Authors note: Hey guys its Rook again :P, I'm not sure of anyone has looked at my previous chapter yet but I decided to make some minor ajustments to my descriptive word choice and the grammer in which they were used, I think i had a little too much "and then this happened". Im happy for any reviews, criticism, or comments :). Feel free to PM if you want as well. Well, lets get into this!
The streets of a large city were lively with people and pokemon going about their days in the midst of a pleasent winter afternonn. Large ribbons and silver bells drapped from street lights. Reefs hung from nearly every door and the smell of peppermint and pine riddled the streets.
On the eastern edge of Cass city lies a pokemon center. It's destinct red fluorescent lights made it stand out in the late afternoon glow. Inside a young boy is walking back to the front desk with a pokeball in hand.
"Ok, Minccino should be all good to go, make sure if you are gonna be training that you take time to let Minccino warm up, its important that he doesn't freeze out in this frigid weather." James spoke with concern as he handed the young child his pokeball back.
"Thanks sir, sorry for the trouble" The small child spoke with a look of guilt that quickly washed away. He then released the Minccino with a flash of red. The Minccino eagerly looked up at the child "Minc!" greeting him with a happy chirp. Climbing up his back and tunneling underneath his jacket and poping out right next to his face causing a barrage of chuckles to come out of the child's mouth.
James couldn't help but smile at their small reunion.
"Alright take care now and dont forget to get some potions at the pokemart for your journey!" he yelled to the child who was running out the door.
"Will do mister, happy holidays!" Said the boy waving as he rushed out the door, the next few seconds were filled with the sounds of cold winter air making its way into the pokemon center before the door brough back silence.
James leaned back in his chair and started staring at the ceiling of the pokemon center in deep thought.
It had been 4 years since he took over for his mother in their pokemon center. He would admit it did pay well through the pokemon league but he always felt disconnected from the outside world, he wanted to save up enough money to travel the world and experience it for himself.
He always dreamed of exploring the world with pokemon by his side someone to share the experience of a life time with.
He sighed looking down to his hands. He rolled a red and white sphere in his palms watching it lean from one hand to the other with each gentle push.
When he was twelve he was given his first pokeball and to this day he still had it. He wanted to make sure the first one he caught really mattered, His mind continued to wander about for minutes on end reminiscing on that day.
Lost in his mind, time passed unknowingly. Soon the street lights illuminated the sidewalks and cars' lights roared to life as they lit the roads ahead.
James got up and started to get his belongings together and made sure he had a med kit with him for emergencies before he was ready to head home.
James locked the doors to the pokemon center and was about to ready his bike for the ride home up to his apartment in the north of Cass city when he looked down eastward towards the Vermillion forest. With one more look to his bike he smiled and decided to take a walk instead, rechaining his bike to a post he began walking into Vermillion forest.
He saw many pokemon while in the forest. Above him, caterpies covered themselves in silk and hung like fruit in the trees, turning into metapods. He saw small poochyenas proding small holes in the ground and pouncing bushes in search of food. Tanglas sat ingrained in the ground hybernating till winter passed over.
James always loved coming to the forest as a kid. Seeing the beautiful orange red colors that the trees' leaves always gave off and how they came to give the forest its name.
James stopped about two miles into the forest and sat against one of the large trees. He stared up into the sky and let his eyes absorb the sight of stars lighting up the far reaches of space.
James let out a defeated sigh into the air.
"If only someone could just slow down for a moment and enjoy this too."
His eyes felt heavy and he could feel his body go limp against the tree as he started to drift into sleep.
The distant sound of quick breathing woke him as he heard it getting closer and closer. He felt a chill down his spine, he turned around and stood up anticipating someone to come out of the bush next to him. Suddenly a Ralts jumped out the bush with a trainer's belt drapped over her shoulder with two pokeballs on it and James was standing directly in her way so at the last second she teleported a short distance behind him. Turning to look at her, he was bewildered as the tiny creature seemed to shake on the ground and appeared to be in pain, both from bodily exhaustion and mental exhaustion. She stand gripping her skull as her brain thrashed and raged in her body with head splitting pain and soon rolled over onto her side still gripping her head. Her back horn had a long crack along the lower half, She had a large gash down her back and her face had a visible bruise on it. He was about to approach her when a pair of Mightyena prowled out of the bushes and slowly walked towards the Ralts, with the Ralts in no state to fight and having a type advantage James had to do something or this Ralts was going to die. The mightyena circled him and the Ralts slowly but noticeably advancing toward them.
"Hey back off, Don't you dare hurt her!", He shouted. James soon found himself between the the Mightyenas and the Ralts, his heart pounding in head. The first Mightyena lunging at him sinking its razer sharp teeth into his right arm's soft flesh. James cried in pain. The second Mightyena went straight for his left thigh sinking its teeth into tender flesh. James could feel himself losing blood fast as he tried to shake them off. He tried to knock the pokeball against one of the Mightyenas when his pokeball was zapped away with a blue spark and James heart sank.
"These aren't wild pokemon.."
He was nearly out of options, his mind swam in a mixture of fear and blood loss. When he remembered he had a med kit on him, he managed to shake the one off his arm as he reached for the med kit, it rushed back to him attepting a second bite, but he was able to block it with the other Mightyena on his thigh although just a small scrape landed on the other Mightyena it was enough to distract them for a second long enough for James to pull out a jar of Gloom spores. He shook some on one of the Mightyenas and it began to sway and eventually fell victom to unconsciousness. The second Mightyena stared down James and came up to scratch his face landing two of the three long claws only to recieve a face full of spores and falling to the ground unconscious.
James stood with ragged breaths and look towards the Ralts who was still bleeding out just as fast as him. The gash was too deep to heal outside with the first aid kit he had to get back to the pokemon center and he had to... catch her. It felt wrong but he knew he had no other choise. He clicked the button on her fragile body and watched it click immediately. He scooped up the ball and ran before the Mightyenas would have the opportunity to get back up. He cursed himself for not taking his bike as he got to the pokemon center. He fumbled for the keys in his shaking pale hands. He could feel his consciousness slipping away. As he rushed across the empty building and clicked the pokeball into the healing machine as it began to spin. He smiled knowing the small Ralts would be ok and in a split second the world was gone. The only thing he could feel was his limp body hit the waxed floor of the pokemon center.
Authors Note: So originally I was going to just make the city like any old city but my phone somehow lost the data and I had to start it again, but I'm really happy with the results. comments and feedback are always appreciated :).