Age of Grey Ether
#1 of Age of Grey Ether
Chapter 1: Welcome to He- I mean, AGE
"98... 99.. Jackpot!" The young exclaimed as the game finished downloading. It automatically installed itself in a matter of seconds and the screen turned black. "... Is.. That suppose to happen..?" The screen came back on with three golden letters, reading "AGE". "Sweet."
The man currently creating an account for Age of Grey Ether is 20 year old Dante Silverfield. An overly cliché scrawny nerd who lives in his mother's house with his little sisters. His silver hair was medium length and messy to the point birds would nest in it if he didn't swat them away. His dull brown eyes were red and puffy from hours of gaming without break, his old orange shirt stunk of sweat and dried food that fell on him and his dirty green cargo shorts were stuck to the computer chair he bought from a hobo. Truly he was a miserable, pathetic, useless, good-for nothing, siscon Pokémon nerd with no real friends. And he still owes me 20 bucks- Owie!
"Mika, shut the fuck up! Don't think I narrate how shitty my life is enough?!" Dante yelled as he pulled on the cheeks of his 13 year old sister Mika. She shared the man-child's silver hair color with her long hair that stretched to her lower back. Her red sleeveless shirt had a picture of a unicorn on it and her blue jean shorts where high on her thighs. She repeatedly said "ow" as her brother pulled harder. "Why the fuck are you in my room anyway?!"
Mika finally broke away and rubbed her cheeks. "Mom said I should tell you me, her and Angelica are going to the mall to pick up some stuff for Freya's birthday." The young girl puffed up her cheeks and huffed at Dante.
The male sat back in his chair and turned back to the screen. "Sure, whatever, don't get kidnapped. Lots of perverts would love to have a young developing body to play with." She huffed and stormed out of the room.
"Little pest..." Dante muttered as he finally was able to sign into his account. "Still can't believe 'Giratinas Double' wasn't taken." He smiled as the game screen turned to a 2D open field, a Pikachu with a letter in its mouth was racing against a Tailow, a Growlith, a Shinx and a Zorua. "That's adorable." He chuckled to himself as the Zorua hopped onto the Tailow, sticking its tongue out of the side of his mouth.
AGE was suppose to be a game that took the dangers of being an actual Pokémon trainer, something his mother never let him do, from the real world. The screen changed again to a purplish-black color with the words "Pick a Species" the top center. A numerical list of Pokémon came under it. Dante wasn't sure what it meant, and only assumed it to be which Pokémon he'd start out with.
"Let's see..." He let out a thoughtful "Hmm" while scrolling through. "Arcanine? No, I have no idea how I'd take care of one if this game is how the site says. Pigeotto? But I kinda wanna try something different, I nuzlocked Pigeotto to death..."
12 minutes and a hundred Pokémon later, Dante decided to search abilities instead of Pokémon. What he found wasn't the abilities he was taught back in high school, but abilities that seemed to be based on a Pokémon's type and lore. "Afterburner? Thicker then steel? Now you see me?" He was in slight awe. This game finally peaked his interests. He scrolled through them until he found one named "I see you". He clicked it and read the description.
"Level 1 ability. The user can see through objects with 50 density or lower and treasure chests... That sounds awesome." He clicked 'Chose' and seven Pokémon that could use the ability popped up. The one that immediately grabbed his attention was the black lion with a blue face and underside. "Luxray..." He chuckle before clicking on the Gleaming Pokémon.
The game asked if he was sure, and he clicked yes. It asked again, saying that this was final and he couldn't change or do-over. A little more hesitant now, he clicked Ok. "Congrats! You have become a Luxray!" The game said with a pop up. "I've become a Luxray...?" Dante squinted as the message disappeared. It happened in a split second.
Black tentacles shot out of the screen and wrapped around his limbs.
The silver haired male let out a panicked yelp as he tried to fight back against them. "I've seen way enough hentai to know where this is going!" One more came out and wrapped around his throat. He made a choking sound just before he was yanked into the screen. He had excepted to hit face first into it. Sadly, that wasn't the case as he was sucked in.
He screamed as he was swallowed by a swirling black void. The last thing he saw was a light at the end.
"Uhhh..." Dante groaned quietly. He didn't know where he was. He didn't know what happened to him. Hell, he didn't know whether or not those tentacles did hentai things to him. What he did know was that he wasn't quite dead yet, and he'd be damned if that didn't count as a victory. He also knew something very hot was burning him from above.
He opened his eyes, only to be blinded by the sun. He grunted and sat up, trying to rub the blindness from his eyes. Dante slowly opened them to see he was in a green field just outside of a forest. He looked around and found a pond to his left with a wooden walkway.
Birds chirped loud over head and he glanced up to look at them. His eyes widen as he realized that those weren't normal birds... Those were Tailow, a Pokémon species. "The bloody hell?" He muttered out loud as he got to his feet. Dante rubbed his eyes again. This time he noticed a warm, furry feeling from his hand. He pulled it back and felt the second shock of the morning.
His hand, and not to mention his arm, was covered in black fur with a trio of golden rings below his wrist.
He looked down at the rest of his body to find most of it covered in black fur, excluding his chest down to between his knees which colored an electric blue. He looked behind himself to find a long tail with a yellow, four-pointed star. He was naked but he didn't care about that at all.
In an attempt to confirm his suspension, he gingerly walked over to the edge of the pond and peeked over. What stared back at him was the face of a Luxray. Dante raised his hand, so did the Luxray. Dante closed his left eyes, so did the Luxray. Dante flipped the Luxray off with his left, the Luxray flipped him off with both hands.
"Only shit... I'm a furry's wet dream!" The now electric-type exclaimed as he got back on his feet and backed away. A heavy laugh came from behind him. Dante turned around just in time to see a massive rock rocketing towards him. He let out a yelp before ducking under it.
"Well, seems like we have a live one 'ere." A guff male chuckled out. Dante looked in the direction of the laughing to see a Rhyperior holding a massive hammer, both sides of which were flat with brick-red belting wrapped on handle down to the thick grip. The Rhyperior was far more humanoid then a normal one and wore a pair of baggy grey pants, his large muscular frame was exposed for the whole world to see.
"Who...? Wha..?" Dante nervously sputtered out.
"Haha, I hope you don't take this too personal kid," He brought up his hammer in both hands. "Earthquake level 3!" The beast of a man declared. He slammed the hammer down into the earth, causing the very ground to shake. Dante stumbled back, struggling to stay on his feet. The second part of the attack fissured the ground from the point of contact and a surge of energy raced towards the fumbling male.
The Luxray did his best to leap out of the way, only get two feet from the deadly ground-type move. "Uncle, uncle! I give!" Dante got to knees, shaking like a leaf in the wind, and held up his arms.
"You give up?" The dual-type asked as the Earthquake resolved. The younger male nodded at he held back the urge to piss himself. "Good, I'll can get my gold much easier that way!" A boulder the size of the ground/rock-type formed from the grassy earth into of him.
He effortless picked it up and held it above him. "Rock Wrecker!" He flung the chuck of stone up, using his spare hand with the hammer to smash it into pieces that sped towards Dante.
'I can't die here... I'm the main character...' Dante thought as he stared the ever approaching rocks. His eyes widen upon realizing something. 'Wait... The author killed the other Dante Silverfield in chapter 1.' He squeezed his eyes shut and braced himself for death.
The sound of rock bursting into pieces filled his ears, with a puff of dust hitting his face.
Dante coughed and dusted his face off before opening an eye. The Rhyperior was staring at something behind Dante with a nervous, yet irate, look. The electric-type slowly turned to see a female figure standing above him.
She wore a large white overcoat, its hood up, over what appeared to be a sleeveless white shirt with gold markings and white pants with golden greaves above a pair of white combat boots. Her face was concealed by a white mask with the lower part an old grey color, the eyes were simple rectangles that shared the continuous gold and white theme.
"Breaking the rules again, Price?" The woman asked in an echoing voice. The Rhyperior rolled the hammer in his hands, remaining completely silent. "If that thick head of yours can't remember that attacking new players the moment they first spawn is against the rules, then how did you manage to slip into Terrakion's guild?" She asked again as a golden bow formed from out of a golden light. The weapon was beautifully crafted with the ends being well sharpened blades.
"Ey, Abigail, I know my rights." 'Price' stated as his hammer started to glow. "How 'bout you go back to hiding behind Arceus?" A rock appear in front of him and sent it flying with his hammer.
Dante ducked and covered his head. Abigail sighed before raising her bow. "Frost shot." She blandly commanded. A blue arrow began to form for a cold mist. She drew back and fired it directly at the rock, piercing through it and heading straight for Price. The massive man wasn't fast enough to dodge or create any protection, receiving the arrow of ice to his chest.
It was small, but the explosion it caused wasn't.
Upon contact, the arrow erupted in an explosion of ice. Price struggled to try and break free, only to lose his hammer in his frantic state. He let out a panicked yelp as it cover his lower body and froze him to the ground. "Next time, pick on someone your own level." He looked up at the masked woman just in time for her to wave. The ice covered his head and stopped its progress.
Dante stared at the Price Sickle in awe. "So, I'm guessing you're the one he was about to flatten." The Luxray turned to Abigail with his jaw hanging open. The female giggled as this and took off her mask. A Glaceon smiled down at him before offering him a hand. "Name's Abigail Niege Winters. Welcome to Age of Grey Ether."
Well, I done that. Yep, this fanfic is based on the next chapter of 'Story of a highschool Pokehuman' on FF.net and is technically an AU for all current stories I write. Reason that made me write this is because I really wanted to have a second story that'd need OCs and the fact that I came up with a story line I think people would like. So, I hope all of you reading enjoyed the first chapter and can handle the Pokemorph/Anthro thing I do in all my stories. Honestly its hard to use regular Poke's. Tant pis, I'll fix my problems another time. See you next class, students.
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