Pokémon Emerald Fan Fiction
Beta: MorohtarSingod
Penny in the Air
Chapter 1
Maxie
He was frustrated by his need for her. For the girl who had ruined all of his plans. He wanted to despise her and hate her, but instead he respected her. He respected her strength in battle, her calm in the face of so many opponents. Her never faltering faith in her Pokémon. She was confident but not overly so, not like most of the rookies that appeared nowadays. She was also fair when it came to what she thought was right. After she had wiped out his entire organization she hadn't stopped. She just went and wiped out his rival's organization as well. All by herself. She hadn't even gotten all eight of the Gym Badges yet. Now, though, she had rightfully obtained them and made her way to fight the Elite Four. He hadn't been following her, had only been trying to find a safe place to hide away from all that was crashing down around his ears along with his organization. He hadn't even known she was still going to go for it till he saw her exiting the Sootopolis Gym. She had already proven herself to the region as a strong battler. He now watched as she exited the building of League Headquarters in Ever Grande. He had been curious about what her expression would be when she became Champion of Hoenn. He expects to see the look of awed triumph that she always got when she won a battle. She always seemed surprised when she won. Not that she ever seemed to expect to lose, but she never seemed to expect win either. But the look on her face is not the one he is used to seeing. It was a look he had only seen when she found out was his goals were. She looks disappointed. Not in her Pokémon, never will she be disappointed with them, but she seemed disappointed with herself. She looks down, takes a deep breath and then looks up at the sky. Her face has changed to a look of pure determination, a look that he is very familiar with, from all the encounters he had had with her before. He is shocked. She had lost but she was not giving up. She wasn't like him. He had given up so easily after she had defeated him. Given up his goals and allowed his group to fall to pieces. But she was just going to keep going forward. Going towards her goal. Suddenly warmth bloomed in his chest and he realized something. Something that he had refused to admit since the first time he saw her. He, Maxie, the former leader of Team Magma, was in love. He was in love with his former opponent, May. Was that why, when he and Archie had returned the orbs, he had felt compelled to go back to look her in the eye and gently call her name? Was that why, when he paused in his thoughts of what he was going to do next, his thoughts immediately turned to that girl- no, she was a young woman, not a child- to wondering what she was doing now? How she was doing? Was that why he had tried to bury that felling each time she arrived to stop him? Was that why? What was he going to do? What could he do? How did she feel about him?
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Author's Note: In case you did not realize it, this chapter is from Maxie's point of view. The first three chapters are more of a three part prologue.
This is based off of the Emerald Version Game. If you have any questions, leave them in a review or send me a PM.
Thanks again to my new Beta, the awesomeMorohtarSingod!
I am not a writer! I am a puppet controlled by fictional characters!