I don't own pokemon and I never will.

Prologue

The Egg and A New Friend

10 years ago…..

"But what if he sees us?" asked a small, pink and grey pokemon. It was Mesprit, the being of emotion.

"Even if he does, he cant possibly defeat all of us," replied a large, white, horse-like creature with a golden ring of sorts around it's body. It was Arceus, the Alpha pokemon. "But even so, we should have a back-up plan."

"How about you create a special egg, with a unique kind of the species of pokemon inside?" asked Mesprit.

"Hm….. I'm not completely sure…" replied Arceus.

"If no one has a better idea, it may work." said Uxie, the being of knowledge .

"I like the idea."

"As do I."

"It may be our best option."

"I see no flaws in the plan."

The four pokemon who spoke were, in order, Dialga, the being of time, Palkia, the being of space, Azelf, the being of willpower, and Giratina, the guardian of the Distortion World and the dead.

"Very well. This will be our plan B."

With that, they headed off to the Temple of Fire, to confront their enemy…

Meanwhile, Deep inside the temple…

A being much like Arceus in appearance, but purple and orange in color, was pacing around a large fire. It was Dark Arceus, the one the 7 were speaking of.

"Those 7 legendary pokemon will probably try to stop me again… I need a diversion to draw them from my plans for the next 16 years…. Maybe… Yes, of course. It is settled, I will create a dark image of a legendary pokemon to cause trouble around the land."

And so, he willed into existence, Dark Mew.

"Dark Mew. I need you to cause trouble around this land to draw the attention of Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Mesprit, Uxie, Azelf, and Arceus."

"Yes, sir."

"Do your best, and don't fail."

And with that, Dark Mew flew off to do what he was ordered.

A few hours later…..

"I still don't know how he beat all 7 of us," said Arceus.

"Neither do I, but I don't like the sound of that Dark Mew, Arceus," said Mesprit.

"It looks like it's time for plan B."

"But who will take care of it? We cant…"

"I may have an Idea." Everyone looked to the speaker. It was a small, pink, catlike pokemon. Mew.

"Follow me."

In a small town that, with concentrated psychic and dark energies, is suspended in mid air, with only one connection to the ground, there live 2 Cyndaquils. They very much would like a child, but they are also not sure whether or not they can handle one. They are Ember and Inferno Flame.

"I don't know what to do, Inferno. I want a son or daughter, but…"

"Just relax and think it over a few times, Ember. I'm sure you…"

But he was cut off by a voice from seemingly nowhere.

"Ember and Inferno Flame. I have heard of your hard decision, so I have a solution for you."

"Who's there?!? Show yourself!"

Arceus then appeared in a bright flash, and said: "Do not be alarmed. I come with a deal for you."

"……Yes?" responded both Ember and Inferno, weakly.

"I will create an egg for you. This egg will contain a special Cyndaquil, one that, once he learns to, can master all of the elements. However, his purpose will be to cause an evil image of myself to never exist. Once he does so, he will cease to exist, as well."

"…" They were both speechless.

"Do you accept my offer?"

They waited a moment. And then, "We accept."

And so, he created the egg, and left it in the care of these 2.…

7 years ago… Or, if you prefer, 3 years later…

"Okay, okay, we're here, Cyndaquil." Ember was speaking to the Cyndaquil from the egg she and Inferno had received as a gift from Arceus 3 years before. He had been asking for a long time how much longer until they got to the park. "Now go have some fun."

"Okay, mom." With that, he went and played with some of the others around the park for a few hours. It was when he was playing alone that he heard the sound. A faint sound, somewhat like crying… He followed the sound, curious as to what it may be, and found that it was, indeed, crying. It was coming from a Chikorita, with a somewhat small leaf for one of her age. And there was a Treeko, Bulbasaur, and Roselia making fun of her for it. Seeing others sad made Cyndaquil upset, but seeing others getting picked on made him angry. He started over to make them stop.

"…And I don't think it will ever be as large as it should be!" The Treeko seemed to be the leader of the small group, as he was doing the most teasing.

"Hey."

Everyone stopped. Even Chikorita. They looked to see a somewhat angry Cyndaquil staring at the Treeko, Bulbasaur, and Roselia.

"It's not very nice to pick on others."

"Hey, look pal, I don't know who you are, but this Chikorita, she's got an abnormally small leaf, and can't do everything others can. And what she can do is very weak compared to…"

"I said knock it off."

"You never said that."

"You were supposed to imply it from my last statement."

"How do we know you just want us to leave her alone so you can scorch her with a flamethrower?"

"Because A., I wouldn't do that without a reason, and B., I can't use it that well yet. So I suggest you leave before I get angry. And my mom said to try to keep from getting angry."

"Oh, yeah? Why? Will you go and call her like a baby?"

"I'm warning you."

"Shut up, fire-boy."

"THAT'S IT! You're going to regret this more than I will, and I'm already regretting it a lot."

Cyndaquil unleashed an abnormally powerful ember attack on the Roselia. It knocked her out in one shot.

The bulbasaur started, "How did you…" before getting hit by another ember of the same power. He was knocked out as well.

"That's not normal! What are you?!?!"

"I warned you. My mom says my fire powers are more powerful when I'm angry."

And then he hit Treeko with an ember, as well. When he calmed down, he went and talked to the chikorita.

"Are you okay?"

"I-I think s-so."

"Why don't you tell your mom about those bullies?"

"Because, if she found out, she wouldn't let me come here anymore."

"Well, lets go tell her."

"But…"

"I'll work something out with her. Just follow me."

And so they went and spoke with her parents. They came up with a plan that Chikorita could only go to the park if Cyndaquil could, too. And that's how Cyndaquil's egg came into existence, and how he met his best friend.

To be continued…