Hiyaaa! I'm SummerLilies, rookie writer, and currently high on NUTELLA!

AJKSDHLAJDKSFHJKAJSKJKSJ! NUTELLA! Nutella everywhere!

ALSO FIRST FANFIC EVAHH! *insert super fangirl squeal here please*

Well... in English at least. Yeah, you guessed it, English is not my main language sooo... if anyone out there is willing to bear being my beta reader please contact me! I do this for fun, the heck of it and to improve my English.

Yes, this fanfic was inspired by MJ's song 'Smooth Criminal' -and NO, I do NOT own it! (Neither the book cover)

I was 'supposed' to wait until I had at least five chapters written down... but I cheated - as always- and couldn't wait to post this chapter up so... yeah, here you have it.

Enjoy it :3... or else I'm going to get Silver scare the hell out of you tonight.

-Main leads: Blue&Green Oldrivalshipping :)

-Special cameos: Yellow&Red, Black&White, Ruby&Saphire, Silver&Lyra, Gold&Crystal. (MAY appear, I don't know yet -as I have only written down the first chapter OTL-).


~Smooth Criminal~

CHAPTER 1: Reminescence


Blue.-

"Got ya!"

A chubby guard across the room pointed at me. He was panting and sweating, he was obviously not amused by my little trick, but I did was amused by his hilarious reaction.

"Oooh… damnit"

I shoved the sparkling gem I was admiring earlier into my black pouch, and, why not? The silver choker with apatite incrustations too. Who knows? It might be worth a couple of thousands pokedollars, I think I heard something about some incrustation of a rare bloodstone in it or something like that… I don't really know but money is money and this one thing has scribbled down a big flashy spectacular yelling "steal me".

"You are not going to escape this time!"

Oh, yeah… him.

My hand made its way to the belt at my hips and grabbed Horsea's pokeball.

"We'll see about that…" I replied, a cocky grin spreading through my face.

"Horsea, smoke screen!" As soon as it was out of the pokeball Horsy released a big and thick smoke cloud, engulfing the whole room.

"Oh no! You won't get away with this!"

Oh yes, I will… deal with it man. I tried to grab my pouch when I noticed that it was missing.

Don't freak out. Don't freak out.

I've got this… damn; I'm acting like such an amateur. I crawled in all fours and tried to search my pouch feeling the floor. Suddenly the alarm started ringing throughout the museum.

"Officer Jenny is coming, so save us time and hand in Calypso's eye"

Okay… freak out.

Try left… no it isn't here. Now right… neither Right, huh?

Oh dear Arceus, where the hell is it?

The smoke screen was getting thinner and I hadn't much time left. When I was about to give up in searching the damned pouch I found it. I heard footsteps from behind and hurried to find Abra's pokeball. The blinding flash from the release revealed my position and the footsteps grew louder.

"Found ya!"

"Abra, teleport to Pallet town now!" I hissed hurriedly, staring urgently at the running figure before me.

Almost immediately I felt myself disappear, fading into thin air and reappearing in the middle of a little and almost deserted town. Pallet town was once my home, a home I don't remember ever having. All I remember is the day I was kidnapped… nothing more.

When I finally escaped the masked man and returned to Pallet town I expected to find my parents, reunite with them and live happily ever after as a normal kid.

Was it too much to ask for?

Silver came with me as I refused to let him alone, he would end up roaming the streets starving to death, stealing for living, or, in the best of scenarios in an orphanage.

I was tired, covered in dirt, wounded with bruises and one or two scrapes, starving while feeling the hole in my stomach getting bigger and deeper. Silver was too, but not that much as most of the berries I could gather from bushes were given to him. A tiny scratch crossed his left cheek -result of having to get under a bush to gather some berries inside- but nothing to worry off.

It was mid autumn, the wind was chilly and rain poured once in a while...

An even raining we would still continue to walk under heavy rain and dark frightening sky, making our way through muddy roads. Because rain will always catch us in the middle of meadows… with not much trees at sight, and at the risk of entering tall grass and founding a wrathful pokemon. We tried to rest even in nights when the sky yelled 'pandemonium', even when wind blew with a hope crushing force, sending chills through soaking wet skin and piercing all the way through your bones.

We traveled all the way from wherever the hell he had us; it was a four day (we got lost) trip in which I would encourage Silver (and even myself) from now and then telling him about how much food and candies we were going to have once we arrived with mom and dad. How there would be a cozy chimney and a warm and fluffy bed… or hot chocolate with marshmallows in rainy afternoons.

That was mistake number one.

The thought of it all feed my determination and desire… I wanted it more than anything in the world.

But when I arrived at Pallet I realized I didn't even know where they lived so we asked person, after person, after person… until I finally ran into someone who really knew where they lived.

"Hey mister!" I yelled at random guy #47 in the day.

And that number two… we should have given up.

"Yes? What is it little girl?" he asked in a soft voice, he had dark hair and friendly brown eyes, probably the tallest man I've ever seen.

"U-um do you happen know where the Opals live?"

"Yes, I do. In that house over there" He replied pointing at a medium sized light brown and cream house. "Why do you ask?" he questioned, confusion and suspicion edged in his voice.

"For nothing, thanks" I replied immediately with a grin.

"Okay, stay out of problems kids" he added, walking off.

"We will" I said smiling.

Anxiety was biting me from the inside, I wanted so badly to run into the house and see mom and dad again… a thick fog of excitement clouded my mind.

I grabbed Silver's hand and ran to the house, to my house. My hands were trembling in anticipation, a never ending smile plastered in my face as I opened the dusty black gate. A path of flat stones led to the main door, and at my left stood a big old oak, tinted in bright tones of orange and golden. Its dead leaves covered the grass completely, creating a carpet effect, and a broken swing was hanged from one of the oak branches. There were some bushes too, at each side of the door, both withered and low.

I tightened my grip in Silver's hand as we were right in front of the door. We looked at each other and nodded… this was what we had been waiting for.

I knocked and tensed up in anticipation…

But seconds flew by and we heard no answer.

So I knocked again, and still, no one answered. Seconds passed by and I was growing impatient. I knocked twice, thrice, and what follows after that, but no one answered…

I looked down at silver, he watched me expectant with its grey and deep eyes.

"M-maybe they are just watching the Tv and they can't hear us" I suggested, smiling half-heartedly. "Come on, let's take a look through the window"

I pulled him with me and carefully tip toed over the bush, supporting my hands on the window's ledge as I peeked through the window. I saw the living room and, yes, there was a chimney and some cozy looking sofas waiting for me to jump and snuggle on them.

"I see the chimney and the living room" I announced, looking down at Silver smiling. The corners of his mouth pulled up a bit, and I knew that was the thing closest to I smile I was ever going to get from him.

"And they?" He asked, trying to take a peek.

"No, they aren't there… I think they might be watching TV in their room" I said in almost a whisper.

At this point I wasn't sure about anything anymore… I was just trying to keep Silver's hope up.

And maybe mine too.

"Mrs. and Mr. Opal! Are you there?" I yelled, looking at the window above my head in the second floor.

There wasn't any light, not a single sound to be heard. The wind rustled with force the big oak, and by now, succeeded in making me shiver. I rubbed my arms trying to keep my body heat. I shuffled my weight from one foot to the other, feeling the inside of my black worn out shoes. The interior felt wet and cold against the numbness of my skin. I immediately knew that if that weather kept up I was sure as hell going to get sick, and Silver too.

Taking a glance at the sky I realized that it was late afternoon now, when we had arrived at midday. Black clouds loomed above us, darkening and adding a gloomy effect to the sky. We didn't have much time left before a downpour started showering us all over again.

Silver noticed this and I cursed myself mentally a thousand times. His gaze expressed concern and uncertainty. He was no one's fool. I moved to the front of the door once again…

"Mom? Dad! Please, open the door… it's me, Blue!" I felt my throat being ripped from the very inside, talking became a struggle as I restrained from letting my voice crack. I just couldn't let my emotions take over my cool, I couldn't… I had to be strong and faithful for both of us. I had to at least try.

I rested both of my hands, tight in fists, in the surface of the wooden door.

"Your daughter"

It was barely a whisper, but it didn't matter as they weren't there. I heard Silver's footsteps and straightened myself up.

Pull yourself together Blue…

He was concerned, I could tell. By now Silver was well aware of my constant lying. They weren't there, they weren't watching television… they probably weren't even in town. But he couldn't know that.

He deepened his gaze, his silver eyes examining my face, searching for any trace of unpleasant emotion.

Do it for him.

"Well… they aren't home. I think that…"

"Probably they are at the supermarket! Yeah, that's it. We just have to wait here until they return."

Suddenly I was returning again to the cheery attitude I had all the way over here. He blinked and looked a little skeptical… though I didn't blame him for it, up until then my acting had been terrible.

"We just have to wait here. Fool proof plan!" I beamed, raising a finger and winking. I sat at the doorsteps and patted the spot next to me. A slight tint of blush appeared on his cheeks as he shyly accepted.

Sometimes I miss that Silver.

So, we sat there in complete silence. Not an awkward one though, more like a tensed and expectant one. Well, at least I felt it that way. Time seemed to mock both of us as it passed by slowwwly. My fingers, toes and part of my face felt numb from the cold freezing weather... if this was just autumn I didn't want to know what winter would be like.

But we waited…

The sky grew darker – and so did my thoughts.

And waited…

Time passed by and the wind got chillier- just like my soul.

And waited…

Something like an hour had passed by when a lightning meandered through the sky, being followed by a loud thunder breaking our eardrums- and my hope.

And waited.

We flinched miserably at the gut-crushing sound and almost in cue rain started to pour down… I remember it feeling like heavy ice cubes hitting my skin.

My heart sank.

This was the end of it all; I had no more hope nor mood to act like a cheery fake mess. So I lowered my gaze, stopping at the sight of my old black shoes, and brought my knees close to my chest.

"I'm sorry Silver" I whispered.

I didn't felt his stare; he was probably frowning right now. He probably hated me being so scatterbrained and all.

"I'm sorry about everything"

Shame on me. I fooled us into a childish fantasy, we followed – blind by hope and despair – an inexistent happy ending...

A deafening thunder roared across pallet and snapped me out to reality. I inhaled deeply and the let out a sigh. I felt a bitter smile crack across my face.

Pallet town…

Full of reminiscence and a somewhat nostalgic feeling in the air. It's been quite some time since the last time I was here and, if everything goes just as planned, gladly and probably the last one.


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-Silver: ... just get this over with already.

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