Light, Shrouded in Darkness, Part 1
©2000 This story was written by Katie (oh sure! Like I'll give you my last name!). It is totally
100% fictional, which is why it's a fanfic! If you wanna use it on your webpage, then you must
e-mail me at katiec@nb.sympatico.ca. If I find my fanfic on your page without my permission,
then I will personally kill you. Have a nice day :P!
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Light, Shrouded in Darkness, Part 1
A young woman, eighteen years of age, ran as quickly as utterly possible down the dense forest
trail, trying to catch her breath as she ran.
"Get back here, you-you witch!" shouted an angry male voice, the clomping of Rapidash hooves
drawing nearer to the woman. She counted her options. One; she could jump into some nearby
bushes, or two; she could continue to run, faint from exhaustion, and get caught by the Rockets
chasing her. She gratefully dove into the bushes in a somersault. She hid and peered through the
leaves, breathing heavily. The Rapidash sped by, masking the woman's hard breathing, thus
avoiding her completely. Unfortunetly, the moment after the Rapidash and their mountees climbed
a hill and disappeared, the woman realized she had just taken a headfirst dive into a bramble
patch. She leapt in agony, flying out of the bramble bush and landing on the ground... flat on
her back, causing her more pain than necessary.
"What is my problem today?" she muttered. "First those damn Rockets come and find my camp, next
they trash it, THEN they send their oversized Growlithe to try and kill me, then they chase me,
and now I'm face up on the ground covered in brambles. Things do NOT look good." She grabbed a
PokéBall from her side belt and released the Pokémon inside; a Ponyta. But this Ponyta however
was much different; her fire mane was golden like the sun, burning brightly, as was her tail;
the most beautiful Ponyta ever seen. This Ponyta however was not a fighting Ponyta; she was used
solely for riding.
"Okay, Sunshine," the woman whispered, mounting the golden Ponyta. "Do your stuff." She kicked
at the horse's sides gently and they sped off, in the opposite direction of the Rockets.
The shadow lurked behind a tree. He had been this way for five years now, and he still was not
used to it. He disliked being in the light, for when he was, his Other Self would yell at him.
So he kept in the shadows. Hiding behind another tree, he saw a girl riding a Ponyta with a mane
yellow as the moon stop at a nearby wreck.
"Just great," said the woman, dismounting the Ponyta with an angry scowl, "stupid Rockets." She
continued by cleaning up part of the mess that had been left. "Great, now I have to get the
remaining food, the matches..." she sighed, "damn. Sometimes I hate being a rebel." Shadow
suddenly had an urge to help her.
*EAT...* screamed the voice in his head. *FEAST UPON HER SOUL...* Shadow sighed.
"Look," he whispered to himself. "I eat stuff a REGULAR HUMAN EATS, got that?"
*EAT!* the voice screamed again. *THIS HUNGER FOR SOULS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER! EAT! NOW!* Shadow
sighed.
"I'm not hungry," he whispered. "In fact, I'm quite full from all that fish we ate back there."
The voice in his head became aggrivated and desperate.
*HAD YOU EATEN THEM ALIVE, I MAY NOT BE HUNGRY!* Shadow laughed and stood.
"I was never too partial to sushi," he said with a small smirk.
*YOU THINK THIS IS A TIME FOR JOKING!?* Shadow chuckled.
"Do you ever stop yelling? Come on. Let's help this person out. Come, Charmeleon." Shadow's
Charmeleon, still darker than the blackest night, stepped from the shadows as well.
*NO!!! NOT INTO THE LIGHT!!! I AM POWERLESS IN LIGHT!*
"All the better," Shadow whispered in a breath. He stepped out of the shadows, his Charmeleon
close behind.
Shadow was his name, with barely any memory of his past; he couldn't even remember his first
name, let alone his last. He had never seen his face; he was always in a black cloak that sagged
slightly over his head, shrouding it in shadow and making it impossible to see. The cloak was
quite tattered, for he always wore it and nothing else for the past half-decade. On his hands,
well, what hands? Basically, his hands were skeletal, which was the reason he wore the cloak
over his face; he was afraid that, too, was a skull, and he didn't want to frighten anyone. On
one of his bone-fingers, he wore the Ring of the Dark Mage. He knew who the Dark Mage was; one
of the great elemental mages from long ago; that was the ring that contained his power; but he
had no idea where he got it or who had given it to him, he just knew that he wore it always.
And then, there was his Charmeleon. His only, and first, Pokémon. All he knew about this
Pokémon was that it too was part of the evil Shadow being that captured Shadow's soul.
Shadow walked over to the woman, causing the Ponyta to whinney shrilly and rear up. The woman
glared at Shadow with an icy gaze.
"What the hell are you trying to do!?" she yelled. "Bring the Rockets straight to us!? There
there, it's all right, Sunshine..." she whispered to the Ponyta, nuzzling her softly. After the
Ponyta had calmed, she looked Shadow over. "Well, you're dressed for doom, aren't you?" Shadow
cleared his throat slightly in discomfort.
"Hello, there, miss, I came to see if you need any help." The girl blinked a few times, then
smiled warmly.
"Well, you didn't have to scare the living crap out of my Sunshine here in the process, but I
appreciate it! I need tons of help, thanks for offering." She bended over to pick up a beat-up,
dirty sack. "Can you help me pick up some of my food? Those damn Rockets were through here."
Shadow nodded.
"Yeah? I've heard some wandering campers talk about them... the Rockets... Team Rocket, is it?"
the girl nodded. "Yeah... they said any rebels would die... I fail to see the point in that."
The girl looked at him once more.
"So what's up with your deathday outfit? It's kinda creepy." Shadow cleared his throat once
more.
"Can we talk about something else?" he asked nervously. He didn't want to scare this beautiful
girl into disliking him. The girl looked at her feet.
"I see. Well, my name's Lillite. I'm eighteen. How about you?" She looked up at the hood of
Shadow's cloak.
"I don't know my real name, so please, call me Shadow. It's what I most resemble, so I suppose
it suits me. I am nineteen years old." Lillite nodded. *Lillite...* Shadow thought gleefully.
*What a beautiful name... I suppose it suits her, with that radiant golden hair, shining silver
eyes, her name sounds just like light itself...* And yes, her hair was golden like the sun, eyes
like gleaming stars in the twilight, her skin the purest shade of natural tanned peach. Yes, she
was beautiful. She glanced at Shadow's Charmeleon, then jumped back in shock.
"What happened to him!?" She whispered in a frightened voice. Shadow looked at Charmeleon, who
looked back at Shadow with alarm in its eyes. Shadow didn't know what to say, so he decided to
make a joke of it.
"Oh, well, let's just call him a 'Charred-meleon'." Lillite laughed a little.
"That may not answer my question," she said, hoisting her makeshift tent onto the back of her
Ponyta, "but that doesn't really matter. Thanks for the help." Shadow helped Lillite to lift the
tent over onto Sunshine's back. Then, Lillite had a quick glance at Shadow's hands. The colour
drained from her face as she glared at Shadow's skeletal hands.
"Y-y-you!" She whispered in a mixture of fright and loathe. "Y-you're a Shadow Dweller!
A-and..." she saw the ring on one finger of bone. "...THE RING OF THE DARK MAGE...!" she yelled,
picking up other stray items and stuffing them in a tattered bag dangling lightly from her
shoulder. "G-go away! You're not gonna eat MY soul!" She mounted her Ponyta in fear. Shadow
sighed; he had been discovered.
"Wait!" he said, clasping Lillite's hand in a bony grip. Lillite screamed shrilly, and dropped
backwards off her horse into a faint.
Lillite awoke and looked at the sky. It was very dark. What had happened? How long had she been
asleep? The night sky was lit by the soft light of the full moon and the jewel-like stars
glowing aound it. She felt a soft warmth to her left, so she turned to see what it was...
A fire. A small bonfire crackling beside her. She sat up and looked around. There was Sunshine,
with every bit of Lillite's ruined camp material off the ground and on her back. She surveyed
the scenery once more, and saw a figure in a black cloak, cooking a fish on a stick that he had
shoved into the fire. Lillite gasped.
"You...!" she shouted angrily, standing. Shadow looked at her.
"Oh, hi, Lillite. You were really out, you slept like a log-"
"SAVE IT!" she yelled, walking as quickly as her legs could carry her without running to
Sunshine. "I'm out of here! Don't ever come near me again!" she mounted the Ponyta and kicked
her heels into its side. It ran off into the darkness.
"Damn," muttered Shadow, removing the speared fish from the fire and blowing on it.
*IS THAT ANY KIND OF GRATITUDE?* shouted the voice in his head. *CHASE HER! AND EAT HER SOUL!*
Shadow took a bite of his fish.
"I can't say I blame her," he said through a mouthful. "I'd be scared of me, too."
*BUT YOU HELPED HER!* boomed the voice. *THAT WAS NO SIGN OF APPRECIATION! CHASE HER! AND EAT
HER SOUL!* Shadow stood up.
"LISTEN!" he yelled. "I don't care for eating souls! Do whatever when I'm asleep, but I'm NOT
eating a human being."
*FINE!* the voice bellowed in Shadow's head. *I'M TAKING OVER THIS BODY FOR NOW!* Shadow
started making involuntary movements as the Shadow Dweller within took over.
*STOP!* shouted Shadow inside his head, but it was too late. The Shadow Dweller stuffed the
rest of the fish into his mouth and ran off into the direction Lillite had rode off on Sunshine.
"NEVER!" laughed the Dweller's inhuman voice, which was quite different from Shadow's. Shadow
was looking out the eyes of the Dweller, which were now not his own. The Dweller ran faster
and faster, until he finally saw Lillite (after approximately an hour of running through the
wood), sitting by a fire.
"Can you believe that?" Lillite whispered to Sunshine, stroking her golden mane of fire. "I
mean, a SHADOW DWELLER, trying to make conversation just so he could devour my soul. He seemed
like such a nice guy!"
*I am...* Shadow said inside his head.
"NO YOU'RE NOT," yelled the Dweller, scaring Lillite and making Sunshine rear up.
"Who's there!?" Lillite demanded, standing.
*Look what you did!* Shadow said. *You idiot! You totally blew our cover! I hope she gets you
killed!* The Dweller laughed.
"REMEMBER!" He boomed. "IF I DIE, YOU MUST ALSO!" Lillite lit a torch.
"Show yourself!" She yelled. The Shadow Dweller laughed.
"GLADLY!" Came his inhuman voice. He steadily walked from the wood into the light of Lillite's
fire. "HERE I AM!" Lillite gasped.
"Damn! Another Shadow Dweller! That other one must have told his friends!" The Dweller laughed.
"I ASSURE YOU, I AM THE SAME DWELLER." He sneered. Lillite frowned.
"Wh-what!? How can that be? That other one's voice was human." The Shadow Dweller laughed.
"YES, YES. HE IS HUMAN IN FACT. I ATE HIS SOUL YEARS AGO, BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED. HE BECAME
PART OF ME, AND NOW WE HAVE SPLIT PERSONALITIES. HIS CHARMELEON, WHOSE SOUL I ALSO ATE,
STRANGELY HAD A DIFFERENT REACTION. HE NOW HAS PART OF ME WITH HIM, AND HE MAY WALK FREELY,
WHEN I CHOOSE. IT WAS A VERY BAD IDEA TO SNUB SHADOW LIKE THAT. HAD YOU NOT DONE THAT, I WOULD
NOT BE HERE TO FEAST UPON YOUR SOUL NOW!" Lillite gasped as the Dweller took another step near
the fire. Then, he became powerless from the light, causing Shadow to take over. Lillite began
to back away.
"Wait, Lillite! It's all right! I've taken over for the moment!" Lillite looked at him, then
smiled.
"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have snubbed you like that... I was so surprised to be alive when I
awoke... I thought you were trying to catch me while I was most vulnerable, so I left as soon
as I could... but it was so nice of you to finish packing my things and to help me out when I
fainted. I'm sorry... I thought you were trying to kill me..." Shadow laughed.
"No problem. I often give that impression. How about you and I join up to try and get more
rebels together, and altogether defeat the Rockets? I'll make sure my Shadow Dweller 'friend'
here doesn't eat you or your Ponyta or anyone else but those damn Rockets. How does that sound?"
Lillite smiled and nodded.
"That sounds great. But if your Dweller 'friend' does eat my Ponyta, he's going to get his butt
kicked. Hear that, Dweller?"
*YES, FINE!* the Dweller shouted, agitated, in Shadow's head. Shadow laughed.
"He said 'YES FINE'." Lillite smiled.
"Good."
That night, Shadow slept in a seperate tent, or at least he THOUGHT he did. The Dweller let
Shadow sleep inside his head, while he took over and went in search for souls to eat and satisfy
his hunger. He used the Ring of the Dark Mage to seek out nearby Rockets or campers. He found
one sleeping person, and ate his soul, leaving him dead under his blankets. He walked back to
Lillite's camp and lay down inside the tent as the sun began to rise.
Hours later, Shadow awoke. He stretched and yawned, then stepped outside the the tent to greet
the day. He noticed that Lillite was not yet awake, so he thought he'd borrow Sunshine to catch
some breakfast at the lake. He gently nudged the Ponyta, waking her up.
"Sshh," he whispered, mounting her. "To the lake." Sunshine galloped off into the wood and to
the lake.
This was many years ago from the Pokémon we know today. You see, nowadays the humans of Pokémon
world have forgotten how to use magic and elemental powers, plus the now weak Magikarp made good
Pokémon, as well as good meals.
Shadow brought Sunshine to a halt by the lake, and shut his eyes (invisible, of course, behind
his cloak).
"Balaccio," he began in a chant, "Bringius fishius rodo." A long black stick with string
attached formed in his hands, apparently a fishing rod. An undersized Caterpie inched around on
the ground, catching Shadow's eye. He picked it up, and tied it to the string. He dipped the end
of the string with the Caterpie into the water and waited. Five minutes later, he felt a strong
tug at the end of his rope. His eyes widened.
"Oh, crap, this is a big one," he muttered, tugging on the rod. He stood and pulled with all
his might. He tugged, until finally, the large Magikarp flopped out of the water. Shadow smiled
triumphanly.
"All right!" He whistled. "Come here, Sunshine." The Ponyta slowly made her way over to Shadow,
and allowed him to mount her, the Magikarp in his hands. Before he kicked off, Shadow muttered a
counter-spell that made the rod disappear. "Bulluccio, Disappearus fishius rodo." The fishing
rod promptly disappeared. "All right, Sunshine. Back to the camp!" He jabbed his ankle lightly
into Sunshine's side, causing her to run, the Magikarp flopping limply in Shadow's hands.
Sunshine sped back to the camp, and found Lillite standing there, a look of utter panic across
her face.
"Uh oh," Shadow whispered.
*NICE ONE, SHADOW,* the Dweller laughed in his head. Lillite looked in the direction of
Sunshine, and yelled at the top of her lungs.
"YOU MORON!" she screamed. "YOU... YOU STUPID! YOU IDIOT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! I THOUGHT YOUR
FRIEND ATE MY PONYTA! YOU IDIOT! YOU SCARED THE LIVING-"
"Whoa! Calm down, Lillite! I just borrowed her to get some breakfast! See?" he dismounted
Sunshine and showed Lillite the large Magikarp he held. Lillite frowned.
"Well the next time you want to use my Ponyta, ASK." Sunshine walked over to Lillite, and
nuzzled her, almost as if to say "it's all right". Lillite smiled. "Sorry, Sunshine." Sunshine
whinnied softly. "Oh, I see," said Lillite.
"What was that?" Shadow asked. Lillite smiled.
"Oh, right, you can't understand Sunshine. You see, I know how to speak Ponyta. I could since
birth. Sunshine said that she's taken a liking to you." Shadow laughed lightly.
"Tell her I like her, too." Ponyta whinnied softly with a content look on her face. "Oh yeah...
Pokémon can understand humans..." Lillite giggled.
*Well,* Shadow thought. *I'm already on good terms with this girl, even though she thought YOU
ate her Ponyta.*
*I ALMOST DID,* said the Shadow Dweller inside his head, *IT LOOKED SO GOOD, AND JUICY, AND
FULL OF SOUL...* Shadow laughed aloud.
*Enough joking around.* Lillite looked at him quizzically.
"Erm, are you all right? What's so funny?" Shadow laughed again.
"Sorry. The Dweller and I were having a conversation in my head." Before Lillilte could ask
about the conversation (or at least call him crazy), Shadow changed the subject. "So anyway,
let's eat." Sunshine used Flamethrower at a pile of sticks which caught fire.
*There's something good about this guy,* Lillite thought, watching Shadow put the Magikarp in a
pan and place the pan in the fire, *I wonder what it is.*
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NOTES!
Okay, so some people have accused me of copying Ace Sanchez's "Pokémon MASTER" fanfic. I must
clear this up: I HAVE read his story (all eleven chapters, and the preview of chapter twelve;
no, I could not wait :p), it's AWESOME, but no, this fanfic is NOT based on it. I don't MEAN for
it to sound at all like his story! I just wanted to write a fanfiction series slightly similar
to my favourite book series, Harry Potter (and I said SLIGHTLY SIMILAR, not same).
Notice this is set many years before the Pokémon we know today; Magikarp were good to eat, and
the Shadow Dwellers were iliminated years after (more info on the last chapter, though). This is
going to be a little like Sailormoon N: takes forever to write :p But don't worry, I'm not
writing this on paper like I am Sailormoon N, so it'll take a little less than forever (I hope).
I'm thinking of writing an epilogue after this series is finished (as a matter of fact, I
will). I've already planned out the ending, I just need to think of the middle :p
Now for the interesting part: Where I got the idea for this fanfic. Well, on ICQ (my number is
46579662, nickname Nekonezume for all you who might wanna talk to me via ICQ), me and my friend
Analyze (hi Analyze ^_~) did a little RP-ing (role-playing), and I had a character named
"Shadow" from the beginning; he was a member of Team Rocket and we had captured Analyze and her
friends. At the time, I hadn't thought of a form for him, but a few days later, I decided he
would look like how I described him in this fic, except no skeleton hands and no "other self";
he was a guy in a black cloak. Later, he confessed his love for me to Analyze's friends (played
by Analyze though) and we (Shadow and I) ended up kissing after I thanked him for something and
kissed him on the cheek. We still RP, and now we're looking for Lord Voldemort (we added a
little Harry Potter stuff in there) and just found a Vulpix village. You will be updated on the
goings on of our RPG as this story continues ^_~ that is, if Analyze doesn't kill me after she
reads this... O_o :p
That's all for now. If you have any questions or comments (nice ones are appreciated...),
please contact me on ICQ (as I told you, 46579662) or e-mail at katiec@nb.sympatico.ca or
stoopid_cooper@hotmail.com . Thanks for reading!
Nekonezume
©2000 This story was written by Katie (oh sure! Like I'll give you my last name!). It is totally
100% fictional, which is why it's a fanfic! If you wanna use it on your webpage, then you must
e-mail me at katiec@nb.sympatico.ca. If I find my fanfic on your page without my permission,
then I will personally kill you. Have a nice day :P!
LEGAL POKéMON DESCLAIMER: Pokémon, characters, names, images and all related material are
copyrights of Nintendo. All right reserved.
NO copyright infringment was intended during the writing of this story. If anything is wrong
with copyright then please e-mail me so I can correct it. Thank you.
Light, Shrouded in Darkness, Part 1
A young woman, eighteen years of age, ran as quickly as utterly possible down the dense forest
trail, trying to catch her breath as she ran.
"Get back here, you-you witch!" shouted an angry male voice, the clomping of Rapidash hooves
drawing nearer to the woman. She counted her options. One; she could jump into some nearby
bushes, or two; she could continue to run, faint from exhaustion, and get caught by the Rockets
chasing her. She gratefully dove into the bushes in a somersault. She hid and peered through the
leaves, breathing heavily. The Rapidash sped by, masking the woman's hard breathing, thus
avoiding her completely. Unfortunetly, the moment after the Rapidash and their mountees climbed
a hill and disappeared, the woman realized she had just taken a headfirst dive into a bramble
patch. She leapt in agony, flying out of the bramble bush and landing on the ground... flat on
her back, causing her more pain than necessary.
"What is my problem today?" she muttered. "First those damn Rockets come and find my camp, next
they trash it, THEN they send their oversized Growlithe to try and kill me, then they chase me,
and now I'm face up on the ground covered in brambles. Things do NOT look good." She grabbed a
PokéBall from her side belt and released the Pokémon inside; a Ponyta. But this Ponyta however
was much different; her fire mane was golden like the sun, burning brightly, as was her tail;
the most beautiful Ponyta ever seen. This Ponyta however was not a fighting Ponyta; she was used
solely for riding.
"Okay, Sunshine," the woman whispered, mounting the golden Ponyta. "Do your stuff." She kicked
at the horse's sides gently and they sped off, in the opposite direction of the Rockets.
The shadow lurked behind a tree. He had been this way for five years now, and he still was not
used to it. He disliked being in the light, for when he was, his Other Self would yell at him.
So he kept in the shadows. Hiding behind another tree, he saw a girl riding a Ponyta with a mane
yellow as the moon stop at a nearby wreck.
"Just great," said the woman, dismounting the Ponyta with an angry scowl, "stupid Rockets." She
continued by cleaning up part of the mess that had been left. "Great, now I have to get the
remaining food, the matches..." she sighed, "damn. Sometimes I hate being a rebel." Shadow
suddenly had an urge to help her.
*EAT...* screamed the voice in his head. *FEAST UPON HER SOUL...* Shadow sighed.
"Look," he whispered to himself. "I eat stuff a REGULAR HUMAN EATS, got that?"
*EAT!* the voice screamed again. *THIS HUNGER FOR SOULS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER! EAT! NOW!* Shadow
sighed.
"I'm not hungry," he whispered. "In fact, I'm quite full from all that fish we ate back there."
The voice in his head became aggrivated and desperate.
*HAD YOU EATEN THEM ALIVE, I MAY NOT BE HUNGRY!* Shadow laughed and stood.
"I was never too partial to sushi," he said with a small smirk.
*YOU THINK THIS IS A TIME FOR JOKING!?* Shadow chuckled.
"Do you ever stop yelling? Come on. Let's help this person out. Come, Charmeleon." Shadow's
Charmeleon, still darker than the blackest night, stepped from the shadows as well.
*NO!!! NOT INTO THE LIGHT!!! I AM POWERLESS IN LIGHT!*
"All the better," Shadow whispered in a breath. He stepped out of the shadows, his Charmeleon
close behind.
Shadow was his name, with barely any memory of his past; he couldn't even remember his first
name, let alone his last. He had never seen his face; he was always in a black cloak that sagged
slightly over his head, shrouding it in shadow and making it impossible to see. The cloak was
quite tattered, for he always wore it and nothing else for the past half-decade. On his hands,
well, what hands? Basically, his hands were skeletal, which was the reason he wore the cloak
over his face; he was afraid that, too, was a skull, and he didn't want to frighten anyone. On
one of his bone-fingers, he wore the Ring of the Dark Mage. He knew who the Dark Mage was; one
of the great elemental mages from long ago; that was the ring that contained his power; but he
had no idea where he got it or who had given it to him, he just knew that he wore it always.
And then, there was his Charmeleon. His only, and first, Pokémon. All he knew about this
Pokémon was that it too was part of the evil Shadow being that captured Shadow's soul.
Shadow walked over to the woman, causing the Ponyta to whinney shrilly and rear up. The woman
glared at Shadow with an icy gaze.
"What the hell are you trying to do!?" she yelled. "Bring the Rockets straight to us!? There
there, it's all right, Sunshine..." she whispered to the Ponyta, nuzzling her softly. After the
Ponyta had calmed, she looked Shadow over. "Well, you're dressed for doom, aren't you?" Shadow
cleared his throat slightly in discomfort.
"Hello, there, miss, I came to see if you need any help." The girl blinked a few times, then
smiled warmly.
"Well, you didn't have to scare the living crap out of my Sunshine here in the process, but I
appreciate it! I need tons of help, thanks for offering." She bended over to pick up a beat-up,
dirty sack. "Can you help me pick up some of my food? Those damn Rockets were through here."
Shadow nodded.
"Yeah? I've heard some wandering campers talk about them... the Rockets... Team Rocket, is it?"
the girl nodded. "Yeah... they said any rebels would die... I fail to see the point in that."
The girl looked at him once more.
"So what's up with your deathday outfit? It's kinda creepy." Shadow cleared his throat once
more.
"Can we talk about something else?" he asked nervously. He didn't want to scare this beautiful
girl into disliking him. The girl looked at her feet.
"I see. Well, my name's Lillite. I'm eighteen. How about you?" She looked up at the hood of
Shadow's cloak.
"I don't know my real name, so please, call me Shadow. It's what I most resemble, so I suppose
it suits me. I am nineteen years old." Lillite nodded. *Lillite...* Shadow thought gleefully.
*What a beautiful name... I suppose it suits her, with that radiant golden hair, shining silver
eyes, her name sounds just like light itself...* And yes, her hair was golden like the sun, eyes
like gleaming stars in the twilight, her skin the purest shade of natural tanned peach. Yes, she
was beautiful. She glanced at Shadow's Charmeleon, then jumped back in shock.
"What happened to him!?" She whispered in a frightened voice. Shadow looked at Charmeleon, who
looked back at Shadow with alarm in its eyes. Shadow didn't know what to say, so he decided to
make a joke of it.
"Oh, well, let's just call him a 'Charred-meleon'." Lillite laughed a little.
"That may not answer my question," she said, hoisting her makeshift tent onto the back of her
Ponyta, "but that doesn't really matter. Thanks for the help." Shadow helped Lillite to lift the
tent over onto Sunshine's back. Then, Lillite had a quick glance at Shadow's hands. The colour
drained from her face as she glared at Shadow's skeletal hands.
"Y-y-you!" She whispered in a mixture of fright and loathe. "Y-you're a Shadow Dweller!
A-and..." she saw the ring on one finger of bone. "...THE RING OF THE DARK MAGE...!" she yelled,
picking up other stray items and stuffing them in a tattered bag dangling lightly from her
shoulder. "G-go away! You're not gonna eat MY soul!" She mounted her Ponyta in fear. Shadow
sighed; he had been discovered.
"Wait!" he said, clasping Lillite's hand in a bony grip. Lillite screamed shrilly, and dropped
backwards off her horse into a faint.
Lillite awoke and looked at the sky. It was very dark. What had happened? How long had she been
asleep? The night sky was lit by the soft light of the full moon and the jewel-like stars
glowing aound it. She felt a soft warmth to her left, so she turned to see what it was...
A fire. A small bonfire crackling beside her. She sat up and looked around. There was Sunshine,
with every bit of Lillite's ruined camp material off the ground and on her back. She surveyed
the scenery once more, and saw a figure in a black cloak, cooking a fish on a stick that he had
shoved into the fire. Lillite gasped.
"You...!" she shouted angrily, standing. Shadow looked at her.
"Oh, hi, Lillite. You were really out, you slept like a log-"
"SAVE IT!" she yelled, walking as quickly as her legs could carry her without running to
Sunshine. "I'm out of here! Don't ever come near me again!" she mounted the Ponyta and kicked
her heels into its side. It ran off into the darkness.
"Damn," muttered Shadow, removing the speared fish from the fire and blowing on it.
*IS THAT ANY KIND OF GRATITUDE?* shouted the voice in his head. *CHASE HER! AND EAT HER SOUL!*
Shadow took a bite of his fish.
"I can't say I blame her," he said through a mouthful. "I'd be scared of me, too."
*BUT YOU HELPED HER!* boomed the voice. *THAT WAS NO SIGN OF APPRECIATION! CHASE HER! AND EAT
HER SOUL!* Shadow stood up.
"LISTEN!" he yelled. "I don't care for eating souls! Do whatever when I'm asleep, but I'm NOT
eating a human being."
*FINE!* the voice bellowed in Shadow's head. *I'M TAKING OVER THIS BODY FOR NOW!* Shadow
started making involuntary movements as the Shadow Dweller within took over.
*STOP!* shouted Shadow inside his head, but it was too late. The Shadow Dweller stuffed the
rest of the fish into his mouth and ran off into the direction Lillite had rode off on Sunshine.
"NEVER!" laughed the Dweller's inhuman voice, which was quite different from Shadow's. Shadow
was looking out the eyes of the Dweller, which were now not his own. The Dweller ran faster
and faster, until he finally saw Lillite (after approximately an hour of running through the
wood), sitting by a fire.
"Can you believe that?" Lillite whispered to Sunshine, stroking her golden mane of fire. "I
mean, a SHADOW DWELLER, trying to make conversation just so he could devour my soul. He seemed
like such a nice guy!"
*I am...* Shadow said inside his head.
"NO YOU'RE NOT," yelled the Dweller, scaring Lillite and making Sunshine rear up.
"Who's there!?" Lillite demanded, standing.
*Look what you did!* Shadow said. *You idiot! You totally blew our cover! I hope she gets you
killed!* The Dweller laughed.
"REMEMBER!" He boomed. "IF I DIE, YOU MUST ALSO!" Lillite lit a torch.
"Show yourself!" She yelled. The Shadow Dweller laughed.
"GLADLY!" Came his inhuman voice. He steadily walked from the wood into the light of Lillite's
fire. "HERE I AM!" Lillite gasped.
"Damn! Another Shadow Dweller! That other one must have told his friends!" The Dweller laughed.
"I ASSURE YOU, I AM THE SAME DWELLER." He sneered. Lillite frowned.
"Wh-what!? How can that be? That other one's voice was human." The Shadow Dweller laughed.
"YES, YES. HE IS HUMAN IN FACT. I ATE HIS SOUL YEARS AGO, BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED. HE BECAME
PART OF ME, AND NOW WE HAVE SPLIT PERSONALITIES. HIS CHARMELEON, WHOSE SOUL I ALSO ATE,
STRANGELY HAD A DIFFERENT REACTION. HE NOW HAS PART OF ME WITH HIM, AND HE MAY WALK FREELY,
WHEN I CHOOSE. IT WAS A VERY BAD IDEA TO SNUB SHADOW LIKE THAT. HAD YOU NOT DONE THAT, I WOULD
NOT BE HERE TO FEAST UPON YOUR SOUL NOW!" Lillite gasped as the Dweller took another step near
the fire. Then, he became powerless from the light, causing Shadow to take over. Lillite began
to back away.
"Wait, Lillite! It's all right! I've taken over for the moment!" Lillite looked at him, then
smiled.
"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have snubbed you like that... I was so surprised to be alive when I
awoke... I thought you were trying to catch me while I was most vulnerable, so I left as soon
as I could... but it was so nice of you to finish packing my things and to help me out when I
fainted. I'm sorry... I thought you were trying to kill me..." Shadow laughed.
"No problem. I often give that impression. How about you and I join up to try and get more
rebels together, and altogether defeat the Rockets? I'll make sure my Shadow Dweller 'friend'
here doesn't eat you or your Ponyta or anyone else but those damn Rockets. How does that sound?"
Lillite smiled and nodded.
"That sounds great. But if your Dweller 'friend' does eat my Ponyta, he's going to get his butt
kicked. Hear that, Dweller?"
*YES, FINE!* the Dweller shouted, agitated, in Shadow's head. Shadow laughed.
"He said 'YES FINE'." Lillite smiled.
"Good."
That night, Shadow slept in a seperate tent, or at least he THOUGHT he did. The Dweller let
Shadow sleep inside his head, while he took over and went in search for souls to eat and satisfy
his hunger. He used the Ring of the Dark Mage to seek out nearby Rockets or campers. He found
one sleeping person, and ate his soul, leaving him dead under his blankets. He walked back to
Lillite's camp and lay down inside the tent as the sun began to rise.
Hours later, Shadow awoke. He stretched and yawned, then stepped outside the the tent to greet
the day. He noticed that Lillite was not yet awake, so he thought he'd borrow Sunshine to catch
some breakfast at the lake. He gently nudged the Ponyta, waking her up.
"Sshh," he whispered, mounting her. "To the lake." Sunshine galloped off into the wood and to
the lake.
This was many years ago from the Pokémon we know today. You see, nowadays the humans of Pokémon
world have forgotten how to use magic and elemental powers, plus the now weak Magikarp made good
Pokémon, as well as good meals.
Shadow brought Sunshine to a halt by the lake, and shut his eyes (invisible, of course, behind
his cloak).
"Balaccio," he began in a chant, "Bringius fishius rodo." A long black stick with string
attached formed in his hands, apparently a fishing rod. An undersized Caterpie inched around on
the ground, catching Shadow's eye. He picked it up, and tied it to the string. He dipped the end
of the string with the Caterpie into the water and waited. Five minutes later, he felt a strong
tug at the end of his rope. His eyes widened.
"Oh, crap, this is a big one," he muttered, tugging on the rod. He stood and pulled with all
his might. He tugged, until finally, the large Magikarp flopped out of the water. Shadow smiled
triumphanly.
"All right!" He whistled. "Come here, Sunshine." The Ponyta slowly made her way over to Shadow,
and allowed him to mount her, the Magikarp in his hands. Before he kicked off, Shadow muttered a
counter-spell that made the rod disappear. "Bulluccio, Disappearus fishius rodo." The fishing
rod promptly disappeared. "All right, Sunshine. Back to the camp!" He jabbed his ankle lightly
into Sunshine's side, causing her to run, the Magikarp flopping limply in Shadow's hands.
Sunshine sped back to the camp, and found Lillite standing there, a look of utter panic across
her face.
"Uh oh," Shadow whispered.
*NICE ONE, SHADOW,* the Dweller laughed in his head. Lillite looked in the direction of
Sunshine, and yelled at the top of her lungs.
"YOU MORON!" she screamed. "YOU... YOU STUPID! YOU IDIOT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! I THOUGHT YOUR
FRIEND ATE MY PONYTA! YOU IDIOT! YOU SCARED THE LIVING-"
"Whoa! Calm down, Lillite! I just borrowed her to get some breakfast! See?" he dismounted
Sunshine and showed Lillite the large Magikarp he held. Lillite frowned.
"Well the next time you want to use my Ponyta, ASK." Sunshine walked over to Lillite, and
nuzzled her, almost as if to say "it's all right". Lillite smiled. "Sorry, Sunshine." Sunshine
whinnied softly. "Oh, I see," said Lillite.
"What was that?" Shadow asked. Lillite smiled.
"Oh, right, you can't understand Sunshine. You see, I know how to speak Ponyta. I could since
birth. Sunshine said that she's taken a liking to you." Shadow laughed lightly.
"Tell her I like her, too." Ponyta whinnied softly with a content look on her face. "Oh yeah...
Pokémon can understand humans..." Lillite giggled.
*Well,* Shadow thought. *I'm already on good terms with this girl, even though she thought YOU
ate her Ponyta.*
*I ALMOST DID,* said the Shadow Dweller inside his head, *IT LOOKED SO GOOD, AND JUICY, AND
FULL OF SOUL...* Shadow laughed aloud.
*Enough joking around.* Lillite looked at him quizzically.
"Erm, are you all right? What's so funny?" Shadow laughed again.
"Sorry. The Dweller and I were having a conversation in my head." Before Lillilte could ask
about the conversation (or at least call him crazy), Shadow changed the subject. "So anyway,
let's eat." Sunshine used Flamethrower at a pile of sticks which caught fire.
*There's something good about this guy,* Lillite thought, watching Shadow put the Magikarp in a
pan and place the pan in the fire, *I wonder what it is.*
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NOTES!
Okay, so some people have accused me of copying Ace Sanchez's "Pokémon MASTER" fanfic. I must
clear this up: I HAVE read his story (all eleven chapters, and the preview of chapter twelve;
no, I could not wait :p), it's AWESOME, but no, this fanfic is NOT based on it. I don't MEAN for
it to sound at all like his story! I just wanted to write a fanfiction series slightly similar
to my favourite book series, Harry Potter (and I said SLIGHTLY SIMILAR, not same).
Notice this is set many years before the Pokémon we know today; Magikarp were good to eat, and
the Shadow Dwellers were iliminated years after (more info on the last chapter, though). This is
going to be a little like Sailormoon N: takes forever to write :p But don't worry, I'm not
writing this on paper like I am Sailormoon N, so it'll take a little less than forever (I hope).
I'm thinking of writing an epilogue after this series is finished (as a matter of fact, I
will). I've already planned out the ending, I just need to think of the middle :p
Now for the interesting part: Where I got the idea for this fanfic. Well, on ICQ (my number is
46579662, nickname Nekonezume for all you who might wanna talk to me via ICQ), me and my friend
Analyze (hi Analyze ^_~) did a little RP-ing (role-playing), and I had a character named
"Shadow" from the beginning; he was a member of Team Rocket and we had captured Analyze and her
friends. At the time, I hadn't thought of a form for him, but a few days later, I decided he
would look like how I described him in this fic, except no skeleton hands and no "other self";
he was a guy in a black cloak. Later, he confessed his love for me to Analyze's friends (played
by Analyze though) and we (Shadow and I) ended up kissing after I thanked him for something and
kissed him on the cheek. We still RP, and now we're looking for Lord Voldemort (we added a
little Harry Potter stuff in there) and just found a Vulpix village. You will be updated on the
goings on of our RPG as this story continues ^_~ that is, if Analyze doesn't kill me after she
reads this... O_o :p
That's all for now. If you have any questions or comments (nice ones are appreciated...),
please contact me on ICQ (as I told you, 46579662) or e-mail at katiec@nb.sympatico.ca or
stoopid_cooper@hotmail.com . Thanks for reading!
Nekonezume