The Beginning in Kalos RIP

by BardofWorlds

As Ash attempts to win the Kalos League, he reunites with old rivals, friends and meets new ones while threats he dealt with and ancient forces begin to awaken from slumber, heroes rise to face them. In the end everything is connected and the destiny of many is not what they expect but one that they will love. Ash/harem Clemont/OC muilti story plot/ many stories united at the end

15. Chapter 15

Wow, over 235 people read my story on the day I published a new chapter, I'm touched really I am. But on a sider note, I literally found out the day after that Stan Lee had passed on, he was one of my heroes, a visionary writer who still did voice acting even at his age, he was the man, rest in peace dude, you're be missed by all the fans of Marvel Comics and the written word. My dream was to be like all my heroes of the literature world, Bran Jacques, Bram Stoker and now Stan Lee. So on a lighter note here's the next chapter and I want to make two declarations, from now on my Fanfiction profile I'll be posting my progress, and I'm going to have a new story to publish to celebrate one year of this, so that's that and I want to wish you all a great Thanksgiving people, enjoy this as and after dinner treat and in the words of Stan the Man, EXCELSIOR! See you all in 30 and on my one year aniversery I'll have a side project I've been working on ready, hopefully.

Bahadur walked ahead of his father as they moved towards their home. The day had been long but a good meal was just what they need. He kept his eyes looking all around as he walked, hoping that he wouldn't see them but he still kept any eye out for any of the Maulers. His father walked behind him, his head down as he thought about what had happened over the last few days. If a Devour is around where did they come from? I mean the King took care of them after the Attack so many years ago, I can't imagine one of those bastards could 'a survived and why here at the Rest? I mean were near the middle of the Desert domain and the uncolonized lands but what could they be after here? He was so deep in his thoughts that he never noticed someone walk up behind him until someone hugged him from behind.

"GOOD EVENING BROTHER!" A cheerful voice cried, startling Bahadur who looked and saw slim arms around his father, but he relaxed when he saw his friends looking at him from both sides, grins on their faces let him identify who was giving his father a hug, causing him to shake his head and smile. Sadiq sighed and turned his head to look at the woman holding him and saw a woman with her blue hair braided around her head and a smile on her face wearing a simple white dress with bangles on her arms.

"Hello Rabea, so I guess you decided to give me your surprise greeting." Sadiq said with a sigh as Rabea moved away and stood next to a tall man with tanned skin, a black beard wearing a white tunic and white pants who stood there with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.

"Come on Sadiq you know how my wife's like when she meets someone with deep thoughts like you had." The man said with a laugh in his voice.

"Well there's hope Navid, there's hope." Sadiq said as he walked back towards his home as Rabea and Navid began conversing with him. Bahadur slowed down until Farbod and Etana were walking next to him before he began a quite conversation.

"Hey guys, the Maulers been bothering you lately?" Bahadur question caused Farbod to snort softly and shake his head.

"Nope. Ever since they tried to jump you at the bridge and those people got drained they've been quite. I've caught some of them watching me but nothing, you?" Farbod asked as they walked down the street.

"Nothing, you think that idiot would have done something by now. Think that one told the truth about who or what attacked his friends? Think they'll back off for a while?" Bahdur asked quietly as he looked straight ahead, watching their parents as they walked towards his home. Etana looked at him as they moved and shook her head.

"Bahadur, we're not that lucky. As soon as the adults let the lockdown fall they'll come after us, the town's forum has exploded about how we tricked them, I'll bet the idiot is destroying

"YOU'RE BACK!" A young sounding cheerful voice called, causing Bahadur to look up and smile as he saw his little sister running towards their father and jumped into his arms and rest her head on his shoulder. Kyra was an angel, her white hair in pigtails and her blue eyes and recently she had proven able to handle a Pokémon with responsibility and had taken the Jr. Trainer Exam, and she had said that she would decide what Type of egg she would want as her first and partner later and had been silent for the last few days.

"Momma said you'd be back soon, she's told me to tell you to hurry up, the breads almost ready and the table just has to be set and we can eat! Nice to see you again Aunt Rabea, Uncle Navid!" Kyra said as she smiled over her father's shoulder. Rabea laughed and tickled Kyra face as she laughed at her surrogate niece.

"Hello little princes, how've you been, causing trouble for your family?" Rabea said as Kyra looked at her and smiled angelically. Bahadur smirked and walked up to just behind his father and rubbed Kyra's head.

"This little one has been giving us the same amount of trouble as usual, did you decided what Egg type you want yet little one?" Bahadur asked as he watched his sister laugh at him.

"Almost big brother, I've got it down to at my top three type picks!" Kyra said as she looked at him as their father put her down and she reached and grabbed her brother's hand.

"It's a big decision boyo, deciding on your first Pokémon is special, it can affect your entire life. Almost as much as deciding to pursue the path of the Aura."

"And you would know that better than anyone, wouldn't you dear?" A voice ahead of them caused Bahadur to smile as he looked towards the source and saw his mother. She was a beautiful woman with her long black hair and blue eyes, and she was wearing a simple black dress that ended at her knees, it was loose and showed off hints of her figure and had on boots that Bahadur had gotten for her last birthday, they had seals on them that promoted healing when they were fed Aura energy, a trick to help the ache of feet that helped her when she traveled to find buyers or check on suppliers for the family business. Rabea laughed and walked towards her, pulling her into a hug when she reached her.

"Neferu, it's been too long, how have you been? How's the road been treating you lately? Anything happen that was strange or interesting?" Rabea asked as she pulled back. Neferu smiled and looked at her before replaying.

"Nothing really, a few miners are blaming their increase prices on that that they heard some noises in the deep tunnels, the same old specters here and there, but what about you all, anything new?" Neferu asked as the others moved to gather around her.

"Oh, no nothing really besides dealing with the fever about what happened to those kids, my brother is coming to visit." Navid said with a smirk in his voice. Bahadur shot a look at his two friends who nodded at him, confirming that their mother was telling the truth.

"He is? You have to tell us about it over the meal; I left it to cool when this little angel called out to you all." Neferu said as she started to usher the party into the yard and then into the house.

Later that night, after the meal had been finished and the kids and adults had separated for the evening, Bahadur walked down the hallway from the kitchen with a glass of water in his hand, his sister had wanted one and he had volunteered to go and get a few glasses if the others wanted some water later and was heading back to the room his friends and sister were using for the night when he noticed a light from under the door to the living room and stopped to listen in.

"… come on man, I know your brother, he wouldn't come here because of a Devourer scare with someone if there wasn't more to it!" Bahadur heard his father exclaim as he tried to stay as silent as possible, anything he heard might help him, a lesson his father had taught him.

"Your right, Sadiq, there is something more at play. I don't know what it is, but he said once he got here he'd need someone to take him to look at the reports from the doctors who looked over the victims." Navid said with a sigh in his voice.

"Look at the reports, did that mean he might have seen something like this before?" Neferu asked with a hint of worry in her voice.

"I don't know, but maybe…." Navid trailed off as Bahadur strained to hear the replay.

"Maybe what?" Bahadur heard his mother ask in the flat tone that his friends called, her interrogation voice.

"Well, it's just my thoughts, nothing was said. But you've heard the rumors, that they found the Queen and Prince?" Navid said as Bahadur gained a look of disgust. There had been many times that the Queen and the Prince had been 'found', and most of them were 'false' and a few of them were plots by either their enemies or of 'unknown backers'.

"Rumors like that always happen a few times a year, what's so different about this one?" Sadiq voice said as Bahadur waited to hear just what if anything was different this time.

"This is different than normal; there was a Gathering of all the Lords and the High Lords at the same time, same meeting. With the rumor, the King might have ordered the lords to beef up secrutity before a general announcement is made, make sure none of them find out we've found where they were." Bahadur went still at this. They could've found them, for real! Why hasn't it be shouted from the roof tops, this will change everything! Bahadur thought as he tried to listen to everything being said inside the room. He barely was able to stay upright and heard someone stand up so fast their chair was pushed back.

"Are you serious, a meeting of the all the Lords?! Then it might have a chance of being real, but how would that affect what's happening here?" Sadiq demanded as Bahadur tried to hear what was being said.

"You all know how the group that attacked all those years ago infiltrated from the Valley Domain, right?" Navid said as Bahadur heard the sounds of him walking about the room.

"What does that have to do with anything? Is there a possibility there are spies in the Rest!?" Bahadur heard his father demanded and felt a scowl form on his face. That's insane, the Maulers are the only problem and they get away with all they do because that idiots father pays off anyone who might raise a fuss about his boy, if he tried anything that has to do with treasons then anyone would kill the brat! Bahadur thought as he tried to listen through the door.

"I doubt it, but if they might have found something because of a security sweep, my brother did say our High Lord was concerned about keeping the domain safe, so maybe it's that, or he's bringing his girlfriend to visit and meet the family." Rabea said as Bahadur turned and walked off back to his room, his friends had to be told about this! He moved down the hallway and went over what he had overheard. If he's coming because something was found in a security sweep… or did someone else find something and let it out. That painting… I think we need to talk to that friend of ours about what the Maulers got away with, if it's as old as he thought it was then maybe, I don't know but we need to talk to him about it once the Lockdown is lifted. Bahadur thought as he returned to his room and slipped inside. He noticed Kyra was leaning back as Etana read to her, only to pick up when he came in carrying the glasses.

"You took a while to get back, what; did you stop and listen to the music of the night my friend?" Farbod asked with a laugh in his voice that died when he saw the look in Bahadur's eyes. He gestured towards his sister with his eyes and Farbod nodded slightly and shot a look to his sister. Walked over and handed the glass to his sister who smiled up at him.

"Sorry about being late squirt, had to go to the bathroom on the way back, Etana would you mind putting her to bed and read her favorite story?" Bahadur asked as he shot a look at Etana who looked up at him as Kyra drank her water, only nodding when she saw the look in his eyes.

"Come on princess, lets hit the bathroom first and then I'll read…. what would you like to hear?" Etana asked as she led Kyra out the room. Bahadur looked at Farbod and nodded at him.

"Yeah, I did stop and listen. Let's just wait until your sister puts Kyra to bed sleep and we'll talk about what I overheard, I think that job we did when we provided security to that auction at Kids Town that those Maulers raided might have a hand in why your uncle is coming." Bahadur said as Farbod looked at him in confusion.

Riley put a stake with a jagged crystal on top of it into the ground and nodded as he looked at the others he had set up around the cabin and grasped his hands and willed a glow to form over his hands. He moved them apart, forming a line of blue energy between them before a spark shot at the crystal that glowed before a blue shield formed around the cabin in a square ten feet out from the cabin itself, anchored by all of the eight crystal stakes he had put into the ground. Brock had woken up a few hours ago and when Shadow who had been scouting ahead came back and told them that he had found signs that Chimera had been there recently, the group had decided to change their course and gone to the cabin, the same place Rosette had escaped from. The others were inside, Brock making a stew with what remained of their rations as Shadow watched the front.

Riley walked into the cabin and saw Brock starting to pass out soup bowls as Shadow came into the building from the front, taking a bowl and nodding at Riley as he sat on a salvaged chair.

"Good barrier, I think it'll keep the Chimera from finding us, how long do you think it'll last?" Shadow asked as he removed a piece of his mask from his mouth and started to eat. Riley looked at him and

"I used eight so it should last until the morning; well after at least until the sun rises and nothing happens. But that's not enough to cause me not to demand to know why you're up here." Riley said as Brock nodded as the others looked at him.

"Yeah Shadow, don't get me wrong, I'm happy you saved me but we need to know why you're here in the first place." Brock's words caused Shadow to look at his bowl before he started to speak.

"You work up your Aura, that's why the girl who joined you with that other trainer, the one who rode that Rapidash, she tried to kill you earlier, didn't she?" Shadow asked as he looked up, his mask hiding his eyes as he looked at Brock's face. Brock nodded as Yuji looked shocked before his face gained a glare as he looked at the fire.

"I KNEW IT, I JUST KNEW THOSE TWO WEREN'T HUNTERS! If I ever get my hands around that bastard's neck!" Yuji said as he hands acted as if they were around someone's neck. Cameron looked at him and scooted away, keeping him in his sight as Yuji started to chuckle darkly. Brock looked at Yuji for a few seconds before turning back to Shadow.

"I thought about it when she tried to kill me, but how did they trick Karin….or did they trick her?" Brock asked as he turned his head and looked at Riley who smiled bitterly.

"No, if I'm right then I doubt they tricked her. It's a long story and don't we want to know why our friend was here?" Riley said as he gestured to Shadow. Shadow only smirked and finished up his soup before he looked at Riley.

"I don't mind, and if you can tell me anything about the origination that witch is part of then I wouldn't mind at all, it make explaining why I started to follow her in Viridian City so much easier to believe." Shadow said as Rosette looked at Riley and Cameron as the two shared a look.

"Riley, please. If one of the Elite Four is involved with people who are masquerading as Hunters, then we need to know if only to be on guard when we get to Viridian." Rosette said as Riley turned to her and just sighed.

"Fine, but I want vows from all of you, you can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you all, epically you Rosette. As far as I know they think what I am is dead and gone from this world. If they find out we're still active, even with only two members then I don't want to think about what they might do." Riley said as the others looked around.

"Fine, I'll keep quit, I'm probably going to be discharged for trauma after this anyway." Rosette said as she looked at him. Brock looked at her and frowned. Why the hell would the guard discharge her, she did everything right, fought out of an ambush by Chimera that killed the rest of her group and was trying to make it back to report? Maybe I should contact Lance about this, see what's happening with the guard. Brock thought as Shadow responded.

"If they're who I think they are; I'll only tell people who are fighting them with me, that's the best you'll get from me." Shadow said as he locked eyes with Riley. Riley kept his eyes on Shadow before he released a huff and nodded his head.

"I guess that's the best I can hope for, so Brock what about it?" Riley asked as they all turned towards Brock who sighed before looking at Riley with a hard look.

"I'll keep quite Riley, but if lives are on the line and this information can save them I will act." Brock said with an edge to his voice. Riley looked at him before sharing a glance with Cameron who nodded at his teacher. Riley looked around and closed his eyes, thinking about his long departed teacher

"To formally introduce myself, my name is Riley, and I am an Aura Guardian, besides my student Cameron I am the last of them." Riley said as Shadow merely looked at him, Rosette saying nothing and Brock looking at him before he chuckled.

"I thought you looked like Sir Aaron when we met, but I thought I was seeing things…."Brock trailed off when he saw the look of anger on Riley's face.

"Aaron isn't someone who was respected by the Guardians; his actions were considered what not to do." Riley said flatly, causing Brock to stare at Riley before he exploded.

"Not respected, what the Hell?! He gave his life to stop that war; I would think….you're people never found the Time Flower that showed his final moments did you?" Brock said as Riley stared at him in total shock before a small tear dropped from his eye.

"He gave his life to stop it? You need to tell me about it later Brock, but what do you all know about the Aura Guardians?" Riley asked with a somber tone as Cameron looked on in concern.

"The Aura Guardians are folk heroes here in Kanto. May tales exist of them fighting off Chimera Hordes, swarms of Pokémon and defeating Villains. What people think objectively is that they were the first champions or Gym Leaders and defended their homes and the tales of them using powers or abilities were sleight of hand using their Pokémon or the result of the stories changing overtime." Shadow said as he leaned back. Riley looked on passively and sighed.

"Yes, that's what most people know about us and that's what the old ones wanted. Bear with me for a bit, this is complicated. To put the history into the proper perspective, the Guardians began as those who awakened their Aura's and became protectors of those around them. As each settlement in those days started to make contact with each other, so too did the Guardians start to meet each other. Over time they grew from being friends to comrades, from comrades to members of the same group. But as groups grow, some find others within the group they get along with better, those who think as they do and conjugate together." Riley said as he started to gain a look of hatred as he closed his eyes.

"It was the First Siege; that is considered the cause of everything that went wrong." Cameron took over at that point; Riley looked at him, only to let him continue when he saw the look in his eyes.

"What was recorded shows that a town was destroyed by these Chimera, and unfortunately that town was where the family of an influential member of the Guardians had lived there. They were all killed, and he started to see the fact that the Guardians weren't controlling the rest of the world as the reason, seeing the way the world was divided as the reason for so many tragedies. He started to gather to him others who felt as he did, those who wanted power and those who felt they could do more to protect their loved ones." Cameron said as he reached into his bag and brought out an old looking book. He flipped through the pages until he stopped and turned, showing a drawing of an Alpha with notes on the side, Brock looked at the picture and noticed notes on the side, catching a few sentences with the words controller and explodes before he looked up.

"Explain now, how can something so old have drawings of those things in it." Brock said as Shadow looked at looked at the book as Rosette stared.

"These were the Chimera that took the family of the Guardian we mentioned. According to the research Cameron did, the tactics in those days was to just kill them, but when they thought that the cost would be too high on their side then they decided to just seal them away. According to the records the Guardians were dealing with the last hive of these things when the forces that the Guardian who had lost his family gathered to his banner struck. It was all they could do to send in a special squad to create a seal to hold the last hive in place; it put them into a state of suspended animation. In their defense, with humans and Pokémon, after a few hundred years of this they…die." Riley said as he stirred the remains of his meal.

"The reason teacher said Sir Aaron wasn't thought of was because according to the records he just disappeared, he abandoned his home instead of joining the battle on the side of the Guardians, the other side were the proxies of the forces of that one ex-Guardian, they had started to call themselves the Order of the Protectors of Life. A few others disappeared from the records, traitors or they died, someone saw him abandoned his partner and trap it in his staff." Cameron said as Shadow turned his head to look at him before he scoffed.

"So they were formed because a Chimera killed their founder's family. From people who hated Chimera to those who created one that caused the last Siege, I don't know what's worse." Shadow's blunt words caused the others to freeze before they turned to him, Riley and Brock paling as they did so.

"What did you just say?! They caused the last Siege?!" Brock demanded as soon as he found his voice. Shadow nodded as he looked around the room.

"This information must be kept as quite as what was just said. I was a member of the strike force that went after the leader of that Horde while the others broke its forces." Shadow declared as Brock stared in total shock while Rosette mouth dropped open.

"You were…." Rosette began before Brock interrupted her.

"What happened to the force's leader, did he survive?!" Brock demanded, Shadow only looked at him before he continued.

"Why do you want to know his fate?" Shadow asked as Brock reddened in rage.

"Damn you, he was the father of a good friend of mine! If there's a chance he's alive I owe it to Misty to find out!" Brock said, before Shadow nodded his head.

"He died, some of the others who went into the lair with us were members of this Order, for the Purity and Protection of Humanity was the excuse that scum used when they fought and killed everyone else." Shadow said as he removed a chain with a tag with the image of a Pokéball on a shield before a sword.

"I tore this from his neck as I took his arm and fought my way out of there. I had this suit set aside by my teacher to help hunt Chimera who could see Auras, I was the only one who knew where I left it so I got it and went underground, doing missions in the underworld, trying to find out who the hell those scum were." Shadow said as he handed the chain to Riley who looked at it like one would dog shit.

"I knew they were still alive, but they had devolved into such, I didn't know that they had become so widespread." Riley said as he handed the chain to Rosette who looked at the symbol in horror as Brock and Cameron looked at it with her.

"They're everywhere and could be anyone; I've fought members all over Kanto, from every walk of life to reporters to garbage men. Hell, I was almost killed by this stay at home mom type once in Porta Vista a few years back." Shadow said as he took the chain back and put it into a pocket.

"Then your family, your friends, they don't know your alive?" Cameron asked as the others looked at Shadow whose mouth went a frown before he put his mask piece back into place.

"The leader of those traitors, he was someone who I trusted as a brother, but if he was one of them and could betray us, then anyone was suspect. I couldn't put them in danger if those scum decided they had to preserve their secrecy by killing those I loved." Shadow said with convention as the others looked at him. Not that Gabs will like my answer, but I'll live with it, she'll still be alive and that will be enough for me. Shadow thought as the others looked around at each other.

"Still, did they have to just forget about the seal?" Rosette asked as they tried to absorb what they had been told. Riley looked conflicted as he blushed at her words.

"A seal is usually used as an execution; after it's been used they usually fall apart when what's behind it dies. So most used such were usually made and forgotten about, it never crossed their minds that something could survive. Maybe some of the order went around and checked; I don't know I was only a third level out of ten levels of security." Riley said as he looked down. Brock just shook his head before he stopped and went still, varies facts starting to connect in his head as he slowly turned his head and looked at Shadow.

"Those two didn't trick Karin, did they? She's one of them. And they were the ones who killed off the other Guardians!" Brock said as Rosette looked shocked and Riley and Cameron looked at Shadow who nodded.

"Yes she is. I think she's very high in rank, but what I've found over the years is that their…fractured is the only word I can use to describe them. I've seen actions where they've fought alongside each other or against each other." Shadow said as the others looked at each other.

"Make sense, the leader of the bastards who killed the others was high in the League too." Riley muttered as Brock stood up.

"These should be kept secret, all of it. But that's not important right now, let's set up a watch so we can get out of here fast once the morning comes, these things seem to be most active in the night." Brock said before Riley cut him off.

"That's a side effect of the seal, give them a few days and that'll be gone. But a watch is pointless, if the seal chimes something is striking it, any solid mass or elemental attack won't pass through it, and we're trapped and protected in here." Riley said as he got up and walked towards his bag as the others looked around at each other as Shadow stood up and walked towards a wall to lean against as the others choose where they would sleep.

The Pinsir put down the last of the staffs and watched as another of its species touched it with a flaming torch before it threw it into the river. They were to create this and they were then to wait, it sighed. The last of the youngsters were going to leave if they didn't decide to stay here. It looked towards the cave mouth and nodded when it saw the others coming out of the cave, the Yann and Beedrill hovering behind the torches with the other Pinsir stood at attention as Florges moved down the aisle between the torches, her two daughters following behind her. Florges stopped at the end of the row and turned to her daughters as the both of them hovered there and looked at her.

"Florges, flor flor ges." Florges said as she looked down at her two daughters, both of them looking at her. This was how it was done by their kind, when they were trained long enough the daughters could decide to take their chances in the world, sometime the child would decide to stay with their mother and the mother would let her. The two Fairy types floated before her, the one with the black flower looked proud while the blue flower looked sad.

"Flabébé bébé flabé." The black flowered one said as the blue flowered one turned and looked at her sibling with shock. She had heard her sister say she would depart alone, but was that okay? She had only stayed behind because the two of them had a tighter bond then any of their siblings, Black had defended her from the others but to leave like this.

"Flabébé?" Blue asked as Black smiled at her. She darted and kissed Blue on the crown and bowed to their mother before she formed a cloak of green glowing leaves around herself and let the wind carry her out into the world.

Florges watched her daughter leave and turned towards the only child of hers that would stay with her and smiled encouraging at her when she looked at her mother and opened her arms, Flabébé charged at her and hugged her around her neck, Florges only patted it softly as it looked out into the forest as the other Pokémon returned to their nest as some of the Pinsir took the torches to put them out in the river. As she carried her child and its flower back into the cave, she looked at what forces she had to command and frowned. The attack by the Ogre's forces had shown that she had to consolidate power, and who could say what the Queen and her Champion would do next in response to the changing situation. Florges closed her eyes and thought about who she could send emissaries to, perhaps the Matriarch and her brood mightjoin her, they were a bit the Brothers had stopped and helped throw the Champion out of the forest before, they might be up to follow her. And there was the Flarewing and Duchess to consider, and who might join because their enemies joined them. Florges looked up at the moon and as she thought how she would lead her forces in the days ahead

Ash looked to his side as Clemont finished the last of the paperwork do own hospitalization and gave a small sigh as he looked at Serena talking with Nimue and Lilly as they waited. The tests on Serena had come back fine and Lilly wouldn't budge about the blood and said she was fine so the doctors had no way they could hold her so they had let her go, while Bonnie was fine once she had been given an antidote and slept off the poison. He absentmindedly rubbed one of the bandages the doctor had put on him and commanded that he keep them on until the day after tomorrow, and he would do so but boy did they itch. He was finishing up his own paperwork and he never noticed Lilly nudge Serena and point at him and make a comment, causing her to blush and Nimue to giggle softly. Bonnie came towards them, Pikachu following behind her as Dedenne poked its head out Bonnie's bag, after she had been attacked and Dedenne had spent it in its ball, it had decided to be like Pikachu and was now traveling in Bonnie's bag for the foreseeable future. Bonnie came up and tugged on Clemont's shoulder and looked up at him as he looked down at her.

"Are you done Clemont, can we leave now?" Bonnie asked, causing Clemont to laugh and reach down and rub her head. He pushed the documents he had finished and reached down and put on his backpack as

"Yes Bonnie I just finished, we can leave." Clemont said as he moved towards the exit to the Hospital, his sister, Ash and their Pokémon following as they moved towards the girls who greeted them and started to walk with them. As they walked under the morning sun light Ash just moved on autopilot, barely hearing the conversation as they moved through the city, his thoughts on the Chimera near Cerulean and the threat hitting the Viridian area. I'm too far away to do anything, but send my hopes home. Mom took in a new border and she says the girl is a bit skittish but an okay girl and that Aunt Amanda is looking into that so there's nothing I can do there. Just have to hope for the best, Brock I hope you stay alive man and I hope you can hold Cerulean Misty. Ash thought as he walked, never noticing anything until he jumped as Serena put a hand on his shoulder. He turned his head and noticed her and the others looking at him with worried looks.

"Is everything alright Ash, you've been quite and not hearing us for a while now, is anything wrong?" Serena asked. Ash looked at them and eyed Bonnie for a minute before he sighed. I don't know how she'll react, so best not to mention it. Ash forced a smile on his face

"I'm fine guy, I just….I talked with a few friends of mine online last night, there's an outbreak of some kind of sickness in Viridian affecting Pokémon and I'm a bit worried about my mom, I called her and it hasn't spread to Pallet yet but I'm worried about the old homestead." Ash said as he chuckled.

"An outbreak in Viridian, isn't a hurricane due to hit there within the next few days, did they find patient zero yet?" Clemont asked as his mind ran through a few ways that such an infection could spread. Ash just shook his head and sighed.

"No, Misty said that Brock went up into the mountains after it and hasn't been in contact since. But he knows mountains so he'll be fine." Ash said as he dropped a few names.

"Brock, Misty? Are they some of your old friends Ash?" Lilith asked as innocently as she could as she watched Serena's face as they listened to Ash.

"Misty Waterflower and Brock Slate. Their old friends of mine and we traveled together for a while." Ash said as he moved forward, not noticing how Serena's eyes had widened a bit when she heard their names.

"Misty Waterflower; as in the Waterflower Sensational Sisters of Cerulean City? " Serena asked as she stared in shock as Ash laughed as he looked away from them. Nimue gained stars in her eyes and clasped her hands.

"Aren't the Sensational Sisters the name for a trio of sisters who put on water shows with Pokémon in Kanto?" Nimue asked as she looked at Ash. He travelled with the sister of those three, does he know them? Those three are the only people that the old lady back home let us know about, they're shows were incredible! Nimue thought as she looked at Ash as he continued to laugh. Serena meanwhile looked at Ash, wondering what his relationship with Misty was.

"Yeah, long story short, I kinda destroyed her bike my first day out and she traveled with me until it was replaced." Ash said as the group looked at him in confusion. Bonnie blinked a few times before she looked at Ash with confused eyes as the others stared at him in total shock at what they had just heard.

"How did you destroy a bike?" Bonnie asked, putting to words what they were all thinking.

"It was a result of being attacked by a swarm of Spearow, a lightning strike that Pikachu might have caused and a crash, I don't want to talk about it." Ash said as they moved about.

"HEY, WAIT! HEY!" Jenny's voice called out behind them. Turning the group saw Jenny pull up on her motorcycle, stopping as she came up alongside them.

"Found you, I was worried I'd miss you when I made it to the hospital and discovered you'd already had signed out." Jenny said as she removed a helmet and put in on her sidecar.

"Officer Jenny hi, was there any problems with the cleanup?" Ash asked as

"Don't tell me you're here about our actions, are you?" Lilith asked as she moved her hand slowly towards her belt. Jenny raised her hands and shook her head as she saw Ash move to the side and start to raise his arm.

"No, given what we found when we raided their hideout the local judge has ruled what you did was fully justified, not that he needed to because of the Defense Treaty, no matter how little weight most people around here give it." Jenny finished softly as she looked at the group and forced herself not to react to the look Ash was giving her as he relaxed.

"So what is it Officer, why did you stop?" Ash asked as he looked at her eyes, and for a second Jenny felt if a predator was looking at her, trying to decide how he would kill her. What the hell happened to this kid to cause him to have that kind of stare and to look at me like that? Maybe I should look into him. Jenny thought as she looked at the group.

"I just wanted to stop and wish you all well. With all the evidence we have and the sighed statements from you I doubt we'll need you to testify anyway. The department has your contact information if we need to schedule a remote testimony in any Pokémon Centers." Jenny said as she leaned against her bike.

"That's good, the sheer scope of what they were doing; I can't even begin to think about what caused him to begin an origination that could do some of what you discovered in there." Clemont said, not noticing the look Ash shot him before Ash turned to Jenny.

"And what about my crystal; when well the legal action against that individual be done and I can have it back?" Ash asked as he looked at Jenny.

"He's trying to cut a deal with us, but we've gotten into his phone records and financial statements and we think we'll have a lot of work for people all over the world to do until we can find everything to charge him with, so I would say that everything about him should be finished in a few months, he's hired a good lawyer but already his underlings are telling us everything for a reduced sentence. So a few months and I think we can give it back to you, I make sure we contact you when you can pick it up." Jenny said as Ash looked at her as Serena watched him. He's keeping his eyes on Jenny and not letting her direct the flow of the conversation, why is he? Serena thought as she watched Ash talk at Jenny. Jenny looked at her watch and turned back to her motorcycle.

'I have to go, I wish you all well and I hope you have safe travels, I'll make sure your contacted when we don't need the crystal." She said as she put her helmet on and started her motorcycle.

"Thank you officer, have a nice day." Clemont said as he bowed her head as Jenny drove off. Ash watched her leave before turning around and leading the group towards the edge of town.

"What's this about a crystal?" Nimue asked as they walked. Ash held up one of his hands and made a gesture that it wasn't worth talking about.

"Oh, someone who wanted to capture some Pokémon for a fighting ring used us to weaken them and knock down a way into their lair. When Serena and I were attacked getting a crystal column from the lair because the 'carver' who wanted it had broken his leg. Stopped the Pokemon from being taken; caught the scum responsible and came back and rescued you and Lilly the second time the Buzz Brats attacked you." Ash said as Nimue looked at him.

"'Caught the scum', Ash you fought him with your sword and knocked him out!" Clemont said, causing Lilith to start to laugh as soon as she heard what had happened. Teacher said once if someone tried to trick or use the boss or his friends when he was young, he'd break their plans himself and then bring to justice, another point towards him being who we think he is. Lilith thought as she looked at Ash as they came to a fork in the road with signs pointing down both paths, one with a sign for Odyssey Village one way and Snowbelle City the other.

"So we're going to Odyssey Village, what about you Serena, Nimue?" Ash asked as the group stopped at the signs. Nimue looked turned towards the path to Snowbelle and turned back to her friends with a small smile on her face.

"I discovered a possible lead on a contest towards Snowbelle City and I think I'll take a chance on that, and with what happened when we were attacked, I think I'll look into getting a new member of my team. What about you Serena?" Nimue asked as she looked down the path she would be going down. Serena looked at the sings and let her mind wonder. I just met Ash again and I can't go back to how I've been living, I think I'm ready to finally start my journey and I need to tell my mom. Serena thought as she looked at Ash.

"I think I'll come with you all if you don't mind. I need to have a talk with my mom and she's going to be there to be part of the ceremony to open the Jr. Racing League." Serena said as Ash smiled at his old friend.

"I don't mind, what about you all?" Ash said as he looked at the others. Bonnie released a small laugh and hugged Serena around the waist as Clemont and Lilly started to smile.

"I don't mind, she's a great person to talk with. And I promised to meet her mom to let her try some of my friend's tea." Lilith said as she laughed. She'll probably find some reason to continue traveling with Ash, if that has been activate for years and she's been so far from him for so long, then I don't want to know how she's still sane, maybe because her Aura's not awake, that could do it. Lilith thought as she looked at her…friend , hiding how worried she was for Serena's health.

"Yeah, the more the merrier!" Bonnie said as she looked up at Serena.

"Dedenne!" Dedenne cried as it looked up. Pikachu jumped onto Serena's shoulder and rubbed against her check.

"Pikachu!" He cried with a smile as Serena started to laugh.

"Well, I'll see you all again, I hope I meet you at the Grand Festival Lilly." Nimue said as she walked down the route she had decided to travel down.

"Good luck on your journey Nimue, I hope to see you there to!" Lilith cried out as she turned to the others.

"Shale we be off then, I kinda want to get to Oddysy town before sunset." Lilith said as she spun to the others with a smirk on her face before she dashed down their path, the others following her with a laugh in their voices. Bonnie was right behind her, Ash and Pikachu behind her with Clemont and Serena making up the rear.

"Lilly, wait up!" Bonnie cried as she ran a laugh.

"If you wanted to race you should have asked, right Pikachu?" Ash exclaimed as he pumped his arms.

"Pikapika!" Pikachu cried as it dashed alongside its trainer.

"Bonnie don't run so hard, be careful!" Clemont cried as he ran after his sister.

"Wait for me Ash!" Serena cried as she followed after her friends. Nimue looked back towards the others and walked off a bit faster a small smile on her face.

As the group moved down the path, they never noticed a lone Beedrill hovering behind a tree, it would have been not worth mentioning but for the fact that it had a helmet on, a helmet with a camera and microphone one that had been pointing towards the group of friends as they had talked before they moved on. The camera released a beep, the Beedrill flying off back towards its trainer as it had been taught to.

Group leaves Hopsital, Jenny stops them before and wishes them well, says she'll let them know if they need to testify at Center for trials, tells Ash will tell him when he can have back Crystal from Quest/ Nimue splits from group heads to Ice Gym searching for contest Ice Gym, Serena traveling with them to Odyss, races off with Serena in lead, never sees B-Drill with camera on neck spy on them

Sylvestre led Nicolas and Virgil into the audience chamber and looked about the room and as he saw at least half of all the people in the mountain were here, Templars were spaced around the room and he noticed Mathis talking quietly with a Templar officer. He looked around the gather and notice Jacquelin standing with his follower Taillefer as the later looked nervous as he seemed to be looking for anything that might attack him.

"You know, I don't think I ever saw that prideful fool looking like that before brother." Virgil muttered. Sylvestre only grunted and looked back, smirking when he saw Nicolas, who looked scared and confused as he looked about.

"Relax Nicolas; you're acting like we're going to throw you against a Chimera alone." Sylvestre said as he looked at the younger knight who only looked back at him with a scowl on his face.

"Why am I here Sylvestre? I followed after Dante when he ran to stop those things from breaking out, why isn't he here instead?" Nicolas asked as he looked at Syvestre. I've only been in his service for a few days at best since I told him I wanted to follow his banner after that duel and he chooses me as one of the people he brings to this. I mean it's my first Court since I've joined the Team…when did I join, why did I join? Nicolas thought as his head started to hurt before a chuckle from Taillefer broke his train of thought.

"The last time old Dante was at one of these things he left with two duels, one vow of death and a mage who became an alcoholic." Taillefer said as he chuckled as Nicolas looked at him before turning to stare at Sylvestre with a look of shock only for Sylvestre to laugh sheepishly.

"Great man Dante, I'd trust him at my back any time or place, but this is the one place I wouldn't bring him to. Relax kid, there will be a lot of guards who'll give testimonies if their needed, your only here to give testimony if calls on you, again Dante can't because of last time." Sylvestre said with a smirk as Nicolas looked at him in total shock.

"How did he….I don't want to know, I really don't want to know." Nicolas said as he shook his head. Syvestre chuckled. The kids learning, given how he rushed after Dante he has a good head on his shoulder, I think I can expect great things from him in the future. Syvestre thought as he looked about the room and noticed the Queen come into the chamber as people quieted down as she walked to her thrown and stood facing them.

"Since Good Jacquelin first told Us of the Threat facing our people, an expedition to find out just what it was left our lands and meet the threat at the edge of our Castle. They fought bravely but it was only the return of Good Syvestre's hunt was the line held and the leader of force slain in combat." The Queen said as she gestured to both Syvestre and Jacquelin who both bowed to her. Jazquelin in particular looked vindicated that she was saying such praise about him; Syvestre looked at him with a side glance. This must be fueling his ego so much; I don't know what he truly plans for this but I have a bad feeling about him. Syvestre thought as the Queen made a motion that she would continue speaking.

"Yet from the remains of the defeated did a force of these things awaken within the very heart of our Castle, only by the quick action of all were the forces of our Enemy defeated. This meeting is to decide on what actions we shall all take in light of what is against Us." The Queen said as she sat back down. The Seneschal stepped forward and cleared his throat as he raised his hands.

"If I have you're leave to speak first my Queen?" The Seneschal asked, receiving a nodded from her before he continued.

"The plan first created was to send an expedition out to find the source of these… Abominations were the word used to describe them I believe. The overall strategy was as stated to do a slow circle around the mountain then to examine the local woods until any trace of the creatures was found then to burn them out. The severity of the attack withstanding, there is no doubt in my mind that this plan still gives us all the highest degree of success so my proposal is that the original plan goes forward, with some modifications as needed." The Seneschal said before stopping when Mathis stepped forward and nodded at him.

"Continue the plan? With all respects intended good Sir, are you mad? We were attacked by a horde of creatures that revived after they were dealt critical damage. To send out a force to find them would leave this base undefended." Mathis said as he looked at the Seneschal who only nodded at him

"Hence the modifications I spoke of. We have to find out where they are coming from but we can't let ourselves be left defenseless but we MUST find their lair." The Seneschal said as he stared down Mathis who didn't back down.

"Then it's obvious what should be done then gentlemen." Sylvestre said as he stepped forward to stand between Mathis and the Seneschal.

"In what way good Sylvestre, do continue." The Queen asked as she looked up from her throne.

"My thanks, my Queen. A small team should be sent to find the source and destroy it. This way the castle will be protected and a small team could travel fast and track the abominations to their source easily." Sylvestre said as the crowd reacted to what he had proposed.

"But who will lead the team? Who will stay and led the defense of our base?" Mathis asked as he looked at Sylverstre who only met his glaze. Before he could say anything the Queen spoke up.

"Good Sylverstre and Good Jacquelin will lead the search party. Good Mathis if you are so concerned with our defense you shale lead the defense until the searchers return or you break. This audience has been concluded, all parties interested in going on the expedition may talk to Good Sylverstre and Good Jacquelin for an answer." The Queen said as she looked at Mathis who started to sweet as he saw the court look at him.

"I am honored to accept this great responsibility my Queen." Mathis said as he bowed to her, keeping his thoughts from his face as he looked at the floor. This is unexpected, to think I would be given command of the defenses; this might work out if I can handle this right. Sylverstre looked at him before turning his head to look at Jacquelin who nodded at him, nodding in return. Turning back to his two comrades and gestured to them to follow him out of the hall way. Taillefer moved closer to and initiated a conversation.

"This will be interesting brother, shale I prepare the Strike Orthros as well as Cerberus?" Taillefer asked as they walked through the halls as people moved to their different destinations.

"Two Orthros and Cerberus, we don't know what our friend will bring to the party." Sylverstre said.

"Smart brother, don't want to show our hand to much, wait, where are we going?" Taillefer asked as Sylverstre led them around a corner.

"One of the halls, I'll set up and wait for volunteers to come and decide how to handle them. Nicolas, go back to the lab and tell Dante he and you are coming with me." Sylverstre said as Taillefer nodded and Nicolas walked off. Now to only survive this, I have a strange feeling for some reason. Nicolas thought as he walked towards Taillefer's lab.

Two Templars stood guard at the broken entrance to the storage rooms when a noise a few meters down the hallway caused them to look at each other before one moved off to investigate, the other moving forward to better watch his post, never looking upwards to see a simmering hide a figure of some king move along the ceiling and into the hallway beyond him. As the thing slipped into a side room; the shimmering field dropped away to reveal a woman with a voluptuous feminine figure in a purple full bodysuit with a full facemask who dropped to the floor. The figure looked around the room and moved closer to the Woodmen corpse in the chamber, stopping to look at a broken crystal partially revealed in a hole torn through the body. The figure brought a hand to the visor on the mask and pressed a button and started to look at the bodies. So the Aura levels are basically that of living trees, but a bit lower. So if there normal is about double or a third higher we can't see them in the wild, they'd just be hidden by the trees around them. The woman thought as she looked around at the corpses, removing the goggles revealing pure white eyes to let her sight take a look, seeing nothing. But as she turned towards the back of the room she noticed many floating lines of energy moving around the room, going out, up, around or out of the room. She moved towards the line and noticed it was coming from within the wall.

She put her hand on it and frowned when she felt that the material that made up the wall was different in places. Were these things trying to break down the walls, if so why? What are these energies I'm seeing? What could be behind this place? Perhaps I should check this out later after I've secured my escape of course. The figure thought as she put the goggles back on and started to climb up the wall when she heard noises from the hallway.She climbed the wall as the shimmer returned and hid her from view just before the two Templars came into the room. One stayed by the door and the other moved through the room, looking about before moving back to the other.

"Nothing, I guess the noise really was someone who was scared off when they noticed we were guarding the room." The first Templar said as the second chuckled.

"Told you so, but it's good to double check if you have doubts." The second said as it turned and walked out of the room. The first Templar looked around the room before it released a sigh.

"That's what the boss always says, always check and check again, but I just can't shake the feeling that we've missed something." The first Templar muttered as it followed after its comrade out of the room, neither of them noticing a shimmer move along the top of the hallway and out the doorway as the two Templar returned to their guard positions

Mathis walked through the hallways, the results of the court the only thing he heard as he moved. While he had a serene expression on his face, on the inside he was anything but. Those two idiots will be out of this place while their away, perhaps I can have those Makers with them work on some defenses while their masters are away? I could watch them or have one of my Inspectors watch them, see what I can learn that way. Soon very soon I think I'll be able to leave this place. And once I Ascended to my rightful state, I'll be able to return and kill him. Mathis thought as he walked through the halls.

"Sir Mathis, will you be inspecting the perimeter later today or tomorrow?" A voice from behind him caused him to turn and see the Seneschal looking at him with a deadpan look on his face. Mathis jolted as soon as he saw him and went pale when he remembered the old rumors of him being the queen's assassin.

"Tomorrow good sir, I will be looking over the capabilities the enemy has shown and start to look into what can be done, has the queen given leave to stop hiding or does the ruse continues?" He asked as he looked at the man before him, making sure he could see his hands.

"The ruse will continue, but you have total control of the protecting the exits so they can't get in. And do make sure to put your command center at the front lines." The Seneschal said before he bowed and walked off, leaving Mathis's mouth hanging open as he started after the man. So that's her game, let me die defending and then take control of my work! Oh I knew he was smart but I didn't think he was this worthless. Of course as long as the Templars are safe they can 'recruit' new members! Mathis thought as he forced himself to smile serenely, bowed in the direction the Seneschal had gone in before he moved off. After a while he made it to a doorway with a blue hexagon crystal on it and pushed his hand against it, pushing the door open as soon as the crystal was depressed.

He entered a room with tables with papers on them, bookshelves along the walls and tapestry's with blocky art on them. He moved towards a side table with a large tome on it and slammed his hand down on the tome. Okay, he's expecting me to die while buying time for the hunters to kill the source but that means they expect the others to die when the source is killed. That means they know exactly what kind of things attacked us, so they think there were Homunculus's like I thought. All I have to do is mix in some of the casters to use spells and take the losses until it become obvious what affect those things best. But where did they come from and how did they repair themselves to make that other force? He was pulled from his thoughts as a sensual laugh suddenly came from the side.

"What, had the meeting not gone the way you thought it would old man?" A feminine voice purred, causing him to turn and look towards a wall as a shimmer dropped to reveal the woman who had slipped by the Templars.

"Ahh your back, tell me how was it?" Mathis asked as he looked at the woman who took of her mask to reveal a woman with short black hair and pure white eyes. Unlike blind people whenever Mathis looked at those eyes he always seemed to think she was looking right through him not matter what he said.

"Oh, it was fine. Unfortunately I was right, those things are just as powerful as ordinary trees so we can't find them that way." The woman said with a honeyed voice as she walked around the room, touching books as she passed by them and looking towards his workshop. Mathis merely kept his face impassive as he watched her move and kept his thoughts from his face. That fits with my theory about them being Homunculus's. But does the Queen know what they are or is she as in the dark as the others, was I right about him, is he the controller? Mathis thought as he looked down before looking up at the woman who leaned back and waited for him to continue.

"Go back amongst the masses, I want a report on the Seneschal's movements over the next few days, do this and I'll make you that teleported you approached me about." He said, causing her to chuckle and put her mask partially over her face, stopping at her noise.

"This must be important to you then, do survive the bother to come, I will want my Equipment at the end of this." The woman said before she disappeared from sight. Mathis snarled as he looked around the room and sat down on a chair next to the tome and opened it, stopping on a page showing a diagram of something with wings and the Electic element symbol on the 'head'.

"Once I've figure out their tricks and gotten a few of these ready, then that fool will see just who he was messing with." Mathis chuckled as he looked over the text.

"Did you hear what happened to the Cragra's?"

"You mean how their place was torn apart and all their food was stolen? If they hadn't been delivering their animals to the high meadows for spring, I don't want to think what could have happened."

"That's nothing, the Firetree's were attacked by something that shot blasts at their house, they returned fire and chased it off, when the eldest went to where the blasts came from they found no blood or remains!"

"Doesn't one of them have a Slandslash that won the last local tournament?"

Leaf walked through the gathering as people started to talk about what had happened. When she had reached the edge of the crowd she saw a long table in the center of the room with three figures sitting at a chair, each with some people standing alongside them. Leaf watched as people argued with each other as the three leaders of the biggest farms or families in the local area sat and watched each other, none of them saying anything.

Jed Flareblood, a bald man wearing a teal shirt and red suspenders sat at the head of the table, by his side was his partner Pokemon a Blaziken with its arms crossed as it looked down the table. At his side was his eldest daughter Holly, with her red hair in its short style wearing a red dress with a hard look on her face, her Sandlash standing next to her with its paws crossed. Leaf noticed that Holly's eyes were locked on the right side of the table and was looking at her rival, the 2nd eldest child of the Fallsbloom clan, Kimi Fallsbloom. Kimi Fallsbloom stood there in a blue dress, a chain around her neck disappearing into her collar, her blue hair in a ponytail as she and her Poliwhirl meet the glare of her rival. To their right was their grandmother, Pakwa Fallsbloom stood there in a bluish-green kimono as her Greninja stood with its arms crossed. To her right her grandson Chogan Fallsbloom stood there in a blue jacket over a tan shirt and black pants, his blue hair was loose as his Pidgeot stood next to him preening its wings him as he looked across the table. Acrros from the Fallsbloom family was the Heartvine clan; Edger Heartvine was an old man in a green shirt and black pants with white hair in a wolf tail holding a staff on the same size as his body with his Serperior next to him. Next to him was his eldest granddaughter, Isa Heartvine with her green hair in a twin tail style wearing a green bodysuit next to a Breloom wearing a chocker with a green gem around its neck. After a few more minutes of mindless pandemonium the three elders looked at each other and nodded, prompting their Pokémon to all release savage roars silencing the others as Jed stood up.

"Now let's not all loose our heads folks, we've dealt with bad things in the past and we'll deal with this! Ain't that right old lady?" Jed asked as he looked at Pakwa who snorted.

"Course we will Flareblood, that's the way we've led our families since the first Siege and how they'll be led when the three of us are in the ground, right Hearttree?" Pakwa said as she started to laugh.

"We will yeah Water Bitch, but this ain't about us. This meeting was brought about because this little lady came back with one of ours and said she had a warning to give about those new Gaia brats. So little lady, mind telling us what you saw and why we're here?" Edgar said as everyone followed his gaze to Leaf at the far end of the table across from Jed. Leaf looked about, took a deep breath and steeled her eyes.

"I found tracks in the eastern side of the forest while I was looking for mushrooms and herbs. They were unlike anything I had ever seen so I was worried about what could have caused it. I followed them until I heard the sound of a battle and found an outcropping to get a lay of the land and found an outcropping where I was able to get a view of it. There were at thirty of them, they were split in two variants and they were attacking Team Gaia. I rescued the child I returned from a third variant of the attacking Chimera and found more farmsteads destroyed, some of them fought them off, others…didn't." Leaf said as everyone looked at each other.

"In case anyone is wondering, Leaf brought the kid to our place and we were able to get em back with their parents. But as we were talking about what to do another bunch of those things were found hurt mighty bad. Ah was able to drive 'em off and the doc convinced me to call this here gathering." Jed said as everyone started to talk to those next to them until Kiki interrupted them.

"They attacked our place to! We were able to drive them off but they took a few of our trees when they did so and a few dead birds they killed! They're not acting like any Chimera I ever heard of!" Kiki said as she looked about the room before Holly snorted.

"If they acted like regular Chimera I don't we'd be having this meeting Water brat, get with it for the sake of the League." Holly said as she looked at Kiki who glared back at Holly.

"Before you two start biting each other's head off again, I'd like to point out that we still have that announcement from Viridian, any of your Pokémon come down with it yet?" Pakwa asked as varius people nodded at each other and some raised their hands.

"The people with herds should be taking them to their spring grazing sites, the rest of us, I don't know. Anyone have any ideas" Edgar asked after he slammed his cane into the ground.

"Viridian, we should go to Viridian. It's the safe option, if Leaf found them near the Woods we'd have to go around them and might run into them on the outskirts, a straight run to Viridian is a lot safer." Chogan said as his Pidgeot nodded its head. Some people nodded while other scoffed, wanting to stay and fight for their lands while Edgar was nodding.

"It's probably the action that would save the most lives if the outbreak isn't too bad. If Viridian in under quarantine then we can't. if its under attack we could help hem Blastoise up and deal with the problems and help…" He trailed off as he saw a commotion near the doorway and looked up.

A man wearing a jacket with the symbol of the Flareblood farm pushed his way to the table and looked right at Jed and the others.

"There's a lot of those things we fought off before coming at us, I counted about forty of them at least! They were being led by this kinda Centaur like one, I left the other guards there while I came to warn you. Boss, what do we do?" The man asked, causing everyone to start talking at once. Pakwa looked about before she screamed.

"ENOUGH! All right, let's not lose our heads! All Fallsbloom and Hearttree trainers, with me! Flareblood, you all make sure the rest of our people are safe! After the noncoms are away, we break combat and make for Viridian!" Pakwa said as everyone moved towards the door. Leaf looked at Holly and sighed, she had to be told.

Holly moved through the gathering as she looked towards the children from 6-8 years of age who were in groups with older teens or their mothers watching them as they ate

"Holly, wait a second I need to talk to you." Leaf said as Holly turned to look at her as she pulled her aside away from the hustle of the crowd. Holly looked at Leaf with a scowl on her face before she started to speak.

"What is it Leaf, I have to get the kids ready to move and Grandda and the others don't know how long they'll be able to hold off…" Holly began before Leaf interrupted her.

"Nick was with Team Gaia, at least I think it was Nick." Leaf said as Holly looked at her in shock. She moved backwards and Sandslash help

"Nick was with….but he went to find something to heal grandma." She said as she paled. Leaf pated her shoulder and forced her to look at her

"We can find a way to find if he's there after everyone is safe, for now we have to save the kids." Leaf said as she moved towards the hall's exit, Holly standing there for a few seconds before she followed after her friend.

Protector looked behind it as the as the other Goblins were being led on a hunt by their Sire. It had taken them all out, saying a treat was nearby, a plant like creature herd was traveling through the area and they needed to hunt all at once to have a chance. It dropped back until it was next to Gazer and who looked at Protector as Healer followed behind them. Gazer looked at Protector with a scowl as it gestured at Sire and Protector nodded as the group moved after it. A soft cry caused Protector to turn and snarl as it saw Deadeye move by Healer after it had bumped into it and caused it to fall to the ground, the others following Deadeye snickered as they moved by the fallen for. Gazer dropped back and helped Healer to its feet and pulled it along as those who followed Protector growled low it their throats as they looked at Deadeye's poise as they moved on.

They stopped when Sire raised a hand and then turned, bringing its hands together before it pulled them apart and then pointed at nine Goblins, Deadeye among them and gestured for them to follow it. It gestured at Protector and moved off, causing the others to look to it. Protector moved up, pulling Gazer along with it as it walked through the crowd and pushed aside a branch and sucked in a deep breath at what it saw. Large brown creatures with leaves on their bodies were drinking from the river as, there were at least fifteen of them drinking while three were watching over them farther back. It spotted smaller ones here and there among the herd and looked at the trees and Protector tried to figure out how it would bring down some of them. It looked about and noticed an older one was moving along the tree line alone, eating at the leaves as it walked. It watched the creature move toward the trees and smiled, they had a chance, it just had to be very lucky… Protector stared in shock as the tee started to shake and it saw a Goblin at the top of the tree.

The older Tropius ate the leaves as the others drank and turned its neck to look at them. It had been this herd's leader once and one of its spawn had taken over that position and it hopped that a two legger wouldn't come and recruit it away from the herd. Still they had a peaceful existence so it was happy about that, but it admitted that its ability to sense danger had helped it when it led the herd. That ability was something its spawn hadn't inherited like the move its mother had given it but it still led them well in the elder's option. The new leader kept them away from two leggers and protected them from the creatures that sometimes hunted them. They had stayed away from that gathering place of the two leggers in the mountain, well it didn't know how to feel about that to be sure. That place honored them and sometimes the herd there mated with its herd and they took only a quarter of the eggs, that was alright, they had limited grazing areas there but it was worried, the four legged creatures that usually also used this water source were around, where were they?

"RRRRGGGA!" A scream from above it caused it to try to raise its head before something landed on it and started to claw at its head, causing the giant to cry out in pain, causing the other members of the herd to look as three Goblins fell from the tree and started to slash at the Tropius. One of the three guardians Tropius moved towards the Goblins attacking is herd mate. As soon as it thundered past a tree when four other Goblins jumped at it, but it moved to the side and dodged their attack, falling to the ground. The Tropius guardian flapped one of its wings and a gust of wind slammed into the four Goblins, sending them flying through the air, landing before the other two guardians of the herd. As the Goblins tried to get back to their feet green glowing roots suddenly shot out of the ground and tied themselves around the Goblins, forcing them to the ground. A Tropius looked down at the Goblins and with a glare slammed one its legs onto one of the bound forms and crushed it.

Protector stared as the creature lifted its legs, parts of its siblings body still clinging to it as it moved towards the others and went still. Gazer felt something and turned to Protector, staring as its eyes started to glow and it suddenly released a scream of pure rage as a blue aura formed around its body as it shot at the two Tropius.

The Tropius looked at Protector as it charged and their eyes started to glow. Protector dodged the green toots that shot from the ground and dashed at the Tropius and jumped and with a roar, slashed through the neck of the beast that had killed the Goblin. As the other Tropius flew Protector turned to the other Guardian that had charged at the Goblins attacking the elder Tropius, it had shot leaf shaped blades at the Goblins that had attack the elder and killed two of them, the elder had flown off while the Guardian looked at Protector and flexed its wings, all of them gaining a green glow as it charged at Protector. Protector ran, meeting the charge and slashed at it, creating deep gashs along the right side of its face just below the eyes. Tropius didn't stop and took to the air, flying after its herd. Protector looked at the escaping creature and its vision returned to normal and looked around, shocked at the beast it had killed on its own. The other goblins taking shelter came out and rushed it, some lifting Protector onto their shoulders and cheering as others rescued the captive Goblins.

Deadeye had watched shocked that Protector had such power, looking at Sire who only chuckled and bent down and pointed at crued drawings of Protector seeing Gazer and Healer bed, them standing pointing at Dark Flare and Broken Sting. Deadeye looked at the dirt drawings and smiled evilly at its creator

Riley looked around as the barrier collapsed as he broke the crystal on one of the stakes he had set in the ground, nodding as he heard the others shatter. They hadn't been found by the Chimera and everything seemed to be ready for them to move back to the city. Shadow walked towards him and pushed a piece of paper into his hands.

"An address that you can use as a way to contact me. It's a dead drop account I check once a month, so don't expect much from it." Shadow said as he looked at Riley's expression.

"Not coming back with us then?" Riley asked only to be met with a nodded from Shadow.

"No, if Karin is there I don't want her to know I'm in the area yet. I'll do my part to kill these things, but only where I won't be noticed by them. In this war, silence and deadly strikes are the only way I'll be able to keep my head above water." Shadow said as he moved away from the cabin and looked up towards the mountain peak.

"If any of you see me in Viridian, act like it's the first time we've met, I can't be connected by them to what happened up here. I've fought too long and hard, sacrificed too much not to finish this, I can't let them know more about me." Shadow said before he dashed away from the cabin, moving down the mountain.

Riley watched as the mercenary disappeared from sight and sighed as he stood there and let his mind go over what Shadow had told them, trying to make sense of everything. And to think before the Slaughter the Fellowship thought that the Order had been destroyed centuries ago, they went underground. I knew that a Champion had been one of them, but for them to have become that integrated with all levels of society? It makes more sense than what wild theories I made to figure out where they had gone. Riley thought as he looked out into the wilderness, not even reacting when he heard someone walk up behind him

"So I guess Shadow is gone then?" Brock said as he looked around before turning towards Riley.

"So that did you? I'll keep quiet about our friend up here and I think Rosette will to, what about you?" Riley asked as Brock sighed he shook his head.

"I'll keep my word to him, but then there's Karin to think about, will she know you and Cameron, be able to identify you in anyway?" Brock asked with a sigh as he looked at Riley who shook his head.

"No, I was an orphan who found the Guardians base while I was escaping from a Chimera in Unova. The gathering that they destroyed was to be the first time I was to be introduced to the entire origination. And my student and I have…Gear that masks our ability to use Aura as long as we aren't too obvious about it. What about you're Pokémon, have they recovered?" Riley said as he looked up the mountain. Brock sighed and shook his head in sorrow.

"According to my Pokégear my Steelix is still knocked out, my Swampert is awake but he's only at around 20% healed and Croagunk is about 10%. If I can give them a few more hours then maybe, maybe Croagunk and Swampert could handle a battle." Brock said, Riley only sighed. Of course it can't be any easier than it has been before now, a recovered Steelix would have made it so much easier to get down the mountain. Riley thought as he moved back towards the cabin, Brock following behind him.

Cameron looked up as the door opened and saw Riley and Brock come into the room. Rosette came out of a side room whipping her hands as she came out.

"So Shadow moved on then?" She asked as she saw Brock and Riley. Riley nodded and looked around the room and sighed.

"He left a few minutes ago, so far we've been luck, the Chimera haven't attack us but we should move soon so lets decided how we're going to do that." Riley said as he looked at Brock.

"I came up on my Steelix, but he's still out. If any one of you wouldn't mind me bumming a ride with them?" Brock asked only for Rosette to nodded.

"My Aracanine can handle three riders and still move fast enough to out run those things!" She declared as Cameron looked at Riley.

"Master and I've flew here on our Pokémon, me and mine can do overwatch while master can keep an eye out." Cameron said as Riley nodded.

"Then it's decided. Cameron, you ride your Hydreigon, Brock can ride with Rosette on her Aracanine and I'll ride my Salamence and keep an eye out from higher up." Riley said as he nodded before he moved towards the outside the others following behind him. Riley released his Salamence as the others released their own Pokémon. As they took off Riley looked behind him at the mountain, promising that this time they would kill the mother of these things and end their threat to Kanto.

Kunz snarled as he looked at his Rapidash as it lay on the ground whimpering as his Combusken looked on with a scared look on its eyes as its Trainer looked down at the Fire horse. They had been attacked since they had escaped to a lower elevation and one of the attacks had caused Rapidash to suffer a wound on one of its shoulders and was sent to the ground. Luckily for him, he had been fighting with his Combusken and the failure of his transportation hadn't caused him to be wounded, but with the way it was hurt and reacting, he wouldn't be able to use it to escape the mountain now. He looked down at his Rapidash as he tried to think up what he could do next. So this weakling is useless now. I guess I could leave it, tell it I'll try to find something to help it and let it draw in the Chimera? Kunz fumed as he looked at it before he looked at Combusken who went to attention, its eyes staring straight ahead. Kunz smirked as he looked at the bands around his Pokémon's waists; he smirked at the reaction, it seemed its training was coming along fine.

He looked at the bodies of the slain Chimera and cursed again. There are too many of these things to have been created by one of our factions, where did they come from? I need to get down there and get others to kill that Rock head before he tells the League about what I did. And I know that bitch Karin will use that to get rid of a few problems with others in the League, I'm not going to be one of the 'necessary sacrifices' that gets written off! Kunz thought as he looked at Rapidash as it got shakily back to its feet and moved towards him. He dealt it a blow to the wound and smirked when it cried out and dropped to the ground and smirked down at it. He saw Combusken seemed to glare at him, but it cowered when he turned his eyes onto it and backed down. That's right, obey your master as the slave you and all your kind are. Kunz thought as he turned back to Rapidash and sneered at it.

"Stay here you weakling, maybe you'll kill a few of those bugs before they bring you down you stinking weakling!" He spat as he snarled at the Fire type and turned away from it. A savage laugh suddenly seemed to come from all around him. He looked around with the two Fire Types and heard something behind him

"You know I wondered why you were alone, but I think I can figure out the hows and whys quite easily." A femine voice came from behind him; he turned and saw a beautiful woman with red hair with it covering the right side of her face dressed in a purple skirt that ended at her knees and a violet top with long sleeves, by her side was a large, quadruped, feline Pokémon with pale tan fur snarling at him. The woman looked at him with a look of disgust that infuriated Kunz, how dare she! As he looked at her a vicious smile formed on his face as he realized just how he could benefit from her appearance here.

"I don't know who the hell you think you are, but it's good to see you whore, I can leave your body here and those things can take your corpses for food that should give me enough time to escape!" Kunz said darkly as the woman started to laugh haughtily.

"And how will I die then?" The woman asked as Kunz looked at her and raised his axe and gestured towards his Pokémon, but grew confused when she only started to smirk at him

"That might work on me, but what about the others with me?" She asked as all around him, people in black pants and long sleeved shirts with a red R on the front appeared, most of them with Raticates and Arboks by their sides.

"Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Sham and I work for Team Rocket, will you be surrendering now or will we beat you first?" Sham purred as she drew forth two knives. Kunz snarled and looked at his two Fire Types and didn't like the look they shot each other. He raised his hands to his watch and pressed a button on it, smiling with sadistic glee when the two Pokémon cried out in pain, Sham and the Rockets stared in shock before Sham realized he had something to do with their pain and started to glare at him, fingering her knives.

"COVER ME YOU IDIOTS!" Kunz roared as he ran at Sham with his axe raised a bloodthirsty grin on his face. Sham dodged to the right at the last minute and her Persian slashed at Kunz's back with its claws as she tried to slice at his arms. Persian dodged to the left as Combusken blast of fire at it kept it from slashing at Kunz as Rapidash tried to get back to its feet and looked towards the Rockets.

"Containment, knockout!" Sham roared as the Rocket members moved towards the Fire Pokémon. How the hell did this scum do that to those two, I'll tell the doc to give those two a good looking over before they're given to some of our members to heal and recover, I so hate it when I come across people who abuse Pokémon, especially when they do it in new ways. Sham thought as she spun and dodged the blows of the axe as her foe tried to kill her. He grinned savagely as he tried to slash her in two, his eyes wild.

Combusken slashed at the Raticates as they tried to corner him, its eyes on Rapidash as it blasted away at the Pokémon and humans, but suddenly it staggered and collapsed to the ground. Combusken jumped towards it when it felt a sharp pain in the back of its head. It last sight of Rocket grunts converging on Rapidash before its vision went dark. A grunt rubbed the head of his Arbok then went to the downed Combusken and looked at it and started to scan it with a Black Pokégear and went still before signaling two others to get it into a sling as he dashed towards the Rapidash.

Sham dodged a strike and smirked at her opponent.

"What's the matter axy, can't keep it up?" She purred as she looked at him, not letting her see that her eyes had noticed her team was getting ready to rush him.

"Hold your tongue bitch, once those two are done with the others, I'll burn you and leave you with that weakling to slow those things down with your meat." He snarled as she smirked and threw one of her knives at him, he dodged it but her Persian slammed its head into his groin and he dropped to his knees in pain. Sham dashed at him and used her remaining knife to cut away his watch and looked at it as he tried to get up before the other Rocket members' dog pilled him and one injected his struggling form with a knock out drug and he went still. The Rocket who had scanned the downed Combusken came to Sham and looked nervous before he blurted out what he had discovered.

"Boss, I scanned the two Pokémon, they have some kind of implants that might be connected to their nervuis systems, I don't think we should take them back to base, they might have homing devices built in." Sham stared at the Grunt before turning to glare at their prisoner and looked conflicted for a few seconds before her eyes hardened.

"Someone call the boss, tell him were heading to burner lab one and to get Joyful to meet us there. Tell her we have two Pokémon for her to perform surgery on to remove two devices, one each. And make sure our prisoner is knocked out; I want someone to scan him before we move, if he's bugged Joyful can take it out without any anesthetic." Sham snarled as she walked off, her Persian followed after her as the grunt stood looking after her for a few seconds before he moved to carry out her orders.

A figure in a cloak hiding its face moved through the crowds of Laverre City as the rain fell, trying to move quickly but keep people from noticing it beyond the hustle and bustle to get out of the rain. As they neared the city's Gym the figure looked up and noticed the sign on the door said closed for renovations. The figure moved along the building before it dashed down the side of the building, stopping at a door where it put a key into the lock, opened it and slipped inside. It came into a coat room and put off his cloak to reveal Clyde who put the cloak away and walked through a doorway and entered a hallway that had an oriental design to it. He walked through the building, looking about and thinking how he'd spent some time here as a child, when he first met her and how proud he was when she achieved her rank here.

"Sir Clyde, what are you doing here?" A voice called out to him. He looked up and saw a dark skinned girl with flowing black hair with a pink flower in it on her left side wearing a pink Furisode carrying a box down a hallway to his right.

"Blossom, hey there need a hand? Sorry to stop by unannounced but I need to talk to her, is she in her studio or at the challenge field?" Clyde asked as he smiled at her and took the box from her, looking into it and seeing rolls of fabric. As Blossom stretched her arms she looked at him.

"She's in her office, the last challenger yesterday favored Rock types so the field's a bit messed up right now. Should be repaired in the next few days and the field out back should be enough once the rain lets up, mind taking that to her? The others have a meal waiting for me in the kitchen; make sure you bring her over after your talk!" Blossom said as she walked off and Clyde felt his face go red at what she instigated.

"I swear; those four spend more time gossiping about the two of us then working!" Clyde muttered to himself as he walked, carrying the box towards her office. He opened a door and walked into a design studio with wide windows that showed the front of the building, a manikin with a half-finished kimono on it and a woman with black hair that flowed to her bottom in a pink kimono sat on a chair before a desk with her back to the door.

"That you Blossom, just drop the box anywhere and tell the girls to save something for me, I'll be having a late breakfast after I finish this." The woman said. Clyde put the box down and walked quietly to her and hugged her suddenly. She jolted and looked down then over her shoulder, when she did so he caught her lips in a kiss that caused her to close her eyes. She got up from her chair and threw her arms around Clyde's neck and pulled back, looking at him with bright gray eyes that he saw a spark of humor in them.

"Nice greetings stranger, but my fiancé might have a problem with it." She said with a hint of mischief in her voice. He chuckled as he held her and adopted a fake looking frown.

"Someone left you alone, where is the fool so I can have a talk with him?" He asked as he looked at her, causing her to laugh in the way that had always brought joy to his heart. By the ancients, what did I do right to have found you my lady? Clyde thought as he looked at her, but why he was here had to have shown on his face, because she looked at him for a few seconds before she started to frown as she read his face.

"Hey, what's wrong, you usually come over in the afternoon and I can tell something's up." She asked as they moved apart. He sighed as he pulled up a chair as she sat back down.

"I overheard something a few nights ago, something I needed to look into. It's bad, I don't know how bad it is but I needed to talk to you about it." Clyde said as the woman he was talking to started to glare.

"What has your mother done now?! I know you love her but she's been trying to split us up for years! I don't know how you can still care about her!" She said as she crossed her arms and huffed. He looked at her with a sorrowful look and to her surprise nodded his head.

"I'm starting to see that you're probably right about that, you remember how mother changed after that time around my sixth birthday, how she and uncle were acting so smug in the morning and by nightfall were so shocked and dismayed? I don't know how it's done or why it was lost, but the stories we grew up with, about people using abilities like Pokémon, they are probably true." Clyde said as he watched her face go slack with shock.

"How the hell did you make that discovery?" She asked once she found her voice. He looked at her and shook his head.

"Saw my mother's favorite brother control three… things made of stone and then blast one with a bolt of some kind of grey energy blast, I know how it sounds, but I saw it with my own two eyes Val." Clyde said as Val looked at him.

"Okay…so humans can have powers like Pokémon and that slimy creep has them. But what caused you to think that about your mother?" Val asked as she looked at him as her thoughts ran in circles. Clyde didn't ever excuse her behavior, but he only said that she wanted what she felt was best for him, which wasn't me. And I could tell that it hurt him to say, that he was realizing his mother didn't trust him to pick out who he wanted to spend his life with, but he always gave her the benefit of the doubt. If she's done something to cause him to turn against her, then it has to be something major. She thought as she looked at the man she loved and saw he was struggling, his head faced down, looking at the floor. She reached over and touched his arm, smiling at him as he looked at her.

"Clyde, whatever it was I'll do whatever I can to help you." Val said softly. He looked at her and smiled, exhaled a breath before he started to talk.

"They found my aunt, my father's sister. She's dead, but she had two children, I'm not sure who or where they are but I overheard my mother saying that 'one was still young enough to mold'. They were talking about taking them away from their parent and sibling, hiring people to force them to have a breakdown and a judge. And they said a 'shipment had been stolen', I don't have any idea what they've gotten my family involved in, but I'm worried." Clyde said as he started to look angry. Val looked at him and just let him continue.

"I don't know what to do, act like I don't know anything and quietly investigate, try to find out what their planning? Act like I know nothing, do nothing, while trying to find my cousins? I have to do something." Clyde said as he looked at her and saw the worry in her eyes.

"I think what is lacking in this is understanding. I'll help you look into this, and maybe we'll find the answers to what should be done." Val said and seemed to struggle to say something before she sighed and looked at him with a sense of determination in her eyes.

"I don't know what will be at the end of this, but I'll be there for you until we get to it, I promise." Val said as she looked at Clyde. He smiled and leaned in and gave her a tender kiss.

"What did I do to earn your heart my lady?" He asked as he held her as she giggled.

Val looked out her window as Clyde walked away from the Gym, her mind in turmoil as she did so. She felt terrible, but she couldn't tell Clyde, no matter how much she wanted to. She had thought for years that what the former Gym Leader had done was a result of Psychic ability, yet what Clyde had told her put that in doubt about that. If people could throw blasts of energy, then they might be able to use it do things that are…more subtle. Maybe I should look into his old books, see if I can find anything in his old things in the vault. I've tried to say anything about it before, but if I can find a way around it to tell him then maybe… Val thought as she left her studio and moved through the building. As she walked she stopped thinking and just moved along the hallways.

"Oh Valerie, did Clyde leave already?" A voice asked, causing her to turn to see a woman with pale skin with black hair in two side tuffs in a black kimono walking towards her. Valerie smiled at her and nodded at her, not even stopping her stride.

"You just missed him Kali. Tell the others I'll be in the basement, I have to look into a few things my predecessor left behind to the gym." Valerie said as she walked on, leaving Kali to look after her before she shrugged and continued on.

Valerie walking into a store room full of boxes and moved towards a stack in the corner and moved them to reveal an old looking trunk with a purple crystal sticking out of the top. She looked at it for a few seconds and let herself think back to when she had put this away after he died and she discovered she wasn't able to talk about what he had said on his death bed, and she gave a shudder at some of what he had said before he had passed on that night, she still didn't know what most of the things he spoke about really were. She put her hand on the crystal and sighed, it had been left to the gym but it was sealed shut and she didn't know how to open it, but this was the best lead she had on how people could have non psychic 'powers'. As soon as the thought passed through her mind the crystal released a soft glow and she heard the sound of a lock being undone.

She stared at it before she opened the chest and saw a few books in a pile, a diary on top with the Fairy Type symbol on it and her name under it next to a small crystal glowing softly. Did he leave this for me? How did he control the lock, why did it open? I can't find the answers by just sitting around, I need to go forward as the old man used to say. Valerie thought as she picked up the book and opened it and started to read it.

Valerie, if your reading this then one of two things happened , I told you how to or you came looking for answers about something I wasn't able to tell you before, well you know what. I won't apologizes for what I did to keep you from talking about what I said in my last days, Valiy there are forces out there who would kill you for knowing about it so I did it to protect you, never doubt that girl. If you've started to look into this like I wrote, you've started to look into Human use of Aura and yes, I'm serious about it. You've just started to understand the path but I'll tell you this, the Geass your under is controlled by the crystal next to this book, you can destroy it now but I would wait until you've decided what you're going to do, hide or fight. In the end you can use the books to walk in the same direction I did so long ago, or you can hide away, knowing that forces out there might decide to move against our city. If you haven't changed much then I know what you'll do. This journal has all my knowledge about what might affect the city and the books will tell you how to wake up your Aura. Kid, read on and take this to heart. Know that I go to my death knowing nothing but joy that I met you and watched you grow and find a person to love and one day marry, never forget that I loved you until my end, you were one of the best things that ever happened to me.

Valerie read the last line over and sniffed and rubbed at her eyes as she felt them sting.

"I have to tell the girls to clean here sometimes; the dust has to be bad for some of the things we've got storied away here. Maybe I should let this…geass thing stand until I know more." She muttered as she put the diary down and picked up a thick book titled Aura and You and nodded as she put the books away and moved to pick it up. I'll tell him about this once I see him again, by then I should have a better understanding, besides my fall line is almost finished, I just need to decide on the order for the show and wait for a few models to get in contact for their Pokémon's fittings for the show and it should be okay. Valerie, the Gym Leader of Laverre City and fashion designer thought as she carried she raised and eyebrow as she realized that the box that was a lot lighter then she thought it would be and walked back towards her studio.

"This was just what I needed after what happened back there." Nimue said with a sigh as she leaned back as she sat against a tree as her fishing rod was stuck in the ground in front of her, just within reach. A relaxing day was just what I needed after the excitement, but I can't rest too much, so far they think I'm dead after what happened yesterday with the girls…. I need more power, if I had someone who could have held that bridge or could have carried all four of us maybe Bonnie wouldn't have been hit by that attack. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll find one for my team that'll give me the muscle I need. Before Nimue had left the Center she had checked on what Water Pokémon had been seen around the area and noticed just what the Proffesor ordered were spotted in the rivers of Route 22.

"Hey lady, are you alright in the head?" A voice behind her caused her to look up and saw three kids, an older girl with blond hair in black in a black skirt and black dress shirt with a pink short tie, a black skinned boy with dark brown hair in a grey jacket short combo with a white handkerchief around his neck and a girl with red hair in a grey sailor suit looking hair her in shock.

"What do you mean?" Nimue asked as she looked at them. I guess they're from a school back in town, maybe from one of the outer villages? Nimue thought as she watched the three kids.

"What do I mean, don't you know about Broken Horn?!" The older girl demanded as the other girl huddled behind the boy who looked at her. No, he not looking at me, he's looking at the river and my fishing rod. Nimue thought as she slowly turned her head.

"Broken Horn?" Nimue asked as she started to gain a bad feeling.

"It's the boss of the local area, a Gyarados whose central horn is snapped in half! It's so powerful and they say it kills Chimeras and eats them! It's been seen attacking other Water types and killing them!" The younger girl said. Nimue looked at the river and forced a little Aura to her eyes. She looked at the Pokémon in the water and saw the shapes of normal fish shaped Water Pokémon; she couldn't see a single Gyarados anywhere.

"And it attacks trainers along this part of the river? Oh come on, the League wouldn't let something like that free, the Rangers would come. That's just a local legend, right?" She asked the kids as she looked into the river. She didn't see the boy looked at the river with a hint of worry on his face.

"It moved into the area after construction of a dam was started upstream. They say its gathering strength to destroy the construction site and wash away the towns along the river to show what happens when humans intrude on its territory." The boy said with a note of fear in his voice. Nimue looked at the waters and noticed something the other Pokémon were avoiding, a kind of…void in the water. She looked to the kids and had a flash back to when she was attacked. Not again, I won't let other kids be hurt on my watch again. She thought as she stood up and reached for her Pokemon balls as she looked at the river and noticed the void moving towards them. She stared at the void as the Water Pokémon in area started to move away from it, all but one that had its back to it. She saw some of what the void was and paled in shock before she scrambled backwards, the kids looking on in confusion as she scrambled for her Pokéballs.

"Move away from the water, move away from the water now!" She barked as the kids looked at her, shocked still before a splash and a red fish Pokémon landed on the ground before them. As soon as the kids looked before a at it a tentacle glowing purple slammed down between the humans and the Magikarp as something broke the water. The creature that floated on the water's surface looked like an ordinary Lapris if you didn't count two horns on its head in a virtual line, four tentacles on its sides above its flippers and white crystal spikes on its shell. Nimue looked at it and turned to the kids.

"I'm guessing that's one of the Chimera you talked about? There a reason the League hasn't shut the Route down?" Nimue asked as she looked back towards the water as the creatures tentacles waved wildly.

"There's never any evidence about them after Broken Horn is done." The boy said quietly as it

"Go Goldduck, Samurott! Goldduck Confusion carry, get that Magikarp away from the water, Samurott Watergun on that…. Thing's tenticles, keep them away from us!" Nimue cried to as her two Pokemon sprang into action. A glow formed around Magikarp and it flew through the air to land by Nimue who dropped to it and looked it over as she kept one eye on the Magikarp and the other on the creature as Samurott shot a water spiral at the creatures head, only for the horns to glow and a turquoise force field formed between the water spiral and the creature. Nimue watched as the creature slammed it's tentacles as her Pokémon dodged them, however something about it was bothering her. As she watched she suddenly realized what it was. The strikes are forcing them away from us, no away from…! Nimue jolted and threw herself at the kids, pushing them away as a tentacle shot at where they were, grabbing her instead of them. As she was pulled into the air she felt somethingshe had only felt once before, it was draining her Aura.

"A Chimera is able?" She wheezed as she felt her strength start to leave her, staring she saw one of the crystals on its back start to change color as her vision started to darken. I've got to get away, I'm not going down like this! She thought as she raised her right arm and started to try and focus on her Aura.

"Litleo, Exploder Will-O-Wisp!" The cry shocked Nimue as purple fireballs hit the tentacle that was holding her and blasted the limb sending her to the ground.

"Great Job! Let's not let'em get ahead of us Riolu, Focus Blast on its side!" A voice called out. Nimue forced herself to look as someone helped her up and saw the two younger kids commanding two Pokémon, a Riolu and Litleo as her own Pokemon shot spirals of water at the creature. She felt arms on her and looked to see the older girl helping her up as she watched the battle.

"No….you don't…." Nimue began as she looked at the battle. Know what that thing can do, if it drains you kids you could die! Nimue thought as she tried to recover her Aura so she could protect them. As she watched the battle she felt the tentacle around her start to lighting, looking down she saw it decompose as she watched. She shot a look at the battle and notice that the tentacle that had grabbed her was still broken, surprisingly not releasing any liquid of any kind.

The boy gritted his teeth as the creature shot a Poison Needle attack from its horns at both him, his friend and their Pokémon. This thing might be one of the reason old Broken Horn is always trying to scare people away from the river, if it is then I think I agree with it. How can we kill this thing? He thought as he tried to dodge, wincing when a needle hit his leg. He winced as he felt the pain and stumbled when he felt his leg go numb. Paralysis from a Poison attack, how did it? He thought as he tried to stumble backwards as he watched his Riolu jump to avoid a need only to be slammed into the ground by a tentacle strike. As the tentacle moved to grab it, a blue fireball hit it as Litleo moved and grabbed Riolu's tail and pulled it back towards its trainer. When both they and his friend reached them Riolu formed a green energy dome and started to tank the white needles .

"We're losing ground, how can we get out of its range, and Lapris can go on land remember?" His friend asked as she looked at his leg in concern. He ignored her and looked at the creature as it moved onto the ground as it continued to fire white needles at the shield. Needles to lame and tentlces to bring the prey to it, did someone make this thing?

"Yeah but they're not fast. Get the others and get out of here, my leg won't let me run, I'll hold it off as long as I can." He said as he tried to struggle to his feet as he looked at the creature as it moved towards them slowly.

"That's insane, I'm not leaving you Loïc!" She said as she spun him around and he fought to stay upright. Loïc looked at her and snapped back.

"Louise, there's no choice! You guys have to live, me and Riolu will figure something out to survive this, but you have to go!"

Nimue looked on as the needles shot at the dome and saw the creature was fully out of the river and nodded, this was it, her team could end it now.

"NOW, ICE SPEAR!" Nimue's scream shocked Louis and Loïc and they stared as a spear of pure ice suddenly speared the creature through its neck. The creature stood there as its neck disintegrated away. The spikes on its back started to lose their glow as the shell started to fall apart as the body started to turn into a-sludge like mass.

"Thanks for the help kids, but next time make sure you have at least an idea what you're up against. And the name's Nimue by the way." Loïc turned and looked at the woman they had stopped to talk with. Loïc recalled his Pokemon and saw Louis doing the same and smiled at the teen.

"Yeah, thanks for the save there, I'm Loïc, these are my friends, this is Louis and that's Elin, we're students at Saint Re'golras." Loïc said as he offered Nimue his hand as she took it.

"KARP KARP KARP!" Magikarp cried out as it flopped towards them, looking up at Nimue in awe.

"What, do you want to come with me little one?" Nimue asked as Magikarp closed its eyes as it jumped up and down. Nimue smiled as she threw a Pokéball at the Magikarp and caught it, bending down and adding it to her belt. As her other Pokémon came over to her, her Samurott bent down before Loïc.

"I saw you get hit kid. Samurott will carry you to the nearest Center, and I aint let you say no." Nimue declared with crossed arms as she looked at him. He chuckled as he looked sheepish and when he tried to move backwards Louis and Elin both grabbed his arms and moved he towards the Water Type.

After the people and Pokémon had moved away from the river bank, a Pidgey flew to the sludge pile and dug into it, finally revealing a hexagon shaped crystal glowing an aqua-blue. The Pidgey picked up in its claws and flew off, as it did so another Lapris with horns on its head raised its head from the water, looking at the group as they moved off, recording who they were so they could be cataloged and if judged a threat, eliminated.