Key2DestNE: Hey everyone, Key2DestNE here, and today we're starting a new story! Yes, WE- I'm doing another collaborative story. I'm here with DarkFoxKit and ConstructCritical- go ahead and introduce yourselves, guys!
ConstructCritical: Hello, readers. *waves*
DarkFoxKit: This is our first 'choice' fanfiction story. Key… Crit… Would one of you like to explain?
ConstructCritical: Okay, well, this is our own version of a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' story. If you're unfamiliar with those, you are given a book, and then you can choose to do certain things. Some options ultimately result in winning a million dollars, coming in first place in a big race, etc. While other things can lead you off a cliff to your untimely demise. Of course, we don't have time to write up thousands of options for you readers to choose from, nor do you have the patience to go through it all, so we're taking a different… route… G-get it? L-like route? You know? Because t-there are routes in Pokemon? G-guys? Eh? Eh..?
DarkFoxKit: -.- ….. *crickets chirping in the background*
Key2DestNE: … *chuckles slightly* Nice one, Crit. But yeah, he's right- we're going to be… forgetting a move… …..You know… b-because we're ditching that old format? ….Hello?
DarkFoxKit: … Okay, enough jokes! Anyway, readers, basically we're going to give you the choice where you want to take the story. We'll set up the choices as a multiple choice. Your votes will lead to where we take the story.
ConstructCritical: Mostly due to indecisiveness on our part, a lot of freedom will be given in the first chapter. You have control over gender, region, and a few other things. Also, feel free to give suggestions that would do well in this kind of story. We always like your feedback, and we'll, more specifically I'LL, try to reply to you with answers to any questions you might have… unless you guys overwhelm me. D:
DarkFoxKit: Well there will be times when we choose ourselves what happens in the story, like what team of Pokemon they get. But the starters are your choice as well as what happens to the main character. I should warn you, though, if you make the character die, the story will end.
ConstructCritical: Death is bad. Plus, I mean, this is Pokemon, things don't die! *ROLL MONTAGE OF POKE-DEATH!* O_O
Key2DestNE: ….. *facepalm* TED, WHAT'D I TELL YOU ABOUT TRAUMATIZING OUR GUEST AUTHORS!? Sorry folks- he's our editor. Hired right off the set, and he's… not the most stable of minds.
ConstructCritical: I'm no Guest Author! I'm an author just as much as you are! Unless you want me to call Vi to put you back in your Pokeball!
DarkFoxKit: … I don't think 'Ted' is an actual human being. *frowns in thought* I'll be right back. *walks off screen… then… BOOM! SLAM! BROKEN GLASS! CAT SCREECHING! DRILL! KA-BOOM!* ….. *comes back onscreen all messy.* Okay, the problem's taken care of!
ConstructCritical: Yay! *jumps up and down*
Key2DestNE: … *sweatdrops* Uh….. I'm… not sure I WANT to know the 'problem'...
ConstructCritical: Well, if no one else has anything to say… on with the show? ROLL THE CLIP, STEVEN!
Key2DestNE: I thought he was Ted. *BONK!* OW!
ConstructCritical: Ted is now a mutilated corpse. So I hired Steven.
DarkFoxKit: Actually 'Ted' was Me- … you-know-who, I just used this Luxury Ball to capture her.
ConstructCritical: Uh, okay. I'm not sure what else we have to say. This has been an extremely long AN. One more thing... STEVEN! ROLL THE CLIP!
A New Beginning
"Terminal 11... Terminal 11..." The reminder kept going through the hooded figure's head. Terminal 11 is where they needed to go… and if they didn't get there soon, it'd be on it's way! "Terminal 11… Last call for Terminal 1-" The announcer was nearly bowled over by the person wearing the hoodie, and she noticed they were carrying quite a few bags. "Um, excuse me… Sir? M-Madam? You can't carry all those bags with you on the plane… They go into baggage claim."
The mysterious person just nodded silently as they placed the bags into the baggage claim. They then paused for a second, before handing the announcer a small wad of cash. She blinked, glancing down at the money in her hand, before looking back up at the person in confusion. "...Keep the door open for me." they whispered quietly, seeming to look around for a second. "I'll be right back."
The figure made hastened towards a small stand selling pretzels. Apparently, pretzels were created in a region neighboring Kalos. "This isn't the time for a history lesson." the figure said to itself, dismissing the small bit of information from their head. The voice didn't sound extremely feminine, yet not low, like a man's voice. The hooded child walked by, and then, pretending not to notice the stand, snagged one of the twisted pieces of baked, salty dough, and then bolted back to the baggage.
As the kid munched on the pretzel, they picked up their luggage and made their way back to the terminal. "Thanks again." the cloaked figure muttered to the announcer. And with that, they grabbed their bags and carried them to Terminal 11, the door closing behind them. As soon as they walked into the hallway leading to the plane, the grey hooded thief took a glance at the destination. The first one visible was the first one they had gotten a ticket for. Squinting, they were able to make out the region…
The cloaked figure nodded to themselves and walked into the plane. Taking a seat by themselves. The plane was soon taking off for the region, and the mysterious person pulled out a laptop from their backpack and began looking up the map of the region they're going to.
DarkFoxKit: Hey guys, we still have to put up the choices- oh, heeeey readers… heh… I uh… didn't expect the chapter to end so quickly….
Key2DestNE: Y-yeaaah… uh… how're you enjoying the story so far? LONG, no? It must have taken forever to read!
ConstructCritical: We apologize for it being really short! Honest! But we wanted to give you guys the maximum amount of options without any limitations. Any further and we likely would have had to start giving names, genders, regions, all that. But we wanted to make sure you guys had freedom. The next chapters… should be longer, but we'll see. Key, here, mostly only has spare time on the weekends, making schedules somewhat tight. Hopefully the load will lighten once Summer Break comes in full force.
DarkFoxKit: You'd think, but he has to go on vacation for two weeks as soon as it starts, so that's a no.
ConstructCritical: *sigh* Alright, enough delay- here are your options:
Gender of main character:
-Male
-Female
Region:
-Kanto
-Johto
-Hoenn
-Sinnoh
-Unova
ConstructCritical: The significance of the gender is fairly small, but the region will do a lot to change the plot. We're not including Kalos because some people - like me - still haven't played X or Y, and we don't want to give away any spoilers. Each region will have their own set of starters, plus, you can do a lot… I don't want to give TOO much away, but you will be able to become a member of each region's respect 'Team-something'. This is largely an experiment, and if it goes well, you MIGHT see some more of these kinds of stories in the future. Otherwise, these other two will beat me till I bleed for making empty promises.
Key2DestNE: No, that'd just be if I'M the one who promised that… *grumbles* ...But yeah, this is more of an experiment than anything else- we'll give you 2 weeks for the votes to come in!
DarkFoxKit: Assuming any of you would read it in the first place. …. Yeah, I'm negative.
ConstrctCritical: After these first two weeks of reviewing, we'll go to only one week. The two weeks the first time are going help people find the story. Also, to make things perfectly clear, you will be able to become Team Rocket (Kanto), Team Rocket Ver. 2 (Johto), Team Aqua or Magma (Hoenn), Team Galactic (Sinnoh), and Team Plasma (Unova). Or just a normal trainer. However, the starters won't necessarily be what you would find in the games. We're trying to have this as limitless as possible, while keeping a rein on it so it doesn't fly out of control. Worst case scenario, we have to shut it down because no one votes, or because things have gotten so crazy, the point isn't even there anymore.
DarkFoxKit: So everyone got that? Good, because if you didn't read the AN you just lost your chance to vote.
Key2DestNE: Well, that's it everybody- review, vote, and have a nice day! We'll see you in two weeks~
ConstructCritical: Wait! You did hear the part about voting, right? Did you understand that? Completely? Are you sure? Like, completely? Because if you're not, you can come talk to me. Seriously, shoot me a PM, I'm willing to-
Key2DestNE: THEY GET IT, CRIT.
DarkFoxKit: …. For those who wants to send in hate reviews for no particular reason but just to be mean… I'll release this little pink monstrosity and sic her on your butt. *holds up Luxury Ball*
Key2DestNE: … *gulp* U-uh… seeya! Gimme that Luxury Ball, Fox! *begins fighting over it*
DarkFoxKit: No! It's MY Pokemon! Let go! KE- *bumps camera, static*