Chapter 1: Hopes And Dreams

I woke up and felt slightly refreshed. I walked to the pond that was near Cherrygrove, where I lived. Most unexpirienced Rattata like myself live here in peace.

I looked at my reflection. My purple fur on my back and some of my head. My white fur on my belly and the other part of my head. I red eyes and my tiny black nose. My curled up tail. My mouth with two fang like teeth. The whiskers that come out from te sides of my mouth that keep my balance in severe winds and rain.

Just normal. I thought to myself looking at the pond. I lowered my head and drank the water seeing that my tounge made ripples in the water. It traveling farther and farther away. Only if I can leave this area, but I can't because I'm just to scared to.

Going through that city with all those trainers, that have strong pokemon waiting for any battle that comes to them and hits them in the face. I know that I can't just wait, but I am forced to. Unless I knew how to fly, as I can't.

I heard footspeds on the dirt road that went into Cherrygrove. I turned my head towards that direction and went there looking at a trainer. He has a cap that was backwards and it was blue. On oneof the sides there was a yellow box that read 'Pokemon' he had blue shorts on to. He wore a white tee-shirt. He had a evil smirk on his face, also he had a face of determination.

He had a pokeball clutched in his hand and he then threw it out onto the ground. It was a Rattata! "Rattata find me some pokemon, we need some for our team" He said. I then jumped out in the middle of the road and he stared at me. I stared back at him feeling nervous, but a little excited at the same time.

"Just a dumb Rattata! Don't you see I have one or are you blind! My Rattata is way stronger, smarter, and cuter than you. Just get out of my face you common thing. You are just normal, your not tamed or anything. While my Rattata will be a Raticate soon and will be able to do all sort of things!" He shouted at me. I felt sad, I felt hurt.

"I said now! Rattata faint it with a quick attack!" He shouted. His Rattata ran at me and smashed into me by the left side of my back. I fell and crawled away hurt. I was hurt mentally and physically. "Now back to bussiness, lets go Rattata!" He said in a soft tone to his Rattata and smiling.

How can he be so nice to his pokemon, and yet be so mean to a wild one just hoping to furfill his dreams and be happy. Do you need to be a trainers first pokemon to be into the group, not feel rejected, feel love?

I layed in the cold grass that was in the west-ward direction from the breeze of the wind. I crawled to my tree and slept, needing to be healed as soon as possible.

I heard a girl trainers vioce walk by me and have sight of me. "Not another of those Rattatas! Why are they all over the place. Why can't I find myself a Sentret." She moaned and complained. She then kept on walking. I felt even more hurt now.

"Not another one of those Rattatas! There so pathetic" that same phrase stuck in my head from what a rookie trainer said today when he spoted me. I looked outside from my tree in which I lived. A little caved in part.

I cried and cried thinking about no one wants me. I want a nice trainer who likes me and doesn't think as me as some stupid common pokemon. But was that possible. Does everyone get to have a happy ending? Was I one of them?

I was keep asking myself questions if I was even worthy of a trainer, I felt glum. There are other mouse pokemon. I thought to myself. Like that yellow one with red cheeks. But it was rare and had electrical powers. Or that blue one called Marril I think. But it is cute to many trainers, rare, and had water powers.

What was I? I didn't have any special powers at all. I couldn't compete against those two other pokemon. I was considered common and ugly. "You stupid Rattata, your just a ugly rat!" that trainer shouted at me today.

Maybe I was a mistake? I asked myself. I couldn't take this critism, it wasn't my fault I was a Rattata. And Im beginning to wish I shoutldn't be. I do not deserve this. I haven't hurt him. I just wanted a trainer that likes me. Is that so hard to ask.

I have always seen battles with Rookie trainers, mostly youngsters battle with there Rattata. I wouldn't even mind being one of those, at least then I would exprience a little bit of love and care.

I guess that is asking to much. i need to survive alone, with no family, no friends. Maybe there to ashamed of me. I am not strong, and I'm not the smartest one out of the litter. I hide in my spot hoping not to be found and become tomorrows night dinner.

From the crying and crying I fell asleep in sorrow and feeling pain, not phyical pain, but mental pain.