Pokemon: Crystal's Journey
You abuse me, I report you. Simple math, actually.
Mind my feeble attempts at Pokemon talk please. And at Pokedex entries.
The sun peeked through the teenage girl's window. Purple curtains merely dulled the brightness of the sun's rays. As they shone on the sleeping girl, she stirred beneath her purple blankets. Opening dark brown eyes, she stared at the calendar across the room. Suddenly she jumped up. "Yeyah today's the day!" she yelled wildly.
"Crystal, we know. Now you may want to get dressed and eat before you leave..." Sapphire, her mother, yelled up the stairs.
"Um...THANKS MOM!" Crystal yelled. She quickly threw on her lilac colored baby tee and baggy blue jeans. Grabbing her backpack, she ran down the stairs to the kitchen.
Crystal was the middle of a family of 5 children. Ruby, her brother who was 17, and Amethyst, her older sister who was 16, were Pokemon trainers. Only Amethyst was still on her journey, Ruby had returned home long before she had left. His Ivysaur still ran around the yard, caring for the garden like it was his child. Her younger sisters, Jewel and Opal, were so alike they could be mistaken as twins. Opal, 10, was convinced she would rule the world of Pokemon one day. Jewel, 5, was just happy dragging the attention off of her siblings to herself.
Even though she loved her sisters and brother dearly, Crystal just felt out of place in her family. She was the only one who got her paturnal grandmother's dark purple hair, and the only one who ever wanted to grow her hair out to her waist. She also was the only one with her mother's dark brown eyes, and the only one of the 3 older kids that refused to get contacts. Crystal liked her apperance with her glasses, and didn't want to get rid of them. Crystal was also the only one that was able to understand Pokemon naturally.
But natural ability or not, her parents were strict about enforcing their rule for, "Not going on a Pokemon journey until you are 15." So Crystal waited patiently until May 19th came and she too could go on her journey.
Today was that day.
Ruby was sitting at the table, slowly eating a bowl of cereal. Ivysaur sat below him, eating a bowlfull of Pokefood. Opal was making some concoction of Cheeze Whiz and cereal and Jewel was playing with a Rattata doll on the floor. Crystal quickly grabbed a cereal and milk bar, practically inhaling it.
Her father, Jade, walked in and saw her demolishing the breakfast bar. "Crys...relax you have plenty of time!"
Crystal swallowed and smiled. "Dad, I only have 10 minutes and I still have to pack!"
"No you don't," was heard from the table. Jade and Crystal turned to Ruby. He looked up and smiled. "I remembered what I needed for my journey and wanted to help, so Ivysaur and i packed for you." Ivysaur then pushed a brown backpack to Crystal
"Ivy! IvySAUR!" he called out.
Crystal bent over and petted Ivysaur on his blue head. "Aw...thanks Ivysaur. And you take care of my family and that garden for me, ya hear?"
"SAUR! IvySAUR!"
She laughed. "I know you'll do your best little guy."
Ruby cleared his throat. "Remember Crystal, Professor Maple has many starter Pokemon you can pick from. Don't choose lightly. All but 3 can be caught in the wild, but I'm really not sure which ones they are. And they now can tell the gender of Pokemon in each species, not just Nidoran...And..."
Laughter was heard from his 15-year-old sister as she stood up, trying to look taller than 5'3". "Jeeze Ruby, I KNOW all of this! And before you say it, watch for wild Pokemon, they can just jump ya, you can only carry six pokemon, don't ever let ALL your Pokemon faint or you lose and hafta pay your opponent half your money, watch your money carefully so you can buy potions and antidotes and such to care for your Pokemon, watch for cities as they have Pokecenters and Pokemarts...Need I go on?"
Opal burst out laughing. "Rube, let her be, she knows just as much as I do, and you KNOW I'm gonna be the Pokemon Master!"
Jewel tugged on Crystal's jean leg. "Crys...I want you to have this..." The tiny girl held up a Squirtle doll.
Crystal kneeled down again. "Jewel...this is your favorite doll..."
Jewel nodded. "That's why I want you to have it. You will be far away and may get homesick. Squirtle will be there then to make you feel better, as he's a gift from me!"
Crystal could have cried at how sweet her sister was. Hugging her, she said, "I'll keep it with me the whole way, Jewel, you can count on that."
Sapphire cleared her throat. "Crys...now you only have 5 minutes..."
"AAUUGGHH!!" was heard from the purple haired girl in question.
"Relax Sweetie. You go get your Pokemon and we'll get the rest of your stuff together!" Opal yelled. Jewel cheered and chased after her sister.
At her slightly fearful expression, Sapphire laughed. "We'll fix it all when they're not looking, but you must first get to Professor Maple's lab!"
Crystal nodded and ran out the door.
~~~~~~~~/~~~~~\~~~~~~@
Professor Maple looked up at the sudden ringing of his doorbell. Laughing slightly, the man placed the last Pokeball on the table and answered the door. "Crystal Lyte, right on time i see."
"Yes, Professor, though I just barely made it," Crystal said as she walked in.
"Now, let's get on to business," the middle aged man said.
He and Crystal walked over to a tabletop hooked up to a computer. The table had 18 Pokeballs on it, pairs of which were in groups of three. Professor Maple typed a command into the computer, pulling up a list of 9 Pokemon species "Now, Crystal, you know you can have one Pokemon of these 9 species, of whichever gender you choose. Have you decided?"
"I've narrowed it down to two. If you can answer one question, I'll have the decision."
"And the question is?"
"Which three cannot be found in the wild normally in this region?"
"Mudkip, Cydnaquil, and Charmander."
"Then I'll take a Mudkip. I can catch a Chikorita."
"Nice choice. What gender?"
"Doesn't matter, whichever you pick up first."
Professor Maple picked up a ball, quickly scanning it with the computer. He then handed the Pokeball to Crystal. "It's a male. You can take it out of it's ball if you want."
Crystal nodded. "COME ON OUT!" she yelled as she threw her Mudkip's ball.
The blue mudfish Pokemon landed on his feet, staring at his owner. "Mudkip??"
"Yes, I'm your trainer little guy."
"Mudkip? Kip. Mud kip! Kip!"
Crystal laughed. "I'm glad to be your trainer, and I'm sure glad you like me already!"
Professor Maple laughed. "I have NEVER seen a Trainer able to communicate with her Pokemon so soon!"
"Call it a gift I guess..."
"Mudkip! Mud mud kip! Kip kip! Mudkip!"
"He's glad I have my gift, he likes being understood by a human."
"Well, Crystal, that will DEFINATELY prove an advantage for you during your journey. But now I think your family wants to meet your Pokemon and send you off well. Here are your six Pokeballs and your Pokedex. Good luck you two, you have my best wishes."
"Thanks Professor Maple, BYE!" she called as she took the things offered to her and ran off, her Mudkip right behind.
~~~~~~~~/~~~~~\~~~~~~@
On the way back to her house, Crystal asked Mudkip, "So, do you mind if I give you a nickname?"
"Mudkip."
"Okay then...how about...Charlie?"
"MUDKIP!!!" he cried happily.
"Then I now nickname you Charlie!"
"Mud KIP!" Charlie flashed the biggest smile a Mudkip could.
Jewel and Opal met them at the door, the others joining them when they heard the young girls' cheers of joy.
"Is that your Pokemon?" Jewel asked.
"Yep. He's a Mudkip that I call Charlie."
Sapphire kneeled in front of Charlie. "Well hello there little guy, I'm Crys's mother."
"Mudkip! Mud mud mud mudkip!"
"What is he saying?" Opal asked.
"He said, 'Whoa! You have a big family!"
Ruby laughed. "And ya haven't seen one of us yet!"
Ivysaur walked over to Charlie, sniffing him carefully. "Ivysaur! Ivysaur SAUR!"
"Mudkip!"
Crystal smiled brightly. "They like each other!"
Her family laughed, then all went inside. Each member had a gift for the new duo to help them on their journey. Ruby gave her a special necklace that was supposed to repel the effects of Jigglypuff's sing attack, knowing she wanted to catch a Jigglypuff. Sapphire gave her plenty of food, water, and supplies she'd need for both her and Charlie. Jade gave her 3 pokeballs, 2 great balls, and an ultra ball, to make sure she'd have enough. Both her parents also gave her 1,000 coins, which was equal to a third of what she had saved up. Opal gave her a Thunder Stone, which she had been given to by a kid at her school.
"I don't want a Raichu ever, so it's useless to me!" she had said.
Jewel had already given her a gift, but insisted on also giving her a potion she had bought while Crystal was at the lab.
"Thank you SO much you guys!" Crystal said, smiling brightly.
"IvySAUR! SAUR!" was heard. The family looked down to see Ivysaur drag a bag over to Charlie. They all recognize it as a bag of Pokefood.
"Mudkip!" Charlie cried, rubbing heads with Ivysaur and rushing to the food.
Crystal picked up the tiny Pokemon. "Charlie, you can't eat it ALL now, but you can have some now while my brother tells me how the HECK this Pokedex works!" She poured some food into a bowl from her bag and placed it on the floor beside Charlie. The little Mudkip immediately tackled the food like it would get up and run away if he didn't consume it then and there.
Ruby picked up her Pokedex and carefully looked it over. "It's easy. To scan a Pokemon, just push the blue button. For quick information on a Pokemon, such as gender, level, and ability, push the pink button. You can find out a Pokemon's attacks by pushing the yellow button and your trainer info is accessed by the green one."
Crystal smiled as her brother handed back her Pokedex. "Sweet! Let me try it!" She held it, pointing it towards Charlie, pushing the blue button.
Mudkip, the mudfish Pokemon. The fin on Mudkip's head acts as highly sensitive radar. Using this fin to sense movements of water and air, this Pokemon can determine what is taking place around it without using its eyes.
Opal laughed. "So it can tell what will happen BEFORE it happens?"
"One, Charlie's a he. Two, he's not physic." Rolling her eyes, Crystal hit the yellow button.
Mudkip Level 5's attacks are tackle and growl.
Crystal groaned softly. "That COULD be a problem..."
"Not really, Crys. When Ivysaur was just a tiny Bulbasaur and I had first recieved him, he only had those attacks. Now he's even got solarbeam!"
Her eyes lit up again. "That's a relief...I know Charlie's strong but still...not a great selection..."
Charlie jumped into Crystal's lap and nudged her arm. "Mudkipkipkip...kip."
She hugged the little Pokemon, laughing. "Charlie's right, we'd better get going if we're gonna get anywhere before nightfall!"
Crystal and Charlie picked up their things, hugged their family goodbye, and headed out the door.
Ruby rushed forward, yelling, "WAIT! DON'T FORGET THAT SOME POKEMON REFUSE THEIR POKEBALLS SOON AFTER CAPTURE AND WON'T RETURN TO IT IF YOU CALL IT!"
She just waved to her brother. "Don't worry! What's the worse that could happen???"
Ruby shook his head as Charlie and Crystal ran off down the road. "Half your team or more decides to be rebels..." he muttered.
The sun peeked through the teenage girl's window. Purple curtains merely dulled the brightness of the sun's rays. As they shone on the sleeping girl, she stirred beneath her purple blankets. Opening dark brown eyes, she stared at the calendar across the room. Suddenly she jumped up. "Yeyah today's the day!" she yelled wildly.
"Crystal, we know. Now you may want to get dressed and eat before you leave..." Sapphire, her mother, yelled up the stairs.
"Um...THANKS MOM!" Crystal yelled. She quickly threw on her lilac colored baby tee and baggy blue jeans. Grabbing her backpack, she ran down the stairs to the kitchen.
Crystal was the middle of a family of 5 children. Ruby, her brother who was 17, and Amethyst, her older sister who was 16, were Pokemon trainers. Only Amethyst was still on her journey, Ruby had returned home long before she had left. His Ivysaur still ran around the yard, caring for the garden like it was his child. Her younger sisters, Jewel and Opal, were so alike they could be mistaken as twins. Opal, 10, was convinced she would rule the world of Pokemon one day. Jewel, 5, was just happy dragging the attention off of her siblings to herself.
Even though she loved her sisters and brother dearly, Crystal just felt out of place in her family. She was the only one who got her paturnal grandmother's dark purple hair, and the only one who ever wanted to grow her hair out to her waist. She also was the only one with her mother's dark brown eyes, and the only one of the 3 older kids that refused to get contacts. Crystal liked her apperance with her glasses, and didn't want to get rid of them. Crystal was also the only one that was able to understand Pokemon naturally.
But natural ability or not, her parents were strict about enforcing their rule for, "Not going on a Pokemon journey until you are 15." So Crystal waited patiently until May 19th came and she too could go on her journey.
Today was that day.
Ruby was sitting at the table, slowly eating a bowl of cereal. Ivysaur sat below him, eating a bowlfull of Pokefood. Opal was making some concoction of Cheeze Whiz and cereal and Jewel was playing with a Rattata doll on the floor. Crystal quickly grabbed a cereal and milk bar, practically inhaling it.
Her father, Jade, walked in and saw her demolishing the breakfast bar. "Crys...relax you have plenty of time!"
Crystal swallowed and smiled. "Dad, I only have 10 minutes and I still have to pack!"
"No you don't," was heard from the table. Jade and Crystal turned to Ruby. He looked up and smiled. "I remembered what I needed for my journey and wanted to help, so Ivysaur and i packed for you." Ivysaur then pushed a brown backpack to Crystal
"Ivy! IvySAUR!" he called out.
Crystal bent over and petted Ivysaur on his blue head. "Aw...thanks Ivysaur. And you take care of my family and that garden for me, ya hear?"
"SAUR! IvySAUR!"
She laughed. "I know you'll do your best little guy."
Ruby cleared his throat. "Remember Crystal, Professor Maple has many starter Pokemon you can pick from. Don't choose lightly. All but 3 can be caught in the wild, but I'm really not sure which ones they are. And they now can tell the gender of Pokemon in each species, not just Nidoran...And..."
Laughter was heard from his 15-year-old sister as she stood up, trying to look taller than 5'3". "Jeeze Ruby, I KNOW all of this! And before you say it, watch for wild Pokemon, they can just jump ya, you can only carry six pokemon, don't ever let ALL your Pokemon faint or you lose and hafta pay your opponent half your money, watch your money carefully so you can buy potions and antidotes and such to care for your Pokemon, watch for cities as they have Pokecenters and Pokemarts...Need I go on?"
Opal burst out laughing. "Rube, let her be, she knows just as much as I do, and you KNOW I'm gonna be the Pokemon Master!"
Jewel tugged on Crystal's jean leg. "Crys...I want you to have this..." The tiny girl held up a Squirtle doll.
Crystal kneeled down again. "Jewel...this is your favorite doll..."
Jewel nodded. "That's why I want you to have it. You will be far away and may get homesick. Squirtle will be there then to make you feel better, as he's a gift from me!"
Crystal could have cried at how sweet her sister was. Hugging her, she said, "I'll keep it with me the whole way, Jewel, you can count on that."
Sapphire cleared her throat. "Crys...now you only have 5 minutes..."
"AAUUGGHH!!" was heard from the purple haired girl in question.
"Relax Sweetie. You go get your Pokemon and we'll get the rest of your stuff together!" Opal yelled. Jewel cheered and chased after her sister.
At her slightly fearful expression, Sapphire laughed. "We'll fix it all when they're not looking, but you must first get to Professor Maple's lab!"
Crystal nodded and ran out the door.
~~~~~~~~/~~~~~\~~~~~~@
Professor Maple looked up at the sudden ringing of his doorbell. Laughing slightly, the man placed the last Pokeball on the table and answered the door. "Crystal Lyte, right on time i see."
"Yes, Professor, though I just barely made it," Crystal said as she walked in.
"Now, let's get on to business," the middle aged man said.
He and Crystal walked over to a tabletop hooked up to a computer. The table had 18 Pokeballs on it, pairs of which were in groups of three. Professor Maple typed a command into the computer, pulling up a list of 9 Pokemon species "Now, Crystal, you know you can have one Pokemon of these 9 species, of whichever gender you choose. Have you decided?"
"I've narrowed it down to two. If you can answer one question, I'll have the decision."
"And the question is?"
"Which three cannot be found in the wild normally in this region?"
"Mudkip, Cydnaquil, and Charmander."
"Then I'll take a Mudkip. I can catch a Chikorita."
"Nice choice. What gender?"
"Doesn't matter, whichever you pick up first."
Professor Maple picked up a ball, quickly scanning it with the computer. He then handed the Pokeball to Crystal. "It's a male. You can take it out of it's ball if you want."
Crystal nodded. "COME ON OUT!" she yelled as she threw her Mudkip's ball.
The blue mudfish Pokemon landed on his feet, staring at his owner. "Mudkip??"
"Yes, I'm your trainer little guy."
"Mudkip? Kip. Mud kip! Kip!"
Crystal laughed. "I'm glad to be your trainer, and I'm sure glad you like me already!"
Professor Maple laughed. "I have NEVER seen a Trainer able to communicate with her Pokemon so soon!"
"Call it a gift I guess..."
"Mudkip! Mud mud kip! Kip kip! Mudkip!"
"He's glad I have my gift, he likes being understood by a human."
"Well, Crystal, that will DEFINATELY prove an advantage for you during your journey. But now I think your family wants to meet your Pokemon and send you off well. Here are your six Pokeballs and your Pokedex. Good luck you two, you have my best wishes."
"Thanks Professor Maple, BYE!" she called as she took the things offered to her and ran off, her Mudkip right behind.
~~~~~~~~/~~~~~\~~~~~~@
On the way back to her house, Crystal asked Mudkip, "So, do you mind if I give you a nickname?"
"Mudkip."
"Okay then...how about...Charlie?"
"MUDKIP!!!" he cried happily.
"Then I now nickname you Charlie!"
"Mud KIP!" Charlie flashed the biggest smile a Mudkip could.
Jewel and Opal met them at the door, the others joining them when they heard the young girls' cheers of joy.
"Is that your Pokemon?" Jewel asked.
"Yep. He's a Mudkip that I call Charlie."
Sapphire kneeled in front of Charlie. "Well hello there little guy, I'm Crys's mother."
"Mudkip! Mud mud mud mudkip!"
"What is he saying?" Opal asked.
"He said, 'Whoa! You have a big family!"
Ruby laughed. "And ya haven't seen one of us yet!"
Ivysaur walked over to Charlie, sniffing him carefully. "Ivysaur! Ivysaur SAUR!"
"Mudkip!"
Crystal smiled brightly. "They like each other!"
Her family laughed, then all went inside. Each member had a gift for the new duo to help them on their journey. Ruby gave her a special necklace that was supposed to repel the effects of Jigglypuff's sing attack, knowing she wanted to catch a Jigglypuff. Sapphire gave her plenty of food, water, and supplies she'd need for both her and Charlie. Jade gave her 3 pokeballs, 2 great balls, and an ultra ball, to make sure she'd have enough. Both her parents also gave her 1,000 coins, which was equal to a third of what she had saved up. Opal gave her a Thunder Stone, which she had been given to by a kid at her school.
"I don't want a Raichu ever, so it's useless to me!" she had said.
Jewel had already given her a gift, but insisted on also giving her a potion she had bought while Crystal was at the lab.
"Thank you SO much you guys!" Crystal said, smiling brightly.
"IvySAUR! SAUR!" was heard. The family looked down to see Ivysaur drag a bag over to Charlie. They all recognize it as a bag of Pokefood.
"Mudkip!" Charlie cried, rubbing heads with Ivysaur and rushing to the food.
Crystal picked up the tiny Pokemon. "Charlie, you can't eat it ALL now, but you can have some now while my brother tells me how the HECK this Pokedex works!" She poured some food into a bowl from her bag and placed it on the floor beside Charlie. The little Mudkip immediately tackled the food like it would get up and run away if he didn't consume it then and there.
Ruby picked up her Pokedex and carefully looked it over. "It's easy. To scan a Pokemon, just push the blue button. For quick information on a Pokemon, such as gender, level, and ability, push the pink button. You can find out a Pokemon's attacks by pushing the yellow button and your trainer info is accessed by the green one."
Crystal smiled as her brother handed back her Pokedex. "Sweet! Let me try it!" She held it, pointing it towards Charlie, pushing the blue button.
Mudkip, the mudfish Pokemon. The fin on Mudkip's head acts as highly sensitive radar. Using this fin to sense movements of water and air, this Pokemon can determine what is taking place around it without using its eyes.
Opal laughed. "So it can tell what will happen BEFORE it happens?"
"One, Charlie's a he. Two, he's not physic." Rolling her eyes, Crystal hit the yellow button.
Mudkip Level 5's attacks are tackle and growl.
Crystal groaned softly. "That COULD be a problem..."
"Not really, Crys. When Ivysaur was just a tiny Bulbasaur and I had first recieved him, he only had those attacks. Now he's even got solarbeam!"
Her eyes lit up again. "That's a relief...I know Charlie's strong but still...not a great selection..."
Charlie jumped into Crystal's lap and nudged her arm. "Mudkipkipkip...kip."
She hugged the little Pokemon, laughing. "Charlie's right, we'd better get going if we're gonna get anywhere before nightfall!"
Crystal and Charlie picked up their things, hugged their family goodbye, and headed out the door.
Ruby rushed forward, yelling, "WAIT! DON'T FORGET THAT SOME POKEMON REFUSE THEIR POKEBALLS SOON AFTER CAPTURE AND WON'T RETURN TO IT IF YOU CALL IT!"
She just waved to her brother. "Don't worry! What's the worse that could happen???"
Ruby shook his head as Charlie and Crystal ran off down the road. "Half your team or more decides to be rebels..." he muttered.