Welcome to my new story! This story is gonna take place in...well, you'll find out soon enough. I obviously don't own Pokemon and all that. Enjoy!
"Sephira!" I screamed. The person I had known the best in my squad was just stabbed from behind with a sword. Sephira fell, and the soldier behind her looked at me. I took out my own sword, charged with darkness, and stabbed the enemy soldier, quickly ending his life.
I knelt down beside Sephira and put my hands over her. "I can heal you!" I said, "You're not the only one with powers."
"I know that pretty much all of us have them," said Sephira, "But save your strength for the rest, Nyx. I can heal myself."
Water surrounded Sephira's wound, but I knew it wasn't going to heal her. She was far too weak. I saw the light in her eyes fade, and I knew she was dead. "N-no..." I said sadly, "S-she can't be..."
No tears came. I didn't feel anything. There was just nothing. A light of both the typing dark and psychic came from my sword. My left eye turned black, and my right eye turned dark pink. I started attacking all of the enemy soldiers around me This included Pokemon. My sword did well against the fighting types, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, and Lucario; and the psychic types, Gardevoir, Alakazam, and Reuniclus.
I sensed a Pokemon behind me, but only realized it was a Metagross when I was attacked from behind. I felt the move Metal Claw hit me, and then I felt myself falling to the ground. I couldn't feel anything, and my vision was blurring. Everything went black after that.
I woke up on the ground, with a Pokemon looking at me. It was a Cyndaquil. I slowly sat up and noticed that a Pumpkaboo was in the shadows. "Why are you two here?" I muttered.
"I ran away from the lab," said the Cyndaquil, "And I found Zena here a little later."
"It's more like Necia saved my life," said Zena the Pumpkaboo. I raised an eyebrow and then looked at the Cyndaquil. "How did you save Zena's life?" I asked. Both of the Pokemon looked shocked.
"You can understand us?!" they both yelled in surprise. I shrugged in response. The two Pokemon looked at each other.
"This is awesome!" said Necia. "I know!" said Zena. Then Zena looked up in thought. "But she's the first human we've seen with that type of clothing."
I looked down at my clothes. I had my armor that had the marks in the back from where the Metagross attacked me. I was still wearing cargo pants, and my dark grey long sleeved shirt that had rips all over it. I also had some combat boots with dirt all over them. My dark brown hair with a few streaks of bleach blond hair near my bangs was in a ponytail. All my wounds looked like they had disappeared, but I was still covered in dirt.
"Oh! I know!" said Zena, "Necia, we should take her to the lab!" Necia looked shocked. "I told you, I am never going back there!"
I looked at the Cyndaquil and Pumpkaboo in surprise. What is the lab? I thought, Maybe I actually should scout it out. I looked at Necia, getting her and Zena's attention. "Where is the lab?" I asked, "I need to know where I am."
"You're in the area close to New Bark Town," said Necia. "We can lead you there!" said Zena happily. I nodded.
The two Pokemon led me to the town. There were only a few houses, and they were obviously so different from the tents I was used to. Zena and Necia led me to a building that looked more high-tech than the others. "This is the lab," said Necia, "Professor Elm should be in there."
I nodded and walked in after the Pokemon, ignoring all the stares I was getting. When we walked into the lab, all the scientists looked at me funny. They all immediately stopped when I looked at them. There was one man in the back of the lab. "That's Professor Elm," said Necia. Professor Elm turned around, and his eyes widened when he saw me.
"What happened to you?" asked the Professor. "It's none of your business," I answered, "Now tell me, where is this place?" The Pokemon Professor looked at me in even more shock. "We're in New Bark Town in the Johto region," he answered.
"The Johto region," I muttered. "Well then," said Professor Elm, "Could you tell me your name?"
The professor went to a computer. "Are you going to put my name in the computer?" I asked. "I need to know who you are," answered Professor Elm, "So what's your name?"
"Nyx Crule."
Professor Elm typed that into his computer, and nothing showed up. He looked at me in confusion. "Are you sure that's your real name?" he asked me. I nodded. Professor Elm just looked more confused. "Then why aren't you in here? Are you from a different region?"
"Let's just get going already!" said Necia, "I don't like being here!" Zena smirked. "Let's keep the drama queen happy and leave, okay Nyx?"
I nodded and turned around, but not before looking at the Pokemon Professor. "I was never here, you got that?" Professor Elm nodded, and I kept walking out of the lab.
"Nyx wait!"
I turned around. Professor Elm gave me a bag, some money, and a few red and white spheres. "Just, at least sign up to become a Pokemon Trainer," he said. "What?" I asked.
"A-a Pokemon Trainer. You can catch and train Pokemon, as well as participate in the Johto League. It's a good idea to do so."
I sighed, and then nodded. Professor Elm smiled, and then went to his computer. A few minutes later, he gave me a Trainer Card, as well as a PokeDex and something called a HoloCaster, which was developed in Kalos. The professor pointed to the red and white spheres. "Use these Pokeballs to catch Pokemon. Now I'm assuming that the Cyndaquil and Pumpkaboo are not yours?" I nodded in response. I grabbed two of the Pokeballs and held them in front of Necia and Zena.
"I won't force you to," I said. Necia sighed and pressed the button on the Pokeball. A red beam shot out of it and sucked her into the Pokeball. The Pokeball shook three times, and then clicked. Zena did the same thing that Necia did. Once they were both in their Pokeballs, I let them out. I tied the bag the professor gave me around my waist, so that the actual bag part would be behind me.
"Can we leave now?" asked Necia. Zena and I nodded. "Thank Arceus," said Necia, "Let's go!"
I left the lab with the two Pokemon. "Try to stop by when you can!" said Professor Elm. I glared at him. "I told you to forget I even came here." Professor Elm looked at me in fear, and then nodded quickly.
Zena, Necia, and I continued on to the trail that led to the next city. When we got there, I saw that the city was called Cherrygrove City. As I was walking, a kid bumped into me. He had blue hair and brown eyes. "Sorry!" he said. He then kept running.
"Hey Nyx?"
"Yeah Zena?"
"Why are you scowling?"
I looked at her. "I'm not." Both of my Pokemon sweatdropped. "So are you saying that this is what your expression is all the time?" I shook my head.
"Then, why don't you smile?" asked Necia. "I don't smile," I said. Necia jumped on me and tried to make me smile. After a while, she just gave up. "Forget it," said Necia, "I give up."
"Let's just keep going," I said. We walked by a store with a blue roof, and another building with an orange roof. We went past the city and to another route. It was getting darker, and it wouldn't be a good idea to keep walking. I stopped, and my Cyndaquil and Pumpkaboo looked at me. "We should stop for now," I said, "It's getting too dark."
Necia and Zena nodded. I grabbed some nearby branches and twigs and put them in a pile. My eyes turned red, and I lit the pile on fire. Necia looked at me in surprise, as well as Zena. "I was gonna light the fire for you," said Necia, "But I see you can do that all on your own."
My stomach growled, and I looked around. "What are you looking for?" asked Zena. "Food," I answered. I heard a few twigs snap, and turned to the right. There was a Sentret looking around, trying to stay out of sight. I snuck up on it, and a steel sword appeared in my hand. I looked at it in surprise. That's new, I thought. I kept sneaking up on the Sentret, and killed it with the sword. I dragged the dead Sentret back to the fire. The steel sword turned into some knives.
"Hey Nyx," said Zena, "Your eyes are grey now!"
A new power? I thought, Maybe.
I shrugged and continued to cut the Sentret. My left eye turned red, while my right eye remained grey. I burned the pieces of meat that I was done cutting. Soon, it was all ready to eat. My Pokemon took a bite out of it before me. They didn't say anything and just kept eating. I ate the piece I cut out for myself, and we finished the rest of it. Necia yawned, and I looked at the Cyndaquil. Zena yawned too, and I looked at my Pumpkaboo.
"Go to sleep," I said, "You're both tired."
Necia curled up next to the fire, and Zena fell asleep next to her. I watched them sleeping and looked around. I was tense and ready for anything to attack. I looked up at the stars.
Are the stars the same back with all the others? I thought, What even happened to me? Did I die? But if I died, I wouldn't even be here. Right?
"What are you thinking about?" asked a sleepy Necia. "Home," I said. "What's it like?" asked Necia. I looked down, not looking at the Cyndaquil. "War," I said. "What's that?" asked Necia.
"You should be glad you don't know," I said, "Go back to sleep." Necia slowly nodded and went back to sleep. I closed my eyes a little while after Necia went to sleep again.
I was back on the battlefield. We had taken a lot of the enemy soldiers prisoners, but a lot of the soldiers on my side had died. It didn't matter to me. It's not like I was close to any of them. I stabbed the last enemy, and they retreated.
"We won!" yelled someone. It sounded like a guy. Everyone started cheering, and then we went back to the camp to celebrate. I was drinking some water, when someone hooked their arm around my neck. I looked up, and saw that it was Sephira. Her sapphire blue eyes looked at me.
"Come on Nyx!" she said, "You have to enjoy yourself! We finally won!"
"We won a battle," I said, "But the war's not over. Not even close."
Sephira used her power to splash me in the face with water. I just looked at her. "You have to show more emotion!" she said, "I'm sick of the same old expression from you!"
I sighed, and tried to smile. Sephira just looked at me. "Ok, don't do that again," she said causing me to chuckle. Sephira gasped, jumped back and just pointed at me. Everyone stopped to look at her. "What's wrong Sephira?" asked the captain. He had green eyes, and light brown hair. Almost all the girls had a crush on him. Almost. Both Sephira and I just regarded him as a friend.
"N-N-N-Nyx just..."
"Nyx did what?" asked the captain looking at me questionably.
"Nyx just chuckled Captain Mace!" said Sephira. Everyone gasped and looked at me with wide eyes.
"WHAAAAT?"
I was patted on the back by Mace. "I can't believe it..." he said acting like he was crying tears of joy, "Our little Nyx is all grown up." I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose from all of their reactions. "Calm down," I said, "You're all giving me a headache."
"Y-Yes Co-Captain Nyx!"
I drank some more of my water, while everyone else went back to partying. After a while, Sephira sat down next to me. She was clearly drunk. She would say a lot of stuff, but it was incoherent and slurred. I sighed and muttered, "Honestly. Doesn't she know we could be attacked at any moment?"
I heard someone laugh behind me. I turned around and saw that it was Captain Mace. "Let her have her fun Co-Captain," he said, "It's not everyday that this can happen."
He smiled, and I noticed that he was deep in thought. I got up and grabbed Sephira. "What are you going to do?" asked Mace.
"Take her back to her tent," I said. While Mace and I were talking, Sephira had passed out. Mace chuckled. "Good idea," he said, "See you later, my Co-Captain."
"Yeah. Captain."
Once I had taken Sephira back to her tent, I decided to go to sleep.
I was woken up by the sound of explosions. I immediately got up and grabbed my sword. I got out of the tent, and saw that we were being attacked again. Right when I got to the battlefield, I saw Mace get stabbed with a sword. The rest seemed to happen in slow-motion. I saw blood quickly spread from Mace's wound, and I watched him fall to the ground. I ran up to him. His eyes slowly closed, and I would never see his forest green eyes again.
I was being shaken awake by my Pokemon. I opened my eyes, and Necia and Zena sighed in relief. "Why...?"
"You looked like you were having a nightmare," said Zena with a worried expression. "A nightmare..." I muttered. Necia looked like she was thinking. "What is it Necia?" I asked.
"Were you having a dream about where you're from?" she asked. "Not a dream," I said, "A memory."
"Where are you from?" asked Zena, "What's it like?"
"There's war," I said, "Fighting is all people know how to do." Zena looked down, she probably didn't know what to say.
"Let's just keep going to Violet City," said Necia, "The first gym battle is there." I put out the fire, and walked with the two Pokemon to the next city.
And that is the end of the first chapter! See you later!
