Author's Notes: I do not own Pokemon, nor any thing pokemon related by
legal rights. (Yes, I did rip this title from Warcraft 2, I don't own
Warcraft either, nor blizzard. Leave me alone with these stupid legal
rights. Tides of darkness was the only title that seemed to fit this…)
Characters:
Ash (With Pikachu)
Misty
Brock
Kirk (Brief Appearance)
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1 CHAPTER 2A – Tides Of Darkness
1.1 Our story sets off as Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu are heading towards the ferries to get a ride to the next island. They arrive at the ferries at around 6:52am and buy their tickets for the ferry. They had 8 minutes to wait before the ferry would be ready to leave. They walked around the docks where the ferries were being held at so it wouldn't leave without them.
1.2 "I hope the ferry leaves soon, because I don't want to wait." Ash complained.
"Ash, the boat ride is two hours long to get to the next island, we'll have a wait no matter when it leaves" Brock said.
They continued to wander the docks in search of something to do but found nothing to do. There were a few people up though standing by the ferries but not by the one they were going to take, it looked like their ferry ride was going to be alone. Misty glanced at the time on the docks, 6:59am. They all decided to go to the ferry they were taking so it wouldn't leave with out them.
"Are you the kids who needed a ride to Isrum Island?" The driver asked.
"Yes" Misty replied.
"Well, hop in, we're leaving now" The driver said.
They hopped in and sat down in the seats. The boat was fairly large for just them, it looked to be a type of speedboat. Even though it would still take them two hours to get the Isrum Island. Everyone got comfortable as the ferry speed outwards towards the island.
"This is a two hour boat ride, right?" Ash asked the drive.
"Yup, two hours at our current speed" The driver replied.
The driver looked down at the dash and look at the small weather monitor located there. It seems that there was a storm coming and there wasn't enough time to head back to shore so he kept going forwards towards the island.
"Hey kids, there's going to be a slight storm coming, so put on your lifejackets because you might go over" The driver warned them
Misty looked at Brock and said "He's right, there is a storm coming, I can see it"
Brock and Ash both looked to their left and saw the clouds. The boat went a bit faster as the storm slowly approached.
"What is with all these storms lately? They seem to be coming really often" Ash commented
"The main island, the one I just took you kids off of, has always had a high precipitation rate. That's one of the main reasons why there is so many storms originating around it. That island gets the most rain out of the Dark Islands and leaves the other ones with barely any storms. " The driver told Ash.
Everyone glanced again towards the clouds that were quickly moving towards them; somehow, they all had a feeling that it would get to them before they got to the island. The storm slowly drew closer towards them as they boat moved at top speed to get to the island first. Ash stood up.
"Can I look through your binoculars and see if I can see the island?" Ash asked politely
"Sure, just put them back when you're done" The driver replied.
Ash picked up the binoculars and looks through the lenses. Seeing nothing, he breathed deeply and put them back while sitting back down. A while passed and the island still wasn't in any site at all.
"Looks like the storm is over us kids, I hope you all have your lifejackets on incase the boot decides to tip over if the storm is bad enough." The drive reminded them.
"We all have our lifejackets on so we should be ok if the boot decides to tip" Brock said in return.
The storm was directly over them and the winds started to pick up heavily. Rain poured down on them and the driver told them to use the buckets if there was too much water in the boat. Waves were starting to form and shake the boat from ever so often which brought it off course. Suddenly a huge wave came towards the boat and lifted it up yet didn't tip it, the driver fell out of the boat when it landed and went straight into the motors turning the water behind them into a thick red color.
"Oh my god!" Misty screamed in horror.
"That's disgusting" Brock said while being disgusted.
"Who's going to drive the boat? We need someone to drive the boat!" Ash yelled.
Brock quickly went up to the controls and grabbed them, trying to ignore the casualty that happened just recently. Brock tried his best to steer the boat as straight as possibly and was doing a good job at it. Misty was horrified at what happened and couldn't get anything out of her head. Ash grabbed Pikachu and hung on to him tightly incase one of them got thrown out of the boat during the storm.
Ash picked up the binoculars again and looked through them hoping to find any sight of land, whether it was the island they were going to or not. He searched all around him and noticed some land in front of them while mistaking it for Isrum Island.
"Hey! Isrum Island is right ahead of us! We need to get to it before the storm capsizes us!" Ash yelled to Brock over the crash of the lightning and thunder.
Brock understood what Ash said completely and headed on a curved course towards the island at top speed. The winds still created waves, which were constantly hitting the boat and threatening it of being capsized. Ash told Misty about the island up ahead and she felt a little bit better, she was mostly directing her thoughts at the death of the driver.
As they got closer to the island they could see rocks ahead and waves of water splashing against them.
"There are rocks up ahead! Everyone, grab on to something, its going to be rough" Brock shouted to both of them.
Everyone grabbed on to the sides of the boat and hung on with a lot of effort. The boat hit with a huge THUD and everyone got thrown around the boat but was ok. They all got out of the boat and looked at the island for a minute then back to each other.
"We have to find shelter, now!" Ash yelled to Brock and Misty.
"Right" Misty replied.
All three of them ran around the island looking for a cave of some sort. Misty found a cave and quickly told the others about it and they ran in it. They started a small fire inside and kept warm during it. There was only some wood in there to keep them warm for a few hours or so.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Island…
A boy shuffled through his cabinet searching for some coconuts. The boy was around 5' 8", short black hair, in his mid teens. He continued to search and with no luck for finding any coconuts.
"Great, I'm out of coconuts. That means I'm going to have to go outside in this storm to get some, and they're on the other side of the island." The boy said out loud.
The boy looked outside through the window, the rain pounded against the windows while the reminds of the last droplets dripped down. The thunder was loud and the lightning lit up the whole sky while he watched.
"Hmm, it looks like this storm could go on for another hour." He mumbled
Back to our main characters..
Brock looked outside the cave, the rain seemed to have slowed down but it was still raining. The sun decided to shine a bit on the island, which lit up the surroundings some.
"The rain seems to have slowed down a bit and we should be able to go outside soon and find some food." Brock said slowly
"I guess that's good, we should let out pokemon out for a stretch soon because this island seems to be just us on it, and it will be easier to explore with them." Ash added.
The rain stopped and the sun shone brightly so they went outside, everyone let out their pokemon to get a stretch. Brock decided to go up above the cave and at the island, to see if he could see anything interesting. He climbed up to the top and could see the whole island view. He could see another mountain with a small waterfall running off of it surrounded by trees.
Brock looked down and shouted "Hey! There's a small waterfall inwards of the middle of the island, there's probably food there"
"Ok, then we'll head into the middle of the island to see if there's food" Misty shouted back.
Ash, Misty, Brock all returned their pokemon to their pokeballs and started to head towards the middle of the island in search of something to eat. They got to the forest entrance and started inwards. After a while of walking they finally came to the waterfall Brock saw.
"Wow, its beautiful looking" Misty commented while looked right at it.
"I hope its fresh water" Ash said while looking at the pool it led to
"I'll check it and tell you in a minute" Brock said to Ash and walked over to the water
Brock walked over to the water and examined it closely and gathered a bit of info about if the water was ok to drink and walked back to Ash.
"It seems ok to drink, but just to be safe, don't drink too much" Brock said to Ash and Misty.
Ash and Misty went towards the pond when they heard a rattle in the bush; everyone stopped and looked towards where the noise came from. Pikachu was ready if Ash needed him. A boy popped out of the bushes and looked at Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu.
"How did you people get on this island?" The boy asked them.
"We were shipwrecked during the storm," Misty told him.
"Really? You shouldn't be here, were where you headed during the storm anyways? Don't you know it was dangerous?" The boy asked.
"We were headed to Isrum Island to go to their gym but a storm started and blew us off course." Brock replied.
"What's your name?" Misty asked the kid
"My name? Its of no importance but if you must know, its Kirk" Kirk said.
"Well Kirk, do you know of any way to get to Isrum Island so we can battle in their gym?" Ash asked him.
"Yes, I know of a way to get to Isrum Island, but if you're there for the gym its useless. All the gyms in the Dark Island region are being closed due to the thunderstorms, they're worse then normal. So they don't want to risk them collapsing with people in them because they are so far from town" Kirk replied to Ash.
"Now, if you excuse me, I need to go find some coconuts" Kirk said and headed off to where their cave was.
Ash looked at Brock and so did Misty. Brock just looked back.
"I guess we should ask him how to get to Isrum Island when we see him again, odds are he probably lives here." Brock said.
"You're right, we'll probably see him again in awhile." Misty commented.
They wandered by stayed near the waterfall so they knew where they were. Brock carefully check the trees for any food while Ash looked at nearby shrubs.
"Brock! There are some berries on this bush, do you think they might be poisonous?" Ash yelled to Brock.
Brock walked over to where Ash was and looked at the berries curiously.
"They don't look poisonous at all. Actually, I think this is a Merrau bush, it grows non-poisonous berries" Brock said to both of them.
Hearing that, Ash carefully picked the berries and put them into a small container he was carrying and wandered back to the waterfall with Brock and Misty trailing behind him. They got there and sat down taking a small handful of berries to eat at once. Ash gave Pikachu a handful because he looked hungry. After a few minutes, they ate all the berries and guessed it was time to find Kirk to find a way off this island.
Kirk on the other hand, had found the coconuts near they cave Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu spent the storm at and had already headed back. He bumped into Brock.
"Kirk? Do you know a way off this island?" Brock asked him politely
"Yes, I'll take you in my boat, the closest island is around 30 minutes of a ride in using my boat." Kirk replied
"Thank you, when do you want to leave" Misty asked.
"After I eat, I haven't eaten today at all" Kirk mumbled
Everyone followed Kirk to his small house surrounded by large thick trees. Kirk opened the door and let them him and gave them a seat. He then took the coconut and hit it with a large hammer shattering the top and he started to hit. It took him a few minutes to finish the coconut and then he showed them to his boat.
"Ok, this is it, it'll take 30 minutes to get to the other island" Kirk reminded them
"Ok, thanks" Ash said to him
They all climbed in the boat while Kirk untied it and pushed it into the water. He hopped in and started the motor. Everyone put on a lifejacket while Kirk started to drive towards the island. Ash stood up and with the binoculars he was carrying from the previous boat, looked towards the direction they were headed and saw a small, tiny piece of land.
"Is that Isrum Island right ahead of us?" Ash asked
"Yup, it's a fairly large island in my opinion." Kirk answered.
Kirk continued his course towards Isrum Island and it looked as if they were going to arrive soon. Ash peered once more through the binoculars and saw the island clearly with its buildings and docks.
"We're here, it shouldn't take more than a few minutes" Ash said to Misty and Brock
"Good, maybe we can get to one of their general stores" Misty added
They arrived at the island and pulled into one of the docks. Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu jumped out of the boat and waved to Kirk. Kirk then turned the boat around and drove back towards his island.
To Be Continued..
Characters:
Ash (With Pikachu)
Misty
Brock
Kirk (Brief Appearance)
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1 CHAPTER 2A – Tides Of Darkness
1.1 Our story sets off as Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu are heading towards the ferries to get a ride to the next island. They arrive at the ferries at around 6:52am and buy their tickets for the ferry. They had 8 minutes to wait before the ferry would be ready to leave. They walked around the docks where the ferries were being held at so it wouldn't leave without them.
1.2 "I hope the ferry leaves soon, because I don't want to wait." Ash complained.
"Ash, the boat ride is two hours long to get to the next island, we'll have a wait no matter when it leaves" Brock said.
They continued to wander the docks in search of something to do but found nothing to do. There were a few people up though standing by the ferries but not by the one they were going to take, it looked like their ferry ride was going to be alone. Misty glanced at the time on the docks, 6:59am. They all decided to go to the ferry they were taking so it wouldn't leave with out them.
"Are you the kids who needed a ride to Isrum Island?" The driver asked.
"Yes" Misty replied.
"Well, hop in, we're leaving now" The driver said.
They hopped in and sat down in the seats. The boat was fairly large for just them, it looked to be a type of speedboat. Even though it would still take them two hours to get the Isrum Island. Everyone got comfortable as the ferry speed outwards towards the island.
"This is a two hour boat ride, right?" Ash asked the drive.
"Yup, two hours at our current speed" The driver replied.
The driver looked down at the dash and look at the small weather monitor located there. It seems that there was a storm coming and there wasn't enough time to head back to shore so he kept going forwards towards the island.
"Hey kids, there's going to be a slight storm coming, so put on your lifejackets because you might go over" The driver warned them
Misty looked at Brock and said "He's right, there is a storm coming, I can see it"
Brock and Ash both looked to their left and saw the clouds. The boat went a bit faster as the storm slowly approached.
"What is with all these storms lately? They seem to be coming really often" Ash commented
"The main island, the one I just took you kids off of, has always had a high precipitation rate. That's one of the main reasons why there is so many storms originating around it. That island gets the most rain out of the Dark Islands and leaves the other ones with barely any storms. " The driver told Ash.
Everyone glanced again towards the clouds that were quickly moving towards them; somehow, they all had a feeling that it would get to them before they got to the island. The storm slowly drew closer towards them as they boat moved at top speed to get to the island first. Ash stood up.
"Can I look through your binoculars and see if I can see the island?" Ash asked politely
"Sure, just put them back when you're done" The driver replied.
Ash picked up the binoculars and looks through the lenses. Seeing nothing, he breathed deeply and put them back while sitting back down. A while passed and the island still wasn't in any site at all.
"Looks like the storm is over us kids, I hope you all have your lifejackets on incase the boot decides to tip over if the storm is bad enough." The drive reminded them.
"We all have our lifejackets on so we should be ok if the boot decides to tip" Brock said in return.
The storm was directly over them and the winds started to pick up heavily. Rain poured down on them and the driver told them to use the buckets if there was too much water in the boat. Waves were starting to form and shake the boat from ever so often which brought it off course. Suddenly a huge wave came towards the boat and lifted it up yet didn't tip it, the driver fell out of the boat when it landed and went straight into the motors turning the water behind them into a thick red color.
"Oh my god!" Misty screamed in horror.
"That's disgusting" Brock said while being disgusted.
"Who's going to drive the boat? We need someone to drive the boat!" Ash yelled.
Brock quickly went up to the controls and grabbed them, trying to ignore the casualty that happened just recently. Brock tried his best to steer the boat as straight as possibly and was doing a good job at it. Misty was horrified at what happened and couldn't get anything out of her head. Ash grabbed Pikachu and hung on to him tightly incase one of them got thrown out of the boat during the storm.
Ash picked up the binoculars again and looked through them hoping to find any sight of land, whether it was the island they were going to or not. He searched all around him and noticed some land in front of them while mistaking it for Isrum Island.
"Hey! Isrum Island is right ahead of us! We need to get to it before the storm capsizes us!" Ash yelled to Brock over the crash of the lightning and thunder.
Brock understood what Ash said completely and headed on a curved course towards the island at top speed. The winds still created waves, which were constantly hitting the boat and threatening it of being capsized. Ash told Misty about the island up ahead and she felt a little bit better, she was mostly directing her thoughts at the death of the driver.
As they got closer to the island they could see rocks ahead and waves of water splashing against them.
"There are rocks up ahead! Everyone, grab on to something, its going to be rough" Brock shouted to both of them.
Everyone grabbed on to the sides of the boat and hung on with a lot of effort. The boat hit with a huge THUD and everyone got thrown around the boat but was ok. They all got out of the boat and looked at the island for a minute then back to each other.
"We have to find shelter, now!" Ash yelled to Brock and Misty.
"Right" Misty replied.
All three of them ran around the island looking for a cave of some sort. Misty found a cave and quickly told the others about it and they ran in it. They started a small fire inside and kept warm during it. There was only some wood in there to keep them warm for a few hours or so.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Island…
A boy shuffled through his cabinet searching for some coconuts. The boy was around 5' 8", short black hair, in his mid teens. He continued to search and with no luck for finding any coconuts.
"Great, I'm out of coconuts. That means I'm going to have to go outside in this storm to get some, and they're on the other side of the island." The boy said out loud.
The boy looked outside through the window, the rain pounded against the windows while the reminds of the last droplets dripped down. The thunder was loud and the lightning lit up the whole sky while he watched.
"Hmm, it looks like this storm could go on for another hour." He mumbled
Back to our main characters..
Brock looked outside the cave, the rain seemed to have slowed down but it was still raining. The sun decided to shine a bit on the island, which lit up the surroundings some.
"The rain seems to have slowed down a bit and we should be able to go outside soon and find some food." Brock said slowly
"I guess that's good, we should let out pokemon out for a stretch soon because this island seems to be just us on it, and it will be easier to explore with them." Ash added.
The rain stopped and the sun shone brightly so they went outside, everyone let out their pokemon to get a stretch. Brock decided to go up above the cave and at the island, to see if he could see anything interesting. He climbed up to the top and could see the whole island view. He could see another mountain with a small waterfall running off of it surrounded by trees.
Brock looked down and shouted "Hey! There's a small waterfall inwards of the middle of the island, there's probably food there"
"Ok, then we'll head into the middle of the island to see if there's food" Misty shouted back.
Ash, Misty, Brock all returned their pokemon to their pokeballs and started to head towards the middle of the island in search of something to eat. They got to the forest entrance and started inwards. After a while of walking they finally came to the waterfall Brock saw.
"Wow, its beautiful looking" Misty commented while looked right at it.
"I hope its fresh water" Ash said while looking at the pool it led to
"I'll check it and tell you in a minute" Brock said to Ash and walked over to the water
Brock walked over to the water and examined it closely and gathered a bit of info about if the water was ok to drink and walked back to Ash.
"It seems ok to drink, but just to be safe, don't drink too much" Brock said to Ash and Misty.
Ash and Misty went towards the pond when they heard a rattle in the bush; everyone stopped and looked towards where the noise came from. Pikachu was ready if Ash needed him. A boy popped out of the bushes and looked at Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu.
"How did you people get on this island?" The boy asked them.
"We were shipwrecked during the storm," Misty told him.
"Really? You shouldn't be here, were where you headed during the storm anyways? Don't you know it was dangerous?" The boy asked.
"We were headed to Isrum Island to go to their gym but a storm started and blew us off course." Brock replied.
"What's your name?" Misty asked the kid
"My name? Its of no importance but if you must know, its Kirk" Kirk said.
"Well Kirk, do you know of any way to get to Isrum Island so we can battle in their gym?" Ash asked him.
"Yes, I know of a way to get to Isrum Island, but if you're there for the gym its useless. All the gyms in the Dark Island region are being closed due to the thunderstorms, they're worse then normal. So they don't want to risk them collapsing with people in them because they are so far from town" Kirk replied to Ash.
"Now, if you excuse me, I need to go find some coconuts" Kirk said and headed off to where their cave was.
Ash looked at Brock and so did Misty. Brock just looked back.
"I guess we should ask him how to get to Isrum Island when we see him again, odds are he probably lives here." Brock said.
"You're right, we'll probably see him again in awhile." Misty commented.
They wandered by stayed near the waterfall so they knew where they were. Brock carefully check the trees for any food while Ash looked at nearby shrubs.
"Brock! There are some berries on this bush, do you think they might be poisonous?" Ash yelled to Brock.
Brock walked over to where Ash was and looked at the berries curiously.
"They don't look poisonous at all. Actually, I think this is a Merrau bush, it grows non-poisonous berries" Brock said to both of them.
Hearing that, Ash carefully picked the berries and put them into a small container he was carrying and wandered back to the waterfall with Brock and Misty trailing behind him. They got there and sat down taking a small handful of berries to eat at once. Ash gave Pikachu a handful because he looked hungry. After a few minutes, they ate all the berries and guessed it was time to find Kirk to find a way off this island.
Kirk on the other hand, had found the coconuts near they cave Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu spent the storm at and had already headed back. He bumped into Brock.
"Kirk? Do you know a way off this island?" Brock asked him politely
"Yes, I'll take you in my boat, the closest island is around 30 minutes of a ride in using my boat." Kirk replied
"Thank you, when do you want to leave" Misty asked.
"After I eat, I haven't eaten today at all" Kirk mumbled
Everyone followed Kirk to his small house surrounded by large thick trees. Kirk opened the door and let them him and gave them a seat. He then took the coconut and hit it with a large hammer shattering the top and he started to hit. It took him a few minutes to finish the coconut and then he showed them to his boat.
"Ok, this is it, it'll take 30 minutes to get to the other island" Kirk reminded them
"Ok, thanks" Ash said to him
They all climbed in the boat while Kirk untied it and pushed it into the water. He hopped in and started the motor. Everyone put on a lifejacket while Kirk started to drive towards the island. Ash stood up and with the binoculars he was carrying from the previous boat, looked towards the direction they were headed and saw a small, tiny piece of land.
"Is that Isrum Island right ahead of us?" Ash asked
"Yup, it's a fairly large island in my opinion." Kirk answered.
Kirk continued his course towards Isrum Island and it looked as if they were going to arrive soon. Ash peered once more through the binoculars and saw the island clearly with its buildings and docks.
"We're here, it shouldn't take more than a few minutes" Ash said to Misty and Brock
"Good, maybe we can get to one of their general stores" Misty added
They arrived at the island and pulled into one of the docks. Ash, Misty, Brock and Pikachu jumped out of the boat and waved to Kirk. Kirk then turned the boat around and drove back towards his island.
To Be Continued..