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A/N: Okay here is chapter two. Of Power of One. To suit the stories I have changed quite a bit. Also due to the length of the chapter, I will do the three separate captures of Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno as a separate chapter.
Shamouti island an hour ago
Melody looked out onto the sea from the hut. The storm had died down earlier and Ash had left with Karen to retrieve the three orbs. The boy was keen she had to give him that. Normally the heroes decided to travel the next day, but Ash had insisted tonight. Melody could see the storm was picking up again, this time thunder and lightning appeared all over the sky.
"This is bad, we should have never allowed them to go. This storm is just going to get worse. Plus Karen boat is not suitable for this type of weather. Caroline, I am going to take your boat. Ash and Karen could be in big trouble, just because of our stupid traditions."
Melody noticed the surprise on her sister face. However she soon handed over the keys to her boat. Melody took the keys and quickly stripped out of the ceremonial costume. She then ran out of the hut, however she suddenly found herself floating once more. She screamed, this had been the second time today that bitch had done this to her.
"You are going nowhere, without me and Tracy." Sabrina came up to stand by Melody her eyes still glowing. "If anyone is going to rescue Ash it's me."
Melody frowned. "What's the matter Sabrina don't trust Ash?" Melody screamed even more as Sabrina lifted her higher. She then stepped up right close to Melody.
"I trust Ash, but I don't trust you. Not after what you did when we first arrived here. Now Tracy and I are going with you, understand."
Melody rolled her eyes, she was hoping if it was her alone then she could try make a move on Ash. However it seems this bitch just wouldn't let her out of her sight. Finally Melody gave in.
"Fine! Now can you put me down so we can get going?" Melody felt herself lowered and watched as Sabrina narrowed her eyes, and then whispered.
"I'm watching you." Melody felt a chill shoot up her spine, it was clear Sabrina wasn't joking with her warning. Melody nodded and then lead them towards her sisters boat. Once everyone was on board she started the engine and drove off away from the dock.
Fire Island now.
Melody had been right, Ash and Karen were in trouble. In fact the boat was in such bad shape that Karen had been certain it wouldn't be able to sail anymore, which would mean, they would have to stay on this Island for the night. Once they had crashed on the island Pikachu had raced up a set stairs forcing Ash to follow him. At the top they had found a small shrine in the shape of a stone bird. Trapped in the beak was a clear orb. Ash walked up to the shrine and used both hands to pull out the orb. when it was in his hand, the orb suddenly showed a small flame within it.
Just as he had finished he felt a huge crash behind him. He turned and dived out of the way, some how some boat was travelling up the stairs. Suddenly it came to a halt. Ash was surprised to see Melody at the wheel, she didn't look happy. However it was the person who stood behind her that scared him more. Sabrina was pissed.
"Ash Richard Ketchum! You're the most irresponsible boy I have ever known. Why couldn't you have waited until tomorrow. Melody sisters boat is now ruined, not to mention we now have no way off this island."
Ash scratched the back of his head nervously. Just then Ash jumped out of the way, as several bolts of lightning struck near his feet. It was then he looked up. There starting to land was Zapdos.
"I declare this Island now Lightning Island!" Zapdos then sent out several waves of electricity which caused the whole area to glow blue and then crackle with lightning.
Ash was confused, what was Zapdos doing. "Zapdos, what do you mean you claim this island as Lightning island, this is fire island. Why are you here?"
Zapdos turned to look at Arceus chosen one. "Moltres no longer rules this Island. I declare this lightning island." Zapdos couldn't believe what rubbish the creator had come up with. Couldn't he had come up with something more classy for the chosen one trial. Zapdos frowned, according to Arceus he was going to be captured soon, so Zapdos had decided to make it more dramatic. Zapdos could since the huge ship above, however he ignored it for now.
"Prepare yourself chosen one. Everything is about to change." Zapdos then spread his wings and for dramatic effect he caused the whole area to glow blue by using his power.
Ash stood there confused. There it was again, Chosen one. What the hell was going on?" Just as Ash was going to investigate, he noticed something strange happening to Zapdos. Something was sucking his power dry. It was only when he looked up and could see what was coming down from the clouds that he knew what was happening. Some huge airship was draining Zapdos power. Ash watched as Zapdos took off and attempted to fly away, however he noticed the ship bottom opened up, and several flying squares appeared. Ash was stood with the boat, when the squared surrounded the boat. Ash then cried out with everyone else as the squares electrified. Ash and everyone else found themselves being abducted by this strange air ship. Ash could see Zapdos had been captured and he too was now being abducted. Just what the hell was going on? Was this another Team Rocket Plot?
Inside Air ship
The collector smiled as the second marker vanished. That was two, all he needed was Articuno and then they real prize would show itself, Lugia. The collector was getting ready to capture Articuno when his computer alerted him to something.
"When catching Zapdos, we picked up something else. Analyses confirms, several humans were also captured."
The collector pressed a button on his console and sat back as his chair started to sink into the ground. Eventually the chair had sank down onto the lower platform. The collector stood up and admired the cages, Zapdos and Moltres were his. However his eyes tracked to the other cage that now filled with several people. Two were boys while the other two were girls.
"I must say this is a surprise. I intended to catch Zapdos and I catch you too. However don't be alarmed once I have completed my plan, then I will release you. Now if you excuse me I have an Articuno to catch." Just as the collector was leaving Ash shouted out.
"Why have you imprisoned Zapdos and Moltres, and what do you want with Articuno." Ash noticed the collector pressed a button on his console and the cage vanished.
"If you want to know then follow me. The reason is written on this tablet in this glass cabinet. I discovered this tablet several years ago and have spent two years deciphering it. Finally I was able to read it a few days ago. It is a prophecy that describes a conflict between the three legendary bird Pokemon. Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno. When these natural forces are unbalanced, chaos and destruction will follow. It is said that the only one who can save the world is the chosen one, and the beast of the sea Lugia. With the three legendary bird Pokemon and Lugia, captured my collection will be that much closer to being completed. You see my aim is to collect every legendary known to the Pokemon world."
Ash turned around, his eyes were glowing blue, his fist were also glowing. "How dare you treat Pokemon in such a manner. They are not museum exhibits. They are living things, many of the legendary you talk about have important jobs that keeps our world from destroying itself. You capture them all, and you will put the world at risk." Ash turned to the cages and let his rage build, he then used his aura to break both cages trapping Moltres and Zapdos.
The collector eyes widened. "You fool what have you done. You stupid child, while Moltres and Zapdos was captured the conflict couldn't take place. Now they are free they will fight each other." On cue Moltres launched a flamethrower at Zapdos, of course it wasn't full power, after all this was just an act. Although with what was happening outside, she herself thought the creator might have bitten off more than he could chew with this trial. Moltres had been impressed with the chosen ones, stance on Legendary Pokemon. It seems the boys respected them and didn't just want to use their power. Moltres suddenly winced as she was hit with a mild thunderbolt. She stretched her wings and used her flamethrower to burn a hole in the ship, she then flew out. It wasn't long before Zapdos was following her.
"Ease up on your thunderbolt Zapdos, that actually stung a little. Now lets bring this airship down."
Both bird Pokemon, split paths and then began to destroy the airships, forcing it to fall. Zapdos noticed it was heading for his Island. Luckily his son was hidden deep in one of the cavern inside, so hopefully he wouldn't be hurt by the crash.
"Right let's make this look good." Moltres and Zapdos continued to attack each other. Soon Articuno had joined in the fun. The three birds attacked and attacked, putting on an aerial display of power.
Lightning Island
Ash and the others had managed to escape from the wreckage. The airship had crashed right on top of the shrine, and smashed it. Ash noticed something glowing under some of the rubble. He started to move large pieces of stone until he could see the orb.
"I have the orb, according to the tablet I need all three orbs, so we have to go to Blizzard island." Ash noticed the others were just looking at him, as if he was crazy. The sea had been frozen over by Articuno. Even if the boat still sail, it wouldn't get far with all this ice.
Ash suddenly noticed a huge whirlpool suddenly broke through the ice and rose up, until it was facing Ash and the others. It was then the whirlpool vanished to reveal a huge Pokemon. It was sliver, with a purple underbelly. It had two huge silver wings and was just flapping in front of them.
"Climb on my back and I will take you to the shrine." This was the moment Lugia would decide if this boy truly was the creators chosen one.
Ash noticed Lugia lowered himself so that Ash could get on. However Ash paused as he looked out across the frozen ocean. High in the sky Fire, lightning and ice clashed. Ash took a deep breath and then climbed on. Ash noticed Lugia waited until everyone was on his back, before he took off and flew towards Shamouti Island. However the moment Lugia flew over the frozen ocean, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno attacked.
Lugia dodged and swerved through the air, he had to use his protect a few times to make sure no one was hurt. Eventually after a lot of flying and dodging Lugia landed on the top of Shamouti Island where the shrine was located.
Ash tumbled off Lugia along with everyone else. Ash stood up and noticed a Slowking was waiting for him. Ash heard the Slowking speak.
"So you're Ash, take the treasures and place them in the shrine."
Ash stood and walked over to the shrine. He noticed the spaces where the spheres went were in line with each island. Ash carefully placed the Fire orb, in the hole opposite Fire Island. He watched the orb glow. Ash then removed the lightning sphere and placed it in the hole, opposite lightning island. That orb also glowed.
"Hmm I See you're one treasure short Ash. Only with all three treasures will you be able to help the guardian of the sea tame the three warring ones."
Ash turned to the Slowking. "Excuse me, but how do you know my name?" Ash noticed the Slowking point to the tablet. It had the same prophecy that Ash had seen in the airship. He read each line carefully, however when his eyes got to the line "thus the world will turn to ash!" The answer hit Ash like a ton of bricks. The prophecy wasn't referring to burnt to ash, it was referring to a chosen one called Ash.
"Me the prophecy is referring to me." Ash noticed the Slowking nodded.
Ash looked across the frozen ocean, and noticed Lugia was now also fighting, however it seems Lugia was doing more dodging and using his protect more than anything. Ash felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Ash this is one of the things I have foreseen. Remember I told you Arceus had showed me certain events, well this is one of them. You're the chosen one Ash, only you and Lugia can put an end to this fighting."
Ash looked at Sabrina nervously. "What do you mean I am the chosen one? All I want to do is train Pokemon, and reach my potential as a Pokemon master. No one told me I was going to be some saviour or chosen one. I just want to be Ash Ketchum fourteen years old from Pallet Town."
Sabrina took hold of Ash hand. "Ash, I have seen the future, if you turn away from your destiny now, hundreds will die. Pokemon and human alike. I know this is not what you wanted, but this is your destiny. However you're not alone Ash, you have me, Tracy and soon Cynthia. We all believe in you Ash."
Ash lifted his head and looked into the face of his girlfriend. He saw a small smile on her face. "Okay, If you're all with me, then let's do this. Charizard I need you!" Ash opened up Charizard Poke ball and watched as the fire/flying duel type roared after landing beside Ash
"Don't forget boss, not only do you have the support of your mate and friends, but all of your Pokemon too. We believe in you boss and will do all we can to help you complete your destiny. Now let's go get the ice sphere."
Ash wiped his eyes on his sleeve, one of the fears he had, was he would have to face the coming hardships on his own, but now he knew not only was Sabrina behind him, but so was all his Pokemon. Ash climbed onto the back of Charizard and noticed Pickachu had jumped on too. Ash gave the signal and Charizard roared before taking to the sky.
meanwhile in the middle of the frozen sea.
"So the chosen one finally makes an appearance. I was getting worried that Arceus might have chosen wrong." Articuno dodged another flamethrower from Moltres as the three legendary birds continued to dance around each other.
"Well I for one, had no doubt the chosen one would take part in this trial. After all I have seen firsthand how much Ash cares for this world and the Pokemon in it. He rescued me and my son from a Team Rocket ambush. I told him next time I saw him then I would allow him to battle my son, if he could beat him then I would allow my son to become his Pokemon." Zapdos sent several bolt of electricity at Lugia who batted it away.
"So you are planning to allow the chosen one to catch your son. Maybe I should give him the opportunity to catch my daughter. She has learnt all she can from me, and now it is time she left the nest as to speak. I think after this trial, I too will present my daughter to the chosen one." Moltres swerved to avoid a bolt of lightning from Zapdos.
"Well if you are both going to present your children to the chosen one, then I guess we should make a complete set. I feel my son is getting bored with watching me carry out my duties, and maybe it is time for him to choose his own path. Heads up here come the chosen one, remember low level attacks only."
All three birds swooped down toward the chosen one, who was now holding onto the neck of his Charizard. All three birds launched their attacks and suddenly noticed Lugia appeared and used Protect.
Ash had seen the three elemental attacks coming towards him. He knew he would have no chance in stopping all of them. Luckily Lugia had appeared and was now using Protect. Ash heard Lugia growl.
"Go! I will try to protect you the best I can." Ash directed Charizard towards Blizzard island, when Zapdos attacked him. However again the attack was stopped, this time from Pikachu who used his own attack to block Zapdos.
"Thanks Buddy!" Ash noticed they were really close now. He held onto to Charizard as the fire/fly duel type twisted and swirled away from the attacks of the three legendary birds. Ash could see the shrine, it was inside the crater of some frozen over volcano. Charizard touched down and then allowed Ash off his back. Ash ran towards the shrine and noticed the sphere was trapped between the beak of the stone carving of Articuno. Ash used both hands to pull the sphere free. Once the sphere was free Ash held out his hand and noticed the sphere glowed with a zig zag ice beam in the centre of it.
"That's it Charizard, now let's get back to the shrine." Ash climbed back onto Charizard back and held on tight as Charizard again took off and started flying off towards the main shrine. However Charizard failed to notice Zados sneak up behind them. Charizard was hit with a powerful thunderbolt. Charizard roared as he started to nose dive towards the ice field.
"Charizard, come on buddy. You can take that." Ash felt Charizard level out, however it still crashed landed on the solid ice. Ash jumped off with Pikachu. and noticed Charizard was just laid on the ice. Ash looked towards the island, just how was he going to get back now. Ash patted Charizard on his neck and the recalled him. Ash then had an a wicked idea.
"Princess I need you." Ash opened up the pink ball and noticed Mew float up in front of him.
"What is it, Daddy?"
Ash smiled, if there was one Pokemon he could always count on it was Princess. "I need you to teleport me and Pikachu onto the top of the island over there. Do you thing you could do that for me." Ash noticed Mew frowned.
"Of course I can do that! Hang on here we go." Mew then surrounded everyone in a pick bubble before they all teleported away.
Shamouti Island Main Shrine
Sabrina and Tracy had watched Ash crash land with Charizard. She wondered how they would get back to the island. That was when she noticed he recalled Charizard and then called out Mew. She watched them vanish. Several seconds later she felt someone teleport behind her.
"I got it." Sabrina turned and smiled at her boyfriend. He had really come through for them all. she watched as he walked up to the Shrine, before placing the last treasure inside.
Ash noticed all the sphere suddenly glowed, before a green glow could be seen in the mouth of the shrine. Ash watched as the green glow suddenly began to turn into liquid and started to pour out the shrine all over the various symbols and grooves on the Shrine floor.
"Okay now what?" Ash wondered what else he needed to do. The four legendaries were still fighting. However he noticed Slowking walked up to him.
"The maiden must play the flute, and the song of legends. Only the song, will be able to stop the warring ones. The legendary song, and the song of the guardian of the sea will blend in harmony causing the three warring one to stop their destruction."
Ash noticed Melody just blinked. "But this song, is just for the festival, I had no clue it had any real meaning."
Melody stepped up to the shrine, she looked at Ash and then bought the flute to her lips. She then began to play the song she had learnt of by heart since she was little and her sister had first performed it to her. As she continued to play, Melody felt power in the notes coming from the flute. Suddenly the pillars around the Shrine began lighting up every time she played a certain note.
Ash noticed the green liquid continued to pour out across the island, until it reached the cliffs. He then watched it fall onto the Frozen ocean, and watched as the green liquid melted the ice. Ash also noticed the four legendaries had stopped fighting and were now flying around each other peacefully.
With the legends
"So that's it, the chosen collected the sphere and placed them in the shrine and now the girl is playing the song that is suppose to sooth us. I guess Arceus was right about the chosen one after all." Lugia flapped his huge wings, as he flew with the other Pokemon.
"Yes indeed, he did very well. I know my daughter will be safe with him, and who knows maybe I will see her in a Pokemon League tournament in the near future. So shall we all fly over to him and thank him?"
All four legendaries flew over towards the island, where Ash was now stood with Sabrina, Melody and Tracy. Ash noticed the four legendary were stationary in the air flapping their wings.
"Chosen one, because of you, we were able to hear Lugia song. We thank you and apologise for the destruction we have caused. Remember what I said Chosen one, the next time we me, then I will allow you to battle my son. If you still want that chance then you can find him on Lightning Island."
"I too want to thank you chosen one. Even since the Indigo League Championships, I can see that you have got stronger and will continue to grow as a Pokemon trainer. I also offer my daughter as thank you for helping us. She will be waiting on Fire Island."
"It seems the other two have already said what i was going to say. My son is also ready to begin his new journey, and I offer you the chance to battle him and make him apart of your family. He will be waiting on Blizzard Island." Articuno chipped in.
Lugia looked at Ash carefully. "You did well Ash, I am certain that we will meet again, I live in the Jhoto region, which I heard is your next destination. Hopefully we will meet very soon. I too am looking for a trainer to look after my off-spring. Unfortunately as powerful as you are. I feel you are not ready for his power just yet. Good luck in the Orange League. Until we meet again."
Ash watched as Lugia dived towards the ocean, before vanishing beneath the waves. Ash allow noticed the three birds were now flying towards their own islands. Ash was wondering what island he was going to visit first.
A/N: Okay there end the second movie chapter. Note the next movie will be the Spell Of the Unknown. Which takes place in Jhoto.