Hey everyone! We're back! But this time we are writing a Pokemon fan fiction.
This story will be told through the eyes of two people, Lily and Zuri.
Lily is my sister's character, Zuri is mine.
The title is in the works, this is what we thought of for now. So don't be confused if the title changes.
Hope you enjoy!
My eyes drift open as I wake, the sun streaming through the window shines right into my eyes, I squint as I sit up welcoming the cool shade the rest of the bed provides. I set my bed here for that exact purpose, I'm not a heavy sleeper so the light wakes me every morning. I look over at the clock hanging on the wall to find I've slept past eight, which is weird for me.
I swing my legs over the bed, my bright red hair falling over my face, so I brush it away. I haven't had a haircut in months so its wild in the mornings and always finds its way into my face despite my best efforts. The first thing I do every morning is brush my hair, otherwise it's in my face until I do. As a comb the bright red locks I take a second to pull back my blankets to reveal a Leafeon, but she's no ordinary Leafeon, she's what people have labeled a shiny. Which is a pokemon with odd colouring, Leafeon in this case is a much brighter color than other Leafeon.
"Come on Ester, we slept in." I shout and shake her awake. She pulls herself upright and stares at me with intense, big, round brown eyes. She belongs to my mother, who named her Ester, she was a gift from my father who's a pokemon breeder. He bred her from his Jolteon and Glaceon before I was even a thought. By the time it hatched I was a baby and we've grown up together.
I live with my mother and father, I'm their only child, on a large pokemon sanctuary and daycare called Wildwood. The largest in all of the Kanto region. I help out every day, feeding, playing, and sometimes training the pokemon. When I turned ten I was ecstatic about getting my first pokemon, and I almost did, if my mother and father hadn't come to me, sat me down and explained that they didn't have enough money to hire a farm hand. If I had left we would have lost the daycare and in turn the sanctuary.
As I finish my routine I head down the stairs, dressed and ready for the day. The kitchen is at the bottom of the stairs, through an arch, and is old fashioned with a large stove, big enough to cook a large pizza in it, and an island that we eat at every day. My mother stands at the stove and pulls out eggs, she flips them and sticks them back before turning to me.
She's a beautiful woman, with the same fire red hair as me only it's longer and wavy, her eyes are bright green just like mine. She's tall and slim like a supermodel.
"Good morning hunny, egg-" She stops mid sentence. "What are you wearing?"
I look down at my outfit, it's a blue t-shirt stained with mud, and blue jeans ripped and worn. "My work clothing. I wear this every day."
"No, go upstairs and put on the clothing I packed in the bag by your door." She tells me and turns back to the stove. I turn around, confused and head back up the stairs. What book bag? I didn't see any book bag. I reach the top of the stairs and head around the corner to my bedroom, I sigh as I spot the bag by the door. Its the nice backpack I saw in a store window last time me and my mother went to Cerulean city to drop off a pokemon to its trainer before they battled the gym leader. It was black, except for a bright green pokeball design on the front.
How was she expecting me to know it was there if it wasn't even in my room? I pick it up and head into my room. I was running behind as it was, how could she let me sleep in like this. I hope my father won't be mad at me, I was supposed to feed all the pokemon and take a few back to their trainers who are staying in town. I throw the bag onto the bed, undo the clip and flip open the top. It's really a nice bag, it has four pockets, two on the sides, one on the front and a large main one. In the main part my mother had neatly packed the clothing and a large smile spread across my face, all the clothing I had picked out in Cerulean was here. A bright green muscle shirt with the design of a vine with a large pink flower at the center, a black jacket that cuts off just above the bottom ribs, and blue capris. I quickly change and stand in front of the mirror.
I'm tall, but not like my mother, I have muscles from long hard work and I'm not as thin as her, my breasts aren't small but they're not big either. My face is long and thin, my nose is round and my lips are small. So I wasn't anything special to look at, but I liked to think I'm at least a choice someone will make one day. So, over all I guess I'm mediocre looking. The only thing I consider special about me is my hair, it's a vivid fire red and hangs down to my upper back, with one hair at front that stands on end all the time, compared to my mother's though it's not at all as beautiful. Hers' hangs down past her butt pulled up into a ponytail, it's like a blazing flame when it swings back and forth, every eye in the room is drawn to it when she moves. She's the most beautiful woman I've ever laid my eyes on.
"Lily! Come on! You're going to be late!" My mother calls up the stairs. Late? Late for what? I pull open my door and head for the stairs, the bag thumping against my back with every step I take. Then it occurs to me, where did she get the money to buy all this?
"Late for what? And I have another question I want to ask you." I call back, she's waiting at the bottom of the stairs, a smile plastered on her beautiful round face making her eyes shine brighter than I've ever seen them.
"You look wonderful! So it all fits?" She asks, ignoring my question. "Come on, your father just finished up the chores and we both want to talk to you."
My heart beats hard against my chest, last time they both wanted to talk it was to tell me I couldn't become a pokemon trainer.
"Are you going to answer my question?" I ask, she looks at me and the light in her eyes flares brighter.
"Yes my love, just come sit down and eat." She tells me, patting my head and walks through the arch into the kitchen. I follow, my father is sitting at the island stuffing his face with eggs, he has jet black short hair and deep blue eyes that remind me of the ocean. He's strong with lots of muscles and wears rattie stained work clothing, he smells like fertilizer. When I walk in he stops stuffing his face for a moment, he turns and flashes me a big smile. I can see why my mother picked him, his face is soft and worn from a long life, by he has laugh lines from years of happiness and his hard work.
"There's my little Lil." He smiles and like always warmth washes over me. I take my set beside him and mother places a plate of eggs in front of me before she takes her place.
We dig in and finish before both my parents look at me.
"Alright, time to talk." My mother smiles happily, and elbows my father in the ribs.
"Ow! Alright, alright, Lil, we have good news." He smiles at me, I always like when he gives me smiles like that. "We've been getting lots of customers and saved up enough money to send you on a journey"
My heart leaps into my throat and I feel my jaw drop. My brain is a sudden mess, are they for real? Both my parents begin to laugh and a smile spreads across my face.
"Really?!" I ask quickly. They nod, standing up, I jump for joy.
"Feon! Le-Le!" Ester bounds over to me and I drop to my knees so I could wrap my arms around her.
"I'm going on my own journey Ester! I'm going to be a pokemon trainer! I've dreamed of this my whole life! I'm going to be just like Vivian!" I stop and look at the Ester in my arms. Her gentle brown eyes stare back at me. "I'm going to miss you, Ester"
"Why would you miss her?" My mother asks, I look up at her.
"Well, cause I'm leaving." I reply, she smiles softly.
"But she's going with you, how could I separate my children after all these years." She tells me, a sad smile on her face but the brightness in her eyes shining stronger than ever. "I want to see both of you evolve and change for the better. Keeping you locked away here in Pallet would be a travesty."
My heart erupts with love and joy all at once, I quickly run to my mother, she wraps her arms around me. I giggle with as my father wraps his strong arms around both of us and I feel Iike I could stay here in their arms forever, but sadly they both pulled away and smile.
"You have to go now, Professer Oak will be waiting for you. I think there are actually three other children getting starters today too." She smiles at me but I can't help but find the sadness in her eyes discomforting and all my fears come rushing into my head. What if something happens to me on the road? Or what if they need me but can't get in contact with me? What would happen then…
"Hey…" I mumble, then my father reaches over and places his hand on my head.
"Little Lil, you don't worry one bit about us. Your father won't let anything happen to mom or the house, or the pokemon in our care. We rented out the upstairs of the barn and the person's going to work for us too as a form of payment." He smiles and the fears are banished under the light beaming from his happy face. I can't help but laugh and then we're all laughing together.
"Thanks Daddy" I whisper and give him his own personal hug. What did I do to deserve such a great father?
"Alright Lil, get going. Ester, take care of my Little Lil and Lil take care of Ester." He reaches down and rubs behind Ester's ear.
"Fe~" She presses her head into his hand gently, my mother hands me Esters pokeball and we rush out the door, excitement building I forget my bike and run headlong down the street. Ester has no problem keeping up with me as we, together, don't stop until Pallet is in view and our breaths come in hard sharp gasps. We slow to a walk and my head buzzes with adrenaline and my heart beats a thousand times a minute.
When the Professor's lab comes into view I stop and look up at the the building sitting on top of the hill. I think for a moment about the starters he would gift the children of Pallet town. Charmander the lizard pokemon, a fire type, Squirtle the tiny turtle pokemon, a water type, finally Bulbasaur the seed pokemon, a grass type. It was an easy choice for me, I would pick Bulbasaur every time.
I raise my foot to take a step but I can't bring myself to move forward and I lower my foot back to the ground. Fear grips my stomach so hard it feels like I might blow chunks all over the driveway. What if something happens to me while I'm all the way on the other side of Kanto? What if I disappear and leave my mother and father to worry about me for the rest of their lives? I'm their only living child, I'm supposed to take over the family business and care for the pokemon on the reserve. Who will take over the business than? What if they just shut it down and-
The last thought is cut off as I feel Ester rub against my leg.
"Le, Le, Leafeon." She calls up to me, quelling my fears. We are in this together, I will protect you forever. I could almost hear her voice in my head. I kneel down and wrap my arms around her neck. "Fe~"
I stand back up and head up the driveway, the confidence returning to my steps and before I know it we're standing at the large wooden door. I raise my hand but stop with my finger above the doorbell, my stomach twistes with fear. Then Ester rubs against me again and I take a deep breath before pressing the bell once. I cross my arms over my twisting stomach and a moment later the door swings open and Professor Oak smiles at me.
"Lily, I'm very glad you could make it." The Professor greets me kindly. My mother is a very close friend to the Professor, as she was a Professor in her youth before she settled down with my father and had me. So I've known him my whole life, he would often invite my mother to his lab and let me play with the pokemon. He steps aside as I walk in and I hear laughing as we walk towards the lab.
"Professor, who else is here? I don't recall any children in the village being old enough to receive any starter Pokemon."
"I invited three other youth in the same age group as you. They were looking into the starter pokemon from this region and I offered one to each of them." He chuckles.
"Will there be enough pokemon?" I ask quickly.
"Yes, of course. Your parents have made sure of that."
"The starters came from Wildwood?"
"Yeah, your father is an amazing breeder and really came through for me." He tells me with a smile as we approach the door to the lab and he opens it.
We walk in, he has a table setup with four pokeballs. Two young men stand at the table talking and laughing, one is a tall boy with auburn hair and brown eyes, he wears a red shirt under a red sweater with black arms and black pants with a red belt, his shoes are also red. I think it's safe to say his favorite color is red. The other is a very tall, handsome boy with thick jet black hair hidden under a green and white baseball cap he wears backwards. His eyes are the most beautiful emerald green. He wears a red and white jacket over a plain black shirt, his shorts are plain blue jeans and his shoes match his jacket.
My eyes are drawn to the pokemon standing at their feet, the young man with the auburn hair has an Umbreon sitting beside him. It's beautiful and majestic, she looks over at us then looks up at her trainer, then looks away calmly. The young man with black hair has a Vaporeon sitting beside him, he looks at us then stands up and walks over to Leafeon. They stand looking at eachother for a moment before touching noses and they both returned to their trainers side.
*Ding Dong. Ding Dong. Ding dong*
Professor Oak rushes away leaving us alone, the boys look at each other and then at me again. The young man with the black hair looks down at Ester and smiles.
"Can I pet your Leafeon?" He asked.
"Sure, her name is Ester." I tell him and he bends down to rub her ears, then he runs his hand down her back and legs. He looks her in the eyes and smiles.
"She's beautiful, lean with plenty of muscle, I would says she's very well bred and trained. You're a very lucky trainer, she's also a shiny, right?" He asks. I nod and feel my face grow hot, he's very beautiful himself. "My name is Ryan, I always love to meet other Eeveelutions."
"I'm Lily, you and Vaporeon are also very beautiful." My eyes grow wide as I realize what I said, I was so distracted by his beautiful emerald eyes that I wasn't thinking about what I was about saying. He looks a little surprised, then he begins to blush.
"Hahahaha." The other boy laughs and I'm so happy to hear the door open. I turn towards the Professor and see instead a pretty girl rushing towards me. She throws her arms around me and pulls away just as quickly. She's very pretty, with long black hair that reaches her hips and bright yellow eyes that are filled with excitement and happiness.
She is wearing a yellow, sleeveless crop top, over top is a short sleeved red sweater with a black lapel and hem that ends in the same place as her shirt, leaving her stomach exposed. She has black cargo shorts with a yellow belt that has suspenders attached to it. On her feet she wears red knee socks and black boots with yellow laces. Around her shoulder she has a red shoulder bag with a yellow pokeball design. She moves away from me just as quickly and towards the table.
"Are these the pokemon! I pick Charmander! I've always wanted a Charmander, that's why I didn't start in the Johto region." She spoke so fast I almost couldn't understand her.
"You're from the Johto region, that's awesome." The auburn haired boy says. "We're from the Unova region, we actually took part in the league there last year."
"Really, I've spent a lot of time there with my grandmother and I've never seen your faces." The girl replys plainly. The two boys look downcast and hurt by her statement.
"That's cause neither of us got past the trails." The black haired boy tells her and scratches the back of his head awkwardly.
"Well, not that this conversation isn't amusing and all but maybe we should all introduce ourselves." The Professor cuts in and smiles.
"Oh! I'll go first, my name is Zuri Ash. I'm fourteen, five foot five inches tall, my favorite type is Fire and I want to see the world!" She finishes by winking and making a peace sign over the left eye. I smile and she looks at me. "You next red."
I feel my face grow hot and look down at Ester who presses herself against me again. "My name is Lily Greenwood, I'm fourteen, five foot three inches, and my favorite type is Grass."
"My name is Ryan Rye, I'm fifteen, six foot two inches, and my favorite type is Water." Ryan immediately says after I finish and I have to say I am thankful he does.
"Why didn't either of you say what your dream is!" Zuri whines, then the auburn haired boy laughs at her.
"Maybe they just don't have any dreams involving pokemon, only each other." He laughs again, Zuri just looks confused for a moment and I feel my face grow really hot. Then a smile spreads across her face as she looks back and forth between us.
"My name is Mason White, I'm five foot nine, my favorite type is Dark and I want to win the Kanto pokemon league." He finishes by punching his fist in the air with a goofy smile and I can't help but laugh. Everyone looks at me confused before joining in the laughter.
"Well aren't you a lively bunch but I would like to hand out your pokemon now." Professor Oak laughs a little when we've all calmed and points to the pokeballs on the table. "Zuri, your brother set this up for you and told me you would want a Charmander."
Zuri picks up the pokeball the Professor points to and smiles broadly at it.
"Would you like to nickname him?" the Professor asks
"It's a boy?" Her smile broadens. "Uh, let's just shorten it to Char. "
"Okay, well the other Charmander is for you, Mason." He turns to Mason. He picks up the pokeball and looks down at it intensely. "Would you like to nickname yours?"
"No, I don't waste my time with things like that." Mason replies, not taking his eyes off the pokeball.
"Well, Lily I picked out a very young jolly Bulbasaur for you." He smiles at me kindly as I pick up the pokeball and release the Bulbasaur. I kneel down and it looks up at me curiously. Ester steps forward and sniffs the little guy. He looks at her and they touch noses.
"Bulba! Bulba!" He calls out in joy before running around in a circle.
"I'm glad you like him Ester, why don't we call him… Venus, because one day you will be a strong Venusaur." I tell him kindly as I squat down and rub his head.
"Bulba, Bulbasaur." He replies and rubs back against my hand.
"Good, good. Now Ryan, the Squirtle, you said you would like. You have already meet." He smiles as Ryan picks up the pokeball and also releases the Squirtle.
The Squirtle immediately leaps into Ryan's arms and he laughs. The scene makes me feel warm inside and I can't help but blush.
"Good, so you all have your pokemon now and everyone's happy. Before I send you all out I have one more proposal for you all." The professor draws our attention. "Why don't you all travel together. I always find the most fulfilling journey is always achieved when you share the experiences and memories with others."
