Awaken the spirit!

Disclaimer: Don't own so don't fight.

A girl who looked 13 years old with tanned skin stretched as she gave a big yawn. She had knee length raven black hair that was in waves and beautiful soft curls along with pair of unusual red eyes. She then took a shower and came out 10 minutes later, with a white bathrobe around her.

She got herself dressed in a sleeveless black halter top and a black short skirt (The types that are suitable for travelling like Green's one). Around her wrists were black wrists band. She wore a pair of black high heeled boots that reached her knees. (I LOVE BLACKKK!)

She gave her hair a quick brush and tied in into a ponytail. She winked to herself in the mirror before she descended down the stairs. There, her mom was in the kitchen cooking breakfast...

"Morning mom!"

Her mom turned towards her direction and gave a smile.

"Good morning, have you packed everything?"

Danika nodded as she quickly ate the breakfast that was served in front of her. Her mom chuckled before she took the empty plate and set them in the sink. She then turned back to her daughter, her eyes were wet as she sniffled. Danika groaned when she realized that the waterworks were happening again.

"Moooom! I thought we already discussed this!"

"I know! But it's just so hard to accept the fact that you are going on your very own pokemon journey!" Her mom continued as the room started to flood, literally...

Just joking!

Danika sighed but even she had to admit, she too, was going to miss her mom. To her, although her mom was not perfect, she was still the best mom ever. After giving a few words of encouragement, she was finally able to stop the water works.

"J...Just be..be sure to c..call a...alright?" Her mom said as she held a tissue around her nose, blowing away any oncoming mucus. Danika sweat-dropped as her mom walked her towards the door. Danika gave her mom a tight hug, as her mom whispered into her ears.

"Remember, pokemon are our friends, partners, our family. Treat them properly and your pokemons will go through great measures to prove their loyalty."

Danika nodded as she gave one last teary goodbye, as she took off into a sprint, to her destination, New Bark Town. Since young, she had participated in almost every running events her school had. Although she had always emerged first, there was however, a problem that always made her close to getting second place.

It was her sense of direction.

Danika shrieked as she stomp her foot on the ground, making every pokemon in the clearing run away for their lives. The black haired girl gritted her teeth when she realized that she was lost. Feeling the need to release her anger again, Danika punched a poor tree, and continued until her fists were close to bleeding.

Which brings us to dilemma number 2. Danika had a beautiful temper...That was just sarcasm...In fact, she had such a beautiful temper that there was once when a boy thought that she was easy (you know what I mean) and tried to flirt with her only to wind himself in a hospital with four broken ribs, two broken hands, two broken legs, a broken nose and his private part had been kicked so hard that he was almost on the verge of not being able to pass his sperm.

Nevertheless, this caused Danika to be the gangster of her school and was feared by everybody. Oh, if only they knew how innocent she was deep down in her heart...not! She was literally the goddess of anger...Just joking about the goddess part. I know my jokes are dry, but do not complain readers.

Danika panted as she looked at the tree that she was punching, only to find a broken trunk there. She sweat-dropped and quickly made a run for it. She ran and ran when she suddenly bumped into a boy who was around her age. He had red hair and was wearing a black turtle necked jacket with red trimmings over a black sweater and a pair of white pants and looked as if he was 14 years old... He looked at her coldly. This caused Danika to scoff at him as she dusted the traces of dirt on her outfit.

"Hey, don't be so rude! You could have at least say sorry you know!" Danika growled as she felt her anger take control of her again. The boy narrowed his exotic pair of silver eyes before it was his turn to scoff back at her.

"Well then, you should have used your eyes to see where you were going!" With that, the red haired boy left the place where he was standing before. Danika looked at the sign before she squealed in happiness, forgetting everything about her encounter with the red haired boy. There, on the sign, read "Professor Elm's lab".

She quickly slammed the door, catching the attention of every assistant there was inside. She felt embarrassed by this as she asked for some directions. Although they answered her, it was quite obvious that they were afraid of her. It was most probably of her eyes. Danika had noticed this and felt quite sad. Once again, her temper was about to get the best of her when she realized something...the professor was not there!

Danika took huge calming breaths as she tried to calm herself down. She turned towards one of the assiatants and asked as sweetly as she could...which sounded like a banshee screaming for answers. No, she did not really sound like a banshee...well...she was on the verge. ^.^

"Say, where did the professor go?"

The frightened assistant was quivering before he quickly answered, knowing that it was in his best interest to keep on living.

"H..He went t...to M..Mr.P..Pokem..on's place.."

Then, Danika asked for the directions and got exactly what she wanted. Needless to say, she sprinted like the wind once again only...to find herself lost again. That was when she saw an old man making his way towards her. Just as she was about to fire questions, the old man was quicker than her and had already started talking.

"Hello young lass! I see that you are having some problems here! Well then, fear no more, for you have reached Cherrygrove City, the small town where happiness lays! Would you like me to show you around?"

Danika nodded extremely quickly that anyone would have thought that she was going to break her neck. Soon however, Danika regretted her decision as she was being dragged off by the energetic old man. Who knew that old people could have so much of energy! By the time they were done, Danika was panting as she tried to regain her breath.

"Thanks...for the...tour anyway..." Danika said as she quickly broke off into another sprint. Although she was almost out of energy, there was no way she was going to stick any longer with the old man! Along the route, Danika was able to scare the wits out of a few adults to tell her where lived.

This of course, took Danika and her sense of direction a long time to do so and when she was finally in front of the house that she was trying to find, she was suddenly knocked over as the door in front of her suddenly opened, making her fall down. The next thing she knew was that she embraced the darkness.

"She...waking up!"

"Quick...Go get...might..."

Danika groaned when she heard the voices of two different people, obviously from the male species rang deep into her eardrums. She struggled to open her eyes and was rewarded with the sight of an aged man with light brown and another man with strangely blue hair,

The aged man with the brown hair spoke up first.

"Are you alright? You almost had us worried there with your sudden lost of conscious."

"Oh...It's fine...I get that when I run too much." This caused her to get stupid stares. Danika mentally slapped herself. What a stupid lie! Of course she would not faint even if she ran for a whole week straight. It was just a cover up to defend her bruised ego. She could not believe that her door had made her to lose conscious.

"Well then, let me introduce myself. I am Professor Oak and this man right next to me is called Mr. Pokemon." The aged man, now identified as Professor Oak said as he waited for her introduction.

"I'm Danika." Our heroine introduced herself just the way she liked it. Simple and short.

Just as Professor Oak was about to tell her something, a loud growl started ringing in the area. Danika realized that it was coming from the back of Professor Oak's and Mr. Pokemon's back. She pushed them slightly and gasped.

There, a black Growlithe sat inside of the cage, growling furiously. Its orange fur was replaced with a coat of beautiful midnight fur and its stripes were also black outlined with a thin line of white. The cream coloured fur that most Growlithes would have was replaced with pristine white fur. However, it was the Growlithe's eyes that had made the heroine gasp slightly. It was deep blue...Just like the oceans. She quickly rushed towards the cage despite the protests of the two other occupants and quickly squatted down, looking at the Growlithe with curiosity in her eyes. The two men sighed in relief before they started to panic when they realized that Danika was going to release the Growlithe out!

"Don't! That Growlithe is very aggre...ssive...What?"

Professor Oak and Mr. Pokemon stared at the girl with amazement as the released Growlithe sitting obediently in front of her and was not giving out any sounds of disdain. Professor Oak and Mr. Pokemon was shocked beyond reasons as they watch Danika gave the Growlithe a pat on the head, making her receive a contented purr in return.

"W...What did you do? I have never once seen Growlithe warming up to anybody!" Mr. Pokemon said, remaining clueless. Professor Oak however, immediately knew the reasons when he saw something similar in their eyes. They were misunderstood by other people and pokemon. Danika had no one as a friend while Growlithe was shunned by his fellow pack mates.

This caused a smile to grow on the professor's face.

"Say, Danika, how about you take that Growlithe?" Professor Oak said, earning a shocked look from Danika,

"A...Are you sure, professor? I mean, isn't Growlithe here different that the others? Wouldn't you like to do a research on her?"

"Haha...While I might be a Professor, that does not mean that all I care about is about my researches. To me, pokemons deserve to be loved and cherished. And the only way there is for that Growlithe to be loved is by following you. So, what do you think about it?"

"Oh, thank you professor! I swear on my life that Growlithe here would be loved!" Danika said as she picked up the happy Growlithe was about to leave after saying her thanks before Professor Oak stopped her again.

"Wait! As a favour, I would like you to take this pokedex. It is the latest device I have created and I wish for every pages of this pokedex to be filled with information. That is my only favour." Professor Oak said as he handed her a slim pokedex that was black in colour.

"You can count on me! Bye Professor Oak, Mr. Pokemon!

She broke off into a sprint with Growlithe running just as quickly next to her.

Professor Oak smiled as Danika's figure along with Growlithe's figure slowly disappear. Although she looked like a gangster to other people, he knew better than that. Mr. Pokemon looked at him with a confused look.

"Professor...Why did you give her that Growlithe and one of your pokedexes?"

The professor chuckled as he too, left Mr. Pokemon's house to go to Goldenrod City. Before he left, all Mr. Pokemon could hear was only a faint whisper.

"You'll see my friend...You'll see"

Scene changes.

Here we are, as our heroine dashed forward with Growlithe. That was of course, until she banged into a tree that was broken into two when Danika had hit it with her forehead. Growlithe however, had stopped just in time to see her trainer hit the poor tree.

"Why is it that I have a knack of hitting trees?" Danika groaned as Growlithe gave a bark at this, as if trying to support her. Danika smiled at her new pokemon as she rubbed Growlithe's ears, making her purr. Just as Danika turned towards the path she had taken earlier, she was knocked down to the ground again.

"It seems that you have a knack for not only hitting trees, but also knocking into people and not saying sorry." Danika heard a familiar voice rang out the clearing as she gasped when she realized who it was. It was the same red haired boy from earlier. She quickly got up as she pointed her finger towards him.

"It's you!"

The red haired boy raised at this statement as he pushed her outstretched finger down, making her raise her guard even more. His eyes then landed on the black Growlithe next to her who was growling ferociously, her sapphire eyes looked so mad that slits were starting to appear. This caused the boy to smirk as he took out a pokeball and released the pokemon that was held inside, Totodile.

"I challenge you to a battle!" The red haired kid shouted as Totodile got ready. Danika gasped and started to lose confidence when she realized that this would be the first time battling.

'Wait, there's no way for me to back down!' Danika thought as Growlithe got ready to battle s well, and was in a defensive position, waiting for the crocodile pokemon to start attacking.

"Totodile, use Water Gun!"

The blue pokemon sprayed out a fair amount of water that charged towards Growlithe. Danika started to panicked before she blindly commanded an attack.

"Growlithe, dodge it and use Quick Attack!" The black puppy pokemon dodged the attack with ease and disappeared only to appear in front of Totodile, who was startled, making Danika take advantage of this.

"Use Ember!"

Growlithe did as told, but what came out of her mouth made everybody shocked. Instead of the normal red flames, Growlithe's flames were pure black! It was so strong that it immediately dealt a large damage towards Totodile.

"Useless! Don't be a wimp Totodile! Now go get back up and use Water Gun again!"

Danika felt angry at how the boy treated the pokemon, causing Growlithe to lose her guard as she was hit back by the powerful Water Gun.

"Now use Bite!" The red haired boy said, pleased at Totodile's achievement. The crocodile pokemon opened his wide mouth and clamped it against Growlithe tightly, making the puppy howl in pain before she lost conscious. Danika felt tears appear in her eyes and furiously rubbed them away as she rushed towards Growlithe, cradling the pokemon with love.

The red haired boy smirked as he returned Totodile back to his pokeball and was about to leave before he said something.

"the name's Silver by the way...Next time I meet you, your pokemons better be stronger unless you want to be crushed again!" The boy, now identified as Silver said with a haughty smirk on his face before he disappeared.

Danika squatted there as she took out a few Potions and sprayed them on Growlithe. The puppy pokemon looked at her and whimpered, as she licked her trainer's face. However, the water works did not stop as Danika saw the old man she had seen in Cherrygrove City approach her with an air of wisdom around him.

Scene changes.

Danika along with her Growlithe and the man were sitting on a cliff that was above the seas. It was night time as the full moon sat in the high sky, its beautiful rays reflected on the sea's calm waves.

"Child, do you want to know why you lost?"

Danika nodded as she waited for the man to speak of the truth.

"It's because you had no confidence and trust in your Growlithe. You had no confidence of winning, which caused you to lose against that boy."

Danika gasped when she realized that everything the man was saying...was indeed true. When she was battling, she had no confidence in Growlithe. She felt tears pricking at the side of her eyes and was about to break down when she suddenly heard the man speak up again.

"As a trainer, you must have confidence in yourself and most importantly, have confidence in your pokemon. If you lose, the stinging of losing will disappear after a while...However, the feeling of victory will forever be etched in your heart."

With that, the man got up and left, but not before giving Growlithe a small treat. Danika smiled at her puppy pokemon.

"Guess I was wrong huh?"

Growlithe gave a small bark, as if agreeing with the old man. Danika's crimson eyes flashed with regret as she sighed remorsefully.

"M...Maybe I just wasn't meant for this...About pokemon training I mean..."

Growlithe started to growl as she did something that shocked Danika. She had bitten her hand and was now making her bleed. Danika gave a small shriek as she withdraw her hands and was about to teach Growlithe a lesson when she saw something in Growlithe eyes.

She was saying "If you give up, I swear that I am going to fire you away!".

Our heroine realized that she was once again wrong.

"I am sorry...I should have thought about you would feel...But instead...I only cared about how I felt! I am so sorry because I was so selfish...Can you forgive me Growlithe?"

The puppy pokemon gave a happy bark that gave Danika her answer, She smiled as she hugged her pokemon. All was thought to be in peace when suddenly...

The ground started shaking as the winds began to blow harshly. Pokemons from around started to fly away while the land pokemons all ran towards safety. Danika looked at this in confusion when she realized why they were acting so.

A dangerous storm was coming to her direction. Danika screamed as she held Growlithe tightly around her when she felt the tornado carrying her up. Growlithe barked as she tried to get her trainer out of this predicament when suddenly, they heard a mighty roar.

As if someone had heard their prayers, the tornado began to disappear. Just as Danika was about to fall on the ground, a soft wind brushed around her and made her collide in the ground with Growlithe in her arms. Danika looked in confusion as pokemons started to come back and headed towards her. Danika closed her eyes, expecting them to hit her only to find them looking at the horizon. Following their actions, Danika and Growlithe gasped at what they saw. There, flying slightly above the sea, was a beautiful creature.

The pokemon had a black body that was smooth and streamlined with white spiked like protrusions which ran down to the length of its back, and two smaller ones on its tail. It had large black wings that resembled hands and also had white spikes on its eyes. The pokemon also had a white underside along with a somewhat beak-like ridged mouth.

All in all, the pokemon was so beautiful that it took Danika's breath away. However, the pokemon looked at her and made her gasp. Its eyes...were completely crimson red with a white ring. They were so much like her eyes...no...they were exactly the same as her eyes.

However, as soon as it saw her, the large black pokemon disappeared into the sea but not before leaving a black feather in its wake. One of the pokemon watching was kind enough to take it and give it to Danika after requesting for the pokemon to do so.

Growlithe looked at her trainer in wonder.

"Whatever you are...I am going to catch you...Just wait, black pokemon of the sea!" Danika said as she held her feather in her hand. Growlithe, gave a long howl, as if trying to tell the black pokemon her message.

Please review! I tried to make Danika a normal character and not a Mary-Sue.