So I felt that an introduction to this was necessary. I've always like the ideas of Nuzlockes and I've seen multiple online comics with people attempting these runs and I've completed a couple myself. Well I decided (mainly since I can't draw) that I would instead write my Nuzlocke journey for my current Soul Silver playthrough.

My rules =

1.) Catch the first Pokemon you see in an area. However if you already have that Pokemon, you get one more shot. If it's the same/or already caught, move on.

2.) No healing items during battle or out of battle. Healing may only be done with Pokemon Centers

3.) Legendaries may be caught but never used.

4.) Eggs count but if hatched in a Route, must count for that area. I.E. Mystery Egg hatched on Route 32, you cannot catch a Pokemon on that route.

5.) Nickname all captured Pokemon (I will be using old Nordic and Scandinavian names)

To all readers, if you notice blatant mistakes in my writing. PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP. I accept all criticisms as well so give me your best shot!

Wish me luck!

It was eight in the morning when the smell of pancakes first alerted her senses. She rubbed her face, sleep sticking to her like honey. Like always, she didn't want to get up, her body protesting the stretching muscles shifting in the bed. "Ellie, breakfast is ready!" Her mother's voice rang like a bell fortifying her resolve to remain in bed. It was only a mere two seconds later before she shifted, her legs wobbling underneath her.

Scratching her stomach, she half-tripped downstairs. Her mother, Nikki, stood behind the stove, a heap of pancakes smoking next to her. Ellie searched the room warily. "Where's Eleanor?" Compared to rest of her family, Elise Luna Weber was more of a stain on the lineage. Her elder sister, Eleanor, was currently in the running to be a Pokémon Professor and Researcher. The middle sister, Elaina, was already a top rank ranger in a faraway land called Fiore. Her mother was a past top Coordinator and her father, a well-known Gym Leader in a different country.

She, however, fell short of the expectations and hadn't attempted anything, lest she not meet expectations. "She's in the basement working with some man named Bill and a woman named Lanette? She seemed like she didn't want to be bothered so I'll bring her food down later." Her mother set the plate down followed by a small cup of syrup. "Your friend, Ethan was it? Anyway, he came by earlier to ask a favor of you for his father. Apparently Professor Elm needs someone to help with his work and he's offering a Pokémon to a certain helper…" Her mother died off and focused back on cleaning.

The piece of pancake slipped off as her eyes remained wide. Was this the chance she was looking for? "Before you go, Eleanor finished fixing your Pokégear. Now go on, finish your food." She returned her attention to the stove, nonchalantly flipping food. She barely even tasted the food, shoveling it down and had she been any faster, she'd have choked on it.

"Thanks for the food!" Ellie tiptoed down the stairs; her sister's voice a mere muffle. In the past four years, Eleanor had transformed the basement into a make-shift lab for her own personal use. At the desk, was her sister clacking away at her laptop. In those same years, she learned never to interrupt her sister while she was working. At her feet lay a large Feraligatr with scars stretched horizontally on its right eye. Ellie waved to it and it merely puffed at her, blinking its eyes lazily. Eleanor for her part sighed heavily before leaning back in her chair.

"It's over there; I've regulated some things including the clock so now you don't have to worry about setting it for day lights saving time." She finally spun around, her square glasses almost dropping off her face as her extremely curly blonde hair puffed out of her bun. "Hey…" She began and Ellie felt her body tense slightly. When Eleanor first began her journey researching Pokémon, all the Pokémon in her team aside from her starter were lost to a well-known disease plaguing the world's Pokémon. Those researching it dubbed it Nuzlocke Disease mainly for the fact that the first known Pokémon to fall for it was a Nuzleaf in the Hoenn region. "I heard from mom earlier…call me if…" She didn't speak anymore, her voice cracking and she turned back to her laptop. "Good luck, Ellie."

Back upstairs, her mother had moved to the table, her eyes focused on the television. "Well, I'm off!" Her mother waved goodbye and Ellie opened the door to her new adventure.

The wind pulled her hair off her shoulders and threatened to pull the black beret off her head. Ethan, like always, was waiting outside, his Marill running in circles. Only one word was escaping the small creature's mouth. "Play!" It was a sight to see Ethan chasing after the small Pokémon as it ducked under legs trying to escape his grasp. The Pokémon darted behind her legs, laughing at its trainer. Ethan puffed, finally straightening himself upwards.

He coughed, readjusting his hat and bag. "Hey El, got my message?" He stood awkwardly before her, a light blush creeping on his face. "Good luck!" He waved as she continued to the lab next door. He had been a good friend since they moved in 13 years ago. The smell of the sterile environment was almost overbearing as her senses went haywire.

At the far end of the room, the erratic Professor Elm was shuffling papers as assistants rushed in and out. "Busy?" He paused and took one glance before speeding off with another task.

"Very much so, has my son told you anything about what I need?" She shook her head. "A good friend of mine, Mr. Pokémon, has discovered something important but as you can see, I'm in no state to go see said discovery. Would you be willing to go for me?" Her heart dropped. Here she thought she was getting a Pokémon for an adventure and it turns out it's only a mere errand. As if sensing her hesitation, he spoke once more. "It's more dangerous in the wild now so I'd be giving you a Pokémon from our lab. If you don't want to tho-"

"Of course I will!" She interrupted, the happiness on her body radiating brilliantly. He smiled and gestured her over to a nearby room. Three Pokémon interacted within the room.

"Pick carefully, these are the partners who will be protecting you during this trip." She nodded and entered the room. The first one, a green plant-like thing bobbled up to her, a gentle look on its face.

"Greetings Ma'am, we've heard you're going on an adventure! I am Chikorita, a pleasure." The blue crocodile pushed the plant out of the way, bouncing haphazardly.

"Pick me! Oh pick me! I'm a Totodile! I want to go!" Its hyperactivity knowing no bounds continued to jump in front of her. The third remained a distance away, judging her carefully. It had black fur and seemed to be more on the shy side. She bypassed the two, kneeling in front of the Pokémon.

She held out her hand, grinning as the Pokémon seemed even more wary with the action. "My name is Elise, call me Ellie…or El…" She took a glance at the other two who had tilted their heads towards the ground in disappointment. "Would you like to join me?" Its head tilted up in confusion.

"Me?" She nodded and it seemed uneasy.

"Don't worry." Her smiled turned gentle and it seemed to relax at that. "I'll protect you." It was the tipping point and it pressed its paw in her hand. She scooped up the Pokémon and whispered a sorry to the others and returned to Professor Elm. He adjusted his glasses staring at the Pokémon in her arms.

"Oh? You're picking the fire type, Cyndaquil?" Yet again, she only nodded as affirmation. He seemed to appraise her lightly. "We found that little guy abandoned and especially with his off color fur. Shiny Cyndaquils have red but black is not normal…take good care of him, okay?"

"Of course!" He moved quickly throwing some random objects at her along with a map and his number. He was practically pushing her out the door. He thanked her, and slammed it on her face.

She stared at the Pokémon still locked in her arms. "I'm going to call you Fenrir." She nuzzled him, ignoring his squirming. She didn't even pay attention when Ethan called her name.

It wasn't until he shook her shoulder that she pulled out of her daze. "El, you got a Pokémon! It's so cute too!" He reached towards Fenrir but he puffed smoke at Ethan, knocking him over in fright.

"Yep! I need to get going! Catch ya later!" She sped off towards the woods, daylight sprinkling in between the branches.

Fenrir puffed again as the scenery around shifted. "Where are we?" He pushed against her chest, examining the environment.

"Route 29 right off of New Bark Town." He didn't seem too thrilled and continued to look around. She waded through the tall grass, holding Fenrir even closer. This was the world of Nuzlocke now and anything wrong on her part could mean death for Fenrir. There was a rustle above and a bird dive bombed her.

It squawked angrily at her. "Oy! What do you think you're doing in my forest pipsqueaks?" Fenrir wiggled in her arms, wanting to fight.

"Shut up birdbrain, it's not your forest." That only added fuel to the fire as the Pidgey pecked at Fenrir still captured within her arms. He escaped talking the bird in midair.

"Mayday mayday! Bird going down and needing rescue! Help brethren!" No help came and the bird flopped weakly on the ground. Elise took her chance, grabbing Fenrir and running.

"Ellie, go back! I need to teach that bird a lesson." She didn't stop until she hit the next city, Cherrygrove City.

She set him down, kneeling once more to his height. "I need to tell you. This world isn't normal since the Nuzlocke disease set in." Fenrir's tilted head said enough. "It's a disease plaguing all Pokémon…it can't be healed at the Pokémon center and no amount of money can do it either. Once a Pokémon "faints" in normal circumstances could be healed at the center but now in that same circumstance…they die instead." The Pokémon froze and stared at her.

"Even me…?" Her heart broke and she scooped him up, cuddling him close. She rubbed her face to his back, already attached to the Pokémon.

"Only you…I will not let you go…I'll protect you." That was one promise she couldn't let down. "How about we win some battles?" She set him down and walked alongside him. She passed by the shop, people lined to the doors. She'd never visited the shops before but she had learned that some of their products had adverse effects on Pokémon and her family and she avoided it and used only centers as a means of healing.

Entering Route 30, they continued and knocked out Pokémon on their way. Ellie had specifically ordered Fenrir to not kill the wild Pokémon, merely knocking them out or scaring them away. By the time they hit Mr. Pokémon's house, it was midday. She knocked carefully, picking up Fenrir as she heard the scuffing inside. The door cracked open and a man with giant bottle-cap glasses and a cane greeted her. "Sorry, I'm not buying any girl scout cookies." He began to shut the door but her foot stopped it being closed all the way.

"I'm sorry to bother you sir but I'm not with the girl scouts. Professor Elm sent me about your discovery?" The man drug her inside and she locked eyes with the man sitting at the desk, sipping coffee. "Professor Oak?" He appraised her and was genuinely surprised.

"You're Eleanor's little sister right?" She nodded and squeezed Fenrir tighter. It was a touchy subject and she never liked being compared. Next his eyes fell to the Fenrir in his arms. "What a strange Pokémon?" He got up, looking over it. "How strange! You are aspiring to be a Pokémon trainer then? Your family has a lot of potential and I'm sure you'll rise to stardom as well." His eyes lit up and he returned to his bag, searching through its pockets and retrieving a metal object. "Here, take this, it's a Pokédex, I'll believe in you."

She bit back the happy tears forming in her eyes. "Thank you sir."

Fenrir ogled the object in his hands. "That is a…what?" She shifted him to her left arm and accepted the Pokédex.

"It's a Pokémon recorder Fenrir, basically as we go along on our adventure, it can record those that we meet." Fenrir didn't seem impressed and dazed off bored.

Mr. Pokémon cocked an eyebrow at the interaction. "You are communicating with…with the Pokémon?" She tightened her arm around Fenrir, pocketing the Pokédex. Thankfully Professor Oak stepped in.

"The Weber family has the ability to talk to Pokémon. They have been for a very long time and from what I've heard Ellie and her sisters all have it, correct?" She nodded, so thankful that he stepped in for her. It was a hard concept to believe and thankfully he took the reins. Fortunately, Mr. Pokémon seemed to accept it and turned to his computer.

"What I wanted to show Professor Elm is this…" He pulled of the cloth covering a large capsule. Inside was an egg with blue and red triangles all over the shell. Truthfully, she had never seen a Pokémon egg but it was fascinating. "Please take this back to him, I believe he could unlock its mysteries." She shifted Fenrir to her head, the weight unnatural on her head.

"Come on Fenrir, back we go!" She hummed, carrying the egg container within her arms. It was a relatively peaceful walk back to Cherrygrove where she stopped by the center for a quick heal before going on her way again.

The case blocked her eyesight and within moments she collided with a figure, knocking her and Fenrir off her head. She caught the container with her body, a relieved sigh escaping after realizing the egg was safe. "I'm so sorry; I couldn't see where I was going." She spoke around the egg and locked eyes with a red-headed boy with sharp silver eyes.

He scoffed at her, arms crossed in a petulant defiance. "You should be." She blinked at his suddenness. A normal person would have offered her a hand or something. She staggered upwards, wary of the egg still in her arms.

"Excuse you! You couldn't even go around me when you could see I had this container in my arms?" She puffed her cheeks and at her feet, Fenrir spewed smoke at the boy. He glared at the Pokémon, pulling out his own ball.

The bag on her shoulders slid halfway down at the Pokémon's appearance. "Oh! Hi lady from earlier! Hey there friend!" The Totodile from earlier waved eagerly at them.

"I'll show you the real difference between you and me." He hissed throwing his arms out at Ellie. The Totodile flew forward, his claws in full length. The Pokémon swung towards the egg and she flinched instinctively. Fenrir met the offender head on, butting him back to the ground.

"Fenrir use smokescreen now!" Fenrir spewed smog, covering the battlefield. "Keep it up! Attack when they can't see you!" There were noises and scuffles but nothing could be seen as the smoke kept low. The smoke cleared and on the ground, unconscious, was the Totodile. The boy seemed flabbergasted at the scenario and quickly recalled his Pokémon.

"You'll…I'll get you some other day, I'm in a hurry." He shoved past her, almost again knocking her over. She snarled at the man but only rebounded by sticking her tongue out at him. On the ground, sitting suspiciously was a trainer ID. The boy's picture was an awkward one and next to him was his name, Silver but no last name was given. She took one look back and here he was, storming back up to her and swiping the card from her hands. "You. Saw. It." If looks could kill. He spun off again, this time not returning.

"Weird…" She shuddered and returned back to the lab, where more chaos was ensuing. She walked past the panicking assistants and found Elm at his usual spot this time accompanied by a Law Enforcer. The officer stared at Ellie, a slight uncomfortable feeling arising in her chest.

"The culprit always returns! We got her boys!" She was grabbed by the other officers and hoisted off the ground. Ethan and Elm immediately flew into a fit.

Ethan threw himself in front of the door. "It wasn't her! It was this boy with red hair! He was standing outside the Lab all day yesterday and today!" There was the connection.

"Wait! I just battled him coming back from Mr. Pokémon! His name was Silver! He had the Totodile from here!" The officers set her down gently and immediately were sent out looking for this boy.

He bowed and tipped his cap. "I'm sorry for the intrusion and misunderstanding, this information has helped a lot. Have a nice day." He left prematurely, chasing after his men. Professor Elm looked worn out, flopping down into his chair while massaging his temples. The last remaining Pokémon, the Chikorita, rubbed against his legs soothingly.

"What a disaster…Ellie…sorry about the hassle…this is Mr. Pokémon's discovery? An egg? And…a Pokédex?! Where did you get this? Oh…Professor Oak was visiting? Hmm…well Mr. Pokémon is always finding eggs but I'll look into this one in case there's something about this one…You know…that Cyndaquil has really taken a liken to you…why don't you take on the Gyms and try for the Elite Four?" She was ecstatic.

"Really?! Like…really really?!" She grabbed his arms, almost knocking the egg out of his hands. He nodded and she squealed, lifting Fenrir off the ground and spun.

"Tell your family first though and…best of luck from me to you. Feel free to call me if you need help." She hugged him and her gaze went to Ethan who smiled back at her. She hugged him and then left with haste. Her mother was just as excited and squeezed Fenrir, a dopey look on her face.

"Tell Eleanor before you set off dear! I'll tell your father for you, he'll be so proud!" Eleanor seemed uninterested and stared at the Pokémon in her arms.

"I see that you picked the fire type. Wanted to be contrasting with your elder sister oh so much right?" She smirked and patted Big Ben at her feet. "I'll tell Elaina for you so get going." She shooed her away. "I'll always have my phone open for you…so call…if you know…" Yet again she broke off and turned back to her computer. It was understandable; she had lost her partners and like others, would not have wished it upon the others. "You'll do fine. You're a Weber, remember? Take some camping gear with you." And with that, Ellie set off, stepping back into Route 29 with a new goal, take on the Elite Four and become the champion. This was going to be a good year.

Tadah to all those that read it and made it this far and I hope you liked it! If not, tell me why and if it's something I can fix, I will try my hardest to do so!

Feel free to message me any questions, I will get back to you as soon as I can!

As a side note, since this is going right alongside my actual gameplay. Chapters might be slower to update as I continue along.

NIR