Queen of the Darkness

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon

A/N: Lance, Lance, Lance, that's all I hear about!!! How about Karen once in a while!? ^_^

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School is out in the town of Elwane in Johto. Ten-year-old Karen runs out of her school and to the corner to catch the bus. Like always, she is about ten seconds too late. Groaning, she walks the five miles to her house. The town is nice enough, people here take pride in keeping it clean, everything is arranged just "so", and children can be seen playing after the school is let out. It is only missing one thing.

Pokemon.

In this town, there are no pokemon allowed. In fact, traps have been set around the city to make sure no pokemon get in. Thinking about it makes Karen just a little upset. Trainers keep clear of this city, so they have to rely on themselves. Most tourists find out they can't bring their pokemon and they then stay away. Pokemon......what did they ever do to deserve this?

Karen walks in silence. She wants to be a pokemon trainer. Even though the stories she heard.......are pokemon trainers really cruel? Maybe she could teach them to be nicer! She could do it. And she would always cherish her pokemon.....

"Why do I do this to myself?" she wonders. Every day since she turned ten she has been dreaming about becoming a trainer. And every evening she would undoubtedly realize that it can't happen. Her parents are definitely not going to give her permission. She won't even ask them. There doesn't seem to be a point. But this desire just keeps growing. She looks up and sees her house. Charging the door, she almost forgets to open it as she races in and up to her room.

"Hi honey!" her mom calls. Karen is already upstairs before she finishes the greeting. "Kids." She shakes her head and goes back to the dishes. Meanwhile, Karen has locked the door to her room. She has to; she has forbidden material in there. In a small safe under her bed, are pokemon guidebooks. She draws the curtains, then opens the safe. She pulls out the book which tells about all of the pokemon and their traits. As she flips through, she sees one that just makes her stop.

" 'Umbreon: This pokemon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pours'. Cool." Karen says. She flips a few more pages. A few others seem to come right out at her. Murkrow, Gengar, Sneasel, Houndour/Houndoom. She sighs. "Too bad it will never happen." She says. Then she looks up. She thought she heard someone coming up the stairs. Quickly, she puts the book back into the safe and locks it, then puts it back under her bed.

"Karen?" Her mother calls through the door. "You all right in there?" Karen thinks fast. "I'm fine mom!" she says. "Just doing my homework!" She unlocks the door quietly and goes back onto her bed with one of her schoolbooks out. Her mom opens the door. "Well, don't study too hard. Dinner will be ready soon." She says. As her mom leaves, Karen lets out a sigh of relief. Then she gets an idea. "Here's hoping this works." She says.

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**That night**

It is completely pitch black. No moon tonight, which Karen is thankful for. She studies the night sky carefully. At about eleven thirty, she hears her parents go to bed. Carefully, she makes her way out her window. After she is out, she heads to the woods behind her house. Her house is near the town border, so it is only about ten minutes before she encounters the first set of pokemon traps. She carefully gets past them, then past the second set and the third. This is her first time seeing this area. And she immediately hates her town. These are designed to kill them.....not hold them back. How can they be so cruel!? When she reaches the forth and final set, she inhales sharply. A small Umbreon is trapped in one of them. It is howling in pain. Its leg is bleeding harshly from the trap. Karen carefully makes her way over to where it is. The Umbreon sees her and bares its teeth.

"Shh..it's OK, I won't hurt you." Karen whispers. The Umbreon doesn't move. She carefully puts out her hand. Umbreon sniffs it a moment, then starts whining. Karen pulls open the trap and takes the little pokemon out of it. She is holding it when the trap snaps shut again. She takes a piece of her sleeve and tears it off, then wraps it around Umbreon's leg.

"Um...bree..." It says. Karen snuggles it carefully.

"We have to get you healed." She says. She looks back at her 'home'. She can't take it there. They may kill it. She looks in the other direction. After a moment, she heads off, away from her past, and into her future.

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If anyone likes this idea, I may continue. K?