Pokemon! Adonis

Pokemon! Adonis (Backstory)

Chapter 1: The Coronation

"Is this a dream? It doesn't feel real. I often find myself lost in thought, pondering my purpose. Sometimes when I dream I go to a place where everything is different, a place in my mind where I cannot see. The dark swallows everything within this pocket of my mind, I feel I'm not alone here. If I wander too far off I become lost, lost in a dark forest that goes on for what seems like forever. Something follows me, haunting me with a cold presence. My eyes are blinded by rage and drenched with pain, but why? Where will I find myself if I continue walking? Is this how it feels to die? Is this what it means to be bound between dimensions? So many questions with only silence to my discomfort. Silence is my music, my poetry, my burden, my art. My face is blurred, my vision has failed me again. The demon wears my face, I have become the creature that follows, I am the ghost of silence. I will never be alone again, I will never be alive again. Is this a dream or have I died?"

"Adonis? Adonis! Wake up son! You're going to be late for the ceremony!" Adonis's mother yelled from the bottom of the spiral staircase that led up to Adonis's quarters. "Huh? Mom?" Adonis sits up slowly rubbing his eyes. *Yawn* He yawns and remains looking tired and uninterested, staring blankly at the wall in front of him that was decorated with weapons and awards Adonis had earned for his achievements within Team Rocket, despite him only being thirteen years old. "It's not like I want to go to the stupid ceremony anyway." Adonis said to himself. "Adonis!!!!" Alma yells up to him once more, seeming more impatient. "Yes mother! I heard you! Relax!!" Adonis yells back with an apathetic tone in his voice. He then gets out of bed and begins getting ready for the big coronation ceremony. He looks over at his night stand where his book of self written poetry lays open. "Must have forgotten to put this away last night." He says as he shuts his book and stashes it in his hiding spot. Adonis was very private and particular about his poetry, so private in fact that he's only shared any of it with one person. He wouldn't even share his poems with his own mother, despite how much she begged. All and all his mother understood him and ultimately respected his privacy when it came to his writings, she was just glad that he had an outlet for him to constructively express his emotions. Adonis finds himself feeling quite eerie thinking about the coronation, he didn't understand why, but he had a really bad feeling about the whole thing. This ceremony is only held when the exchange of kingship is passed on from father to son, today Adonis becomes the prince of Team Rocket Nations and everything the TRN would control. That being said, this also meant Adonis's father Xalis Nova would rise to power and be granted the highest honor just below godship. Xalis is to become the king today for his father Eldridge Nova is to retire and pass on the Team Rocket Legacy to his son.

Adonis looks over at the fancy suit outfit that was laid out for him by his family's personal tailors and design experts. " *Sigh* I hope they don't think I'm wearing that frilly old thing to the ceremony that I don't even want to go to." He says to himself as he gets dressed in his usual everyday light armored attire and straps his Phantom Blade Honedge to his side. "Hmm, I'll take that cape though." He says as he grabs the black prince cape that came with the silk outfit and puts it over his shoulders. The cape was made out of a harder material with the Team Rocket symbol embroidered onto the cape in a distinct crimson color, Adonis couldn't help but to like it. As he walks down the staircase and approaches his mother Alma, she takes one look at him and scoffs. "Your father is not going to like this Adonis! We're already late and you're not even wearing the ceremonial outfit that was made for you! Why do you always have to be so stubborn?" She says to him with an exhausted but caring tone in her voice. Adonis rolls his eyes, " *Groan* Why can't grandfather just stay being the king? Why does father have to become the king now?" He replies to Alma.

She smiles a comforting smile at Adonis and says, "So that's what it is huh? Feeling nervous about becoming the prince of Team Rocket? I figured as much." She begins to tear up as she smiles at her son. "My little boy is going to be a big prince! You're growing up so fast!" She says as she throws her arms around Adonis and holds him tight. "Adonis, I love you so much! Don't you worry yourself darling, your mother will be with you every step of the way!" She continues to hold him tightly. Adonis blushes and says, "C'mon mom! Cut it out!" They both laugh as she lets him go. "Besides Adonis, don't you realize that I'm also to become Queen today? I'm as nervous as ever if I'm being honest! This is a huge honor and I feel like all I did to get here was fall in love with your father! Hehe! But anyway, we should get a move on if we're going to make it to the ceremony on time. Adonis my son, let's go become royalty!" She says as they both head out the door. "Oh! Don't forget this Adonis! Eat it on the way okay?" Alma says as she tosses Adonis a juicy red apple. Outside Alma pulls out a pokeball from her bag and summons Altaria the majestic cloud dragon. "Don't be afraid, Adonis, let's do this together. Alma says as she reaches her hand out to Adonis and helps him up onto Altaria's clouds.