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It was a shiny Ho-Oh in Gold. No shit.
I was 9 or something, and didn't know what a shiny was, I guessed Ho-Oh shined at the beginning of the battle because it was a special pokémon. lel
I only thought it was different when I started becoming serious about pokémon (around gen V start) and found out about shinies. When I loaded my gold to check out my ho-oh all saved data was gone.
But Ho-Oh is still my favorite shiny.