Author's Note
Warning: Long ass AN, you guys don't need to read it, but if you can, please read the whole thing as it is a pretty detailed account of how the story will be, Thank You!
Hello! I am a new writer and this is my first fanfic based on my favorite pokemon game, (and really the only one I played seriously) Pokemon Red and Blue!
Now, I have been an avid reader of other pokemon fanfics, and I have come to realize that I also wanted to write a kind of fanfic and I have decided to write a new Red fanfic with a whole new original plot twist being….. (Audience eyes gleam in anticipation)
Red decides to finally come down from Mt. Silver! (Everyone starts booing) :(
Now before we start the fic, I want to lay out certain things that I think will be important.
1. Reason Red went to Mt. Silver
There exists many theories on why Red decided to stay on Mt. Silver. Some consist of Red being too strong and not wanting to hurt other pokemon, some because of how people became to hate Red after he killed Blue's Raticate and dethroned Blue right away, which led to Oak and Delia to hate him.
In this fic, the reason why Red went to Mt. Silver will be based on the second one said above, with a slight mix of my own created idea. (Not actual theory, just my idea)
2. Red will not have Aura in this fanfic.
Like I said, I read a fair share of fanfics and nothing with Red or Ash having aura is bad, but I just don't want Red to be like the 'chosen one' or anything specific like that. However, he will be able to communicate with other pokemon due to Mewtwo. I want Mewtwo to be a sort of reward. And this reward (telepathy) will be the perk to the trainer that was able to capture Mewtwo.
3. Red's team will not have legendaries
The first part was easy for me to answer. I think Red's original team is good enough to take the world by storm. Although this fanfic will try to incorporate pokemon from all other regions, Red stayed on Mt. Silver for freaking forever, and it doesn't make sense for him to change his team. Although instead of a Lapras, I wanted an Espeon or Umbreon, but will be Lapras.
Also, Mewtwo will not be in the team due to Mewtwo being an extreme introvert.
4. Pairings
SAVE MY SOUL! This one is literally the hardest thing for me. Reason being that I only played Pokemon Red, Pearl, and Black. Basically, I really don't know all the females in the pokemon world. It will be a not be a harem story. I pretty much decided who the female lead will be although it's spoiled on the character tab :(
5. Red did not lose to Gold. It was close, but he didn't lose.
Period.
TL:DR
Red went to Mt. Silver for depressing reasons.
Red does not have Aura.
Red will not have legendaries in his team.
I have decided some females, but not all, give recommendations and reasons if you want.
Gold is shit, Red is boss.
Advanced warning, my other chapters will probably have long AN too.
HOLY SHIT! Now that we are done with the AN, let's finally start the story!
"Trainer Red" - Speech
'Trainer Red' - Self Thoughts
"Trainer Red" - Telepathic Speech (Red/Pokemon)
[Trainer Red] - Pokedex Speech
He didn't remember when he became so used to the cold. He didn't remember what it felt to have someone other than pokemon as a companion. He didn't remember what it felt like to be safe, to be somewhere where he could just lie down and nothing would matter. He didn't remember what it felt like to call something a home. The only thing he could really call home was the place he currently resided on, Mt. Silver.
He did remember though what it was like when he first arrived to the place. He called it a shit hole when he first arrived. Snow flying about everywhere, cold winds biting at his skin every second of the day and night, stray pokemon wanting to end his life. During the first few weeks of his stay, he seriously thought about leaving to some other place, maybe a stray island with tropical weather, anything other than this. He was tired of dealing with random encounters in the middle of the night, waking him up from his sleep. Arceus, it was the worst feeling ever. It already took him long enough to actually fall asleep.
Things changed though. He started to notice small things, small changes in his life. How he started to appreciate the morning glow that awaited and greeted him every time he was actually able to sleep and wake up. How he was able to feel alive, adrenaline pulsing through him every time he would have to fight with pokemon. The stakes were indeed higher, unlike when he was down in the city. The most important thing to him that he noticed, however, was the bond between him and his pokemon.
Having all of his team out of their pokeballs all the time and interacting with them was a very rewarding experience in the end. It seemed that they surpassed the relation between trainer and pokemon. They were connected, being able to recognize the small body signals one would give, recognize emotions that one would be feeling with just a glance at the face. They understood each other, respected each other, and supported each other. Although, the reason for this may not be because of them staying atop Mt. Silver.
In fact, the one being the catalyst in all this would be Mewtwo, the legendary, man-engineered pokemon. Somehow, Mewtwo was able to create a telepathic link between all of them. Supposedly the reason for this was that it was an ability that only Mewtwo had. This ability had its positives and negatives, definitely. Positives included that during battle, they didn't have to speak out loud to each other. There was no language barrier which enabled pokemon and human to understand each other at a linguistic level. Negatives were that inner thoughts could be heard between each other with no limitations. This was kind of a nuisance, as when his pokemon wanted to have fun and annoy him, he had no way of shutting them out. He did have a solution of locking them in the pokeball though. It seemed that the pokeball stopped the telepathy. That taught them to stop spamming his mind. Another negative was that Red had no reason to speak whatsoever. But, considering his circumstances, it really couldn't be considered a negative. He didn't have any interaction with a human in too long of a time after all, the last one being almost 7 years ago, being a trainer with a black and yellow hat…...
"Haaaah…" a sigh was all that came from his mouth as he remember his social status in the Kanto region.
Red was a man that met many, but befriended little. He had a unique way of forging relationships. Rather than friends, they were more of a family to him. So throughout his journey, the amount of people he could consider as friends, no family, was countable on a single hand. After him reaching Champion and the events that lead after, the amount of 'friends' he had had probably reached a number of zero.
His face scrunched as he recalled the memories of the ones he called his best friends, his family.
Oak was a father figure to Red. Although many would think that Oak would be a grandfather figure, to Red he was always like the father he never had in his life. The way that Oak would always contact him during his journey to make sure he was fine, the way that he was always welcomed when he visited the lab. Something changed in the way that Oak greeted Red one day. At the time Red didn't know why Oak changed his attitude towards him, but later, when thinking about when it started, and figuring out the accident, Red knew exactly why Oak became distant from him. It was the day that he accidentally killed Blue's Raticate. Oak would brush it off, saying it was fine, but Red could always feel hesitation in Oak, a small distant, crack in their relation. The crack turned into a full blown gaping hole when Red became Champion. Yes, Red was also a grandson figure to Oak, but the blood relation he had with Blue overtook that. Red had crushed his Grandson's dreams.
Blue, someone he considered as his brother was no longer his brother, nor living anymore. Blue was the only other trainer that Red considered strong, a challenge. The passion that Blue had as a trainer was just as great as Red's own, and the way the Blue fought battles was something that Red respected. That all changed though. All he could recall when thinking of blue was the empty, void stare that Blue gave him when Red defeated him, the emotionless voice from him that congratulated his inauguration as champion. Whenever Red tried to talk to him after that, he would be ignored by Blue, and it hurt. But Red knew that their relation as brothers was already severed. He had, after all, destroyed his brother's dream. Blue was good at hiding his emotions, wearing a mask. But when Red remembered the one moment during their Champion battle that Blue showed his real emotions, it still sent shivers down his spine even to this day.
"Why, is it always you! How? How is it that I can never ever defeat you! It feels so close, I feel as if that if I try just a little harder, I can catch up to you, but I never can! WHY!?" The anger, desperation, and… even hints of fear that was laced in Blue's voice scared Red. While Red considered them as close rivals, Blue considered Red as someone he could never reach.
The most scarring thing between them was the last battle though. Blue challenged Red again to another battle. It was the worst pokemon battle that Red ever fought. Where both of them were battling, driven with only the emotion of rage. The battle was inhuman, both aiming to completely destroy the other. Blue had hurt the one most important to Red after all... But when recalling the facial expression Blue had after he lost, it just didn't seem worth it.
Yellow... No, just recalling that name hurt him. He would try and suppress the memories that were spurring through.
Delia understood that being Champion was also Red's dream, so she gave him comfort for his torn relation with Blue. When she learned that he even further defeated and broke Blue's soul and will, she looked sad. Red expected her to comfort him again, but what came after was completely unexpected. She broke down, yelling at him in anger and sadness. She yelled at him, saying that she never expected him out of all people to do that.
When Red ran out of the house in complete despair, she suddenly changed again, saying that she was sorry, to not abandon her.
It was then that Red understood what the problem was. Delia saw his father in him. From what he knew, Delia and his father married and had him as a child at an age that was much younger than other couples. So even if he was only 10, Delia saw a shadow of his dad in him. His mom was having delusions of him. So it destroyed her that her lover, who always seemed like the kindest and calmest of all, broke a friend's will. There were always signals of her treating Red as if he was her lover. The hesitation she gave when Red said he was going on a journey, the way that she made sure that they would contact each other in a given period of time. But Arceus, he was so dumb, doing exactly what his mother feared the most, abandoning her just like her husband, his dad did. Nine years, for nine years he was gone now.
His runaway to Mt. Silver was supposed to be temporary. Being the emotional ten year old that he was, he left on a small notice to temporary escape his troubles. He couldn't handle it all, the loneliness, the pain from having your closest friend and family turn on you, to have your own mother see someone else in you. So he ran away. But what was supposed to be a temporary stay turned to a permanent stay. Because of his own cowardice. He appreciated the freedom, the escape from the pain. Yes, although thoughts and dreams still haunted him, the avoidance of actual confrontation comforted him enough.
In the end though, guilt still won.
He matured after staying in the mountain for seven, eight, nine years? Time seemed so irrelevant to him. He didn't have a calendar, his pokedex died out a long time ago. But after a long amount of time has passed, he knew running and hiding wouldn't save or solve anything. He wanted to, he NEEDED to salvage what he could from his broken relationships. So after days and days of thinking of what to say, and when to go down, he finally decided on what he needed to do.
And it was finally that day. The day that he steeled his resolve to do what was needed. He was confident that he could at least say what he needed to to his friends and family. He felt confident that he could fix his relationships.
"Let's go Charizard." He said as he put the other pokemons in their pokeballs. Pikachu of course, stayed on his shoulder.
Charizard, hearing his master's command, growled out loud and gave a nod of approval after Red had got on his back. Charizard took off at extreme speeds, flying towards Pallet Town.
He could see the small outline of the town in the distant. Suddenly, his palms felt sweaty, his heart was beating much quicker than it was just seconds ago, and he felt nausea. It was fear he felt. He thought he was able to do this task that he thought for for months.
"Calm down." A deep voice next to him startled Red. When he looked to the side, he saw Mewtwo flying besides him. Mewtwo was always the one that would comfort him when feeling scared, or anything that reminded him of the past.
"I know, it's just that…. I thought I was confident, that I could do this. Now that we're this close, it's just so…. Scary." Red said telepathically.
"I won't say that I understand what you feel, but this is something you have to face and decided to face right now. You'll feel much better after, just bear with feeling like shit right now." Mewtwo said.
Red gave a small smile as a signal that he understood. He ordered Charizard to land a small distance away from Pallet Town as he didn't want people to be startled by a huge pokemon landing in the middle of the town. As Charizard landed, he recalled him into his pokeball and started his short trek towards his home. Each step he took felt heavier and heavier than the other. As he arrived in the town, he noticed that the town changed. The town felt a little more livelier than his time, with more people and buildings.
As he noticed people and people noticed him, Red suddenly felt self-conscious. Here he was, in a small town wearing nothing but ripped and ragged clothes, with disheveled and long hair that nearly reached his shoulder blades. During his nine years, the only way he could really cut his hair was having his Venasaur use razor leaf, and after the first time trying, he tried avoiding it for as long as he could. And Arceus, his smell! What would he smell like to other people? Red was socially awkward, he could admit that any time, but at least he knew how a person should look in appearance in a societal setting.
Face turning bright in embarrassment, he practically ran towards his house, as he heard people pointing at him. Nine years of not meeting any people really made him panic. Red was never someone who liked attention, and now with all these people staring and pointing at him, he just ran. At least no one noticed him as Champion Red yet, that was good, right?
His heart was trying to break out of his ribs by the time he arrived at the front door of his house. He raised his fist to knock on the door and stopped momentarily. He took deep breaths and decided to knock.
He knocked three times. There was no response and what felt like an eternity passed. Red, trying to make this as an excuse, turned around to leave, making an excuse that she wasn't home, that he would come another time.
"Yes, who is it?" Was the sound that came through as Red heard the door swing open.
"Ummmm, Hello, what reason did you come here for?" Delia's voice had doubt and questioning as in her point of view, a homeless looking man knocked on her door. It didn't matter how she sounded though, Arceus, that voice, the one that called his name so many times when he was young, just hearing that voice almost made him cry right there.
Feeling himself hyperventilate, he turned around slowly. He faced her now and with his throat that didn't say any words for 9 years, said, "Hi mom."
Afternote:
And that's it for Chapter 1!
Holy crap if felt like I wrote 20 gazillion words but only amounted to 2300….
I guess I'm never whining about chapter length to authors ever again.
Will try to increase chapter lengths and a consistent update schedule!
Hope you guys had a good read!
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