A/N: Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this story! MC here, and welcome to my first story ever. To readers and writers, please take care of me and help me out in my grammar. Anyway this is using the Pokemon Manga!Characters, and certain aspects of Kagepro. To people familiar with it, I'll only be using some elements from it (do not own) but those characters won't be in this story. To all those thinking "what", you do not need prior knowledge of it to read the story as everything would be explained in my own terms. Though I highly suggest looking up the Wiki, it's very good. Please check warnings for more details, and thanks to everyone who actually read this. After this long note, A/N would always be found on the bottom. I do suggest you to read them for more information or love of randomness. Now, enjoy!
WARNING: Focuses on first three generations of pokedex holders, includes Soul/Lyra, AU, the following shippings are oldrivalshipping, specialshipping,mangaquestshipping, soulsilvershipping, franticshipping, but the shippings aren't the main focus, NO real life POKEMON, but legendaries are regarded as old myths like dragons, sporadic updates due to busy author and random Pokémon references.
Rated T for: Precaution, language, darkish themes, deaths
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or Kagepro or anything familiar. They belong to GameFreak, or the authors of the manga, and Jin respectively. I do own my interpretations and the plot twists. This would be applied to the whole story.
Your Hand That Brought Change
0: Prologue
"No matter how much it hurts now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better."
-Unknown
Once upon a time, in a forest tucked away from society, it was rumored to inhabit a monster that brought harm to the villagers. Hunters would go in only to return with numerous bite marks and poachers would come out insane. Some were even rumored to not have come out of the forest. The forest was then declared cursed and was generally avoided, save for the few brave, or foolish, souls.
However, this isn't about the story of a flesh eating monster nor the courageous men daring enough to defeat said beast.
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who was lonely in life.
Outcasted because of his looks, the forest had became a home for the little boy. It was unknown of how the little boy ended up in the forest, but he was resigned to stay in the place where he first woke up. He didn't remember much of his past, but if he extremely concentrated, he could recall warm, strong hugs and gentle touches from long, long ago.
The forest was a lonely place that was null of humans, though he made friends with all the forest dwellers. The animals soon became his family and while he was not extremely smart nor intelligent, the little boy was determined to protect his new home to the best of his capabilities.
It wasn't his fault that the humans were injured, that those who dared hurt his family were forever frozen in time, or he was cursed with his looks. The little boy was a monster; a monster that could not grow, age, and die.
"I wish for a friend!" the little boy cried, envy burning in him every time he thinks of the village kids. To have warm hugs given daily by parents, an ear to listen to his complaints and then console him, but most of all, to feel loved. The forest dwellers were family to him, but that doesn't stop him wishing for another little boy as a friend.
Years passed as springs merged to summers, the summers to autumns, until his prayers had finally been answered on a crispy afternoon. It wasn't friendship at first sight since while the little boy wanted a friend, he was wary of all humans. But that day, a sickly human wandered into the forest in search of an escape.
The sickly individual was tired of his lifestyle, of the jeers from his peers and the pressure suffocating him in his village. Yet, even with a weak health, the boy also had a burning determination incomparable to others. So when he saw the clearly lonely little boy, he was he was determined to befriend him. The sickly boy was also very lonely, yet he could see something worth fighting for, anything to chase the dark grief away in the little boy's eyes.
"Um. Hello!"
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"Who are you?"
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"What's with that look, I'm not crazy!"
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"Yes, I'm real. I'm a human."
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"Um. I'm sorry if we got off on the wrong foot, but I'll really like to be your friend!"
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"It's okay if you can't grow, you're not a monster to me! The villagers... they singled me out because of my frail health. So let's be outcasts together!"
The little boy had finally found the friend he was looking for, just as the sickly boy had found someone who wouldn't judge him by his health. Both could only thank the deities above for letting the two meet. The little boy wished for those days to never end. But most importantly, the sickly boy gave him the greatest gift of all.
"Wow! That's a pretty stone you have on your forehead. Funny that it's in both of our favorite color. By the way, you never told me your name!"
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"You don't have one? Then is it alright if I called you Emerald? Since the stone looks like one and that's my favorite shade of green!
Emerald, his new name. The little boy had been called many things, monster being the most common one. And the forest dwellers had always called him Child. But to be called something thoughtful by his new friend, it felt like giving him a new identity. Emerald was a pretty name, and the little boy was forever thankful for being given something that cannot be stolen.
The little boy was finally happy after his years of solitude. Though he lost his memories, his past, and his identity, he had gained a new family, friend, and name in return. This time, he was not going to let his precious privileges be taken away. He was going to ensure that the peaceful days would never end, no matter what it takes.
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To Be Continued...
A/N: So how was it, good, bad, or why so vague MC and giving us a random mini story? Well, Emerald is introduced, and bet ya guys can guess the second boy. Anyway, those two won't come in the story until way later, but I will not neglect them! As of now, this would be the subplot that gives a slight background that will later influence the future plot. Next chapter would be the main story, starring the protagonist, Green!
I'm not the best person in grammar so I'll appreciate it if I get comments on them. Specifically my tenses, I hate those... The next chapter is going to be a lot longer than this, and I'm halfway writing through it on paper. My goal is to post next time on that certain day. Kagepro fans, you know that day. Newbies, that means sometime next month. I saw some of my favorite authors do this, so to viewers, Question Time!
Question: What color do you think describes you in general?
Thanks for reading and have a nice day, everyone!
EDIT: Changed the format using line breaks (Finally!) and punctuation from Chapter 1-4. Happy Reading!
