Alright so here starts what I'll probably regret in the future…
I wanted to write something that takes less time to do than Dawn and Dusk, and after reading a small portion of a HeartGold Nuzlocke, I decided to write one as well!.. only, you know, this is a Crystal one… and it's technically not a Nuzlocke.
"But Mom!" Alicia cried out, sitting on the table with a bowl of noodles in front of her. "Why do you want me out of town? Don't you love me?" A grown woman, possibly in her forties, stared at her daughter from the other side of the table.
"Didn't you want to become a trainer? You've been telling me that you've wanted to become one ever since we moved from Saffron City". The girl sighed. "You know I'm doing this because you need to learn to take care of yourself and all".
"Yes, yes, I understand" she muttered. "I suppose I'll start tomorrow". Alicia's mom chuckled.
Before she could say anything about it, Alicia was already outside, with a PokéGear on her wrist and a backpack on her shoulders. She blinked a few times before trying to open her door, only to discover that it was locked. "Perfect" she sighed, with no option but to go to the Professor's lab, which was right next to her house.
She noticed a red haired boy outside the laboratory, looking through the window. Alicia felt the need to do something about it, but shrugged, as he might just be an innocent bystander. She entered the building, looking for the nearest man in a lab coat, and to her surprise, there were only two. Deeper inside the building, there was a tall man with a short, brown hair, looking at three balls on top of a table.
"Excuse me, mister". The man didn't seem to hear her. She walked towards him and waved her arm in front of him, catching his attention. "Are you Professor Elm?"
"Oh, yes!" he said, turning to her. "Are you a new trainer? Do you want a Pokémon?" Alicia stepped back from the sudden questions. "What do you think it'd be best? A grass type Pokémon, a water one or a fire one?"
She was confused about that last question. "Um, yes, I want a Pokémon, and I think a fire type one would meet my needs the best". The Professor smiled widely as he gave her a red and white ball. "Wait, just like that?"
"Yes and no" he answered. "You see, we're a bit busy here, researching important Pokémon, and this…" He took a deep breath before continuing. "Let's call him an 'acquaintance' for now, is offering us something that might help with our research. I can't go there myself, and my helper has no experience battling Pokémon, so I ask you to please retrieve that something for us".
"Can I keep the Pokémon afterwards?"
"Well, of course. I mean, if you took the time to go all the way over there, I think it would be fair". He reached for something on the table at the back of the room, it was a chip and eight collars, four of them were blue and the others were pink. "I also want to give you this. It's a prototype of my newest invention, the Pokémon Traductor!" The Professor gave these items to Alicia, who placed the belts on the table next to her.
"Are you going to install this little chip in my brain?" she asked, a bit scared about that possibility.
"What? No!" he replied. "It goes in your PokéGear". Alicia took off her PokéGear and looked for a slot where the chip would fit, which she found eventually. "You just have to install it and place a collar in one of your Pokémon".
"Why the different collars, then? Do they not work if you place a blue one in a female Pokémon?" The Professor laughed at this question. "Hey!"
"Oh, don't worry, I wasn't laughing at you" he said. "It's nothing too important. You see, the collars send the Pokémon's thoughts in a one meter radius around them. All PokéGears with the chip will receive these thoughts, translate them to English and play them through its speakers. The reason I made eight collars is because they all have different 'voices' for the Pokémon. Use the ones that you think would suit them best".
"Oh, great" she yawned, a bit bored from the Professor's long explanation. "I suppose I should go right now, it's getting late". The Professor seemed surprised by this statement. Alicia looked at the lab's clock. "It's 7 PM, are you sure your acquaintance is home?"
"I am pretty sure about it, now go! Time is essential, you know". Alicia nodded, took the collars from the table and headed outside, ready to start her journey. She took her Pokéball out and clicked the button in its center. A small yellow creature came out of it. It had a sort of blue fur on its back, which also had small, black spots, and a long snout. The Pokémon sniffed around the ground until it found its trainer's foot. Alicia bent over to place a pink collar around its neck.
"Wait no, I'm a boy, I'm a boy!" the high-pitched female voice cried. Alicia got startled by this and took the collar off, placing a blue one in its place. "Thank you, lady" a boyish voice said, calmly. "Now, who are you?"
"My name is Alicia" the girl said, sighing. "I'm sorry about that just now, it's just… I'm not completely sure I want to do this right now. I have things to do and it's going to be night soon…"
"Are you afraid of the dark, Alicia?" The young trainer nodded. The creature suddenly created small flames from his back, providing them with light. "I don't think that will be a problem" he said, happily.
"Alright, first things first, what are you? What is your name?"
"I have no name, but according to the Professor, I am Cyndaquil". The Pokémon jumped with joy. "But if you want to call me something easier, I would appreciate it!"
"What about… Nate? Is it easy for you to say?"
"I just have to think it, silly!" the voice said. Alicia giggled. "Nate, Nate, Nate, Nate!" he sang.
"Alright, calm down, boy. Let's look for that guy the Professor is looking for".
By the time they both had arrived at the end of the right path of Route 30, where a lonely house stood, both Nate and Alicia were exhausted. A sign in front of the building told them it was "Mr. Pokémon's house", which Nate confirmed to be Elm's acquaintance. Upon knocking the door, an old man came to receive them.
"Come in, come in!" he said, moving away so the two could enter. "Rest a bit, I suppose you must be the ones Elm sent to receive his 'important thing', right?" Alicia nodded, heading towards the couch at the back of the room, with Nate following her. Mr. Pokemon headed towards his desk, where a white oval object with green spots rested. He took the object and gave it to Alicia. "Be very careful with this".
"What is it? It looks like an egg" the girl commented.
"Well, it is an egg" Nate said. "A Pokémon egg, to be exact".
"I see you're trying out Elm's new invention" the man spoke. "I suggest you go back to the lab as soon as possible. It's getting late, and it would be horrible if you two couldn't find your way back because of the time".
"I guess you're right. I don't want to bother you either, mister" said Alice. "Let's go, Nate". As she headed towards the exit, the PokéGear rang. Alicia clicked the answer button and put him on speakers. "Professor? What's wrong? How did you get my number?"
"That's of no importance right now, Alicia!" the voice yelled. "My research, the lab, everything! It's horrible, really horrible!" A click was heard, meaning that the call was over. The girl stood there for a moment, waiting for another call, and when she didn't hear one, she immediately ran towards the lab, with her Pokémon following her.
"Ouch! Watch where you're going, girl!" a boy's voice grunted after bumping into the girl and falling on the floor, dropping both his Pokéball and his trainer ID. He quickly picked up his Pokéball and stood up. "Is it a battle you want? Because that's what you're going to get!"
"Hey, calm down" Alicia said, also standing up. "No need to get angry. It was my fault, okay?" The boy took out his Pokémon, a blue colored lizard with sharp fangs. There was something weird about this Pokémon, something on his neck.
"You bumped into my trainer, so that means you're gonna receive punishment!" A sailor's voice came from both her PokéGear and the boy's. "That's right, my trainer also got one of those translator things, don't feel so special about yours".
"Punishment?" Nate said, in a scared tone of voice. "Do we have to be punished?"
"No, no, Nate… We have to get out of here".
"Oh, that you won't, girl". The boy smirked. "I'll have some fun with you once my little Totodile defeats your puny Cyndaquil. Totodile, scratch!" The lizard Pokémon lunged towards Nate and attacked him with his sharp claws. The fire Pokémon took a few steps back, scared. "Is that all the kid's got? Pathetic".
"Nate, are you alright?" The Cyndaquil nervously nodded, lighting up the fire on his back. "I guess we have no option but to fight. Use Tackle!" The fire Pokémon nodded once again, before charging into the lizard creature, sending him towards a tree.
"Ugh" was heard from the trainer's PokéGear.
"One hit…" the boy muttered, angrily. "That was pathetic". He began walking away from there. Alicia looked at the floor, noticing a rectangular shaped object, and picking it up.
"It's his trainer card" she said, heading towards the town nearby to look at it better. "It says the trainer's name is…" She suddenly burst into laughter. "Oh my Arceus!" she said, laughingly.
"What's so funny?" the boy asked, turning towards Alicia. Still incapable of stopping her mirth, she walked towards the trainer and gave him his card. "Why are you giving me this?"
"It's yours, isn't it… Michelle?" She began laughing even louder, making the boy blush and run away to Route 30. "Heh, I thought he would take his own name a bit more seriously, let's go, Nate". She waited for a response from her PokéGear, and turned to look for her Pokémon when she didn't receive one. She would've wished she wouldn't have turned.
They stood like that for a couple of more seconds after she saw them. The Totodile's long mouth had met with Nate's, which were tiny in comparison. After the lizard creature pushed the fire type away, he headed straight to Route 30, to follow his trainer. The Cyndaquil realized that his trainer was looking at him, and his voice on the PokéGear spoke again: "I guess I should've mentioned this sooner…"
"You think?" she asked, angrily. "What was that about?"
"Well, me and Totodile had a little bit of story at the lab. Chikorita was the only girl in our group, but she wasn't very talkative, so while the Professor was building his translator's prototype, he was the only one that I could talk to… and I guess we hit it off from there".
She sighed. "I just hope we don't see the guy again". Cyndaquil nodded as he lighted his flames once again to lead the way back to the lab. "I didn't know you were gay".
"Don't mention it to the professor, please".
"I won't, don't worry about it".
Thanks for reading this story, guys! I hope you had enjoyed it and that you're thinking about writing a review for this, because I like reading them.