Chapter1: Gone

 

All were dressed to impress on this beautiful night, tis the annual Masters Ball 
has returned. A young boy by the name of Jake no older than 17 was observing 
himself in front of his bedroom mirror. Admiring his dark green suit with his 
tamed dark red hair he turned to his friend. "What do you think?" Jake asked 
hoping for a good answer. "Fine." his best friend Brandon, another 17 year old 
weraing a midnight blue suit with his dark black hair tamed. Brandon then added 
"c'mon Jake, we're gonna be late". "No we're not" responded Jake going for the 
door. They both go downstairs and make there way to the cab that paitently 
awaited them for 20 minutes. "Where to?" the driver asked. "Lugia Hall" Brandon 
responded. Off they went to Lugia Hall for the 12th annual Masters Ball. When 
they arrived, to their disappiontment they saw their dates wating for them. 

They payed the driver and exited the car. Both Brandon and Jake went straight 
for their dates. "Hey baby" said Jake standing in front of a girl with long dark 
brown hair in a beautiful strapless emrald geen dress. "Dont hey baby me Jake" 
she responded to his greeting, "becca and I have been waiting for the two of you 
for almost an hour. Where have you two been?". As they continued to complain 
Brandon pulled his date Rebecca to the side to explain his lateness. He began 
"Look becca I'm really sorry I'm late its was freaking Jake having to make sure 
he looked perfect and-", Rebecca cutting him off added "Brandon its ok. It wasnt 
that long we were waiting. Lets just go inside." 

When they arrive inside, they go straight to their reserved seats which were 
decorated in purple and gold which was the theme colors for the night. Rebecca 
was amazed how beautiful everything looked special just for them. All four of 
them danced with glee as the night went on. Everything was just right. In 
Brandon's eyes, things were a bit too perfect. He kept a close eye for most of 
the night but made no scene. The night was coming to an end but with no 
complaints, for everyone had a blast. 

Rebecca and Brandon were alone to say goodnight just enjoying each other's 
company. "I had a really great time tonight" she said with a smile. Brandon then 
exchanges his feeling with a "me too". "Myabe they'll be other nights like this. 
Maybe....Thursday night?" "Are you asking me out on a date?" "Yes I am" Brandon 
responded with a smile. "Yes, I would love to go out with you" was her response. 
She gave him one of those smiles that filled Brandon's stomach with butterflies. 
Hiding the passion fo one another, they shared a friendly hug and held it as if 
they never wanted to let go. With no warning their heads beagn to move closer 
and closer.Brandon wanted this so badly not knowing that Rebecca wanted the same 
thing. Now they were too close. Brandon could count the frecles that lie in 
beauty apon her cheek. Closing ever so slowly their eyes drifted into a land of 
peace were nothing made sense. A place so unexplainable. 'Yes' Brandon thought 
to himself. Those were her lips against his. A feeling so unexpected yet so 
right. Just then, only a few seconds after thier lips met, a very strong gust of 
wind pushed them apart facing only a few yards away a huge very dark space 
looking like ship. Doors from the front opened as it rested on the ground for a 
good landing.

Brandon held Rebecca even closer now. Two people emerged from the ship. A boy 
and a girl, each wearing deep dark yello. Then one of them called out "Alright 
everyone!! No body move!! Now surrender all your pokemon that lies within your 
reach or you'll suffer from Team Thunder!!" It was the boy that yelled this out. 
By the look of Rebecca's face, Brandon could tell she was terrified. "Dont 
worry" he whispers to her, "I wont let them take anything". Without a word, he 
lets go of Rebecca and runs straight to Team Thunder and their ship. Both 
members of the team looked at him, amazed by his bravry.

"What do you think you're doin you fool?!!" the girl asked him with a dark sly 
voice. "You're not taking anything!!" said Brandon with anger boiling in his 
blood. He had to make a stand. He couldnt just watch Team Thunder take all the 
pokemon in sight, including his and Rebecca's. "You're not leaving her with no 
other pokemon but yours!" he added with fury. The older boy of Team Thunder just 
threw his head back in laughter. "You fool.." he beagn with a sly matter, "the 
funny thing is, all of your pokemon are now ours.......". Suddenly a oversized 
Ampharos rose from the ship as if it was opened at the top as well in the front. 
Then a HUGE Stelix Came from behind the ship and roared so loud it blew some of 
the younger trainers off their feet. It rose its tail high into the air the same 
time the Ampharos gave a huge thunder blot attach aiming straight up. It hit 
Stelix's tail creating a huge wave of thunder crashing into the ground.

Never has Brandon felt this type of pain before. It was a huge shock of 
electricty flowing through his body. With a miracle he had the strength to rise 
to his feet. The first thought that came to his mind was that if Rebecca was ok. 
He saw her struggling to get up for she too got hit with the shock. He rushed 
over to her with fear of her health. "Are you ok?" he asked right away. "I'm ok, 
are you?" "I'm fine he answered to her obviously pained voice. He picked her up 
and rushed her far away from the blast. He saw Jake and his girlfriend Kelly. He 
sat her next to Jake and just looked at him and added "look after her" before he 
was off to Team Thunder once more. He ran to them and tried to distract Ampharos 
to make it stop the thusder attacks it was making on ly to influence it to make 
more powerful ones. The last one it made was too big for the ground to take. 
When it hit the floor, the floor began to split in two. The only thing is, 
Brandon's feet were right in front of the line. He tried to run from it as fast 
as he could, but he was not fast enough. He felt as if he was trying to run on 
air. He grabed the first lose thick branch and held on for dear life. He called 
for help to see Jake, Rebecca, and Kelly come to his rescue. 

"Grab my hand!" Jake yelled holding out his hand for Brandon to hold so he could 
pull him up. He was so close. Brandon streched his arm desperetly trying to grab 
hold of Jake's hand but he couldnt reach. He looked into the eyes of Rebecca. He 
thought of never seeing her again. No. It couldnt end like this. He streached 
his arm even further and got hold of Jake. Jake tried to pull him up with all 
his might but noticed that he couldn hold him alone......Brandon started to 
slip. "No!" yelled Rebecca, "dont let go!". With ever inch, he slipped more and 
more. Jake screamed "Dont you let go of me!!!". Yet that didnt help at all. With 
one lose grip, he was in the air. "BRANDON!!!!!" yelled Rebecca watching him as 
he fell. Over and over he turned without stopping. No on could help him. 
"Brandon!!" yelled Jake hoping to hear his voice just once more, but he was to 
late......

 

 

A 17 year old boy by the name of Ash Ketchum lay on the ground with his red head 
friend also 17 Misty lay next to him and on her right lay a tall 18 year old boy 
tanned with brown hair was Brock. They were staring at the stars trying to see 
if they could make a pokemon by connecting dots. 

"Ooo!" yelled Misty, "theres a Mareep". "Where?" asked Ash. "Right there" Misty 
replied, "right next to the one that looks like lure ball". "Thats one looks 
like Nurse Joy....." added Brock. "Whats with you?" Misty had to say, "all of 
them look like Nurse Joy to you". "Not all of them!" added Brock, "the sparkle 
in them just make them look beautiful like her". "How the heck can you make a 
Nurse Joy by connecting dots with stars?" Ash asked. Brock simpky replied "With 
her beauty.......she just appears in the stars alone.......OOOHH!!!" "Oh my god 
what?!!" asked a shocked Misty. "That one looks like Officer Jenny.....and that 
one looks like Juliet.....oh how I miss her so..." Ash and Misty laughed to 
themselves. They star gazed for about another 20 minutes before heading for 
their sleeping bags for another good night sleep.

Morning came within hours and our heros were off to the nearest place for rest 
which was Joy City. Through their journey they met some new faces. To Brock's 
dissapointment, they were all really pretty girls. Knowing that they were off to 
a city, he was hoping to run into a beautiful Nurse Joy at the Pokemon Center. 
Jolting with excitment, they arrive to the City within a hour walking time. They 
loved the way the City had really tall buildings and shops. So distracted by 
their surroundings, they were unaware of the talk on the streets. All were 
talking about the Master's Ball which took place 23 years ago leaving trainers 
without any of their pokemon and three teenagers heartbroken from their friend 
Brandon losing grip of life..... In their eyes, he was gone.....