AN: Hello again guys! It's nice to be back! I've been focusing on my other stories recently, so I don't do that much work over here. *Knocking can be heard at the door.* Oh! Looks like the others are here! *Running off the screen for a moment, a door opens.*

K: Shadow, why are we here? The weather's awful.

SV: Sorry, I like staying in this place.

T: I'm not a huge fan of this stupidly wet and cold weather, but Pix can act like a hot water bottle, so that's fine.

P: Yeah, it's fine for me. Hang on, I'll set up a Will-o-wisp for you.

K: *Purple orbs circling him.* Thanks Pix.

SV: Hey guys, can we get a move on? I'm kinda making an AN here.

K: Oh, you are? *Notices the camera.* Oh, yeah, you were. Hi everyone!

P: Is this that story that has 8 tons of backstory?

T: Yeah, this is the one. I'll like reading these notes, I think.

SV: I don't own Pokemon, so go read while I get these three set up!

*Timeskip: 1 year and 2 months.*

Ashley was walking home from school. It was getting dark quickly, the fact that it was winter didn't help. Ashley shivered slightly as a cold sweep of wind blew past. Oh well, tomorrow was a day off, so hopefully one of the Beasts would be around. It was also her birthday, so maybe they had something planned. She hadn't seen any of them for a few weeks. She picked up the pace, rushing for home. The jewel on her bracelet glinted in the fading sunlight, the light red colour flickering slightly as it moved. It hadn't left her wrist in the last two years, serving as a reminder of her home. Despite the fact that the most recent memories of Sinnoh weren't exactly the most positive. The front door was unlocked, a habit her Aunt Delia had gotten into when school had started.

"Hello dear!" Her aunt called from the back room. "How was school?"

"Fine!" She called back, locking the door. "We mostly just looked at Pokemon from a few different regions, which I already know a lot about thank to my tutors. We did a few quizzes for each region too. I excelled at the Sinnoh part, which might help make up for my messy results for Kalos."

"Good job dear." She said as Ashley walked into the back. "I expect you did fine overall, though."

"They had a little bit about legendary myths. We didn't do a quiz for that, but it would have been fun to show that off. Although, it's just thanks to my special tutors, I suppose."

"Well, they have been extremely helpful." Delia admitted. "They'll probably come by tomorrow. After all, it's your birthday!"

"I hope so." She said. "I haven't seen them for ages!"

"Well, they do have jobs. Maybe they've been busy."

"Probably." Ashley shrugged and sat down for dinner. "I think I'll do some sketching over the next few days."

"You are a great artist. What do you think you'll draw?"

"Maybe I'll find an empty sketch pad and see if the three Beasts and Mew would let me draw them. It'll have to be separately, but it'll still be nice to have a sketch of them." Delia smiled.

"That would certainly be a crowning piece of art. Four legendaries… I'd love to put that up somewhere."

"Might be a bad idea though. You know, if someone comes over and there's four detailed images of these legendaries that are hardly ever seen."

"True. Now, you get up to bed so you're ready to go tomorrow."

"Ok." Ashley took her bag from the chair she'd left it on and dashed upstairs. Delia listened for a few moments until she was out of earshot, and turned to a cupboard.

"You can come out now." The little pink blob of Mew floated out of the cupboard, closing the door behind her. "I assume you heard her idea?"

'Of course. I might be able to one up that idea. Now, do you say it's ok to go with my own idea?'

"I don't know. It would be good, considering. But it might be dangerous."

'Don't worry. I'll get a professional to stay for a few weeks to help.'

"...Ok. I'll say go ahead."

'Alright. I'll see you tomorrow then.' Mew flickered pink, and teleported out of the house, to a land far away.

Ashley was up extremely early the next morning. Well, comparatively to most other days off. After all, it was her birthday, so she was bound to be up early. She picked up her normal sketch book, and looked out the window to draw the sunrise. It was only a quick sketch, one that she could add detail to in a few moments, and she started to define the landscape around it. It took around a half hour to get the artwork done, and she smiled before packing away the book on her shelf and bringing out a new one. She found a sticky label on the side, and wrote a quick name for the pad. She stuck it to the front. Special sightings. It had a nice ring to it, and was a great title for her book of legendary Pokemon drawings. It would be nice to get all the four Pokemon together, but it was good enough to get them separately. It was still a chance not many others got. Glancing at the clock, she realised it was getting towards nine o'clock, and startled out of her room, quickly getting changed before going downstairs.

She walked into the kitchen to the smell of pancakes. Her aunt was bustling around the kitchen, taking up all kinds of things and cooking.

"Hi aunt Delia." She said, sitting down.

"Hello deary. Happy birthday!" Delia turned from what she was doing to give her a hug. "Is there anything you want to do today?"

"I'd like to go down to the ranch and do some more drawings. Maybe one of my tutors will show up and I can get a drawing of them."

"Alright deary. It's your day, after all, so you can do whatever you want."

"Thanks." Ashley quickly ate her breakfast, before heading back to her room to get the sketch pad she had been using, along with the new one. She struggled for a moment with her pencils and colours, but managed to get everything together. She glanced around for a second, then placed the art equipment on her bed and took a backpack out of the cupboard. Carefully, she packed all of the bits into the bag and went back downstairs.

"Ready to go so soon?"

"I want to get as much done as possible." She started. "If you don't mind, that is."

"Of course I don't. The Professor should be up by now, so we should be safe to start out." She went and opened the door, and Ashley followed her outside. As they walked to the ranch, a few of the people who were also out talked to them, and Ashley replied a lot better than before, having warmed up to the new people she was living in the town with over the last 2 years. A few of them wished her a happy birthday, and knew that she was going to the Professor's. Most weekends she would go up there, and those with children in her class knew she was a very good artist, so most assumed that she went up there to draw some of the Pokemon there. No one except Delia and the Professor knew that she really went there for lessons, let alone with one of four legendary Pokemon. They quickly reached the lab, and Delia knocked.

"Ah, hello Delia! Good morning Ashley!"

"Hi Professor!" Ashley chirped.

"Come on in. Delia, I'll start the kettle up. Ashley, I believe there are some people waiting for you." Ashley grinned and let herself round to the backyard of the ranch. She had a sneaking suspicion as to who was waiting in the ranch, and took of towards the sheltered clearing that she had her lessons with the legendaries. When she got close to the clearing, she looked around carefully for a moment before ducking under a few branches. Her jaw dropped.

"Oh. Hi guys." All three of the legendary Beasts stood and walked over to her. "What are you all doing here? I thought you normally had jobs."

'We do. But thanks to Lady Ho-oh, we basically have the day off to all be here.' Raikou replied.

'Now, I believe you have a picture to draw?' Entei continued, moving away. Suicune stood in the centre and Raikou went to her left.

"Wait, how did you know I wanted to draw the three of you together?" Ashley asked, getting her new sketchpad and some pencils out of her bag.

'Mew told us.' Suicune said. 'Apparently she was talking to your aunt about something after you came home, and your aunt mentioned it to her.' Ashley raised an eyebrow, but didn't reply, focusing on her drawing of the Beasts.

'I think Mew will be here later today.' Raikou said, being careful not to move too much and mess with the drawing angle.

"I hope so. I'd like to draw her as well." Ashley said quietly.

She worked for the next ten minutes, occasionally glancing up to check on a few details. By the end of those ten minutes, she had a rough sketch done, with the entirety of the detail focused on the three Beasts.

"Ok you three, I'm done with the sketch. You can come here if you want now." The three of them padded over to Ashley, and looked over her shoulder at the drawing she was working on.

'This is great.' Entei said.

'I agree.' Suicune continued. 'How are you so good?'

"I practised." She said. She started to work on the background, having already done with the Beasts. "I'll probably add colour later, but for now I just need to get the backdrop done."

'I'd say that's fine.' Raikou chuckled. 'You're a good enough artist for us not to mind.'

"Thanks. When do you think Mew will get here?"

'Well, depending on how long it takes to deal with what she's doing, I don't know.' Entei told her. 'She shouldn't be long though.'

"I hope she'll be here soon." Ashley replied. She glanced up at the area the Beasts had been in, and added a bit more shading to the trees, making them cast a slight shadow on the Beasts.

It was another half an hour before the art was done. Ashley had taken out her coloured pencils and was just finishing the colours on the Beasts when a small flash announced the arrival of Mew. Ashley put down her book, sitting it on top of her bag, before standing and walking over to Mew.

"Hey Mew. What took you so long?"

'Well, I had to get something first. Hope you don't mind.'

"Of course not."

'Anyway, happy birthday!' Mew bought her tail from behind her back, showing the case it was holding. 'This is what I've got. Or, part of it, at least.' Ashley took it from her and opened it. Inside was a necklace with a glistening blue crystal. It flickered, as though it contained a small blue fire, and she smiled.

"Thanks Mew!" She said happily, clipping it on.

'I'm glad you like it. The crystal comes from my own home. I connected it with some of the crystals back home, so you can send tiny messages if you need me on your travels.' She smiled back, looping around to sit on her left shoulder, with her tail draped over her right. 'Do you want to meet my friend? He's helping with your other gift.'

"Ok." She said. "Who is it?" As she finished speaking, a black and blue blur appeared from in the trees. The thing stood in front of them, before bowing to the four legendaries.

'My lords and ladies.' It said. 'I am honoured with your presence.'

'Greetings to you as well.' Entei replied, nodding to him.

'Ashley, this is one of my Lucario friends. He comes from a place called the Lucario Kingdom, in Sinnoh.' Mew explained. 'Lucario, this is Ashley.'

'Greetings Ashley, friend of Mew.' He nodded to her, then narrowed his eyes slightly. 'Hmm… I can see what you meant, Miss Mew. She certainly has the talent.'

'It's hereditary.' Mew shrugged, lifting off Ashley's shoulder. 'Of course I knew she had it.'

"What do you mean?" Ashley asked, looking between Mew and the Lucario. "What's hereditary?"

'Have you not talked about this?' Lucario asked, glancing at Mew.

'Well, it's not really the best subject for her… and her mother couldn't.'

'You may as well start now. I can't really begin without the basis.'

'Alright then. Ashley, take a seat, this could be a bit of a shock.' Ashley sat down, and Mew landed in front of her. The Beasts lay down behind them, and Lucario lent against a tree. 'Ok. First off, what do you know about Aura?'

"Well, I know it's what Suicune, Raikou and Entei use to translate what they say, and I guess Lucario was doing it too. Also, Riolu and Lucario have really good aura control, so they can use it better than most other Pokemon. Suicune and Entei taught me that."

'That's right. What we haven't taught you is about human aura users. There aren't many of them, not anymore, but in the old days there were hundreds. One of the most prominent families comes from Rota, my home. There are a few lesser ones from there too. Now, your mother came from one such family. She was an aura wielder. I believe that she had been training since she was five, and had a huge amount of control.'

"So… my mother could use that power that Lucario have?" Ashley asked slowly.

'In a way. Skilled aura users can use things like Aura Sphere and Counter. Any move that uses aura can be used by them, along with ones that create a shielding effect. In Rota, I know about every one of the families that come from there with aura. It's a part of my job. Aura can also be used to understand and translate your voice to Pokemon, or humans as the case may be.'

"Ok." She said, even slower. "You said it's hereditary… does that mean I have it too?"

'It does. It's untrained at the moment, and is very weak. When trained, who knows what it could do.'

"Is that why Lucario is here? To help train me?"

'That is correct. I can only stay a maximum of a month, but in that time I will unlock your aura, and teach you a few skills. Most of these you can practise when I have left.'

"Ok." Ashley was silent for a few seconds as everything sunk in, then smiled and stood up. "When should we start?" Mew blinked, but Lucario moved from the tree.

'Right now, if you wish.'

"Sure!" She went over to him. "How do we start?"

'First, we need to get a feel for aura. Here.' Lucario held out a paw, glowing a faint blue with aura. 'This is what is should feel like.' While Ashley tried to get the feel of aura, and started producing some herself, Mew settled next to the Beasts.

'You three staying as well?'

'Of course. I want to see how she progresses. It took us a while to pick up, let alone get enough to translate perfectly.'

'I guess that makes sense. What if Ho-oh needs you?'

'If necessary, I think you could teleport us back.'

'Of course.'

Over the course of the next few hours, Ashley had managed to generate a small amount of aura at surface level.

'Good work.' Lucario said. 'It often takes human adepts much longer.'

'Well done Ashley!' Mew chirped. 'Why don't you run along to the lab and have some food. If you want to continue, you can run on back after.'

"Ok!" She grinned, before taking off towards the lab. Once she was away, Mew looked at Lucario.

'How was it, really?'

'Her power wells are ridiculous. With proper training, she may even be able to stand toe to toe with the aura adept legendaries, albeit the weaker ones.' Mew whistled.

'That good, huh?'

'Admittedly it would take a decade or two of hard training, but yes.'

'This should be good. Oh, and by the way, she won't always be able to stay and train all day. She goes to a human school most days, and gets homework from that. I believe tomorrow is a day off as well, and next week they end for a holiday, so she should be fine, but just so you know.'

'Noted, Miss Mew.'

Ashley came running back into the clearing an hour later.

"I'm back! Sorry I took so long."

'On the contrary, that was pretty fast.'

"I guess. Can we keep going?"

'Of course. Let's work more on generating aura at surface level. We can try and work the translation trick from there. Once you can do it a little, you can practise with one of the Beasts. From what I understand, they are good with that trick too.'

'Of course we'll help you.' Suicune said immediately.

'After we do this, we can get you to generate enough aura above the surface to make something like an Aura Sphere.'

"Aren't we going through it a bit quick?"

'I'm only going to be here for a month, remember. I'm just teaching you the basics so you can practise then afterwards. I might be able to spare time to come back for a few days in the future, but that's not something you should rely on. I help train the younger Pokemon in the kingdom, after all, so I can't always just be here.'

"Ok. So this is basically quick lessons to make sure I understand, then practise it all later?" Ashley checked, and got a nod in return. "Alright, let's get going."

*Timeskip: 1 month.*

In the month since her birthday, Ashley had excelled at her Aura training. She could produce an Aura Sphere and a Protect shield, though not very good ones, along with beginning to translate Pokemon. Lucario had still done a lot of the work on that though. They had mainly focused on getting her to make an outward form of Aura, even if it was only stable for a few seconds. It wasn't the most efficient either, taking quite a lot of energy to keep it stable for much more than that. Lucario had told her that that didn't matter, and she could practise that once he had gone. Now Lucario was leaving, and Mew and the Beasts would be assisting her with her training.

'Farewell, Ashley. It was good to help teach you.' He said, bowing.

"Thank you for your help Lucario. I'll do my best to get to be the best that I can be."

'If you ever come back to Sinnoh, stop by sometime. We in the kingdom would be honored to see such an Aura user as you.' Mew floated over to his side, being that she was teleporting him back home, and waved.

'I'll see you again next week Ashley.' The pink glow covered them both, and they popped away from the clearing. Ashley smiled at the air, then turned to walk away, heading back to her house. As she walked out, she ran into Gary.

"Hi Gary." She chirped.

"Hi, Ashley." He said, smiling back. "I came to see where you were. Delia's here for you."

"Thanks Gary. I'll go meet her." Ashley grinned at him, and started off to the lab. She turned at just the right time to miss a blue flicker in the trees.

AN: And done! I finished getting the other three up to speed.

K: I heard you mention it a while back, it seems like fun.

P: I think so too! I like the aura things, so a smart Ash with aura should be fun.

T: I like the idea, but don't you think we've done too much talking? It's been three chapters.

SV: I guess so. I'm not going to let this ramble on for too long, so bye everyone, and we'll see you all next time! Whenever that is.