Guardian Solaris
Ages:
Ash-17
Max- 13
May- 15
Dawn- 13
Serena – 10
Here you are, sorry it's a bit late. It starts with some Pearl, but gets better and more Advanceshipping as you read on. As well as some humour, which is a first for me.
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The Darkness (Definition coming soon)
Other than that, I personally think that Regigigas look, over decorated, but this links together. I'm surprised that no one has asked about the 'action' that Brandon had committed under the control of the Ebil king. Then again it is sorta obvious. And LATXO, is a ancient puzzle, and on that note I have to make a statement about my 'fan-made' legendaries in this story.
As you may know this was originally planned as a cross-over, and changed over because I would have eventually gotten Writers black, although with that change I had to keep some of the cross over elements so that's why I have the extra legendaries. There will only be 7 species in total, one is dead, the other has been mentioned once, and another Ash has, and has evolved. The next one will come in soon, now enough of me and on with the story...
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Chapter 19- A Ghost Echoes
The Town of Lavender. Famed by the Lavender Tower which towers high, just outside of the reaches of the city. It is said to be haunted by many ghost Pokémon, and other spirits. Spirits of souls that have not been able to pass through death, instead they linger between planes of existence. Some say that these ghosts lurk near the Lavender tower because it was once a graveyard.
The true purpose of this tower however was never looked upon by curious people. Its origin which chose it to be a prison. Built in ancient times, to hold in a great beast for his treachery against his true master, and for his belief in freedom. But before the people of this small and sleepy town could find out,
Destiny would pay them a visit.
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The great dragon flew high above the trees, and Pokémon, descending in altitude, as it circled outside of Lavender town. Opposite to where the Famous Lavender tower was situated.
On the back of the great beast, five people rode. (He's big and powerful enough to hold them) At the front was the owner of the Black Dragon, although his trusted Pikachu did not ride alongside him.
Behind of Ash, Dawn had insisted on sitting. Throughout their flight, A'Drith seemed to be restless, every few moments he would let out a large roar, to make sure that they would have no chance of falling asleep, or relaxing whatsoever. In addition the mighty beast found it funny to give his passengers, some turbulence. Every few moments it decided to shake things up for them.
Although as an off result of the turbulence, Dawn wrapped her arms around Ash from behind. And tighten her grip allowing her, chest to press up against his back. In an attempt to give him a hint that she still liked him, although as usual he didn't get it.
"Dawn" Ash said trying to keep his voice down.
"Yeah, Ash" she said hopefully, that maybe he had begun to understand what she was hinting to him all this time. So she held him tighter, and tighter,
"Can you not hold so tight, it's kinda hard to breath" he said, as Dawn quickly let go, hoping that maybe the others behind of her hadn't heard that, no matter how obvious she would try to make it.
Behind the two, somewhere, May sat as she held Pikachu in front of her. She had no idea why but the small Pokémon had become really attached to her, in comparison to Max, or Dawn; Pikachu had even chosen to ride with her rather than its own trainer. May occasionally thought about why on their ride, although the constant distractions had stopped her from getting anywhere with her thoughts.
She looked up and forwards to the owner of their current mode of transport, even though they would probably never use it again.
'I wonder if he trusts me as much as Pikachu dose?' the co-ordinator thought, but in the few days that they had been reunited, May had seen. The boy that had once burnt her bike had helped her from Drew, after she couldn't tolerate his attitude anymore and he was just about to attack. He didn't even ask for anything in return, he was just happy to be there.
She ran through her thoughts as she smiled, without even knowing why. Her eyes were then bought towards Dawn who sat close to him. Her smile had vanished, as her eyes looked away straight away, she didn't know why, they just did.
Then the turbulence came, knocking May out of her train of thought. The mighty dragon began to speed up the closer it came to the ground, like a plane when it is landing; it wasn't able to maintain a smooth course even if it would have wanted to. They all gripped on tight, as the trees underneath them started to become larger, and blur past them in the shadow of a second.
The rustling of leaves wafted as they descended more and more, underneath the group Pokémon rushed out of the way in order to get out of the Black Dragons way, although one Marowak stayed in her position, as the Black Dragon passed over her as well. If a tree came in the way, it was quickly swatted away like a fly and taken up out of its roots. It continued running as it came into a clearing; he then began to slow down in his speed. On the opposite side the clearings end drew closer and closer.
He wasn't slowing down fast enough, he was going to crash.
The passengers tightly gripped the black dragons back so that they would not fall off. He continued to run, as the end of the clearing drew closer and closer.
Just before he crashed, the Chaos Pokémon quickly swerved, to his side, coming to a complete halt. The great speeds caused all of his passengers to fall off flying, and land with a thump.
"Ow" May groaned, as she rubbed her head.
"Ugh, I know" Dawn added in.
"Max?" May asked where her little brother was, as he wasn't with the group.
"Here" he said as he got his face off of the tree he crashed into.
"That's, gotta hurt" Serena said finally.
"And you think you've got problems" a voice called out, everyone wondered where that voice came from. "Here" it called out once again, as they all looked up to see Ash stuck in a tree.
"What you doing up there?" Dawn said trying to keep her laughter down, as Ash's unusual position.
"You know, just, hanging about" he said, as everyone else burst out in laughter, including the two Pokémon. Ash just, hung off the tree with a plane look on his face as they subdued there laughter.
"Right, now will anyone help me down" he said, and in return the great dragon collapsed down onto the ground, and started to snore, pretending that he was asleep. The rest of the group sighed at the obviously fake act.
No matter how hard they would try, understanding what was going on in the beasts mind, was something a normal person would find close to impossible. One second he would be lustful to destroy, another he would be irritating, or a joker, then an annoyance once more, whenever faced with ANY prospect of battle; he would erupt like a volcano, ad that was when he would be at his most dangerous. Not even the many Pokémon in the world would be able to make sense of his chaos. Many of the legendaries, although going through a similar state of mind to A'Drith, they were nowhere near close to comprehending his thoughts.
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After a while Ash had managed to get out of his predicament and return his chaotic powerhouse into its mutated Pokéball. They had reached Lavender town, as they walked around the centre of the relatively large town, the buildings were traditional, and there was barely any form of modern structure in the town.
It had the possibility of becoming one of the few major cities in the Kanto region, rivalling the city of Veridian. Agatha, the famed Ghost type specialist of the Elite Four, had even said that she would set up a gym in the town that was famed for its links to ghost type Pokémon, but it wasn't a notable enough town on the world map to set one up. From birth the Town had not changed, the same people stayed in the same town, the buildings remained the same, and the same tower stood tall, just beyond the own, its purpose never shown to the world, obscured by shadow. Defended by the many phantoms and spectres and beyond that the town.
The town of Lavender, built not to guard, but to contain its contents. Built so that it would never grow larger, and under no circumstances, make any form of contact with the outside world, unless an outsider would free the beast that lurked within, a rule they broke, a broken rule that destiny would exploit, and use to wreak havoc.
The group walked through the centre of town as people looked upon the outsiders with dirty looks upon their faces.
"Ash?" May whispered, noticing the looks that they were getting.
"Yeah" he said.
"Everyone here is looking at us, I don't care if I don't really get another two days without sleep on A'Driths back, can't we get out of here" she said not wanting to sound weak, to Ash.
"Don't worry May, I got the same kind of looks when I came here before with Brock, and Misty" Ash said, "It's just how the people here are like, they don't really like outsiders, not even Agatha from the Elite Four feels welcome here, and she's like in her zone with the ghost types" he explained.
"Oh alright" she said as the group continued to walk along, "Wait" she said in slight curiosity and stopped, as did everybody else in their group, "Did you say... Ghost types?" the Brunette co-ordinator said in an unsure tone.
"Ghost types?" Dawn added in, hearing Mays comment.
"Well, yeah. You see that tower there" Brock said as he pointed to the large landmark in the distance.
"Yeah" the other four said in unison.
"It's CRAWLING with ghost Pokémon, you can't see them, but they're Everywhere" he said, May felt shivers crawl up her spine as her first encounter with a ghost type before she got her first Pokémon, during a time when the thought of becoming a trainer, let alone a Co-ordinator was distant.
"I think we should find another town" May said.
"Why? Are you... Scared?" Dawn said teasingly, taking away Max's line. Although the young girl from Sinnoh thought that May was a good, no a great friend. But she would not compromise on Ash, she had missed him for too long, and now that her crush was back, she wouldn't budge. But Dawn still didn't want to break her good friendship with May, so if Ash's reaction would show who he liked back.
"N, N, NO" May stuttered.
"Yes you are scared" Max said, not wanting Dawn to take away from his glory again, as he then shot Dawn a look wondering what her intentions were. Dawn used to be with May in making fun of the young Trainer, just about every time he tried to make May embarrassed, he had figured out that it was some sort of girl conspiracy, and decided that that was the end of things. Although this new little turn of events, paired together with Max's inquisitive nature got him thinking.
"No, there's nothing to be scared of" Ash decided to cut in, to Dawns anger.
"So, can we go?" May pleaded
"No" he said simply.
"Why?" she said.
"Well, urm, well" Ash pondered. He couldn't really put his finger on it. It was like a voice, pulling him, through his essence. His words stopped in mid-sentence, as he could feel himself being drawn towards the tower.
Look at it, he had to look at it, but he couldn't, no he had to resist. He had to...
'Come to me, come to me, come to me' a voice said, so silent that it could have been missed by the trainer as nothing at all, but it was far from nothing. Ash could slowly feel himself being seduced by a presence, he didn't try to resist, he could not even think about resisting. A Marowak walked past, yet he didn't notice it, as the sound continued to pull him.
"ASH" May said snapping the trainer out of his trance, "Are you alright? You seemed to drift off for a second there?" she said with concern.
"Uh, well yeah. I'm fine." He said, as memories of his latest experience, vanished into the shadow that they had come from. No more, making sure that the being that had created those shadows would not be taken out of the shadows that concealed him.
"Well, let's go" Dawn said, "I got to get a shower after all that time flying" she said as she lead the group to the Pokémon centre, that was in there view, although May and Serena stayed behind. Unconvinced as thoroughly as Ash that the trainers little lapse in consciousness was nothing.
"Wierd" May whispered to herself, not even aiming the question at the younger girl that stood beside her. She may have been separated from Ash for a long while, and he may have changed to someone, that she wouldn't recognise as her clumsy friend at first glance. But she had a feeling, something was going on with Ash, and although Dawn or the others may not notice it, she did.
"I know, it's like he lost it for a second" Serena said in return, taking May out of her train of thought.
"Wha?"
"You know, what just happened. I know you noticed it?" said the white haired girl.
"I don't know what you're talking 'bout. Come on were going to lose the others" May lied, trying to make sure that the young girl wouldn't worry. But May knew that there was something going on, even though she couldn't put her finger on it, she knew there was something. She began to walk, hoping that Serena wouldn't worry about anything, but was stopped when the young girl grabbed Mays wrist to stop her from getting away.
"You don't have to do this"
"What?"
"Sugar coat everything, I've been travelling with Ash for a while now, and I don't need someone to do things like that. I know what you're trying to do and I appreciate it. It's just that It's more helpful if you tell me the truth, I can handle it" Serena explained, May was shocked, when she was older than the young girl she couldn't bear a ghost Pokémon popping up out of nowhere, but Serena seemed to be strong.
"Sorry" she said, hoping that Serena wouldn't be offended by Mays selected misinformation.
"It's alright, I actually kinda appreciate it, but I've been travelling with Ash for a while now and...
Let's just say that, well he's" Serena tried to explain, but was cut off.
"You guys comin?" Dawn shouted over, to the two.
"Yeah!" May called back, "I guess we have to get goin"
"Yeah, but she can get a bit annoying at times, ya know?" Serena said, as May smiled back.
"Yeah"
But in the shadows a beast lurked, watching patiently, as he had become satisfied by his work.
'The will of the Master is being fulfilled and soon he will pay for his treachery' and with that thought the dark Pokémon vanished.
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The five entered the Pokémon centre, and were greeted by a Nurse Joy at her desk in the average sized reception, not as extravagant as that of the Grand Festival, or the Pokémon centre of the Hoenn league, but the soft chalk like colours gave the place a nice homely feel, as a small T.V. hung on a shelf displaying the news channel.
"Hello" the Nurse said to the travellers, with a warm smile.
"uh, hi Nurse Joy" Max replied, as Ash remained silent. The young boys' stone like mask had once again set in, as even his friends began to feel slightly uncomfortable around him, with the exception of Serena who had become used to it.
"So I guess we should heal our Pokémon" Max said, still a bit startled by Ash's sudden change in personality.
"ur, yeah" Dawn added in, also a bit startled.
"I'd be happy to heal your Pokémon" the Nurse replied, trying to stay cheerful, although the hooded Persons dark Aura had made it's effect on her, as her voice was slightly shakier than it would have usually been.
"Nah" Serena intervened, casual unlike her other friends. "They haven't actually battled since the last time, so there really isn't any need." She said in an all knowing tone, as no one else was as calm as she was.
Ash just walked towards the Dining hall of the Pokémon centre, carrying a heavy aura with him, as all eyes were drawn to him like he was a magnet. May couldn't help but feel a bit of a chill in her spine as she saw her warm hearted friend turn into a dark spectre once again. She then glanced towards Serena, trying to dispel the lure of fear that Ash had bought up.
The young girl didn't seem to be worried at all. She had a smile on her face as she calmly moved away from the stagnant group and follow the hooded trainer. May was perplexed, but when she took her eyes off Ash, it seemed as if his dark spell had vanished.
The brunette saw how the young girl didn't fear, and decided that Ash was her friend. There was no reason why she should fear him, as she too followed Serena, to eat.
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"Hey Ash?" the Co-ordinator said as she sat down at the table, placing her plate of food down in front of her.
"Yeah May" Ash said as he stopped chewing his food, "Where's your food?" he said as he looked away from his plate that was packed full of food, and over to Mays who's platter was a lot more modest.
"Uh, here" she replied.
"You call that dinner? That's not even enough food for a Torchic" he said back.
"Well, I don't want to eat that much food" she said, although lowering her voice so others would not eavesdrop in, on their conversation.
"May,, when we were travelling together. You ate a lot more food than...That, and you still stayed healthy, and ur, you know" he explained not wanting to say anything that was suggestive.
Serena than came over with her own plate of food, still a lot smaller than Ash's plate, but it still put May's plate of food to shame. "You call That food? From what I've heard, you eat almost as much as Big Mac here" she said pointing to Ash.
"SEE, I don't want to be called, That" she winged.
"What? I'm not fat. Besides, you used to eat as much as me, and" he cut himself off.
"And what?" Serena teased out.
"And, well, you kept your figure" he said unsure, as he was put in a situation that he felt really unsure with.
"ur thanks" she said, as she submitted, and walked away to get more food.
'Did Ash see me like that before? Maybe that's why, no he couldn't have' The Brunette Co-ordinator thought as she walked away, 'Besides Dawn likes him, and she's my friend. I won't do that to her'
A Marowak walked past her although she paid it no heed.
Back at the table the two hadn't resumed eating, as Serena grew a sneaky grin on her face.
"No" Ash said, knowing what she may have been thinking.
"So you Finally, are interested in a girl" she said, not knowing what she had actually said.
"No"
"So you've never liked a girl"
"Yes, I have liked a girl" Ash said, wondering how Serena would take this conversation when she would grow older and begin to understand the deeper meaning of her words, which was to Ash, Homosexual.
"Just now?"
"No"
"Whatever" she said still smiling although her smile soon went away, "Besides it would be weird to see you have a crush"
"I guess, wait!" Ash replied, "She's a friend, I don't see her as" he thought of something to say.
"Girlfriend" Serena answered for him.
"Yes, that, besides, Dawns been more. Clingy to me than May" he said, as Serena raised her eyebrow.
"Ewe"
"What?" he said oblivious.
"She likes you"
"No"
"Yes she does, isn't it obvious?"
"No, she's just glad to see me again" As said putting any idea of Dawn and him to the back of his mind.
"I guess, I mean, who would be interested in you after what you did back there" the white haired girl said, referring to the mask he placed upon himself in the reception of the centre.
"Oh" his energetic voice dimmed down, "So you noticed"
"How couldn't I" They then paused for a second, "Don't you trust them?"
"I do"
"Then, why?"
"Because, I want to see how much work I'll have to do before the see me, as who I am. Not like what someone who has seen me on T.V. thinks, but. I, I want them to see me as a proper friend, and if they were scared by that, then. They arn't really my friends then are they?" he explained, "Besides you don't trust them"
"Yes I do"
"Dawn" Ash said, turning the tables.
"Well, she's my friend, but well, she's older than me, and acts like I'm older than her" she said, deep down she did like Dawn, but there was just something that stayed in the way between the two. The only reason was that Dawn was concentrating more on getting closer to Ash, and not in making friends, unlike when she had met May, and Max.
"You don't like May either?"
"Yes I do!" she fired back, earning Ash a grin as he knew how uncomfortable Serena was with May when they had first met. " I mean No" she corrected herself.
"Hey guys" May said as she returned, yet Ash continued to grin at Serena.
"Hey May" Ash said as he took off his grin, May moved to sit next to Ash, as Serena started to grin at Ash's expense, it was a rare opportunity and there was no chance that she was going to let go of it easily.
"Ash, can I ask you something?" she said as she sat down with a helping of food that matched Serena's, although still wasn't as large as Ash's still was.
"Yeah"
"Well, it's hard to say, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now" she pondered as she tried to find a proper way of how to say it, it could have broken their friendship that had just recently stuck back together with glue. Serenas grin slowly came back as she thought
'She can't be asking him?'
"Well?" Ash said slightly nervous, as unlike battling or protecting another person. He had never done this before, if this was what Serena had been talking about before.
"You know that I'm your friend right? Well, Whenever I'm around you it's like you have a split personality" she said in the most polite way possible.
"I think... no, no I don't" he said relived. He didn't know why he was relived, if Serena was just playing a small game with him.
'Besides' He attempted to reason with himself, 'I would have had to say no, I don't like her in That way'
"Well every other time I se you with others, you're terrifying to even look at, then your friendly again like now" May explained step by step.
"So, you're scared of me when I' like that?" he said, feeling a bit disappointed that May still didn't see him as a friend.
"Well, I used to, but when we just came here, I remembered" she said
"Remembered what?"
"That you're my friend, and it's silly to be scared of you, after how you take care of your Pokémon, I know that deep down you're a nice person" she said, earning a smile fro Ash.
"You want to know?" he asked, as May nodded.
"Do you remember when we were going to the tree of egging with Lucario when Pikachu was taken by Mew?" ash said, as he looked over to Pikachu that had fallen asleep on the floor beside his chair. May nodded once again.
"And do you remember when Luario said that I had a very powerful Aura?" Ash asked once again.
"Yeah, but he can't be serious, could he?" May said sceptically.
"I have a strong aura, but I can't throw glowy balls out of my hands. Let me explain, everyone has an Aura, it changes whenever were happy, or sad, or Angry. I can control my aura to affect the Aura of others, therefore making people feel different ways about me." He explained.
"So you can make people scared, or even fall in love?" She asked becoming curious
"Yes and no, I can make people feel scared, but I can Never make someone Love me, I don't know why but I just can't, and I wouldn't want to" he said
"But why are you making people feel scared, why don't you just, make them see you as a friend" she said not understanding Ash's complex logic.
"Well, One It is easier, and safer to make people fear you, and Two if I used it to make people become friends with me, it would be fake, and that just wouldn't be worth the effort" he said, his voice seeming to be as calm as it could be. May felt a feeling of enlightenment as she began to understand what was going on.
"So when you did that thingy when we came in, Its cause you didn't want us as friends anymore" May said hitting the wrong answer, "So I guess if I'm not welcome here, I should get going" she said, her eyes felt cold, as she tucked away any sign of emotion within her. She would show Ash that she chose to see him again, she won't need him, no she would leave with dignity.
"Wait" Ash said as he grabbed her arm so that she couldn't leave. May didn't turn back.
"What" she said in a emotionless tone, yet she didn't scream it out, she would keep control of her emotions, and not do anything to her friend who didn't see her as that, even though May had tried so hard to see him.
"That's not it" he said calmly once more.
"Then what is it? It seems obvious to me?" she said as she turned to Ash in an instant, her eyes holding back there tears, trying to stay strong, they would stay strong.
"I did it because I wanted to know, I wanted to know if you Max, and Dawn are like everyone else. Too tired to see me for who I am inside, feeling that I am a hopeless case. That I am some loner and that is all there is to me. Max and Dawn are still scared, and I don't want you to tell them. I won't give up on them, I just wanted to see how long it would take for them to know the real me, and not the Mask that I have put on my face.
Like you have" May then calmed down, as Ash let go of her arm.
"Oh" she said simply, "Sorry about that"
"It's alright" he said putting his arm on her shoulder.
May then snapped as she quickly hugged him, and let go almost as quickly. "Sorry, I should have trusted you"
"It's alright" Ash said once more, although something seemed different after that quick hug, Ash could feel it, but he just didn't know what it was.
He smelt the air, as he found a scent that he had seen many times throughout his travels. A horrid smell, that bought back many bad memories. This smell, this one smell, reminded him of Brock, just before they had split up as friends. Brocks' mood swings, which would explain the one May had just had. And also Brocks change of attitude as soon as he had gained that scent around him brought by the vile drinks that he had.
After the last time they had met, Brock was no longer under its influence, now It was May, as the Trainer told himself, 'I won't say anything, yet. But I'm going to have to say something eventually'
"Ash?" May said.
"Yeah"
"You want to eat now?" she asked back as Ash was reminded of the large pallet of food in front of him. He smiled as they all began to eat.
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"Sheesh, you take forever" Max said as he and Dawn walked over to the cafeteria, passing a Marowak on the way, although not paying it any notice.
"Whatever, besides you take ages talking to your parents" Dawn said back.
"And?"
Nothing" Dawn replied once again.
After the three had gone to eat, Max and Dawn had gotten the group a room in the Pokémon centre, as Dawn had a bath, Max had decided to talk to his parents.
The two walked down a hallway, as the door to the Cafeteria was seen at the opposite end.
"So what did you talk about?" Dawn said trying to start up a conversation.
"Wha" Max blurted out not catching what the Blue haired girl had just said, she sighed.
"What... Did... You... Talk... About... on the... Phone" she said word after word.
"Shesh, don't have to be like that, I heard you the first time" he said, earning a irritated Dawn, who held back from using the mallet the May had lent to her, "My dad said something about all of the gyms/ Contests/ Just about everything relating to Pokémon battling is closed down" Max explained.
"Really?"
#Begin Flashback#
Max was at the videophone, as he tried to figure out how to use it.
"Mmmmm, oh I got it, this is one of those voice-activated ones" he finally figured out after a while trying to find the buttons.
"Dial number." Max said
"Dialling. " the Voice activated Video-phone called out as it began to call.
"I haven't told you what to dial yet... Dial number." He said irritated.
"The number please? " the computer like voice asked
"01643"
"0643. "the computer said
"No, you missed the one." Max said a bit more irritated.
" Pardon?" it said
"You MISSED THE ONE"
"The number is deleted, please continue. "The voice called out once more.
"ARGH" Max said tugging on his hair.
"202"
"Where did that come from?" Max said
"Pardon?" The computer called out once more.
"NOOOO" Max shouted out still tugging his hair.
(Inspired from Top Gear, don't own it)
#End Flashback#
"Well" Max said recalling his incident with the vid-phone, "I called my dad and he said something about having to go to some conference, with all the other gym leaders"
"Really, so that meansall the gyms are closed" Dawn asked inquisitively.
"Yeah, and so re all the contests" Max said, "So I couldn't have gone home even if I wanted to" he said as they continued to walk down.
At the other end, a man with a Cubone besides him walked up to the two thirteen year olds.
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Max and Dawn came out into the Dining hall with a person who had a Cubone following closely besides them.
"Hey guys" they called out, as they came up to the group, happily eating their food.
A Marowak walked past the group, as the Pokémon took a quick glance at the Cubone, although not for too long, so that it would not revile its identity. The Cubone that seemed to be very young, noticed the Marowak that the humans paid no attention towards.
It turned around to where the older Maowak had walked, but found that it had vanished, to the young Cubone something seemed familiar about the Marowak, something to strong to forget, embedded inside of Cubones DNA. Like a son recognising his mother.
"Come on Cubone" the person said, as the young Pokémon reluctantly turned and followed its master.
"Hey guys" Dawn said as she walked up with Max.
"What took you so long?" Serena asked.
"Well, Dawn" Max said about to make a comment about Dawns agonising time in the bathroom, but was stopped when he saw her trademark death glare.
"I guessed Dawn would take ages doing... Whatever she dose" Ash remarked, making a completely innocent mistake, as Dawns usually cheerful smile went away.
The reason why was because she had always tried to impress Ash in some way or another, any way to either get him to like her, or to just get him to notice that she liked him. But each attempt by the Blue haired girl seemed to be in vain; he was either to stupid or just decided that it would be better not to even think about Him and Dawn together, like the idea was horrible to him.
But Dawn never quit on her crush, and she still wouldn't.
"Ur hello?" May said towards the other person with a Cubone by his side. Ash noticed him, as the spirit of all those who looked upon him seemed to darken. But the person, didn't look at Ash saving him from the trait of fear that the Raven haired trainer could enforce, instead his focus was focused upon the floor.
"Hello, My name is Lee" he said giving away a false name, "I need your help, Have you heard the stories that have been going around here?"
"What Stories?" Serena asked inquisitively.
"Well, you know how you said that there were ghosts" Dawn interrupted
"Ghost Pokémon" Serena corrected.
"No, I mean that there are actual ghosts in the forest, two days ago" the person began to stutter, "Well two days ago my son was , well Exploring in the forest. I told him it wasn't safe, but he didn't listen. So I went and followed him, and, well he was taken" the man managed to say still looking towards the ground. "Your friends here have offered to join a search party of trainers to go and find him, and they said that you three were really good trainers yourselves."
"So, we should go" Max said.
"Yeah, when should we go?" May asked without a question of doubt in her mind about the man's story.
"There are two other trainers, who are leaving as soon as you all will join them." He explained.
"And you" Ash said in a cold tone.
"W- Well, I'm not a trainer, all I have is Cubone here" he said pointing to the Pokémon who wore a skull as a sort of helmet, as it looked over at Serena with curiosity.
"Bone?" it said, offering a hand shake over to the young girl.
" ur thanks" she said as she reluctantly shook the Pokémon's small hand, but many People would be cautious when touching a creature that wears the bones of another.
"I got this Cubone after its mother was killed by thieves" he explained.
"Oww, how sad" the white haired girl said, as her cautiousness soon turned into pity.
"Anyway, all I have is this young Cubone, and he isn't nearly powerful enough, so what do you say?" he pleaded, although Ash still had his questions about his story.
"Of course" May said as she and Serena got up out of their seats, "Ash?" she asked to the trainer who remained sitting down.
"Alright then" he said calmly as he too got up, they then walked away from the person, although the dark trainer took one glance into his eyes, striking the fear that he had avoided by looking at the ground.
He looked to the ground not because he knew of Ash's manipulation of emotions Via Aura, but for other purposes.
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As the group reached towards the exit of the Pokémon centre, ready to join up with the others, who were in search of Lee's young boy. They got ready, as Ash had lifted his mask. He waited patiently listening to the news report that was being played in the Television, although the others didn't notice.
"The Ranger Union, in conjunction with the Pokémon leagues association, are working in conjunction with the National Police, and the Government to find out what exactly happened at Evergrand stadium in the region of Hoenn a few days ago.
The entire Multimillion (Pokémon world credit) Evergrand complex was burnt down to Ashes, reports show that no trainers were hurt as they had all left just after the championships had finished, although a undisclosed number of Pokémon rangers have been reported Deceased.
There is a small uproar in the Hoenn region as this symbol of national pride has been completely destroyed, and the perpetrator is still at large. Mr Goodshow has not yet commented on the situation.
It is also not yet known weather this is linked to the mass destruction of towns in the Kanto region. Several small towns have been destroyed, and no survivor or record of the incident has been seen. All the towns have been levelled as if they have been bombed by a Air raid, the destruction of each is said to be monumental, although the Army have blocked off these areas from the public, and are yet to comment.
There is news of a criminal organisation coming to power, in addition to news of a Terrorist organisation. Any form of solid proof is completely questionable." The news report paused as it showed the remnants of what was once the stage of the Evergrand Stadium complex, the pride of the Hoenn region, now noting more than a vast open space, left in ruin as Thick ash covered the ground. "The majority of people remain unfazed, although enraged by these most recent events. The future seems to be bleak for many
"Hey Ash, come on we gotta go" Serena called out from the door as he followed.
And he whispered, "So it Begins"
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But it wasn't then, the beginning, no it was far from it.
The true story began too long ago.
When Two beings were created, in the everlasting void of chaos. But that is a tale for another time.
This is something you should know now, in ancient times, there was a war.
This war was a war that tore apart family's brothers, and the closest of souls.
Its devastation was on an epic scale, taking place throughout the cosmos.
From the homelands of the Deoxyse that orbits the red sun, to the planet of the human kind with its green grass.
No soul was spared.
From this war, this one war between two brothers.
In the end, I was imprisoned in the centre of the world, my loyal servants sealed away by my brother.
I was Betrayed by my three most loyal generals.
But I had my vengeance; before I was sealed away I cursed the three impudent fools, as they remained in my prisons, sealed away from creation. I cursed the humans that had helped in my imprisonment by sealing there general in stone.
And my brother, my loving brother, was cursed to a never-ending sleep. Just as he had cursed me, to be in the centre of this world, at the centre of its gravity as the weight of a billion souls crushed down upon my soul, not knowing who they tread upon.
My physical body is no more, as it was scattered to the winds. Now I remain in this accursed Limbo, but not without power.
But now...
Now I am Free.
At the moment that that stupid King killed one of my brother's minions, the one you know as Ho-Oh.
The island of Cinnabar was no more, as I rose from the Magma. I rose and killed one of my treacherous generals, the fool known as Leo.
Now my brother is asleep.
My brother is asleep and I am awake.
His safeguards against me have failed.
His false prophesies will turn to dust.
And I WILL have my Vengeance.
My armies are being assembled, and they have already massacred many. The foolish humans still don't know what is happening, but how would they? They don't even know my name, and they don't care.
But first, I will have to pay a visit to another of my, most faithful Generals. My ever loyal Regigigas is already on the move with his army to aid me. I don't need his aid, but I will not forget my enemy, my enemy can be crafty.
And then, my brother will see what the true meaning of pain and suffering is. The pain that he had put me through.
For my name is...
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F.Y.I.
- I've finally got a good reason why Brock/Dawn and Ash should split up now, as it was foreshadowed here.
- I hope that I'm not letting my Plot control my characters, or something like that. If there was a 60 second guide on it. I would be reading it right now.
- I've bought a new definition to the meaning of aura,and although Ash can't fire 'glowy balls' it is a good reason as to how he has become a powerful trainer.
- The Marowak, has its own form of foreshadowing, it is also in the games.
- Any mention of Max and Serena is now thrown completely out of the window. I have thought about my future storyline, and that would make things completely creepy. So it's a good thing that there aren't hints about it so far. In fact, ANY Max shipping will be thrown out of the window unless there is strong support for one.
- A'Drith is male, as you may have guessed by me referring to him as, urm, he.
- There is more to he who Lord VurtaxADV keeps on referring to as Ragnarök, than meets the eye. If you have read the extra bit that I have added onto the first chapter, you would realise that this story is written in his point of view, not that of a narrator.
PLZ R & R
And now I vanish...