It was a dark and not so lonely night. A man crept in the shadows and came upon a certain 2 story house. He climbed up a tree that was close to the 2nd story window. It was very dark out. But a certain pokemon could see in it. The man knew for a fact that someone forgot to lock the window. He leaned over and slowly slid the window open. He had been waiting for them to slip up. And now that they have, it was time to do what he wanted for a long time. The man climbed inside and was in a bedroom. A 15-year old girls bedroom to be exact. He could hear the girl slowly breathing. It was as he suspected. She was sound asleep. He took the knife from his belt and looked at it. He imagined how the weapon would soon be covered in blood. The creepy man smiled and decided to let her be awake to witness this. He gently shook her like her mother usually does. The girl started to wake up. She stretched and looked at her glowing clock to check the time. It was 2:23am. Which was odd, because her mother usually didn't wake her so late in the night. She was groggy and didn't even notice the strange man in the room until it was too late. He grabbed her by the throat and held the knife to her face. She was certainly awake now. And completely frightened. The girl tried to scream, but his hold on her neck stopped that flat.

The man decided to whisper in her ear. "You are Norman's daughter right?"

She could only wheeze in a reply. This man was going to kill her. And there wasn't a thing she could do with that knife so close.

"Well, I guess you are. Which is too bad for you. I bet you're wondering exactly what I want. After all, we've never met. Well, I'll tell you."

He moved the knife down to where her heart was. And he spoke slowly to make her even more scared. "I'm gonna..cut....you....up. And carve your heart out."

He was about to make his first cut when something hit his hand hard. The man dropped the knife and saw Vigoroth. The sloth pokemon let out a battle cry. "Vigoroth!"

Vigoroth hit his other hand to free the girl. She fell to the ground and crawled behind the angry pokemon. The man rubbed his injured hands together and was about to grab the fallen knife. But police sirens let him know that he had to get as far away from here as fast as possible. Norman jumped in the room looking livid. "Don't let him get away! Use fury swipes!" Norman shouted.

Vigoroth leapt at the man, but the man jumped out the window. The pokemon jumped out and tried to find him. The girl's mother came in with two Slakings and hugged her. They both cried.

May's Journey

A/N: Here's my pokemon story. If it is a little off it's because this was written as a script at first. I don't have the patience to edit it further. The first few chaps aren't too good. But I think the rest are good. Anyway, I'll let you continue. I'll explain a little more after the chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon. But I do own the guy with the knife.

Chapter 1 Changes

(My name is May Sapphire. I'm 15 years old and I'm a mellow person.)

May ran down the stairs while yelling at her mother. Who was running right behind her. "For the last time no! And stop following me!"

(Well, most of the time.)

"You need to talk about it! You can't just bottle up your feelings!" May's mom yelled as she ran after May.

She almost tripped as they got off the stairs. But that didn't stop her from chasing her daughter. May's mom is called Ruby. And she is a very persistent person. "It's already been a week! It's not healthy to do that!"

The chase went on into the backyard. "Like you said! It's been a week! Just only a week, Mom! I don't want to talk about it this soon!"

"But the police-"

"Can bite me!"

"May! I don't approve you saying such words!"

May finally stopped and faced her mother. "Fine, I'm sorry I said that. (It's not like I cursed. But whatever.) But I'm still not talking about that incident."

Ruby sighed and decided to drop the subject. "Alright, but you can't keep holding in your feelings."

"Yeah, yeah sure." May replied.

Her mom smiled and patted her head. "Good, now hurry up and grab your things. We're leaving soon."

(We were going to move to Little root town. My dad already left a few days before. I was glad my mom wasn't going to talk about what happened a week ago. I really don't want to talk about it.)

"Maybe we can talk in the car."

May had enough of that! "(Ugh! That's it!) Mom, I'm riding in the moving van."

May's mother quickly tried to calm her. "I didn't mean about what happened."

"Oh? Then what?" May asked.

"Your dad's friend will be able to give you a pokemon. I think having one will make things easier. Maybe you can even go do the gym leader challenge." May's Mom said.

May hard a pretty good feeling about what her Mom wanted. "Are you trying to say it's going to be hard for me to make new friends so having a pokemon will make it so I'm not lonely and make them strong by taking the gym challenge so that they could protect me?"

She took in a long breath before continuing.

"And help me open up so I could finally talk about my feelings and etc?"

"Yes." Her Mom answered.

May shook her head before saying, "There's no reason for me to take the challenge. So there's also no reason to have a pokemon. Plus, I'd have to challenge Dad to a battle. There's no way I'd be able to beat him. Now if you excuse me, I'll go ride in the truck."

Her mom sighed again as her daughter left. "I'll see you there."

And so it starts. Later...

The moving van came to a stop. The boxes rattled but didn't fall on May. The doors opened up and she hopped out. She was right in front of a house. May's mom walked out of the house. "May, we're here, honey! It must be tiring riding with our things in the moving truck."

May's thoughts were not exactly on the same track. "(I'd rather do that then hear you harp on me not talking about the incident.) A little."

"Well, this is Littleroot town. How do you like it? This is our new home!" Ruby said with excitement.

May looked at the house and it looked okay. But no front or back yards. Which would have made it better.

"It's alright." May said halfheartedly.

Her Mom just smiled and opened the door back up. "It has a quaint feel, but it seems to be an easy place to live, don't you think? And you get your own room, May! Let's go inside."

(Sometimes she gets too excited over things. But maybe it also had something to do with finally moving to a new location. Either that or she misses Dad.)

The girls walked inside. Two Machoke were working. Well, one was moving boxes, the other was watching tv.

Ruby led her daughter through the room. She was way too excited in May's opinion. "See, May? Isn't it nice in here, too? The mover's pokemon do all the work of moving us in and cleaning up after. This is so convenient! May, your room is upstairs. Go check it out, dear! Dad bought you a new clock to mark our move here. Don't forget to set it!"

"Okay." Was May's short reply to her mother's babbling. May avoided being in the working Machoke's way and went to her room. Everything was set up. Her bed, desk and even her gamecube was ready to go. "Dad must have done that. How nice."

She went over to the clock and set it to the right time. Her mom walked in still looking happy.

"May, how do you like your new room?" She asked.

"I like it. It's kinda cosy." May honestly answered.

That made Ruby even happier. "Good! Everything is put away neatly! They finished moving everything downstairs, too. Pokemon movers are so convenient! Oh, you should make sure that everything's all there on your desk."

She left and May figured that was a clue or something. She booted up the PC and withdrew a potion. "I could need this in the future. In case a pokemon is hurt."

She turned off the PC and went downstairs. Well, not before testing her new bed out. It was very soft. But that was to be expected. Her father had a lot of money. She went downstairs and her mom was looking at the tv and noticed May. "Oh! May, May! Quick! Come quickly!"

May walked over.

"Look! It's Petalburg gym! Maybe dad will be on!" Her mother said.

May looked at the tv and the interviewer on there was talking. "...We brought you this report from in front of the Petalburg gym."

Then the show was over. May's mother was disappointed. "Oh... it's over. I think dad was on, but we missed him. Too bad."

May shrugged. "Oh well. (She definitely misses him.) I guess we can ask him about it when we see him."

"Yes, you're right." She looked sad for a moment, but then remembered something. "Oh, yes. One of dad's friends lives in town. Prof. Birch is his name. He lives right next door, so you should go over and introduce yourself."

"Is this the guy that you were talking about earlier?" May asked.

Her mom sat down by the table. "Yes, but I'm not trying to push you into getting a pokemon."

"Okay then. See you later." May said. And May walked out not knowing that this was the start of something big. She walked over to the only house next door and went inside. A woman was sitting by a table and saw May walk in. Her name is Lady. Lady was excited. She ran over to greet May.

"Oh, hello. And you are?"

"I'm May. Nice to meet you. I came to introduce myself. (She must be Prof. Birch's wife.)"

Lady smiled. "Oh, you're May, our new next-door neighbor! Hi!"

(She reminds me of mom.)

"We have a son about the same age as you. Our son was excited about making a new friend. Our son is upstairs, I think." Lady said.

"(Maybe the Prof. Is upstairs too.) Okay, I'll go meet him." May went up the stairs and was in the boy's room. The whole house looked almost exactly the same as hers. Except like, reversed like a mirror. A boy with white hair was looking at some notes on his desk. He didn't even really notice May come in. She walked over to talk. "Hello."

"Pokemon fully restored... Items all packed, and..." He finally realized May was there and turned to face her. "Hey! You... Who are you?"

"(He's kinda cute. And he's my age. Oh right, he asked who I am.) Oh sorry, I kinda just barged in didn't I. Well, my name is..."

"Oh, you're May, aren't you? Moved in next door, right? I didn't know that you're a girl."

Didn't know May was a girl? (That is a girl name....isn't it?) May thought.

The boy continued. "Dad, Prof. Birch, said that our new next-door neighbor is a gym leader's kid, so I assumed you'd be a guy. My name's Brendan. So, hi, neighbor!"

"Brendan huh? Well, I'm glad to meet you." May said.

Brendan smiled and then noticed something. "Huh? Hey, May, don't you have a pokemon?"

"No, I don't have one."

"Do you want me to go catch you one? Aw, darn, I forgot... I'm supposed to go help my dad catch some wild pokemon. Some other time, okay?" Brendan quickly left his room. Which left May alone to think.

(Wow, he's nice. He offered to catch me a pokemon and he just... wow, he's good. I think I developed a crush on him already. And I've only known him for about a minute.) Then she started thinking of how he knew her. The only way he heard of her was through her father. That made her a little depressed.

(It was always the same. Back in my home town, people only knew me by Norman's daughter. Or the future gym leader's kid. It was like I was an alien in my own home. Like, I have no existence. Who's May? I only know of Norman's daughter. Man, because of all that, I lost who I was. I don't know anymore. I really don't. But I do know this, I want everyone to know me, for me. Not as the daughter of a gym leader.)

She was tired of being just Norman's daughter. But-

(There really isn't anything I can do. I don't know how to get my own personality.) She sighed, but then remembered she was supposed to meet Birch. It would have helped if she followed Brendan. But it was too late now. So May went downstairs to talk to Brendan's mom. She seemed to be talking to herself.

"Where has my husband gone? Just when May is visiting, too..."

"Excuse me." The woman finally noticed May. (Is it hard to catch everyone in this family's attention?) Where do you think I can find Prof. Birch?"

Brendan's mom almost laughed. "That man can never sit still for long... He might be at his lab."

"Okay, I'll head on over there." May said.

"Tell him to try to not be so rude. Meeting his friend's family when they arrive is important." Lady said.

"Okay."

(I had no intention in doing that. I just wanted to hurry up and meet dad's friend.)

She left and it wasn't hard to find the lab. It was the only other building in town. Plus the sign helped too. She walked in and only one guy was there. "Hello, are you Prof. Birch?"

He was actually an assistant. "Hunh? Prof. Birch? The prof's away on fieldwork. Ergo, he isn't here. The prof isn't one for doing desk work. He's the type of person who would rather go outside and experience things than read about them here."

"Great, he's not here either." May said a little frustrated.

"Cheer up, I think he's just out of town. He rarely goes far off." The assistant helped.

That made May feel better. But once again, she had to go off. "Thanks. See ya."

The assistant waved as she left. And went on with his work. Meanwhile, May went off to take the route out of town. A little boy was standing by the border. He looked scared. "Hey kid, is something wrong?" May asked.

"I can hear someone shouting down the road here." The boy said while looking scared.

That was a shock to May. "What?"

"What should I do? What should we do? Somebody has to go help..."

May put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll check it out."

It's dangerous to go out in the wild without a pokemon. But May didn't really care. She went out of town and didn't get far when she heard the scream herself. "H-help me!"

May ran into action and saw a pokemon chasing a man. She assumed it was Prof. Birch. A Poochyena chased him in circles before cornering him. "Hello! You over there! Please! Help!"

May was about to go run for help. Maybe a person with a pokemon could do something. "I'll go find-"

"No! Don't leave me! In my bag! There's a pokeball!" Prof. Birch cried in desperation.

She saw a bag on the ground near the Poochyena. She didn't really think, she dove for the bag. The pokemon was too busy to notice. Three pokeballs were in the bag. It was obvious that Birch wanted her to call out a pokemon to help. She grabbed the pokeball labeled Mudkip and threw it near Poochyena. Mudkip emerged and the battle started. "Mud mudkip!" The little water pokemon cried.

"Hurry and attack Poochyena! Tackle!"

Mudkip nodded and hit the other pokemon. Poochyena didn't like that so he hit back with his own tackle. Mudkip easily took the hit and charged Poochyena again. Poochyena cried out and hit the ground hard. He was defeated. May and Birch sighed. "Good job Mudkip. Return to your pokeball." May said. Mudkip looked happy and went back.

Prof. Birch sighed again. "Whew..."

"What happened to you?" May asked.

Prof. Birch dusted off his coat and answered, "I was in the tall grass studying wild pokemon when I was jumped. You saved me. Thanks a lot!"

"Good to see you're alright. I'm May."

"Oh? Hi, you're May! This is not the place to chat, so come by my pokemon lab later, okay?"

They walked back to the lab, then Prof. Birch continued to talk with her. "So, May. I've heard so much about you from your father. I've heard that you don't have your own pokemon yet. But the way you battled earlier, you pulled it off with aplomb! I guess you have your father's blood in your veins after all!"

He had no idea that saying that made May feel sad. She loved her father. But she really didn't like to be compared like that. "Oh, yes. As thanks for rescuing me, I'd like you to have the pokemon you used earlier."

Birch handed her the pokeball with Mudkip. "(I guess it won't kill me to have a pokemon. It would help in situations like that.) Thank you Prof. Birch."

"No problem. If you work at pokemon and gain experience, I think you'll make a darn good trainer."

May wasn't sure about being called a trainer. Just having a pokemon as insurance for leaving town would be enough. She was about to say so when Birch continued. "My kid, Brendan, is out on route 103 studying pokemon."

May perked up at that name.

"It might not be a bad idea for you to go see Brendan. What do you think?" Birch asked.

"(Seeing Brendan again sounds great.) Sure." May said.

Birch was glad. "Great! Brendan should be happy, too. Get Brendan to teach you what it means to be a trainer."

May agreed and left the lab to go in search of Brendan. She left town and walked to a sign that said Oldale town up ahead. It was surprising how fast it took to get there. It was a nice place. But she kept moving. She wanted to hurry and find Brendan. But a person stopped her. "Hi! I work at a pokemon mart. Can I get you to come with me?"

The person led her to the front of the store.

Blah blah blah. That's all May heard until... "Here, I'd like you to have this as a promotional item."

They handed her a potion. May put it in her bag with the other one.

"Thanks, but I really must be going." May quickly walked away before person could blab more.

"Wait! Aren't you going to buy something! She left. And after I gave her free stuff. The least she could have done was buy one thing."

May found herself out of that town and on another route. She saw another sign. (Let's see... it reads, "Route 103." Hey! I'm here.)

She walked a little further and found Brendan. Who was talking to himself again. "Okay, so it's this one and that one that live on route 103..." He noticed her at last. "Hey, it's May! I see dad gave you a pokemon. Since we're here, how about a little battle?"

"Okay. (Not what I was planning, but it could be fun.)" May thought.

"I'll teach you what being a trainer's all about!" He threw out his pokeball. And a Treeko came out. May threw hers and out came Mudkip.

"Only use your attack move." Said May.

Mudkip nodded and charged to tackle Treeko. But-

"Pound." Brendan ordered.

Treeko wacked Mudkip with his tail. Mudkip shook it off and attacked himself. Treeko hit him again but Mudkip was gained the upper hand with another tackle. Treeko was starting to get tired. Brendan tried to encourage his Treeko. "Hang in there."

Treeko nodded.. "Tree Treeko!"

Another wack from Treeko's tail made Mudkip almost fall over. Mudkip rammed into Treeko and whittled Treeko's strength down more. Treeko was barely standing.

"Once more, Mudkip." Said May.

Treeko hit Mudkip again and Mudkip looked worn out too. But he got the last hit in. And KO'D Treeko! Thus growing to level 6. And learning mud-slap.

May was a little surprised. (Wow, I beat Brendan.)

Brendan smiled. "Huh, May, you're not too shabby."

They recalled their pokemon.

"Thanks, Brendan."

"I think I get it. I think I know why my dad has his eye out for you now. Look, your pokemon already likes you, even though you just got it. May, I get the feeling that you could befriend any pokemon with ease."

"Uh... (uh...)" Was all May could say.

Brendan laughed at May's "response." "(She's cute. A tough battler, but a little shy.) We should head back to the lab. Come along."

He left and May was left with her thoughts. (Brendan is a good sport. But I wish I responded better then that. Anyway, that was fun. Maybe becoming a trainer isn't such a bad idea.)

She remembered she should return to the lab, so she quickly started heading back. May arrived in Oldale town and saw Brendan waiting for her. But then she saw the pokemon center. "(Mudkip needs to be healed. I'll stop by really fast.) I'll be right back!"

Brendan nodded and waited for her. May went in and saw the pokemon nurse. Nurse Do greeted her. "Hello there I am Nurse Do (Doe), do you need me to heal your pokemon?"

"Yes, please, my Mudkip was in a battle not too long ago."

"No problem."

The nurse took the pokeball holding Mudkip and used the machine to restore him to health. "There you go."

The nurse handed Mudkip back to May. "Thanks."

May quickly left and met up with Brendan. "Hey there. I'm heading back to my dad's lab now. May, you should hustle back, too." Brendan said.

He went on ahead and May quickly followed. It took no time at all to reach Littleroot again. May went into the lab and Brendan was standing by his dad. Prof. Birch just heard Brendan say what happened. "Oh, hi, May! I heard you beat Brendan on your first try. That's excellent! Brendan's been helping with my research for a long time. Brendan has an extensive history as a trainer already. Here, May, I ordered this for my research, but I think you should have this pokedex." Birch handed her the pokedex. "The pokedex is a high-tech tool that automatically makes a record of any pokemon you meet or catch. My kid, Brendan, goes everywhere with it. Whenever my kid catches a rare pokemon and records its data in the pokedex, why, Brendan looks for me while I'm out doing fieldwork, and shows me."

"Thank you. (I already know what a pokedex is. I could have done without the long explanation.)" But May didn't say those thoughts out loud. Even though she really wanted to.

Brendan piped up. "Huh... So you got a pokedex, too. Well then, here. I'll give you this." Brendan gave May 5 pokeballs. She put them away. "You know it's more fun to have a whole bunch of pokemon. I'm going to explore all over the place to find different pokemon. If I find any cool pokemon, you bet I'll try to get them with pokeballs."

"Thanks Brendan."

(I guess wheels started turning in my head then. At first I thought that being a trainer was unnecessary. But, now that I think about it, if I were to take on pokemon gyms and become a strong trainer, people would think of me for me. If I gained a reputation here in Hoenn, then people would say, "Look over there, it's May. The strong pokemon trainer." Not the gym leader's daughter. And one day, If I tried hard enough, I could beat dad. If I surpassed him, I could finally stop living in his shadow. And maybe I could finally gain my own life.)

"I'll do it." May suddenly said.

Birch and Brendan looked confused. "(What on earth is she talking about?) Come again?" Birch asked.

"I'm going to take the gym leader challenge." May answered.

"Really? That's great. But isn't this all a little too soon. You've only just moved here."

"I'll be alright. And I'm sure my parents will be thrilled."

Brendan walked up to her. "I'll be leaving to find pokemon in different areas soon. So I'm sure we'll cross paths every so often. How about we battle again sometime?"

He stuck his hand out. May thought about it and smiled.

"Sure." Was all she said.

They shook hands and May left the lab to tell her mother what she decided. She went over to her house to see that her mom was standing right in front of it. "May! May! Did you introduce yourself to Prof. Birch?"

"Yes, and take a look at this."

May threw her pokeball and out came Mudkip.

Her mom looked at Mudkip and had a big smile on her face. "Oh! What an adorable pokemon! You got him from Prof. Birch. How nice! You're your father's child, alright."

May's mom didn't see her flinch. "You look good together with Mudkip!"

"I decided to take the gym leader challenge after all. I'll be leaving now."

Her mom looked a little sad. But perked up right after. "I'm glad you decided to do this. A little sooner than I thought, but this will be good for you. Here, honey! If you're going out on an adventure, wear these running shoes. They'll put a zip in your step!" Ruby said with excitement... again.

May took off her regular shoes and switched them with the running shoes. "It's a gift I was planning on giving you today."

"Thank you, mom. (I'm getting things left from right.)"

May hugged her mom. "To think you have your very own pokemon now... Your father will be overjoyed."

"Yeah, I bet he will. (Since he's wanted me to have a pokemon for a while too.)"

The hug ended. "...But please be careful. If anything happens, you can come home."

May tried to reassure her mom. "I will. Don't worry. Goodbye."

"Bye dear. Go on, go get them, honey! Those gym leaders won't know what hit them." Her mom quickly went inside the house. Their parting was getting to be a bit much.

"Mud Mudkip."

May looked at her new pokemon. "Mom will be lonely. Dad will be in Petalburg gym, I'll be off on my own and she doesn't have any pokemon of her own. But I'll make her proud. When I return, I'll be a strong trainer. Now come along. We've got to catch some pokemon."

She started walking out of town and Mudkip followed.

Later...

"Tackle Wurmple."

Mudkip charged and hit Wurmple. Mudkip held the worm pokemon to the ground until Wurmple shot some string out. Mudkip jumped off and tried to get untangled. May quickly threw a pokeball at Wurmple and easily caught him. She picked up the ball and put it away. Then stripped away Mudkip of his bindings.

"Mudkip."

"You're welcome."

A Zigzagoon ran up. "Here's another chance. Tackle him." May said.

Mudkip hit Zigzagoon but the pokemon growled loudly. Mudkip was a little hesitant to attack after that. But he charged for another tackle. Zigzagoon "zigged" out of the way and tackled Mudkip to the ground. Mudkip got up and attacked again. Which the other pokemon returned the same. Zigzagoon was tougher than that Wurmple. But certainly tired. The perfect time to catch him. May threw the pokeball and caught Zigzagoon too. "Good job. Now that's enough for now. Return."

Mudkip returned to his pokeball and May took Zigzagoon's pokeball as well. And started walking to Oldale again. (A Zigzagoon and Wurmple aren't exactly strong pokemon to start with. But these are all I have as options.)

She made her way to the town and had Nurse Do, heal her injured pokemon. After that was done, May sat at a table there and thought about what to do next. (I wonder if I should go to the next town or spend the rest of the day here. Well, a lot has happened. I would like some rest.)

A girl a little older than her sat down next to her. The girl's name is Alice. Alice saw May looking a little confused. "Hello, my name's Alice. Are you a new pokemon trainer?"

"Yes, how did you know?" May asked.

"You look a little unsure of what to do next. That's a clear sign of a new trainer. I've been all over the world. I know a lot about different pokemon. So do you have any questions? I may be able to help you." Alice kindly offered.

May didn't have much need for that. "Nope. I know a fair amount about pokemon. When I was younger, I took the trainer, gym leader and elite test. I passed them all. And since I passed the Gym leader test with flying colors, I can actually qualify to run a gym."

"Wow, me too. I didn't pass the Elite test with flying colors. But I can qualify as an Elite trainer."

Now that shocked May. (No way...just who is this Alice person anyway?)

"Oh, what are your current pokemon?" Alice asked.

"A Mudkip, Wurmple and Zigzagoon."

Alice shook her head. "Oh, no. That won't do. You need pokemon that have potential. I breed pokemon that can benefit new trainers. If you are willing, I'll trade your pokemon for mine."

"Wait, why would you do that?" May asked. Really, how could Alice benefit from that at all?

"Like I said, I have traveled all over. I have rare pokemon that people would do anything to even see. I just hatched a Lapras, Miltank and a Growlithe a few days ago. They have never been in a battle. But they are good starters for trainers."

That was even more surprising. "Lapras, Miltank and Growlithe. I've only heard of those pokemon. I have never seen them before. (Even though I moved from Johto. I never went out to see these pokemon. I didn't think I'd get the chance.)"

"Then here's your chance." Alice said.

They walked outside and Alice let the three pokemon out.

"La"

"Millo"

"Growlithe."

"Would they interest you?" Alice asked.

"You'll have to tell me a little about them." May said.

"Certainly".

Lapras Lv 5 hatched in Kanto Hasty nature Ability Water absorb. (Changes water into Hp.) Type Water ice. Female. Attacks

Surf

Sing

Thunderbolt

Icebeam

"Lapras's father was taught Thunderbolt and Icebeam. And She inherited it. With Thunderbolt and the ability to negate water attacks, she is the perfect defense against water pokemon. I taught her Surf, which will be very useful. It took her forever to hatch. But it was worth it."

Miltank Lv 5 hatched in Hoenn in the Lavaridge town healing hot spring Brave nature Ability Thick fat (Heat and cold protection.) Type normal. Female. Attacks

Tackle

Growl

"Miltank wasn't bred with special moves. But she will come in handy when she learns certain ones. Miltank's mother came from Orre."

Growlithe Lv 5 hatched in Hoenn. Mt. Chimney peak Docile nature Ability Flash fire. (Powers up if hit by fire.) Type Fire. Male. Attacks

Bite

Roar

Crunch

Flamethrower

"His father was a Mawile. That Mawile knew Crunch and Flamethrower. And his mother knew flamethrower as well. So he inherited those attacks from them. He has poor defenses though, and one super-effective attack could KO him."

May was surprised. These pokemon were nonresistant in this region. And being born with powerful attacks is a great plus. She would have to be a fool to turn this deal down. "I'll take the deal. (I can feel it, I will gain my own life if I start off with these pokemon.)"

May let all her pokemon out. "You have to go with Alice now. She'll take good care of you."

Only Mudkip looked like he was going to miss her. "Mud?"

"It was nice meeting you, Mudkip. Thank you for helping me. Even if it was for such a short amount of time. (It's probably better that way. We didn't get the chance to grow attached.)"

Mudkip smiled and nodded. "Mud mud mud mud kip."

"Okay: Everyone return." May said to them.

"You three as well. And farewell. I'll miss you." Alice told Growlithe, Lapras and Miltank. All of the pokemon went back into their balls. "I promise you wont regret this. They'll be good to you."

The girls swapped pokeballs and the trade was done. May put her new pokemon away and took out her pokedex. She wanted to know a little more about her new pokemon. But... "What?"

"Something the matter?" Alice asked.

May showed her the pokedex. "My pokedex doesn't have any information on them. Not even pictures."

"Oh? Well your pokedex needs to be updated. Don't worry. I'll write down information from mine so you can look over later."

"Thanks."

Alice wrote down a lot of information in a little book. Then she ripped out some pages and handed it over. "I was starting a diary. But you can have it. I ripped out what I already wrote. Now, I should go. Take good care of your new pokemon. They'll help you out. Oh, all three of them are holding exp share. So training them should be easier. Farewell."

May waved as Alice started to leave. "Good bye. I'll do my best. (And with these pokemon, I will surpass dad. And finally get out of his shadow.)"

May didn't feel like continuing on her trip. So she went back into the pokemon center. So she could spend the night and start fresh the next day.

Preview: May sets off to the next city. And starts to form a relationship with her pokemon. Wally comes into the picture. A new rival? Next time... Chapter 2 The promised battle

A/N: Wow. That was a lot of work to edit. You could tell I got lazy on some parts. Oh well. Here are a few explanations I should have said earlier. ( ) are thoughts most of the time. There is a narrative in May's POV that wasn't her thoughts. Hope it wasn't hard to figure out. I was playing the game as I wrote so if some of the dialog seems familiar, it's because it is right out of the game. Alice is actually myself. Except my name isn't Alice. Anyway, I traded those pokemon over to May in Pokemon Sapphire. So a lot of the stuff happening is happening while I'm playing. Hard to explain but if you've played the game you should understand.

This story is sappy. But is nowhere near as sappy as my first pokemon story. (Which I will never post because of that.) If you like that kind of thing then you'll love this story. Updates will probably be slow. Turning a script format into a regular one is exhausting. I wish I could get a beta reader to do this for me. Oh well... I admit the first chapter is rushed. But again, if you played the game you should know that May rushes into adventure right away. I was going off of that. And maybe I was a little lazy with that as well.