Hands of Hope

Legends speak of one who will unite us all

Who's hands will bring hope to the Hopeless

A rider on wings of crimson red

And from his hope, the the legend shall be reborn…

Chapter 1

A Tragic Beginning

The sun beat low on the seas of Hoenn, a tropical paradise in the pokemon world home of beeches, volcanoes and many interesting legends. And a ferry bound to this Island from Johto sailed across the sea carrying many tourists anticipating days on the beech or in the fascinating cities of this Island, or a multiplicity of trainers determined to either catch pokemon or take the Hoenn Gym challenge and take on the Hoenn pokemon league. Either way, all were enjoying the ride by boat to this Island, all except one, a lone boy of Fourteen named Syrus Adams, stood upon the bow of the ship gazing sadly at the island, Why did it have to happen? He asked himself mentally

~BEGIN FLASHBACK~

Syrus hurried home from hanging out with his friends at the Goldenrod City Arcade but once he got to the front door he suddenly had a feeling that he wasn't going to like what was inside. Hesitating for a moment he opened the door, the house was silent, no sound was heard but the sound of his footsteps as he entered the house, suddenly he heard whimpering and recognized it as his Family's pet Growlithe, he hurried to find it him suddenly became rigid in fear as he saw what made his heard drop off the face of the earth.

FOUR MINUTES LATER…

"Based on the look of the bodies, they were shot to the head with Buckshot seems to be another hit in a stream of unexplainable murders." Explained the officer to the detective once he arrived, the triple slammer was an assassin that was known in the Goldenrod city, nobody saw able to track hem, not even what murder weapon he used because he covered his tracks so carefully. "Who made the call?" asked the detective
"The victim's son, sir, he's currently being interviewed by my partner, on what happened." Said the officer

"Did he see anything?" asked the detective

"Apparently not, when he arrived there was nobody here except his pet Growlithe, so he has no clue as to how his parents were killed." Said the officer

"Did the Neighbors see or hear anything?" asked the detective

"No si—" but the officer was interrupted by another officer coming in, "Sir we may have a lead." He said

The detective looked up from his note pad "Who is it?" he asked

"A Neighbor across the street, saw a man in a black trench coat head for the house, knock on the door and entered when the owners opened it." Said the other officer,

"Would the neighbor be able to recognize this person if he saw him again?" asked the detective

that was week ago, and within that week, Syrus's whole life came crashing down upon him, the chain of pokemarts that his family owned was put up for auction, Syrus was placed temporarily in an orphanage, while his beloved Growlithe was sent to the Daycare until further notice, the orphanage was the worst several days of Syrus's life, the food was horrible, it was loud with younger kids who were a pain in his ass and the bed was thin and cold, eventually the officer who was first on the scene of his parent's murder arrived and asked to see him. Syrus was led into the room where he was to meet with the officer. "I've received word from your aunt and uncle in Hoenn, they wish to take you in." said the officer, "However The police are not letting you travel there yourself, I've been asked by the custody department to escort you there, you'll be under my protection until we get there." Said the officer.

~END FLASHBACK~

Syrus had few memories of his Aunt and Uncle, mostly from when he was four, but he had vague memories now, but his parents told him that they were good people, so he had high hopes for a new life, the horn sounded and the captain said over the PA that they were about to dock in Littleroot harbor. Syrus went to the cabin where the officer who was escorting him were staying in. the officer handed him the bag that Janus had packed containing supplies for he figured he would begin his pokemon journey in the Hoenn region, he checked to see if everything was there, satisfied, he followed the officer off the boat. The officer pulled out a piece of paper "This is the address of your aunt and uncle's place, My orders were to escort you to Hoenn, and now that I've done that, this is where we part, I'll call every now and then to tell you how the case is coming, if we find anything I'll let you know, you of all people have a right to know who killed your family." Said the officer "Farewell." He said and returned to the boat

Syrus nodded in farewell and headed into Littleroot to find the house, little did he know that his own legend was about to begin…