Hey All, I'm Quake and welcome to my next project, it's another SYOC but in the Pokemon Universe, the story follows a traveling circus. So I hope you come along for this journey. So sit back, relax and Enjoy this new tale. Quake
Chapter 1: An Unexpected Encounter
The circus, a mysterious place, a magical place that brings joy and laughter to everyone who come to experience this majestic display. With acts that so funny, so thrilling, so mesmerizing, those entertainers and their pokemon can create an atmosphere that will keep all who witness it spellbound. Truly a magical place no wonder at one point in a child's life, their dream would be run away and join the circus
So given the opportunity, would you do it? Just leave everything behind, everything that made you who are behind to join this circus. Could you do it? To pay the price to chase that foolish dream you made from when you were young. That dream that was sparked from witnessing that magical place. Could you pass on that bundle of emotions you had felt from that moment onto the next person who came to see you?
So given the chance, would you leave it all behind to join the circus? To grant the future children the opportunity to share that same dream you had when you were young?.
To the south east of Pewter City, there the forest meets the plains and the mountains. An ideal spot to host an massive pokemon racing tournament, The Viridian Circuit, since most of the courses go through the Viridian Forest. The Viridian Circuit is home to land and sky races, due its geographical location it is unable to host the water races.
Pokemon racing where the trainers ride on the backs off their pokemon to complete objectives like collecting 6 flags or flying through rings in the sky as well as setting the best time for the race. Pokemon racing originated in the Kalos region where they would race on the back of rhyhorns.
This quickly grew in popularity and spread across the globe like wildfire, now it's considered to be an official pokemon event like pokemon contests and league battles. Pokemon Racing has 3 categories; land, sky and water. Each categories have multiple divisions which are separated based on the pokemon's maximum speed.
The noise from the crowd cheering echoed through the area, the sound of the pokemon's feet clashing with earth as they raced through the plains section of the course coming up to the Viridian Forest section. It was the final lap most of the racers have collected their fifth flag and planned to get their last flag on the last leg of the course.
"Coming up to the forest entrance and it's the reigning champ out in front, the one and only Crimson King, Ashton Reynolds and his majestic Rapidash." the announcer says over the loss speakers. Ashton Reynolds is the 4 Times reigning champ in the Division A land racers, he lives and breathes the sport and hates anyone who doesn't take it seriously, namely a bunch of racers from a certain traveling circus.
"However the champ has gotten some fierce competition, with the new upcomer the Red Rocket hot on his trail" the announcer informs the crowd as the front pack of racers enter the forest losing the line of sight of the announcer.
"What a display of riding prowess the Red Rocket has displayed throughout this tournament. The young Daniel Jones and his partner Grover the Arcanine have been one to look out for during tournament… also I should add that he is single ladies" the announcer adds to get a raise out the crowd.
The sound of the crowd cheering travels deep into the forest catching the ears of a young girl, who was lying down on the ground. With no memories, she didn't even know her own name let alone she got there. With the anxiety creeping this young girl slowly headed for the source of that sound, her body shaking with every step she took due to an overwhelmingly fear.
She was about 5'5" tall with slim yet curvy build, with long golden brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a simple cream colored dress with a red piece of cloth around her waist. The outfit itself was very subtle in design but it did accentuate her figure. However her dress was ripped and torn, covered in mud and grime. Her dress wasn't the only thing that was dirty, her entire body was like that with sores amassing on her feet as she traveled due to not having any shoes.
Just the sight of her would make you ask the question 'what happened to her?'. The sound of the earth rumbling from the nearby racers made her heart beat faster as the sound got closer. She didn't know what to expect but she knew that she had to keep moving.
As she moved forward towards that noise, she came across a deceptive slope, with one poorly placed footstep. The ground gave way causing her slip and fall down a rather steep slope, letting out a scream in the process which travelled far enough to catch the ears of an Arcanine named Grover.
Grover started to shake the reins furiously in attempts to change his course which made Daniel fight back, struggling to keep his pokemon on the correct path. "What's wrong Bud…. That…. Is…. Not a…. Short…. Cut." Daniel struggled to say while trying not to crash or get thrown off.
The girl finally came to a stop, her body completely aching from the fall. It took a lot effort to get herself off the ground. Looking around the young girl heard a new noise, a very bad noise, a noise generated from swarm of flapping wings. She came to a stop near a giant beedrill's nest and they are extremely territorial this time of year.
As the angry beedrill started to swarm, the young girl screamed out of pure terror "SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Meanwhile Daniel continued to struggle with his Arcanine, noticing the reigning champ slowly pull away. "Argh… Grover he is getting away" Daniel said feeling rather annoyed which made Grover snarl back. Then the girls cries finally reached Daniel's ears "shit… did you hear that bud?" he says as Grover happily lets go off reins and cheerfully barks.
"You knew about this didn't ya bud" Daniel sighs as he pulls on the reins to make Grover take the path heading towards that sound the girl made. "Let's go bud, extremespeed" as they shot off like rocket down the off road path.
The young girl was desperately trying to run the swarm of beedrills however due to the condition of her feet, she was limited to slow walk. Seeing a wall of beedrill not far from her, she just stopped. There was no way she could escape them and since she was in the forest no one would be around to help her, so she just gave up.
"FLARE BLITZ" a male voice echoed throughout the area, hearing that voice gave her hope as she saw a fireball break through the wall of beedrill. As the fireball dissipated she saw a man dressed in red racing leather with white and gold trimming on top of an Arcanine. She couldn't see his face due to his helmet but the sight of him brought tears to her eyes.
With one smooth movement, the Arcanine slid low to the ground just as his rider grabbed the girl around her waist. Using the momentum shift from the Arcanine taking off to sling the girl onto the saddle, making sure that she was position just in front of him. "Hold on" he says as he ensures that she won't fall while giving the command for Grover to run at top speed.
"Come on bud, we have got a lot of ground to cover" Daniel calmly says while assessing the quickest and safest way back onto the track, considering he now has somebody riding with him who was very disoriented. He held her close to ensure that she wouldn't fall off as Grover blitzed through the forest trail.
The young girl was blown away, everything happened so fast she couldn't process the actions that occurred. All she could focus on was that strange boy who saved her and the warmth emanating from the boy made her feel safe.
They finally made it onto the course, the sight of the outside peering through the forest borders, brought a tear to her eyes. To her this horrible ordeal was finally over, as they exited the forest at an incredible speed, the light was so bright the young girl had to close her eyes. Couple of moments had past and her eyes have finally adjusted. She could see that there is a turn coming up, which that an overhang from a nearby tree.
On the ground, by the side of the road laid a branch with multiple flags attached to it. "Shit that smug bastard, to think he pull something so cheap". Even tho his voice was muffled from his helmet, the young girl could tell the boy beside her was rather angry. Her eyes opened wide when she saw the boy's hands move to secure her safety in the saddle.
He had a very gentle touch, carefully and calmly guiding her hands to the correct spots to hold onto the saddle and making sure her right foot was on the right stirrup. The coldness of the metal stirrup stung her foot. "Just relax and it will be alright, so don't worry… ok?" Daniel reassures the girl as they come up to the bend.
"Ladies and gentlemen the reigning champ is out in front with a massive led, what happened to the red rocket?" The announcer says with a puzzled look. "Woah….. Did you see that! The red rocket just came sliding around the final corner and it looked like Daniel Jones has fallen off…"
The entire crowd quickly turned to the big screen to see the reply of Daniel coming around the corner, with the reins wrapped around his right arm and his entire body off his saddle, reaching for the flag on the ground. "Wait… wait wait who is that?" the announcer says to his crew when he notices the girl riding with Daniel.
"Cool he is conserving energy, we still have a chance. Punch it bud" Daniel cheers says as he spots Ashton who is a lot closer than expected. Grover barks happily as he increases his speed, slowly closing the gap between the 2. A the rate Daniel was going, it was turning into a mad dash across the finish line.
With the finish line in sight, Ashton noticed Daniel closing the gap however it was too late to get his Rapidash up to full speed. The photo from the finish line camera shows Daniel being a half a body length in front. The crowd goes wild, cheering and applauding like crazy over the come from behind win.
The young girl fell asleep, resting against Daniel's body as they rode to where he was staying within the grounds of a traveling circus called 'Fantasia'. The reason why the young girl passed out was due to fatigue, after all that happened to her as soon as she knew that she was safe, she just ran out of gas.
Some time has past since the young girl had arrived at the circus grounds, "So how is she?" A women asked with stern yet caring voice. Emilia Cunningham was her name, she owned the circus and treated everyone worked for her as family.
"She is sound asleep, appearance wise she has been through a lot but is on the road to recovery. However that's is not the troublesome part" the one looking after that young girl. Isabelle Booker, the circus's current fortune teller and medical practitioner. Isabelle was always seen with her Gardevoir and both of them had a worried look.
"So what is the troublesome part then?" Emilia replied, to give Isabelle and her pokemon such a worrisome look really troubled her.
"It's just…. I had Serenity check for any signs of mental trauma and what she found was….. nothing, no memories of herself…. Not even a dream" Isabelle said in a rather sad tone, she only knew of one person that was found in this condition and that was a rather painful time for everyone.
Before they knew, Daniel and his Arcanine Grover had walked in. "Hey Izzy how is she?" he enquired cheerfully "oh you're here as well hey Gram"
That comment touched a nerve "I'm not that old you little shit" Emilia replied back clenching her fist in rage, contemplating whether to hit Daniel for his remark or not.
Seeing Emilia's rage, Isabelle softly laughed, "She is doing fine Danny, just resting"
Daniel was happy to hear that, having someone faint like she did was a real shock to his system "cool cool… I guess I was worrying over nothing then" he chuckled at the end while rubbing his hand through his hair.
With the sound of that boys voice, the young girl started to wake. As her eyes adjusted to the light. She saw 3 people looking over her, a girl in her mid twenties she had blues eyes and long wavy black hair in a single braid, she was wearing an outfit befitting of a fortune teller full of warm vibrant colors.
To that girl's right was an older woman, early forties with short blonde hair and brown eyes. She had a very strong, commanding aura about her, she was dressed in an elegant suite that displayed a confident businesswoman.
The final person she could see was a boy, Early twenties with a very calm, relaxing voice that sounded so familiar. He was about 5'7" tall with medium length spiky blonde hair that was slightly parted to his left and green eyes. He wore blue baggy jeans with black sneakers, he had a grey long sleeve shirt on with a white collared shirt over the top unbuttoned.
She could see a Gardevoir and Arcanine in the background, "Wh-W….Whe...Where am I?" she said softly which made Daniel smile.
"Fantasia off course" he replied cheerfully "oh my name is Daniel Jones, feel free to call me Daniel, Dan, Danny, DJ…. Nice to meet you"
"Kayleigh….. Kayleigh Davies" she replied. She was shocked, She remembered something….