Cartoonfan88: Welcome back to the story my brothers and my sisters!
DarthHomer: My brothers and my sisters?
Cartoonfan88: It's part of a movie called A Clockwork Orange, and one that YOU MUST SEE, and one that I will be parodying in this fic
DarthHomer: Might have to take your word for it

Cartoonfan88: Also, before I start the fic and you start your prologue, I gotta say something. DarthHomer: What is it? Your not taking anymore trips are you?
Cartoonfan88: Nope, I just gotta say something to JoeyzGirl. Listen, thank you for your good chapter reviews so far, I appreciate it greatly, but I gotta ask you something, if you can give me your e-mail, I can ask you, but your profile doesn't tell me it, so please, either e-mail me or give me your e-mail when you review the chapter, ok?

DarthHomer: Whatever...now heres my prologue!

PREVIOUSLY: After revealing the identity of Pikachus kidnapper (wow... this is sounding like a soap opera story...) who was Cassandra, the one who gave our heroes some shelter from a freak storm. They tried to get Pikachu back from her, but were stunned completely at Cassandras counter-attacks.

After defeating them, she had asked for Ash's badges in exchange for their lives, which he willingly gave up without any resistance or question, fearing for his life. She then broke their agreement by then shrinking them, attempting to kill them in one swift strike, but was then stopped by Dante, who revealed that he had telepathic and telekinetic powers.

In a effort to defend herself, she summoned the statues of the three Pokeknights, but was stunned as Dante defeated them each, without any little effort. He then proceeded to strike down Cassandra, but managed to pull off some magic that has now disoriented our heroes......

And now.....with no further delays

Pokemon Legends
A Pokemon Fanfiction Story by cartoonfan88

Chapter 5: Where Everything old becomes new again

Ash woke up in a daze, he had never experienced such a feeling, it kinda felt like a rush of blood to the head, but also felt slightly like throwing up. During this period, he saw...Things...Things which aren't normal. During this time, he saw images of each of the Gym Leaders that he had beaten (excluding the Misty and Brock battles), him and his friends fighting weird creatures that looked like the creatures from his dreams, Dante unleashing hell on said creatures, everyone he knew dying in many gruesome ways, the entire town of Pallet on fire, everyone and everything burning and finally, the architect of all this, Cassandra, laughing evilly...

Then Ash suddenly woke up in shock, as you would normally wake up from a nightmare, and then began to quickly study his surroundings, which didn't help much as he immediately recognised where he was, he was in his room, back in Pallet Town, to his left, in a sleeping bag was Misty, to his right, in another sleeping bag, was Brock and directly in front of him was Pikachu, all looked in immaculate condition and without a single scratch.

Just then, three figures entered the room, his mother, Delia, a good friend, Professor Oak, and finally, the youngest, his rival Gary. "Good Morning, did you have a nice sleep?" asked his mother, Ash replied with a delayed yeah, because he still felt it was another twisted reality, it was all too real.

Just then, the others woke up and greeted the guests, Ash then said "I see that everyone is ok, but where's..." before he could finish, a loud voice boomed from across the hall, "I say don't you know" which caught everyone off guard. They each left Ash's room, trying to find the source of the voice, then the voice boomed again "You say you don't go". They now knew where the voice came from, they all piled into the living room, only to see Dante lying on the couch, still sleeping, and finally saying "I say...take me out!"

The kids felt a little embarrassed, Oak was a little confused as to what he was saying, and all Delia could manage to say was "Um...Ash, is this a friend of yours?" Ash couldn't mange to answer, but as he was about to answer, Dante woke up and said, in a slightly cheery way "You must be Ash's mum, the names Dante, Mrs Ketchum, a pleasure to make your acquaintance!"

The group then found the strength to sit down and no-one said anything for 3 minutes, then finally, Professor Oak asked Dante "How did you meet Ash?" Dante turned to face Oak, who then replied "You wouldn't believe a word I'll say" smiling, looking cheerful.

"Well, it goes something like this" Ash began, and everyone turned their attention towards him. "We went out into forest to train, and then this storm began" Gary was then going to say it wasn't mean to be like that, but Dante stopped him by saying "Yes, we all know there wasn't meant to be a storm, so please let Ash continue the story!"

Everyone was a little surprised by the reply, but nonetheless, Ash continued "We then ran around the forest, until we found a castle..." Gary was then about to say something like there isn't a castle near here, but Dante looked at him in a way that told him and only him that we know what you're about to say, so please don't waste your time.

"We entered the castle, to see it's only inhabitant, a lonely young woman named Cassandra" everyone who was there at the castle at the time shuddered a little bit when they heard her name. "We also met Dante there..." Ash continued to say, Dante then looked a little flattered that he got a mention "where we learnt that he was a Bounty Hunter..." Delia, Oak and Gary looked at him suspiciously; all Dante said was "That's not the whole truth..." Ash looked a little confused, but Dante continued "Yes, I am a bounty hunter, and proud of it, but my real job isn't taking out normal people like you or everyone else, my job is to take out those with some magical ability, and use it for evil."

Ash and co looked a little relieved, and then Ash continued. "We then slept at the castle, but maybe about midnight, I woke up from a dream, and realised Pikachu was gone, we left our room, and we followed a weird light and a weird chant to find Pikachu being used as a sort of conjuring tool." Ash then took a deep breath and managed to find the strength to continue "We tried to rescue Pikachu after finding out the identity of the mysterious summoner" the newbie's to this crowded in suspense, shaking nervously. "Just tell them Ketchum! Their responses to this suspense is annoying me!" shouted Dante angrily, almost to the point he would use his sword to convince his point.

"It was Cassandra" said Ash with a heavy heart and feeling a little depressed, the newbie's gasped in suspense, Dante tried to keep his anger in. "We tried to retrieve Pikachu with force, but she was too strong for us, we wouldn't be here if she didn't ask for my badges" Ash spoke, but then Dante's eyes looked up at Ash with some curiosity "Please do not tell me you did that!" replied a shocked Dante, whose reaction surprised Brock, Misty and Pikachu

"I had to, she was going to kill us!" replied Ash. "Damn it!" yelled Dante, obviously passed the border of annoyed and crossed into anger. Ash and company looked a little confused, Dante then spoke "Do you remember I said that you plan to summon 'them'?" All those who were there nodded, the rest looked confused.

"Well, years ago, during the time when those Pokeknights things I decimated were more than just armour suits, a sorceress existed who ruled the land with an iron fist from a tower close to where the Pokemon League is held today. Them refers to 8 children she had created to guard each of the major towns, I suppose the modern day version would be the Gym leaders." Everyone was stunned, especially Brock and Misty

"So that's her plan? To resurrect her 8 children?" asked Ash. "not exactly" was Dante's reply "The gym leaders today are all re-incarnations of the Gym leaders of old, or so I hear" Dante then turned to look at Brock and Misty. "Don't worry, I heard that the spirits were all of the leaders except the two that were with him." Continued Dante.

"Him?" was the reply he got from everyone. "Him" Dante replied "was a legendary hero that travelled with many companions, toppling the children and defeating the sorceress. I don't know much, except that he had two Gym leaders with him and a Pikachu"

"So that's it then?" asked Ash, "I'm the one who has to go defeat the sorceress?" replied Ash. Dante nodded, and Ash looked a little saddened "Not many people see magical ceremonies like that you know, in a way you should consider yourself lucky" said Dante

Gary couldn't stay silent any longer "Liar, you're really a thief, you just saying this so you can steal their Pokemon can you!" was all Gary could muster, and everyone looked stunned at his reply. Dante just looked calm, as he did before, but in a single move, and a extremely quick one to boot, he had gotten out his sword and pinned Gary against the wall, pulling out a dagger to his neck.

"Firstly, I am no thief, I would never steal from anyone, be they young, be they old, be they sick, be they dead." Said Dante angrily. "Secondly, I have no interest in Pokemon, with my sword skills; I need of no minion to aid me. Thirdly, and most importantly, I am not lying about all that has just been spoken, I have seen things that would change and warp your mind and body, so please, do not argue against someone, especially someone that has seen Death firsthand!" with the last part being said so loud that the entire town could hear him.

Dante then let Gary down off the wall, Gary who was scared so bad by that didn't say another word, the others looked stunned. He turned to face the others "Anyone else doesn't believe me?!" was all he said, Delia and Oak were still in shock, but didn't say a single thing. Dante called the group "Look, tomorrow we're gonna leave to see if we can try and stop this thing, unless anyone else has any questions?" all during this time, Dante still held his sword out, and pretty much convinced everyone that it was going to happen.

The rest of the night was mainly devoted to sleep, no nightmares were had, and (even better) there was no bad singing by Dante in the morning. After a teary farewell from Delia and Oak, and a good luck from Gary, who, when Dante looked at him, started shaking nervously. Dante smiled at that.

And now, their great journey begins.....

Cartoonfan88: Ladies and gents, the story has now just begun!
DarthHomer: Cool! It's about time
Cartoonfan88: Oh well, till we meet again!
DarthHomer: READ AND REVIEW