Hello all! this story is getting a bit of a rework lately that me and my co-author haven't finished with yet. Please give critiques and comments! If you want actual updates on the progress of the story, head to the discord: /invite/aXksWtA I'm Amethyst Espeon there. You'll figure out why soon enough ;P

The story's style and writing get better the farther we go, as this was my first attempt at writing fiction. This story will be finished, no matter how long it takes.

Please try more than just the first chapter. I promise the writing (and the plot) gets better later on! We're looking to improve this chapter, but it's harder than it sounds.

Credit to satelliteanima for the cover

Stolen World

Ch. 1 - The First Day

"Kira, wake up! You're starting school today, remember?" Amethyst called from the living room.

But I'm so comfortable...

"I need to go to the clinic early today, some pokémon just arrived late last night with some nasty bruises. If you need any help getting ready, your father-" she said, walking into Kira's room. "KIRA! You'll be late if you stay in bed any longer!"

"But mooom," Kira whined, "I don't wanna go! Couldn't I just help you in the clinic again today? I know I can help!"

Amethyst sighed as she sat next to her daughter, stroking the soft, cream-colored fur around her daughter's neck. "I know you want to help, but you'll be an even bigger help once you have the know-how. Now get up, I don't want you to be late for your first day, you'll embarrass your father."

"Fine," Kira said, pouting.

"I already made your lunch, so just have some breakfast, clean yourself up, and go to school with Sol, alright?" Amethyst asked. "If you're good, maybe he'll take you to the clinic after school."

"Promise?" asked Kira.

"If you're good." her mom said as she left Kira's room.

If dad is teaching, I guess it can't be all bad, Kira thought, getting out of the straw that made up her bed. She yawned and stretched before making her way downstairs.

...

"Welcome to the land of the living Kira," Sol commented as Kira walked into the living room. His lilac fur, though clearly tended to, was frayed here and there. If you looked closely, the fur on his right flank parted slightly, still showing signs of his scars from harsh battles long past.

Kira yawned. "Good morning dad."

"You wanted to go to the clinic looking like that?" Sol asked, raising an eyebrow.

Kira looked at herself. Her normally sleek brown fur was all tangled, the soft fur around her neck was matted in places, and her bushy tail frizzed beyond belief.

"Well that explains why mom added 'clean yourself up' to my list of things to do," stated Kira.

Sol chuckled as Amethyst sighed.

"Come here dear," she said, the ruby gem in her forehead glowing bright enough to illuminate her well-groomed magenta fur, as a wooden comb wrapped in a thin pink aura floated to her as Kira obliged. Amethyst ran the comb through Kira's fur, eliciting a wince when the comb got stuck in the knots.

"There," she said, admiring her work. "Now that is a good looking eevee!"

"Thanks mom," Kira said, rolling her eyes before looking up at her mother. "Are you sure I can't come with you?" she pleaded.

Sol closed his eyes and let out a sigh.

"Even if you learn everything there is to know about healing, you won't be able to do much without the right tools. School gives you those tools. You might even be able to put those skills to use at school," Sol reasoned. "School isn't just lectures. We'll be going out into the forest to show everyone a few things. If someone gets hurt, it would be a good chance to show that you know enough to help your mom."

Kira's eyes lit up. "Really?" she asked excitedly. "Well then let's go! Let's go!"

Hope she doesn't get disappointed if someone doesn't get hurt, Sol thought to himself.

"Well, I need to head out. Have fun at school, you two!" Amethyst said as she headed out the door.

"We better head out too, school will be starting soon," Sol said, finishing up the last of his sitrus berry breakfast.

"'Kay. By the way dad," Kira said between bites, "mom said that you would take me to the clinic after school today"

"Only if you're good," he said in a sing-song voice, smirking before he picked up both of their lunches in his teeth and put them into a bag on his back.

Kira groaned, not too pleased with her father's teasing.

"Amethyst told me. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do fine." Sol said reassuringly.

Sol walked to the door, motioning for Kira to follow. When they stepped outside, they were greeted by warm morning sunlight shining through the trees around the small town. Sol basked in the light for a moment as he let the sun warm up his lilac fur. Other pokémon were just starting their day. Some pokémon were headed off to tend to the crop fields. Others were preparing their children for school. A few were lazily talking to friends. Overall, it was a fairly average morning. As they walked to school, Sol noticed that Kira's head was hung low. Opening the psychic barrier in his mind, he felt her disappointment.

She really wanted to go with Amethyst. What can I do to cheer her up? Sol questioned.

"Hey dad?" Kira asked, startling Sol out of his train of thought.

"Yes, sweetie?"

"I've never seen you use psychic like mom does. How come?" she asked.

Sol chuckled before explaining, "The moves a pokémon can learn is generally based around their strengths and weaknesses. You mother has much more psychic power than I do, and has trained with it from the moment she evolved. Beyond evolving much later in my life, I never had the time to develop my psychic abilities. I was raised in a much more wild environment, so to survive I had to focus on things to get in, out, and around combat. That's why I learned quick attack and got a local dugtrio to teach me dig, even though the moves don't hurt very much when I use them."

"So if I try hard enough, I can learn wish like mom?" Kira asked hopefully.

"Most moves are learned based on strengths and weaknesses. Some can only be learned if you have the right genetics. In your case, since we know you already know quick attack, I think you would be more likely to learn dig because of me, than learn wish due to your mother. Sorry."

"So all those hours trying were wasted? Great," she said, huffing as she looked away. "Just...just great."

Oh great, she's even more upset. How can I make it up to her? Sol thought. Suddenly, an idea came to mind, and he smiled mischievously.

"Hey Kira?"

"Yeah dad?" she responded, gloomily.

"Wanna race? First one to school wins."

"What? But last time you lost! Badly!" Kira said, surprised.

"Maybe, but you've been helping your mom with her duties while I have been doing quite a bit of physical activity at school. How about whoever wins gets to decide what we do this weekend?"

Kira grinned. "You're on!" she said, launching into a quick attack.

Sol smiled at Kira as she darted through the town before launching into a quick attack of his own, already a decent distance behind his daughter.

[A/N] Thanks for reading! Please leave a review, if you would, about what you liked and didn't like, as well as anything you feel I could improve on. This was originally going to be around three times as long as it was, but I moved a lot of what I wrote to chapter 2 and 3. Chapter 2 is almost done by the time I post this, with something around 10 hours of work total between them. I never thought it would be this hard, but man is it fun! If you guys think this is too short, I'll try making the next longer (just merge chapters 2 and 3 back together). Props to MoonFoxJ (Link to his profile on my own, or you could just search him) for writing more than this every week, with the quality that inspired me to write!

I know the story is going slowly now, but its because it got split up. The pace will pick up next chapter! Don't be discouraged!