Part 2

Lord and Lady Cragspur walked giddily into grand hall, leaving there two children alone.

"Where the hell did that come from?" Monica proclaimed, after her parents were far away enough they wouldn't hear.

"I take it you didn't know about it then," said Brandon.

Apparently Brandon and Monica's father, Lord Cragspur had made a proposal to the king that his daughter would marry the Prince, under the condition the lugia that the Cragspur family owned would be given to the Crown.

"I had no fucking clue!" Monica answered in a state of absolute rage. "Did you!?"

There was fury in her voice that made Brandon scared of his sister. "Uh n-n-no."

"Good… This is absolute shit. Why wouldn't father tell me?"

"I presume because he didn't know for certain if his proposal would be agreed too. At least the king told us now; imagine if we found out in the ball."

"Oh how gracious of the motherfucking king!"

Monica's opinions of the Sky King Oleg were well known, at least to Brandon. Although he didn't concern himself terribly with politics, his sister sure did. It was her belief that the Sky King was the most corrupt villain there was in the whole of the known world.. As the king passed over her earlier, Brandon could see his sister almost physically be sick. She was civil around him, only for her parent's sake.

"Shh, quieten down." Brandon didn't want her to be heard by those in the ball room. The siblings stood outside, in the main entrance to their estate. They would soon have to join the party however.

"I can't go in there," Monica said waving her hands, "I can't, I can't."

"Mother would roast you alive if you don't go in," Brandon told her in honesty, "Especially considering you are about to be become betrothed to Prince Makoll. Look, I hate these nights more than you do; come on we will walk in together."

"Ok then," Monica said. Even though she had a face of fire on, Brandon could tell this was an under-reaction from his sister. There was no way on all of Giratina's distortion world that his sister would marry Prince Makoll; Brandon would bet everything he owned on it. "Let's just try and enjoy the evening."

Monica was of course being sarcastic. Since his first ball 6 years ago, Brandon hadn't enjoyed a moment.

Arm in arm, the Cragspur siblings walked into the ballroom when a strange thought occurred to Brandon; surely if the Cragspur lugia would be given to the Crown, then this was the last ball there would be at their castle. Many of the Lords and Ladies present tonight only came for the grand lugia show, and without the legendary Pokémon there was no chance in hell half of them would show up. Brandon for once walked into the party with a smile on his face, knowing it would be the last one he would have to attend.

…

Dragons were rare beasts in the Sky Islands, much like legendary Pokémon were in times before. Few nobles owned a dragon type Pokémon, and there was only one person living on the streets who owned a dragon type Pokémon.

"Little girl there is nowhere else to go!" The Sky Guard said. He had his broadsword drawn and pointed at the young hooded girl he was backing into the alleyway. "We have you surrounded!"

The street rat swivelled 180 degrees to see two more guards coming at her from the other side of the alleyway.

"Now, are you going to come with us without any more hassle?"

The girl laughed, and brought out from around her neck a brass whistle. At the sight of the whistle, all three guards lunged at the girl, but she ducked and rolled herself out of harm's way. When she was no longer surrounded by Sky guards, she ran, at a pace that would rival a liepard.

The three enforcers were back on their feet and chased after the girl, but it was too late; she had already blown her brass whistle.

Within mere seconds, swooping down into the alleyway between the girl and the guards was a large dragon. Shrouded in darkness, the guards couldn't make out the identity of the Pokémon. They could however make out the silhouette of the large Pokémons three distinct heads, each priming a hyper beam to attack them.

The girl jumped onto her hydreigon back, standing now high above the Sky Guards.

"Drop everything you have no yourself, and Soot won't incinerate you!" she commanded with a smirk in her mouth.

The Sky Guards followed the street rats order, dropping wallets and swords and helmets. From under the dragon's wings two sneasel dashed collecting the riches they had dropped, and jumping onto the dragons back. They depositing the loot into a container on the hydreigon's back.

"That will be all, fair gentlemen." The girl said, removing her hood to reveal her short honey blonde hair. Her hydreigon began to beat its massive wings, blowing two of the guards to the ground. It flew up into the night sky, taking the blonde girl and her two sneasel with her.

"Was that the girl the Castelia guards were talking about… the one with the hydreigon. The girl called Q." one of the guards said, looking up into the sky in disbelief.

"How many street rats you seen with a dragon at their call!" the eldest guard's sneered, "That was Q alright. Call the high guards, tell her the dragon girl is in Opelucid. There's no way she can hide that beast in the crown city." The elder guard laughed, even though he had just had his sword stolen by the dragon rider Q.

…

Aiden Beakel was waked in the night by the cawing of a familiar bird. Groggily emerging from his bed, the boy looked out of his second story window to see his friend Grant on the back of his fire bird. The talonflame hawked again at the sight of Aiden.

In his sleepy state, Aiden had trouble opening the window. When he did, the cold wind pierced the skin of the boy wearing only his underwear. In a whisper, he said "Why in the name of the seven skies are you outside my window? Grant it's the middle of the night."

Aiden looked up at the sky. The moon was high and judging from its position Aiden guessed it was maybe 3 AM.

"Dude you've got to come see this," Grant whispered back, "Something freaky is going on."

Aiden clambered on the clothes he had worn earlier which were still slung over his wooden desk chair. When dressed, he climbed out of his window, onto the window ledge. From there he jumped down onto the cart that sat below his window, as he had done a fair few times before. The cart was there for the very reason of late night excursions.

"Where are we going?" Aiden asked still half asleep. He hadn't bothered to fix his hair, so his blonde top was still in a state of bedhead.

"It's a surprise, but you'll need Fallon."

Fallon wasn't so much of a rule breaker. He was the son of Aiden's father's Braviary, and had been raised to be the bird of a Sky Guard. Aiden had been raised to be a Sky Guard as well, but birds mature fasten than humans and Aiden wasn't going to be a Sky Guard any time soon. He was only sixteen, and didn't even have an All Sky license, (he was allowed to fly with his provisional 'one island license' Aiden got when he was ten) and that was required of any Sky Guard in training.

Everyone presumed Aiden would follow in his father's footsteps, becoming the next Head of Guard, but Aiden wasn't like his father. When Henry was fourteen he had already achieved an All Sky licence, and had left for the academy before his fifteenth birthday. Aiden had sat his licence test four different times, all failing.

On the physical side of things, Aiden had done fine. He had shown great control of his Pokémon, and flew fast and with ease. It was the written portion (where a clear understanding of cloud conduct must he shown) that Aiden had failed on, all four times.

Since he turned fifteen, Henry had accepted his son wouldn't be a Sky Guard. Neither of them wanted it for Aiden.

"There's no way Fallon is going to come with me. He feels betrayed about today!" Aiden's bird hadn't been totally informed on the jump of the side of the island the boys had conducted earlier that day.

"Well, I'm sure Burnly could take both our weights."

The talonflame cawed in disagreement, before reluctantly cawing in a way that let Aiden know it was safe to climb on.

The fire bird took flight with both boys on board. Aiden sat behind Grant, who controlled the bird with reins. Fallon hadn't needed reins for flight since Aiden was twelve, the bird knew how to fly. Burnly on the other hand, wasn't as tame as Fallon.

Burnly flew the boys around the island, before jettisoning its path to travel downwards, below the large island.

"Uh, Grant! Where are we flying?"

"Just hold on!" Grant called back. Aiden could hear in his voice his smile.

Grant reined Burnly to an abrupt stop and landed her on a tiny island far below Striaton. It was just big enough for Grant, Aiden and Burnly to all fit on.

"Grant if we get caught this far from the island!" Aiden said, trying to keep his voice low in case of Sky Guards.

"It's fine, there are no Guards about I checked earlier."

Aiden still felt uneasy.

"What have you got to show me anyway?"

"Look down."

Grant was already crouched down on the tiny islands edge, peering over the side. Aiden joined him.

Below, through the thick clouds, Aiden saw blasts of colour. Explosions, like fireworks, he could barely make out through the layers and layers of cloud.

"Listen closely," Grant said in a whisper. Aiden did.

"With each colour can a noise. He saw a blast of blue and with it the sound of an explosion happening very far away. The same happened with a dim red, a sound like a powerful Pokémons hyper beam.

"What is it?" Aiden asked, quietly so he could still hear.

"I haven't the slightest clue!" Grant said, surprisingly happy for having no idea. "But isn't it crazy, like it's all a big conspiracy. There's supposed to be nothing down there! But there is! There's colour."

…

The Story of Everything – Part I

Long ago humans and Pokémon lived on land. There were no sky islands, only earth and the sky above. But the earth was a terrible place. Covered in chaos and darkness, there was no escape from evil. Pokémon and humans did not work together like they do in the sky. All Pokémon were the enemies of humans, and humanity was pushed to the brink of extinction by the large Pokémon.

There were two humans who prayed to a good dragon, a Pokémon of fire and electricity who could help humanity. The good dragon answered their prayer, and came down to save them. He split himself into two dragons, called by the humans as Reshiram and Zekrom, so each of the humans could have a dragon to ride.

The human rider of Zekrom started to destroy all he could, while the rider of Reshiram saved all she could.

The destruction of Zekrom and their rider caused themselves and everything they created to sink deep into the earth, until it was destroyed by the fires that lay below. Eventually the fires burned out, and there was nothing of earth any more.

The saving of Reshiram and their rider cause themselves and everything they saved to be raised to the clouds. In the clouds, humans found that Pokémon acted friendlier and less aggressive, and the rider of Reshiram was thanked by the humans she had saved. They crowned her the first Queen of the Clouds, and all her descendants reigned as rulers of her sky kingdom.

There was no earth anymore, everything saved with raised to the sky and everything damned was burned.

…

A three headed dragon wasn't easy to keep out of sight, especially in the royal city of Opelucid.

In the day, Opelucid looked like a crown. Most of its buildings were gold, if not yellow or beige, in colour and these buildings formed a massive ring around the Opel lake. On the island in the centre of the lake sat the largest building in all of the seven skies: the Golden Alcasar of Opelucid. A dragon was a prized after Pokémon; even a goomy would attract hundreds of buyer. And if it wasn't for sale, it would attract hundreds of thieves.

The slums of the city formed an outer ring to the crown, where it would have been probably even harder to hide a dragon. The slums were notorious for extremely high levels of crime. Growing up there, you would learn to trust no-one.

Luckily, the girl hiding the hydreigon was in Opelucid's crown, and knew exactly where to go.

Q flew low over the crown. In the darkness, the black dragon would not be seen. The crown was no crown at night; no candles were lit in the city while the Queen of the clouds was not in her castle, and the queen was at a ball. Some smaller lords party, Q had heard someone say.

The dragon stopped as it reached Q's destination. The young girl jumped off her Pokémon, accompanied by her sneasel, who carried with them the large loot crate that was strapped onto the hydreigons back.

"Thanks Soot," Q said as she hugged Soot's main head. Her other heads wrapped around Q, returning the hug.

The dragon silently took off again, to its hiding spot in the forests outside the city. She stayed there, in her underground cave unless Q was thieving, where Soot then sat perched on a building nearby.

Q and her sneasels jumped off the roof they had been landed on, down into a small courtyard surrounded by the beige signature buildings of Opelucid city. It was in complete darkness, but Q knew where to go.

With the sneasels help, she moved a large crate to the side, and opened the wooden hatch that was underneath. Q could see dim light and hear a little bit of noise down the rabbit hole in the ground. She sent the loot crate down the hole first, and then with her Pokémon followed it. The sides of the rabbit hole were carved smooth, and a rope ladder hung against the sit. At the holes end was an underground alcove, big enough for Q to stand herself up in. She knocked on the door seven times, and from inside she could hear music being played and people talking.

The door opened with a creek, and Q was hurried in by an old man with a friendly face. She was led into a underground cave of sorts, as big as a bar would be. The place was infact a bar and an inn.. The Crown Cove was established for the thieves of the city to stay in; those on good terms with Miss E that would be.

"Wasn't expecting you girl," he said with a smile. The man held the door open as the sneasels carrying the loot crate inside. "Oh that looks heavy, you been busy the night then."

The inside of the establishment was like any other pub you would walk into, e

"An estate on the East side, stole a few diamonds that the lady wouldn't miss. Also got a couple of Sky Guard swords and wallets."

The man grumbled. "You shouldn't mess with the Sky guards. They remember faces, and I bet you showed them your face."

"I like to see the look on their face when they realise they have been swindled by a sixteen year old."

The tavern was unusually quiet, considering the time of night. Three individuals sat around a table, and behind the counter stood a man with a stern straight staring face. He was tall and muscular with thick eyebrows on his thin head. He was T, the man 'married' to Miss E.

Across the counter, sat two people, neither of them talking to each other but instead enjoying the silent company the other provided.

Q knew these people well. They were the only people she would ever want to call 'friends.'

The one closest to the door looked like a girl from the door, but closer inspection found that he was male. Most of those under the employment of Miss E kept their names a secret from others, and this man was no different. For two years, Q had known him only as Y.

Y was often mistaken as a female; he had a slender, somewhat feminine, build to him and he wore his long brown hair in a ponytail. While Q would consider Y a friend, Y wouldn't consider Q one. Y had learned growing up in the slums of Opelucid that thieves didn't have friends. As had happened all of his life, a thief would eventually betray him (or he would betray them.)

The other person, sitting next to Y, was a female. She didn't follow the rule of the other thieves, and told everyone her name Farrah.

Farrah was a mysterious girl. Q knew hardly anything of her (she rarely spoke.) She had once told her both her parents were dead, but not the circumstances of their deaths. Q hadn't thought she was in her place to ask, so she didn't ask. Everyone on Opelucid had their secrets.

Q giddily ran up to them, hugging them both from behind. Neither of them were as excited to see her as she was to see them.

"Guys! Do you not know it's our anniversary."

"Anniversary of what?" Y asked, pushing Q's arm off of his shoulder.

"Oh, working under Miss E!"

The three of them had all began their 'employment' on the same day, exactly one year ago that day. Farrah rolled her eyes.

"Only you, Q, would make a deal out of something so trivial," Y grumbled.

"Oh no she's not," interjected T. "Miss E wants to see the three of you!"

…

Grant and Aiden had been looking into the earth for five minutes more when they were caught by the Sky Guards. Grant hadn't accounted for them changing their positions.

Burnly the talonflame had picked up Grant in his talons as an impulse, but had neglected to pick up Aiden as well. The fire bird was away before the Sky Guard on his pidgeot had caught him.

The shape left by the talonflame on Aiden's tiny island was filled by the pidgeot.

"Aiden Beakel! You're in for it now!"

It was Heroot, Aiden's father's second-in-command. He particularly had it out for his father (their rivalry went back to the academy) and to an extent, had it out for Aiden.

"I suppose we could find a way where you don't tell me father about this?"

With a sly smile, Heroot shook his head.

This wasn't the first time Aiden had been caught out late, but something told him it was his last time. This was the final straw.

Heroot cuffed Aiden, and slung him on the back of his bird. The pidgeot flew fast, landing back on Striaton within twenty seconds. Something told Aiden, Heroot was fast to convict the son of his rival.

The Sky Guard knocked the Beakel door until it was answered, by a dazed Henry.

"Aiden," he grumbled, "This, is too far."

"Now the way I look at it," Heroot interjected, "You've got two options for your son here."

He shook Aiden, pushing him in the door, and following him in.

"Either 1, we take him down to the office and I get him convicted on trespassing on lower islands, or 2, we ship your son off to Sky School."

Aiden and Henry both knew what would have to happen. Neither of them wanted Aiden to be a Sky Guard, but he would have to at least train to be one now.

…

Ok first of all I am deeply sorry for the last section. It is really just terribly written but I couldn't get it worded right. If I revisit anything in this story, expect it to be this. Also sorry if I maybe said your character was going to be included, and then they weren't. Originally Aiden's parts were going to happen the next day but I figured I would tell each characters story in time with each other. It made more sense.

Still accepting OCs. The ones I have received so far are all great, and if you so desire you may submit another. Quick note to the anonymous person who left a character in a review. Unfortunately your character doesn't fit with the story, as in their backstory doesn't fit. If you are reading this, I ask that if you have an account I would love for you to PM me so we can correct the characters mistakes, and I can use her. In her current state, I can't use her though sorry.

So, to entice you to review, here are some questions you can choose to answer:

1. Whose plot lines are you the most interested/least interested in of the three main characters? (Aiden, Brandon and Q)

2. Any predictions for future chapters, or how the story may unfold. (There should be some lift off in the next chapter)

3. Which Pokémon would you want to fly with, if you lived in the sky islands?

4. Would you like to hear more about the history, would it help with the execution of the story? (I still feel I've been pretty vague on what everything is)

That's all, thank you for reading!