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NOTE: Eiana is pronounced eye-awn-uh.
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Pocket Monsters... Really?
by
Lady Demoonica Darkmoon
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The World Is Changing
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[Korokoro Island Pokelab, 10:30AM]
One of the children raised his hand. "If you're a Pokemon Master, then why do you only have one Pokeball?"
"Duh! She only has one Pokemon!" A girl yelled.
"Be quiet!"
"Be-da!" She stuck her tongue out at the boy. The two continued to fight until Prof. Kari Tea stopped them.
"Children please! Miss Eiana has only brought her first Pokemon partner with her today."
The young woman sighed, running her fingers through her silver hair. "Thank you Professor. Now as I was about to say, this is my Absol, Solstice. She's been my friend from the time I lived at Lilycove when I was a little girl. Does anyone here know about that area or the kinds of Pokemon found there?"
The children raised their hands, waving them madly, each wishing to be called on first.
That afternoon...
"Aaahhh," Eiana sighed. "Kari Tea. Another group of would be beginning trainers gone from this little island."
"Remembering a time when you just started out on that trip?"
"Sort of... I'm thinking of taking up training again. The Great Shiny Hunter." Eiana said with a roll of her eyes at the title.
"You're more than a Shiny Hunter, Eiana, you're a great trainer. You're a loyal friend who cut her quest short to return to her small island home when her best friend lost his father. Return to your quest, I'll be fine now."
Eiana looked at her friend, though they were both no older than their early twenties, she and he had seen much together. They had stood side by side in battle, had faced the loss of Kari Tea's only living family, and had opened this very Pokemon Lab... together. She wondered if her reluctance to once again leave Korokoro Island was because she was afraid to leave her friend alone or her own fear of being alone.
"I can't stand... being brought out and pranced around in front of the newbies anymore. I feel like some prize Pokemon no one has seen before." She paused. "Thank you for understanding."
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[Indigo Plateau]
"Welcome to the 103rd annual Indigo League! Today's opening match is-"
Eiana tuned out the announcer as she watched the two trainers face off on the field far below. The first was a girl and her Blastoise. The other, a boy and his Spearow. It just looked so one sided, but looks proved to be deceiving and the Spearow pulled off a win.
"Heh. Newbies. There are a lot of them this year."
Eiana glanced over at the young man leaning on the railing next to her. He was a little older than herself, she guessed. He had medium shade brown hair that flipped forward, falling into almond shaped, hazel colored eyes. He was quite handsome, but he didn't seem very friendly. She wondered why he had bothered to talk to her. Down on the field, the girl trainer brought out her Cleffable.
"HEY! Didn't you hear them call you for your match!" Another, shorter trainer, with black hair and very expressive red eyes, yelled and waved. A Pikachu added its call as it copied its trainer.
"Calm down! -Loser.- I know exactly what time it is!" He turned to Eiana. "Later." Hands in his pockets, he calmly followed his friend.
Eiana looked down at the field, the battle was over, she had missed it. She quickly looked up to the screen to see that the boy had won the battle. The photos changed to show the next pair of trainers, one of whom had just been standing beside her moments before. Eiana could guess the outcome. She left via the steps, halfway down the last stairway Iana heard the crowd become extremely loud. There was already a winner, he was so right... newbies.
Maybe Prof. Ivy had forgotten she was to meet Eiana before the first match of the day. This was Eiana's reasoning, at least. She searched the stadiums, but found no signs of the woman. Finally, she returned to the Indigo Pokecenter.
"Excuse me?" Nurse Joy asked Eiana when she passed the front desk.
"Only here to make a video call." EIana said with a wave of her hand.
"Excuse me, ma'am, but Prof. Ivy left a message and package for a girl fitting your description. Are you Eiana Hunter?"
"Yes."
"Oh, good. I thought girls with emerald green eyes and silver hair wouldn't be common, but you're the third girl like that I've seen today."
Eiana laughed, this was coming from a woman who looked exactly like every other woman in her family. Nurse Joy placed the package on the desk and handed Eiana the slip of paper. It read:
'Eiana, sorry but I was called back to the lab early. Here is the odd egg that you rescued from the sea and left with me during your last visit. So far I've found no difference between it and normal Pokemon eggs. Take care of it and when it hatches I'd like reports on anything you find out, no matter how seemingly unimportant.' -Prof. Ivy
Eiana opened the package, taking out the Pokemon egg that she found within it. It looked just the same as the last time she had seen it, dark moss green in color and very rough to the touch. It was unlike any Pokemon egg she had ever seen.
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TBC...
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