Ah, so here is my fan-fic taking place in the Pokémon universe. The length it will be is undetermined, but it may end up being pretty long. I'm no expert writer, but I try my best and greatly appreciated anyone's thoughts, criticism, and advice for my story so I can improve. I'm trying lots of stuff out, so things might end up weird but I dunno… Hope you enjoy nonetheless!

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"So you have three badges already?" Jamie asked.

"Eeyup! I have the ones from Violet, Goldenrod, and Ecruteak Cities," responded the blonde, shaggy haired boy. He has bright green eyes, and sported a green headband. "I wish you were here though."

"Yeah… but, Anthony, you know I don't like traveling much. I'm a homebody."

"But, Jamie, you seem to like going out and walking through Azalea town and the forest"

"Yeah, but that's just in town and the forest is more or less part of it. Plus, I'd get too homesick if I left Azalea," she said. Anthony nodded understandingly. "Heeeeey, why didn't you pass through Azalea to fight Bugsy yet? Don't you have to go through here and Ilex forest to get from Violet to Goldenrod?" she blurted out. Her question caught Anthony off guard.

"Err…um… I can't really explain that right now," he said suspiciously, scratching his head.

"Oh really?" Jamie said sarcastically, narrowing her eyes at his suspicious response. She knew Anthony well enough to figure out that when he's scratching his head, he's usually lying. Suddenly, she hears angry voices from behind Anthony and sees an angry, black-haired trainer come up from behind him.

"Hey! There's a long line waiting to use the phone!" He said. Anthony looked behind him and saw about five other trainers behind the angry trainer.

"Whoops, my bad, I'll be a sec," he said while turning back to Jamie, "sorry, seems this is apparently the only working phone. I'll have to talk to you later"

"Aww, I wanted to hear about your gym battles!" she said, disappointed, "well, see ya later." Anthony smiled and waved goodbye on the monitor as it went black. Jamie sighed, got up from the seat in front of the phone and grabbed her favorite green hat with a yellow flower. It was a gift from Anthony a couple years back. She put it on with the visor in the back, like she usually wears it, and her bangs come out the hole above the adjuster. She walked towards the kitchen, where her mom was washing dishes. On the way, she passes by a photo in the hallway with a boy around her age, fifteen, with jet black hair and glasses. On his shoulder was a smiling little girl with brown hair, a younger Jamie. In the corner of the kitchen lay a sleeping Mightyena.

"So, how's Anthony doing on his journey for the Johto League?" her mother asked casually, not turning away from the dishes. Jamie picked up a banana from a bowl of fruit, and started peeling it. Jamie didn't look too much like her mother, except that they had the same bright, blue eyes. Jamie had long, soft, brown hair, while her mothers' was black and full of bouncy curls.

"He's doing well. He has three badges already!"

"Wow, great progress! It's only been two months since he left. When are the league championships starting?"

"Um, I think it's in another year or so. But I really wish he'd come back down…"

She says with a sad look on a face. She takes a bite of her banana.

"Oh, you really miss him, huh?"

"It's so boring without him! It gets lonely, especially, since Bugsy is too busy with constant Gym battles, and when he's not battling, he's preparing for even more gym battles," Jamie sighs, folding her arms and leaning against the counter besides her mother.

"What about your other friends?"

"What other friends?" Jamie looked at her a bit confused.

"Those girly girls that usually come and see you."

"Man, I don't know if I can call all of them friends. We're too different."

"Oh really?" Her mother says skeptically, while putting away another dish.

"Yeah, all they talk about is other boys and all that other air head girl stuff."

"And you don't?" her mother interjects.

"Nope," she responds bluntly.

"Wow, you're a weirdo." There was a short silence, and the sleeping Mightyena let out a yawn before turning over in its sleep.

"Excuse me?" Jamie asked, half offended. Her mother giggled at her response.

"Most girls around your age are usually boy crazy."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," she murmured as she rose from her leaning position.

"I guess I'll just go for another walk," Jamie laments as she finishes off the banana and tosses its peel into the garbage, "I need to go see Bugsy anyway." She grabs her knapsack that holds her pokéballs and a few other possessions and heads towards the door. Before exiting, she noticed something strange on the small table near the door. She took a couple steps backwards to see what it was. She raised an eyebrow to see that it was a book. She picked it up, turning it over and examining it closely. It looked pretty old judging from the color of the pages and the intriguing markings on the cover. Whatever it was, it could be an interesting read, so she placed it in her bag and continued out the door.

Her mother turns around, and watches Jamie walk out. A worried look appears across her face, as if she had a premonition that something was going to happen. She had this same exact feeling when he left home, but she shrugs it off as nothing. Jamie wasn't one to get into trouble.

Jamie walks down the main street of Azaela, with her hands behind her head. She sighs to herself, then looks up to the cloudless sky. She sighs again, throws her arms up, then suddenly lets out an agitated grunt as she sits down on a nearby bench outside the pokémart. She put her head in her hands. POOF! A blue light erupts from her knapsack and starts taking form. It's Jamie's Scizor, whom she nicknamed Samantha.

"Scizor?" She says, with a look of concern on her face.

"Naw, I'm okay Sammy," she turns to look at her Pokémon, who's now giving her a sarcastic look that's saying, 'yeah, right…' "Okay, okay, I am a little down today…" she admitted. Samantha plops down on the bench next to her master. "I just feel that… maybe I should have gone with Anthony. The town seems so empty without him." Her eyes sadden as she continues, "it's just that… when he left home those many years ago, it was the last time I saw him… I guess I'm just scared that the same would happen to me."

Samantha knew exactly what she meant. Memories of him always caused Jamie to become sad. She raises a claw and tries to comfort her friend, but before the first syllable of her name got out, they hear a high pitched, and slightly annoying, voice.

"Heeeeeey It's Jamie!" Jamie and Samantha raise their heads and saw the girl calling out. She was waving her hand as she ran up to Jamie, followed by two other girls. The trio ran towards them as they both rose from the bench. The one who had called out to them had long, flowing, blonde hair and blue eyes. To her right, was a girl with short, straight, black hair and hazel eyes. The third had a dark skinned complexion, and her black hair was long and woven into countless, tight braids. They were Marie, Gracie, and Franlina, respectively, and the first two were the air headed girls that were spoken of earlier in the conversation with Jamie's mother. All three of them were clad in stylish attire. Marie wore a pink blouse with an equally pink short skirt. Gracie wore some short jean shorts and wore a pale yellow top. Franlina was wearing jeans that exposed her ankles and a light blue shirt that exposed her midriff.

"Fine, I guess," Jamie answers. She waves to Franlina who in turn beams a friendly smile.

"Anything new?" Franlina asks, still smiling. Before Jamie gets a chance to respond, Marie butts in.

"Ugh, why must you always dress so plainly!" she says, pointing to Jamie's blank tee shirt and blue jeans, "I mean, you have the face. If you just dress the part, you can be a real boy magnet, like me!" Marie strikes a pose, which seems to catch the attention of two passing boys. Samantha rolls her eyes. "Weeeell, not quite like me. You need to graduate to the next bra size." Jamie gasped in astonishment, then her face turned red in anger as Gracie starts to giggle. The nerve! It's not like she was flat or anything!

"Seriously!" the vain teenager continued, "Your eyes are gorgeous and yet, you don't seem to round out your other, ahem, features to catch the boys." It was true, Jamie's blue eyes were much talked about. Their brightness and blueness mesmerized many boys she made eye contact with, and net her the "Best Eyes" photo in last year's yearbook.

"Uhmm, sooo you have anything planned? If not, we can go see a movie or something," Franlina says, trying to calm Jamie down before she beats down Marie like an enraged pack of Primeape. Marie walks past Samantha and enters the Pokémart, followed by Gracie.

"We're going to pick up some lip gloss," she says before disappearing inside. The Scizor sticks out her tongue at the girls behind their backs. Franlina turns back to Jamie, who's calmed down a bit now.

"Hey Jamie, let's go walk for a bit." She suggested.

"What about Marie and Gracie?"

"Eh, they'll be fine. Come on."

"Wow, so three of them already?" Franlina says, somewhat astonished.

"Yep, from Violet, Ecruteak, and Goldenrod," Jamie responds, looking up at the sky as she walks, Samantha trotting carelessly not too far behind, adrift in her own world.

"Hm? That's strange, don't you have to pass by Azalea to get to from Violet to Goldenrod?"

"That's what I asked him. He was kinda suspicious and didn't answer, though."

"Ah, I see." Franlina looks at Jamie face. She seemed so distant throughout the conversation. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Huh? Oh nothing," Jamie says, her eyes glancing at Franlina for a split second then returning to the sky. Franlina sighs; already sure that something is, indeed, bothering Jamie. As they walk down the road, a young boy around their age passes by.

"Oooh, he was pretty cute!" Franlina comments, looking behind her at the boy's physique and head of short blonde hair.

"Meh."

"Oh? Not impressed are you?" Franlina says, giggling, "You don't seem to show interest in anyone. What's up with that? If you ask me..." Jamie seems to drift off in another world as Franlina suddenly starts describing many of the boys in Azalea and what makes them cute and attractive. When she mentioned Anthony, Jamie jolted to attention. Franlina noticed and formed a mischievous smirk on her face. "What's this? Showing a bit of interest now?" Jamie quickly turned away, hiding her blushing face. "I knew that's what was going on. That explains your not caring for all the other options walking around Azalea." Franlina sings, spinning on one foot. Jamie blushed even redder.

Franlina was a smart cookie, often reading people's emotions and feelings through body language. It didn't help that the two were good friends from ages seven to ten. Franlina already knew how to read her like a book before they drifted apart due to the development of different interests and hobbies. Though they still talked and got together on various occasions.

"Okay, okay, you caught me," Jamie said, staring at the ground as she walked, "he's my best friend, and crushes aside," she turned and flashed a smile, "He's always been more of a brother to me, and that's always been more than I can ask for." Franlina smiled back and chuckled a bit. "It's just been so boring and lonely without him here."

"If you say so," Franlina mumbled, rolling her eyes.

"Think what you want."

Jamie has always had mixed feelings. Things were fine for a while, but things got more complicated as time passed. Anthony, for the past seven years has been her best friend. He was also just like an older brother, and he filled the role flawlessly. Yes… just like him. The two had so much in common it was somewhat uncanny. Come to think of it, it was somewhat as if she met Anthony through him. Jamie took a breath and shook away the memories as she felt herself growing sad.

When Jamie and Anthony hang out together, which is more often than not, many people assume they are a couple. Everything always felt so perfect when she was with him and she could tell him anything. Was that true love, or was it love that a sibling has for another? She didn't know for sure, but she loved the feeling either way.

Samantha smiles. She's happy that her trainer is at least able to share feelings a bit. Jamie's been very good at hiding her feelings, but Samantha was able to figure her out eventually. As a Pokémon, she is a bit more in tune with the emotions of her trainer. Suddenly, somethine snaps her back to reality and turns her attention towards an alleyway. "Scizor…?" she murmured.

"Huh? What's the matter Sammy?" Jamie asks, noticing that she had stopped. Suddenly, Jamie saw a shadowy figure at the end of the ally look around, then disappear into the nearby forest.

"Scizor Sci Scizor!" Samantha said. Franlina stops walking after noticing the other two lagging behind.

"Hmmm, Samantha has a bad feeling about that person."

"Really? How can you tell?" Franlina asks.

"I've always could," she replied. "Let's go check it out." Samantha reveals her large, transparent wings and dashes into the alley, with the other two girls running after her. Something was definitely not right.

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They track the figure into the Ilex forest for about three minutes. It was the early afternoon, but the thickness of the forest blotted out most traces of sunlight, making the path they were following eerily gloomy. Samantha stops and lands behind a bush, signaling to the other two girls to hide as well. The three peer ahead and notice a small clearing. In the clearing stood two individuals, a male and female, dressed in gray attire with a large, red letter on the back. It was the letter, "R." Their attire had long coat-tails, which made them look like scientists. They were standing in front of a strange looking device and seemed to be discussing something.

"Is everything ready to go?" the women asked. She turned around and the trio got a glance of her face. She was somewhat pale, had long, black hair with short bangs that shined in the little sunlight creeping through the branches, and a pair of striking eyes. Her face had beautiful features, but those lavender eyes she possessed exuded coldness and cruelty, sending a chill down Jamie's spine.

"Yes, everything checks out. You can activate it," the man said. He was tall, and athletically built. His hair was a light brown and somewhat short and spiky. His eyes were hazel, and seemed to gleam with confidence and determination.

"Uh-oh," Jamie whispered.

"Who are they?" Franlina asked.

"Judging from their uniforms, members of team Rocket."

"Hmph, looks like they're up to something." She murmured, turning her attention back to the duo. Samantha's eyes narrowed as a she felt something bad was going to happen.

The woman approached the left side of the machine and opened a control panel. "Initiating Insect Motor Disruptor!" she said, pressing a couple switches and pulling a lever. The machine opened up and a pair of antenna extended outwards. The Machine itself stood twice as tall as the woman, and was wide as a dining room table that could seat a family of four. The girls gasped, afraid of what was going to happen next. Within seconds, the machine started resonating and a strange sound reverberated throughout the entire Ilex forest.

"What is that…" Franlina whispered to herself.

"I don't know, but it's hurting Samantha!" Franlina turned and saw Samantha fall to her knees in pain and breathing heavily. Jamie ran over to catch her before the Pokémon fell to the ground. "We have to stop that thing!"

Thinking fast, Franlina pulled out a pokéball from her purse, stood up and tossed it towards the machine. "Annie! Thundershock!" she yells, as the pokébll bursts open and in a flash of light, a Pichu appears.

"Piiiiii chuuuuu!!" it yells, as small streaks of electricity blasted from its body towards the machine.

"What on earth!?" the woman exclaims as the electricity surges through the machine.

"Look out!" the man yells as he dives to grab the woman out of the radius of the ensuing explosion. The ground shook for a split second as the machine burst into flames and stopped the infernal noise. At that moment, Franlina's Pichu collapses on the floor.

"Nice work Annie! Return!" she says as the beam of light returns the fainted Pichu into the safety of its pokéball, "sorry for making you have to do this," she says apologetically to the pokéball.

"H-how dare you! I spent months designing that machine, only to have it destroyed by some prissy little girl!" The woman was enraged. As she stood up, she withdrew a pokéball and tossed it. "Spike Cannon!" The pokéball burst open and a purple shelled Pokémon with an evil grin and piercing eyes appeared.

"Cloyster!" it gurgled from between the shell halves, as the horn just above the center glew white and shot out spikes towards Franlina.

"Oh Crap!" she shrieks. The shards were heading right toward her, but a red blur shot in front of her and deflected them with ease. It was Samantha, who seemed to have made a swift recovery from the machine's effects. The woman grinded her teeth in frustration as Jamie ran from out of the bushes to Franlina's side.

"What do you two think you're doing!?" Jamie yells. Her heart begins to race after she realized what she just did.

"Seems like a plan typical of Team Rocket's goons," Franlina comments.

"Looks like she's not alone," the man said, rising from the ground.

"Let's get these brats out of the way. Goals have yet to be met," the woman commanded impatiently.

"No problem," said her partner rather nonchalantly, "Come! Skarmory!" He threw a pokéball and a shining, silvery bird with a helmet-like horn on its head burst from it.

The girls knew they were in for a battle, but Franlina was worried. "Jamie, Annie is out of commission! It can't help fight!"

"Don't worry Fran," Jamie says, taking a deep breath and pulling a pokéball from her knapsack, "you run to get officer Jenny. I'll stall these two."

"Be careful," she said, as she ran towards town. She looks back as she runs, and sees Jamie poised for battle, ready to stop the intruders anyway possible.

"She thinks she can take both of us," the woman says arrogantly. The man just nods.

Jamie breaks into a sweat as she eyes both the Skarmory and Cloyster. "Okay, these guys look tough, but if we can't beat them, I just have to stall until Fran comes back with help," she thinks to herself. Samantha crouches down into a battle stance, her yellow eyes glowing with focus. "Alright! Come out Core!" Jamie yells, as the pokéball opens and the light reveals a strange, red rock with several holes. Shortly, four yellow worm-like appendages come out of the bottom of the rock; two in front, two in back, followed by a fifth one with two beady eyes out of the upper hole.

"Shuckle," It says lazily.

"Focus, Core! We're in a battle!" The Shuckle heeds its trainer and turns toward the opposition, and after seeing them, it seems to transition into a more serious mood.

"Let's see we have a Scizor, and a Shuckle," the man says.

"Child's play," the woman says coldly, "Ice Beam." The Cloyster opens its shell, revealing the black pearl that is its face before shooting a blue bolt towards Jamie's side.

"Watchout!" Jamie yells. Samantha disappears in a red blur and Core withdraws into its shell as the blue bolt strikes the earth, flinging Core into the air. "Rollout!" she yells while it is still airborne. The red rock begins to spin, and right when it touches the ground, it zooms forward towards the Cloyster.

"Withdraw!" the woman yells, surprised that a mere Shuckle could move at such speed, and the bivalve Pokémon quickly closes its shell. The rolling Core strikes the closed Cloyster, causing little to no damage.

"Skarmory, take out the girl," the man commands with the same monotone voice. The metal bird screeches as it opens its bladed wings, revealing the striking crimson interior, and darts toward Jamie.

"Sam, Metal Claw!" she says, realizing the threat to her own safety. Samantha darts toward the Skarmory. "Aaaah!, hurry!" she screams cringing from the possible impact from the avian. She closes her eyes and hears the clash of two metallic bodies and a slight crackling that sounded like electricity. She opens her eyes and sighs in relief when she sees that the Skarmory has been intercepted by her Scizor, its beak clamped tightly in its right claw, now glowing a faint white, and sending surges of energy through the Skarmory.

"Sciiii-zor!" Samantha yells as she tosses the Skarmory into the air. The bird flips a few times before recovering its balance.

"That was a close one!" she says, Samantha nodding in agreement. She was amazed that they considered her a fair target in this match! These guys are dangerous. Jamie turns to see that Core had turned around from the deflection of its attack, "Keep going Core!" It creates a dust cloud as it makes a U-turn and speeds toward the Cloyster at a greater velocity. It rams it again, with still no effect. The woman smirks at the feeble attempts at breaching her Cloyster's defense.

"Be careful," the man warns, "the rollout attack will grow in power as it keeps up."

"Yes, yes, I'm aware of that," she responds, irritated by the fact that he felt the need to tell her this. She was already thinking of a plan to stop the speeding Shuckle.

Jamie turns her attention towards the Skarmory, who had been hovering in place. She was inexperienced at double battles, so it was hard for her to keep up. Heck, she was inexperienced at battles period. She never really battled anyone else besides Bugsy and Anthony, and much of the battling was done by her Pokémon without much guidance from her. A bead of sweat forms and falls down Jamie's face. Crap, this is a fine pickle she's gotten herself into… Samantha, glances back at her, sensing her uneasiness.

"Scizor!" she says, raising one of her claws to reassure her trainer.

"You think you can handle it on your own? Okay, go ahead," Jamie said, trusting in her friend. Samantha jumped forward to where she was nearly under the Skarmory.

"I have the advantage. Scizor are incapable of flight, so Skarmory's aerial agility and tactics will overwhelm it." The man thought, closely observing the crimson mantis. His eyes widened as he saw the Scizor's wings unsheathe. They were slightly larger than most Scizor. In a flash, it leaps directly upward and slams one of its massive claws against the enemy Skarmory. It screeched in pain and was just as surprised as its trainer. He stared towards the sky as he saw the Scizor start flying back towards the Skarmory as if it were still a Scyther! "Agility!" he yelled, and the Skarmory disappeared before being struck again. The Scizor stopped mid attack and hovered in place, directing its attention towards its opponent in its new location.

"Interesting. This girl's Pokémon are full of surprises; a flying Scizor, and a fast moving Shuckle," said the woman to her partner.

"They will make excellent additions." The man replied. Jamie overheard them, and grew furious. There was no way in hell they were taking Core and Samantha!

"Core, keep going! You can break its defense!" she cheered. The Shuckle was still increasing in speed as it turned and rammed the Cloyster over and over. The speed had reached a point where each impact was pushing the Cloyster back several inches.

"That's enough fooling around, Ice Beam!" the woman commanded. The cloister opened once again, and fired another blue bolt towards Core.

"Watch for the beam!" Core starts to speed around the Cloyster as it dodges the freezing ray. It runs full circle around the clam, who is now surrounded by a wall of ice from its misguided ice attack. The Cloyster looked around, but didn't see any sign of the Shuckle through the translucent shards.

Crash! Plowing through the ice wall behind the Cloyster came Core, who strikes it head on.

"Cloooooy!" it yelps as it flies through the adjacent ice wall, landing on its side.

"All right!" Jamie yelled, raising a fist in triumph. She smiled thinking that they just may win this battle, but she looked at the woman and was puzzled. She didn't show any reaction to Jamie's successful offense, despite it being an effective rock-type move on her ice type. She knew she had to finish this quickly. "Core! Once more!" Core, still at full speed, rushes toward the dazed Cloyster. The woman just stood there.

"Skarmory, Air Cutter," the man commands. The metallic bird flaps its wings several times, releasing blades of wind in Samantha's direction. She starts to spin in place, her sheer rotation speed deflecting each and every blade. "Swords Dance, it seems…" the rocket member observes. Directly after blocking the blades, she ends her spin with a forceful swipe of her claw, firing a larger Air Slash attack towards the Skarmory. It flies upwards in the nick of time to evade it. "Now, Aerial Ace!"

Jamie hears this command, and knows it's near impossible to dodge. "Samantha! Use the new Swords Dance technique we've been trying!" Samantha nods, and dashes upwards towards the Skarmory, beating her wings at full speed. She starts to spiral as she flies head on, initiating a Swords Dance in combination with her flying speed. From afar it appears as if the Scizor had become a flying drill! The Skarmory is diving at maximum speed, heading straight for Samantha. The two collide with such force, the leaves in the trees rustle as if hit by a sudden gust of wind, and both Pokémon are knocked out of their attacks and fall to the ground.

"Amazing, this Scizor is no doubt powerful," the man said in awe of what just happened. The two Pokémon slowly rose to their feet, bruised. Samantha buzzed her wings and lunged forward, both claws glowing white and surrounded with the same energy as before. Before the Skarmory could react, it was being assaulted by a flurry of blows from the Scizor, each hit sounding like a sledge hammer to a truck. Within seconds the Skarmory was on the ground, unconscious. The Scizor turned around and stared with fierce eyes towards the rocket member, claws still crackling. The man stared back in intrigue, then grabs another Pokéball and tosses it. In a flash of light three floating orbs with one eye each, and several magnets surrounding comes to form, buzzing and emitting sparks of electricity.

"Magneton, Zap Cannon!" All six of the Pokémon's magnet's aim forward and electricity starts gathering in the center, creating a concentrated orb of purple and white energy. With a bang, the orb is fired directly at Samantha. She leaps straight up, the orb exploding where she once stood and kicking up a huge cloud of dust. The Scizor was engulfed in the cloud, unable to see anything. Before she knew it, a blast of electricity erupted from below and surged through her. Every nerve in her body was wringing with pain as the electricity passed through her metallic form. The attack ended, and the Scizor succumbed to the paralyzing effect of the Thunderbolt and fell to the ground, limp, as the dust cleared.

"Sammy!" Jamie yelled, scared that her friend was badly hurt. Core was rolling at maximum speed towards the collapsed Cloyster. With that much speed, it would surely finish it off. The woman saw this as the perfect opportunity since its trainer was distracted.

"Water Pulse!" she commanded. The Cloyster, with a glowing blue orb of focused water forming in front of it, spun on its side until it was facing the charging Shuckle. It fires straight at it. Jamie turned her attention back to the battle between the shelled Pokémon and saw the force that the orbed was launched. She bit her lip, worried that the attack would take out Core with no problem.

The Water Pulse and Core strike one another, and within a second, the orb explodes in a wave of water. The explosion throws Core off balance, and flings him straight toward Jamie! Before she could react, her own Pokémon's attack slammed right into her chest. An unimaginable pain overcomes her as she fell to the ground, motionless. She struggles to keep her eyes open, and she sees two blurry figures walk over to her as everything goes dark...