Lucia's face was dirty and unusually caked with mud. It felt disgusting, but she pressed on as Cleric and Blaze lazily trailed beside her, the two exchanging narrow glances as to their trainer's health. The two glanced up at her meekly who had managed to get them lost in the depths of the forest. How she had done it? Well, on their trip back from Sinnoh into Kanto once again she flew a bit too far over to where she landed off the map in Viridian Forest. Unfortunately the group had wondered too far in that there were no longer and clearings where her Dragonair could take off into the sky.
Lucia herself hated bug pokemon, so every time one would pop out Blaze would finish it with a painful breath of ember. The pokemon did somewhat pity the poor pokemon that thought it was strong enough to stand up to at least one pokemon on Lucia's team. They weren't beginners, just a trainer and their pokemon who had grown bored because they'd already explored all four countries.
Blaze was a large Houndoom, the fur around his forehead stuck out like chicken feathers, but some claimed that it gave him somewhat of a cool elite look compared to other Houndoom's with their sleek glossy pelt.
Cleric on the other hand was Lucia's original starter pokemon that had evolved into an Umbreon. The two happened to be her oldest buddies and had a special place in her heart that couldn't quite be replaced. After all they had both been with her since she had just about started her journey. Houndoom had been her second caught pokemon(as a Houndour though) and her first ghost type Misdreavus who had evolved into a Mismagius by now.
The thing that signified Cleric and Blaze that were different from other pokemon were their stylish accessories that they'd pestered Lucia into getting them. They did deserve them, but it came to being pricey for Lucia and she had always been cheap and narrow about how she spent her money. Blaze had a red bandana tied around his neck singed at the edges, while Cleric had a red scarf and a pair of his own sandstorm goggles on his forehead from their voyage to the desert in Hoenn.
Now that they were back in Kanto everything should be fine, right? Wrong! Lucia had no idea where she was going. A map was fire kindle in her hands. She was lucky to have a fire type pokemon on her team or she might just have actually used the map by now to spark a fire off.
Lucia plopped down in the grass and groaned. Her jewel blue eyes wide as darkness cascaded over the already dimly lit forest. Blaze had already collected a few logs to set a small fire. He bent down cautiously and let a few flames lick the edges of his mouth catching the dead grass underneath fueling the fire.
Hunger had plagued her enough earlier that Lucia had resorted to eating Oran berries, which as most people should know are NOT edible for humans. Cleric and Blaze had been astonished when she ate ten whole berries. One bite for a pokemon was enough to revive all of its health… Lucia had eaten ten of them. Afterwards, she hadn't been able to talk for a few hours; the sourness of the berry had numbed her tongue that the slightest movement burned.
By now hours and hours after she had had her feast her stomach hurt and she didn't feel good. She hadn't thrown up, but it felt like she was close to it. Unfortunately her body refused to spit up the harmful fruit and cure her of her food poisoning; instead it let her suffer while she had trekked through the day.
Lucia curled up, Cleric on one side of her and Blaze on the other. The two made her feel warmer and somewhat safer in a place she disliked quite a bit. Nothing was going to get through the two champions, let alone any other pokemon that she could unleash from her ring of poke`balls on her belt.
Lucia was a petite trainer. She had thick wavy shoulder length blonde hair(she tucked it under, it's longer than it appears); a red ribbon which she tied in almost used like a head band the ribbon poking out from under her hair. She wore a comfortable button up green shirt, the sleeves rolled up. (It looks like the Crocodile Hunter's shirt, but a dark green) She had a cute khaki colored mini skirt on and thick brown combat boots to match. Around the collar of her skirt was a short red scarf tied like a tie.
She was known pretty much as the Apocalypse Trainer who strictly kept to her dark and ghost type pokemon not including her Dragonair (she needed a pokemon that could learn surf and fly, what should she say?).
She was great in battles, but outside of them she was a clueless blonde who most found cool, but didn't realize she had no idea what she was doing half the time. She had a short temper and didn't like being teased. She was like any other girl her age except for one thing. She hated Green Okido (Gary Oak).
Green as most girls knew… scratch that, ALL girls knew who he was. Lucia had actually lived in Pallet Town and had grown up around him, but had never quite liked him. Why would you like someone who tries to steal everyone's heart with his charm, when he's just a big jerk face? Let's just say that she had never had any good experiences with him. Green had called her a man-woman because she liked wearing army wear. She liked the strong material and her big combat boots because it made her feel strong and it boosted her confidence.
That wasn't the only reason though. Lucia had commonly noticed that he could be kind and charming to the ladies at times, but he was so horribly mean to Red! He had such a cold shoulder and Lucia had concluded that he only cared about himself and his strength. She'd caught how he'd work his pokemon and sometimes she wondered if he ever gave them a break from training. The 'Cool' trainer her ass, he just lived to piss people like her and Red off.
Now other girls on the other hand drooled over him and of course Lucia knew why. Green was good looking, she couldn't deny that at all. He had a spiky mane of brownish red hair, and dark green eyes that could see right through you. Last time she had seen him he'd stood around 5'6", but then again that had been quite a while ago and she did remember him having quite a lanky build. Even if he had changed at all, she doubted it was much at all and she could rag on him all day for the things he'd done to embarrass or make her angry, but her pride kept her lips sealed as she'd cast small glares at him when she did notice him. Most of the time he found her before she saw him, which pissed her off quite a bit, but it had been about a year and a half since their last meet together and Lucia was actually pretty happy about it. No Green? Perfect life. In that time she had changed so much that he'd never recognize her, so she'd be able to catch him off guard before he could get her.
Over the last year Lucia had made it appear like she had chopped off her long mane of golden locks into a spunky yet still cute style. Her fans claimed that when she was angry she was so cute that none of them could resist her (yes she's had the problem when she's gotten mad and had fan glomp her until Cleric and Blaze step in). She had also changed her outfit and she'd grown into more of a woman you could say. She'd developed an actual seventeen year old body compared to when she was fifteen and she still looked like she was ten with no chest or curves.
And here she was, still her personality had not changed in the least bit. She was still the idiot who had no sense of direction, the one who didn't know how to use a compass or a map, damn she was still the short tempered blonde she had always been.
The crackle of the fire brought more warmth to Lucia's cold skin as she tucked in closer to her pokemon. Her stomach was quite a bit unsettled and it didn't look like it was changing for the best any time soon. Her fingers sorted for her poke`dex, maybe it could at least pinpoint to where she was. Though, when she turned it on the signal was blank and any hope of at least finding where she was was lost. Maybe she'd trust Absol with scouting ahead with Blaze for a way out of this place.
As the night progressed Blaze left her side momentarily, it didn't quite seem to phase the teen as she slept as if she hadn't been disturbed in the least bit. The dark Doberman like pokemon lightly glazed his way through the forest. He had caught the whiff of some kind of meat sizzling over a fire and it was only instinct for him to follow the alluring scent being a carnivore himself, it also had stricken him that maybe this would lead him to someone who could help his trainer.
As the Houndoom continued through the brambles his eyes cast upon a roaring fire. Someone leaned up against a broad Arcanine who was lying near the fire. Other pokemon were curled up obviously asleep, well fed, and pretty happy about their current condition. Blaze wasn't in the least bit happy. He had been hoping to snack on something on the way, but he hadn't been able to hunt when he was continuously watching over Lucia. After all the girl seemed appalled the last time he took down a Buneary right in front of her. So when they were low on poke`food he went out scouting for something to eat.
As Blaze tried to move in closer to get help something lunged at him tackling him hard enough to make the decent sized pokemon lurch to the side and almost fall over. Eyes dimly glowed in the moonlight the markings of the perpetrator glistening in the darkness. Cleric? Blaze found himself suddenly puzzled, but he noticed that Cleric's usual goggles and scarf were missing, that's when he bolted out of the trees in front of the fire. Unfortunately that woke up the rest of the pokemon around him. The Pigeot snapped away cawing at him while the Charizard angrily blew flames around, other pokemon roared in fury almost like a wakeup call for their trainer.
Their trainer snapped awake, not even the simplest sign of grogginess as if he had never been asleep at all. Blaze bared his teeth at the boy growling lowly, but he was clearly out numbered.
"Well, well, well. I didn't think there were any Houndooms in the Kanto region, but clearly I was wrong," the guy said as Blaze blinked startled by the familiar voice. He dug his claws into the ground as his eyes quickly sifted over the character in front of him. He has messy brown hair, a dark green button up shirt on a pair of comfortable jeans on as well with sneakers. He looked pretty normal in Blaze's eyes, except for those piercing green eyes.
Blaze threw his head back and howled. "Doooooooooooom!"