Pokemon Private Eye
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
Summary: A boy who dreams of becoming the worlds greatest Pokemon Private Eye sets out on an epic adventure of mystery and intrigue.
Style Key: Italicized-Case file notes including witness statements, case summaries, and observations
Case #00: Case of the Lost Growlithe
My name is Andrew and I am a self proclaimed Pokemon Private Eye and Reporter. What does that consist of well it consists of this 9 year old going around and solving different cases for the people around Pallet Town. I have an impressive 100% closure rate on all my cases which is a very good rating if you didn't know.
Of course the highlight of my cases are solving the case of the missing barbie doll or the forgotten candy bar. The curse of being 9 I guess but I still make sure all of my cases are done to the best of my ability.
"Andrew," that is my mom calling me, "it is time for supper."
"Okay mom on my way down," I put the finishing touches on my case file that I was working on. I would take it to my dad tomorrow so he could run it in his paper under my column.
That is right my dad is a reporter for the local paper which is why I love reporting and my mom on the other hand works as a detective for the local police department, no she does not look like a Jenny. I also have a little brother and sister who I adore for the most part but sometimes they can be annoying.
I finished the last bit on my case of late and then ran downstairs to eat supper with my family. We all sat around the table to start our delicious meal our mother made, it was spaghetti one of my favorites.
"Brother you get to go on your Pokemon adventure next year!" my little sister jumped in her seat. Her name was Stephanie and she was a ball of energy almost all the time, she was also very good at talking me and my little brother into doing thing for her whether through bribery or threat she does enjoy bringing up the fact that on her first day of school we accidentally left her at the school.
"Yes I am sis," I smiled as I continued eating my meal.
"Its not fair," my brother humphed. He was only a little younger then me and tried his best to beat me in things. He was good at sports way better then I was and he enjoyed that, he had a plan to become one of the greatest Pokemon Athletes when he was ready for his journey. His name was Justin.
"You will be starting only a year after me," I smiled as I continued to eat my supper.
"So do you have your column ready for me," my father asked. His name was Larry and he was head of the local paper. He had inherited the company from his father and thought that maybe one day I would inherit it from him. However reporting was my side passion private investigating was my real passion. So as I have spent a lot of time at my dads publishing house I have spent more time at my moms precinct learning the fine art of deductive reasoning.
"Yep just put the finishing touches on it actually," I smiled as I helped myself to some more of my mom's delicious spaghetti, have I mentioned this is one of my favorite dishes of all time.
"What is this case?" asked my mom. Her name was April and she was the head detective at the local precinct. She had been super proud of me when I first got interested in detective work.
"It was a case where Ash you know the local kid who is about my age, well he had wanted me to track down some lost Pokemon Videos he had," I smiled, "turns out of course Gary stole them just to mess with the poor kid, nothing to exciting."
"Don't worry son you will eventually get a good case, just think of all these petty cases as practice," smiled my mom.
"I know, maybe my journey will lead to many more exciting cases," I finished up my meal and started cleaning off dishes.
As soon as dishes were done I retired to my room for the night to make the final final adjustments on my column and then, made a copy of them to store into my filing cabinet. Why you may ask does a 9 year old have a filing cabinet, well where else was a boy detective suppose to keep all of his case files. I had a lot of files none of them were numbered though since none of them were real cases.
After I filed away the latest case I took a shower and dressed in my pjs and then headed to bed.
The next morning I woke up and headed out with my copy of the case file along with the column I put together for my dad's paper. I was walking through the sunny town of Pallet Town waving hi at everyone that I knew and have helped with my cases. There were few families in Pallet and I knew most of them by name. There was the Ketchums which consisted of Delia and her son Ash, along with the Oaks which was our celebrity family it was Professor Oak a major player in Pokemon research along with his grandchildren Gary and Daisy since their parents were killed in a car accident, what I am a private investigator after all. There is also Leaf and her family, a quiet girl who doesn't talk very much to anyone well except me. There was also a green house nearby that was owned by two individuals. That was pretty much a run down of everyone who lived in Pallet Town.
I finally made it to my dad's publishing house and turned over my column and case file in case he wanted to add more to it from the file. I thanked my father and then headed over to the precinct to see if mom had any leads for me. The life of a detective is never dull.
"Hey mom," I smiled as I walked into the precinct.
"Hey honey," my mom smiled as she excused herself from the Officer Jenny she was talking to. She walked over to her desk and grabbed a file and walked over to me.
"So I think I have your first big break here honey," my mom knelt down next to me as she handed the file over to me.
"What is this?" I instantly opened the file there was a paragraph inside detailing the case.
The K-9 unit has reported that they are missing a young Growlithe who was to be trained as a police dog. The Growlithe was last seen last night at the kennel. When we checked in the morning this Growlithe was missing and hasn't been seen since. We do not have the resources to do a full scale search.
"So you want me to search and find the Growlithe?" I asked I hid my excitement behind a placid face. When your an investigator you need to be cool, calm and collected so you can get every detail about the case.
"Very good," smiled my mom, "you have remembered what I taught you well. Yes we want you to find the Growlithe, I am sorry we can't give you more to work with but if anyone can do it you can."
"You can count on me mom," I smiled as I slipped the file into my bag, "I will start with the kennels as that was the last spot the Growlithe was seen."
My mom nodded her head then kissed my forehead, "Good luck honey."
I nodded as I headed to where the kennels were. I had always loved the K-9 unit when I was growing up I loved playing with all the new puppies.
The kennels were located in the back yard of the precinct, they weren't much this wasn't a huge precinct after all. It was basic wire kennel panels with dog houses in them and a dirt floor bottom. When I got there nothing stood out to me right away, but that is what investigating was all about if you could solve the crime just by seeing the scene it wouldn't be much fun. I saw the usual Officer who was in charge of the Kennels. I took out my notepad and started taking notes as I walked over to him.
Nothing unusual to write down on first inspection of the scene. Possible witness in Officer Jenkins.
"Good morning Officer Jenkins," I called out to him.
"Good morning Andrew," smiled the Officer brushing off the fur from his hands since he was grooming one of the puppies, "I here you are in charge of discovering our missing Growlithe."
"Yes sir I was wondering if I could ask you some questions?" I sat down next to him scratching the Growlithe behind the ear.
"Fire away," Officer Jenkins nodded.
"Okay the last time you saw the Growlithe was last night as you were putting them to sleep correct?"
"Yes, he was in his kennel curled up in his house," Officer Jenkins responded.
I jotted down his answer, "Was there anything suspicious you noticed?"
Officer Jenkins thought for a minute, "Well now that you mention it there was a small pile of dirt that wasn't usually there in the corner of the kennel, but I thought it was just a pile of dust and sand that the wind put there."
I nodded my head as I wrote his answer down, "What can you tell me about this particular Growlithe? Any kind of details that I might be able to use in finding him."
"Well that particular Growlithe his one of our strongest fighters in the kennels right now, a lot of potential I would have to say; however, he has a tendency to stay by himself away from the rest of the pack which is highly unusual for a Growlithe. He had a decent grasp of the basics a solid bite, one of the best I would venture to say, he also had one of the loudest roar of all of the pups."
"Good, good," I nodded as I wrote all of the information down as he told me, "anything else, maybe any distinguishing marks?"
"That particular Growlithe's stripe patter looked more like bolts of a lightning, kind of picked him up the nickname of Blitz," Officer Jenkins continued.
"Okay, how about your locking up process will you walk me through it?"
"Of course, well when the Growlithes are done training they are all taken into the bath house and given a rinse down," Officer Jenkins pointed to the building, "after that they are taken to their kennels where food is brought to them, after they are given the food the kennels get locked up."
"Okay and nothing unusual happened during the lock up procedure?"
"Nope all went normal," Officer Jenkins smiled, "anything else sir?"
"Nope I got everything I need from you thank you sir, will you give me a minute then take me to this Growlithes Kennel?"
"Of course I will just be finishing up the grooming of these pups here when your ready come and get me okay?"
"I will."
Witness Statement: Officer Jenkins: Head Officer of the Canine Unit
Officer Jenkins reported that nothing seemed unusual about the kennel last night except a pile of sand and dust that he stated must have been kicked up by the wind. The Growlithe in question was a star of the ranks, but much rather kept to itself rather then be part of the rest of the pack, a very strange behavior for a Growlithe. He also walked me through the locking up of the Growlithes and reported nothing was amiss. The Growlithe in question had bolt like stripes, and has been dubbed the nickname Blitz. Witness had no further information to deliver.
"Officer I am ready to go to the kennel now," I flipped my notepad shut and slid it into one of my pockets.
"Alright, right this way Andrew,"Officer Jenkins quickly made sure that the Growlithes were locked up then led the way for me to the kennel in question.
As I walked I slipped out a digital camera so I could take a picture of the scene for future notes. The kennel in question was all the way in the back of the kennels the last one on the row, closest to the nearby forest that surrounded Pallet Town.
"Anything else?" Officer Jenkins asked as he unlocked the door.
"One more thing you are the only one with keys to these right?"
"Yep, and before you ask they were with me all night last night," smiled Officer Jenkins.
"Okay thank you," I started taking pictures of the kennel.
The kennel was as unimpressive as the rest of them were. Basic paneling with a tarp over part of it to protect from the rain and a dog house with a small dog bed in it for the Growlithes to sleep. They also had the food and water bowels next to the house along with some chew toys. The floor was made of dirt...wait made of dirt.
I quickly looked around and saw the small pile of sand and dirt that Officer Jenkins mentioned.
"Hmm...I wonder," I smiled.
I cautiously walked over to the pile and inspected it. Out of the ordinary it looked like nothing more then a pile of dirt and sand just like Officer Jenkins reported. I knelt down and picked up some of the dirt, I quickly slipped it into a plastic bag in case of future needs. I pushed down with my hand and the ground seemed to give a little. I stood up and pushed all my weight down on it and my shoe caved through the loose dirt on the surface.
"Clever little Growlithe," I smiled as I took my foot out and got down on my hands and knees. I started moving the rest of the loose dirt and sand away sure enough it was a hole.
I quickly got out of the kennel and started pushing down around the outer rim of it, it didn't take me long to find the exit hole that the Growlithe had used.
"Officer Jenkins!" I called out.
Officer Jenkins came trotting over, "What is up Andrew?"
"I figured out how the Growlithe got out," I smiled as a I stood aside to reveal the holes to him, "it would seem sir that your Growlithe taught itself dig."
"Well that little trickster," smiled Officer Jenkins, "how about you and me take one of the other Growlithes and see if we can't track him down."
I nodded now that the main mystery of the how the Growlithe escaped and the fact that it wasn't a robbery this case would be smooth sailing.
Not long after Officer Jenkins, myself and one of the Growlithe trainees were searching through the woods looking for the lost Growlithe.
"Officer over here," I called as I leaned down and picked a piece of orange hair off a bramble. The bramble was part of a bramble wall and at the base of that wall was another hole, "Looks like he went through here, does your trainee there know ember?"
Officer Jenkins smiled, "Okay Growlithe ember!"
The Growlithe puffed in a large breath of air and then shot out three little balls of flames that burnt a hole through the bramble wall. Andrew and Officer Jenkins walked through the wall and when they came out to the other side they were in a beautiful clearing. It was surrounded on all sides by the brambles and the Pallet forest. A large lone willow tree stood in the center of the clearing its fronds blowing in the wind. Under the willow was a large stone that looked like a table. And sure enough sitting on the chair stone was the Growlithe with the bolt stripes, laying on his back his feet in the air just staring at the sky.
Officer Jenkins smiled, "Should of figured."
"How about you let me go talk to him?" I asked smiling at the peace and tranquility of the scene.
"Sure, you know how to find your way back," Officer Jenkins smiled as he turned and took the other Growlithe back towards the precinct.
I walked up to the Growlithe who stirred a little bit, but just enough to lift his head to see who had found his hiding place, then he laid his head back down. I laid down on the rock next to him and stared into the sky with him.
"Not one for much company are you?" I asked the Growlithe.
"Growl," was what I got and what I would guess would be a shrug in Growlithe language.
"Doesn't it get lonely?"
"Growl...Growl."
I sat their and thought for a minute, "That is why you do it isn't it? You do it because you are lonely."
The Growlithe tilted his head to look at me, his tongue lolling out to one side and gave me what I would guess was a your right look.
"Not many of the other Growlithe's are friendly to you are they since you have the different strip pattern, and the fact that you stand out better then you do," I continued.
"Growl," nodded the Growlithe.
"All you want is a friend," I smiled and then turned to face him, "well how about this, you can be my crime solving partner and be my friend."
The Growlithe looked at me for the longest time trying to see something in me if I would hazard a guess, but detectives don't guess we just look at facts. After a while the Growlithe put on a Growlithe smile and nodded his head.
I smiled back, "Alright then from this day forward you are my crime solving partner, we will together become the greatest Pokemon Private Eyes that this world has ever seen."
"Groooowwwllll!" howled the Growlithe in response.
"I think I am going to nickname you Blitz like they were calling you, sound like a plan?" I smiled.
Blitz nodded his head in agreement.
"Alright then we better get you back so we can close this case," I smiled as I jumped up, "I promise we will come back here often partner."
"Growl," nodded the Growlithe again as he too jumped up.
The two of us returned to the precinct. It didn't take much convincing of Officer Jenkins to let me keep this particular Growlithe, the only thing that was required is he had to finish out his trainee training as a police dog, not to mention my mom gave him some side lessons on being a detective dog.
After the busy day I sat up in my room to write out my case report then fell asleep with Blitz sleeping next to me.
Case File #000: The Case of the Missing Growlithe-Solved
Was called into the precinct to find a missing Growlithe. After talking to witness learned that the Growlithe was a loner and was not well liked by the other Growlithes (witness statement enclosed). After interview was taken to scene (pictures of the scene enclosed) where after some clever detective work figured out that the Growlithe in question had taught himself dig and escaped into the woods. I then was accompanied by a local Officer and K-9 trainee where the target was discovered in a clearing in the woods. After some talking to the Growlithe agreed to return and on his return was given to me as my detective companion. The case was solved and I got a brand new friend out of it.
A/N
Okay so this idea just came to me one day and I wanted to run with it (I have 12 cases so far planned out)
This is going to be a combination of the games and the anime taking place sort of along the same time line as Ash's adventures
I hope people enjoyed the different take on a Pokemon story as I have not seen many who wanted to be the worlds greates Pokemon Private Eye
If it gets good feedback I will continue with my other cases.
For a little tid bit to come in the future...Andrew gets a rival of sorts (what could be a rival of a Private eye hmmm...)
