the gym with their pokemon and explained what was going on. "The four crystal bells from the tin tower have been stolen. He explained that the normal bells and the crystal bells were from the original tin tower, and they were left unscratched when the tower burned down. "Ever since the bells were placed in the new tin tower, they had never rung once, until today because of the stolen crystal bells" said Morty "Ho-Oh still watches over humans," said Eusine. "and so does her servants, Suicune, Entei and Raikou." said Peter. Bria was sitting on brocks head. She can feel the anger of the wild pokemon. "We need to find those bells fast. The pokemon here are very angry" said Bria.
"Then lets quit wasting time and find those bells" said Molly. The group left the center and was in for a shock. The entire city and the burned tower was covered by String Shots. Victoria and her Darkrai were out using dark void to put some of the pokemon to sleep. "Whats going on you guys" asked Victoria coming over to them with her Darkrai. Eusine was shocked to see this girl had a Darkrai."The wild pokemon here are very upset because Lady Ho-oh's bells were stolen." said Darkrai.
"Where are the thieves?" asked Ash.
"The thieves are in the forest,i can sense them" said Nebby. Nebby,Sylvia and Redwing took to the skies with Noctowl. The gang followed suit into the forest. The wild bug type pokemon attacked them. Brock sent out Steelix and his newly evolved Lycanroc which has taken the Midnight form, Molly with Mimikyu, Tomo with Kangaskhan. Lillie with Midday, Snowy and Litty, Misty with Suicune, and Croconaw, Eusine sent out Alakazam, Morty with Gengar and Ash with Greninja, Pikachu and Starcloud. The wild pokemon surrounded them but one roar from Entei and Starcloud made them back off. "We need to find those bells fast or the pokemon will get even more angry" said Eusine.
"Whoever these thieves are have no regard for the pokemon." said Amber.
"Because of them, Ecruteak City is in danger" said Ash. He didn't notice the rainbow wing glowed in his shirt. neither did Lillie as they searched for the thieves. "The thieves are in the middle of the forest!" shouted Bria. Ash sent out Quilava to help break the webs with his flamethrower. They hurried though the forest. "The thieves are dead ahead!" said Bria. The gang found the silver bells and the thieves which turned out to be Team Rocket, They were tied up in webs. ""We should have known that you three would be behind this!" shouted Misty. "Give back the crystal bells!" shouted Tomo.
"No chance,We are using these bells to call forth the legendary Ho-Oh".said Jessie
"That's right, "we have read about the legendary bird and that these crystal bells are related to it. So that's why we stole the bells to catch Ho-Oh". said James
"Sorry to disappoint you, but that won't work," said Eusine
"Ho-oh never shows itself to scandals like you three". said Morty
'That's right, Ho-Oh will only show itself to good people, not bad people'. said Bria. Starcloud used psychic to get the bells from Team Rocket and gave them to Eusine. "That was great work Starcloud" said Amber. 'I try' said Starcloud with a wink. "Hey give those back!" shouted Meowth.
Suddenly all of the wild pokemon turned up; Spinarak, Ariados, Caterpie, Weedle, Parasect, Gligar and Tangela were everywhere. "What's going on here?" asked Jessie, nervously. 'The wild pokemon around here are angry for what you three did' said Nebby landing with the other fliers "That's right,because you three stole the crystal bells, the peace in Ecruteak City has been ruined". said Eusine. The Caterpie, Weedle, Spinarak and Ariados tied Team Rocket up with string shot. "They really are upset" said Brock. "We should hurry and put the crystal bells back into the tower" said Morty. But the wild pokemon surrounded the gang and were ready to attack. "We have the crystal bells back, and we are going to return them" pleaded Victoria. But the wild pokemon still got ready to fight. 'They won't listen,their anger is so great, they won't listen to anything we say' said Entei. "So, what can we do big brother?" asked Amber.
Ash approached with his arms out. "We came here to stop team rocket and return the bells to the tower, Please don't be angry anymore" said Ash."It's the truth, please let us pass and take the bells back to the tower" said Lillie . "Lies!" shouted a Tangela using vine whip right at him. "Ash!" shouted the gang. Before the vine whip can hit him. a feminine voice was heard. "ENOUGH!" A golden fire came from the sky and hit right between Tangela and Ash. Suicune and Raikou landed in front of Ash and roared.a blue mist came from suicune as it made the String shot vanish. Team Rocket were freed from their prison. They decided to try to catch Raikou but Suicune calmly fired a aurora beam at them. They were sent flying off again. Eusine was happy to finally see all three beasts together, Rotom took a picture of them. Entei took his place beside the other two near the rock. Ash and Lillie approached the rock where the beasts were. A Rainbow appeared as Ho-oh flew right towards them. She screeched as she started to descend. "Ho-oh is here" said Morty with wide eyes. Rotom took even more pictures of the great phoenix. Ho-oh landed right on the cliff where Entei, Raikou, and Suicune stood under. Wow, what a sight" said Brock. "This is really cool" said Tomo. Eusine was too speechless to speak. "I never thought I'd see the day that I would see the legendary Ho-Oh with my own eyes" said Morty.
Ash and Lillie bravely ran forward to where Ho-Oh and the beasts were and bowed down to pokemon followed their trainers and bowed to the bird. "I have seen all that you two have done together during this last year for the world and you have brought change between Humans and Pokemon,Your hearts are by far the purest that i have ever seen. Therefore, i wish to give you two my blessing." spoke Ho-oh, A golden glow surrounded Ash,Lillie and Ho-oh."Ho-oh has made a bond with Ash and Lillie. Ash and Lillie have earned her trust and is now her friends as well as the other beasts" said Bria. "Amazing" said Morty. "How cool is that!" said Victoria. Should you ever need any of my Wisdom, Strength or the aid of my other children, just focus on my feather and i will come to your aid." said Ho-oh.
"I get it, in the legends, it said that Ho-Oh made friendship bonds with the chosen ones and that it was always willing to help them if they needed Ho-Oh's help. So it's obvious that Ash and Lillie have become Ho-Oh's new chosen ones and that's why they received the rainbow wing from Ho-Oh". said Morty. "Amazing" said Misty. The others couldn't believe that Ash and Lillie had now become friends with Ho-Oh and the legendary beasts. At that second, Ho-Oh, Lillie and Ash stopped glowing. Ho-Oh squawked before she, Suicune and Raikou left. "That was incredible" whispered Ash to Lillie. "It was the most amazing thing i've ever felt" said Lillie.
After the disaster was over with, and that the crystal bells had been placed back in the tin tower, it was now time for the gang to leave Ecruteak City. Morty told Ash that he was surprised about the bond with him and Ho-Oh. "We're surprised ourselves Morty," said Ash "I mean We know we saw Ho-Oh twice before today, but we never thought that we would ever become Ho-Oh's friends".
"Well we do own legendary pokemon too" said Peter.
"I really have a strong feeling that we will meet more legendary pokemon in the future" said Ash.
"Me too love" said Lillie.
"If you two do, please tell me all about your encounters," said Morty.
"We will" promised Ash and Lillie. Ash and the gang said their goodbye to Mort and Eusine and left Ecruteak City for Mahogany Town as Victoria left for Blackhorne City.
end of chapter.
"So Ash and Lillie have formed a bond with Ho-oh. Sorry about the wait. Work has been getting in the way"as alway, Like follow and Review, No Flamers! Credit goes to Lovecartoonsandanime for letting me use her Ho-oh bond idea.
Ash's pokemon- Greninja(male),Pikachu(male), Lugia(male),Dragonair(male), Starcloud-Solgaleo(male),Metang(genderless), Rockruff(male), Quilava(Male), Bayleaf(female), Lanturn (male)Croconaw (male), houndoom(male), Noctowl (male)
Lillie's Pokemon-Litty-Incineoar(male),Snowy-ninetales(female), Ember-Typhlosion(female),Nebby-Lunala(female), Midday-Rockruff(female) Celebi-Egg, Arachne-Ariados(female), Sylph-Kirlia(female), Aqua-Marill(female)Berg-Alolan Sandshrew(male)
Tomos pokemon- Bulbasaur(male), Kangeskhan(female),Blastoise(clone), Slugma(male), Donphan(male)
Amber's pokemon-Teddiursa(female), Gardevoir(female),Elekid(female), Cubone(female), Wooper (male), Cyndaquil(female)
Misty's pokemon-Greninja(male), Togepi(female), Croconaw(male), Suicune(male) Staryu (Genderless),Corsola(female)
Brocks pokemon-Steelix (male), Pupitar(male), Crobat(male), Midnight Lycanroc(male) Celebi(female), Rhyhorn(female)
Peters pokemon-Entei(male), Feraligatr(male),Tyranitar(male), Rockruff(male), Donphan(female), Dragonite(male)
mollys pokemon-Mimikyu(female), Beldum(Female), Rockruff(female), Teddiursa(female)horsea(female),Corsola(female)
at the ranch-Ash's pokemon- Kingler(male), Haunter(male),Sandslash(male, Butterfree(Male), Pinky-Butterfree(female), Scizor(male) Rapidash(male), Gyaradoes(Female)Muk(Genderless),Magneton(Genderless),Magmar(male),Electabuzz,(male),Onix(male) ,Umbreon(male) Rhydon(Male),Kabutops(male), Omaster(Male),Aerodactyl(male)Mewtwo(male),Mew(female, Nidoking(Male),Aegislash (male), Venasaur(male), Blastoise(male), Pidgeot(female), Primeape(male), Lapras(male)Snorlax(male)Lucario(male), Miltank(female), Hitmonlee(male), Beedrill(male)Charizard (male)Flareon(male),Vaporeon (female),Jolteon (male), 3 Eevees (two female,one male), Fearow(male), Heracross(male), Larvitar(male), Murkrow(Female)
Lillies Pokemon Fable-clefable (female),Mystic-Milotic(female),Queen-Nidoqueen-Female, Star-Staryu(genderless),Gem-Starmie(genderless), Ebon-flareon(male),Eva-sylveon(female), Eve-Eevee(Female) Vines-Weepenbell(Female) Midday-Rockruff(Female), ,Sora-dewgong(female), Mama Lapras, Peeka-Pikachu(female),-Gira-Girafarig(female), Flower-Venasaur(female),Mara-Ampharos(female)
Ambers pokemon-Pikachu(female), Vilplume (female),Azurill(female), Sunkern(female),Bulbasaur (male),Poliwag (female),growlithe (female) Abra (female)
At the cerulean gym. Tentacruel(Male) Seaking(male), Lapras(male), Cloyster (male), Blastoise (male), Blastoise(Female), Wartortle(Female), Two Squirtles,(Male, Tentacool(Male), Golduck (male), ,Vaporeon(Female,), Krabby(male),Krabby(female), Kingler(Male), Slowpokes(Two male,one Female)Primarina(female), Venasaur(clone), Starmie(Genderless), Horsea(Male), Kingdra(male) Slowking(male),Wooper(male), Wooper(female), Marill(Female), Azurmarill(female), Articuno(male) Octillery(male), Chinchou(female) Dratini, five Remoraid, Lanturn(male) four Chinchou(three females, One male), Mantine(Male) and Three Mantyke(Two Female,One Male), Two Mareanies(Male,Female), Bruxfish(Female), Toxapex(Male), Rockruff(male), Two Poliwags(male,Female), Three Poliwhirls(Two male and one Female), Poliwrath(male).
At the Pewter gym. Sandslash(female),Magneton(Genderless),Diglett(Female), Diglett(Male),Rhyperior(male), Ninetales(male), Onix(female), Golem(male), Miltank(female),Kabutops(male),Omastar(Male),Omanyte(Male),Kabuto(male)Charizard(Clone), Rhyhorn(female) Charizard(clone), Pineco(male), Chansy(female), Magcargo(male)Tyranitar(male, Eight Shuckle. four male and four Females)Midday Lycanroc(Male), Midnight Lycanroc(Male, Nine Rockruffs(four Male and five Females) Geodude(male)
With Jenny-Rhyhorn(Female), Scyther(male), Pikachu(male), Venonat(male), Electabuzz(Male), Eevee(female), Magby(male), Houndour(male, Shuckle(male)
At elms lab- Peter- Houndour(male), Skorupi(male,), Tentacuel(male), Pichu(male)
Molly-Kingdra(male), Sunkern(male), Unown