A/N: Okay, so one day I just got like this new fanfic idea, and I had to get it out of my head or else it'd be impossible for me to continue ideas for Forbidden Love. Anyways on top of pokemon I also like *love* Greek mythology especially the mythological creatures (lol blame Percy Jackson for getting me so addicted) I hope you guys like this story! Oh yea and I kinda made up some of the creatures. Some are also based off pokemon that I kinda messed around with. Also in the story there will be certain elements from other animes and movies. I do not own Pokemon, the mythological creatures, or other elements I added. Full summary of story below and some other stuff.

Leaf ^-^

Summary: In this world of mythological creatures there are exactly 12 tribes of people, each one having dominance over a creature. The two most highly powerful and respected tribes were the Phoenix and Dragon Tribes who are sworn enemies. Love/marriage is highly forbidden between these two tribes. What will happen when two girls from the Phoenix Tribe and two boys from the Dragon Tribe meet? Rated T just in case.

Drew and Paul: 170,000 years old

May: 165,000 years old

Dawn: 150,000 years old

Twelve Tribes

Dragon

Phoenix

Gryffin

Hippocampi

Sea Serpent

Pegasus

Unicorn

Nine tailed Fox

Snowy Tiger

Millennial Aldabroise

Luniron

Dakalune

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Prologue

Two figures covered in the shadows slowly glided through a dark hallway, the gentle rustle of their clothes the only sound in the dead silent atmosphere. They were currently in a long forgotten and abandoned temple. Its ancient but strong brown walls seemed to be crumbling, and locks of ivy were crawling up every corner. However, it was still intact and was protected from most elements, if not all. The duo kept on walking, taking twists and turns through the maze-like hallways until they reached a tall wall. It looked plain, and could have been mistaken for any other wall in the temple. The second figure raised its hand and CRASH! came a loud boom as the wall was blasted apart, revealing an empty room with brown walls that were still in perfect condition. A single milky-white pedestal rested quietly in the center.

"Do you really think this is right?" the first figure asked anxiously, stepping over the fallen stones. .

The second figure grunted, "The time has come."

"The power is too strong...what if it lands in the wrong hands?"

"Fate will have its way." After a long silence, the first figure finally nodded its head. Both slowly opened their clenched hands to reveal magnificent jewels that glimmered like the brightest stars.

"In the name of the powers of seven within thee, conceal the secrets hidden by eternity," they chanted. The jewels slowly rose and floated into the pedestal. A deep rumbling began shaking the temple before darkness suddenly caped over the place.

"Our work is done," the second figure whispered before vanishing into thin air along with the first figure.

Chapter 1:

(May's POV)

I sat in my dressing room, where fiery red walls were painted pictures of phoenixes with such skill, they seemed to fly away. A soft tinkle of bells echoed across the room, and I looked up. I smiled softly and pressed a button to open a sky window above me, allowing a magnificent red bird to gracefully fly in. Her fiery red wings glinted in the sun as they spread to their maximum length: ten feet-and yet still growing each passing day. The golden crown of its head shone and its long tail trailed behind as it slowly descended. I ran over, practically tripping over my dress, and tumbled into the phoenix.

"You're back, Flare!" I cried and gave the giant bird a hug, ignoring the flames still flickering around it.

'Yeah,' Flare chirped, preening her feathers as the last of the flames swirling around her died down. 'What's with the dress?'

I rolled my eyes, "How many times have I told you? Today is the Millennial Convention of the 12 tribes that happens every a thousand years during the winter solstice."

'Oh, that thing,' I could hear her thinking. 'I heard that there's delicious food there.'

I giggled before twirling around once. "Do you like my dress?" The phoenix cocked its head, studying the garment. It was a long, sleeveless red dress that seemed to shimmer like fire every time I moved. The top was made of a tight fitting fabric that hugged my curves perfectly. Below the hips, the dress flared out and swished around me. My brown hair hung down and curled in perfect locks that draped over my shoulders.

'Looks pretty,' Flare chirped before returning to preen her feathers. I smiled and went back down to sit at my table. Looking in the mirror, I put on the final accessory, the Phoenix tribe's Princess Crown, a red headband with nine phoenix tail feathers attached to it that flowed down over the back of my head, acting like the crown of a phoenix. I felt Flare's steady gaze on my back. "What...?" I piped up.

'Doesn't look like a regular dress that people in this tribe would wear.'

"Yea, but since it's a special occasion Queen Asuna, made us dress in more formal dresses," I answered as I studied my hair.

I should go check on Dawn, I thought quietly to myself . I picked up my dress so that I wouldn't trip on the hem and walked quickly over to the door.

"I'll be back in a flash!" I called to Flare before striding across the hallway to another dressing room.

"Dawn!" I called, poking my head into her room. "Are you ready?"

"EEEK!" I heard a shriek from inside. I shook my head knowingly before walking in and closing the door behind me.

"AAAHHH!" Dawn screamed as she furiously brushed her hair. I walked over and looked at her dress. It was a rose red single-sleeve dress that drifted past her ankles. There was a slit on the left side up to her mid thigh, showing off her legs.

"Maayy!" Dawn whined, "My hair won't stay down!" I laughed at her phoenix, Aurora, who was sitting on the side looking rather annoyed with her partner at the moment. I grabbed her long comb before running it through her silky, dark blue hair and quickly pulled it into a loose, low ponytail with strands of hair framing her face. I then gently slipped her crown onto her head.

"Thanks, sis! You're the best." Dawn beamed. I giggled before slipping back into my own room.

Technically, Dawn and I aren't sisters. Well, not biological ones. We're only sisters because we are both possible heirs to the throne of the Phoenix Tribe. Our queen, Flannery Asuna, chose us out of the thousands of young girls who participated in the Emberdia Game Event. The Emberdia Game was a tournament that happened once every hundred years. It acted as a tracker for your mentors and parents to see how much you improved. Girls would go through a series of tests that involve mental and physical tests ranging from obstacle fields to trekking through the jungles for three days on end to solving riddles. There was a special Emberdia game every time the current queen reached three hundred thousand years. That year, the Queen must choose two girls that participated in the tournament to become her successors. Once the Queen decides to step down from her throne or something sudden happens, then the two successors would compete in another event to determine who would rule the Phoenix Tribe and who would become the leader of the Twelve Council, a council who helped make decisions for the tribe with the Queen.

Loud knocks on the door snapped me out from my train of thoughts. "May!" I heard Queen Asuna's voice call. "We're leaving in a couple of minutes! Have you completed your preparations?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" I shouted back. I spun around to the door and beckoned for Flare to follow me. I stepped out and beamed at Queen Asuna. Like always, she was dressed elegantly and had an aura of pride. Her red dress had sleeves that hung off the side of her shoulders while swaying around her loosely. Around her arms was a decorative shawl embroidered with flames. Her fiery red hair matched perfectly with the whole outfit.

I briskly walked through the halls until I reached the unloading area, located at the top of Mount Erena, a large active volcano. Normally, our tribe doesn't live in volcanoes. Yes, we lived around them and worshipped them, but we only meet inside them when special occasions needed to be discussed, such as the Millennial Convention of the 12 Tribes. The Millennial Convention was formed hundreds of millions of years ago when our ancestors concluded that they needed a time to gather in peace. During this time, fighting and argument were forbidden, or else you would suffer the consequence of exile for your whole tribe. This meeting was probably the only time in a year that all the twelve tribes could meet up and talk about many subjects, like droughts, food shortage, wars...you get the flow. Any other time in the year, peace talks are impossible.

I looked around, staring at the hundreds people who were going to accompany us to the meeting. Being one of the largest tribes, more members were required to attend. I slowly led Flare up the steps to the take-off area where a person was already calling out role-call.

"May Haruka and Alona Flare!" the woman boomed. "Here," I screamed halfway across the crater, hoping fervently that I was heard. Every person in the Phoenix Tribe had two names, their birth name and their spiritual name. Your spiritual name was given to you when you bonded with your phoenix for the first time. That is also when you learn your phoenix's full name. Flare's full name is Alona Flare, and from her, I learned my spiritual name, Haruka.

"Dawn Hikari and Fiorala Aurora!"

"Here!" I heard a shrill voice respond as Dawn ran up panting with Aurora soaring above her. Following behind was Queen Asuna, walking gracefully with her dress and shawl billowing behind her. "All are here," she proclaimed, and then leaped onto her phoenix. Everybody in the party followed suit. I excitedly leaped onto Flare in one motion after many years of practice. Everyone crowded to the edge of the volcano in preparation.

"Take off!" I heard. I gripped Flare's back excitedly as, one by one the phoenixes lept off the rim in quick succession. As Flare hurtled down the surface of the volcano with her wings and legs tucked close to her body, I leaned down in order to keep myself from experiencing the pressure of the turbulence and to allow us to be as streamlined as possible. Suddenly, a pair of wings snapped out as Flare detected a rising current of warm air. In the snap of a second, I had gone from seeing the foot of the volcano to viewing ahead at the blue sky, the sun, and the horizon. I smiled wide and sat up straight as Flare gently rode from one air current to another, preserving energy. The thrill of riding a phoenix never left me, even though I had started phoenix-riding when I was eight. Sitting on top of a magnificent red bird, you could feel the silky feathers on its back and the powerful muscles rippling when she beat her wings. As Flare soared higher into the sky, I could feel the rising sun giving off its strength and its glow. The Phoenix Tribe got its power from the sun, the symbol of fire and life. It also made a phoenix's feathers a very special hue of red, one that is iridescent and unmatched in nature. I gently steered Flare to the left, following Queen Asuna as we flew towards Ennead Forest, home of the Nine-Tailed Tribe.

(Still May's POV)

I could feel Flare's happiness as she soared over the Ennead Forest, rumored to be the most beautiful place in the world. The rumor wasn't too far off from the truth; even though it was already the winter solstice, all the leaves on the trees were a healthy shade of green. If you swooped closer, you could see crystal clear waterfalls and brooks running through the forest. I heard a sound similar to wind chimes emitting from Flare; she was content. 'It's so pretty,' I heard in my head. I smiled before gently steering Flare towards a giant sycamore tree located in the center of a clearing in the heart of the forest. Under the tree was a stage along with tables piled with refreshments. I could tell that six of the twelve tribes had already arrived and were chattering excitedly.

A sudden hush fell over the groups as all the phoenixes hovered over the ground without letting a single feather disturb the dirt. Their passengers leapt off gracefully. Queen Asuna quickly walked over to Dawn and me. "I expect both of you to be on your best behavior," she whispered softly so that only Dawn and I could hear. "Dawn, don't bounce and skip around so much. May, don't trip or stuff yourself with food." My face turned slightly red at this statement, but I quickly composed myself and instructed Flare to fly up in the sky, sensing her urge of exploring the skies. Then, I quickly fell in three steps behind Queen Asuna as she began walking towards the center where the seven tribes currently here were waiting. I quickly scanned my eyes over them, trying to remember who was who. Erika Chiharu Azalea: leader of the Nine-Tailed Fox Tribe, Brock Suevite Takeshi: leader of the Millenial Aldabroise Tribe, Cynthia Shirona: leader of the Snowy Tiger Tribe, Sabrina Natsume: leader of the Dakalune Tribe, Falkner Hayato Wings: leader of the Gryffin Tribe, Jasmine Mikan Ginseng: leader of the Unicorn Tribe, and Winona Nagi Skies: leader of the Pegasus Tribe.

I saw Erika Chiharu Azalea step forward and give a bow slightly. "Welcome, Flannery Asuna, to my tribe's home, Ennead Forest." Dawn and I bowed along with Queen Asuna. Then the other leaders began talking and a slight nod from Queen Asuna indicated that we were free to go. I quickly walked over to the refreshment table.

One of the customs that had sprung up through all these Millennial Convention were that each tribe was to bring a few dishes of some of their traditional food each time. Those were saved for later after all the talks, but I had heard others say there was always a few snacks out provided by the tribe hosting the meeting that year. On the table were huge plates of seasoned shiitake mushrooms, dried fruits, a pink liquid with raspberries floating on top, and something wrapped in banana leaves in the shape of a three sided pyramid. I quickly walked over and gingerly took one of the banana leaf wrapped substances and unwrapped it. Inside was a small mound of sweet rice with almonds and raisins. Noting the fact that people were watching, I took small bites and made my way to the edge of the crowd. Through my emotional link with Flare, I felt her flying and chattering with a gryffin, enjoying the warmth of the sun.

This was my first time at a Millennial Convention. Regular members of each tribe could attend once they reached the age of 200,000. As a successor, though, I was allowed to come when I was only 150,000. I wanted to wait for Dawn to come too, so instead I spent a lot of those years visiting the different tribes and learning from them. I had already visited most of the tribes and planned on visiting the rest sometime soon.

I quickly scanned my eyes over the crowd and spotted Dawn talking to Yellow Isayu of the Unicorn Tribe. I smiled, remembering my studies with that tribe. Yellow had been especially friendly and welcoming to me. Suddenly I felt everybody's gaze shift towards the west. A resounding roar sounded through the skies, indicating more tribes were arriving. Through the trees I could the Tribe of Luniron streaking towards the clearing. Behind them, I saw the Hippocampi and Sea Serpent Tribes riding on small waves floating in the sky. While everybody was distracted, I quickly stole over to the table and took a small cup of the pink liquid.

I had never wanted to come to these dreadsome meetings in the first place because I couldn't be like everybody else. During this time of temporary peace, each member of a tribe could mingle regularly between the different tribes. But as for me, people look at me in...let's just say, in respect. They either try to avoid me as much as possible, are told by their parents to talk to me, or are just talking to me so their tribe can be on "better terms" with the Phoenix Tribe since we are one of the strongest tribes in the land. Even when they do talk to me, it's polite and courteous, calling me by my full name and never raising their voice. Add on to the fact that my tribe is very big on greetings and manners, I've found it impossible to have a normal conversation even with people around my age. This leads to the fact that even though I had traveled a lot for the past years, I didn't have a lot of friends...

I suddenly felt an arm rest lightly on my right shoulder and somebody poke me playfully in the side. I whirled around quickly and spotted a head of messy black hair and another head of ginger hair.

"Satoshi! Kasumi!" I cried before giving each of them a hug. Ash Satoshi of the Sea Serpent Tribe and Kasumi Misty Waterflower of the Hippocampi: two people I could truly talk to. Maybe it's just the fact that both of their tribes were generally laid back and not that big on formalities. I had loved my time with the Hippocampi Tribe, and the Sea Serpent Tribe usually traveled all over the place, but I did have the great fortune to meet some of them during my stay with the Hippocampi, which is where I met Ash. As I quickly talked to them and caught up with what they had been doing for the last few thousand years, I looked around and saw that only one tribe was still not present. Of course, it was the Dragon Tribe...who always thought they were so superior, so much stronger, so much more cunning, hah as if! They were nothing more than mere weaklings who tried to intimidate people with their so called "power and strength". Complete disgrace those men brought to the world...

"May? May?...MAY!?" I jumped and saw that Misty and Ash were looking at me worriedly.

"Sorry, Kasumi," I smiled earnestly, "I've had a lot on my mind lately." I felt Misty give me a smack on the head. "Oww, what was that for?!"

"How many times must I tell you?! Call us by our first names, not our spiritual ones!"

"Sorry," I mumbled. "Instinct."

"Yew Feeenix pweble meh tooo pwelish awll dee thyimes," I turned around and laughed at Ash who was currently stuffing his face with three of those banana wrapped rice balls.

"ASH!" Misty screamed. Her face was red like a tomato. "Is that any way for a successor of the Sea Serpent Tribe to act?"

I raised my eyebrow questioningly. "When did you become successor, Ash?" Ash swallowed and gave a big thumbs up, "Not long after you left from your visit to the Hippocampi. Queen Clair decided it was about time that she started teaching everything she knew to a new successor."

"Congratulations!" I cheered, bouncing up slightly before quickly smoothing out my dress and looking around nervously.

"The dragons are coming," Misty softly whispered, gesturing towards the sky. I felt my body tense up before I forced it relax. Flare sent me an image of the tribe and their dragons. Dragons were majestic creatures, I admit, but they would never match up to the beauty and grace of a phoenix. Especially not with trainers THEY had. The constant chattering in the clearing a minute ago immediately dropped into dead silence as the Dragon Tribe began their descent. I located Dawn a little off to the right and saw that she was standing near Zoey, one of our tribe members, who was glaring daggers at the group. I turned back and studied the dragon in the lead. It was the dragon of the King, Lance Wataru of the Ocean Depth. I would never understand why people of the Dragon Tribe had such long names or even why we had to learn about them.

"Complete waste of time," I mumbled quietly.

"What?" Ash asked rather loudly in the silence, so that everybody turned around to look at us. My face turned slightly red and I shifted my gaze back to the leader's dragon. It was a beautiful shade of green with a sea green mane. Behind him were two boys whose faces caught my eyes. One had an expression as hard as stone with purple hair like the summer plums, and the other seemed to look down at all us as inferiors, though HE was the one who had ridiculous green hair, which had the gorgeous shade akin to the one belonging to the leaves still growing in Ennead Forest. I narrowed my eyes...everybody in the Dragon Tribe were wearing capes, and as King Wataru dismounted from his dragon and walked over to greet the other leaders, he swept his cape behind him as the two boys followed.

"I apologize for my clan for arriving late," King Wataru bowed low, "but now that we've arrived, let the meeting begin!" he bellowed raising a fist in the air. Various cheers echoed through the crowd, though the Phoenix Tribe remained silent. I took a deep breath and followed Misty and Ash towards the front near the stage as all the leaders mounted it.

Queen Chiharu stepped forward and began, "I would first like to thank all of you for granting my tribe the great honor of hosting the Millennial Convention this year. It is a pleasure to see all of us gathered here on this fine day in peace and harmony. As for my tribe, we have recently had an issue with drou..." As the speeches continued, each tribe leader going up and updating everybody on their situations, I felt my attention slowly dragging away. Instead, I found myself focusing on the two boys from the Dragon Tribe. Their faces were blank, impassionate, unreadable, like a dead fire.

'Haruka,' I heard Flare's voice, "why are you looking at those two boys?' I smiled. I had forgotten that Flare and my thoughts were connected.

'I think they are the successors of the Dragon Tribe Flare. They look so cold and unfriendly, like...the whole tribe itself.'

'Yea, up here their dragons are just talking amongst themselves-not like anybody is going to talk to them anyways.' I covered my mouth to stop myself from laughing as I felt Flare sneering at a group of dragons. My attention immediately snapped back to the stage when I heard Queen Asuna say, "And now, for a special presentation! This year, we have something of interest. All successors from the different tribes are present."

"May we ask all of them to come up here?" Queen Clair Ibuki of the Sea Serpent Tribe stated. I slowly walked up the stairs and padded over to where Dawn was standing. Then all the leaders made us say a short introduction about ourselves. The things that grown-ups do...I already knew most of these people, but some of them were new to me. Lyra Kotone Willow: successor of the Nine-tailed, Silver Shruike: successor of the Dakalune, Jimmy Kenta: successor of the Luniron, and those two guys from the Dragon tribe, Drew Shuu of the Rising Waves and Paul Shinji of the Tidal Currents. Once everybody finished introducing themselves, that kid named Drew suddenly stepped forward.

"If you may excuse me so kindly," he said, flashing a smile at the audience before flipping his hair. I could have sworn half of the girls in the clearing swooned. "I," he proclaimed, swinging around and pointing his finger towards Dawn and me, "challenge you to a duel of Venex."

A/N: For anybody that reads this story could you suggest a good title for this? or if you think that it should just stick with "Firebird" and dun dun dun cliffy dont worry the second chapter is coming up soon.

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Leaf ^-^