~*Three Years Ago*~

Vesta sat in her room, trying to read a book about battle strategies, but she just wasn't interested. Instead, she stared out the window to see the cyan ocean waves lapping at the shore. "Hmmm." Vesta had an idea. She jumped out of her chair and ran downstairs. "Dad, I'm going outside! I'll be back in a while!" She told her dad in the same tinny, sorta harsh voice she always used with her father.

"Where is it?" She mutters, digging through the rusty shed in her backyard. "Aha!" Vesta pulled out her blue and purple kayak. She ran down to the active waves, calling her in.

Propelling herself through the harsh waves, she leaned back and thought about what was happening. Her mother had died on her birthday, which was 5 months ago. Her little brother died when she was three and her older brother was in military school. So it was just her and her dad, who she had never gotten along with. Bringing her back to reality, she hit a stone, springing a leak in her kayak. Of course, Vesta quickly jumped out of  the kayak and onto the small segment of stony land before the entrance to a large cave. But when she hops out of the kayak, it quickly fills with water and starts sinking slowly. Then out of nowhere, a Sharpedo jumped out of the ocean and roared.

Vesta's eyes grow huge at the sight and ran into the inky cave and immediately felt herself falling into a small cavern with a very straight-forward path lit with torches and the floor is littered with ashes. She felt something pulling her forward like a magnet. So she just treaded forward until she finds herself at a clearing that is somehow in a perfect circle. Evenly spaced around the walls were even more torches but these were even brighter and the flames danced around the stone walls. Vesta couldn't even see the floor it was so covered in ashes. But the most insane thing was what was hovering in the center of the small stone room.

A majestic red bird with white and green wings and a gold beak with three feathers on the head and a huge gold tail flapped its wings, creating a small tornado of ashes on the ground, getting in Vesta's eyes. "Kwooaaa!" It squawked but Vesta could hear something in her head. You are finally here! I need your help. Will you help me?

"Well that depends..." Vesta replied. "What do you need  help with?"

"Kwooaaa!" This place isn't enough for me. If you can help me find somewhere better to live, then you can live with me. I will protect you from any danger and you will never have to return to your life with just your father.

"How do you know?"

"Kwoaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" You are my partner. We were destined to meet. Please. Help me.

"...Alright."

So Vesta found Ho-oh an amazing place to live which will be described in further detail in the next chapter.

So to sum it all up, Vesta found Ho-oh. And now she's living away from her father and everyone, for that matter.