A/N - Ok, I know Soul isn't her official name! I don't care! I like Soul more than her other name! Besides, I think it fits more. So I'm calling her Soul. Oh, and YAY! she isn't Kris!
Disclamer - I don't own Pokemon. If I did than Soul would be her NPC name and not just an optional name when you play as her.
"You got to be kidding me!"
Soul was running through Route 29, one hand holding her hat in place and the other with a bright PokéBall. Only recently she had been in Cherrygrove buying stuff for her journey. Then she got a call from Professor Elm, someone snatched one of his Pokémon; Totodile. Gold was somewhere on Route 30, doing some errand for the professor. He could reach Cherrygrove pretty fast if needed, but Soul had her reasons to find the thief.
First reason. The thief had her bike. Soul had left her bike outside of Elm's lab, and planned to get it when she came back from Cherrygrove. Sure, she could have taken her bike when she went to Cherrygrove City. Except Gold ran off without his bike or skateboard, and he was going much farther than she was. If he could run all the way to that Mr. Pokémon's house, she could reach a PokéMart.
Second reason. The thief had her Totodile. He wasn't her Totodile yet, but Soul was planning to pick the water type as the one she'd raise for Elm's research paper. She was Elm's assistant, well Gold helped out too. Both of them helped out at the lab often, and were top candidates for raising one of the three Pokémon. The blue-haired boy became fast buddies with the speedy naive fire type. He and Cyndaquil ran off immediately after Elm gave them their instructions. Soul decided to go to Cherrygrove without Totodile so when she did get the water type, they could easily zoom past the city.
And finally, the third reason. She knew the thief. Not as in they were good friends, Soul barely met the guy today. She went to Elm's lab and planned to leave her bike against the wall so she could see it easily from the window. That's when she saw him. A young boy around her age crouching near the window. His clothes looked brand new; black-red jacket, blue jeans, and black boots. He had bright red hair (Soul thought it was kinda like that one gym leader from another region) and red eyes that were giving her a rather pissed off look. When his little 'leer attack' didn't scare Soul off he stood up.
"What are you doing here?"
Soul grinned, "Oh well I'm here to..." then it occurred to her that she didn't know the guy. "Wait...I should be asking you that!"
The boy shrugged and sat back down, "Nevermind. Just leave me alone."
That's when Soul messed everything up. She didn't like this guy, so what would she do? Gloat of course.
"Fine, I need to get my new Pokémon from Elm anyway!" she said, and was happy when the boy looked back at her.
"Really? What kind?" he asked, his eyes showed more mischief now. Like he was scheming.
Soul hadn't noticed and happily told him, "Totodile of course! And not just any Totodile, that little fella knows water gun and bite already. I'm planning on teaching him an ice type move too! That way we can take down Falkner and Bugsy easily!"
He smirked, "You've been planning this for a while huh?"
She had. The minute Elm had told her he was going to obtain the three Johto starters a couple of months ago, she began her research. She tried finding all the info she could on each gym leader in the region. From their name, type specialty, location, and even their ages. Soul knew it all and decided that Totodile would be the perfect choice. She was planning on being the best, just like almost every other kid said when they started. That's why Soul decided that to be the best, you needed the best Pokémon. Not a silly grass type that barely learned tackle...
Ring! Ring!
"Was that...?" muttered Soul as she came to a stop.
Soon she saw someone coming towards her on a bike. Someone with red hair. She grabbed hold of her PokéBall tightly with both hands. When Soul turned ten a while back, her mom gave her a Pokémon. However, she barely trained it since Elm already promised her she could have Totodile. Now Soul wouldn't have an advantage if she needed to battle the guy. Plus he could have another Pokémon besides Totodile. As the bike got closer and Soul was positive the boy wasn't afraid of her, she really hoped she didn't need to battle.
"So it's you again," he said while coming to a halt in front of Soul. Totodile was sitting on the handle bars, ringing the bike's bell and cackling quietly.
"Yeah, thought you'd miss me," replied Soul as she eyed the water type. 'He's happy? Totodile just got stolen and he's happy?!?'
"I really have to hand it to the author, this was way too easy."
Soul furrowed her brow, 'What's he talking about? What author?' She opened her mouth to ask when the boy lifted a hand, telling her to stop.
"Don't ask," he said. "I'm positive you will have no clue what I'm talking about. Let's just battle."
At that Totodile jumped off and did a few punches, he was raring to go. Soul frowned, the little Pokémon didn't even seem to hate the guy. She agreed to the battle though, and pressed the small button on her PokéBall. A burst of white light came out and took shape, soon a Hoppip was on the ground next to Totodile. Hoppip looked up towards its trainer, a gentle smile on it.
"We need to battle now," muttered Soul. It pained her to send the grass-flying type out. Soul would have some advantage in the battle, but that only meant Hoppip wouldn't be KO'ed in five seconds. The only grass type move the cottonweed knew was synthesis.
"Hop!" nodded Hoppip and faced Totodile.
The redhead smirked and said, "You can go first, doesn't matter anyway."
"Okay...Hoppip use tackle!"
Hoppip ran up towards the water type, who took a step to the side and dodged. Hoppip squeaked and kept on going, hitting the redhead's leg and falling down. "Hoppiiiiip! Hop! Ip! Hoppip!" cried Hoppip.
That took seven seconds.
"Oh no, Hoppip it's okay!" tried to reassure Soul. "Try synthesis!"
"Talk about pathetic," muttered the boy, pushing the pink Pokémon out of his way. "I won't battle such a weak Pokémon. Find me when you get a real Pokémon!"
With that said, he picked up Soul's bike and placed Totodile back on his spot. He peddled off towards Cherrygrove City.
Soul looked down at her crying Hoppip. She could think of millions of things to say to it, none would help her problem though. She finally crouched down and rubbed at the small bump on Hoppip's forehead. "Come on little fella, use synthesis and let's go." she whispered. Hoppip slowed down the waterworks to only a sniffle and let his green leaves glow. Soon he began to glow all around and the bruise disappeared. When he was done with synthesis Soul picked Hoppip up and walked towards a patch of grass that was tall enough to hide her feet.
"Okay," she sighed. "We aren't leaving this place until you get stronger, or I catch something stronger. Whichever one works."
"Hopp..." he whispered dejected. Soul nodded and gently threw Hoppip to the ground.
So yeah...hope you enjoyed! I have my reasons for giving Soul a Hoppip instead of a Marill like in the screenshots/trailers we've seen. When NPC Soul has Marill, Gold has Chikorita. So she has a Pokemon that's weaker against Gold's, like Lucas/Dawn did. In this story Gold went with Cyndaquil, meaning Soul needed a grass type. Plus Hoppip is pretty weak, it learns tackle at level ten.