Chapter 1
Here is chapter 1 of Divinity.
People say that your life flashes before your eyes before you are about to die. Well, I don't know if I believe if that's true, but I was remembering things I thought I had long forgotten. Like the first time I met Lucy, my Lucario, my partner, and my long time best-friend. It was four years ago, of course back then Lucy was just a nameless Riolu.
First allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dante I don't know my last name, at least I didn't back then. I was apparently left on the doorstep of the Doko Academe, "A place where children are trained to be the next generation of Pokemon Masters". That was their, somewhat long, slogan. The truth behind it was a lot darker, but we'll get there later. Right now I'm about six-foot-two and have shoulder length light brown hair that's usually self spiking at the back. I usually dress in black cargo trousers, a red t-shirt, an ash grey shirt on top of that and over that a long black coat that reaches half way down my shins.
The day I met Lucy started just like any other day, I had a very large breakfast kippers, I think. I had been sent to Marcars Town to pick up some shopping, well they didn't give big missions to twelve-year-olds. Some parts Marcars can be some of most crime infested places in all of Saywa. Usually I stayed out of those parts of town but street-works made me walk though what me and my friends called "The Badlands". Anyway, I was trudging along with a rucksack full of food muttering to myself about how they never gave me any good missions. It was a warm day so I was wearing just my t-shirt and cargos. About twenty blocks before I arrived at the train station I heard a scream followed by the sound of running footsteps. I turned around to see a group of four Chavs chasing a Riolu while throwing stones at it. Now personally I hate Chavs, a bunch of brain-dead morons who dress like demented jockeys the whole lot of them. Just as the Riolu ran past me a stone thrown by one of the Chavs hit it on the back of its head and it went down, out like a light. "Ha, got it!" shouted the Chav at the front. Just before the Chav could get past my arm shot out, and because the Chav hadn't seen me he got caught in a perfect Clothes-Line attack. I had been top in the Self-defence classes by the way. When the other three Chavs saw this they advanced on me.
I could tell they had been drinking because their movements were jerky uncoordinated all it took was a couple of well aimed punches and a good kick to bring them down. I then turned my attention to the Riolu. I had been trained in basic First Aid, so I knelt down beside the Riolu, checked its pulse, temperature, and breathing. It seemed to be a basic bump on the head but I decide to take the Riolu back to the Academy to be on the safe side. Once I got back to the Academy I dropped off the food shouting out a quick hello to Lilly, the head chef, before running off to the Medical centre. My best friend Jack was the top Medical student. If I remember correctly he dressed in a blue t-shirt, jeans and a long white doctors coat and his fiery red hair was usually tied back in a long pony-tail. So after he had given the Riolu a full check up he told me "You brought her here at just the right time, she has a Lv: 2 concussion and some internal bruising, but don't worry she'll be fine." "Wait a minute," I said a bit startled "the Riolu is a girl?" Jack just smiled blandly and said, "Yup, anyway could you go and inform the Madam about our new guest for me please?" "Pthh," I retorted "you just want me to go to her because she scares you." The truth is that the Madam scares me a bit too.
Madam Greenwood, the head of the Academe, despite her name she is probably the most un-green person in the world. For example, she kept seven computers on at once, among other things, to keep an eye on the Academy. "Ah," she said flamboyantly standing to welcome me into her large, brightly painted office. "Well if it isn't our mystery boy, Dante." As she said this she swept over wearing a long Emerald green dress with a high collar. The Madam must have been in her seventies but she was one of those well-preserved old people. Her curly raven-black hair, as always, hung in circlets that fell to her shoulders. "Hello Madam Greenwood, I've been sent to tell you about the status of our guest." I said sitting in the chair opposite her desk which, as always, had the seven computers all running at once. "Ah, yes the Riolu. Tell me do you know of its gender yet?" "It's a girl, Madam." I said blushing a bit, I was twelve what do you expect! "Ah, a beautiful girl is it?" Sighed the Madam, walking to the balcony windows behind her desk. "You know, Dante, Lucarioes are rare and wonderful Pokemon." Oh God here we go. Never, I repeat NEVER, get the Madam into a conversation about Lucarioes, because if you do you're looking down the barrel of a four and a half hour lecture about how rare and wonderful Lucarioes are. Five hours later I'm sitting there as close to comatose as you can get while still being awake. "Yes, indeed Lucarioes are wonders. Oh my! Is that the time!" She said checking her golden Rolex. "I'm so sorry, Dante, I didn't mean to keep you so long." Huh, what I'm awake!" I said startled out of my pseudo-coma. "Please," said the Madam gesturing toward the door, "Allow me to escort you to dinner, on the way you can tell me how you came to meet this young Riolu." I was way too tired and hungry to argue.
Like she had requested I retold my story of how I had met, and saved, the Riolu. "Why, that is just outstanding not to mention amazing!" The Madam exclaimed after my story. "Someone as valiant as you, Dante, deserves a reward of some sort." She said just as we reached the dining hall. "Ah here we are, I'll think of something and tell you tomorrow, ok." I just nodded, went through the doors and took my place with my friends Jack and Hikari. Hikari, now she was a real tomboy. She usually had long purple hair that fell all the way down her back, and usually wore a black and red outfit that was dripping with chains and buckles. "Hey man, where you been, we've been waiting for you!" She said slapping me hard on the back, which was her usual greeting for me. "I was stuck in Madam Greenwoods office being given 'the Lucario talk', erg!" I said collapsing agenised the table. "Ouch! Tough break, here eat this." She said placing a plate of fried shrimp in front of me. "Thanks," I said, "it looks delish." I was starving so the shrimp weren't there for long. After swallowing the last one I turned my attention to Jack, who had his face burred in a medical text book. "Yo, Jack! How long have you had your face in that book?" "About four hours now." He said, without looking up. "I've got a big test next week." He had been studying for the last two weeks. "Yes we know," said Hikari, "I'm sure you'll make a great Nurse Joy some day!" "Laugh all you want but I'll be curing the diseases of tomorrow," said Jack looking up from his book. "Funny," said Hikari, "that's the only time he has looked up from that book this evening." That reminded me of my extra errand I had done that day. I reached into my deep cargo pocket and pulled out a book. "Here you go, Hikari," I said handing her the book, "happy birthday." "Oh wow, Death Note Volume 5! How did you know?" I just shrugged and said, "It's the only one you haven't gotten yet." I got up leaving those two to there books muttering something about a headache. I climbed into bed still fully dressed and I think I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow.
The next day I awoke to the sound of my PDA going off. I flipped it open and selected the message menu, it was from Madam Greenwood with the subject; Reward. The message was as follows, "Dear Dante, after hearing your story I have decided to promote you, for it seems that you can take care of yourself very well, to Warrior Lv: 7 and Sword Fighter Lv: 5. I also wish for you to take care of that Riolu, when it comes to, for I think you were destined to be together." Well, needless to say I was over the moon. I jumped out of bed, pulled on my shoes and my normal brown jacket, I got my long black one later, and ran out of the door. I knew that Jack and Hikari would already be out and about. Jack would be in the Medical Lab and Hikari would be in garden, despite her tomboyish nature she loves gardening. I decided to run down to the kitchen to grab a bite. Lilly, the head chef, always had a soft spot for me. She also taught me how to cook. My best dish, Corned Beef Pasties. It was always fun cooking with her because we would always end up singing "A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd.
A hardy twenty-five year-old her long light brown hair was usually tied into two ponytails, like Tsunade from Naruto. As soon as she saw me she said, "(Gasp) a customer, wait where's your rush where's your hurry! You gave me such a fright I thought you was a ghost half a minute, can't you sit? Sit it down, SIT!" As soon as she said this she pushed me into a chair, she couldn't sing any more because we were both laughing too hard. You see because of the fact that we were both Sweeney Todd fans this was her usual greeting for me. "So what's up, Dante, you took off so fast yesterday I could barley have a chance to say 'Hi'." I told her the story of how I came to meet the Riolu and then how the Madam promoted me. "Chavs," she snarled, "what did I tell ya, scum of the world the whole lot of them! That's not important though I'm so happy for your promotion!" I grinned and said, "thank you." Just then my PDA went off, it was time for my first new class; Adv Sword Play. I set off to class at breakneck speed arrive there first as usual. The next five days passed just like normal I would go to class, have lunch with Jack and Hikari, visit the Riolu, and then go to bed until one day disaster struck.
I had been a very long day and the last thing I wanted was more trouble, I was trying to relax in my room reading 'Wicked' I was on the last chapter and I wanted to finish it soon. However my reading was cut short when I heard frantic footsteps. Jack burst in through the door of my room and shouted, "Dante! Is an emergency, come quickly!" I just rolled my eyes and said, "Jack, whatever it is I'm sure you can handle it." "Not this," he said still frantic, "it's the Riolu, she's got a nightmare and I'm talking bad, Darkrai induced, traumatising, terror. If she doesn't calm down soon she'll go into cardiac arrest!" That was all I needed to hear, I was off moving faster than a speeding Latios.
Let me scope it out for you, my room is in the Western Dorms and the Medical Wing is on the East Side, over six hundred meters from my room. I got to the Medical Wing in less than five minutes, that's how fast I was moving. Once I got there I could see Riolu was in a bad way, she was thrashing about terribly and screaming at the top of her lungs. I quickly ran over and shouted "Jack, what can we do!?" Jack had just come huffing through the door and said in return, "I huff could try huff making pant an Elixir cough." I scooped up the Riolu, "Good," I said, "get to it." Jack, still out of breath, went over to a table with a bunch of various liquids and started making an Elixir. In the mean I tried to calm the Riolu down. She was saying stuff but I couldn't tell what it was, I don't speak Riolu. Just then Jack shouted "Done," and ran over carrying a bottle full of bright green liquid. Jack passed me the bottle and I tried to pour a little into the Riolu's mouth, but it was clenched shut. Now I was just acting on impulse so I did what I thought would help. I poured some of Elixir into my own mouth and pushed my lips on the Riolu's in a pseudo kiss-of-life. Let me start by saying how weird if felt to be sort of kissing a Pokemon, and secondly that it worked she calmed down intently. Right after that I placed her down on the bed and made sure that she had her pillow, she had knocked it out of bed. Since Jack had been running diagnostics he, thankfully, had not seen my "first kiss" if it can be called so.
"Right," Jack said turning to me, "I'm gonna go check the surrounding, see if Darkrai is still around. Would you mind staying here to look after her?" "Sure, but what if she gets frantic again? Should I give her some more Elixir?" Jack thought for a moment and then said, "no, it could be hazardous to her, however if she gets frantic then why don't you try singing to her that should calm her down." I was still trying to figure out how singing would help when she started to moan and move about in her sleep. "Ok," I sighed, "if singing will help then I will sing like a Linnet Bird." The only song I could think of that would not scare her was 'Not While I'm Around' from Sweeney Todd, so I sang it best I could,
"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling,
I don't care, I got ways.
No one's gonna hurt you,
No one's gonna dare.
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around...
Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to,
I would never hide a thing from you,
Like some...
No one's gonna hurt you, no one's gonna dare
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there!
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around..."
After I had finished singing she had fallen into a deep sleep, just at this moment Jack walked in. "Ok, well there's no sign of Darkrai so I guess that we should head back to bed." I looked at the Riolu who was smiling in her sleep, looked back at Jack and said, "You go on ahead I'm just gonna stay here and make sure that the Riolu is fine, ok?" Jack yawned loudly and said "Fine, but if anything happens then don't hesitate to tell me." I just nodded and sat there right next to her bed until I fell asleep my self and, I thought it may have been a trick of the moon light, I could swear that the Riolu was glowing slightly.Chapter End Notes:hope you like it, and like i said, this is not my story. i just posted it as requested by the writer
People say that your life flashes before your eyes before you are about to die. Well, I don't know if I believe if that's true, but I was remembering things I thought I had long forgotten. Like the first time I met Lucy, my Lucario, my partner, and my long time best-friend. It was four years ago, of course back then Lucy was just a nameless Riolu.
First allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dante I don't know my last name, at least I didn't back then. I was apparently left on the doorstep of the Doko Academe, "A place where children are trained to be the next generation of Pokemon Masters". That was their, somewhat long, slogan. The truth behind it was a lot darker, but we'll get there later. Right now I'm about six-foot-two and have shoulder length light brown hair that's usually self spiking at the back. I usually dress in black cargo trousers, a red t-shirt, an ash grey shirt on top of that and over that a long black coat that reaches half way down my shins.
The day I met Lucy started just like any other day, I had a very large breakfast kippers, I think. I had been sent to Marcars Town to pick up some shopping, well they didn't give big missions to twelve-year-olds. Some parts Marcars can be some of most crime infested places in all of Saywa. Usually I stayed out of those parts of town but street-works made me walk though what me and my friends called "The Badlands". Anyway, I was trudging along with a rucksack full of food muttering to myself about how they never gave me any good missions. It was a warm day so I was wearing just my t-shirt and cargos. About twenty blocks before I arrived at the train station I heard a scream followed by the sound of running footsteps. I turned around to see a group of four Chavs chasing a Riolu while throwing stones at it. Now personally I hate Chavs, a bunch of brain-dead morons who dress like demented jockeys the whole lot of them. Just as the Riolu ran past me a stone thrown by one of the Chavs hit it on the back of its head and it went down, out like a light. "Ha, got it!" shouted the Chav at the front. Just before the Chav could get past my arm shot out, and because the Chav hadn't seen me he got caught in a perfect Clothes-Line attack. I had been top in the Self-defence classes by the way. When the other three Chavs saw this they advanced on me.
I could tell they had been drinking because their movements were jerky uncoordinated all it took was a couple of well aimed punches and a good kick to bring them down. I then turned my attention to the Riolu. I had been trained in basic First Aid, so I knelt down beside the Riolu, checked its pulse, temperature, and breathing. It seemed to be a basic bump on the head but I decide to take the Riolu back to the Academy to be on the safe side. Once I got back to the Academy I dropped off the food shouting out a quick hello to Lilly, the head chef, before running off to the Medical centre. My best friend Jack was the top Medical student. If I remember correctly he dressed in a blue t-shirt, jeans and a long white doctors coat and his fiery red hair was usually tied back in a long pony-tail. So after he had given the Riolu a full check up he told me "You brought her here at just the right time, she has a Lv: 2 concussion and some internal bruising, but don't worry she'll be fine." "Wait a minute," I said a bit startled "the Riolu is a girl?" Jack just smiled blandly and said, "Yup, anyway could you go and inform the Madam about our new guest for me please?" "Pthh," I retorted "you just want me to go to her because she scares you." The truth is that the Madam scares me a bit too.
Madam Greenwood, the head of the Academe, despite her name she is probably the most un-green person in the world. For example, she kept seven computers on at once, among other things, to keep an eye on the Academy. "Ah," she said flamboyantly standing to welcome me into her large, brightly painted office. "Well if it isn't our mystery boy, Dante." As she said this she swept over wearing a long Emerald green dress with a high collar. The Madam must have been in her seventies but she was one of those well-preserved old people. Her curly raven-black hair, as always, hung in circlets that fell to her shoulders. "Hello Madam Greenwood, I've been sent to tell you about the status of our guest." I said sitting in the chair opposite her desk which, as always, had the seven computers all running at once. "Ah, yes the Riolu. Tell me do you know of its gender yet?" "It's a girl, Madam." I said blushing a bit, I was twelve what do you expect! "Ah, a beautiful girl is it?" Sighed the Madam, walking to the balcony windows behind her desk. "You know, Dante, Lucarioes are rare and wonderful Pokemon." Oh God here we go. Never, I repeat NEVER, get the Madam into a conversation about Lucarioes, because if you do you're looking down the barrel of a four and a half hour lecture about how rare and wonderful Lucarioes are. Five hours later I'm sitting there as close to comatose as you can get while still being awake. "Yes, indeed Lucarioes are wonders. Oh my! Is that the time!" She said checking her golden Rolex. "I'm so sorry, Dante, I didn't mean to keep you so long." Huh, what I'm awake!" I said startled out of my pseudo-coma. "Please," said the Madam gesturing toward the door, "Allow me to escort you to dinner, on the way you can tell me how you came to meet this young Riolu." I was way too tired and hungry to argue.
Like she had requested I retold my story of how I had met, and saved, the Riolu. "Why, that is just outstanding not to mention amazing!" The Madam exclaimed after my story. "Someone as valiant as you, Dante, deserves a reward of some sort." She said just as we reached the dining hall. "Ah here we are, I'll think of something and tell you tomorrow, ok." I just nodded, went through the doors and took my place with my friends Jack and Hikari. Hikari, now she was a real tomboy. She usually had long purple hair that fell all the way down her back, and usually wore a black and red outfit that was dripping with chains and buckles. "Hey man, where you been, we've been waiting for you!" She said slapping me hard on the back, which was her usual greeting for me. "I was stuck in Madam Greenwoods office being given 'the Lucario talk', erg!" I said collapsing agenised the table. "Ouch! Tough break, here eat this." She said placing a plate of fried shrimp in front of me. "Thanks," I said, "it looks delish." I was starving so the shrimp weren't there for long. After swallowing the last one I turned my attention to Jack, who had his face burred in a medical text book. "Yo, Jack! How long have you had your face in that book?" "About four hours now." He said, without looking up. "I've got a big test next week." He had been studying for the last two weeks. "Yes we know," said Hikari, "I'm sure you'll make a great Nurse Joy some day!" "Laugh all you want but I'll be curing the diseases of tomorrow," said Jack looking up from his book. "Funny," said Hikari, "that's the only time he has looked up from that book this evening." That reminded me of my extra errand I had done that day. I reached into my deep cargo pocket and pulled out a book. "Here you go, Hikari," I said handing her the book, "happy birthday." "Oh wow, Death Note Volume 5! How did you know?" I just shrugged and said, "It's the only one you haven't gotten yet." I got up leaving those two to there books muttering something about a headache. I climbed into bed still fully dressed and I think I fell asleep before my head hit the pillow.
The next day I awoke to the sound of my PDA going off. I flipped it open and selected the message menu, it was from Madam Greenwood with the subject; Reward. The message was as follows, "Dear Dante, after hearing your story I have decided to promote you, for it seems that you can take care of yourself very well, to Warrior Lv: 7 and Sword Fighter Lv: 5. I also wish for you to take care of that Riolu, when it comes to, for I think you were destined to be together." Well, needless to say I was over the moon. I jumped out of bed, pulled on my shoes and my normal brown jacket, I got my long black one later, and ran out of the door. I knew that Jack and Hikari would already be out and about. Jack would be in the Medical Lab and Hikari would be in garden, despite her tomboyish nature she loves gardening. I decided to run down to the kitchen to grab a bite. Lilly, the head chef, always had a soft spot for me. She also taught me how to cook. My best dish, Corned Beef Pasties. It was always fun cooking with her because we would always end up singing "A Little Priest" from Sweeney Todd.
A hardy twenty-five year-old her long light brown hair was usually tied into two ponytails, like Tsunade from Naruto. As soon as she saw me she said, "(Gasp) a customer, wait where's your rush where's your hurry! You gave me such a fright I thought you was a ghost half a minute, can't you sit? Sit it down, SIT!" As soon as she said this she pushed me into a chair, she couldn't sing any more because we were both laughing too hard. You see because of the fact that we were both Sweeney Todd fans this was her usual greeting for me. "So what's up, Dante, you took off so fast yesterday I could barley have a chance to say 'Hi'." I told her the story of how I came to meet the Riolu and then how the Madam promoted me. "Chavs," she snarled, "what did I tell ya, scum of the world the whole lot of them! That's not important though I'm so happy for your promotion!" I grinned and said, "thank you." Just then my PDA went off, it was time for my first new class; Adv Sword Play. I set off to class at breakneck speed arrive there first as usual. The next five days passed just like normal I would go to class, have lunch with Jack and Hikari, visit the Riolu, and then go to bed until one day disaster struck.
I had been a very long day and the last thing I wanted was more trouble, I was trying to relax in my room reading 'Wicked' I was on the last chapter and I wanted to finish it soon. However my reading was cut short when I heard frantic footsteps. Jack burst in through the door of my room and shouted, "Dante! Is an emergency, come quickly!" I just rolled my eyes and said, "Jack, whatever it is I'm sure you can handle it." "Not this," he said still frantic, "it's the Riolu, she's got a nightmare and I'm talking bad, Darkrai induced, traumatising, terror. If she doesn't calm down soon she'll go into cardiac arrest!" That was all I needed to hear, I was off moving faster than a speeding Latios.
Let me scope it out for you, my room is in the Western Dorms and the Medical Wing is on the East Side, over six hundred meters from my room. I got to the Medical Wing in less than five minutes, that's how fast I was moving. Once I got there I could see Riolu was in a bad way, she was thrashing about terribly and screaming at the top of her lungs. I quickly ran over and shouted "Jack, what can we do!?" Jack had just come huffing through the door and said in return, "I huff could try huff making pant an Elixir cough." I scooped up the Riolu, "Good," I said, "get to it." Jack, still out of breath, went over to a table with a bunch of various liquids and started making an Elixir. In the mean I tried to calm the Riolu down. She was saying stuff but I couldn't tell what it was, I don't speak Riolu. Just then Jack shouted "Done," and ran over carrying a bottle full of bright green liquid. Jack passed me the bottle and I tried to pour a little into the Riolu's mouth, but it was clenched shut. Now I was just acting on impulse so I did what I thought would help. I poured some of Elixir into my own mouth and pushed my lips on the Riolu's in a pseudo kiss-of-life. Let me start by saying how weird if felt to be sort of kissing a Pokemon, and secondly that it worked she calmed down intently. Right after that I placed her down on the bed and made sure that she had her pillow, she had knocked it out of bed. Since Jack had been running diagnostics he, thankfully, had not seen my "first kiss" if it can be called so.
"Right," Jack said turning to me, "I'm gonna go check the surrounding, see if Darkrai is still around. Would you mind staying here to look after her?" "Sure, but what if she gets frantic again? Should I give her some more Elixir?" Jack thought for a moment and then said, "no, it could be hazardous to her, however if she gets frantic then why don't you try singing to her that should calm her down." I was still trying to figure out how singing would help when she started to moan and move about in her sleep. "Ok," I sighed, "if singing will help then I will sing like a Linnet Bird." The only song I could think of that would not scare her was 'Not While I'm Around' from Sweeney Todd, so I sang it best I could,
"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around.
Nothing's gonna harm you, no sir, not while I'm around.
Demons are prowling everywhere, nowadays,
I'll send 'em howling,
I don't care, I got ways.
No one's gonna hurt you,
No one's gonna dare.
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while,
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around...
Being close and being clever
Ain't like being true
I don't need to,
I would never hide a thing from you,
Like some...
No one's gonna hurt you, no one's gonna dare
Others can desert you,
Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there!
Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while
But in time...
Nothing can harm you
Not while I'm around..."
After I had finished singing she had fallen into a deep sleep, just at this moment Jack walked in. "Ok, well there's no sign of Darkrai so I guess that we should head back to bed." I looked at the Riolu who was smiling in her sleep, looked back at Jack and said, "You go on ahead I'm just gonna stay here and make sure that the Riolu is fine, ok?" Jack yawned loudly and said "Fine, but if anything happens then don't hesitate to tell me." I just nodded and sat there right next to her bed until I fell asleep my self and, I thought it may have been a trick of the moon light, I could swear that the Riolu was glowing slightly.Chapter End Notes:hope you like it, and like i said, this is not my story. i just posted it as requested by the writer