Annika Mia Kaleathinas waited for nothing as she sat on a bench in her native New Bark town, waiting for nothing like always. Annika knew that nothing would come, but she continued to sit and wait, hoping to find the answer to all of her mysteries.
She had never left the five mile radius around New Bark Town for some reason. She had never battled for a gym badge, or anything her school mates had done. She was practically left alone to wonder why she was afraid to leave.
Standing up, she grabbed her red backpack and wandered out of the town and towards where she kept to herself when she was really lonely, a place where she could sit and recollect herself before returning to her home with the Shumakers, her foster family.
Sitting down and dropping her backpack, she pulled out her three Pokeballs. "You can come out now, guys."
As the beams of red light appeared, three Pokemon materialized infront of her as she sighed. She hated her life, but she could not stand to face what was out of her safehaven of New Bark Town.
Annika's only three Pokemon were at their highest evolutions, mainly since she has never had the heart to fight against others but have them practice their attacks on trees. Meganium was her first, since she found the little Chikorita she once was wandering around New Bark Town highly injured when she was five, taking her in and raising her, finally officially capturing her five days later. Her second Pokemon was Kingler, a goofy young Krabby he once was, when Annika found him beaten up on a beach after a fight with another wild Krabby. Her third was Espeon, her pride and joy as when she was an Eevee she had been the Pokemon of one of the roughest trainers in New Bark Town, the evil Julias Kester. She had found the Eevee trying to escape out a window of Julias' house, and helped her and taken her into safety.
Annika adored her three Pokemon more than anything in the world, since they were the only family she had. She had grown up with them, raised them, taken care of them. They were her only love in life, and she was sure not going to let them suffer like they did before with the evils of the world unless they wanted to do it.
Looking up at the clouds, Espeon nudged her leg. "Esp....Espeon!" The small Espeon look anxious, and soon Annika knew why, since a tiny Meowth was limping their way with a large bloody scratch half way down it's back.
"Oh!" Annika said, standing up and running over to it. Falling to her knees, she pulled her Pokemon first aid kit out of her belt pouch. "What happened?"
"Meowth....Meo...."
By then Annika had already put antiseptic on the cut and was bandaging up. "You need to get the Pokecenter."
"Meowth!"
Bending down, she carefully picked it up and trotted off back towards the Town.
**
Later that day, Annika had watched the Meowth fall asleep, and the rest were with her in the Shumaker's huge backyard. "Guys, we are not going to achieve anything if we just sit around. Would you be up to challenge Faulkner for his badge?"
"Espeon!"
"Megani....Meganium!"
"Kingler!"
"Okay, then it is settled," Annika said as she picked Espeon up and sat the lavender ball in her lap. "Tommorrow we challenge Faulkner."
"Cela?" called a voice from behind the fence that circled the Shumaker backyard. "Cela? It's Robbie!"
Annika knew Robbie was her foster-sister Cela's boyfriend. "Cela isn't here right now, but she'll be back from training her Pokemon later."
"Oh, thanks," the voice said as a black-haired, light-skined young man stuck his head over the fence. "Who are you?"
Looking at her Espeon, "I'm Annika Kaleathinas, the Shumaker's fosterchild," Annika said as she rested her head on Meganium and looked at the clouds again, like always.
"You have a Meganium!" Robbie said as he jumped over the fence deftly and walked over to where Annika rested.
Annika groaned. "Yes, I have trained her since I found her eleven years ago when she was still a Chikorita," she told Robbie without looking at him. She knew Espeon had stood up and went over to sniff Robbie before she would let him within ten yards of Annika.
"I have a Chikorita, myself!" Robbie said as he pulled a Pokeball out and released his large, overgrown grass Pokemon. "He was my first Pokemon, and we have been together since I was eleven."
Annika looked at the Chikorita before laying her head back again. "It's overgrown, and I wouldn't be proud to have a husky Chikorita."
"How dare you!" Robbie said as he picked up his Chikorita with a frown. "I admit I have never battled with him, or trained him either, but he is still my pride and joy!"
"Chikorita! Chicki!" his Chikorita cried shrilly.
"Meganium!" cried her Meganium in reply.
"You Chikorita says he wants to be trained, but he likes food," Annika said as she rolled over to look at Robbie.
"You talk to Pokemon?" Robbie asked.
"Ofcourse I do, and so do you, but you just haven't taken the time to learn the language they speak like I have," Annika said with a grin as Espeon retreated and laid down right infront of her. "It's easy if you just take the time to listen to one. Their language is easy to learn, but you hasve to listen first."
Robbie humphed as he pulled out five other Pokeballs. "Okay, team!" Annika watched with wonder as his five other Pokemon materialized into a Croconaw, Bellsprout, Shuckle, Chinchou, and Pichu.
"Pichu pi!" cried the Pichu as she ran into her owner's arms.
"She wants you to love her so she can beat up Cela's Pikachu," Annika said with a yawn as she rested her chin on Espeon. "You do know you have to love a Pichu for it to evolve, don't you?"
"I thought you just had to train it hard!" Robbie said as he caught the Pichu while holding onto Chikorita.
Annika laughed. "Why would you think that? Don't you know Cela sleeps with her Pikachu every single night as she has since she got him?"
"Yeah," Robbie said.
"Then you might as well come with me," Annika said as she stood up. "Wait while I get my stuff, would you, and then we can go where I go when I train my team."
She had never left the five mile radius around New Bark Town for some reason. She had never battled for a gym badge, or anything her school mates had done. She was practically left alone to wonder why she was afraid to leave.
Standing up, she grabbed her red backpack and wandered out of the town and towards where she kept to herself when she was really lonely, a place where she could sit and recollect herself before returning to her home with the Shumakers, her foster family.
Sitting down and dropping her backpack, she pulled out her three Pokeballs. "You can come out now, guys."
As the beams of red light appeared, three Pokemon materialized infront of her as she sighed. She hated her life, but she could not stand to face what was out of her safehaven of New Bark Town.
Annika's only three Pokemon were at their highest evolutions, mainly since she has never had the heart to fight against others but have them practice their attacks on trees. Meganium was her first, since she found the little Chikorita she once was wandering around New Bark Town highly injured when she was five, taking her in and raising her, finally officially capturing her five days later. Her second Pokemon was Kingler, a goofy young Krabby he once was, when Annika found him beaten up on a beach after a fight with another wild Krabby. Her third was Espeon, her pride and joy as when she was an Eevee she had been the Pokemon of one of the roughest trainers in New Bark Town, the evil Julias Kester. She had found the Eevee trying to escape out a window of Julias' house, and helped her and taken her into safety.
Annika adored her three Pokemon more than anything in the world, since they were the only family she had. She had grown up with them, raised them, taken care of them. They were her only love in life, and she was sure not going to let them suffer like they did before with the evils of the world unless they wanted to do it.
Looking up at the clouds, Espeon nudged her leg. "Esp....Espeon!" The small Espeon look anxious, and soon Annika knew why, since a tiny Meowth was limping their way with a large bloody scratch half way down it's back.
"Oh!" Annika said, standing up and running over to it. Falling to her knees, she pulled her Pokemon first aid kit out of her belt pouch. "What happened?"
"Meowth....Meo...."
By then Annika had already put antiseptic on the cut and was bandaging up. "You need to get the Pokecenter."
"Meowth!"
Bending down, she carefully picked it up and trotted off back towards the Town.
**
Later that day, Annika had watched the Meowth fall asleep, and the rest were with her in the Shumaker's huge backyard. "Guys, we are not going to achieve anything if we just sit around. Would you be up to challenge Faulkner for his badge?"
"Espeon!"
"Megani....Meganium!"
"Kingler!"
"Okay, then it is settled," Annika said as she picked Espeon up and sat the lavender ball in her lap. "Tommorrow we challenge Faulkner."
"Cela?" called a voice from behind the fence that circled the Shumaker backyard. "Cela? It's Robbie!"
Annika knew Robbie was her foster-sister Cela's boyfriend. "Cela isn't here right now, but she'll be back from training her Pokemon later."
"Oh, thanks," the voice said as a black-haired, light-skined young man stuck his head over the fence. "Who are you?"
Looking at her Espeon, "I'm Annika Kaleathinas, the Shumaker's fosterchild," Annika said as she rested her head on Meganium and looked at the clouds again, like always.
"You have a Meganium!" Robbie said as he jumped over the fence deftly and walked over to where Annika rested.
Annika groaned. "Yes, I have trained her since I found her eleven years ago when she was still a Chikorita," she told Robbie without looking at him. She knew Espeon had stood up and went over to sniff Robbie before she would let him within ten yards of Annika.
"I have a Chikorita, myself!" Robbie said as he pulled a Pokeball out and released his large, overgrown grass Pokemon. "He was my first Pokemon, and we have been together since I was eleven."
Annika looked at the Chikorita before laying her head back again. "It's overgrown, and I wouldn't be proud to have a husky Chikorita."
"How dare you!" Robbie said as he picked up his Chikorita with a frown. "I admit I have never battled with him, or trained him either, but he is still my pride and joy!"
"Chikorita! Chicki!" his Chikorita cried shrilly.
"Meganium!" cried her Meganium in reply.
"You Chikorita says he wants to be trained, but he likes food," Annika said as she rolled over to look at Robbie.
"You talk to Pokemon?" Robbie asked.
"Ofcourse I do, and so do you, but you just haven't taken the time to learn the language they speak like I have," Annika said with a grin as Espeon retreated and laid down right infront of her. "It's easy if you just take the time to listen to one. Their language is easy to learn, but you hasve to listen first."
Robbie humphed as he pulled out five other Pokeballs. "Okay, team!" Annika watched with wonder as his five other Pokemon materialized into a Croconaw, Bellsprout, Shuckle, Chinchou, and Pichu.
"Pichu pi!" cried the Pichu as she ran into her owner's arms.
"She wants you to love her so she can beat up Cela's Pikachu," Annika said with a yawn as she rested her chin on Espeon. "You do know you have to love a Pichu for it to evolve, don't you?"
"I thought you just had to train it hard!" Robbie said as he caught the Pichu while holding onto Chikorita.
Annika laughed. "Why would you think that? Don't you know Cela sleeps with her Pikachu every single night as she has since she got him?"
"Yeah," Robbie said.
"Then you might as well come with me," Annika said as she stood up. "Wait while I get my stuff, would you, and then we can go where I go when I train my team."