Every Rose has its thorns Prologue.
It's never easy to understand the concept of destiny. It's never noticeable whether or not destiny has anything to do with our lives. Maybe it was destiny that brought 18 people together. Or maybe it wasn't, sometimes it's better to imagine that it was destiny, it makes the euphoric feeling of having done something truly magical more believable.
It all starts with one person until it grows into a bigger being; each person in the group our story depicts has played a role in shaping each other. Whether it was getting another two people together or helping to bring another person into the being.
With this story it all started when one small family of only 3 people, a father, a sister, and a brother, came to meet another little girl and create the basis known as destiny. Maybe it was destiny that brought them together, or maybe they created destiny, all we know is that together they created something you can't imagine.
"Daddy! Where are we going?" a young boys voice asked to his father. His little sister next to him was in her own little world watching the people as they passed by entranced by their actions.
The taller man smiled down to the young boy and smiled slightly "Don't you remember Christian?" he asked his son as he crouched down so he was right in front of his son and daughter.
"Yeah, it's my birthday right?" the little boy asked innocently. "Yeah, I thought maybe we could go to Olivine City so we could spend a day at the beach. And we could get dinner in Ecruteak City while watching the Kimono girls."
The boy known as Christian smiled and nodded happily. He turned to his little sister and spoke, "Did you hear that Maria? We're going to see the Kimono girls!"
The little girl smiled and hugged the father. She spoke saying, "Thank you so much daddy!" She screamed this at the top of her lungs. Her brother Christian smiled as he began making plans for what they would do at the beach.
When they got there the day went by pretty quickly. Once it became sunset, they began making their way to Ecruteak City.
Once they got there and had gotten their dinner, they walked in to the Ecruteak dance theater. They immediately sat down close to the stage and waited for the show to begin. When it did, they were quickly amazed by all the peoples dancing.
They were most impressed by a little girl, about Christian's age, dancing. They applauded immensely when she finished her routine. The rest of the show was barley in comparison to the girls amazing performance.
After the show the siblings begged their father to go meet the little girl in the performance.
Their father agreed reluctantly and waited outside the theater for the little girl to appear. When she did, Maria ran up to her followed by Christian as they showered her in compliments. She simply stared at them and said a quiet thank-you and began walking away.
The children followed her and asked her where she lived. She said that she lived in Olivine City. They nodded and said that they were staying there for the night because it was Christian's birthday.
When she heard his she thought' Oh great. I have to hear them talking to me 24/7 for another full day.'
The next day went fast to Maria and Christian, but felt like forever to the little girl.
The last question of the day was asked by Christian. "What's your name?"
The little girl sighed and spoke quietly saying" Sakura"
They smiled at each other in triumph when she told them her name and followed her around for the rest of the day until they had to go back to their hotel for the night. They said goodbye to the girl and grinned when she gave them a very small smile.
They visited her home and said good bye as they were going back to their home in Ecruteak but, promised they would visit in two weeks, she told them that she would be unavailable because in two weeks she would be in the middle of the Dance Theater's trip to the lake of rage
She told them the trip was for two weeks and she wouldn't be home when they got to her house. They nodded and when they left asked their father if they could take a trip to the lake of rage in two weeks. Their father though suspicious agreed and they made plans to stay with a friend of their father.
Three weeks later
"Sakura!" the voices Sakura had been trying to ignore had finally caught up with her when Christian and Maria appeared next to her by the lake of rage. It had been a week into their impromptu visit to see her and she was just as distant and unwilling to be friends with them as before.
They ignored her aggravation with them as they made their advances more and more desperate as it got closer to it being time to leave to go back to Ecruteak.
"Why are you here by yourself?" Maria asked her cheerfully. "Just wanted some time alone." Sakura tried to hint for them to leave but either they were just that dense or they ignored the hint.
Just as they were about to speak to her a Pokémon they recognized to be a Dratini appeared.
Maria screamed and Christian jumped in front of her to protect her. "Eevee go!" yelled Christian.
The Dratini began advancing toward Sakura when Christian yelled for Eevee to use Metronome.
Eevee's paws glowed a bright white light and a bright yellow light came crashing down hitting Dratini just before it jumped on top of Sakura.
Christian threw a poke ball catching it. Sakura was thoroughly impressed with Christian's performance.
"Here" said Christian handing her the poke ball. "For me?" asked Sakura surprised.
"Yes" said Christian. He handed her the newly caught Dratini and smiled.
This was the beginning of a lifetime friendship.
9 years later.
"Sakura!" Maria yelled running towards the girl. Sakura's bangs fell into her eyes slightly as her stoic expression didn't change when the younger girl by two years tackled her into a hug. "What?" she asked simply.
"The girl began speaking but was cut off by Christian who arrived a few moments after Maria "Let's go on a journey!" he exclaimed happily. His attitude wasn't unusual to Sakura, her and Maria were two of only a few people he really was himself with.
"No." she said simply. They had been trying to convince her into going on a journey for almost a month now. Every time made the excuse that they all had jobs. Sakura worked at an arts theater, Maria worked at a gymnastics building, and Christian taught classes at a computer software building.
"We know you have a job but we talked to our bosses including yours and we are all now traveling through Johto going city by city, each for a week, doing performances and teaching classes!" Maria exclaimed happily
Sakura glared slightly and grumbled that she had no choice. They made plans to leave the next day taking a ferry to New Bark Town.
It was time to start their journey with Maria and Christian as Gym battlers and Sakura as a coordinator.
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That starts my newest story, which is being co-written with Brianna, and Thomas, I'll post their usernames in the next chapter.
O.C. contest! We are accepting O.C.'s, and we need them!
An example of how we would like the entries is as follows-
Name- Sakura Hikari
Age- 16
Gender- Female
Appearance- mid-back black hair with purple tips. Front bangs that fall into her eyes sometimes. Mysterious purple eyes. Fair skin. Black quarter sleeve jacket with a purple t-shirt underneath. Black skinny jeans and black paint-splattered converse. Black fingerless gloves and headphones around her neck.
Home region- Hoenn
Hometown- Petalburg City
Current home- Ecruteak City
Pokemon on hand (and if they have a nicknames, and gender or genderless) - Dragonite (M), Blazekin (M), Milotic (F), Vensaur (M), Gardevior (F), Espeon (F)
Personality- stoic, monotone, unless she trusts the person. Slightly arrogant, brutally honest, strong, caring, determined, protective, loving.
Bio- When she was 2 years old she lost her parents in a car accident and was alone with her brother Touya, who was eight. She still grieves the loss but puts her sadness into the arts such as dance, singing, drawing, and writing. She met Christian and Maria through her dancing at the Ecruteak Dance Theater. Her first Pokémon was a dratini given to her as a sign of friendship by Christian. She is a coordinator and loves what she does.
Role- trainer #1
Purpose- the win the grand festival
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That's how the entry should go. There are a few rules though; each trainer has to have at least four Pokémon, and one with flying capabilities. NO LEGENDARIES!
When you enter the role you can use the following choices
Maria's rival
Christian's rival
Sakura's rival
Maria's trainer companion
Christian's trainer companion
Sakura's trainer companion
Maria's love interest
Christian's love interest
Sakura's love interest
Those are the positions open and please, please, please send us entries!
I love you guys; see you in about a week!
