CHAPTER 33:

Family Treasures...

It was about 2-o-clock when Team Roy got to the last portion of their trek to Lilycove. However, before they could go a step further... The three saw, four Team Magma grunts walking toward a pier nearby.

"So we'll meet the boss up there and then go to Littleroot to claim our prizes?" mumbled one.

"Yes. That is what we will do." replied one beside it.

"LITTLEROOT?! THAT'S MY HOMETOWN!" screamed Roy.

Suddenly, a ringing noise was heard, coming from Steven's and Roy's pockets; their Pokemon Navigators, which were like orange cell phones with maps and other miscellaneous stuff.

"Hey, I got a call from my dad!" cried out Steven.

"And I got a call from my mom!" Roy said.

Steven put his call on hold for a moment as Roy's call came through.

"Roy... I need you to come home for something... If you are where I think you are, then the time is right for me to give something to you..."

"What could my... Ah, I got no time for questions! Go, SuperSlicer!"

Roy let his SuperSlicer out of its Ultra Ball, climbed on, and flew away faster than times before.

Meanwhile, Steven listened to his call...

"Steven, my son! I need you to come to Rustboro City and see me. Do it as soon as possible!"

Steven let out his Skarmory and rode off in Rustboro's direction.

Melanie knew she was alone, when a ringing sound came from her pocket as well... She brought out her PokeNav and listened to the call.

"Oh, Melanie!" called the voice. It sounded like Shelly, from Team Aqua, only a bit deeper and less... Well, it belonged to someone about 35. "This is your mom! Come back home, for I have something to give you..." The call ended.

'Hmm... First Roy, then Steven, and now me... I wonder if anyone else got a call like this that we know...' thought Melanie...

If only she knew how right she was...

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About five minutes later, another person's PokeNav rang. It was, of all people... Lovrina! She was tanning on the Lilycove beach, wearing a pink bikini. Her PokeNav was in a pink bag next to her. Lovrina picked it up and listened.

"Lovrina... This is your mother. Come to Littleroot at once." The feminine, high-pitched voice ended.

"What could she want...?" pondered Lovrina as she rummaged through her Poke Balls to get one. The pink-haired female picked up her clothes and went up to the cliff overlooking the beach...

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(Littleroot Town, about four hours later)

Roy disembarked from his nicknamed Skarmory and recalled it. And then an unexpected sight reached his eyes: Lovrina, flying down to Littleroot Town on an Altaria.

"What's she doing here...?" he groaned.

Lovrina landed and recalled her Altaria, then walked over to Roy.

"You're, like, wondering why I'm here, right?"

"Yes." replied Roy through gritted teeth.

"Well, my mom gave me a call on my PokeNav, calling me to Littleroot."

"WHAT?! My mom did too!"

The two walked to their separate houses in the small town, when their mothers called them between the two buildings.

Roy's mother had her handed behind her back, as well as Lovrina's. Her mother, who was about 29, had brown hair styled in shoulder-length braids, wearing a white ballroom dress with blue crystals near the bottom and a pink frill at the bottom. That's right... It's, minus the lunar head piece, Lady Venus. (From Pokemon Colosseum)

"Welcome back, you two!" smiled Lovrina's mom.

"Yeah, it's great that your back!" Roy's mom said.

"Let's cut to the chase... Why did you call us here?" asked Roy.

Roy's mom and Venus exchanged sad looks, and then revealed the reason they called them to Littleroot.

"Um... Well, it has something to do with Team Magma for you Roy... I've kept this since I was a Pokemon Trainer... The Blue Orb, capable of controlling a Legendary." Roy's mom held out from her hand a sapphire-colored sphere. Roy's eyes glinted as he gazed upon it, almost as though they flashed a crimson red...

"It can control Groudon, right, mom?" he asked, getting a nod in reply.

"HELLO!" called Lovrina to them. "You so forgot about me!"

Venus spoke up, bringing from behind her back another sphere...

"This Orb, dear, is one I found and kept as a trainer... The unknown Green Orb, capable of controlling..."

"Rayquaza...?!" cried out Lovrina in shock.

'Hold on... If Lovrina has a connection to Rayquaza, which I envy her about that... Has she transformed like Mel and I have...?' thought Roy.

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Meanwhile, in Slateport City...

Melanie had come back to her home just like the other three. She sat down on a blue couch in a room having three large fish tanks in the walls without a door.

Then her mother walked in. She was about 32 had blue eyes and red hair that went down to the middle of her back, wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt, blue pants, and shoes.

"Melanie, my baby... I can't give this to your older sister because she is still in Team Aqua, but you I can give it to... I present to you..." said Melanie's mom, holding out a ruby-colored sphere. "The Red Orb."

Melanie gasped as she peered at the sparkling red orb, her eyes showing hints of blue light...

"This orb can control Kyogre, so you can see it's good your not still with Team Aqua..." sighed Melanie's mother.

"Yeah..."

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Rustboro City is our next stop, readers. We find Steven talking to his father in the topmost floor of a large several-floor building. Sitting behind a desk was Mr. Stone, who wore a brown top hat and a black monocle, with white hair and black eyes, also wearing a black suit.

"So, Steven, my son... You have come to me. I give you something I found from a little excavation in my old age..." said Mr. Stone. He held up a metallic-silver colored orb, which also had a bit of purple glittering from its shiny surface.

"I give you the Platinum Orb, Steven... You may not know it, but you have a connection with a Hoenn Legendary... A Steel Pokemon at that. So it's no coincidence you love Steel Elements."

"Who? Registeel?" asked Steven as he drooled over thoughts of him wielding said Pokemon.

"No, one who normally isn't seen except for a week every thousand years... Jirachi."

Steven fell over Anime-style, and then mumbled to his father: "I can't believe it! Melanie has a connection with Kyogre, but I get stuck with some yellow and white puffball!"

Mr. Stone sweat-dropped at his son's ridiculous outburst. "Wait... Melanie?!" he then cried, reaching for a book on his desk. He skimmed through and read the important parts, but he wasn't the only one... Lovrina's mother, Roy's mom, and Melanie's mom were doing the same thing when they mentioned someone with a Legendary connection.

"When five thousand years pass four special people... Yeah, yeah... They are direct descendants of the first Legendary bonders: Roy, Melanie, Lovrina, and Steven!"

The four young trainers gasped at this. The mysteries in their lives were about to be solved, but who knows how much later...?

PM: Yes, two new Orbs: Platinum for Jirachi and Green for Rayquaza. Well... Some may be familiar with another's story involving Rayquaza, a special trainer, and the Green Orb... But this is different! All my ideas! MINE!