Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, just this story. I think.
Alice's bright eyes opened to the warm bright sunrise.
Too…. Early… her muddled mind thought..
Then she remembered. Today was a very special day. Today was her 6th birthday. And she had asked for something very special. Something every child in the entire world wants! And she was getting it!
Alice hopped out of bed and ran out of her little room. She ran down the hall, heart pounding, little feet slapping the hardwood floor. Alice barged into her parents' room, who were, unfortunately still asleep, as were their partners, Butterfree and Ninetales.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Alice screamed. "Wake up Mommy, Wake up Daddy, Wake up Blossom, Wake up Fahrenheit!"
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verient woke up with a start, as did their partners. Blossom, the Butterfree, then proceeded to go back to sleep. Fahrenheit, the Ninetales, however, was still getting used to her evolved form and accidentally used Ember, singing her partner, Mr. Verient. In other words, the wake-up call was not received well.
"Gah! Fahrenheit! Calm down!" Eric Verient yelled. " Its just Alice…"
" Today is my birthday!" Alice yelled excitedly. "Can I open my present now? I really want to open-"
" Hold on dear…" Melissa Verient interrupted her daughter with a slight touch of amusement in her voice. " Let me and Daddy get out of bed first…"
Mrs. Verient yawned, and slowly began to get out of the bed, as did her husband. Alice got her mother and father by the hand. "Come on!" she said, frustrated.
They slowly followed their daughter, as did Fahrenheit. Blossom, however, was still asleep.
The family stumbled down the stairs and came to the living room, where a rather oddly shaped, wrapped present was waiting for them on the coffee table. Alice stared at it in wonder.
"Well… open it, my dear," Mr. Verient laughed.
Alice raced to the coffee table and grabbed the odd, wrapped package. She tore open the present. Inside, was an egg. A Pokemon Egg. Alice hugged it to her chest.
Earlier in the year, as the family was at the town market, her mother had asked what she wanted for her birthday. Alice had said, oddly enough, a Pokemon egg. She had wanted to raise it all her own, she had said, and her parents had happily obliged, due to the fact that Mrs. Verient worked at the Pokemon Day Care service.
"No one knows what type of egg it is, Alice," Mrs. Verient said excitedly. " It was found in a food crate, a shipment fresh from Unova!"
" Why don't you get dressed, and go to the Pokemon Center and ask Nurse Joy how far along until it hatches hmm?" Mr. Verient said sleepily. " Bring Fahrenheit with you though!"
Alice ran back upstairs into her room , still clutching the egg to her chest. She threw on some play clothes, and ran out her family's front door, with Fahrenheit hurriedly trying to catch up.
" Let's hope that Pokemon in that egg isn't as energetic as Alice…" Mr. Verient said, looking after his daughter worriedly.
"Let's not get our hopes up," Mrs. Verient laughed. " Now, why don't you make me some coffee while I go wake up my lazy partner?"
Meanwhile, Fahrenheit had finally caught up with Alice in front of the Pokemon Center. The clock read 7:12 A.M. Ninetales growled in annoyance. She absolutely hated when the child woke her up early.
"Come on, Fahrenheit !" Alice squealed, pulling the Pokemon by its tail. Luckily, Fahrenheit was used to this action by now, so she and Alice went into the Pokemon Center with the mysterious egg.
"Welcome to the Lilycove Pokemon Center, how may I help you?' Nurse Joy said automatically. She became aware that the person who entered was not average height, and then looked down. "Oh? Hello Alice, Fahrenheit , what brings you two here so early?"
"My birthday present," Alice said simply, pointing to the egg. " I want to check how far along I have to wait.."
"Of course you do," Nurse Joy said sweetly, taking the egg. "Now let me see…" Nurse Joy walked into the examination room with her partner, Chansey. "Stay here. I'll be right back, sweetie." Nurse Joy called back to Alice.
Alice sat down in one of the oversize chairs and swung her legs excitedly. Fahrenheit proceeded to lie on the spotless floor, getting rather bored. In fact, the Pokemon was beginning to doze off.
After approximately 2 minutes, Nurse Joy came back with Chansey, who was holding the egg in its arms.
"Good news, sweetie!" Nurse Joy said excitedly. "Our scan shows that your Pokemon will hatch in no more than a few hours!"
Alice squealed with glee and ran to Chansey to take the egg. She hugged it rather tightly to her chest..
"Be very careful!" Nurse Joy warned. " It may hatch in a few hours, but that doesn't mean you should be any less careful!"
Alice nodded, wide-eyed, and stared at the egg in wonder. She proceeded slowly towards the door, very careful now.
"Wait kid!" A Pokemon trainer called after her. He had been watching the child for some time now, rather curious about her and the egg. Alice turned around, clutching the egg protectively. " Here." The young trainer handed her 5 poke balls. He gestured towards the egg. "For when it hatches."
Alice nodded to show her thanks and left the Pokemon center. Fahrenheit, unfortunately, had fallen asleep in the Pokemon center. She woke up a few moments later, ashamed she let the child slip away. Her partner would not be happy at all…
As Alice was walking home, her best friend, Jimmy, ran up to her. Jimmy was a rather distracted and curious child who had also just recently acquired a Pokemon, a Pidgey, which was hovering by his side at the moment.
"Alice guess what- hey what's that?" Jimmy stared at the egg with curiosity.
"Its my birthday present." Alice said solemnly. " Nurse Joy said its going to hatch in a couple hours. She said to be very very careful too."
"Cool!" Jimmy said excitedly. " Can I hold it?"
"No. Its MY present, my egg, and my Pokemon!" Alice replied stubbornly. " I never asked if I could hold Speedy, now did I?"
"But-" Jimmy protested. At that moment, a rustle was heard by the two children, and Speedy, the Pidgey. A Poochyena had emerged out of the woods.
"OH MY GOSH IT'S A POOCHYENA I WANNA CATCH IT!" Jimmy screamed. The Poochyena, startled, ran hurriedly back into the forest. "Waaaaaaait!" Jimmy ran after the poor little Pokemon, with Speedy trailing frantically behind.
"Jimmy don't go into the woods alone! My mommy told me it was too dangerooooooous!" Alice called after him. She then ran after her friend, still clutching the egg to her chest.
Alice finally caught up to her friend, who had stopped in a foggy clearing. The early morning sunlight actually made the clearing rather pretty, and Alice might've admired it, had Jimmy not been screaming in terror.
This was because the child had unfortunately stumbled upon a Mightyena den. The Mightyena were not happy to find their cub come running in, whining with fear, and a filthy little human cub and its heels. They naturally did what any good parent would do. They bared their teeth and proceeded to kill Jimmy.
"RUUUUUUUN!" Jimmy yelled to Alice with 7 Mightyena hot on his trail. Turning around, Speedy used Gust to keep the Mightyena back. The Mightyena faltered for a moment, rubbing their snouts. This, however, did not detain them for long. Right before one of the Mightyena was going to rip Speedy to shreds with a Bite attack, Jimmy yelled," Speedy, return!"
And so, the children ran for their lives, hearts pounding, hoping that they were going the right way to get into town. The fog, however, made seeing difficult, and before long, they found nothing but the Mightyena and fog surrounding them from all sides.
The Mightyena used Roar all at the same time, knocking the terrified children to their knees. Then, the ground started to shake. The Mightyena ran away, frightened of the suddenly shaking ground. As it turned out, the unlucky children had run to a cliff. The Mightyena's powerful Roar had made the cliff turn to rubble. And so the children were falling, ever so slowly. The last thing Alice saw before she blacked out was a flash of yellow, blue, and pink. The last thing she heard was a gentle voice.
It's alright, everything will be alright… the voice cooed.
Then there was blackness.
