A/N: Some of you might have read the original story, which I started over a year ago. It wasn't very good, so I am rewriting it adding some plot twists.
Chapter One: Arrival of a Champion
I stared up at the stars, twinkling in the night sky. It was alomst like the first night of my Sinnoh journey, about a year ago. The beauty of the stars was interrupted by a bridge that the boat sailed under. I rolled my eyes. Unova had to be the only reigon held together by those bridges.
Some would say that I was on the run. On the run from my past. Even though I knew you couldn't escape what ever had happened. But losing her was too much. She had been my partner for the whole journey, and now, it was my fault she was gone.
In all actuality, we were more than just partners. She was my girlfriend, and I would have died to protect her. Would have, if she hadn't made that stupid move...
The boat silently pulled into the dock in Casteila City, and I walked down the plank first. The city lights all around me reminded me of Veilstone City, and my fourth Gym badge. I slid my hand into my bag, and pulled out my Badge case. The Sinnoh badges shone like that had been polished yesterday. They had, actually.
As I put the case back in the bag, my hand brushed against a Pokeball. The only Pokemon that I had brought from Sinnoh, and I had never used it. Never needed too, either.
"Are you with me?" I whispered to the Pokemon constricted inside of it.
You bet, dude! I sighed. So much for the touching Hallmark moment. Seriously, that Pokemon could be an ass sometimes. I sighed as I put the ball back into my bag.
"Ready to go?" I looked up to see a pink haired girl about my age wearing a leather jacket and blue jeans walking toward me.
"Spiri, nice to see you again. I assume that you found us capable transport to Nuvema Town? My aunt is waiting for me."
She just stared at me. "I thought that was your job. I've just been waiting around here for you, thanks to that damn deal you made with my old man."
"Oh please. That was his idea. I had no other option. Plus, I thought it would be smart. You and the others should be around qualified trainers in the event Team Galatic or another Team comes after you. Remember the pain that you went through when they captured you?"
She sighed. "Fine. Now to et to your aunt's house, I'll do it the easy way." She grabbed my hand, and closed her eyes, focusing. A small oval of red light began to glow out from under the pink hair covering her forehead. There was a flash, and we were in Nuvema Town.
I looked around and saw that no one had seen our entrance. Well, no one except for the drunk hobo that stared at us, back at his bottle, then back to us. Then, the hobo fainted.
The girl, in case you missed the several indications previously stated, was in fact Mespirit. After the fall of Team Galactic, Arceus and I had made a deal that to ensure that Cyrus's attempt to summon Dialga and Palkia never happened again, the Lake Legends would travel by the sides of worthy trainers, until Arceus thought it was safe. They were to stay in human forms at all times. It wasn't as much as a deal than Arceus's commandment, but hey, I'm not going to argue with the strongest Pokemon in the world.
"Now, let's find my aunts house," I said, looking around the town. Spiri, that's what I called her, pointed at a house. "It's that one. I sensed her aura, almost like yours." I went up and knocked on the door. As expected, my aunt walked to the door.
"You know what time it is? I've been waiting for about five hours," she said, sternly. The smell of chocolate chip cookies wafted out the door. The she smiled. "It's good to see you! I saw your match with Cynthia, and I'm proud of you." Then she saw Spiri. "Who's your firend?"
"Umm...this is Spiri, Spiri Lake." Spiri shot me a look. You dick, she said telepathically. But still, the incognito legendary smiled and shook my aunt's hand. She let us in, and went over to a plate of fresh baked cookies. She offered us each one, and they were the best cookies I had had in a long time.
"I wasn't expecting Trevor to have company, especially female company, so didn't prepare the guest room. You can use Trent's room," my aunt said, pointing at the room up the stairs. Spiri nodded and headed up the stairs. I followed after her, but Aunt stopped me. "Does she know that you're the Champion of Sinnoh?" she asked in a hushed voice.
"Yes, in fact, she probably knows a lot more about me then I know about me." She gave me a quizzical look. "I'll explain at a better time." I headed up the stairs and into my cousin's old room. Trent had left, not on a journey, but to play football in Nimbasa.
There was only one bed in the room. I groaned. Having only one bed was a plauge for male and female trainers who were traveling together, But, it's different when you're traveling with a legendary Pokemon.
"Bed's mine," Spiri said, as she jumped on to it. After all, since she was a human against her will, she was going to bug me for it the entire time. Arceus was the only one that currently had the power to change the Lake Legends back into their original forms, and had made them completely human teenagers, with the exception of a limited amount of pyshic powers, like teleportation. He said it was a "Security Precution." It was easy to tell that Arceus liked to fuck with peoples, and Pokemons, lives.
"Fine by me. I had always wanted to sleep on the floor," I shot back, tossing my bag on the floor, and unzipping my jacket. I used my bag as a pillow, and my blue jacket became my blanket. I took off my cap, exposing hy bright orange hair. I tossed the Pokeball cap into the corner of the room. "Night," I muttered.
"Is it going to be fun?" Spiri asked. Drat, I was almost asleep.
"Depends on what you think fun is," I responded, and let the darkness overcome me.
Spiri looked at the sleeping trainer. She had a strange feeling. What is this feeling I feel. I mean, I know I'm the Emotion Pokemon, but I've never felt this before. After hours of thought, she fell asleep.
I awoke to the sound of bird Pokemon chirping, and by instinct, I reached for my pokedex. That's when I remembered that I didn't have it with me. Rowan said that he would upgrade it and send it to Juniper, so, at least I would be getting it back soon.
I stood up, and saw the Spiri was still asleep. She was floating in mid-air on due to her pyshic powers. Apparently, she hadn't adjusted to human beds. I grabbed my jacket and smoothed out some of the wrinkles, and put it back on. I slung my bag over my shoulder and picked up my bag from the corner of the room. I took one last glance around the room, making sure that I had got everthing. Now, to wake up Spiri...
I shook her gently on the shoulder, and jumped back, covering my face in case she did something with the pyschic energy. The energy dissipated, and Spiri fell back onto the bed. She groaned a little, and then sat straight up. "We leaving?" she asked, combing down her bed-hair with her fingers.
"Yeah, Juniper shoud have brought those Pokemon in by now. I'm not sure which one to take," I said as I headed down the stairs. On the kitchen table, there was a green box, with a note attached. "Screw the note," I muttered as I tore the lid off. Inside were three Pokeballs.
"I always have been curious about why humans see the need to confine innocent creatures inside thos balls, and force them to battle," Spiri asked, as she glanced into the box.
"Well, for one thing, it's fun." I picked up the balls that had the fire emblem and the water emblem on it. "If I were to take the water type, it could learn Ice Beam, and that would be able to take out the weakness to grass. What do you think?"
"You should take the grass type. It's a Snivy."
I set down the water ball and picked up the one with the leaf on it. "Why?"
"I don't know. I thought you would want that one, since last time you picked the water type."
"Well, sure why not." I pressed the button, and watched as a small green lizard like Pokemon materialize. It looked around the room, and then saw me. "Snivy, I guess I'm your trainer," I said. It shrugged and stood there, doing nothing.
My aunt then walked through the door, holding grocery bags in each hand. She smiled as she saw the Snivy. "Is that the one you chose?" I nodded. "It's so cute." Snivy looked at her, and sighed.
"Where do you want these, ma'am?" a new voice asked. In the doorway there was a boy about my age, and he had navy hair and a blue jacket, and he was holding two bags filled with various items.
"Just set them on the counter. Thanks!" My aunt began to unload the groceries into the fridge, and the boy walked over to me.
"I assume that you are the other trainer that will be traveling around," he said.
"Yep." He held out his hand. "Name's Cheren." I shook his hand, "I'm Trevor and this is Spiri." She just waved, and I glanced at the two remaining Pokeballs, and I could almost tell which one he was going to pick.
Cheren took the other two Pokeballs, and stared at the label, then down at Snivy. "I'll take this one," and he put the one with the water emblem on it back onto the table.
Of course. He chose the fire type after I chose the grass. What a beginner. I smiled and asked, "Who gets the last one.
"Bianca, and she should get here soon," Cheren answered, sending out his Pokemon, Tepig. The fire pig looked around and saw Snivy. "Hey, wanna play?" he asked Snivy.
"Good heavens, no," Snivy responded in a British accent. Of course, Spiri was the only one who could understand them.
"Sorry I'm late!" A blonde girl with a green hat and vest ran over.
Cheren rolled his eyes. "Bianca, you've always been late. Every day of your life."
Bianca smacked him, getting a laugh out of Spiri. We introduced our selves to her, and she took the last Pokemon, an Oshawatt.
"Well," Bianca said. "Now that we're all trainers, we should battle! Trevor, you and me go first. Winner gets Cheren!"
"Fine, you take first move." Bianca smiled and sent out her Oshawatt. "Shaw, use tackle!" The water weasal thing charged at Snivy, well, tackling him.
Who would name an Oshawatt Shaw? I thought. "Ivy, use leer!" Snivy stared at the Oshawatt, and the move lowered the water Pokemon's defense.
"Shaw, use tackle again!"
Ivy, use Leer!" The attacks hit at the same time, sending the Pokemon flying into the table legs, breaking them. The contents of the table slid to the floor.
"Shaw, use tackle one more time!"
"And Ivy, use Leer again!" The tackling Shaw made both Pokemon airborne, crashing into a potted plant, knocking it over and spilling dirt everywhere.
"You do know that Leer isn't an attack, right?" Cheren asked. "All it does is...oh. Clever."
"What?" Bianca questioned. "What does it do?"
"It lowers the opponets defense," I responded. "Ivy, use tackle!" Ivy jumped at the Oshawatt, crashing into it with great force. The impact sent them both into an armchair. and knocked it over. Oshawatt was out cold.
"Well, I guess you win," Bianca said, smiling.
"Yeah, and the room got redecorated," Spiri commented, looking around the room.
"What do you mean..holy shit," I said, as I saw the room and all the damage we had caused.
Cheren turned to me. "Since the room can't get any worse, It's your turn." Bianca used a potion on Ivy, healing him.
"Snivy use Leer!"
"Use Growl, Tepig!"
Well, the attacks negated each other, since Leer loweres defense, and Growl lowered attack. New tactic. "Ivy use Tackle!" The grass reptile tackled the offending fire pig. That is a wierd sentence. The pig was knocked back.
"Tepig, use scratch!" The pig slashed Ivy, and Ivy retaliated with a tackle. The battle was still even. "Ivy, use tackle!" I just wanted this to all end, so I could get on with the League Challenge.
Tepig scratched Ivy as he got close, and the Ivy went down, out cold. Bianca rushed over with healing supplies, and I shook Cheren's hand. "Good battle," I praised him.
He smiled. "Thanks."
Then we noticed my aunt standing, mouth hung open at the messed up room. "Sup," I said, making the situation even more akward.
"I thought I heard Pokemon cries, so I came to investigate, and this..." She was at a loss for words.
"We'll help clean it up," Bianca offered. My aunt smiled and shook her head. "I remember my first battle. It was so exciting..." Her mind dirfted off for a second. "I clean it up. I have nothing else better to do anyway. Juniper said that she wanted to see you all in her lab, so off you go."
As we headed for the door, my aunt stopped me. "Your mom sent you this," She said as she handed me a Crosstransevier. "Now off you go."
I opened the door, and walked out into the summer day. There was a gentle breeze, and a few bird Pokemon flew off into the sky. Spiri came out behind me, having no other options other than to follow me. It was the start of a new journey.
A/N: Like I said, this is a repost. I will be taking OC's, so if you have one, PM me.
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