Prologue
I was seven when I stole my first candy bar. I remember how nervous I was, reaching for it, and shoving it into a random pocket. Nobody saw me. Of course nobody would expect innocent little Lyra to steal anything either. It wasn't that I really took pride in stealing at the time, it's just that I was desperate. My family grew up poor. My dad left us when I was three, and took all the money, leaving us with a dumpy old cottage in a small town. I had never had the luxury of eating a candy bar before, and I hadn't eaten anything but bread that day so I treated myself. I realized how easy stealing was and soon I started nabbing small toys or gadgets from the local grocery store.
My mother soon started to realize what I was doing and told me to stop, saying that what I was doing was very wrong. I obeyed her wishes until my tenth birthday came around. The year most kids got their first Pokemon. Nobody seemed to realize this, but you actually had to pay for your first Pokemon, if it was from the Professor's lab. I really wanted one, my mom tried to save up for me, but we needed the money for other things. I did the only thing I knew how to do, I stole.
The stupid Professor didn't even see it coming. He had zero security, which made the job a hundred times easier. It was even easier than stealing something from a regular store. What an idiot.
I snuck out early in the morning around six. He had the windows open so I ducked down to see what was going on inside. He was busy organizing some books near the front door, and the three starter Pokemon were in the back. They were snug inside their balls, in a cylinder shaped, glass container. I stepped inside onto a shelf of books and made my way to the bottom, quietly, cautiously. I landed on the ground with a whisper of a thud and looked at the Professor once more. He was still busy with the book shelves, his back turned to me. I tiptoed to the Pokeball's, and peeked inside. Their was no way to tell them apart, so I would have to choose randomly. I pressed the big red button with my gloved hand, the glass slid open with a quiet hiss.
I reached in with the slightest trembling of my hand. I snatched the nearest one and pulled my hand out quickly. I tiptoed out of the back door, closed it silently behind me, and sprinted into the forest behind his lab.
Once I was figured I was far enough, I just stared at the Pokeball resting in my hand. I pressed the center button delicately and a small Pokemon popped out. It had a long snout and a blueish body, with a cream colored underside. It had four red dots on its back that seemed to glow as well.
"Cynda?" It looked toward me with closed eyes.
"I think you are a Cyndaquil, at least that's what school taught me. I hope I'm right. It means you're a fire type and don't like water. Hmmm, well should I name you? I learned that's a good way to start a bond with your Pokemon, but..." It was looking at me, with a confused expression. I wonder it it knew I stole it, I hope not.
"Well I think I'm gonna name you Tyler! Cause you evolve into a Typhloon or something like that, and Tyler starts with Ty!" My newly named Cymdaquil just puffed out a cloud of smoke from its nose and started napping.
"Hmmm I expected more excitement from getting a Pokemon...Oh well!" I returned Tyler to his Pokeball and shrunk the ball with a double click of the button. I learned that in school as well. I hid the Pokeball in my underpants and wandered back home. Once I snuck back in, it was around seven thirty. I hid Tyler under a floor board and acted asleep, until my mom came to wake me up around eightish. News got around of the stolen Cyndaquil and alibis were asked for. My mother said I had been sleeping in my room, the police left without further questioning.
The thief was never found and neither was the missing Cyndaquil.
The day I stole Tyler was the day my life really had begun.
Welp, I should be working on my other stories, but I just couldn't resist! This is a SoulSilverShpping, thats kinda cliche. I hope I can pull it off though and make it interesting for you guys though! :)
Please review, favorite, follow, whatever your heart desires! I would like some feedback though, and critism is accepted! Chapter will be longer as well, this is only the prologue after all! :)