Wild Encounter- Book one of the Wild Saga
Preview
Unova, February 6th, 2020.
Pain. Fear. Despair. Words do no credit to what I felt. I could sense them nearing. The small tree stump I hid behind would only give me a moment of safety. Nothing more. I glanced over my wounds. Two grazing hits from a human weapon. A small burn from an electric attack. My front right paw had a thorn embedded in it, adding to the pain with each step. Yelling. Strange human voices, shouting in their human language. The agony in my paw was nothing to the fear of being caught by those humans. They weren't trainers, like the ones brother traveled with. They were poachers. Pokemon hunters, killers, with no respect for my kind. To them, I was an easy mark. What could a small, injured, pokemon like myself do when they had those…. things? Brother said bad humans used them to kill each other. He called them "guns". The pain in my side and paw didn't matter. I ran as fast as my four legs could take me.
That wouldn't make any difference.
The bad humans had trapped me: the forest cleared into a rocky outcropping. Three sides sheer cliffs. I was doomed. Three walls of stone; then a fourth of certain death.
Then I heard yelling. With my keen ears, I heard footsteps, running towards me. Four sets? I thought there was just two poachers after me? Now I know ill be some human's fur scarf. The two poachers from before emerged into the clearing, the somewhat distant sounds of their comrades not far behind. My back was literally to the wall. The poachers, one large like a wailmer, the other scrawny. Both had large, two handed guns. The fat one spoke again in his foreign tongue. I only understood fragments in my adrenaline crazed mind. Something about making money. Something about me being "rare". The second pair of footfalls arrived. To my surprise, they belonged to two young humans. One with a pokemon, a pidove, at his side; the other with a small gun in his right hand. Pointed at the poachers.
More yelling in the human tongue. My head throbbed. The pidove attacked. Shots rang out like thunder. I collapsed. I knew I wouldn't wake up.
Well? I know it was short, but this was just a tidbit. a preview to perk interest in the story.
This will be a romance/action/adventure tale with plenty of original content. I love pokemon, just not the setting. So, for my story, which will indeed take place in Unova, will be more …. realistic than in the anime, manga or games. Much more lifelike, in the sense of actual death, poverty, war famine, that kinda stuff. Ive also Doubled Unova's size in this fic. If Unova is based off of the USA, then i feel it should portray more flavors of the country. Unova, in my world, sits on the equator, so that the Pokemon League is just a few degrees south of it. The north half of Unova is all my original design, including names and world I'll be building, it'll be big. Think of it as a Earth in which pokemon exist. Some people live well with pokemon, and others simply see them as tools or animals. Or weapons in other cases. This story is part of a saga, which i have several books outlined for already (bout 3 or 4 worth of content).
I'm an avid reader of romance fics here on this site, and wanted to contribute a well thought out, creative, and lengthy story to . I feel very strongly for a free internet, a place to exchange ideas without limits, and I love this sites power to do that. I will bring lots of content, from smut and relationships, to war and espionage. So never think this will be "just another fanfic". Oh, and i hope your not too squeamish about big business and politics, as those will be major themes in this fic. The main character, as you will learn, is the son of the Unovan Ambassador to Kalos, and a politician, and will in later chapters become an eccentric billionaire's left hand. I based much of the political content off of the USA, so to my non-american readers, I apologize in advance for any unique vernacular. American readers, you should not take offense to my personal stance or beliefs, and if I get argumentative comments about politics, rather than the story, I'll just simply remove them. i believe strongly in freedom of speech, but this is also MY story, so im doing it my way. Ill appreciate any suggestions or ideas to improve in the future, and will gladly clarify things if i can.
I choose a "real-life" Pokemon fic because I wanted an immersive world, with a sense of familiarity. Background, without the lore. And I'm sure you have all had at least some exposure to the real world, yes? No? I don't know much about it either, to be honest. If I could, I would like to publish my ideas with Nintendo, but I'll be honest with myself: that aint gonna happen. =]
All Rights belonging to Nintendo are theirs, and all Original Content (Northern Unova, OC's, world lore, things you won't find in any other fanfic) I claim. Nintendo has their rights to intellectual property, and I have mine.
This will be my first published material on this site, so no flames, only constructive criticism. I can't wait to post more. More coming very soon!