A/N hey people! I'm kinda nervous right now…it's my first time on fanfiction and I don't really know what to say, so, enjoy the story!

I do not own pokemon

"It's not fair!", a shrill voice tore out, suddenly breaking the uncomfortable silence, the voice belonged to the ten year old floraromean, June Fletcher. Glaring at her mother defiantly, who was sitting in an oversized sofa.

Her mother did not react to her scream as she had thought, instead sighing and lifting her gaze up worriedly to her daughter's amber colored eyes

Months before June's birthday, a horrible accident had occurred in the usually quiet town of Sandgem, professor rowan's laboratory had exploded due to a fire that lit up near some of the chemicals in the laboratory, professor rowan was not killed, however, he had severe burns in the whole of his body, and chemical poisoning, he had asked his best friend, professor willow, to take care of the lab on his absence and gift the new trainers with the three starters, but his problems were far from over…

The chemicals he had been working with evaporated, and spread through the air, inducing aggression in wild Pokémon. The 'Sandgem sickness' spread quickly, driven by gentle winds. The number of people hurt or killed by wild Pokémon multiplied, and so did the kids who decided against the now extremely dangerous prospect of being a trainer, but June was not one of them

June stared at her mother, now with a worried expression. ''Mommy, it's not fair, I've been waiting for this all year, why can't I go?'' she whined.

June's mother sighed exasperatedly, standing up to look at her daughter in the eye, ''I've already told you June, it's too dangerous, what if a wild starly kills you like that poor boy in the television? Huh? What then?''

Her mother's attempt at scaring her had failed, since June just turned her head to one side and said in a defiant tone, ''That won't happen, I'll have my own Pokémon, remember?''

''Well, what if your own Pokémon attack you?'' June's mother tried again, and it worked. Her daughter's hand flew up to her mouth in shock.

''Mum, that won't ever happen! I'll love my Pokémon like they were my children! And Ill feed 'em and pet 'em and hug 'em and-''

''And nothing June, you were never good with Pokémon and you WON'T be, remember the summer camp?'' June's mother interrupted.

June groaned, flicking her brown hair out of her eyes. The memory of the disastrous summer camp still fresh in her memory. ''Mum… I already told you, it wasn't my fault those bidoof tore up the camp, it was that idiot Markus who dared me to throw that rock at the l-''

''What about the time your friend Mandy came here with her houndour? Remember when you tried to pet it? You still have that scar, see!'' Her mother darted in, pulling her arm out exposing the whitish scar near her wrist.

June pulled her arm out of her mother's grasp and shouted, angry tears rushing out of her eyes ''You can't make me stay! I'm still going, no matter what you say!''

''YOU ARE NOT GOING, AND THAT'S FINAL!'' her mother shouted before stomping off to her bedroom and slamming the door behind her.

''I…I…I hate you! I wish d-dad was here! I'm still going and you c-can't stop me!'' she cried between sobs, storming off to her bedroom and throwing herself on her bed where she cried herself to sleep.

Ten hours later

June blinked her eyes open, lazily scanning her room. Posters of famous trainers and coordinators smiled out from the walls. She yawned, wondering why her mother hadn't woken her up for school. She got up reluctantly, her brain sleepily trying to make up an excuse for being late, her eyes rested on her calendar… march 24 was circled in her best glittery pink gel pen.

''March 24…'' she said, racking her brain for the meaning of march 24… suddenly, she felt wide awake, memories of last night's fight flooded her head. As quickly as she could, she got into her clothes she had picked out for her journey, which were composed of a green and white t-shirt with a big cartoony cherrim in the middle, a green coat, a green skirt, pink boots and a big pink bow for her hair. She quickly packed her bag with Poké balls, potions and other Pokémon stuff into her bag.

Tip-toeing out of her room and down the stairs, she checked there was no one there then dashed out to the front door.

Ha! She's gone to work! She thought triumphantly, putting her hand on the door knob. But then she stopped, a dagger of guilt pricked at her insides.

Her eyes wandered slowly and rested themselves on her mother's room. a feeble light escaped from under the door and she could just hear the TV on, before she could stop herself, she crept slowly to her mother's bedroom and opened the door a fraction, just enough so she could see if her mother was there.

She was.

A knot tied itself in her throat, remembering the fight that happened last night. Her mother nearly never fought with her, and when she did, she usually came back and apologize, then they would laugh and make a joke about it. Since her father had died June and her mother had been drawn closer together more than she would have imagined, always laughing and comforting each other when they had been down.

June gulped, trying to force the knot to go back where it came from, but it stayed there, cold and unmoving. She looked at her mother's lonely figure, and decided to at least say goodbye.

I'm not going to see her for a long while, I have to make sure she's ok…she thought urgently.

She opened the door and walked in, her heart pounding wildly. She cleared her throat noisily to catch her attention, it did.

Her mother's head swung back to face her. It was obvious she hadn't slept well. Dark rings had drawn themselves under her puffy eyes and her hair looked like she had been running her fingers through it.

She gave June a sad, tired look and said in a small voice "So you're going now…" June gave a small nod and before she could stop herself she flung herself at her mother, her arms wrapping around her body. Her mother tensed up, but then she relaxed and cuddled her daughter back "oh June" she muttered, her face still buried into her shoulder.

"I thought you'd left already"

June released her mother from the hug and smiled at her.

"You know I would never, at least not without saying goodbye first"

Her mother smiled back. "You fight for your dream when you're out there, ok? And don't come back if you're not the sinnoh champ!" she added, chuckling.

June giggled too, then she noticed the clock on the mantelpiece. "Oh no! I've gotta get going before turtwig gets taken!" she screamed, bolting out of the room. She shouted a quick goodbye and set off. Towards sandgem town.

A/N: so… what did you think about it? Please tell me on how I can improve it, okay?