Pokémon

Adventurers of Legacies

Chapter One

The Mystery Mon

I could hear them. They were getting closer to me, and I felt weaker every step I took. I couldn't run anymore. None of my muscles were responding to my brain which was screaming my nerves to leave. I couldn't, not anymore. I wanted to run, but everything was shut down. The cold ground underneath my small, frail body was biting at me, taunting me. It felt nice, but that cold snow just wanted to rip away all my hopes. Those voices were nearing me. I knew it was time. I would try and give one more fight, but I can barely stand my ground. It wouldn't be much of a fight then, heh. How even could I? I tried it once, and I failed with full disappointment. They were stronger than me and my fire was done for. I stared at the little bit of flame that gave me some hope, smiling some and wishing it would just end. My fire was going to be put out. Maybe it would be possible to die before those voices met me. I wanted to continue fighting and running, hoping they'd never catch me. But I failed.

The fire, it warmed my face as the last lights were beginning to fade. The rest of my body was numb and frozen. I couldn't help but feel the smile grow wider as I remembered my friends and family one last time, their faces flashing in my memories as I stared at the flame. Remembering my mother's warm hugs brought frozen tears to my eyes. If only I could stay next to this fire longer, instead of going back to that nightmare of a lab they said would help me. All I could do now was close my eyes and listen to those voices as they became clear and loud.

"Fire!" I heard someone yell.

"That's her! Get her! She can't move, what a pathetic excuse for a human."

Pathetic… That word stung. I tried to put up a fight before, but maybe I was just pathetic. I couldn't fight them off. Not all of them. Why couldn't they just leave me here to die by myself? Why did I have to go back to their lab? Hrmph, well, at least now that they will finally capture me, they will let my family go. I pray to lord Arceus that they will let them go. I was selfish, not wanting to give myself up for my family. But now that I will be dying, maybe they'll be happy and thankful that I was dead, and they could go their separate ways. I was the winner now. Father, Mother, you will be saved. I promise.

Everyone has a purpose in life, mine has now been served.


"Where are we going?" A voice called out to another pokémon that was leading him through the rocky-snowy zone. A huge mountain lay in front of these two small brave pokémon, hiding secrets and legacies they were curious of.

"I'm telling you; I saw something flying in this area earlier. Look what I've got," Another small pokémon replied to the first. The two of them came to a halt and the small blue and black pokémon pulled something out of the brown satchel he was carrying. There was a strange glistening blue light coming from the bag, and as soon as this pokémon pulled out whatever was in the bag, the other one gasped.

"Is that…?" The first one whispered, his orange and white eyes growing wider.

The small blue and black pokémon nodded. "That's right. It's a feather, but it's no ordinary feather," He whispered to his friend. "Zorro, do you know what this is?!"

Zorro, the white and red pokémon replied, "That's a feather from the Legendary Articuno, isn't it?!"

The other pokémon lifted the feather up a bit higher for the two of them to examine it. It was a bright blue feather that looked nearly frozen with ice from the legendary pokémon. It was cold but still soft and emitting a bright blue light from it. The blue and black pokémon lowered the feather back into his satchel and closed his bag, ensuring that the feather was safe from any danger. He spoke to his friend, Zorro, "This is what I was trying to tell you earlier when you were gawking over whatever her name is."

The white and red pokémon, Zorro, grinned at his friend and replied, "Aalin? Yeah, she is pretty isn't she."

The black and blue pokémon rolled his eyes. "If you say so, she's kind of mean and you definitely need to higher your standards," He replied. "Besides, she's competing for missions. You'll only get distracted. Why not be interested in someone else." The small pokémon shook his head and sighed, "Honestly Zorro." He then looked upwards, feeling a strange aura nearby. It wasn't like any other aura. It felt mysterious and extremely faint. Surprised that he was even able to feel it, his curiosity grew even more. This aura, it felt familiar, but it also didn't. Where could he even have felt this strange aura before? The pokémon gazed around his surroundings in the forest. He needed to find where this aura was coming from. Perhaps from the mountain side?

"What are you sensing, Vex?" Zorro, the Zorua asked.

Vex didn't stop focusing on the aura. He finally pin-pointed the aura. "There!" He exclaimed and instantly took off toward the base of the mountain, dodging every single tree and bush that lay in his way.

"Wait up!" Zorro called out and growled in annoyance, "Man that Riolu sure is fast." The unusual white and red Zorua chased after his friend who was just much speedier than he was.

Vex continued on the aura trail, which led a bit up the mountain. He tried his best to stay on the path that was created centuries ago for pokémon to roam up and down safely. There was a pokémon in trouble, and he had to get to it, it was his duty as a honorable Guild Member. As he was climbing, he noticed the aura getting stronger but then there was another aura that was also not recognized. Two strange auras near one another that I've not felt before. Slowing down, the pokémon came to a steep and slippery turn. The turn had a large boulder blocking the path. There was a bit of room a small pokémon of his size could pass through. It was a very thin hole that the two rocks had created. He crawled through the hole, nearly getting stuck but was able to wiggle his way through it and continue up the mountain ledges.

Glancing over his shoulder, he did not see Zorro anywhere. The mountain fog was getting thicker and thicker with every step he took. Even the auras were starting to fade out. The mountain region was notorious for most guild members to stay away from as it was a very dangerous area to explore. In fact, the Atlas Creators have not even explored all of it. It blew Vex's mind away that this mountaintop was not fully explored due to the heavy pressure closer to the top. You couldn't even fly over it, which would be the easiest way to explore the outside. Numerous tunnels lined the mountains that haven't even been explored. The Atlas Creator said he could not face the legacy pokémon that was supposed to be ruling this mountain. One would think that someone as powerful as their Atlas Creator would be able to overcome whatever challenges this mountain had to face, but he was unable to.

Vex paused for a second to catch his breath. He had made his way up the majority of the mountain now and couldn't see anything. He could barely see his feet. The auras, he could still faintly see. Perhaps if he followed the auras, he could get closer. He needed to know where his partner was though. Out of his bag, Vex pulled out a round gold and black item that had a blue orb in the middle of it. "Open, Atlas," Vex said.

The small, but shiny, compass did not budge. Vex went to poke the Atlas orb and it didn't even shine like it usually would. He put a bit more pressure on the orb and still, nothing. Giving it a bit of a shake, it finally lit up a blue virtual map that was almost in the shape of a planet. It was a bright blue round map, but there was nothing on it. "Gah, no signal," Vex growled in annoyance. He placed the Atlas Compass back in his bag and ensured to lock it up. "Alright Aura, guide me," He whispered to himself and took a few steps after the aura.

About another five minutes of walking some more and nearly a few close calls with the edge of the mountain, Vex finally came to a halt. This is where the aura was the strongest, but so was the fog. He took a few steps towards the strong aura and froze in fear when he saw something light up through the fog. A faint blue outline of something… Perhaps a pokémon? Vex tried to focus on the aura and he spoke, "Hello? Who's there?"

That's when he noticed a cold blue gaze, which was focused on him. The scent of blood was immediately strong, and his entire body was full of fear. His eyes grew wide when the bright blue disappeared, and he felt an extremely strong gust of wind. It was definitely a pokémon with wings, he could barely see a long shadowy tail disappearing from the scenery. The blood was overwhelmingly strong and Vex hesitated to take a few steps through the fog. "A p-p-pokémon is in danger V-vex!" He tried to boost his confidence. "Y-you need… You need to help…" He was so scared and frozen in fear, but he managed to take a few steps closer. Vex reached out to the small stone-shrine to keep his balance. He prayed to Arceus that the scenery will not be as bad as the smell of blood was. The Riolu dropped when he saw this small white furry pokémon laying there, its fur stained red from blood. He couldn't even find words to comment. This small pokémon was a victim of that other pokémon with the strange aura. His eyes welled with tears, unsure how to react.

"VEX?!" A pokémon screamed through the fog. "VEX WHERE ARE YOU? My nose can only smell out so much!"

Vex couldn't respond to his friend who had finally managed to catch up. He was staring at this small white pokémon that was covered in blood. What happened? Who was that pokémon that was just here and who was this?! Did the other pokémon do this, or was she found like this by that other one?!

"THERE YOU –" Zorro's white and red figure appeared behind Vex. "Vex, what. Who is that?!" The small white and red Zorua ran up beside his friend and eyeballed this white pokémon. He noticed she was still breathing but was in extremely bad condition. "Vex, we need to get her away from here. She needs help. We need to get her back to the guild."

"How do you expect to do that, Zorro?!" Vex finally managed to speak, but his voice was trembling in fear.

Zorro looked back and forth between this white pokémon and his guild mate. How could they get this pokémon back to the Guild? He noticed that his backpack was glowing brighter than usual. "Try the Atlas," He commanded his friend, thinking the blue light was coming from the atlas.

"The Atlas doesn't work!" Vex snapped at Zorro, "I already tried, it doesn't work!" Vex was so overwhelmed, he had no idea what happened or why it happened. The pokémon gazed around the area, trying to find anything they could use. The fog was so thick, that he couldn't even see the edges of the mountain. One wrong step, and the three of them could go tumbling down the mountain into Arceus knows what. A frown showed on his face as he couldn't think of anything to help this pokémon. Perhaps she was still breathing? The tears into her body was so large though. This was not an ordinary attack. Vex was beyond petrified. The only thing he could do is sit and stare. He fell to his knees and pulled his bag to sit in front of him. Maybe something was in the bag to help? He opened his bag and noticed the feather was glowing very bright blue. It was almost shimmering, but no light in the sky.


I could hear more voices, but they were different. These voices were new and genuinely concerned. But I couldn't move, and I could barely make out their words. I was in so much pain, my entire body was fuming with pain. I wanted to move, I wanted to let these new voices know I was ok. Something happened before I passed out. I saw something, I saw something blue. I wasn't sure what this something was, nor did I know what this blue wanted. All I know is I was in pain. I was hurt. I was bleeding. I couldn't smell anything but the overwhelming scent of blood. I couldn't understand what these voices were saying as my body just wanted to shut down and break.

"Why is the feather glowing?!" Voice one gasped.

"I don't know." The other voice replied.

I could feel the cold wherever I was. It was snowing, I was lying in a pile of snow. Why was I in the middle of snow? How did I even get to this snow pile?

"Look! It's doing something weird," Voice one whispered. "What is Articuno's feather doing?"

"I don't know, Zorro!" The voice snapped again.

I did what I could to open my eyes, to view the world out in front of me. I was just so weak, I couldn't… I couldn't help myself, just like back then. Why was I so weak? These voices were fading again. What did this voice mean about Articuno's feather?

"VEX?! ZORRO?! WHERE ARE YOU TWO?! I got an emergency notification from the Atlas!" A very soft-spoken voice called out through the fog.

Who is Vex and who is Zorro? Finally, I could feel my eyes wanting to open and budging to open. I was beginning to make out where I was. Everything was gray in front of me. It was a heavy, heavy fog. My eyes were half-way opened when I realized I was on a ledge of a cliff. I wanted to panic, but my body was in just too much pain. If I moved an inch the wrong way, I could easily roll off the edge. I noticed a white thing laid out in front of me, almost like a furry leg? Then I noticed a large white paw at the end of this leg just barely dangling over the edge. That's when I noticed the blood staining the snow and also leaking off this white paw off the edge. I tried to move it, and noticed that this leg and paw responded to my movement.

This paw and leg were MINE?!

"Vex! Zorro, there you –!" A loud voice boomed through the snow.

I could not move my body, and I could not turn around. I could only take those slow breaths and stare out into the fog that laid a few inches from my… paw. I was beginning to feel dizzy again.

"Leader Blaziken!" I heard the first voice gasp. "It – this wasn't us! I swear! I – I – I could feel these auras and I had to follow them!"

This booming voice, which I assumed belonged to a talking Blaziken, replied, "Quiet! Yuuta, take these apprentices back to the guild immediately. I will assess the injured Vulpix.."

Vulpix? Did he just say Vulpix? Was he talking about me? Who is Yuuta? Why can I understand Blaziken? So many unanswered questions.

"N-no! I want to help!" The first voice fought.

"You've done enough, Vex. Go. Home. You too, Zorro," The Blaziken snapped at them.

"But that's not fair! We found her, we should be able to help her," The second smaller voice replied as if he sounded offended.

"Zorro, Vex, let's go," The second larger voice, which I assumed belonged to this Yuuta character.

I could hear Yuuta take off, as it sounded like it must be a bird of some kind. If I was able to understand a Blaziken, perhaps it was another bird pokémon? A strong gust of wind hit my fur as the bird pokémon took off. That's when I could feel an extremely warm presence surrounding me. I was lifted off the ground ever-so gently and I began to feel dizzy. I was held against this Blaziken, but off of the snow. The fire Pokémon's body is warm, and it felt better to be off the snow. I looked upwards at this pokémon who was now carrying me. I could feel him jumping from rock to rock, landing softly. This pokémon was focused on where he was landing, ensuring not to injure me as I was bleeding already. I was able to see his focused face before everything went dark again.