Summary: Lyra was kidnapped when she was young by the ruthless Team Rocket. After years of training she's been assigned her first mission, to steal the Pokémon from Prof. Elm. It is interrupted when she finds Silver also trying to steal a Pokémon. Then there is Ethan, her childhood friend who she forgot over the years. All she wanted to do was to finish her mission, not be forced to follow the two boys.
Feathers
Chapter 1
Lies From The Soul
"Lyra, let's play hide-and-seek," a 5 year old boy named Ethan shouted to his best friend Lyra. She skipped towards him with her chestnut brown pigtails jumping behind her.
"Ready?" Lyra asked with a smile.
"Ready,"
"One two three…." They said in unison.
"Not it!" Ethan shouted
"Not me!" Lyra giggled.
Ethan began to smile as he pointed at Lyra. "It's 'not it' not 'not me'! You're it!" Ethan pointed out as he began to run away in search of a hiding spot. Lyra pouted and didn't say anything. She made her way to a tree and covered her eyes.
"Fifty…fortynine…fortyeight…" she began counting the numbers.
In the middle of this, there were two Team Rocket grunts planning their evil plan.
"Why does Petrel want us to invade New Bark Town?" The first grunt muttered as they hid under a bush.
"He wants us to steal the three Pokémon that Prof. Elm is going to hand out to the kids when they get older," The second grunt answered. Together they watched the two young children play their game.
"Why do we have to do it now? He's not even handing them out yet!"
The second grunt smacked the other grunt's head. "Sh! We have to be quiet. We can't be spotted, dummy! Besides, he said 'Better now than ever'"
"Why are we waiting here?" the first grunt questioned.
"We can't let the kids see us. They'll scream like a siren and we'll get caught," he explained.
"So we just have to wait here until they leave?"
The second grunt nodded.
"Three…two…one!" Lyra said as she uncovered her eyes. "Come out wherever you are!" She began to search around the area. Ethan smiled as he watched her from his hiding spot, which was behind a tree. She made her way towards two bushes, which were rustling. She smirked.
"Found you, Ethan!" Lyra said aloud. She blinked her large hazel eyes as she saw two men dressed in white clothes with a large red R printed on the shirt. The two grunts looked at Lyra in shock. "Hello misters! I'm Lyra and you are?" she introduced herself.
"We're the amazingly evil Team Rocket!" the first grunt revealed. The second grunt jumped and grabbed the collar of the first grunt's shirt. "You idiot! Now she knows who we are!"
"Team Rocket? I thought they died down a long time ago, at least that's what grandpa told me." Ethan thought out loud to himself softly.
Lyra suddenly screamed. "T-Team Rocket?" she stumbled as she stepped back. I remember the stories mommy told me before, they're supposed to be first class villains, she thought frantically to herself. Lyra began to run away as fast as she could.
"She's running away! Now we're definitely going to be caught!" the second grunt shouted. The two grunts quickly jumped from their hiding spot and began to chase her. The first grunt managed to scoop Lyra up. His gloved hand clamped her mouth shut. She began to thrash in his grip and tried to scream through the glove.
"What do we do with her?"
"We can't let her go, she'll tell everyone about us and our plan will be ruined!"
"Let's just bring her to HQ,"
"Do you think Petrel would like that?"
"Who cares? He'd rather have us bring a little girl instead of having our plan revealed!"
"Right, let's abort this mission and go back."
The two grunts stealthily ran away and made their way to the secret Team Rocket Head Quarters.
Ethan was standing, frozen and shocked by what he just saw. He wanted to chase after Lyra but was scared. After they were gone he managed to move but it was too late. They were long gone with Lyra.
When the grunts reached the base, Petrel was waiting impatiently for them at the entrance.
"You came quite quickly, I'm expecting a good report, but since it's you grunts, I'm obviously going to be disappointed." Petrel said arrogantly.
The grunts' sweat began to drip, in fear that they might be in trouble, again.
"Well?" he said impatiently. "Where are the Pokémon?"
"Well…instead we have…." The first grunt whispered as he then showed Petrel the little girl, who had fallen asleep on the first grunt's shoulder from the shock.
"A child?" Petrel asked with his volume high.
The grunts covered their ears but the first grunt would have to endure the lecture from Petrel because moving his hands would make Lyra cry. It took them forever for her to stop crying and shrieking.
"This is great. Even better than having the Pokémon." Petrel praised the dumbstruck grunts.
"What?"
"She can be used a spy. Who in their right mind would suspect a young girl as a member of the Team Rocket?" Petrel explained.
"Y-yes! That was our plan from the start! Haha…" the second grunt said awkwardly, grateful he dodged a bullet.
"When she becomes the right age to become an official trainer, we'll bring her to Prof. Elm and make her steal all the Pokémon. Its flawless!"
"Yes!"
"We must begin her training!"
"Now?" The first grunt asked in confusion.
"Yes. We must start now so she forgets her memories of New Bark Town. It'll be troublesome if she remembers because she will be reluctant to work for us," Petrel said sternly. It seemed as if he had this already planned out.
"You two grunts, what are your names?" Petrel demanded.
They both jumped in shock. Petrel usual paid no attention to the grunts and labeled them as grunts. This means their 'rank' in his world has gone up.
"Thomas," said the first grunt.
"George," said the second grunt.
"Thomas, George, you two will be in charge of teaching…what is her name?" Petrel asked them.
Then Thomas and George began to think. "I think her name was Lyra."
"Again, you two will be in charge to teaching Lyra the way of being a member of the fearless Team Rocket."
"Y-Yes!"
The two walked away into a separate room and set Lyra down. They had to be prepared for her screaming and whining. But to their surprise they didn't receive any of that from her.
"Who are you?" Lyra yawned as she awoke. "I'm Lyra."
The two grunts were absolutely shocked. Did she completely forget her memory of New Bark Town or was it all an act? There aren't little girls that smart.
"Where am I?" Lyra pondered.
"You are at Team Rocket's Head Quarters and we are your older brothers, Thomas and George," Thomas lied.
"Hello Thomas and George!" Lyra smiled.
"We're going to teach you the ABC's." George said.
"A is for awesome…"
In The Present Time….
"Lyra, are you ready for this?" Petrel asked Lyra who was clothed in a black Team Rocket suit.
She nodded as she saluted him. "Yes,"
"Now repeat what your mission is,"
"To steal the Pokémon Prof. Elm is handing out today at noon,"
Petrel smiled and patted the balloon black hat on her head. It had a large red R and a red ribbon. "Good luck on your first mission."
She nodded as she ran out base. She stealthily hid behind the trunk of a tree and quickly changed. She had to look like she was a child who wanted to become a Pokémon trainer. She switched her black outfit to a blue overall and a white bubble hat with a red ribbon on the side.
"Let's do this!"
"Ethan, you better hurry up or else Prof. Elm will hand out the entire starter Pokémon!" Ethan's mother said towards the stairs.
"I know!" Ethan was just packing some pokéballs into his rucksack. He placed in a picture of him and Lyra. Lyra had her fingers arranged into a peace sign and Ethan was sticking his tongue out. Seeing this picture made him feel as if he was shot by a gun. After all, it was his fault she was gone.
He ran down the stairs, cautious not to slip down the stairs.
"I'm leaving mom!"
"Okay, be careful honey," my mother warned him as he walked out the door. He gave her an assuring smile.
As soon as he closed the door behind him, he saw a girl dressed in blue overalls and her brown hair tied into two pony tails. She had just parked her bike against a tree and she was walking naturally from Route 29. She paused when she turned her head left from Prof. Elm's house. She walked towards the side of the house.
Ethan tilted his head to the side. Why did she look so familiar?
Lyra noticed a boy wearing black and blue clothes with auburn hair peeking through the window. She swiftly walked behind him.
"What are you looking at?" she mused. The boy jumped in a surprised manner. He quickly regained his cool and glared daggers at Lyra. Lyra was unaffected by this, she simply returned the glare.
"What are you looking at?" the mysterious boy asked and then pushed her away. Lyra fell onto the dirt to her disgust.
"Ow!" she said as she tenderly rubbed her bottom. Ethan quickly walked up to her and helped me up, to her surprise.
"Thanks," Lyra said. Ethan nodded and then turned to the mysterious boy. "You shouldn't act like that to a lady," Ethan pointed out. The mysterious boy scoffed and continued watching through the window.
"Let's leave him alone," Ethan said when he saw Lyra's hand curling into a fist. They both left the mysterious boy alone and walked to the front of Prof. Elm's laboratory.
"Are you okay?" Ethan asked Lyra. She nodded. "Yep, he just pushed me. Thanks by the way." Ethan shook his head. "I'm Ethan, and you are?"
"You will use a fake name, Lyra," Petrel commanded. Lyra nodded but wondered why.
"Yes, sir. What will my name be?" she asked
"It will be Soul. Make sure no one finds out your real name,"
"I'm Soul. Nice to meet you," she lied.
"Why are you here at New Bark Town? Are you going to get a Pokémon from Prof. Elm?" Ethan mused. She nodded.
"Great, me too! Let's go in together!" Ethan gestured and they both walked inside.
"Hello Ethan! I see you brought a guest. Are you ready to get your first Pokémon?" Prof. Elm welcomed them. Ethan nodded. "This is Soul, she would like a Pokémon too, if that's alright with you."
Lyra smiled and nodded. Inside she was beginning to loathe Ethan. It'll be harder to steal the three Pokémon. Also, Ethan is getting one too! She sighed, this mission is a failure.
"Of course, come here," Prof. Elm gestured as he brought them to a table that held three red and white pokéballs. He opened up the capsules which released a red beam. At their feet stood a Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile.
"Chika!"
"Qui!"
"Tota!"
"Ethan, you can pick first," Lyra offered. Ethan nodded and kneeled down and stared intently at all of the starters.
"I'll pick this one," he said and pointed at Chikorita." Ethan smiled. Lyra grinned. All she had to do was pick the better Pokémon so she can beat him in a battle and steal his Pokémon. It was genius!
The Chikorita smiled and hopped towards Ethan. She rubbed her leaf against Ethan's chin. He smiled and laughed.
"I'll pick this one," Lyra pointed towards the Cyndaquil. She stepped towards him and he began to stress. He released a black cloud of smock which covered Lyra head to toe. Prof. Elm and Ethan looked bewildered, scared Lyra might get angry. She began to laugh, to their disbelief.
"I should've mentioned before, Cyndaquil is a very shy Pokémon and needs to time for you to become close with it." Prof. Elm explained.
Lyra smiled and began to lightly pet the scared Pokémon's head. He began to stop shaking and began to nervously nuzzle it's head on Lyra's arm.
"Tota…" the Totodile said sorrowfully, obviously disappointed he didn't find a trainer. Lyra gave it a grin and patted his blue head.
"Don't worry, you'll get an owner soon," Lyra comforted it. You have nothing to worry, Team Rocket will take good care of you, Lyra thought evilly. Prof. Elm smiled, obviously glad that Lyra made the Pokémon a little happier. He then returned the Totodile back into the pokéball and placed the pokéball on the desk.
Suddenly there was the sound of broken glass. Dust flew into the laboratory and blinded the three. Lyra smirked, this would be the perfect time to steal the Totodile. She skillfully made her way towards the table and extended her arm to steal the pokéball. Her eyebrows arched when she felt someone else's hand on the pokéball. The dust began to thin and she saw the mysterious boy in front of her with his red eyes in shock.
"You!" They both said at the same time. The boy narrowed his eyes and with a quick movement, managed to take the capsule out of Lyra's hand. He quickly ran out of the window which he broke. There was a large gust of air and the dust faded away.
Ethan was the first to notice the missing pokéball. "The Totodile! It's missing!" Lyra pretended to be surprised but really she was furious. That was the perfect moment to steal the Totodile and run off. But no, that stupid idiot had to ruin it. Whoever he was, she will find him.
Yay! First chapter is finally over! Oh no Silver, beware of Lyra! XD I'm not sure who Lyra should end up. I love Silver and Ethan so idk. Tell me who you want in the reviews.
Thanks for reading! Please review!
