Subject: [PW!] A walk on the beach Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 19:43:05 GMT From: Worry <Not@acceping.today> Organization: RoadRunner - Triad Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Becky wandered the beach on Cianwood, looking for shells and with a sharp eye out for wild pokemon. Dbu had let himself out of his pokeball, apparently eager for more training, and as Becky had nothing better to do at the moment, she decided that she would give him the chance. The Shiny Unown would have a long way to go before becoming a strong battler, so any chance would train with him would be good. As Dbu floated beside the teen aged black belt, waiting for a wild pokemon to appear, he sent his mind back to his home. The Ruins were quiet, the doorway still shut. He hadn't expected any different, as he was one of the keys to opening it. All 26 of his brethren would be required when it was time. But there did exist another way to access the power that the doorway shut off. Dbu and his fellow Unown were supposed to be guardians of that vast power. A Psychic pool of almost unlimited energies. And unlimited potential. If utilized by the wrong entity, there was enough power behind that door to snuff out the sun and rend the planet. If those energies were tapped, nothing would be beyond the power of the creature that controlled it. Time itself could be made to stop for the entire universe. It had last been opened over two thousand years ago. Alph had been a vast city then, filled with technological wonders not seen in the world since. The humans that built the city were happy and prosperous. Alph the city had covered almost all of Johto. The people enjoyed all the benefits of advanced society. Food was replicated by machines, so no person went hungry. They had even begun to venture beyond the world, out into the void of space in vast ships the size of Goldenrod city. But then the greedy one came. He had successfully fulfilled the Quest and was given access to the Power. Alph had come to ruin in a single moment. His first wish was that the Great City be cleansed from the earth. As soon as the last syllable had left his lips, the buildings all vanished. Thousands perished as the vast skyscrapers winked out of existence, leaving them sitting laying or standing in mid-air allowed only one look of surprise before gravity took hold and dragged them down to the bare earth. The Greedy one's second wish was that all the knowledge in and of the great city would reside in him alone. In that instant, only he knew the technological wonders that had existed. Scientist who had spent lifetimes creating things like the teleportation pods that made transportation in the great city easy and instantaneous, or the medical robots that could cure any disease within a single day, these great minds were wiped clean of their science. All over the world, people forgot the name of the great city. In space, where the city sized ships explored, the knowledge of Alph was wiped from both the people and the computers. The way home was forever lost in the process. Only the Greedy one possessed the knowledge then. For that was the source of his greed. Not wealth, not women, not even immortality. Simply that he be the only one to possess the knowledge, the wonders that man had created in the great city. Once he possessed that knowledge, he made his final wish to protect it. His final wish was that the entire world be returned to the state it was before Alph came to be. When he uttered that wish, that final wish, the world underwent a transformation. Of course, Technology hadn't existed only in Alph, the rest of the world shared in that bounty. But in an instant, it all simply ceased to exist. Five hundred years of history vanished between the taking of one breath and the next. Cities, minuscule in comparison to Alph but not insubstantial in their own right ceased to be. Where they stood, forests and fields took their place. Men that had been thinking of the safest way to split the atom for power suddenly found themselves wondering what to plant for the new season. They were completely unaware of the change the world had undergone. That is not to say that the hands of time were turned back, however. The Greedy Ones wish hadn't asked for that. In space, the City Ships were unaffected by this wish, because the wish had been for the world alone. The final fate of those were not known to the Unown. However, there was a terrible toll, even if the humans of the world didn't know. In addition to the cities of the world all vanishing, a goodly portion of the population had ceased to exist as well. Before Alph, before cities and technology, the world was much less densely populated, so the numbers of humans had to be adjusted to fulfill the wish. At the same time, pokemon and animal populations were doubled, and in some cases tripled. With his wishes fulfilled, the Greedy One took his leave of the Ruins. The power was once more shut away and the Unown once more assumed the guardianship. The Unown were the only ones not effected by the changes inflicted upon the world. They were devastated by the changes wrought. But they could do nothing. They did, however, resolve to try and undo what had been done. Over years the Unown met and discussed what had happened. The idea began to form of controlling the next person that tried to complete the Quest. However, over the centuries, the Idea became perverted. The goal was still to control the next Quester, but no longer was it to undo what had been done. Instead, the focus shifted as individuals thought about how to use that vast power. Of course Dbu and his brethren hadn't been alive for this. Unown aren't immortal, they age and die just as all other creatures. It took centuries, generations, but the Collective of normal Unown and the 26 Guardians decided it was at last time to act. Seizing the opportunity provided when a group of humans had accidentally broken into the chamber of the Unown, they had set the Quest in motion once more. Dbu himself didn't think it right that those entrusted with the Guardianship should seek to control the Power. He intended to let the person who completed the Quest make the wishes they wanted too. But in order to do that, he would have to become stronger. His Brethren were banding together and becoming more powerful with every passing day. The stronger of them influencing the weaker. He would have to become as strong as he could if he were to oppose them. And until he did, he would have to avoid becoming a part of a collective himself. Thus he had caused to be created the Dark ball that would shield his presence from his brethren. "Look Double You!" Becky interrupted his thoughts. "A Corsola! Time to get some training in." Dbu ooked to where the girl was pointing and saw a pink shelled pokemon struggling up the beach. He prepared himself for battle. "Listen, Double You." The girl said. "I can't keep calling out Hidden Power during battle. Since that is the only attack you will ever know, I will just call out either 'Attack' or 'Dodge' When I call out Dodge, try and avoid whatever attack the other pokemon is sending at you. When I call out attack, use your hidden power. Got it?" The Shiny Unown bobbed up and down to indicate his understanding. He could have just answered the affirmative into the girl's mind, but she didn't yet know that aspect of his power. Dbu sped off towards the Corsola before it could get away. The Corsola saw him coming and turned towards him. "Cor? <Yes>" "Un own own unown un <I am sorry, but I must battle you.>" Dbu responded The Corsola's eyes narrowed and it looked more aggressive. Dbu prepared his hidden power and was about to unleash it when Becky's voice cried out "Dodge!" Almost to late, Dbu noticed the spikes on the Corsola's shell were glowing. He began dodging the spikes that shot out from Corsola's shell, managing to avoid all but one. In pain, but not yet out of the fight, Dbu released his Hidden Power, controling the rapidly spinning balls so that all six hit their target The force spun the Corsola rapidly in place, and it came to a rest dizzy. "Attack again!" Becky called out, taking advantage. Once more Dbu unleashed his attack and scored on the Corsola, this time fainting it. "Good job!" Becky called out and Dbu felt himself flush unexpectedly at the praise. He decided that fate had dealt him a good hand when allowing the girl to accidentally capture him. -- Worry's first SIG sig file ------------------------------------------------------------------ *"It takes a Worried man to sing a Worried song..." 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