Hey Guys! Sorry I was gone so long but-
Aaron and Marina: WHERE WERE YOU?
... Somewhere
Aaron: And why didn't you post earlier? Say...hmm, I dunno, AUGUST LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD?
Becuase I had to re-write this story a couple of times, thats why! And school just started up again! Cut me a break Aaron! Why are YOU guys so mad about it, anyway?
Marina: WE'VE BEEN WAITING TOO! I kind of want to know what happens in MY LIFE, You know?
ok, ok, sorry. But Apologies are in order, so-
Marina and Aaron: It's too late to apologize.
I know, but I'm gonna say it anyway. Sorry I was gone so long, but like I said, School started up again, and I had to rewrite this story a couple of times because A: I didn't really like how it was coming out (I even changed the plot line a little!) and B: My PC was being a JERK! I saved the PERFECT Begginning, but unbeknown to me, I was logged on as a temporary profile! Which means it deleted EVERYTHING! but anyways, if you guys are out there reading this, thanks for waiting so long!
Without further ado, Here's The Begginning of: The Fugitive Plan: White's Twisted Adventure!
I knew that today was going to be the next chapter of my life when I woke up that morning.
My eyes stared at the time that read ten forty-two.
I stared for what felt like an eternity, but was really only a minute, at the alarm clock on the stand next to my bed.
An alarm clock that failed to do its job.
"GAH! I OVERSLEPT!" I yelled in disbelief, shooting out of my warm, comfortable bed and dashing to the bathroom, grabbing the clothes on my dresser as I passed them. It really is a great thing I took a shower last night! I quickly switched from my black pjs to my short jean shorts with some holes in them, pockets sticking out from underneath, and a white tank top with a solid back sleeveless vest, left open in the front. As I was changing, I quickly shoved my trusty blue toothbrush in my mouth with toothpaste already on it, brushing vigorously. AT THE SAME TIME, I was somehow brushing through my brown, poofy, straight hair and pulled it into a high ponytail, passing that ponytail through my pink and white official Pokémon league hat that dad got me one birthday from one of his friends. After throwing the toothbrush and hair brush into my full pink shoulder bag, I slipped on the two black wristbands with a thin pink line on each on both of my wrists that I got from mom the same birthday I got my hat from dad. Momma…Papa… Kyurem, where are you guys? You haven't come back from that vacation you took when I was eight years old. It's been five years… I miss you guys so much... GAH! FOCUS! I pulled on my mid-calf high black socks and then black boots with hot pink laces, rubbing away any traces of tears that started to form in my eyes. Finally getting both knots to stay in place, I grabbed my shoulder bag and stumbled down the stairs, throwing the door open and slamming it behind me, locking it with a click. It'd be a long time until I came back. Why?
Today's the day I get a Pokémon partner.
Today's the day I leave for my Pokémon journey.
Today's the day I won't be alone anymore.
What do I mean? Well, as you know now, my parents left for a vacation five years ago and haven't come back. Or called. Or sent a letter. Or anything. Because of that, this town, Nuvema town, thinks because my parents didn't come back, that they abandoned me, and call me an outcast. It's unbelievably hard to live like this. I can't imagine anyone else going through this, and I don't think I'd ever wish that on anyone, even the kids that bully me….. So, yeah. Pretty alone. And Life was rough.
But like I said, that ends today.
I was about to run straight to Professor Juniper's lab, when out came three new Pokémon trainers, I could tell by their smiles and the poke ball on each of their belts. Oh yeah, they're new Pokémon trainers alright. Namely, the three that didn't like me the most, Cheren, Bianca, and Black. I ducked back behind the corner I just turned and watched, frightened. I definitely don't want to run into them. Not now.
"Wow! I can't believe we finally got our Pokémon!" Bianca exclaimed excitedly.
"Me neither! We're on our way to be the best alright!" Black agreed, throwing an arm around her shoulders. Cheren stopped suddenly, which made the other two stop.
"..Let's have a three way battle." He stated suddenly. "It would help our Pokémon become stronger and we'd bond more with them, so why not?" He added.
"Sure, okay." Black and Bianca shrugged. Great. Now I can't get to Professor Juniper's lab until their done. Well, that's okay I guess. I haven't really seen many Pokémon battles; papa didn't like them much. Momma did. Getting back to reality, Bianca sent out an Oshawott, Black sent out a Snivy, and Cheren sent out a Tepig. I couldn't help but watch in awe as the three tiny Pokémon threw attacks at each other and dodged so swiftly. This three way battle went on for about five more minutes before finally, Tepig won, Snivy and Oshawott lay collapsed on the ground, fainted. Bianca and Black returned their Pokémon while Cheren let Tepig climb onto his shoulder.
"Still, I can't believe we were really close to not getting Pokémon at all this year!" Bianca started again after all Pokémon had been either returned or picked up. …What do they mean?
"Yeah I know! It's bad enough that all the kids in Unova have to wait three years longer to get their Pokémon than any other region's kids thanks to some overprotective parents in the Pokémon league." Black ranted.
"Let's just be happy we got our starters before Professor Juniper ran out of them." Cheren shrugged, and they began to walk towards the exit of the town. What does he mean?
"Yeah! We got the last ones!" Bianca cheered, pumping a fist in the air.
…What?
Not caring anymore if they see me or not, I bolted towards professor Juniper's lab, barging through the front door. She was standing up, grabbing her lab coat from her chair about to leave the lab, but as soon as she saw me, she stopped.
"White." She started, voice emotionless. "You're late."
"Yeah, sorry about that professor, but something was wrong with my alarm clock, and I didn't wake up until ten minutes ago, so I-" I was nervously rambling, so unlike my shy nature.
"They're gone, White." I was thankful professor Juniper stopped me, but I froze up.
"Who's gone?" I asked cautiously, fearing the answer I already knew was coming.
"The starter Pokémon. They're all gone, White." I blinked twice.
"All of them?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure? Not any Pokémon? Because, if it wasn't a traditional Unova starter, I would be okay with that-"
"White..."
"I mean, I would be fine about you lending me a Pokémon and poke ball, and then I could go catch one by myself-"
"White."
"Then I could come return your Pokémon and we'd all-"
"White!" Professor Juniper snapped, breaking me out of my rambling again. "You know you can't start your Pokémon journey unless you have a certified Unova league starter. I'm sorry. You're just going to have to wait until next year. Maybe then you won't be late and get here on time so you can pick up your Pokémon and leave for your journey."
"…So that's it?" I asked flatly, shoulders sagging.
"I'm afraid so."
"There's nothing I can do? No other Pokémon you can give me?"
"No. Sorry, White."
….I can't believe it.
"Oh." I paused, turning towards the now closed door behind me. "Sorry." My face fell and I started towards the door sadly. My hand was on the golden doorknob, about to turn it.
"Um…White?" Professor Juniper asked timidly, which was so unlike herself moments ago. I turned slowly, my hand still on the doorknob. "Maybe there is….just one Pokémon for you to take left." She started nervously, suddenly disappearing into the backroom. I could feel the light return to my eyes as I turned around completely. Why would she say there were no more, if there really was one left? Is it a different certified Unova starter? I don't think so, I haven't heard of any new changes… She came back with a poke ball in her hands and set it in my palm, gently. There was a moment of silence. "Alright, don't just stand there, let him out!" Professor Juniper encouraged excitedly. I smiled gently and threw the poke ball up in the air, the familiar red light shooting out. Catching the poke ball effortlessly, I watched as a small, familiar Pokémon replaced the red laser light. He was over all green, with a beige stomach and yellow lining, with a leaf on the tip of his tail. His bored brown eyes stared at me with a hint of uncertainty, before he looked to professor Juniper. "Now, Snivy, this is White, White, this is Snivy." I blinked in confusion now. Why did she say she didn't have a Pokémon left if she had a perfectly normal Snivy? Though… he does seem a little smaller than normal. I could feel his bored eyes on me again, before turning and staring at the ground. I eyed him curiously, and was surprised to find slight depression in his eyes. Professor Juniper sighed. "I thought this would happen. See White, this Snivy isn't meant to be a certified Unova starter Pokémon, because he's been deemed uncooperative and unemotional. Not only that, but I'm sure you noticed he's smaller than normal Snivy. He's been an outcast among other Pokémon because of this." Outcast? "I hoped that when we brought him here today, he'd show some response, but none. None of the trainers picked him anyway; they always went for the other Snivy." As she explained this, Snivy turned away, hurt, and walked away slowly. What is she talking about? Depression and hurt is not unemotional! "I'm sorry White; you'll have to wait until next year…" She trailed. I wasn't even paying attention to her anymore; staring at Snivy's back concerned. Oh, I get it. She's testing me! She has to be. One look at her told me she wasn't.
"Professor Juniper, when you look at Snivy, what do you see?" I asked, shocking professor Juniper and Snivy out of their thoughts.
"Like I said before, an uncooperative, unemotional Pokémon." She shrugged easily. I frowned as Snivy's face fell, and suddenly felt a small rage race though my blood like never before. I don't get it, I'm the shy one… where is all this rage coming from?
"How could you say that?" I whispered angrily. She frowned at me.
"Because it's true."
"It's not true, professor Juniper." I hissed back, standing straighter and holding my ground, waiting for the oncoming argument that Professor Juniper was known for. But the argument never came. She stared at me with a completely blank face. From the corner of my eye, I saw Snivy's head snap back up and he turned to me, shocked.
"Explain." She demanded in monotone. I faltered a little at this, but one look at Snivy's lonely eyes that now help a light of hope gave me my courage back. I gulped slightly before continuing.
"You said he was an outcast to other Pokémon because of his size, right?" She only nodded. "You may see him as unemotional, and honestly, I don't know how you can, but when I see him the first thing that I see is a Pokémon that's been alone for most of his life." I could feel my voice get softer as I turned to the poor Snivy. I walked over to him and knelt beside him. I opened my arms slightly, and he jumped right into them, holding on for dear life. I wrapped my arms around him as we both let a tear fall down our cheeks. It hurt to see a Pokémon treated like this.
He was alone.
He was an outcast.
…Just like me.
"You don't have to be alone anymore, Snivy." I cried gently as he pulled back to look at me. The look he was giving me made me feel like he was saying: Neither do you. We smiled at each other, until professor Juniper coughed awkwardly. We turned to her to see she was smiling, a knowing look in her eyes.
"Just like her parents." I heard her faintly mutter under her breath. "White, thanks for that, really. I've been trying to find a trainer that would give this Snivy the love it always deserved, but none of the trainers that came by this year wanted him, or were capable of filling in that gap. Until you came in. Don't worry, I saw how Snivy was feeling as soon as he was brought in, and I can't believe the Pokémon league for labeling him like that, but I had to make sure you would be ready, and the right trainer for Snivy. And you are. Just Like I thought you were." She explained, nodding to herself. I stood up with Snivy still in my arms as she approached both of us. "You already have Snivy's poke ball, but you'll be needing these too." She handed me a red pokedex and a black Xtransceiver. I smiled up at her brightly, Snivy doing the same.
"Thanks professor!" I thanked happily, smile still wide. She nodded, but looked kind of sheepish.
"Um…there's something else I have to confess, White…" She trailed nervously. Snivy and I cocked our heads to the side innocently. "Um… I have all the other trainers waiting for me on route one, and we're late!" She rushed in. "Do you mind coming along? We're going to learn how to effectively catch a Pokémon." I frowned, but shook my head.
"No, I don't mind at all, but…" I trailed uncertainly.
"Yeah?" She asked, still nervous.
"Was that what you were really going to say?" She flinched.
"Um no… what I was really going to say…." We both waited for her. "…Was um…. I…might have…. Sabotaged your alarm clock this morning." She explained, pausing every so often. I felt like I went blank.
"What?"
"I wanted this test to work out! So I had to make you the last one here, making you believe there were no other Pokémon. Sorry, but-"
"No, that's not what I'm confused about. I'm okay with that, and you had a right too." I interrupted quickly. "But what I want to know is… how'd you get into my house?" She visibly relaxed.
"Oh, that's easy. I have an extra key from your parents. They gave me one before they went on there… vacation… just in case something went wrong." She explained. I think it was my imagination… but there was a slight downcast of her eyes when she said vacation. But then I blinked and it was gone. "Well! We are late, so let's get going-" Suddenly three people burst through the door as Professor Juniper grabbed for her coat.
"Professor Juniper, what's taking you so long? Everyone's waiting!" The familiar voice of Black rang out in my ears. They noticed me and sent a look of disgust my way, to which I started to shrink back, but then Snivy looked up at me and stared at me through comforting, encouraging eyes. I smiled gently at him and stopped shrinking back, standing a little straighter. They frowned before seeing what was in my arms.
"Oh, you got the runt everyone was talking about?" Cheren asked not too nicely. Snivy himself started to shrink back in my arms. I tightened my grip on him in a comforting way, before he looked up at me in thanks and smiled lightly.
Baby steps, baby steps.
"Figures. The outcasts go together." Bianca snickered as if professor Juniper wasn't even there. The other two joined her lightly before professor Juniper decided to do something about it.
"I will not have things like that said in my lab. They are rude and disrespectful, and are not tolerated by any other trainers. You are trainers now, so you have to respect each other." She scolded, frowning angrily at their behavior. I was already used to it though, but that didn't mean it didn't faze me. They sighed and nodded, but I knew they weren't going to respect me. They would never, unless something outrageous happened. "Now apologize."
"Sorry White." They said, not looking at me. I averted my eyes, but one look from professor Juniper told me to say something in response.
"….Okay." I mumbled lowly, but loud enough for the others to hear. Professor Juniper rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Kids, now let's get going-" She suddenly dropped a pokedex from her belt and it landed on the TV remote on her table.
"-In other news, the Rogue Johto and Hoenn Champions are still on the run." Everyone remained silent while we listened. The news of the rogue champions got out a week ago, starting with something about a school, but no one knew the details. They wouldn't even give us the names, appearances, or any clues as to who these champions are, so how are we expected to help find them? They haven't even told us why they're being arrested! "The reasons to their arrest are still being withheld from the public and even the branches of the Pokémon league itself!" Well, that was surprising. The people arresting them don't know why they're arresting them? "Because of this, the Hoenn, Johto, and Sinnoh branches have refused to cooperate with this arrest. Without any other information to go on, it's likely we may never find those Champions-"
"Got that right." Black nodded in agreement. We all couldn't help but nod with him.
"I've been trying to convince our branch to refuse cooperation, too." Professor Juniper sighed, shaking her head now.
"WHAT?" Bianca, Black, and Cheren yelled, shocked. I frowned at them.
"Why are you so surprised?" I asked quietly. They turned their bug-eyed stares to me.
"You can't be serious." Cheren tried. The professor and I blinked at him.
"They're criminals!" Bianca tried to argue.
"But we have no idea what exactly they did. They could be innocent for all we know, and it wouldn't be right to arrest them if there's no reason." Professor Juniper explained. The three shocked trainers looked on in understanding.
"That's reasonable… I guess." Black thought out loud. Bianca and Cheren nodded once.
"-Wait! This just in, breaking information to their identities has been revealed!" We stared at the screen in shock. "The Pokémon of the champions have just been sent to us! The Johto champion's Pokémon consist of a Charizard, an Armaldo, a Sceptile, a Luxray, a Dusclops, and a Glalie."
"Sounds like a pretty strong team." Cheren commented.
"With unique Pokémon." Professor Juniper added.
"It's funny; I don't think any of those are Johto Pokémon, either." Bianca snorted.
"-The Hoenn champion's Pokémon consist of a Swampert, a Ninetails, a Manectric, a Banette, an Absol, and-" The female reported paused, eyes widening in shock. "A-and a Rayquaza." Everyone in the lab froze. "If you have any news concerning these Pokémon, please contact the Pokémon league special task force at-" Professor Juniper turned off the television grimly.
"R-rayquaza?" Bianca asked in disbelief.
"Let's just hope we don't run into them yet, right?" Professor Juniper smiled, trying to ease our discomfort that two strong possible criminals could be encountered at anytime. "NOW! Let's move!" She exclaimed, shoving us out of her lab. Our ears were immediately filled with yelling.
"I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS THE UNOVA REGION!" A feminine voice roared from not too far away.
"AND I'M TELLING YOU IT'S NOT!" A deeper voice bellowed back from where the first voice was coming from. We turned the corner of the lab to see a boy, slightly pale, with blond hair and light blue eyes, wearing loose black pants, a dark blue belt, a dark blue shoulder bag, dark blue and black sneakers, black goggles on his head, and a black t-shirt with a dark blue half circle going around his neck and half way to his shoulders, with two dark blue rounded rectangles on the sides, along with black fingerless gloves and a dark blue patch on the back of the palms of them. The boy looked our age, thirteen, and was yelling at a girl that looked about eleven. She had black hair, pulled into two straight ponytails that almost reached her waist, slightly tan skin, chocolate brown eyes, a black-ish grey-ish bandana wrapped around her head with an orange Poke ball symbol on the side, orange belt, orange basketball shorts with black rectangles going down the sides, orange and black striped socks that went half-way up her calf, like my socks, and orange and black sneakers. Her shirt was almost identical to the boy's, but where it was dark blue on his, it was orange on hers, and also wore black fingerless gloves, but with orange patches instead of dark blue. They both had six poke balls of different types on their belts.
"It is!" She hissed back.
"It's not!" He growled at her.
"But it has to be!" Her voice was raised again.
"That's what you said two regions ago!" His voice's volume was raised to match hers.
"But it has to be this one!" She tried to argue. "It has to be this time." She lowered her tone when she said this. Turning my head, I looked to see the reactions of the professor and Black, Bianca, and Cheren, only to find them watching in amusement. I frowned, before deciding to do something about it.
"U-um, excuse me?" I asked quietly when there was a tense silence over the two. They blinked out of their glares and turned to me, kind of surprised. "D-do you guys need any help?" I stuttered again.
"Stuttering White." Bianca snickered, with the other two joining her, but they did it lowly so the professor wouldn't hear. The girl narrowed her eyes at them slowly, before focusing back on me and smiling, glare forgotten.
"Yes, actually, thanks! Could you tell us what region we're in?" She asked, smiling widely. I have a feeling she does that a lot.
"Five bucks it's NOT Unova." The boy muttered, smirking. She sent a glare at him and turned back to me hopefully.
"This is Nuvema town, in the Unova region." Her smile grew wider, if that was possible, and she spun around to face the boy.
"IN. YOUR. FACE!" She laughed, dancing around in victory. He smirked smugly.
"It's okay. You owed me five bucks anyway from our last bet, and five before that bet." She stopped in her dance and glared.
"Sometimes, I really hate you…"
"Love you too." He shrugged, still smirking smugly. She punched him in the arm playfully before spinning around to us.
"Thanks a lot…um…" She trailed awkwardly.
"Oh, uh, White." I filled in for her. She smiled back.
"White. Thanks! My name's-" Suddenly, Cheren's voice cut off her own.
"How do you not know what region you're in?" He asked, a tone of suspicion to it.
"Well, you see, we're from Sinnoh. We've been trying to get to this region by a ferry, and well… we've been getting off at the wrong stops… Last one was Oblivia." The boy easily explained. "We kept getting off at the wrong region because this one," He jabbed a finger at the girl, who was now narrowing her eyes at him, "Kept thinking we were there."
"It all looked the same to me." She muttered under her breath, frowning.
"…So, how'd you get here to Unova? Or to Nuvema town? I don't remember there being a ferry service to this town." Bianca asked, suspicious like Cheren.
"Well-" The girl was cut off again, but this time by professor Juniper.
"What are you talking about Bianca? They obviously came through the ferry service going through the small island next to here. Right?" Professor Juniper asked.
"Wow, how'd you know?" The girl asked, kind of shocked.
"That was dumb question." The boy mumbled in response. The girl just glared at him again, before turning back to Professor Juniper.
"Well, I wouldn't expect you to know, because you're from a different region, but my name is Professor Juniper! I'm the chief Pokémon professor of the Unova region!" They both nodded in reply.
"And I'm Black! This is Bianca, and that's Cheren!" Black introduced, kind of enthusiastic. Bianca and Cheren nodded to the two, who nodded back again. The girl turned to me.
"And you're White." She smiled at me, I guess realizing I hadn't said anything in a while. I smiled shyly back.
"What are your names?" Bianca asked curiously.
"Well, I'm Indigo, and this is Orange." The boy, now known as Indigo, replied smoothly.
"Nice to meet you two." Professor Juniper smiled, sticking her hand out for them to shake. Orange blinked and shook hands with ease, Indigo following up afterwards. Well… their names certainly explain their colors.
"So, Indigo, Orange, what Pokémon do you guys have?" Cheren asked after they shook hands. Orange and Indigo turned to each other and blinked once, before turning back to us.
"We don't have any Pokémon." They replied in sync. Our faces scrunched up in confusion.
"Sure you do," Black started, "Indigo, you have one ultra ball, one luxury ball, one quick ball, and three poke balls."
"And you Orange, have a poke ball, two great balls, two ultra balls, and a master ball, of all things." Bianca added in. They frowned at us.
"No, you see we have these empty poke balls on our belt-" Indigo was interrupted by Orange, finishing his sentence.
"-To capture Zoroark, the master of illusions, when we run into him."
"…What?" Professor Juniper asked after all of us fell into a shocked silence.
"We came to Unova to find Zoroark," Indigo started, "And we came to capture him."
Nearly a minute of silence went by before Bianca, Cheren, and Black broke out in hysterical laughter.
"I don't get it, what's so funny?" Indigo asked, turning to Orange in confusion. She shrugged, frowning.
"Z-z-zoroark?" Bianca laughed. That only made Orange's frown deeper.
"Haha, good luck with that!" Black added, laughing like her.
"What do you mean?" Indigo asked, confused. There was about thirty seconds of awkward silence.
"Zoroark, is like you said, the master of illusions." Professor Juniper started to explain.
"No one's found him in existence… ever. And believe me, people have tried. Many people." Cheren tried as well.
"That's not true. Someone had to find him, or see him to know he exists." Orange shrugged.
"Yes, that may be true… but still, the chances of finding Zoroark are really slim. You'd be spending a lot of time on this search." Professor Juniper added.
"Oh well." Indigo shrugged. "We're ready to look high and low for him. And besides, we have the time to spare. Why not?"
"Are you serious?" Bianca asked, backpedaling a little. They nodded at her.
"Why?" I asked quietly, completely confused as to why even after they heard this, they weren't going to give up as many before them did.
"Well, let's just say… it's personal." Orange smiled at me. Like before, I could've sworn a dark look flashed across her face as she said this, but when I blinked, it was gone.
My mind must be playing tricks on me today.
"Well, I admire your determination, I'll give you that." Professor Juniper sighed, smiling. "Why don't you two come with us to this demonstration? It's about capturing Pokémon, and I think you guys might want to look on."
"Sure, okay." Indigo smiled, nodding.
"Good! Now, let's get going! We're late!" Professor Juniper exclaimed, shoving us all forward towards route one.
If anyone turned around that day and saw the orange poster on the wall behind us advertising the Indigo Plateau,
It would've changed everything.
I know, I know, it's short. But I had to put out something! And plus, it seemed right to end the chapter here for some reason! So, review to tell me what you think!
Marina: I'll tell you what I-
Not now Marina! I have a story to write! See ya soon! (Hopefully)
~Kioku7