Disclaimer: We, ExplosionsAreFun and In The Forest, do not own Pokemon. The human characters in this book are owned by ExplosionsAreFun and they are not based on real people.
Amber's POV
Hi, my name is Amber Cohill and I'm from Ecruteak City, which is in the Johto Region. My best friend is Danielle Pelligrino. Normal names, normal school lives, normal practically everything. The only thing not normal is where I lived. Next to Lavender Town, this is the creepiest place on Earth. I'm getting off topic, aren't I? Anyways the day my life changed, no, that is over used. It all started when… that doesn't fit well either. How about we just skip to the point, huh?
It was a day like any other one. The monks were chanting, the kimono girls were dancing, the tower was being remade, and our gym leader, Morty, was beating the pants of a trainer. Where was during all of this? In the local library, looking through the new releases section. I'm a bit of a book worm, you see, especially in the mystery and paranormal sections. I've read every Lavender Town book, every Missingno. Book, and even every Hypno one. If the library had it, I wanted to read it. Anyways, I saw a book that was titled 'Spirit Pokémon' with no author name. I knew I was going to show Danielle the next afternoon at school. Strangely, the librarian shivered and stuttered when she was handed the book to check out. I shrugged, thinking she was a superstitious woman, and left.
The bell rings, and a kid by the name of Fredrick stood up fast and yelled "FREEDOM!" and ran to lunch. I sweat-dropped at his behavior and left to go to lunch with the rest of the class, book in hand. When I got out of the lunch line, I saw Danielle waving for me to sit by her. "Hey Danielle, check out this book I got yesterday called 'Spirit Pokémon'. It looks cool." I said as I sat down by her. "Let me see." Danielle said, not as excited as me, but excited enough. We opened it together and read the first part. Well, I did. Danielle snatched it and skipped through the pages. "This is just calendar pages" She whined. "If you read the first part like I did, the person did it on purpose. Each day has a Pokémon. Like, for example, October 22 has a Girafarig on it. Now let's see… My birth date is December 14 so mine is Gengar. Danielle, what's your birthday again?" asked Amber. "Mine is July 14 so my spirit pokemon is… a Milotic?! Sweet!" exclaimed Danielle. The fire bell rang all of a sudden, and smoke filled the cafeteria. The school was on fire.
I grabbed Danielle's hand and ran. We followed the other students and saw the reason why the school was on fire. It was a pack of seven Pokemon. A Houndoom, a Charizard, a Magmar, a Ninetales, an Arcanine, a Macargo, and a Typhlosion were setting the school on fire. I could see Fredrick lying on the ground, motionless and bruised. Several of the teachers were trying to protect the students, but they too were burned to ashes. Suddenly, the Houndoom talked! "My Pokemon, fine that book and bring it to me! We must not let that girl figure out the secrets of the world!" The Houndoom slowly turned into a human man, a man with malicious eyes. "Find me Amber Cohill!"
And that is how it started. Why I am running why my best friend. Do you know want the strange part is? The last part of the book says you can turn into the pokemon of your birth date. But that's impossible, right?