Novien Adventures: Phoenix Rising

[Mizagium]

Tyler ended up tagging along with Janie while trying to comprehend the plot going on right now.

"So... those are quite the cast of characters we seem to have stumbled upon in Roi Rill, huh?"

[Calefrun]

(why did novien change sections?)

[Mizagium]

(Since it is based on a preexisting franchise and not owned by us, I have decided to call it "interactive fanfiction", since that is essentially what it is.

[Razgat]

Janie laughed and began leading him to the beach. "Yeah, it was too much for me to keep up with, so I just closed shop early. By the way, we're heading to my secret base. What your about to see is strictly confidential."

Mary nodded along to what Janie said, trying to act serious. She ran ahead of them to the far side of the beach where there was a small, wooden boat tied to a tree trunk. Janie untied it and began pushing it into the water. "I don't have any strong water pokemon, actually Mary is my only pokemon, but maybe someday I won't have to use this boat anymore. It's too dangerous to swim there."

She hopped into the boat when it was in the water and turned to Tyler. "Hop in."

[Xero]

Michael was getting a little bored waiting for Wesley. The music was great and all, but it just wasn't the same without the rest of the band. He wondered where the rest of the famous rock band could be. With a shrug, he scribbled a note, handed it to Scar, and had the little Treecko crawl up to the stage and give the note to Aristar to give to Wes. It said,

Sorry, Wes. I've really got to go. I've got this feeling something is going on around here that needs to be stopped. Hopefully I'll see you around and I can listen to your music another time. But until then, good luck with your music and with Aristar! ~Michael

When Scar returned to Michael, Michael turned away from the stage and headed off in the direction the mysterious Vinn character had gone. Xero flew beside him, and Scar tagged along at his heel. Michael decided Breeze had had enough rest and could use some fresh air, so he pulled his Pokéball from his belt and pressed the button to let Breeze out. The Tailow popped out in a beam of red energy and was soon flying high above them, scouting out the area.

Of all the characters Michael had met today, Wes and Janie seemed to be the most friendly — both toward humans and toward Pokémon. They let their Pokémon roam freely when they wanted to, and they treated them well. And they seemed to get along well with others, as did Mary and Aristar. But the other three people... The shady ones who always appeared to be up to no good...

Michael shifted his backpack to better support its weight and clicked a button in his running shoes. He had to see what Vinn was up to in that shipwreck. And soon.

[Xelwes]

Wes finished his show with his newest song. He hated to see his new friend go, but there was a thing about being friends, you usually caught up with each other at sometime. Shinx rested on his head throughout the whole show. After the whole after show crowd had left Wes left and retrieved his fallen bike. He zoomed back towards Burlain City. Maybe if he was lucky he could catch a Flying type and fly over to Snowpoint.

[Myrdraxxis]

Vinn strode back down the coast, tossing one of his new pokeballs in his left hand as he went. Today's raid was successful and he had said his goodbyes to team (SAVAGENEGROBEAST!) and headed home, Zen sitting on his shoulder as usual.

Along the way he passed those two people...Tyler and that girl from the stand that didn't sell food. He ignored them and continued on.

Then he stopped suddenly.

SHould he have put up a security in that shipwreck? He had found all the information he needed, but Vinn couldnt shake the feeling that something was about to go wrong some how. THinking quickly Vinn spun around and headed back toward the shipwreck.

[Xero]

Michael reached the beach just outside of Roi Rill Port fairly quickly. He sent Breeze to gather vines from the woods while Xero and Scar went to gather wood for a raft. While they were gone, Michael sat on a rock and tossed stones into the water, watching the waves ripple outward. Suddenly, one of Michael's pebbles stopped short in the water with a clunk. It had hit something. Something rose out of the water with a large lump on its head. It was a Horsea. But this Horsea looked different from most: it had black and white squares on the top of its head, making it look like a chess or checkers board.

Michael whistled loudly, calling for Xero. "Xero! Scar! Breeze!"

The Horsea glared at Michael. Angrily, the Horsea shot a Water Gun at Michael, hitting him in the face. Michael made a gurgling noise as the water filled his nose and mouth. He dropped to the ground to avoid the Water Gun and scrambled to grab something from his backpack. Horsea puffed out his cheeks and spit Acid at Michael. Rolling out of the way, Michael grasped what he was looking for in his backpack and threw it. The red and white Pokéball hit Horsea (in the same place the stone had hit him), and Horsea was transformed into a ball of red energy.

Right at that moment, Breeze appeared from the forest and divebombed toward Michael, landing lightly on his shoulder. The Pokéball wobbled on the ground as Horsea struggled to escape. The Pokéball suddenly shattered, and Horsea escaped. Seeing this, Breeze took to the air, ready to fight.

"Breeze! Use Quick Attack!" Michael yelled.

Breeze disappeared. Without warning, Horsea was knocked backward, then forward again, falling face first into the sand of the beach. As if out of nowhere, Breeze was back on Michael's shoulder again, proudly juggling a bottle of Carbos with her talons. Michael threw another Pokéball at Horsea, and capturing process was repeated. Michael and Breeze waited, staring at the Pokéball. Xero and Scar burst from the forest right at that moment. They moved slowly toward their trainer, as if they were afraid any sudden move might prevent the capture of a Pokémon. But they had no need to worry. The Horsea was caught.

Michael stooped over and picked up the Pokéball.

"Great job, Breeze! We caught a Horsea!"

(Would you like to give Horsea a nickname? Yes. What would you like to name Horsea? Checkers.)

Michael reached up and patted Breeze on the head. But Breeze suddenly began to shudder.

"Breeze, what's wrong?" Michael asked concernedly.

A white light shot out from Breeze, consuming the Taillow in seconds. Taillow was evolving!

"Breeze!"

Michael shut his eyes; the light was too bright. When the light disappeared, instead of his Taillow, a newly evolved Swellow stood on Michael's shoulder. Breeze hopped down to the ground, having trouble finding descent footing in the cramped space of Michael's shoulder.

"Swellow!" Breeze called.

Michael beamed. Now he had a Swellow and a Horsea! This day was getting better and better.

[Monika]

Within seconds Ryan had grown tired. He was still relatively young, but never ran much due to his mother's constant traveling from region to region. He was thin, he was healthy, but he was definitely out of shape. All that aside, he had no bicycle, and as fast as his Running Shoes were, they were still Running Shoes. The son of a researcher, Ryan always had some clever idea hidden in his mind.

"Ryu! Float ahead and use Ice Beam!" Ryan commanded, grabbing a nearby piece of bark from a large tree. He tied the laces of his shoes around the wood while Ryu sped along.

"Dra!" Ryu yelled, blasting the ground into a frozen wasteland.

"Perfect!" Ryan laughed. The wood under his feet slid along the frozen ground with ease, providing a much more efficient form of travel. Ryan pulled a map from his backpack and looked at what should be his first destination: Roi Rill.

Within moments he was approaching Roi Rill's port. He spotted someone else there and figured this could be his first challenge.

[Myrdraxxis]

Vinn sprinted into the large cave and glanced around. It was empty, good. Vinn sighed and began walking through the ruins, much as he had the first time. Finally he came back to the stone wall he found before.

"Soon...you WILL be mine." he stared at the pokemon chisseled into the wall. "Reyquaza" Vinn reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. It had an eye shape on the front.

Vin set it down in the center of the room and turned to leave. THat should do as security. After all the trouble he had gone to steal it from Team Phoenix, it better be...

[Xero]

Michael turned away from his newly evolved Swellow when he heard someone approaching him. Whoever it was was breathing heavily. He must have been running. He saw a Dratini floating ahead of its trainer, who was skating on the ice Dratini had made with its Ice Beam.

Hmm. That's an interesting idea, Michael thought.

"Can I help you?" Michael asked the newcomer.

[Monika]

Ryan eyed his potential opponent with caution. He had seen all of those Pokemon before; his mom's research had documented over 350 species of Pokemon and he had learned all of their strengths and weaknesses. It was really all he could do since he never got to train outside.

"My name is Ryan, and I want to battle. It's my first step in becoming a Pokemon Master." Ryan announced. Ryu floated back toward his trainer and went around his neck, staring at Michael.

[Major Xeno]

Xeno skidded through the ice tunnel, the exhilaration of the route coursing through him like a rushing inferno. (Independance Day)

The pitch black tunnel suddenly lit up, and Xeno groaned when he saw the bend in the ice slide - and the lack of railings.

Xeno reached out as he slid towards his doom, digging his right claw into the ice slide, changing his course rapidly. He changed course a little TOO rapidly, and almost slid off the other side!

Xeno breathed a sigh of relief as he saw the end of the tunnel approach. 'No more ice tunnels!' he thought.

Xeno stabbed both his claws into the ice behind him, slowing rapidly as he came to the end of the tunnel. He slowed, finally stopping a couple of feet from the end of the cave, the little door sticking out conspicously. It would have been a real shame, he decided, if he died because of a door.

Xeno stood up, shook to remove the stray ice filings, and looked at the door. He sweatdropped anime-style as he looked at his claws.

WHAM!

WHAM!

WHAM!

WHA-SMASH!

Xeno stepped through the now-open doorway, into the shining daylight.

[Xero]

"Pokémon Master, eh?" Michael said, raising an eyebrow. "That's a big goal. My name is Michael. I'd be happy to help you with your quest. Prepare yourself! Checkers! Go!"

Michael hurled a Pokéball in front of him, and his new Horsea emerged in a beam of energy.

"Horsea!" Checkers squealed.

Michael sprayed a Potion on Checkers to heal his wounds from their earlier battle. Then he stepped back and allowed Checkers to hop forward. But Checkers decidedly wasn't a land creature (who would have known?), so he hopped into the water and waited for his opponent to make a move.

[Monika]

"Alright, let's go!" Ryan yelled. He put on his standard Pokemon Trainer's hat and said "Ryu, dive into the water and use Thunderbolt!"

Ryu, a naturally aquatic dragon Pokemon, obliged without hesitation, creating a small wave where it landed in the water. It began using its Thunderbolt attack in the water to zap Horsea out. He wasn't affected himself by the Thunderbolt due to his Dragon type.

[Xelwes]

Wes cleared the route to Burlain relatively easily. Sadly no Pokemon of the type he searched for could be found. Wes sighed, he could go look for the peculiar Bagon that Burlain was famous for. Well, it was also famous because of him, but the Bagon was his symbol of Burlain and him. It was gold, with white wings. It was the colors of a paladin. Well, the colors Wes pictured a paladin would be covered in.

[Major Xeno]

Xeno stumbled about in the bright daylight, the contrast between pitch black and pure daylight shocking him. He walked over his own two feet-claws- and finally tripped over an unseen rock, and tumbled. Unfortunatly for Xeno, he was at the top of a hill. How he was at the top of a hill after sliding DOWN a long ice-slide, he didn't know. But he knew was rolling downhill quickly - and painfully.

He rolled and rolled, his spikes unluckily NOT sticking in the ground as he rolled, only serving to increase his speed. As he tumbled he increasingly started hitting rocks, launching briefly into the air before plumeting downward to launch again.

When Xeno finally rolled to a stop, he was hard-pressed to stand straight, and started stumbling again, thankfully on flat land. He hit the ground with a bump, and saw two humans. Nearby, a Horsea and a Dratini were locked in battle.

"Anyone get the number of that Aggron?" Xeno moaned, his head slumped on the ground.

His vison slowly faded, blacking out the image of the battling pokemon.

[Mizagium]

Tyler followed Janie absentmindedly. Those men from before...

"I think we should go back for them." he said suddenly. Archie barked in agreement. "I feel like something important is going to happen and we need to be there."

[Xero]

"Horsea!" Checkers squealed as Ryu's Thunderbolt shocked him out of the water. The attack was super effective, and Checkers flopped unconscious onto the shore. Michael stared in shock at his fainted Pokémon. That was a tactic he hadn't seen before. He would have to remember that one.

With a sudden determined look in his eyes, Michael held out his Pokéball and said, "Checkers, return!" Checkers disappeared into the Pokéball in a red beam. Well, now I know he's got Thunderbolt, so Breeze and Xero are out of the question for this battle, he thought to himself. "Looks like it's up to you, Scar! Go get 'em!"

Scar plucked a blade of grass from the ground and stuck it in his mouth, then stepped forward nonchalantly.

"Use Absorb on the water to drain Ryu out!"

Having never used a move like this before, Scar focused all his energy on Absorbing the water. The water rose up into the air in a bubble, exposing Ryu on dry ground beneath the bubble.

"Now use Pound to hit the water and make your own Hydro Cannon!"

Scar jumped into the air and whipped his tail around, Pounding the bubble as hard as he could. Releasing his Absorb grip on the water, the entire bubble shot with deadly speed toward Ryu. Michael grinned at his clever idea, oblivious to the fact that Dragon type Pokémon are weak against Water attacks.

[Monika]

"Ryu!" Ryan exclaimed, watching as the attack hit the Dratini right on. It was a Water attack, which Dratini had little trouble with, but direct hits were still direct hits.


"Dra!" Ryu yelled, floating up into the air awaiting the next command.

"Hmm..." Ryan thought for a moment. The Treecko, though it didn't look like it, was indeed a Grass Pokemon. Resistant to Electric attacks...but weak against...

"Ryu! Charge toward him and use Flamethrower!" Ryu obliged happily once again, floating toward Scar and beginning to breathe fire.