Midnight's Story

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Fire fought. Forrest fires raged and land-fire roared. Volcanoes erupted.

Ice blasted land-fire. The jungles grew cold. Land-fire retaliated, and mountain peaks, where ice pokemon lived, erupted in liquid rock.

Sky-fire added it's power to ice, and land-fire stumbled and fell.

*Why? Why do they want to find out which was stronger? They are Highers, they can't do this...* Midnight moaned in her dream.

"We hope to see you again" chirped Nurse Joy.

Ash smiled and thanked her, then asked "Do you know any pokemon I could borrow to get to get to one of the main cities?"

"Sure! We have an abra that knows teleport. She can bring you to Goldenrod City. From there you can go to three different cities."

"Great!"

Arriving at Goldenrod, Ash got a map, then walked out into the grassy area. "Go, Gyarados, Umbreon, Midnight!" he called. The three pokemon appeared. Ash smiled. "Hey guys, I realized I didn't give any of you nicknames yet. I wonder what I should call you...How about Darkmoon for umbreon, and Tsunami for Gyarados?"

Gyarados and Umbreon looked at Midnight in shock. Midnight was dark/flying, which meant she was a greater goddess to Umbreon, and a lesser goddess to gyarados, which was closer to Lugia.

[Goddess] said Umbreon reverently. [I had heard you were dead]

[Why do you serve a human?] asked the gyarados, shocked. He wasn't as stunned by her as the umbreon, and could ask questions.

Midnight looked at them [Why not? He caught me]

The umbreon accepted this without question. The word of the midnight goddess was law to any dark pokemon. But the gyarados felt confused. The legendary pokegods were said to obey no one. Of course, the three elemental storm birds obeyed the pokemon master, as did the god of the sea, and even peaceful Mew fought for him. That was unexplainable. It was the reason so few pokemon disobeyed their trainers, or even tried to escape capture anymore. If a human was above the pokegods...But, odd as that was, a pokemon master and a new trainer without a single badge are very, very different...

"Well. Do you like them?" asked Ash.

His two normal pokemon looked at him and smiled back, nodding.

"Midnight, do you want a nickname too?" He asked. She shook her head.

[Midnight is my name] she said to herself quietly.

"Hey Midnight, can you use fly now?"

[Yes] she replied, nodding.

"Do you know where Azalea is? They have a gym there. I heard it isn't too hard for a gym. They use bug pokemon, so Moon, you'll have trouble but Tsunami, your flying type will help protect you. As for you Midnight, I'm not sure, so we'll have to find out!"

His three pokemon yelled happily.

"Return, Moon, Tsunami" Ash got on Midnight's back. "Alright Midnight, use fly to get to Azalea!" he called exuberantly.