Bonnie's Trainer Adventures
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In Which Bonnie Keeps Dedenne
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Bright light filled Lumiose City this particular morning. The sunshine seeped through even the small vacant corner of a window uncovered from curtains. In an apartment above the many stores of the luxurious city a teenage girl's muffled groaning could be heard. Even above the annoying ticker of her alarm clock. The teen began waving her hand around frantically attempting to catch the moving clock. At last a bang of victory sounded as it fell to the ground only to have its life end in shatters. On a small piece of rumble the name Clemont could be read. A light sigh of relief sounded from the girl as she grabbed the quilt and threw it over her face once more.
However her peace was short lived as a blonde boy entered her room about four years her senior. His face was adorned with large glasses with thin rims. He was dressed in lightly dyed jeans, a white t-shirt with white and black sneakers.
"BONNIE. That's the third clock this week!" He exclaimed. And a muffled noise sounded in what was assumed to be a response.
"I've done enough destroying my inventions in the past, I don't need you doing that for me now." He said.
"Fine Clemont, I'll be more careful. Now let me sleep." Bonnie muffled in retaliation.
"Hm. I would think you would want to be awake for every millisecond of your sixteenth birthday Bonnie." Clemont countered scientifically.
The bed sheets started moving in a hustle as the blonde girl tried to surface from beneath and sit up.
A small muffled cry sounded from under the covers that had both teens gasping.
"Oh no! Sorry Dedenne! I didn't realize you were there!" Bonnie cried.
After a few tries she succeeded in sitting up and saving the small rodent from the tangled sheets. She then looked down at the male whom was attempting to clean up her mess.
"It's finally time!?" She squealed.
Clemont looked up his sibling and gave her a delighted smile and a nod.
"EEEEEE!" She voiced and threw Dedenne in the air lightly while lunging out of bed. Catching the mouse she then set him down and ran through the hall. Echoes of the words 'its time, its time' could be heard as she skipped along finally ending at a small bathroom.
"Now what to wear on SUCH a big day. So much to do, I can't wait!" she mumbled excitedly as she closed the door behind her.
About a half hour passed until the door reopened once more. The girl's bedhead was tamed down in a simple long blonde ponytail that started at the back right corner of her head. A pink headband could be seen sitting atop of head. In her Lopunny robe she waltzed down to where she began her morning and started milling about her belongings. Muttering words regarding how if she were a neater person none of this would have happened.
An 'AHA' was heard from the blonde girl as she held up black leggings; faded jean shorts with a pastel pink V-neck. She ran over to her shoes and placed a pair of white and pink sandals on her feet. Suddenly a knock sounded at her door.
"Bonnie, my lovely daughter. I can't believe you're all grown up!" An older mans voice cried.
"Daaaaad. Let me finish getting ready! Then we can worry about that later! The excitement is now! Forget the science!" She cried.
XX
A few moments later she emerged from her bedroom and headed to the end of the hall where two men were seated at the kitchen table. The blonde male from earlier was looking at a laptop while the older man adorned with brown hair and a beard was shoveling food into his mouth. It was a surprise he didn't stain his jean overalls or charcoal gray shirt.
"I left you a plate" the man muffled with his mouth full.
"Dad. You know it's a fact you could choke if you do that!" Clemont yelled.
"Sorry. I forget sometimes." He muffled.
"ANYways, can we go to the Pokémon Center now!? Please" Bonnie pleaded and had her hands out front in a begging motion.
"You have to eat breakfast first! Nothings going to happen if we aren't there yet." The older brother explained to her.
"Fine." Bonnie mumbled as she copied her father's actions and stuffed her face.
"What! You're doing it too? What am I going to do…" Clemont moaned and a loud face palm could be heard outside from the Lèmons family's window.
Moments after the duo finished shoveling food into their mouths a loud creak sounded as Bonnie pushed her chair back and grabbed her brown satchel from it's hook. She then turned to the kitchen floor where a small electric rodent was nibbling away on its food.
"Dedenne! Are you finally ready for this!" she asked excitedly.
"Dedenn!" It sounded as it ran and hopped over into its normal spot in her bag.
"Wait Bonnie." Sounded Clemont from behind his sister.
She responded by placing her hands on her hip and looked slightly up at her older brother.
"You're so excited to get to the Pokémon center I think you've forgotten the fact it's actually you're birthday." He laughed.
"How could I forget that." she puffed out
"Well it seems you forgot all about your gifts." Their father piped up.
"Oh! I didn't think I was getting anything! Being able to leave on my own journey is more than enough!" said Bonnie "But I won't complain if there's more…" she slyly added.
Clemont laughed and said, "You need to prepare for your journey before you leave. You should know by now that you can't just leap into things. You are going to be all by yourself Bonnie."
Giving a heavy sigh Bonnie replied, "Yes Clemont I know." Her old habit of puffed cheeks was showing until she noticed her father making reappearance in the room holding a pink gift bag. "Ooh ooh! Now what is it! What's in the bag Dad's holding!"
A smile reappeared on her face as she cheered.
He held out the bag to his daughter and she made her way back to the kitchen table to sit. She took no extra time digging into the nicely packaged bag that was quite obvious Clemont wrapped it. Throwing the pastel tissue paper around, Dedenne let out another cry as it covered his face, but with a quick fury swipe the papers were in tatters and his attention was back on his friend.
"It's…. two boxes?" she questioned.
"Open them." Her father encouraged.
Doing what he said Bonnie opened the bulkier box that read 'Dad' on the label, to have it contain six empty pokeballs. With a smile Bonnie looked up at her father, "My very own pokeballs!" she giggled.
"You'll need those starting today. Can't go to the Pokémon center without them." The father laughed.
"True!" she joined in and then looked down at the thinner box in her hand with the careful handwriting 'Clemont' sketched on the tag. Opening it she noticed eight differently shaped indents in the foam padding. Instantly noticing the familiar imprint of the Voltage Badge in the fifth spot.
"A badge case! This is starting to get official!" she screeched.
"I didn't know if you were planning on taking the league challenge because you haven't discussed it much, but I figured I would give it to you and let you decide. I'll always be waiting for the day we get to challenge each other." Clemont smiled at his little sister.
"Oh you're on! I'm going to defeat you with the awesome future team of mine!" she cheered and continued her sentence looking from her brother to her father, "Thank you both, I appreciate it! Love you guys!" And gave them both brief hugs.
"We also bought you a new backpack to hold all your supplies and filled it with some items. Some things you'll have to get for yourself but it's still a nice starter kit." Clemont explained and pointed the hook adjacent to where her bag normally sits.
"That's awesome! I didn't even notice it hanging there when I grabbed my bag!" Bonnie gasped.
"Well you were in such a rush this morning we didn't think you would notice." Laughed their father, which caused the Lèmon household to roar with laughter.
After another slight delay caused from their upset stomachs, the Lèmon family was finally en route to one of the several centers Lumiose has to offer.
"Eeeeek I can't wait for this!" Roared Bonnie as she picked up Dedenne looked down at Dendenne's place in her bag giving him a smile.
"You've been waiting a long time for this Bonnie." Stated Clemont.
"Both my kids are always too busy for their Dad now" cried their father.
"Dad! You know we always come home! Brother got to grow up find his way now it's my turn!" Bonnie replied.
"But your brother didn't go alone! He learned at home then went off with you, Ash and Serena!"
"Even the more reason I'll be okay traveling! I've been through a lot! Plus brother's got the gym to take care of and his inventions! He can't leave it to Clembot forever! It's now my turn to try and find my goal and myself!" Bonnie explained to her father.
"You know she's right father." Clemont spoke up.
The brunette male let out a whimper and nodded his head. "I'm aware. You two are too smart for your own good. I just don't want my little girl to grow up. Makes me emotional!" He cried once more.
"Alright, alright Dad. I'll be okay I promise!" Bonnie said as she stopped and reached over to the man for a hug. He accepted and squeezed the teenager.
"Er- Okay can't breathe." She sputtered.
After that ordeal the trio turned the corner and walked towards the right where a little red awning could be seen in the distance.
"Nenne!" cried Dedenne from its perch and jumped out as it started to run towards their destination.
"Dedenne! Wait up! Come on!" Giggled Bonnie as she followed suit.
"I don't get why they always insist on running everywhere! They know I still have trouble with that!" cried Clemont as he tried to catch up. Turning his head he realized his father had already caught up to the two. Letting out a sigh he stopped running and walked tiredly towards the Pokémon center.
XX
When Clemont entered the center he noticed his father and Bonnie standing at the counter speaking with the Lumiose City Nurse Joy. He could barely overhear Joy saying "You can just gave a seat on the bench Meyer and I'll get your Bonnie started on her registration!"
With a slight sniff his father sat adjacent to the desk. Joining him on the bench the two shared a happy look as their attention went back to the teenage girl whom was bouncing up and down on her toes.
"I remember when this was you." Sighed the older man.
"Yeah. I wasn't quite eccentric though. But just as happy. It's a big day for a trainer to finally receive their trainer's license." Smiled Clemont.
"I know she's learned a lot through you, your friends, and the professor but I still can't help but worry." He sighed once more.
Turning towards his father Clemont put his hand on his dad's shoulder and smiled. "I feel the same way. I've protected her for years, and she's always been looking out for me as well. It's going to be weird not having her around, but I feel she's ready for this and needs time for herself."
"Why are you always right. You know you're not supposed to one up your father." Critiqued Meyer.
And all the son could do is laugh slightly and shake his head.
"Bonnie, this is a big day for you!" Smiled Nurse Joy
"I know! I've been counting down the days for years! I finally can become a legalized trainer!" Danced Bonnie.
"Since the day's finally here let's get right to it!" Bonnie gave a huge smile to Nurse Joy's statement and readied herself for the instructions.
"Alright, so you are going to stand right against the green screen on the wall next to the desk, okay?" Joy said as she turned to the right side of the desk to stand in front of a camera.
Bonnie half walked/skipped to the designated area and stood with her back against the wall.
"So now you're going to give me a huge smile." "Tilt your head a little to the right.. Okay. Now relax… and…" Click! "All set Bonnie!" cheered Nurse Joy.
"Ahhh this is unreal! Can I see?" Smiled Bonnie
Nurse Joy happily turned the camera to the girl leaning over the countertop and she heard her squeal happily. "This is so cool! Look Dedenne! My Trainer ID picture!" "Dedennene!" cried the Pokémon.
The two men on the bench let out laughs as they watched the girl dance around the counter.
"Okay, Bonnie, now all you have to do is fill out your information here." Joy said as she pointed to a small tablet set up adjacent to the camera.
"Mmkay!" said Bonnie as she turned her attention to the screen.
She finished the paperwork with a quick sign of her name and clicked the green button marking submit. A beep sounded when the paperwork synched with Nurse Joy's computer and she turned her attention to the monitor. Moments later a printer was heard which made the blonde female's eyes light up brighter than they have all morning.
"Okay Bonnie, I now proclaim you as an official trainer of Lumiose City, Kalos! And you have been deemed the trainer ID number of 622094. Congratulations!" Nurse Joy smiled as she handed the new trainer the ID card.
"Xerneas, this is the real deal!" she gasped staring at the card for a few moments before jumping excitedly waving the card in her hand. "Look guys! It's not a drawing like I used to do! Ahhh! And now it's time!" Bonnie cried to the bench boys.
"Alright Bonnie! Now that the first step is done are you ready for the real big moment? Said Clemont happily.
"You've been waiting for this for a long time too." Smiled their father.
"YES! Let's go! Come on Dedenne! I can't believe it! You've always felt like my Pokémon, but now you can officially be mine!" Bonnie sapped.
The Lèmon family's attention was drawn to the nurse once more when she spoke, "The trading station is open, if you're all ready." She smiled.
The family nodded and followed the nurse to the small computer with two faucet like tubes emerging from its center.
"I'm going to let you both do your thing, I'll just stand back here with Joy and watch like a proud father." He sniffed.
"Are you ready Bonnie? Dedenne?" The two nodded to Clemont's question. Taking that as a positive remark the boy reached to the belt atop his jeans and took out a pokeball. Smiling at the ball he expanded it and pointed it towards the orange rodent Pokémon sitting next to his sister's feet. The Pokémon let out a cry and braced itself as the red light returned it inside the ball.
Giving a deep breath Bonnie then reached into her satchel to grab one of the six empty pokeballs she received at breakfast. Expanding it she took a few steps forward to place the ball below the second tube connected to the computer. Following her actions Clemont then placed Dedenne's ball under the first tube.
Turning his head right towards his sister he asked, "Do you want to do the honors Bonnie?"
With a nod Bonnie pressed the green button centered between the tubes. The machine then emitted bright light as the monitor turned on and white light sucked up the two balls resting atop their respective platforms.
One shadow appeared on the screen and the spectators watched as it moved from the right side to the left in a matter of seconds. It then paused and started moving downwards as the two pokeballs appeared once more through opposite tubes.
Giving his sister a flick of his head towards the machine Bonnie took it as a sign that it's safe to collect her newly acquired pokeball.
It appeared the girl had a change in demeanor as she hesitantly reached to the machine grabbing her brother's old pokeball. Looking down at the ball it seemed to shake a little in her palms and she took that as yet another sign everything's all right.
Being the first time she has actively used a pokeball she pressed the center button in an odd manner but nonetheless the ball opened and a red light appeared. Manifesting into the shape of their friendly mouse Pokémon.
Lighting up like a Christmas tree Bonnie gasped then squealed and opened her arms for Dedenne to jump.
And he did.
She gave him a big squeeze crying "Dedenne! I'm finally your keeper!"
Smiling she danced around with the small Pokémon in her hands. A few moments later she turned her attention to her brother.
Running over to him she tackled him while squishing Dedenne between them. Muffled cries from the Pokémon could be heard as she yelled,
"Thank you Brother, thank you so much!" Separating she apologized to her first Pokémon and placed him atop her shoulder as she ran happily towards the centers exit.
Stopping abruptly she turned to the two adults occupying the center. "Thank you Dad, and Nurse Joy also! Now I'm off to explore the town with my first Pokemon! Dedenne!" She turned to smile at the electric rodent and then looked up to wave at her audience. The three figures gave her a smile and a wave back as she turned and ran out of the two center doors stepping onto the streets of Lumiose for the first time ever as an official trainer of the Kalos region leaving three smiling faces in her wake.
X End of Chapter X
This has been floating around in my head for a while. I decided to create a story that has a focus on what Bonnie decides to do in the future. I'm only predicting around six chapters to be released but if I get more ideas then I'll add more! But for now each chapter is going to focus on a new addition to her team. Based on my headcanon. I won't spoil anything now, but as the story goes on you'll catch on. I hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think. Thank you!