A/N: Hi! My name is TheRagingNebula, or just use TRN. Whatever floats your boat! Anyway, thanks for checking out my story, as it means a lot to me. I will say a few things before we start.
First, I may be making up random regions based off countries or just parts of the world as I go. For example, I based Dharma off the India/Pakistan area, while Sverin is based off the Sweden/Norway peninsula.
Second: if you are confused as to why I named a certain region like the way I named it, fear not, as I have a system. I will usually name the region after a word in a foreign language for something that represents the region. For example, I named Sverrind after the Swedish word for Sweden: Sverige.
Third: I will be taking OC requests via PM! Not all of them will make it, but I will include a bunch of them. Also, DO NOT make your character so overpowered that there would be no challenge for your OC to win. Please use the format below:
Name-
Age/Gender-
Personality-
Outfit (Including bodily characteristics: eye color, skin, hair, etc.)-
Type of Career (Trainer, Coordinator, Breeder, Ranger, etc.)-
Alignment (Like in D&D. Chaotic Evil, Lawful Good, True Neutral, etc. This will come into play in where you end up in the grand scheme of the story.)-
Backstory (Do NOT make it so your character has a bunch of really overpowered Pokemon, or you may find your character in the story with nothing but a Magikarp. You can enter the OC with a maximum of THREE low-level Pokemon. I'll decide if the character will have higher level Pokemon or different ones.
And Fourth: My update schedule will be fairly infrequent. I just started high school, so I'm still getting used to everything and the workload. But in my free time, I'll try my best to write.
Thank you for reading the authors notes. And without further ado, welcome to "Outcast!"
Chapter 1: The North Sucks
Cold. Unbearable, stinging freeze-your-toes-off cold. Lukas had known it most of his life. And he could not stand it. The Sverrind region was almost at the North Pole, where Beartic and Dewgong roam. The reason? His ancestry went back to Dharma, an equator region, known for a hot and humid jungle climates. However, here he was. The only reason he was here instead of living where he belonged was because Dharma was in the middle of some sort of civil war because of a corrupt government or whatever, and his parents wanted Lukas to grow up safe, so they moved to this Arceus-forsaken land.
There was only one upside to this whole ordeal. In one day, he turned fifteen. And that was when he got out of this hell hole. His parents knew he didn't like Sverrind, and they made a deal with him. He got good grades in his years in public schooling, they would get him to another region so he could pursue his dreams. This is why he didn't complain aloud to anyone. Because he was getting out of this hell hole. And nothing was going to get in his way.
As he came down the stairs that morning, his parents, Bhavin and Shreya, noticed his smile and his unusually upbeat attitude, and smiled. "I see you're excited," Bhavin said to his son. Lukas just smiled joyfully. "Of course I am! I'm going somewhere warmer for the first time in my life, and I get to have my own Pokémon!" he said. Shreya chuckled from in the kitchen. "Maybe you should take one of your friends from school along with you!" she called. Lukas's smile faltered slightly. "Y-yea, maybe." he said.
In truth, Lukas didn't have any friends. When he entered public school, he was the only kid who wasn't a Sverrinder. His naturally dark skin made him stick out like a sore thumb in school compared to the apocalypse of white kids who just loved to make fun of him because of the way he is. He only had one friend, but they weren't human. There was an Amaura that lived on the outskirts of town, and it was his only friend. He didn't know it's gender (and he didn't want to "check") but it was still very kind to him. Lukas needed to do something that involved it later today, but it would have to wait until after school.
Lukas snapped out of his thoughts. "Anyway, I forgot to ask… what region am I going to?" Bhavin replied, "We're sending you to the Kalos region. It's not too far, yet it's probably the best place to go when starting a journey." He nodded. "That sounds good to me. I'll see you when I get home!" And he walked out the door.
Sunotaun Town was one of the largest places in Sverrind, despite how big it was compared to towns in other regions. It had a residential district made up of about a hundred houses, and a town square where all the shops and main buildings were, including Lukas's school, which he was trudging down the street to right now. He grumbled as the cold continued to nip at his features, and the snowfall wasn't helping him see the best.
He glanced over at the other side of the street, where a group of students was walking to school together. Unsurprisingly, they were all staring at him, and immediately looked forward like they hadn't been looking once eye contact was made. Lukas sighed. "Screw them, Lukas. You only have to deal with these guys for one more day, then you're home free." That thought gave him confidence, and he surged ahead, ready to get this over with.
As soon as he walked in, his jacket was grabbed by a quote large boy and he was hoisted up so the two were eye-to-eye. "Hey runt. You know the drill." he said with menace dripping from his voice. Lukas rolled his eyes. "Look, Uldrick, can we not for one day? I'm leaving for another region tomorrow and then I'll be out of your hair." This just made the boy smirk. "All the more reason to pummel you instead. Gotta celebrate somehow, right?" Lukas swallowed. A massive crowd had gathered around them to watch. But then, an idea popped into his mind. It was his last day here. One fight wouldn't affect him all that much.
Quickly, Lukas swung his leg forward, which nailed Uldrick right in the crotch. The large boy grunted at the pain and dropped him, which Lukas took as an opportunity to punch him square in the face, knocking a tooth loose, his nose to start bleeding, and caused the boy to fall to the ground, dazed. The crowd was in shock, and Lukas used this to his advantage. "You bully a kid enough just because of who he is…?" he said. "Then that kid's gonna learn how to fight back!" he shouted to the gathered students. And with that, he continued on to his first class.
His day progressed surprisingly uneventful, except for the other kids giving him a wide girth so he wouldn't mess with them. The boy was starting to wonder why he hadn't done that sooner.
Soon, the end of the day arrived. Lukas was in the school's lobby, making sure he had everything. As he packed up his things, he noticed footsteps approaching him. He glanced behind him to see who it was. To his confusion, it was a girl. She had long extremely red hair that reached down to her waist, and she was wearing some heavy snow gear, along with her backpack. Lukas quickly snapped out of his confused state and put on his tough one. "What do you want? If you're here to piss me off, I thought you would have thought not to after the 'demonstration' I gave the school this morning." Damn, he could be cold if he wanted to! It would come in handy in a tough situation. The girl was certainly intimidated, but she pressed on. "Actually… I'd like to ask you something."
Lukas raised an eyebrow. "Go on…" he said cautiously. The girl looked very nervous. "I… know that you're going to another region tomorrow… and I was wondering if…" she trailed off. He patiently waited. She would get it out in due time. The girl took a deep breath. "I want to come with you." she said.
"Wait… what?!" Lukas' mind screamed. He couldn't even hide the shock on his face. "You. Want to come to another region. With ME?" he asked slowly. She nodded carefully. His mind quickly ran over the new detail. "Okay, that leaves some questions. Ask them one at a time."
"I would like to ask a few questions first." he said. She nodded slowly. "If anything, why do you want to come with me? There are a bunch of other kids in this school that could go along with you. So why the bullied, school-wide hated kid?" She responded quietly. "Everyone else likes it here, and they don't want to leave. You're the only one who does." Lukas narrowed his eyes. "You sound like you want to leave pretty badly. I have obvious reasons, so why you?"
She froze at that one. Her eyes conveyed that she was remembering an unpleasant memory. He noticed this quickly. "Ya know what, never mind. Seems personal." She sighed gratefully. But Lukas wasn't done yet. "Last question. What do you want to do when we get there?" She looked a lot better with that question. "I want to become a Pokémon Professor, like my Aunt."
He thought about it for a minute. Meanwhile, the girl waited anxiously for a response. Finally, Lukas let out a sigh. "Alright, you can come along. My parents wanted me to bring someone along anyway."
The girl looked so happy she could burst. She immediately started jumping around cheering. Finally, once she calmed down, she turned to face him. "Thank you so much. You won't regret this!" She said, before starting to walk away. "Wait!" called Lukas. She looked back curiously. "What's your name?" he asked. She smiled, and replied.
"Teresa. Teresa Juniper."
The airport wasn't very big, as not many people came or left. But together, Lukas' parents, along with Lukas and Teresa, stood in front of a walkway leading into the plane. There also was a small creature alongside Lukas. An Amaura, to be exact. It looked incredibly happy and nervous at the same time, as just yesterday Lukas has asked it if it wanted to come along to Kalos. At the time, it had cheerfully responded yes. Now, it wasn't so sure.
Lukas noticed this, and bent down to it's level. "Hey. You can stay here if you want. I don't mind." It seemed to contemplate this for a second, then it backed up towards his parents. He smiled sadly. "Well… take care Amaura. And Mom, Dad?" They looked up at him. "Please take care of it for me." he requested. Bhavin and Shreya nodded, slightly overrun by emotion. "I promise I'll come back to visit you!" Lukas yelled.
As the plane ascended, he watched them disappear from sight.
It was time for a new beginning. One where he wasn't going to be the kid who got picked on, or the odd one out. He and his future Pokémon were going to be the strongest.
It was time to make his own destiny for once.
Hi! Thank you for reading the first chapter of the story! I know this isn't the longest chapter, but I felt rushed to get this chapter done, and the plane trip was a long time, and a good place to end the chapter. Not sure how I would have done that, as that would be a very awkward time skip. I will have the next chapter out, probably longer, within a week. Anyway, please review. I know this isn't my best work, and may have a grammar mistake here and there, but that's what reviewers are for! So leave a review, with kind constructive criticism please. Thank you for checking out my first work!
-TRN
