Chapter one
Ricki threw back her hair as she stared at her three sisters, Flora, Olive and Buttercup. They were triplets, but not identical, and were daddy's and mommy's girls. Ricki was different. She wanted to become a trainer, but her parents, Ash and Misty Ketchum refused, leaving her to study more and more about Pokemon. Ricki playfully tossed a toy Pok'eball in the air and caught it. Ricki heard a knock at her door and told the knocker that they could come in,
"Ricki, your father and I have been thinking, "Ricki's mother said, "And you may go on your journey"
Ricki hugged her mom and grabbed a backpack hanging on her chair. She quickly flung in her things and stuffed a few dollars into her bag along with clothing and Pokemon supplies,
"Bye mom! I love you"
"Ricki! It's 10:00 at night! Tomorrow is the trainer meeting!"
Ricki fell to the floor,
"Whoops!"
Misty smiled,
"Your father says he has a special Pokemon for you tomorrow!"
Ricki hopped into bed and began going through her bag,
"I suppose packing a little better would be a good thing…."
Misty laughed,
"I suppose, and I have a story for you, did I ever tell you…never mind"
"Mom! You've started something, what is it?"
"I'll tell you…when your older.."
"Mom! I'm sixteen now thanks!"
"Fine…the reason we didn't want you to leave earlier is because when your father and I became trainers, a friend of ours died, Ash, your father, accidentally killed a man named Brock"
"You mean, uncle Brock?"
"Yes, it was sad, you see, your father and I were battling when Ash got mad for losing to me and he hit the cliff with his fist, causing an avalanche of rocks to come tumbling down, as Brock was rounding the corner, rocks fell on him, and killed him, Ash couldn't go on, he didn't see Brock in time, and…he was only twenty-one, so young, so dear a friend, you know the rest of the story…."
Ricki lowered her head,
"I didn't need to hear that"
"Yes you did, now hurry and pack and get to bed"
Misty turned off the lights and Ricki read a book before going to sleep, her bag still lying unpacked…
"Ricki hurry up, other trainers are already there!"
Ricki finished packing her bag by adding a few Manga books and Gamepro issues and ran downstairs and grabbed a piece of toast and ran out the door with it in her mouth. Ricki was wearing a pair of denim shorts and a black shirt with a white collar. Ricki ran quickly to her dad's lab and finished her toast and tossed the crust to some scavenging Spearow. Ricki stopped in front of an anime store and noticed the newest issue of Anime Insider and walked I and bought it and browsed through it on her way to her dad's lab. (Her dad, Ash, has taken over a lab near professor Oaks, which Gary Oak now runs). Ricki notices a group of ten-year-olds and walks in embarrassed. One girl looks up and sighs at the sight of Ricki,
"Look what a mangy Meowth dragged in!"
A few other girls snickered and some boys snickered too. Ricki ran up to the girl forced her face near the girl,
"Who in the world do you think you are?"
The girl pushes Ricki away and laughs along with the other kids. Ricki smiles,
"Well, I'm not a snobbish ignorant, little kid like you and the rest of you"
Ash walks in and all the girls become quiet,
"Oh Mr. Ketchum, can I have a Squritle?"
Ash looked at the girl with a smug look on her face and turned his attention to his daughter,
"Ricki, which Pokemon would you like?"
The girl earlier was named Kino and stuck out her tongue at Ricki. Ricki ignored her and smiled at her dad,
"You know which Pokemon is my favorite!" Ricki waited for her fathers face to change, "Right?"
Ash pulled a pok`eball out of his Pocket and handed it to Ricki,
"I'm not allowed to give you a Houndour, because I don't have any, but, since you are following my footsteps, I think you'll like this one better"
Ricki threw her Pok`eball and out came a small Pichu.
"Ricki, I started out with a Pikachu, here is an updated Pokedex, an updated pokenavigear (or PNG, is a system used to give trainers a look for other trainers by examining a trainers current data, whcihc a trainer must update couninually to keep up-to-date with their battles, pokemon etc. This device only lsits Pokemon, battles won, gym badges and a few other features not associated with the trainer parts including a cell phone and a trainer tracker) and five pok`eballs, this Pikachu is the fourth daughter of my Pikachu, just like you're my fourth daughter, I love you and good luck!"
Ricki hugged her father and ran out of the lab and locked her pok`eballs to her belt and placed her cell phone in her pack. She released her Pichu and gave it a few berries. She recalled her Pichu and turned around to see Kino,
"Let's have a battle, to settle this agreement."
Ricki threw out her pok`eball,
"Go Pichu!"
"Go charmander!"
"Pichu use a thundershock on Charmander!"
"Dodge it charmander and use ember!"
Charmander dodges the electricity and its fire scrapes past Pichu. Pichu leaps at Charmander who dodges Pichu and smacks it with its tail.
"Alright Pichu! Grab onto Charmadner's tail and use a thundershock!"
"Charmander, don't be stupid and shake off that Pichu!"
Pichu clings desperately to Charmander and shocks it badly. Charmander pants as Pichu jumps on Charmander.
"Charmander scratch attack with a ember attack finish!"
Charmander aimed an ember attack at Pichu, who dodged it,
"Pichu finish charmander with a thundershock, quick attack combo!"
Pichu races swiftly to Charmander and shocks him; causing Charmanders tail flame to become weaker. Kino recalls Charmander and puts out her hand,
"Guess I'll smell you later!"
Ricki laughed,
"I hope to battle with you again soon!"
Kino waved good-bye and Ricki ran up to Kino,
"I need to apologize, I'm sorry I called you a snobbish Ignorant little kid, your not"
Kino nodded,
"It's my fault, I pushed you too far…. and I know your sisters and everyone give you a hard time"
Ricki sighed,
"I can't believe I said that though,"
"Hey, we're both the same age, I understand"
"No, age matters nothing, I'm truly sorry"
"I am too, but we're still rivals, just lets not call each other names and act so childish"
Ricki nodded,
"You got it! Rival Kino!"
Kino and Ricki waved good-bye to each other as they went they're separate ways, Kino towards the forest of the trees (A forest filled with mostly grass Pokemon and fewer bugs) and Ricki to the Viridian forest, avoiding the large Viridian city.
"Pichu…where are we?"
Pichu hopped off Ricki's shoulder and looked around,
"Pichu?"
Ricki sat down on a clump of moss,
"Let's camp here for the night, I probably should check out my PNG, lets see, one battle won today, no gym badges, new Pokemon is Pichu!"
Pichu looked up at Ricki,
"Pichu?"
Ricki pulled out a box of cheese nips and gave some to Pichu. Ricki grabbed another handful and ate some.
"How are they Pichu?"
"Pichu!"
Ricki gave Pichu a box of juice and a straw and laid out her sleeping bag. Ricki grabbed an Inu-Yasha manga and read a little before going to sleep, only to be awakened by a large growl. Ricki looked up into the eyes of a large Houndour, more than two times the size of a normal Houndour. Ricki woke up Pichu and looked at the Houndour, it was gone.
"Bummer, I thought I'd be able to catch one"
Ricki went back to sleep and dreamed of her dream Houndour she had just missed.
