(AN: I use the Japanese names simply because I prefer them, so Lyra = Kotone, Ethan = Hibiki, etc. etc. etc.)
Prologue
Kotone has always been… A little strange when it came to Pokémon. Ever since I've known her, she's never been too excited about receiving her own Pokémon, and while I got my Marill when I was only 10 (Legally speaking, we had been friends prior), she preferred doing other things. Don't get me wrong, she was a great kid, happy go-lucky, but she never took to Pokémon. For the longest time, she'd only let me play tag with her if I left Marill at home, stomping and claiming that my Marill would just get in the way.
Now that we're older, you can say that she has changed a bit, while she's a caring person, I can't say that she's an overall caring person. No matter what situation someone's in, she tries to help them, no matter what the cost to her would be. We're both 16 now, and she's finally gotten her first Pokémon, but she doesn't care for it like a partner would. I want to stay and help her learn how to take care of her new friend, but with my 17th birthday just around the corner, I can't be staying at home much longer. I'm going to start my journey across Johto soon, and hopefully Kotone will come with me. I've asked her several times, but she says the world isn't a safe place for children to be alone.
But we're not children anymore! One of the greatest Pokémon trainers beat up Team Rocket when he was several years younger than us, and even though Team Rocket was perhaps one of the more incompetent Teams of Pokémon history, they were still pretty scary. Trying to reason with Kotone, though, was like trying to chop down a Sudowoodo, you weren't going to get very far. Yet still, she's one of my dearest friends, and if she ever decides to start a Pokémon journey, I told her she can always travel with me. After all! A girl like her would want a nice tough guy like me to accompany her, right? H-hey! Right?
Either way, if there's anyone I would want to travel with, it would be Marill and Kotone, my two favorite girls.
( This is just a short little prologue, I'll be putting up the first chapter soon. The rest of the story is going to be told in 3rd person and revolve around Kotone. This is my first fanfic, so please, review and whatever the other thing is, if you have time!)