Pokémon: Liberty Garden Volume 1

The invitation, new friends

It’s hard to believe such a thing. I never thought me, at age 15, would be invited to go to a very sacred place. A place known for beauty, peace, atmosphere, and residing it? A very powerful pokemon. This place was impossible to enter, let alone get an invite.

That place….was Liberty Garden.

How on earth was I able to get an invite? I don’t even care about going anyway, yet I got an invite to this place. Just….how? I was at a loss for words when I learned this. I never even thought about going here, or cared to go. I was just….just a “normal” human being.

Liberty Garden….the place where not just strong pokémon and pokémon trainers can go, but also powerful warriors called the Garden Defenders. Why was I invited to a place that I don’t think I would fit into? Why am I even going there anyway? But whatever, suppose I can go there and check it out. What can I expect from such a place? Well, definitely some others I won’t fit in with.

But….maybe….

The scene was set at the beautiful, bright blue ocean. Minor rough waves were rushing in the ocean, and some water pokémon were swimming along happily. Pokémon like Magikarp, Goldeen, Wailmer, and much more species. The pokémon were having a good time swimming and minding their own business, when some of them got startled by many rippling water and splashes.

The cause of this was a speedboat. This speedboat was jumping from the rough waves, causing the splashes and ripples. The speedboat was mostly white colored with some orange lines in a zigzag pattern. There was some yellow on the bottom of the boat with a few hints of orange. Finally, it had a black roof with an antenna on top.

On the boat was a boy, assumingly fifteen years old, was on the front of the boat, with a few other pokémon behind him. Those pokémon were a Lucario, Zoroark, shiny Keldeo, Genesect, Victini, and Meloetta.

The boy himself however, he had on a green trench coat with a white shirt underneath. He wore black pants with a belt around his waist, white gloves, green shoes with a grey sole, and a black hat with a purple colored feather attached to it. He had red eyes, short green hair, and a grey pointed line across his eyes. He also had a sword hanging on his back. The sword was a green falchion, with the guard in the shape of the legendary Virizion’s head, the fuller being black and the blade itself was green.

The boy caught sight of an island in the distance with a tall lighthouse being the first building to be seen on the island. There were some pokémon and other humans there, but there were also some….others there as well. For instance, the boy saw one pokémon, a Tyranitar, change form into a more humanoid appearance. Apparently there were some “special” pokémon there as well.

Maybe this is where things can change for me.

Moments later, the speedboat stops at the wooden docks of the island as a bridge opened up outside the boat. The boy took a few steps out before walking on the docks, while the six pokémon behind him rushed out in excitement, only for the boy to run in front of them very quickly.

“Guys, we just arrived and you already are excited?” The boy asked, crossing his arms.

“Oh come on Viri. Can you blame us? We were invited to this place after all,” the Lucario reminded, smiling.

“First of all, I was invited. Not you. Second, I was given a choice to bring you all here, and I decided to bring you here anyway after you all begged me. And third, I don’t trust you guys alone in this place. You all know this place is sacred,” the boy scolded.

“Yeah yeah, we know. But come on? This is Liberty Garden for crying out loud. This place has some very unique things here, like rare plants, awesome people, dorms you can call home, awesome people, epic battles, and did I mention awesome people?” The Zoroark asked in a joking tone.