Rain dropped from the sky in sheets on the town of Pallet, most of its inhabitants were inside their homes, others that weren't lucky enough to run inside on time were sprinting from one dry place to the next. The ground was a muddy swamp land, unlike its regular solid state on sunny days, making it difficult for the one truck in the area to come down the dirt path entrance. The family seemed to jump in their seats as they hit bump after bump, the father's hands gripped the steering wheel tightly so as not to lose control. The mother seemed to have a grip on the youngest child's knee, trying to prevent her from being knocked around like the rest of the group. The eldest daughter gripped tightly to the grab handle, her teeth grinding tightly together to avoid biting her tongue from being shaken so harshly.
Finally, the large moving truck came to a halt in front of the only empty house in town. Having been sold only two weeks prior, the place made the older girl shiver slightly as she laid her eyes on it for the first time. Though the eldest daughter couldn't quite place the reasoning for the feeling this place seemed to give her, she knew she had no opinion in whether or not they could stay there. This was to be her new home...this region was her region now...
She hadn't wanted to leave Hoenn, it was all the young brunette had ever known after all. She would chase around the local wild Pokemon, feed them leftovers she had hidden from her mother that she refused to eat, she was even good friends with the professor's young daughter May. She already missed May so much..
The sound of the doors opening along with the constant hard patter of the rain smacking the ground pulled young Samantha from her thoughts, she looked up to see her mother unbuckling her younger sister from her seat. The little one seemed to only just be stirring from her sleep, her mother's steady hand had successfully allowed her sister to sleep through the rough bumps of the last bit of their journey. Her mother beckoned her to move, to unbuckle.
"Grab what you think will keep you busy until morning," her mother spoke sharply but softly, lifting her sister into her arms. Her stepfather held a umbrella over her mom, leading them both towards the house.
Samantha grabbed a couple of stuffed Pokémon that May had given to her as a goodbye present, a coloring book she had been given for the ride from the port, and an old, empty Pokéball before climbing out of the truck, slamming the door shut, and dashing towards the inside of the house. She knew her mother would roll her eyes at the sight of the Pokéball, but Samantha refused to let the object leave her sights. It was one of the last things she had that was from her father. She had promised herself that one day, she would use this Pokéball to capture her first Pokémon.
Most of the furniture had already been brought over to the house before the family had even stepped into Kanto, courtesy of her stepfather's new company. They had seemed to be incredibly eager to have him moved to this region as soon as possible.
Samantha closed the door behind her, her brown hair was almost a black-brown from being soaked by rainwater. Her mother's and sister's bright red hair seemed to be virtually the same, the umbrella they had been under had shielded them from most of it. Her mother had just placed a blanket over her younger sister, turning her head back when she heard the front door shut. She shook her head slightly, a grimace on her face as she saw the Pokéball in her daughter's hand.
"I don't understand why that couldn't have stayed out there until morning," her mother mumbled under her breath, Samantha barely catching her words. "Go on and head upstairs to change out of your clothes. Your stepfather brought a bag with our clothes in with him, so I've laid out a pair of pajamas for you after you've dried off."
Samantha nodded before kicking off her shoes near the door, walking upstairs to her new room. She flicked on the light, finding most of her furniture in place but her wall decorations had been placed off to a corner, as if someone didn't know what to do with them. She dropped everything but the Pokéball onto the floor, instead placing it onto her book shelf next to her Beginner's Guide to Pokémon raising as well as other various trainer books. She then walked into the bathroom, taking a freshly pressed towel that had been placed in the bathroom for the family's arrival, before gently drying her hair as she returned back to her room.
"Wow...these people are really kissing Mark's butt..." She couldn't help thinking as she shut her bedroom door. Samantha didn't know the name of the company that had hired her stepfather, but she knew they were a huge corporation in this region. In fact, everything around this region was developed by this company, including the Pokéball's that had been developed by the region's own professor. She sighed as she looked out her window into the stormy night. Her stomach seemed to flip over and over again as she longed to go home...her REAL home.
"I'll go back one day..." she murmured before heading back to where her mother had laid out her clothes for her to sleep in, stripping down before switching to the nice comfortable, though slightly cold, pajamas.
The young 8 year old climbed into her bed, her body shifting to find comfort in its clean sheets. She tossed and turned somewhat for a good twenty minutes or more before turning over to where she had dropped her stuffed Pokémon dolls. She reached over towards it, her feet anchoring her from falling off as she snatched off her favorite one, a Fennekin that May had bought using her allowance just for Samantha. It was supposed to be from a far off region... She finally felt her eyelids become heavy as sleep began to take over her body. She hoped everything would get better, or maybe...maybe they could go back to Hoenn.
