Rebirth of a Hero

Author's note: Hello everyone, Selene-daughter of the sea here. Now, I know you all are tired of me continuously making a new story without updating my other ones, but this one has been bouncing around in my head for several days now.

Anyway, I would like feedback on this, as this is my first Pokémon story, though I will soon put up another one as I'm answering a challenge from another author. Oh, and for their first life names, I will be using their Japanese names, so as not to cause any confusion. I hope you all enjoy Rebirth of a Hero.

Key:

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

~Pokémon translation~

"Speech through Aura"

Dreams

Disclaimer: I don't own!

Chapter 1~

Dreams

Dream sequence: In a brightly lit room, that provided a view of the surrounding city, sat a young 12-year-old boy, with wild black hair, and warm brown eyes. Next to him was a Pikachu, who was looking at his friend with worry. The boy was the Crown Prince of Pokélantis, Satoshi, and he was busy writing in a small journal, eyes furrowed in concentration.

"I'm fine, Pikachu. It's just; the dreams are starting to get more worrisome." Satoshi said, looking up and smiling slightly at his partner.

"Pikapi, Pika, Pikachu?" ~Satoshi, are you sure? ~ Pikachu asked.

Satoshi smiled. "I'm sure my friend. Besides, it's almost time for the ceremony for the ones that will be picked to train as an Aura Guardian. I was sought out as well, but father refused. Even Wataru, who is the heir of the Dragon clan, was allowed to be chosen as a Dragon Tamer, but father refuses to think that there could be something that I could do to help people besides just make rules and decrees." Satoshi said, standing up from the desk.

Pikachu jumped on his shoulder, rubbing his cheek against Satoshi's.

"Thanks, my friend." He said, heading for the door. As he got ready to open it, a blue-haired, blue-eyed girl in a white dress flew through it, hugging him.

"Satoshi, you're almost late." The girl, his older half-sister Ibuki admonished. "Your father sent me to get you." The two shared the same mother, but Ibuki's father had died when she was young, and thus Satoshi's father brought her to the palace to be raised when he had fallen in love with her mother.

"Sorry, Ibuki, I just had to write down that dream and some other things." Satoshi said, patting her head as they headed to the throne room for the ceremony.

It was one of the biggest events of the year, with 7 youth chosen by an Aura guardian and then, before their training would begin, the ceremony that would bring forth their partner Pokémon. It was most often a Togetic for girls and a Meinfoo for the boys. Rarely, if the person was thought to be strong enough by aura itself, a Riolu would appear. That hadn't happened in several years though. With the training they received, the Pokémon, most often, would evolve to their next stage, making the bond they had with their human companion even stronger.

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Satoshi sighed, watching as the six candidates were lined up in the middle of the room as he and Ibuki headed to where their father sat on his throne. Satoshi was supposed to have been out there as well, but his father had refused, thus he was stuck watching from the sidelines.

"Come on, Satoshi, it's not all that bad." A voice said from beside them. Ibuki and Satoshi looked to their left and beamed.

"Wataru," Ibuki cried, hugging her cousin. "You made it." She said.

"Hello, Wataru." Satoshi said, nodding his head slightly.

"Princess Ibuki, Prince Satoshi." Wataru said, lips twitching as he nodded hello.

"Enough of that, you don't have to call us by our titles, Cousin." Satoshi said, laughing slightly.

"I know, I just do it to tease you." He said. Wataru was tall, with shoulder length red hair and black eyes. As the next head of the Clan, he wore the heir symbol along with his outfit that stated him as a Dragon Tamer.

"Wish you were out there, Satoshi?" He asked, nodding to the candidates.

"Of course, but you know how my father is. He refused to let me be picked." Satoshi said, sighing.

Pikachu 'chaa'ed in agreement, shaking his head.

"I'm sure he had a good reason, Satoshi, but you never know. Something could happen in the next few minutes that takes the decision right out of his hands." Wataru said, smiling at the prince.

"Maybe," Satoshi said. He sighed as all the speeches were finished and the head of the Guardians stepped forward, his staff in his hand (a/n: it's the same staff used by Sir Aaron in the movie 'Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'). He raised the staff and a bright light came forth, splitting into seven separate entities.

Satoshi blinked then counted the lights again. "Am I seeing things?" He asked Ibuki.

Ibuki looked where he was and gasped, her eyes widening. "Someone must not have been picked up but was still chosen," she said, looking at Wataru.

Wataru nodded, seeing the same thing as well. "Not just that," he said, "but one of the candidates were deemed strong enough that their partner is a Riolu."

The king's gaze looked to where they were looking, as each of the candidates were paired up with their partners. Soon, only the Riolu was left, and it was looking around, trying to find its partner. "What is the meaning of this?" he asked the head Guardian.

"I do not know, my king. It appears that his partner is not among the candidates." The guardian said, bowing his head slightly. "Perhaps we should let him head to where his chosen is."

The king nodded, and with that, the Riolu took off, looking through the crowd.

"It seems you were right, Wataru," Satoshi said. "Something did happen."

Wataru glared at him as the Riolu headed for them. The crowd began to murmur as they realized that a royal had been chosen. Satoshi didn't realize what was happening until he felt something pull on his pant legs and he looked down to see the Riolu staring at him.

The king stood from his throne, furious. "No! I refuse to let my heir train to be a guardian," he said, moving forward to try and move Satoshi away from the Riolu.

"It would be of no use, sire. The boy has been chosen. Not even you can go against the will of aura," the guardian said, putting a hand on the king's shoulder.

The king looked at him then sighed. "Fine, but he will still be trained to take my place when I die."

"Of course, my king."

Satoshi couldn't believe his ears. "Really, father?" he asked, hopeful.

"Not even I'm stupid enough to go against the will of aura. Just train hard and bring honor to our family name." he said.

Satoshi's eyes lit up and he hugged his father. "Thank you," he said. Letting go of his father, Satoshi started walking to where the other candidates were, but before he could reach them, he fell to the ground, clutching his head.

"Satoshi!" Ibuki screamed. Her tear-stained face was the last thing he saw before it all went black.

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Ash sat up in her bed, sweat pouring off her brow as her partner Pikachu fell off her chest onto her lap. 'There was that dream again,' he thought, wiping her forehead. She'd been having odd dreams lately, one's of him as a prince of an old kingdom and some of her friends and family were there as well. She turned on the light on the desk next to her bed and stood up, stretching.

'I need to stop drinking hot chocolate before bed,' she thought as she padded out of the room and headed down to the kitchen to get a drink of water. Sipping the water, she looked out the window at the stars. She had just returned from her journey in the Unova region, managing to become the runner up this time.

She sighed, wishing she could tell her friends the truth, that she was actually a girl instead of the boy they thought her to be. Only those in Pallet Town, Iris, N, and Cilan knew the truth, though the last three only knew as she had jumped in between the two legendary dragons of Unova, Reshiram and Zekrom, to try and stop them. She was still recovering from that, and thus, Cilan and Iris decided to join him, as well as getting some experience for their training.

"Ash?" A voice asked.

Ash turned and saw Cilan standing in the doorway to the kitchen, rubbing his eyes.

"Sorry if I woke you, Cilan," she said, placing her empty glass in the sink.

"It's okay. I just needed a drink of water myself. I guess I'm just not used to the difference yet," Cilan said as he headed for the sink. "What woke you up?"

"I had one of those dreams again," she said. The dreams had started soon after she was released from the hospital and had gotten more confusing.

Cilan nodded. "I see, well try and get some more sleep. From what I hear, we're headed to Rota tomorrow and I heard the place is amazing."

"It is, don't worry about that. I can show you guys around," Ash agreed as she headed back to her room. "Night Cilan," she said, before she disappeared.

"Night Ash," Cilan said softly before he headed back to the guest room he had been given.

Author's note: Whoo! There's the first chapter of my story, and let me tell you, that was harder than I thought it would be. I have honestly never written a Pokémon story before and thus I want your opinions. Let me know what you think and what could be better. I will also answer any questions you might have. Also, this Pokélantis is an older one than what appeared in the show. This one has the same history as Atlantis, which sank beneath the waves to never be seen again. Hope you like and adieu!

~Selene – daughter of the sea