A/N: As much as I like trainer stories, this is not a trainer story. It's pretty close to one, but the plot is different and the end is MUCH different. I'm also still working on how to type out battles, so if I've got problems with that, I'm sorry. Thanks so much for reading this, if you do. Please read, review, and enjoy!!


Destined: Emerald

Emma raised the pokeball high above her head.

"I'm gonna be the best trainer EVER!!"

Her mother shook her head, smiling. "You'll have to work for it, dear."

"I've got a Treecko!"

"You still need to train it." Her mother smiled as Emma called out the pokemon.

"Go, Treecko!"

It came out, arms folded, looking cool and glorious.

"Come on, give me a hug!" She opened her arms, welcoming.

The Treecko rolled its eyes, and turned away.

"Hm..." Her mother looked worriedly at it.

"It's okay, it's probably just scared or something."

The Treecko looked insulted at being referred to as "scared".

"Are you going to nickname it?"

"Um... Sparkle?"

The Treecko prepared to run.

"Honey, it's a boy. Professor Birch told me."

"Oh... Well, then I guess I'll name it something like a plant..."

"That's a great idea!"

"How about... Tree? Treecko, shortened?"

"I think that's nice."

The Treecko apparently thought it was decent, for he smiled a tiny bit.

"Tree-cko. Cko."

"We're gonna travel the world together!" Emma squealed.


"Tree, use Leaf Blade!" Emma called.

Roxanne smiled knowingly. "Harden, Nosepass!"

Tree was amazingly quick, however, and slammed his blade into the Nosepass before it could do anything.

"Now use Leer!" The Grovyle quickly obeyed.

"Nosepass, Rock Throw!" Roxanne called, hoping to stave Emma off. This girl was very good, and she was only hoping to try and stop the attack so she might have a chance to attack.

Tree began to dodge the hurled rocks, jumping left, right, and then dashing forward. But it wasn't enough as he was hit with a boulder almost as big as himself.

"Finish it off with Leaf Blade, again!" Emma called desperately. Though Leer had not gotten through, she hoped that this final attack would knock the Nosepass out.

The Nosepass was sent reeling backwards, falling to the dusty ground. It did not move.

Roxanne called it back with a flash of red light and sighed, then gave Emma a warm smile. "You've won. Very good job."

Emma smiled. "Thanks!" She cheered happily, running up to hug Tree, who simply allowed it. He seemed to like her more, her childish ways growing on him.

"Here is the badge." Roxanne handed over her gleaming badge.

"Thank you!" Emma took it.

"Go onward, Emma. Reach your goal." Roxanne nodded. "I look foward to seeing you reach the top!"

Emma giggled. "Okay!"

As she walked out, Roxanne looked after her. She kept her eyes on Emma the entire time, following her every move as she rushed out the door. Roxanne bit her lip, shaking her head. "Can't be."


Emma grinned at her Treecko, her eyes happy and bright. "Tree, we've just WON!!!" She leaned down and hugged him, squealing. She paused as Tree winced from several wounds.

"I guess I'll just have to take you to the pokemon center..." She sighed, then brightened. "Do you want ice cream afterwards? Tree gave her a slightly smug grin, which she translated as, 'Yes!'

She nodded and headed off to the pokemon center.

Calling out her Beautifly that she had raised, and her Taillow, she walked towards the closest parlor, and ordered cones for all of her tired pokemon.

She was very proud of each one of them.

Her mother would be proud of her, too, she was sure. And her grandparents, most especially.

Her grandfather had been a great pokemon trainer back in his day. He had raised a well-rounded team and beaten the Elite Four when he was 14.

He had married her grandma and then had her mother.

Her grandmother had never been a trainer in her younger days, but lived near Sootopolis on an island that had been destroyed by a hurricane several years after her father was born.

She smiled warmly, thinking of what her grandparents would say when they learned that she already had her first badge.

Her Taillow, getting impatient, swooped the ice cream out of her hand, giving the other pokemon their share.

Emma smiled and led her pokemon onwards towards a grassy area above the city, where the flowers swayed softly in the wind and the grass was an emerald tinge of green.

She sat herself down in the meadow, then looked up at the blue sky.

It was a gorgeous day, the mood just right for her having defeated a Gym Leader. Everything was going great. She looked down and licked her cone, smiling warmly at her pokemon, who were enjoying the weather as much as she was. But as she stuck her tongue out for another lick, a shadow fell over the field.

Suddenly, gray clouds covered the sky. Looking up, surprised, she realized that she was the only one outside in this area.

"That's strange," she remarked to her pokemon. But they didn't respond. Looking upward into the sky again, she suddenly noticed something... What appeared to be a... Pokemon was floating up there.

It was small, but about the size of a human.

It looked down on her, and her eyes found themselves latched firmly onto its.

She felt herself slowly being drawn in.

Into a swirling pool of blackness.

But then, Tree nudged her leg. She snapped out of her trance. Suddenly, the clouds were gone, and she found herself standing in the sunlight.


A/N: This chapter is pretty short, and though it seems like it's a typical trainer story, I promise that it's not! This is a story that has similarities to the Gameboy version, but a completely different plot.

Also, I recommend my other story, Destined: Ruby, which Emma was in. Yep, it's the same person! Anyway, you don't need to read that story to understand this one, but if you want the full story of everything, I suggest it.