This is part of the Monmaura Series, to see the chronological order of the whole series, see my profile. Thank you.

The roar of water was heard as the river flowed through Willow Creek. Humans approached the trees surrounding the river and cut them down.

What was once a beautiful habitat for Pokemon was now a wasteland for a power plant, all because of one Pokemon that brought their freedom and liberty crashing to a hopeless state in which they were controlled by humans.

Thousands of years later, Kalos was born and the power plant was packed with workers. Then, many more years later, the Kalos Hero was born.

This story goes back to the one Pokemon that cursed his race, and why he did it...

Riptide's POV

I felt leaves get caught in my Eevee fur as I chased my older brother, Thunder. We were running through the meadow in Willow Creek.

"Rawr!" Thunder growled playfully, "I'm a Willow Creek Bandit, and you'll never catch me!".

"I bet I will, cause I'm Edward! The Guardian of Willow Creek!" I shot back.

We played like this many times, usually with our sister Pixie, but she was watching over the youngest of our litter. He was an Eevee named Lemon, but he never played with us because our mother said he was very ill and weak.

Our mother was a Flareon named Blaze, and she was the kindest Pokemon you'd ever meet. Our father was a Granbull named Pine Nose.

"I'll get you!" I growled as I lowered into a hunter's crouch, I felt my haunches wiggle before I sprung from the tall grass and took Thunder by surprise and I pinned him.

"HA! GOT YOU!" I purred in triumph. Thunder rolled his eyes and pushed me off.

"That was some nice pounce, Riptide"

"Edward!" I saw the huge Entei's figure as he strolled through the meadow.

"Where is Mira's daughters at?" Edward the Entei asked, "They play with you guys all the time".

I shrugged and Thunder looked away.

"I guess they're with the adults" Edward chuckled, "Where's your father?".

"Out hunting with Maudie and Berry" Thunder replied.

"Would you guys like to go with me on a border patrol?" Edward asked gingerly.

"YES!" We both shouted, "Should we bring Pixie?".

"Nah" Edward replied, "I was just talking to her, she was with Lemon. He's your little brother, right?".

We both nodded.

"Alright, come with me" Edward leaded me and my brother out of the meadow and into the forest.

"Lumber and Sea Coral will be coming with us" Edward explained. Thunder scowled.

"Lumber?!" Thunder protested, "He's the most conceited Pokemon in Willow Creek!".

Edward didn't reply to Thunder's stinging remark, instead he apporached a tall skinny tree and banged his paw against the bark.

"Lumber!" Edward barked, "Border patrol!".

"Perhaps Camellia is spending the night in his tree" Thunder sneered, "He'll never come out!".

"Shut up!" a huge Vigoroth snarled from the tree, "I'm coming!".

"Hurry up, Lumber" Edward hissed, "Is Camellia in there?".

"None of your business" Lumber the Vigoroth muttered.

"She totally is!" Thunder laughed.

"When are you two going to announce you're mates?" I asked rhetorically.

"We're not mates!" Lumber replied indignantly.

"Sure" Edward murmured till he saw the female Frogadier Sea Coral. He beckoned her over and she followed us as we headed towards the border of Willow Creek.

Sea Coral and Lumber flanked us as Edward leaded the way till we stopped at some small trees that bordered Willow Creek from the plains onward, in the distance was several mountains that towered over the plains's trees.

"Tall Plains" Edward whispered. On cue, Edward's brother, Ryan the Raikou, came strolling with a Furfrou and two Ekans with him.

"Brother" Ryan gave a curt nod, "Teaching the little ones how to protect these precious borders, I see?".

"Yep" Edward replied, "Beside's Blaze's litter, it seems only Mira and Ragged Wing have litters to raise".

Edward was right, there was Blaze's children, us, then Mira's daughters, and then there's Ragged Wing. He was a Charizard raising two Charmander sons, Reynard and Iguana. None of us knew who their mother was.

"I see" Ryan said, "We're currently raising five litters".

"Is Poppy having your kittens?" Edward teased. Poppy was a female Raikou in the Tall Plains.

"Actually, yes" Ryan replied with a smirk, "Our eggs hatched last week, we have three daughters: Lioness, Doe, and Jackal".

"Great" Edward gave a small purr, "Now, we shall be going".

Edward turned around, it seemed like his eyes were clouded with an unreadable emotion.

"C'mon, Riptide!" Thunder shouted behind me, "Let's go see how Felis and Dew are doing".

"Okay" I said, "Mother said we should be home before midnight, though".

"Course" Thunder chirped before racing ahead of me.

We kept running till we reached a pile of dead logs where Mira had made shelter for her daughters.

We saw her slide from a hole in the pile and greet us with dark green eyes.

"Hello, Thunder. Hello, Riptide" Mira whispered before leaving. I looked at her disappearing figure.

"What's wrong with her?" Thunder muttered, "Never mind, let's go see them!".

"Ahem, we're behind you"

Me and Thunder flipped around to see Felis with a Pidgey in her jaws while Dew had a Pichu in her's.

"Hey guys!" I said happily, I came to touch noses with Felis while Thunder gave Dew a greeting lick on the cheek.

"How are you guys?" I asked.

"Can we share that?" Thunder asked. Felis and Dew laughed.

"Typical Thunder" Dew meowed, "Always thinking about food. Here, you can share this Pichu with me".

Thunder and Dew shared the Pichu while me and Felis shared the Pidgey. I looked up to see the sun falling. Thunder nudged me.

"It's alright, Riptide. We've got plenty of time" Thunder said between chews.

I looked warily at the retreating sun...

I guess we can stay here for a few more hours...