THE BOY AND THE HO-OH

by kathlaida-princess

Summary: SEQUEL TO THE GIRL AND THE LUGIA! A chaotic world. A boy with a quest. An ancient legend. New friends. Old acquaintances. The next part of the story. What to do when you are different?

Disclaimer: The Pokémon and Friends related characters and species don't belong to me. Just characters like Karen, Daniel, Flames and the new ones ^^

Author's Notes: Hello dearest readers! It's been quite some time, I hope life has been treating you well! I surely missed writing this, and I'm glad that this story is finally beginning! I planned it to have more of everything that characterized the first one, although I will add a slightly darker tone to it, and I will surely work to accomplish this mission. I hope to meet you all again in this :D This first chapter will only be a development of the sneak peek I gave you at the end of the first story, but I hope you enjoy it still!

I think it's enough for now ^^;

Let's start!

CHAPTER 1

TOUGH BEGINNINGS

Only three more years fell upon the Pokémon World since the girl and the Lugia found love after their troubled adventure, but those three years had surely brought dramatic and terrible changes with them, affecting the whole environment around them deeply. Change came to that world by crossing the same border the two young adults did before, but it all was so sudden that people didn't have the chance to realize that something had gone wrong, irreversibly wrong…

Three years ago, there was still peace, the characteristic harmony that soothingly walked across all regions, making that world such a desirable destination, but apparently that atmosphere was frail, for it shattered far too easily.

Out of the blue, sometime after Daniel and Karen settled down, strange tragedies, random disasters, disordered accidents began happening throughout the many regions. Laboratories were robbed, houses of important people were blown up, entire criminal organizations disappeared without a trace and a temple entirely made of tin was burned down in Ecruteak, killing several monks.

Police officers combined forces to find out the reasons of that sudden surge of unfortunate events, but all of them stood completely unrelated and there were no evidences, no clues to take them wherever.

But the truth is that the situation only got worse from then on, as several of the same portals that had brought our heroes there began popping out of their hideouts in an alarming rhythm, allowing many people from the cruel and materialistic Earth to spoil and stain the beauty of the Pokémon World, sucking all the harmony out of it and replacing it with sheer mayhem. Because what better place can there be besides Kanto to hunt down adult Pikachus and sell their corpses to terrestrial collectors? Where else could you find full-grown, flame-throwing dragons like Charizard so that terrestrial people could marvel with their preserved flame, their shiny scales? Pokémon existence alone was a major ticket for those invaders and their actions.

The Pokémon Wold's inhabitants fought this rapid-spreading disease in the beginning, using all means to shut down the portals and fill their prisons to the brim with all those they could capture, but the hunters were coming along with their money, outstanding amounts of money, and corruption quickly ensued. Soon, all leaders, no matter how hard they defended their cities, fauna and flora before, fell for that monetary temptation, some even forming partnerships with the foreigners, and things got worse than ever.

More criminal organizations appeared (Team Rocket among them), Pokémon trainers almost disappeared, for even they would sell their lifetime partners for the ridiculous amount of money. That made the entire league system shut down, which brought even more misery. But the most saddening part was that a frightening amount of Pokémon species was rearing extinction. There were still very few people who helped those in need and remained pure against the chaos, but their efforts didn't seem enough to save them…

One of the endangered species was, for obvious reasons, Charizard.

Which brings us to the present moment.

Two of the few surviving Charizards were running, faster than they ever imagined they could, putting all their energy in the run. One of them, the one who would turn out to be the male, was somewhat behind the other, constantly throwing quick glances over his wings and shoulders, as if making sure that something was still far away from them. Horror was written all over his exhausted face. They had been hiding from hunters effectively for the past two years and he knew that it would all be in vain then… But there was still something he could do…

He called the Charizard in front of him, the female, with a hurried roar and then handed a small, fragile object to her when she turned to him while running. The female widened her eyes at the object as she put it around her long neck, knowing exactly what the other would do. She didn't even have enough time to say one last good-bye when her mate stopped in his tracks and went back.

She whimpered slightly and felt empty inside all of a sudden, but she just couldn't stop. Her other arm was tenderly wrapped around her most valuable possession, and she now knew that her final purpose in life was to protect it at all cost.

She kept on running, powered by this new objective, but then she heard the sound of a gun and a long, painful growl cutting through the air. The hunters had finally reached him, and she wouldn't have much time…

She kept on running, but now she could almost hear their approaching footsteps and she knew she wouldn't last much longer like that… She stopped running near some trees and put the object she had been holding there, as well as her mate's last gift around it. She hid it the best she could and she now felt prepared to face her imminent end.

Pounding the ground hard with her paws, she took flight, the thing the couple had been avoiding to stop attracting attention to them. She flew to the opposite direction she had been running to and the hunters immediately saw her, a wicked grin twisting their faces. It was far too easy for them. With the same gun, they aimed for the Fire-type's abdomen and the bullet hit with deadly accuracy. They threw a dirty cackle into the air and ran to reach the dying body, not really waiting for the beautiful creature to let out her last breath before reaching for a very special type of PokéBall from their belongings.

"What about the egg?" one of the hunters asked, noticing the absence of the precious object.

"We have two full-grown Charizards, who cares about the egg?" one of the others replied while he pressed the button in the middle of said PokéBall to increase its size.

Without further ado, he threw it to the dragon's corpse, watching it engulfing it and imprisoning it quickly. The job was done then and they left, tossing more of their disgusting cackles into the air.

Some days later, in a small building nearby, a young woman decided to go for a walk, a big wicker basket hanging from her arm. She was one of the few who still had some faith in humanity and wasn't quite afraid of being attacked in the middle of the almost-devoid-of-life forest. Besides, the building she had just left was the orphanage she worked in, and the kids certainly deserved to be presented with some fresh berries.

However, the kind girl would return with quite more than just berries, as she noticed the object the female Charizard had hidden carefully sometime throughout the walk. Curiosity made her approach it and, after taking it in her arms, she saw it was an egg and, by the color and the peculiar marks all over it, an extremely rare Charmander egg. It stood there completely unharmed, with only its shell as its last haven of innocence against the terrible world enclosing it.

But there was something else, to the young woman's great surprise. A small, regular necklace hung around it, but with the most bizarre pendant: a single feather, extremely sturdy-looking, glistening softly with the seven colors that decorate the rainbows. She could not identify the source of said feather or why it was so close to the egg but, as the optimistic soul she was, she knew she had to do something for both. She would bring the egg and the feather back to the orphanage and she would make sure it would be properly taken care of.

She placed the egg carefully in the basket with the other gatherings and went back.

Little she knew she was carrying the salvation of her world with her.

END OF CHAPTER

I know, it's very small, but that's just the first chapter (and believe me, it already has a lot of information in it!) ^^

The next one will be quite bigger, according to plans!

Still I hope it was interesting, and I hope to see you on the next one soon!

In the meantime, I still have the other Pokémon fic to update (To Where You Are).

See ya next chapter!

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