My Gardevoir Companion
Thank you for coming, id just like to ask, Pokémon partners wanted or very good Pokémon knowledge needed, see final paragraph for more info.
Chapter 1 The New Pokémon Trainer, An Unexpected but still Unwanted Journey
Bills pilling up, work shutting down and two weeks behind rent. Good morning, I am Danny Red and eighteen years old living in Sinnoh but I'm originally from the Hoenn region. I moved here because of work, the benefits are great but have gotten costly this past two years. Eight years ago, I would of been a Pokémon trainer like many ten year olds that drop out of school in the world. Sadly, my parents decided that one trainer in the family was good enough so the honour to be one went to my bother for the privilege of being born first. You may be thinking that I'm jealous? Well I unlike my brother, I've spent the past eight years earning college qualifications and work experience. We will see which of us had the better deal, things are bad now but I'm not homeless... For now, at least I have a week working in the factory. Things aren't that bad, I'll just finish here and go back to Hoenn. Well things can't get worse at this point so straight to work I go.
Short time later and Then things got worse! "What do you mean I'm fired!" Danny yelled.
Danny's supervisor made it clear, "it's as I said, we have to let you go." Unbelievable, at a worse time then this too.
Danny pleads to his supervisor "Please Ms boss man I need this job more then you know!"
He just shakes his head and looked at his clip board, "Sorry Danny, factory is closing down next week so machines are being shut down and dismantled. That means less workers are needed to run them."
True. So, so tragically true. Despite the begging the supervisor gave Danny his last pay check and sent him out the door. A week of pay... Danny was thinking how he can use this little bit of cash to cover the cost of rent and travel home to Hoenn. The weight of everything coming down on Danny is getting tough, he just can't handle more bagged then this right now.
Then just in sight of his home, more bagged. A tall white and green Gardevoir knocking on his door to see who's in, it stopped knocking and turns to see Danny. It then smiles with great joy and reaches it arms to him then called out, "Gardevoir!" no, My name is not Gardevoir, it's Danny.
The confused Danny steps back and asks, "Hello? Can I help you?" He says as the Gardevoir smile began to disappear. It seemed it was disappointed to see Danny confused, "Is your trainer around and what are you?" Silly question, the basics of the basics are that Pokémon can only say their names so it's probably Gardevoir. "Hang on." He reaches in his back pocket, "it's not a Pokédex but my phone has an app that can help." He takes a photo of Gardevoir for more info, it begins to scan.
Gardevoir confused waits patiently, the app says repeatedly loading, loading. Scan complete but Danny scoffed to read, "its previous form was a Kirlia, to find out what this form is please perches the upgrade for ¥4,99." Seriously!
What a waste of time, let's start over Danny figured, "Hello, are you lost?" Why am I even asking in the first place? The answer is likely going to be Gardevoir.
"I am placed under your care, foolish human..." A voice from nowhere.
Danny's eyes widen with shock and his hands shoot up holding his head to hear a voice in it. "Say what?" Danny says. Am I losing my mind Danny was thinking while looking at the Gardevoir, it didn't speak but Danny certainly heard something. Gardevoir then moves to the side and points to the door step at a bag with a note. While adjusting to this Danny reached to read the note, it reads "Dear bro, I'm am unable to care for this Pokèmon, so I leave it in yours. Take care."
Really bro? Danny remembered his brother plays mean games with him for fun, but this is ridiculous. Although he is surprised that his brother didn't leave a note saying, Dear Brother, Your Problem Now! Likely with a picture of a Tentacruel giving Danny the middle finger eight times...
While adjusting Danny walked in his home with this Gardevoir arrival, "Come on in, don't expect much I don't really have anything for myself right now." Danny walked in his tiny kitchen for food and realised the only thing he can eat is mouldy bread and ketchup sandwiches, for him it would be the third day in a row... Danny looks at Gardevoir, there is no way he can afford to feed himself and this Pokémon right now.
Danny had drinks he could offer other than water, "You want some coffee?" He asks then opening the fridge to see only three cans of beer. He changed his question, "You want a black coffee?" Do Pokémon even drink coffee that is a good question.
"Gardevoir." it says and tilted its head.
Danny looking at Gardevoir, "You're not having my beer." He says closing the fridge assuming Gardevoir was asking.
A sound of a door opening was heard in the next room, it was Danny's landlord. "Hay Danny, my brother told me that you lost your job so I'm just here to talk."
No, no, no, no. Nooo, why now? Of all the! "Hello, about that. We do need to talk." His brother was the supervisor I remember now.
They sat down and had black coffee in the small living room. The landlord knew what to talk about first, "I know things are hard on you now, but I've got some reasonable solutions to help." Oh boy this will be good. He sat back and had a good look around the room, likely sizing it up for sale. "Ok, option one. You give me your last pay check and you can leave next week are get another job." Ok, ok that's actually very reusable but no food, likely no chance to find work since twenty workers from the factory have been laid off. Only solution really is to go back home and find work there. Option two however, "you leave today, and I keep everything in the building."
Ouch, that's bad but all this stuff can't really match one week's pay. Nothing really valuable, just cheap stuff thrown together in this tiny building of three rooms this past two years. Then the landlord started to think about this Pokémon Danny had next to him. "What about this Pokémon?"
What? Danny looked at the Gardevoir, "Gardevoir?" It says and seemed worried now.
The landlord had an idea, "I know it's illegal to sell Pokémon, which is silly it could be a very profitable business. But how about a quiet trade? My little girl will be starting her own journey soon, so how about this. You give me whatever, whatever this is. And you can keep the pay check and a week in the house, what do you say?"
Wow... tempting, tempting. Best possible deal Danny could get ever. Danny scratched his face thinking about it then looked at Gardevoir. It was looking back at Danny with a frozen face of worry probably thinking, oh my god. This asshole is going to dump me after five minutes.
Danny would feel guilty but still tempted to say yes, what does he have to lose? Besides everything but Danny looking at this Gardevoir can't help but feel something was off. "It is very generous, it really is but the circumstance of how I got this Pokémon has to make me say no." Danny says with probability of great regret later. Danny triad to think fast to bay more time just a little longer, "Look, we both can be resemble. How about an extension?"
Then just like that, almost instantaneously the door slammed shut with Danny outside officially homeless with nothing but an empty stomach and one week of pay. With just a Gardevoir and a bag of clothes quickly shoved in by his side. This cannot be happening.
Danny can't possibly feel any lower then this until his brother suddenly drove by.
"Hay Dan" he calls out under the sound of his new sports convertible car engine raving. The car roof down and his cool sun glasses, relaxed in his seat with a Vulpix snuggled on his shoulder. His wife sat in the passenger seat next to him and an Eevee resting on her lap. In the back seats a Houndoom in the left seat, an Arcanine was in the right and Mightyena sat between them in the middle. All his Pokémon were panting with tongues out happy to be in the car.
Gardevoir seemed to move behind Danny to hide, he was surprised to even see his brother, "Scotty? Scotty It's been ten years, where have you been?"
Scotty shrugs, "You know. Here, there and over there. I'm just here scouting out places to build my very own gym." Scotty then pulled out a card from his pocket and throw it to Danny, it said Perfect Dark league gym.
A dark type gym? "There's no such thing as a dark type gym Scotty?" Danny asked as Scotty waved his finger implying check the back... Quickly he turned the card over but It's just a drawn on Tentacruel giving the middle finger eight times... Really!? Really, Scotty!? Danny grinds his teeth as Scotty smirks.
Scotty used his middle finger to slide his sun glasses down his nose to get a clear look at Gardevoir, "So how are you two catching up?"
"About that." Danny said stepping away from Gardevoir, "You can't just dump this on me man, you got to take it back." The Gardevoir frowned at Danny, he could feel it's disapproval.
Scotty shakes his head, "Sorry man but I don't really use Gardevoir anymore, plus I really need to level up my Bidoof."
A Bidoof, That's all? "Can't you just leave it in a ball or your PC?" Gardevoir seemed to be getting more and more offended as Danny kept making suggestions.
Surprisingly Scotty saw that as a little mean, "Danny I've been through a lot with that one and just dumping it wherever would be cruel."
What the hell Scotty? "You're still dumping this on me!" Scotty nods and smile at Danny's point. "Can you at least help me out? Give me a lift please?"
Scotty looked around his car, "arghh, sorry mate but there's just no room in the car."
He could do what most trainers do, "You could you know, put some Pokémon in some Pokémon balls or whatever?" Danny asked.
Scotty was apologetic, "Sorry but they need to see the world, I got to take care of family you know? family first, isn't that right Milo, Mila, Molly, Moxxi and Murderface?" All Scotty's Pokémon bark their Pokémon names cheerfully. Scotty's car engine raves a little getting ready to leave, "Got to go bro, I'll see ya later. Until then I've got to level up Murderface." He leans in and pets Murderface, "the possibility for you are great isn't that right dear Murderface?" He says like playing with a baby and Murderface happily cries out, "Eevee!"
Scotty speeds away with a load raw of his car engine, Scotty's wife could be heard yelling back, "it was finally nice to meet you Timmy!"
Rock, say hello to bottom, oh we've met. Danny hearing the engine in the distance now knew which in the family had the better deal. Not that because his brother was successful meant that Danny would be too, it just didn't help to see this. However, he could trace the build up to this one bad day to the very day his brother left home. Something really traumatised Danny that day and he spent the past ten years moving on from it.
How, how can I think that this day can rub it in my face anymore? Just as he picked up his bag to leave, his landlords voice could be heard through an open kitchen window, "Aw sweet, beer." Yes, rub it in universe. Rub salt it in while your at it.
Ok, so begins a new start for me. Step one buy a ticket to board a boat home then find work. "Come Gardevoir let us begin this unexpected but hopefully short unwanted journey to Hoenn." He says unenthusiastically, the only place he could go now is just one. Home, back to Hoenn. While walking there is, I suppose one benefit to having Gardevoir and that is protection. There are literally monsters everywhere and I mean everywhere and there are two kinds of people who cross country on foot, there are people with Pokémon and people without, those are often called dinner. Having a Gardevoir might not be so bad after all.
And so, on foot this new trainer and his new Gardevoir companion begin their adventure home or will he find a new calling along the way? Before mornings end the two make it to the edge of town facing the wilderness. What new, brave and exciting adventures await-"HAY!"
A strong feminine voice was yelling at Danny. It was an officer, what did she want? She marched up and showed her badge of authority, "Pokémon thrives have been active lately, I need to see your Pokédex." She demands.
Pokédex? Great, just great. I don't have a Pokédex because I'm not a trainer, I only just got this Pokémon two hours ago. "Look officer, I know what this looks like but this Pokémon is with me." Danny explains then points at Gardevoir. But Gardevoir crossed her arms, closed her eyes and turned away with a strong attitude.
The officer took notice of Gardevoir reaction, "You two don't seem very close, how long have you been together?"
Danny could sense what is coming, "Officer, I know how this looks but I can explain." Twenty minutes later, "I said I did not consent to searches! ...Or Jail!" Danny, yelled, his misery has reached unbelievable levels in a short time made worse with the sound of thick iron doors closing in the jail cell. Just one up side please just one, "Wall at least I'll be served a free meal." Danny will be locked up for at least twenty-four hours until the police contact his brother. What a terrible start to his adventure, hasn't even left the first town yet.
Well, see ya next time.
Chapter 1 END
Scotty's Pokémon
Mightyena, named Milo
Houndoom, named Mila
Arcanine, named Molly
Vulpix, named Moxxi
Eevee, named Murderface
Bidoof, named Peter
Do you know what really sucks? The day I made this was the day I was told my work at the factory was cut short by a month, I lost my job just like Danny. Great… Also, I just need to say I haven't played the games since Ruby I think and I don't watch the cartoons. My 3DS is from America so I'm going to start playing x & y then Ultra Sun and Moon later when I visit America and buy them. by the way I made a few movie/TV and comic references from other things I enjoyed lately, I wonder if people will be able to spot them.
Anyway, I hope you liked this, this was just a mess around really but I'll continue it later. Please leave a review and follow.
You might have read that thing at the top of the chapter about this paragraph. This chapter is only really to break myself into the Pokèmon fanfiction community, which seems to be huge. What I really want is to write something much, much bigger then this and I've got a working idea, but I could use some help with details. I've got questions, I'm seeking jokes, memes, facts and theories to work with. PM me if your qualified.