Daily Pokemon Stories

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Today's Pokemon is...

The Owl Pokemon, #164, Noctowl!

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A young noctowl walked down the street, leaving the woods after a long day of dungeon crawling. As he strolled up the path, he noticed a large building in the shape of an umbreon’s head and sighed. It had been almost a decade since the leaders of the rescue team that lived there had disappeared. While auxiliary members had taken over and ran the team very effectively, the area had never been quite the same. While having humans turn into pokemon was relatively unheard of, rumors had always said there were many among them that simply stayed hidden well. And while this noctowl was not one of them, he had been lucky enough to meet one of the ones that had failed to stay hidden.

Her name was Luna, Luna the umbreon. He had met her when he was just a hoothoot, and she was simply an eevee. She and her partner, Neva the Charmander, had rescued him from Sinister Forest, and instilled in him the confidence he needed to become a rescuer himself. He had trained rigorously after that, sometimes needing aid from others to save him when he went too deep in, but he saw how Luna and Neva never gave up, even when faced with the legendary bird, Zapdos.

When Luna was revealed to be human, the small hoothoot had not been sure what to feel, but following her fleeing, he had been one of the first to jump to her defense. He knew such a sweet girl could not mean any harm to his world. And he had been right. She went on to save the world and accomplish even greater feats. But then, one stormy night, Luna, Neva, Savior, and Dive had all disappeared. While no calamity had struck since, life was never quite the same.

Life had moved on without her, and now ten years had passed. There was no disguising how much an impact that Team Friendship had made on this noctowl’s life, and he had to wonder if he would die with the one regret of never being able to repay them. Shaking his head, the noctowl continued on his way, walking through Pokemon Square towards Whiscash Pond. Flapping his large brown wings, he flew over to the forests above. Landing amongst the trees, he walked into the heart of the forest, where his nest lay.

The noctowl took off his bag as he approached his nest, and a small head poked out as the sound of his approach. A baby treecko smiled and waved his arms at the noctowl. The noctowl extended his wing and pat the treecko on his head. He dumped his bag into the nest and scattered about the different toys for the child to play with. The baby treecko immediately latched onto a blue ball and began to roll around with it. The noctowl began to busy himself with putting away the items that the baby could not play with or that he would need for rescues later. As he sifted through the contents, a soft blue glow caught his eye. The noctowl approached his bag and lifted it. Looking inside, his red eyes locked onto a small glowing gear that looked like it belonged to a clock. Perplexed, the noctowl reached inside and touched the gear.

Instantly the noctowl’s surroundings went bright white, and the noctowl found himself face to face with two gods. He bowed to them, feeling unworthy to be in the presence of the rulers of time, Dialga and Celebi. He felt a tap on his shoulder and looked up to see Celebi smiling at him.

“RECIPIENT OF THE TIME GEAR,” a booming voice echoed, “YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THE FIRST GUARDIAN OF TIME ITSELF. ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE, TIME WILL BE IN GRAVE DANGER. AS A RESULT, CELEBI AND I HAVE SPLIT OUR SOULS AND PLACED THEM INTO THESE GEARS IN HOPES IT WILL MAINTAIN THE BALANCE LONG ENOUGH FOR THE PROPHECY OF XATU TO COME TO PASS.” Celebi quickly interrupted,

“You do know of the prophecy, correct?” The prophecy of Xatu? Everyone in the entire world knew of it! Shortly before his passing, the great seer, Xatu, had given one last prophecy, professing the return of Luna and the others, as well as the arrival of more humans. But before all the details could be sorted out, the man passed, leaving the world with more questions than answers. The noctowl nodded quickly and looked back to Dialga.

“YOUR JOB AS GUARDIAN IS TO PROTECT THE TIME GEAR. NO DOUBT ONCE WORD SPREADS OF THEIR EXISTENCE, THIEVES WILL COME SEEKING THEIR POWER. YOU CANNOT ALLOW THAT. ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL CAN TAKE THE TIME GEAR FROM THIS FOREST, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SEEN THE FUTURE AND IS WILLING TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO CHANGE IT. I CANNOT DISCLOSE THEIR IDENTITY, BUT YOU WILL KNOW THEM WHEN YOU SEE THEM.” That was very mysterious, but from the sounds of it, did that mean Luna was possibly in the future? Was she the one that he was to give the Time Gear to? “DO YOU ACCEPT?” The noctowl put a wing to his beak and thought on this.

This was his chance. Beyond raising the young treecko orphan, the noctowl had never really felt like he had been given a purpose in life. Yet, he had always wanted to repay Team Friendship for everything they had done for him. This was his chance to repay them. Yes, he would do it. He would help Team Friendship fulfill Xatu’s prophecy! The noctowl once again gave a sharp nod and placed his right wind in a salute.

“It would be my honor,” he replied softly. Celebi gave him another soft smile and nodded a little.

“Thank you, may Arceus bless you and your companion with fulfillment and safety.” And with that, he was back in the forest. The noctowl still had his wing in the bag, feathers wrapped around the Time Gear. Removing his wing, the noctowl closed the bag and looked at the baby treecko. He walked over to the child and showed him the Time Gear.

“Do you see this?” he asked, “This is a Time Gear. And it is my duty to protect it.” The child looked at the object with wonderment in his eyes. “One day, it will be your duty as well, until the one who has seen the future and is willing to give up everything in order to change it comes to claim it.”

And thus began the reign of the first guardian of the Treeshroud Forest guardian, the Nameless Noctowl.