Well, after a few months, I had a sudden, or not so sudden, idea to start a new Pokemon fic!!!
(*Hears crickets chirp*) You're not happy? Fine then! Whatever!!!

I don't own Pokemon, or any of its related contents. I do Shawn, Eric, and Cory.
(I really have to stop watching "Boy Meets World")

By the way, I want to know if I should include Tracey in the fic. It doesn't matter
either way to me, so tell me in your reviews. This will be, eventually, an AAML.

Quote of the Fic: "Nothing is braver than honesty." "You're Not Alone" Escaflowne

Part 1 to "The Hidden League"
"Begin the Tale"
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Misty stared out into thin air. Her aqua eyes showed no emotion. Erika sighed at Misty.

"Misty enough meditation. Come on, Lance is going to introduce us to the new recruits," Erika
said, and then dragging her friend out the door, they went to the meeting room.

~~

Ash and Brock stood behind the doors...

"I hate this waiting as much as you do Ash, but we should feel lucky we made it this far."
Brock said.

Ash nodded, and stopped his pacing.

"I wonder where Misty is right now." Ash said.

"Anywhere but here, I'm sure of it." Brock replied.

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Meanwhile on the other side of the doors...

Lance, the 24-year-old Indigo Plateau 'leader' looked at the group assembled in the room.

Misty was about 5 foot 8 inches, and the 18-year-old girl had dark, rich red hair, much
different from her once almost orange hair. Her hair was kept at waist length. Her
aqua eyes held a mix of blue and green. Right now, Misty was a blue spaghetti-strap shirt,
dark blue jeans, and black boots with a 2-inch heel.

Erika, a year younger than Misty, stood next to Misty. Her black hair was kept shoulder length,
and her black eyes hide a smile. She was a little shorter than Misty, and she wore a green tee
shirt and shorts with a pair of tennis shoes.

Lt. Surge's nephew was here instead of himself. Shawn, twenty-years-old, was the spitting image
of his uncle: tall, lean, well muscled, with light blonde hair and light blue eyes. He wore a
white tee shirt and black jeans with a pair of boots.

Sabrina hadn't changed much in 5 years. She wore the same dress and boots, and her hair still
long. The nineteen-year-old had grown a little taller, about the same height as Misty, but
had not changed much.

Cory was Blaine's grandson, and he was the same age as Misty. He had black hair and green
eyes, and stood around 6 foot 5 inches. Cory wore a green sweatshirt and black pants and a
pair of black boots.

Eric, the same age as Sabrina, was Koga's son. He had black hair and hazel eyes. He was the
same height as Cory, and wore the exact clothes except he wore a brown sweatshirt.

Lance himself, hadn't changed much. His black hair was untamed and he wore a simple outfit
of a blue tee shirt, jeans, and black boots.

"I'm sure you're wondering why I asked you all to come. I know why we seven are all here.
Giovanni, the once leader of the Viridian Gym, and Team Rocket have pretty much taken over
Kanto. We stand here, in the underground base at the Indigo Plateau, some of the strongest
Pokemon trainers there are, each a master or a mistress of their own type. I have found
two other trainers that match a skill level such as ours." Lance said, as he opened the doors.

"This is Ash and Brock." Lance said.

Ash was seventeen, and about 6 foot 4. He still wore the same clothes as he had before,
with Pikachu still perched on his head. Brock, who was 20, wasn't much different as he
always was.

Misty blinked as she realized Ash stood before her. Misty hadn't seen Ash in 5 years,
and she often wondered what happened to the boy she had once, and still, loved.

"Hi." Ash said, making Cory fall over.

"Cory!" Sabrina hissed.

Lance laughed, "Let me introduce you to the crew. I'm Lance, the head of the organization,
and my skill type is Dragon. Erika, go next and we'll go down the line."

"I'm Erika, and I'm in charge of healing the Pokemon and humans. My skill type is Grass."

Ash and Brock watched as a red head, whom seamed familiar, stood up next.

"I'm Misty. My skill type is Water, and I'm in charge of keeping this base in order."

Shawn let out a whistle, "Misty is also the hottest one here."

"Shut up!" Misty hissed at him.

Lance laughed. Ash and Brock stood there shocked. Misty, the girl they had parted ways
with almost 5 years ago, stood in front of them. Ash couldn't deny it; Misty was beautiful.

"Misty is also our top spy," Lance said.

Ash nodded numbly as the rest of the trainers went down the line.

"I'm Cory, my skill type is fire, and I'm one of the offense trainers."

"My name is Shawn, the type is electric, and I'm offense."

"Eric is my name, and I'm the Poison Master. I help plan for battles, plus I do some of
our defensive tactics."

"Sabrina, skill is physic, and I help us to stay one foot in front of the enemy."

Lance nodded, "These are our elite trainers. Each one has their duty, although, it really
doesn't matter who does what as long as things get done. For right now, Ash, Brock,
I'm going to stick you with Misty and Erika and they'll show you how to do some of the basic
tactics we use. Eric, show Ash the boys' dorm, we'll have Misty and Erika give the rules to
them."

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About and hour later...

Ash and Brock had reemerged from the boys' dorm and were trying to find Misty and Erika.

"Over here Ash," Misty called.

"Misty, what are you doing here?" Ash asked.

Brock nodded, "We thought for sure you'd stay with Cerulean City and defend it against
Team Rocket."

Erika frowned, "Look, I don't like to train the new people. You guys can go down memory
lane some other time."

"We'll talk about it later. First the rules: first off, you guys stay to your dorm room.
You can't go into ours. If we catch you in our room, well, just ask Shawn what happens. He
still carries the scars from when he snuck in to our room. Second, you make your own authority.
I won't make it for you; you have to make it yourself. Third, when you're told to stay out
of a certain training room, you had best do as your told. Fourth, keep your Pokemon in as best
shape as you can. Fifth, beware of us girls in the morning. Finally, when in out in the field,
take orders from the person with the most experience, but don't be afraid to do your own thing."

Ash and Brock tried to remember all the things Misty had said while Erika made a comment
about Misty remembering all of the rules.

Misty shook her head at Erika, "Think we should take them to the field?"

Erika shook her head and told Misty the guys can take them later. Misty nodded, and turned
to Ash and Brock while Sabrina came out.

"Any powers, Sab?" Erika asked.

Sabrina wrinkled her nose, "Erika you know how much I hate that name! I can't tell, it feels
like Brock has ground power running through his veins, but I can't tell with Ash."

"What do you mean?" Ash asked as Pikachu voiced his confusion also.

Misty frowned, "Later. Right now, I'm going to get caught up with the guys."

Erika and Sabrina nodded and headed towards the girls' dorm room.

"Misty, what are you doing here?" Ash asked again.

Misty sat down and whistled. Suddenly, a Togetic and Vaporeon, followed by a Golduck.
"Who let you out of your PokeBall, Golduck?"

"Misty?" Brock asked.

Misty looked up and smiled softly, "After I left you guys, to help with the gym, I'm sure you
remember Team Rockets risings. Well, the first place they took over was Viridian, followed by
Cerulean."

"Yeah, we thought the worst until the letter came from you. After that, we lost contact again,"
Ash said.

"Well, when Team Rocket attacked," Misty paused as fresh tears showed in her eyes, "They killed
my sisters and niece. Daisy had gotten married, and her little girl was three. It didn't
matter to Team Rocket, they kill my niece anyway. Unfortunately, my sisters wanted to make sure
I got out of the gym alive, for reasons I'll tell you later. Before I got out, Team Rocket
showed up. We battled our hardest, but in the end I managed to get out with the help of
Togetic's teleport. In the end, I lost my family, and Goldeen, Staryu, and Poliwhirl."

Ash and Brock watched as tears streamed down Misty's face. Golduck hugged its' trainer and
Togetic chirped something. Misty wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Misty, are you okay?" Ash watched, wanting to hug Misty and tell her everything was going to
be okay, but the Vaporeon guarding her mistress had other thoughts.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Lance found me camped out in the woods, and told me about this place. So,
in the last 5 years, I've trained here and battled Team Rocket," Misty said.

"Wow, that's some tale. What happened to Togepi?" Brock asked.

Misty pointed to the Togetic, "This is Togetic, Togepi's evolved form. Speaking of evolved
forms, this Golduck is the evolved form of my Psyduck."

Ash then told his and Brock's story. Ash had gotten all eight Johto badges, but before he
could compete, Team Rocket was taking over Kanto, and his mom needed him. Brock figured the
gym would be in good hands with his dad and decided to help Ash. When Ash and Brock got back
to Pallet Town, they found it destroyed, so after burying some of the dead, they headed to
Pewter City. Team Rocket tried to take it over, but the mass of trainers there stopped them.
Ash stayed in Pewter with Brock and his dad until Lance found them two months ago.

Suddenly, all the trainers were gathered into the room where they had been talking.

"What's up?" Misty asked Eric, as the couch Misty had been comfortably reclining on became
cramped as Erika, Eric, and Sabrina piled on it.

"Dunno. Lance just called an emergency meeting." Eric replied.

Lance came into the room, cloaks in his arms, "Wear these, we have Rockets approaching base.
Ash, Brock stick close to an experienced trainer, and I hope you can perform hand to hand
combat, if not, I'd stay close to Misty."

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Well, I'm done with this chapter, now if you're nice, you'll review. If you don't review,
I won't write more!

Peace, Love, and the Moon!
Moonfairy2000