Me: The German Storyteller, for that is I, welcome thee, young reader, to this tale!
Yeah, finally! I reeeally hope you like this, hehe, I mean, look at the length of that thing, that was quite some work! xD
As announced many, many times before, and I think you get it by now, this is only to fill in some gaps, or to give some background on the characters in Caught Between Worlds starting off with one half of our favorite ranger couple, Solana!
I hope you like and please review! :D
Disclaimer: Hi, I'm here to assure that this one does not get arrested so; I don't own Pokémon. Simple as that.
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Chapter 1: It Started With A Letter
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A young blue haired girl was sleeping in her bed, it was a beautiful summer morning in Nuvema Town, Unova region. Suddenly she was waked up by the voice of a woman calling for her from downstairs..
„Solana," she called, „Wake up, dear, there is something that might interest you!"
„I'm coming!" replied the girl sleepy, she then got dressed and made her way downstairs where her parents waited for her. Her father was holding a letter in her hand, it was sealed with the seal of the ranger union.
„Good morning, sweetheart," said her father warmly.
„Good morning you two." said Solana.
„Today we received this letter, it was assigned to you, here take a look." she then took the letter and opened it.
„Come on, read it to us." said the mother happily.
„Ok," she then proceeded to read what stood in the letter, her eyes opened meanwhile and she was getting more and more happy.
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„I, Spenser Hayate, leader of the Ringtown ranger base, am more than happy to inform you, that you have been accepted as a ranger, due to your marvelous results in the tests and exams aswell as the eager that you've shown us in form of your letters. I can see that you have what it takes to become a great pokémon ranger and I here by invite you to join our ranger organisation. You are to meet up with me in Fall City tomorrow, I will await you at the harbour."
Solana screamed out of happiness and hugged her parents tightly, who were cheering aswell. Solana was becoming a ranger! Her dream came true!
„I have to tell the others!" said Solana happily.
„Of, course, honey, go on." replied her parents and Solana then made her way outside the house to get to her friends after she called them and told them to meet up in Orion City.
The young girl hopped on her bike and made her way to the city.
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Some time later she arrived at the city where her friends were already waiting for her. They looked happy and were eager to find out what their friend wanted to tell them.
„Hey, guys!" said Solana joyfully.
„Hey, Sole," said the two girls, „So, what did you want to tell us?" asked one of the girls, she had long blonde hair and wore a black sweater and a checkered mini rock.
„Well, I have just been accepted as a pokémon ranger! I'm going to Fiore!" the girls cheered loudly and happily and started to jump around hugging.
„That's awesome, girl! We're so proud of you!" said the other girl who had brown hair and wore a white tank top with jeans shorts.
„We have to celebrate this, Sole!"
„We so have to, great plan and I've already have the perfect idea!"
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While her two friends planned the day, Solana was lost in her thoughts,
„Taylor and Chrissy.. You guys are the best. My best friends, who always stood behind me and my decisions, I'm so going to stay in contact with you!" she was bursting out in happiness.
„So, what do you have in mind?" asked the blue haired girl.
„We will now go to Castelia City, all together by train and then we'll go have some fun! Also Tay wanted to check out some guys. Since you're leaving us, she has to learn to speak to boys all by herself without your help." said Chrissy, while Taylor blushed a bit.
„Chrissy!" she hissed at her.
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Well, it was true though, Solana has always been the confident one, and as such played some kind of wingman.. or woman for her friends, especially Taylor. She always managed to put her friends in a good mood when they were sad or had a hard time. She always had good advice about all kinds of things and brought motivation to her friends when they were down.
„Sounds great!" the four girls then made their way to the trainstation and hopped in the next train towards Unova's biggest city.
„Hey, how is it looking with you, Solana, didn't you have a crush on this Dean guy from school?" asked Taylor.
„Oh well, it doesn't look too good, I heard he is going to Hoeen to join some band. Guess I'll never get my chance."
„Yeah, I heard that too, isn't he replacing their old bassist because he had some alcohol problems?" said Taylor.
„Anyway, you shouldn't cry after him, I'm sure you'll meet a whole lot of hot guys in Fiore, maybe even one of the rangers at your base." said Chrissy.
„I'm sure the boys over there will fall in love with you immediatly, Solana! I mean, look at you, you are so good looking. Your hair, your body and your attitude!"
„Aww, you're the best, guys." the girls then hugged and continued to talk about their crushes and expectations about the Fiore guys.
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When they left the train they saw that the city was filled with people, there was some kind of big festival going on today. What a lucky coincedence!
„Wow, look at all those people!" said Solana amazed.
„Yeah, it so great to get out of town from time to time." continued Taylor.
„And how lucky we are that there is a big artistic festival, look at the sign."
There was a big sign at the city's entrance;
Welcome to Castelia City! Today we celebrate the Sundance Festival, so buckle up for lots of theater, music, arts, and more!
„Sundance Festival," repeated Solana, „Awesome! Let's go!" the three then made their way to the center of the city.
In the entire city were stages built up, where some music acts performed and even some theatres took place. It was really lively.
„Wow, everything looks so great, all those colours! I have a feeling that this day is going to be totally awesome!" cheered Chrissy. Solana agreed but Taylor didn't seem to pay attention. The blonde haired girl had her eyes focused on a young black haired man, who followed a younger one with dark-blue hair, who happened to be his little brother or something.
„Wow, look at this, man, everything looks totally awesome, have you ever seen something like this?" cheered the younger one.
„Now, he's good looking and he has a cute brother. They should be around my age aswell! I take the older one and one of the others can get the younger one, hehe!" she thought.
„Hey, Tay, you can stare at the boys later, now we're going to this big stage thingy over there!" the girl was thrown out of her thoughts by the voice of her friends calling for her. She shook her head and went back to the others.
When they arrived they found out that there was some kind of music show contest being prepared. There was a line of people who wanted to sign up.
„You should sign up, Chrissy!" suggested Solana.
She started to blush, „What? Me? No way, I would never win with this huge competition. Also, what should I do?" asked the girl confused.
„Well, you could sing, you have an awesome voice!" said Taylor.
„You should do that aswell, your voice is also great." said Solana.
„I think we should all three sign up and see who's the best!" suggested Chrissy.
„Sounds great!" cheered Taylor.
„Sure, it will be a lot of fun!" added Solana. The four then made their way to the line to sign up individually.
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The contest started in three hours, the girls entered the songs that they would perform and prepared for the show. They would perform with an actual band and wanted to deliver quite the show themselves.
The first one of them to start was Taylor:
A man in a black suit introduced her as he did with the others:
„Next up we have Taylor! She is a young girl from the lovely town of Nuvema and she will now give us a demonstration of her awesome voice, so give up a round of applause for Taylor!"
The blond girl then made her way to the stage, she was smiling from ear to ear, she had never had a crowd of more than hundred people applauding her.
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The song then started...
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('Miss Nothing' – The Pretty Reckless)
First Verse:
I'm Miss Autonomy, Miss Nowhere
I'm at the bottom of me
Miss Androgyny, Miss Don't Care
What I've done to me
I am misused, I don't wanna do
Be not your slave
Misguided, high-minded,
I'm missin the train.
Pre-Chorus:
And I don't know where I've been
And I don't know what I'm into
And I don't know what I've done to me
Chorus:
And as I watch you disappear into the ground
My one mistake was that I never let you down
So I'll waste my time, and I'll burn my mind
On miss nothing, miss everything
Second Verse:
I'm Miss Fortune, Miss So Soon
I'm like a bottle of pain
Miss Matter you had her
now she's goin' away
I'm misused, misconstrued
I don't need to be saved
Miss slighted, high-minded
I'm second rate
Pre-Chorus:
And I don't know where I am
And I don't know what I'm into
And I don't know what I've done to me
And as I watch you disappear into the ground
Chorus:
My one mistake was that I couldn't let you down
So I'll waste my time, and I'll burn my mind
On miss nothing, miss everything
Miss everything
Bridge:
And as I watch you disappear into my head
Well, there's a man who's telling me I might be dead
Chorus:
So I'll waste my time, and I'll burn my mind
So I'll waste my time, and I'll burn my mind
On Miss Nothing, Miss Everything!
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„Now wasn't that just fabulos? Give up another round of applause for Taylor!"
the entire crowd cheered and applauded.
„Wow, Tay, that was awesome!" cheered her two friends in the backstage.
„Thanks, man, I was really nervous in the beginning.." said Taylor chuckling.
„You did really great." repeated Solana.
„Look, I'm next up! Wish me luck!" said Chrissy with eager, she then made her way to the stage.
The Announcer joined her on her way.
„The next one is a girl from Nuvema town aswell! How great is that! Her name is Chrissy and she too will give us a taste of her magnificent voice, so you already know what to do, people!"
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The crowd again cheered and applauded the young girl who waved back at them.
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('Running With The Wild Things' – Against the Current)
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
First Verse:
Oh, they don't hear us
Read us bedtime stories from their textbooks
Oh try to reign us in
Blind to our intelligence
Standardization of the masses
Give us a number fail or pass us
Education, manipulation
Decide our fate but never ask us
Pre-Chorus:
We're about to boil over
You can't keep us down forever
Chorus:
We got too big for the cage you locked us up in
Let's mark this down as the day that we start something
So open the gate, open the gate cause when we
Finally escape, finally escape we'll be
Tearin' through the streets
Running with the wild things
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
Second Verse:
Hey, why you waitin'?
Quit cravin' notches to count the days 'cause
They're losing power
See 'em growing weaker by the hour
Pre-Chorus:
We're about to boil over
You can't keep us down forever
Chorus:
We got too big for the cage you locked us up in
Let's mark this down as the day that we start something
So open the gate, open the gate cause when we
Finally escape, finally escape we'll be
Tearin' through the streets
Running with the wild things
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
Bridge:
Standardization of the masses
Give us a number fail or pass us
Standardization of the masses
Give us a number fail or pass us
Education, manipulation
Decide our fate but never ask us
Education, manipulation
Decide our fate but never ask us
Never ask us, never ask us
Chorus:
We got too big for the cage you locked us up in
Let's mark this down as the day that we start something
So open the gate, open the gate cause when we
Finally escape, finally escape we'll be
Tearin' through the streets
Running with the wild things
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
Oo-ooh
Ooo-ooo-oh, ooo-ooo-oh
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„Aaaand another stunning act, man Nuvema town seems to be filled with talented people! Give up another warm round of applause for this young lady and her great voice!"
While the crowd again errupted in cheering Chrissy made her way to the backstage where her friends greeted her with a warm hug.
„That was outrageous, Chrissy!" said the two girls in unision.
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There were about seven other people before it was Solana's turn. In between they made a break of thirty minutes before they continued. However, this break was up in no time and it was finally Solana's turn to perform!
Ok, now let's get to the last act of today: Solana! Admire her for her wonderful blue hair or her even more beautiful voice but applau-" suddenly the microphone went off, leaving the audience aswell as the announcer wondering what happened. Suddenly the screens which displayed the stage went off aswell. After they reappeared they only showed a strange sign, a Red B in a circle. This sign disappeared aswell and now the screens showed a masked man sitting at a table, he wore a white suit.
„Hello people of the world, this is a worldwide transmission." the screens then showed the stage again, on which a totally confused Solana stood. Suddenly four men in black trenchcoats came on the stage, all of them wore white masks.
„May I, young lady?" said one of them who walked towards Solana. He then took the microphone away from her. The announcer came towards them.
„What is the meaning of this? I demand to know who you a-" he was punched in the face by another on of the men and fell to the ground. The crowd started to panick, they started to run away, out of the stadium when they saw that some of those shady men had guns with them. But the doors were locked.
„Easy now, people, calm down," said a man through the microphone, he had red stripes on his trenchcoat, also his mask differed from the others, „We only want to make an announcement and probably take a few volunteers with us. Now, you see, we are only eleven guys, a small team, but a team with a dream! Our goal is to make the world a better place, so that's not too bad, now is it? To achieve this goal we only need money, so this is like fund-raising! Fund raising for a good cause!"
„I think you are up to something bad, I don't believe you!" shouted Solana at the man.
„What?! How dare you question our right cause?! What are you still doing up here anyway, go bring her away from here." commanded the man. Then two of the grunts came towards the girl from each side. Solana dodged their grasps causing them to point there weapon at her.
„Your fighting for a good thing? Then why do you use weapons and why do you point them at innocent people?!" yelled a few people from the crowd.
„Shut up! This is the only way it can work and you better be following it!"
In the meantime Solana managed to bring the two grunts down; first she jumped towards the one to her right and disarmed him, she then used him as a shield so the other one won't shoot. Then she pushed him towards the comrade and the two fell to ground.
„You..." grunted the leader angrily. He then pulled out a gun and wanted to shoot her but she managed to dodge the bullet at last second. Solana rushed towards him and kicked him in the face, sending him to the ground.
„Argh, you bitch!" he shouted at her „Go get her, you imbeciles!"
The other grunts then rushed towards her but they were interrupted by a police helicopter which landed on the stage. Seven swat units jumped out of it, all of them armed. The grunts immediatly let their guns fall to the ground.
„Ok guys, the show is over, time to go home!" said one of the men, who was putting handcuffs on one of the grunts.
„NOO! This can't be happening!" yelled the leader of the grunts.
„You can cry as much you want, it will be of no use, your going to jail this way or another." said the unit's chief. They were then brought to the helicopter which flew off. Only the leader stayed behind, he extended his hand towards Solana, to help her up.
„You are very brave to go against a group of armed criminals all by yourself. The city of Castelia is in your debt." said the man.
„Uh.. thanks, but I was only doing my duty, you know. I'm going to become a ranger and as such it's my duty to help the people."
„And this is more than honorable, young lady." replied the officer. „I'm officer John Koiri, by the way." the two shook hands, „I'm Solana Hinata." replied Solana.
„But I have one question," said the blue haird girl, „Who were those guys?"
„They were some strange band of lunatics called the 'Bloods Brothers'. They wanted to take over the world but were only starting, so it's good that we've already stopped them before they even had the chance to become any stronger."
The crowd of people started to cheer loudly and they all applauded Solana.
„Looks like you've made yourself some fans, Solana. Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to unlock the doors now." Officer Koiri then made his way to the control centre and reactivated the entire power in the stadium and also reopened the doors.
Taylor and Chrissy came to Solana, „Wow, Solana, that was awesome! How you handled those guys, brilliant!"
„Hehe, thanks, I think I'll have to get used to that amount of action if I want to become a ranger." said Solana chuckling, „Also I'm kinda happy that I didn't have to perform, I was so nervous." Solana blushed a bit.
„I think that won't be necessary, young lady," said the announcer, who got back up on his feet.
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He grabbed a microphone and turned towards the crowd.
„Now, I think it's high time to determine the winner of this fine contest after this small incident! The results shall be announced in about ten minutes!"
The announcer and the three judges then made their way into the back to determine the winner.
A few of the other contestants walked past the three girls, some of them saying, „We already know who won, and it's obviously the best choice."
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„Now, we've come together and decided on who shall become the winner of the Sundance Talent show! And the winner is... *drumroll* Solana Hinata from Nuvema Town!"
The entire stadium bursted out in cheering. The entire crowd applaued the young blue haired girl.
Solana then came to the stage and waved back at the crowd smiling all over her face. She then received trophy from the announcer and shook hands with him and the judges. She was also given the title 'Queen of Sundance'.
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Later that evening, the sun was already setting, the girls got into the train and went back home. This day was definitly something special! Solana was still smiling over her trophy and the things that she did today and the people cheering for her, she totally could get used to this. Taylor also managed to get the number of one of the contestants. So that's good, I guess.
After they arrived at home the two girls gave each other a hug and said goodbye. Tomorrow Solana would ultimately say goodbye, before she would go to the harbour. Now she had to pack her things.
Solana still couldn't believe it, she was becoming a pokémon ranger! This has been her dream since she was a little girl and now it finally came true! After she packed everything she lay down on her bed and fell asleep pretty quickly. She had the most wonderful dreams about her future as a pokémon ranger and all the adverntures that she will have...
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Me: And that was it. The first chapter of Origin Stories. I hope you liked it and want to get more backstory of the characters! Also did I forget to mention that we won't always have this bit of happiness and everything is good...-ness.
You shall see what I mean by that in the net one, but until then Auf Wiedersehen! :D
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