The Hidden Truth
Chapter 1
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A cloudless morning came to Pallet Town, the average Saturday morning. Since the weather was perfect, you could guess that children would be out playing and battling with their pokemon. Well that went for most, there was a certain teen who lived in town that didn't get to have the same pleasure.
That teen would happen to be me, Kentral.
There wasn't much to do besides twiddling fingers and playing Nintendo most of the time. There's nothing too special about me, I was the average teenage boy.
My black hair would be combed or at least straightened usually, even though there are just those days where I find myself not bothering it. Like today.
Like any other morning, I took a look at myself in the mirror. I still saw the same face that only recently turned a year older. My eyes being the same shade of dark brown. I actually wasn't too tall, especially for being seventeen, being only five and a half feet tall. Which I honestly didn't mind.
I would say over the years I've gained more in the waist than I have in height. Not to say that I was fat, but I'll just say that a lot of people would think of me as playing football.
I've lived in Pallet Town for my whole life, and I had this house to myself for about four years. For a number of reasons.
First, my parents have been gone for the last four years, they were amazing people. I don't like to speak of the subject… Also, most of the people in town considered me an adult, too. Those are the main two reasons why I had the house to myself, the only person who was here was the family canine, a Growlithe named Chow who was about the same age as me. He mainly guards the house when no one is around, and while we were great friends, he took his job seriously, and he did it well.
Since I respected it, this is why I've never considered him to be my pokemon.
I wanted to head out for a little fresh air, but just when I was planned to open the door, someone gave it a firm knock.
Chow stood at attention as I turned the door knob. The door opened for me to see a familiar face, who gave a smile. His name, was Kendell Oak.
In a way, this is the guy who helped me out after the loss of my parents, and the only person I really tended to talk to. Of course, he was the main one I had to prove my mental age to in the first place, seeing as how he is the most knowledgeable person in the town.
He was a pokemon researcher, who I heard was related to the famous Professor Samuel Oak, and champion Blue Oak. The man was possibly in his thirties, he looked rather young for that. His skin was a lighter shade of tan. He had black hair and wore a gray lab coat, with black pants and shoes.
"Oh hi, Professor. What brings you here, rather early." I asked, despite it actually being pass ten in the morning.
"I wanted to ask if you could come over to the ol' lab, today. I have something that I want to ask of you, if that's alright."
I gave the professor a nod. "Sure, I'll be over there in a few." We both exchanged handshakes as we always did whenever we met up.
"Thanks Kentral, see you when you get there!" The professor announced with a smile as he left for his lab, leaving me to close the door and head upstairs to my room to change.
Most would say the professor and I have a good relationship, almost like a big brother who was always away from home to be honest. Being one of the top pokemon researchers, he's always busy. So, he would ask me to carry out some minor tasks for him every now and then, which I had no issue with since it gave me something to do. One could say I was his assistant.
I changed into a normal green shirt with some beige cargo pants, something along the lines of my usual attire. After slipping on my shoes and an empty bag I usually carried just in case, despite not having any use in most tasks. The last thing I grabbed was my red bandanna, something that my dad left behind from his adventures. I tied it around my neck.
With everything said and done, I headed towards the door. I actually thought I heard someone call my name and said 'bye'. I turned behind me, only finding Chow who was panting and wagging his tail. I was thinking the bandanna was on a little too tight, so I took it off for the moment. I said goodbye to the Growlithe and headed out the door.
From my place, it wasn't a far walk at all, though I did not make a habit of talking to people too much after that accident years back with my parents. I could never point to the reason why, but after that event I became an introvert.
Soon enough, I was at the lab, which retained it's old style, not going through much change since the original Prof. Oak's days. I've seen pictures of the first lab. There was the main room which was in the first floor, littered with books related to pokemon, computers, and usually starter pokemon for whenever kids feel like they're ready to receive their first pokemon.
There was a reason why I have never received a pokemon, but I've never found it important enough to explain it.
Then there was the second floor, made sometime back by a previous professor. This is where Oak does his studies, and it was where I was going.
When I made it upstairs, the professor happened to be doing some kind of research on his computer, it looked too complex for someone like me to understand. He happened to stand up from his working desk when he noticed I came in.
"Hey Kentral, thanks for coming." He greeted, me giving him a nod.
"Glad to help, what do you need?" I asked before the professor gestured for me to follow him to his other computer on the far side of the room, definitely the busy guy.
We both took a seat at the desk as he showed me what was on the computer, it was an image showing a clear crystal orb, I was thinking it looked like a transparent pearl. What could it be?
"I've recently been studying these odd objects that have been noticed around the town recently, unfortunately, I've never had the opportunity to find one. Now, I finally believe that I am hot on the trail of one in the forest near here!"
What was he talking about? Why were these things so important?
The professor seemed to be noticing my curiosity, so he tried to explain it further.
"Basically, these orbs have a strange energy, they've made a lot of the scanners inside of the lab go crazy whenever one appeared nearby, but it seems they would disappear as quickly as they would appear. Even I don't know why they appear back and forth like this…"
"So is this the reason you called me over?"
"In fact, yes! You see, me and the other researchers here are kind of getting...Let's say we're not as quick on our feet as someone like you. Also, we happen to be doing more research by the hour, our work never seems to end. So I need you to take this…"
The professor gave me a rather weird looking device, it looked a lot like those ghost trackers people used in old pokemon ghost movies, even though I was pretty sure that the purpose of it was much different.
"You can use this to find that orb, this device has been specifically made for this task, so just walk around, and let it do all of the work. As for where we found it, i'm sure you've seen the woods that surround Pallet Town and Route 1."
The professor explained. I nodded my head so he could continue.
"It should be somewhere in there, to the east of town. Not many pokemon are found there as well as people, the worse you would run into are pokemon from near Route 1, they're fairly weak and don't tend to fight much, so you should be fine."
"Okay, sounds simple." I slid the device into the side pocket of my bag. "I'll be back soon enough."
The professor gave me a goodbye as I walked my way outside of the lab. Carrying out these tasks were nothing new, though the place I was going to was all too familiar.
The forest that surrounded the left and right areas of the town didn't have a name, but had a reputation in my life. This place was where it all started, the disappearing of my parents, me turning somewhat antisocial, all of that, it's where my life changed…
Still, since then, there hasn't been any problems there since then, so I managed to kick out whatever doubts infected my head.
On the bright side, it's been awhile since I decided to head outside, so this should be a good thing for me anyway. Without much protest going inside of my head, I made my way into the dense trees…
Once I made it through the trees, which one way or another served as the entrance, I was in the main part of the forest. There weren't near as many trees in this part, but the trees that were around here were huge, their crowns covering most of the sun's light, so it was pretty dim in here. Oddly, it was almost a pleasure to see.
Not planning on wasting too much time, I pulled out the device the professor gave me and started walking around, waiting for some kind of signal to pick up. Nothing.
This aimless walking lasted for about ten minutes, which was getting annoying. I was near the lake that lead to Route 17 by now.
Beep...Beep...Beep…
I looked towards the device and finally saw a signal. I ran towards where it was coming from, and sure enough, there it was, resting under the fallen leaves of a tree giving a faint white glow.
When I put it in my hand, I noticed that it felt rather...strange. Well, not physically, it's like whatever energy was inside, I suddenly had, and when I dropped it, I felt like normal me again. It was so weird.
"You might as well give that to me, kid!" Said a man with a worn down voice, almost like he had a cold. I turned around to find a guy, dressed somewhat oddly. He was wearing an orange outfit with a big blue X in the middle of his chest. He had an evil smirk on his face, but he glared more at the orb in my hand than myself.
"Who are you?" I asked, curious though standing on my guard knowing he was going to try something dirty. I kept my distance as he advanced closer, his outfit seeming to jog at something in my memory.
"My name is not your business, kid. But I will tell you that I am a part of Team X, and the only reason i'm telling you is because I'll make sure you don't leave this forest! Go, cubone!"
The man threw a pokeball forward, covering the area in a harsh red light, revealing to be a cubone as the man said. By what I could see through it's skull, and the stance that it was taking, it was ready to knock me out. I didn't get to spend too much time around pokemon, but I knew not to underestimate a single one.
"So are you going to give that Bond Orb to me, or are you going to make this harder on yourself?"
Bond Orb…? I wonder what that could be for…
Despite the threats that came my way, I still kept my hold on the orb until I could come up with a better strategy. But what could I do in a situation like this?
"Alright then, have it your way! Bone Club!" The man yelled, and just at that moment the cubone threw its bone square at my face.
It felt like my head was going in another direction, blood flying out of my mouth. I hit the ground below, holding my mouth as it leaked with its blood.
"Dang...stronger than I thought." Since I've never been the one to pick fights, it's been a long time since I've been hit by anyone, and it hurts!
Even though the cubone didn't seem too strong, saying that my teeth didn't break with that sturdy bone, I still was stuck, and had a clue that he had other means of attack if I tried to run, I was stuck in a tight place…
"EEVEE!"
Right as I was about to give up, something tackled the cubone, something that looked like it knew how to use quick attack. The cubone fell over on its side as an eevee stood in front of me. My eyes went wide.
"What the hell?" The man stated in shock, realizing that his cubone's side looked badly damaged from the attack, that eevee continued to stand there, giving a warning growl to the thief.
"Rrgh...fine! You win!" The man whined, returning the cubone to its ball seeing that his crime partner wasn't going to fight back. He ran back into the deep woods where he first appeared, finally giving me the chance to take a breather.
"That was close...thanks, little eevee." I said to the fox, who gave me a cheerful "Eev!" as it licked my chin.
Thanks to it, I'm able to keep this...Bond Orb, that the professor has been wanting, as well as my own life. I stood back up to my feet, the eevee sat on its haunches, looking rather curious of me. It's not like I would know what it wanted, I've never owned my own pokemon.
"Is there something you need?" I asked. The eevee pawed at my pocket where my bandanna happened to be hanging out. What would it want with it?
"I'll see you later, I have to get going. Maybe we'll run back into each other someday." I turned back to the way I came from and continued my quest...that was until a certain pokemon lunged at my pants and took the bandanna I had.
"Vee," The eevee muffled with my bandanna now in its mouth, I was actually expecting it to try and run away with it, but it just stayed there.
"Do you even want it…?" I asked, sitting down in front of it. I extended my hand out to try and get it, but she only threw it at my neck instead.
"Wait, do you want me to put it on?"
This time, it nodded. Much to my surprise, I didn't know feral pokemon would be able to understand me...but I couldn't think of a reason why it wanted me to do this.
Going along, I tied the bandanna around my neck as I would usually do, and looked towards the eevee.
"Now what?"
"Can you...understand me?" The eevee asked, wait...the EEVEE asked!? I looked at the pokemon like it was crazy, but then it asked me again "Uhm...hello?" and I saw its lips move, and heard its more feminine voice, clear as day now.
"I'm...Uh...are you talking for real?"
Her ears perked up when I said this and her tail started to wag. "Wow, the stories I've heard are true...I wasn't expecting you to understand me." She gave me the biggest smile as I was stuck to wonder what she was talking about.
By this point I got over the fact that there was a talking pokemon in front of me, so I asked some questions of my own.
"What stories?"
"About that bandanna. I don't know much, but from what I heard about it, that was able to further aid communication between people and pokemon, even though I didn't think it was that good."
I gave a nod, "Okay, I understand now." I took a moment to look at it, my dad's bandanna was more special than I could have ever thought, and I have barely ever worn it around pokemon, odd enough.
The eevee reached towards my face, wiping off the blood from my mouth. "Glad you're okay though. What's your name anyway?"
"Kentral. Do you have a name?"
"It's...Kayla." The eevee answered, seeming somewhat giddy all of a sudden. "I never heard a person ask for a pokemon's name before, it's new to me."
She wagged her tail and hopped around like a puppy, I couldn't help but give a smile after seeing how happy I made her.
When I got a look at the time, I hopped straight to my feet. "This took way longer than I thought, I have to get going! It was nice meeting you, Kayla!"
With that, I started to run back to Pallet Town, leaving the young eevee deep in thought as she watched...