So I started a Pokemon story when I first joined and I really didn't like it so I've started to rewrite it. I've changed the main characters name the plot.
The main character is based mainly off the games but this takes place is shows' world. Bear with me; I haven't watched the show since I was little and I haven't played the games in awhile either.

I do not own Pokemon. ~Crystal

Prologue

I'm a trainer.

Most people would only care to know that about me and I don't mind one bit. I've never been one for attention, let alone a spotlight. You would have thought that being a trainer for five years would have helped my social awkwardness. Guess that might not work out for me.

Every trainer has a name, a family, a story.

My life is just one big complicated story so I'll give you the main points. My name is Carina and I was born in Twinleaf Town. I'm 15 and I've been a trainer for a bit over 6 years now. Like most other trainers I have a rival. He goes by the name Tallon and we've been friends since I was two and he was three. We've been rivals since the day we got our pokemon and I don't see it ending any time soon (unfortunately…). We both have younger sisters who are striving to be trainers as well. Claire (my sister) and Sara (Tallon's sister) are getting their first pokemon soon and I know that they will probably follow our footsteps as rivals.

Even when you think that the stories over, life has to go on.

I've beaten many challenges as a trainer and I've gotten to the point where I'm not always sure what to do with myself. I wonder what I'm going to do with the rest of my life…

Chapter 1 - The Lab

Beep! Beep! Be-ep!

I slam my hand down on the alarm before rolling over and burying my face in my pillow. A few minutes pass and my alarm decides to go off again. I slam my hand on it again but this time I knock it off my nightstand. I groan and sit up.

Sunlight lazily filters through my window and I know that I'm up later than usual.

I pick up my clock, hoping that I haven't damaged it, and set it back in its rightful place. I then swing my legs over the side of my bed and stand up. Stretching I hear a few pops as my spine aligns its self again.

I make my way downstairs to find my little sister already eating breakfast.

"Morning" She greets, looking up from her syrup drowned pancakes.

"Yep, its morning." I greet, pushing some off my brown locks out of my face.

I'm about to sit down at the table when I notice Espeon occupying my seat.

"Hey girl." I give her a quick rub on the head. "I know you like my seat but I kinda need it."

She mews before standing up and stretching (like trainer, like pokemon) and then gracefully hops onto the kitchen counter. "Thanks." I pat her head again before sitting down.

In front of me sits a plate of French toast. "Yum." I lick my lips before digging in.

"Are you in a hurry or do you always eat that fast?" my little sis asks, watching me with unease.

"I just like French toast and Mom almost never makes it." I glance at the woman standing in the kitchen, cooking something that smelled like bacon. Okay, it probably was bacon but I wasn't 100% sure… I can't always trust my nose.

"Whatever." She picks up her empty plate and takes it to the sink.

"Carina, you should hurry up or you're going to be late." My mother warns me.

"It's not that late…" I look at the clock; I'm a half hour behind schedule.

"Gah! How did I sleep in this late!" I rush out of the kitchen and back into by room. I fling my PJ's onto my bed and pull my outfit from my closet. I pull on my denim shorts and lace up my brown, leather boots. I slide on a white tank top and a denim vest. Rushing, I brush out my wavy brown mess that is called my hair and pull it up into a high ponytail. I pull on a white baseball cap with a silver pokeball symbol on the front. Satisfied I run to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.

Finished getting ready I grab my bag and run back downstairs to find none other than Tallon standing in our living room. He was dressed for work; a simple black and blue t-shirt, beige cargo pants, running shoes and a blue baseball cap.

"Finally. I was about ready to come upstairs and drag you outside." Tallon crosses his arms, scowling.

"Sorry. I overslept." I apologized "But now you know how I feel when you're late."

"I'm never late." Tallon scoffed.

"We were ten minutes late to the lab yesterday because you couldn't decide on what to wear." I reminded him.

"That's because there were no clothes in my closet! My mom washed everything." Tallons excuses were getting old.

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes. "I'm leaving! See you at the lab, Claire!" I yelled up to my sister.

Espeon rubbed up against my leg. "Ready to go?" I asked her.

She nodded and I pulled out her pokeball. "Return" she disappeared into the capture device. "Let's get out of here."

Tallon and I ran out the door and pulled out our pokeballs.

"I choose you, Staraptor!" Tallon tossed his pokeball

"Let's go Togekiss!" and I tossed mine.

We mounted our respective pokemon and took off for Sandgem town.

The flight was fast considering Twinleaf wasn't super far away and our pokemon were trained for high speed.

We hopped off when we arrived at the lab and returned our rides to their pokeballs.

"Thanks Togekiss." I put her ball back into my bag.

"Good work Staraptor." Tallon tossed his into his back pocket.

"Good you two are here on time today." The deep voice of the Professor greeted us.

"Good morning Professor." I greeted

"Good morning Carina, I see your Togekiss is doing well."

"She's doing great, she's recovered completely."

"That's good to hear." The Professor smiled. "Why don't you two go help Lucas?"

"Sure thing." We made our way into the lab to help Lucas with whatever he was working on today.

After awhile of sitting and working on an experiment the three of us went outside to get some air and hang out with our pokemon. As we sat down on the grass my phone rang.

I picked up "Hello?"

"Who is it?" asks Tallon

I pull the phone away from my ear "Its Bertha."

Sorta' short for a first chapter… I had more for this but a few weeks ago my notebook that had this story was stolen and it hasn't turned up (I've pretty much given up on getting it back…). I just can't remember what a lot of the stuff was (which is sad, I can't remember something after I write it down) so I'm having to re-write this a second time. Please bear with me.