A/N: I'm baaaaaaaaack! It's been so long! I'm out of school for the summer so I'll be able to update and post stories much faster now.
A little bit of information on this story… I attempted to write a Pokespe High story a few months back, and it didn't turn out as good as I had hoped. This time around, I've thought all of my thoughts through and have all of my ideas organized. This story should be much better than my sad attempt before. Now, without further ado… I present Orchid…
Orchid
Orchid(flower): It represents exotic beauty. It symbolizes refinement, thoughtfulness, and mature charm. It also symbolizes proud and glorious femininity.
*Prologue*
Cerulean Cave is dangerous. It is home to numerous wild Pokémon of high levels. The Pokémon are more aggressive than normal and have a reputation that can even rival that of the treacherous Mt. Silver in the west.
Ordinary trainers would get lost if they do not have a team member that knows Flash. Others would drown in the dark waters of the lakes found deep inside the cave. However, it is a certain Pokémon living at the heart of the cavern that trainers have nightmares about. It is a Pokémon with the ultimate battle ability.
With this knowledge, one should wonder why someone would leave a helpless child alone in the dark hollow. It is indeed strange.
The sound of the 11 month old girl shifting in her blankets echoed off the walls of Cerulean Cave along with the occasional drip-drop of water trickling from the roof of the chasm.
The infant slept in a basket made of reeds and floated peacefully down one of the underground streams that branched off from an underground lake.
Seadra, Kingler, and Seaking swam beside the basket and nudged it curiously.
The passenger inside the basket stared at the Pokémon in wonder and reached out to them with her pale hands.
A Seaking eagerly swam closer and allowed itself to be patted. Other Pokémon in the cave came from their dens to investigate the new resident, too. Detecting the calm aura surrounding her, the usually hostile Pokémon relaxed and prepared to welcome their new neighbor.
But before they could do so, there was a sound of large amounts of water moving underneath the baby girl and her new Pokémon friends. The Pokemon immediately grew tense.
The Crobat who were hanging up-side-down on the cave ceiling stirred and flew deeper into the cavern as if to get away from something. The Seaking and Kingler cowered and dove underwater before frantically swimming away. Even the Machoke, Primape, and Kadabra retreated behind rocks in an attempt to hide themselves.
The child in the basket looked around, sensing the pressure.
Suddenly, a Golduck shot out of the river, splashing water everywhere. It had a haughty expression, making it clear that it was the boss of all the other Pokémon in the area. The jewel on its forehead glowed faintly, and the Pokémon was in battle stance. Golduck gave the human infant a look of distaste as if to say What is this piece of scum doing in my territory?
Without warning, the water-type lashed out at the nursling with Slash. It happened so quickly that the pale skinned girl didn't even have time to cry out before a long gash appeared on the top half of her arm.
The other Pokémon continued to hide and did not dare interfere.
The contents of the river rose as Golduck prepared to use Surf in an attempt to make the basket capsize and dump the infant into the water.
But before the attack could hit, it was stopped in mid-air by an invisible force. The Golduck let out a squawk of alarm. Its Surf made a U-turn and came back, slamming into the duck Pokémon. Golduck was thrown into a rock from the force of the attack.
If the wild Pokémon were scared of the Golduck, they were absolutely terrified of whatever it was that just beat the Golduck.
A creature with intense purple eyes and a human-like body stood in the shadows. Its eyes glowed, and the air around it rippled with psychic power. It gazed at the duck Pokémon with a mixture of both warning and resentment.
Compared to this purple Pokémon, the Golduck looked like a silly wannabe soldier. The water-type quickly gave its opponent a look of hatred and, knowing full well that it was no match for the psychic-type, fled deeper into the cave.
The other wild Pokémon, who were watching, gasped in awe as Golduck disappeared. They timidly crawled out of their hiding places and approached the reed basket that held the injured human.
The purple Pokémon that had battled Golduck had also vanished as suddenly as it had appeared.
A Gloom looked over the baby girl with concern and said worriedly, "Gloom, oom…" It signaled for its friends to come closer, and soon the Kingler, Seadra, Crobat, and other Gloom gathered around. They nervously murmured amongst themselves about how they can stop the bleeding in the girl's right arm.
The best they could do was wrap the arm up with the girl's blanket and secure it with Weepinbell's vines. A few Crobat volunteered to carry the basket out of the cave to somewhere safe. They each lifted a corner of the basket with their short legs and flew it out of the cave and into the skies of Cerulean City.
It was early in the morning, and there weren't many people outside. The Pokémon were able to peacefully take the girl into the city.
The Crobat safely dropped their load in front of a large building with a Pokeball logo above the doorway. The Pokémon Center. They scratched at the door to alert the nurse working inside before swiftly flying back to their home.
As the Crobat fled, the familiar nurse with pink hair and a cheerful smile came to the door. She gasped quietly when she saw the basket. With shaky hands, Nurse Joy picked up the bin and peeked inside to find the abandoned youngster with pale skin, glittering crimson eyes and a deep cut in on her arm.
The nurse looked around and saw no sign of the girl's parents. Feeling sorry for the child and the wound she had, Nurse Joy hastily picked up the basket and carried it into the Pokémon Center. The nurse decided to call the girl Odette, after the Swanna Princess, for her calming aura and exotic beauty.
A/N: Meh… It's definitely better than the other one…but not quite as great as The Incredible Journey of Mei and Broken Machinery… Still, this is just a prologue and I like to make them sound loose and have a narration not from the point of view of anyone in particular.
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