Winter Moon (A Pokémon BW AU Fic)

Prolouge: The Grey Queen

And so, the Mighty Swords chased the monster back into it's cave. The end.... *slams book closed*

Can you tell us another story mister?

Yeah!

*Sigh....* "Let's see here, how about this old classic."

We've heard the story of the Two Brothers like a million times already! Do you have something else?

"You kids are hard to please aren't you....." *Digs through bag* "How about this? Any of you heard of the Tale of the Grey Queen before?"

No...

Gray queen. What's that?

A glint of surprise passed through the man's yellow pupils as he sat the book down on the desk. While he had been expecting to have heard a few no's here and there, a part of him deep down still felt the shock and surprise that none of them had ever heard of it. He was only acting as a temporary substitute for the class until the teacher got back, despite originally coming up to the Pokémon School as part of a show and tell.

Brushing his black locks from out of his eyes, the young man flipped open the book and cleared his throat. This story had always been a bit of a favorite of his to tell despite the story being one of the relatively obscure ones. The male knew quite a lot about it, as if he had witnessed it transpire with his own two eyes.

"Well then... Let me tell you a tale that not many think of when they hear the stories of Ancient Unova. A tale of heartbreak, betrayal, and how a simple act of kindness tore a family apart. This is the tale of the Grey Queen.

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"Long ago when these lands were known as Vale there lived a king. You may know of him from the tale of the two brothers and you would be right as he is the same king from that tale. Outside of his twin sons, he and his dear wife would go on to bare a third child. A little girl and the princess of the kingdom.

Her eyes were a bright yellow like the winter sun and her hair a silvery grey. Unlike her brothers, she was different. For she had the ability to speak with Pokémon.

Because of this gift, her parents feared what the villagers would think of her so they chose to keep any knowledge of her existence a secret and kept her isolated from the outside world. She was allowed to leave the castle grounds on the terms that she would not reveal her secret to anyone.

Because she didn't interact that well with other people, the young princess spent most of her time in the castle's enclosed garden where she would hand out with the wild Pokémon that lived there. She had managed to befriend them thanks to her gift during a time where relations between humans and Pokémon weren't at their strongest.

In particular, she was mostly drawn to her family's familiar, the Original Dragon.

It was like there was some sort of special connection between the two. While the creature obeyed and respected the other members of the royal family, it was no where near the level it displayed to the little girl.

The dragon treated her as she were it's own offspring. From how gentle it was while handling her when they played to even allowing her to sleep upon it's back. Her father and brothers were at a loss for words on how to describe the two's friendship.

Many years would pass and the king along with his children would grow older. His sons grew into two fine young man and his daughter into beautiful young maiden.