Torazn's Nuzlocke Adventure
Fire Red
AN: This Nuzlocke story will coincide with my friend's Nuzlocke comic that you can find the link for on my profile. This is a Nuzlocke challenge so there will be death. The main characters are OC's. Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Update: I have revised the first chapter to include more detail. My friend helped me realize that I should not be skipping over the important moments like with Faile, but I will not go into great detail with Liz's pokemon captures or gym battles. If you want that you will have to go read her comic.
Chapter One: The Beginning of a Journey and a Friendship
Well my Charmander, Lydia and I made it to Viridian City with not much excitement though, there was one point of interest. Before we reached Viridian we came across a patch of grass. I found some pokeballs in the wild on the way here, probably left there by trainers who had failed to catch a pokemon, and decided to try and expand my team. We searched around for a while and then we found it. A female Spearow, not my first choice but there was something different about it. Most Spearow are angry creatures, but this Spearow seemed to have some sort of jolly twinkle in its eye. I decided that I would try and catch it. I sent Lydia out, seeing as she was my only pokemon, and had her use a scratch attack to weaken it. The Spearow retaliated with a peck, but it didn't seem to do much damage. The scratch appeared to do its job so I threw one of the pokeballs I salvaged. It hit its mark and shook once, twice, three time and then a click. We had done it, we caught our first pokemon. It didn't take long for me to come up with a name, and thats how Faile the Jolly Spearow joined our team.
We reached the Pokemon Center in Viridian where I left my pokemon to rest after their fight with, well, each other. I made sure they where in Nurse Joy's capable hands and then went to scout out the road to Viridian Forest. There was an old geezer throwing a fit in the middle of the narrow path, and threatening anyone who tried to pass him, so I went back to the Center to check up on my pokemon. Nurse Joy really does her job well, they were both already fighting fit. Our supplies were low so I decided to head to the Poke-Mart to restock and possibly kill some time.
The Viridian Poke-Mart was not in any way a large place. They only carried the simplest of items for beginner trainers, but that was fine since I was low on cash anyway. I picked out some of the simple supplies that we would need for our journey mostly pokeballs and potions. I made my way to the check-out counter and in front of me was a girl who would later become one of my closest friends. She had red, chin length hair that stuck out in all directions with a pony-tail that reached about mid way down her back. Along the side of her face was a shoulder length streak of black hair. Her eyes were an emerald green and she was wearing a sleeveless red and black shirt with a short red skirt and black pants. The clerk asked if both of us where from Pallet town and she answered carefully that she was, and before I could say that I wasn't, he asked if she and "her brother" would take a package to Prof. Oak.
It would probably be best if I tell you why he thought we were siblings. I have black spiky hair that cannot be tamed and a red headband. My wardrobe consists of a dark red and black shirt with a black under shirt, light black pants, red and black shoes, a red scarf with black flames on the ends and a black trench coat with a wide collar. He must have assumed that we were related due to our obviously similar taste in color. You can't go wrong with red and black I always say.
After he gave her the package, he refused to sell us anything until the package was delivered. Since I was temporarily unable to buy the necessary supplies I would need and I couldn't head to Viridian Forest to pass the time; I offered to head to Pallet Town with her. I told her that I had nothing to do in Viridian at the moment and that I have always wanted to meet the famous Prof. Oak. She made some remark about him being a senile, old weirdo, but she agreed to let me accompany her nonetheless.
It didn't take more than a hop and a skip to get to Pallet Town (literally). Oak's lab wasn't all that impressive, just a small building on a hill with a windmill out front. When we got inside, the man himself immediately rounded on me and asked me if I was a boy or girl. I responded with no small amount of confusion that I was a boy and that my name was Torazn. It was at this moment that the girl and I realized that we had not yet introduced ourselves to each other. She introduced herself as Liz, and her partner, a male Charmander, as Davon. I introduced myself and my female Charmander, Lydia. The usually docile Lydia seemed to befriend Davon immediately, probably due to them being of the same rare species.
It was then, that Oak's Grandson walked in with a haughty air of "I'm better than all of you" and you could practically taste tension between Liz and "Douche", as his own Grandfather affectionally called him. The professor actually seemed to believe that was his grandsons name. I barely managed to hold in my laughter. Before "Douche" managed to tell us all his real name, Liz gave oak the package we were sent to deliver. He opened the package to inspect the contents and when he was satisfied that it was what he ordered he put it to the side and got a pokedex for each of us. He gave them to us and told us to discover every pokemon in the Kanto region, but when he handed me mine he looked into my eyes and for a second there I could swear that he wasn't a senile old man and that he knew I would be here. He then quickly handed us each 5 pokeballs and kicked us out of the lab before I could question what I saw.
On our way back to Viridian City Liz encountered a sassy Pidgey that she managed to catch and named him Ezio. I to found a Pidgey but failed to catch it because Lydia was a bit over eager with her attack. We made it back to Viridian with no problems and purchased our supplies with no mention of the package. Keeping the poison pokemon that inhabit Viridian Forest in mind we made sure to get antidotes. Liz asked me to show here where I caught Faile so I took her there and she was lucky enough to find a quirky Mankey that see named Malichi. Our small party adjourned to the Poke-Center to spend the night after a hard day of training our new teammates. That night I asked Liz what she planned to do. She replied with a fire in her eyes that she was going to take on the Gym challenge and defeat the Elite 4. I responded with less zeal that we share the same goal and added that since we were going to basically travel the same path we should travel together. Lydia and Davon seconded the motion, so it was decided, and that's how our Pokemon Journey began.