Fail.

Do you have any idea what you want to do?
We could start with them being regular trainers just getting their Pokemon and such.
Or.
We could do a plot that I've never kicked off. This being that two champions are selected to investigate the disappearances of many Pokemon. Sightings of the return of Shadow Pokemon are traveling around and the Champions must put a stop to the rise of the Shadows...?

-inhales rather deeply-

I wanna do the one with teh Shadow Pokemanz! XD

I haven't done one with them before, so it should be interesting.

xD Alrighty. The way I always start the shadow ones is;

The two champions will meet at a Pokemon Center in a random town. There, they discuss their plans for finding the Shadow Pokemon.
Oh, and they also get to have one Shadow Pokemon, but they find it later. ^^;

And can we skip bios and just put our teams down? xD
I. Hate. Bios.

Sure. Oh, and cany we have a shiny and/or legendary on the team. 'Cause my charrie has a shiny legendary... :D

Ooc; I'd say one Legend per person. c:
And shinies are fine, I guess. I've never particularly liked them. xD

Ooc; My person ~

Taylor Sommers :: 17 :: Female

Pokemon Team;

Shayde ~ Lucario
Whiplash ~ Salamence
Solstice ~ Arcanine
Spirit ~ Shadow Ninetales (Later ^^)

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Kay.

My Person;

Sculyr Treaty :: Eighteen :: Male :: Psychic

Ozone :: Shiny Rayquaza
Scythe :: Arcanine
Reaper :: Houndoom
Disaster :: Shadow Absol [Later]
Star :: Lapras
Wyldfyr :: Rapidash

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Sure.

The strong uplift of wind that swirled around the Salamence's back whipped Taylor's hair around her face. The brown haired girl ducked her head to the right and Whiplash responded by angling his right wing-tips down and banking to the right. The dragon pokemon flapped his wings once more, let loose a powerful roar, and surged downward. Taylor let out an exhilarated whoop and gripped onto the reigns that wound around the beast's neck. Taylor pushed the reigns into the scales on Whiplash's neck; making sure to press down twice. The dragon pokemon whipped out his wings again and gently landed on the ground. Taylor smoothed out her hair and slid off of the Pokemon, the red and white lights of the Pokemon center clearly displayed through the darkened streets of the town.

"Thanks, Whip." Taylor said as she patted the Pokemon's side. She unclipped a Pokeball from her belt and sent the beast inside. After running her fingers through her hair once more, Taylor clipped the Pokeball back onto her belt, her fingers brushing against the others in comfort. She strode through the doors of the Pokemon center and set her gaze around the premicise. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary and Taylor unfurled a small piece of parchment from her back pocket.

She reread the letter and checked the map that was attatched. She glanced up at the displayed map above the Nurse's head and grinned. She had come to the right place after all. Deciding she should wait for the other person to show up, she sat down in an unclaimed booth next to the window of the Pokemon Center. She cast her gaze out the gla.ss and let her eyes wander over the desolate streets. The darkened roads were illuminated softly; only with a few small lanterns dotting around the dirt roads.

A black, snake-like pokemon with no wings, front arms, and horns on its head moved with the drafts of wind as it moved its way through the sky. Sitting just behind the head of the beast was a trainer with light blonde hair and blue eyes the colour of the early morning sky. Pale and bright. Using his knees to direct where the Rayquaza was going, the dragon-type roared its presence as it slowly made its descent as it dipped its head down towards the twinkling city night lights below. It was then, he let out a wild yell of excietment. 

The Rayquaza slowed down as it neared the buildings and landed somewhat gracefully in the center of the streets. Resting its small hands on the pavement, it lowered its head to the ground and the male slipped off before scratched right beneath the Rayquaza's yellow-ish eye.

"Nice flying Ozone," the male said, crooning slighty. The black Rayquaza let out a groan before gently pushing him aside with its muzzle. The male smiled and pulled out a black and yellow pokeball from his sleeves and recalled Ozone. Placing the pokeball back, he pulled out a peice of folded paper from one of the sleeves. 

Moving so a street lamp was directly above him, he re-read the letter and checked the map. He could tell he was in the right place by the feel of the town's aura. How could he feel that? Simple; he is a psychic. Folding the paper back up, he returned it to its original place in one of his sleeves before walking into the Pokemon Center. When the doors slid open, he glanced around to look for this other person he was supposed to be meeting here.

Taylor slipped her black backpack from her shoulders and zipped open the main pocket. She dug through the contents of the bag; mainly food, bottles of water, and essential items for wandering around the Region. She pulled out her Region Map and pushed the bag into the corner near the wall. She splayed the map out before her and smoothed out the creases that had formed from various folds in the paper. Her elbow brushed against her belt and she reached down to click open one of the Pokeballs. Shayde would want to be released now that she was out of the air; the Pokemon never wanted to leave her side. She clicked open the Pokeball and in a soft glow of white light; nothing like the grandeur displayed when the Lucario was entering a battle.

The blue eyed Pokemon blinked a few times as he adjusted to the artificial light of the Pokemon Center. His eyes rested on the map where a few inches of it lay concealed under Taylor's outstretched hands. He pushed her hands away gently with his paws and examined the map. His head inclined upward as he pinpointed their location and he nodded with quiet satisfaction. Taylor could never get more than a gesture or nod out of the Lucario; a grunt not even seeming to suffice.

"We just have to wait for the other Champion, Shay." Taylor said and Shayde rolled his eyes as he cracked his neck. Taylor folded her hands into her lap and grimaced. "You better be polite," she warned and the Lucario arched his brows, though did not make any gestures that disregarded her statement.

Shayde cocked his head just before the doors to the Pokemon center swung open. A ghost of a smile grew on his face as the newcomer walked into the Center. He turned back around and Taylor blinked, finding herself mimicking the movement. The aura that trailed past the trainer was a sense of power and mystery and Shayde didn't fail to notice it. He knew immediately that this was the Champion. The Lucario tapped Taylor's hand softly and she smiled.

"And here we are," she said to her partner. She then raised her voice so the newcomer could hear. "Hey, Champion." she remarked, her eyes glinting. She was ready to start this mission; a sense of adventure never failed to excite her.

Sculyr stood where he was for several seconds as he registered the voice that spoke to him. Blinking his eyes, he turned slightly towards the person who spoke the words. His gaze came across a girl with brown hair and a Lucario. As he continued to stare, he sensed her power through her aura. A light grin curved his lips as he cocked his head to one side. His short, ragged blonde hair fell into his eyes as he did so.

Folding his arms, he placed is arms in his sleeves as he walked closer to the two. As he neared, he asked; "So your the other Champion?" Except his tone wasn't questioning. It was more of a statement of fact. Then he gave a nod of acknowledgement to the Lucario.

Taylor brushed her brownish blonde hair from her rain gray eyes and gave the other Champion a heart-felt grin. It felt good to meet another Champion. After all of her traveling around the world on the back of Whiplash, she had never met another that had attained her status. She turned her gaze toward Shayde for a split moment and her grin widened when she found respect and an automatic liking in the Lucario's eyes.

"So Shay was right and you are the other one, too." She replied and gestured for him to sit down with them. Before, she had wanted to rush the pleasantries and get down to business, but she realized that the two Champions had to get used to each other before they could work together.

"Anyway, I'm Taylor; Taylor Sommers. This is my partner, Shayde, but he prefers Shay." she said and the Lucario responded by leaning back into the cushion of the seat and breaking out in a yawn. His blue eyes blinked as he read the aura of the Champion. All sorts of emotions and information generated from the aura and he realized the trainer was a psychic. A nudge from Taylor's leg made him realize that he had been rude. Of course, his eyes had most likely burned a purple aura as he accessed his talent.

"Um, sorry about that. Shay tends to get a bit ahead of himself when it comes to getting to know people," Taylor said with narrowed eyes in his direction. The Lucario placed his paws on the table and folded one over the other before tapping Taylor's handed. She translated this to the trainer;

"He says he's sorry if he offended you," she said a bit sheepishly.

Sculyr remained standing even though Taylor guestered for him to sit across from her. Realising that Shayde was staring at him, he looked at the blue pokemon through the corner of his eyes. He saw that the pokemon's eyes were shining like a purple fire and a slight smile made the corners of his mouth twitch upwards. Sensing something between Taylor and Shayde, he noticed the Lucario look almost sheepish.

This brought a full-blown grin to his face.

"It's alright, Shay. You didn't offend me. I almost tend to do the same thing when I meet someone new," he said as his own blue eyes started to glow slightly as the backpack attached to the back of his vest-jacket unhooked itself and floated to the floor at the man's feet before he slid into the seat across from Taylor. The backpack had an odd, black aura to it that faded when his eyes stopped glowing.

"I'm Sculyr Treaty and a psychic," he said as he leaned forward slightly, tilting his head fractionally to the right. 

Lucario let his paws rest face-up on the table for the moment, indicating that he acknowledged the statement. Slight amusement sparked in the Lucario's eyes as the Psychic levitated the backpack and let it drift to the ground. He drew his hands back and let them rest on his lap as he pulled himself away from the center of attention. He closed his eyes and focused on listening to the conversation at hand.

Taylor leaned forward and let her elbows rest on the table as Lucario drew himself back. "As you can probably tell, Shay and I have our own means of communicating. He's almost never in his Poke ball so I hope you'll get used to his presence. He's more the silent type, but you gotta love him," she continued as she flickered her gaze back to her partner. She could see his eyes rolled beneath his lids and she grinned.

"I'm as.suming you received the same letter I did. Apparently, the government thinks the Shadow Pokemon Project is back on again. We're supposed to find information on its whereabouts and find the Lab where they're being created. Shay and I have...er...traveled around a bit and we think we know a place where we could find information," she lowered her voice, not wanting to be heard by others.

"It's a Black Market off the coast of Cerulean Sea. There are more than a few shady characters there that would no doubt be involved with the Project. That will be our best bet," she said, anticipation for the challenge ahead gleaming in her eyes. Of course, while they were there, it couldn't hurt to have a few Pokemon battles with the ruthless trainers.

Sculyr listened to what Taylor had to say about the contents of the letters they had recieved. And while he was listening, his mind was racing with different places that could fit a Lab to create the Shadow Pokemon. His light brows furrowed when she mentioned the Black Market. Thinking aloud, he spoke; "The Black Market is where the scientists might get Pokemon to experiment on." His blue eyes sparkled dangerously as he said it, portraying that he didn't like what he just said.

Looking Taylor in the eye, he said; "If we go, we have to be descreet and only meet up to give news we obtained before going off again. We wouldn't want any shady characters to figure out we're Champions." The last part of the sentance sounded like it had a smile in it, but no visible one was curving his lips.

Ooc; Do you read Mlia? Your signature screams mlia post at me. xD Anyway

Bic;

When Sculyr mentioned Pokemon being stolen at the black market, Lucario cracked his eyes open. Of course, why hadn't he thought of it before. His memory was thrown back to when he and Taylor were pa.ssing through, the two having recently become Champions. She had worn a dark, hooded cloak and Shayde had opted to do the same. The aura around that area had definitely conflicted with his emotions which had caused them to leave quickly, but Shayde knew he could handle what was to come this time; he knew what to expect.

What caught him most was a little trickle of memory that conjured when the Psychic had said that. He focused on the memory and was flung back into that past reality.

Taylor whispered softly under her breath to him as they crossed one of the shady streets. "Be on the lookout, Shay. We've stayed long enough." Shayde had pulled his cloak farther over his ears when he had caught a glimpse of a scene to his right. Two men had been standing at one of the doorways. One of them pulled back the sleeves of his trench coat and revealed a device attatched to his arm.

Intrigued and curious, Shayde had used his aura sensing and stripped the vision of the trench coat. The machine on the man's arm buzzed with a black aura that was more powerful than Shayde had ever seen before. The sight of it scared him and had caused him to stumble. The two men looked his way and Shayde urged Taylor faster.

Shayde shook his head as he came out of the moment, his thin frame quivering with fear. Taylor blinked and glanced at her friend, shock taking hold of her ex
pression. "Shay, are you okay?" she asked. Shayde closed his eyes and stilled his body. When he opened his eyes again, he gave Taylor a comforting smile and waved it off. He wouldn't share the memory just yet.

He did, in fact, remind Taylor that they had worn cloaks before. Taylor nodded, still looking a bit more than skeptical at her partner's sudden bout of fear. "When Shay and I went, we wore cloaks to hide our faces. Also, I suggest you move your pokeballs out of the reach of wandering hands," she said, only half kidding.

"When you're ready, we'll go. I a.ssume you can fly," she said, more so indicating that he had a Pokemon that could fly.

Sculyr blinked in slight surprise to see fear flash in the Lucario's aura. The fear was like a dark black cloud across Shayde's bright blue aura. Remorse twinkled in Sculyr's blue eyes as he realized his words caused the fear in the Lucario and the tips of his hears burned in shame. But when Taylor spoke of when they went, and how they wore cloaks to hide their faces, he thought of the folded peice of cloth his mother had given him before he came here.

At the mention of hiding his pokeballs, he smiled, leaned back, and flipped his sleeves slightly. Three pokeballs were in his left hand while two where in his right. Flipping the sleeves back over his hands, they twitched slightly before Sculyr revealed his now, devoid of pokeballed-hands. His blue eyes now twinkled slightly as he stood up while grabbing his backpack before clipping it where it needed to go.

"I'm ready now, if you are. And I'll follow you to the Black Market if that is alright with you," he said, folding his arms so his hands where in the sleeves.

Shayde blinked as Sculyr's aura changed; if only for a moment. In that brief sense, he had gotten out of the boy that he felt he was to blame for the Lucario's fear. Shayd shook his head at himself, knowing that it was not his fault; it was the fault of the Shadow Pokemon project. He tapped Taylor on the shoulder and blinked twice, making a few swift movements with his hands. Taylor raised her brows, but didn't question the Pokemon. He wanted to ride with her on the back of Whiplash and typically, the Pokemon was afraid of heights.

"Alright, then we're set," Taylor said, still grinning after Sculyr's display of his pokeballs. She fingered the black and yellow Pokeball that was on the right side of her hip. She unclipped it from her belt and strode out of the Pokemon center, flipping the ball through the air as she did so. When the pa.ssed through the Center doors, she flung the pokeball into the air.

Whiplash's tail snaked through the air as he appeared in a burst of white light in front of her. She smiled and approached the Pokemon. He nudged the girl with his scaly snout and she playfully pushed him back before rubbing the scales just behind his collarbone. The Pokemon let out a soft purr and Taylor shook her head as she rubbed her thumb over his scales.

"Whip, we're going to that place we went before; the Black Market," she said to him and the Salamence froze for a moment. It bared its fangs and hissed softly and Taylor patted his side. "We'll be alright, boy." she said to him and he rolled his eyes to her. "Trust me," she said. "Oh and Shay's going to be riding, too."

Whiplash blinked and glanced at his fellow Pokemon partner before seeming to shrug. Taylor climbed up Whiplash's back and beckoned for Shayde to follow. Shayde looked at the seat behind Taylor with doubt before he nimbly leaped on top of Whiplash. He wrapped his arms around Taylor's waist while she gripped her reigns.

"Wait for Sculyr to come out, Whip." she said as the Pokemon anxiously rubbed his wings together.