The Dark Magic

Chapter Two: Meeting the Dragon Buster

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. Pokémon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri. However if I did own Pokémon the National Pokédex wouldn't be limited in any way..

This Fanfiction was written with assistance from Zeckromizder.

"Joah" - Normal Speech

Shauntal - Flashback speech

'Artemis' - Normal Thought

"Leafage" - Moves/Abilities

"Psyshock" - Telepathy

'Master' - Pokémon Speech

"Pokédex" Pokédex description

Location; Lentimas Airport

After healing Artemis and his newly captured Litwick Joah had decided to name him Stephen. The newly named Stephen was currently outside his Poké Ball talking to Joah

'Stephen? Why do you wish to give me this name?'The Litwick questioned

"As I explained to my Drifloon Joseph earlier, I've read quite a lot of books, as it turns out one of the books I read was a horror story called 'Carrie' which was written by a man named Stephen King and given that he's known for his horror stories I felt that it'd fit."

Litwick thought for a moment 'Very well young master, you may call me Stephen.'

Joah beamed then he remembered something and called out all of his Pokémon in order to ask them something.

"I just remembered something. If I remember correctly Artemis has a Jolly nature and knows the moves Tackle, Leafage, Growl, Peck and Astonish. Thanks to tutoring from my older sister's Drifblim she knows the moves Baton Pass and Defog and shortly before we started our journey I'd managed to teach her how to use Foresight, suffice to say she has a lot of moves to work with."

The other three Ghost types looked at Artemis with surprise and respect.

"Now you three may be wondering why I'm telling you this, it's because I know Artemis' Nature and moves because I've had her for three years, but I've never asked you guys what natures you have or what moves you knew. And I think it's about time that I learned so I know what to have you learn.."

Joseph, Marionne and Stephen looked at each other before nodding. Joseph went first, followed by Marionne and finally Stephen.

'Well, I have a Timid Nature and I currently know the moves Constrict, Minimize, Astonish, Gust and Focus Energy.' (Joseph)

'I myself have an Impish Nature and currently know the moves Knock Off, Screech, Night Shade, Spite, Shadow Sneak and Astonish.'(Marionne)

'As for myself, my nature is Modest and my current set of moves includes Ember, Astonish, Minimize, Smog, Fire Spin, Confuse Ray, Night Shade and Acid.' (Stephen)

Artemis flew over. 'I've also recently learned Razor Leaf Joah, so my moveset has gotten a bit wider, I'm also starting to make progress on Ominous Wind.'

Joah smiled "All of you have some great movesets and they'll only get better. Artemis, once you learn Ominous Wind I want you to teach it to Joseph and help Marionne learn it as well. Stephen, I'd like you to help Artemis and Marionne learn Confuse Ray afterwards, then I'll see about getting Marionne to teach you and Joseph how to use Spite"

Everyone nodded and Joah recalled them to their Poké Balls, he turned to Artemis and sighed.

"You know the rules Artemis; they don't allow Pokémon to be outside their Poké Balls while the plane is in flight."

Artemis looked annoyed and grumbled to herself as she wanted to enjoy the flight too, but then complied and allowed herself to be returned to her Poké Ball.

After returning Artemis Joah walked up to the pilot and handed her his ticket.

The Pilot was a young woman with blue eyes and dark-red hair, with a light accessory resembling a propeller and a bun. Her outfit consisted of a long-sleeved light blue crop top, bulky dark blue gloves, light blue short-shorts, dark blue boots, a dark blue holster attached on her right thigh, and dark blue straps with white buckles that wrap around her stomach and hips.

The pilot smiled "Welcome to Mistralton Airlines, my name's Skyla and I'll be your pilot for today."

Joah had never really flown on a plane before so he was very nervous, the pilot Skyla looked familiar for some reason but he wasn't sure why.

Skyla turned to the passengers and smiled "Alright, we'll be taking off as soon as we finish unloading the cargo from the plane and loading more cargo headed to Mistralton City, Our flight will only take a couple of hours so you can take a nap if you want to."

Joah thought this was a good idea and quickly nodded off.

Mistralton City is a fairly large city, in addition to the Airport there is also a set of Greenhouses where berries in the region are grown as well as other edible plants.

The Town also possessed a Pokémon Gym that was run by Skyla's Grandfather Miles, but he was close to retiring and rumor had it that he was considering Skyla as his replacement.

Time Skip; Two hours later

Joah felt the bump caused by the plane landing and woke up.

"Man, that was a great power nap! I wonder what Mistralton city is like anyway."

Joah stepped off the plane and was met with a cool breeze, unfortunately due to spending most of his life in a desert area the cold didn't go so well for him.

"Whoa! That's chilly, still I guess it's not bad, anyway come on out Artemis!" with that he released his starter.

Artemis appeared in a flash of light and quickly flew up to Joah's shoulder.

'Did you miss me?' she crooned 'Admit it, you missed me.'

Joah chuckled before playfully shoving her "You know you're a real character when you want to be."

Artemis glanced at Joah and smirked 'You better believe it dude.'

After doing some shopping at the Poké Mart Joah and Artemis were standing outside of Chargestone Cave; Artemis noticed Joah shudder a bit.

'Joah; Are you feeling alright?' Artemis asked concerned

Joah looked at his starter "I'm alright Artemis, I just don't like being underground, so let's just get through this cave quickly." Artemis understood and they went inside.

Chargestone Cave is a large cavern located between Mistralton City and Driftveil City; it is home to many species of Pokémon as well as large glowing crystals that shone a blue light throughout the cavern.

There was also an overabundance of electrically charged rocks and crystals that strangely float, shortly after entering the cave Joah and Artemis noticed these and gave the appropriate response.

"What the actual F*** are those rocks floating!?"

'What the… how the… What!?'

Joah had never been to Chargestone cave before and had never read about it and so, was completely unprepared for what he saw.

Joah took a deep breath before walking through the cave, ignoring his hair standing on end as he passed the crystals while muttering "Don't Question it, don't Question it, don't Question it."

Joah was surprised at all the Pokémon in the cavern, but none with Melanism that he could see, Joah continued through the cavern, battling a few trainers and wild Pokémon as well as finding discarded items and ones usually found in caves.

"Man this place is confusing; I hope we don't get lost."

'Don't worry Joah, I doubt that that'll happen.' Artemis chirped

Time Skip; 2 hours

"I… officially… hate… caves." Joah growled out as he and all four of his Pokémon (he'd released them for battles and training) finally exited the cave.

'I don't want to go through another cave until after I evolve.' Artemis griped

'That was certainly an unpleasant experience to endure.' Stephen agreed

'I-I d-d-didn't enjoy that at all, it was s-scary.' Joseph whined

Marionne looked at her teammates with a confused expression. 'I don't know what cave you guys went through, I thought it was a hoot and a half!'

Everyone looked at Marionne as if she were crazy which let's be honest isn't far off from the truth.

'You… have… issues.' Artemis quipped

'And your point is… what exactly?' Marionne rebounded

Joah sighed and cleared his throat before looking at his watch. "Okay everyone, according to my watch it is about 1:37 pm so I'm going to set up lunch for everyone, tell me, what are your flavor preferences?"

All four Pokémon looked relieved and gave Joah their food preferences.

'You know I like my food Sweet but not dry Joah.' Artemis answered

'I like my food Sweet as well, but not Spicy.' Joseph replied

'I like it Sour Dude, but I hate it dry.' Marionne all but shouted

'I prefer my food Dry, but not Spicy' Stephen responded coolly

Joah nodded "Coming right up!" with that he pulled out four cans of high grade Pokémon food as well as a bag of various berries and cutting utensils. After a few minutes of modifying the food Joah set the Pokémon food down for his team. "Okay everyone, dig in."

While his team was eating their food, Joah sat down and pulled out his map to figure out where to go. "Okay, there's a ferry in Driftveil that goes to Nuvema Town and from there a Cruise ship that heads to Kanto, so we need to…"

Suddenly there was an explosion of dust across the field, Joah and his Pokémon quickly finished their food and raced over to the sight to find out what happened.

When they got there, they noticed that the clearing was heavily damaged and in the center of the clearing were two girls; one had knee-length, puffy purple long hair in a loose huge ponytail and with two pigtails, brown eyes, and tan skin. She wore a cream-colored top with a pink collar and cuffs, a pink skirt with a big ribbon, white leggings which are colored yellow at the ends of the legs and pink and white shoes with yellow straps.

The other girl was on her knees, she had pink hair and teal eyes. She wore a long dark-teal dress, underneath a teal blouse with yellow buttons, dark teal socks, teal boots with black heels, as well as a yellow hat and gloves. She also has a small black collar around her neck.

The tanned girl had a Drilbur next to her while the other girl had a Cubchoo and appeared to be crying while the tanned girl was acting bratty to the other girl.

"Ha! I told you that you couldn't win, but you didn't listen, I won, you lost." Joah and his Pokémon couldn't believe how that girl was behaving.

"You're such a little kid, why don't you go back home and wait a few years before you become a trainer again?" this caused the other girl to start crying. That's when Joah had enough.

"What in Arceus name do you think you're doing? How dare you treat her that way!" he snarled. You see Joah did not appreciate the kind of people that would bully someone like that, they really ticked him off.

The two girls took notice of him and the tanned girl looked annoyed with Joah. "Listen kid, this is between me and this girl here, it's none of your business!" Joah didn't like the way she spoke to him and started walking over. "Oh yeah? Well I'm making it my business, now back off or else."

The tanned girl looked surprised that the boy didn't run away from her. "Oh yeah? Or else what little boy; you think you can make me!" Joah looked at her with a feral grin. "I don't think I can, I know I can. And I know I'm going to beat you in a Pokémon battle so badly that you'll run home crying like the coward you are!" he snapped.

The pink-haired girl was surprised that someone would stand up for her after she'd lost so badly. "W-who are you?" she asked nervously Joah turned to her and smiled "I'm Joah Seishin of Lentimas Town!" The pink-haired girl smiled. Joah then turned to the tanned girl. "1-on-1 Pokémon battle; unless you're nothing but talk, Powder-puff!" Joah called.

The Tanned girl snarled "Hey! My name's not Powder-puff, It's Iris Airisu, and when I'm done you'll be in the dirt crying like her; go Drilbur!" The mole Pokémon leapt into battle, Joah however looked doubtful of its condition. "Your Pokémon is already injured and exhausted from its previous battle. I suggest you use a different Pokémon?" Iris growled "Drilbur is my only Pokémon and he's perfectly fine to battle, right Drilbur?" The Drilbur nodded. 'You got it, Iris!'

Joah still looked doubtful but nodded anyway; the pink-haired girl stood up and ran to the side to act as referee. "Let's make this fast and easy. Marionne, Time to have fun!" Marionne immediately raced to the field. The pink-haired girl then shouted "This 1-on-1 Pokémon battle is between Joah Seishin of Lentimas City and Iris Airisu from the Village of Dragons, the battle will be over when one trainer's Pokémon is unable to battle and with that said, Battle Begin!"

Joah smirked. "Marionne use Shadow Sneak." Iris gasped as Marionne vanished. "Drilbur quick, Dig!" Drilbur leapt into the air before tunneling underground. "That won't help you." Joah called. Iris gasped as Drilbur was suddenly sent flying out of the ground in pain. "What? How did it…" Iris gasped. Marionne then appeared in front of Joah smirking deviously. "Marionne here is a Shuppet, a Ghost type; as such she was able to phase underground and attack Drilbur easily."

Iris gasped; she knew about Ghost Type Pokémon and how tricky they were to counter, but she wasn't about to give up. "Drilbur, Hone Claws then use Metal Claw!" Drilbur's claws shone with a white glow before it charged at Marionne. Joah rolled his eyes "Marionne use Screech to disorient it, and then use Astonish!" Marionne smirked before unleashing a deafening screech that stopped Drilbur in its tracks. Immediately Marionne dashed over and made a horrifying face with glowing red eyes which scared the Drilbur badly.

Iris was a little concerned but decided to continue battling. "Drilbur, use Sandstorm then race inside!"

Drilbur held its claws to its chest before it flung them outwards and started a Sandstorm "You won't be able to get Drilbur now, its Ability is Sand Veil, when Sandstorm is active Drilbur is able to disappear and-"

"Are you done stating the obvious? Because you're starting to make everyone fall asleep with your stupid monologue." Joah called out

Iris was now severely annoyed, which is just what he wanted. "Drilbur, show him how strong you are, use Hone Claws then use Metal Claw!"

Drilbur sharpened its claws before charging at Marionne, Marionne looked around but couldn't see Drilbur due to the Sandstorm, as a result she took a direct hit. Shuppet tried to escape the Sandstorm but wasn't able to find a way out. Suddenly she heard Joah call out. "Marionne, if you can hear me I want you to use Screech while spinning in place."

Marionne didn't know how this would help but she did what she was told and let out an ear-piercing Screech while spinning in place. Almost instantly she saw Drilbur back away while holding its claws to its head, Marionne decided to take the opportunity and fired a Night Shade attack at the stunned Pokémon.

Drilbur was hit so hard it was blasted out of the Sandstorm, Marionne watched as the Sandstorm dissipated and faded away. She then readied herself for her opponent's next move.

As Drilbur stood up and struggled to keep standing Iris realized that Drilbur wouldn't be able to keep battling much longer, she raised Drilbur's Poké Ball but before she could recall him Joah shouted "Finish this Marionne, use Night Shade one more time!" Iris watched in horror as Marionne blaster Drilbur with black energy from its eyes. Drilbur flew backwards and landed at her feet knocked out.

The pink-haired girl called out "Drilbur is unable to battle; the winner of this battle is Joah Seishin and his Shuppet Marionne!" She then watched as Iris recalled Drilbur and ran off into the woods.

Joah wasn't impressed. "I told her, I told her that her Drilbur wasn't fully battle ready, but she didn't listen." Joah then turned to the other girl "Sorry about that, People like her really tick me off, I hope I didn't scare you."

The girl looked shocked. "Are you kidding me? That was amazing, you beat her faster than she beat me, and you didn't even use a Pokémon with a type advantage!" Joah smiled "Well to be honest the only Pokémon I have with advantages over Ground Types are Artemis and Joseph, my Rowlet and Drifloon respectively." Joah then looked embarrassed and extended his hand. "I'm so sorry, in all this excitement I never bothered to ask you your name." The girl smiled and shook Joah's hand "It's Georgia, Georgia Blake, I'm from Iccirus City."

Joah began chuckling which confused Georgia. "How funny is this, you're from one of the coldest cities and I'm from one of the hottest." After hearing that Georgia started chuckling alongside him. After a few minutes they calmed down and healed their Pokémon Georgia then asked "So where are you headed?" Joah turned and said "I'm headed to Driftveil City to catch a ferry that'll take me to Nuvema Town, after I check in with Professor Juniper I plan to catch a ship headed to Kanto and participate in the league there."

Georgia nodded "Well then, care for some company?" Joah looked at her curiously. "Are you asking to come with?" Georgia nodded, Joah smiled and looked at his watch "Sure, I'd love some company, now come on; it's already 2:00 pm and I wanna get to Driftveil before nightfall!" Joah and Georgia then recalled their Pokémon and raced off to Driftveil City.

Time Skip; 2 1/2 hours later

Joah and Georgia had just arrived at Driftveil City and purchased tickets for the ferry to Nuvema Town, unfortunately the ferry wouldn't be leaving for another half hour so to kill time the two trainers decided to check out the Driftveil Drawbridge. When they arrived they noticed that the drawbridge was massive and there were many bird Pokémon perching on it.

After a few minutes of sightseeing the two of them were about to head back when Joah spotted something and when he looked closer he was surprised. "No Way!" Above the bridge was a Black duckling-like Pokémon; it had a somewhat long neck; a short bill and violet eyes, it had two feathery tufts on its head that connect at the bottom, forming a V-shape. It had a dark grey, feathery underside which made it appear as if it were in mid-moult. It had grey, webbed feet and a small tail. "It's a Ducklett, and it has Melanism!"

Joah then called out Artemis. "Artemis, fly up to that Ducklett and ask it to come down here." Artemis nodded and flew off. "Joah can I ask you a question?" Joah turned to Georgia. "You just did, but go ahead." He joked; Georgia rolled her eyes and spoke. "Why do all of your Pokémon appear to have Black Feathers or Skin?" Joah chuckled. "I was wondering when you'd ask about that." John then spent the next couple of minutes explaining what Melanism was to her; suffice to say she was amazed.

Artemis soon returned with the Ducklett who approached Joah 'Your Pokémon told me you wished to speak with me, is this true?' Joah looked at the Ducklett before replying. "Yes, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind joining me on my journey, you see I'm training to be a master of Pokémon with the same condition as you." The Ducklett was surprised, none of the other Ducklett believed that he'd ever find a trainer due to his unnatural color, but here was a human that was proving them wrong.

'I-I don't know what to say… the other Ducklett and Swanna always told me that humans hated Pokémon like me, Pokémon with unnatural colors, that we were weaker than others and because of that we'd never even evolve, that we'd die alone.'

Joah looked angry, no scratch that, he was beyond angry; he was furious. "They lied to you, they told you that in order to discourage you from becoming stronger than them, but if you come with me I'll help you get strong enough to prove them wrong, I promise."

The Ducklett had tears in its eyes as it flew into Joah's arms. A few moments later Joah produced a Poké Ball and held it up to the Ducklett, who gently pressed the button with its wing, the ball shook once before letting out a ding, Ducklett was officially caught. Joah smiled and said "There is only one name that suits you, my little sister loves the movie The Swanna Princess, so in order to honor that movie and the princess in it, I give you the name Odette." The Poké Ball rocked back and forth a couple times indicating that the newly named Odette agreed with her new name.

After heading back to the city and getting his new Pokémon checked out Joah called his Sister Shauntal.

"Hey little bro, how's the journey so far?"

Joah smiled "Fantastic, so far I've reached Driftveil City, gained a travelling companion and captured four new Pokémon."

That caught Shauntal off guard, had her little brother actually manage to capture not one, but four new Pokémon with Melanism? "Joah, as your Sponsor and your sister, do the Pokémon you captured have… you know?"

Joah then said "See for yourself." And with that he released all four of his new Pokémon, and to Shauntal's surprise, they all had Melanism.

"Guys, this is my older sister Shauntal, Shauntal, these are Joseph…" the Drifloon waved its hearts "Marionne…" the Shuppet did a midair flip "Stephen" the Litwick waved its stubby arms "and the newest member Odette." The Ducklett quacked out a response "Heheheh… she says hello." Shauntal was in shock, her younger brother had five Pokémon with Melanism and it was only his first day as a trainer.

"Joah…" she began, but then stopped, she sighed and then gave a soft smile "I should've known that you'd accomplish your goals, you never make a goal that you don't fulfill, and I shouldn't have doubted you."

Joah smiled "Damn right you shouldn't have, anyway I just wanted to call and check on you and to have you remind Clarissa to read those books I gave her, she'll be better prepared for her journey that way."

Shauntal smiled softly "I'll make certain of it Joah, now I'm afraid that I must go, I'm done with my League duties for today and need to make my way home, Call me when you reach Nuvema town, I had something delivered to Professor Juniper after you hung up this morning, I think you'll really like it."

Joah smiled "Alright sis, take care, bye." Joah turned and saw Georgia staring at him in shock. Joah sighed "Go ahead; get it out of your system."

Georgia then "Your older sister is Shauntal, as in Elite 4 Shauntal!"

Joah looked a little annoyed "Yes, I am aware of that, so can you calm down, I'd rather not let anyone else know just yet."

Georgia looked confused "Why wouldn't you want everyone to know who your sister is?"

Joah looked down "Because otherwise they'll never see me for being me. It's always 'Look its Shauntal's little brother' or 'Can you get me your sister's autograph?' or even the creepy ones like 'do you think your sister will let me smell her shoes?' I am sick and tired of being overlooked, that's why I started my Journey and why I'm headed to Kanto, It's also why I'm using my Mother's maiden name as my surname, so nobody can connect me to her."

Georgia looks surprised "You're using a different name? Isn't that illegal?"

Joah looked at her "No because it was the Pokémon League President Mr. Charles Goodshow that granted me that permission, it'll even say that on my Pokédex when I pick it up from Professor Juniper's lab."

Georgia looked concerned "You don't have a Pokédex? Then how do you know what moves to tell your Pokémon?"

Joah smirked "I inherited an ability that's passed down in the family; I am able to talk to Pokémon and understand them. I've been told it may develop into psychic powers as I get older"

Georgia's eyes went wide as dinner plates when she heard that, she then recalled all of the things he talked to his Pokémon since she joined him.

"Well you don't exactly hide it very well." Joah looked sheepish and said "Yeah, I've been working on that, it hasn't been easy, but then again who else can talk to and understand Pokémon?"

Kanto; Unknown Location

"Achoo!"

'Bless you again Master'

"Thanks Kobalt, why does that keep happening"

Unova; Driftveil City – Pokémon Center

Joah and Georgia retrieved their Pokémon and began headed to the pier to board the ferry.

Time Skip; two and a half hours later

It was beginning to get late as the ferry reached Nuvema Town close to 7:30 pm, from the ferry terminal Joah and Georgia headed into the town; and after getting directions to the Professor's lab began heading there immediately. After about twenty minutes of walking they reached the lab.

Professor Juniper's lab was a large three story building with white walls and a red roof, there was a large structure next to the lab that had radio dishes and antennae; there was also a large greenhouse on the property and a large open field behind the lab where Pokémon Trainers could leave their Excess Pokémon if they required it.

Joah walked up to the lab and knocked on the door, a few moments later the door opened, revealing Professor Aurea Juniper. She had brown hair and green eyes. Professor Juniper wears a white blouse, a green skirt, a lab coat and white shoes with red stripes. She also has red rectangular earrings.

"Hello? Oh Joah, how nice to see you, you certainly wasted no time in getting here, although it is getting rather late anyways come in come in, I have everything ready."

Joah and Georgia walked in and followed the professor towards a large table. On the table were three objects, one object was small and rectangular, it was primarily black with purple highlights and a large purple Poké Ball design on the front below a black screen, The second item was a small Violet and Black watch like device with a large screen. The final item was a small silver and violet colored square-shaped device.

Professor Juniper smiled and gestured to the devices. "These three devices are for you Joah, they were custom ordered and designed just for you and as such they will only work for you." Joah was impressed. "A new generation Pokédex; a new model Xtranceiver with video function and a Pokénav Plus complete with DexNav capabilities! These aren't even available to the public yet, how did you get them?"

Professor Juniper's smile saddened "These were among the last of the custom ordered devices that your parents commissioned for you and your sister before their deaths, they're all one of a kind at the moment so please be careful with them."

Joah gave a small smile and accepted the items. Professor Juniper gave Georgia a white and blue colored Pokédex as well and invited Joah and Georgia to stay for dinner and the night so that they could leave in the morning stating that the Journey to Kanto would take about a week to complete.

Joah and Georgia agreed and after eating dinner they slept in the guest rooms alongside their Pokémon.

Joah Seishin-

#Means strongest#

#Rowlet (Artemis) Moves: Tackle, Leafage, Growl, Peck, Astonish, Razor Leaf, Foresight, Baton Pass, Defog and Ominous Wind. Egg Moves: Confuse Ray (locked) Haze (Locked)

Drifloon (Joseph) (M) Moves: Constrict, Minimize, Astonish, Gust, Focus Energy and Payback. Egg Moves: Hypnosis (locked) and Destiny Bond (locked).

Shuppet (Marionne) (F) Moves: Knock Off, Screech, Night Shade, Spite and Astonish. Egg Moves: Confuse Ray (locked), and Disable (locked).

Litwick (Stephen) (M) Moves: Ember, Astonish, Minimize, Smog, Fire Spin, Confuse Ray, Night Shade and Acid. Egg Moves: Acid (unlocked), Shock Wave (Locked)

Ducklett (Odette) (F) Moves: Water Gun, Water Sport, Defog, Wing Attack, Water Pulse, Aerial Ace, Bubble Beam and Gust. Egg Moves: Gust (unlocked) and Air Cutter (locked)