(Greetings. This is your author, Rya, speaking.
Please pardon the lameness of my first submission. After all, it is my first.
Please, please, leave reviews! Tell me how I can improve the story!
New chapters will be added as fast as I can write them (which may be a while, since school starts soon).
Those bunches of dashes (---) indicate time/space/character changes.
Enough talk; here it is. Enjoy!)
Prologue: The Best of Friends
It all started one day in a sleepy little town with two best friends.
That day was the birthday of both of their children.
These children, born on the same day but not twins or even related, were named Josh and Anna.
And like their mothers, these two became the best of friends.
From before their first memories, the two children had played together while their mothers talked. They were very close, perhaps even closer than their mothers. They told each other everything. They got in trouble together (rarely, because neither enjoyed mischief; but when they did get in trouble, they tried to help each other, usually making it worse). They did everything together.
For their seventh birthday, they got each other identical blue scarves, which they wore after that as a sign of friendship.
And for their tenth birthday, something special happened…
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Josh woke up quite early, yawning.
"Uuuuhhh," he mumbled, getting up.
Once he had managed to get ready for the day, he was sufficiently awake to remember that it was his birthday.
"Happy birthday, Josh!" his mother said as he entered the kitchen. "What do you want to do today?"
"Well," Josh said, "first I'll give Anna her present."
"Not until you've eaten breakfast!"
"I meant after breakfast," Josh said patiently.
However, the delivery of the present would have to wait a little while, because Josh found a package on his doorstep.
"Huh? I wonder what this is…"
Unable to resist, Josh picked up the box and took it inside.
When he opened it, he was surprised to find that it was mostly empty.
There were only two things in it: a card… and a pokéball.
The card read:
"I hope you like the present!
-Anna"
Now Josh was curious. What, exactly, had Anna given him?
There was only one way to find out…
Josh picked up the pokéball and pushed the button.
In a flash of red light, a small Pokémon appeared before him.
"Vee?" the Pokémon asked.
"A-an Eevee?"
Josh knelt down in front of the Eevee. The Pokémon looked at him. He looked at the Eevee.
"Eevee!" the Pokémon said.
That, and the looks in their eyes, was all anyone needed to know.
The boy and the Pokémon would be friends for life.
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"Anna!"
Anna turned her head.
"Josh!"
"Thanks for the present," Josh said, running up to her. The Eevee was running along behind him. Seeing that, Anna smiled.
"You're welcome."
"Well, now what I got you seems kind of silly…"
"What is it? What is it?" Anna asked, excited.
Josh held out a pokéball.
Anna picked it up and pressed the button.
And out came… an Eevee.
This one was female (Josh's was male).
"Eev?" she asked, looking at Anna.
Anna knelt down, seeming to have eyes only for the Eevee.
"Eevee!" the Pokémon said, staring up at Anna with equal adoration.
Anna picked up the Pokémon, stood up, and looked at Josh.
"It's not a silly present," she whispered. "She's perfect."
Josh grinned.
"I was hoping you'd say that."
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A little later, they were sitting by the pond, looking out at the water with their Pokémon sitting next to them.
"So, what did you name him?" Anna asked.
"I hadn't decided," Josh answered. "What'll you name her?"
"I think… Erisna," she said.
"That's a nice name. What do you think I should name him?"
"What about… Mimoru?" she suggested.
He smiled.
"That's a good name."
The two of them sat there, not speaking, just enjoying each other's company.
They did not need to speak.
After all, they were the best of friends.