Legends Chapter 1:

Trouble

Emiko was sitting in the living room of the house she shared with the other Cyniclons and Mews. She was drawing a picture of Pikachu, from the last time they met. She had just finished teaching Kisshu how to make brownies, and now everyone was in the kitchen, watching him. Emiko snickered silently. Everytime she made brownies, she had an audience, and Kisshu was a part of it. Maybe now he'll know what it feels like when people stare at you nonstop, she thought.

Her thinking was cut short by Kisshu shouting, "GET OUT!" Emiko sighed and went to the kitchen, where she found Kisshu's audience looking rather nervous. Then Kisshu spotted Emiko and said, "You KNEW this would happen, didn't you?"

"You do it all the time to me, I figured you should know what it feels like when you stare at me," Emiko said calmly.

"Can you just get everyone out? They're not listening to me," Kisshu said. "And they're drooling."

"Fine…" Emiko said. She turned to the others and said, "Okay, the brownies aren't ready, so out. You do know that watching Kisshu won't make the brownies bake faster, right?"

The others grumbled, but left. After they were all gone, Kisshu breathed a sigh of relief. "How do you do it?" he asked Emiko.

"I'm better at ignoring people, and I can keep a calm head in just about any situation," Emiko said. "You don't have those abilities, so it's harder for you to get people to listen to you."

Kisshu sighed, but then the timer dinged, and he took the brownies out. "They're ready," he said.

"Very good, now they have to cool," Emiko said. Suddenly she heard a small voice in her head, and said, "I have to go back to the other dimension, I'm getting called."

"Those guys are trouble magnets," Kisshu said.

"Agreed," Emiko said. "Don't bother saving me a brownie, I don't know how long I'll be gone."

Kisshu nodded, so Emiko got her boots and teleported to the place she sensed Pikachu. She landed in a room full of people in red and gray uniforms, and immediately went invisible before they saw her. She looked around, and saw Ash and his friends with Pikachu, who seemed to be unconscious. Then the floor shook, and Emiko floated up. She heard Brock say, "Now's our chance to get out of here!"

Emiko followed, but not before hearing one of the men in the room say, "I'm fine, but you've got to hurry it up and capture that Pikachu!"

That put Emiko on edge, but she followed as Ash and the others ran outside. She saw they were in the middle of the ocean, and heard Ash say, "We have to jump, there's no choice!"

Emiko watched as they were about to jump, but just then, the ship shook again, and as May, Max and Brock were thrown over the rail into the ocean, Ash was flung back. Before he could jump, a Mightyena rammed into him, throwing him into the wall. Emiko turned and saw a man in the red and gray uniform approaching Ash. "Foolish child," he said. "You weren't planning on going anywhere, were you?"

Ash snarled, but didn't say anything. Emiko was torn. She could go help May, Max and Brock, or she could protect Ash. Seeing as Ash seemed to be in more danger, she decided on the latter.

Emiko silently followed the man and Ash on board a helicopter, and watched as the shoved him into a room. Deciding not to reveal herself yet, she followed Ash into the storeroom just before the door shut. When she sensed no one was around, she sat down carefully next to Ash, and dropped the invisibility spell. Ash jumped about five feet into the air.

"Sorry," Emiko said. "There were too many of those people around for me to stay visible. What happened?"

"We got captured by Team Magma- the guys outside," Ash said. "They had this weird orb that they said could control Ancient Pokémon, and when we tried to steal it, it vanished into Pikachu's body! I don't know what to do."

"Let me have a look," Emiko said. Ash put Pikachu down, and Emiko placed a hand on his chest. She tried to feel what the problem was, but for some reason, her powers couldn't sense the problem. "It's no good," she said finally. "Something is interfering with my powers, and I can't sense what's wrong, much less how to fix it."

Ash looked scared. Emiko noticed, and said, "I swear I'll figure this out, so try to stay calm, k?"

Ash was about to say something, but Emiko's ears twitched, and she said, "Someone's coming." Then the door slid open, and Ash tensed, since it appeared to be another Team Magma guy. Emiko put a hand on his shoulder and said, "Ash, I don't think this guy is actually a member of Team Magma. He doesn't feel like the others."

Ash looked at her, startled, then asked the man, "Who are you?"

The man took off his hood, and said, "It's me, Lance."

"Great to see you!" Ash said. He turned to Emiko and said, "Lance is a friend. Looks like you were right."

Lance turned to Emiko and asked, "Are you a friend of Ash's?"

"Yeah, my name is Emiko," Emiko said.

"How'd you get in here?" Lance asked.

"I was invisible when Ash got captured, so I followed him and slipped in here without being seen," Emiko said. "And before you ask, I'm not human, and that's why I have all kinds of powers. I'm a Cyniclon from another dimension, but I can sense when Pikachu is in trouble, so I come here sometimes."

"So you're here to help?" Lance said.

"Yep," Emiko said. "Do you know anything about what happened to Pikachu? My powers are being blocked whenever I try to figure out what's wrong."

"Pikachu Bonded with the Blue Orb," Lance said. "We have to find a way to break the bond, or the orb's powers could completely overtake Pikachu's mind."

Ash looked horrified. "What do we do?" he asked.

"I'm not sure," Lance admitted. "But I think we have to find out what caused the Blue Orb to Bond with Pikachu in the first place. That might be the key."

"The Blue Orb can control Groudon, right?" Ash asked.

"Yeah," Lance said. "That's actually why I'm here; Team Magma is trying to use Groudon to take over the world, and I need to stop them."

"Can we help?" Ash asked.

"I think so, but you need to stay here a little longer," Lance said. "I sent Gyarados to rescue your friends, so he will take them to Monsu Island. That's where we're headed."

"Thanks, Lance," Ash said.

"Sure," Lance said with a smile. "I have to get going, but I'll be back."

Ash and Emiko nodded, so Lance left.

A while later, Emiko and Ash were sitting on the floor, bored, when Pikachu's eyes snapped open, glowing red. Then he jumped out of Ash's arms, and started launching Electric Attacks at the walls. Emiko grabbed Ash, pulling him closer, and formed a shield around them. Lightning bolts that got too close were absorbed by the shield. Finally Pikachu stopped, and collapsed. Emiko undid the shield spell, and she and Ash ran to Pikachu. Pikachu was unconscious, and Emiko and Ash looked at each other, worried.

Suddenly they felt a bump, and Emiko said, "I think the helicopter landed."

"Maybe we'll get off soon," Ash said.

"I'll check where Lance is," Emiko said. She focused, and saw Lance following the leader of Team Magma to the ground. Another group was waiting for them.

"I think he's going to be a while," Emiko said. "He followed the leader of Team Magma out of the helicopter, and it looks like there's another group of people they're meeting with."

"Team Aqua," Ash said. "They're evil too."

Emiko was about to say something, but Pikachu's eyes were glowing red again, and this time, the Electric Attacks busted a hole in the side of the helicopter, and Pikachu jumped out.

"We can't wait around anymore," Emiko said. "I'm teleporting us out, and we're going to find Pikachu."

"Okay," Ash said. Emiko took his hand and teleported outside the helicopter.

Well, I hope you all like my new idea.