21st Century Vulpix presents
THE FIRST EPIC
By PinkScyther
DISCLAIMER: None.
Key: {Psychic thought speech}, translated Pokémon speech
Alright, if this goes the way I plan, this is the story of the first planet in the Epic System. The name will be explained in the fic. There are 18 planets in the Epic System, so there will be 18 stories, plus another one about all of them together.
Before there were Pokémon on earth, they lived in the Epic System. They were a highly intelligent and advanced race. But the Epic Star, their sun, is old and about to become a red giant. If they are to escape extinction, they must move to another planet before their system is swallowed up.
Started: 14/6/01
Fate.
Destiny.
A dictionary would give both words almost the same meaning. But language has its holes. Why then, would you refer to a doomed person as fated? Why not destined?
Destiny and Fate are two different things, vastly powerful and intangible forces, acting on everything, living or not. Sometimes they are separate, sometimes almost merging. Destiny controls life. Fate controls the event of death. When the two merge, death is part of your Destiny, and so is inescapeable.
Destiny and Fate now came close together. They shone upon the Epic System. The Epic System got its name from the epic tale that would become a legend, the epic tale that was now about to take place as a reality. It was time to decide the future of a race. The race called Pokémon.
***
{Great Mew, why have you called us here?}
Lugia bowed his head respectfully. The Legendary Pokémon sat silently in their leader's presence. Mew rarely showed herself to anyone unless there was a serious reason.
Legendary Pokémon, I have come to discuss with you a matter of great importance,
The Legendary Pokémon lived on the eighteenth planet of the Epic System, the Legendary Epic. Great Mew had called all the Legendary Pokémon to the meeting place, a mystical hidden valley.
From the outside at least, it looked like a valley. But inside, under the bright clear sun in the azure sky, the sparkling blue sea lapped gently at the smooth white sand, which gave way to lush, deep, emerald green grass. The grass in turn gave way to cold, unforgiving, hard white ice cliffs, rising steeply until they seemed to touch the steely grey clouds. The entire place was in stark contrast to itself, while at the same time being in strange harmony.
Mew floated a few feet off the ground, the ice cliffs to her right. Lugia and Ho-oh were directly in front of her, and behind them were the other Legendary Birds and the Legendary Dogs.
High up on the ice cliffs, Celebi watched the meeting. Celebi too had been called here, and watched silently.
Lugia raised his head and folded his wings. The other Pokémon bowed as well, then listened attentively to Mew's words.
As you know, our sun, the Epic Star, is old. It is under constant watch should it display any significant or potentially dangerous changes or activities. It has now come to my attention that it will soon reach the point of its cycle where it explodes, or becomes a red giant. When this happens, the Epic System will be engulfed and burned into oblivion,
Mew fixed a steady eye on all Pokémon present. If we are within the System when this happens, we will certainly be wiped out. The Pokémon race will become extinct.
Mew watched every Pokémon's expression. Entei was the first to speak.
{I am a believer in Destiny. In my opinion, it is obvious that our time in this world is up, and we are destined to become extinct, so a new race might take our place.}
Lugia shook his head. {I disagree. I too, am a believer in Destiny, but I also believe in Fate.}
Moltres spoke up. But aren't Destiny and Fate almost the same?
{Yes, as you said they are almost. But not completely. Entei, you have confused the two. Our Fate seems to be that we will become extinct. But is it not our Destiny to try and subvert Fate, and be destined to live on until Fate can claim us?}
Ho-oh considered Lugia's words, and answered. {I think Lugia is right. For why do we have great intelligence and technology, if not to use to our fullest extent, in this case to ensure our survival?}
{I see your point, Lugia. I now better understand Destiny and Fate. I agree with you both that we should try to avoid extinction.}
However you look at life, it all really comes down to a struggle for survival, Articuno added.
One by one now, all Pokémon looked at each other and nodded slowly. It was agreed.
Thankyou all for your wise words. I am sure we now all agree on what must be done, said Mew.
{Great Mew, there is now only one question: what are we going to do? said Suicune.
I think the question may rather be how? For I see only one solution: we must move to another planet, replied Zapdos.
You are right, Zapdos. We will move to another planet, said Mew.
{But Great Mew, which planet could we move to?} asked Raikou.
Mew concentrated, and created a holographic image of a blue and green planet.
This is the one, she said. It is called Earth.
***
All was quiet and life went on as normal on the first planet in the Epic System, the Fire Epic. The Pokémon got on with their lives in the way they preferred, a natural existence. The amazing technology they owned was used only in emergencies, thus keeping their world uncluttered and untainted by unnecessary surpluses of technological advances.
The Fire Epic was a hot, dry, rugged, volcanic planet. Scorching deserts dominated most of the land, with the rest taken up by dormant and active volcanoes, great stretches of mountain ranges, occasional oceans and rocky, infertile plains. It was the home of Fire-Type Pokémon, the climate being ideal as it was the closest planet to the sun.
The leader of the planet was Great Charizard. Great Charizard was not a dictator, just a leader. He made the decisions affecting the whole planet, and generally acted like a leader of a herd of Pokémon, except his herd was the entire population of the Fire Epic.
Great Charizard lay in his favourite sunbaking spot, just at the bottom of a huge dormant volcano. It was summer and the weather was perfect. He yawned, stretched and rolled over. Half asleep, he paid no attention to the sound of stones rolling behind him.
The figure in the shadows near Great Charizard cursed at his own clumsiness. It was he who had set the stones rolling. He flattened himself against a boulder and held his breath, listening and watching for any signs of stirring from Great Charizard. When the figure saw that he was dozing off, he released the breath he was holding, and edged closer.
The figure was actually a Typhlosion, who everyone called Bully, because that is what he was. He wasn't just a bully, he was mean and deceitful, and trusted by nobody.
Bully hadn't always been like this. He was abandoned as a baby, and had never had a secure home or any family. His sadness had worn off as he got older and was replaced by a bitterness. He and Great Charizard had been enemies ever since they first met. When Great Charizard had been chosen to be leader of the Fire Epic over him, Bully's sorrow, anger, bitterness and hatred for everyone, especially Great Charizard, had crystallised. Now all Bully wanted was to overthrow Great Charizard, and rule over all the Fire Pokémon. He would finally get the attention he had never had. This was the reason he was sneaking up on Great Charizard.
In the past, no matter how many times he tried, Bully could never defeat him in battle. Great Charizard was too strong. This only made Bully angrier and more determined. He would beat Great Charizard, even if it meant he had to kill him to hold the position unchallenged. No other Fire Pokémon on the whole planet was as strong as Bully.
So now Bully planned to gain the battle advantage with a surprise attack. If he moved fast enough and got in before Great Charizard had a chance to fight back, he could injure him, and then it would be over soon. Bully would kill Great Charizard and take over his leadership.
With a roar, Bully leapt. In a flash, Great Charizard was awake, but it was already too late. Bully held him to the ground. With another roar he unleashed a powerful Fire Blast attack on Great Charizard.
Great Charizard roared and writhed in pain, but Bully held fast. Bully slammed Great Charizard's head into the rocky ground. Great Charizard shook his head, and cleared his thoughts. With an angry cry, he stood up and took off flying.
Bully held on, but Great Charizard flew at such a speed that with a shock he realised he was slipping. Bully slid over Great Charizard's back, and grabbed ahold of his foot. Great Charizard began to fly down, and then with a mighty effort kicked out and sent Bully crashing hard into the ground.
Great Charizard landed softly and watched as Bully slowly and painfully got up. Great Charizard looked into his eye, and said nothing for a second. Bully looked away from his gaze uncomfortably. Finally, Great Charizard spoke.
You coward, he said in a calm but cold and angry voice. You cannot even issue an honorable challenge. I should have nothing to do with a Pokémon low enough to make surprise attacks, but this is the the final straw. It is time for me to put an end to this.
With those words, Great Charizard roared fearsomely and directed a powerful Flamethrower at Bully.
Bully cringed, and cried out in pain and anger. He fixed Great Charizard with a murderous stare. No, I will end this! I will have my revenge on you, Great Charizard! he sneered, spitting out the word "Great" as if it tasted bad. He let out a horrible mixture of a roar, a scream and a snarl, and charged furiously at Great Charizard, the flame collar on his neck flaring angrily. Bully leapt and sank his teeth into Great Charizard's stomach. Great Charizard stepped back, slightly surprised, but retaliated by punching Bully in the head. Bully unwillingly let go as he was knocked over by the punch.
This battle was unlike any Pokémon battle in history. It was furious, cold-blooded fighting, and full of hatred. The Pokémon inflicted serious injuries on each other, actually drawing blood as well as lowering Hit Points.
Bully snarled wildly and slashed at Great Charizard frenziedly. Great Charizard stepped back with a scream of pain, then faced Bully again and slashed him across the face. While Bully was crying in pain Great Charizard bashed him in the stomach with his head. Bully fell over backwards, and stayed there. He opened his eyes and the two Pokémon rested, breathing heavily. Great Charizard fixed Bully in a stony stare, while Bully glared defiantly back. But the defiance did not last long, and was replaced with a look of defeat. Bully slumped down on the ground, fainted. Great Charizard stayed still for a few seconds, breathing deeply, before turning and limping back to his home.
As Great Charizard dragged himself to the mouth of his cave, his last remaining ounce of strength was worn away, and he flopped down on the ground just inside the cave.
A Charmeleon rushed to his side. Dad? There was no response.
***
That night, Great Charizard had recovered a fair bit with care and attention, and was now lying comfortably in his cave with his family after managing a fair meal.
His family listened to his story of Bully's surprise attack.
Great Charizard's son, a strong and intelligent Charmeleon, had called Great Charizard's mate after Great Charizard had fainted in the cave doorway, and together the two had brought him in and made him comfortable, cleaning his wounds and getting him to take some water.
Now, Great Charizard felt vastly better, but knew that he was not at his full health yet and should spend a few days resting.
There was a cough at the cave entrance, and a Ninetails stepped into view. Excuse me, Great Charizard, but I bring a message for you and your family, it said, bowing.
With difficulty, Great Charizard sat up. Go on, he said.
Great Mew and the Legendary Pokémon have reached the decision that we will be leaving the Epic System shortly for another planet, the Ninetails said, standing up straight.
Another planet? Why? asked the Charmeleon.
It has been confirmed that sometime between now and the next few years, our sun will explode and destroy the Epic System, so we will be called to take all Pokémon to the planet designated by Great Mew.
Thankyou, said Great Charizard. You should leave now. The rest of the Pokémon must be notified.
They will be. Thankyou for your time, Great Charizard. The Ninetails bowed again and left.
As Great Charizard settled back down, a cry came from the Ninetails, causing him to sit back up.
Great Charizard and his family rushed outside, to see what had upset the Ninetails.
The Ninetails was staring up at the sky.
What is wrong? asked Great Charizard.
The Ninetails gestured towards the sky. Blocking out the Fire Epic's only moon was a giant brown spacecraft, about half the size of the Epic Star. It was triangular in shape, with two huge engines at the back and what seemed to be a laser on the front.
There is an unidentified craft in our airspace, said the Ninetails.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Finished: 14/6/01
Wow... Even I'm surprised. I didn't know I could write like that. PLEASE review!!!
THE FIRST EPIC
By PinkScyther
DISCLAIMER: None.
Key: {Psychic thought speech}, translated Pokémon speech
Alright, if this goes the way I plan, this is the story of the first planet in the Epic System. The name will be explained in the fic. There are 18 planets in the Epic System, so there will be 18 stories, plus another one about all of them together.
Before there were Pokémon on earth, they lived in the Epic System. They were a highly intelligent and advanced race. But the Epic Star, their sun, is old and about to become a red giant. If they are to escape extinction, they must move to another planet before their system is swallowed up.
Started: 14/6/01
Fate.
Destiny.
A dictionary would give both words almost the same meaning. But language has its holes. Why then, would you refer to a doomed person as fated? Why not destined?
Destiny and Fate are two different things, vastly powerful and intangible forces, acting on everything, living or not. Sometimes they are separate, sometimes almost merging. Destiny controls life. Fate controls the event of death. When the two merge, death is part of your Destiny, and so is inescapeable.
Destiny and Fate now came close together. They shone upon the Epic System. The Epic System got its name from the epic tale that would become a legend, the epic tale that was now about to take place as a reality. It was time to decide the future of a race. The race called Pokémon.
***
{Great Mew, why have you called us here?}
Lugia bowed his head respectfully. The Legendary Pokémon sat silently in their leader's presence. Mew rarely showed herself to anyone unless there was a serious reason.
Legendary Pokémon, I have come to discuss with you a matter of great importance,
The Legendary Pokémon lived on the eighteenth planet of the Epic System, the Legendary Epic. Great Mew had called all the Legendary Pokémon to the meeting place, a mystical hidden valley.
From the outside at least, it looked like a valley. But inside, under the bright clear sun in the azure sky, the sparkling blue sea lapped gently at the smooth white sand, which gave way to lush, deep, emerald green grass. The grass in turn gave way to cold, unforgiving, hard white ice cliffs, rising steeply until they seemed to touch the steely grey clouds. The entire place was in stark contrast to itself, while at the same time being in strange harmony.
Mew floated a few feet off the ground, the ice cliffs to her right. Lugia and Ho-oh were directly in front of her, and behind them were the other Legendary Birds and the Legendary Dogs.
High up on the ice cliffs, Celebi watched the meeting. Celebi too had been called here, and watched silently.
Lugia raised his head and folded his wings. The other Pokémon bowed as well, then listened attentively to Mew's words.
As you know, our sun, the Epic Star, is old. It is under constant watch should it display any significant or potentially dangerous changes or activities. It has now come to my attention that it will soon reach the point of its cycle where it explodes, or becomes a red giant. When this happens, the Epic System will be engulfed and burned into oblivion,
Mew fixed a steady eye on all Pokémon present. If we are within the System when this happens, we will certainly be wiped out. The Pokémon race will become extinct.
Mew watched every Pokémon's expression. Entei was the first to speak.
{I am a believer in Destiny. In my opinion, it is obvious that our time in this world is up, and we are destined to become extinct, so a new race might take our place.}
Lugia shook his head. {I disagree. I too, am a believer in Destiny, but I also believe in Fate.}
Moltres spoke up. But aren't Destiny and Fate almost the same?
{Yes, as you said they are almost. But not completely. Entei, you have confused the two. Our Fate seems to be that we will become extinct. But is it not our Destiny to try and subvert Fate, and be destined to live on until Fate can claim us?}
Ho-oh considered Lugia's words, and answered. {I think Lugia is right. For why do we have great intelligence and technology, if not to use to our fullest extent, in this case to ensure our survival?}
{I see your point, Lugia. I now better understand Destiny and Fate. I agree with you both that we should try to avoid extinction.}
However you look at life, it all really comes down to a struggle for survival, Articuno added.
One by one now, all Pokémon looked at each other and nodded slowly. It was agreed.
Thankyou all for your wise words. I am sure we now all agree on what must be done, said Mew.
{Great Mew, there is now only one question: what are we going to do? said Suicune.
I think the question may rather be how? For I see only one solution: we must move to another planet, replied Zapdos.
You are right, Zapdos. We will move to another planet, said Mew.
{But Great Mew, which planet could we move to?} asked Raikou.
Mew concentrated, and created a holographic image of a blue and green planet.
This is the one, she said. It is called Earth.
***
All was quiet and life went on as normal on the first planet in the Epic System, the Fire Epic. The Pokémon got on with their lives in the way they preferred, a natural existence. The amazing technology they owned was used only in emergencies, thus keeping their world uncluttered and untainted by unnecessary surpluses of technological advances.
The Fire Epic was a hot, dry, rugged, volcanic planet. Scorching deserts dominated most of the land, with the rest taken up by dormant and active volcanoes, great stretches of mountain ranges, occasional oceans and rocky, infertile plains. It was the home of Fire-Type Pokémon, the climate being ideal as it was the closest planet to the sun.
The leader of the planet was Great Charizard. Great Charizard was not a dictator, just a leader. He made the decisions affecting the whole planet, and generally acted like a leader of a herd of Pokémon, except his herd was the entire population of the Fire Epic.
Great Charizard lay in his favourite sunbaking spot, just at the bottom of a huge dormant volcano. It was summer and the weather was perfect. He yawned, stretched and rolled over. Half asleep, he paid no attention to the sound of stones rolling behind him.
The figure in the shadows near Great Charizard cursed at his own clumsiness. It was he who had set the stones rolling. He flattened himself against a boulder and held his breath, listening and watching for any signs of stirring from Great Charizard. When the figure saw that he was dozing off, he released the breath he was holding, and edged closer.
The figure was actually a Typhlosion, who everyone called Bully, because that is what he was. He wasn't just a bully, he was mean and deceitful, and trusted by nobody.
Bully hadn't always been like this. He was abandoned as a baby, and had never had a secure home or any family. His sadness had worn off as he got older and was replaced by a bitterness. He and Great Charizard had been enemies ever since they first met. When Great Charizard had been chosen to be leader of the Fire Epic over him, Bully's sorrow, anger, bitterness and hatred for everyone, especially Great Charizard, had crystallised. Now all Bully wanted was to overthrow Great Charizard, and rule over all the Fire Pokémon. He would finally get the attention he had never had. This was the reason he was sneaking up on Great Charizard.
In the past, no matter how many times he tried, Bully could never defeat him in battle. Great Charizard was too strong. This only made Bully angrier and more determined. He would beat Great Charizard, even if it meant he had to kill him to hold the position unchallenged. No other Fire Pokémon on the whole planet was as strong as Bully.
So now Bully planned to gain the battle advantage with a surprise attack. If he moved fast enough and got in before Great Charizard had a chance to fight back, he could injure him, and then it would be over soon. Bully would kill Great Charizard and take over his leadership.
With a roar, Bully leapt. In a flash, Great Charizard was awake, but it was already too late. Bully held him to the ground. With another roar he unleashed a powerful Fire Blast attack on Great Charizard.
Great Charizard roared and writhed in pain, but Bully held fast. Bully slammed Great Charizard's head into the rocky ground. Great Charizard shook his head, and cleared his thoughts. With an angry cry, he stood up and took off flying.
Bully held on, but Great Charizard flew at such a speed that with a shock he realised he was slipping. Bully slid over Great Charizard's back, and grabbed ahold of his foot. Great Charizard began to fly down, and then with a mighty effort kicked out and sent Bully crashing hard into the ground.
Great Charizard landed softly and watched as Bully slowly and painfully got up. Great Charizard looked into his eye, and said nothing for a second. Bully looked away from his gaze uncomfortably. Finally, Great Charizard spoke.
You coward, he said in a calm but cold and angry voice. You cannot even issue an honorable challenge. I should have nothing to do with a Pokémon low enough to make surprise attacks, but this is the the final straw. It is time for me to put an end to this.
With those words, Great Charizard roared fearsomely and directed a powerful Flamethrower at Bully.
Bully cringed, and cried out in pain and anger. He fixed Great Charizard with a murderous stare. No, I will end this! I will have my revenge on you, Great Charizard! he sneered, spitting out the word "Great" as if it tasted bad. He let out a horrible mixture of a roar, a scream and a snarl, and charged furiously at Great Charizard, the flame collar on his neck flaring angrily. Bully leapt and sank his teeth into Great Charizard's stomach. Great Charizard stepped back, slightly surprised, but retaliated by punching Bully in the head. Bully unwillingly let go as he was knocked over by the punch.
This battle was unlike any Pokémon battle in history. It was furious, cold-blooded fighting, and full of hatred. The Pokémon inflicted serious injuries on each other, actually drawing blood as well as lowering Hit Points.
Bully snarled wildly and slashed at Great Charizard frenziedly. Great Charizard stepped back with a scream of pain, then faced Bully again and slashed him across the face. While Bully was crying in pain Great Charizard bashed him in the stomach with his head. Bully fell over backwards, and stayed there. He opened his eyes and the two Pokémon rested, breathing heavily. Great Charizard fixed Bully in a stony stare, while Bully glared defiantly back. But the defiance did not last long, and was replaced with a look of defeat. Bully slumped down on the ground, fainted. Great Charizard stayed still for a few seconds, breathing deeply, before turning and limping back to his home.
As Great Charizard dragged himself to the mouth of his cave, his last remaining ounce of strength was worn away, and he flopped down on the ground just inside the cave.
A Charmeleon rushed to his side. Dad? There was no response.
***
That night, Great Charizard had recovered a fair bit with care and attention, and was now lying comfortably in his cave with his family after managing a fair meal.
His family listened to his story of Bully's surprise attack.
Great Charizard's son, a strong and intelligent Charmeleon, had called Great Charizard's mate after Great Charizard had fainted in the cave doorway, and together the two had brought him in and made him comfortable, cleaning his wounds and getting him to take some water.
Now, Great Charizard felt vastly better, but knew that he was not at his full health yet and should spend a few days resting.
There was a cough at the cave entrance, and a Ninetails stepped into view. Excuse me, Great Charizard, but I bring a message for you and your family, it said, bowing.
With difficulty, Great Charizard sat up. Go on, he said.
Great Mew and the Legendary Pokémon have reached the decision that we will be leaving the Epic System shortly for another planet, the Ninetails said, standing up straight.
Another planet? Why? asked the Charmeleon.
It has been confirmed that sometime between now and the next few years, our sun will explode and destroy the Epic System, so we will be called to take all Pokémon to the planet designated by Great Mew.
Thankyou, said Great Charizard. You should leave now. The rest of the Pokémon must be notified.
They will be. Thankyou for your time, Great Charizard. The Ninetails bowed again and left.
As Great Charizard settled back down, a cry came from the Ninetails, causing him to sit back up.
Great Charizard and his family rushed outside, to see what had upset the Ninetails.
The Ninetails was staring up at the sky.
What is wrong? asked Great Charizard.
The Ninetails gestured towards the sky. Blocking out the Fire Epic's only moon was a giant brown spacecraft, about half the size of the Epic Star. It was triangular in shape, with two huge engines at the back and what seemed to be a laser on the front.
There is an unidentified craft in our airspace, said the Ninetails.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Finished: 14/6/01
Wow... Even I'm surprised. I didn't know I could write like that. PLEASE review!!!