Catch Me If You Can
Prologue: Deep Dive into the Unknown
The lights go out at a little orphanage on the outskirts of Goldenrod City for it was time for all its inhabitants to manage their way to sleep despite the bright lights and sounds of the inner city. The security is basic, one police officer at the north entrance and one on the south so that no one got in and no one got out. However, one teenager manages to sneak out late into the night with her psyduck close behind her.
"Tonight is the night, Britt-Britt. Tonight is the night I finally get out of this dump," her voice is quiet enough to not capture any attention and her hands cover the Psyduck's mouth, forcing the water Pokémon to simply nod and not make a sound. Santana takes in her surroundings carefully, her vision is clear despite the night and her hearing is almost as sharp as any Pokémon.
The girl had turned sixteen that night and refused to stay in that pathetic excuse of a house any longer. Over the past few weeks she heard rumours of a Professor Beiste in New Bark Town who was studying three rare Pokémon in her lab. Perhaps with one of these Pokémon by her side, she can truly begin her journey to become a Pokémon Master and be able to not only sustain herself but perhaps find the answers to questions she had been asking herself since she arrived at the orphanage 6 years ago. She had basic knowledge of the region of Johto and knew very well that New Bark Town was small, quiet and peaceful. Certainly no one would catch her and Santana had been stealing all her life. It was nothing challenging, nothing new.
She picks up her companion and makes a run for it towards the direction of New Bark Town. Poor Brittany was a little slow on her feet and Santana never bothered making the Psyduck return to its pokéball. She was too much of a close friend to be put in a ball. It felt much too strange for her to not be at her side at all times.
When she manages to reach a tree, she slumps down and takes a moment to catch her breath. With her hat securely on and all her belongings, both stolen and rightfully hers stored in her little knapsack, she turns to Brittany the Psyduck and the two share a knowing gaze.
No turning back.
