A/N: Quick heads up: this fiction was inspired by the movie "The Princess and the Frog," so there are going to be a few things from it here, but this will be an entirely different fiction. It'll also have some things from "Pokemon Black/White" as well. So don't be all that surprised. I think I spelt some of the town namems wrong too, but i'll go back and correct them after I find the correct spelling.
Just wanted to point that out.
"Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, a beautiful princess was taking a stroll through the fields with her Minccino by her side. She was sad; her father was gravely ill, and her kingdom didn't have the proper medicine to heal him. All seemed lost, and the princess worried about her father and the well being of the kingdom day in and day out. She was forced to leave the castle by her ministers to get some fresh air, but even the warm summer day didn't seem to brighten her mood.
As they walked, her Minccino suddenly sprinted off towards a nearby pond while calling out to the princess. The princess, who never let Minccino out of her sight, quickly followed, on to see her Pokemon poking at a Croagunk.
The princess, who was absolutely appalled at the sight of the Croagunk, wrinkled her nose and snatched up her Minccino in an instant.
"Stay away from my darling Remmy, you disgusting creature!" she cried. The Croagunk looked up with the princess, with tears brimming at his eyes, and tried to stand upright.
"Please oh please, help me!" the Croagunk begged in a horase voice. "I have been cursed by a wizard, and destined to live out the rest of my days as a Pokemon! Only the kiss of a pure and beautiful princess can break the spell!"
The princess was taken aback at how the Croagunk could talk, but turned her nose up at the Pokemon anyway.
"You may be able to talk, but you could be lying," the pricness said bluntly "Why should I believe you?"
At that moment, Remmy, her Minccino, hopped out of the princess' arms and scurried over to the Croagunk, who was trying his best to hold back his tears. Curious, the princess watched as Remmy made varies paw movements while making strange sounds frantically. Though the princess couldn't understand her Pokemon, she believed that her Minccino was trying to tell her that the Croagunk was telling the truth.
"If you can change me back," the Croagunk went on "I will give you anything you want! I am a prince, so I have plenty of money! Just as me for anything and I will give it to you!"
"If you can give me anything that I want once I change you back," the princess said "then I want the medicine that can heal my father. He doesn't have much time left, and he won't survive the night without it! I am unable to get it because none of the healers in my kingdom know about any foreign herbs."
"My kingdom carries the herbs that you seek!" the Croagunk exclaimed "If we hurry, the medicine can be delivered to your father by tonight! But I'll need to give out a special order to my followers to send it to your kingdom, but I have to be a human again in order to send it!"
The princess looked thoughtful, wondering if she can really trust a talking Croagunk. The thought of kissing the Poison type made her shudder, but she would do anything to save her father..."
. . .
"...After thinking about it for a brief moment, the princess finally made her decision." My mom was reading my best friend and I our favorite story. My friend, a girl with long red hair and big green eyes, squeezed her Cubchoo plush tightly as she leaned in towards my mom, who was towards the end. I stayed back, sitting there while my eyes grew wide with disgust as my mom read the last part of the story.
"'I'll help you, little Croagunk," the princess said as she picked up the Pokemon 'but you MUST keep your promise to me!' The Croagunk jumped with glee and actually hugged the princess in happiness. 'I'll keep my promise to you, m'Lady! But we must hurry!' he said," my mom read.
"Here comes the best part," Penelope, my friend, whispered to me. I just gave her a look in repsonse. My mom turned towards us and smiled, but she snuck a quick smirk in my direction. She knew what was coming, and so did I.
"The princess summoned up all of the courage she could muster, and slowly," Oh no... "but surely," Please, no! "she KISSED to Croagunk on his lips!"
"Ewwwwwww!" I cried while Penelope and my mom laughed.
"At the same moment the princess kissed him," my mom continued "a bright light surrounded the Croagunk and lifted him into the air. The princess could feel the magic flwoing through the air and the Croagunk was transformed back into a handsome prince. Remmy jumped with glee as the prince landed in front of the princess while looking deep into her eyes. "Come," he said "Let us go to my kingdom and retreive the herbs for your father. He doesn't have much time left in the world of the living!'"
"Do you really have to finish the whole thing?" I groaned "We already know what's about to happen! The prince get the herbs for the pricness, and princess gives the herbs to the healers in her kingdom to make the medicine, they give the medicine to her dad, her dad gets better, and the princess marries the prince and they live happily ever after. The end...like with all fairy tales."
"Way to be a stick in the mud!" Penelope teased while sticking her tongue out at me. I stuck my tongue back out at her as her pet Purrloin decided to come over and rub its head on Penelope's knee.
"Well, regardless, Aciri has a point," my mom said as she closed the book and placed it back on its shelf "We read the same story every night Penelope. Don't you want to read another story?"
"Nope!" Penelope giggled as she hugged her Purrloin. "I love that story because I want to meet a handsome prince one day and get married and live happily ever after!"
"Good luck with that," I mumbled under my breath. Fortunately, Penelope didn't hear me, but my mom did, and she sent me a warning look. I just grinned sheepishly at her to let her know that I didn't mean it.
"Maybe your prince will be a Croagunk too," my mom said optimistically.
"Ew. You would kiss a Croagunk?" I asked with disgust.
"Yeah!" Penelope said immeditely "I'll kiss a Croagunk, a Politoad, a Palpitoad, and even Bug Pokemon if I could marry a prince!"
"If I have to kiss something ugly, then count me out. I'll just marry some random guy off the streets of Castelia," I said snidely.
"For an eight year old, you sure are smart-mouthed," an older male voice said. I looked towards the doorway to Penelope's room to see her dad leaning against the door frame with his hands in his pockets.
"Daddy!" Penelope squealed as she got up and ran over to her dad and jumped into his arms. "Mrs. Ishun read us a story!"
"Let me guess: The Princess and the Croagunk?" he asked, already knowing the answer. Penelope nodded furiously, and Mr. Garnen laughed.
"Thanks again for babysitting my little girl, Amanda," Mr. Garnen said to my mom.
"Please," my mom laughed "it's a pleasure! Our daughters are practically like sisters after all." Mr. Garnen smiled before he went into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, but my mom instantly declined.
"I don't need it," she said. Mr. Garnen opened his mouth to say something, but my mom cut him off with a quick wave of her hand. "I can manage raising Aciri on my own. It's been hard ever since her father died, but we've been fine." Garnen made a slight face, but ended up smiling a little.
"I'll never understand you, Amanda," he said while shaking his head. My mom just shrugged before she told me to collect my things so we could go back home. I did so, by picking up my bag and my toy Pokeball I carry around with me at all times. My mom and Penelope's dad exchanged a few more words before my mom and I left the two floored house. Penelope and her dad stood out the door as my mom and I walked down the street towards the train station. I waved back at Penelope, and she waved back at me, but then make a kissy face at me just to tease. I wrinkled up my nose at turned away, and I could just hear her giggle.
Fifteen minutes later, my mom and I reached the train station. My mom paid for our tickets and we went over to the benches and sat on one of them. I started to swing my feet back and forth since I was too short for my legs to touch the ground. My long yellow hair rested on my back, with some strands sliding down over my eyes.
My mom and I moved from Johto to the Unova region after my dad died when I was six. We couldn't pay for our house since my dad was laid off his job, so we were cheated out of the house and forced to move. I wanted to stay in Johto, but my mom thought there were more for us in Unova, so we came here after a two day boat trip. I didn't like it here at first, but the place has grown on me. There are so many Pokemon here that I've never seen before, but I do miss the other Pokemon from Johto.
We had to wait for half an hour before our train finally arrived. My mom took my hand and led me to the train, and we sat near the middle while the train filled up with other passangers. After a few more minutes, the train began to move, and we were heading home. My mom sat near the window while I sat in the seat next to her, gazing at the varities of people, trainers and Pokemon on the train. I saw a group of trainers near the back, talking about gym battles, and I noticed a rich-looking woman with a pampered Petilil near the front. I couldn't wait to be a trainer and get my Pokemon, but the Unova region was different. Where in other regions where you became a trainer at ten, here in Unova region, kids have to wait until they're sixteen or seventeen to become a trainer. It sucked, especially for a young kid like me. So for right now, I'm going to trainer's school to learn everything I can about Pokemon and trainers.
I grew bored by the train ride by this point, so I pulled out a book about Pokemon from my bag and started to read it. This was a book I got from the library in Nacrene City once. It's an encyclopedia of all the Pokemon known all over the world, including the legendaries. It was very thick, but I was able to read the entire thing twice. I've managed to memorize just about everything in it, but I still like to go over it just to be safe.
"You are an odd girl, you know that?" I looked over at my mom to see that she was looking down at me while smiling softly.
"How am I odd?" I asked.
"I can't help but to notice your habits," she said "You'd rather have your head in a thick book than go outside and play. Not to mention that the books you read aren't even made for your age. And your speech patterns are that of a late teen, if not early."
"...So you're saying I'm a nerd, right?"
"No. You're just different, that's all. But to tell the truth, I like that fact that you're different from the other children. Makes me wonder which path you'll take when you begin your journey in a few years..." I went silent as I gazed down at my open book, aimlessly looking at the various pictures of Pokemon on both pages.
"Are...are you afraid of me leaving?" I stammered.
"What?" was the only thing my mom could say.
"Dad's gone," I went on "and when I begin my journey, you'll be alone because I'll be travelling...Will you get lonely?" My mom went quiet for the longest time, gazing out the window solemly. She couldn't face me, because she and I both knew that I was telling the truth. She really didn't want me to leave, but at the same time, she did, but was unsure about the future when I didleave.
"I've been alone for two years ever since your father died," my mom said quietly "but then...I realized that I was never alone, but only chose to be. I have friends here that will look after me if needed, and Pokemon to keep me company. And you, of course, even if you are far away from me. But I want you to go out and live out your dreams, meet other trainers, make friends, and see the world through your own eyes. And...if you promise me to never let your father's death hold you back, then I promise that I won't let his death effect me either."
"...Okay mom." My mom smiled before she reached over and gave me one of those tight "I love you so much" hugs. It made me feel a lot better, but I ended up dropping my book in the process.
"Drat!" I scowled as I peered over the edge of my seat to look for my book. I found it lying directly under my feet, but it was suddenly snatched away the moment I began reaching for it.
"The heck..?"
"Sandile!" My eyes darted from left to right before I eventually looked down to see a brown and black stripped crocodile thing looking up at me with my book in its mouth.
"Sand-dile!" it said again, extended its head towards me. I knew it was trying to give my book back to me, but I had a fear of reptilian type Pokemon. I don't know why, I just had a fear of them. I whimpered slightly as I scooted back from the Pokemon, bumping into my mom in the process. She looked down at me and was about to ask what was wrong, but then saw Sandile trying to climb onto the seat with the book still in its mouth. I heard my mom let out a small chuckle before she reached over and took the book from Sandile, who smiled at my mom.
"Thank you," she said to the Ground type.
"There you are, Jeremy!" A dark haired trainer girl walked over to us after I got myself comfortable on my mom's lap.
"So sorry to bother you," the trainer said as she bowed "Jeremy likes to wander off, you see. I hope he didn't bother you..."
"Not at all!" my mom laughed "He was quite helpful, actually. He helped my daughter get her book back."
"Oh, am I ever glad!" the girl then picked up the Sandile and smiled at us. "Again sorry if he startled you," was what she said before she went on her way. I stayed on my mom's lap, now getting paranoid at the fact that there are reptilian Pokemon on the train. My mom understood my fear and kept me close, deciding it was the best thing to do since we were almost at our stop.
We finally got to our stop a few minutes later. Everyone disembarked off of the train and went in separate directions. I held my mom's hand as we walked out of the station and back into Nuvema Town, our home. We lived a block away from the train station, so traveling form place to place was easy for us.
It was dark out by the time we got back home; I was tired, my mom was tired, and we were just about ready to sleep as soon as we made contact with a bed, or even the couch. But first thing's first; taking care of your hygeine was always important. My mom helped me bathe and get into my night clothes before she tucked me in while I dranked a glass of warm Moomoo Milk.
"Mom, I don't think I have a dream," I said to her as I sat the glass on my dresser.
"That's okay," mom said as she tucked me in. "A lot of people don't have dreams until they get older. You still need to think about yours."
"But I can't go on a journey without a dream!" I protested "It'll be a blank trip!"
"You don't want to be a Pokemon Master?" my mom asked curiously.
"Isn't every kid dreaming about becoming one of those nowadays?" was my reply.
"How about a Contest Star?"
"Nope."
"Pokemon Professor?"
"That'd be cool, but I don't think that's for me."
"Well you still have a long time to decide. Maybe you should go with your talents." My mom kissed my forehead and moved away from of my hair from my face. "But no matter which path you take, always remember that I'll support you in whatever you do. And your father will be undoubtedly proud of you."
I smiled. "Thanks Mom." I yawned, and my mom tucked me in one last time as I turned towards my side. She whispered "I love you" to me before she turned off the room light and left. I laid there for a minute to make sure she was gone, and then I got out of bed and went over to my window. I opened it, and poked my head out into the night air as I gazed up at the night sky, where the quarter and a half moon sat in the sky.
"To go on a journey without a dream," I said to myself "What will be the point of it?" I continued to look up at the sky, and began to wonder if my dad was looking down at me right now.
"Can you help me, Dad? I wanna know what my dream is. Maybe...maybe you can show me?" Of course, I didn't get a reply. At least, I didn't get the reply that I wanted.
"Scraggy?" I turned to see another reptilian Pokemon standing on the window sill. It was a yellow lizard Pokemon with sagging "pants." A Scraggy. I never liked its evolutionary line; they reminded me of bullies.
I made a slight face and turned away from the Pokemon, and then turned back to see that it was still there.
"I asked for a dream, not a pantslizard..." I mumbled. The Scraggy kept looking at me with this huge round eyes, and then tried to pull up its pants (which I believe is actually a pelt) up to its neck, only to let them go and allow his pelt to fall back down to its hips. Despite the fact that I didn't like reptilian Pokemon, that was pretty cute.
"Hehe...you are kinda cute though," I said.
"Scra..." The Scraggy started twiddling its feet around, and I cocked my head a bit, wondering what was wrong with it. But it must've been bipolar, because it suddenly jumped at my face and had the meanest expression on its face.
(Scraggy used Leer! It's super effective!)
I screamed, making the Scraggy jump back and fall off the window sill, and I ran out of my room and towards my mom's room, screaming the entire way there.
E/N: It gets better. Just have faith in me for once! *^*
I know there are errors in it; but I can't see without my glasses right now, so I'm going to miss a few. Sorry guys..