A Misguided Truth

[mtie123]

Hi everyone, here my second attempt at a fan-fic; A Misguided Truth. It details the story of Ryan(based of me and my playing of the Pokemon games) and his adventure. I will do his Character bio soon once the story is a few chapters in because i do not want to give things away. I'll also update with other characters who join and detail their back story. so without further ado here is chapter one: A Normal Day

The truth is a nice concept isn’t it? Truth is most often used to mean in accord with fact or reality. Well at the moment the truth is pretty bleak. Now what is so good about telling the truth I ask? I have told the truth most of my life (there has been the occasional white lie) and I have had nothing but bad things happen to me so far and if I face the truth right now it would be pretty soul destroying. Maybe I should fill you in; I’m Ryan a Pokémon trainer from new bark town in the Johto region. I’m 16 about 5 11”, black hair, blue eyes and a reasonably nice guy I guess. But in the past few months I’ve had to do a lot of growing up and I’ve seen things that no normal 16 year old should of seen. Hell I should still be studying at PokeTech getting ready to taking my E.E.V.E.E’s, but instead I’m stuck in this small dank room with no windows and which smell like wet Furret oh and did I mention I’m fighting a losing battle against an evil organisations and trying (and failing) to stop them from controlling the world and making everything a misery. Actually that’s an emotion so that may not be accurate actually, but I’m getting ahead of myself I’ll take you back to start of this whole ordeal and it started off like any normal Saturday really.

The sun was shining and the breeze was crisp and with the weather so nice outside I was doing what any other teenager would be doing on the weekend at 10 in the morning; Sleeping. The sun shone bright on the face of my home in New Bark Town, many Hoothoot and Pidgey cooed in the nests in the trees behind my house, wind blew across the ground outside on which small children and small Pokémon played on. The local postman walked from house to house with a smile on his face as he embraced the weather and smiled at the children playing. Professor Elms lab and house combo stood at the top of a small hill and the path was scattered with bushes and trees in which many people and Pokémon hustled and bustled about getting their jobs done for the day so they could enjoy the rest of it. The town was as calm as ever and all was well for everyone (except Mr Goodrich whose son had just set off on his journey with his Chikorita only a month ago and he had not heard from in a few days).

The sun shone through a small crack in my window curtains which I had not pulled together all the way due to the ungodly hour I went to bed due to surfing the internet until about 3 o’clock watching videos of Glameows and Meowths doing funny things (don’t judge). A small cat like Pokémon sat on my bed perfectly in line with the ray of sun absorbing its properties. This was Espeon my strongest Pokémon and in fact my starter Pokémon. Now before you say why did you start with an Espeon I didn’t, it was an Eevee in fact and it’s a long story which will be dealt with later on because it’s long and boring and doesn’t really add much at this point in the story. So yeah back to my lazy self, my room was filled with posters of my favourite things, Pokémon, football (not American, real football) and Pokémon. Yeah I said Pokémon twice but I just wanted to emphasis the point if you will. There were posters of many past and present champions on the wall, little plastic toy figures of Pokémon like Nidoqueen, Dragonite and Miltank, plush dolls (which were bought by my mother with my money that could have been used to buy potions or some other useful things) of many cutsie Pokémon like Pichu and Igglybuff and funnily enough actual Pokémon and Pokeballs which I had used on my journey. You see I had already done the normal gym badges run, twice in fact through Kanto and Johto. I had been to two conferences and place in the top 2 in Kanto and won the league championship in Johto, losing out in Kanto to my very good friend Callum but I’ll get to him. So I did have some experience but not enough to deal with the situations I was going to be put in the next few months. But again let’s focus on this day at the moment and move on to the other stuff later.

“Ryan get up already it’s almost 10:30” shouted my mother up the stairs

That’s my Mother who I live with at the moment while I’m between journeys as such. She was once a trainer but was not someone who set the world on fire and was that well known, however she did have success in the orange league and is one of only 10 people to beat Drake and be in the hall of fame.

“I’m up” I said and rose quickly in my bed kicking Espeon off my bed in the process

“Watch it you big lug” Espeon said staring harshly at me from by the side of my bed

“Watch it, I feed you so you may wanna change your attitude miss” I sneered back at her

She glared at me and then proceeded to walk out the door and go downstairs. Now yes I can talk to her and yes that’s weird but it’s like when you have known a friend for so long you start to think in the same way. Well this is similar but instead of thinking the same Es and I have a psychic link meaning we’re able to converse telepathically (cool I know). It’s good for battling and making jokes about people without offending them or knowing, but it also means I can’t hide anything from Es which can be a bummer sometime.

So yeah normal thing on the weekends, crawl out of bed, stick T-shirt and jeans on, use the bathroom and feed my Pokémon; Feraligatr, Togekiss, Flygon, Arcanaine, Ampharos and Espeon. After doing all this I sat at the table in my kitchen and pour myself some cornflakes and started to chow down. From my kitchen table you could see out into the backyard where the family Mightyena was playing with toys throwing them up in the air and my Pokémon sat eating except for Espeon who was allowed to eat inside almost like a domesticated cat. The TV was on some stupid cooking show in which my mother was taking notes from (cooking was and never will be her forte). The post sat on the table in a pile and I noticed one had my name on so I took it and ripped it open. The letter had a stamp on it which had two Pidgeots flying in opposite directions and a golden pokeball in the middle. It read on the bottom K.E.P.T which stood for Kanto’s exhibition of Pokémon and trainers, which was a yearly event in which experienced trainers came and did talks for Youngers trainers who were still in school and was always held at the university in Viridian. I vaguely remember going to one when I still lived in Kanto and the guest speaker were Will and Karen from the Elite Four. I won’t bore you with the details of the letter, it essentially was a plea for me to come and talk at the exhibition as the guest speaker Cynthia had found some interesting ruins in mount coronet and was needed in Sinnho for the immediate future.

“You’re going I already responded to Charles email he sent me” My mother said looking up from her notes.

“What!” I said chocking on my flakes “So now you don’t only spend my money but you also make decisions for me too?”

“It will be good for you” she said as she looked at the cupboard to see if we had any sesame oil which was needed for her recipe “You went when you were younger and it will be good for you to help younger trainers as well”

I looked at her begrudged however I did agree with what she was saying and hey it would be nice to pass on my expertise to the younger ones like Will and Karen did for me. Also it may be nice to go back to Kanto and see the old stomping ground and see if any of the trainers there had got stronger. So it was decided I packed up my stuff that was needed and set off towards Victory Road, Viridian and Kanto.




So yeah thats the first chapter, any sort of feedback is welcomed be it good or bad, because i know it's not perfect and there is always room for improvement, so don't be shy . Also i know this chapter is short but don't worry they will get longer in due course. Also on a side note whenever Ryan and Espeon are talking telepathically it will be italics and all over conversations will be normal

[mtie123]

Chapter 2- One step forward, two step back

“Why couldn’t we have just flown on Flygon instead of walking?” said Espeon disgruntled from her perch on my shoulder her tail draped over my shoulder

“You are kidding me right?” I said with a puzzled look on my face “You haven’t even walked you just sat on my shoulder and let me do all the work?”

“I know but your shoulder is getting rather sweaty and uncomfortable for me”

“I’ll keep that in mind next time”

“If you would do so I would be very grateful”

I looked at Espeon with a stern look and she shot me a small smirk that I was very used to seeing. It had been about a day since we left home and we had stopped at a small compound of cabins just outside of victory road. Yesterday was a nice day actually, traveling through route 27 and 26; seeing all the wild Doduo and Dodrio run through the fields, letting Flygon and Togekiss fly freely for once instead of keeping them cooped up in their balls, meeting old trainers like Blake and Megan on the way and just overall relaxing instead of being stressed and anxious like the last time I was on the route. The sun was bright and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky but there was a pleasant breeze marauding across your face which kept you cool. The trees swayed like metronomes and like in New Bark all sorts of Flying types and Bug types that were able to fly whizzed in and out of the trees busily collecting berries, twigs and leaves for whatever they were needed for. I quietly thought to myself how good it had been and was hoping for more of the same today. We had rested for the night just outside of the Victory road where there were many cabins and sites housing trainers who were on their way through to get to the latest Pokémon league championship that was being held to determine a new challenger of Lance the champion. There cabins were in a circle formation with a pokemon centre which was easily accessible from every cabin. To the left there was a small lake which had many fish spots to try and catch some water pokemon. Also scattered around were many pokemon battlefields which could be used by trainers for sparring and practice with their Pokemon. There was then a road behind the Pokemon centre that led up to victory road which everyone knows leads to the Pokemon League. It was fun looking at all the trainers and compare them to how I was when I made this journey. You could feel the nervous excitement everywhere; many trainers were frantically getting in last minute training with their Pokémon at the many Pokémon battlefields outside. Others sat in the shade of umbrellas and trees’ discussing strategies and what each person thought of the other competitors. I sat with Espeon near the small lake and just watched the trainers remembering back to how I was at this time. Me I was very much frantically running around sorting things out at the last minute like paperwork, registering myself and arranging my best team of Pokémon. But I also remember the excitement that ran through at the time and an overwhelming pride to think that I and my Pokemon had been through so much and had achieved a lot even before the championship. It was nice to think about those memories because I had not felt like that since and it allowed me to reminisce like a grandfather would in his late 70s. I got up to walk back into the Pokemon centre to get something from my room when in the corner of my eye I saw a group of people all shouting and jumping as if some sort of celebrity had just arrived.

“Come on Es I wanna check that out”

I walked over with Espeon trudging behind me unwilling to move because of the amount of sun she was not taking in. As I joined the crowd there was a boy about the age of 14 I would guess with black hair geld up into spikes. He wore a red zip up hoodie with G N stitched on the right breast, he had red trainers on and black canvas trousers. The crowd was mainly girls and every so often they would start screaming for no apparent reason.

“These girls are scary. There scream is worse than Jasmines Steelix using screech”

“I know what you mean. Anyone would think he’s a league champion or something”

I patted one of the girls on the shoulder and said “Excuse me? Yeah hi who is that guy?”

“I’m Gavan, the strongest trainer to come out of Johto since Ethan” The boy said walking towards me “I beat the likes of Pryce, Chuck, Clair and Bugsy. I’m the number one seed for the next pokemon championship and I will destroy any trainer who gets in my way”

At this point he was stood right in front of me and he was just a little shorter than I so he looked like a small Lillipup yapping at a Herdier.

“A bit of a big mouth to?” I said chuckling

“Yeah and who are you? Most properly some washed up trainers working as a cleaner around here” he said and he proceeded to holler loudly

“Actually I was the last trainer to win the Johto league championship and also came second in Kanto league a year prior” I said to him softly “So if you’re so confident of your abilities how about a battle?”

He stumbled back on his feet in total shock and spluttered out “A-a-a-a-hh okay?”

“Was that an answer or a question?” I said staring intently into his eyes

His crowd murmured as he contemplated my challenge, there was an air of unnerve about his followers until he said “Bring it”.
I smiled and walked over to the right of the battlefield and had an overwhelming sense of excitement, similar to the feeling I had when on my journey, a feeling that had eluded me in the months prior to this moment. Contrast to me Gavan look anxious and worried about the match ahead. He seemed to be talking to himself quietly and mumbling gibberish which I could understand

“You okay kid?” I shouted across to him

He looked up and then darted a stare towards the crowd who were shouting his name “Of course, you going down”

“Right” I said “Now I’m not up for a full battle to be honest because I need to start moving if I want to get to Kanto tonight. So how about a quick 2 on 2 battle? Means you’ll still have four left for your championship battles”

He nodded affirming my notion.

“Okay, I’ll choose first, Togekiss your up girl! “ I said throwing the pokeball to the middle of the field.

From it emerged the big bird like jubilee pokemon emerged from the white flash caused by the ball, she let out her battle cry and then proceeded to fly up into the air and stare directly at Gavan.

“O-o-okay I choose you Golem” he said hesitantly

The megaton pokemon appeared and looked up at Togekiss and shouted towards it with a smug gesture as if to say your nothing.

“Okay Toge start with aura sphere” I called

Togekiss darted quickly to the right and let out a blue sphere with incredible pace.

“Dodge Golem”

The megaton pokemon did roll out of the way of the sphere at first but suddenly the blue orb flew back and hit Golem in the back causing him to fall down.

“What?!” Gavan shouted

“Rookie mistake.” I said as Togekiss circled back round to in front of me “Aura Sphere like Swift is a move that cannot miss so dodging is futile when going up against it. Toge uses water pulse”

The Jubilee pokemon let out a wave of water that flew towards the megaton pokemon and by the time Gavan told him to dodge it was too late and the rock pokemon to the hit full on. Togekiss flew around in celebration due to its performance and I just stood staring at Gavan and trying to predict what would happen next.

“Golem get up and use rock blast” he said

Golem got to his feet steadily and shot 3 rocks out towards Togekiss.

“Dodge Toge” I commanded

She complied dodging two perfectly with the last one just clipping her right wing causing minimal damage.

“Nice but not good enough” I said “End this with Aura sphere and then use Extrasensory”

Once again she flung a blue orb straight at Golem and hit it head on. She then used extrasensory to lift Golem off the fall and then slam it back down hard on its face. It was clear Golem wasn't going to be getting back up and Gavan solemnly returned the megaton pokemon back to its ball. He looked upset and worried.

“Wanna end it there kid?” I said “It’s no sign of weakness. I am actually impressed many Pokemon I've faced since the championship have only taken one hit from Togekiss, so for your Golem to survive one is fairly good”

He shot me a weak smile and grabbed another pokeball

“Skarmory you my choice” he shouted throwing out the ball.

The metal bird emerged from the ball and let out a deafening screech as it emerged.

“Sounds worse than those girls” Espeon chuckled

“I know. You want in on this?” I asked

“Alright, be nice to have a battle I guess” she said as she jumped down from my shoulder and took her place on the field opposite to Skarmory.

“Skarmory use air slash”

The metal bird span rapidly and small like line of air flew towards Espeon hitting her

“You okay?”I asked

She nodded

“Haha what a stupid choice you made” Gavan said growing in confidence “That weak cat will never be able to take down my Skarmory. I doubt it can even learn anything super effective against it”.

He and Skarmory both laughed in unison as the crowd clamoured and hollered also.

“Es use hidden power”

Espeon emitted three green orbs which all hit Skarmory will it was off its guard. The metal bird fell back in pain and squawked for help

“Didn’t expect that did you” I said with a smirk on my face

Gavan looked stunned he had gone from a confident young man to a cowering mass of nerves in seconds.

“Es end this use iron tail!” I shouted

Espeon leapt into the air as her tail shone bright white. As she got nearer to Skarmory she did a front somersault and hit the metal bird full on the head with her tail, immediately knocking out the pokemon. As Skarmory led out on the fall, Gavan dropped to his knees in shock. He couldn’t believe he had been beaten in such an easy manner when both his pokemon had had an advantage over there opponent.

“Great work Es, you were great" I said stroking Espeon on the head

She acknowledged my congratulation and jumped back up on to her perch on my shoulder. I walked over to Gavan who still hadn’t returned his Skarmory and stood in front of him. He looked up with a blank look on his face

“Always expected the unexpected” I said calmly “I learnt that from my best friend a long time ago”

He looked at me confused.

“You can’t always be sure of the outcome before it’s happened, so don’t get confident before it happens” I said in the same tone “return you Skarmory and get it healed”

He nodded, jumped to his feet and returned his Skarmory and started to run towards the pokemon centre.

“Wait” I shouted

He turned around ball in hand

“You’ll go far kid just keep practising” I spoke walking towards him “Here’s my number” I said handing him a car “If you ever need advice just give me a call”

He nodded, shook my hand and ran off into the centre. I turned towards the crowd and nodded. They dispersed off into all directions as I looked down at my watch and saw it was 12 o’clock.

“Looks like you get your wish Es” I said calling out Flygon “Hey Fly you up to flying to Viridian?”

“Fly, Flygon” He shouting gesturing towards his back.

“Thanks” I said climbing on his back with Espeon on my shoulder “Let’s go”

He let out a shout and then quickly ascended into the air flying off towards the sun. I smiled as the feeling of pride i had felt oh so long ago was once again
back in my heart.



So yeah here's the second chapter, i hope everyone enjoys it. Again any comments you have please feel free to leave them. In fact i'd love so feedback if so i know if i'm doing okay and where i need to improve. Thanks for reading and again i hope you enjoy it

[mtie123]

Chapter 3- Unexpected Meeting

It had been a short flight to Viridian, the air was thin so Flygon found it easy to pick up pace quickly and slice through the sky very quickly. It gave me an exhilarating feeling riding through the air on Flygon; I guess it would be similar to the feeling of adrenaline just before you do a bungee jump. The wind flying through my hair, seeing all the townspeople below going to work and racing wild flying type Pokémon. Though in the back of my mind I still had my battle with Gavan in my head for some reason, I felt guilty for some reason. I felt bad because I thought that I had destroyed all his confidence. Confidence that would be needed for the upcoming competition, but now he had none. However these thoughts were banished with one call once we had landed. It was Gavan; he said that he thanked me for knocking him out of his cocky mind set. He said that if I hadn’t of done it someone properly would of at the league and he would have suffered more if that was to happen. He said now he had time to prepare properly and it may mean he can progress better in the future and he was thankful that I had made him realise this.

This cheered me up to no end and made me forget all my worries over the subject and I felt good that I was able to help some young trainers, good practice for the exhibition which was tomorrow. It was now late about 9 pm and I was walking into the city where the lights were bright as Volbeats tails, not many people were about and but for the occasional Rattata scurrying in and out of alleys there wasn’t must sign of life in this city. It was weird thinking back to the last time I was in Viridian. I was only 13 and had just earned my 7th badge at Cinnabar Island from Blaine, my Espeon was still and Eevee and all my friends had 8 badges and were on their way to the Pokémon league championship. But that was three years ago now and I now was more experienced, wise and my Pokémon were much stronger especially Espeon.

The Pokémon centre was where we rested for the night; once again it was filled with trainers much younger than me yet they were different to those outside of victory road. These were brand new trainers with their young starter Pokémon. Many were talking about their journeys and what they planned to do while traveling, some were talking with Nurse Joy about how they can care for their Pokémon and she happily obliged with many tips and hints. While some were on the phone to parents confirming that they had made from Pallet Town and were safely at the Viridian Pokémon centre. This trip to the exhibition was starting to turn into a nostalgia tour of my younger life. I remember my first night on my journey very fondly as I didn’t make it alone……

3 year prior

“Got to get to the lab!” I shouted running frantically down my street

“Good luck Ryan” My mother shouted after me “Were all proud of you”

I stuck an affectionate wave behind me as I ran for the lab. Pallet town was same as always quiet and calm, many people stood outside their houses doing chores in the garden as the weather was lovely. Again like in new bark Pidgeys flew in and out of the trees collecting things for their young and their nests. The breeze was cool and was refreshing. Obviously at the time I wasn’t paying much attention to this because I was rushing to Oaks lab to get my starter Pokémon. Also I had an interior motive for getting there first as I wasn’t the only trainer starting that day; my three best friends Tom, Joe and Callum were also starting their journey. Now I told you before I would get to Callum and now I will explain. In the group Callum was the most clued up when it came to Pokemon, he knew most types, moves, abilities and learnable TMs. He was a nice guy with mid length blonde hair and blue eyes. He was about the same height as me as well. My second friend Joe was not into Pokemon in that he wasn’t studying it as hard as us other three. He was more into music but he was excited to go on his journey just like all of us were. He was shorter than the rest of us with short brown hair and hazel eyes. Then there is Tom who I would say is my closest rival; He was the Blue to my Red, the Silver to my Gold. He was more about power based Pokemon his favourite being Rhydon (which he did eventually obtain). He was the same height as me but had very short brown hair and green eyes. The day before we started are journey we all made a pact that depending on what order we turned up at the lab, that would determine what order we all chose are starter Pokemon. Now you understand why I was running so fast now

“Got to get their first, got to get their first” I quietly said to myself

I burst through Oaks lab door and look expectantly towards the back of the room

“Last as always Ryan” Tom s******ed

I was last to turn up, before me stood my three friends and the old professor with a tray holding 4 pokeballs and 4 pokedexs. The 4 balls had a type signaller on it; one was a water mark, another was a grass mark, the third was a fire mark and the last one was a normal type mark. The first three were obvious that it was Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander. However the last was not so obvious and could be any normal type Pokémon. I silently moved to the side of Callum who shot me a consoling smile and patted me on the back. I acknowledged him and turned to the front contemplating my fate.

“Well now we are all here. Welcome to my lab” Oak said “We all know why you’re here and you all know who I am so we cut the niceties and move straight to Pokemon picking”

He thrusted the tray in my face

“Here my boy, you pick first”

This was my chance I could be the one to pick my Pokemon first, the ideas of Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur ran through my head but then I could the sight of my friends all looking forward but with obvious signs of objection

“Uhhh actually sir” I spoke quietly

“Yes Ryan what is it?” he said gently

“Well we decided yesterday, the order we arrived at the lab would be the order we pick are Pokemon so the others should pick before me” I said with an edge of regret

“I see” he said pulling the tray away “Thank you for that Ryan. Now Tom turned up first so you will go first”

He nodded and silently took the ball with the water mark on it and released his new partner Squirtle. Joe was next and picked Charmander and then Callum went and chose Bulbasaur. All the others were happy with their choices and I was happy for their but I was silently jealous of them because of their new friends.

“Now Ryan it’s your turn. Not much to pick from now”

I smiled solemnly at the old man and pick up the ball and took my dex too. I clutched the ball nervously unsure of what was inside it.

“I choose you” I shouted

A white flash emerged and after the flash a small brown Pokemon stood before me. It was extremely fluffy and its tail looked much too big for its body. It had large blue eyes and but other than that its features were rather small. It looked towards me and smiled

“Eeeee” I called moving towards me.

“This Pokemon is Eevee the Evolution Pokémon” Oak said

I knelt down and stroke it behind the ear. Eevee rolled on its back in enjoyment.

“She’s cute” I said quietly “Glad I turned up last now”

So that was my first day as a Pokemon trainer and I stand by what I said that day. I was glad I chose Eevee because she was now my strongest Espeon but also my greatest ally.

But that’s in the past now.

“Hello Mr Howells” said an old man to my right

“Oh.. Hello Charles, how are you?” I replied

Before me was Charles Goodshow the organiser of the exhibition.

“Fine thank you very much. Ready for your talk tomorrow, it will be a good education for the kids and will allow you to catch up with your friends” he said smiling

“Friends?” I said puzzled

“Last as always Ryan” Said a voice from behind Charles

I looked beyond Charles and saw three familiar faces.

“Tom, Cal, Joe, what are you doing here….?”


Hey so here's the 3rd chapter hope you enjoy. Again feedback is welcomed thanks bye.

[mtie123]

Chapter 4 The Catch-up

I was stunned and didn’t really know what to say. I really hadn’t expected this turn of events; I hadn’t seen any of my friends since the Pokemon league championship 3 years ago in which we all competed in. Callum had won that particular competition beating me in the finals in a full six on six battle. Are final Pokemon were the starters we had been given by Oak; Espeon V Venasaur. Now to the common eye I should be at an advantage because Venasaur was part poison type however Es was burnt and had just come through a big battle with Callums Ninetales who had hit Es with super effective shadow balls. Now the burn cutting attack power didn’t matter due to Es being more of a special attacker but the constant damage taking was an issue. So I tried to end the match quickly, but it back fired and Es was taken out by a huge flamethrower. I was sad but glad that if anyone beat me it was one of my friends (plus I beat Tom in the semi which was the biggest win for me).

“Ummmm….how you been?” I said hesitantly

“Really three years and that’s all you have to say?” Callum said with a smile.

I laughed and proceeded to shake hands with all

“Shall we find somewhere to talk?” Joe suggested

“There is a café in the lobby might be a good place” Tom said pointing towards the main lobby of the Pokemon centre

“Yeah sounds good” I said

So we went and settled in the café, we talked first about the young trainers and how we thought each would fair. We were pretty confident that most would get the badges and that Pallet had produced another batch of potentially good trainers who would go far.

“So how’s things guys?” I asked the three boys around me

They all proceeded to answer at the same time

“Wow wow wow” I said “One at a time, Tom since you went first picking starters you can go first today. How’s Hoenn?”

“Good now we got rid of those weather nuts Magma and Aqua” he said laughing into his coffee “But yeah on the whole it’s good nowadays. Steven back as the wandering champion so he seems to be keeping everything in order. The league was good too managed to get the win with good old Blastosie here” stroking his old pals back

His Blastosie gave a happy grunt and turned and smiled at his trainer.

I smiled “How ‘bout you Cal, how’s Sinnoh?”

“It’s good, Cyrus still hasn’t reappeared after the whole imma take over the world and get rid of all emotions crap” He said sarcastically “The other executives have changed actually and are even helping the league protect the very legendries they sought after not long ago”

“Wow that’s pretty amazing actually when you think about it” Joe added

“Yeah how they can change teams so quickly to save their own asses” Tom said sharply

“People can change Tom” I said with a grimace

“Well Joe how’s Unova?” Callum said changing the subject before a row began

“Good we really got some good work done there, we think were close to cracking the connections between the Justice Swords” Joe said “Obviously I took time off to compete in the league and won funnily enough”

“Well seems like we’ve all won leagues now” I said

“I got two actually” Callum said with a smile

“Alright bighead” Tom snapped

“Jealous Tom?” Callum said smiling like a Meowth with a saucer of milk

Tom rolled his eyes back and said “Well better get some sleep then, we got a big day tomorrow”

We all nodded and got up from the table. Tom, Callum and Joe all returned their starters respectively and Espeon jumped onto my shoulder

“Hey Ryan, you didn't tell us about Johto” Joe questioned

“Same really as before I guess, not a lot has happened since Ethan cleared Team Rocket outta Goldenrod” I said smiling “Me and the guys got are badges pretty easy and the league wasn’t hard either but I properly was the most experienced there to be honest” I continued trying to be modest

“I watch your final battle and you totally obliterated your opposition. Didn’t you use three Pokemon?” Callum asked walking up the stair to the rooms

“Yeah Toge, Gatr and Es really came through for me” I spoke

“Well you do raise your Pokemon the best out of us” Joe said

“Really?” I questioned as we came off the stair on to our hall

“Of course, the relationship between you and Espeon is off the chart” Tom said “It’s the strongest bond I’ve seen between a person and Pokemon”

“I know married couples who have worse relationships than you and Es” Joe spoke jokily

I looked at Es and she brushed her head against mine, I smiled and said “Guess so”

The others smiled and returned to their rooms. I was now stood in the hall on my own in silence alone. Or so I thought, there was someone with me that night and I will never forget their stare, but it was not that night I met them. But that is for later in the story

“Come on Es we need some sleep” I said looking at Es

“You’re telling me” she spoke and then she proceeded to yawn loudly

I smiled and unlocked my room door and walked in. That night before I slept I thought back over my friends and smiled. I then fell soundly asleep looking forward more so to the exhibition tomorrow.


Hey guys, sorry this is short but i wanted to get a build up out and not delve quite into the exhibition yet. So who do we think the person was then guys? leave your guess but don't expect answers Anyway hope you enjoy the new chapter and again feedback is welcomed

[mtie123]

Hey guys, the next chapter will be up soon just in the process of writing it. My pace has slowed down do to being back at college, just thought i should update everyone but yes the new chapter should be at the latest Monday

[mtie123]

Hey everyone here is the next chapter, hope you enjoy
Back to old ways

It was early in Viridian city and not many people were about. I had been awake since about 7:30am because it was part of my routine to wake up at this time due to my schedule at home for weekdays. I normally went and helped Prof Elm in New Bark on weekdays, tending to all the Pokemon under his care. It was a hugely rewarding job because it allowed me to gain experience in taking care of Pokemon but also allowed me to pick up tips on caring properly for my own 22 Pokemon. But back to Viridian, the sun was barley up and there was a cold wind whirling around the centre and town alike. There were some Pidgeys washing in the local bird bath while small Rattatas ran into small burrows in the park opposite to the centre retreating before the morning rush hour happened. Down the street there was a huge inflatable dome with many grey fences preventing entry inside. Concealed inside was the stage where the exhibition would take place and the place our talk would be taking place.

“Ah it nice to be back in Kanto isn’t it” I said sipping from my bottle of water

“It is indeed” said a voice from behind me.

It was Callum and his Glaceon with him. Espeon perked up immediately she and Glaceon began to play with one another in the space between the road and the cafe while Callum proceeded to sit down in the seat opposite from me, with what I believed from the smell was herbal tea.

“Good night sleep?” I questioned

He nodded and reciprocated the question and I nodded too.

“Nervous about today?” he added

“A little, I hope they don’t ask too many question about specific stuff to be honest” I said

“I know I did some swatting last night to make sure I knew all my basics” he said chuckling

“I had a quick look on in an old textbook but yeah not like hard core revision when back at school” I said with a s******

We laughed and joked for about an hour until Joe and Tom joined us. Joe had been changing his team around all morning on the computer so he had lots of Pokemon that the kids at the exhibition could play with if they wanted to. Tom on the other hand had been out to see his grandfather and grandmother who lived in the plains just outside Viridian. He hadn’t seen them in a while and he explained that he keeps most of his non-used Pokémon there instead of keeping them in the PC’s like Joe and Callum or keeping them at a Prof’s house like my non-party Pokemon were at Prof Elm’s lab.

He said that his grandparents were fine and it was great to see them again after almost 6 months, he said he was upset to leave at the end but his grandparents understood why he had to go. We sat and chatted until 12pm which was about 40 minutes before we were needed to do are talk for the young trainers. We ate and went off to collected are things before reconvening outside the centre at about 12:15pm and we started to walk down to the massive blown up dome where are toughest test waited. We walked into the dome. There were 12 rows of about 8 chairs all facing towards a rather big stage that had an alter as well as 5 chairs all behind the alter; 1 to the left while the other 4 were to the right. There were many lights up on a rail above the stage which protruded down on to the stage which made the markings for a Pokémon field also visible on the floor of the stage

“Hello gentlemen” Charles said walking up to the four

We all polity said hello and shook hands with the grey elderly man

“How are we feeling?” he asked

“Fine I think, bit nervous I guess” I said and the others concurred with me

“There’s nothing to fear they’re only kids you taken on worse” he said smiling warmly

We all nodded and the man walked away calmly. He was complete opposite to the exhibition manager. The balding man ran around frantically shouting at members of staff who were begrudgingly listening to everything he said. He also kept shouting that he hadn’t had his morning coffee yet which was oddly familiar to me if I’m honest.

We were escorted by a young woman behind the curtains to the right of the stage and were told to wait in a room together until we were called. The room had a TV and a laptop for entertainment needs as well as lots of refreshments. It wasn’t long before we were called towards the stage by the same young women; we were then instructed to not say anything controversial to the young trainers and defiantly not to use any profanity which could cause offense. She then told us we would individually be called up to the alter and would answer 7 questions and then would move back to our seats.

She then left and we were called on to the stage by Charles as the “Formidable Four of Pallet” which was a huge overstatement in all are young eyes. We waved as we walked out and all the young trainers in the crowd clapped and cheered.

“Here we have 4 fine young trainers who were all in the same position as you and first to answer your questions is Thomas Page” announced Charles

Tom gulped and walked to the alter and took the young trainers questions. He was good and calmly answered them all in a detailed manner. Callum was next and was as good as Tom, then Joe who stuttered sometimes but was still calm and collected. Then it was my go

“And last but not least is Ryan Howells, the current champion of Johto” Charles said smiling

I stood up and smiled at the aging man as he took up his seat once again. I took to the alter with Espeon still on my shoulder.

“Hello Boys and Girls” I said nervously.

They all stared back with expectful eyes

“I’m Ryan as Mr Goodshow just said and this is my partner Espeon” I said stroking Espeon on the neck. She smiled to the boys and girls and many stared awing at my starter Pokémon.

“Now I believe some of you have questions for me to answer” I said smiling

A few of the trainers put their arms up and I point towards the young boy at the front and asked him his name.

“Uhhh may name is Allan and my question is what is the hardest Pokémon you’ve ever trained?”

“Great question Allan” I said giving time to think “I would say that it was my Flygon due to it being part Dragon type and they are the hardest to train”

He smiled back at me and sat down happily

“Okay who’s next?” I asked

The next few questions were the normal stuff; what’s your favourite type, what’s your favourite Pokémon, who is the strongest Pokémon and my personal favourite what is the funniest looking Pokemon. I was quite comfortable at this point and was relishing my new found confidence, there were two more questions and I pointed to the young girl at the back and she asked possibly the hardest question of the day;

“What’s the best way to make a bond with your Pokemon?” she asked.

Some of the boys at the front giggled and poked fun at the girl but were quickly dispelled by their teacher

“That’s is an excellent question and the answer is I don’t know” I said smiling at the girl

Everyone in the room was puzzled by my answer even my friends and Charles were

I continued “The reason I don’t know is because all Pokémon are different. Each one has different likes and dislikes, take Espeon for example. She loves it when she can sit in the sun and relax so I and she have spent many off days just relaxing and bonding together, however my Feraligatr loves to train so I and he spend days just sparring together in the rivers by where I live and again creating a bond. So I guess the key to making a bond is to find out what your Pokemon likes and just do that I guess” I said with a nervous laugh

“Thank you sir” she said happily

“Please I’m Ryan not sir” I said

She nodded and hugged her pokeball to her chest

“Last question then”

“I have one for the boys and girls” Charles said rising from his chair
“Would you like to see who’s the strongest out of these boys?”

They all shouted yes in unison

“Well good because they’re going to” He said laughing “Come on boys two on two battles, Ryan, Tom your up first”

We all looked shocked, we weren’t exactly prepared for battle but we were quickly marched to the different sides of the stage while it was cleared.

“Okay I’ll ref” said Charles moving to the back of the stage “This will be a two on two double battle with no time limit. The battle will be over when one trainer has no usable Pokemon left. Tom you choose first” He exclaimed

Tom still in a little bit of shock of our predicament “Go Rhyperior and Blastosie”

The Drill and Turtle Pokemon emerged from the pokeballs and had a steely gaze on their faces

“Done some training I see” I said. Tom grunted in reply, “Yeah well so have we ready Es?”

She nodded and jumped onto the stage and stared back at the her opponents

“Okay Toge, I need you too” I shouted throwing Togekiss’s ball onto the stage and the Jubilee Pokémon emerged in a gleeful dance.

“Okay I’ll go first, Rhy rock wrecker, Blast use hydro cannon” Tom shouted

“Espeon on Toge’s back and fly up” I exclaimed

Espeon dove onto the back on Togekiss and she soared into the air narrowly avoiding the two attacks

“They have to recharge so quickly Aura sphere on Rhyperior and Shadow ball on Blastosie”

The two powered the sphere towards their opponents both hitting with devastating power making both Tom’s Pokemon fall back in pain.

“Aim for Togekiss, smack down, ice beam” Tom commanded

“Dodge”

Togekiss managed to dodge the ice beam but two of the rocks from smack down hit critically on Toge causing her to fall to the floor wincing in pain

“Quick Rock wrecker and Blastosie use water pulse to give it some extra power” Tom shouted

The drill Pokémon charged up and fired the rock with Blastoise’s water ball closely behind causing it to travel quicker all the time.

“Espeon on my command use iron tail”

She nodded and jumped in front of Toge as the glowing rock got closer and closer “Now”

She spun up in the air and with a glowing white tail smashed the rock in half protecting Togekiss

“Now Toge use air slash on Blastoise and Es use Psychic on Rhyperior”

Both attacks really hurt Tom’s Pokemon and they had sustained major damage.

“Blastoise use hydro cannon on Espeon”

She couldn’t dodge and was hit full on with the water attack and she got up gingerly

“You good?”

She grunted and ran back to the side of Togekiss.

“Right lets end this Aura sphere and shadow ball”

Es and Toge let out their sphere hitting hard on their targets

“Es on Toge’s back”

She obliged “Now use Sky attack and iron tail”

“Quick move you guys” Tom shouted

But it was too late, Toge had charged up and Blastoise and Rhyperior were hit head on with the attacks and fell back K.Oed.

“Both Tom’s Pokemon are unable to battle meaning the win goes to Ryan and his team”

“Yes way to go you two” I said running out to Toge and Es

They both smiled and took the plaudits modestly. Tom thanked his Pokemon and returned them to their balls. He walked over with an outstretched hand

“Great match” he said with a smile

“You too” I said taking his hand

We bowed to the crowd and they all clapped. Next up was Joe and
Callum and Callum won it with his Roserade beating Joe’s Poliwrath with a strong solarbeam in a one on one battle.

“Next are Joe and Ryan”

“Bring it Joe” I said

“With pleasure” He exclaimed throwing out a pokeball

A Pokemon emerged from the ball I had never seen and it screeched

“Haxxxxxxxx”





So thats it for that chapter, hope you enjoyed and a internet cookie to whoever guess the exhibition manager was a reference to . Again any feedback at all is welcome. Thanks for reading

[mtie123]

Hi everyone hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I'm in such a good mood about my A-level result i decided to write this and get up as quick as i could . So here we are:
Chapter 6 Same story, new ending

“What in Arceus’s name is that scary looking thing” Espeon said

“No idea going to check it out on the dex” I replied

I put my hand into my pocket and dug out my old Pokedex, Luckily it had been updated by Prof Oak with the national dex app meaning it had records of all the Pokemon currently known of including Unova Pokemon which I assumed it was due to Joe traveling through the region. I pointed in towards the bipedal which grunted and strutted around the stage, many of the younger trainers look nervously at the huge Pokemon but Joe reassured them it would do no harm to them and it was very docile natured but when in a battle situation it became very intense and focused.

“Haxorus, the axe jaw Pokemon” the dex read “its tusks are incredibly destructive. They can easily slice through a thick, sturdy steel column every time”

“So a dragon Pokemon I see?” I queried

Joe nodded towards me

“Guess its Feraligatr then?” Espeon questioned

“Nope” I said to Espeon pulling out a pokeball “Well if you’re going with a dragon Pokemon so will I, let’s go Flygon”

I threw the ball into the centre stage and the green dragon emerged and it gave out a loud battle cry, but Haxorus did not even flinch at this.

“Someone’s anxious for a battle” Joe s******ed

“Fly!” Flygon screeched out in reply

“Okay this will be a one on one battle between the trainers Ryan and Joe” said Charles “There will be no time limit and the battle will be over when one of Pokemon is unable to continue with the battle, both understand?”

We both nodded to him

“Well in that case, let the battle begin”

“Flygon up into the air” I commanded

In a flash the green dragon was up in the air high above the other dragon Pokémon

“Haxorus use dragon pulse”

The dragon Pokémon powered up the blue beam and fired it towards Flygon and he couldn’t avoid the beam and took it full on causing him to fall from the air and land hard on the ground. But he was up in a flash trying to keep his dignity as a dragon Pokémon

“You okay?” I questioned

He grunted back in assurance

“Good” I said “Then use dragon claw!”

Flygon screeched and flew in at Haxorus with tremendous pace

“Block with Dual chop Hax” Joe shouted

The axe jaw Pokémon took the dragon claw but then delivered two huge blows on the underside of Flygons body. Flygon flew back to the ground again with huge damage and he struggled to get back up.

“Okay can’t go physical, so attack from afar it is” I thought to myself “Right Flygon use Draco Meteor!” I shouted

The green dragon rose to its feet and took a huge breath in and released a huge blue ball of aura into the top of the dome and when it reached its peak it exploded with a huge bang and many blue spheres then rained down on Haxorus. The axe jaw Pokemon cried in pain as many of them made contact causing major damage

“Wow, I must say I didn’t expect that” said Joe

I winked at him “now use earthquake”

The ground under us began to shake and Haxorus fell back from the brunt of the hit. It rose to its feet obviously in pain

“One more hit should do it but Fly has to recharge” I thought to myself once again

“Dragon pulse” Joe shouted

The blue beam struck Flygon straight on the head causing critical super effective damage. But again the green dragon stumbled to his feet and started intently at his opposition dragon. Both Pokemon could properly only take one more attack so it was now or never.

“Right Fly use Dragon Claw” “Hax use Dual Chop”

The dragon Pokemon sped towards each and their attacks collided causing both Pokemon to fall back onto the ground.

“Both Pokemon are unable to Battle, meaning that this end as a draw” Charles shouted

I ran out to Flygon “You okay boy?”

“Flyyyyy” I gurgled out trying not to show the pain

“You were great wait to go” I said patting it back and smiling “get some rest” as spoke as I returned it to its pokeball and placed it on my belt

Joe had done the same with Haxorus and he walked over to me

“Great match” I said stretching my hand out

“Yeah” he said taking it “Someone’s been doing intense training I see”

“That’s mount silver for you” I said laughing

He smiled and all of our audience clapped and cheered as we bowed to them and walked off to the right. Next up was Tom and Callum and again Callum won with his Glaceon beating Tom’s Hippowdon it a very quick manner, then it was Joe and Tom who battled and Joe won with Charizard beating Tom’s Weavile after a long match. So this meant it was me versus Callum, he was the only trainer I had always failed to beat and more importantly the last time we had battled in a full match it was for the Kanto Championship. We had had a few one on ones the last being at Oaks lab just before my Johto championship matches. So quite obviously I was pretty nervous, I was sweating profusely but luckily I was managing to disguise it under the Hail which was falling due to Tom’s Weavile.

“Okay next up is Ryan and Callum” Charles said and the entire crowd cheered louder than before like they knew this was a huge match for me. “It will be a two on two with no time yadadada. Let us just get on with I shall we” Charles asked the crowd and they cheered even louder

“Callum you choose first” Charles said

He nodded and motioned towards one of the tech boys behind the stage. Suddenly all the lights dimmed with only spotlight on the stage showing it and then a strange music was played as if we were at some sort of festival.

“Okay Ludicolo your up” he announced throwing out a pokeball

A huge green and brown striped Pokémon emerged and it started to jig in time with the strange festival music in the background. It had a sort of sombrero on with a brown tufted at the top. It moved its green legs and hands in many directions in a hypnotic dance all in time with the joyful music

“O-o-okay” I said looking at the strange water Pokémon “ummmm Ampharos I choose you”

The yellow electric type appeared from the ball and looked puzzled by the situation it was found in

“Amp?” she asked looking at me

I shrugged at her and she turned around preparing to engage in battle with her opponent

“Right shall we start” Callum asked in a mocking fashion

“Amp use Thunderbolt” I commanded

She obliged and sent a the electric bolt towards the dancing Pokemon at extreme pace

“Dodge” Callum said calmly

And in no time the round water/grass Pokémon calmly span out of the way to a new position just left and continued dancing as if the dodge was just part of the act

“You’re kidding me?” I said

Callum laughed “Use Ice Beam”

The carefree Pokemon released the blue beam and hit Ampharos hard causing her to wince back in pain

“Now follow up with Surf”

It then (continuing its dance may I add) conjured up a huge tidal wave of water which then struck Ampharos head on causing major damage once again

“Amp? You okay?” I said

She nodded climbing to her feet

“We’ve got to use the music too. Think of it as a dance not a battle okay?” I questioned

She again nodded and started moving less rhythmically as Ludicolo but she was still in time

“Use Thunderbolt”

This time it flew through the air and struck Ludicolo full on causing some good damage

“Follow it up with Ice Punch”

She ran in at full speed smashing her fist into Ludicolo causing the water/grass type to fall back onto its back, but it quickly sprung back up and continued to dance.

“Ludicolo, Drain Punch”

“Block with Power Gem”

Ludicolo sped back in but was forced back by Ampharos’s Power Gem.

“Stay away from it Ludi, use surf again”

“Dodge with your tail, but wait till my command”

Ludicolo conjured up another wave but just as it was about to hit Ampharos used her tail to propel herself up and over the on-coming rush of water

“Great dodge girl” I said “Now use thunderbolt!”

She charged up and sent the electric bolt flying towards the water/grass type hitting him before he could use his dance moves to dodge.

“Okay use Ice Beam” Callum shouted

But nothing happened. Ludicolo was wincing in pain unable to move a muscle

“Thunderbolt must have paralysed Ludicolo” I thought “Great that’ll stop it dancing, okay use ice punch”

Ampharos sped in at pace and smashed Ludicolo around the face causing an instant knock out on the water/grass type.

“Yes wait to go Amp” I shouted

She called back but was panting obviously reeling from the previous battle with Ludicolo

“Okay Venusaur you’re my next choice” Callum shouting throwing another ball into the stage

The huge grass type appeared

“You good Amp?”

She nodded and turned round to facing her huge opponent

“Venu, use Earthquake!” Callum bellowed

The ground started to shake similarly to when Flygon used Earthquake and it caused Amp to fly back.

“Amp!” I shouted

She was ko’ed with one hit. I returned her to her ball and placed back on my belt thanking her for her commitment and strength

“I'll go in, Venu part poison” Espeon said getting ready to jump off my shoulder

I put my hand in front of her to stop her “Okay Feraligatr you’re up!” I shouted releasing the blue alligator onto the field

“Why him??!” Espeon queried angrily

“Because he’s got a point to prove” I thought back to Es “Venusaur beat him when me and Callum had that one on one back at Oaks lab before the Johto championship if you remember?”

She nodded and shouted out to Gatr. He turned round and gave her thumbs up; he then turned again and let out a huge battle cry but Venusaur just moved into position.

“Well somebody’s hyped I see” said Callum “Well let’s change that Venusaur use energy ball”

“Gatr use dragon claw to hit it away”

The green ball flew towards to Feraligatr but he calmly batted away into the sky with his claws.

“Nice work” I said “Now use Ice Punch”

He roared and ran in and smashed the Grass type across the face causing critical damage

“Venoshock!”

The grass type summoned a huge purple blob and sort of threw it up over Feraligatr. Gatr fell back in pain from the poison showered over him

“Use waterfall!”

Gatr surrounded himself in water and flung himself against the grass type with little effect.

“That won’t do a lot “Callum shouted

“Wasn’t for damage” I s******ed “It was for a quick shower”

All the poison from Venoshock was gone and was no longer causing him any pain

“I still got some more tricks if you wanna see them” I said, Feraligatr roared and tensed his muscles

“You were always one for, interesting battle style” He said awkwardly “Use frenzy plant!”

Suddenly Venu stomped on the ground and wicked, winding roots appeared and slapped Feraligatr many times causing huge damaged to him. He was slumped on the ground in major pain

“Okay I call” I started

Gatr rose to his feet and roared at me to not utter another work. He turned back around to face Venusaur and suddenly a blue shroud emerged around him

“Torrent! Wow!” I exclaimed

All the children, even Charles, Tom and Joe were astonished to see this turn of events.

“Okay then use Hydro Cannon!” I shouted

Gatr charged a blue ball at his mouth and blew out a huge stream of powerful water at incredible speed. The stream hit Venusaur head on causing huge damage to the grass type and it didn’t get back up.

“Venusaur is unable to battle meaning Feraligatr is the winner” Charles said “This means the winner of this match is Ryan”

I ran out to Gatr and congratulated him on his great victory; I then returned him to his ball and placed him on his belt. Finally I had beaten Callum.



Well there's chapter 6 hope you liked it. The next chapter will be done soon and be up ASAP, again any feedback is welcomed everyone

[master3019]

Woah...Slow down a bit. People will feel a little less encouraged to read if you post everything in one shot.

Okay, so I like the plot a lot. I really don't have time to give a full review, but there was a little punctuation and grammatical errors, nothing major. I loved the beginning (about truth) and the strong connection he had with Espeon. Long story short, I give it a 7.8/10

[mtie123]

Woah...Slow down a bit. People will feel a little less encouraged to read if you post everything in one shot.

Okay, so I like the plot a lot. I really don't have time to give a full review, but there was a little punctuation and grammatical errors, nothing major. I loved the beginning (about truth) and the strong connection he had with Espeon. Long story short, I give it a 7.8/10

Thankyou very.much for a rating like that and i'm glad you like the plot. I too have noticed the grammatical errors in the chapters but haven't had chance to edit yet. By in one shot I assume you mean one chapter posted so soon after another. If so I'll address, currently looking at having a new chapter out every Monday or Tuesday but due to college work.I haven't been able to commit to this yet. But again thanks and i'm glad you like the bit about truth because it took.me along time to.get that right

[master3019]

Thankyou very.much for a rating like that and i'm glad you like the plot. I too have noticed the grammatical errors in the chapters but haven't had chance to edit yet. By in one shot I assume you mean one chapter posted so soon after another. If so I'll address, currently looking at having a new chapter out every Monday or Tuesday but due to college work.I haven't been able to commit to this yet. But again thanks and i'm glad you like the bit about truth because it took.me along time to.get that right

Good luck!

[mtie123]

Well everyone here is the new chapter of the story. New chapter will now come out every monday or tuesday so keep an eye out. With out further ado here's chapter 7


Joy in the clouds

I was absolutely stunned if I’m honest. I had never had this happen before; I had just beaten my good friend Callum for the first time ever and with a Pokemon that had a disadvantage on Callums strongest Pokemon in his arsenal. I stood for a moment after returning Gatr to his ball contemplating what had just happened for a moment. Suddenly a huge bang filled the dome, followed by masses of smoke. Many of the kids spluttered and coughed from the audience. I still in my trance when

I was grasped by Callum and shaken out of my trans

“Ryan, get with it mate” He screamed at me “Swallow, use whirlwind to get rid of the smoke”

His bird appeared from the pokeball in his hand and in seconds had the dome cleared of all smoke. Tom and Joe were helping the kids out the back door along with Charles and their teacher. I looked Callum straight in the eyes and smiled

“Where there is smoke, there’s a fire” I said calmly looking out towards the entrance

“Always wanted to be a fire-fighter” I said winking at him “Plus I wanna meet Mr boom-boom”

I jumped from the 3 foot stage and sprinted out of the dome entrance.

“Don’t do anything stupid Ryan!” Callum shouted it after me.

I was met with many screams from women. But they didn’t sound like screams of pain but more as if they were being chased. Just as I thought this all I heard was a buzzing noise all around my person.

“Scy!” I heard as there was a green flash across my face.
Then I was surrounded by 4 green mantises

“Scyther’s, what are they doing here?” Espeon whispered to me “there properly just from the forest aggravated by the explosion”

“No chance” I replied grasping at my belt for my Pokemon

“What do you mean?” Es questioned back

“Look at them” I said “they are way too strong to be in the Scyther colonies that make home in Viridian forest”

“Where are they from then” she asked

“I would guess” I said pulling Toge’s ball from my belt “whoever set off that explosion, these Scyther belong to them”

All the Scyther brandished there claws and rubbed them together menacingly obviously getting ready for their next attack. I realised Toge from her ball to protect us.

“Who sent you?!” I shouted to them

They all cried like a group of cackling school girl continuously rubbing their scythes together

“Not talkers I guess” I said “Well we’ll just have to get rid of you then. Toge air slash, Es shadow ball”

They both launched their attacks but missed. All the Scyther’s took off into a frenzied rage and flew in all directions hitting the three of us multiple times with great speed.

“Focus girls, it’s only quick attack, listen for them and repeat your last attacks at the right moment”

They both nodded and with a flash this time both their attacks hit their targets causing the green mantises to fall back in defeat.

“Nice one” I said

I looked down to see only three of them on the floor meaning one was still up

“SCY!” was all I heard

I looked up to see the remaining Scyther charging straight for me. I tensed for the full hit of the attack and all I saw was the large scythes coming straight at me. I closed my eyes and saw a flash through my eyelids. But I felt nothing but an intense heat on my face; I opened my eyes and saw the green Pokémon laid out on the floor with a many burn marks on it.

“Good work Char” I heard from behind

I turned to see my three friends behind and their starter Pokémon respectively.

“What did I say?” Callum said with a stern look

“Who are you? My mother” I said back

He rolled his eyes “How can you joke at a time like this?” moving forward to take a closer look at the Scyther’s

“Hey, someone’s got to be the comic relief I guess” Tom said

“Thank you” I replied gesturing towards Tom

“Not the time guys” Joe said “We need to find out what that bang was”

“Think I know” Callum said looking up into the distance. Suddenly he darted off into the distance into the thick smoke

“And he tells me not to do anything stupid” I said running after him

“Yeah but Ryan look at your track record” Tom replied who running alongside me as well as Joe

“You race into a burning building for one time and you get branded as stupid” I cried back

“For a hat?!” he said

“Details aren't needed” I said back

“Shut up you two and concentrate” Joe shouted

We did and continued to run through the white smoke to find our friend.
We ran for 5 minutes, no idea which way we were heading. The screams had stopped, so we deduced that whatever was attacking was no longer pursuing townspeople. Joe and Tom filled me in that Charles and Mrs Autumn (the classes’ teacher) had escorted the children to the Pokemon centre where nurse joy had sent up a barricade in quick time where most people were taking refuge from the unknown attackers.

“Callum!!” I shouted in all directions

“That’s it tell the bad guys where we are” Tom said sarcastically

“Pipe down, is the big tough guy scared?” I replied

“Course not" he said taking a bottle of water from his bag and sipping at it

Joe was off in the distance where his outline was barely visible. He and I had sent Flygon and Charizard up in the air to see if they could see anything major but they came back with nothing due to the smoke being that thick. He walked back to us

“I never seen smoke this thick” Joe said

“There is another weird thing” Tom said

“It doesn’t smell?” I asked

“Yeah” Tom replied “How did you know I was going to say that?”

“Noticed it a while back” I said “Waiting to see if you guys would”

“Why doesn’t it smell? If there was a fire it would, plus I can’t feel any heat.” He said

“Joe?” I asked

“Yeah” he said back turning to face me

“Clear smog that’s a Unova attack” I said “Does it look like this”

“Yeah a little bit but there either lots of poison type or one huge Gardobor making this much” he said

“That’s what I worried about” I said

“What do you mean?” Tom asked

“There are three of us. Four if you include are renegade friend” I said pacing around “There’s got be twenty to thirty poison types making this much smog”

“You are forgetting something though Ryan” Tom said looking into the smoke

“What’s that?” I asked

“Were champions” he said winking at me before speeding off to what I think was east

I rolled my eyes “Come on Joe, were going this way apparently”

He turned and we both ran after Tom

“Common sense boys!” he shouted back to

“What you on about!” Joe and I shouted back to him

“It blows on the wind” He shouted

Finally it clicked we should follow the wind and then we would find the source of smoke. As we ran we heard groans of a person from what we could tell. As we kept going an outline of a figure slumped on the floor came into view, it was Callum; whatever had hit him had hit hard and obviously caused him a lot of damage. His Roserade and Swellow were also on the floor groaning.

I knelt next to him “You okay buddy?”

“Got hit by a Venoshock” He said groaning

“Don’t move, try and stay still it won’t hurt as much”

“They are over there” He said before passing out with his arm stretch out to the right of him

“Look after these” I said to Joe and Tom “I got this”

I walked off in the direction Callum arm was pointing. I heard a few voices and I tried to be a stealthy as I could

“What’s the plan?” Es asked

“No idea” I said with a grimace “Just be ready to attack if needed okay?”

She nodded

“Good girl”

The voices got louder. I was sure we weren’t in viridian anymore but just outside of it at the opening of the forest. Three figures were now visible, all of them about as tall as me but I couldn’t make out there features because of the thick white smoke.

“This will be a good warning for the fools” said one

“They’ll know not to mess with us” there middle one chuckled

They all laughed with joy but there was a sinister turn in the laughs

I stepped out of the smoke “Yeah? And what would happen if someone was to mess with you” I said to them

They all turned in shock but they had no Pokemon with them

“No Pokemon?” I asked “Well then this should be easy “

“Silly boy with his silly creatures” the one on the left said. He stepped forward and caught a glimpse of his long white hair that emerged from his black mask headband combo

“You will soon be punished” the middle one said emerging from the smoke

“For both your emotions and your partners” the one on the right said

As soon as he finished they all disappeared into the air. I was astonished by this but brushed it off quicker than my victory over Callum. Behind them was a machine that was emitting the white smoke which was causing havoc in the city. I quickly disabled it and ran back to my friends.

I didn’t talk of the three men; instead I decided it was more important to get to the Pokémon centre with Callum and his Pokemon so they could get some treatment for their injuries. By the time we the smoke was lifting due to the natural wind in the air. We got Callum treatment which didn’t take more than half an hour. We sat together were we had been that morning, Callum told us he hadn’t seen the men because he had already been ambushed by many Weezing’s and Koffings’s which is why he had been hit by Venoshock. He had tried to take them on but there had been too many of them.

I explained what I had seen to the other. Tom, Callum and I spouted off ideas as to who they could be before Joe stood up with an obvious rage inside him.

“You alright Joe?” Tom asked looking up at him

He replied with two words “Shadow Triad……”

Well there chapter 7, hope you enjoy and again any feedback is welcomed 

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Well here the next chapter everyone

Chapter 8
A new found knowledge

“Who?” Tom queried with Joe looking up at him

Joe was now stood up with one hand leaning onto the window of the café

“The Shadow Triad is a trio of ninja like people. I don’t know their names or what their motives are but I know that they are loyal to Ghetsis and in turn Team Plasma.” He said with anger in his voice

“What the crazy liberation nut?” I asked

“This isn’t a joke” Joe spat “These guys are dangerous and if Ghetsis is involved this is bad, like really bad”

“So let’s get this straight” Callum said gesturing for Joe to sit down

He turned and sat in the seat next to me

Callum continued “Some weird ninja guys attacked viridian with lots of smoke and a few poison and bug type Pokemon. Pretty low key for everything else Plasma have done if I’m honest”

“Yeah they attacked last time with a huge flying pirate ship that had Kyurem captured inside it” I said

“And before that they made a 50ft castle appear from under the ground behind the Unovan Pokemon league” Tom added

“That’s what’s worrying me” Joe said looking down

“What do you mean?” Callum asked

“These are totally different tactics which Plasma would never use,” he spoke with a stammer in his voice “Last time I saw Ghetsis he’d lost everything even his mind. So he may not be the mastermind behind all this”

“Well who then?” Callum asked

“No idea” Joe replied sadly

We sat for 5 minutes in silence all contemplating what we should do next

“Right then lads” I said rising from my seat “We obviously need to tell someone what we know and I don’t really think Officer Jenny is going to cut it if I’m honest”

“Well who do you suppose we tell?” Tom asked me

“Who’s the most respected and famous person we know?” I replied

“Don’t know” they all said back

“Oak” I replied “We go tell Oak, he’ll be able to get it around to all region Prof’s and they can take it from there”

“Quite a good idea actually” Tom said

“Do we tell him in person or phone him?” Callum asked

“In person, anyone could be listening to phone calls around here” Joe said sharply

“Okay then it’s decided, off to Oak’s in the morning, better get some sleep guys it’s been a long day” Callum said getting up and walking towards the exit

“Yes mum” Tom said chuckling as he got up and walked towards the exit too

“Shut up you idiot!” he called back from out in the hall

“Seeya in the morning Ry” Tom said walking

“Yeah seeya Tom” I said back

Joe was again leaning against the window looking out on the dark city now

“Hey Joe” I said getting up towards him, I put my hand on his back and I could feel him shaking ever so slightly “Don’t get yourself work up, we’ll stop them” I said with a smile

He turned smiled at me and then walked out the café without a word.

“ you've seen them before haven’t you?” Espeon said

“They were in the hall by are room the first night we stayed here” I said back walking out of the café “I remember seeing one of them at the end of the hallway. They had been listening to us all night I think”

“Why didn’t you tell them” she asked

“Didn’t want to worry them” I said walking up the centre stairs “Especially Joe”

“But you didn’t know who they were then” she said back

“I remember Joe saying about the Triad before and how they stayed in the shadows and stalked people” I said with a slight worry “My fear is that maybe they’ve been following Joe for a while now”

“Surely they can’t do that” she said with a slight bit of worry too

“Apparently they followed Hilbert for nearly two months during his journey through Unova, so they properly could” I said as I turned onto the same hallway which the incident had occurred on

“What do they want?” she asked

“I don’t know Es” I said coming to a stop at are room door “But I’m sure as hell not gonna let them do it without a fight”

I entered my room and it was dark except for the light from the bedside lamp. I climbed into bed with Espeon jumping up onto the bed too

“Night Ryan” she said

“Night Fuzz ball” I said back stroking her neck

She smiled and fell asleep. I lay back on the bed and stared at the ceiling thinking about everything that had happened. With a mind heavy with worry I fell asleep with more questions than answers

I awoke about 7:30 like I normally did, I showered and wash that morning and ventured out of my room with Espeon in company about 8:15. I arrived to the main hall of the Pokemon centre where it was no very much empty unlike how it had been about 12 hours prior when it had been filled with people and Pokemon alike all sheltering themselves from the smoke and any danger that might have come with it. But now only a few starting trainers who hadn’t left yet and a couple of veteran trainers with their older Pokemon who required regular check-ups on their health were occupying the centre. Nurse Joy and her Chansey’s all busily hurried around trying to help as many people they could as quickly as they could, but they always went about with a smile on their face which reassured everyone. I smiled and asked if there was anything I could do be I was pleasantly rebuffed by Joy who said they had everything under control. She then proceeded to thank me for everything me and my friends had done the previous day. I blushed and said it was no problem; she smiled and ran off to help a young trainer who had accidently stood on their Sandshrews tail.

I walked into the café and there were my friends all sat around one table. Callum was sipping again herbal tea while reading about the events in the local newspaper, Tom sat eating a full English breakfast while seemingly racing his Swalot to see who could eat their breakfast the quickest. Joe was sat calmly with his one headphone in listening to some very calm music while stroking his Zorua who was asleep on his lap

“Morning all” I said as I walked by

Tom grunted while trying to fit varies pieces of food in his mouth all at the same time, Callum nodded to acknowledge me but didn’t take his eyes of the article he was reading. Joe was the only one to actually respond with words calmly saying hi as to try not to wake the small sleeping fox on his lap. I smiled and walked over to the counter asking for a small tea and some toast. I placed the money required in the gentleman behind the counters hand and took my food. I sat in the seat opposite Callum as far away from Tom because I didn’t wish to get hit by his flying salvia.

“So how is everyone okay this fine morning?” I said taking a bite of my toast

They all nodded

“See this” Callum said placing the paper on the table so we could all see the article. It read like this

The fog that intruded upon Viridian yesterday was down to multiple Magmars and Poliwraths fighting in the routes near victory road. The fog was actually smoke created by the water and fire attacks clashing together; the wind then cascading down off of Mt Silver then caused thus smoke to protrude into the city causing all sorts of havoc. Many believed the event to be down to a mysterious group of people trying to make a statement to certain high power people but this was quickly rebuffed by the mayor of Viridian city as ridiculous and anyone reporting signs of mysterious people was just hallucinating due to the smoke.

The article then carried on with many eyewitness testimonies and there was an extended interview with the mayor

“Why are they covering it up?” asked Callum “Shouldn’t they be warning the people?”

“They don’t want to scare the” Joe said “If the public found out Plasma was branching out we’d have some problems”

Joe looked down with concern; Tom pushed his plate forward after finishing his meal and belched loudly

“You’re disgusting” Callum said

“No actually Callum, I don’t know if you know that’s Tom” I said sipping my team

“You are hilarious” He said

“No I’m Ryan, Arceus I know you got hit by that Venoshock but I didn’t think it would give you amnesia” I said smiling

The other two chuckled and Callum just stared at me

“Here’s my question” Tom said wiping his mouth with a tissue “Why did they use smoke? It’s not like it was hurting anyone”

“Wasn’t about the smoke, it was about sending a message” I said calmly sipping my tea

“Deep” Tom said I reply

I nodded in acknowledgement

Tom smiled taking a sip of his energy drink; the other two just sat smiling nervously and tried to ignore what I had said

“Hey cheer up guys” I said “we get to see Oak today”

“That’s true haven’t seen the old guy in forever” Joe said

“I saw him just before the Johto championship but that was nearly 4 months ago” I said

“Haven’t been back to see him since I went to Sinnho” Callum said

“Same. Haven’t been back since Hoenn” Tom said throwing his can in the bin

“Well shall we get going then?”

They all nodded, stood up and grab their backpacks and proceeded to walk out of the café. I quickly stuffed a bottle of water into my bag and ran out after them.

The walk down to Pallet was great, lots of Pidgeys flew around our heads, and Rattattas darted in and out of burrows going about all their jobs. Fearows flew through the air looking menacingly down at all the small Rattattas but were quickly put of the idea of darting down when two male Raticates emerged and started them down silently. As we walked Espeon would dart of every so often into the distance with Callums Glaceon, Joe’s Vaporeon and Toms Jolteon right behind her. No idea what they were doing but it was the first time they had all been together at once and were properly equating themselves with each other sort of like what dogs do when they meet each other but with less butt sniffing.

“There having fun” Callum said

“Yeah, Jolts has never met another eeveelution I don’t think” Tom said

“Where did you get him from by the way” Joe asked

“I found him in Veilstone” he said “He was just left out on his own in a little cardboard box as an Eevee”

“You sent him to me first” I said jumping over one of the many ledges on the route

“Yeah I thought you would know if he was in good condition or not seeing as you’ve had an Eevee for longest” Tom replied

“Was he?” Callum asked

“Not really.” I said “He hadn’t eaten in a while and was pretty dehydrated, but those problems were easily fixed. It was his ears I was worried about”

“Why” Joe asked taking a berry from Vaporeon she was giving him as a gift. He took it and stroked her and she purred then ran after Glaceon

“He’d been living near a construction site where lots of work with hard-core tools so his ear were damaged by the sound” I said

“Yeah doesn’t help that multiple magnemites belonging to the workers kept attacking him with sonicboom” Tom said with an angry look on his face

I grimaced “So yeah he is hard of hearing now but Toms dealt with it well in my opinion”

“It easy, I’m in the process of developing hand movements for him so he knows exactly what I want him to do” He replied

“That’s pretty cool actually” Joe said

“Very” Callum said

“Thanks guys” Tom said a little red faced

We were just coming to the entrance of Pallet town where there were many signs showing the ways in which people could take. It smelt the same; agriculture and crops with the slightest hint of the sea water. We entered the main road and many people were outside working in the garden due to the pleasant weather with it not being too cold and not too hot. Many of the people said hello to us as we walked by and we reciprocated the greeting to them. We then came to a long winding path that led up to Oaks new lab which had been built atop one of the few hills in the town. The path was littered with trees and bushes which I guess marked where the path was placed exactly. We ran to top of the path and knocked loudly on the large brown doors at the front of the lab

“Just a minute” We heard from behind the doors “Oh Muk please move, Nidoran get down from that shelf, for the last time Jynx stop kissing the mirror we all need to use that. That’s it cover your ears whoever is out there Wigglytuff use sing”

We immediately covered are ears to stop us falling asleep, we uncovered them after about a minute and the singing had ceased

“That’s better” We heard from behind the doors, the door then opened slowly revelling the old grey haired Prof “Oh hello boys, how are you”

“We are fine Prof may we come in” Callum asked

“Of course, head up to the living room” We all stepped in to the main room where there were many sleeping pokemon on the floor. The tables were scattered with flashing digital monitors, pieces of paper and diagrams of pokemon anatomy

“Someone needs a clean-up” Tom said

I smacked him on the head “Shut up idiot”

“Alright calm down” He said starting to walk up the stair to the living room trying to avoid standing on a small Bellsprout

I rolled my eyes and followed my four friends up the stairs with Espeon now on my shoulder. This room was a lot calmer with a few arm chairs and a sofa. It had a counter with assortments of food for humans and Pokemon alike, there were also jugs of orange juice and even a coffee machine. Towards the back was a computer with a video phone attached obviously so Prof Oak could make calls to people, next to the computer was a pair of double doors which opened out on to a balcony where most the huge ranch Oak owned was visible. Many Pokemon stormed around the ranch all playing, sparring and relaxing alike. Many Tauros stormed through the ranch causing lots of dust to been chucked up, Lots of different water types bobbed in and out of the water while the rocks adjacent to the pools was home to many rocks and ground types. I sat in the armchair to the right of the sofa which Tom and Joe sat in while Callum stood behind the sofa taking in all the surroundings. Oak then walked in and took his mug from the side and sat in the other armchair opposite me.

“Please Callum sit” he said

“No I’m fine thanks Prof” he said turning towards the older man “There is a reason we are here today”

“Oh I know why you’re here” he said sipping his tea “You’re here about what happened in Viridian yesterday”

“How did you know that?” Tom asked

“Charles said you were present to the attack on Viridian” he said looking up at us “I figured it would be a matter of time before you showed up here wanting to talk” he said placing his mug down on the coffee table separating all of us.

“So you’re saying it was an attack” Joe asked

“Most defiantly” He said with a concerned look

“Are you aware of whom Ryan saw?” Joe asked again

“No” he said looking towards me “Whom did you see?”

“The Shadow Triad” I said “I saw them twice if I’m honest”

“What?” All four said in unison

“I saw them with the smoke machine just outside Viridian, but I also saw them in the centre the night before I think” I said nervously

“Why didn’t you say?!” Joe said

“Because I didn't know what it was I thought it was just my imagination” I replied

“What were they doing?” Tom asked

“Just watching us, or I suspect watching Joe” I answered

“What do you mean? Callum asked

“Joe you said this Triad followed Hilbert for nearly three months yeah?” I asked

“Yeah” he replied

“Well maybe they have followed you and that’s why they are now in Kanto” I said

He looked down in concern “Maybe, but why me?” he asked

“No idea” I answered

“I have an idea as to why” Oak interjected

“Enlighten us” Callum said

“Think about it other than Red and Blue you four are possibly the strongest trainers out of Pallet in years, having one of you on side would be very beneficial for their cause” he said sipping his tea

“You think they were trying to recruit us?” I asked

“If I was them I would rather you four as allies rather than enemies” he replied

We took a moment to ponder this

“But that still doesn’t explain the fog” Tom said

“Maybe they listened to what we said at the exhibition and decided we were lost causes” Callum replied

“Best way to break your enemies is to do it with fear” I said

“But we aren’t scared are we guys?” Joe said trying to lift the mood “It’s them who should be scared of us”

We all nodded in agreement

“Good I’m glad you are thinking like that because I need you to go somewhere for me” Prof Oak said

“What do you mean Prof?” Tom asked

“Well Red, Blue and I have been to attend the emergency meeting in Goldenrod to discuss what this attack signals” he said “Now with my age I’m unable to make the journey, Blue can’t just up and leave his gym and no one has seen Red since he battled Ryan”

“Beat him with one Pokemon spare, oh yeah” I said winking to the others

They laughed “So I’m guessing you want us to attend yes?” Callum asked

“If you would be so kind” Oak replied

“Great more traveling” Tom groaned

“It will be good for you Tom you are starting to look a little bit like a Snorlax” Joe said laughing

Tom darted him a glaring look

“Here Tom you need this” I said handing him a Full Heal from my bag “because you just got burned”

“Shut up the pair of you” Tom said

“Prof me and my gang of idiots would love to attend for you” Callum said taking control

“Thank you boys” He said raising from his seat “Now you may stay here tonight now and travel again tomorrow” He said walking out of the room and down the stairs

We spent that night in the room all pondering what waited for us in Goldenrod

Meanwhile

“Masters we have returned from your mission” The man in black said

Three men stood before a tall man with blue hair and a shorter man with green hair just in the trees on the outskirts of Pastoria. Their faces were not visible due to the poor lighting but the aura they gave off was sinister and mysterious

“Good what are there statuses?” the shorter man asked

“They are still unaware of their roles but it is only a matter of time” The one in the middle of the trio said

The tall man moved towards them

“Well we better get started then” he said with a dark twisted smile

Well everyone i hope you enjoyed it, the next chapter may not be out for a couple of weeks now as i'm going on holiday for 3 weeks but i have my phone so if you leave any feedback i will be able to check it

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Well everyone here chapter 9 and from now on there will be the occasional profanity so sorry if it offends anyone
Chapter 9 Serving up

“I blooming hate trains” Tom said “They smell of crap, no Wi-Fi and they’re expensive” he continued grizzling like a two year old

In the morning we had flown to Saffron about 9 am and arrived about 9:30 am. We then waited till 10:02 train to Goldenrod, which we had now been on for about 15 minutes.

“And next time on Tom’s moaning hour we will discuss Tom’s hatred of broccoli” Joe said

“Pipe down” Tom said

“The moaning became a little lackluster towards the end but I do believe this is one of Tom’s better moans so I would give it a 6.5 out of ten” I said

“I disagree, I believe it was one of his lesser moans when compared to his classics like I hate the cold and why do people breathe so loud” Callum answered

Me, Callum and Joe laughed at our humor while Tom starred with a blank look at us

“Come on cheer up” Callum said “we could be doing worse things today”

“Yeah like what?” Tom asked

“Well for one if you lot had been slower you could have been burying me today” He answered

We sat stunned at the thought of what Callum just said

“Don’t think like that” Joe said

“I’m not but it’s the truth” He replied “It’s not a bad thing, now I know you lot have always got my back even when I run off on my own”

“Always” Tom said

Just after Tom had said this the announcer said that we would be arriving in Goldenrod soon and that we gather our stuff ready for departure

“And no too sooner” Tom said

“Be nice to be back in Johto” Joe said stretching up

“Ryan, you know where were going right?” Callum asked me

“Fairly sure I do. Oak said it was the Mark Davidson building on Ragwort
Road yeah?” I asked back

“Yeah that’s what he wrote down” he confirmed

“Well yeah then” I answered waking Espeon up who was asleep on my lap “You go past Whitney’s Gym over the railway tracks turn left and it’s between the radio station and the GTS building”

“Alright, just making sure” Callum answered

“Isn’t there a station right next to it then?” Tom asked

“Yeah but it’s out of order currently” I said “Some trainer let his Magneton out of its ball on the station and it fried all the electrics there”

Tom rolled his eyes in disgust while lifting his sleeping Jolteon from the table we had been sitting at

“Where are we going to stay tonight then?” Joe asked

“Not sure” Callum replied

“We have a couple of friends in Goldenrod; we could ask if we could crash with them tonight? It’ll be too late to fly back to mine I would guess”

“Yeah properly” Callum said

The train arrived in the station and we got off quickly and proceeded to the exit of the station

“Right follow me” I said walking towards Whitney’s gym

“Who do you thinks going to be at this meeting then?” Joe asked

“Oak seemed to think that not many Gym leaders will turn up and mostly it will be for experienced trainers” Tom answered

“Why are we going then?” I replied jokingly

“Hey” Callum squawked “I’m experienced I’ve won two Pokemon championships and you’ve all won one”

“You just love getting that in every chapter don’t you?” I said

“Huh?” He replied perplexed

“Nothing, I reckon Lance and a couple elite four members will be there just to determine exactly what happened” I replied

“Properly, were going by the way because we are the only ones who saw what actually happened” Joe said

“Ryan how are you not obese? All I see in this city is fast food restaurants and bars so far in this city” Tom asked

“I don’t come that much to Goldenrod” I said putting a few coins into a tramps hat “I prefer Ecruteak, must quieter and as you know I love history”

“Oh please don’t start; I don’t want to hear the complete lowdown on the last 100 years again” Said Tom

“Tell you what though Tom” I said turning to face him while walking backwards “Those years almost span as far as your trousers nowadays”

“Piss off” He replied

I laughed and turned to face the right way “Turn left here now”
We turned left and walk over the tracks and hit the main part of Goldenrod which was filled with various People, stalls and Pokemon. On the left hand side there were various shops such as cafes for both humans and pokemon, salons were you could get your Pontya a perm, accessories shops which were occupied mainly by contest coordinators all trying to get props which made their Pokemon shine the most and book shops with many book with varying genres. My favourite was Matthews a friend of mines book shop where I had spent many a day looking through all sorts of books and clearing out my bank account. Next to that was a restaurant which was owned by another friend of all of ours called Olly.
We had gone to school with Olly back in Kanto, but he was never interested in becoming a Pokemon trainer like us. His goal was to become a successful chef and own a restaurant in major cities. He now owned one and it was starting to get a good reputation in the city as well having a growing reputation outside of Johto.

“Forgot about Olly” Callum said “Maybe we could stay with him tonight”

“We’d end up sleeping on the floor though” Joe said

“Nawww does princess need a soft mattress to sleep on every night?” I said

“Shut up” he replied flicking his index and middle finger at me
Tom and I laughed

“So we try Olly’s then?” Callum asked

“Yeah, it’s the best shot we have so far” I replied

“Better than sleeping in the park I guess” Tom said

We proceeded towards our old friend’s restaurant. We got to the door and heard lots of shouting from inside. Through the doors we could see one man standing with his back to the door confronted by a group of other people

“You never appreciate us at all” the group said in unison

“I do, look just stay we can work it out” The man said in desperation

“That’s what you said last time” One woman said at the front “This time were done, good luck with your VIPs tonight” She continued as the whole group stormed past the man and out of the doors and down the street past us.

After the group left the man just fell to his knees in the middle of his restaurant and began to weep. The man had very short black brushed forward. He was rather tall and stocky and had a large tattoo down his right arm

“Ummm okay?” I said

“Were closed today as you can see” the weeping man said “Please come back tomorrow I can’t deal with complaints today”

“That’s no way to treat your old friends Olly” Callum replied

The man turned around

“Guys, oh man am I glad to see you” he exclaimed running forward and hugging Callum

“Okay buddy calm down, what the hell was that” Callum asked

He relinquished Callum from his grasp

“All my front of house left at once and I have to serve 4 VIPS tonight, the only other member of staff I have is Fredrick” He said pointing to the small window to the kitchen at the back where a Huge hulk of a man stood with the biggest cleaver you have ever seen

“Note to all, don’t mess with Fredrick” I said making everyone but Olly chuckle

“This is no time for jokes, what am I going to do?” He said

“Well why did they leave?” Joe asked

“Uhhh because maybe and I’m only guessing here because they haven’t been paid in two months” He said with a nervous smile

“And why haven’t they been paid Ol?” Callum asked

“I may have blown a couple of dollars at the slots” He replied “and when

I say couple I mean tonnes and when I say dollars I mean hundreds”

“What have we told you about gambling?!” Joe shouted at him

“I know but with it across the road there it’s so inviting” he replied

“Well you’re screwed then” Tom said

“That’s it Tom don’t sugar-coat it” I replied hitting him over the head

“Alright, well we would help but we have an important conference to attend at the Mark Davidson building” Tom said rubbing the back of his head

“About what happened in Viridian? That meeting is tomorrow, we had flyers about it” Olly said giving us a flyer

“You’re kidding me right? Oak gave us the wrong day” Tom said

“But that’s good because now you are free to help an old friend out” Olly said eyes glistening

“I’ll call Oak see if this is right” Joe said pulling out his mobile

“Alright, Ol sorry there is no way were being your waiters for the night” Tom said

“Wellllll” I said

“Ryan no!” Tom said

“Ol if we help you out would you put us up for the night and feed us?” I asked

“You kidding I’ll pay for you all to go to Orre on holiday if you help me tonight” he said eyes getting brighter

“Let’s see what Oak says first okay?” Callum said

About 5 minutes later Joe returned “Yep its tomorrow” he said

“Told you, sooooooo about my front of house?” Olly asked

“We’ll do it as long as we can crash here tonight?” Callum replied

“Deal, I’ll go get your uniforms, Large for all of you I would say will be fine” He said running off up some stairs

“Great, now we go from being VIPS to serving them” Tom said shaking his head

“If you keep moaning we’ll send you to play with Fredrick and his friend” Callum replied

We turned to look through the window just as Fredrick decapitated another chicken

“I’m good, I will say out and play waiter with you” Tom replied

We all laughed as Olly ran back through and threw four plastic bags onto the table with black trousers and red button up shirts in them

“Quickly put these on, its 12 which means in 6 hours we open and we need to get you four trained up” He said



The next four hours past fairly slowly with Olly barking orders at us like “Stand up straight” and “Don’t breathe on the food”. We joked that if we hadn’t been paid in two hours we would have been out of this place like a Monferno running from a tidal wave. Finally 6 o’clock came, Espeon was in the window of the kitchen and was to help move the finished dishes between the kitchen to the window giving us easy access and making the time between order and eating as short as possible. Joe’s Zorua was also sat at the window for he was to relay the orders to Olly, so he and Fredrickstein monster as he was dubbed by Tom could prepare the food. Callums Ludicolo stood at the kitchen sink ready to was all the equipment clean so it could be used to again for other orders. Olly and Fredrick stood prepared for all orders and then Olly gave us the thumbs up to let the customers in to the restaurant. Callum walked to the doors and le the esteemed guests come in. There was no one of interest in the first hour except some guy who was a huge critic in the Johto restaurant business but Callum took that one with him and who we assumed was his wife left looking very pleased and even asked Callum to give his compliments to the chef. About 7:10pm though some celebrities we knew did arrive, in walked as a group Alder, Cynthia, Lance and Steven.

“Hello everyone” I said “I will be your waiter tonight do you have a reservation?”

“Hey Ryan, what you doing in here?” Lance asked me shaking my hand

“Uh helping out an old friend” I replied with a smile “I assume yours is the table under dragon master Lance”

He nodded with a smile

“This way then” I said beckoning for them to follow as I walked through the tables. They obliged and I escorted them to their table in the middle of the restaurant.

“Here we are” I said to the four Champions “Now here are your menus and what drinks would you like?”

“Ummm bring us the Château du Eterna and four glasses please Ryan” Lance said

“Of course Sir” I said nodding

“Please Ryan, I know it’s properly protocol but it’s Lance”

I winked at him spinning on my heels and walking to get their wine, Espeon had the wine ready by the time I got to the window

“Thanks girl, you’re doing great” I said ruffling her hair “you too Zorua” I said smiling at the small black fox. He smiled with a wide mouth “I’ll be back with an order in a minute okay you two” they both nodded affirming my notion, I smiled and walked back to the champions table with their wine

“Here we are then” I said placing the glasses and bottle on the table with a smile

“Thank you young man, Lance has been telling us that you’re the current Johto league champion” Alder said

“Uhhh yeah I am and now I’m a waiter” I said laughing

“I love the way your Espeon and Zorua is helping out here too” Steven said turning to look at the window

“The Zorua is actually my friend the other waiter over there” I said pointing to Joe

“That’s Joe, the Unova league champion” Alder exclaimed

“Ah yeah it is and we have Tom the current league champion of Sinnho who you may know Cynthia and Callum the league champion of Hoenn who you may know Steven” I said pointing to my other two friends

“Any reason you acting waiters tonight?” Cynthia asked

“It’s our friend’s restaurant and he was struggling for front of house so we said we would help out”

“That’s very nice of you” She replied smiling

“Thanks” I said blushing “Now what will your orders be?”


It was 8:30 now and most people were fed and joyously enjoying the entertainment of Joe and his guitar after Olly realized he had forgotten to book any.

“Hey Ol how many more people” Tom asked from his seat in the kitchen

“One, under the name Robinson” he replied dicing some onions

“I’ll take it, you two go get changed and relax” I said to Callum and Tom

“If you go to the bar you can have some free drinks on me” Olly said to them. They nodded and walked into the main hall

“Robinsons are here I’ll show them to the table but you’ll take orders yeah?” Callum asked

“Yeah” I answered

“Ryan when this Robinson table has been served you go and join them okay?” Olly said looking up from his wok

I nodded and walked out to the main hall, I saw Callum ushering a man about eighteen and a girl around sixteen to the table. The man was very tall about 6ft 5 with very short blonde hair. I couldn’t see his eyes due to his large black sunglasses which matched his black suit and trousers. The girl however had long wavy brown hair and hazel eyes to match. She wore a lovely red dress which had the pattern of a Cherrim leaf down the sides. As I looked more closely I felt my body go numb. The girl was an old friend of mine let’s say of whom I hadn’t talked to in a while and the last time we had it hadn’t go so well. Callum stopped talking to the couple and proceeded towards the stairs to get changed. I ran after him almost flattening Fredrickstein who was clearing a nearby table. I grasped Callum by the arm

“Dude, that’s Liv there is no way I’m serving her” I said

“Unlucky, have fun” He said slinking his way up stairs after Tom

“Dickhead” I said under breathe so the customers couldn't hear my profanity over Joe’s music. I took a deep breathe, composed myself and walked over to their table

“Hello, I’ll be your waiter tonight” I said avoid eye contact with her “What would you like to drink?”

She hadn’t recognised me so far which was good.

“Finally some service, I’ll have a rose wine, while my lady friend with have a lemonade” the man said abruptly

I chocked on my breathe

“What is it kid?” he said sharply

Liv was allergic to citrus and she obviously wasn’t paying attention to what the man had said but if I served her she would be considerably ill and Olly’s restaurant reputation may become tarnished. So unfortunately

I had to break my cover

“Ummm it’s just I do believe that you lovely lady friend is allergic to citrus” I said calmly to the man

Liv looked up at me perplexed as to how some random waiter knew that

“Ryan?” she said

“You know this stupid waiter” The man asked

“Uhhh yeah” she replied looking just as confused as before
I smiled at her

“Kid is their anyone else available to take our order?” the man asked

“Unfortunately not” I replied

“It’s fine Rick don’t worry” she said to the man obviously named Rick

He starred begrudgingly “What do you suggest the lady has then?”

“Uhhh for her I suggest the tropical punch?” I asked looking to her

“Yes thank you Ryan” she replied

“Okay I’ll get that for you” I said “I’ll give you some time to work out your orders”

I walked away from the table and exhaled loudly

“I see Liv is here” Espeon said to me as I picked up the tray of drinks again

“Don’t start” I replied

“The guy she is with looks like a douche” she continued ignoring my comment “Want me to plant the memories of all the good times you had so she’ll want you back”

“No, now shut up okay?” I replied

“Fine spoilsport” she said

I shot her a stern look like the one a teacher does when you pass notes in class. She smirked as I turned back towards the hall of tables. I arrived at their table again and placed their drinks down.

The other orders went fine and the fact that her ex was serving her and her current date Liv was actually dealing with it quite well. Rick had only made two degrading comments about me while walking away from their table so I think he sort of like me. I likened to how a Zangoose likes a Seviper. I only had to give them their bill and take their money and I was done. I walked to their table

“Here’s your bill and have a good night” I said quickly turning trying to
get out of their as quickly as I could

“So who are you kid?” Rick asked

“Excuse me?” I replied turning to face him

“Who are you? You seem to know my lady quite well” he asked

“Her names Olivia and yes we are old friends” I replied turning again

“More than friends from what I can guess” He replied putting the money on the bill

“Rick, please don’t” Liv said trying to calm him

“Ummmm yes me and Liv were a couple a long time ago but that doesn't matter” I said looking into his eyes “Now as I said goodnight”

I turned and walked away from the table as quickly as I could with the money in hand

“Hey are you okay Ryan?” Espeon asked

“Yeah girl I’m fine thanks” I said smiling at her “Good job, take Zorua into the bar where the guys are okay?”

She nodded and ushered Zorua towards the bar entrance. I place the money in the registar and sat for a minute trying to forget about what had just happened

“You take trash out” I heard a very gruff voice say

It was Fredrick before me with two large black bin liners

“Yeah sure Fredrickstein” I replied not thinking

“What?” he said loudly in my ear

“Fredrick, defiantly Fredrick” I said wide eyed and multiple times hoping not to be attacked by his cleaver. He grunted and left through the back door. I sighed picking up the bags and walked through the door to the alleyway. I threw the trash into the alley and turned to go back in when I heard screams from the main strip. I ran up the alley to see what was happening. To my horror I saw Rick stood above Liv who was on the floor huddled with her arms across her face. Without even knowing I ran and tackled the big man from behind pinning him to the ground

“Scumbag aye? You know how to pick them Liv” I said holding the man to the floor

He flung his head back smack my face. I flew back off him and landed about a foot back. I put my hand to my nose and felt blood pouring from my nose; I get up staring at the man

“You wanna fight little boy?” he asked

“Not really but I won’t let you hurt her” I replied

He ran at me but was smashed back by blue flash

“I suggest you leave” a voice said from behind

I looked and saw Lance and his Dragonair

“Go now and nothing will happen” Lance said moving to my side

Rick looked at us for about 30 seconds and grunted “Fine”

He disappeared up the strip and into the night

“Thanks Lance” I said

“No problem, you need that looked at and she need looking after” he said pointing at Liv who was now stood up.

I nodded and ran up to Liv to help her

“Hey” I said to her “you okay?”

“Why you? Any other waiter in Johto but no it had to be you” she replied

“Yeah she’s fine” I said to Lance “I’ll take it from here, see you tomorrow at the conference” I continued

He nodded and waved walking the opposite direction to the scumbag

“Come on let’s get you inside” I said picking Liv up

“You Ryan, you!” she said loudly

“I could say the same about you” I said walking into the restaurant

I proceeded to the bar where my friends were

“What happened to you two?!” Callum exclaimed

“Been picking flowers?” I said helping Liv on to a seat in the bar “Hey guys, look it’s Liv”




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Hey everyone here is the next chapter

Chapter 10 Past doesn't define Future


“What happened then dude?” Callum asked standing behind Liv who was wiping down the cuts on my face

“Liv’s friend decided he wanted to hit her and I stopped him” I answered

“Thanks by the way” Liv said smiling weakly at me

“Don’t mention it” I said while she dabbed my cut on my forehead “AHH! That stings” I squealed

“Oh shush baby” Joe said sitting at the bar still with Tom and Olly

“How bout I give you a cut and I put some of this on it then?” I said back sharply

“Sit down and shut up Ryan” Liv said grabbing more tissue from the table

“Yes mam” I said jokingly saluting at her

She gave me a sharp look and I slowly lowered my hand to my side.

“So Liv, why Ryan?” Tom asked sipping at his drink

“No, were not going there” I said

“Lips are sealed apparently” She said turning towards the others

“Fine, well I’m hungry you guys wanna go get some food?” Tom asked

“Yeah, you guys want anything?” Callum asked

“Nah I’m good” I answered and Liv shook her head

“Alright call me if you need us” He replied as the four walked towards the door

“Alright, in a bit” I said

He nodded as they all left, it was quiet again Liv busily walked about the empty bar and kept applying wet tissues to my forehead

“You know, I am capable to do this myself” I said

“Yeah but you’d properly mess it up” she said grabbing a bandage from the first aid kit Olly had grabbed from the kitchen

“Oooo that’s cold” I replied “like your heart I guess”

“Really? You really wanna do this now?” She answered back

I stayed silent and just stared into her eyes

“Thought not” she said wrapping the bandage round my head

“I need a plaster not a full head dress” I said

“Yeah but there aren’t any so deal with it princess” she said wrapping it tightly to make sure it didn’t come off

“You look lovely tonight” I said to Liv

“Shut up” she said I reply

“Wow no change to your attitude then?” I said back

She didn’t reply instead she just pulled tighter on the bandage. Once she had wrapped it all the way round my head she pulled a small strip of tape off the roll and taped down the bandage down so it didn’t fall off my head once she had let go of it. She walked to her bag and grabbed a small mirror out of out.

“Here does it look okay?” She said holding the mirror up so I could see the bandage

“Yeah, thanks by the way Liv” I said standing up from the seat I had been told to sit on while my treatment was administered

“It’s fine” she said putting her mirror back in her bag “Well I better go find myself a hotel”

“You’re in one?” I answered back I said grapping a bottle of water from behind the bar

“I know, but things may be weird between me and you, so I think it’s best I go” She said back picking her bag up

“No” I said sharply “Seriously I want you to stay here, y-y-you don’t know who might be out there” I said spluttering my words out

“Fine but there can’t be that many rooms left” she said smiling at my stammering

“There are four not including mine” Olly said

“Well look like someone’s bunking” Tom said

“Shotgun not” Tom, Callum and Joe said in unison

Liv stared at me with a grim look at the outcome of what they guys had said

“Well I guess me and” She said before I interrupted saying “I’ll sleep in the main hall”

I walked out of the bar into the main hall leaving the group in the bar to decide what rooms they wanted

“Why don’t you bunk with Liv?” Espeon asked as I moved the sofa from the waiting room

“Why do you think?” I said lying down on the sofa in the waiting room of the restaurant and I closed my eyes. She didn’t reply but instead jumped up and my chest settled down and fell asleep





The next morning I woke very early about 7Am, no one else was up as they were still fast asleep in their rooms. Not even Espeon had awoken yet so I carefully slipped her off my chest trying not to wake her; I carefully placed her back on the sofa and walked towards the exit. I left the restaurant to go walking around National Park to try and clear my mind of all the events of yesterday. I bought a drink for myself from a small vending machine in the southern entrance of the park and spent a bit more time just relaxing in the park, watching all the wild Pokemon arise from their slumber as the sun rose above the tree barrier of the park. I then returned back to restaurant at around 9Am and still none of my friends had awakened so I had to wash in the kitchen with the sink hose which is still one of the worst showers I’ve ever had in my life. After that I had just woken Espeon from her sleep and was in the process of feeding my party when Callum appeared in the hall.

“Morning” he said sending out Glaceon

“Morning” I replied, placing a bowl on the floor for Flygon

“How did you sleep?” he asked me pouring Pokemon food into a bowl for Glaceon

“Alright, seeing as I was sleeping on a sofa” I replied placing bowls for Togekiss and Arcanaine to eat from

He chuckled “Yeah sorry about that”

I stared at him with a blank look and then placed a bowl down for Espeon to eat from

“What time do we have to be at the centre?” He said trying to change the subject

“11 I think or maybe Oak got that wrong too” I replied sitting on the sofa I had slept on last night

“No he was right about that” Joe said walking down the stairs

“And a good morning to you too” I replied

He smiled and walked over to the counter and took a bottle of water to drink

“Where’s Tom?” Callum asked

“In the shower” Joe replied taking a swig from the bottle

“Ah right, well I’ll go deal with the Liv and we go get some food and stuff I guess” I said getting up from the sofa

“Alright, have fun lover boy” Callum said, but he was quickly struck on the back of the head by Flygons tail

“Cheers Fly” I said walking up the stairs

I came out on to a long hall with six doors all leading to rooms three on the left side and three on the right. The first on the right had FREDRICK chipped into the front of it which I guess Fredrick had done with his cleaver, two of the room doors on the left were left open which I assumed was Callums and Joe. I could hear a shower running in the third one on the left and the middle on the left I could hear Olly talking on the phone to someone loudly. So with my amazing powers of deduction I walked towards the last door on the right and knocked on it loud.

“Come in, it’s open” I heard from the other side

“Alright it’s me, Ryan” I said opening the door

“Hey” Liv said putting her socks on

“You okay?” I asked

“Yeah I’m fine thanks” she replied getting up and pulling her phone out of her jeans pocket

“Where did you get those clothes from?” I asked sitting down on the bed

“My bag?” she replied

“Why did you have spare cloth, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh” I said

“No what you’re thinking was not happening, I always keep spare clothes in my bag idiot” she replied

“If you say so dear” I said smiling to myself

“Thanks for last night by the way, I could of got really hurt if not for your help” she said

“Don’t mention it, always there to help a pretty girl” I replied

“Shut up idiot” she said back throwing a pillow at me

“Really? That’s how you take a compliment?” I said

“Yep, especially when they crappy like yours” She replied picking her bag up

“Ouch, you used to blush all the time when we were together” I said rolling her necklace through my fingers

“Emphasise on the were” she said taken the necklace from me

“Well you’re the one still wearing the necklace I got you “I said smiling

She stayed silent

“Anyway, come on I’ll walk you to the station” I said changing the subject

“I’m a capable girl, I can walk to a train station” she replied

“I have to get a train timetable for when we want to get home tomorrow, not because of you” I replied

“Oh” she said looking down in embarrassment

“Come on, when is your train” I asked her jumping up from the bed

“Ten to ten” she replied opening the door

“Right well its nine twenty five now so we better get going” I said

The walk to the train station was interesting, there wasn’t a lot of talking instead we just walked together looking in the opposite direction as one another. Luckily we were in Goldenrod so there were lots of performers, stores and pokemon to keep us occupied. We arrived at the station at twenty to ten.

“So I guess this is bye then?” I said to Liv turning to her

“You want to go out sometime” she asked paying for her ticket at one of the machines

“Excuse me?” I said in shock

“Would you like to go out sometime?” she asked again

“Uh” I stood stunned for a moment considering the option “I guess”

“Guess?” she said raising one of her eyebrows

“Uh yeah sure” I replied

“Okay, I’ll call you and we can set it up” she said stepping through the barriers to the train and boarded it silently

“Oooo Ryan’s got a date” Espeon said mockingly as she jumped on my shoulder

I blushed as I turned and walked towards the exit

“By the way, don’t you have the timetable on your phone” Espeon asked

“Yep” I said

“Thought so” She said rubbing her head against mine as we both laughed



Once I returned to the restaurant the guys had all their stuff backed up ready to go, we said bye to Olly who had persuaded his employees to return with the promise on pay on time and a bonus for the money they had not received and we also made a quick stop at the Game Corner to make sure they didn’t allow Olly back in before we venture off to the Mark Davidson convention centre.

“So we know the champions are here, who else do you think will be there?” Callum asked

“I would say a gym leader from each region because if we decide to take action the champion will inform the Elite Four and the gym leader will alert the other gym leaders of their regions” Joe answered

“Then there’s us, the four novices caught in the crossfire” Tom said laughing

We all laughed but I think this was nervous laughing instead of happy laughing. We picked up some food at one of the stalls on the main road and ate it at one of the benches at the crossroads in Goldenrod.

“Right quarter to 11, better get to the centre” Callum said throwing his wrapper in the bin

Tom, Joe and I all nodded, I took the lead walking southerly down the road towards the centre. In about 5 minutes we saw signs for the centre and then the centre itself. We walked towards the entrance and were stopped by two burly men asking for passes, Joe presented on pass he had be intrusted with at Oaks lab and the note from oak explaining why four young boys were attending instead of the former champions of Kanto and the Professor and his number if they wished to confirm it. They rang the number and the Prof quickly told them that it was true and we were granted access to the building after a routine security check.

We were quickly diverted into a room by two young women who looked like sectaries. The room had two small tables and was very dim lighted; the colour scheme wasn’t much lighter; a very dark red. We were told to write down are names and addresses on a sheet and then to walk through the big doors at the back of the room which was very hard to spot due to the very dark lighting. We all wrote our names down and proceeded through the door. Through the door was a huge room with a huge round table in the middle of it, the wall were bright red very much the opposite of the smaller room, there were many blue ribbon streamers hanging across the room. The room was had an odd vibe about it, there was an anxiousness in the room as is something was pondering the minds of all inside the room. Within the room were as expected the four champions Alder, Cynthia, Lance and Steven. They were all mingling about the room talking to various people, Cynthia was conversing in the corner by the right of the table, she was accompanied by two others who I was unsure who they were, a man who must have been in his mid-twenties with spikey blonde hair wearing a blue jacket and black jeans and a young girl not much older than myself with huge dark purple hair wearing a bright pink shirt, white shorts and white leggings. Lance sat at the table with Clair and they seemed to be deep in discussion about something, Alder was taking fruit from the refreshments table while talking to a young boy with black hair and glasses that couldn’t have been much older than me and my friends. Steven was sat with his back to the door typing fast at his laptop while a young man stood behind him looking over his shoulder at everything he was typing. There were a couple of Pokemon present in the room too, Steven’s Skarmory sat on the table next to his laptop and every so often it would flick its head back and prune its many metal feathers. A Luxray slept near the man who was in conversation with Alder, Cynthia and the other lady. Next to the lady were a small Deino and Axew who both playfully ran after each other. I assumed that they belonged to her meaning she was from the Unova region and had accompanied Alder, while the Luxray at a guess belonged to the blonde haired man who I then assumed was from the Sinnho region and was a gym leader. The boy with Alder had a Stoutland a pokemon native to Unova following in tow behind him so I assumed he must have been either a Gym leader from the region or the great Hilbert we had heard so much about from Joe. Clair and Lance’s Dragonair’s both sat near there trainers exquisitely listening to everything their masters said.

“Alright I guess we mingle then” I said to my three friends

“Yeah, I guess we won’t be discussing things till we are all acquainted” Callum answered

“Alright, I’m going to go talk to Alder then” Joe said turning to walk off

“I’ll join you I think” I said walking behind him

We approached the orange head man

“Joe my boy how are you?” Alder said in a huge booming voice grasping Joe’s hand and shaking it

“I’m fine Alder thank you, this is my friend Ryan” Joe said pointing towards me

“I know, you’re the man who served us last night aren’t you?” He said holding his hand out

“Yes I was sir” I said laughing and taking his hand

“Oh please don’t call me sir, makes me feel old hahahaha” he said throwing his hands behind his head

The young man with glasses stepped out from behind Alder and fixed his glasses

“Always the same” he said with a sigh “Hello my name is Cheren, nice to meet you both”

We shook hands with the Cheren

“Wait aren’t you one of Hilbert’s friends?” Joe asked him

“Yes, how did you know that?” Cheren asked fixing his orange tie which I assumed was a twitch of his

“I battled him a few months back; he mentioned you and a girl named Bianca?” Joe said protruding for an answer

“Yes, she’s another one of our friends, we all set off on our journey the same day about 5 years ago” he said “I’m now a gym leader in Aspertia city, Bianca is now Professor Juniper’s assistant and Hilbert well Hilbert is just Hilbert. So you are again?”

“I’m Joe, current champion of the Unovan league and this is my friend Ryan who is the current champion of the Johto League” Joe said smiling

“Nice too meet you” I said

“Were here with our two friends Tom and Callum who are champions of their respective region and like you and your friends we also started our journey all on the same day”

“Really where did you start?” he asked

“We started in Kanto, or as I hear it’s called the boonies in Unova?” I asked sarcastically

“Uh yeah, not that I’m one of those who says it” Cheren said fixing his tie again

“Haha don’t worry were not accusing you” Joe said jokingly

“I have a question” Alder asked

The three of us turned to him

“If the four of you set off on the same day how did you share three starter pokemon?” he said taking a bite from the apple he’d picked up

“Well you see Joe got a Charmander, Tom got a Squirtle and Callum got a Bulbasaur because they were the first three to turn up. I was left then but Oak gave me an Eevee instead of the regular starter” I said as

Espeon jumped to my shoulder “And this is that Eevee now” I said stroking her head

“Wow an Espeon; you don’t see many of them in Unova, may I?” Cheren asked holding his hand out to stroke her

“Of course, she won’t bite” I said holding her out in front of me

He stepped forward and stroke Espeon on the head. She gleefully rubbed her head back against his hand

“Fascinating” he said pulling his hand back

“That’s a new one, never been called that before” Espeon said

I managed to keep my laughter on the inside

“I must say young man, your Espeon has a very shiny coat, you must have raised her well” Alder said

“Thank you” I said trying to hide my delight at such a compliment

“Ladies and Gentlemen, if you will sit we shall start the discussion” Lance said standing up upon the table

“Guess that’s our cue then” Alder said moving towards the table

We followed suit, there were fourteen chairs at the round table, I sat next to Callum and Joe and was opposite the spiky blonde haired person

“There is one chair spare though” Cheren said “who is that for?”

“Now I don’t want you or Joe to panic about the next person, they are totally under control” Alder said looking towards the boys

“What do you mean?” Joe asked

Alder signaled towards a man stood at the big doors, he nodded and opened them. Behind were three men, two were in all black and stood behind the other with their arms locked tightly in the middle ones. The middle man was fairly old with long grey hair, he wore a long purple cloak and his hands were cuffed. The two burly men behind pushed him forward, as they got closer Joe and Cheren both rose from their seats.

“No, why is he here?” Joe shouted at Alder

“He can help” the man said softly not looking at the two young boys

“He helped Ghetsis, we can’t trust him” Cheren replied

“He also helped enslave Kyurem and hurt the poor thing” Joe bellowed after

“Who is this guy?” the blonde haired man said placing his feet on the table and lying back in his seat

“Volkner of Sunyshore city, electric master, I am Zinzolin and I’m one of the great seven sages of Team Plasma”




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Hey guys i know it's been a while but with exams and coursework i've been a bit caught up lately, well with out any further ado here is the eleventh chapter

A deal with the Devil

“Right okay so I’m done seeya guys” Joe said standing and walking quickly towards the exit

“Es use Psychic” I said standing up from my seat, she obliged and brought Joe back to his seat

“Ryan stop! You can’t make me stay!” He said trying to struggle

“I won’t, but it is common curtseys to hear what someone has to say and you will listen to him” I said sternly to him. He sat back in his seat like a sulking child avoid my eyes

“Oka” Alder started

“And you” I said interrupting Alder turning to Zinzolin “You’re going to explain your intentions and why you are here, not Alder I want to hear it from your mouth” I said staring him down “because from what I hear your as bad as the guys were chasing”

“Fine, young one” he said from his seat which was still guarded by the two men just in case he tried to escape “but I can assure you there are many worse than me” He hissed at me

I sat down and only realising all the trainers around the table were staring at me other than Joe

“As I have said I am Zinzolin, one of the seven sages of Team Plasma” he started

“Former” Joe spat under his breath

“Maybe” he said quickly in response “Anyway, I believe your idea of the Ghetsis being behind the odd occurrences may be right”

“If I may” Callum said “Occurrences? I thought there were only oddities at Viridian?”

“No quite” Volkner said “In Sunyshore, pokemon have been going missing and in Castelia as well”

“Also many wild Pokemon have been fighting in peculiar ways all over the world” Cheren said

“And you think Ghetsis is to do with this?” Tom asked

“Almost defiantly, I believe he is liberating Pokemon again possibly or just stealing them for his own personal greed” Zinzolin said

“Here’s my question, could it not just be a coincidence?” Cynthia asked

“Not when this was found in Sunyshore” Alder said throwing a small silver box with an antenna on to the table

“That is?” Steven asked

“A Colress machine” Cheren said

“Correct” Alder said subdued “It used to control Pokemon and bring out their pure strength at all costs.”

“This was like the prototype that was given to Nate by Colress himself during the ice situation in Unova” Cheren said

“The basis that almost let me save Unova” Zinzolin scoffed

“SAVE!” Joe shouted standing “You think what you were doing would of saved Unova?! You ruined people and Pokémon’s lives you decrepit creep!”

“Silly boy doesn’t understand” Zinzolin said brushing off Joes comment

“NO YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!” Joe said grabbing a pokeball from his belt and releasing Zorua “YOU RUIN THIS ZORUA LIFE! YOU PRACTICED YOU ICE MISSLES IN HIS FOREST HOME AND KILLED HIS FARTHER AND SIBLINGS! AND WHEN HIS MOTHER AND HE RAN, YOU KEPT FIRING!!!!!!”

I grabbed Joe to stop him from doing anything more

“So don’t say I don’t understand. You are a villain and that all you will ever be” Joe said

Zinzolin looked down at the Zorua who sat on the table

“Zor” He said cowering from the man

He lent out to touch him but was stopped by Espeon who darted in front of the small black fox. Zinzolin flinched as Espeon starred into his eyes almost daring him to make a move at her. Instead the man just hunched forward, head in hands and cried.

“I’m sorry” He said weeping “I’m……sorry”

“Yeah well sorry won’t bring them back will it” Joe said turning walking out of the room with Zorua quickly in tow

“I didn’t think abo” The old man started

“Stop because you summed it up then” Cheren said abruptly “You didn’t think”

The man looked down again “Ghetsis is seeking the help of another; they wish to create a new world in which he is the leader and controls all who inhabit it”

“Who is the other?” Alder said

“I do not know, but the Triad mentioned that he had previous ventures in this area and that they had the help of others too” he continued “They from what I am told are following a prophecy called the shards of the world”

“Shards of the world?” Tom asked perplexed

“It was found in the Summerland relic temple 5 years ago. When the shards of the guardians are aligned, the creator will come forth and create once again” Cynthia said

“Go on?” Alder asked

“From what I know of it, it proclaims that there are certain shards which are guarded by the shard guardians who were put in place by the creator to protect the power of creation so that nothing evil could come of it” She continued “However there is other text found in the ruins stating that the shards will be pursued by the great evil throughout time but will always be prevent by the four powers”

“Wow, sounds complicated” Volkner said

“It’s not as cool as Zekrom and Reshiram story” said the purple haired girl

“Not now Iris” said Alder

“Why does Ghetsis want a new world though?” said Lance

“Maybe he doesn’t” I said starring at the machine

“What do you mean?” Said Tom

“This machine, yeah it controls Pokemon?” I asked

“Indeed” Alder answered

“And Ghetsis properly still has the blueprints for this Zinny?” I asked the old man

“Yes but I don’t understand” he said ignoring his new name

“Well my guess would be assuming this creator is Arceus like were all thinking that if Arceus can create a new world it must have a lot of power, more than Kyurem, maybe he wants to use that power to take over the world therefore creating a new one and fulfilling the prophecy” I said

“Wow your good” Clair said

“Why thank you” I said bowing sarcastically

“You are?” Iris asked

“Ryan, Johto league champion” I replied

“Right okay but the shards what are they then smartass?” Tom asked me fidgeting uncomfortably in his seat

“Not sure but my guess would be that they are protected by other legendary pokemon” I said sitting back in my seat

“Hmmmmm, what else do you know then?” Volkner asked turning his head towards Zinzolin

“That is all” He replied with a stern face

“He’s lying” Espeon whispered to me

“Really Zinny?” I said “because that’s not what my friend says”

“…………” He didn’t look up

“Well?” Alder said

“When the Triad asked for me to join, I was presented with a map, it detailed where the first shard is held” He said

“And you weren’t going to tell us that?” A voice said from the big doors, it was Joe returning to the room after his outburst

“I didn’t believe it was needed, as they are unable to read the map anyway” he answered not moving from his position

“What do you mean?” Lance asked

“They must acquire a decipher book, before they are able to read the map” the old man replied leaning back in his seat

“And this decipher book is where?” Volkner asked

“How should I know?” He replied

“Well that’s helpful” Joe said rolling his eyes pacing behind the old man so he didn’t have to look at him

“Okay, you will be escorted back to your home and be under supervision like before” Alder said looking at the old man

“Fine” he said rising from his seat and his bodyguards grab an arm each pulling him towards the exit

“Oh but before I go, always remember keep your emotions in check” He shouted being pulled out of the room

We all ignored his last comment and continued our discussion long into the night, there was many things to talk about. Who was helping Ghetsis? What is this map they have? Where is the decipher book? And most importantly what are they planning on doing?



After The lengthy discussion it was decided that the champions would pursue the decipher book alongside the help of Cedric Juniper who had an in depth knowledge of the myths surrounding pokemon and was properly the best candidate to help find the decipher book. The gym leaders would return to their gyms and explain the meeting to them as a group, once this had been done each was to keep an eye out for any more suspicious behaviour by people and pokemon alike.

“And know you boys” Alder said turning to the four of us

“Yes?” Callum asked standing up from his seat, I spun around from my position on the table to face the orange hair man while Tom and Joe bolted up right in their seats

“We believe it would be best for you to stick together as due to Triad knowing who you are we believe that you could be targeted” He said sternly

“Good to know” Tom said sarcastically chuckling

“We have a job for you” He said ignoring Toms comment “Do you know of the Summerland relic?”

“Yeah it’s in the deep olive jungle, what about it?” I asked

“Well they need help clearing it up after the recent explosion there” Alder answered

“Explosion? I heard the volcano erupted?” Joe asked perplexed

“Well the media cover up worked then” Alder said “We’ve prepared a boat to take you from Olivine to Summerland, once their report to the ranger base and you should meet a guy named Cameron, he’s a bit relaxed in nature but he will guide you on what he wants from you and how you can help”

“Right okay” Callum said “When does the boat leave?”

“Tomorrow morning 11am, we’ve arranged for you to stay at the hotel on the sea front for the night so you better get going” Alder said, he then turned around walk away and started talking to Cynthia

“Right okay then lads, last one to Olivine pays for food” I said running away from the table

My three friends took a quick look at each other and then bolted out of the door after me. I got to the main street.

“Flygon come on out” I said throwing Fly’s ball into the air

The green dragon emerged and flapped it’s wings to get ready

“Get to Olivine in 20 minutes?” I asked him

“FLY!!!” he replied roaring

“Good boy” I said jumping on his back as my friends burst through the doors “Well boys looks like one of you will be paying, seeya!” I shouted and with a quick burst Flygon was almost out of sight

“He’s a nutter” Tom said shaking his head

“Sure is, but a laugh too” Joe said chuckling

“Alder said we should stick together, he could be hurt” Callum said calling his Swellow out

“He’s a big boy, he can handle it” Tom said throwing out his Staraptor with Joe also releasing Unfezant

“Okay boys, see you in Olivine” Callum said flying off into the distance


Right so that was Chapter eleven, yes i know it was short but i just wanted to get something out hope you enjoy and like i've said any feedback is welcomed