Disclaimer: Pokemon doesn't belong to me, and never will. This is because if it did, mom would assassinate Ash and all pokemon would bow down to my superior power and skills, and ash would lose every last one of his battles over and over again. :D
Authors note: There's not really a mention of pokemon yet, save for one part, mostly. This is also hopefully going to be a story I'll work on for the long run.
Prologue: Sun and Moon
We may be different as night and day,
The sun and the moon survive with each other's help;
But we have to be best friends forever, ok?
The sun radiates happiness and fun as it shines,
If it smiles, it can brighten even the darkest night, although
We may be different as night and day.
The moon glows softly as it's stars guide lost ones down their path,
While doing so it guards the rambunctious sun from danger as they work together
But we have to be best friends forever, ok?
The moon fades out as the sun comes in and they share a greeting,
As they work off one another, we see one similar thing, a connection, even if
We may be as different as night and day.
Rarely they see one another because one comes up as the other goes down,
Their bond is still as strong as ever, however, because they know the other cares
But we have to be best friends forever, ok?
The moon can't rise without the sun and the sun without the moon,
One shines through the clouds like a smile on the first day of school, the other through the fog like a ray of hope;
We may be as different as night and day.
But we have to be best friends forever, ok?
Madison was, without a doubt, one of the most soft spoken children known to mankind. She had no real friends, but since she never spoke, she gained the ability to be very perceptive and empathetic. She had wide, blue eyes, and her hair was black. One of the parent assistants in her class had fittingly commented on her general appearance and behavior being similar to that of "A calm lake during the night. It's very serene, but there's more to the view than what meets eye."
Dustin, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. If Madison was a calm, night, then he was the cheerful morning. Always friendly and able to speak his mind, this boy was never seen with a frown on his face. As a contrast to Madison's calm blue eyes, his eyes were a warm, cheerful brown, which went with his equally brown hair, which was held out of his face by a blue bandanna that was tied around hisforehead.
This is a story about how two very different people meet, and form an unbreakable bond.
Littleroot Town-2002
He wasn't sure what had driven him to do that, it wasn't his place. It had been a regular day in the park; and he, being a regular child, was enjoying the sunshine by playing with his friends. That's how it had started, a regular day.
He had seen her around town before, often being pushed around by the older kids. So what if she never spoke to anyone, she was still a human!
The girl in question was huddled up under a tree, curled up on herself, silently shaking with suppressed sobs that had resulted from the most recent verbal beating she had received; compliments of the usual group of older kids, he assumed.
He walked over to her and plopped down in front of her. It took him a moment to think of what to say and what came out wasn't exactly the smoothest choice of words, but he was seven years old, so it was ok.
"Everyone always picks on you because you don't talk...Why don't you do anything?" He stated bluntly. Her head shot up and she hiccuped meekly. To further drive his point home, he was steadily, but firmly prodding her in the forehead.
His words brought her no comfort, obviously, since she began sobbing louder. He blinked for a moment and looked her over. She looked worse for wear. Her purple sundress was covered with dirt, and had been torn in some places. Small scratched adorned her legs, along with a rather nasty looking gash on her knee, which seemed to be the worst of it.
Not used to seeing a girl beat up so badly, he prodded the bleeding wound in question. And then prodded it again. And again. And again...
"...?!" she sniffled and tried shyly tried to push away his probing fingers while hissing in pain.
He stopped his inspection of the knee that she was trying to quietly nurse and pointed at it. "Did the big kids do that to you? "
She nodded and looked down at the floor, trying to hide her tears from this friendly boy. She had seen him at the local elementary school, and remembered him being in the class above her. "why? Why is he being so nice to me?"
He'd never been this close to her before, he had always only watched her from a distance. She cried a lot, but always tried to hide it from the other kids, knowing that they would only tease her more, but being up close like this….it seemed to effect him more. He wanted her to stop crying.
A sharp, surprised gasp was all he got when he led her over to the fountain and sat her down on the curb. He then got some water from thespigot and began trying to clean her hurt knee.
Seeing the hands make their way to the bodily joint in question, she began to try pushing away his hands more fervently, thinking that what he was doing was an attempt at harming her more.
He realized that by attempting to help her fix her knee, she probably thought that he was going to hurt her more, so he un-tied his trusty blue bandanna from it's usual position on his head and secured it around her knee to make sure the wound wasn't going to get infected.
She looked like she was going to turn down his offer, so he cut the girl off before she could say anything about the random act of kindness.
"You need it more than I do, so keep it, ok?" he winked.
She nodded slowly in response.
"My name is Dustin Brady, but everyone calls me Dusty, what's yours?"
A beat.
She looked at him nervously. He had brown eyes, but his were friendly, unlike the eyes of the other kids who seemed to enjoy her terror. He smiled warmly at her before helping her up. "Maybe...Maybe he is different from the others."
"I guess you really don't talk much, but that's ok! My mommy says that I talk enough for two people! The person that gave me that blue bandanna is the bestest person in the whole world, his name is Brendan, he's the Pro..professui...He's the smart guy's Son, and he's the most awesome person ever!"
At the mention of Brendan and the professor, the girls eyes widened, obviously making some connection in her mind to something. "Oh no! I forgot about him!" She rushed over to the fountain and searched the water for something before sighing in relief, the poor thing hadn't accidentally drowned itself.
Dusty had never seen someone move as fast as the girl had, and followed her to the fountain, curious as to what had gotten her so worried. His grin quickly returned at the sight of the water pokemon that were happily frolicking in the said area.
"Isn't it neat? The mayor had the fountain built so that even the water pokemon had a place to play! I don't really like water types though, my favourite type is FIRE!" He threw his arms into the air for emphasis.before looking back at the fountain. "Is that magikarp drowning?"
She giggled at his enthusiasm and optimistic personality before realizing one important message he had been trying to relay. And the realization hit her like a truck. "...I-is he trying to be my friend?"
She looked at his face and saw that unlike the other kids, he was honestly extending a hand of friendship to her. It wasn't pity, it wasn't a lie, he just wanted to be a friend.
What she did next shocked even her.
"M-my name is Madison...M-Madison Pierce..And that's my magikarp, splashy..." She pointed shyly at the poor fish that was floundering uselessly in the fountain.
a beat.
a silence.
some random Tailow was consumed by a Seviper in some random location.
Dusty's eyes widened, he didn't actually think that it would be him that would get her to talk! He smiled widely and in the heat of the moment, hugged her tightly. The two of them stayed like that for a while before he noticed something else; the Magikarp was hers?!?
"WOW! You have a pokemon? We don't get pokemon until we turn 10! How did you manage to get one?!" His excitement scared the poor girl, causing her turn scarlet and stumble back a little before hurriedly stuttering her reply,
"M-my D-daddy got it f-for me...H-he brought it back f-from a trip..."
This boy was overwhelming! He had gone from helping her to yelling in excitement to hugging her! She recalled all the event of the day in detail before deciding that it was very different from her regular day, but it was..."Nice," she decided. "Nice is the goodest word to describe this."
The two stared at each other, obviously unsure about how they were to proceed from their first actual verbal exchange.
Another beat.
A longer silence.
A woman's voice floated over the park. "Dustin, it's time for dinner!!"
That voice was then joined by another. "Madison, dinnertime!"
The boy looked up. The girl looked up, then blushed an turned around, returning the rather useless fish to it's ball and then shyly looked back at the boy.
Dustin smiled widely, realizing that he had indeed made a new friend. "I gotta go to dinner now, Mad-mad, but I'll see you at school tomorrow!"
"Mad-mad?...I already have a nickname?" Madison smiled shyly before nodding. "...OK, D-Dusty!"
The two children parted ways, a promise was made.
This promise led to a friendship that would never be broken, come hell or high water.
End Prologue