She wasn't a trainer; her father and mother would never allow her to travel around Hoenn on her own and didn't trust the wild pokemon not kill her, but that still didn't stop her from pokemon hunting on route 22. That was where she met her beautiful Lileo, Silas, and her Riolu, Riley. She stored them in the local pokecenters PC so to not worry her mother and father, but she spent hours a day with the pair and, eventually, the two evolved into even more beautiful and powerful pokemon, but all Lexi carried about was that she had the two in her life.
One day, her mother and father broke the news that they were moving. A small island across the ocean in a region called Hoenn. The seasons were beginning to change and the cooling air hurt her mothers joints and made her sicker than she already was. She had less than a week to pack her things and say goodbye to the land she grew up in favor of an island forever in summer. She didn't have any friends in Kalos from her school because they all left once they graduated; went on to pursue their dreams and goals in life while was stuck with a controlling father and a sick mother who could no longer walk on her own.
The leaves were falling when moving day finally came. Her father hired and moving company that didn't use pokemon and told her to help with moving the cardboard boxes and furniture. She spent the better half of the cool autumn morning packing boxes and carrying them down and up stairs and into trucks. Late into the night, when packing and loading was finally finished, she asked her father if she could run to the nearby town and grab a few things for the trip. Her father reluctantly agreed, saying that they were boarding a ferry in the next hour and a half. She kissed her father on the cheek and took off running down the road. She arrived, panting and shaking at the local pokecenter and the woman behind the counter chuckled.
"Rough day?" she asked as Lexi logged onto her account and pulled out Silas and Riley and tucked them into her backpack.
"Moving day," she said simply as she made sure her pokemon were safe and well hidden from her mother and father, "Some place called the Hoenn region just across the sea,"
"I actually have friends that live over there!" she said happily and Lexi shook her head in amusement, "She spends a lot of her time at the local Battle Resort and Maison,"
"And what are the chances that I'll ever see or step foot on that place?" she asked leaning against the counter. The woman shrugged.
"You never know, Lex," she said, "People tend to change in a new place. Oh!" The woman ducked under the counter and pulled out as small bag, "I packed something to help once you get settled in; a few pokeballs and some potions to help Silas and Riley during any scraps," she set the bag down on the table, but Lexi shook her head.
"Abbie, its very sweet of you, but I have no money and..."
"Think of it as a good luck gift," she said placing a hand on Lexi's hand and gently pushing the bag back towards her with a smile, "You never know what all you might find there," she said with a smile and Lexi hugged her tightly.
"Thank you so much for your help Abbie," she said with tears threatening the spill over from her eyes. Abby smiled sweetly and wished her luck once more before Lexi reluctantly left the pokecenter that had grow so used to. She pulled out Silas from his pokeball, hopped on his back, and raced through the forest one last time.
As she rode through the forest, Silas stopped suddenly and almost threw her off his back. She clutched onto his mane and looked around to see what made him stop so suddenly. She hopped off his back and Silas trotted over towards a patch of tall grass, bent down and carefully picked up a small tuff of feathers in his mouth.
"What is it, bud?" she asked and held her hands out. Silas carefully placed the object in her hand and gave it a soft lick. In her hands was a small fainted Pidgey that couldn't have been more than a week or two old at most. Small birds breathing was soft and shallow and wouldn't last long out here in the woods by itself. She heard her father shout her name and she quickly returned Silas to his pokeball and pulled out an empty ball for the small Pidgey. She captured the Pidgey in the ball, placed the two pokeballs in her bag and dashed off back home. Her father was waiting outside their home with her mother as they locked up the home for the final time and help her mother into the van. Lexi took one more look back at the home she grew up in and the woods she played in. As they drove and past route 22, she held onto her bag just a little tighter as she remembered all the days she spent training Silas and Riley on that same road. Eventually, they drove past the farthest she had ever been before to Anistar City. They all boarded a ferry together as their things were put n the lower decks. She stood on the top deck and watched the land fade away over the horizion.
It was late when she finally found her room, but she was lucky enough that her parents gave her her own room. It may have been small and a little cramped, but it gave her the chance to attend to the small stowaways she had hidden in her back. She pulled out Silas and Rileys pokeballs and released them first; Silas stretched his legs and Riley yawned and shook her head. Then she took out the Pidgeys pokeball and carefully released the injured bird. The small bird was conscious now, but was too weak to move too much; Riley and Silas leaned into to see the new creature and the Pidgey tried to run away from them.
"Hey," she said pushing back the two larger pokemon as far as she could, "Give her some space to breath," Silas snorted and Riley crossed her arms, but Lexi turned her attention to the small bird on her bed.
"Here," she said digging into her backpack and pulling out one of the potions from Abbie and held it out towards the bird, "This will heal you right up if you let me use it on you," The Pidgey eyed her closely and chirped softly. After a few moments, the injuried bird slowly hopped towards her and onto her hand. Lexi carefully sprayed the air above the Pidgey until the spray ran out and the bird was healed instantly. She chirped happily and hoped up her arm and onto her shoulder. Lexi chuckled.
"I'm guessing that you feel better," she said as Silas and Riley came back over towards her. The Pidgey noticed them and coward behind her face, "Here that not so bad," She carefully held a hand out to the Pidgey who hopped on and she brought it in to her lap, right front of Silas and Riley.
"This is Silas," she said holding the small bird up to Silas's face. He sniffed the bird and gave it a quick lick and the Pidgey chirped, "And this is Riley," she said holding the bird towards Riley who nodded her head at the small bird. The Pidgey chirped and flew onto Rileys head; she twittered in triumph. Lexi smiled softly as the two conversed back on forth in their own tongue.
"Would you like to join us?" she asked as the Pidgey flew onto Silas's head and peaked his ear. The Pidgey looked up at her and chirped and Lexi smiled.
"Alright," she said and thought for a moment, "How does the name Alita sound?" she asked and the chirped happily and glided down onto her shoulder once more. Alita nudged her head against Lexi's ear and Silas grunted. Lexi looked over at her clock and red numbers stared back at her saying 2:39 am. The days work started catching up with her as she yawned and leaned against the wall. She took out the three pokeballs and returned them all before falling asleep to the gentle rocking of the boat.
