Disclaimer: I do not own Pokespe or any of it's characters.
I really wanted to publish this story a long time ago, but I never had the chance to because I'm caught between doing it or not. But finally I chose to do it! Also, since it's almost Platinum's birthday, I let her start the story off.
And if you guys know it or not, I am going to write her as Platinum instead of Platina. Because I think that sounds better (in my opinion) but if you prefer Platina, I will change it if you PM or review your opinion to me. I don't mind writing either one.
Okay LASTLY, if you guys haven't noticed, this is BOOK ONE! (if I ever get to book two or finish this), but yeah, I'm going to make a series for fun c: This is a side series that i'll probably write if I'm bored. But other than that, i'll try to focus on my other fanfic :) Hopefully I can do two at a time!
Anyways enjoy the story ^0^ By the way, the dialogue in the game are:
[..] - Someone talking to you in the game
".." You talking to someone
{..} The Game system
Chapter One — Online and Offline
Platinum opened her black laptop, and went to a website, by typing fast speed onto her laptop. The computer spoke out loud as she entered the website:
{Welcome to Pokérune. Please enter your username and password}
She typed at fast speed again like she was eager to go on. She put on headphones, which had a microphone sticking out in front of her mouth. She had to wear that so she could talk and communicate to people online.
Username: Quartz101
Password: ********
She typed the last button: ENTER.
{Please have a fun time in Pokérune. Enjoy the game}
Immediately, the computer screen changed into a forest scene. She was surrounded by trees, and other people were there. Her character looked similar to her on her screen, but to others, she looked different. Unless you were 'allies' with her, you couldn't see what her character really looked like.
But at the moment, she doesn't have any. There was no way she was going to trust the internet, and letting strangers know what she really looks like. So, she never got any. For now, she was seen as a Piplup. She was the type: Summoner. Her piplup had a wand, and etc. It looked weird if you saw Pokémon in real life, or saw a fairy penguin thing in real life at all.
She did make some friends while playing the game. Most of them didn't have any allies, though. And if they did, it would be either one or two people.
[Quartz!] She turned around to see a jigglypuff. Also one of her 'friends', who is named; Aoineko, or Aoi for short. Her 'specialty' was being a thief. They were pretty rare in the game since they have a special ability in the game. If they bump into someone, they take money; sometimes all or sometimes half. Platinum has always tried to not bump her just in case.
She knew it was a girl since it had the symbol and level next to her. It was a way of knowing who the gender of who was, so it would be easier.
"Hello," Platinum said, speaking into the microphone. Because of the game program, it was altered, and she probably sounded like a guy. She didn't like that feature, but she didn't mind either.
[You're finally on!] Aoi shouted in a cheery voice. Her voice modifier sounded like a little girl, which matched her image.
"Yes, my father allowed me to take a break." Platinum explained. She was a violinist prodigy at the 'Prodigy Program' in Pokespe Highschool. It was filled with a lot of people since there's an abundant amount of talented people in the school. Especially athletes. They were basically the same thing as regular students, but they compete in higher competitions, tournaments, and have special conditions unlike regular ones.
The jigglypuff in front of her had a confused expression. [Take a break of what?] Platinum mentally face palmed herself forgetting about her identity being a secret. But she didn't panic. She had always plan what to do if that happened.
"Take a break of doing my homework," Platinum lied. The jigglypuff's expression turned to the normal, cute face again.
[Oh. Well, you wanna go to the lab? I blackmailed the professor for letting us have it privately] The lab was in the middle of Central Pallet Town. It was one of the places were people meet other players in the commons. Only high leveled players can go to Pallet Town though. The Professor is in charge of letting players in and out of it.
Platinum's character, Piplup, nodded it's head. "Yes, I will love to."
[Hold on to me] Platinum did as told, and held onto her arm by typing a few keys. Once she did, the jigglypuff inflated into the air. The people around them stared at them in awe as they watched the pink Pokémon fly in the sky. Jigglypuffs can't use 'fly' in the game, but Aoi did something special to get the condition.
A minute later, they were in Pallet Town.
Quartz and Aoi walked into a building, and was immediately met by four other Pokémon. She could see Aoi's disappointed expression. The jigglypuff placed it's tiny hands on her side. It would be hips, but it doesn't seem to have any. Aoi puffed out it's cheeks like it was mad.
[Why isn't Healer here?] Healer was a female Pikachu with a flower on her head. She and Aoi were each other's battle partners. They were a really good team when it comes to fending off other players.
Players battle for either exp. points, money, or for fun.
[She said that she was working on a project] A scizor replied. That was Leaf. He was one of the best players, despite his weird username: LeafGreen. He's a samurai, which isn't really strange since he's a scizor with sharp claws.
[Oh poo] Aoi pouted. [There's a lot of players in line for battle. I was hoping we could've took care of it now since I have to do work later...]
"Do you have a job?" Platinum asked her. The jigglypuff shook it's body left and right.
[You have it wrong. I meant paperwork] Aoi answered. [My parents just want me to focus on my studies right now, so I doubt they'll let me get one]
"Oh," Platinum said flatly. She was about to say something else until she heard something ring and felt something vibrate next to her. She took her eyes off the screen, and picked up her phone, and pressed the 'stop' button. She had set an alarm so she wouldn't get into the game too much and lose track of time. She just didn't have any to spare.
"I apologize, but I have to go now," Platinum told them.
[What? You just arrive, though...] Aoi mumbled. The jigglypuff's expression looked sad again. It's big round blue eyes looked like they were doing puppy eyes.
"I need to go to sleep for tomorrow. I have practice in the morning." Platinum said. Her expression turned back to normal.
[Okay, but you better come on more] She shouted. Platinum typed a few keys to make her character nod her head.
"I will try." That was the last thing she said before moving her mouse to the LOG OFF button.
{Are you sure you want to LOG OFF?}
She moved her mouse to the options, and clicked yes.
{Thank you for playing. Please play again}
Platinum shut her laptop, and rubbed her eyes. Fifteen minutes flew by fast. She placed her laptop on the huge glass table in her room, took her headphones off, and laid down in her large fluffy pink bed. She was already dressed in her night gown, so she could already go to sleep. She shut her eyes before falling into darkness.
The thought of meeting the online players she had met never crossed her mind. Because, she simply didn't really care about it, and she never thought it would actually happen.
Yellow opened the art room door, and entered it slowly, making sure not to make any loud noises. It was really early in the morning, so she didn't want wake any body up. Students live in dorms, which were next to the school, so they could hear them most of the time. But if you want the large and soundproof ones, you have to pay a lot of money.
She tensed up, and jumped forwards when she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Luckily, there wasn't anything but the floor to hit. She turned around, and looked up to see her best friend: Blue. She tucked some of her brown hair behind her ear as she laughed at the scene. She held out a hand for her to get up, which Yellow gratefully accepted.
Finally, she stopped laughing and wiped a tear. "Sorry Yellow, I couldn't resist," Blue apologized. "Anyways, you ditched me last night!" she retaliated afterwards.
"I was working on a project," Yellow defended. She and Blue were best friends, and they were allies on that online game; thus letting each other know who was behind the screen. Of course, after learning who she was, Blue hunt her down in the school records, and became friends with her. Their relative and sibling surprisingly knew each too.
"So, what are you doing here?" She arched an eyebrow at her. Blue was the student president. She was a very talented person in academics and gymnastics. Her and Yellow were in the 'Prodigy Program'. Yellow's talent was obviously art, of course that's why she was in the art room in the morning; drawing. But Blue being there, was kinda peculiar since she didn't really like drawing because she wasn't good at it.
"I wanted to visit you since we never ever talk," Blue answered.
"But we have five out of eight periods with each other, have prodigy class and clubs together, and we eat together at lunch," Yellow spat.
Prodigy class was an extra curriculum course which is after school. Everyone is gather into a large glass room to practice their talents. Besides athletes, and musical prodigies of course. Since athletes can't do anything in that space while as music prodigies needed less noises. Gymnastics were an athlete thing, but they changed it since they could fit the gymnastic equipment in there. The school got cheaper.
"Still~!" Blue sang. "I want to watch you draw!" Yellow was about to counter on how she gonna get bored of it, but she didn't say anything because a football crashed into the room. Glass shattered onto the floor, as the window broke. Blue and Yellow stood there silently as the football landed on the ground. Time froze for awhile, but it continued when a someone jumped through the broken window.
It was a girl. She had a blue bandana, and wore a blue football jersey. Her sapphire blue eyes matched her attire too. She landed on the floor, and picked up the football immediately seeing it. "Sorry bout dat," She apologized, with an Kansai accent visible in her voice. She smiled a toothy grin at them, and rubbed the back of her head in a sheepish manner.
"I was practicing football, but it flew out of my reach," she explained. Yellow and Blue stood still for a few moments.
"Woah." That was the first word Blue says. "I've never seen a female football player before..." Yellow face palmed herself next to her.
"B-Blue! That's not what you should say! W-What do we do about the window?!" She pointed at the window in panic.
"Oh that. My papa will take care of dat," The girl reassured. "Yer da school prez, right?" She looked at Blue as she asked the question.
Blue nodded, replying to her question. "Then just tell da school principal ta send da bill to Birch. He's mah papa!"
They both widen their eyes as they found out the information. "No way!" They exclaimed at the same time. Birch was one of the top students from prodigy class. He graduated early since his knowledge was full already.
"Yes way," The girl said, still grinning at them. "Anyways, mah name's Sapphire. It's nice to meet ya. Yer Blue an' Yellow right?" They nodded.
"How'd you know?" Blue asked. She had never seen Sapphire in her life before. Well, she hasn't seen any football player, especially since they keep their head under a helmet. She did know the popular ones though, since fangirls are always in the hallways blocking her way all the time.
"I know ya since yer da school prez, and I know her name because I see her name on da canvas." She nodded her head in the direction of Yellow's canvas, which was next to her. It had 'Yellow' writing on it in big letters.
"Well that makes sense," Blue stated.
"SAPPHIRE! ARE YOU DONE GETTING IT?!" A shout came from the window she jumped in and broke.
"Oops. I gotta go before Gold-sempai gets mad. See ya!" With that, she jumped out of the window. Blue and Yellow rushed to the window to see if she landed okay. They were on the third floor after all. Their worries were okay when Sapphire landed on four feet while clutching the football in her armpit. Two boys were next to her: One with black messy bangs, and the other, with red long hair. They both spotted Blue and Yellow looking at them.
"Oh hey Cuz!" the one with black messy bangs yelled, waving to her.
"Nee-san!" the redhead next to him yelled. Blue and Yellow sweat dropped before waving at them. That was Yellow's cousin, and Blue's adopted brother, the two relatives and sibling who knew each other; Gold and Silver.
They watched Sapphire run towards the football field, while Gold and Silver didn't follow her back.
Gold yelled, "I'M GOING TO FOOTBALL PRACTICE, SO I'M STAYING AFTER SCHOOL! SO EAT DINNER WITHOUT ME TONIGHT!" Without waiting for her 'okay' reply, he ran off with Silver. He and Yellow would have dinner together since they share dorms due to their poor family problems. Gold, who is surprisingly a good cook, always cook for them, but this time, Yellow's probably going to stop by McPoké for dinner.
"Silver looks annoyed by his screaming..." Yellow muttered, noticing his face. Blue giggled at that.
"He's so tsundere. I can tell that he's smiling under his frown and glare," Blue said. They backed away from the window. "Well, change of plans, let's go get breakfast! You can't do anything on an empty stomach. Like draw..." She clapped her hands together at the 'change of plans' part.
Yellow smiled at her. "Yeah, I guess..." She readjusted her straw hat which sat on her head before walking to the doorway next to Blue.
"Okay, let's go!" Blue said, hooking her arms with Yellow's. They walked out of the classroom to go get breakfast in the Cafeteria.
"Crys! Let's play! Let's play!" Soul whined at her sister. She was sitting in a tatami mat room against the wall, on her laptop. Her sister on the other hand was practicing karate. Soul was a prodigy in writing while Crystal was a prodigy in academics and karate.
"HYAAAA!" Twenty bricks were split in half, making Soul sweat dropped. Crystal turned to Soul. "I don't have time for that game. I have to keep up with my studies, and I can't afford to get rusty in karate either. Who's going to protect us if something happens?"
"Then my prince charming will arrive to the scene, and save us," Soul answered. Crystal rolled her eyes at her reply; one of her signature moves.
"I don't need a guy on my life so I can rely on him." Crystal folded her arms. She kicked the sandbag, making sand spill out.
"Geez Crys..." Soul mumbled seeing the result of the sandbag. "At least take a break in awhile. You haven't played with me in a long time,"
"I played it last night," Crystal deadpanned. "That's enough. Plus, I'm not wasting Mom's money. She already paid a lot to get us into this school, and it's my job to protect you when she's not here and keep up with my grades," she repeated. Soul puffed out her cheeks, and crossed her arms.
"You're impossible to work with..." Soul muttered. "Fine, i'll just play by myself then."
"It's alright to me," Crystal said before smashing a cinderblock. Soul now focused her attention on her laptop.
{Welcome to Pokérune. Please enter your username and password}
She typed slowly, taking her time and making sure she didn't make a mistake on her password because she didn't want to re-type it again.
Username: Kotone24
Password: *******
"And... enter," Soul mumbled to herself as she pressed the ENTER button. She grabbed the pair of headphones next to her, and placed it on her head.
{Please have a fun time in Pokérune. Enjoy the game}
The screen turned into the laboratory setting, and she was met by a Feraligatr. That was one of the members of their group. He never done anything but fight all the time. She had never heard his voice before.
"I know you're strong and all, but you should make a cuter face." Her character, Marill, told him through the microphone. Soul was a very blunt person when it comes to cute stuff. She just couldn't help it.
{DarkHood097_ requests a battle with you}
She furrowed her eyebrows. Was this his way on getting revenge on her or something? She shrugged. This is what the game partially is, after all. She moved her mouse to click 'YES' and the scene was immediately changed to a forest scene. Boxes were next to the two, showing the levels. They were really far apart. She was level 30 while he was 87. There was no way she was going to win this.
{Please have a fun time}
DarkHood097_ HP: 100% : +++++++++++++++++
Kotone24 HP: 100% : +++++++
Even the HP was unfair. The options comes out in front of he screen.
{CHOOSE AN ATTACK}
She clicked a random attack: Bubblebeam. It waited a few seconds before loading, and you could see the Pokémon using it. Her character, Marill blew bubbles at the large buff Pokémon.
DarkHood097_ HP: 92% : ++++++++++++++++
That barely did anything. DarkHood's turn. The Feraligatr walked up to her character, and chomped her, making Soul slammed the computer. It looked like it just ate her character. It probably did, though. It spit her out, and her Marill was fainted.
Kotone24 HP: 0%
"WHAT THE HECK?!" Soul exclaimed, watching her Marill get eaten alive and getting spit out. Crystal glanced away from her punching bag, and saw her sister panic.
{You lost. 1/2 of your money goes to DarkHood097_}
Soul slammed the computer again. She didn't know they were betting money. He ruined the fun in battles to her.
"Soul, I'm not buying you a new computer if you break that one." Crystal told her. Soul couldn't hear what she said since she was too focused into the game. She typed at lightning god-speed, trying to chat with him to get it back. After what she just said to him, the chances were slim.
"Give my money back!" She demanded, yelling into the microphone. They were back at the laboratory again.
[You lost] She heard a deep low man's voice. [I'm not giving it back] Then, he disappeared, which meant that he logged out of the game. Soul was pissed off now. She had always played games for fun, but this guy was being 'mean' to her by taking half of her money. Which, she had saved up for a new outfit for her original character. (the one you could see if you're allies with someone)
She moved her mouse, and clicked the LOG OFF button.
{Are you sure you want to LOG OFF?}
She moved her mouse again, and clicked the 'yes' option. But it didn't work. She tried again. It didn't work. She was confused on what was happening. Just when it can't get worse, the screen changed. There was a person with a black suit. It crashed again and static was on the computer. It made her heart stop for a second when she saw the computer crash.
But then, it stopped.
The screen had turned black. Her laptop had restarted, and she was back to her homepage.
It was weird. Why did that happen? Did her computer break down because it was too old? Questions filled her mind as she kept thinking from the solution. One last question was on her mind though. Was it the game? She shook her head at the ridiculous thought. It couldn't be. She had played that game for months, and that had never happened. She brushed it off and decided on a final solution.
"Hey Crys," She called out, getting the attention from her black belt sister. "I need a new laptop, I think this one is too old."
Okay, I know I rushed the plot a bit too much by putting it into the first chapter, but that's just a start. It probably won't appear till later, so don't worry, the plot should stay steady for now, I guess... But for now, I've introduced all the female dex-holders (from Kanto to Sinnoh) and two guys...
And there might seem like Ambershipping in this story (since Yellow and Gold lives together), but there isn't. I see him as a big brother (despite the age) to her. Cousin is alright too ^-^ Either that, or Yellow & Red's son. *smirk face*
Anyways, please review! I want to hear your thoughts. Constructive criticism is allowed! I'm a pretty bad writer (especially with grammar) so I probably need some tips on my writing. I will try to improve. Thank you for reading ^-^