Dream Message by WyldClaw
Plot: WCverse oneshot What made Ash's Pokemon come to the hospital room at the end of my fanfic Pokemon The Movie 2000 II: Lawrence's Revenge ? Here is my take on it- . in the fic Noctowl gets a message in her dream. Noctowl's point of view. Spoilers for Pokemon The Movie 2000 II: Lawrence's Revenge . I have borrowed some parts from that fanfic and semi-modified them. I own absolutely nothing . ( ) is translated Pokemon speech , Italics are thoughts and " " is humans talking . Warning slight swearing Enjoy . Please read and Review
~Dream starts ~Dream starts ~Dream starts ~Dream starts ~
I was flying in the cloud scattered sky, the sun's rays warming my golden feathers. I caught a warm thermal and soared above a cloud. I dipped my right wing into the cloud as I skimmed on top of it . I sighed blissfully. (This is paradise) I said to no one in particular.
It was just the clouds the sun , the wind , the sky and me . A warm breeze ruffled through my feathers . I felt the deep connection Flying Type Pokémon' felt in air: . The sky, the wind ,my soul, my mind felt as if they were one . (I'm one with the sky and are one soul one body, one mind) I trilled out loud. This is my true happy place.. There's not a single Flying type who wouldn't love the beauty and wonder of this.
I dove through the cloud and dove closer to the earth ,feeling the wind rush through my feathers.. I was in a blissful daze that I lost track of my surroundings. However as I was about halfway , I felt a thick dreariness quickly replace the warmth of the sun and the air was suddenly super cold . I turned my head and saw thick dark ominous gray clouds covered the sun . A powerful chilly gust of wind blew me off course and i had to flap my wings extra hard to fight the rough air current . My gut told told me this was wrong un-natural. This is my dream. what in the Legendaries' names is going on?
(What in Ho-Oh's tail feathers is going on?) I hooted over the howling cold wind. it was so strong it threw me thirty five feet or so away into a little grove of trees . I extended my talons and fiercely grabbed hold of the nearest tree branch sticking out and sunk my talons into it. I gripped l it tightly as I could as the wind tossed sticks and branches around like balls being thrown to Growlithe pups in a wind storm . ( Ho-Oh , Celebi Raikou .. anyone please .. make this force stop ) I repeatedly prayed to the Legendaries with all my might.
Suddenly a minute or two later, as if hearing my prayer , the wild wind died down without clouds were still gray and chilly. I gazed around but couldn't pinpoint any other beings asides from myself- human or Pokémon. .The feeling in my gut quieted down just a little as a new chilly thick fog descended around me. (That's very strange,,,)
I heard a strong voice say out loud and clear as if it were a church bell ringing. ( your trainer needs you ...)
It wasn't a human voice so it had to a Pokémon. It sounded powerful. (Who are you Where are me ? Are you a foe? Why are you in my dream? ) I hooted trying to sound brave but only my own echo answered back
( I am sorry for interrupting your dream , young Shiny Notcowl. .. But your trainer needs you ) I am no foe nor am I a common 'mon...) the voice replied a minute later .I looked around to find the source of the voice but no luck . It must be one of the Legendary 'mons . No regular 'mon would hide themself.
( Forgive me, my Lord or Lady)- I began, bowing my head in respect for I realized I was in the presence of a Legendary- though which one I wasn't sure.( Who and where are you ? What are you talking about? ).
( I can't reveal who I am young one. … but know this .. your trainer.. the boy has been though a horrendous ordeal. )
My eyes went wide and I cocked my head at those last two words. (What do you mean? What did Ash go through? )
.( Look into the fog in front of you and it will show you .). turned my head and saw the thick fog a few feet in front of me solidifying into a big growing screen of sorts . images and voices appeared in the fog. I watched the scenes unfold right after another in front of me transfixed:
-Ash gazed in horror from a big cage on an airship at a richly dressed strange man with cold blue eyes and olive-colored hair with ringlets around his ears.. " it's you!" The stranger looked hungrily at him- obviously my trainer had encountered the stranger before he arrived in John.
-The scene changed and the same strange olive haired man had a knife one hand. he went up to the cell and grabbed the front of my trainer's shirt until his face was touching the cell's bars . He pushed the edge of a sharp knife across his throat where a thin line of blood trickled down.
-Next the scene changed. Now the stranger holding the same knife under Misty's throat with one hand in front of him pinning her arms behind her back the other. She was pale as a cloud and beyond terrified. "Go on, make your move. If you attack me , you risk having the blade slip into her throat. I'll cut the boy's throat open next. Shock me, I dare you" he threatened Pikachu who was in the cage- his fur bristling. I felt a shiver go down my spine. My feathers ruffled at that. How dare this strange man do this?
-Then it switched again . Pikachu's tail was horribly bleeding from a deep long slash wound and his shoulder looked in bad shape . He whimpered painfully in Ash's protective hold as Jessie James Meowth and Wobuffet cornered them in one part of the cage against the wall .
- Psyduck attacked the olive haired stranger with his own psychic power-freeing Misty from his grip and lifting up the cage. She was about to say something when he evolved . Holy Ho-Oh! But then the olive haired strange man-an insane look in his eyes- struck his back with the blade.
"GOLDUCK!" Misty screamed and I heard the horror in her voice as he collapsed to the floor ." Please no.. please no.." she said but my trainer reassured her Pokémon just just unconscious.
-The insane looking stranger put his blade under my tightly tied up trainer's throat. "Make it come back." I saw Togepi and Meowth in small cages and Misty , James and Jesse tied up tightly together. It wasn't hard to figure out who wasn't there and who the stranger was looking for.
"N-No."
""What do you mean by no, boy?" the stranger questioned.
"I-I mean just that. I' m not going to l-lure him b-back so you can stuff him in a c-cage. " he responded panic in his usually confident tone . "I don't see why e-everyone w-wants him. He isn't shiny or has anything that m-makes him d-different f-from other Pikachus. Can't you get your own? Why do you even want him if I'm the person who prevented you from getting L-Lugia?"" I felt my heart thump wildly .
The stranger then grabbed Ash's hat, stood up and destroyed it with the knife while my trainer looked on in horror. . "I could kill you as easily as I slashed that ," He pointed at the fabric on the floor with distain. He smiled cruelly as he knelt back down to face Ash. "As for why I need it, I'm not telling." he made a cut on Ash's throat near a line of dried blood with the knife- dots of red splattered onto the floor but he didn't say anything. The mad stranger took the blade from the teen's cheek and moved it to his arms where he started making cuts. Lines of red appeared and but he bit his lip instead. "Still won't talk. brave boy.. but the brave ones are often the first to crack under torture. How about if I do... This?" The stranger smirked as he removed the knife and put it against the teen's cheek. "Tell it to come back now." He hissed as he made a line into the soft flesh . Ash screamed.
-the image in the fog transformed into a different scene. I saw a slick umber haired man in a red suit and black pants with a Persian stare at Pikachu though a window as he ran through the airship . Even watching it through the fog. I felt power radiating from this new human .My teammate ran away as fast as he could into another room but then he heard our trainer's screams and the first stranger taunt him into coming back. Or try to taunt him if Ash hadn't interrupted him and earned harsh slaps .
- Pikachu closed his eyes and suddenly there was an identical Pikachu- injuries and all -next to him bur without a shadow. He looked exhausted like half his energy was gone . I gasped- I'd heard rumors about a rare Pokemon move that could temporarily create a substitute clone. How in the world did he learn Substitute?
He carefully ran back to the room and tried not to shout at the truly beaten up look of our trainer as the olive haired man cage showed Ash his clone in a cage as he freed the humans.
—the second man held Pikachu above the empty cage and threatened Ash-who was being forced to stand by the olive haired man at knifepoint. He then gagged and tied up the yellow mouse Pokémon and slammed him into the cage. My feathers ruffled as I dug my talons deeper into the tree branch as the dark haired stranger put his free hand into the cage and slapped Pikachu hard all over his face,. Ho-oh Dammed evil human!
"Shut the hell up. You're a softhearted wimp and I absolutely loathe softhearted wimps. I thought you'd be impossible to catch according to some people," he glared briefly at Meowth, Jessie and James, who cringed and then returned his gaze to the trapped mouse., "who spoke of your incredible power. So much of money wasted on traps and ways to get you . all they really had to do was threaten him" Pikachu cringed as the man briefly stroked the top of his fur cringing at the touch. "All that cash wasted... for a single Pikachu. i could understand if you were a shiny Pokemon or there was something different about you.. there is power within you and i know how to unleash it . All I see when I look at you is a pathetic, soft ordinary Pikachu and I know the perfect way to get it out of you and harden you up at the same time. When we get back to my headquarters, I'll make you go through a long, harsh beating session. then days without food and chained to a wall with chains and shock collars in isolation will remind you about the order of things."
Rage boiled in my body . That soulless power hungry beast!
- the scene changed yet again . I saw seven Persians in a small circle with a small path to Ash open. In the middle there was an extremely injured form in a large puddle of blood and yellow-red and cream fur. When I saw the figure look up my heart seemed to skip a few beats. Pikachu was beyond messed up. He had innumerable wounds, slashes and cuts - some of which were deeply bleeding. His fur was bitten off in places and he looked extremely exhausted and was breathing slowly. He could barely move without wincing painfully. That Ho-oh Dammed malicious human! I thought.
-It changed again. Now there was just one Persian who had its heavy forepaw over my battered bruised friend, it's extended claws digging into his fur. In addition to the bruises i saw before , my electric mouse teammate now had red slashes across one side of his face that missed his eye and the tips of one of his ears were slashed and bleeding . (I don't see what's so special about you or that loser. I'll let that useless human watch me beat you up again and again until he submits. Then Master can do whatever he wants with you, if you refuse- having that softhearted weakling around will be useful.) Persian said in a masculine tone as he lifted a bloody claw near to Pikachu's left ear as if to slice a chunk off. (I think I'll start with your ear and go from there. I'm sure it wouldn't take that long for that pathetic weakling human to admit defeat.)
That last comment hit my friend so deep, (That is absolutely it! You may call me weak but NEVER EVER CALL ASH PATHETIC OR A WEAKLING IN FRONT OF ME!) He yelled the last part as he Mega Kicked, Thunder Punched and Mega Punched Persian off of him. The cat landed near by his master's feet and . then a bright white light engulfed him.
Holy freaking Ho-Oh! I thought as my eyes widened at the scene. Pikachu told us that he outright refused to evolve. He would stay as he was forever. I was stunned at how he could evolve without a ThunderStone. How is that even possible?
-The scene in the fog changed again. My trainer- holding Raichu in his blood saturated vest his lap - was tripped in a super small thickly woven net. The second stranger- the one with that horrendous Persian stared down at the injured boy triumphantly.
"You twisted monster! Y-you k-killed him. He said, his face hot with tears. "H-how c-could you? You horrendous twisted son of a b-"
The man shook his head. "It's not dead yet, just extremely weak."
"But-he's barely breathing!"
"You are such a naïve boy. It takes a lot of energy for a Pokémon to evolve without a stone. It had even less energy because it had used Substitute for the first time."
Ash was confused. "S-Substitute?"'
"A rare move where the Pokémon using it creates a clone that looks exactly like itself. Though it uses up half its energy. :" he explained "While the clone doesn't last long – for it takes lots of energy to keep a Substitute going it also doesn't cast a shadow. . So I added some Stun Spore dust into a small flap on Persian's collar. While the rat was talking he did Conversion2, put it on his claws ...and well you get the idea. It's so little it wouldn't hurt a human but for the Raichu with little energy… it paralyzed it and made it faint. It's just a precaution so it won't fight back. Not that it will since I have you."
I could tell my trainer had a feeling where this was headed. "M-Me? Why m-me?"
"stupid boy. You're its Achilles' heel. Didn't you see how it didn't want to shock me once I threatened to have Lawrence cut you up? How it risked its own safety to get you free? How it tried to beat Persian even after it had been it that cage and injured."
He looked down at the unconscious mouse in his vest briefly. "How despite his injuries H-he e-evolved though he swore he never would. F-for me."
the man nodded. "Yes idiot boy. It proved it will do anything to keep you from harm so I'll use you to break its spirit and bend it to my will. What amazing incredible power, I can't wait to tap into it for my own personal gain. But even if my-" he stressed the word," Raichu had energy, that net is completely unshockable. If it disobeys me I'll take it out on you. If it continues to rebel… …I'll kill you." I was beyond horrified. That stranger was so intent on getting his hands on my teammate and making him submit, he was going to use Ash as leverage . Even worse- if Raichu rebelled threatening my trainer with death!
-The scene changed yet again. Now I sawAsh and Raichu- shivering behind him on Charizard's back in the air .They were about five-ten away from a black helicopter with a small ladder attached to the side passenger door which was open open. That despicable man was in the doorway Misty was clinging on for dear life to the last ladder rung nearest the door as the Persian had his heavy forepaws over her hands. Persian's trainer pointed a gun right at Ash's heart and fired it. I watched transfixed as Raichu leapt out from behind him as the bullet hit him instead. Our trainer screamed his name at the top of his lungs while Meowth attacked Persian. The cat let go of Misty. she fell onto the fire dragon's back and he unleashed a huge Fire blast at the helicopter.
The fog vanished and my body shook at what i'd just seen . I had to take multiple breaths. (Not pretty is it?) The unknown Legendary's voice started me. I shook my head . (now you see why he needs all the protection he can.)
( Yes.. ) I nodded ( Please.. my Lord or L ady .. just tell me one thing.. Is Raichu d- Is he- ) I couldn't bear to finish.
(You shall see young Noctowl . Noctowl ) the voice echoed. It drifted away as my surroundings started to swirl together and vanish . A bright light engulfed me and I closed my eyes.
…
( Noctowl.. Noctowl.. open your eyes. ) I heard Bayleef whisper near me. I opened my eyes and using my powerful eyesight I was able to identify we were in in the middle a guest room in a Pokemon Center. Bayleef - whose larger outline was illuminated by the moonlight was about two feet away in front of me-my Pokeball and my other team mates' Pokeballs were on the floor at her feet .
I saw Misty and Togepi were fast asleep in the lower bunk bed on the other side of the room about four feet from us. Thank Ho-Oh they're safe but what about.. My eyes went wide as my gaze drifted to the bottom bunk bed near the on the opposite side of the room just behind Bayleef. The bed was empty and the covers were on the floor as if its occupant had left in a hurry. My gaze went from the empty bed up to the slightly ajar door and back again . For the love of Lugia.. no! No ! No!
My heart began to race-I thought about what I saw in that dream-fog (Holy Ho-Oh! Where's-)
My Grass-Type teammate looked at me and i saw a haunted look in her eyes. ( I felt the same way when I popped out of my ball and saw him gone. He hasn't left. I can smell him in the building so he hasn't left . )
Bayleef saw my gaze . . (You had a strange message in your dreams about-)
(Yes.) i reply almost inaudibly and my heartbeat went back to normal.. (Did you witness .. any of of it y-yourself?)
She nodded and looked away for a few seconds. I didn't press on . ( I… think he went to check on Pi—Raichu. I 'm worried that … son of a she-Houndoom with will try again so ..) she gestured to the Pokeballs and I understood. It was like that unknown Pokemon voice said- our trainer needed all the protection he could. ( Do you think Totodile, Phanpy and Cyndaquil know?)
( Probably… We should let them out but we need to be quiet. ) I responded so we let them out of their Pokeballs.. As soon as she materialized Cnydaquil lit up her back flame for extra light - she didn't like showing the faded scars on her back. She, Totodile- who wasn't making a fuss or skipping around for once - and Phanpy looked at Bayleef and i with haunted eyes and I knew my hunch was correct. (I take it you three had strange dreams with a message about our trainer ) I quietly asked .,With my powerful eyesight I could see the looks on their faces in the dark room as they nodded.
( yeah. I felt like I couldn't ignore it.) Cyndquil said softly.
( same here ) totodile remarked. ( I had this pull in my gut . I think it must have something to do with what I overheard from my Pokéball)
( I didn't like it) Phanpy added- she was the youngest and newest member of the team ,
( i… think it must connected. What else would the five of us get the same message,)Bayleef said.
My feathers ruffled and I felt a slight chill as I recalled the images I saw in the dream. ( I think.. its sign w-we need to go to his aid ) Phanpy said softy .
I looked at Bayleef ( Hey Bayleef .. do you mind if i stand on top of your head? I'm on the smaller size and you're - )
( Tall?) she finished and winked at me ( no problem . ) she replied. So i flew up to the top of her head and we all nodded and headed for the door as silently and quietly as we could. I used my psychic powers to open and then close the door for us.
We looked at each other in the darkened hallway as Bayleef and Phanpy sniffed the air. ( He definitely was in this spot ) Phanpy told us . ( It was maybe a few hours ago..)
( The question is.. which direction did he go in?) Totodile said (Look! ) he pointed at a figure with a light that walked toward us. The figure which turned out to be a Chansey on the night shift. She approached us, carrying a small flashlight in one hand- that was the source of the light.
( Hello.. can I help you?) She asked.
(Uhm..We were looking for our trainer.. I think he went to check on his- injured Raichu. ) Bayleef said. (Perhaps you've seen him. He's got wild black hair .. deep brown eyes .. squiggly birthmarks on his cheeks.. )
The pink kindhearted Pokemon nodded. ( I know who you're talking about - the other Chansey brought him to the Raichu' s room a while ago . I can take you to the room he's in . Would you like that? ) The five of us murmured our agreement. ( Follow me.)
We followed her down the corridor, to the left then down a right corridor before stopping at a door that was halfway closed. (Here you go..)
( Miss?) I asked.
( Yes?)
(Our trainer' will freak out if she find us and him missing. They've had some recent -) I paused as I looked at my teammates' faces and then looked back at the Chansey. (terrible experiences lately and-)
She gazed from me to the door and back . ( You don't want her to worry? ) We all nodded and she smiled warmly (I think she will understand . However i will let the other Chansey and Nurse Joy know that I heard a noise in your room which was your Pokeballs opening. Though I'm sure they will guess the truth )
(Thank you. ) we said in union and she walked away.
There was a few minutes ' pause. (I'm scared..) Phanpy said in a small whisper.
Totodile patted her head . ( Me too Phanpy. That dream creeped me out).
I was stunned-Totodile was never creeped out . He was always so upbeat and jolly. (Same here.. but .. we won't know know what they look like if we stay out here. ) I said. A shiver went down my spine when I remembered the last image I'd seen in the fog- screen.
(She's right . ) Bayleef said. ( are we mice or brave 'Mon or? Err no offense Cyndaquil.)
(None taken. ) The little Fire type Pokemon replied . ( I speak for all of us when I say we' re brave 'Mon.)
Bayleaf nodded as she pushed opened the door and we went inside. The small room smelled of medical things, dried salty tears and of dried blood . There was a small hospital bed with our trainer fast asleep with his head on the bed and his body in a chair next to it . The moonlight illuminated the sleeping figure on the bed in silver light but it wasn't the Raichu I'd seen in the fog..
It was Pikachu.,, with most of the injuries gone ,. What in the the world? I heard gasps from my teammates. we all stated at once
(How?)
( But that's not possible…)
(I thought my dream showed a-)
( In the dream he was a Raichu)
( How did he de-evolve? . )
I flew over to the windowsill and tried to get our shock down. ( Guys.. focus.. I know it's shocking- I'm stunned myself but we have to be ready in case someone tries something . on them . I'll watch the door . Cyndaquil… you keep them warm with your body heat. )
( Gotcha) She said as Bayleef extended two vines and picked her up to place her gently on the bed. . ( thanks. )
Totodile walked over to under the window. ( I'll guard from down here. )
Bayleef and Phanpy walked over to the chair. ( Phanpy and I will stay here. )
I nodded. We all got into our positions and stayed awake as long as we could , guarding our trainer and his first Pokemon with our lives.
The End