This one is shorter then the first but the next will be longer I promise ^^; nothing more to say so:

Enjoy!

*"bars" will be separating different scenes.

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon and its characters, it all belongs to its respected owners. The only characters I own are Stephanie and others that will appear in the story.

The Chosen Ones

The gentle breeze passed through the rich grass plains as a flock of Pidgey flew across the sky. The route that passed through the plains helped guide three fellow trainers on their way to the next city.

The three friends, together traveling again, continued their way as they took the peaceful route that lead them out from Petalburg city.

Ash stretched his arms and placed them behind his head as he turned to his friend, "Hey Brock, so how far is it to Littleroot town?"

Brock pulled out his trusted map from his back pocket and scanned it quickly, "It should take us a day or so, but we can take a small detour that lets us take a ferry to the sea foam islands."

"Great." He said as his Pikachu jumped on to his shoulder, "We can stop at Pallet for a quick visit too."

As they set their destination towards the ferry that would take them to the sea foam islands they continued the walk on the route that eventually lead them into the thick Petalburg forest.

Walking deeper in the forest the trees started to block the blue sky but the bright sunrays still managed to seep through the leaves. Many pokemon ran through the bushes on the ground as others stood in the trees taking in the wonderful day.

"Wow I heard that this forest was full of pokemon but not this much." Misty said with amazement.

"Yeah, I remember when I came to this forest when I was with May and Max, we were in trouble and that's when we meet up with Brock." Ash recalled.

Brock chuckled as he remembered, "That's right."

Stephanie rotated her arm as she walked through a narrow path through the Petalburg forest. It has been three days since the informative trip from the mountain town, she kept on her travels just as the historian told her and it brought her down to the Petalburg forest.

She stuffed her hands into the pockets of her jacket and glanced down to her tiny turtle pokemon who she let out to walk with her. It wobbled from side to side as it walked making her giggle lightly.

She looked down to her pocket as she gripped the stone that was now in it. This helped remind her of what her new job was as a chosen guardian of the ancient prophecy, but along with her dreams it kept her mind fresh of the legend.

Stephanie sighed as she hung her head lightly, "Even though I'm just walking like usual, just thinking about this seems harder then I thought."

It was then Squirtle tugged on her bandana wrapped around her leg, it tilted its head as it stared at her with its big eyes.

Stephanie stopped walking as she smiled, she almost squealed from the cuteness of her Squirtle. She knelled down and hugged her Squirtle tightly.

"You know with that face of yours I can't be sad for long." She laughed.

Ash, Misty, and Brock came to an opening in the route that seemed to act as a small camping site for travelers. It was a small distance from the route as a large clear water lake decorated the scenery with the mountains and trees in the background.

"Why don't we take a small break here guys?" Misty suggested.

"Sure." Ash said.

Misty took off her backpack Ash and Brock rolled over two logs that would act as a bench for the time being. Misty then walked to the edge of the forest trees and gathered some twigs and small pieces of wood for a fire.

As she tossed the wood to the floor in the middle of the logs Brock was already getting the necessary things to start preparing a small meal. It had been a while since Misty traveled but she was happy that she did again, she really missed venturing out in different regions along side two of her best friends.

Once Ash helped on his part he and Pikachu started to do some brief training while they waited. Even though they had no planned battles Ash always wanted to keep his pokemon, especially Pikachu, on the top of its game.

Ash stood at the lakes edge as Pikachu started to charge up for an attack,

"Now Pikachu, use volt tackle on that rock." Ash commanded.

Pikachu dashed towards a large boulder that was in the distance, as it ran electricity covered its body from head to tail, as it finally made contact with the boulder making it shattered into pieces.

Pikachu stood on all fours and watched the rock crumble as Ash cheered it on.

"Great job Pikachu." He said.

Pikachu stood up and waved at its trainer with just as much joy. Ash was about to summon another command but was suddenly interrupted when a small blue pokemon bounced passed him towards Pikachu. It was Azurill, and it didn't care if Pikachu was training as it still ran around it wanting to play.

Ash stuffed his hands in his pocket as he watched the two pokemon play, but his head turned as he felt a presence of someone coming from behind to see Misty walking up to stand next to him.

"Pikachu is very strong Ash." Misty commented.

"Thanks, but you know it wasn't easy." Ash said with a slight smile.

Misty giggled, "Of course, I was just thinking about how nice it was to travel again, the last time I came here to this region was when I still had Togepi."

Ash recalled the time she met up with him at the Togepi festival, he was very excited to see her again and even when she left he couldn't deny that he missed her. So to have her here again gave him a sense of ease, but he also thought of how long she would stay, or would she go back to Cerulean and stay as the gym leader.

"You know you did surprise me with that Gyarados of yours." Ash laughed.

Misty smiled slightly, "Oh yeah Gyarados…well that's a whole different story."

The two laughed as they both looked out beyond the lake at the Mountain View, the clear blue sky lit up the scenery as it looked like something out of a classic portrait. A small breeze flowed pass the two as Ash looked at Misty from the corner of his eye to see that she was still gazing out.

He broke the small silence as he asked, "Misty I was thinking about something."

Misty turned her head slightly to him as she looked questioned.

"If you don't have to head back to the gym so fast, I was thinking if you wanted to stick around and travel with me again?" Ash asked as he tried not to stumble with his words.

"Another journey?" She asked a bit surprised.

She didn't mean to ask in such a way, but the sudden question did catch her off guard. She thought for a quick moment, her sisters were fine when she was traveling for so long before she was called back to watch the gym for her sisters, making it a bittersweet departure from her two friends.

But maybe it was something that Ash wanted personally, why else would he ask her like this? She thought to herself. She smiled to herself as she nodded her head softly.

"You know, I think my sisters can handle the gym without me, just like old times." She said with a small smile.

A smile grew on Ash's face as he added, "Yeah just like old times…"

Stephanie continued to walk down the small path walking over small branches and roots that managed to get in the way. She fixed the straps on her shoulders as she brushed some of her bangs away from her eyes.

Then she heard a faint call as she heard someone say, "Hey guys, lunch is ready."

She looked up and around herself to see where it came from. It sound like it was not to far from her so she kept walking forward this time slower and also tried not to make to much noise.

Before she reached the opening of the forest she looked from behind a tree to see three other travelers, one looked older then the two, but the others looked around to be her age.

"Looks like they're other travelers here too Squirtle." She said softly.

She was a good distance away that even if she were out in the open they wouldn't see her, she simply shrugged her shoulders and began to walk parallel from the lake to head down another path.

Suddenly something stopped her.

It felt like something poked her in the chest, this made her stop in her tracks as she looked down to see if there was anything there, but there wasn't.

She was going to take another step but it hit her again, this time with more force. The stab felt more like a pulse that ran through her entire body, and it started to scare her.

"What's going on?" She stuttered as she tried to walk again.

But the pulsing pain got more intense as it ran through her entire body again this time it made her cry out in pain as she collapsed to her knees. Squirtle quickly rushed to the side of its master as it tried to help her in any way that it could.

Stephanie held her chest as the pulse kept shuddering through her body. It was a deep pulse that vibrated her insides, it hit her head as she closed her eyes to try and control the pain.

"It hurts…too much." She cried softly.

Squirtle held its master as it felt helpless on what was happening, she lost some of her balance as it pulsed through her again. She leaned on Squirtle for some support, of course her pokemon didn't mind and took her weight to help keep her up.

Go away, she cried in her mind.

Then the pulse started to decrease in power, but it then started to pull her towards a direction. Her body wasn't moving physically but inside she felt a pull towards the lake.

She finally opened her eyes as she looked to the lake. She pushed herself off the ground as Squirtle stood closely to help guide her as well, she stumbled slowly to try and walk normally towards the lake. But as she did the pulse hit her hard again almost as if it was telling her she was going the wrong way.

Fine then, she thought with annoyance.

The pulse pulled her from the direction that she already came and as she did the pulse started to decrease more and more. It gave one more pulse making her stop in the spot where she first saw the trainers.

She looked straight to see the three again as they sat on two logs eating lunch. The pulse flowed through her body again this time to the three, her eyes widened in shock as she reached for the stone in her jacket pocket.

She looked at the stone, "Wait a minute," she then gazed her eyes up again, "Can it be those trainers?"

She took a blank step forward not knowing entirely what to do; it was like her body was moving without her. Squirtle tapped her leg as she snapped out of her small trance and looked down.

The stone in her hand started to vibrate softly making her snap her head down to look at it. She brought it up to see what was happening to see the stone starting to glow like the first time she encountered it.

But this time a soft beam shot out.

She covered the stone with both hands so the light wouldn't attract unwanted attention. Holding the stone close to her body she peeked through her hands to see the stone still shining brightly.

Stephanie looked up again when she saw one of the trainers, the girl, get up from her seat and walked towards the trees. This made her dash behind the nearest tree for more insurance that she was not spotted.

She looked from behind the tree to see the girl was bent down looking to what seemed like a bag. The stone shook once again but the soft light that came out shined a deep sapphire – then it faded away.

The stone never reacted like that before, Stephanie thought. But when that girl up, even though she was a distance away, it was the only time that she saw the stone shine a different color other than a light blue from when she held it.

"It has to be them then." She said softly.

The girl stood up again as she held a small water bottle in her hand, she flipped some of her bangs away as Stephanie finally got a good look at her and when she did it made her gasp out loud.

She dashed behind the tree as she stuffed the stone back in her pocket again.

"…I know her." She said to herself.

She looked back out to see her again as she sat down on the log as she saw a small Azurill hop on her lap as she smiled.

That has to be her, she debated in her mind.

The sight of the girl brought her back to her early training days just outside her hometown of Cerulean city.

She sat on soft grass on a small hill that over looked a river that was outside the city. She had her blue and silver fishing pole in one hand as she blew some her loose bangs away from her eyes.

She leaned back to look at the blue sky that was scattered with pure white clouds. As she rested her arm out her view was suddenly interrupted by a pair of blue-green eyes, she jumped in sudden shock as she pushed herself to sit up right again.

"You know, why do you have to do that?" She complained.

"Cause you didn't invite me fishing." The girl her age winked as she sat down beside her.

Her short orange hair was tied up in a side ponytail like always as she got her fishing pole ready to cast out to the water.

"I was gonna…" Stephanie tried to cover up as she fiddled with her hands.

The girl playfully hit her shoulder, "Yeah, I'll remember that for next time I'm going out to do something that you want to do."

As she cast out her line Stephanie hugged her tight around her arms as she fell to the grass again. The girl laughed as Stephanie rested her head on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, you know you'll always be my best friend." Stephanie said with the most innocent eyes she could produce.

The girl rolled her eyes as she laughed with a smile, "Of course, I'll always be."

The small memory faded as Stephanie brought herself back to reality as she saw her friend sitting peacefully. But what puzzled her more was what just happened with the stone, either way she still called out the name of her dear friend.

"Misty?…"

To be continued….

*Next time on Saving Hoenn: Legend of the Pokeforce*

"It can't be, after all this time I run into Misty again and it's because of this stupid stone?" Stephanie said.

Pikachu peered up its ears, "Pi?"

"You hear something Pikachu?" Ash asked.

"Oh great when I thought I was in the clear I've been spotted." She grumbled. "Wait, maybe that's a good thing," She gasped, "Idea!" She stuffed her hair in a blue hat she had as she covered her face as much as she could.

"We're here to catch Pikachu!" Jessie, James, and Meowth said in unison.

"What?" Stephanie said blankly. "Pidgeot get rid of them."

But the sudden gust of wind blew off her hat that hid her identity.

"Opps?" She said.

"Stephanie?" Misty said.

"Next time, "The Hero's Unite" See ya soon!" Stephanie cheered.

Chapter 2 done!

I stretched it compared with my first draft of this chapter, but with the added things it made it better ^^

Oh! and you are confused with anything (cause I know in some future chapters its going to happen) don't be afraid to tell me, I don't want anyone to be confused ^^;; so if you tell me anything that's confusing you I can then maybe put it in the next chapter to make it more clear in some way ^^

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