Hi everyone! Kitten of Fire here! I have decided to start a new Fanfiction. This one is going to be different from all the others I've ever written because it takes place in the future. It's still Pokémon, but it's not like the Anime, rather it's more like the Manga in that it's a bit dark. So I hope you all enjoy it!
-Love, KOF
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon!
April 2nd, 2155:
"Hello class," the teacher began. "We have a new student today. Her name is Eva. Eva, please introduce yourself to us."
"Hello, my name is Eva," Eva began. "I'm from Rockport City in the Aiur region. My destined partner is Absol."
The teacher nodded and ushered Eva into a desk before beginning her lesson on weaknesses. The boy next to Eva turned and smiled at her.
"I'm Daniel," he said, sticking out his hand. "Pleased to meet you."
"Eva, the pleasure's mutual," she grinned.
The two began to chat and before they knew it, class was over. Daniel sighed in relief and ran a hand through his dirty blonde hair. He grabbed the shrunken pokeball at his waist an expanded it. An eevee popped out and immediately jumped onto his shoulder. The small brown pokemon happily licked its trainer's cheek.
"This is Eevee," Daniel announced.
Eva reached over and scratched eevee's head. "Let's go outside and I'll show you Absol."
Daniel nodded and followed Eva to the courtyard. He gasped when he saw what was sitting under a tree. In the shade sat the most elegant pokemon he had ever seen. This absol has to be Eva's. It got up and gracefully walked over to Eva. She placed her hand on its head and smiled.
"This is Absol, he's my best friend," she announced.
Daniel looked at Absol with respect but didn't dare touch it. He seemed to be an aggressive pokemon.
"I have to go," Eva said. "My parents own a pokemon hatchery and they need my help."
"Can I come?" Daniel asked.
"Sure!"
The two set off running, eevee struggled to maintain a hold on Daniel's shoulder while Absol easily ran alongside. Soon they came upon a large ranch with a windmill. Several taurus grazed while a heard of rapidash raced across the grass.
Eva ran up to the fence and balanced on it. The herd of rapidash turned around and ran straight for her. A young ponyta broke away and stuck its snout in Eva's open palm. It snorted and neighed happily. It was obvious that Eva had formed a special bond with it. A rapidash, presumably the ponyta's mother clicked and the young pokemon broke away from Eva and rejoined its herd.
"This place is so cool!" Daniel exclaimed. "That herd of rapidash was awesome!"
"Thanks," Eva smiled. "My parents are both professors and they like to keep a large variety of pokemon on the ranch so that they can observe them after they've hatched."
"So they hatched eggs aren't given away to trainers?"
"Not as far as I know. My parents like to keep the eggs and the pokemon that hatch from them for observation and research purposes. Every year they go to the Professors' Conference and present their findings to everyone who goes."
Daniel nodded and walked away from the fence and pointed at the main building. Eva grabbed him by the hand and led him in. This was where she and her family lived. The first room that greeted them when they entered was the atrium. It had a tall ceiling and warm wood walls that were lined with certificates and awards that had been earned.
"My parents won every single one of those," Eva explained.
Daniel stared at the plaques with his mouth slightly agape. He didn't know that it was possible to win so many awards in a lifetime. He approached the wall closest to him and read the descriptions. The text on the bottom ranged from "Awarded for extraordinary research in the field of pokemon medicine" to "Lifetime achievement for the continued preservation of legendary pokemon."
"What's the one about legendary pokemon for?" Daniel asked.
"My parents have seen legendary pokemon. They're so lucky," Eva sighed.
The pair moved from the atrium into a large sitting room. The walls there were also filled with more awards than Daniel could fathom. It seemed impossible that people like Eva's parents could exist and that they had decided to move to Pallet Town in the Kanto Region.
"I'll get us something to drink. What would you like?" Eva asked.
Daniel shrugged and Eva announced that she would get him whatever she was getting herself. She left the room and Daniel moved to sit on one of the plush leather couches. Obviously being such high-up professors was well paying. The house that he was currently in must have cost more money than all of pallet town had combined.
Out of the shadows, Absol crept up to Daniel's couch. He moved silently, like a hunter tracking its prey. Without warning Absol's head appeared on the armrest of the couch and he stared at Daniel with a fixed gaze. The boy wanted to scream in terror with every fibre in his being but he couldn't, he was transfixed by the pokemon's gaze.
"Absol!" Eva exclaimed, breaking Daniel's trance. "You can't do that to people! You have to play nice!"
Absol appeared to shrug and he stalked off to a corner of the room where there were shadows. This seemed to be his preferred environment.
Eva came over with a tray of refreshments. Two tall glasses filled with some kind of fizzy drink were the most prominent, but there was also several bowls filled with cookies, crackers, and chips. Eva set the tray down and gestured for Daniel to take whatever he wanted.
Without warning, Eevee hopped down and landed on the coffee table, helping itself to a cracker. This little incident caused both trainers to lost it laughing.
"That was so cute!" Eva laughed.
When everyone was calm, Eva and Daniel went on to talk about anything that came to mind, no boundaries on their conversation but that was how it went when one was ten years old. After what seemed like hours of talking, Daniel glanced at the large clock on the fireplace. He gasped and announced that he would be late for dinner if he didn't leave now. He scooped up Eevee and ran out the door.
"Absol," Eva summoned. "Follow Daniel and make sure he doesn't get lost. I don't think he knows this part of town very well."
Absol barely acknowledged his trainers before taking off after their recent house guest. Knowing that nothing bad would happen, Eva began to clean up the sitting room. She moved everything into the kitchen and piled the dirty dishes into the sink. From the window she could see that the sun was setting and her daily chores were nowhere near being done.
"I wonder if mum and dad are still working away…" Eva pondered.
She left the kitchen and moved towards the back of the house where she exited through the back door. She briefly saw her reflection and made sure she fixed up her skirt and blouse before going into her parents lab. Eva's red hair was a lost cause, there was always a strand or two that stuck up, out of place.
Letting herself into the lab, Eva was greeted by several butterfree and a gloom. These were some of the pokemon that lived in the greenhouse-type environment that was part of the lab. Exotic and common plants as well as a river that flowed into a man-made lake at the back of the lab were added to perfectly replicate the environment of the various pokemon that lived there.
Eva wasn't interested in this though. She was headed to the back where there was a well-hidden door that only she and her parent knew about. It was the entrance to the lab and even the resident pokemon weren't aware of its presence.
When she entered, Eva saw he parents working tirelessly at their computers. The holographic screens and keyboards just barely created enough light so that Eva didn't trip. An attentive set of kadabra stood by her parents. They were the only pokemon her parents had deemed intelligent enough to train.
Without a word Eva left the lab and ran out of the green house. Tears were starting to fill her eyes. Every time she saw the kadabra, Eva was reminded of how much a failure she was. Her parents had expected a genius child. Rather than the perfect child they were hoping for, Eva was viewed as a failure. Too make matters worse, Eva's first pokemon was a dark-type rather than psychic-type which her parents viewed as the only good type of pokemon.
The kadabra had been obtained soon after Eva turned five. He parents introduced her to them and told her that they were the perfection they had strived for and that they didn't expect anything of Eva. After that, her parents never spoke to her unless absolutely necessary and even then it was as if someone was holding a weapon to their heads.
Eva finally stopped running when she reached the middle of the field. She looked up at the stars and let her hand drop. Suddenly, fur brushed against Eva's palm. Looking down, she saw that Absol had come back. Resting her hand on his head, Eva took comfort in that she had one ally in this house. Absol would fight to the death for her and he had made that known once before when her parents had ordered one of their kadabra to attack Eva in her sleep.
June 1st, 2157:
Months passed and Eva had become better friends with Daniel. They were incredibly close now and Eva had spent many nights sleeping over at his house when her own became too cold to bear.
Today was the last lesson of their school career and the students were expected to capture their second pokemon. They would be allowed to wander wherever they wanted but they had to be back by sunset the following day.
It was a mad rush as students ran out the door with pokeballs clutched in their fists. Eva was eager to see which pokemon would become her friend. Daniel seemed less excited and more concerned that Eevee would get hurt in a battle with a wild pokemon. Eva couldn't share his fear as Absol seemed to be untouchable in battle. In the practice battles that they'd had in class, nothing damaged him.
As all the other children, including Daniel rushed off, Eva met up with Absol and she let him lead the way. Absol led with a confidant gait, gracefully taking the lead on their excursion. This would be the last time Eva would be alone with him and she planned on enjoying it.
Several caterpie and weedle poked their heads out, curious at the new visitors. Absol gestured to them but Eva shook her head. She didn't want a bug pokemon. Her pick would be a psychic-type that her parents would be proud of.
Absol took them into a cave and calmly strode through. Eva followed, albeit a little more timidly whilst keeping watch for any pokemon that might catch her eye. Nothing so far was what would impress her parents.
The search went on until the deadline and Eva came back to the group empty-handed. Every other trainer had caught something and was currently standing proudly with their freshly caught pokemon. Eva didn't look on them with anger or envy, rather she looked on with sadness. This failure would lower her in the eyes of her parents.
Daniel jogged up to Eva with an oddish trying hard to keep up but obviously failing. Eva smiled sweetly at the little blue sphere and picked it up, rubbing her cheek against it.
"That's my new catch," Daniel announced. "He's cute, huh?"
Eva nodded and continued cuddling with Oddish. The pokemon happily took in all the attention it could get.
"You're going to have to be careful when he evolves," Eva cautioned. "The nectar that gloom drool is particularly foul just as the pokemon feels ready to evolve."
"I'll keep that in mind, thanks," Daniel nodded.
Eva had been giving him advice like this for the past two years. With her vast knowledge of pokemon, she was better than a textbook. This advice had also helped Daniel raise Eevee to be the best it could be.
Before anything more could be said, the teacher called her class together for one last farewell. She left everyone with parting words, telling the class how proud she was to have them as her student and how she hoped that they would one day become spectacular trainers. Before anyone was allowed to leave, the teacher wanted to assess what people had caught. As long as they had caught something, they would get full marks.
Daniel lined up in first place while Eva hung around the back. By the time she was up, the rest of the class had gone.
"Eva, under normal circumstances, this would be an immediate failure of the class," the teacher began. "However, because of you exceptional grades, I will let you pass the year with a bare minimum."
Eva walked away, her head hung low. Nobody at home would care enough to scold her. She was just a failure, nothing else.
August 18th, 2157:
The summer quickly passed and Eva had spent much of it tending to the pokemon living on the ranch. Sometimes Daniel would come over and help, but he wasn't much use when it came to manual labour. He was better at battles and planning strategies.
With August nearing its end, Eva was holed up in the library filling out her trainer application. She would begin her adventure on September first with Absol by her side. It was becoming almost impossible to wait, but there would be no adventure if her application wasn't filled out and mailed by this afternoon.
"I remember when I was your age," a voice announced. "I was much more remarkable. I was the only one of my class to have a fully evolved pokemon. The fact your pokemon doesn't even have an evolutionary line proves how much of a failure you truly are."
Eva looked up and met the glaring eyes of her mother. She met the glare with a glare of her own. Absol got up from his spot next to Eva, squaring his shoulders, he let out a low growl of warning. Eva's mother snorted before leaving the library.
It was in that moment that something within Eva changed. Determination welled up from the depth of her being. Placing a hand on Absol's head, she made a promise to herself.
"I have endured this abuse for too long," Eva whispered. "I will not suffer in my parents' shadow anymore. I will be my own person. I will be the best trainer that has ever existed. I shall become champion of every region."
Absol looked into Eva's eyes and blinked. He nuzzled his trainer's hand, a rare moment of affection, to show that he supported her decision.
September 1st, 2157:
Eva had gotten her trainer licence in the mail that morning along with five pokeballs and a pokedex. Today was the day she would be leaving home and never looking back. Absol patiently sat at the door, waiting until his trainer was fully prepared.
"Alright, I'm ready," Eva announced. "Let's go, Absol!"
Walking out of the house, Eva made sure Absol was with her before she locked the door. The pair briskly walked off the property and they knew they would keep their promise. They would never return here nor would they ever look back. This part of their lives was over and that's how it would stay.
"Where to first?" Eva wondered aloud. "I know! Let's head off to Viridian forest and see what we can find!"
Absol didn't acknowledge what his trainer had said, but he didn't see any problem with going there. From the shopping trips he took with Eva, he knew that Viridian City wasn't more than half a day's walk but Viridian Forest was at least a day away.
Passing by all the familiar sights, Eva was hit with a wave of nostalgia. It was going to be hard leaving behind the familiar sights and all the people she had come to know.
"I wonder if word of my achievements will ever reach this place," Eva pondered.
Absol looked up at her and cocked his head.
"When I become the world champion I mean. The road won't be easy, but together, we can achieve anything," Eva grinned.
A beep came from Eva's watch. It was the signal for a phone call. Eva pressed the tiny button with a phone on it and answered the call. A tiny holographic Daniel appeared in front of her. His image went in and out of focus continually.
"Wow… I didn't think these things actually worked," Daniel said, surprised.
"Of course they work," Eva giggled. "We don't live in the Dark Ages."
"I guess you're right…"
"Why are you calling me, anyway?"
"I wanted to say that when you catch your first pokemon, call me, then we can have a battle."
"Okay, can do."
Eva hung up after a few more brief words with Daniel. Turning to Absol, she grinned.
"Ready, Absol? Our adventure is about to begin!"
Hello again! KOF here to harass you once more before I let you go. I hope you enjoyed the fic, and please leave a review. All comments are appreciated! I love to hear ways on how I could improve my writing. See you next chapter!