Hai there, I'm Vinn, and this is my first pokemon fanfiction, but not my first writing experience. This story is mostly based from the games, but there are elements of the anime, like the size of towns. Yea. I've been planning this story for a while and finally have gotten around to writting some of it. I hope you enjoy the first chapter!
Disclaimer for the Story: Pokemon and all its elements belong to Gamefreak and Nintendo. Characters who you haven't heard of before are of my creation. Yep, This disclaimer applies to the whole-ness of 'The Journal'.
Chapter 1: The Discovery
It was a new day, the sun at it's highest in sky. Also at its brightest, bringing wave after wave of summer heat it seemed like. No relief was found in Cerulean City, even if it flourished with water. Wild pokemon had become increasingly irritated from the heat and other nuisances, causing them to become much less tolerable of humans invading their territory. Not many people were on the streets, preferring the air conditioning of their own homes. A few die hard trainers remained in sight, training in preparation to battle the city's current Gym Leader, Misty. She was a water specialist, her arena being a large swimming pool. Since the heat wave hit she had been letting people use her gym for recreation. Though this upset the trainers, due to her then being closed to challenges, they did enjoy a dip in cool water to relieve to heat. One trainer in particular looked more suspicious than the others. He slid along the walls of alleyways, sneaking around corners, peeking at things. He wasn't a spy by any means and looked quite goofy as a matter of fact. He wore a gray sweatshirt and some tattered jeans. His hair was short and slightly spiked back, such a dark brown in color it speared to be black. Scurrying behind the boy was a young Rattata. A common Pokemon from anyone's standing to say the least, but something that set this one apart slightly was a notch in its ear. This was most likely caused by a bite from a larger pokemon, probably a predator.
The boy then spotted what he had been looking for, a backdoor. But the door wasn't going to be easy to get to. A group of three cat-like pokemon guarded the entrance. The boy couldn't place his finger on what they were though. Slipping out a red card shaped hard-drive, the boy popped it open. Poking it around a corner, it scanned the life forms in front of it. The Pokedex beeped as the trainer pulled it back to him.
"Persian, the classy cat pokemon, although its fur has many admirers, it is tough to raise as a pet because of its fickle meanness." The machine stated.
"Persians, eh? …Seems fishy doesn't it Keno?" The boy whispered down to his Rattata. The mouse nodded in return, and then peeked around the corner while his trainer was pondering this fact. The cats had heard the Pokedex! They began stalking toward the duo, tails raised in the air. Keno's fur stood on end, instincts telling him to run from his large feline foes. But he wouldn't run without his trainer, so he began tugging at the boy's pant's leg. He looked down to his partner, raising a brow. What was Keno's problem? He peeked once again to see the trio of Persians getting closer and closer. They then saw the child and shrieked a loud meowing noise. The boy quickly snatched up Keno, and bolted now that he was discovered. This invoked the Persian's to burst into a full speed charge. A man looked out of the front door of the building just in time to see the boy run by. The man, dressed in black, a black hat covering his hair, was a grunt. A lowly member of the crime organization, Team Rocket. He then realized who it was, a little snoop that had been there before.
"What's the commotion Aiden?" A woman grunt asked wearily as she woke up from a nap. She hopped up off of a chair she was resting on and walked up next to her fellow grunt. She had short, feathered blonde hair and was dressed in the same uniform as Aiden, minus the hat.
"That punk David is back, he just ran by an-" Loud hissing noises suddenly interrupted the grunt, which then dissipated allowing the grunt to continue, "…and I think the Persians are on his trail!" Aiden smirked devilishly, he knew David couldn't outrun those stupid cats.
"Little Davy huh? That little punk is always snooping around here, doesn't he know we're just a simple craft store?" The woman said, a hint of sarcasm in her voice, "I'm surprised those stupid cats are doing something, all they ever seem to do is lie around, eat, and attack things."
"Like you Leena?" Aiden chuckled.
"Shut-up, dumb ass…" Leena threatened. She slammed open the front door and looked around. The racket those cats were causing was becoming miniscule. "Well, we better go after the moron posse." Leena grumbled as she began to run toward the direction the Persian had run. Aiden mumbled something about how he hated his position, but also ran after the cats.
David continued to run as the grunt duo joined the chase, far behind him of course. He was more worried about the task at hand, such as the Persians biting at his heels. They caused an awful racket, getting the attention of some trainers outside. A few people poked their head out the door but ignored the chase, after all, the wild pokemon were being more aggressive. It wasn't a surprise they would chase a trainer. David huffed as he began to tire, but wouldn't let himself, or Keno, be mauled by some bullies pets. Soon, Davy had ran out of the town, the Persians still in toe, but they had began to slow down slightly. Then something came to David's mind, Mt. Moon! He could easily find a crevice to hide in, since he knew quite a few. In his childhood boredom, Davy had explored the secluded areas of the cave in the mountain. Darting into the dim cave, hissing and screeching echoed close behind him. The boy then noticed a small tunnel with an 'X' carved over it. It was a small hole in the wall he has explored before, it had most likely been a den at one time. He just hoped he could still weasel his way in. Keno jumped from his trainer's arms and darted into the hole, followed by Davy. With a few grunts, the boy wormed around, trying to get in. One of the Persians had caught up with pair, and began to claw at the boy's exposed legs. With a cry of pain, Davy got into the crevice. Using some quick thinking, he pushed a rock into the hole, keeping the cats from getting in.
"Dang it!" David yelled to himself in frustration as he slid down the wall, sitting at the opposite wall from the entrance. His legs had three sets of cat scratches on his legs, which bled through his jean fabric. The hole in the wall was like a stone igloo, with a large crack in the side of it. From the crack, the outside world could be seen, more specifically a view of Cerulean City. Davy sighed as he listened to the cats claw and scratch at the rock, hissing and screeching away. Then Keno caught his eyes, the poor little Rattata was in panic mode, pacing all about. Keno then began digging in the center of the crevice, trying to find a place to hide. The trainer wished he would calm down, but it was his instincts, you couldn't force a wild animal to forget those. Especially since their attackers were Persians, cats and mice don't get along well usually. David laid his head back, resting it against the wall of the crevice. He had never expected this day to turn into what it had. The boy didn't expect them to have guards this time, they never had Persians there before. Then a sound got his attention, Keno's claws were hitting something hard. David brought his head down, and stared at what looked like a rock. As he wiped away the dirt, it turned into a rectangle… a rectangular rock? No, couldn't be. Pulling it out of the dirt, leaving a hole in its wake, David wiped all the dirt and debris. Keno quickly occupied the hole, watching his trainer to see what the weird thing was.
"It's a diary…" David mumbled, seeing the word 'Diary' printed fancily on the cover. He opened it and looked on the inside cover, then said, "It belonged to someone called Tori Monrae… I wonder who that is." The name was sloppily written in the inside cover, most likely from a child. Davy pondered and flipped another page. The pages made crinkling sound as he flipped them. It was quite old, the pages were dirty, yellowed, and especially stiff. Keno blinked and tilted his head, never hearing of a diary before. "Should we read it Keno? We have nothing better to do…" David sighed, thinking of the Persians, wo were most likely patrolling the cave. The mouse nodded hastily, figuring it was a story, he always liked listening to stories.
"Ahem" David began reading, "Finally... today is the day, meaning we're leaving Johto and heading to Kanto today. I can start my pokemon journey once we reach there, two years later than when I was supposed to though. At least me and mom and dad are going in style. The elegant SS Aquarius, a small cruise boat, the first of its kind in Johto. It's really busy around the port here in Olivine City, everyone's waiting for the captain to yell that they're boarding…"
Well that was chapter one, please critique, comment, hell, you can do whatever you want! Also if you were curious, The timeframe David is in, would be current time, like when Ash is venturing through Kanto. But he's not in here, cause it's more game based like I said earlier. The timeframe Tori is in - since it will be flashing back to her quite a bit, her adventure is the main part of the story - is many generations before current day. That is why many things will be different when the story is talking about her.
Please stay tuned for the next chapter!