Chapter 0: Doctor's Office.


Susan Dillan sat in the office of Dr. Smith. Her tenyear old son Mark sat in chair beside her, not exactly knowing what was going on. He did know that his mom had been sick lately, and they were here to find out why.

"Ms. Dillan, Susan, we've know each other for a long time. I wouldn't keep anything from you. And I won't. I'll give it to you straight. You have a rare form of cancer. If there's a cure, I don't know it. It's in it's earliest state right now. It will progressively get worse over the years. I hate to tell you this, but in a few years you will probably die."

"Now I know your husband came up MIA in the Great War years ago. You had Mark a few years later. I've offered as much help raising him as I could, and he's turned out good. He's a strong boy. In another three years he'll be able to get his training license. Believe me, you need every penny you can get. The medicine that can at least keep you in stable condition, is very expensive. I can't stress that enough."

"When he becomes a trainer, enter him in every tournament you can. By then, more than likely, you won't be able to work. You'll need the money that he'll win. I'll help him out as much as I can. I was a good trainer, way back when. I also know Professor Oak. He's getting old now, but he still knows his stuff. I'll send Mark his way when he's ready."

"If I have my way, he'll be a pokemon Legend, and be able to support you until I can find a cure"





Looking For Legends: Chapter 1: Beginnings

By Chris "myuu2" Sturdy



The great fiery bird rose over the peak like a comet. A single pair of eyes was viewing this amazing sight. His name was Mark, and he was a pokemon trainer. The great bird swooped back under the landscape and out of sight. He wonder to him self, how had this began? How long ago had it started, this quest of his? It was only about a month ago, but it could have been years in his mind. And it was. He began to think about how it had began, about his mother, his pokemon, and the other factors in his life..........


He was sitting by the side of his mother's bed. Recently she had become very sick and needed medicine. " Mom, today is the day I am supposed to get my first pokemon, but I can't leave you here like this" he said. Even though he knew she couldn't here him, because she was resting. Suddenly, her eye's opened slowly, and she said "I'll be fine. Besides, we need the money you'll win in the tournaments to pay for the medicine." "But mom, will you be alright?" "I said I'll be fine. Go and get your pokemon."

He stepped out into the bright morning sunshine of Pewter City. He walked down to the pokemart, where he would be able to pick up his first pokemon. Dr. Smith ran the shop and was also the town's doctor. Smith called out to Mark, "Hello Mark. Have you come for you're mother 's medicine?" "No Dr. Smith. I came for my first pokemon" "You're first pokemon? Are you sure you have enough money to pay for it?" "Money? I..I didn't know you have to pay for them......"

Dr. Smith said " I thought so. I can't just give you one. But I can give some pokeballs so maybe you can catch a weak one. Y ou should be able to find one over in Mt. Moon." Dr. Smith gave Mark five pokeballs. "Thanks Dr. Smith, but what about my mom?" "Don't worry, I'll look after her while your gone." Mark rushed out of the store "Bye Dr. Smith! And Thanks again!"


An hour later, Mark stood in front of the gaping cave that was the enterence to Mt. Moon. "Well, here I go!" And stepped into the cave........



Chapter 2: GEODUDE


Mark stared at the opening of the great cave, holding a pokeball in his hand. Maybe he would catch an Onix, or a Clefairy!! He sprinted into the cave. Finally he slowed down long enough to see a Paras, crawling along the floor of the cave. "Para??" it said looking at Mark with worried eyes. Mark grinned for one of the few times in his life. "Pokeball Go! Catch me my first pokemon!!" He threw the ball as hard as he could. It bonked the Paras one the head. Soon it was contained in the ball, and seemed to be stuck inside. One shake. Two shake. Three...BURST! It broke out of the ball and ran off into the shadows."PARA PARA PARAS!!!" Mark continued on his trip. Soon he came across a brown lump in the ground. It seamed to be moving. And making strange sounds. "Digl Ett Dig Dig Ett Digl" Suddenly it popped up. It was a Diglett! This pokemon didn't try to run or hide, it just stared at Mark. "It wants me to catch it" Mark thought. "Pokeball Go!" this time the ball held. " I got my first pokemon, a Diglett!!" Mark was happier at that moment then he had ever been in hiss life. Mark started to leave when he head a great roaring. It sounded like it had come from under his feet! Suddenly, the ground under his feet fell, dropping him a long way. He landed hard on the ground, stunning him for a second. He looked up and saw an Onix terrorizing a colony of Geodudes. Cries of "Geo!!" could be heard from all around. Then all the Geodudes stacked upon each other and pulled themselves up to high ledge where the scrambled for safety. Mark looked around. There was one Geodude left! The Onix reared up and prepared to smash it! Mark ran a fast as he could, dived, and grabbed the Geodude. He rolled it to safety, and grabbed the only pokeball at his waist. "Diglett Go!!" He shouted. It felt so good to have his own pokemon!! Diglett appeared in front of him and looked up at the giant Onix. "DIGL!!!! ETTT!! DIGGGGG!!!!" it shouted. " Dig a hole, Diglett!!" It dove down and dirt flew out of the hole. Onix looked around at the now missing mole. "ROAR!!!!!!!!" Suddenly Diglett popped out and slammed Onix in the head! "Diglett, Sand-Attack!" Diglett kicked up sand in Onix's eyes. Onix Tried to use Tackle, but missed. "Diglett, use a ground attack!!" Diglett dove under ground and caused the ground to shake under Onix, almost an Earthquake, but not quite. The great beast toppled and crashed into a wall! "Pokeball Go!"



Chapter 3.
One, Click. Two, Click. Three....Click! The Onix was his!! Mark almost fainted from excitement. Suddenly he remembered the Geodude. Where was it? He looked around the cave in a panic. There it was, but it wasn't moving.....

"geo....." It said weakly. It was alive but just barely. It would have to be taken to a Pokecenter. And soon. Mark look down at Diglett, "Can you dig us out of here?" "Digl?" It said. No it couldn't. They were too deep down. "Maybe Onix can. Onix Go!" He threw the ball and Onix appeared. "ROAR!!!!!" "Left us out of this cave!" "ROAR!!!!" It bent down and had Mark crawl up on it's back. Mark called Diglett back to it's ball.

The Onix reared up to it's full height, just high enough to reach the cliff top! "Thanks Onix, now Return!" It turned into energy and returned to it's ball. Mark followed his patch back to the entrance and ran back to Pewter City.

In a short time he was at the pokemon center. A nurse Joy was sitting at the desk. Mark asked her "could you heal my pokemon? Also I found this Geodude, and It's hurt real bad." "Sure, I'll tend to it right away. Aren't you that Mark boy? With the sick mom? She looks a lot better." Mark breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe she would get better!

Soon the Joy came back. "Your other pokemon are fine now, they just needed a little rest. But that Geodude of your's, it might take a little bit to heal because it doesn't have a ball. Why haven't you put it in one yet?" "Because it's not mine. I found it in Mt. Moon. Onix was hurting it and the others left it. I rescued it I guess..." Mark replayed. Joy handed Diglett and Onix back to him.

Mark returned back home to find Dr. Smith standing over his mom. Smith looked up just in time to see Mark enter the house. "Dr. Smith! How's my mom doing??" "She doing better, but there's still room for improvement" "But will she get better?" "Not anytime soon. If ever." Dr. Smith looked done at the pokeballs at Mark's waist. "You caught some pokemon! Which ones?"

Mark and Dr. Smith stepped outside of the house. "This one was my first. Diglett, Go!" He threw the ball and Diglett popped out. "Digl?" It said looking around. This was the first time it had been out of the cave. Suddenly it started to shake. "Diglett??" Mark yelled and ran over to his mole. It started to go into convulsions. Then it sunk into the ground.

Mark was in a panic. "Diglett?? Where are you?? Are you hurt??" He started scraping the ground frantically. Suddenly it popped up, but it was...different. It was bigger for one thing. Then, two other Digletts popped around it. It had evolved into a Dugtrio!!

"Wow" was all Dr. Smith had to say.

"Want to see my other pokemon Dr. Smith?" Mark asked. "Sure, as long as this one doesn't evolve" He answered, wiping dirt from his face. "Onix Go!" He yelled and threw his other ball. "ROAR!!!!!!!" The great rock snake screamed looking around for an opponent. "ROAR??" It growled looking at Mark. "Nothing to fight this time Onix. But you can smash that rock over if you want to." Onix shot forward and smash into the huge rock. WAM! WAM! WAM!. Finally it burst into a hundred pieces!

Onix looked quite pleased with it's self.

That night Mark went to sleep happy, the first time he had done so in along time.....

The next day he went to the pokemon center to check on Geodude. "Finally your back!!" said Joy, looking relieved, "Your Geodude got better and hasn't kept still one second since you left!" Suddenly Geodude broke through the glass behind Joy and bounded over to Mark, just like a puppy.

It jumped into Mark's arms with a happy "Geo" "I think it's happy to see you" said Joy. At that moment, Mark knew that he had found a friend for life, maybe even 3 of them.



Chapter 4: Gym


Mark stood at the front of the Pewter City gym. Brock was the leader here. Mark was going to battle him. Not for the boulder badge, for the money. He would do it for the money. He would need it for his moms medicine.

He threw open the huge doors and yelled out "Brock! I challenge you to a match!" Brock was sitting in his rock chair. "A match you? Very well. I haven't battled in a while. I need the practice. We will each use 2 pokemon. Ok?" "Fine with me." Mark replayed.

"Geodude Go" Brock said.

"Dugtrio, I Choose You!" said Mark.

"Geodude, use Rock Throw!" Brock.

"Dugtrio, Dig!" Mark.

Geodude flew up in the air ready to smash the moles, but when he landed Dugtrio had already went under ground. Geodude stood in one spot looking useless. Suddenly Dugtrio burst up from the ground, knocking Geodude clear across the room!

"Geodude Return!" Brock called to his rock.

"Dugtrio Return!" Mark told his moles.

Both trainer yelled out "Onix, GO!" The two rock snakes come out and started circling each other, like caged animals.

"Onix Bind Now!" Brock was first to attack.

"Onix Counter it's Bind with a Tackle!" Mark.

Brock's Onix tried wrapping it's self around Mark's Onix, but was slammed by the Tackle attack.

"Onix, Bide your time, conserve your strength!" Brock.

"Onix, Screech at it, don't hurt it!" Mark had heard of this attack. Onix would lay perfectly still for a while. All the time the other pokemon would be wounding it. Then all of a sudden Onix would leer up and deal a lot of damage to the other pokemon.

Mark's Onix let out a horrible sound that echoed off the walls. Brock's Onix backed away for it, still keeping up the Bide. Mark's Onix kept screeching at it, lowering it's defense with every second.

Brock's Onix couldn't take it any more. It reared up and tried a Tackle attack but missed.

Mark told his Onix to use Rock Throw. It raised up and slammed into Brock's Onix, KOing it in one hit!

Brock just stared, mouth open. "I can't believe Onix lost! This is the first time ever!" Brock walked over to Mark. "Here take the Boulder Badge. It will help you on your pokemon journey." "What 'journey'" Mark asked Brock, "I don't want the badge, I just need the money for winning the match. My mom is sick, and we need the money to pay for medicine."

"Money, oh sure." Brock handed over a wad of bills and coins over to Mark, "But since your not going on a journey, would you mind staying here at my gym? I could use another trainer. You would get a lot more fights, and a lot more money if you win." "Sounds like a good deal, but who would take care of my mom?" "I'm sure Doc Smith would be glad to!" Brock said, "He has enough help over at the pokemart!"

And so that day, Mark won his first real battle, made some money for his mom, and became a trainer at the Gym. He knew this would give him a chance to work with his pokemon and make them stronger. He need to use Geodude and see what it could do.



Chapter 5: Brock

"Gravler Go!" Mark shouted. The giant rock beast appeared in front of him. It had evolved just last week and was already at a high level.

The trainer he was facing called up a Rattata. The Gravler smiled. It knew just what to do, but Mark told it anyway, "Gravler, Rock Throw!" WAM. The rat had been KO'd. The trainer left, disappointed.

Mark's mentor, Brock, was up in the observation deck and he looked pleased with Mark's training. He had even built himself a battle arena. It was very different looking form the main gym. I had many multi-colored platforms hanging from the ceiling and the floor. Some were even floating.

Gravler even had it's own perch. Mark had never put it in a pokeball, since it never left his side anyway. Dr. Smith had been watching his mom every day since Mark had started at the gym. Luckily she had finally started getting better. Maybe she would finally get well..or was that too much to hope for?

Then one day, a boy came into the gym with a Pikachu. His name was Ash, and he, like so many others, wanted to become a master. Mark knew that Brock would smash him easily. They both called up there pokemon, Brock Onix, and Ash his Pikachu. In a short while the battle was over, with Brock the victor.

After the boy had left, Mark walked up to Brock, congratulating him on his victory. Brock said, "It was a minor win. I know he'll be back, sooner or later. And he may win" Mark said, "There's no way that he could win. He's too weak a trainer. He couldn't even control his poor Pikachu. I pity it really. Being handled by such a lousy trainer."

The next day Ash was back, and he challenged Brock again. This time Brock choose Geodude and Ash brought up Pidgeotto. Geodude won that one. Then Ash again brought up the Pikachu. Amazingly, it won, KOing Geodude.

Then Brock sent out Onix. The battle seemed to be going Brock's way, until a fire set off the sprinklers, allowing Pikachu to zap Onix. Overcome with guilt of using the sprinklers to win, Ash again called off the match.

Mark asked Brock, "Why did Ash leave when he could have easily won?" Brock answered, "Because Ash knows to really win you must learn to respect pokemon, even your opponents." Brock then ran out the door.

Later that day Brock returned to the gym. "Mark, my father returned! I'm going to leave with Ash. I'm going to take the journey I always wanted! The only problem is that I have no one to watch the gym. I may not be coming back for a long while..."

"So, let me guess. You want me to run the gym- to be the leader of it-until you get back?" Mark interrupted. "Yes, if you think you can handle the responsibility" "I can. This gym will be run as smoothly as ever. And when you get back, It'll look like you never left."

And so that day, Brock left the gym, leaving Mark the leader. Instead of using the main room, he used his training room. Both he and his pokemon felt comfortable there.


EPILOGUE:
A long way away, two blind men stared into space. The room glowed a bright blue. "Do you think he's ready yet?" one of them said. "No, not quite. He will get stronger. So will his pokemon. He is not yet ready to fight the strong one, the dark one. He will find and befriend the other decedents of the thirty. Of those who are still alive."