Never underestimate the power of one. For often we think far too much on numbers, and forget that the hands of time are turned by love.We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at least one which makes the heart run over. -James Boswell
Then little by little we discover one friend, in the midst of the crowd of friends, who is particularly happy to be with us and to whom, we realize, we have an infinite number of things to say. She is not the top of the class, she is not particularly well thought of by others, she does not wear showy cloaths... and when we are walking home with her we realize her shoes are identical to ours - strong and simple, not showy and flimsy like those of our other friends...
-Natalia Ginzburg "The Little Virtues"
They're back! Well, technically, they never left... Team Rocket's Rock'n! We're talking trouble, BIG trouble! Don't believe me? If you thought Team shadow was bad, trying to capture and clone the legendary pokemon, Team Rocket has hit a new low! They've taken away pokemon from their trainers, and made it forbidden for anyone outside of Team Rocket to have pokemon. Gym leaders have fallen. And the legendary pokemon have been captured; every last one of them. But in the process of all their experiments... They died...
All of them.
There are no more legendary pokemon in the world.
But how can that be? You ask.
There's something strange at Phoenix Academy this year... Odd and burning golden flowers are scattered around Adell. They seem to react to those who reside at the academy; with clean slates or pure of heart. That's not the only weird thing happening this year either: It seems like everyone entering has an odd kind of egg they found. But that's not the weird thing. The weird thing is that they can't be identified! No one, no expert of any region knows the origins of these eggs.
"Flowers grows out of dark moments"
-Corita Kent
Why is that? You ask.
Because these eggs will hatch into the new legendary pokemon.
Yes.
They must be hidden.
They must be safe.
They must hatch and be raised.
And they must never, ever, fall into the hands of team rocket.
You, the students and attendants of Phoenix Academy, have been chosen to raise the legend within your heart, and become Knights of the region. Knights of Phior.
And you will not be alone.
You will have help from the last legend to train your legendary companions. Mewtwo, has also answered the call, to help bring balance back into the world. His guidance, wisdome, experience, and (here's hoping) patients, will help you to raise a fine legendary pokemon. One the world will be proud to have roam and protect once more.
"These are no pets to raise and pamper.These are no thugs that you can brush aside...
Team rocket will stop at nothing to get their hands on the new legends. They will hunt you, and they will kill you if you stand between them and a legendary pokemon. Do not underestimate them! No matter how they may seem, they all have the same ambition: To serve Gino and Gianna; Giovanni's children. To create violence, in the name of Team Rocket. Whether their a grunt or the leaders themselves, rank won't discriminate their aggression.' -MewtwoIt seems safe, hiding away in a school hidden by mountains and far from everything. Who has time to go and look for a nowhere town in some back ally mountain for a bunch of kids? There's better things to do.
But when they do find it, what will you do with the time that is given to you? What will you do when bombs are falling, destroying everything you love? What will you do when you are forced to evacuate in the bleak middle of winter?
"It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
The new legends must be safe.
They must be hidden.
But in the harshest, and cruelest of climates, cut off from the comforts of the present world, cut off from family, can you withstand it, Knight of Phior? Can you adapt to a place iced over, with no means of heat, lights, running water, or shelter? Do you fear death? Do you accept it? Crave it? Who among you, can lead? Can keep sanity? Can stay strong, and fight?
This year...
Who will rise?
And who will fall?
Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.
-Ruth Gordon
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