Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or form own anything pokemon related. Emerald is mine though.

Alternate Reality: A Trainer Named Emerald

Prologue:

Chaos...There were men laughing everywhere. Emerald didn't know where to go or what to do. Where was her family...her father...her mother...her baby brother? She didn't know where any of them were. She couldn't stay here for long; they would find her. She suddenly coughed and smelled smoke. Where they burning her house as well? What had her family done?

"Search the room, we still haven't found the daughter." "Yes Sir!" She heard footsteps and furniture being overturned. The sounds were coming closer and she held her breath. She leaned back against the cabinet she was hiding in as far as she could and placed her teddy in front of her. One of the doors opened and she saw the shadow of a hand reach inside. Panic rose inside of her as she pressed her head harder and harder against the wall even though she couldn't go back any farther.

The hand began reaching straight towards her and she closed her eyes. When nothing happened she opened them again and saw that he was almost touching her cheek. She looked up and saw two young ice-blue eyes stare directly into her own. He knew she was in here; what were they going to do to her.

Suddenly he reached down and grabbed her teddy pulling it out with more force than was necessary. "Huh, just a bear; the room's all clear boss." "Okay, let's keep looking." Emerald heard his retreating footsteps and peaked out from a crack in the opening of the cabinet. She saw a blood-red letter on the front of his black uniform and leaned back.

When she was sure that they were gone she climbed out of the cabinet and raced towards the window. It was night out and raining heavily. She opened the window and jumped out landing lightly on her feet. She landed in a mud puddle and her stockings were soaked. She fearfully looked around for any of the bad men.

She heard voices from around the corner and quickly ran towards the woods. She tripped over something and quickly scrambled back up. She looked back and felt panic rise within her. It was her nanny, she was lying face down and there was red all over her. She backed away and started to run into the woods as fast as she could. She didn't stop for a long time for fear that they would get her. Her dress was torn everywhere and her stockings were in shreds.

She exited the forest and found herself at the beach. Her home was located in the middle of an island. She collapsed on the sand and began to notice how her entire body was sore from running. She would have stayed there if she hadn't noticed a blinking red light near the water. She slowly picked herself up and walked over to it. As she got closer she noticed that there were two blinking lights. There was a Starmie and a Staryu. She went to her knees in front of the Starmie and she almost let out a shriek of horror.

Its body was mutilated; she was surprised that it was still alive. There were cuts all over where a silver substance she could only assume was blood was coming through. She ripped off part of her dress and began to frantically try to stop the pokemon from bleeding. She stopped when she saw the crystal in the middle of its body; parts of it were missing and the rest was cracked. Her hands began shaking and tears fell down her cheeks; this pokemon was going to die and there was nothing she could do about it. The rain continued to fall on her as she tried to contain her sobs.

Her family was most likely captured or dead. After all, those men had said that they were still looking for the daughter. They didn't say they were looking for anyone else. This poor Starmie was dying; it looked like it had been in a fierce battle and she was all alone. She didn't know anyone besides those that had worked in her house. She had never been allowed to go off of the island.

She gently laid her hand on the crystal. "I'm sorry...." Suddenly she heard a voice whispering in the back of her mind. 'not me...save child...' "What?" She looked at the Starmie, and then she saw the Staryu several feet away. It was inching its way towards the Starmie. She got up and went over to it. It had a deep wound on one of its arms and that's why it was moving so slow. She picked it up; it was hardly larger than her hand. It was just a baby...wait...it was the Starmie's baby. The Staryu began a weak struggle but she placed it next to its parent and it stopped. 'thank you...take care...child...please...'

Tears began fall freely down her face as she touched the shattered crystal once more. "I will..." She felt a spark race up her spine and the crystal finally stopped blinking. She couldn't contain herself anymore and finally heart-wrenching sobs escaped from her battered body.

She felt a cry of loss in the back of her mind and looked at the Staryu. She ripped off another part of her dress and tied it around the Staryu's arm. It would leave a scar but she couldn't do anything else for the pokemon. She picked up the pokemon and held it close just like she used to do with her teddy. "Don't worry I'll take care of you. I'll train you so that no one will ever be able to take anyone away from us again." 'Who are you? Why are you not attacking like the ones before?' "My name's Emerald. The ones before took away my family as well. But if we work hard enough everyday, one day we can get them back for what they did. What do you think about that?" 'Emerald...I will do whatever it takes. My name is Rasa.'

Emerald stumbled over to a tree just inside of the forest leaving the scene behind her. She sat heavily against the tree still gripping Rasa tight. Rasa was her last anchor to sanity. She could forget about what happened if she was concentrating on making sure that Rasa was okay. "Remember Rasa, one day we will be the best and no one will be able to do this to us again." 'I will never forget, Emerald.'

Green eyes glowed in the darkness as the rain continued to fall. The Starmie had given Emerald a way to communicate with Rasa...but she had also received more...