Arc 1: A New Adventure
I was awoken by a magnificent light erupting from the mountains located at the horizon, blinding me for a second. I looked away from it, trying to get rid of that annoying spot of light that always gets in the way after you look at something bright. After a few moments of useless thoughts, I remembered why today was special, and not just like any other day. Today was my birthday! And that wasn't the only great thing happening today, for today I was to be picked to be a travelling companion by a trainer. After dwelling on those thoughts for a moment, I decided to get up.
I looked down towards the bottom of the hill I was standing on. A small bush area was to the left, and a pond to the right. The area was still covered in shadow though; for the hill was covering the sunlight that had just made it's way though the mountains, and hadn't made its way past the hill. I have no idea how the sun and moon always move like they do; I have to ask someone someday. Looking up, I saw the apple tree that I had just been sleeping under, the lone apple tree on the hill. I licked my lips as I looked at a ripe, juicy apple. I took a step back, looked down, and slammed my head into the tree as hard as I could.
"Ow," I muttered to myself as I fell onto the ground, grasping my head with my two front feet in an almost human-like manner, I was always considered quite flexible because I could do that. I got up and slowly walked down the hill, almost falling over from dizziness.
I went down to the pond to drink from it, taking notice as I went of the sweet smelling flowers. I looked down at my reflection in the river; same as yesterday, of course. For some reason, a lot of the older Pokemon have been calling me cute lately. I take it as a compliment, but them saying it so often, it's kind of…strange. After all, I'm just like any other Eevee. I took a drink from the water, feeling contempt as the cold water slid down my thought. I gathered some berries and headed back to the top of the hill to eat them. I often considered the hill to be my territory, even though every thing was everybody's. I eat all the berries, feeling full as I did. Afterwards, I heard a noise behind me as if something had just fallen down. I turned around and sighed as I saw the apple I had tried to knock down lying on the ground. Load of good that's going to do me now.
"Morning Dusk," a familiar cheerful voice called to me. "Happy Birthday"! I turned around to be greeted with Dawn, who had been my best friend for as long as I could remember.
"Thanks," I replied to her. We had been friends since we were born, and since many Pokemon come in and out of this enclosure regularly, we've only really had the chance to talk to each other.
"I'm sorry I couldn't get you a present today," she muttered in a sad tone.
"It's fine," I said. "Besides, today will be an awesome day anyway."
"I know," she replied, forgetting about my birthday. "I hope our trainers are friends, so then we can see each other lots!" She said hopefully. "Pallet Town isn't a very big place after all."
"But trainers come from all over, remember?" I reminded her. She made an annoyed, yet disappointed grunting noise. "Hey, look on the bright side, if our trainers are friends, it would mean we would have to battle, and you know I would win!" I said in a mocking tone.
This seemed to spark her interest. "You're on," she whispered, just loud enough so I could hear. Without another word, she pounced on me, and the game began. Somehow, we ended up on the other side of the tree when she pinned me down to the ground.
"You going to take that back now?" She asked, imitating the same mocking tone I had used just before.
"Nope," I replied. I shifted my weight and kicked her back legs causing her to lose her balance. I quickly got up and used this opportunity to push her down the hill and into the pond.
"Damn you," she yelled up at me when she got out of the pond, her fur drenched. I apologized very quickly. It took her at least half an hour to dry her fur. After she was dry, we agreed to go say goodbye to some Pokemon we had known for a while, seeing as we only had an hour or two till' midday, where Prof. Oak, the scientist (who was also the owner of the enclosure where we lived), came. After saying goodbye to some old friends, I (and I presume her) overheard a Jolteon and Leafeon talking about me, and saying how cute I was.
"Why do some many Pokemon keep mentioning how cute I am?" I asked, giving away a hint to Dawn that I was frustrated with it.
"But you are, Dusk," she replied, grinning slightly. "I would just take it as a compliment, and leave it at that." "
Your right, I guess," I said, dropping the subject.
Dawn and I had known each other as long as I could remember. My parents (before they were chosen by trainers) told me how they and Dawn's parents came to the enclosure at the same time. Dawn hatched from her egg at the break of dawn, so that's what her parents named her. Three months later, I hatched from my egg at dusk, and so my parents did what Dawn's did, and named me Dusk. It had always annoyed me that my parents named me after the time of day, but I figured it could be worse.
Suddenly, a loud bell rang from the direction of the laboratory where Prof. Oak (we just call him Oak) works, and his calm voice rang out, "Can every Pokemon that is to be taken by a trainer please come to the main door." The bell rang again. Dawn and I both looked at each other and simultaneously let out squeals of glee. We turned towards where the lab was located and sprinted towards it.
We arrived five minutes later, breathing heavily when we stopped. I looked up at a big glass door that opened whenever a human steeped near it. I think I once heard a Ponyta telling a Raticate how it only opens for humans because they're heavy, or something like that. I looked around at the other Pokemon that were being assigned to trainers. Apart from Dawn and I, there were two other Eevee, one male and one female, two Charmanders, both male, two Squirtle, one male and one female, and finally, two Bulbasaur, both male.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Oak coming towards us, the door magically opening for him, like always. "Hello," he said to us, "if you are all ready, please follow me," he moved to the side of the door, and gestured for us to come in. One at a time, we all moved into the laboratory. I looked around the new area; I had only been here twice in my whole life. Once when I got an immunation for some disease; I think it was called Pokerus. The other time was when I accidently got struck in the leg when play fighting with a Scyther a few months ago. Since then, I've been trying to resist play fighting with anyone except Dawn.
My thoughts were interrupted by Oak telling us to enter the main room, pointing to a door near the corner. I led the group through the door, excitement building up in me as I went.