AN: Pokemon trainers start at ten, but for this story, this special one starts at fifteen. Also, shipping choices will be revealed in chapter 2 or later. I will be featuring semi-graphical violent scenes in some parts, but not any other kind of scenes. If a character has a baby or something, there will not be any scenes of the original period of time the conception happened. It will just skip to the pregnancy period, which will be semi-graphic, and then a semi-graphic birth. This story is T primarily for language and some violence. This story is an experiment, as I have not written in forever. I had severe Writer's Block. I am willing to write again. Please Read and Review for the feedback. If there is no feedback, at least answer the riddle or questions in the bottom.
A little boy was off to play in front of a large grove of trees on the outskirts of town, while his mother was picking berries a little distance away. The little boy loved Pokemon, wanting to become a trainer like most other boys his age. He simply adored and marveled at the creatures that possessed so much raw power in their bodies. The little boy, at age five, wanted to become the Champion of the Kanto region, and later, the other regions, to become a Pokemon Master. Often, most other students at his preschool said that he couldn't make it, as the little boy was a bad test taker and had low attention span, bordering on ADHD. But, the little boy believed he could become Champion, just like how Lance, the Dragon Master, was the current Champion of Kanto. And later, beat all the other leagues and catch every single Pokemon there is… To become a Pokemon Master.
The little boy saw a little purple mouse with large buck teeth running back to the deeper side of the woods with a small blue berry in its mouth. The boy, noticing that his mother wasn't watching him, abandoned the crayons and coloring book he was using to amuse himself, followed the little mouse into a different clearing, which headed for Viridian Forest. He smiled to himself, wanting to play with the purple mouse and hoping that it could become his friend.
The mother had noticed almost immediately that her son was not around. The familiar chatter of her five year old baby was not heard from her, and she began to panic, searching around the outskirts of the grove of trees that was slightly outside of Pallet Town. She kept calling her son's name, fearing that he had gone off somewhere dangerous, and was just praying that he was hiding in the trees from her.
The little boy followed the mouse to a field, until the light of the sun started to fade. He looked around at the evening sky and looked behind him, not being able to see his mother through the tall grass that was higher than him. The little mouse had run off as well, and the little boy had now realized that he was lost. He was about to start crying, when he heard a loud piercing cry of "Rooow!" overhead.
A large flock of twenty or so birds with a brown plumage was flying overhead in a V formation. The flock all had red wings and crooked beaks. Their chests were beige with two thin stripes and they had a set of wicked talons on their legs. They had three brown tail feathers and, though the boy couldn't see them, the backs of the little bird Pokemon were black.
The little boy looked up at them and the leader of the flock looked down at him. All at once, the staring contest stopped as the leader cried, "SPEAROW!" and the entire flock began dive bombing the boy. The boy screamed and tried to run, crying now for his mommy. The crooked, yet sharp beaks of the birds met the boy's exposed flesh and caused him to bleed. The birds ripped his clothing while attacking him, as the little boy screamed and cried. He curled into a ball, trying to protect his reddish-brown eyes with his tiny fair, now bloody hands. Through the small crack of his fingers, he could see the small purple mouse that he followed before hiding from the flock, instead of helping him.
Meanwhile, the mother could hear the sounds of her baby's screams as she ran towards the source. She had already called the father of the boy with her Poke-phone [predecessor of a PokeNav and Pokegear], and said father was now with her, with his Charizard. The two were on the large fire lizard, searching for the boy through the air. They spotted the Spearow flock hurting the boy and the man ordered his Charizard to let loose a Flamethrower close to the birds. The birds, seeing the flames and the powerful fire lizard, flew off, leaving an unconscious five year old in the field.
The father and mother picked up the boy and immediately took him to the local doctor. The doctor managed to save the boy from the brink of death, and the boy recuperated fully. The parents were overjoyed and took their son home. However, they never saw one lasting effect… Their son had turned out afraid of Pokemon…
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Ash Ketchum woke up, as today was his fifteenth birthday. It had been ten years from the incident with the Spearow and eight years after his father vanished off the face of the earth. His father left a lot of loans and debt for them, from gambling with other trainers at the Celadon casino from when the man was a teen. Thanks to his dad leaving, his mom had to beg for keeping the house. If it hadn't been for Professor Oak, who viewed Delia as a daughter, as she was best friends with his son, Blue Oak, the family of two would have been kicked out on the streets.
Ash showered in the cold water and quickly put on a navy blue and white vest, with a black shirt inside, and a set of black tight pants. He also had a brown leather belt on his waist to secure his pants and navy blue running shoes. The only thing not complementing his blue and black theme was the red and white hat that he had for years. Ash traced the thin scars littered over his hands from the Spearow incident.
"Mom, what's for breakfast," Ash said. Delia Ketchum smiled at her only child as she poured some milk and put some of the previous night's leftovers on a plate. She worked at a small restaurant for enough pay to pay off the bills and leftovers to take home for her growing son and herself. The manager of the restaurant used to be in a similar situation as Delia's, until the woman married again and her new husband helped finance her life, so the woman often sympathized with Delia and gave her extra tip money anonymously and let the single mother take the food home.
"Thanks Mom," Ash said, eating eagerly. Delia sighed, watching her son practically inhale the food, but noticing how he left half of the food for her. She realized that he had, once again, figured out that his mother gave up her portion of the meal for him, and he was obviously going to stop her from doing so.
"Sweetie, eat the rest," she ordered.
"No Mom," Ash said, looking at his mother and pushing the plate of food to her. Delia sighed again.
"Dear, you are a growing boy and-," she was cut off.
"Mom, we both need to eat. You need to conserve your strength for working today and I need to help you by doing the paper route and by helping around town." It was a daily thing that Ash would ride his bike and deliver newspapers to the houses in Pallet while getting small amounts of money for them. Mostly, everyone was nice to the friendly teen and would often have Ash come in and fix their roofs, mow their lawns, and do other handy work for pay.
"About that Ashie…" his mother said, biting her lower lip. Ash's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Well, it has been found recently that your father even owed more money than we initially assumed. He had actually gambled at other times of his life, not just his teen years. I never knew because he would go out very late at night and do so. We have now twice the amount we need to pay off…" his mother said, with her shoulders slumping dejectedly. Ash's eyes widened at the amount on the papers. Seriously, was that many zeroes even possible?
"What will we do?" Ash asked, looking very worried. They may actually have to sell the house now, which they didn't have to do before, luckily.
"Ash, I am so sorry to ask you of this… But you need to take up Pokemon training," Delia said.
"WHAT?! BUT MOM-?!" Ash exclaimed, his eyes wide.
"Dear, listen to me. We will need to sell the house if you do not do this. I am too old now and have to stay here and manage the bills and the house. As a minor, I highly doubt you can do that. Pokemon training will give us the money we need, as you get prize money from every trainer you defeat. The higher the status of your trainer rank, the more you get. By defeating gyms, you get higher in rank. This will be the best way to make enough money to pay back the debts dear."
"But, Mom, I hate Pokemon," Ash said, glaring a bit at this idea, but still seeing sense.
"Dear, I know you do. At least go to the fourth gym. By then, you should make 1000 Poke-dollars a battle. If you do 100 battles, we should have 1,000,000 Poke-dollars, which is enough, without the interest. I can handle the house's finances and the interest payment while you are gone."
"But-" Ash tried to protest.
"Please, Ash, just do it for me. For us as a family," Delia begged.
"Fine. On the condition that you never let that bastard of a father into this house again and that you make sure to kick him in the balls for me so he cannot have any more kids to place into this situation," Ash said, giving in.
"I agree to that condition, but you are getting your mouth washed off with soap for that kind of language, young man," Delia said, smiling.
Ash grimaced and ran off, heading to the Professor's lab for his first Pokemon.
Anyways, couple of questions:
1. How do you like the beginning so far, oh fellow readers?
2. Who should Ash possibly be paired with in the list below and why? Now, I just want other's opinion. I may or may not follow it. I am quite partial to Altoshipping, provided that Ash gets turned into a Latios/ gets Pokemon powers/ gets to be a Pokemorph OR if Latias becomes a human. I also like Pokeshipping at times, so long as it is done right. Here is the list:
-Pokeshipping [Ash and Misty]
-Altochipping [Ash and Latias]
-Advanceshipping [Ash and May]
-Rayshipping [Ash and Cynthia, provided that she is younger]
3. Other possible shipping ideas?
-Sacroshipping [Prof. Oak and Prof. Juniper]
-Mizukishipping [Cyrus and Cynthia, they look cute together until Cyrus goes all evil]
-Rocketshipping [James and Jessie]
-Diamondshipping [Giovanni and Delia, it would explain some stuff. Giovanni ditches his wife and kid to take over the world. He actually used the money to finance his criminal organization, known as Team Rocket]
-Contestshipping [Drew and May]
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Here is the riddle of the chapter...
I am a Pokemon,
Look at me.
Flying high with with my flock,
Oh so happily.
We often group together,
As a happy family.
My evolved form is arrogant and strong,
Just like me.
Brown and red,
Those are my hues,
If you catch and subdue me,
I will submit to you.
But, come in to my territory,
You will cry.
I will dive bomb you with my beak,
What Pokemon am I?
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