This is my first Pokemon fanfic and my 50th published fan fiction! I am accepting OC's and reviews are always appreciated! With that said, please enjoy the story!
Chapter One
The Event
The trio stood with their heads held high. They committed a crime, but had no regrets. What they did they knew to be right. They knew it even more so after eight years of traveling. The three stood on the platform, waiting to be hanged. There are worse ways to die, they thought. Their team members were forced to watch their masters, teachers... friends, die right in front of their eyes. Some held their heads high, giving their masters a final tribute and give them courage to face the moments ahead while others wept, not wanting to bear witness to their leader's death, but the most remarkable were the three who stood in the back, taking on the human-like qualities that their masters -partners- loved.
On the left stood Swampert, usually passive and a peacemaker, even eight years ago when their journey began. Swampert and his trainer always stopped arguments and provided an intelligent solution to the problem.
On the right stood Blaziken. From the beginning he proved to be happy and carefree, doing anything he could to bring a smile to the other's faces when they were feeling low. As he matured, he calmed down some, but his love and happiness were still there. The way him and his trainer fit together were like puzzle pieces; each one complemented the other perfectly in looks and personality.
In between the water and fire type stood Sceptile. Long ago he had proved himself to be a loyal companion to his trainer, doing anything his trainer said, no matter the consequences. It could be argues Sceptile's loyalty was the reason the trainers were facing death. No regrets.
The three eighteen year olds stood as tall as they could possibly manage, with the abuse given to their bodies and the weight of the heavy ropes sitting around their necks. The three mirrored their pokemon, where they stood. Kayden, on the far left, had his black hair as messy as usual, but his blue eyes were still as deep as the ocean. Kayden wanted to reach out to Swampert, but he knew it would just cause more trouble for the freed pokemon in the end.
Katie stood on the right, her usually silky and shiny milk chocolate colored hair hung in her face, oily and matted, only her sparkling brown eyes and ever present smile proved it to be her. She gave a small smile to Blaziken knowing it would be the last one the two of them would ever share.
In the middle of the trainers stood Sceptile's trainer, Kaleb, who stood proud and tall as ever, brown hair sticking up like he had run his hands through it. He probably had before he was put into the center of the plaza. His green eyes met with Sceptile's and the two nodded at one another. Partners until the end. Seeing this, Kaleb was filled with a small amount of courage and turned to Kayden. "No regrets?"
Kayden shook his head. "Never." The best friends smiled at each other and then Kaleb turned his attention to Katie.
"When was the last time I said I love you?" he asked her in complete seriousness, a faint smile playing on his lips.
Katie, betraying the dignified demeanor the three previously held, let a stream of tears start to fall down her face. "You know the answer, Kaleb," she said, her voice cracking slightly when she spoke his name.
"When was our last kiss?" he asked.
"You know the answer to that one, too." She lowered her head in silent prayer until she felt pressure on her hand. She looked up to see Kaleb holding her hand. He brought his lips to her hand and pressed the kiss to it.
Within the same minute as the previous exchange, three dead bodies were in the plaza and the sound of screaming filled the air.
Eight Years Before
Kaleb and Katie stood outside the house, jumping up and down, willing their friend to go faster. Katie knocked on the door and Kaleb watched with an amused expression, though his green eyes betrayed his calm demeanor. "Kayden! Kayden, hurry up! If you don't hurry then Jake, Marnie and Ty are going to choose their pokemon before us and if they get to pick their pokemon first then we'll get stuck with a zigzagoon and I don't want a zigzagoon as my first pokemon!"
Kayden emerged a few moments later, pushing his glasses on his nose, smoothing down his light gray polo as he walked. "Relax, Katie. Since when do Jake, Marnie and Ty show up to training classes before us?"
Katie rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "This isn't trainer's school! This is getting our first pokemon! Let's go! We will come back to grab stuff after we get our pokemon!"
"Fine." He closed the door behind him and Katie shot off like a rocket; the two boys were forced to chase her to the lab.
When the three got to the door of the lab, they saw Jake, Marnie and Ty running up the path. Professor Birch answered the door just in time to notice Kaleb, Kayden and Katie had gotten to the lab first, as the other trio were still running up the path. "Alright, you guys," he turned to the six children, "since Kaleb, Kayden and Katie got here first, they get to choose their pokemon first."
Marnie shook her blonde pigtails. "That isn't fair! I want to pick my pokemon first!"
Birch shook his head. "I'm sorry, Marnie," he said, "but you will get one. I have six pokemon in there for all of you." With that he started to lead the first three children in. Marnie gave Katie a pointed look and stuck her tongue out. Katie ignored it and walked into the lab while the other three waited outside. "Here in Hoenn the pokemon a new trainer can start with are treecko, torchic and mudkip. Can I trust the three of you will make your decision without fighting?"
Kayden nodded. "Naturally, professor."
The professor nodded and sent out the three choices. "Make your choice."
Kaleb looked over the three choice. Treecko, a grass type, would be strong to water and rock types, but fire, bug, poison, ice and flying types would prove difficult. Torchic, a fire type, would be strong against ice, bug, steel and grass but would have an amazing weakness to water and rock types. Finally he looked at mudkip. The water type would be great against fire, rock and ground types but would have a weaknesses where grass and electricity were concerned. He bit the inside of his cheek and looked at his companions. "I don't know."
Kayden shook his head and Katie shrugged. "We should just let them pick. We can tell them our goals and they can decide." The two boys looked at one another and nodded. The pokemon should have a say in their future, too. Katie sat crisscross on the lab floor and looked at the three. "I'm Katie and I dream on being the world's best Pokemon Coordinator."
Kaleb, taking his cue from Katie, sat down on her left. "I'm Kaleb and my goal is to in the Pokemon League in every region and eventually become a Pokemon Master."
Kayden sat down left of Kaleb and looked at the three. "I want to be a Pokemon Researcher, so I would study as many types as I can to gain information over evolution and other pokemon mysteries."
The fire, water and grass types looked at one another and went to the three different trainers, their personalities evident just in the way they walked. Treecko walked calmly to Kaleb, looking stoic in the way he moved. Calm and cool. Torchic ran to, tripped, and continued to run to Katie. Naive and fun. Mudkip walked slowly, nervously to Kayden, looking over his shoulder to make sure he was not breaking any rules. Timid and sweet. The three pokemon met their trainers for the first time. The future partners met for the first time and something happened in the room. Professor Birch, noticing the way the trios matched up, smiled, but a sense of anxiety filled his chest. The three could do great things, but the world, he felt, was beginning to turn to peril.
Alright! I hope you all enjoyed! If you would like to submit an OC, then please fill out the following form! I will be kind of particular with the characters I select. Every character will be featured and I will note who is the creator of each character, but I cannot promise a major part to everyone.
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Like I mentioned in my first author's note: This is my 50th fanfic, so I'm really excited to be sharing it with you guys! Please leave a review with your character and feel free to shoot me a pm with your questions!
Hugs and Kisses,
Juliet
