Author's Note: I have decided to get up off my lazy bum and bring to you, The Pokemon Whisperer, a pokemon ranger's story! I promise you, it is not an original trainer's story! Witness the action, the adventure, the drama, and humor as ranger Cassandra Knowles tries to recruit the legendary Pokemon Whisperer! But of course for every pokemon adventure that involves something for the greater good, there is always an evil team trying to mess it up... Based off the game so if you haven't played it, you'll be confused! Read and Review! No flames puhwease!
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or the characters of this story, except for Cassandra and Kendra! Ha! Now ya can't sue me!
Chapter 1: Legend of the Pokemon Whisperer
"LUNICK!!!" cried Cassandra as burst out of the elevator of the Ringtown ranger base. She wore her usual way-too-big-and-Spencer-knows-it uniform. Cassandra Knowles was on an extended vacation after she thwarted the plans of the Go-Rock Squad and decided to take every bit of advantage of it. "LUNICK!!!" she cried again. "WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU!?" "Hey quit yelling!" cried Murph. He had his fingers plugging his ears. "Are ya trying to make me deaf!?" Cassandra's Plusle nodded in agreement and held her hands up to her ears too. Cassandra smiled sheepishly. "Sorry Murph!" she apologized. "You too Plusle." "Plah!" said the little electrical mouse to indicate she forgave her partner.
Just then, Lunick came off the elevator. "Sorry I kept you!" he said to Cassandra. "I had to use the bathroom." "Thank heavens you came!" said Murph. "Any later and Cassie here would of broke the windows!" He chuckled at his own joke. "Wow Murph, you are so funny!" said Cassie sarcastically. Murph smirked and Lunick sighed, than he changed the subject. "So are you ready to go?" he asked. "Yup!" said Cassie. "To Fall City!" "Plah!" cried her Plusle in agreement. She, Plusle, Lunick and his Minun zigzagged through the Lyra Forest and through the Krokka Tunnel. When they all finally reached Fall City, Cassie breathed an exaggerated sigh of relief. "Ahhhhhhhhhh! Finally! I thought we'd never get here!" she said out loud.
"But you go through the forest and tunnel all the time…" said Lunick. "I know!" said Cassie. But it seems to get longer and longer every time! Right Plusle?" "Plah!" agreed her pokemon partner. Lunick sweatdropped then smiled. He was used to Cassie's antics by now. Ever since the incident with the four challenges in the Olive Jungle, he got to know her a whole lot better. "I wonder what became of that Charizard…" he thought. Cassandra snapped him back to reality. Literally…
"Hello! Earth to Lunick!" she cried at the daydreaming boy as she snapped her fingers in his face." Lunick came to slightly startled. "You ok?" Cassie asked. "Oh no! I'm completely fine!" said Lunick in a rushed tone. Cassie gave him a skeptic's stare but soon smiled. "Whever!" she said happily. "Anyways, let's go see what Aria and them is doing!" She half-led, half-dragged poor Lunick, his Minun, and her Plusle to the Fall City ranger base. They were somewhat greeted by the forever-cranky Aria. Joel wasn't there.
"What are ya'll doing here?" she asked demandingly. "What? Can't your buddies from Ringtown come visit you without getting the cold-shoulder?" asked Cassie as she threw her arm around the purple clad ranger's shoulder. Aria glared at Cassandra but she kept her arm around her and grinned, pretending to be completely oblivious to Aria's threatening stare. Aria smirked at the young ranger. "She really knows how to push my buttons…" she thought. "…but Cassie's the only one who's not afraid to show her true emotions towards me, and that I respect." Her smirk turned into a small smile.
"So what brings you to our base?" she asked, much warmer than before. "I just wanted to know if ya wanna come with me and Lunick!" answered Cassandra enthusiastically and removed her arm. "Where?" Aria asked. Cassie gave her and Lunick a mischievous smile. "You'll see." Aria wasn't buying that. "Then I'm not going…" she retorted. "What!?" cried Cassie in shock. "Why!? It'll be a fun surprise!" "I don't like surprises…" replied Aria flatly. "Please!?" implored the Ringtown ranger as she gave her best puppy-dog pout. "Puhwease oh puhwease!?" Every snickered as they could tell Aria was getting uncomfortable and embarrassed. Finally she gave in. "Fine…" she agreed reluctantly.
"Yahoo!" cried Cassie. She hugged Aria tightly. The blond gently pried the blue-haired girl off of her. "I can easily change my mind…" she said darkly but Cassie was already out the door. "Wait up!" cried Lunick as he and Minun and Plusle followed suit. Aria sighed and did the same. Cassandra led the two to the apartment building just across the way from the base. She quickly scaled the stairs to the second floor and knocked on a door. "Who is it?" called a female voice from within. "It's me Ms. K!" called Cassie. The door opened to reveal an old woman. "Ah Cassandra, good to see you again!" said the old woman. Lunick and Aria sweatdropped as Cassie dragged them in.
"If this was her idea of a good time, then she is clearly out of her mind!" thought Aria. "I have to spend the day with a cranky 24/7 PMSing girl and an old lady? No way! I'd rather go on patrol in the jungle…" thought Lunick. "Guys, I'd like you to meet Ms. Koi, or Ms. K for short!" introduced Cassie. "Ms. K, this is Lunick and that is Aria." "Nice to meet all of you." replied Ms. K. Cassie beamed at her friends, unaware of there discomfort. "Ms. K makes the world's best triple chocolate brownies ever!" she said. "She tells good stories too!"
The old woman smiled. "Ah, you flatter me child." she said. "But you are in luck, I have some brownies in the oven and a story waiting to be told. "Awesome!" cried Cassie. Aria and Lunick groaned quietly. Cassie's the only one having fun. Fortunately, they dropped the hint. "Cheer up dudes!" said Cassie, cheery as always. "Once she finishes, we'll head to the new ice cream parlor!' Lunick instantly perked up. "Cool!" he cried. Aria just sniffed. "So how about that story?" asked Ms. K. "We'd love to hear it Ms. K!" said Cassie. She sat on the floor in front of the woman, as did Lunick, Minun, and Plusle. Aria preferred the couch.
"It is the legend of the Pokemon Whisperer…" began Ms. Koi. "The Pokemon Whisperer?" asked Lunick. "What's that?" "Shhhh!" shushed Cassie. "I wanna hear!" As I was saying…" said the old woman. "I have learned of a peculiar story of the Pokemon Whisperer:
"About a decade ago, a child and her parents were traveling along the roads of their home one night. They were coming home after a long day of traveling to the next town over. The child was just a baby, born a few months ago. The parents were extremely proud of having a beautiful girl in there family. They walked home without a care in the world. It was raining heavily that night. All of a sudden, as they made the half way mark, a vicious pokemon attacked the couple. They had no pokemon of their own and therefore couldn't defend themselves. The savage pokemon brutally attacked and murdered the young couple. The child fell out of the woman's arms and onto the cold muddy ground and started to cry."
The pokemon was just about to kill the defenseless baby but a female Mightyena that heard the cries, fended off the rogue pokemon. She looked at the crying baby and felt compassion for it and decided to take it with her. For months, the She-yena suckled the baby until she grew. When she was too old for milk, the She-yena fed her berries and nuts. She never gave her prey because she was smart and knew the child's stomach wouldn't take raw meat. When the child was old enough, the Mightyena taught her to speak. Since pokemon can't speak English, the little girl was taught to speak to pokemon.
Click! The oven's alarm went off. "Ah the brownies are done." replied Ms. Koi. "Would you kids like some?" Yes please!" cried Cassie. "Sure!" said Lunick. "I guess it would hurt…" said Aria. They each got a brownie (Cassie got two) and a glass of milk. "Continuing with the story…" said Ms. Koi:
"The Mightyena taught the girl to speak the pokemon language. She was able to communicate and make friends with pokemon, but none of humans. The She-yena saw this and was troubled. She loved the girl very much, but wanted her to grow up as a normal human being. So when the girl turned six, the She-yena set out into town to find the girl a suitable human family. She searched for days but didn't seem to find one. One day, one the She-yena's search for food for the girl, she came across a lonely couple on the outskirts of town. The couple was sad because the woman miscarried their only child and found out that she couldn't have anymore children.
When the couple spotted the Mightyena lurking around their garden, they became afraid. The husband was going to shoot the She-yena, but the wife stopped him. "Maybe its just hungry." said the wife. She made some bread out of berries from her garden, put it in a bag, and set it outside. The Mightyena cautiously approached the bag and sniffed it. When she saw that it was good, she carried the food to the girl. The girl ate the bread and saw that it was good also, so the next day, the She-yena went back for more. She did this for a month and a bond grew between the She-yena and the couple. The girl even grew stronger from the food.
The She-yena felt that the couple would make excellent parents to the child. She put the girl on her back one night and traveled to the lonely couple's home. She left the girl at the doorstep and hid among the trees. The woman opened the door to find a shivering child in the doorway. When the woman asked the girl who she was, all she could reply was "Mightyena!" for she could not say anything else. The couple took the child in and adopted her. Before the woman could close the door, she saw the Mightyena go into the night.
The couple taught the girl to speak and interact with other human beings. The child grew older and older until she reached the age where she could travel on her own. She traveled out into the world to find the Mightyena that cared for her. After three days, she found out from the other pokemon that the She-yena passed away. The girl grieved the lost of her guardian for five days. Then she decided to dedicate her life to helping those in need as her mother helped her. Legend has it that the girl continues to travel the world to this day, searching for ways to help share her gift and help pokemon and humans alike as the Pokemon Whisperer…"
"Wow…" said Cassie, slightly upset that the story ended so quickly. "Awesome story!" "Is it true?" asked Lunick. "I wouldn't know…" said Ms. Koi. "I'm sure it's just a myth." "Oh course it's not true Lunick…" said Aria matter-of-factly. "…I mean come on, a human raised by a pokemon? Get real, it doesn't even make sense." "It might be true!" countered Cassandra. "Oh please…" Aria retorted back. "Well anyways the brownie was good, I'm going back to the base. Thanks for that lousy time Cassie…" With that she headed out the door.
Cassie's cheery mood completely fell. "Cassie, are you alright?" asked Lunick with concern. Cassie gave him a watery smile. "I'll be alright…" she said. Lunick wasn't convinced but Cassie didn't leave him time to make something of it. "Bye Ms. K, thanks for the brownie and the story…" called Cassie less enthusiastic than usual. "Come on Plusle…" "Plah." replied the pokemon as she followed her saddened partner out the door. Lunick sighed a sad smile. "Poor girl…" replied the woman. "I hope she's all right." "She'll be fine…" said Lunick as he headed out the door. "…I hope."