Hello, and welcome to my next story, True Eons!
Some of you may have heard this title before, that's because someone named R37uy posted this story earlier.
The first nine chapters of this book were originally written by R37uy but after that, the chapters will be written by me. However, even if you have already read the original version of True Eons, I would suggest that you read the first chapters anyway as they are heavily edited and changed slightly.
I have full permission from the original author to write this.
Thank you for reading!
Chapter 1
Some people say that bad days are just a coincidence, but for the guardians of Altomare, today just wasn't their day.
The day had started out nicely in the peaceful city of Altomare, with the Tour de Altomare being a great success, it seemed like a day where nothing could go wrong.
This brings us to an 11-year-old boy named Ash Ketchum. He was visiting Altomare for a little vacation from his "normal" adventures. Earlier that day, Ash had made a couple of unexpected new friends, the guardians of Altomare, Latios and Latias. For reasons even he didn't know, Ash had a knack for finding legendary Pokémon and also a habit of almost getting killed (or actually getting killed) every time he found one.
This time was no different. He nearly died three times in just one afternoon, twice from drowning, and once from a zombie Kabutops.
Two team rocket agents, Annie and Oakley, had broken into the Secret Garden and stolen the Soul Dew, a powerful jewel that contained the soul of the Eon twin's father. They kidnapped Latios and brought him to the museum, then used both captures to power the DMA, a powerful weapon that could destroy Altomare with the press of a button. Ash and Latias came to Latios' rescue and all seemed well again. Or at least it seemed fine until Annie touched the corrupted Soul Dew, resulting in its quick and explosive destruction.
The waters of Altomare began to drain and formed a tidal wave that slowly headed toward the city. Nobody knew if any of them would survive what seemed like Altomare's sure destruction. Nobody, that is, except two Eon dragons who shot toward the wave at the speed of sound.
Latios and Latias started to glow a bright white as they neared the wave, gathering all the strength they possibly could. Latios, however, wasn't able to gather much power because he was weakened from his time in the DMA.
There was a blinding flash of light as the dragons collided head-on with the tsunami. They kept the wave in place and held it for a few seconds before the wave split in two and collapsed, allowing the water to come back to Altomare at a much safer pace. Everything was back to normal, except for one thing, our beloved dragons were nowhere to be seen. All our heroes could see was a large pillar of light, where they hoped Latios and Latias were safely inside.
Inside The Light
Latias awoke in a bright area. "Where am I?" She wondered out loud, the events leading up to now slowly flowing back to her. Suddenly, she remembered something. "Brother?!" she called, hoping he was okay, "Brother, where are you?!"
She turned around and sighed in relief when she saw her brother, only to gasp loudly at his condition. He had lost most of his color and was nearly transparent, his body only giving off a faint blue glow.
Latias understood instantly what was happening. "Brother!" she cried, "Don't leave me! I can't go on without you!"
Knowing his sister needed comforting, Latios spoke in a gentle tone. "Sister, since the Soul Dew was destroyed, one of us had to do it, and since I was already weakened, I decided it would be me."
Latias looked at him with tears in her eyes. "There- there has to be another way!"
"I'm sorry, Latias, but I only have a couple minutes left in this world," said Latios sadly, grabbing his chest in pain.
"Latios!" said Latias desperately. "What if we used another soul to save yours? Then your soul could heal!"
Latios considered the option. He hadn't thought of that. "Sister," he said, "This has never been done. We don't know what could happen to the other person or Pokémon. They might not even survive."
Latias cringed. However, despite knowing the possible outcome, she knew she had to save her brother, "We have to try!" She said firmly.
"Alright, but you must hurry, sister. I only have a few minutes left! I will teleport you out, just touch the person you want to bring back."
"I won't fail you, bro!" said Latias. Latios nodded and gathered the little strength he had left to teleport Latias out of the energy field.
"Good luck, sis," said Latios quietly after she was gone.
Back at the shore, Ash, Brock, Misty, Bianca, and Lorenzo were silently looking out at the ocean.
Bianca broke the silence. "I hope they're alright." She said.
Ash nodded. He knew he would feel terrible if one of them got seriously hurt, or worse, killed. Not because it would be his fault, but because he felt he was supposed to do something about it.
Just then, a red blur appeared in the distance, heading towards them at an extremely high speed.
"It's Latias!" exclaimed Brock.
Latias squealed something and flew up to Ash, where she used a small psychic pulse to push Pikachu off of his shoulder. She then lightly grabbed Ash's arm, and they both disappeared into thin air.
"What was that?!" Bianca said, shocked.
Lorenzo knew right away what was happening. "The Soul Dew was destroyed, so a new one must be made. My only guess is that Latios is in grave danger."
Latias and Ash appeared in the pillar of light as soon as they teleported.
"I knew you would choose him," said Latios.
Ash looked at Latios and jumped, both because he understood him, and also because, at this point, he was almost completely transparent.
"Latios?! What happened? And how can I understand you?" asked Ash, alarmed.
"I don't know about your second question, but the first is that I'm dying," replied Latios. Ash gasped.
"Ash, I brought you here because there is a way to save my brother. The problem is that we have no idea what will happen to you," Latias explained.
Being the pure-hearted boy he was, Ash said, "I don't care what happens to me. What do I have to do?"
"Grab onto my claw with one hand, and Latias' claw with the other," said Latios. Ash nodded and did so immediately, knowing Latios didn't have much time.
"Ash, thank you so much for this," Latios said gratefully. "Are you ready?"
Ash nodded. "I'm ready,"
"Okay," said Latios, "Whatever you do, don't let go of either of our claws." With that, Latios' eyes glowed a soft blue, and Ash suddenly felt very tired.
After a few moments, Ash felt very strange, his whole body had gone numb, from head to toe.
Thirty seconds later, Ash passed out. Latias looked concerned but knew her brother would do everything in his power to make sure Ash made it out alive.
Suddenly, Ash's body began to glow a shade of orange, surprising both dragons.
"What's going on, bro?!" asked Latias worriedly.
"I don't know!" said Latios, "I can't stop the process, or all three of us will die! Don't worry, I'm sure he'll be alright."
Suddenly, Ash's body began to change. His body grew about twice its normal size, and a large orange triangle appeared on his chest. His arms shrunk into small arms with oval-shaped hands. His fingers fused into three claws on each hand. His head changed shape completely. An orange triangle appeared on his new forehead, and his ears disappeared into his head, reappearing as two feather-shaped ears on top of his head. There was a loud ripping noise as two orange wings erupted from his back.
Latias and Latios stared at him, absolutely shocked. "H-he, he became an e-eon!" Latios said, shocked. Thankfully, he had regained all of his color and was back to his normal state.
"Brother! You're back!" Latias yelled, tears of joy running down her face.
"Yes, but, what do we do about him?" Latios said, pointing to the orange Eon passed out on the ground, or whatever the bottom of the energy field was.
"We'll have to carry him, I guess," Latias said.
"Right, we have to get back to the city to rebuild the Soul Dew," Latios said. As he and Latias put Ash on their backs, sharing his new hundred-pound draconic body, Latios absorbed the energy field, and they flew off toward the shore.
Back at the shore, Brock had just finished checking Pikachu for injuries. "There's no sign of injury, so I think Latias just used Psychic to push Pikachu off of Ash." He said.
"Look!" said Bianca, "The light is disappearing!"
By now, the sun was up, and a crowd had gathered at the shore, watching the mysterious light. Our group no longer cared about keeping the dragons hidden. They only wanted them to be safe.
Soon, two dots of red and blue appeared in the distance.
The crowd gasped at the sight of the city's two Eon guardians flying towards the shore, heading straight towards Ash's friends.
"Look!" someone shouted, "They're carrying something!"
More gasps erupted from the crowd. "Latios is okay!" Bianca said with tears in her eyes. The crowd moved away from the group as Latios and Latias landed in front of Bianca and Lorenzo. The whole crowd, including Ash's group, gasped when the two siblings set down the strange orange Eon on the pavement in front of Bianca.
"Take him to your house and find somewhere for him to lie down!" A male voice filled the group's minds. "We have something we have to do!"
"You two can use telepathy?!" asked Bianca, shocked. "Why didn't you ever use it before!? And where's Ash?!"
"We'll explain when we get back. Just get the Eon to your house!"
"Okay," agreed Bianca.
"Make way people! We have an emergency!" Lorenzo yelled.
"Over here!" They heard a young man call out, "I'll give you a ride!"
With the help of some citizens, they managed to lift the strange Eon, carry him over to the canal, and put him on the gondola.
"We'll be back as soon as we can." Latios telepathed.
With that, the siblings flew up and sped towards the museum.
"I'll follow them!" said Misty.
"I'll go, too!" said Brock.
Brock and Misty then ran off towards the museum, knowing Latios and Latias had probably gone there, leaving a crowd of confused and amazed citizens to wonder about what had taken place.
When Brock and Misty arrived at the museum, they saw Latias holding the Soul Dew together with Psychic, while Latios was pulling something into it.
The gem began to glow a soft blue, as the soul of the twin's father was put back into its rightful place.
"They rebuilt the Soul Dew!" said Brock, amazed.
"Go back to Lorenzo's house. We have to put the Soul Dew back in the garden," said Latios telepathically.
Brock and Misty did as they were told and sprinted over to Lorenzo's house, having many questions, mostly about Ash and the strange orange Eon.
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