A/N: Hi... Remember me? (Uncertain laugh) Yeah, it has been nearly a month since I've updated... Um... (Uncertain smile.)
I am SO sorry it took so long to update! I've got some good news and some bad new. Bad news: I'm back in school. Good news: I'm back in school.
Okay, that may be a tad bit conpuzzling (confusing+puzzled) But I'm back in school, which is bad. I don't really like school. (If there was less homework it would be so much better!) But the good news is I'll upload more since I'm back in school. Being in school for seven hours makes me much more willing to write, and being back in school puts me back on a better schedule, so I'll have time to write.
Now I'm not making any promises, but I'm hoping to get at least one chapter up a week. Not one chapter of Pikachu's Revenge, but one chapter of any of my stories. There may be times where it is two or three weeks between chapters, or times where a upload several times a week. It just depends on what's going on at home, school, with my family, and with my mood. I'm also writing my own story too, and that's more important to me than fanfiction. But I really enjoy this story, and I hope you guys do as well. So here is chapter seventeen.
"Dawn, would you please tell us more about your contest today?" Rhonda the reporter asked, blocking Dawn's way out.
"Sure," Dawn said, knowing that 'no' wouldn't be an answer.
"Great!" Rhonda said, "This is your fifth ribbon, right?"
"Right," Dawn said, "And the upcoming Grand Festival will be my fifth Grand Festival as well."
"You truely an amazing young lady, you've made it to every Grand Festival since you became a coordinator, and you've won the last two!" Rhonda exclaimed, "But we were wondering, what did you think about Piplup's and Typhlosion's fight after the contest?"
"Oh," Dawn said, glaring down at Piplup, "I thought quite a few things."
"Piplup?" He asked in confusion.
"You know darn well that you shouldn't fight," Dawn replied.
"Lup!" Piplup crossed his flippers and turned away, and Dawn laughed.
"Sometimes I don't know what to do with them. I love doing fire and water combinations, and they'll work so well together in Contests, but as soon as the Contest is over, it is back to fighting."
"How long have they been doing it?" Rhonda pressed.
"Honestly? Since the day Cyndaquil hatched," Dawn said.
"So you've raised Typhlosion since it was an egg, and it's fully evolved. But yet your starter, Piplup, is still in its first form. Why is that?"
Dawn smiled, thinking back at unvoiced memories, "Piplup doesn't want to evolve."
Rhonda asked Dawn a few more questions, and Piplup tapped his foot impatiently. He liked it better before Dawn was winning Grand Festivals two years in a row, people now swarmed them. He remembered the good old days when they were traveling with Ash and Brock. Contests and Gym battles, Grand Festival and the Pokemon League. Brock's cooking, Ash's humor. Piplup sighed, he would never tell Dawn this, but he would give up both Grand Festival wins for the chance to travel like they did at the start of their journey.
Dawn tried to end the interview, but Rhonda had interviewed her before, and quickly added on more questions. Dawn tried not to roll her eyes, but answered each question.
Piplup resisted the urge to use Drill Peck on Rhonda. The first time Rhonda did a big interview with them, it had been exciting, but after the millionth time...
A flash of pink caught Piplup's eye. He glanced over in time to see two blue tails disappear behind a curtain.
"Pip pip," Piplup poked Dawn in the leg, then pointed towards the curtain, but Dawn didn't even look down.
"Not now Piplup," She said, a hint of warning in her voice. Piplup realized that she thought that he was trying to get her to leave, like he usually did. He crossed his flippers again, now how is he going to get her attention? Well, get it without making her angry.
With a sigh, he went to investigate the curtains himself.
A small shape could be made out hiding behind them. Piplup carefully peeked behind the curtains, then fell over in surprise.
What was she doing here.
The Pokemon stared down at him, and floated closer to Piplup.
"Piplup pip pip!" Piplup cried in surprise.
"What's wrong Piplup?" Dawn asked, turning towards him, and she gasped.
Finally. Piplup thought.
"Carson!" Rhonda hissed, "Aim the camera over there, now!"
"What about Dawn?" Carson asked uncertainly, turning the camera towards where Rhonda had said to, and he let out a small gasp.
Levitating in front of them was a small Pokemon. The body of the small creature was gray-blue, and the top of her head was light pink. A red gem was nestled on its forehead, and two more gems on each end of its twin tails. The Pokemon glanced over the camera crew and Rhonda, then settled its gaze on Dawn.
"Mes-mesprit?" Dawn stuttered, "What are you doing here?"
"Here, on Sinnoh Now, we get a rare glance at Mesprit, a legendary Pokemon. People claimed they saw it awakened, but it was unknown if it was just a rumor. It appears that it is not!" Rhonda said in a dramatic voice.
"Rhonda, please be quiet," Dawn hissed as Mesprit backed away from Rhonda's loud voice.
"Right," Rhonda said, whispering, "We don't want to scare it away... Dawn, what are you doing?" Rhonda asked as Dawn approached Mesprit, "Would you look at that..." Rhonda muttered as Mesprit floated towards Dawn.
"Mesprit mes!" Mesprit said, grabbing Dawn's sleeve and tugging on it.
"What's wrong Mesprit?" Dawn asked, as Mesprit tried to lead her somewhere.
"Mes mes spirt mesprit mes!" Mesprit said, waving her arms and tails, trying to communicate.
"I don't understand," Dawn said, "I'm sorry."
"It appears that Mesprit is trying to communicate with Dawn," Rhonda whispered.
Mesprit's eyes began to glow white, Dawn stumbled back, and her eyes began to glow as well. Rhonda and her crew gasped, but Piplup knew that there were just sharing memories.
"What could be happening to Dawn!" Rhonda exclaimed, making Piplup roll his eyes, for he knew she acting, and was being way over dramatic, "Are Mesprit's attention for good or ill?" Piplup twitched, right, Mesprit, is evil, he thought, rolling his eyes once more. "Could Mesprit be trying to-"
Piplup fired a Bubblebeam at Rhonda's face. Rhonda let out a muffled cry of surprise, and stumbled back. Piplup smirked, satisfied.
Dawn's eyes returned to normal, and she stumbled back, panting, "Lup?" Piplup ran over to her. Dawn was rubbing her head.
"Azelf," She muttered, and she glanced up at Mesprit, "Is he okay?"
Mesprit shook her head. Then she teleported a few feet away, and teleported back, pointing to Dawn.
"You want me to come with you?" Dawn asked, and Mesprit went over to Dawn, "Come on Piplup," Dawn said, holding her arms open, and Piplup leapt into her arms. Dawn held up her other hand, and Mesprit wrapped her tails around Dawn's arm.
Rhonda and the camera crew were left to stare as Mesprit teleported Dawn and Piplup away.
"Chu..." Pikachu growled, standing in front of Grace, staring at the strange man and the Pikachu.
"So what do you know, Pika," The man said, speaking to the Pikachu, "Those guards were right, a young girl with a Pikachu."
As soon as Pikachu heard the word 'guards', he remembered the strangely dressed men that had attacked them earlier. Anger flashed through him, and Pikachu launched a Thunderbolt at the man.
The Thunderbolt was heading straight towards him, but at the last second a blue shield popped up in front of the man, deflecting the Thunderbolt. Pikachu just stood there in shock, was that aura? But Ash's aura had always taken a while to power it up to use it, this man didn't break a sweat.
The man frowned, "You are strong, it took more energy than I thought to hold off that attack." Pikachu took a step back, if this man considered that Aura Shield to take a lot of energy, he'd hate to see his power of his aura in battle.
But that's what they would probably have to do.
Pikachu took a deep breath, and launched an Electro Ball straight for the man and his Pikachu.
An Aura Sphere came out of the forest, intercepting the Electro Ball, knocking it away. Pikachu wheeled around to face the new opponent.
A Lucario was coming out into the clearing, glancing at the man, bowing, 'Sorry that it took me so long Master, am I late?' The Lucario's voice echoed in their minds. Pikachu froze up, he had heard that voice somewhere before...
"No Lucario, you are just in time," The man replied.
Lucario turned and studied Pikachu. Recognition flashed in Pikachu's eyes, it was... That Lucario, "Pika!" He cried, stumbling back.
'Are these the ones we are looking for?' The Lucario asked.
"Yes," The man answered. Pikachu couldn't take his eyes off of this Lucario. He had seen this Lucario before. He had seen him be pinned down by a Registeel. He had seen him cry. He had seen him ready to give his life. He had seen him push Ash out of the way to protect Ash.
He had watched this Lucario die.
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Dawn stumbled as Mesprit teleported them away. She was slightly dizzy as they reappeared, and it took her a minute for her vision to clear. Dawn blinked and glanced around, but didn't recognize where she was.
"Mesprit mes," Mesprit said, then teleport away.
"I think Mesprit wants us to stay here, while she goes and gets someone," Dawn said, Mesprit couldn't communicate with words, but with images and feelings, so it was hard for Dawn to piece together what she meant.
"Lup," Piplup said, nodded, confirming Dawn's guess. Dawn glanced around at her surroundings. They were standing right next to a gorge, with steep walls, about twenty feet deep. A fast rushing river at the bottom of it.
To the north, on the other side of the river, was a large mountain, with tall, steep cliffs. From what Dawn could view, the mountains didn't run in a straight mountain range, but in a circular shape, probably with a valley in between.
"Pip," Piplup yawned, Dawn turned to find Piplup laying in the shade, eyes closed. Dawn smiled, Piplup had worked hard during the final round of the contest, nearly being knocked out. Dawn went over, sitting down next to Piplup.
"Lup?" Piplup asked, sitting up. Dawn noticed that her hands were shaking.
"No need worry Piplup," Dawn said, then she tightened her lips, "Well, I am a bit worried about Azelf. Mesprit showed me what was happening to him, he was in pain. He was just writhing and shaking, it was so sad Piplup." Dawn's frown deepened, "It also makes me worry about Ash. I just remember how six years ago me, Ash, and Brock felt the pain that the Lake Trio were feeling. So what if Ash is feeling what Azelf is feeling right now?"
"Ty..." A deep voice growled. Dawn sat up quickly. Piplup leapt to his feet.
"TAR!" And a yellow beam of light came speeding towards them. Piplup used Headbutt on Dawn, shoving her out of the way of the Hyper beam. Dawn looked up to see a Tyranitar readying another Hyper beam.
"Pip... LUP!" Piplup fired a Hydro Pump, that intercepted the Hyper Beam. For a moment it looked like the attacks were even, but then the Hyper Beam got the edge, and the attack hit Piplup, sending him flying.
"Piplup!" Dawn cried, Piplup leapt back to his feet, weak, but he fired a Bubblebeam as the Tyranitar was recovering from the energy it used to fire Hyper Beam.
"Now use Hydro Pump!" Dawn called, and Piplup fired the attack. The super-effective attack didn't seem to faze the Tyranitar. The Tyranitar simply fired another Hyper Beam, striking Piplup.
The Penguin Pokemon was flung against a tree, "PIPLUP!" Dawn screamed, and the Tyranitar fired a Stone Edge at Piplup. Piplup screamed. The Tyranitar turned towards her, reading Hyper Beam. Dawn reached for her other Pokeballs, but they weren't there. Dawn let out a silent curse as she realized she had left them by the tree.
Dawn flung herself out of the way of the Hyper Beam, but the Tyranitar prepared a Stone Edge. Piplup tried to get back up to battle, but he was too weak. The Tyranitar fired the Stone Edge at Dawn. She tried to dodge again, but one of the rocks hit Dawn's arm. She let out a whimper as the Stone Edge cut into her arm, blooding running down her arm.
Dawn tried to get to Piplup and her bag, but she tripped, scraping up her knee. Pain flickered up her leg as her ankle was twisted, and the Tyranitar reading another Hyper Beam. Realization flashed through Dawn as she realized that the Tyranitar wasn't just attacking, but it was trying to kill her.
A/N: Hmmm, I don't know what do think of this chapter. So we finally get Dawn into the story and here is her current team:
Piplup
Typhlosion
Buneary
Ambipom
Servine (*Shiny)
Skarmory
During her time apart from Ash she has entered five grand festivals in Sinnoh, and one in Unova, and one in Johto. She has won the last two Grand Festivals in Sinnoh. But I wanted some of her Pokemon to reflect her travels to the other regions (Skarmory and Servine)
We also get a glimpse of Pikachu and a certain Lucario seems familiar...
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Enjoy!