Forbidden

Chapter 1 – The First Secret

"Spark!" Dylan cried, as thousands of crackles of electricity bounced off his Pokemon before he had even finished speaking. The boy punched the air in triumph as the Pidgeot he had been battling fell to the ground. The Pidgeot's trainer stared at his fallen Pokemon in shock, his beloved Pidgeot hadn't lost for a long time, and now his long winning streak had been shattered before his very eyes.

The trainer returned Pidgeot and ran over to Dylan, kneeling down to take a look at his Pokemon, who was sitting obediently beside her trainer.

"How on earth did you do that?" He asked, still in shock. "How did an undersized Electrike with a twisted bird defeat my prized Pidgeot?" He reached out his hand to pet the tiny electric dog, who flinched slightly from his touch, as if she was afraid the trainer was mad and was going to hurt her.

Dylan smiled down at his Pokemon.

"Well when I found her in the wild and captured her, Rakurai was already exceptionally strong, even though her paw was injured. It's weird; a twisted paw would usually make any other Pokemon weaker, but not Rakurai." He picked up the pup and shook the other trainer's hand.

"That was a really great battle though. Your Pidgeot was the most difficult Pokemon we've battled in a while."

"I agree! And your Electrike wasn't easy to fight, either!" He gazed thoughtfully at the little Pokemon for a while longer, the electric type returning the gaze with her unusual minty-green eyes. Dylan was about to speak when the other trainer suddenly gasped.

"No…it can't be…" He muttered, barely audible.

"What's the matter?" Dylan asked, as his friend peered closely into his Pokemon's eyes.

"This Pokemon is blind!" He suddenly blurted out, stepping away from the Electrike.

"What? She's not blind! You saw the battle; a blind Pokemon could not fight like that."

"But I'm sure of it," The trainer said quietly. "She's defiantly blind, though it might just be in one eye." He looked at Dylan, then back at the electric Pokemon in his arms.

"I think you should go to the Pokemon Center though, and ask them. They'll be able to tell you how blind she is, and in which eye."

Dylan nodded, he still didn't believe that his powerful Pokemon who had just taken down an equally strong Pidgeot, could be blind. But then, since his friend insisted, he decided to head down to the Pokemon Center anyway, when he was done here.

"Well," Said the trainer, deciding it would be best to change the subject. "I have something that I'd like you to have. It's not really any use to me anymore, so I want you to have it as thanks for giving me such an awesome battle." The trainer reached into his backpack and pulled out a small piece of black ribbon in the shape of a necklace. In the middle of the ribbon, there was a bright yellow shining gem in a diamond type of shape, though it looked a little bit distorted. He passed it to Dylan who took it and focused his attention on the yellow gem.

"My Pidgeot used to wear it," The trainer said. "But when he evolved he became too big to wear it. I thought maybe you could give it to your Electrike, since she's so small she probably won't grow out of it in a long time."

Rakurai didn't really like the thought of some big, heavy stone weighing her down whilst she battled, but as Dylan thanked his friend and tied the ribbon around her neck, she had to admit it was quite comfortable.

"She looks really cute!" Dylan laughed, stroking down her ruffled fur.

The Electrike wasn't sure weather that was a good or a bad thing. While her cute looks might distract some enemies in battle, she didn't really like the idea of being cute and cuddly, Electrike were supposed to be quick and cool Pokemon.

Dylan thanked the trainer once again before turning and heading home, still carrying his best Pokemon in his arms. Thoughts and questions clouded his mind, most of which he knew would never be answered.

"I wish you could talk…" He sighed to his Pokemon.

I wish I could talk to you too. Rakurai thought sadly, burying her nose into her trainer's sleeve. Then I could tell you everything, and you would know there's nothing to worry about.

Dylan shook his head, attempting to clear his thoughts away. Well there's no point worrying, right now I need to get the Pokemon Center to check on Rakurai. He still doubted there really WAS any blindness in his Pokemon's eyes, but he was still dreading what the nurses would say. Still, he pushed his thoughts to the back of his mind and focused on getting to the Pokemon Center before it got dark.

So that's the first chapter of Forbidden, my new story! I'm not sure how long the whole story will be, I have it roughly planned out and i'll probably add some stuff as I go along.

I know this chapter is short but I like to keep my chapters short. Luckily short chapters can be written quickly so i'll be able to update quite often.

Well I was really suprised with this. I was bored so I decided to write a story from one sentence so I wrote one (the first sentence) and then suddenly this massive idea came into my head. I should do that more often!

Please give me information on how to improve, I really suck at writing right now so i'd love a bit of help :)

~Rose