Pikachu: Yay, I got a review for my chapter.
Vokteren: So it appears. Any other reviews?
Pikachu: (stops dancing and pulls out a pair of glasses that makes her look like a teacher) One. Thebossinschool reviewed chapter 3.
Vokteren: Good. Time to answer the reviews.
Pikachu: I'm gonna answer my reviews,
Vokteren: Sure. Go ahead.
Wolf Demon: Well I can agree that I made too long paragraphs. It was just that the story enthralled me so much that I barely had time to do a spell check. Anyway please continue reading our story. I may get to write a chapter alone again.
Thebossinschool: Thanks for pointing out the grammar mistakes. I've run over it again and corrected two of three. I couldn't find the last one. Anyway I think I'll get the new corrected chapter up soon. My first attempt failed but thanks for reviewing. I'm happy that you like our story,
Vokteren: And now we'll have a little disclaimer. If you pay attention at the ending notes I'll add something worth noticing. ...I think...
Pikachu: "We do not own Golden Sun or Pokemon. However any Lifechildren that may appear in this story is our own creation." If you wonder what happened to Shadow last chapter then sorry. No telling before we are closing on the end of this book.
"Speech" ¤Thought¤ [Telepathy] (A/N: Author Note) (P/N: Pika Note)
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The sun had long since set, but our friends Isaac, Garet, Ivan, and Mia where still out. There was a festival going on in Izumo. The inhabitants of this small village was celebrating that the evil Serpent of Mt Mikalage (also known as Gaia Rock) had been slayed. The truth was that it was put into sleep, but no one except for the adepts and the strange creatures known as pokemon knew. Skitty had told them that she sensed life in the statue and they had resonated to that the statue and the dragon had to be the same. But right now none of them cared. It was time to have some fun on this festival.
Mia and Ivan participated in some sort of dance the villagers danced. They stood in a circle around some sort of tower. Someone atop the tower drummed a big drum that made a dark sound. Then they moved in synch around the tower in a slow pace. (A/N: I've seen something like this on Pokemon and Hamtaro)
Garet and Isaac walked down a bazaar with shops on both sides. Garet was eating a special treat called "Ice Cream". It was cold but tasted delicious. Isaac was watching the stalls they passed when his eyes fell on one that seemed older than the others. He saw a sign showing two swords crossing a shield, showing that this was a weapon shop tent. He dragged Garet with him into the shop.
"What is it Isaac?" Garet asked his friend. He had his eyes fixed on something else and hadn't noticed this weapon shop.
"Didn't you see the sign? This is a weapon shop and it is quite a while since we got ourselves some new weapons." Isaac replied casually.
"Why the grumpy mood? And can't this wait till tomorrow? Today is a party and we should enjoy it" Garet said, a bit angry at Isaac's tone.
"Tomorrow will be too late" a voice said from behind some curtains. An old woman came out from between the curtains. She wasn't beautiful. Her skin was full of wrinkles and her nose was pointy. She was short and a little plump and wore a forest green one piece dress. On her head she had a white cloth that covered her ears and most of her dry white hair. Her eyes where kind though.
"Why is that?" Garet asked, but what he really was thinking was ¤Wow. I never imagined an old ugly woman like this to run a weapon shop¤
"Because I only run this shop until then. Tomorrow I'll be joining my husband" she replied.
"And where is your husband?" Isaac asked, using a more caring and calm tone
"He has wandered off to where pain never is. The path will be painful but when I get there I'll be young again and I'll be able to be with my husband again" her eyes started to sparkle.
"I'm sorry to hear that" Isaac and Garet said. Their voices filled with really empathy for this old woman.
"Don't bother young ones. See around in my shop and see if you find something that pleases you" she turned and walked behind her curtain. She suddenly got a strange feeling and bent over to a tablet of stone lying behind a crate.
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"She was a strange woman" Garet said.
"I agree" Isaac said. "There was something mysterious about her" He stopped thinking about it when his eyes fell on a beautiful sword that glowed red from a ruby on its handle.
Garet had discovered something else. In a small box he had found a set of rings. They were all beautiful and skilled crafted but there was one he showed particular interest in. It had something that looked like an ice shard embedded on it and glowed strong of water psynergy. When Garet touched it a strong feeling of calm and refreshing pleasure washed over him and suddenly he knew what this ring was called. It was a Spirit Ring and it held great healing powers. A water adept could use this to heal deep and dangerous wounds.
"Isaac. Look at this ring. Wouldn't this be an excellent gift for Mia?" Garet had a small crush on Mia but he never told anyone. She would most likely not love him and she would definitely never marry him. She was too much of a nun too marry someone.
"It is beautiful. Where did you find it?"
"In this box." He said, pointing to the small box where he had found it. "There are many others in it."
Isaac picked up a small ring with an orange flaming stone in it. He knew what this was. An Adept's Ring. He had once owned a ring like that but lost it when the tide gave them a ride he would never forget.
"I think I'll buy this ring to Ivan. He may need it using so much psynergy" Isaac said.
"Yeah. I agree. I think I'll buy this ring to Mia. It contains powerful healing power" Garet said. He noticed Isaac holding a sword in his other hand. Strange Garet didn't notice it earlier. "What is that sword you are holding?"
Isaac looked at Garet then moved his vision to the sword. "I don't know. It shows trace of strong psynergy, but it also has powers I can't identify. I can't tell for sure but it actually seems to have changed a bit"
"I can tell you what that sword is" the woman came out from between. "That is the Shadow Twin Edge. It powers differ between people but very few may wield it without getting his or her mind twisted into the swords own will. It is said that it is one out of two. It is also said that when the two will once come together where their creator is and they are going to use the ones that wield them to attack their friends and thereby save their lord."
"It is an amazing story Mrs." Isaac said.
"There is more to the story but my time is short. I have something you two must give the Blue Haired Angel and the Electric Key." She took out two packages, one round and hard and one that was shaped like that of a lightning bolt. "You must not fail. These are vital to the completion and are two of six keys. Those keys can only be used be the chosen ones. Also I want you to take the Shadow Twin Edge with you. When I'm gone there will be no one left here to protect it from evil."
"Um. Thank you, but why are you so sure that we are the right people to thrust these things to?" Garet asked.
"You are a part of it yourself. Take care and remember that looks can be deceiving. Ones actions do not always reveal ones true intentions." She showed them out before they got to say anything to it. When they got out they tried to say something, but she closed the curtain before they could say something.
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"Phew Ivan. That was fun or what?" Mia sat on a bench, tired of all the dancing.
"Yeah, I guess so." Ivan was in his own world, thinking. Shadow had reminded him of someone, but he couldn't pinpoint who.
"Ivan what is it? Are you thinking about our fight with that boy? We agreed to try and put that behind us for tonight." Mia got a bit worried.
"Sorry Mia. I just can't get that face out of my head. The face I saw when I opened my eyes during Shadow's attack. It was so grief stricken that I can't ever remember any sadder face."
"With attack do you mean when he held his hand inside your chest and head?" Mia asked, keeping her voice low so no one would hear them.
"Yes. Those eyes where filled with so much grief that my heart almost broke of sympathy. I can't understand why but those eyes had something about it. He looked like he had lost everything he ever cared for." Ivan almost cried.
"I wonder what made him so sad. I felt a strange presence that kept me from attacking him from behind. It wasn't hostile or forcing. But it was there and I can't explain what it was." Mia yawned and turned her face from Ivan to the sky "I'm tired. What do you think about getting the pokemon and heading to bed?"
Ivan turned his head to the sky and nodded. But it wasn't until half an hour later that they actually headed up to Uzume's house.
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"This is BORING" Vaporeon said. He and his fellow pokemon had to stay at Uzume while the adepts were out and had fun.
"Oh close up Vaporeon" Skitty said. "You know perfectly that we would cause quite a ruckus if we showed up in the town. It is much better being here, pretending to be Djinni."
"So what. I also want to go out and have fun" Vaporeon whined.
"Just cool it Vaporeon. They left five minutes ago and you're already complaining. Try to act like you should. After all you are the oldest and strongest of us and you should show some responsibility" Pikachu was starting to get tired by Vaporeon's immature way of acting.
Torchic had given up as the argumentation went on and decided to explore the house. Uzume and Susa was out so she thought the house to be empty. Because of that she got very surprised when she heard. "So cute." And found herself being hugged by a little girl with black hair.
"You are so cute. I didn't know Kushinada had gotten her any cute pets" the girl squealed, alerting the other three pokemon.
When they found Torchic they couldn't help but laugh. The little girl held Torchic hard and Torchic's face was barely seen, covered in black hair. The girl had a blue night dress and long black hair. She was short and had a young face.
[Excuse me miss, but may you please let our friend go?] Vaporeon was barely able to not laugh while talking.
"Hmm?" The little girl let go of Torchic and looked around. When she saw the other pokemon she squealed again and leapt at them. Now Pikachu was in the girl's iron grip. "Cute, cute, cute"
"Emily." A more grown up voice was heard from behind a door. It opened and revealed a long, slim, young lady with purplish black hair. She wore a nightgown made of skyblue colored silk with small pink flowers on it. She had a worried kind of look in her round face. "Emily what are you doing?"
[I'll tell you what she's doing. She's hugging the life out of me] Pikachu didn't joke there.
The girl let go a little so Pikachu could breath, but not enough for her to escape. "I'm just hugging your pets Kushinada. Why haven't you told me about them before?"
"Because they aren't mine. They belong to some travelers. They are just here because the travelers didn't want anyone to see them. They were afraid it may cause a ruckus." Kushinada told Emily.
"Oh" Emily released her grip enough for Pikachu to leap out. "That was sad. They are so cute"
"But that is it. But you can at least be with them now." Kushinada turned to the pokemon. "It is okay of Emily to be with you tonight right"
The pokemon nodded, but Skitty added a condition. [As long as she doesn't squeeze the air out of us]
After this things went well for the pokemon. Although they couldn't be at the party they had a lot of fun. Together with Kushinada and Emily they did a lot of fun things. They had a pillow fight (Which Torchic, Vaporeon and Emily won) played hide and seek (Skitty was it the most since she wasn't good at hiding) and indoor tag (Even though Pikachu was quickest she didn't know the house as good as Emily and Kushinada so she never got them). Afterwards they told stories while Kushinada served them hot apple cider and chocolate chip cookies.
"Okay Pikachu, it is your turn to tell a story now" Emily said.
[What? Why me. Can't Skitty do it? She hasn't either]
"Perhaps but I want to hear a story from you. And make it romantic, I love romantic stories." Emily let out a sigh and started to dream about a knight in shining armor saving her from danger.
[Eh? Does it have to be a romance? I'm not good at that] Emily just kept on daydreaming but the others urged Pikachu to tell.
[I want to hear a romance to. I love romance] Skitty got pretty excited considering it would only be a story.
[Except for Fantasy, Romance is my favorite genre] Vaporeon smiled at Pikachu.
"I have just survived a similar story, but I still like it" Kushinada said. She had already told them about how she was decided to be the next sacrifice and about how Susa and some warriors had saved her from the beast. This was what had given Emily the idea about hearing romance.
[Personally I would want a ghost story, but romance is fine by me] Torchic didn't want to leave Pikachu alone.
[Okay, I'll try] she said and took a deep breath, but what she really thought was ¤Dang. The only romance I've ever heard is about how Mom and Dad got in love. I'll have to try that¤
(Pikachu's Story)
It was the first day to school. The society had even made a school by borrowing ideas from the humans. However this school taught different things than a human school. One of the most important things they taught was how to avoid trainers. Any trainer would certainly try to catch them and when they even found pokemon not native to Viridian wood their beautiful home would be ruined by scientists and trainers from all over the world. Anyway, the first time he had seen her was during the biology class. That was the only other have to learn class except for trainer lessons. That was also two of the three classes they had together.
¤Who is that girl? I've never seen her before so I don't think she comes from the eastern living area. Anyway she looks kind of cute¤ He was brought out of his thought when he noticed the teacher saying his name. "What?"
"I asked you if you knew what Weedle evolve to and at what experience level an evolution usually takes place." The Pidgeotto was a little angry about that kid not paying attention.
¤Weedle evolves to Beedrill at level 10 but before that it evolves to either Kakuna or Metapod at level 7.¤
"Well?"
"Umm. I think it is umm a Metapod on level 7" he couldn't say the last before the class, except for the teacher and her, started laughing at him. The little Pichu got beet red and stared down on his wooden desk.
"KEEP QUIET CLASS" the other students shut up immediately and turned to the teacher. "That is not quite right young man. A Weedle evolves to a Kakuna on level 7. A Caterpie evolves to a Metapod. Now may you tell me what a Kakuna evolves to and at what level?" the teacher turned to an Oddish far back in the class.
"No teacher. I don't"
"Hmm. It seems you have a lot to learn. Today I'll teach you about the basics about evolution and I want you to learn it before next class"
The class passed without anymore problems and at class end Alex (Himself) had learned Weedle, Caterpie, Oddish and Bellsprout's evolution steps perfectly. He wanted to thank the other Pichu for not laughing at him but she disappeared in the crowd and he couldn't find her.
"Hey Alex" someone slapped Alex over his back so hard that he fell to the ground.
"Karma, can't you be a little more careful whit that?" Alex pushed himself up again.
"Sorry buddy" The Treecko said as he helped his friend back on his feet. "Magma said he wanted to show you something"
"Really? I suppose I could join you and still make it back to class."
"Who cares about school? Come." Karma dragged Alex after him.
"I care about school and you and Magma should too. How are you going to pass the defender Exam without studying? Where were you this class by the way?"
"I and Magma sneaked of a bit. Biology is boring."
"How can you say that? You haven't been to a single biology lesson. And this is your first day at school."
"I still don't like school. Thor said it is boring and I believe him?"
"Thor. You mean that Thor who flunked every test? He doesn't have any other jobs than fetching water"
"Yes him. But I don't intend to flunk every test because I have a friend who let me take notes from him" Karma turned to Alex "Right, Right?"
"Sigh, sure. Even though I really shouldn't"
"Great Alex. Anyway we are there now"
Alex looked around. He could barely see anything since the trees covered most of the sky. Alex could barely see something lying on the ground in front of them.
"Finally. What took you so long?" A Charmander stepped out from the trees. "I've waited long enough as it is"
"What is it?" Alex asked Magma and Karma.
"Believe it or not but we have found a real pokemon trainer bag. I don't know who put it there but it must contain something cool" Magma said.
"Really? I wanna see first." Alex said and dashed for the bag. However he didn't get long before he was slung up by a booby trap.
Karma and Magma rushed forward when they saw their friend hang in the air after one foot. However before they got near it they heard someone laugh mockingly. "I got myself a pokemon. Now I can be a pokemon master. And that little rat is going to help me"
Magma and Karma turned to where the sound came from and saw a boy with blonde hair and purple sweater. He held a pokeball in his hand but paused when he saw the two other pokemon.
"Other Pokemon? This must be my lucky day." He threw a pokeball at Karma and then another one at Magma. Both pokemon got absorbed into the balls. The boy laughed and was about to throw a ball at Alex when Magma and Karma broke free from their balls. "What happened?" The boy stuttered.
Magma turned away from the boy and used ember to burn over the rope that held Alex up. Karma stood under and made sure Alex didn't land to hard. After that Karma tied up the knot that was still around Alex's body. After that the three pokemon turned back to the wannabe trainer.
"What should we do to him?" Alex asked.
"I'm not sure. What do you think Magma?"
Magma smirked and said "I know what I'm going to do. I'll give him a taste of what he is messing with when he tries to harm one of my friends."
Magma used his ember attack to burn the boy, before using Headbutt and ram him to the ground. Karma came behind and slammed the boy with his tail, but before Alex even could threat the boy, he ran away, leaving three angry pokemon and a bag with trainer items.
"What a wimp" Magma snorted. "Fleeing after so little"
"Yeah. Even Catherine can tackle more than that" Karma agreed.
"What do you guys say about checking that jerks stuff?" Alex said.
The others agreed and pulled out things from the bag. They found a few potions, some antidotes, five pokeballs and three cans of lemonade. They put it back in the bag and started to go back to school. The incident had made them get too late to, gulp, social studies. Where the worst teacher was. But considering that they had been tried captured by a trainer they might get excused. The teacher sent them to the principal when he heard the boys' story, letting him take care about three inconsiderate brats with wild stories. The principal (an old Clefable with glasses) however believed them and told them to give the items to the chemistry teacher. An eccentric Koffing.
"What is it boys?" the Koffing said as the three boys entered the empty classroom.
"The principal told us to give these things to you." Karma said as he pushed the bag to the Koffing.
"Hmm, interesting discovery there boys. WILMA"
"Yes Rodrigo?" A female Vulpix came from behind a bottle of strange green liquid.
"Can you take those things over to the testing area? Thanks for finding these things boy. Perhaps now we can find out more about what trainers use of items. You should go to your classes now."
The three boys nodded and headed out. The rest of the day passed with Alex, Karma and Magma having yet another social studies, one class of chemistry, one trainer lesson and the last lesson was P.E.
"You guys ready for P.E.?" Magma said energetically.
"Sure I am. That is the best of all classes." Karma agreed.
"And it is the most important class if you want to become a defender. Of course we are ready." Alex practically jumped of expectation. Then he saw her again. She walked slowly as if she was stalked. "I'll see you guy's later. I just have to do something first."
The other two just nodded and warned him about coming too late. Carlos was a very strict teacher. They pretended to go on but turned to see Alex talk to the other Pichu. "I think good old Alex buddy has gotten himself a girlfriend" Karma whispered to Magma.
"Yeah. Hope he doesn't mess up." They snickered all the way to the gym class.
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"Um. Hello" Alex stood before the little Pichu. She stopped and looked at him.
"Hi" she mumbled. Alex barely heard it.
"I uhh, I want to umm, say thank you... for not laughing at me in Biology class." Alex glowed red. ¤Why am I stuttering? I don't love her or anything.¤
"Nothing to thank me for" she said, a little higher this time. "I am going to gym class but I can't find it. Do you know where it is?"
"Sure. I'm going to gym class to so why don't we walk together." Alex said.
The little Pichu agreed and they started walking and talking. When they reached the gym class Alex had learned that her name was Elisabeth and that she lived in the Northern residential area. She had decided to become one of the "Welcomers" as they were called. Their work was to help new pokemon into the system and to teach them about the society. That was a most responsible job and it required almost all classes. Alex was impressed. He told her a little about himself, like here he lived and his name and they became good friends. They stopped right before they got to the gym area.
"What do you say about meeting after school?" Alex said.
"I'd love to, but I have a lot of homework after school. Perhaps another day."
Alex got a bit depressed about it, but comforted himself with what Elisabeth had said about meeting another day. He was in his heaven for a second until Carlos brought him back to the hard reality. "What do we have here? Two latecomers? Perhaps you two think you don't need to have gym or what? Well then you better give me a reason to believe it." Carlos's voice was hard and angry. Elisabeth didn't dare look at the angry Charmeleon and Alex dared only stare at Carlos feet.
"Poor Alex and his girlfriend" Karma whispered to Magma. He and the other students sat on a row behind Carlos.
"Yeah. She might get away since Carlos is in a good mood, but for Alex to get away from this he need a miracle" Carlos was Magma's uncle. He was kind to him but only when they were alone together. Carlos had an image to take care of. There even was rumors about Carlos attacking humans but they where unconfirmed. Magma was the only one who knew that they were true, but he only did it because the humans had attacked him first.
"Now. What is your excuse for coming too late?" Carlos snapped at the two afraid mouse pokemon. Elisabeth was about to say what had happened but Alex decided to take the blame himself.
"It was my fault teacher. I wanted to talk to Elisabeth and I held her from getting to the class in time" Alex bit himself. Now he had done it. Nothing else to do other than wait for the outcome.
Carlos gave Alex a stare. Not sure about believing what Alex said, but he decided to let Elisabeth pass today. "Elisabeth. Go and sit between Karma and Magma. And you Alex, you just volunteered to be my assistant during today's demonstration." Alex, Karma and Magma swallowed and the other pokemon felt sorry for Alex.
Elisabeth was the only one who didn't understand this reaction. "What? Why is that so bad?" she asked Magma.
"Haven't you heard anything about Carlos? He is known in three of four residential areas for his demonstrations." Karma replied with a sad look at Alex
"You must come from the north if you don't know about Carlos's battle demonstrations. I'll explain why this is so bad for Alex. Carlos is the strongest of all pokemon in the forest and that is why he is the gym teacher. When he is demonstrating he picks a random pupil, except in situations like Alex's, and uses him or her in a normal pokemon battle. It can get pretty intense and Carlos never goes easy on a pupil. There was one extreme case where an Azurill had to go to hospital for a week."
"Oh." Elisabeth couldn't believe what she heard. Poor Alex. "Wait. When you mean the strongest do you mean stronger than everyone?"
"Yes" Karma replied. "He is even stronger than Shelly. Carlos actually defeated him even at a type, evolution and level weakness."
Elisabeth gasped. Shelly was a Blastoise that had defended the forest from two great fires. She had even seen him in action once and it seemed unbelievable that someone could beat him. She now got seriously worried about Alex.
Carlos made the pupils sit on the side, between Carlos and little Alex and then told them to pay good attention to how the battle went. Even though they were worried about Alex, Karma, Magma and Elisabeth psyched themselves up to pay attention to the battle as if it was any battle and not one with their friend in it. Alex almost broke down there and then and cried of fear, but he had to prove to Magma and Karma, and of course cute little Elisabeth, that he could do this.
"Go" Carlos shouted and signaled that the battle had started. He began by throwing a Flamethrower at Alex, but Alex dodged it with his agility. He started thinking and got to that if he was going to have any chance he had to rely on his speed. He used his agility to circle Carlos. Carlos smirked and used a flamethrower to block of the attack, but Alex anticipated this to happen and changed direction to Carlos. Carlos had never thought a student being able to use battle strategy so early so he wasn't prepared for this. Hence Alex's Spark attack made impact with its target. Carlos got his air knocked out of him but Alex wasn't strong so he didn't take much damage. Carlos got back on his feet and Slammed Alex with his tail. Alex got knocked back by the powerful strike and had a hard time getting back up. However he got back up and decided to use his electric power. Yes he wasn't totally able to control it and it would most likely harm himself, but he had to try. He focused his power and made a Thundershock strike. It hurt him a little, but it harmed Carlos more. This made Carlos angry. He rushed at Alex with a Headbutt. Alex was too tired to get away quick enough and this time he didn't get up when he landed.
"Match set." Carlos said before turning to the students. "I hope you kids have learned something today. In homework you have to train at least one hour strength training." The students moaned, but shut up when Carlos threatened them with two hours instead of one.
Most of the students went out when Carlos ordered them, leaving Carlos, Elisabeth, Karma, Magma and Alex alone. Karma, Elisabeth and Magma rushed over to Alex to help him back on his feet. They got him up but he was unable to stand so he fell back down when they got him up. Carlos got over to them and lifted Alex up. Then he gave him a berry that made Alex feel better at once.
"Pretty good fight you gave me kid. You actually hit me, and when one considers that you made the first strike, you should feel proud of yourself." Then Carlos did something the small pokemons never thought about him. He smiled at them. "I'm sure you three will make great defenders" he said looking at the three boys (with dropped mouth and big eyes). Then he turned to Elisabeth, "And what do you plan on becoming?"
"I... I'm trying to be a Welcomer." She said.
"Ah. A Welcomer ehh? Well that is a great choice too, although it can't compare to the defender job." Carlos smiled before turning. Stopping between the two stumps that marked the entrance he told them "You kids should drop by me later today. I could use some ambitious pokemon to help me with a few small things." And with that he went out and home, leaving four confused pokemon.
"Is that the same Carlos that is your uncle?" Karma asked Magma.
"I'm starting to wonder a bit myself." Magma replied mechanically.
"And he said that we kids should visit him. Do you think he meant me too?" Elisabeth asked.
"Certainly Elisabeth. He wouldn't say that unless he meant all four of us. By the way do you want to go out with me now?" Alex dared once more.
Elisabeth turned towards him, before answering, "Yes, but first." She raised her fist and hit him in the middle of his face. Karma and Magma got as shocked as Alex, but they calmed as she explained. "That is because you made me worry about you. And this is because you stood up for me" she jumped at him and embraced him in a warm hug.
(Story break)
"What a cute story" Emily had wet eyes.
"I agree. It was really cute, but what is pokemon?" Kushinada wondered.
[Pokemon is a race of creatures that is very varied. The pokemon are one name, but there are many different races inside the term Pokemon. I may mistake, but there is about 350 pokemon in the world.] Pikachu answered. (A/N: I know it is 386)
[Anyway, now it is my turn to tell a story] Skitty said, wanting to trail the humans of the subject pokemon.
[Wait. There is more to my story] Pikachu said.
[Really] Vaporeon said.
[If there is more then you better continue] Torchic said.
[Calm down. I'll continue.]
(End story break)
The next years passed at high speed. The reason Carlos wanted to speak with them was to give them extra lessons and help with their gym classes. The reason he did this was something he kept to himself and the four friends. They had to promise never tell it to anyone. The pokemon became great friends and, even though pokemon began to rumor and gossip, they kept on visiting Carlos for extra gym lessons. Karma, Magma and Alex because they wanted to become defenders and gym was the most important class in that work, and Elisabeth because she was horrible in gym. When the Name Rater got killed Carlos got blamed, but Elisabeth was able to defend him since she had been with him at the exact moment the Name Rater got killed. This made Magma and Karma recognize how valuable she was as a friend. Alex had found this out long ago since he loved her. Alex and Elisabeth often went out together. Karma and Magma also joined rather common and they had a great time together.
When the exams came around all of them, even Elisabeth, passed the gym exam with star marks. Elisabeth got star marks in all her other subjects but Karma and Magma had a hard time passing biology and social studies. Alex passed those subjects with decent marks but he had an extremely hard time in chemistry. Rodrigo and Wilma were always over him, correcting his mistakes before the real exam. By some mysterious miracle he actually was able to create an antidote without destroying it. Something most of the class, including Magma and Karma, could not do. However all of them passed and all three of them were among the first to be chosen out as new defenders. This made Carlos very proud. Elisabeth was the first to ever pass the Welcomer test on the first try and got pretty famous for it.
Carlos told them something he had never told anyone except Magma before. Carlos was actually once a trained pokemon. He and his brother had been captured by a trainer long ago. Because of the training he and his brother got very strong, but their trainer did not care for them. So when Alfonso, Carlos' brother, got ill, Carlos escaped with Alfonso. They had luckily been near a Society outpost so Alfonso's life got saved. All was well. Alfonso married Magma's mother and together they got a son, Magma. However the disease wasn't totally cured, so when Alfonso one day got ill again, his life couldn't be saved. He left behind himself a brother, a wife and a three months old son. This event is what made Carlos bitter and alone. Magma was the only thing left from his brother and that was why he was the only one Carlos cared for before Alex, Karma and Elisabeth had been his friends. After Carlos had told his tale Elisabeth and Alex felt a bit miserable and Karma felt sad. That explained Carlos harsh nature. Carlos wondered if he had done the right thing telling them this. He had.
Five years later Elisabeth was sunbathing right outside the Society's area. She did it because this was the best and the closest place to sunbath she knew about. Alex and Elisabeth had married and evolved on the same day, three years ago. Karma and Magma had evolved the next months and Now Karma, Alex and Magma was among the most powerful defenders in the entire defender squad. Carlos hadn't changed much, but he no longer only talked friendly to them when no one else was around. Right now Alex, Karma and Magma played hide and seek with some of the village kids. Alex used this to talk to Elisabeth.
"Hi Dear" Alex said as he went up to Elisabeth.
"Hi Alex. All well in the town?" She asked.
"All's well. I just wondered about you. Are you all right? I mean, lying out here?" He asked.
"Don't worry about me. It isn't far to home and I can defend myself if someone tries to kidnap me. If everything goes wrong then I can just call you anyway." She smiled at him.
"Well, if you are sure. Just take care of yourself. I am "it" in hide and seek so I better start searching." Alex turned to see children run away, laughing. "Don't you think I didn't see you." He shouted and darted after the kids, laughing.
He didn't know that there was one more who had spied on them. Karma sat up in a nearby tree and stared at Elisabeth. Boy those two did really love each other. Something caught the Grovyle's attention. There was a scent here that he didn't fully know. He wasn't an expert on scent but it was above that of an average's pokemon. He looked around, but saw nothing than a Butterfree fly towards Elisabeth. Grovyle calmed down. He shouldn't have done that. When the Butterfree got over Elisabeth it started spreading stun spores over her. A light breeze blew some of the dangerous powder to Grovyle, paralyzing him. He could only turn his head to see a trainer, the same trainer he and his friends had fought at their first day to school, come out from between the bushes. The trainer threw a pokeball at the stunned Pikachu and since she couldn't do anything, she was captured. The trainer picked up the pokeball and ran back to where he came from. The paralyze went over quick since he hadn't got much powder on him and as soon as he could he jumped from tree to tree to find Alex.
Alex was, luckily, talking with Magma and Carlos when Karma found them. Karma quickly told them the situation and the pokemon rushed to Elisabeth's aid. Alex was able to trace the scent of the trainer and when the sun was setting they found the trainers camp. He had gotten to sleep and Karma volunteered to see if he could find Elisabeth and release her. He got to the pokeballs and picked one up. However the trainer had put up some traps on the balls and as soon as Grovyle moved the pokeball bells jingled and awoke the trainer. The trainer saw Grovyle and threw a pokeball at Grovyle. Grovyle dropped the ball and blocked the attack. The pokeball opened and revealed a Butterfree.
"Butterfree. Use your sleep power attack on that pokemon" the trainer ordered. The pokemon did as she was ordered and used her sleep powder attack. Grovyle tried to dodge, but the range and power of that attack was extreme and he fell asleep. The trainer took out a pokeball and catched Karma with it.
Seeing this Carlos and Magma told Alex to stay behind. Those two would surely do it since they had a type advantage. They dashed at the Butterfree from both sides and used an airborne Headbutt to attack Butterfree. However the Butterfree was quicker and flew up, making Carlos and Magma crash in midair. Then the Butterfree used confusion and tossed the two Charmeleons into a heap. The trainer took out two more pokeballs and caught both of them.
Alex gasped at the power and speed of that pokemon. She even defeated Carlos, the strongest of the defenders. Alex surely wouldn't have a chance. But he couldn't just give up either. He had to try. He stepped forward and faced the Butterfree. The trainer seemed just happy about a new pokemon to his collection and told Butterfree to use Stun Spores. Alex dodged that attack the best he could, but finally had to give in to it. He found he couldn't move a single muscle and could only stand and watch the trainer throw a pokeball.
Images flashed before his mind. About how he had come to know Karma and Magma, how he had fallen in love with Elisabeth, how he and his three friends had so much fun together, how Carlos told about his experiences as a trained pokemon. Alex was about to become on of them now. When he thought about what had happened to Alfonso he found himself filled with rage and sorrow. He was angry at the trainer for catching his friends and that was not something he got away with.
Pikachu found himself closing his hand and punch the pokeball as it came from him. The attack made the pokeball burst into pieces and falls harmlessly to the forest floor. He used an attack he had know and not known at the same time. The Move Hidden Power. Small orbs of light circled him and went straight for four of the trainer's pokeballs and released his friends. He then used a thunder attack. It went straight into himself, bathing him in white light and when it faded he had evolved into Raichu. Alex now used a thunderbolt and sent the trainer and his Butterfree far away before he collapsed on the ground. The last thing he heard before he blacked out was his friends worry about him.
When Alex awoke he found himself in the town hospital. The hospital was the biggest area in the entire town and consisted of a complex underground facility dug by the "diggers" as they were called. It was amazingly sturdy and big enough for Chanseys and Miltanks to walk in. Karma and Magma was talking to a Miltank named Corey.
"Are you sure he is all right?" Karma asked the Miltank.
"Don't worry. He is fine. He only tapped himself completely and should be back on his feet soon if he just rest a little" Corey assured.
"Phew" Magma sighed. "After watching him collapse after evolving I was afraid something horrible had happened to him."
"No reason to worry. However you said that he evolved when a thunder hit him. I have always thought that Pikachus only could evolve if exposed to a thunderstone." Corey was a bit confused.
"That's what we always thought to, but it could have been the powerful lightning that struck him." Karma turned towards Alex and saw he was awake. "Alex"
"Hi Karma. Hi Magma." Alex said and sat up in the leaf bed.
Magma turned to Alex and smiled, "You really scared us back there in the forest."
"Sorry 'bout that, but it sorted out nicely don't ya think?" Alex returned the smile.
"Perhaps and perhaps not. Elisabeth almost cried out her eyes when you fell to the ground." Karma gave Alex a friendly punch.
"I better tell her I'm alright then? Don't ya think so too?"
"Agreed. Come Magma. We have to find Elisabeth and tell her Alex has awakened." Karma pulled Magma after him as they went out. Right after they went out, Carlos entered.
"Hello champ." Carlos said.
"Hello Carlos"
Carlos went over to Alex and sat down on the ground. "You did a great job back there. You defeated someone I couldn't. Not even when Magma attacked at the same time. You are truly better than me." Carlos lowered his head.
"Aw, come on. I'm not better than you. I defeated that Butterfree, but you are still better than me. You are the champ. I'm just at best a runner up. And I could never have defeated her unless you had taught me, Karma and Magma how to be good defenders." Alex smiled.
Carlos looked at Alex and smiled back. He got up and started to walk out. He stopped in the door and said, "You better get well soon. We need you now since more and more trainers are coming through this area now." He moved and just as he left, Elisabeth darted in.
"Alex dear, are you alright?" She hugged him hard.
"Don't worry Elisabeth. I'm just fine."
"When I saw you faint in that forest I thought you were dead. Never ever do this to me again."
"I promise. I won't ever do that again." Alex and Elisabeth embraced in a warm hug.
(End of story)
"That was really interesting." Emily said.
[Yes. It was great to] Skitty said.
Vaporeon yawned and Torchic had fallen asleep in Kushinada's hands. Pikachu was tired herself and was relieved when Mia and Ivan came and fetched them. They would be back tomorrow and then they could continue to talk. But right now it was good night.
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Vokteren: End of story. I thought this story to be five pages long. It stopped on 15.
Pikachu: If that romance is horrible or not is something we want to know. We've never tried romance before.
Vokteren: Also what I meant you should notice is that we'll be adding two things from now on.
Pikachu: One is that now everyone who wants to may add a character to this story. You may add one character max. Depending on how and what the character is, he/she may get a major or a minor role. An anonymous review with characters is not added.
Vokteren: Two is that I'll add a small quiz at the end of each chapter. I'm going to tell you what I'm looking for and anyone who gets five rights gets to add yet another character.
Quiz: I'm looking for a person. The person is one of the 14 main characters. "Apparently the most hated character in Golden Sun"
Vokteren: So it appears. Any other reviews?
Pikachu: (stops dancing and pulls out a pair of glasses that makes her look like a teacher) One. Thebossinschool reviewed chapter 3.
Vokteren: Good. Time to answer the reviews.
Pikachu: I'm gonna answer my reviews,
Vokteren: Sure. Go ahead.
Wolf Demon: Well I can agree that I made too long paragraphs. It was just that the story enthralled me so much that I barely had time to do a spell check. Anyway please continue reading our story. I may get to write a chapter alone again.
Thebossinschool: Thanks for pointing out the grammar mistakes. I've run over it again and corrected two of three. I couldn't find the last one. Anyway I think I'll get the new corrected chapter up soon. My first attempt failed but thanks for reviewing. I'm happy that you like our story,
Vokteren: And now we'll have a little disclaimer. If you pay attention at the ending notes I'll add something worth noticing. ...I think...
Pikachu: "We do not own Golden Sun or Pokemon. However any Lifechildren that may appear in this story is our own creation." If you wonder what happened to Shadow last chapter then sorry. No telling before we are closing on the end of this book.
"Speech" ¤Thought¤ [Telepathy] (A/N: Author Note) (P/N: Pika Note)
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The sun had long since set, but our friends Isaac, Garet, Ivan, and Mia where still out. There was a festival going on in Izumo. The inhabitants of this small village was celebrating that the evil Serpent of Mt Mikalage (also known as Gaia Rock) had been slayed. The truth was that it was put into sleep, but no one except for the adepts and the strange creatures known as pokemon knew. Skitty had told them that she sensed life in the statue and they had resonated to that the statue and the dragon had to be the same. But right now none of them cared. It was time to have some fun on this festival.
Mia and Ivan participated in some sort of dance the villagers danced. They stood in a circle around some sort of tower. Someone atop the tower drummed a big drum that made a dark sound. Then they moved in synch around the tower in a slow pace. (A/N: I've seen something like this on Pokemon and Hamtaro)
Garet and Isaac walked down a bazaar with shops on both sides. Garet was eating a special treat called "Ice Cream". It was cold but tasted delicious. Isaac was watching the stalls they passed when his eyes fell on one that seemed older than the others. He saw a sign showing two swords crossing a shield, showing that this was a weapon shop tent. He dragged Garet with him into the shop.
"What is it Isaac?" Garet asked his friend. He had his eyes fixed on something else and hadn't noticed this weapon shop.
"Didn't you see the sign? This is a weapon shop and it is quite a while since we got ourselves some new weapons." Isaac replied casually.
"Why the grumpy mood? And can't this wait till tomorrow? Today is a party and we should enjoy it" Garet said, a bit angry at Isaac's tone.
"Tomorrow will be too late" a voice said from behind some curtains. An old woman came out from between the curtains. She wasn't beautiful. Her skin was full of wrinkles and her nose was pointy. She was short and a little plump and wore a forest green one piece dress. On her head she had a white cloth that covered her ears and most of her dry white hair. Her eyes where kind though.
"Why is that?" Garet asked, but what he really was thinking was ¤Wow. I never imagined an old ugly woman like this to run a weapon shop¤
"Because I only run this shop until then. Tomorrow I'll be joining my husband" she replied.
"And where is your husband?" Isaac asked, using a more caring and calm tone
"He has wandered off to where pain never is. The path will be painful but when I get there I'll be young again and I'll be able to be with my husband again" her eyes started to sparkle.
"I'm sorry to hear that" Isaac and Garet said. Their voices filled with really empathy for this old woman.
"Don't bother young ones. See around in my shop and see if you find something that pleases you" she turned and walked behind her curtain. She suddenly got a strange feeling and bent over to a tablet of stone lying behind a crate.
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"She was a strange woman" Garet said.
"I agree" Isaac said. "There was something mysterious about her" He stopped thinking about it when his eyes fell on a beautiful sword that glowed red from a ruby on its handle.
Garet had discovered something else. In a small box he had found a set of rings. They were all beautiful and skilled crafted but there was one he showed particular interest in. It had something that looked like an ice shard embedded on it and glowed strong of water psynergy. When Garet touched it a strong feeling of calm and refreshing pleasure washed over him and suddenly he knew what this ring was called. It was a Spirit Ring and it held great healing powers. A water adept could use this to heal deep and dangerous wounds.
"Isaac. Look at this ring. Wouldn't this be an excellent gift for Mia?" Garet had a small crush on Mia but he never told anyone. She would most likely not love him and she would definitely never marry him. She was too much of a nun too marry someone.
"It is beautiful. Where did you find it?"
"In this box." He said, pointing to the small box where he had found it. "There are many others in it."
Isaac picked up a small ring with an orange flaming stone in it. He knew what this was. An Adept's Ring. He had once owned a ring like that but lost it when the tide gave them a ride he would never forget.
"I think I'll buy this ring to Ivan. He may need it using so much psynergy" Isaac said.
"Yeah. I agree. I think I'll buy this ring to Mia. It contains powerful healing power" Garet said. He noticed Isaac holding a sword in his other hand. Strange Garet didn't notice it earlier. "What is that sword you are holding?"
Isaac looked at Garet then moved his vision to the sword. "I don't know. It shows trace of strong psynergy, but it also has powers I can't identify. I can't tell for sure but it actually seems to have changed a bit"
"I can tell you what that sword is" the woman came out from between. "That is the Shadow Twin Edge. It powers differ between people but very few may wield it without getting his or her mind twisted into the swords own will. It is said that it is one out of two. It is also said that when the two will once come together where their creator is and they are going to use the ones that wield them to attack their friends and thereby save their lord."
"It is an amazing story Mrs." Isaac said.
"There is more to the story but my time is short. I have something you two must give the Blue Haired Angel and the Electric Key." She took out two packages, one round and hard and one that was shaped like that of a lightning bolt. "You must not fail. These are vital to the completion and are two of six keys. Those keys can only be used be the chosen ones. Also I want you to take the Shadow Twin Edge with you. When I'm gone there will be no one left here to protect it from evil."
"Um. Thank you, but why are you so sure that we are the right people to thrust these things to?" Garet asked.
"You are a part of it yourself. Take care and remember that looks can be deceiving. Ones actions do not always reveal ones true intentions." She showed them out before they got to say anything to it. When they got out they tried to say something, but she closed the curtain before they could say something.
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"Phew Ivan. That was fun or what?" Mia sat on a bench, tired of all the dancing.
"Yeah, I guess so." Ivan was in his own world, thinking. Shadow had reminded him of someone, but he couldn't pinpoint who.
"Ivan what is it? Are you thinking about our fight with that boy? We agreed to try and put that behind us for tonight." Mia got a bit worried.
"Sorry Mia. I just can't get that face out of my head. The face I saw when I opened my eyes during Shadow's attack. It was so grief stricken that I can't ever remember any sadder face."
"With attack do you mean when he held his hand inside your chest and head?" Mia asked, keeping her voice low so no one would hear them.
"Yes. Those eyes where filled with so much grief that my heart almost broke of sympathy. I can't understand why but those eyes had something about it. He looked like he had lost everything he ever cared for." Ivan almost cried.
"I wonder what made him so sad. I felt a strange presence that kept me from attacking him from behind. It wasn't hostile or forcing. But it was there and I can't explain what it was." Mia yawned and turned her face from Ivan to the sky "I'm tired. What do you think about getting the pokemon and heading to bed?"
Ivan turned his head to the sky and nodded. But it wasn't until half an hour later that they actually headed up to Uzume's house.
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"This is BORING" Vaporeon said. He and his fellow pokemon had to stay at Uzume while the adepts were out and had fun.
"Oh close up Vaporeon" Skitty said. "You know perfectly that we would cause quite a ruckus if we showed up in the town. It is much better being here, pretending to be Djinni."
"So what. I also want to go out and have fun" Vaporeon whined.
"Just cool it Vaporeon. They left five minutes ago and you're already complaining. Try to act like you should. After all you are the oldest and strongest of us and you should show some responsibility" Pikachu was starting to get tired by Vaporeon's immature way of acting.
Torchic had given up as the argumentation went on and decided to explore the house. Uzume and Susa was out so she thought the house to be empty. Because of that she got very surprised when she heard. "So cute." And found herself being hugged by a little girl with black hair.
"You are so cute. I didn't know Kushinada had gotten her any cute pets" the girl squealed, alerting the other three pokemon.
When they found Torchic they couldn't help but laugh. The little girl held Torchic hard and Torchic's face was barely seen, covered in black hair. The girl had a blue night dress and long black hair. She was short and had a young face.
[Excuse me miss, but may you please let our friend go?] Vaporeon was barely able to not laugh while talking.
"Hmm?" The little girl let go of Torchic and looked around. When she saw the other pokemon she squealed again and leapt at them. Now Pikachu was in the girl's iron grip. "Cute, cute, cute"
"Emily." A more grown up voice was heard from behind a door. It opened and revealed a long, slim, young lady with purplish black hair. She wore a nightgown made of skyblue colored silk with small pink flowers on it. She had a worried kind of look in her round face. "Emily what are you doing?"
[I'll tell you what she's doing. She's hugging the life out of me] Pikachu didn't joke there.
The girl let go a little so Pikachu could breath, but not enough for her to escape. "I'm just hugging your pets Kushinada. Why haven't you told me about them before?"
"Because they aren't mine. They belong to some travelers. They are just here because the travelers didn't want anyone to see them. They were afraid it may cause a ruckus." Kushinada told Emily.
"Oh" Emily released her grip enough for Pikachu to leap out. "That was sad. They are so cute"
"But that is it. But you can at least be with them now." Kushinada turned to the pokemon. "It is okay of Emily to be with you tonight right"
The pokemon nodded, but Skitty added a condition. [As long as she doesn't squeeze the air out of us]
After this things went well for the pokemon. Although they couldn't be at the party they had a lot of fun. Together with Kushinada and Emily they did a lot of fun things. They had a pillow fight (Which Torchic, Vaporeon and Emily won) played hide and seek (Skitty was it the most since she wasn't good at hiding) and indoor tag (Even though Pikachu was quickest she didn't know the house as good as Emily and Kushinada so she never got them). Afterwards they told stories while Kushinada served them hot apple cider and chocolate chip cookies.
"Okay Pikachu, it is your turn to tell a story now" Emily said.
[What? Why me. Can't Skitty do it? She hasn't either]
"Perhaps but I want to hear a story from you. And make it romantic, I love romantic stories." Emily let out a sigh and started to dream about a knight in shining armor saving her from danger.
[Eh? Does it have to be a romance? I'm not good at that] Emily just kept on daydreaming but the others urged Pikachu to tell.
[I want to hear a romance to. I love romance] Skitty got pretty excited considering it would only be a story.
[Except for Fantasy, Romance is my favorite genre] Vaporeon smiled at Pikachu.
"I have just survived a similar story, but I still like it" Kushinada said. She had already told them about how she was decided to be the next sacrifice and about how Susa and some warriors had saved her from the beast. This was what had given Emily the idea about hearing romance.
[Personally I would want a ghost story, but romance is fine by me] Torchic didn't want to leave Pikachu alone.
[Okay, I'll try] she said and took a deep breath, but what she really thought was ¤Dang. The only romance I've ever heard is about how Mom and Dad got in love. I'll have to try that¤
(Pikachu's Story)
It was the first day to school. The society had even made a school by borrowing ideas from the humans. However this school taught different things than a human school. One of the most important things they taught was how to avoid trainers. Any trainer would certainly try to catch them and when they even found pokemon not native to Viridian wood their beautiful home would be ruined by scientists and trainers from all over the world. Anyway, the first time he had seen her was during the biology class. That was the only other have to learn class except for trainer lessons. That was also two of the three classes they had together.
¤Who is that girl? I've never seen her before so I don't think she comes from the eastern living area. Anyway she looks kind of cute¤ He was brought out of his thought when he noticed the teacher saying his name. "What?"
"I asked you if you knew what Weedle evolve to and at what experience level an evolution usually takes place." The Pidgeotto was a little angry about that kid not paying attention.
¤Weedle evolves to Beedrill at level 10 but before that it evolves to either Kakuna or Metapod at level 7.¤
"Well?"
"Umm. I think it is umm a Metapod on level 7" he couldn't say the last before the class, except for the teacher and her, started laughing at him. The little Pichu got beet red and stared down on his wooden desk.
"KEEP QUIET CLASS" the other students shut up immediately and turned to the teacher. "That is not quite right young man. A Weedle evolves to a Kakuna on level 7. A Caterpie evolves to a Metapod. Now may you tell me what a Kakuna evolves to and at what level?" the teacher turned to an Oddish far back in the class.
"No teacher. I don't"
"Hmm. It seems you have a lot to learn. Today I'll teach you about the basics about evolution and I want you to learn it before next class"
The class passed without anymore problems and at class end Alex (Himself) had learned Weedle, Caterpie, Oddish and Bellsprout's evolution steps perfectly. He wanted to thank the other Pichu for not laughing at him but she disappeared in the crowd and he couldn't find her.
"Hey Alex" someone slapped Alex over his back so hard that he fell to the ground.
"Karma, can't you be a little more careful whit that?" Alex pushed himself up again.
"Sorry buddy" The Treecko said as he helped his friend back on his feet. "Magma said he wanted to show you something"
"Really? I suppose I could join you and still make it back to class."
"Who cares about school? Come." Karma dragged Alex after him.
"I care about school and you and Magma should too. How are you going to pass the defender Exam without studying? Where were you this class by the way?"
"I and Magma sneaked of a bit. Biology is boring."
"How can you say that? You haven't been to a single biology lesson. And this is your first day at school."
"I still don't like school. Thor said it is boring and I believe him?"
"Thor. You mean that Thor who flunked every test? He doesn't have any other jobs than fetching water"
"Yes him. But I don't intend to flunk every test because I have a friend who let me take notes from him" Karma turned to Alex "Right, Right?"
"Sigh, sure. Even though I really shouldn't"
"Great Alex. Anyway we are there now"
Alex looked around. He could barely see anything since the trees covered most of the sky. Alex could barely see something lying on the ground in front of them.
"Finally. What took you so long?" A Charmander stepped out from the trees. "I've waited long enough as it is"
"What is it?" Alex asked Magma and Karma.
"Believe it or not but we have found a real pokemon trainer bag. I don't know who put it there but it must contain something cool" Magma said.
"Really? I wanna see first." Alex said and dashed for the bag. However he didn't get long before he was slung up by a booby trap.
Karma and Magma rushed forward when they saw their friend hang in the air after one foot. However before they got near it they heard someone laugh mockingly. "I got myself a pokemon. Now I can be a pokemon master. And that little rat is going to help me"
Magma and Karma turned to where the sound came from and saw a boy with blonde hair and purple sweater. He held a pokeball in his hand but paused when he saw the two other pokemon.
"Other Pokemon? This must be my lucky day." He threw a pokeball at Karma and then another one at Magma. Both pokemon got absorbed into the balls. The boy laughed and was about to throw a ball at Alex when Magma and Karma broke free from their balls. "What happened?" The boy stuttered.
Magma turned away from the boy and used ember to burn over the rope that held Alex up. Karma stood under and made sure Alex didn't land to hard. After that Karma tied up the knot that was still around Alex's body. After that the three pokemon turned back to the wannabe trainer.
"What should we do to him?" Alex asked.
"I'm not sure. What do you think Magma?"
Magma smirked and said "I know what I'm going to do. I'll give him a taste of what he is messing with when he tries to harm one of my friends."
Magma used his ember attack to burn the boy, before using Headbutt and ram him to the ground. Karma came behind and slammed the boy with his tail, but before Alex even could threat the boy, he ran away, leaving three angry pokemon and a bag with trainer items.
"What a wimp" Magma snorted. "Fleeing after so little"
"Yeah. Even Catherine can tackle more than that" Karma agreed.
"What do you guys say about checking that jerks stuff?" Alex said.
The others agreed and pulled out things from the bag. They found a few potions, some antidotes, five pokeballs and three cans of lemonade. They put it back in the bag and started to go back to school. The incident had made them get too late to, gulp, social studies. Where the worst teacher was. But considering that they had been tried captured by a trainer they might get excused. The teacher sent them to the principal when he heard the boys' story, letting him take care about three inconsiderate brats with wild stories. The principal (an old Clefable with glasses) however believed them and told them to give the items to the chemistry teacher. An eccentric Koffing.
"What is it boys?" the Koffing said as the three boys entered the empty classroom.
"The principal told us to give these things to you." Karma said as he pushed the bag to the Koffing.
"Hmm, interesting discovery there boys. WILMA"
"Yes Rodrigo?" A female Vulpix came from behind a bottle of strange green liquid.
"Can you take those things over to the testing area? Thanks for finding these things boy. Perhaps now we can find out more about what trainers use of items. You should go to your classes now."
The three boys nodded and headed out. The rest of the day passed with Alex, Karma and Magma having yet another social studies, one class of chemistry, one trainer lesson and the last lesson was P.E.
"You guys ready for P.E.?" Magma said energetically.
"Sure I am. That is the best of all classes." Karma agreed.
"And it is the most important class if you want to become a defender. Of course we are ready." Alex practically jumped of expectation. Then he saw her again. She walked slowly as if she was stalked. "I'll see you guy's later. I just have to do something first."
The other two just nodded and warned him about coming too late. Carlos was a very strict teacher. They pretended to go on but turned to see Alex talk to the other Pichu. "I think good old Alex buddy has gotten himself a girlfriend" Karma whispered to Magma.
"Yeah. Hope he doesn't mess up." They snickered all the way to the gym class.
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"Um. Hello" Alex stood before the little Pichu. She stopped and looked at him.
"Hi" she mumbled. Alex barely heard it.
"I uhh, I want to umm, say thank you... for not laughing at me in Biology class." Alex glowed red. ¤Why am I stuttering? I don't love her or anything.¤
"Nothing to thank me for" she said, a little higher this time. "I am going to gym class but I can't find it. Do you know where it is?"
"Sure. I'm going to gym class to so why don't we walk together." Alex said.
The little Pichu agreed and they started walking and talking. When they reached the gym class Alex had learned that her name was Elisabeth and that she lived in the Northern residential area. She had decided to become one of the "Welcomers" as they were called. Their work was to help new pokemon into the system and to teach them about the society. That was a most responsible job and it required almost all classes. Alex was impressed. He told her a little about himself, like here he lived and his name and they became good friends. They stopped right before they got to the gym area.
"What do you say about meeting after school?" Alex said.
"I'd love to, but I have a lot of homework after school. Perhaps another day."
Alex got a bit depressed about it, but comforted himself with what Elisabeth had said about meeting another day. He was in his heaven for a second until Carlos brought him back to the hard reality. "What do we have here? Two latecomers? Perhaps you two think you don't need to have gym or what? Well then you better give me a reason to believe it." Carlos's voice was hard and angry. Elisabeth didn't dare look at the angry Charmeleon and Alex dared only stare at Carlos feet.
"Poor Alex and his girlfriend" Karma whispered to Magma. He and the other students sat on a row behind Carlos.
"Yeah. She might get away since Carlos is in a good mood, but for Alex to get away from this he need a miracle" Carlos was Magma's uncle. He was kind to him but only when they were alone together. Carlos had an image to take care of. There even was rumors about Carlos attacking humans but they where unconfirmed. Magma was the only one who knew that they were true, but he only did it because the humans had attacked him first.
"Now. What is your excuse for coming too late?" Carlos snapped at the two afraid mouse pokemon. Elisabeth was about to say what had happened but Alex decided to take the blame himself.
"It was my fault teacher. I wanted to talk to Elisabeth and I held her from getting to the class in time" Alex bit himself. Now he had done it. Nothing else to do other than wait for the outcome.
Carlos gave Alex a stare. Not sure about believing what Alex said, but he decided to let Elisabeth pass today. "Elisabeth. Go and sit between Karma and Magma. And you Alex, you just volunteered to be my assistant during today's demonstration." Alex, Karma and Magma swallowed and the other pokemon felt sorry for Alex.
Elisabeth was the only one who didn't understand this reaction. "What? Why is that so bad?" she asked Magma.
"Haven't you heard anything about Carlos? He is known in three of four residential areas for his demonstrations." Karma replied with a sad look at Alex
"You must come from the north if you don't know about Carlos's battle demonstrations. I'll explain why this is so bad for Alex. Carlos is the strongest of all pokemon in the forest and that is why he is the gym teacher. When he is demonstrating he picks a random pupil, except in situations like Alex's, and uses him or her in a normal pokemon battle. It can get pretty intense and Carlos never goes easy on a pupil. There was one extreme case where an Azurill had to go to hospital for a week."
"Oh." Elisabeth couldn't believe what she heard. Poor Alex. "Wait. When you mean the strongest do you mean stronger than everyone?"
"Yes" Karma replied. "He is even stronger than Shelly. Carlos actually defeated him even at a type, evolution and level weakness."
Elisabeth gasped. Shelly was a Blastoise that had defended the forest from two great fires. She had even seen him in action once and it seemed unbelievable that someone could beat him. She now got seriously worried about Alex.
Carlos made the pupils sit on the side, between Carlos and little Alex and then told them to pay good attention to how the battle went. Even though they were worried about Alex, Karma, Magma and Elisabeth psyched themselves up to pay attention to the battle as if it was any battle and not one with their friend in it. Alex almost broke down there and then and cried of fear, but he had to prove to Magma and Karma, and of course cute little Elisabeth, that he could do this.
"Go" Carlos shouted and signaled that the battle had started. He began by throwing a Flamethrower at Alex, but Alex dodged it with his agility. He started thinking and got to that if he was going to have any chance he had to rely on his speed. He used his agility to circle Carlos. Carlos smirked and used a flamethrower to block of the attack, but Alex anticipated this to happen and changed direction to Carlos. Carlos had never thought a student being able to use battle strategy so early so he wasn't prepared for this. Hence Alex's Spark attack made impact with its target. Carlos got his air knocked out of him but Alex wasn't strong so he didn't take much damage. Carlos got back on his feet and Slammed Alex with his tail. Alex got knocked back by the powerful strike and had a hard time getting back up. However he got back up and decided to use his electric power. Yes he wasn't totally able to control it and it would most likely harm himself, but he had to try. He focused his power and made a Thundershock strike. It hurt him a little, but it harmed Carlos more. This made Carlos angry. He rushed at Alex with a Headbutt. Alex was too tired to get away quick enough and this time he didn't get up when he landed.
"Match set." Carlos said before turning to the students. "I hope you kids have learned something today. In homework you have to train at least one hour strength training." The students moaned, but shut up when Carlos threatened them with two hours instead of one.
Most of the students went out when Carlos ordered them, leaving Carlos, Elisabeth, Karma, Magma and Alex alone. Karma, Elisabeth and Magma rushed over to Alex to help him back on his feet. They got him up but he was unable to stand so he fell back down when they got him up. Carlos got over to them and lifted Alex up. Then he gave him a berry that made Alex feel better at once.
"Pretty good fight you gave me kid. You actually hit me, and when one considers that you made the first strike, you should feel proud of yourself." Then Carlos did something the small pokemons never thought about him. He smiled at them. "I'm sure you three will make great defenders" he said looking at the three boys (with dropped mouth and big eyes). Then he turned to Elisabeth, "And what do you plan on becoming?"
"I... I'm trying to be a Welcomer." She said.
"Ah. A Welcomer ehh? Well that is a great choice too, although it can't compare to the defender job." Carlos smiled before turning. Stopping between the two stumps that marked the entrance he told them "You kids should drop by me later today. I could use some ambitious pokemon to help me with a few small things." And with that he went out and home, leaving four confused pokemon.
"Is that the same Carlos that is your uncle?" Karma asked Magma.
"I'm starting to wonder a bit myself." Magma replied mechanically.
"And he said that we kids should visit him. Do you think he meant me too?" Elisabeth asked.
"Certainly Elisabeth. He wouldn't say that unless he meant all four of us. By the way do you want to go out with me now?" Alex dared once more.
Elisabeth turned towards him, before answering, "Yes, but first." She raised her fist and hit him in the middle of his face. Karma and Magma got as shocked as Alex, but they calmed as she explained. "That is because you made me worry about you. And this is because you stood up for me" she jumped at him and embraced him in a warm hug.
(Story break)
"What a cute story" Emily had wet eyes.
"I agree. It was really cute, but what is pokemon?" Kushinada wondered.
[Pokemon is a race of creatures that is very varied. The pokemon are one name, but there are many different races inside the term Pokemon. I may mistake, but there is about 350 pokemon in the world.] Pikachu answered. (A/N: I know it is 386)
[Anyway, now it is my turn to tell a story] Skitty said, wanting to trail the humans of the subject pokemon.
[Wait. There is more to my story] Pikachu said.
[Really] Vaporeon said.
[If there is more then you better continue] Torchic said.
[Calm down. I'll continue.]
(End story break)
The next years passed at high speed. The reason Carlos wanted to speak with them was to give them extra lessons and help with their gym classes. The reason he did this was something he kept to himself and the four friends. They had to promise never tell it to anyone. The pokemon became great friends and, even though pokemon began to rumor and gossip, they kept on visiting Carlos for extra gym lessons. Karma, Magma and Alex because they wanted to become defenders and gym was the most important class in that work, and Elisabeth because she was horrible in gym. When the Name Rater got killed Carlos got blamed, but Elisabeth was able to defend him since she had been with him at the exact moment the Name Rater got killed. This made Magma and Karma recognize how valuable she was as a friend. Alex had found this out long ago since he loved her. Alex and Elisabeth often went out together. Karma and Magma also joined rather common and they had a great time together.
When the exams came around all of them, even Elisabeth, passed the gym exam with star marks. Elisabeth got star marks in all her other subjects but Karma and Magma had a hard time passing biology and social studies. Alex passed those subjects with decent marks but he had an extremely hard time in chemistry. Rodrigo and Wilma were always over him, correcting his mistakes before the real exam. By some mysterious miracle he actually was able to create an antidote without destroying it. Something most of the class, including Magma and Karma, could not do. However all of them passed and all three of them were among the first to be chosen out as new defenders. This made Carlos very proud. Elisabeth was the first to ever pass the Welcomer test on the first try and got pretty famous for it.
Carlos told them something he had never told anyone except Magma before. Carlos was actually once a trained pokemon. He and his brother had been captured by a trainer long ago. Because of the training he and his brother got very strong, but their trainer did not care for them. So when Alfonso, Carlos' brother, got ill, Carlos escaped with Alfonso. They had luckily been near a Society outpost so Alfonso's life got saved. All was well. Alfonso married Magma's mother and together they got a son, Magma. However the disease wasn't totally cured, so when Alfonso one day got ill again, his life couldn't be saved. He left behind himself a brother, a wife and a three months old son. This event is what made Carlos bitter and alone. Magma was the only thing left from his brother and that was why he was the only one Carlos cared for before Alex, Karma and Elisabeth had been his friends. After Carlos had told his tale Elisabeth and Alex felt a bit miserable and Karma felt sad. That explained Carlos harsh nature. Carlos wondered if he had done the right thing telling them this. He had.
Five years later Elisabeth was sunbathing right outside the Society's area. She did it because this was the best and the closest place to sunbath she knew about. Alex and Elisabeth had married and evolved on the same day, three years ago. Karma and Magma had evolved the next months and Now Karma, Alex and Magma was among the most powerful defenders in the entire defender squad. Carlos hadn't changed much, but he no longer only talked friendly to them when no one else was around. Right now Alex, Karma and Magma played hide and seek with some of the village kids. Alex used this to talk to Elisabeth.
"Hi Dear" Alex said as he went up to Elisabeth.
"Hi Alex. All well in the town?" She asked.
"All's well. I just wondered about you. Are you all right? I mean, lying out here?" He asked.
"Don't worry about me. It isn't far to home and I can defend myself if someone tries to kidnap me. If everything goes wrong then I can just call you anyway." She smiled at him.
"Well, if you are sure. Just take care of yourself. I am "it" in hide and seek so I better start searching." Alex turned to see children run away, laughing. "Don't you think I didn't see you." He shouted and darted after the kids, laughing.
He didn't know that there was one more who had spied on them. Karma sat up in a nearby tree and stared at Elisabeth. Boy those two did really love each other. Something caught the Grovyle's attention. There was a scent here that he didn't fully know. He wasn't an expert on scent but it was above that of an average's pokemon. He looked around, but saw nothing than a Butterfree fly towards Elisabeth. Grovyle calmed down. He shouldn't have done that. When the Butterfree got over Elisabeth it started spreading stun spores over her. A light breeze blew some of the dangerous powder to Grovyle, paralyzing him. He could only turn his head to see a trainer, the same trainer he and his friends had fought at their first day to school, come out from between the bushes. The trainer threw a pokeball at the stunned Pikachu and since she couldn't do anything, she was captured. The trainer picked up the pokeball and ran back to where he came from. The paralyze went over quick since he hadn't got much powder on him and as soon as he could he jumped from tree to tree to find Alex.
Alex was, luckily, talking with Magma and Carlos when Karma found them. Karma quickly told them the situation and the pokemon rushed to Elisabeth's aid. Alex was able to trace the scent of the trainer and when the sun was setting they found the trainers camp. He had gotten to sleep and Karma volunteered to see if he could find Elisabeth and release her. He got to the pokeballs and picked one up. However the trainer had put up some traps on the balls and as soon as Grovyle moved the pokeball bells jingled and awoke the trainer. The trainer saw Grovyle and threw a pokeball at Grovyle. Grovyle dropped the ball and blocked the attack. The pokeball opened and revealed a Butterfree.
"Butterfree. Use your sleep power attack on that pokemon" the trainer ordered. The pokemon did as she was ordered and used her sleep powder attack. Grovyle tried to dodge, but the range and power of that attack was extreme and he fell asleep. The trainer took out a pokeball and catched Karma with it.
Seeing this Carlos and Magma told Alex to stay behind. Those two would surely do it since they had a type advantage. They dashed at the Butterfree from both sides and used an airborne Headbutt to attack Butterfree. However the Butterfree was quicker and flew up, making Carlos and Magma crash in midair. Then the Butterfree used confusion and tossed the two Charmeleons into a heap. The trainer took out two more pokeballs and caught both of them.
Alex gasped at the power and speed of that pokemon. She even defeated Carlos, the strongest of the defenders. Alex surely wouldn't have a chance. But he couldn't just give up either. He had to try. He stepped forward and faced the Butterfree. The trainer seemed just happy about a new pokemon to his collection and told Butterfree to use Stun Spores. Alex dodged that attack the best he could, but finally had to give in to it. He found he couldn't move a single muscle and could only stand and watch the trainer throw a pokeball.
Images flashed before his mind. About how he had come to know Karma and Magma, how he had fallen in love with Elisabeth, how he and his three friends had so much fun together, how Carlos told about his experiences as a trained pokemon. Alex was about to become on of them now. When he thought about what had happened to Alfonso he found himself filled with rage and sorrow. He was angry at the trainer for catching his friends and that was not something he got away with.
Pikachu found himself closing his hand and punch the pokeball as it came from him. The attack made the pokeball burst into pieces and falls harmlessly to the forest floor. He used an attack he had know and not known at the same time. The Move Hidden Power. Small orbs of light circled him and went straight for four of the trainer's pokeballs and released his friends. He then used a thunder attack. It went straight into himself, bathing him in white light and when it faded he had evolved into Raichu. Alex now used a thunderbolt and sent the trainer and his Butterfree far away before he collapsed on the ground. The last thing he heard before he blacked out was his friends worry about him.
When Alex awoke he found himself in the town hospital. The hospital was the biggest area in the entire town and consisted of a complex underground facility dug by the "diggers" as they were called. It was amazingly sturdy and big enough for Chanseys and Miltanks to walk in. Karma and Magma was talking to a Miltank named Corey.
"Are you sure he is all right?" Karma asked the Miltank.
"Don't worry. He is fine. He only tapped himself completely and should be back on his feet soon if he just rest a little" Corey assured.
"Phew" Magma sighed. "After watching him collapse after evolving I was afraid something horrible had happened to him."
"No reason to worry. However you said that he evolved when a thunder hit him. I have always thought that Pikachus only could evolve if exposed to a thunderstone." Corey was a bit confused.
"That's what we always thought to, but it could have been the powerful lightning that struck him." Karma turned towards Alex and saw he was awake. "Alex"
"Hi Karma. Hi Magma." Alex said and sat up in the leaf bed.
Magma turned to Alex and smiled, "You really scared us back there in the forest."
"Sorry 'bout that, but it sorted out nicely don't ya think?" Alex returned the smile.
"Perhaps and perhaps not. Elisabeth almost cried out her eyes when you fell to the ground." Karma gave Alex a friendly punch.
"I better tell her I'm alright then? Don't ya think so too?"
"Agreed. Come Magma. We have to find Elisabeth and tell her Alex has awakened." Karma pulled Magma after him as they went out. Right after they went out, Carlos entered.
"Hello champ." Carlos said.
"Hello Carlos"
Carlos went over to Alex and sat down on the ground. "You did a great job back there. You defeated someone I couldn't. Not even when Magma attacked at the same time. You are truly better than me." Carlos lowered his head.
"Aw, come on. I'm not better than you. I defeated that Butterfree, but you are still better than me. You are the champ. I'm just at best a runner up. And I could never have defeated her unless you had taught me, Karma and Magma how to be good defenders." Alex smiled.
Carlos looked at Alex and smiled back. He got up and started to walk out. He stopped in the door and said, "You better get well soon. We need you now since more and more trainers are coming through this area now." He moved and just as he left, Elisabeth darted in.
"Alex dear, are you alright?" She hugged him hard.
"Don't worry Elisabeth. I'm just fine."
"When I saw you faint in that forest I thought you were dead. Never ever do this to me again."
"I promise. I won't ever do that again." Alex and Elisabeth embraced in a warm hug.
(End of story)
"That was really interesting." Emily said.
[Yes. It was great to] Skitty said.
Vaporeon yawned and Torchic had fallen asleep in Kushinada's hands. Pikachu was tired herself and was relieved when Mia and Ivan came and fetched them. They would be back tomorrow and then they could continue to talk. But right now it was good night.
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Vokteren: End of story. I thought this story to be five pages long. It stopped on 15.
Pikachu: If that romance is horrible or not is something we want to know. We've never tried romance before.
Vokteren: Also what I meant you should notice is that we'll be adding two things from now on.
Pikachu: One is that now everyone who wants to may add a character to this story. You may add one character max. Depending on how and what the character is, he/she may get a major or a minor role. An anonymous review with characters is not added.
Vokteren: Two is that I'll add a small quiz at the end of each chapter. I'm going to tell you what I'm looking for and anyone who gets five rights gets to add yet another character.
Quiz: I'm looking for a person. The person is one of the 14 main characters. "Apparently the most hated character in Golden Sun"