OSPREY…..SWOOOOOSH!

A/N: This is the start of the story so be nice. UnitedOsprey1991 claims nothing but the OCS.

"Dialogue"
Thoughts
Yelling
Dates and locations

Chapter 1: The Dreamer dreams

[July 23rd, 1999]

[Location: Town outside of New York City, Earth Prime ]

Oakland, New Jersey was a small town with roughly 12,000 people. Compared to its sister towns Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff, it was a regular blue-collar town. There were shops, restaurants, a recreational field, a fire, police, and EMS departments and a strip mall. But what gave it fame was its school district; considered one of the best in the state, its four district fed into a high school in the town called Indian Hills. Right now all of these schools were closed for the summer vacation.

The focus of this tale wasn't so much on the school, but on a house on the edge of town in the middle of a cul-de-sac atop a hill. Inside this house lived a boy who didn't have a lot of friends; his birthday was on the next day, and like several birthdays before it was only going to be family. He would be turning eight years old tomorrow. But unlike the birthdays before this, it would be the last one of his normal life.

"Drew can you come help me," called out a black-haired man. The man who spoke Mike Smith. At thirty-four years old he had worked his way up through the world and now worked his own business. He had black hair and blue eyes. He is working on a boat he had recently gotten. Unknown to him his family carries a secret which will manifest in his son.

"Coming dad," called out a squeaky voice from a game room. Out on the driveway was Mike's eight year old son. He had brown hair with two cowlicks and brown eyes with glasses. He wore a white shirt with a dog on it and black gym shorts obviously not caring he was going anywhere. Following Drew was a three year old Sheltie name Winston named for his love of NASCAR. His lack of friends doesn't tamper with his imagination as all the games he played the books he read and the T.V he watched gave him so many ideas.

The father and son duo worked on the boat. "So son what do you want to do tomorrow it's your birthday?" asked Mike.

"I dunno, I haven't thought about it."

"It's ok son. I'm taking off tomorrow from my office to spend it with you." Thanks dad." So they continued to work on the boat.

"Hey dad, can I tell you something?" Said Drew

"Sure."

"I have been having these weird dreams-Gahhh!" He was cut off by the hose blasting him at high pressure.

"WHAT?"

"Dreams dad!" enunciated Drew.

"Do we need to have a talk about them"

"NO! It's not that type of dream, I still think girls are icky."

"Oh…Ok." Awkwardly said Mike.

"Anyway these dreams have been some crazy stuff."

"What kind of stuff?"

"Well one of them has me and a girl I have never met fighting some monstrous creature with Ash that character from Pokémon alongside his girlfriend and two other girls. Another had me fighting ninjas, a third had me fighting a giant dragon and a fourth had me fighting ghosts and spirit. All of them had a central male and female figure alongside a couple other girls. I had a support group too and one of them looked like Tori next door."

Mike was wondering if his son needed to get out more and make friends. His imagination was bad enough as it is

"What do you think it means?"

Mike thought about it and something came to mind from his Uncle Steve.

1980 Tallahassee

A college-bound Mike was packing to go to school.

"Hold up Mike! I want to give ya something," called his Uncle. Steve, a former marine with greying hair was walking up to him with a box. "This little trinket has been in our family a long time passed from parent to the eldest child. I was going to give this to your cousin but something tells me your side of the family's going to need it. I don't know the history about it, but our father told me about something called the Guardians that were around pre-biblical times."

Opening up the box, Mike saw a ruby surrounded by diamonds.

"He also told me that a vast wealth was waiting for the one to awaken it but at the same a great evil would be coming. He also told me a prophecy." So he related the prophecy to Mike who took the words to heart. He wondered if it would happen in his lifetime. "One last thing Mike." Steve continued, "Great power comes with responsibility."

Flashback end 1999 Oakland

"I'm thinking two things: one, it's time to give you the Talk."

"DAD!"

"It'll come in handy later, but the other thing is I think I can give you an early birthday gift. Don't tell your mom."

So they went to the attic in the house. The house was two stories, but with the way the land was, the bottom level was level with a lower elevation than the top level. The attic was in the kitchen for some reason. Mike climbed up and grabbed the box that Uncle Steve had given him year ago. After a couple of trips and stuff falling about, making Drew wonder how he was related to him he came down with a package.

"Uncle Steve gave me this," said his dad, repeating what his uncle had told him. "He said this gem was very important to our family. He said something about Guardians and the pre-biblical time. We never really followed up on it because of our beliefs. It is also possible that you could come onto a vast monetary amount or other stuff." He pulled out the ruby.

Drew shrugged. "Money never mattered much to me."

"Really?" Mike said sarcastically.

"Really?" Drew parroted..

He examined the ruby, "It's really pretty, and it matches the July Birthstone." He didn't know what it was but he decided to wear it as a necklace. "How does it look?" he asked.

"It looks good, real good. Like you were meant to wear it."

"Cool." As he examined it a wave of nausea overtook Drew, "Ugh, dad what's happening?"

"Drew? Drew?!" As Drew collapsed, Mike caught him and laid him down.

"No, please, wake up!" Mike checked the pulse and found one but it didn't ease his worries. "Maybe it's the gem…that would mean…!" Mike took his son to his room and went to call his Uncle.

In the dreamscape: Unknown Time.

"Ugh note to self my curiosity is going to get me killed one day" Drew as he woke up in a black void. "Now where am I?" as he looked around, "Last thing I remembered was the…gem." Drew said as he held up the gem.

"Welcome to your mindscape young prince" a voice called out making Drew turn around.

"Wha…who are you?" asked the scared boy.

An ethereal beauty appeared to the young boy. "I am known as Tsukihime. In the Japanese language it means 'moon princess.'" She had long white hair that fell to her waist, a beautiful face, skin that was almost translucent and wore a long white dress.

"You look like an angel. Am I dead?" he asked.

"No, you are not. I am simply a watcher, waiting for the day the prophecy of my people comes to pass."

"Your people?" asked Drew.

"Yes. You see, my people were once very widely populated throughout the universe; and now, due to the destruction of my world there are only a few lines that can claim direct descent."

"How did your people die?" Drew asked.

Here, Tsuki looked away briefly. "A great evil destroyed billions of people. It was through the sacrifice of your ancestors our world was split up and so were the guardians families. Your family can claim descent from them."

"How can you tell?"

Tsuki indicated the ruby with a wry smile. "The Gem of Fire or the Fire Ruby was given to one of the guardians."

Drew looked at the Red gem. "So red… is this like Power Rangers where red denotes the leader?"

"Well…yes. Most of the Ruby's wielders led the group known as the Gem Guardians."

"Wow so I have a great power in me so could I shoot fire, fly and all of those cool things. Asked Drew in child-like wonder.

'The mind of a child is always a laugh,' thought Tsuki. She giggled. "Yes child, you can do that, and so much more. All you need is training."

"But, wait, how am I going to train inside my mind." Drew asked, cocking his head.

"Don't worry. I will come to your house and live with you. I will convince your parents to take me in."

"Like a Jedi?"

"Something like that. Now, one more thing before you go back," Tsuki said seriously.

"What is it?" Drew asked.

Tsuki waved her hand. "There is a prophecy which goes like this:

The Darkness looms towards us.
The worlds descend to chaos
But fear not, for the Guardians will return.
He who dreams of a thousand dreams
Shall find his power at the beginning of his eighth year.
He shall train to protect his destined ones
And they will train to protect him.
He shall leave his world
To find the remaining eight who have the power to stand with him.
One who has the blessing of the sky (Thunder)
One who swims as though born in the sea (Water)
One who trains to slay his parent (Earth)
One who commands the land purified (Metal)
One who is born of death (Darkness)
One who who rejects reality (Light)
One who is burdened by being a savior (Wind)
One who sees through all faults (Ice)
Should these Ten stand together, the Darkness shall find no purchase.
But be wary of those who bear the faces of friends,
For they wait only for a turned back.
Take heed: if the darkness destroys the dreamer
All will be lost to maelstrom
But if they see the through the deceptions,
The darkness will be revealed and destroyed through illumination.
The worlds will be forever united.
Let love lead the way, for hatred will lead to destruction.
Let the dreamer light the way to peace, forever more.

"So, this prophecy...what does it have to do with me?" Asked the inquisitive boy.

Tsuki nodded, as if expecting the question. "Your dreams, young Drew. You have been having dreams of your past lives and the other guardians. Your imagination runs rampant with these all these games and these shows and yet you aren't corrupted by them. These shows are actually trying to present what they think is real."

"What?"

"Manga, Japanese graphic comics. The comics like that superman comic are actually different worlds that were split up from the world my people lived in."

"O-okay...One last question; what's with the girls? In my dream, they don't seem to be fighting each other for the guy's attention."

The girl giggled. "So you noticed. I think you will understand when you're older. But, suffice it to say you will never run out of love; none of them will." Tsuki then started to fade away. "I will see you in a week. Our training will begin then. Be ready." Before Drew could ask how, a seemingly gentle wind picked him up and blew him into the distance...

Unknown time: July 24th

Drew woke up sometime later. Looking outside he saw it was morning meaning it was his birthday.

Drew rolled out of bed and went to the bathroom considering he was out a while. After he finished his business he looked in a mirror and saw the ruby he got from his dad. "You and I are going to see a lot aren't we?" he joked weakly.

Drew walked into the kitchen seeing his Dad making his famous pancakes. "Morning Dad."

Mike turned around, freezing as he saw his son. He ran over and gave him a hug with some tears in his eyes. "You had us so worried! Are you alright? Should you be up like this already?"

Drew nodded and smelled his favorite breakfast in the kitchen. He released the hug and headed off to eat.

Mike watched his son head into the kitchen with some concern. If he were in the same position he would be scared or outright terrified. But he guessed his son didn't think it was a big deal. He sighed. With his son being an autistic it was sometimes hard to get him to show his real emotions or express himself verbally. Shaking his head, he headed to the table to eat as well.

A Week Later

Drew was playing some new games he'd gotten for his birthday. He had gotten a few for his N64 and had also gotten books related to his favorite subjects, history and criminal justice. Now he was wondering how he was going to meet Tsuki when she said she was going to meet him in a week.

"Hey sunshine," called his mother. Kimli Cross was a pretty brunette of French descent. She was the same age albeit a couple months younger than Mike. She had pretty brown eyes hair and light brown similar to her son and a temper that unfortunately was passed to her son.

"Yeah mom?" asked Drew.

"Your father and I have someone we want you to meet." Drew reluctantly groaned before following his mother to the foyer. Then his eyes widened as he saw a familiar tuft of white hair.

"Son," began his father "We were asked to take care of someone because her family couldn't. So I want you to meet…"

"Tsuki?" Drew asked with wide eyes.

"You know her?" Mike asked, surprised.

"Yeah, remember when I was knocked out?" Drew had explained what had happened while he was knocked out and how he was destined for something big. "Well, the girl I met was named Tsukihime, and she looked just like this girl." Drew pointed out.

"Hello my prince, it's nice to see you again." said Tsuki getting Drew to smile.

"O...kay, well that's...really great," Mike said, disappointed that the surprise was ruined, "I think it'll be nice, knowing you'll get along."

The parents left so the kids could talk.

"So, two things... first, how did you get here and second, what name did you use?" Asked Drew without preamble.

Tsuki shrugged. "Well first off I just showed up at your dad's office claiming an old friend was asking for his assistance." she began, "Second I used Tsuki as part of my first name."

"What was the first part?"

"Ookami, or wolf," she replied easily.

"That's a cool name," Drew said amazed.

"Well, I don't have that great an imagination, but thank you."

"So what am I going to be trained in?" he asked curiously.

"Well," she started slowly, counting off her fingers, "I would think languages, history, and science and math skills to start with, for academic pursuits, along with customs and politics; you're going to need them when you take your throne. For physical training, strength and speed along with learning to with your element. I also think sword training with a few swords I have with me and martial arts. Over time you are going to learn skills from each world you are going to be sent to starting with what ever the first world is. By the time you are twelve you will be able to fight all sorts of enemies. That is when you are going to visit the first of the worlds that contain your fellow princes and princesses." The white-haired girl rattled off the suggestions without any chance to get a word in edgewise, hardly even stopping to draw breath.

Drew gulped but gave a shaky, confident grin. "L-let's get started, then!"

A/N: End of chapter: I am going to summarize training with flashbacks next chapter, I will also bring up the first two girls that are going to help Drew out. Chapter after that I am sending them into the Pokémon world.

LATER….OSPREY SWOOOOSH

12/30/2016: beta revision