Chapter 3:
Flashbacks
Time passes
Memories fade
Some do
Some stay
The darkness stays
As well as grows
The only ones who can save us
The heroes
A child sits on her front porch. Long blond hair curls around her knees as she curls up for warmth in the night. Her eyes shimmer in the cold moonlight,giving of signals of fear. As the darkness grows the night gets colder. The child’s pale skin is left open to the cold. She waits in the darkness, huddled in the moonlight. Only one noise is heard in the still scenery. An owl’s call cuts through the night and the girl is suddenly awake and aware of her surroundings.
The moonlight shines more on the dark forest in front of her house. A large tree, surrounded by smaller withering trees is revealed. Leaves rustle in the chilling night breeze. Then she knew. All at once the world seemed to come at the girl. She stood up and ran. Not into her house but into the forest. As she ran along her heart danced with fear. But fear of what? Now she went back into her normal self, unaware and scared. She had run from something, something dangerous. Now, as she looked on into the darkness of the forest path she realized she had run to the danger, not away.
Sleepiness overcame the girl and she fell to the ground. A new presence approached this kind, fragile girl. Her arms and legs spread out on the path. Wonderful dreams danced in her head, and the other being read them like a book. It entered her dreams and made them nightmares. Nightmares of cold darkness, being dragged away, then a sense of belonging. She woke up and looked around, startled by a noise around her. The girl looked up into the eyes of her watcher, and screamed.
Eight years later…..
A girl at the age of fourteen entered the stadium. Long blond hair held her shoulders. Her eyes were flickering with excitement and danger. She was not one to mess with. A crowd cheered around her, but not at her for as these cheers strengthened her opponent approached.
He was tall with a challenging look on his face. Seemingly silver hair covered his small head. The only reason for the intense cheers was because he was only thirteen and the champion of Hoenn, about to become the champion of Sinnoh. Or so the crowd thought. This girl was out to prove them wrong.
“Trainers,” the referee began, “Send out your first Pokemon!” With that command the battle began.
“Hey Lily, hope you’re ready!” taunted the boy.
“As ready as I’ll ever be, Brendan you silver headed meanie!” sneered Lily.
“No need to hate me!” said Brendan, almost innocent.
Lily threw a pokeball high into the air and a large blue dinosaur fell onto the stadium floor. It had a large tail and muscled arms. Its legs looked very sturdy and its tail spiked. Brendan sent out a blue creature that had a body like a dog and a pointy lion-like mane. Static electricity crackled around it and it charged at Lily’s Pokemon.
“Nidoqueeeeeeeen!” the dinosaur yelled as it braced for the other Pokemon’s impact.
“Manetric!” cried the charging Pokemon. Manetric rammed into Nidoqueen, trying to overwhelm it with its static charge. The shock merely bounced off of Nidoqueen’s tough blue skin. Nidoqueen stomped down on the ground and sent out a shockwave that cracked the earth beneath Manetric’s small feet, trapping it. Next, Nidoqueen went in for the final blow as Lily commanded it to jump up and land on Manetric.
Fierce battles ensued, pitting dragons and snakes against each other as well as shape shifting blobs and tree-backed turtles. The final showdown was between a butterfly like Pokemon and a large furry and flaming Pokemon. Lily’s Pokemon flapped its wings and a strong silvery gust knocked the other Pokemon down.
“Typhlosion!” exclaimed Brendan.
“Hah!” declared Lily, “This battle is all mine!”
“Yeah but you forgot that Fire overpowers Bug!” said Brendan. “Typhlosion, Fire Blast!” commanded Brendan.
The butterfly Pokemon was shot into a wall and wilted to the ground.
“Beautifly, no!” yelled Lily.
“With that shot Brendan wins!” yelled the announcer.
Lily walked away, disappointed in herself for losing again. She knew now that she would be forced to take the offer given to her in the forest many years ago. As she exited the stadium she was forced to remember all those years ago when she was just a little girl and she was approached by the shadows. Later that night she sat in the Pokemon Center, pondering her next move. She decided to leave that night and wandered out to the forest, never to be seen again for some amount of years.
Present time…
“Boss, I am sorry,” said a masked woman, “I wasn’t able to locate those pesky kids’ location.”
“Well then find them.” a gravelly voice said.
“I will go and try.”
She exited the room and removed her black and white mask revealing a head of long golden hair that moved like waves. The next room over was the control room, where the woman went to the scanner to look for her partner. He appeared as a purple dot on a map and seemed to be moving quickly through a dense forest.
That forest.
The forest where it happened.
This can’t be happening. I must leave immediately.
With that last thought the woman snuck out the door and took off for the forest. On her way she picked up six old items of hers. They were six pokeballs, caked in dust and rust. She put her mask back on and left. She hopped into a large Jeep and took off on the dark dirt road.
As she approached the forest chills were sent up her spine. She suddenly remembered all those years ago when she first met her boss. She made a deal and when she lost to one trainer in a championship her deal became renewed. Now she was like a thief, a shadowed thief. Her partner was the enigmatic Shade who had a similar experience with her boss.
Meanwhile…
Shade could tell when he was being followed. When he was being stalked by the enemy, he knew it. But this was no enemy. The breathing reminded him of a soft summer breeze, the footsteps of a gentle Pokemon. She approached from the side.
“Hey Lily, what are you doing here?” asked Shade as he walked up to his partner.
“I’m here for my destiny.” she replied coldly.
“Say what?”
Back at the control center…
I don’t trust her.
Not at all.
She is going to discover her destiny and stop my plans. My plans of a new world. A new world for all!
A peek at next time in Chapter 4: Enigma Palace…
“We finally meet.” said Shade
“Yes we do.” said an unpleasant voice.
“So let’s get this over with.”
“Yeah why are shadows covering the region?”
“Well, it is for a greater cause,” Shade said, “And that cause is for a new world of Pokemon or should I say Shadow Pokemon!”
I hope this helps reveal a little but not too much and also gives some good info about Lily. The trainer's teams so far will find a home in the first post and a new chapter title will be given.