Disclaimer: Pokémon is by Satoshi Tajiri.
Pokémon BW: Yin-Yang Quest
This world is filled with intrigue and discoveries around each bend. There are also many challenges in life that are vital to growth and spirit. One cannot conquer these challenges alone or escape them. Through teamwork, friendship, and trust, a person is able to grow and mature.
"Good morning," a voice greeted in an empty room. "Grandfather?"
The person who asked that peeked out of the door and looked around. She was a girl ten years of age with brown hair done in a ponytail and blue eyes. She wore a white short sleeved T-Shirt under a vest, had black wristbands on both her arms, and wore blue shorts and black socks. The study was empty today, a rarity considering that she was home-schooled. She saw a note on the deck and picked it up.
"'Mia,'" Mia read. "'Went to pick up your Xtransciever from the shop. I know today you usually go shopping, but today is also the day you start your journey through Unova. I'll meet you at Professor Juniper's laboratory later to say goodbye. Grandfather.'"
She snapped her fingers, happy that she was reminded. "I almost forgot about that! Professor Juniper's lab, here I come!" she declared as she ran out of the room.
Lacing up her boots, she hummed a happy tune to herself. She had been waiting for this moment for a while now, the day she follows in her mother and father's footsteps. Her parents were skilled trainers: her mother winning the Unova league, while her father was a Pokémon Breeder. The two were divorced, but she still respected them despite indifference toward her father.
She put her cap on and took her black pocketbook, and opened the door to Nuvema Town, her home. She walked outside, skipping in her steps from time to time.
A flock of Pidove flew away as Mia walked over to Juniper's lab. It was sunny and bright out in the suburb and a breeze can be felt pulling the windmills gently. Mia was finished taking one last look around before going. Her friend Bianca and rival Cheren had already left on their journey a few days ago, so she didn't want to dilly dally. Taking a deep breath, she entered the lab.
"Should I choose Snivy? Maybe Tepig? Then again, I hear Oshawott's an easy starter…" a nervous voice contemplated. Mia looked and saw a boy with blonde hair and green eyes wearing glasses. His attire was simple: a blue shirt with jeans and red sneakers, but what made Mia's eyes twinkle with fascination was the notepad and pen he was holding.
"Hi there," she greeted. The boy gasped a little and saw Mia.
"H-hi," he greeted back nervously. The three starter Pokémon, who were previously drinking Berry juice, looked up to them.
"You're starting out, too?" she asked.
"Yeah," he answered. "I'm Leonard, but everyone calls me Leo."
"My name's Mia," she introduced. "Don't worry about getting nervous. It's natural for young people like you and I to get nervous about their journeys."
"That's not it," he countered. "My starter Pokémon. I don't know which one to choose. I was hoping to ask Professor Juniper for some advice, but she's helping her assistants outside at the moment."
"I may not be a professor, but maybe I can help," Mia offered. "You may be able to learn a thing or two, seeing as how you're holding a notepad."
"Oh, yes, give me any advice you can!" Leo agreed excitedly as he got ready to take notes.
Oshawott got curious and tried to get their attention, spilling Tepig's Berry juice in the process. The Fire Pig Pokémon got angry at it and fired a cloud of flames at Oshawott from its snout. This knocked the Sea Otter Pokémon off the table, getting the attention of Leo and Mia.
"Osha-wott…" Oshawott growled. "OSHA!"
A fight soon broke out between the Starter Pokémon, Mia and Leo caught in the crossfire. Outside, a female scientist with brown hair tied in a bun and cyan eyes took notice as did the assistants. They raced in, but they were too late, as the three Pokémon have escaped the now wrecked lab.
"Gracious!" the woman yelled. Mia and Leo coughed as they stood up, soaking wet from Oshawott's Water attack. "Are you kids all right?"
"We're fine, Professor Juniper," Mia answered as Leo got out of her grip. She looked around. "But the Pokémon escaped!" she reported.
"Now what do we do?" Leo asked.
Professor Juniper took a huffed breath and looked out the window. "It's very likely they're wandering around town," she predicted. "I need you kids to come with me and help me find them!"
"Yes, ma'am!" Mia agreed.
"Um, okay…" Leo also agreed, though a bit hesitant.
She gave Mia a Poké Ball with a lightning bolt sticker on it. "Leo is going to need some protection. The Pokemon in here is a bit stubborn, but it'll help," she recommended. "You seem to be a very dependable woman. I had a feeling you were when you protected Leo. I'm entrusting it to you."
"Thanks," Mia thanked with a bit of surprise as she took the Poke Ball. "Let's go!"
The three of them split up, Juniper checking the southern part of town, while Leo and Mia checked up North. Leo, however, was more interested in learning from Mia than looking for the Pokemon.
"It's important to build a team of Pokemon that can not only help in the field, but defeat a wide variety of types in battle," Mia explained as she looked around.
"Uh huh…" Leo said with interest as he took notes on his notepad.
"Some Pokemon can learn attacks of a different type, useful if it's a type that the opposing Pokemon is weak to. Take the Water-type Oshawott, it can learn Ice-type attacks to counter against Grass-types like Snivy."
"Oshawott!" Oshawott yelled from above them in fear.
"Speaking of which!" Mia noted as the two looked up. Oshawott was above them, clinging onto a broken gutter on a house.
"That gutter has seen better days," Mia noted with a hint of disgust. "Leo, I need you to stand right there," she instructed, pointing to a spot near the gutter. Mia went to the left of it, while Leo made his way to the spot.
"Is this okay?" he asked as he stopped.
"Exactly as planned," Mia answered. "Hi-YA!"
Kicking the pipe as hard as she can, the vibrations broke the gutter's hinges, sending it and Oshawott falling down. Leo caught Oshawott as it fell to him. The gutter landed right in between them. Mia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oshawott, don't be scared," Leo assured as he coddled a shuddering Oshawott. "It's over now. You can go back to the Professor, and everything will be all right."
"Did you find one?" Professor Juniper asked as she ran out.
"We found Oshawott," Mia reported. Oshawott was beginning to settle down as she came over. "It got stuck between a rock and a hard place, but its fine now."
"Are you okay, Oshawott?" Juniper asked.
"Oshawott," it answered happily.
"That's good," she replied as she took out a Poke Ball. "Return."
A red light came from the Poké Ball and hit Oshawott. Oshawott turned to red energy as it was called back.
"One down, two to go," Mia reported. "Did you see Tepig or Snivy?"
"No, but there's a suspicious spot I have a hunch about," Juniper answered. "Follow me."
In the southern part of town, the three found the bushes where Professor Juniper had her hunch. Two of the leaves in the bush were black and sticking out in a V-shape.
"Right there," Juniper pointed out. "I think Tepig may be hiding in the bushes there."
"Hmm…" Mia noted. She gently touched the leaves and they twitched. "Those aren't leaves!" she realized and looked in the bushes.
"Te-PIG!" Tepig yelled as black smoke flew out of the bush.
"Gotcha!" Mia declared as she stuck her hands in there. She coughed as she got out, standing up with Tepig in her arms.
"Tepig…may be a bit of trouble for you, Leo," Mia advised in between coughs.
"Tepig, return," Juniper giggled as she recalled Tepig back to its Poke Ball. Leo laughed at her soot-covered face.
"Excuse me, are you Mia?" a townsperson asked as she approached the three.
"Of course I'm Mia," she answered.
"My garden!" she reported. "A Snivy and a few Galvantula are in there!"
Rushing to the garden in the west part of town, the gardener filled them in: a swarm of Galvantula made way into her flower garden trying to attack a Snivy. Professor Juniper guessed that her Snivy had wandered into the forest and disturbed them.
As predicted, the garden was ruined when they got there, and there were many Galvantula, one darker in color (Mia guessed that it was the leader of the swarm) crawling up a rock waterfall, ready to attack Snivy, who was a few feet above them.
"Snivy…" it growled as it climbed further up the rocks.
"Mia now would be a good time to use the Pokémon I gave you," Professor Juniper advised.
"All right, here goes!" Mia said as she threw the Poké Ball. Out came an Emolga from the white light. It gave off a cocky smile as it approached its opponents.
"Mo-ga!" it called out to the Galvantula tauntingly. This got their attention.
"An Emolga!" she exclaimed. "Those are rare in Unova!"
Emolga attacked the whole group with a ThunderShock. They all dodged and charged up gold balls of electric energy. They fired the electric balls, which turned into electric nets.
"Run! Get out of the way!" Mia warned. Emolga didn't listen and fired another ThunderShock instead. The nets dispelled the electric energy and trapped Emolga.
"That's what I meant when I said it was stubborn," Juniper told her as it struggled to get out. "It loves to battle and won't listen when told to dodge."
"No doubt stubbornness goes hand in hand with this," Mia noted with a bit of annoyance. The shiny Galvantula snuck in from behind. "Watch out!" she yelled as she ran over to the rodent.
"Mia, don't!" Leo warned.
Mia stepped in the way before the Shiny Galvantula could Sucker Punch Emolga, who was charging up for another ThunderShock. She was struck in the back hard by a spider leg, to Emolga's surprise.
"Heh," she panted. "Surprise, surprise. Let's get you out of here."
Still in shock, Emolga nodded. Small sparks came from the net as Mia tried to undo the binding. On the shiny Galvantula's signal, they moved in to attack Leo, the Professor, and the gardener.
"Sniii-vyy!" Snivy yelled as it spun its tail around. A tornado of leaves was conjured up from its tail and it threw the tornado at the EleSpider Pokemon. They scurried away.
"A little show of force and they turn tail and run," Mia noted, getting an idea. She eventually got Emolga out of the net. "Think you can help me out?" she asked it.
"Mo mo?" it nodded, curious as to what she was planning.
"Do you know the move Quick Attack?" she asked.
Emolga demonstrated its speed by performing the move on a wooden post. With a gold streak trailing from it, it rammed into the pole and knocked it down. The Galvantula noticed this and more of them fled.
"Exactly as planned," Mia noted with satisfaction. "Emolga, use Quick Attack on the leader!" she commanded, pointing to the shiny Galvantula.
Emolga rushed over to it and rammed it hard, pushing it back a few inches. The rest of the Galvantula fled.
"Snivy, return!" Juniper commanded. She managed to recall Snivy back into his ball. A few more Quick Attacks later, Galvantula was starting to wear out.
"ThunderShock!" Mia commanded. Outline glowing yellow, Emolga fired a beam of electricity at the leader, knocking it out.
"Yes!" she cheered. Emolga, a bit out of breath, gave a thumbs up.
"Professor?" Mia asked as Leo picked up Snivy.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Here," she said, showing her the Poké Ball.
"I saw your selflessness in front of Emolga, and you've gained his trust," Professor Juniper countered. "Keep him. I have a feeling you and he will be partners for life."
"Thanks," she thanked. "Emolga!" she called as she sent him out.
"E-mon!" it replied.
"Let's go through Unova and battle together," Mia offered. Emolga cheered, up for it.
"Here you are, a Pokédex and five Poké Balls," an assistant said as he delivered the items. Both new trainers took the items.
"Thank you," they thanked. Mia looked up her new friend on the Dex. The screen showed profiles of Emolga.
"Emolga, the Sky Squirrel Pokémon," it explained. "They live on treetops and glide using the inside of a cape-like membrane while discharging electricity."
She recalled Emolga back into his ball.
"Hello, Professor," an elderly man greeted.
"Hello, Grandfather," Mia greeted.
"Hello, Richard," Professor Juniper greeted. "You missed out on your daughter getting her first Pokémon!"
"Did I now?" he asked.
"It got a little chaotic trying to get it to trust me, but we're friends now," Mia summed up.
"That's good," Richard replied. He took out a pink watch with a black strap, which Mia promptly took and put on her wrist. "Your Xtransciever's fixed up and ready for the journey."
The two hugged. "I'm going to miss you!" Mia said. "You were a huge help."
"Same here," he agreed, smiling.
Leo, Professor Juniper, her assistants, and Richard waved goodbye as Mia left Nuvema Town for Route 1. Mia faced the future with confidence inside her. New sights, new people, new places, and new challenges awaited Mia and her new friend Emolga in Unova.