CAWPS

joycewu333 does not own Pokémon. I also do not own Pokémon CAWPS, it's a rom hack of Emerald made by Crizzle and this is just my own documented play through. I do not know Crizzle in real life, I'm just writing about this hack because I've enjoyed it so far. "CAWPS" is an accented way of reading the word "COPS" (i.e. police).

Chapter 1: The deadly Zigzagoon

A young woman with brown eyes and long black hair knocked on the door of the Odale Town police station. The door was answered by a policeman with a dark blue uniform and a grumpy expression.

"Who the hell are you?" Asked the policeman.

"My name is Clara, and I'm –"

"Get out of here, kid!"

"I'm not a kid anymore! I'm 21 years old, and I'm here to join Hoenn's police force." Said Clara.

The policeman looked incredulous. He noticed the lack of Pokéballs on Clara's waist, and laughed. "Not a chance in hell, loser! You don't even have a Pokémon for protection! You'll get killed in an instant!"

"That's why I came here." Said Clara. "I heard that police officers in training can obtain Growlithe as police dogs."

"You think a weak punk like you can handle this job? It's not a game, kid!"

"I do."

The policeman thought for a moment. "You know what? I'll give you a chance. Normally, only elite prospects are allowed into the police academy, but things have been boring lately. This will mix things up. It'll be hilarious watching you fail and die during training. You'll be a great punching bag!"

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After Clara changed into the police trainee's uniform—a pale blue vest with a dark green shirt and a navy blue hat—they entered the police academy's training hall, where a chief officer gave all the students a speech.

"Pokémon are deadly creatures of massive force. They've got ridiculous abilities that are perfect for killing." He gestured to his intimidating gyarados. "Almost everyone's got a Pokémon and they use it for their own selfish desires. Our jobs as police officers are to control the general population and curb the misuse of Pokémon in Hoenn. You'll deal with murderers, drug dealers, thieves and rapists. You'll learn how to arrest, injure and kill all lawbreakers effectively! Remember with JUSTICE, there's NO room for mercy!"

"Before we begin, we need some DONUTS! Hey! Idiot in the back!" The chief officer pointed to Clara. "Get us some DONUTS from the Pokémon center."

I don't even like donuts. Thought Clara, as she headed to the Pokécenter.

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At the Pokécenter, Clara was greeted with the horrifying sight of four corpses and a screaming woman. A wild and abnormally fierce zigzagoon bared its sharp teeth and revealed its long bloodstained claws to her. A police officer hurriedly passed a bag to Clara.

"You'll have to stop it, kid!" he said breathlessly. "Grab one of those confiscated balls from my bag."

Clara stared at the three Pokéballs in the bag, feeling dazed and slightly scared. She took a deep breath, felt for the heaviest Pokéball and threw it, releasing a tiny aron. "Harden! Then tackle it when you get the chance!" She ordered.

The zigzagoon let out a menacing growl and charged towards the aron, but the aron managed to resist the attack using its iron coated skin. The aron then tackled the zigzagoon repeatedly, knocking it out after a few hits.

Clara and her colleague shared a sigh of relief. "You saved many lives, kid!" said the police officer. "You're special! Most trainees would have died. You can keep that Pokémon. It belonged to some dumb criminal. Let's head back."

"Wait…is that screaming woman ok? Does she need hospital attention?"

"I'm not badly hurt." Said the formerly screaming woman. "It's just so traumatic to watch four people die in a seemingly safe place…ah well, it's nothing that ice cream and soap operas can't fix."

Clara didn't know what to say.

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After grabbing what remained of the Pokécenter donuts, Clara and her colleague reported back to a senior officer at Police Academy. The donuts seemed delicious after a stressful experience.

"I'm officer Flash!" Said the senior officer. "You've got some serious talent. So I've decided to personally foresee your training. You report to me from here on out! My style of training is totally different than the typical academy style. I'm gonna send you out on the field! It'll be action packed! Oh yeah, you wanna give that aron a nickname? It looks like a female."

"Sure." Said Clara. 'I'll name her Silverdust, since she has a silver-colored back and a dust-colored belly." The newly named Silverdust chirped happily and looked at Clara with light blue eyes.

"Every new officer also gets a growlithe." Said Flash, handing Clara a Pokéball. "This growlithe is male." Clara nicknamed the growlithe Sunblaze.

"When you complete my tasks, you'll officially graduate from the police academy! For your first task, you'll clean up the streets of Littleroot Town! Be through and come back when you're done."

"Cleaning up streets?" Asked Clara. "Isn't that a janitor's job?"

"I mean cleaning the streets of human scum! Criminals like drug dealers! Get it?"

And so Clara left for Littleroot Town, with Silverdust and Sunblaze in tow.

Note: The other two starters available are carvanha and zangoose. (I know right? The most random set of starters you can imagine. One of the reasons why I like this hack.) I just picked aron because I had never used it before.

I will try to have chapters 2 and 3 up within this week. This is my first fanfic and I have university life to deal with, so please don't be too harsh on me.

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