Hello fellow readers! I hereby present to you a story written by me and my buddy Carrie aka Angelgirl16290! :D The reason this story is Wrestling-Pokémon is if you recognize some last names of the kids in the story, they're real last names of wrestlers. Yep, the kids in this story are future kids to a few of Carrie and mine's wrestler/OC couples. This story was also inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, reason for the Academy setting. But we will do our best to try to make this story as fun as possible.
All characters mentioned in this chapter (minus two) belong to Carrie and I. And most of the kids, or young adults, are around the ages of 16 to 19. Enjoy!
Pokémon Academy
Chapter 1: Entrance Exams
"Alex! Alex, wake up!"
18 year old Alexander Gerdelman rolled over in his bed and groaned as he felt someone shaking him awake along with hearing a female Irish accent. Opening his eyes he looked up and saw 17 year old Ember Farrelly standing over him. Alex sat up in his bed looking up at the red-headed girl he thought of as a little sister, strands of his brown hair covering his eyes.
"What is it, Ember?" Alex asked, sounding tired. "We need to get some sleep, we got our entrance exams tomorrow."
"That's why I'm waking you up!" Ember said. "If you don't get up right now we're going to be late for our exams!"
"WHAT?! IT'S ALREADY MORNING?!" Alex's eyes shot open, now wide awake. He looked at his alarm clock and saw the time. "Oh no! Let me get dressed, Ember!"
Ember exited the room as Alex jumped out of bed and quickly dressed in a black button-up shirt and dark gray jeans. Once he was dressed he ran into the bathroom and brushed his teeth and hair while Ember did the same. Both ran out of the bathroom at the same time and ran back into their rooms to grab their belts, which held their three Poké Balls containing the three Pokémon they each had.
"I've got my Pokémon. Got yours, Ember?" Alex asked.
"Got 'em!" Ember answered.
They raced downstairs and into the kitchen where Alex's parents Sarah and Frankie and Ember's parents Chelsea and Stephen were. Why were two families living in the same house you ask? All we'll say about it right now is it was and still is being kept a secret, and Alex and Ember used to think they were brother and sister for years.
"About time you two woke up." Frankie chuckled.
"You going to have breakfast?" Chelsea asked.
"No time, Mom!" Ember said. Both her and Alex grabbed a protein shake from the fridge and began to drink them down.
"Let me guess. You two are afraid you'll be late for the entrance exams, right?" Sarah asked.
"Duh!" Alex shouted. "If we're late, we won't win our battles and we won't get into the Academy!"
"How do you know you'll win? You barely passed your written exam while Ember had a really high score on hers." Stephen pointed out.
That comment by his father figure made Alex sweat drop. "I will win and get into the Academy! I've been training Squirtle, Growlithe, and Blitzle hard for this! Come on, Ember. Let's go!"
"Want me to drive you two to the arena?" Stephen asked.
Ember was about to respond to her dad but Alex grabbed her by the wrist, "No thanks, Stephen! We need the exercise! Bye!" With Ember by the wrist, Alex bolted out of the front door and the two began running towards the arena where the Pokémon Academy entrance exams were taking place.
"You know, we could've taken my dad's offer! Driving is much faster than running!" Ember said.
"Don't worry, Ember! We just need to keep moving and we'll make it!" Alex assured her.
Five more minutes of running and Alex and Ember, albeit losing their breath, were finally close to the arena. As they stopped to take a few second breather they could see the top of it.
"There's the top of the arena! I can see it!" Ember pointed out.
"Just a few more steps and we'll be there." Alex smiled.
But they suddenly heard the loud intercom from the arena, "Last call for all Academy applicants! If you haven't checked in for your exam, please do so now."
With that final warning and after looking at each other, Alex and Ember sped off towards the arena and ran inside. The man behind the check-in desk looked at the two strangely as they bent down to catch their breath.
"We're here… for our exams…" Alex said between deep breaths.
"Names please?" The man asked.
"Alexander Gerdelman." Alex introduced himself.
"Ember Farrelly." Ember introduced herself.
The man looked through the papers on the desk, "Gerdelman… Farrelly… Aha! You're in. Go in and wait until your name is called."
Alex and Ember walked into the arena and saw many people sitting in the seats. Most of them were applicants like them while there were also some Academy students watching. The floor of the arena was set up into four exam fields with four applicants battling at a time. As the two went to find a seat up in the top row, they spotted two of their friends sitting; the Rotunda twins, Kaylen and Kiki. Both girls looked almost exactly the same, but Kaylen kept her blonde hair down and Kiki had hers up in a ponytail. Another difference between them was Kaylen was a bit of a tomboy while Kiki seemed to always act like a brat.
"Kaylen! Kiki!" Ember greeted them.
Kaylen turned around, "Hey Alex, hey Ember. I didn't think you guys would make it."
"Of course I'd be here, I scored pretty high in my written exam." Ember smiled.
"Hmph, will you girls stop talking about how high you scored? I scored high too!" Kiki grumbled rudely.
"What's up with her now?" Alex whispered to Kaylen.
"She's just angry because my exam was finished really fast while she almost lost hers." Kaylen whispered back.
"Figures." Alex rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, she can't stop being jealous." Kaylen said.
Just as Kaylen finished the sentence, a boy that looked a little younger than them walked up the steps. He had short dirty blonde hair and looked like the shy type as he kept his head down as he was walking up the steps.
"Good job in your battle." Kaylen congratulated the kid.
"Thank you…" He said in a quiet voice. "A-are you in the Academy too?"
"Yes I am." Kaylen smiled. "I'm Kaylen, this is my sister Kiki, and these are my friends, Alex and Ember."
"Hey there!" Alex greeted with a cheeky smile.
"I'm Owen Lesnar, pleased to meet you all." A small smile appeared on Owen's face.
"THERE YOU ARE!" A loud female voice was heard from behind the group, slightly scaring Owen. Approaching them was another one of Alex's longtime friends, Rayna Sullivan-Good. She ran towards Alex and gave him a big bear hug. Alex blushed at the hug, mainly because he had a secret crush on Rayna. "I was looking all over for you and now you're here! 'Bout time!"
"I wouldn't miss this for the world, Rayna." Alex chuckled. "Did you already battle?"
"Yep and I'm in." Rayna nodded. "I only had to use two of my three Pokémon, Turtwig and Pansear. They beat the crap out of their opponents!"
"Congratulations, Rayna." Kaylen said.
Ember looked at noticed the short brown haired boy standing next to Rayna and she instantly recognized him. "Hey Jaxson!"
"Hey Ember! Long time no see!" Jaxson greeted, high fiving Ember.
"Jax Devitt? We haven't seen you in forever!" Alex commented.
"I'm back baby, and I am here to get into the Academy!" Jaxson shouted, throwing his arms into the air.
"Although he barely won his battle and he barely passed his written exam." Rayna chuckled, moving a chunk of her black hair back.
"Hey! At least I DID pass!" Jaxson protested, making the others laugh.
"Ember Farrelly, please report to exam field #2." The voice over the intercom announced.
"My turn. Wish me luck!" Ember said before running down the steps.
"Go Ember!" Alex cheered.
"I'm serious, Alex, there's something up with you and Ember." Rayna said.
"Uh…" Alex stuttered, wanting to keep their families' secret… a secret. "We're just close friends, Rayna!"
"Right… You've been saying that since we were kids, yet you hang out with her quite a bit." Rayna said.
"We are just friends!" Alex defended.
"Hey, look at field #3!" Kaylen pointed out at one of the fields.
On the one field, one of the battle proctors sent out a Onix for the next part of the battle. He was facing an applicant that had short black hair, tanned skin, and some hair on his chin.
"You're doing a good job, kid. But this is the last round and I have sent out my Onix! Who will you send out?" The proctor asked.
"I know the perfect Pokémon to send out." The kid said in a slightly deep voice. He maximized a Poké Ball and threw it out. "Froakie! Go!"
"Froakie!" A small blue frog Pokémon came out of the Poké Ball.
The proctor laughed, "Nice try. Froakie may be a water type, but it is too weak to beat this Onix. Onix, attack with Body Slam!"
The Onix roared and went to slam its body down onto Froakie, but the kid smirked, "Don't judge a Pokémon by its size, proctor. Froakie, dodge the Body Slam!" Right when Onix was about to hit Froakie, Froakie moved out of the way and the Rock Snake Pokémon landed on nothing. Onix got up and attempted to do another Body Slam. "Froakie! Keep dodging!" The kid called out and Froakie once again dodged it. After two more attempted Body Slams, the kid tried something else. "Froakie, jump around Onix as fast as you can!" Froakie did as it was told and began jumping around all around the Onix, even jumping on the side walls.
"What is that kid doing?" Jaxson asked. "He hasn't even attempted an attack yet."
"He's going for a defensive strategy." Kaylen explained. "Froakie is a small Pokémon and it would be hard for a small one like it to take out a big one like Onix. He's trying to have Froakie tire Onix out and maybe when the time is right he can call for an attack."
"Defensive strategies are boring." Kiki commented. "…Although that guy is pretty cute."
"Onix! Don't let the Froakie make you dizzy! Tackle it whenever you have it in eyesight!" The proctor ordered. Onix watched closely, but whenever it thought it had the Bubble Frog Pokémon in sight and went to Tackle it, it missed by a second. After a few more seconds, the Onix definitely seemed dizzy and the applicant took this chance.
"Okay Froakie, time for an attack! Use Bubble!" Froakie unleashed its Bubble attack onto Onix, making the rock type Pokémon roar again. The Froakie continued with the move until its trainer told it to stop. "Okay, finish it off with Quick Attack!" Running with a fast speed, Froakie hit Onix right in the middle. Letting out one final roar, Onix fell to the ground and fainted from the hard hit.
"Good work, applicant. You even did a defensive strategy in that last round, a strategy not a lot of trainers do. Welcome to Pokémon Academy." The proctor said.
The kid nodded and put Froakie into its Poké Ball. "Good work, Froakie."
"He's right, I don't see many trainers go defensive." Alex said. "He did pretty good."
"Yeah, that's Jayden Anoa'i. I heard that he got the highest score on the written exam out of everyone of us." Owen said.
"And he also took prep-classes like I did. He was in my class." Kaylen added.
Alex was forced to look over when he saw a huge flame of fire in the exam field where Ember was in. Apparently Ember's Cyndaquil just toasted the proctor's Parasect and that was the third round of the battle.
"Impressive battle, young lady. You are now enrolled in Pokémon Academy." The proctor said, which made both Ember and Cyndaquil cheer in delight.
"Ah crap!" Alex thought. "I was so busy watching the last of that Jayden guy's battle that I didn't pay attention to Ember's!"
Speaking of Jayden, he was heading up the steps towards the group. But Alex noticed that as Jayden walked up, many girls in the seats were going googly-eyed at him. He decided to pay no mind as Jayden sat in the chair in front of Kaylen.
"You did a good battle out there, Jayden." Alex commented.
"Thank you." Jayden thanked.
"From the looks of it you may become one of the best Pokémon trainers here." Alex smiled.
"Hey… You looked great out there…" Kiki said with a giggle. Jayden just gave a nod at her.
"Alex!" Ember came running up to Alex and hugged him. "I'm in! I won!"
"Good work, Ember." Owen commented, a smile appearing on his face.
"Oh, thanks Owen." Ember thanked.
"Alexander Gerdelman, please report to exam field #1." The voice over the intercom announced.
"Battle time! Let's go." Alex said as he headed down the steps.
"Let's go, Alex!" Rayna cheered.
"You can do it, Alex!" Ember cheered.
Alex walked into the field and saw the proctor he was going to face. The proctor had spiky brown hair, a goatee, and a blue uniform that looked like what most of the Academy students were wearing.
"Exam time, kid!" The proctor called out.
"Oh so you're who I'm going to face?" Alex asked. "You're supposed to be a battler for the Academy, but you look more like a unsuccessful biker dude." He chuckled at his stupid phrase while the proctor as well as Rayna and Ember sweat dropped.
"Idiot…" Kiki muttered.
"Enough! I am Donovan Arata! I am a prefect at Pokémon Academy." Donovan introduced himself. "What's your name?"
"Alexander. Alexander Gerdelman." Alex said.
"Well Alexander, you should know the rules: Three Pokémon for each of us and the first one to take down all the opponent's Pokémon wins." Donovan explained. "Chose your first one now."
Alex grabbed a Poké Ball from his belt, maximized it, and threw it out, "Growlithe! Let's do this!"
"Growlithe!"
"For my first Pokémon I shall throw out… Magneton!" Donovan threw out his first Pokémon.
"Magneton!"
"Oh a Magneton, this will be easy." Alex smirked. "But let's start fair. I'll give you the first shot, Donovan."
"Very well. Magneton, use Sonic Boom!" Donovan ordered. Magneton floated high into the air and released a shock wave towards Growlithe.
"Growlithe, dodge!" Alex called out and Growlithe did just that. "Use Leer to scare Magneton!" Growlithe gave a Leer at Magneton and the steel Pokémon froze in place. "Burn Magneton a little bit with an Ember!"
"Growlithe!" Growlithe opened its mouth and let out a small flame from its mouth, but it was strong enough to burn the Magneton.
"Okay, now take it down with a Headbutt!" Alex ordered. Growlithe ran at Magneton at full speed and took it down with one Headbutt.
"Magneton…" Magneton was done and Alex won the first round.
"That was easy." Alex said scratching the back of his head.
"Of course it was easy, steel and electric types are weak against fire types." Kaylen said. "Did Donovan put Magneton out on purpose to see if Alex knew his types or did he make a mistake?"
"Well seems you know that fire is strong against steel. But do you know if it's strong or weak against this type?" Donovan threw out his next Pokémon.
"Rawr!" A Rhyhorn appeared out of the Poké Ball
"Ah! Rhyhorn is both a ground and rock type. I know it's weak against water, but I don't remember if it's weak against fire." Alex thought, then ordered his attack. "Growlithe, try out an Ember on Rhyhorn!" Growlithe used Ember on Rhyhorn, but Rhyhorn only shrugged it off. "Knew it… We'll need to try something else. Use a Headbutt!"
"Growlithe!" Growlithe charged at Rhyhorn for its Headbutt. But it seems Donovan saw this one coming.
"Rhyhorn, Horn Attack!" Donovan ordered and just as Growlithe was a second away from hitting, Rhyhorn jabbed the Puppy Pokémon with its horn, causing Growlithe to yelp in pain. "Now give it a Headbutt of your own!" Rhyhorn then slammed its head into Growlithe and sent it flying into the air and fainted on the ground.
"You did your best, Growlithe. Good job." Alex said as he returned Growlithe. He took out his next Poké Ball and released his second Pokémon. "Blitzle! Go!"
"Blitzle!" Blitzle stood ready for a fight.
"That wasn't a good Pokémon to bring out for this one, Alex." Jayden said. "Electric type moves have no effect on ground types."
"You really need to study more on your types, kid." Donovan chuckled. "Your Blitzle's electric moves won't do any good with Rhyhorn. Rhyhorn, run at Blitzle and do another Horn Attack!" Rhyhorn roared and charged at Blitzle.
"Who said I was going to make Blitzle do electric moves?" Alex thought. "Blitzle, dodge!" Alex ordered just went Rhyhorn almost hit. Blitzle moved out of the way right on time. "Quick! Double Kick from behind!" Blitzle went behind and hit a Double Kick onto Rhyhorn.
"Oh no, a fighting type move…" Donovan said.
"This move may not be a fighting type one, but I think it'll finish this round off. This move may sacrifice Blitzle, but it's a move he's willing to do. Blitzle, to the front and do Double Edge, now!"
"Blitzle!" Blitzle ran to face Rhyhorn. It then ran at a fast and hard speed straight at Rhyhorn. Before Donovan could order an attack, Blitzle hit Rhyhorn with the powerful Double Edge. The move not only knocked out Rhyhorn, but Blitzle got knocked out as well.
"Both Rhyhorn and Blitzle fainted from the hit, that makes this round a tie." Owen said.
"Each person has one Pokémon left, and if Alex beats Donovan's last one he wins." Kaylen said.
"Impressive, Alexander. You made this round into a tie, which means we're tied with wins." Donovan said. "If you beat me, you'll be welcomed into the Academy." He took out his last Pokémon. "Aerodactyl, come on out!" Aerodactyl screeched at it was released from its Poké Ball.
"An Aerodactyl? This will not be easy for Squirtle…" Ember said.
Alex took out his last Poké Ball and looked at it. "This will be a tough one, Squirtle, but we trained for this. I know you can do it." He threw the Poké Ball high into the air. "Squirtle! You can do this, buddy!"
"Squirtle!" The Tiny Turtle Pokémon jumped from the air onto the field floor.
"Let's see how tough your Squirtle really is." Donovan said. "Aerodactyl, Wing Attack." Aerodactyl's large wings began to constantly strike on Squirtle, but Squirtle shielded itself with its arms.
"Squirtle, use Water Gun!" Alex called out. As Aerodactyl was still flying around, Squirtle launched Water Gun after Water Gun. It however missed every time.
"Too fast for you, huh?" Donovan smirked. "Aerodactyl, attack with Fly!" Aerodactyl flew up high in the arena and charged straight at Squirtle.
"Move out of the way, Squirtle!" Alex shouted. But his call was too late and Aerodactyl hit Squirtle spot on. Alex gasped as he saw the move. "Get up, Squirtle!" Squirtle pushed itself back up, but was attacked with another round of Fly.
"Good work, Aerodactyl. Now use Iron Head to keep the turtle down!" Donovan called out. Aerodactyl screeched and reared its head towards the downed Squirtle, aiming right to it.
Alex had to think of a move to get Squirtle up and fast. It was going to take Aerodactyl down, but it would at least give Squirtle time to get up. "Squirtle, use Water Gun and aim for Aerodactyl!"
Squirtle turned its head and saw Aerodactyl headed its way. It slowly opened its mouth and eventually let out a Water Gun right at Aerodactyl's face. Its eyes covered in water, Aerodactyl screeched and stopped in its tracks, giving Squirtle time to get back up.
"Stop fooling around, Aerodactyl! Attack!" Donovan ordered. Aerodactyl shook its head and charged Squirtle again. But this time Alex was ready.
"Squirtle, dodge and do another Water Gun!" Alex called out. Squirtle jumped out of Aerodactyl's way and released another Water Gun, hitting the Fossil Pokémon again. Aerodactyl screeched as it moved back. "Now let's do one of your more powerful moves, Rapid Spin!"
"Squirtle!" Squirtle tucked itself into its shell and went towards Aerodactyl rapidly spinning.
"Aerodactyl! Do-" Before Donovan could tell his Pokémon to dodge, Aerodactyl got hit with the Rapid Spin. Once hit, Squirtle landed back onto the ground.
"I think this last move shall finish this off. Use Aqua Jet!" Alex pointed to Aerodactyl.
Squirtle suddenly disappeared, not seen by anybody. But then… BANG! A powerful lunge from Squirtle hit Aerodactyl, causing a loud painful screech from Aerodactyl and falling to the ground. Almost everyone watching in the arena was in shock.
"NO!" Donovan shouted, before being pinned to the ground by his Aerodactyl falling onto him. "OW!"
"Beat ya! Looks like I passed the test." Alex said with a wink.
Donovan's hand appeared from under Aerodactyl, giving a thumbs up, "Welcome… to the Academy!"
Nearly everyone in the arena cheered for Alex's win, the loudest cheers being from his friends.
"Oh yeah, Alex!" Ember jumped up.
"Good job!" Owen cheered.
"Way to go, dude!" Jaxson threw up a fist.
"I knew he'd win." Rayna smirked.
"Impressive. He'll be good competition." Jayden said to himself.
"Squirtle Squirt!" Squirtle jumped into Alex's arms and hugged him.
"We did it, Squirtle, we did it! We're going to Pokémon Academy!" Alex said hugging his starter. He then returned Squirtle to its Poké Ball and headed back to his friends. "Well guys, looks like we're all in."
"Pokémon Academy, here we come!" Rayna cheered.
"Attention. All of this year's applicants have taken their exams. Those who have passed their exams, please proceed to registration. For those who have failed, sorry, better luck next year." The voice on the intercom announced.
"We better head on down there." Jayden said standing up.
"Yeah, let's go, everyone." Alex said with a smile, leading his friends towards where the registration was.
Unbeknownst to them, a person was watching in the shadows as they walked away.
"So that fool beat an Aerodactyl by using a little Squirtle? Dumb beginner's luck, and I know luck when I see it. We'll see how long this kid lasts in the Academy." The mystery person chuckled.
So... how did we do? To be honest, I wrote all of this chapter, but Carrie gave me her input on what I could add in. :) Next chapter should be out whenever it can!
