Year of the Fire Monkey

by Rafooa

Chimchar has been left in Eterna Forest for a reason it does not know. He is determined to find his trainer, with the help of some new friends. Think of this as PMD but with a twist and Pokemon die instead of fainting like in a Nuzlocke. I will hopefully add a new chapter every week. Honest feedback is appreciated.

"Year of the Fire Monkey"

"I'll be back, I promise..."

Those words were what Chimchar had been trying to hold on to. The promise... His trainer had promised that he'd come back for him, but it had been a month since Chimchar was left in Eterna Forest. He doubted his promise; a feeling inside him said that he would never return to his trainer again.

Chimchar had learned a lot from the forest Pokemon, some of them, too, had been left there by their trainers, forgotten forever. He had to scavenge for food every day; sometimes he didn't get enough to fill his stomach. Often, he even had to survive on a few apples for a week.

Life in the forest was totally different from his previous one; he had learned to forget the luxury of a house where he was fed properly every day.

The other Pokemon were kind to him, well most of them anyway, and helped him search for food.

After 1 month there, a feeling of dread settled in Chimchar, he didn't want to live his whole life in a forest, and he decided leave and search for his trainer, who he doubted still cared for him. One part of him said that his trainer hadn't forgotten him, he might be in trouble. Whatever the reason, Chimchar had to find him…