I don't own Pokemon
"Hey Billy wait up," the nine year old girl chased after the twelve year old. He wasn't too far ahead of her but his strides seemed to increase in length as she approached.
"What do you want?" He asked annoyed as the girl got alongside him. Turning his head, he saw two boys in his grade snickering and pointing from the sidewalk across the street.
"Why don't you ever want to walk with me back home, we live next door to each other and your mom said you would," she pouted.
"Alright alright, calm down Jenny," once they got past the two boys watching them, Billy reached down and grabbed the little girl's hand. "Let's go," they started running and got home a few minutes later.
"Thanks Billy," she called over as she reached her front door. The boy waved to her and then stepped towards his own house. It seemed oddly calm today, William West looked around the sky and saw a flock of birds but he couldn't make out what species they were. Hmm, he looked around his front yard and didn't even see any bugs or rodents walking around.
He walked inside and heard his mom call his name from the kitchen. "Hey mom I'm home," he dropped his backpack on the couch and went into the kitchen where his mom opened up the oven and a puff of black smoke flew out and hit him straight in the face. Both of them coughed for a couple seconds as they made their way out of the kitchen.
Mrs. West started laughing as the smoke alarm went off, "Sorry honey, but could you go get us a pizza from town. I know you just got home, but..."
"I get it," he waved a hand at his mom showing it wasn't a big deal. "Be home in a jiffy," he went to the door but his mom called him again, "what?" he asked.
"Oh, it's nothing," she smiled at her son, "I just wanted to tell you that I love you." Billy went red at the cheeks and smiled.
"I love you too mom," he waved once more then ran out the door and started jogging back down the street. He headed to his favorite pizzeria and as he was waiting for his pie to come out he overheard a conversation at the table next to him.
"Did you hear? The siege on Slateport just finished." Billy listened closer.
"So you mean," the woman asked and the man nodded his head.
"It's a shame, but the Solars are losing ground fast. It seems like we're going to wind up all being controlled by the Nimbus," the man faded out and Billy realized the man was glaring at him. He was making it too obvious that he was eavesdropping and was thankful that the cashier chose that second to ring him up.
On the way home, Billy wasn't running because he had a pizza pie in his hand. Besides wondering whether or not his dad was home yet, he was also thinking about the war. He never wanted it to last until he was older but if a side was to win he would've chose the Solars.
The majority of his town felt the same way but they'd been able to keep out of the war because of their location far from any major city. Wyrville had a population of only eight thousand.
As Billy rounded the corner of his street he heard birds squeaking above him and saw a large flock of Pidgeys, he thought about it and that was the same group he'd seen earlier.
They circled the sky once, then a second time, They're acting really weird. Billy watched as they finished circling a third time and then an explosion sounded. He was so shocked that he dropped the pizza box on the sidewalk and it flipped over spilling its contents.
He looked back into town and saw smoke rising from the direction of main street. Suddenly a red light flashed and a huge creature formed in the middle of the town. It's over. Why would they come here? He started stumbling backwards and fell on his butt.
More red lights were flashing all around town and huge creatures were appearing. One of them he recognized was a Dragonite, much larger than he'd learned it was, this one towered above every building in town and brought up a foot before slamming it down right on top of Billy's favorite pizzeria.
Reality kicked in and William jumped to his feet starting to run down the block to get home as soon as possible. He heard more explosions and looked up to see Pidgeottos and Fearows dropping spherical objects down onto houses. Looking closer he saw they were actually Electrodes and Golems being dropped and then self-destructing once they hit the ground.
He shook his head trying to clear all the thoughts that were zipping through it. All that mattered was getting home and making sure his mom was safe, and maybe Jenny and her folks too.
His house was coming up quick and he fumbled with the latch on his gate. Throwing it open he took one step towards his house and then saw the object dropping from the sky in front of him. "MOM GET OUT OF THE HOUSE!" he was sprinting towards the building as fast as he could when the explosion hit. Flames were everywhere and Billy was shot back across his lawn, slamming into his fence.
Dazed, confused, someone shouting in his face. "Jenny we have to go!" Billy shook his head trying to get the spinning to stop and to stop seeing four of the girl in front of him.
"I'm not leaving Billy!" The girl cried out adamantly.
"Mom," the boy mumbled, getting to his feet. "Mom!" he looked towards his house and all he saw was flaming rubble. "Nooo!" He felt a slap across his face and almost dropped to the floor if it wasn't for the woman who grabbed him by the shoulders.
Mrs. Davis, Jennifer's mom held the boy she just slapped and looked him straight in the eyes. "If we don't get out of here right now we're going to get hurt. Your mom wouldn't have wanted that, now come with us," she tugged at his hand and he wiped the tears away with his other hand, following the woman out into the street.
There were people everywhere, panicking and running about as explosions rocked their entire block. Looking towards the town it looked like maybe the police force was trying to stop the slaughter but it was clear that they were fighting a losing battle. Flames covered Wyrville and they started running down the street to get away.
"Stop," Billy and the others froze at Mr. Davis's one word. He was leading them down the street and reached down to his waist, a sense of dread overtaking him. "Take the kids and go," he ordered his wife but she stepped back towards the kids and took a knee.
"By yourself you wouldn't be able to stall long enough," he winced. She looked down at her daughter who was crying, "Shh, shh, it's okay honey." Mrs. Davis turned to Billy and put a hand on his shoulder, "Run as fast as you can, get off the road and run through the forest, it's dangerous but not as much as staying here." She turned back and walked over next to her husband as the rumbling coming towards them got louder. With her back still turned to the kids she said, "Watch after my daughter William."
"Mommy, daddy," Jennifer pleaded but her parents both reached to their waists and pulled red balls out in their hands.
Down the street, Billy finally saw it. The stampede was a pack of Donphans, all of them using rollout and plowing down the street. Behind them were Tauroses, and sitting atop the center Tauros was a man. He wore a dark red uniform with an S printed on it in black. His hair was long and blonde, falling down below his shoulders and he had on a pair of sunglasses. The worst part though, was his wicked smile as the stampede ran over a fleeing couple, he was enjoying this.
"Solars," Mr. Davis hissed.
"Run kids, Run!" Billy grabbed Jenny by the hand and sprinted off into the tall grass, looking back to see the husband wife duo grab each of their two pokeballs each.
"Raticate, Doduo, Go," Mr. Davis released two streams of red light and the Pokemon came out of their balls.
"Ariados, Weedle, come out," Jenny's mom tossed out her only two pets as well. "Sorry guys," she said out loud to them and her pokemon looked up at her confused. "This isn't going to be a fun battle, it's life or death depending on how long we can stall for Jenny to get away."
The four pokemon looked ahead at the stampede coming towards them.
"Ariados, string shot," Mrs. Davis shouted and her giant red spider released a stream of web that coated the street leading up to the rolling enemies who got caught in it and slowed down. They weren't rolling fast enough to continue through it and had to stop their rollout.
That was the last bit of the battle that Billy saw since he then escaped into the tree line with Jenny and was far enough from the town that he could barely hear the explosions anymore.
"Billy," Jenny sniffled. They were both out of breath, leaning up against a large oak tree. "Are my parents dead?"
He thought back about his own mom, then he thought about his dad, and his neighbor's mom and dad. "Maybe," the girl started sobbing and Billy clamped her mouth shut, "Shhh," to prove his point he continued whispering, "we might not be near the Solar guys anymore, but we're in the wild and all I have is my Totodile." He pointed down at the pokeball on his waist.
For the first time since they started running he realized how underprepared he was. All his belongings were inside his house, but as he looked up he saw strings coming over Jenny's shoulders. He spun her around and she was wearing a drawstring bag. "What's in there?"
"I don't know, my parents handed me it as we were running outside." The mention of her parents almost made her break down and cry again but Billy needed to watch and protect her so he had to keep her occupied to keep her mind off of it.
"Well, open it up and let's see what they gave you." She sniffed in and nodded, taking off the bag and opening it. First thing she pulled out was a potion, followed by some power bars for them and a canteen with water in it. Then she pulled out a red device that flipped open and Billy snatched it from her hands. "Whoaaa, he momentarily forgot all the pain he went through in the last thirty minutes as he saw the high-tech pokedex and was now holding it.
The last thing she pulled out was a map and Billy traded her the gadget to look on the map and determine where to go from there. Rustboro is close, but it's the biggest Solar controlled city now that Slateport's been taken. Mom... He shook his head trying to get his thoughts straight. All Billy wanted to do was break down and cry but he wasn't just fending for himself now, now he had someone to look after as well.
Ok, so Rustboro is out of the question. We could go to Oldale town, but to get there we'd have to go through Petalburg, which is Nimbus owned land, he'd heard a lot of terrible atrocities committed by the Nimbuses, but maybe if the Solars were the real bad guys, then going through Petalburg wouldn't wind up being so bad. The Solars probably spread the rumors anyway, "Jenny let's go," he grabbed her pack and put it on his own back to carry the burden.
"Where are we going?" she asked standing behind him and following him south into the woods.
"Oldale town."