Yes, the rewrite is finally here! Yayz! To all of you who read my last attempt, welcome back! To all of you who didn't read the original, welcome! I hope you readers (new and old) enjoy Katrina Anderson!
The World Of Pokemon!
Welcome to the world of Pokemon! Here and everywhere in this world children can get a Pokemon License at age ten and receive a starter Pokemon from their town's licensed Pokemon Center or Professor. They can then embark on a journey with their Pokemon to collect the eight gym badges from their region and grow together with Pokemon. If they become strong enough they may decide to compete in a tournament to challenge and perhaps even beat the Elite Four and the champion to become the champion themselves. One who chooses this path is called a Trainer. There are also people who teach their Pokemon beautiful move combinations to compete in Pokemon contests to win ribbons. Once they have acquired five ribbons they may compete in the Grand Festival. One who chooses this path is called a Coordinator. There are other paths, of course, such as a Breeder, a Sketcher, a Ranger, a Researcher, etc.
But Katrina (Kat) Lynn Anderson is the heroine of this story. She has light brown hair and emerald green eyes. She's a thirteen-year-old girl ready to start her journey. Which is where this story begins…
Chapter 1
The Beginning
"Bye, Drew!" I called, standing on the porch. Drew smiled as he turned around. He closed his green eyes against the wind.
"Bye, Skitty!" he said tousling my light brown hair. I giggled.
"Drew, pick me up." I asked. He smiled, knowing what I wanted.
"How about I just bend down this time?" He knelt down beside me and I tousled his dark brown hair, just like he did mine. He hugged me and kissed me on the forehead and then stood back up. "Bye, Skitty, Bye, Mom. I'll miss you guys." He hugged and kissed Mom.
"Bye, Drew." Mom said.
"I'll be back." Drew said, "After I beat the Pokemon League, we'll need to have a celebration!" He laughed. Mommy laughed, too. Then Drew walked down the path exiting town and was gone. Suddenly a gigantic green gummy bear fell out of the sky and landed in front of me. Mom picked it up and carried it inside.
"Time for dinner!" She said.
"Yay!" I cried. The gummy bear opened its mouth and said, "You won't eat me right ,Kat? Kat, Kat…"
"Katrina!"
I jumped. I realized I was in my bed.
"What?" I mumbled. I looked over and saw my Mom standing in the doorway.
"Katrina, are you awake, yet?" Mom looked at me skeptically. I had a tendency not to wake up completely, sometimes. Usually it was on important days…
"I'm awake…" I yawned. I pulled myself from my warm bed to prove my point, "See?" Mom nodded smiling. She went downstairs. I sat back down on my bed thinking about the dream I had. It'd been a long time since I'd dreamt of my big brother. He still hadn't come home. Sure he still called every month or so, but I missed him. I sighed and stood up. I walked over to my dresser and pulled out a pink T-shirt with a Skitty on it. I have tons of Skitty stuff, the result of Drew nicknaming me Skitty. He nicknamed me Skitty because he said I was hyper and cute, like a little Skitty. I decided to pair it with my favorite pair of black jeans. I then brushed my long brown hair up into a high ponytail and strapped my blue watch on my wrist. Finally I was done and ran downstairs for some breakfast.
I went into the kitchen and poured myself a big bowl of cereal. My mom eyed the bowl.
"You'd better eat all of that, Katrina." She told me. I rolled my eyes.
"I will, Mom. Besides I have to eat up so I'll have plenty of energy today!" I said, "Now that you've finally agreed to let me leave. Geez, Mom, Drew left when he was ten. You made me wait until I was thirteen!"
"Don't take that tone with me. Anyway, Drew was a lot more mature at ten than you were," Mom replied. "Seriously, Child, you told me you were gonna let a Chimchar attack you so you could get superpowers." I smiled.
"Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Thanks for reminding me!" I said.
"Katrina…" Mom sighed. "I'm not sure I should let you go." My smile disappeared.
"Mom, I was kidding, seriously," I said.
"That's not why…" Mom laughed briefly. "There was a report on the news today about a big criminal organization, Galactic or something, they steal Pokemon. I'm worried about it…" I laughed.
"Please, Mom, what are the chances I'll actually run into those guys? That only happens in movies or book,." I said. "I'll be extra careful, though, okay?" I added, as I noticed the worried look on her face. Mom smiled.
"Okay…" she said. "But, please, be careful."
After breakfast, I ran back upstairs to pack my backpack. I pulled everything I wanted to take out and put it on my bed. I stood there and looked first at the medium sized tan backpack on my bed and the large pile of my various belongings on my bed. I began taking the less necessary stuff out of the pile. I took out the radio, the sledgehammer (don't ask), and various other unnecessary items. A while later, after I had slimmed the pile down to a reasonable amount, I heard Mom yell up the stairs.
"Kat, Damien's here!" I glanced at my watch in surprise. It was later than I thought.
"Oh, shoot, I'm running late…" I mumbled, "Send him up!" I yelled back down. I few seconds later I heard Damien thud up the stairs.
"Hey, Kat," Damien said walking in and flopping down on my bed.
Hey, Man." I said as I began to cram things into my backpack. Damien watched me with a mild look of disgust on his face.
"What are you doing to that thing?" He asked, referring to my backpack.
"Packing…" I grunted trying to shove more stuff in.
"Stop, stop, you're gonna break it. Give it here," Damien demanded. I handed over the backpack and Damien dumped it out. "Now watch," he said. As I did he managed to pack everything up neatly in a matter of minutes. He handed it back to me with a pleased smile.
"I loosened it…" I mumbled. Damien shot me a confused look before we both burst out laughing. We left our backpacks in my room, and ran downstairs.
"Mom, we're going to Sandgem town for Pokemon. We'll come back for lunch before we actually start out, okay?"
"'Kay." Mom called.
So Damien and I walked down the path leading out of town. There were lots of Pokemon out today. Not having my own Pokemon around to protect me made me a bit nervous. Most of the Pokemon around Twinleaf weren't very violent, but you could never be sure what they'd do. At least I have Damien with me though, I thought smiling slightly at Damien. He grinned back. After a few more minutes we arrived in Sandgem town.
"Oh man, this is so cool!" Damien exclaimed. "I'm finally gonna get a Pokemon!" I laughed, giddily.
"It'll be awesome!" I declared. "We'll be the best trainers this world has ever seen!" Damien rolled his eyes.
"Could that line be any cornier, Kat?" he asked. I laughed and pretended to concentrate. I nodded.
"Got it." I cleared my throat and struck an overdramatic pose. "I will be the POKEMON MASTER!!" I cried.
"Nice job." Damien laughed. I bowed.
"Thank you, thank you," I said.
We went into the Rowan Research Lab, where we would get our Pokemon. It looked like what I would have expected of a typical research building, I guess, with white, concrete walls and big bulky machines with lots of blinking lights. Today, though, there were little bits of Crepe paper stuck to the walls here and there. I guess they had a party to celebrate Rowan's return to Sinnoh. That's another reason Mom had made me wait. The Professor had been away studying the mysteries of Pokemon in other regions.
A kid about our age rushed up to us.
"Hey, you two are here to get a Pokemon right?" He asked us. He was an unusual looking kid. He wore a red beret and scarf that suited his black hair but kind of clashed with his green eyes. He was wearing a white lab coat though… The overall effect was just…weird.
"Yeah." Damien answered for us. The guy nodded.
"Cool, I'm Lucas. I'm an intern here at the lab. I'll lead you to the room where you can get your Pokemon." he told us.
"Cool, I'm Kat." I said
"And I'm Damien." Damien said. Lucas nodded.
"Cool, follow me." He walked down a narrow hallway with Damien and I in tow. It was a short hallway as well; so it didn't take us long to reach the end. "Here we are." Lucas murmured, more to himself than Damien and held the door open for Damien and me.
"Thanks," I said, as I walked through the door.
"Thanks," said Damien
"Well!" A voice boomed out. I jumped about a mile. I realized the booming voice came from the professor. "You are here for a Pokemon." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"Yes, sir," Damien answered.
"Good!" Rowan replied. I jumped again; his voice was so loud! Rowan turned around to a low table standing behind him. There were three Pokeballs on the desk he pushed the button on the front of each and the Pokemon appeared in a bright burst of light. The first one was a small green creature with a brown shell on it's back. There was also a small twig growing out of its head.
"This on is Turtwig, a grass type. It's a bit slow but very sturdy," Rowan told us.
The nest one was a little orange fire type with a small flame on its… well, its butt. It also had an orange flame shaped growth on the top of its head.
"This is Chimchar a fire type. It's very agile," Rowan informed us.
And the last one was a small blue Pokemon with flippers and was probably the most popular due to its cute looks. It had brown sparkling eyes and looked like a plush toy come to life.
"This last one is Piplup, a water type. It can't walk very well but it's very confident," Rowan announced. "Now, you two have to pick a Pokemon. Young lady, you go first."
"Why her?" Damien asked, annoyed.
"She's a lady. Lady's first," Rowan boomed.
"Oh yeah," Damien admitted sheepishly. I stepped up to the table and the Pokemon stared at me and I at them. I liked how cute the Piplup was but it seemed a bit too stuck-up for my tastes. The Chimchar was cool looking and seemed like the strongest one. But for some reason I found myself drawn to the Turtwig. He seemed like a sweet little guy and looked sturdy. I smiled at Turtwig and it smiled back.
"I'll take Turtwig, 'kay?" I said. Rowan nodded and handed me Turtwig's Pokeball as well as several empty Pokeballs.
"Take care of him," Rowan said gruffly. I nodded. Turtwig stood at my feet as Damien jumped forward to pick out his Pokemon. He startled Chimchar and Piplup who both made indignant noises. But Piplup began scolding Damien in Pokespeak. We couldn't really understand it but the general idea seemed to be "How dare you!" and "What's your issue?" Damien laughed.
He decided
"I'll take Piplup." Rowan nodded and handed him several empty balls as well as Piplup's.
"Be patient with Piplup, she's a bit stubborn," Rowan warned Damien. Rowan picked up Chimchar's Pokeball and handed it to Lucas. "Chimchar's yours, boy. Take care of him."
"Yes, sir," Lucas said.
"Now I would like to ask you three for a favor. You're a bit older than the usual starting trainers so I think you can handle it." Rowan told us. He picked an item up from the top of a strange blinking machine.
"This is a Pokedex," Rowan said, showing us a sleek and shiny red device. "It records data on every Pokemon you scan with it. I am giving you three each one because I want to learn more about Pokemon." As he spoke he handed each of us a Pokedex he handed Lucas the red one and gave Damien a green one and gave me a yellow one. "These are high tech devices and must be treated with care. I'm entrusting you three with this because I believe you will do a good job."
All three of us nodded.
"Good," Rowan said giving us a, what I felt was rare, smile. "Now, take care of the Pokemon I've given you and fill up the Pokedexes." Damien, Lucas and I left. Outside, Lucas told us bye and started down the path to Jubilfe. Damien and I walked back towards Twinleaf. I looked at my watch.
"We've got about an hour or so before lunch time. Let's go to the lake," I said. Damien shrugged. "Come on it'll be fun. Hey, I bet there are wild Pokemon at the lake. We can try out our new Pokemon." Damien grinned.
"That could be cool. Some of the Pokemon there can get sort of territorial. I bet if we just walked around there we could get something riled up at us," he said, an excited glint appearing in his eyes.
"Let me get this straight, you only want to go to the lake to try and rile up some poor Pokemon enough that it'll attack you?" I asked.
"Uh-huh." Damien nodded. I rolled my eyes.
"Boys…" I sighed.
"Girls…" Damien sighed in a high girly voice.
"Shut up." I laughed, hitting him on the arm.
Okay, I think that's good for one chapter. I just want to give a quick thank you to my brother Umbroen's Shadow and to my beta, Raichu. Thank you, guys sooooooo much for helping me out with this chapter.
