My first fanfic! I'm excited to share. It'll probably be noobish compared to the rest of the amazing fanfics on this site so bear with me while I get the hang of things (Doing this at 3 am infused with Red Bull doesn't exactly help either). Each chapter in this will be an "Age" since she's like, idk, 28 or so in the anime. It's never defined, so I'm just going to guesstimate here. Yes, I'm aware it starts with 8 and not 1. Calm down, you'll live. Just breathe. Each chapter/age will be a significant even in her life that played a role in her becoming a bounty hunter in a Pokemon anime, which is totally badass if you think about it. Yes, before you all get your panties in a twist, I am aware Julian is a boy's name, that was the point. Mom wanted a son, got a daughter, hates her, congrats you win the point of the entire first chapter. You can have some cake on the way out. Also, there are some big terms for painkillers in this, if anyone requests I can put their meanings here, if not then I'm not gonna. Have fun exploring J's twisted life!

Age: 8

"Wake up, Julian! You have chores to do, you know!" my brother taunted me, then threw a baseball at my stomach, effectively waking me up and in the process waking up my Bagon.

"Bagon! Bagon Bagon!" it cried, curling up on my shoulder in fear.

"Go away, Kael. You hurt Bagon again." I hugged my Bagon, calming it down.

"Do I care, Julian? I swear to Arceus you are such a girl." Kael sneered at me.

"Maybe because I am a girl, stupid." I flipped my long silver hair, and stepped out of bed onto the hardwood floor of the attic. I shoved Kael towards the stairs. "Now get out of my room!"

"Don't let mom see you late though! She will kill you." He ran off, going to find Gaige and Otto so they could waste the day playing sports again with their Pokemon.

I pulled my silver hair back into a ponytail, then put on my grey dress-the only outfit my mom let me wear-and gave Bagon a snack, then quickly ran down the stairs.

"Julian! Arceus, Julian you're a minute late again! Don't you know we have chores to get done so the rest of us can live peacefully?" my mom screamed at me.

"Sorry, Madame. I was just feeding Bagon." I said quietly, looking towards the ground.

"'Sorry' doesn't get the chores done. And stop sneaking food to give to that stupid creature. It's weak and useless. It'll never be a strong Pokemon. Especially if it's living with you." Mom rolled her eyes, then kicked Bagon directly in the stomach.

"Bagon!" it screamed as it flew across our living room, into the back of the couch. I ran over towards it, crying.

"Bagon, are you okay?!" I said through my tears. I picked up Bagon and hugged it, knowing what was coming next. I saw Mom raise her hand, and I closed my eyes, crying as she punched me in the back as hard as she could. She picked me up by the hair, shoved me into the wall, and punched me in the face. I could feel blood coming from my nose.

"Now get outside and do your fucking chores you useless bitch!" she screamed. I ran outside, stifling my tears.

"It's okay, Bagon. I promise. Are you still hurt?" I asked Bagon once we were in the garden.

"Bagon, Bagon! Bagon?" Bagon gave me a concerned look.

"I'm fine, Bagon! See?" I smiled a fake smile at Bagon. Bagon gave a relieved sigh. "We're not weak, are we Bagon?" I tickled Bagon, and Bagon rolled on the ground laughing. "One day, you'll be the most powerful Salamence! And of course I'll be your trainer! We'll have some great adventures together!" I started pulling the weeds from the vegetables, when I heard some light footsteps. "Johanna!" I stood up quickly, waving to my only friend.

Johanna ran over to me, her Glameow by her side. "Hey, Julian!" she gasped when she saw my face. "What happened to you?"

"Oh I-I was playing with Kael, Gaige, and Otto and I got hit with the ball. I didn't cry though. But now I'm tending the garden since my mom asked me to." I laughed nervously, hoping she would believe my story.

"Oh, okay. Kael, Gaige, and Otto are known to play rough. I guess I now see why." she laughed, beginning to help me weed the garden. "Oh, I also got great news! Glameow and I are gonna take place in the Twinleaf Festival contest! We'll be in the Tots division, of course. Though I really wanted to be in the Juniors. I thought I was finally old enough, but turning 8 in the middle of the festival means I'm still a Tot." she said, her disappointment quickly melting into excitement. "I can't wait to compete! I won last year. You saw me win. I want to be a great coordinator one day! Glameow will be at my side all the way!" Her Glameow purred and rubbed Johanna's arm with it's head.

"That's cool." I laughed. "I don't know what I want to pursue with Bagon yet. I haven't really decided. We still have a long time, though. Don't we Bagon?" I smiled at Bagon.

"Bagon!" Bagon said confidently.

I had gotten Bagon a while ago, back when my dad was still around. He gave Bagon to me for my third birthday, and we became fast friends. My mom, on the other hand, hated Bagon. She hates dragon-types with a passion. She's a fire-type master, one of the strongest fire-type users there is. She was part of the Elite Four, which is proof of her strength. Most Pokemon Trainers that were aiming to become the champion lost to her, so barely any Trainers ever made it to the Ghost-type master after her, or the Champion himself. Sinnoh's Champion Zaire was a close friend of my mom's. As in, she was caught cheating on my dad with him. I happened to be the effect of their secretive relationship, and for some reason my mom blames me for dad leaving her. After I got Bagon, she banned me from visiting dad's house with Kael, Gaige, and Otto, saying I had no right to see him since I wasn't his kid, even though he was more of a dad to me then Zaire ever was. Mom got kicked out of the Elite Four for her actions, and was replaced by some new, way-weaker fire-type trainer. Their first Challenger, a 10-year-old named Cynthia, instantly beat them all, and demoted them all, leaving her own friends-Aaron with bug-type, Bertha with ground-type, Flint with fire-type, and Lucian with psychic-type-as the Elite Four. They are all around 10 years old, and so far even the strongest can't beat them all. This has made international news, attracting the strongest of other regions to try to beat them. So far, no one has beat the new Elite Four, and no one has heard of or seen Zaire since.

Johanna pushed me over, causing me to fall. "Hey, you spaced out again. Everything alright?" she asked.

I sat up. "Yeah, just thinking. Anyway, I should get back to weeding the garden. I have until 9 am to get it done." I started weeding quickly.

"I'll help! You start from that side, and I'll start from this side, and we'll meet in the middle! The one who weeds the most of the garden wins!" Johanna smiled.

"Okay!" We ran to opposite sides of the garden. "Ready?"

"Go!" Johanna shouted, beginning to pull weeds from the berry plants.

I pulled weed after weed, moving quickly from plant to plant. Bagon helped by dragging the bag of pulled weeds beside me. Soon, we had met in the middle and were done weeding. "Looks like you win, Johanna!" I smiled.

"It's only 8:15 too." she said, looking at her watch. "Lets finish watering the plants real quick and then do some training until 9!"

"I wish I could, but the faster I get the chores done the happier mom will be. I have to get all my chores done."

"Well, what d'ya still gotta do?" she asked.

"Laundry, clean the gutters, wash all five of our bikes, cook dinner, clean the drapes, clean the windows, sweep and mop the floors, and clean the bathrooms. All before sundown." I sighed.

"Well, let's get to it then!" she shouted excitedly,

"If my mom catches you helping me she'll be so mad." I said, looking away from her.

"Nonsense, you go inside and start sweeping and mopping and cleaning the bathrooms, and I'll clean the bikes! I'll make sure they're extra clean!" she said.

"Wouldn't you rather be playing like the other kids?" I asked.

"Well, yeah, I'd like to play with Itzel, Maverick, and Lexie, but I feel bad that you can never play with us. You're always doing chores. It's kinda sad." Johanna said, smiling at me.

"Well, uh, thanks, I guess." I ran inside and started sweeping, my mom coming from around the corner.

"I saw that girl helping you. Get rid of her. You're not allowed to have friends, peasant." she hit me on the side of the head. "Get your disgusting silver hair out of my sight, now!" she screamed.

I ran upstairs, cleaning that bathroom from top to bottom, then ran downstairs and cleaned that one. I went back outside, and saw that the bikes were a mess and Johanna was nowhere to be found. "Johanna?!" I shouted. Then I saw her, playing with Itzel, Maverick, Lexie, Otto, Kael, and Gaige. "Oh. Have fun." I mumbled, then got started cleaning the bikes, just as the sun was setting.

Well into the night, I walked back inside to four angry faces. "You never cooked us dinner, you horrible child!"

"I'm sorry, Madame." I looked away from them.

"Now what am I going to eat, I'm starving to death!" Kael said, being over-dramatic and falling to the floor, pretending to die.

Otto picked me up by one arm, holding me off the ground. "You are such a disgrace to our family, Julian. You're starving us, you can never do your chores right, and you made dad leave us. Your entire life has been nothing but pain for us, Julian. You're better off dead." He threw me at the wall, and I just layed on the ground, not moving. My arm hurt really bad, and I knew it had to be broken. I could feel blood pulsing out of my arm. Kael and Gaige started making food, while mom and Otto stood watching me, Bagon in between us, attempting to push them away. Otto kicked Bagon off to the side, injuring my Pokemon. "Ba… gon…" I quietly said, worried. Then Bagon began to glow, and I sat up slowly. "Bagon?" I said again. Mom and Otto were standing there in shock. Then the glowing stopped. "Shelgon!"

"Bagon… You evolved into Shelgon!"

"Shelgon!" Shelgon used protect to protect me. "Uh, okay Shelgon! Use Bite! Then follow with ember!" I said weakly.

"Shelgon!" Shelgon bit Otto then used ember, making mom and Otto jump back, causing a the old rug to catch on fire, the couch then bursting into flame after. The flames licked the walls as I jumped out of the window, grabbing Shelgon and we ran away. I never wanted to go back there again.

We continued to walk through the trees and brambles until we reached Sandgem Town, where I collapsed, exhausted and the pain of my arm getting to me. "Shelgon! Shelgon Shelgon!" Shelgon cried. "Shelgooon!"

A young man, about 23 years old, came out of what looked to be a laboratory. "Who is crying out-Oh dear, child what happened?!" he picked me up. "C'mon Shelgon, we need to get your trainer to Nurse Joy." he started running towards the Pokemon Center, which was thankfully nearby. "Just before the rain hit, too. Got lucky there, child."

Nurse Joy saw the man who was holding me and jumped to her feet, Chansey right beside her. "Oh dear, what happened, Professor?"

"I'm not sure, I just heard this Shelgon outside crying and saw this little girl laying on the ground." He scratched his head as Chansey put me on a stretcher.

"We'll have her and her Shelgon healed up before you know it!" She promised, wheeling us away.

"I'm going to call Officer Jenny while you treat her!" the Professor said.

The next thing I know I'm waking up in a hospital room with Chansey next to me. Shelgon was sleeping at the end of my hospital bed. "Chansey Chansey!" Chansey said, then left the room, to return with Nurse Joy.

"Oh, you're awake! Good, that means we can take you off of morphine." she took my IV and switched the bags the drip is connected to. "Now, Officer Jenny wants to ask you a few questions." She bowed politely, leaving the room with Chansey behind her. Officer Jenny walked in after she left. She pulled a chair over and sat next to me.

"My name is Jenny! I'm the Sandgem Officer for the Sinnoh region. Can you tell me your name?" she smiled at me.

"Ju-I'm, uh, J." I said simply, looking at her blankly.

"That's a very… sweet nickname, my dear. But I need your legal name so we can find out who you are." she said with a smile.

"I don't want to be found. I don't want to go home. I want to stay away from those monsters. I'm J." I snapped, my hands curling into fists. Shelgon stood up on the defensive. "Shelgon!"

Jenny petted Shelgon, calming it down. "They are the ones that caused this, aren't they?" she said solemnly. I nodded. "Professor Rowan said you came from the direction of Twinleaf Town. Are you from there?" I hesitated, then softly nodded again. "Thank you. That's all the questions I have for now. I'll be back if I have any more questions." She bowed towards me, pushed in the chair at the medical desk in the room, and walked out, grabbing the radio in her bag and paging HQ, closing the door behind her. I pulled the blanket over me, and Shelgon layed next to me. I petted Shelgon softly, as Nurse Joy walked back in.

"Good news is that you can leave in a few weeks, but you'll have to go with Officer Jenny. I have you on Percocit, which is a type of Oxycodone. Then I'll put you on Vicodin, then Meperidine, then regular ibuprofen. Just switch between ibuprofen and acetaminophen daily to keep from internal damage. You should be fine once you get lowered to ibuprofen and acetaminophen, but come see me again if you develop an addiction. Got that?"

"Um… You should probably write it down, or tell Jenny if I'm going with her, because I have no clue what half those words mean. Sorry." I say, a confused look on my face.

"That's fine, dear. I kinda forgot you're only 8 for a minute there. Big medical words are probably hard for you to understand so far. Anyway, if you need anything, send Shelgon to get me or Chansey!"

"Thanks, Nurse Joy." I smiled as she walked out. I then fell asleep while petting Shelgon softly.

Yaaaay you survived my first chapter! Now take some cake and enjoy that while I work on Chapter 2 and 3. Also, if you have any suggestions for my writing so I may improve, feel free to let me know, I'm always open to improving myself!