Arbok4Ever
29th June 2012, 2:53 PM
I've tried writing a few fanfics before, but the lack of replies made me think no one actually liked it, so I quit them. But here''s my next (and I hope best so far) shot!
Short summary: A man thinks that all wars and disputes can be solved if each living being would be of the same species, so he starts to fuse humans and Pokémon. These Hybrids, however, turn out to be not that peaceful as expected. When the legendary Moltres gets fused, the existence of all living beings becomes endangered...
Rated PG-15 for censored swearing, mild (and sometimes a little harsh) violence and mild romantic themes.
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CHAPTER ONE: KIN ISLAND
A teenage boy with spiky, black hair and green eyes sat at a desk in a small, messy bedroom, lightened by the golden rays of the morning sun.
Several newspapers laid in front of him, all with big, bold headlines. In several articles, the boy had scribbled words between the lines or underlined several parts. For what felt like the hundredth time, he read them again, starting by Monday:
INCIDENT IN BERRY FOREST
By Susan Smith- On Sunday night, 11.07 PM., the inhabitants of Kin Island were brutally awakened as an almighty bang and a mild earthquake occurred in the Berry Forest. Experts claim the incident was caused by battling wild Pokémon, but others, including several biologists, doubt that, as the Berry forest isn’t home to Pokémon able to produce such strong attacks. (Read more on page 10).
The boy had been awakened by the earthquake as well, and since then, he started gathering all the strange news items, with two on Tuesday:
NEW FORMS OF LIFE ON CINNABAR ISLAND?
By Jimmy Ming- After the erupting volcano in august 1997, Cinnabar island is once again in the news. After a light earthquake, which occurred a few weeks ago, scientists watched the island closely, fearing for another eruption of its well-known volcano, but instead of ashes and lava, they claim something else came out of the crater. One of the scientists, Russ Geller, said: “We were watching the volcano on our monitors when all suddenly something dark and human-shaped shot out of the crater. We rewound and slowed down the tape several times, and saw what we believe is a new species of Pokémon.”
Other experts are skeptical and demand that the “discoverers” are first tested on alcohol and drugs before going into action. (Read more on page 7).
JOHTO CHAMPION ETHAN MISSING
By Susan Smith- Ethan Forman (19), the current Champion of the Johto region, and his parents have gone missing after they left their rooms in the Hilton hotel of Fortree city (Hoenn) to explore the nearby forest. The Champion and his parents were on vacation during the incident. Since then the family has left no signs of life, but the police is already searching for them and Lyra Elm, Ethan’s ex-travelling partner, is also heading for Hoenn to search for the three people. (read more on page 6).
This was pretty disrupting news, but no people panicked until the newspaper of Wednesday came:
EXPLOSION ON CINNABAR ISLAND
By Christian Langley- Last night, around 9.20 PM, an explosion occurred on Cinnabar island. No people are hurt, as the island is abandoned. Still, experts put question marks around the case, as several factors indicate this was no ordinary volcanic eruption, and this is also the third natural disaster in just a week. (Read more on page 4).
The rest of the article was blocked by Friday’s newspaper, which had the most underlined sentences and added words:
UNIDENTIFIED LIVING BEING DISCOVERED
From our special reporter- An unknown, mysterious creature has been seen flying at high speed over the ocean, several miles south of Pallet town. Many scientists are investigating the case, as they are sure it is not human or a Pokémon. Scientist Edward Thompson said: “This is something we have never seen before. This creature mostly resembles the legendary Pokémon Moltres, but there are a few important differences: This creature doesn’t have talons, but human-like legs and feet. It’s wings are also different and it lacks a beak. But, as we only have few footage, this creature’s identity will probably remain a mystery to all of us.” Scientist Russ Geller, who had been in the news earlier this week, claims this is the exact same creature he and his colleagues saw shooting out of Cinnabar island’s volcano’s crater. The mysterious creature was last seen flying to the southwest, towards the Sevii Islands. Sevii’s prime minister, Julia Goodman, asks the civilians to remain calm, as experienced hunters are looking for the creature. (Read more on pages 2 and 3).
The boy rubbed his eyes and stared at the headlines, lost in thought. When suddenly a voice from downstairs cried:
‘Andrew, come have breakfast!’ he looked up and checked the alarm clock, hidden between stacks of books.
‘That late already?’ he muttered as he saw the time. ‘Stormer, come on!’ he beckoned the round, brown Pokémon that laid sprawled out on his bed. The Mankey opened his eyes and muttered something before getting up. He stretched out his slender limbs and hopped on Andrew’s shoulder, eyes still halfway closed.
Andrew and Stormer went down the stairs and entered the small, cozy kitchen, where Andrew’s father, Brian, an aging man with short, grey hair and tanned, pretty muscular arms, was reading the newspaper of this day, Saturday, at the kitchen’s table.
Andrew’s mother, Lavender, had long, brown hair and a hearty smile. She greeted her son while putting fried eggs on a plate. Andrew sat down and started eating an egg, staring at the newspaper his father hid behind.
The kitchen was silent, except for the eating sounds Andrew and Stormer made, when all suddenly, the kitchen door opened abruptly.
‘Andrew! Andrew! You’ve gotta see this!’ a boy cried out, storming into the kitchen. When he noticed everyone was looking at him, he stopped shouting and turned a little red. ‘Oh, uhm, hi Mr. and Mrs. Reid… Can Andrew come?’
Andrew watched the short, blonde boy. It was Rex, Andrew’s best friend and a somewhat rash, wild boy. His oversized crest hung down a little and he was red and sweaty, like he had been running.
‘After he’s finished breakfast,’ Andrew’s mother said and Andrew stuffed the rest of his eggs in his mouth.
‘Oif fifished,’ he managed to utter.
‘Don’t talk with your mouth full,’ his mother said while Andrew stood up. As he was about to leave the kitchen with Rex, his mother called him back.
‘You go ahead,’ Andrew said to his friend and he turned around, closing the door. ‘What’s the matter?’ he asked. His mother sat down and his father put away his newspaper, sternly watching him.
‘We just want to make some things clear for your own safety,’ his mother started, ‘now that this… thing is flying towards the Sevii islands.’
Andrew sighed, rolling his eyes. Now that the government had confirmed an unknown creature was heading for the Sevii islands, people began to panic, telling their kids to stay inside and their family to keep contact.
‘Oh please, do you really think this thing is going to kidnap me or something? I can take care of myself, you know, and I have Stormer.’
‘Hell yeah he has me!’ Stormer cried out and he jumped on the kitchen floor, demonstrating some clumsy karate moves.
‘Fine, fine… Just stay out of the forest and take Icara with you,’ his Andrew’s mother said and she handed her son a Pokéball, which contained a Togekiss.
Andrew nodded slowly, he seized the ball, beckoned Stormer, who laid flat on the kitchen floor, and went outside. He crossed the flower-filled garden and caught up with Rex, who leaned on the garden fence.
‘So, what are you going to show me?’ Andrew asked, but all Rex could do was grin in a somewhat silly-looking way.
‘You’ll see,’ he said, and the two boys walked down the empty, paved street, which was flanked by small, stone-grey houses with identical red roofs and front yards with flowers and ponds.
It was almost noon now; the sun stood high in the sky and a pleasant breeze swept across Kin Island. Green trees, bushes and flowers slowly waved back and forth in the wind. The island was very peaceful, a little boring in Andrew’s eyes.
The two were now in the town’s center, where only a few shops and a school stood. The few people that were outside all greeted the boys, waving or nodding. It was no surprise they did that, as Andrew and Rex were the most skilled trainers on the island, even though they were both only fifteen. It was no big title, as only a handful of people here trained Pokémon, but still, it provided some very useful benefits.
At the edge of the Berry Forest, Rex stopped. Andrew looked at him, a questioning look in his eyes. Stormer rushed into a tall tree, screeching and throwing with twigs. Rex was about to speak, but then a very pretty girl and a Growlithe appeared from behind a house, smiling at the boys.
Rex ran a hand through his hair to make his crest more ruffled and took a Pokéball from his pocket, nonchalantly throwing it up and catching it again.
The girl disappeared from sight and Rex turned around, a serious look on his face.
‘Andrew,’ he said objectively, ‘I’ve found something that will make us rich and famous.’
‘We already are famous,’ Andrew said slowly, while looking up in a tall tree, trying to find his Mankey.
‘No, really famous. Have you been watching the news lately?’ Rex asked, changing the topic.
Andrew abruptly faced his friend, while his heart began to beat excitedly. ‘Does it have something to do with the whole situation on Cinnabar island and the newly discovered creature?’
‘Maybe,’ Rex said and he walked towards the entrance of the gloomy forest, passing a sign that said: NOW ENTERING BERRY FOREST-WATCH OUT FOR WILD POKéMON. Andrew followed his friend, asking him about his discovery. Rex took him deeper and deeper into the forest, until the sun couldn’t light the ground anymore.
‘Okay, it’s getting a little dark- Blaze, use flash!’ Rex opened a Pokéball and a white, shapeless beam of energy shot out. The beam quickly materialized in a small, pale horse with a burning mane and tail. The Ponyta pranced and shook his blazing mane, lighting up the shady forest.
Andrew looked around, trying to spot something special, but all he could see were the straight, dark tree trunks and the sandy ground.
‘Isn’t it here?’ he asked Rex, who shook his head.
‘No, but we’re almost there. C’mon, follow me!’
Andrew cried out for Stormer, who he still hadn’t seen since they had entered the forest.
‘Stupid *******!’ Rex shouted. ‘Everything here can hear us this way!’
Andrew followed Rex, and started to get a little nervous.
‘What do you mean with “everything can hear us”? Are there dangerous Pokémon here?’
‘No… No, relax, everything’s fine.’ Rex replied, but Andrew noticed he wasn’t relaxed at all: Rex looked around constantly and whenever something around them made a sound, he quickly faced it, while it was most times just something harmless like a Spinarak or a Weedle.
Andrew, Rex and Blaze made their way deeper and deeper into the forest, until they came at a large clearing, which looked like fire had destroyed it: The ground was scorched and uprooted, burned trees laid at the edge of the clearing.
In the middle laid a gigantic, towering dark mass, halfway embedded in the black sand. Something glowed at its top in a mystical, blue light.
‘Rex,’ asked Andrew, who realized what the mass was, ‘is that a meteorite?’
Rex nodded, a wide smile on his face. ‘Yeah, but that’s not the most important. You see that light? What lies there is much more interesting,’ he said while approaching Andrew and the meteorite.
Suddenly, the two boys heard a low, raspy voice behind them, saying: ‘I told you to stay away from this place, human.’
Rex and Blaze froze in place. Andrew turned slowly around and was startled as he saw what stood in front of him: greyish blue, toothy creatures with fins on their heads and weird, oval horns on the sides of their faces. There were at least twenty of them, and they all stared at the two boys, a threatening look in their black eyes.
‘W-We just wanted to- to look at it,’ Rex stuttered, but one of the Gible spat out a beam of purple light, which nearly missed him, and the whole group charged at the boys.
Andrew felt a jolt of pain shooting through his body as a Gible tackled him, hitting him in the chest and knocking him over. He tried to get up, but felt a stinging pain in his left arm. Blood gushed from his arm and a determined Gible chomped down on it again and again, until a dreadful snapping sound could be heard…
****
It was still flying, its lungs stung each time it inhaled, and the pounding, confusing pain in its head grew worse by the minute, but it could sense it: the one thing it needed to be free was closer than ever.
A lush, green island came in sight. Here it was. As it dove, it tried to remember what this island was called. It dug in its vague, unimportant memories until a name emerged from them.
It was Kin Island.
Short summary: A man thinks that all wars and disputes can be solved if each living being would be of the same species, so he starts to fuse humans and Pokémon. These Hybrids, however, turn out to be not that peaceful as expected. When the legendary Moltres gets fused, the existence of all living beings becomes endangered...
Rated PG-15 for censored swearing, mild (and sometimes a little harsh) violence and mild romantic themes.
______
CHAPTER ONE: KIN ISLAND
A teenage boy with spiky, black hair and green eyes sat at a desk in a small, messy bedroom, lightened by the golden rays of the morning sun.
Several newspapers laid in front of him, all with big, bold headlines. In several articles, the boy had scribbled words between the lines or underlined several parts. For what felt like the hundredth time, he read them again, starting by Monday:
INCIDENT IN BERRY FOREST
By Susan Smith- On Sunday night, 11.07 PM., the inhabitants of Kin Island were brutally awakened as an almighty bang and a mild earthquake occurred in the Berry Forest. Experts claim the incident was caused by battling wild Pokémon, but others, including several biologists, doubt that, as the Berry forest isn’t home to Pokémon able to produce such strong attacks. (Read more on page 10).
The boy had been awakened by the earthquake as well, and since then, he started gathering all the strange news items, with two on Tuesday:
NEW FORMS OF LIFE ON CINNABAR ISLAND?
By Jimmy Ming- After the erupting volcano in august 1997, Cinnabar island is once again in the news. After a light earthquake, which occurred a few weeks ago, scientists watched the island closely, fearing for another eruption of its well-known volcano, but instead of ashes and lava, they claim something else came out of the crater. One of the scientists, Russ Geller, said: “We were watching the volcano on our monitors when all suddenly something dark and human-shaped shot out of the crater. We rewound and slowed down the tape several times, and saw what we believe is a new species of Pokémon.”
Other experts are skeptical and demand that the “discoverers” are first tested on alcohol and drugs before going into action. (Read more on page 7).
JOHTO CHAMPION ETHAN MISSING
By Susan Smith- Ethan Forman (19), the current Champion of the Johto region, and his parents have gone missing after they left their rooms in the Hilton hotel of Fortree city (Hoenn) to explore the nearby forest. The Champion and his parents were on vacation during the incident. Since then the family has left no signs of life, but the police is already searching for them and Lyra Elm, Ethan’s ex-travelling partner, is also heading for Hoenn to search for the three people. (read more on page 6).
This was pretty disrupting news, but no people panicked until the newspaper of Wednesday came:
EXPLOSION ON CINNABAR ISLAND
By Christian Langley- Last night, around 9.20 PM, an explosion occurred on Cinnabar island. No people are hurt, as the island is abandoned. Still, experts put question marks around the case, as several factors indicate this was no ordinary volcanic eruption, and this is also the third natural disaster in just a week. (Read more on page 4).
The rest of the article was blocked by Friday’s newspaper, which had the most underlined sentences and added words:
UNIDENTIFIED LIVING BEING DISCOVERED
From our special reporter- An unknown, mysterious creature has been seen flying at high speed over the ocean, several miles south of Pallet town. Many scientists are investigating the case, as they are sure it is not human or a Pokémon. Scientist Edward Thompson said: “This is something we have never seen before. This creature mostly resembles the legendary Pokémon Moltres, but there are a few important differences: This creature doesn’t have talons, but human-like legs and feet. It’s wings are also different and it lacks a beak. But, as we only have few footage, this creature’s identity will probably remain a mystery to all of us.” Scientist Russ Geller, who had been in the news earlier this week, claims this is the exact same creature he and his colleagues saw shooting out of Cinnabar island’s volcano’s crater. The mysterious creature was last seen flying to the southwest, towards the Sevii Islands. Sevii’s prime minister, Julia Goodman, asks the civilians to remain calm, as experienced hunters are looking for the creature. (Read more on pages 2 and 3).
The boy rubbed his eyes and stared at the headlines, lost in thought. When suddenly a voice from downstairs cried:
‘Andrew, come have breakfast!’ he looked up and checked the alarm clock, hidden between stacks of books.
‘That late already?’ he muttered as he saw the time. ‘Stormer, come on!’ he beckoned the round, brown Pokémon that laid sprawled out on his bed. The Mankey opened his eyes and muttered something before getting up. He stretched out his slender limbs and hopped on Andrew’s shoulder, eyes still halfway closed.
Andrew and Stormer went down the stairs and entered the small, cozy kitchen, where Andrew’s father, Brian, an aging man with short, grey hair and tanned, pretty muscular arms, was reading the newspaper of this day, Saturday, at the kitchen’s table.
Andrew’s mother, Lavender, had long, brown hair and a hearty smile. She greeted her son while putting fried eggs on a plate. Andrew sat down and started eating an egg, staring at the newspaper his father hid behind.
The kitchen was silent, except for the eating sounds Andrew and Stormer made, when all suddenly, the kitchen door opened abruptly.
‘Andrew! Andrew! You’ve gotta see this!’ a boy cried out, storming into the kitchen. When he noticed everyone was looking at him, he stopped shouting and turned a little red. ‘Oh, uhm, hi Mr. and Mrs. Reid… Can Andrew come?’
Andrew watched the short, blonde boy. It was Rex, Andrew’s best friend and a somewhat rash, wild boy. His oversized crest hung down a little and he was red and sweaty, like he had been running.
‘After he’s finished breakfast,’ Andrew’s mother said and Andrew stuffed the rest of his eggs in his mouth.
‘Oif fifished,’ he managed to utter.
‘Don’t talk with your mouth full,’ his mother said while Andrew stood up. As he was about to leave the kitchen with Rex, his mother called him back.
‘You go ahead,’ Andrew said to his friend and he turned around, closing the door. ‘What’s the matter?’ he asked. His mother sat down and his father put away his newspaper, sternly watching him.
‘We just want to make some things clear for your own safety,’ his mother started, ‘now that this… thing is flying towards the Sevii islands.’
Andrew sighed, rolling his eyes. Now that the government had confirmed an unknown creature was heading for the Sevii islands, people began to panic, telling their kids to stay inside and their family to keep contact.
‘Oh please, do you really think this thing is going to kidnap me or something? I can take care of myself, you know, and I have Stormer.’
‘Hell yeah he has me!’ Stormer cried out and he jumped on the kitchen floor, demonstrating some clumsy karate moves.
‘Fine, fine… Just stay out of the forest and take Icara with you,’ his Andrew’s mother said and she handed her son a Pokéball, which contained a Togekiss.
Andrew nodded slowly, he seized the ball, beckoned Stormer, who laid flat on the kitchen floor, and went outside. He crossed the flower-filled garden and caught up with Rex, who leaned on the garden fence.
‘So, what are you going to show me?’ Andrew asked, but all Rex could do was grin in a somewhat silly-looking way.
‘You’ll see,’ he said, and the two boys walked down the empty, paved street, which was flanked by small, stone-grey houses with identical red roofs and front yards with flowers and ponds.
It was almost noon now; the sun stood high in the sky and a pleasant breeze swept across Kin Island. Green trees, bushes and flowers slowly waved back and forth in the wind. The island was very peaceful, a little boring in Andrew’s eyes.
The two were now in the town’s center, where only a few shops and a school stood. The few people that were outside all greeted the boys, waving or nodding. It was no surprise they did that, as Andrew and Rex were the most skilled trainers on the island, even though they were both only fifteen. It was no big title, as only a handful of people here trained Pokémon, but still, it provided some very useful benefits.
At the edge of the Berry Forest, Rex stopped. Andrew looked at him, a questioning look in his eyes. Stormer rushed into a tall tree, screeching and throwing with twigs. Rex was about to speak, but then a very pretty girl and a Growlithe appeared from behind a house, smiling at the boys.
Rex ran a hand through his hair to make his crest more ruffled and took a Pokéball from his pocket, nonchalantly throwing it up and catching it again.
The girl disappeared from sight and Rex turned around, a serious look on his face.
‘Andrew,’ he said objectively, ‘I’ve found something that will make us rich and famous.’
‘We already are famous,’ Andrew said slowly, while looking up in a tall tree, trying to find his Mankey.
‘No, really famous. Have you been watching the news lately?’ Rex asked, changing the topic.
Andrew abruptly faced his friend, while his heart began to beat excitedly. ‘Does it have something to do with the whole situation on Cinnabar island and the newly discovered creature?’
‘Maybe,’ Rex said and he walked towards the entrance of the gloomy forest, passing a sign that said: NOW ENTERING BERRY FOREST-WATCH OUT FOR WILD POKéMON. Andrew followed his friend, asking him about his discovery. Rex took him deeper and deeper into the forest, until the sun couldn’t light the ground anymore.
‘Okay, it’s getting a little dark- Blaze, use flash!’ Rex opened a Pokéball and a white, shapeless beam of energy shot out. The beam quickly materialized in a small, pale horse with a burning mane and tail. The Ponyta pranced and shook his blazing mane, lighting up the shady forest.
Andrew looked around, trying to spot something special, but all he could see were the straight, dark tree trunks and the sandy ground.
‘Isn’t it here?’ he asked Rex, who shook his head.
‘No, but we’re almost there. C’mon, follow me!’
Andrew cried out for Stormer, who he still hadn’t seen since they had entered the forest.
‘Stupid *******!’ Rex shouted. ‘Everything here can hear us this way!’
Andrew followed Rex, and started to get a little nervous.
‘What do you mean with “everything can hear us”? Are there dangerous Pokémon here?’
‘No… No, relax, everything’s fine.’ Rex replied, but Andrew noticed he wasn’t relaxed at all: Rex looked around constantly and whenever something around them made a sound, he quickly faced it, while it was most times just something harmless like a Spinarak or a Weedle.
Andrew, Rex and Blaze made their way deeper and deeper into the forest, until they came at a large clearing, which looked like fire had destroyed it: The ground was scorched and uprooted, burned trees laid at the edge of the clearing.
In the middle laid a gigantic, towering dark mass, halfway embedded in the black sand. Something glowed at its top in a mystical, blue light.
‘Rex,’ asked Andrew, who realized what the mass was, ‘is that a meteorite?’
Rex nodded, a wide smile on his face. ‘Yeah, but that’s not the most important. You see that light? What lies there is much more interesting,’ he said while approaching Andrew and the meteorite.
Suddenly, the two boys heard a low, raspy voice behind them, saying: ‘I told you to stay away from this place, human.’
Rex and Blaze froze in place. Andrew turned slowly around and was startled as he saw what stood in front of him: greyish blue, toothy creatures with fins on their heads and weird, oval horns on the sides of their faces. There were at least twenty of them, and they all stared at the two boys, a threatening look in their black eyes.
‘W-We just wanted to- to look at it,’ Rex stuttered, but one of the Gible spat out a beam of purple light, which nearly missed him, and the whole group charged at the boys.
Andrew felt a jolt of pain shooting through his body as a Gible tackled him, hitting him in the chest and knocking him over. He tried to get up, but felt a stinging pain in his left arm. Blood gushed from his arm and a determined Gible chomped down on it again and again, until a dreadful snapping sound could be heard…
****
It was still flying, its lungs stung each time it inhaled, and the pounding, confusing pain in its head grew worse by the minute, but it could sense it: the one thing it needed to be free was closer than ever.
A lush, green island came in sight. Here it was. As it dove, it tried to remember what this island was called. It dug in its vague, unimportant memories until a name emerged from them.
It was Kin Island.