Chapter 6

"To maintain the balance of this world, to ensure its protection, to promote the prevalence of nature, and solidify a peaceful reality: that is the Order. " Gary recites. "It's a fraise all members are required to memorize and look to guidance for in everything we do. The ideals of the Order are that humans and Pokémon live peacefully together without corruption or greed; without war or pain." Everyone in the room listens quietly to what Gary is saying. "That is the oath of the Order of the Legends."

"So… what does this have to do with Seth?" Dawn asks strangely interested.

"You'll understand soon. However, first I must explain how the Order began." Gary responds. "We follow these guidelines at all times however this is not the main function of the Order. You see, every one thousand years a very important event happens: the Legendary Pokémon of the world gather in one place called the Shrine of Legends."

"I've never heard of a place like that. Where is it?" Brock asks.

"It's in the Sevant Region… at the heart of Mt. Millennia." Gary responds. "Origin town is at the foot of Mt. Millennia and is currently the base of the Order of the Legends. However, it was not always the Order that dwelled there. One thousand years ago an evil organization was based there."

"I don't understand… why was the organization there and why do the Legendaries gather?" Ash asks completely confused.

"They gather… to choose one human to have the power of Arceus." Gary responds but with reluctance.

"Arceus?! The Creator?!" Max gasps. Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey and Max are all stunned.

"Who's Arceus?" May asks.

"Arceus is the God Pokémon. Said to have created the universe and also said to have unlimited power." Goliath responds.

"It's one powerful Pokémon." Seth submits his slice of wisdom.

"So… the organization must have wanted Arceus's power." Tracey states astutely.

"Actually no; the organization had no knowledge of the shrine at all. The reason they were based there was because that is the only place in the world that the legendaries are seen often." Gary explains. "When the day finally came that the legendaries chose the holder of Arceus's power, the organization learned of the shrine and why it was there. They snuck into the shrine as Arceus arrived and bestowed upon the man its power. After learning the identity of the man they assaulted his family and kidnapped his son and wife. The man returned home to find them gone. For ten years he searched as he changed the world with his power. In the mean time, the organization held the family captive until they decided that the man had completely mastered his power. They sent a letter to the man stating that they had found his family. The letter was a trap. The man fell for that trap. When he arrived at the base he was ambushed. The organization had trained their Pokémon to attack humans and Pokémon with utter cruelty. He was subdued immediately from the surprise. He was about to use his power to escape when the leader came towards him and threatened to kill his family if he resisted. The leader showed the man that his family was alive but had been in prison for all this time. The leader said that he must help them take over the world or the family dies. The man submitted only after the leader tortured his family in front of his eyes. The leader had barely kept them alive for ten years. The man was forced to enslave the world that he created. The organization used his power to gain control of the world's Pokémon and enslaved the humans. For a short period of time, the world was under this organization's control. However, one day the man's wife was able to break free of her cell and went to see the man who was in a cell as well. The wife begged the man to stop these criminals no matter what happens to them but the man said he couldn't bare to see his family die or in pain. Just as he was saying that a guard found the wife and beat her profusely for being out of her cell. The man pleaded with the guard to stop but the guard wouldn't. The guard decided it would be fun to show the wife and husband how he would kill their child. He grabbed the in pain but sleeping child and skewered him on a stake. The man and wife cried out and the man began to release some of his power hoping to heal the mortally injured child. The man was screaming that they'd gone against the deal, but it turned out that the guard was drunk. However, the boy could not be healed and appeared to be dead. The wife was in shock and began to rampage in screaming and loathing for these people. She grabbed one of the guard's blades and slit her own throat. There, in front of the man, was his family… dead. The man became enraged he released all his power in one fell swoop he broke out his cell and killed all the guards in brilliant flashes of light. He no longer had any sense, no remorse. He killed everyone whether they were slave or member. He also killed all the Pokémon he encountered. The legendaries appeared and attempted to stop him but could not. He crushed them all with in an inch of death. Only a small amount of Pokémon and humans were left, one of them was the leader of the organization and the man with the power turned to them. He was so enraged he didn't care who he killed but he was going to make the leader pay. He began to step forward and generated an orb that he was going to kill them all with. However, just as he was about to fire his attack he heard a cry. He turned to see that his child was still alive. He dropped what he was doing and ran to his child who was in incredible pain. He began to attempt to heal the toddler with his power. He managed to heal him and laid him to rest on a nearby bed. The rest of the survivors made their way towards him. The leader dropped to the ground praying for forgiveness. The man looked down at him and then looked at what he had done. He said these words 'Although what you have done is unforgivable… I have sinned just as you have. I will spare you, for I have now realized that pain and suffering cannot incur proper payment for pain and suffering.' The leader burst into tears and swore that he would do all he could in his power to revive the world that he had destroyed. The man with the power forgave the man told the rest of the survivors to help him. The man then stepped outside, knowing his fate, Arceus had come for him. Arceus descended upon the site of all the destruction and death. He spoke to the man 'You have misused the power I have bestowed upon you. Face your Judgment.' A great column of light crashed down upon the man and he was gone. The child had awoken and saw this happen. He cried for his father and mother but the survivors could only explain to him what happened." Everyone in the room except Gary, Goliath, and Seth are in tears. "The leader swore he would recompense by raising the boy. However, the boy disappeared the moment he turned eighteen years of age, never to be heard from again."

"What happened to the leader of the organization?" May manages to say as she was crying.

"I'll bet he got what was coming for him!" Max yells loudly. "He probably was hated by the whole world and was thrown in jail and executed! He deserved it!"

"He created the Order of the Legends." Goliath solemnly states. Everyone in the room goes silent.

"He… He created the organization that you three are in?!" Ash says stunned. "But he was… so evil…"

"Indeed he was; but he changed his life with one decision." Seth interjects. "He understood what he had done and swore to do no harm; he swore that he would never let what he caused happen again."

"So wait… what does this have to do with Seth? Is this why he didn't start his training at ten? I don't get it." Dawn asks completely confused.

"Dawn." Seth addresses her. "Originally, I wasn't going to become a trainer at all. In fact, people born into the Order aren't supposed to become trainers."

"Then why are you becoming one?"

"Seth is an exception because he is not becoming a trainer out of choice. He is becoming a trainer because he is on a very important mission." Goliath cuts in.

"Master… I think we've said too much. If we explain the mission, it might accidentally reach the ears of our enemies." Gary objects.

"Hmmm… perhaps you are correct." Goliath responds. A scream of a child is heard from the back yard. "What?! What is going on?!" Everyone rushes out into the back yard. All the people and Pokémon have terrified looks on their faces and are grouped together. Surrounding them are about twenty men holding machine guns, wearing black uniforms with a big red "R" on the front.

"Team Rocket!" Ash yells angrily.