AN: Just want to clarify that Chapter 0-27 of Mixturing Moves will be optional to read due to rough nature of the way they're written. I should know since I've re-read this fic just to remember everything that happened in it so far. I'll explain further once all the chapters are reuploaded and I post its summarization towards the end. If you do choose to read these chapters, then by all means go for it. I hope you enjoy the fic!
(Chapter 0's Debut: 7/10/2015)
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Chapter 0: Prologue.
Lying within the grassy, green plains was a village at plain sight. The village was filled with Dragon type Pokemon socializing with each other and sharing laughters. There were about six houses in the area, all of which had three windows and a door. The houses themselves looked ordinary and undeveloped, not fancy and spectacular. Inside one of them were three Pokemon; The orange winged dragon-like creature with grayish-green eyes: Dragonite. The tiny, blue serpentine-like creature with a white underbelly: Dratini. And the dark blue, hammerhead shark-like creature with a shark tailfin: Garchomp. The Dragonite had a gray wristband around his right arm as he cradle the Dratini.
The Dragonite seemed to be telling the Dratini a story while the Garchomp enter the home. "Good afternoon, sir." The Garchomp said, closing the door behind her. The Dragonite and the Dratini looked at the Garchomp's direction, smiling at her in delight.
"Good afternoon, Maza. Nice to see my Number 1 Dragon Senator joining my father to daughter storytelling. Just in time too, by the way." The Dragonite said as he laughed humbly. The Dratini waved at Maza with her tail.
"H-Hi M-Miss M-Maza." The Dratini said innocently.
Maza looked at the Dratini and gasped. "Dr-Drath! Y-Your daughter! She talks!" Maza exclaimed excitedly. The Dragonite looked at the Dratini.
"I know. I'd been teaching Iris how to speak since she was a tad bit younger."
"So this means she'll grow into a Dragonair soon?" Maza questioned, curiosity filling her thoughts with eager and interest.
"Not quite. She still got a lot of time ahead of her in order to evolve." Drath answered wisely.
Iris pouted a bit, saying "I th-thought you s-said within a couple of d-days I'll evolve!". Drath looked at Iris and grin.
"Did I?" He asked. He then started playing with her by pretending to have her nose, leading her to giggle.
"Anyway, what brings you here Maza?" The Dragonite questioned as he stop entertaining the Dratini.
"Well sir, I'm here to check on you. You know that me and the others here care about you truly." Maza answered, revealing a cheerful expression. "So what is this storytelling you were referring to?"
"Well, it's that story me and you knew about." Drath said, shrugging uncomfortably. His eyes drifted to the side.
"Hmm? But...sir...are you sure you wanna tell...that story to Iris?" Maza replied, shrugging as well and twiddling her claws.
"Yes, I am sure. I believe that she should know about the objects and him."
"Well then, I wouldn't mind listening to it again." Maza said, sitting down on a chair nearby the door and in front of the window.
Drath nodded at Maza then look at Iris, "So, here goes the story.". The Dragonite cleared his throat before he opened his mouth, "It has long been since Pokemon can combine moves with the help of rare phenomenons, and nothing has been joyful ever since then.". Iris gasped, hearing her father speak in a serious, menacing tone as if it's her first time. Drath continues on with his storytelling,"From the legends foretold, these magical rare objects were known as the Marvel Mischief. They allow those that possess it to combine two moves into one called Mixturing Move. An example of such would be Aqua Jet and Volt Switch together. They can be named as 'Aqua Switch' or any kind of name the user prefers."
Iris suddenly interrupted the Dragonite's story, "Daddy! Wh-what's a M-Marvel M-Mischief?"
Drath looked at Iris, smiling. "Why it's this thing on my right arm, dear." Drath answered as he show her his wristband. Iris noticed the wristband and gasp softly.
"D-Do all the M-Marvel M-Mischief look like th-that?" Iris asked eagerly.
"Not all of them, my dear. They aren't always a wristband." Iris hopped on the Dragonite's left arm.
"I want one! I want one! D-Do I have one, daddy!? Do I!? Do I!?" She asked repeatedly.
"Yes you do, young one." Drath replied.
Drath went in his dresser behind him and got out a crystal-like necklace. He put it around the Dratini's neck proudly. "All yours', my child." He said, smiling gleefully. Iris hopped onto Drath's lap, feeling amazingly excited and pleased as her necklace lowered a bit. Maza stared at Drath, confused and shocked by his decision. Drath looked back and chuckled.
"Hey, she wanted to see her Marvel Mischief, okay?" He took his attention back to Iris, smiling firmly. "Alright, alright. Settle down now. After all, I did work my tail off finding these two objects." He told her.
"W-Why you say that, daddy?" Iris said confusedly.
"Because these objects are known to be very rare to find...you'll see what I mean." Drath said, looking away from Iris nervously as he continued the story.
"400 years ago, these objects were supposed to be devices used for fun, helpful tools, and other activities. These objects were meant to make dreams come true. To make every Pokemon feel happy and secure...although...". Drath paused for a moment, looking at Maza as he nodded shakily. Maza nodded back slowly, being confident and nervous during so. Iris looked at the two confusedly.
"Huh...?" She asked. Drath looked back at Iris.
"It's nothing, dear..." He trailed. Iris blinked as Drath continued.
"There was one Pokemon whose dream was to endanger the Pokemon world and rebuild it with his bare hands. His name was Yuki the Aegislash. Yuki planned to use the Marvel Mischiefs to forward his plot. He had allies by his side, those allies being his followers toward his goal. Yuki and his army of Ghost types soon became a threat to the Sacred Village."
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"The Sac-cred what?" Iris asked, her head tilting.
"Yes, Iris. The Sacred Village. It was a place where all the Marvel Mischiefs were made by the village chiefs themselves. Now then, Yuki used to live in the Sacred Village, his supposed hometown. He told the citizens about his plan for world recreation being the gateway to a new era of all Pokemon's lives. But they shunned him for having such an absurd idea and banished him from the village. Out of pure anger, he gathered all his followers to raid the village and take the Marvel Mischiefs for themselves."
"After the massive raid on the Sacred Village, a red, rainbow winged bird known as the Legendary Pokemon Ho-Oh, soared down from the sky and noticed Yuki's group causing terror within the village. The Pokemon at the village pled for Ho-Oh's aid to stop Yuki's madness. Ho-Oh demanded Yuki to end his rampant riot but the Aegislash refused. Thus, leading Ho-Oh to disintegrate Yuki with his eternal flames after being attacked by him. After Yuki's body turned into ashes, Ho-Oh disposed them into thin air with his wings..."
Iris' eyes widened. "W-Whoa. That s-sounds s-scary." She said, frightened from the thought. Drath looked at Iris and sighed.
"I know, kiddo. It scared me too when I first heard of this story." He replied. Drath then continued on.
"After Yuki's ashes disappeared, the villagers thanked Ho-Oh for his support before the rainbow winged Pokemon fled off to his home. The army of Ghost types scurried away from the village after seeing their leader deceased, no longer to be seen again..."
"When Ho-Oh return to his home, the Sacred Tower, he began to feel ill. He saw it as an minor issue and ignored it entirely, going into his humble sleep afterwards. The following next day, the illness became worse. Ho-Oh was sneezing, coughing and spitting out blood continuously. Over and over. Again and again...He knew that he had to get rid of this sickness after realizing the major harm it bestowed on him. So he ventured off into a forbidden cave, a place every legendary knew.". Iris gasped, her big eyes squinting in fear.
"I know...it's awful. But it gets worse from here..." Drath responded warily, then went back to storytelling.
"As Ho-Oh made it to the cave, he scolded out the name 'Mewtwo'. Mewtwo, the most powerful Legendary who's originally born from Mew's DNA, appeared out of the cavern and became curious about Ho-Oh's request. Ho-Oh exclaimed to him about the situation and Mewtwo believed that it was Ho-Oh's Marvel Mischief causing him to feel unwell. After Mewtwo explain the process of ridding Ho-Oh's illness, Ho-Oh suddenly lashed at him."
Iris gasped once more as Drath continued, "Mewtwo tried to calm the legendary down but Ho-Oh blasted him away with his flames. After Mewtwo recovered, he noticed the rainbow winged bird no longer being in his presence. It was at this moment that he knew he had to do something about the Marvel Mischiefs immediately. So he went to the Sacred Village and used his psychic powers to separate the objects. Everyone in the village became perplexed and questioned Mewtwo's action. Mewtwo refused to answer and left the village afterwards."
"No one at the village understood why Mewtwo separate the objects except for him. He wanted to make sure that no one get their hands on them after the Ho-Oh incident, destroying all the ones he find along the way. He's been searching for Ho-Oh ever since then..."
"The end." Drath said, looking rather depressed. Iris looked at Drath eagerly.
"What happened!? How did it happened!?" She questioned him.
Drath looked at her and said, "Ho-Oh went out of control and tried to kill Mewtwo. No one knew why when they first heard of this story. Though, Mewtwo believed that it's because of the Marvel Mischief causing him to go insane for some reason. But, I don't think it's because of the Marvel Mischief. If so, I would've gone insane just like Ho-Oh did...I think it must be something else..." Drath sighed as he looked out of the window.
"Some say Ho-Oh wanted to hunt down every Marvel Mischiefs. Some say that he wanted to destroy anyone who has a Marvel Mischief." Drath saw a barrier around the village, wincing sorrowfully. "Reasons to why I'm protecting my little kingdom...just in case." Iris and Maza looked at Drath worriedly, Maza sensing a slight bit of fear from her leader.
Drath... Maza thought before sighing softly.
Soon, a scream was heard coming from the outside. "Hmm? What was that?" Maza questioned, looking outside of the window. Drath noticed that the barrier was no longer visible as the Dratini hopped off of him immediately.
"Huh!? What the heck!?" Drath said. He began to run outside without a second thought. Maza blinked, picking up Iris and following him. The three were outside, seeing all the Dragon types running away from something. Drath gritted his teeth in frustration and questioned, "What's everyone running from!?"
Maza looked at Drath. "I don't know but they must be running from something dangerous." She replied. Iris whimpered, burying her face into Maza's chest. Soon, the three noticed a large, blue draconic dragon with medium-sized wings (Druddigon), heading their direction. He stopped in front of them, panting heavily.
"F-Finally I found you, sir!" The Druddigon shouted.
"Senator Lawrence, what's going on? Why's everyone running away?" Drath questioned the Druddigon.
"Because there's a red winged bird rampaging the village right now." Lawrence answered worriedly.
"A red winged bird...?" Drath asked, beginning to feel worried.
"Drath! Lookout!" Maza exclaimed.
Drath saw a huge, fiery fireball aiming at him and the others. "Shoot!" The Dragonite yelled, pushing Maza and Iris out of the way and dodging the attack. Lawrence dodged along as well. The fireball hit the ground, leading the four Dragon types to be blown away by its effects. Drath landed on his feet while Maza landed on her back, holding Iris in her arms tightly. Lawrence landed on his feet as well but lost his balance for a bit, quickly recovering it afterwards. The Druddigon and Dragonite looked at where the attack came from and Drath's eyes widened in horror. "I-It can't be." Drath said, terrified at the view. Maza looked at him.
"Wh-what is it?" She then looked at the view and gasped, shaking in constant fear. "N-No..."
Iris looked as well and blinked. Her maw widened in awe before saying, "R-Rainbow w-wings...".
"Drath, is that-" Maza was interrupted by the Dragonite's answer.
"Yes, that's him..."
A phoenix peacock creature was flapping his wings and looked down at the four. He had green stripes on his neck and prismatic wings. He's Ho-Oh, the Legendary Pokemon that's wielding a silver necklace around his neck. He seemed to be carrying a device in his foot. Drath saw the device and sweated tensely, gritting his teeth. How the heck did he find the barrier device!? He thought, his mind slowly swimming into panic.
Ho-Oh dropped the device to the ground, causing it to shatter into pieces. Drath gritted his teeth angrily, making a fist on his right hand. It began to spark electricity. "You're not clever, you know?" Ho-Oh said to Drath. "Creating such a barrier that any legendary can find with no hassle."
Drath's eyes widened in terror as Ho-Oh grinned at him. Ho-Oh's eyes began to glow a orange and light blue color as flames started forming around his body. "Maza...get Iris out of here. And Lawrence...you come aid me in this fight." Drath commanded in a solemn tone and gulped firmly. Lawrence nodded slowly in response.
Maza stared at Drath, horrified at the command before saying, "No! I want to help you too, sir!"
Drath gritted his teeth and glared at Maza. "I don't want my daughter at risk of danger, okay!?" Maza looked into Drath's eyes, knowing the Dragonite cared deeply for Iris' safety.
Maza nodded slightly and looked at Iris, a tear sliding down from her eye. "We've got to go, little one." Maza said in a sorrow, low tone as she got up on her feet.
"But, what about daddy?" Iris questioned worriedly.
"Daddy has to take care of some important business right now, Iris. So it's best if we get out of daddy's way while we still can." Maza answered as she looked at Drath and Lawrence. Both were in their firm position and ready to battle.
"Okay, here's the deal. You give me every Marvel Mischiefs you have in this village and no one gets hurt." Ho-Oh said sadistically. "Sounds good to you?"
Drath's fist crackled louder with electricity. "I rather die than giving the Marvel Mischiefs to a corrupted Legendary like you!" He proclaimed. Lawrence looked at Ho-Oh angrily, snarling while his claws glow with blue aura surrounding it.
Ho-Oh smirked. "Fine, if that's the case then I shall destroy you and everyone you loved." Ho-Oh decided. He soared down to the two Pokemon drastically, setting the houses he passed by on fire.
Drath looked at Maza quickly and yelled, "Run!"
Maza nodded and picked up Iris, dashing away without looking back. Iris looked behind Maza, seeing Drath and Lawrence worriedly. "Daddy?" She said. Drath and Lawrence braced themselves for Ho-Oh's menacing impact.
End of Prologue.