Friday 22, 5021
Summer
9am

Hidden within the massive Pinwheel Forest, there was a large village.The village was often considered to be underground due to the valley that it was so lowly built in. It's a lovely village, though I might say. Three parts were surrounded by water while the back part was surrounded by forest. Within that Village was a massive mansion on a hilltop, a University, fields of crops of all sorts, many homes, and many shops. It was early morning and there were people and Pokemon alike bustling around busily with streamers, gift boxes, platters of food, and other various things that one might see at a celebration. What was this place? Who were these people? And what were they so excited about? Well, now. Let’s look deeper into this picture and watch firsthand…The story of The Chosen Ones.

The place was called Pinwheel Village – A Utopia hidden deep within Pinwheel forest. The people who lived there lived in perfect harmony and as equals with their Pokemon. They were an Arceus-fearing people who were quite religious and held strong respect for the old ways. They were people from an ancient bloodline of folk who had been waiting for eight small children to be brought to them by Guardians. After their years of wait, the children began to come to them with their Guardians one-by-one. They began to train these children and teach them all that they could about right and wrong. Battling with Pokemon, respecting Pokemon, and basic care for Pokemon. It does sound quite a bit like these children were whisked away and kept there, doesn’t it? They weren’t. When they were ten years old, they were free to leave the forest and explore either alone or together. But a Mentor would leave with them so that they could continue their training while they were away from the village and they would always come back every two months if not before and weren't released for another five months. Some of them went out and made themselves famous. Others were content with just exploring. Most of them would stop by to see their parents. But, they were home now. Home for the final time for a long time.

These eight young men and women were special – They were Chosen Ones of a prophecy, destined to save and protect the world. It seems like a lot for such young people, but they took it surprisingly well. Or at least most of them. Which is why they are the Chosen Ones. Unlike any other humans, they actually understand Pokemon speech and can communicate back. They have a unique connection to all Pokemon – Especially Pokemon of their own Type. And especially Arceus. Arceus often delivers unto them dreams, showing them fleeting images of Artifacts that it left behind for them. Artifacts that could control or destroy life as they knew it. Or, if in the right hands, they could bring balance and harmony. But, now I’m babbling. Let’s move on to the story of their journey.

There was a mansion on a hill with a river running by it within Pinwheel Village. This was the place where the eight young men and women were raised together and taught together. In the kitchen of this place, soft candlelight caught on the soft, tan flesh and ebony tresses of a young woman that was bustling around, preparing a lavish cake. The cake was getting bigger and more extravagent with each layer she added, decorations and icing not once being spared. It was obvious that she had been working on this cake for hours – If not by the fact that there were seven tiers – Then from the lavish designs upon them. Delicate red flowers of icing dotted the outer edges while the sides were laced intricately with iced designs in shades of blue, the whole cake covered by her own secret recipe icing of sweet taste. On the inner edges of each tier were Liechi berries that surrounded the base of the next tier, though the top tier was adorned only with a Watmel berry that had been cut delicatly to resemble a Gracidea. It wasn’t perfect, but it was quite good. It was obvious that the young woman loved to cook. With shining blue eyes, the woman looked down at herself and huffed; She was covered in berry juices, flour, egg yolk, and icing. She would leave the cake to be escorted to the Ceremony Site by the waiters. Untying the apron from her waist, she quickly left the kitchen and began her descent up the stairs and to her own room, avoiding people if she could. Inside her room, a Dragonite was curled around a cerulean egg that had a tuft of black fluff on the top of it –That was her Deino egg that her parents had given her on her last visit. She was letting Atreyu help her hatch it. Resting atop of him was an Altaria that had a semi-swollen belly. Melody and Atreyu had been flirting a while and even got to the point that they were serious. That explained why he was so intent on honing his parental skills as of late. Also in her room was a Shelgon of olive color sleeping under a pile of blankets – Mint didn’t move very much since her evolution a few months ago. There was also an Axew and a Gible snoring on her bed with a pile of fluffy pillows – Ashdir and Chomper were the best of pals and hardly separable. Shaking her head, she stripped off her clothes and tossed them into a hamper before dashing to the shower where she spent twenty minutes running hot water over her body before bathing. Smelling like fresh Gracideas, she finally jumped out after another twenty minutes and began to dress. Her Pokemon were still sleeping. She smiled softly as she adorned an extravagant crimson dress that she had bought only two weeks ago for this special day. Her brother and his Mentor had fashioned her a rose choker to match, and she wore that as well. She stopped to take a few moments to update her website. There were a slew of questions that people had left her and she tried her best to answer most before posting her ‘Daily Breeding Tip’.

Don’t try to rush hatching your egg. Make sure that you take care of it as you would a Pokemon that’s already been born. Keep it warm and talk to it. Even play music for it! And if you have a Pokemon that’s expecting, having an egg around is a great way for them to tap into their inner parent!

All done with that, she finally decided to leave and head for the garden until she and the others were called upon. As usual, she went barefoot, her feet hidden away by the skirt of her dress, grabbing her sketchpad and a pencil on her way out of the door. Out in the garden, she did her best to ensure that she didn’t dirty her dress, taking a seat upon a stone bench. There were many Pokemon lounging about, though one in particular approached her and bumped it’s head against the young woman.
Are you excited?
Of course I am! We’re finally going to begin our journey!
You’ll be realizing your destiny soon with the others.
Who do you think the Elder will appoint as the leader?
I’m not quite sure – It looks to be between you, Oliver, Morgana, Fabian, and Mavish.
I can't wait to find out. I'm sure that the others would make fine leaders.
Aye, they would. There’s also going to be a surprise at the Ceremony…but I won’t tell.

The Latios ambled away before taking off into the sky to stretch out her wings, leaving Miu to continue their drawings at the end of their conversation that had taken place without a single mouth opened. She hummed to herself, a light smile on her face.



“Ki-yah!”
“Urgh! Ka!”
“Kukukuku! You two should stop so we can go get cleaned up.”

In the forest on the outskirts of the Village were three people – A young man with raven colored hair tied into a ponytail, an older woman sporting blonde and brunette waves under a black beret, and an older man with chestnut curls. Both of the men were shirtless as they engaged in hand-to-hand combat. The man with chestnut hair had his leg extended to the younger man’s face who had grabbed his foot with his hand and held it there. “Alright, alright.” The young man with golden eyes released the other and smiled brightly. “Can’t wait to see you guys there!” Before either of them could get in a word, the young man had taken off down the path to the mansion. The Mentors were behind him, but walking at a leisurely pace. The slow rising sun was beating down upon him, making the sweat that clung to every rippling muscle gleam. He couldn’t help but crack a grin as some of the women he passed lightly swooned – Way to build his ego. Oliver dodge through the garden and only paused to see his sister, though he was jogging in place as he talked to her. “Hey! Gonna shower, grab breakfast! Meet cha back here!” Before Miu could say anything, he was off and away into the house. He scaled the stairs with little difficulty and dashed into his room. He had a rather large four poster canopy bed that wasn’t anywhere near close to being made; Upon it, there were six Pokemon piled upon and curled up next to one another: Belladonna the Bellossom, Sage the Pansage, Dahlia the Lilligant, Sweet Pea the Leavanny, Scilla the Shaymin, and Strelitzia the Leafeon. They stirred only just a bit as he closed the door silently behind him. He tore away the pants and other things that he wore before spending a total of thirty minutes showering. When he re-emerged, he was wearing a formal suit and had his hair pulled back into a neat ponytail. He glanced over at his Pokemon with a light smile, going over to pet them all. “You all had better be at the ceremony today.” His voice was a whisper before he got up and departed to the garden, stopping in the kitchens to grab a small bagel. Arriving there, he took a seat next to his sister and peeked over at her drawing. “Why’re you always drawing pictures of Fabian? It’s creepy.”

She blushed deeply with both embarassment and anger. “Shut up, Oliver!” Miu looked to her twin with infuriated golden eyes. “I’m letting you know before we even leave: You may be my brother, but don’t forget that I’m eight minutes older than you. I’m not a little girl and you need to stop treating me like it. I hate it when you stop guys from even holding idle chatter with me. I’m socially awkward with males enough for them to think me a fool; I don’t need you to add on to my embarassment. Now, Arceus-damn it! From here-on-out, any time that you try to prevent me and a male from speaking, I’m going to punch you in your gut! Understood?” She was normally a quiet girl, but she was known to get rowdy with her brother. Though, this was the first time she showed any true anger towards him outwardly. She then went back to her drawings, leaving him to process her words with his jaw agape. “I’m sorry, Miu. But I can’t help it. I’ll…I’ll tone it down.” He sat there, twiddling his thumbs some as he watched his sister move from sketch to sketch, never staying on one for too long – This journey brought out changes in them even before it began.

As he sat there, Miu got up in a huff with her things, heading deeper into the gardens where she soon felt her body slam into something and found herself falling. It was only by a miracle that Lati was nearby, catching her with his wing. She blinked slowly as her sketches floated down all around her. “Nyeh...” She let out her usual strange sound of confusion, looking to see who it was and found that it was Fabian.



“Where the fuck is everyone else? They should be here already. I bet their lazy asses are waiting for their Pokemon to wake up. Or just waiting on someone to come and get them. Lazies!” A young woman sporting a form-fitting green dress was pacing the grass near the side of a lake on the far side of the Village. Her crimson tresses were done up into nice curls that were piled some upon her head while the others cascaded down her back. Standing silently nearby her were a group of Grass-Type Pokemon that were all her own. Each one of them were named after their attitudes – All of them as fierce as their companion and trainer. Barbarous the Carnivine, Vehement the Roserade, Malign the Abomasnow, and Impetuous the Serperior. The only one of the Pokemon that didn’t have a fierce nature was the one perched on her shoulder, patting her cheek to sooth her; Celebi. Celebi had no name given because Morgana didn’t want to change anything about her Guardian and didn’t feel that it was her place to give Celebi any other name.

“Bi, bi! Celebi! Celebi bi!” (You’re so tense, Morgana. You should really loosen up some.)
“Ugh! I know, but how can I when I’m the only one here? Are the Mentors even ready? What about the Elder?!”

She huffed softly as she began to wring her hands together some, anxious about the pending quest. Morgana had been tense and more short-tempered than usual the past few days as the Ceremony grew closer and it hadn’t been easy on anyone. She was the Professor of the group – Always trying to instill her knowledge with a firm hand and often talking about things that she saw as simple, but usually went over the heads of everyone else. She only wished that her family could be here. That they could see her and be proud of the things that she was going to accomplish. A sigh left her as she sat down in a decorated chair, letting Celebi braid some of her curls. Her Pokemon gathered at her feet and sat near her, offering kind smiles and thoughts.

“I just want this day to end and for us to be gone soon…” Leaving home and loved ones was never easy. And the longer she stayed here, the harder it would be for her.

Kairi lay drifting on the other side of the lake with her arms folded behind her head. Eyes closed, she let herself drift as she bathed in the warmth of the gentle rays that beamed down from the sun. Half her body submerged and her pokemon splashed around her frivolously. Her mind was a dove. Free of all responsibility, soaring high into the sky abandoning all thoughts of obligation then disappearing into the broad horizon.

"It's time." peaceful images shattered like glass. Her peace broken. The sun above her became coveted by grey clouds. Her eyes popped open. Sakka, her Phione was drifting right before her face.

"I don't want this," she thought back. "I didn't choose this." Blue ducked her entire head underwater holding her breathe attempting to swim away. All of her poke'mon sighed and swam after, except for her Psyduck who was a bit confused on why everyone was swimming away.

"Destiny chose you." Sakka returned, following close by.

"Screw destiny!" She wanted to scream.

Manaphy appeared before her cutting off her path. "We chose you." It swam to Sakka's side among the rest of her pokemon. "We all did."

Kairi folded her arms and looked away defiantly. She loved her pokemon. She had to admit that if this destiny didn't choose, then they may not have become apart of her life. That was a reality that created the heavy feeling of a lump in her chest. She gave in, "whatever".

Her pokemon danced around her, cheering. She put them all in their pokeballs, even Psyasugi who was just catching up. All put away except her guardians and Mantyke who she commanded to use surf. Moments later she was above water riding her mantyke like a surfboard across the lake on a wave of water which rushed to the other end where she spilled over, crashing onto the shore in a cascade of splashes.

Sunlight streamed through the window illuminating the sleeping figure of the young man messily lying across the bed with his pokemon, all the sweat he made clear the heat produced by his friends and watching silently the scene was the dragon-like pokemon his oldest friend, "Ro , wake up," he said solemnly,
"Huh? my turn to watch?" the trainer replied half sleeping while around his neck it can be seen the hands of a Monferno.

"Wrong, we are in the village, wake up already" the young man let out a yawn as rearranged his ideas, right the Pinwheel Village, he returned last night after two months for an important event, at least Teran said it was an important day and then he returned to the village ahead of them, Rong removed carefully Osaru's hands and stood up while preventing that the others wake "Well I'll go take bathe, I'm covered in sweat" he took off the wet t-shirt when Drake spoke again, "And blood, it seems that your wound opened while you were sleeping ", looked at the small trail of blood he had in his neck.

Rong recalled that he was wounded, wasn't serious but the last night when he came back the professor Mizuki, who was waiting for him, said he should go to see proper medic, the trainer shrugged as he recalled the way received the wound:
He was on the way back and it was a rookie mistake, the kind of mistake that he only has in and near the village where he always drop the guard, Rong climbed a tree to take a tasty-looking fruit without checking the resistance of the branches and then jumped to a branch that couldn't support its weight to end up falling, luckily all his years of experience allowed him to fall without serious damage, except wound in his neck that was made by a broken branch as he fell.

"Well I'll bandage it after the shower," he said and headed to the bath as Drake sighed in signal of disapproval, he spent twenty minutes in the shower using cold water and after finished began to search for appropriate clothing for the event. Drake felt remorse to see the many scars he had on the body of the young man, especially the one of the burn he had on the shoulder, "You look tired, why don't you rest?" Rong asked while holding bandages on the left hand, Drake nodded and the trainer threw 5 Pokéballs and five of his friends disappeared,
Now in the almost empty room he finished dressing, when he stood wore black jeans, a gray shirt with stripes and a dark blue jacket, the only thing that stands unnecessarily was poorly a placed bandages on the neck.

"XIao, Where is the ceremony?" he asked to his Guide, the legendary Pokemon that brings the Victory.

"The lake" said yawning and jumped to the shoulders of the young, "Let's use the shortcut!"

"Fine with me" smiled and began to run towerds the open window of his room and jumped, down there is a sturdy tree, Xiao jumped to the treetop and Rong grabbed a branch that used to prolong the momentum and remaing in the air, before touching the ground he tossed a pokeball "Ark, come here!", the great canine placed himself in the landing point, Xiao jumped from the tree at the same time that the Trainer fell on above the Arcanine, who now carrying the two of them began to run, "The Lake! the Lake!" said cheerfully Victini and Ark headed that way.

He got there a little after that Kaire lifted a lot of water when reached the lake shore, Rong looked around, a glance he saw Morgana wearing green and Kairi, sighed, didn't get along too well with Morgana and Kairi has the habit of throwing things, well he had to admit it was interesting.
"It's good to see you, I suppose I get time".

Maverick slept in his room silently surrounded by his pokemon. The room had a rust colored paint adorning the walls that he had put on himself after he learned he would be staying in the psychic room which was completely pink and white. So he made up a color using some of the rust of the old parts he had and used it in paint to give it a nice feeling. The place smelled of faint grease and heat from the constant machines he would bring in and work on.

Goof was sleeping on the ceiling upside down which was his usual place on account of him being in an experiment when he was younger. It didn't work out but it did give him weak suctions on his feet and he had gotten accustomed to climbing up and sleeping beside Herione who was a bad snorer but when she was near Goof she never made a noise. Maiden was sleeping on her side an her arms. The egg was a gift from Mewbie who dropped it off on Maverick's birthday. He had said it contained a psychic type and would need a good trainer. Maiden however fell in love with it the second it was in sight.

He looked around and saw that Tinker asleep and was gumming on a banana the peel still on. He had no idea why he liked bananas or when he started liking them but Maverick knew it was what made him work and he was fine with them. He continued his search but he didn't see Duchess anywhere.

He sat up and yawned only to see Kairi rush inside his room and pull him into a hug. Maverick, I have to tell you I've always loved you." Maverick blushed and stuttered. "W well Kia I've always kinda liked ...". He looked over the girl then saw her green eyes were light blue. he heard snickering then growled. "DUCHESS" he shouted and the Pokemon revealed herself from the hall and the girl turned back into a giggling Mew. "Sorry me and Mewbie couldn't resist." she said in a flowing voice that held in the air for a moment. Mewbie on the other hand giggled and spoke in a small childish voice. "You sounded funny." Maverick rolled his eyes and went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

Maverick went into the shower and washed off an easy layer of dust dispersing off as the water hit him. He had hardley ever showered and this was his first in a week since he was from a place where some people hadn't bathed since they were younger than him. He finished washing and put on his regular set of clothes and the necklace with the pure white opal. He took a deer breath and clenched it tightly.

It was the only thing he actually knew of his mother than she loved opal. He wanted to find her with all his heart but knew that he had work to do here before he could go back to Orre and save the remaining Pokemon from Cipher's clutches. He had never told anyone of his plans to leave them once their job was done but he knew that it was expected.

He reentered the room to find all of his Pokemon awake and chattering among themselves. "Okay everyone in except Goof. " they all nodded except for Goof who was still on the ceiling. "Hooray" he yelled then fell ontop of Maverick when the last Pokemon was returned to their ball. "Sorry" he said laughing. "Hush up you crazy " Goof just nodded and dashed after his trainer as they both dashed away to the garage.

Maverick made it quickly to the almost empty garage which only contained his sand bike and some of the other chosens regular bicycles which always made Maverick laugh whenever they rode them. He revved up then engine then pulled out a pair of pilot glasses and quickly out them on as Goof jumped in.

He sped off making a loud VVRRROOOOMMMM going through the town. He lept going and eventually made it to the part where the ceremony was to be held. He stopped his bike with a skid and saw Morgana sitting with Celebi on her shoulder. Mewbie popped out and instantly tackled the small pokemon who was about his size. "Celebi, Celebi let's play." he said giggling lightly. Maverick put the bike on hover making it stay in position but have the front half fall down. "Hey leaflet where's everyone else?" he asked getying off and Goof walking beside him.

"How's my arms now Ama...?" A red head asked calmly, glancing up briefly at the majestic bird, who was perched up upon a great tree. Watching her with intent eye.
It been around 5 hours since she started training, and she always had one flaw with her arm... it wasent in the right position!And she couldnt leave like that, can she? "Well?"
Ama's piercing eyes studied her, and after a few anxious moments, he finally nods with approval. "hmph, Its fine...you finally fixed that fatal flaw...Mizora" The bird mumbled with pride.

The girl now introduced as Mizora smiles a bit, and began to stretch. "Great! Now..." She looks at the tree's shadow and calculates. "We should head out to the others...its about time.." The Ho-Oh nods, and spread its large wings, covering the sun from her sight. As it swooped down, Mizora easily jumped on, and they both began to fly to the group's meeting place. Though a gusting current hit them both, but the great ho-oh flew steady. 'What-' She blinks in wonder, and a splash of cold, sea water gave them the answer. "Kaisho" The two of them muttered, and as of cue, the lugia rose to their sight, shaking droplets of water on their persons. Ama grumbled, but Mizora smiled at the water pokemon's antics. "haha want to come with us Kaisho?" Kaisho, the lugia, whistled in a soothing tone, and nodded. "Why of course, Mizora, I wouldnt give up the chance to see you becoming a full fledged guardian. Specially after you worked so hard." Lugia chuckled, and with that he flew ahead, his wings waving in fluid motions, but was almost mocking Ho-oh's abilities to fly. And Ama took the message with ease. Flapping his wings, he shot forward, dodging flying pokemon, and catching up with the legendary sea pokemon. "Competive are we?" Mizora questioned the two, who merely continued their quiet challenge. Giggling a bit, thehe girl relaxed against the fire birds body, and her eyelids fell slightly in a sleepy manner. "It's been awhile...hasent it..?" There was no response from both the bird but she knew that they both understood her meaning. It been a couple of years maybe since she seen the others...and she was always left to wonder how they were at the shrine. Though knowing that they were under the same sky was enough for her.
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"We are here Mizora...and it seems we are beaten to the chase.." Kaisho whispered, his voice deep and fluid. Mizora nods, her eyes closed. "I know, I can feel them..." There aura's were obvious to her, and she knew their auras by heart. "Its seems that most of them are well...I'm glad!" Mizora stated happily, her eyes twinkling with joy. Of course Ama and Kaisho noticed the change in their guardian, and they both looked at one another with a smile. IT didn't seem like it, but Ama was protective over the human called Mizora, and was always glad when she was glad... [Kaisho too was like this, but this was obvious to her and Ama, seeing how he was more open then Ho- oh.] She was always tending to cultural pratices and training at the shrine, so being with the others should be great, besides he knew that she was waiting for this day. She was finally proclaimed as a "guardian"...

"Well...Mizora...shall we meet them...?" Mizora looks at the birds, her mufti-colored eyes bright. "Of course!" With that, she flipped off the birds back and literally flew down below, anxious in seeing all of them again, her red hair going crazy. As she approached the ground, she quickly prepared herself and within seconds, she was on one knee, a smile gracing her lips "Been awhile.."
Quietly, Mizora stood up, and dusted off the invisible dirt. She was actually surprised by her own attire, noticing that she forgot to change. She was current in her "Miko" outfit, its red and white material going along with her red hair, and red/yellow eyes. She waves briefly, smiling kindly. "Sorry I'm late." A soothing gust of wind hit her back, as she noticed the auras of her guardians landing nearby. Their forms were much to large to land in such a cramped place like this, so she let it slide. But surely they were both watching her from a distance, making sure she was alright. Knowing this, made her feel comfortable and at ease, so with a smile, she stepped forward, closer to the others.
[I took my old post and edited out a bit. Sorry about that, i was hoping for a new post but i didnt want to keep people waiting >.<]