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The Boy Who Runs With Pokémon
Prologue
A strange yellow mouse was running through the paved streets of a bustling city. He looked quite strange for a mouse. First of all, he was much too big to be a mouse, standing at over a foot when he was on his back legs and probably weighing close to 15 pounds. Secondly, his colour was all wrong. No normal mouse could ever possibly be the particular shade of bright yellow that coloured most of the mouse's body. Its ears were also too long and flat, instead of round, with the ends coloured black instead of the yellow that covered the rest of its body. The mouse-like creature had a strangely large zigzag shaped tail that had a bit of brown at the base, which was also the colour of the two stripes on its back. While all of these things were odd, there was one that stood out from the rest, and it was this one change that made the mouse-creature much more dangerous than he appeared to be.
Faint sparks of electricity were being emitted from small red circles on its cheeks as the creature ran.
Instead of the strange oddity causing fear or panic in the city, the people walking and running around the city paid little mind to the creature. To an outsider, it would appear that strange creatures that could emit electricity from its body were a common occurrence. They would be right.
You see, this strange creature was a Pikachu, an electric-type Pokémon. Pokémon, short for Pocket Monsters, have existed since time immemorial, and were even said to have had a hand in creating the entire universe. Not everyone believes it, but no one can deny that Pokémon were an intimate part of the world that they lived in. Pokémon of all different shapes and sizes were found in both the wild and as companions to humans. Wild Pokémon could be very dangerous and children were told from a young age to be careful around them unless you had your own companion Pokémon with you. Companion Pokémon were extremely loyal to their masters, more commonly known as trainers since very few people ever gained the title of 'Pokémon Master'.
Pikachu was one such companion Pokémon, and he could think of no better trainer than the one he had. His trainer was brave, loyal, honourable, kind to both Pokémon and people, and many other things that the Pikachu couldn't be bothered to name. His trainer pushed Pikachu and his other Pokémon to their limits, always wanting his companions to be the strongest they could be so that they could protect themselves and not get hurt in battles, of which they saw many. Of all the battles they fought, his trainer's team rarely ever lost because of all the training he put them, and himself, through. Their prowess in battle gave his trainer quite the reputation, which is why Pikachu was currently searching for him. Ash had made a quick getaway after he evaded some news reporters who wanted to speak with the infamous Ash Ketchum.
Yes, his trainer was the Ash Ketchum, the boy who ran with Pokémon, the silent battler, the man who villains stood no chance against, whether they be a regular street thug or were part of a crime organization, the chosen one.
Pikachu would have continued his list, but at that moment he caught a whiff of his Ash's scent, making Pikachu lose his train of thought while he picked up the pace. He had not meant to get separated from Ash, but he could not resist the ketchup that was sitting so tantalizingly on the diner table across the street. Just as Pikachu began to enjoy himself, the reporters had shown up and swamped Ash, making it impossible for Pikachu to get to him. Ash had called his flying-fire type Pokémon Charizard to him and taken flight without even having the Pokémon touch the ground, knowing Pikachu would be able to find him.
Pikachu's thoughts drifted back to when he first met Ash. He had been so young then, though still older than most boys usually were when they started their Pokémon journey. They had been through so much since then. They had met new friends in the forms of Pokémon and people, as well as enemies. They had watched many strange and miraculous events, being forever changed by them. Each and every member of Ash's team had joined at different times and extremely different circumstances, but they all had one thing in common, their love for their trainer. Any one of Ash's Pokémon would die for him, just like he would for them. Ash's Pokémon were his family, even more than his human family. The only human being he considered family was his mother, but she…
"Pikachu!"
There he was! Pikachu ran as fast as he could towards his trainer, becoming a blur of yellow to the human eye. Pikachu lept into the arms of his trainer and said happily, "Pika!"
Pikachu affectionately rubbed his face against Ash's chin. He wanted his trainer to know how much he missed him even in the short amount of time they were separated.
Ash laughed. "I missed you too Pikachu," he said softly, "I just couldn't deal with all the people crowding around me. It was too much and I had to get out of there."
Pikachu understood, climbed onto Ash's shoulder so they could begin walking towards the edge of the city. They walked mostly in silence, enjoying just being in each other's presence. Unfortunately, the silence wasn't meant to last.
"There he is!" A woman's voice sounded from somewhere behind them.
Ash and Pikachu turned around and saw at least twenty reporters and fans down the street staring at them. Wasting no time, Pikachu jumped of Ash's shoulder and the two of them began to run, the crowd hot in pursuit.
Ash and Pikachu were both relieved to hear the roar of Charizard from above them. The flying Pokémon flew low to the ground and Ash quickly jumped on his back, with Pikachu only a second behind. For the second time that day, Ash escaped his followers on the back of his beloved Charizard but unlike the previous time, Pikachu was with him. When Pikachu was with him, Ash felt he could even take down legendary Pokémon.
Thinking of another flying Pokémon not too far from them in the forest surrounding the city, Ash smirked as he recalled that with Pikachu at his side, they had done much more than just take on legendaries…
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amethystdreamstar: Hey everyone, this is amethystdreamstar here with a brand new idea courtesy of bleach2121XX and their challenge. I combined several of the challenges bleach2121XX gave and selected most of the points. If you wish to see the challenges, check bleach2121XX's profile, but I won't tell you what parts of which challenge I'm using :P
One note I would like to make, a 1000 word chapter is extremely short for me. I usually write around 10k word chapters, but for some reason I can never write prologues to be that long.
I plan on using a cross between the games and the show. I'll include some episodes, but will also include some aspects from the game such as Team Rocket battles, item finding, etc. Ash will also catch more Pokémon than just the ones from the show.
On that note, I have one question. Ash never named any of his Pokémon, I was wondering if I should name some/all of them, besides Pikachu of course, or maybe just the Pokémon that he will catch but didn't catch on the show? Review to let me know what you think :)
April 1st, 2012
