Chapter 1 – A Fresh Start
Hey guys! This is my second FanFiction. I had this idea locked away in my head somewhere, but now it's slowly growing. I still take priority in my other FanFiction, so check that out as well. An FYI: This is Ed Edd n Eddy and Pokémon X and Y. The reason being so is because I love the Kalos Region and I haven't seen many stories involving Kalos mixed with Ed Edd n Eddy. Please note this is also before BPS.
Thanks to Bulbapedia and Ed Edd n Eddy Wiki for the info and details I needed.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ed Edd n Eddy nor Pokémon. They belong to Danny Antonucci and Satoshi Tajiri
Let's get to it!
Chapter 1 – Into the Wild
It was just another day in Peach Creek. The butterflies fluttering, the grass being mowed, and (not surprising at all) another one of Eddy's scams going awry. The cul-de-sac kids were just standing there at their most recent failure yet.
Eddy is the self-proclaimed leader of the Eds. He is sarcastic, greedy, selfish, easily frustrated, and mean. He loves money, jawbreakers, dirty magazines, his room, and Chunky Puffs. Eddy ordinarily comes up with the plans for scamming people, but they ultimately fail. Eddy is the shortest of the Eds and takes this very seriously, despising people calling him short.
Edd, also known as Double D, is the brains of the Eds and the most mature, good-natured, and friendliest of the three, so the kids are friendlier towards him than Ed and Eddy. He is physically weak compared to the others and detests P.E. and other forms of exercise. As the most creative of the trio, he can construct things like planes, rocket cars, and roller coasters with simple materials he comes across. He often applies large vocabulary words and struggles to speak normal. His clothing usually consists of a scarlet shirt, purple shorts, red socks, and cyan shoes. He is the only one of the trio to be an only child, and his parents leave sticky notes around his house to communicate with him.
Ed is the strongest of the trio, though he's severely low in intelligence. He has very short hair and poor personal hygiene. He wears a red-and-white striped shirt, a green jacket with two white stripes on each sleeve and purple-blue jeans. His skin is yellow, unlike the other characters, and he is known to laugh a lot and is happy most of the time. He often shouts random comments that have no relation with the subject they might be talking about. He cares about the other two Eds, even to the point of sacrificing himself for their well-being. He is a fan of monster films and comic books, which contribute to his confusion of reality. Ed also likes buttered toast, gravy, cereal, pudding skin, chickens, and animals in general.
Jonnyis considered by his peers to be a nuisance. Jonny has a tendency to get his head caught in branches when climbing trees, which becomes a running gag. He talks a lot, and frequently gets on the other kids' nerves. He is rarely seen without his imaginary friend, a wooden board named Plank. Jonny seems innocent and gullible, and forgives people no matter what they do. He does not seem to mind the antics of the Eds, and is often the friendliest out of all the cul-de-sac kids towards them. He is very protective of Plank, and will burst into extreme fury or worry if Plank is stolen or harmed in any way. What is strange is that he asks for help from Plank, meaning he lacks confidence. Like Rolf, and Jimmy he is among the only kids in the Cul-de-Sac that tolerates the Eds to a certain degree.
Jimmyis an insecure child, and Sarah's best friend whom he is most often seen spending his time with. Jimmy is considered the weakest kid in the cul-de-sac. Though Jimmy's a coward, fragile, and gentle, he truly wishes to be strong and muscular. Jimmy has shown how deeply attached he is to Sarah when someone tries to take her away from him. He wears a retainer to correct his teeth, due to a bowling pin accident during one of Eddy's scams.
Sarah is Ed's spoiled, whiny, ill-tempered younger sister who acts friendly only towards Jimmy. She is commonly depicted with a distasteful facial expression and treats Ed horribly. Sarah frequently orders people, even authorities, to do her bidding, and her desires have to be met or else she will go into a violent temper tantrum or threaten the person in question.
Kevin is a jock. He is cynical, sarcastic and arrogant. He loves customizing his bike, but when not riding his trusty bike, he usually hangs out with Rolf and Nazz. He hates the Eds to the point of paranoia, but his hatred towards them is mostly towards Eddy; the two are mortal enemies and often go out of their ways to humiliate or physically harm the other. He's on somewhat friendlier terms with Double D. He calls the Eds "dorks" and comes up with words merged with "dork" to suit the situation. Like Double D, Kevin normally wears a hat and rarely takes it off.
Rolf is foreign and of origin and culture have odd customs, and has a thick accent to prove it. He sometimes refers to himself as being the son of a shepherd, in which he takes pride. His faithful farm animals are a pig named Wilfred, and a goat named Victor. He hardly minds the Eds, whom he calls the "Ed boys", unless they make a fool out of him or offend him in some way. He seems to be very muscular, but this is usually only shown when he is angry. Rolf confuses the rest of the kids to no end with his unusual customs and foods.
Nazz is a lovely fashion girl who normally treats her peers respectfully. She also possesses a number of humorous abilities, such as being able to yodel, possess substandard skills at playing tuba, and has terrible eating manners. Double D seems to be the Ed that Nazz is most fond of, much to Eddy's jealousy. She may have a crush on Kevin, but Kevin is mostly oblivious to this.
Kevin started laughing at the Eds for their most recent failure, and everyone else followed suit. The Eds were just standing there, with Eddy gritting his teeth. Double D was frowning, as where Ed wasn't paying attention and thinking about buttered toast.
"Man, you dorks get lamer every day!" Kevin mocked, pointed at them feeling amused. "When are you ever going to learn? Haha!" Everyone then walked away, following Kevin and laughed with him. Everyone was just making fun of the Eds, and the Eds just had to deal with it. It's true that they're outcasts, but they didn't have to be ridiculed ever so harshly. Kevin really overdid it.
This left the Eds to just stand on the sidewalk in front of Ed's house, while the kids went inside Kevin's house to watch some marathon. Eddy was standing there, almost bursting in flames.
"Uh, Eddy?" Questioned Double D, looking down at the upset king of scams. Eddy harshly turned towards Ed's house and started stomping his way inside, almost yanking the door open. "Eddy wait! What about manners?" Double D shouted, running towards his pal. Ed followed suit, forgetting to shut the door from behind.
The Eds trailed into Ed's room, which was the basement. Eddy flung open the door and darted in, without Ed's consent.
"Eddy, what's wrong with you?!" question Double D with gesticulation of his hands. Ed loafed right into his room, know catching up to speed as to what Eddy was doing in his room.
Eddy then turned back towards his pals in harsh frustration. "I'VE HAD IT WITH OL' SHOVELCHIN!" Yelled out Eddy, which made Double D wide eye, with Ed frowning at his friend's anger. "HE THINKS HE'S SO SMART?! WE CAN BE TWICE AS SMART AS HIM! WE CAN DO BETTER THAN HIM! I'M FED UPWITH HIM AND THE OTHER LOSERS ALWAYS, AND I MEAN ALWAYS, MAKING FUN OF US! I'VE HAD IT!" Eddy was stomping around, almost tearing up stuff, if it didn't gross him out.
"Oh my." Double D was very worried for Eddy. He turned towards Ed, who was upset for his pal as well. "Ed, I fear that we may have to do something drastic in order to appease Eddy."
"Like order pizza?" asked Ed. Eddy then turned towards them, hearing what they've said.
"Pizza?!" Eddy stomped up and clenched onto Ed's shirt. "How can we order pizza if we don't have cash?!" Eddy then showed a heavily displeased look. He groaned and slid off Ed. He turned towards Ed's bed and plopped onto it, groaning and sighing at once with his face buried in the mattress.
Double D went over and sat along with his troubled pal. "Now, now Eddy. Things don't go the way they should, but you can learn from mistakes." He explained, patted his friend's back.
"We need to come up with a better plan. We need to prove we're better than those losers that hang with box head." Eddy said with his face buried in the mattress, but could be heard loud and clear.
"We fight the space monsters!" Ed proclaimed, to which the others ignored.
They then heard a knock at the front door from up above.
"Someone's at the door." Double D said. Seeing Eddy moping and Ed searching about in his room for some buttered toast, he decided to be the responsible one, as always, and go upstairs and get the door.
When Double D got up to the living room, he saw that the door was already opened from earlier, but a man was standing at the entrance knocking on the door aside him, not wanting to barge in.
This man had blue eyes, messy black hair that went a little over to his left, he had a little bit of facial hair growing under his chin and sideburns. He had a violet shirt on under what looked like a lab coat. His black pants were held up by a yellow belt. He had on what looked like brown shoes with red socks. He looked to be in his thirties.
"Pardon me." The man said. "I seemed to have heard a commotion going about in the basement. I was walking along the cul-de-sac before heading off back to my place and then I heard what I do believe was your friend."
To this, Double D was feeling guilty that his friend's voice was ridiculously loud. "I'm so sorry for my friend's actions." He apologized. "We're just experiencing some issues."
Eddy and Ed then trudged up the stairs and met Double D in the living room.
"Hey, sockhead." Eddy said. "What's taking ya? And who the heck is this guy?" Eddy was rude, as always.
The man face palmed himself. "Oh, right! Where are my manners? Allow me to introduce myself. I am Professor Augustine Sycamore, but people just call me Professor Sycamore for short." He said.
Double D was rather astonished to find that a professor happened to be rolling by. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Eddward, but I'm normally called Double D." He said. Eddy then pushed Double D out of the way and looked at this professor.
"Why are you here?" He asked rudely.
"A fair question. You see, I'm here because I was on a mini vacation from my homeland. I decided to have a vacation in a quiet place such as this vicinity. I just came by to see how the neighborhood was, and then I heard you complain about something. Er, what was it again?"
Eddy crossed his arms and looked away.
"Only that these chumps from earlier were making fun of our failure and that we'll never be as good as them!" Eddy responded.
"…I see. And these so called 'chumps' make fun of you every time you fail?"
"Every time." Eddy was groaning and looked down in irritation. Ed went up and hugged Eddy, but his strength made it so that Eddy couldn't breathe.
"There there little man." Ed said dumbly. "There is plenty to be ashamed of." When Ed had let go, Eddy was gasping for air.
Professor Sycamore stood there with a puzzled look on his face, trying to contemplate over something. Double D took note and looked up at him.
"Professor?" Double D asked.
After a few moments, Professor Sycamore nodded to himself, finally making a decision on something. "…Yes. I do believe I should!"
This caught all three of the Eds' attention.
"What is it that you are saying Professor?" Double D asked. Professor Sycamore then looked at all three Eds and smiled.
"I think I might know how you can show these guys up." He explained. Eddy, upon hearing this, dashed in front of the professor and stood wide eyed.
"You can?!" Eddy asked. "How?!"
Professor Sycamore turned around and started walking back. "It's my study. Tell me…" he stopped and turned his head back towards the others. "…are you aware of these creatures called Pokémon?" He asked.
The Eds looked puzzled.
"Pokémon? Never heard of them." Eddy said. Professor Sycamore then turned and faced the Eds.
"Pocket Monsters, or Pokémon for short, are creatures with unique powers. We humans fight alongside these Pokémon and become friends and create bonds with them."
When Ed heard the word, 'Monsters', he went wide eyed and couldn't help just twitch at the implication that he'll be getting to see real life monsters.
"MONSTERS!" Ed yelled, running up to Professor Sycamore and laughing. "I WANT TO HAVE A MONSTER!"
"Don't worry. You'll have your own pokémon soon enough." Professor Sycamore assured him with hand gestures telling him to calm down. "Look, how about we all go for a stroll and discuss this matter, shall we?"
The Eds then went outside, closing the door behind them this time, and they walked and talked to the professor. The other kids were still inside Kevin's place, fully unaware of what's to become of the Eds.
On their stroll, Professor Sycamore went more in depth with the concept of Pokémon and how they were implied to everyday life in Kalos. He said pokémon live in various places and thrive with what resources they had. There are people who are called pokémon trainers, who train and battle against other pokémon with their own pokémon. Some may even choose to become breeders, doctors, and a whole variety of stuff. Double D was listening to every word the professor was saying. Ed was daydreaming about monsters and gravy the entire time. Eddy was occupied by the fact that he'll be able to surpass Kevin in something.
When Professor Sycamore explained as to how they'll surpass the kids, this got everyone of their attention. Eddy was paying attention so that he'll triumph and have the last laugh. Professor Sycamore stated that once they get their first pokémon, they'll have to travel all over Kalos and obtain eight badges. With every gym, the pokémon will get tougher and tougher. They'll have to catch a variety of pokémon if they want to beat every gym leader. He then explained that once they have obtained all eight badges, they would have to go to Victory Road and reach the Pokémon League, where they will face the Elite Four, the four most powerful people in the region. Afterwards, without being defeated by any of them, the three of them will have to battle the most powerful trainer in all of the Elite Four, the Champion. The Champion is said to have the strength to defeat the Elite Four all on her own.
After explaining all of that, Eddy was even more psyched now. Ed was super stoked to fight monsters now. Double D was willing to participate because he wanted to study these creatures and see how he will work with them.
After some time has passed, Professor Sycamore had decided to leave. He turned and looked at the three Eds, who were rather excited to go on such an epic journey. "Meet me around the abandoned construction site at 6 tomorrow morning. There, I'll have an assistant pick us up and ship us off to Kalos. I'll drop you off and come back here to continue my mini vacation." He explained.
Then something had caught Double D's attention that worried him. "Wait! What about our parents' consent?"
"Who cares sockhead? We'll be kicking peoples' butts!" Eddy shouted.
"He is right Eddy." Professor Sycamore said. "Your parents may or may not agree to this, but I can see there's no stopping you guys. I'll have my assistants explain the situation to them and how you'll be just fine. If you don't want the others to find out about this, you'll have to keep your mouths as quiet as you can."
"You hear that Ed? So don't go blabbing out to your loud mouth sister! Got it?!" Eddy said to his friend. Ed became aware that if his sister found out before departure, he'll never get to have a monster of his own. Ed gave an 'okay' nod and zipped up his mouth.
"Very well. Pack your stuff tonight, leave unnoticed, and we'll be off." The professor then paused. "However, there is one drawback."
The Eds were perplexed.
"What is the drawback?" Double D asked, concerned of his health.
"If the other kids found out that you're on a journey and if they want to tag along, I'll have to take them to Kalos." The Eds were all silent. Eddy was super annoyed.
"WHAT?!" He yelled. "Why on earth would you do that?!"
"It is my job as a pokémon professor to give starting trainers their first Pokémon, and I have to abide by what I'm doing. If they want to begin on a journey just to catch up to you, I have no choice but to comply."
Eddy groaned and stomped about in frustration. "Stupid rule!"
"Look, you might as well consider yourselves lucky. You'll be getting a head start, so there's no real reason for you to be making such a fuss if you'll always be ahead of them." Professor Sycamore assured them. Eddy felt less angry and complied to the fact that the others might be joining them soon.
Eddy turned and dragged his two pals back to the cul-de-sac. "C'mon! We've got preparations to make!" Eddy said.
Sycamore waved at them and shouted at him. "Remember! 6 o' clock tomorrow!"
That night…
Double D was in his room, secretly packing his supplies. His parents were out of town until tomorrow night, so he wasn't worried about them finding out until the professor explains to them of the situation. Regardless, Double D was still in a mental tug of war. He's always a person to abide by the rules and do exactly as told. He never disobeys or says no to his parents. This was a whole new experience for him. He wasn't sure as to even follow through with such a plan.
Double D then recalled all of the various pokémon he could study. This wasn't an opportunity to miss, yet he still had doubts. Then again, if he didn't go, Eddy and Ed would be on the journey while he would be back home doing nothing and potentially get laughed at by the other kids. They might think that the two abandoned Double D and everyone would think he would be a shriveled up coward that didn't deserve friends.
He also remembered that Eddy and Ed were his only close friends in the entire world. Without them, Double D would be nothing. With this new resolve to help out his friends and explore new creatures, Double D began to quicken the pace of his packing.
The professor told him to only pack what he could fit in his school bag. He managed to fit one extra set of clothes, a tie just in case, First Aid Kit, his label maker, his magnifying glass, some nutritious snacks, and some water, as well as his hygiene material. All of that stuff somehow managed to fit into his school bag, with the remaining space for his pokémon supplies along the way. He was set for tomorrow and went to bed at 9, wanting to get the eight hours of sleep he needed.
Ed didn't worry one bit, except for Sarah. At dinner, he had to keep his mouth as shut as a clam. If his parents found out, one of two things might happen; one: he won't be able to go, or two: He'll have to take Sarah with him. Both are options he cannot afford, so he'll have to not even say a word at dinner.
Ed managed to keep his secrets shut at dinner, so that obstacle was conquered. Ed had the whole night now to make preparations for tomorrow's departure. He went downstairs and trotted into his room. He got out a huge brown paper bag and packed just some sandwiches kept in his closet. After filling up his bag with three or so sandwiches, he put the bag away into his coat. His coat then harbored the rest of his stuff. He had a toaster, several loafs of bread, a whole box of Chunky Puffs, some action figures, some comics, and some gravy. After packing that stuff, without thinking of a change of clothes, he plopped into bed and fell asleep on the spot.
Eddy was too excited to even be thinking of sleeping. After dinner, still keeping his mouth shut, he got his school bag with the money symbol on it and started packing. He got in an extra pair of clothes, some food he managed to get by his parents, a few bottles of water, some of his 'magazines', and his hygiene stuff. After a quick shower, Eddy went into bed.
In bed, he was thinking with a grin about how he'll finally show up Kevin, and prove to him he's not a pathetic dork. This could be Eddy's one and only shot to surpass all of the other cul-de-sac kids. He couldn't and musn't mess up; for if he did, he wouldn't be able to show his face around Peach Creek ever again. He had to make this trip mean something.
The next morning…
All three of the Eds managed to get up and get out of their houses undetected. Double D just walked out of his house at 5:30 in the morning. Ed managed to get up and sneak out by going through the window that connected his room to the outside. Eddy slipped out of his room by the door that led to his backyard. He went through an opening in the fence and made way through an alley that trailed to the abandoned construction site.
All three Eds gathered at the spot where they would meet Professor Sycamore in his personal helicopter. Luckily, no one was around, so they were in the clear.
"Alright, time to show them losers why they should start kissing our feet for the backstabbing stuff they've been saying this whole time!" Eddy proclaimed.
"I want my monster!" Ed proclaimed.
They all could hear something in the vast distance of the sunrise. The sound grew ever so larger by the second. Eventually, a helicopter came in the distance with the sound waving about in the air. Hopefully, they won't be staying long enough for the sound to be waking up the others. Rolf might be waking up any minute now. His work on the farm always makes him get up super early. They had to get on fast.
The door opened, revealing Sycamore.
"You three ready?" Sycamore shouted, with the sound of the helicopter making it hard for anyone to hear. The three Eds got in as soon as the skis touched the ground. Professor Sycamore said this was their last chance to back down, to which the Eds denied. They all fastened their gear and the helicopter took off.
Later that day…
It was midday, and the Eds were having some snacks on the helicopter. Ed shared his Chunky Puffs with his pals, to which they happily accepted. Though without bowls or milk to eat out of, they were still pretty good. Double D had an apple to go with it and Eddy just had the Chunky Puffs, eager to get to land.
They've been over sea for quite some time, and Double D was feeling a little sick from thinking of the swift helicopter over the vast body of water. It was around 11 when they all have taken sight of the new land that was known as Kalos.
"We've reached our destination." The pilot said. The Eds cheered in hearing this, especially Double D, he was so glad to have this ride over.
He felt fine the first couple hours, but whenever he looked outside at the ocean, he became sick. He just had to shut his eyes and see if he could sleep it off, to which the drowsiness helped him a little.
They had to go a little into the mainland in order to reach their destination…okay, maybe more like a lot of the land. It took them another two hours before they had finally reached their stop.
The group was just about to come across Vaniville Town, which was a small town that had a few people, but was still very beautiful nevertheless. The houses had brown tiling and there were probably thirty or so (wanted to expand the geography on this one).
"Alright guys!" Sycamore said. "This is where your journey begins. Take these!" He then handed them parachute bags and slid open the door.
The Eds were shocked to see this.
"Wait, hold up! You're not gonna drop us off?!" Eddy shouted in disbelief.
"Sorry guys, but there's no room to land!" Sycamore shouted. "Pull the blue chord then red chord!"
"Wait, what?!" Double D shouted.
"See ya!" Professor Sycamore then pushed them out of the helicopter, having the Eds fall downwards onto a tiny town. Professor dropped something else with a parachute installed so that the casing wouldn't get damaged from the fall. 'Good luck guys.' He thought before shutting the door and having the pilot head off back to Peach Creek.
As they were falling, the Eds were screaming for their dear lives, though exclude Ed, of whom was laughing instead.
"AAAAHHHHHH!" Eddy was yelling at the top of his lungs.
Double D tried to remember what the professor had said. Was it blue then red, or red then blue? He tried to think while screaming for his life. He finally grabbed the blue chord and red chord and yanked them consecutively. His parachute finally folded open and he was yanked up several feet. The sheet made him gently fall to the ground.
Eddy saw his pal do it and then tried it as well. Fortunately, he pulled the right chords in the right order. His yelling finally ceased and he groaned to the fact that he was shoved out of a helicopter.
"That guy's going to get a shoe right in the-!" He didn't finish his sentence when he noticed that Ed was laughing merrily while plummeting…without opening his parachute!
Eddy and Double D landed in a nearby tree, hanging safely as to where Ed crashed into pavement, leaving the earth shaking a little. There was an Ed sized whole in his place. Double D unclipped from his harness and landed safely on the grassy ground. Eddy struggled instead and got himself in a few knots. He was twisting and turning until the branch finally snapped, sending him falling on a bush down below. From that crash, he was untangled and grumbled at the accursed parachute.
The two made way towards their pal, who was six feet under, literally.
"Ed! Are you there?!" Double D yelled.
"Hey, monobrow, can we get going now?! I don't wanna be showed up by ol' shovelchin if he comes here." Eddy complained to his friend. Eddy then walked away, and then Ed burst out of the hole, looking unharmed. This shocked Double D; then again, this was Ed after all.
"Gotcha Eddy!" Ed yelled happily as he flew out of the hole and went running up to his pal. Double D got out of his initial shock and tried catching up to the two.
As they had begun walking, the large container made its way down the sky and plopped right in front of the three. The container made a little thud after a little skid and plopped to its side. The parachute fully disconnected and it skid off into a nearby bush.
"What is that?" Eddy asked. Double D ran up, as did Ed, and he observed the cylinder. He touched the cylinder and moved it around until he had found what looked like a little hatch. Eddy came over and saw the case open up on its side, revealing three spheres with a red top and white bottom and a black line with a button in front.
The Eds saw it had a note stuck to the side and Ed picked it up, thinking it was a subscription to another comic. After seeing the note for a few moments, Ed looked to his pals.
"The chicken has found its calling card!" He exclaimed. Double D sighed while Eddy face palmed himself.
"I should've known better." Double D groaned. He then held out his hand and Ed handed the note to him. Double D read aloud while Ed and Eddy leaned in to decipher it as well.
"Dear Eds,
You may be wondering as to what the contraptions in front of you are. These contraptions are known as Poke Balls. These capsules are what makes pokémon portable and much more convenient. There are a variety of poke balls and pokémon around, so go ahead and catch any wild pokémon you come across. Poke balls can't capture other people's Pokémon, so you may only catch wild ones you may find in tall grass, caves, water, etc.
In front of you, there are three poke balls. Each one contains your very own starter pokémon. Pick wisely, but be nice when doing so. Behind the poke balls are your extra poke balls that you carry about. You are each aloud to carry up to six, afterwards, they'll be send this this place called the "PC". There, you can swap any of your pokémon for ones you've already caught.
Also, I have in here a device for each of you. They are each called a Pokedex. These devices are an encyclopedia for any pokémon that you may have come across or met, meaning you can check their locations and what characteristics they may show. Meet lots of pokémon and fill up the pokedex, but that's not important. What I do believe is important is that you show those kids that you can truly surpass them in something. Remember, if they want to come, I can't stop them.
I also have a few pokémon supplies for you. I had a few Potions and Revives set for you. These tools are really helpful in keeping your pokémon's health at its best.
Double D, I heard you are the intelligent one of the group. I ask you to carry around a trainer's manual that I managed to put in here as well. Keep the two aware of what is to be done.
Do your best guys!
Sincerely ~ Professor Sycamore"
Upon reading this, the Eds looked back at the three poke balls and found a bunch of stuff behind each and every one of them. There was one Pokedex each, a container of Revives and Potions, of which Double D has divided up evenly, ten poke balls each, and then came the three poke balls in front of them.
Professor Sycamore noted that they each get one and will remain with that one throughout the journey, so this was a very crucial choice.
Each one picked up a poke ball from the container as well as the supplies that came with them. The Eds looked around to see as to how they'll get their pokémon to pop out. Double D scanned the poke ball and then chose to press the button. When he did, the ball opened and a white energy escaped. Double D was stunned to see this, but was even more astonished to see the white energy change into a small fox like creature that sat right in front of him.
Ed was wide eyed. "It's the monster of the fiery norm!" he exclaimed, to which nobody cared.
Double D leaned in and examined the little fox. It was a quadruped, fox like pokémon. It was covered in pale yellow fur that is longer on its haunches. Tufts of dark orange fur cover the insides of its large ears, and had a white muzzle with fur stretching on its cheeks. It had large, dark orange eyes and a pointed, black nose. When its mouth opened, two canine teeth were shown on its upper jaw. It also had small paws with no toes and slim legs. Its tail was fluffy with a dark orange tip.
"What the heck is that thing?" Eddy questioned. Double D thought this would be a good time to test out the pokedex that the three were supplied with. He took his out and when he held it up in front of the pokémon, it slid up and a holographic imagine of the same pokémon appeared.
"Fennekin, the Fox Pokémon. Eating a twig fills it with energy, and its roomy ears give vent to air hotter than 390 degrees Fahrenheit." The pokedex said.
Fennekin looked up at its new trainer and tilted its head. "(Eh, why are you wearing a sock on your head?)" It asked, though Double D only heard it say its name over and over.
Eddy clasped his hands together. "Well, we don't have to worry about having a fire anymore, because we've got our own fire right here!" Eddy said. Fennekin simply ignored him and pranced on up and sat right next to its trainer's side. Double D bend down to pet it. It wagged its tail in joy.
"(He seems pretty okay. I'll see where this goes.)" It said quietly.
Next came Eddy. He picked up his poke ball and tried to follow what Double D did, but didn't necessarily remember the procedure.
Out of anger and frustration, he threw the ball in the air. They all saw the ball open as it was being thrown, which shocked Eddy. The poke ball returned to him as soon as the white energy left it and formed on the ground in front of him.
The white energy formed what looked like a quadruped, frog-like Pokémon. It had light blue skin, white hands, and a dark blue stripe from the center of its oval head to its nose. Its eyes, which have yellow sclera, black irises, and white pupils, protrude vertically from its head due to their size. It had a large mane of bubbles from its chest and back and had two small bubbles on its nose. It had three fingers and two toes on its hands and feet.
The little frog croaked its name and turned to face Eddy. Eddy stood there in disbelief.
"What is this?!" Eddy shouted. "I asked for a pokémon, not a toad!" The little frog gave a displeased frown.
"(You're no fruit cake either pal!)" The frog said.
Double D then brought out his pokedex and analyzed the little bubbly frog.
"Froakie, the Bubble Frog Pokémon. It secretes flexible bubbles from its chest and back. The bubbles reduce the damage it would otherwise take when attacked." The encyclopedia said.
"(True that.)" Froakie commented. Nevertheless, it had to accept its new trainer and it hoped on over right by Eddy's side. Unlike Fennekin, it kept its straight face and refused to show any sign of joy because of Eddy's grumpy disposition.
Which left Ed to pick the last poke ball. He followed Eddy, instructionally, and threw the ball into the air. Although, it shot so high up due to his superhuman strength. The ball eventually found its way back into the atmosphere and finally opened up. The white energy formed on the ground as the poke ball returned to Ed. Only the poke ball was falling hard because of the trip Ed made it took. It crashed into Ed and he fell back dumbly with a thud.
He sat up and saw that the energy had morphed into his pokémon. It was a bipedal, mammalian Pokémon. It had a light brown front with dark brown arms and three triangular markings on its face that were a dark brown as well. There was a tough, green shell covering its back, which extends from its head to halfway down its tail. There was a small, off-center hole in the shell on the back of its head. Around the face, the shell has four leaf-like spikes, and one split into three parts on the back of its head. Its oval eyes were brown, and it had a triangular red nose and rodent-like incisors. Its arms have three fingers, while its feet have two long claws. The visible part of its tapered tail was orange.
"It's a hedgehog from the planet Hole-in-Terror!" Ed shouted. The little pokémon took notice of his trainer's idiotic nature and opened its mouth in glee, seeming rather happy regardless.
"(This one looks like a fun guy!)" It cheered as it ran up and jumped into Ed's arms. Ed squeezed it out of joy, and it was laughing instead of yelling in pain. Both trainer and pokémon were busy laughing off their exciting ten seconds.
"Those idiots." Eddy groaned.
Double D simply used this time and pulled out his pokedex one more time.
"Chespin, the Spiny Nut Pokémon. Such a thick shell of wood covers its head and back that even a direct hit from a truck wouldn't faze it."
Double D and Eddy took note and thought as to how Ed could take pain as well, such as when he didn't feel anything when he crashed earlier. Those two were going to be one hard-headed team, literally.
Eddy turned back to Double D. "Okay Double D!" Eddy exclaimed. "Now that we've got our animals. Let's hit the road!" Eddy turned and started to run, with Froakie tailing right behind him.
"Wait for me Eddy!" Ed laughed, running with his head back, as did Chespin, mimicking his trainer's happy personality. Double D and Fennekin then gathered up everything and went to catch up with the others.
Route 1
The three Eds and their pokémon found their way out of town and found about five minutes later, completely disregarding the property damage they had just caused in regards to Ed's crash. They made it out of town before anyone had noticed.
Route 1 was viewed as the only, and shortest, route in the entire region to have no pokemon. To make things better for them, it was only a two mile stretch until they had reached the next town.
Halfway into Route 1, Eddy was slowing his pace to where no energy was required. Froakie slowed down just the same to keep at Eddy's pace. Double D was just gasping for air and Ed wasn't feeling anything but glee.
Eddy eventually came to a stop as well as the others. Double D finally caught up and used Ed's shoulder to put his hand on for support as he breathed deeply, having sweat run down his face like a waterfall.
'(Poor guy. He must lack exercise.)' Fennekin thought.
"Uh Eddy, why did we stop? Is it time for lunch?" Ed asked. He wasn't wrong there. The Eds didn't have anything to eat since their departure. Ed just plumped onto his rump and pulled out some gravy he'd saved for the trip. He munched and slurped like a beast of a man while Double D scrounged through his bag and searched for water. He pulled out the bottle he had and drank about half of it.
After composing himself for another minute or so, Double D noticed that Eddy was standing still, obviously in deep thought.
"Uh, Eddy?" Double D asked. Eddy turned back to his pal.
"Hey, sockhead." Eddy asked. "Explain to me what we do with these things again." Double D then got out his trainer's guide and scrutinized every page the best he could, getting the details he needed.
"Well Eddy, it says here that pokémon are normally pit against each other in one on one battles known as Pokémon Battles." He explained. "If your pokémon wins, then your pokémon is rewarded with what's known as Experience Points, or Exp for short. The more battles and Exp your pokémon wins, the stronger they become."
Eddy then had a light bulb went on in his head. He ran up and stood on Double D, holding his shirt. "Double D, that's it! All we have to do is just beat up every pokémon we find, and then we'll be better than Kev!" He jumped and walked a few paces and then turned back towards Ed.
"Ed! Let's go! Right now!" Eddy demanded, pointing his finger downwards. Ed had just finished his gravy and he looked at Eddy in shock, but not a surprise shock, but more like a glad shock sort of speak.
"MONSTER FIGHT!" Ed cheered. He ran about and ran a few paces back, so that Chespin and Froakie will have room to rumble.
The two were a good thirty or so feet away from each other. The pokémon themselves got into position to do battle. The two glared at each other, both ready to engage in their first battle.
"(You ready to get your behind kicked?!)" Froakie shouted. Chespin wasn't feeling at all offended, but took it rather serious.
"(Is this a trick question?)" It asked. Froakie face palmed himself.
"(You nuthead! It was an incentive! It means get ready to lose!)" Froakie berated Chespin.
"(Oh. Wait, losing at what?)" Chespin asked, rather absentminded.
Froakie groaned and just turned to Eddy to tell it to attack.
"You ready to get squashed monobrow?!" Eddy shouted. Ed was skipping about, obviously happy to just be partaking in seeing an actual fight between two monsters.
"Woo-hoo! Chespin!" Ed cheered. Chespin turned and waved its arms in the air in response to his pal
Double D proceeded to make his way towards the middle. "The manual states that battles are normally observed by a referee, so I'll see when one of your Pokémon is unable to continue battling." Double D explained.
"Yeah, yeah sockhead. Just get the battle started already!" Eddy shouted impatiently.
Double D just tried to shake off his friend's rude behavior and cleared his throat. Luckily, Double D knew what to say because the manual in his hand explained as to what he had to say. He lifted up his hand and looked ahead.
"The battle between Eddy and Ed will now commence. Both sides may use only one pokémon, and the battle will be over when one side's pokémon is unable to continue!" He announced. When Eddy and Ed were in a ready position, Double D brought his hand down to signal the battle starting and he backed away so as to not get caught up in any potential attacks. "Let the battle begin!"
"Alright! Froakie, attack!" Eddy shouted. Froakie started hopping its way towards Chespin. Midway in proceeding, Froakie had stopped, realizing that Eddy had not given a specific command.
"Why did you stop you stupid frog?" Eddy demanded to know, only for Froakie to not respond as payback. Eddy gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"Uh, Eddy." Double D said, getting his attention. "You didn't give your Froakie a specific attack in which to follow through in."
Eddy slumped his shoulders forwards and looked in disbelief. "How the heck am I suppose to know what it can do?!"
"Just use your pokedex. It'll tell you as to what moves your Froakie can use. Uh, the same with you Ed." Double D implied to both trainers.
"Fine." Eddy then got his high-tech device out of his bag, as did Ed out of his coat pocket, which was now a bit filthy from what was inside in regards to the gravy and toast he packed, and the devices opened.
"Froakie's known moves are: Pound, Growl, and Bubble."
"Chespin's known moves are: Tackle, Growl, and Vine Whip."
Both trainers put their devices away and looked back at their two Pokémon.
"Oh yeah fellows." Double D mentioned. "Your Pokémon are allowed to dodge attacks to avoid taking damage, but be aware anyway."
Eddy took note of this, but didn't show it as he just waved at Double D to just be finished and let them continue.
"Alright, alright sockhead. Geez. Now where was I?" Eddy pondered for a brief two seconds and then recalled as to where he was before. "Oh yeah! Froakie, destroy that thing with that Pound attack or something!" Eddy shouted.
Froakie turned in full understanding back to face Chespin, who looked as though he was off zoning out in its own world.
"(Here's your wake-up call!)" Froakie shouted. It jumped into the air and its right arm glowed white. Chespin didn't realize the battle resumed until he saw Froakie come down on him. Froakie landed a clean hit, making Chespin fall back on its behind. As soon as it had realized that the battle had begun, it got back up and it glared at Froakie, awaiting Ed's orders.
"Uh…oh, oh, oh! I know!" Ed hollered out. "Now Chespin, Growl at the mutant frog of Amphibus!" Disregarding the comic reference, Chespin did as told, and growled at the Bubble Frog Pokémon. A blue aura formed around Froakie for a second, but no damage was dealt.
Eddy just did a hardy laugh. "Ha! You're wasting your time lumpy!" He mocked. "Froakie, use Pound again!" Froakie leaped and came down with yet another attempt at pounding it.
"Growl!" Ed shouted. Chespin, once again, growled, making Froakie's body glow blue for a second before the attack finally made contact. This time, Chespin didn't fall back, rather it stumbled. Froakie returned back to position and analyzed what had just become of its Pound.
"(Well, I have to say, using Growl to lower my Attack was pretty clever.)" Froakie admitted towards its adversary.
"(Thanks!)" Chespin replied, looking more serious than it was two seconds ago.
"Ed, what do you think you're doing?!" Eddy shouted. "If you wanna win, you've gotta do better than that!"
Double D then flipped in the manual really quick and found what he was looking for. "Uh, Eddy." Double D said, getting not only Eddy's, but Ed's, attention. "Ed's Chespin's Growl is considered a Status Move. Status Move is a move that increases or decreases a specific stat's strength. In this case, Pound's damage was weakened by Growl, so Chespin took less damage than before. Froakie's Pound is considered an Attacking Move, meaning it focuses on dealing damage rather than lowering stats."
Eddy tried to piece the information together and it all started to make sense. "So what you're saying is that as long as Ed doesn't use any other move than Growl, I'm sure to win?" He asked.
Double D put away the manual and looked at his friend as the battle continued. "Most likely, but Ed might land an attack on you if you keep your guard down."
"Yeah yeah! Froakie, use absolutely nothing but Pound! Go and win!" Eddy ordered.
"(Well pal, got any last words?)" Froakie asked as it started running up to Chespin with a glowing arm.
Chespin didn't respond, as it was awaiting Ed's orders.
Ed stood there for a moment, looking off into the battle scene, and then something turned on his brain. An impulse maybe.
"Oh! Chespin, Vine Whip!" Ed ordered, pointing his finger at the oncoming frog. Two light green vines then came from both sides of Chespin's head and then he shot the vines at the oncoming opponent. The vines slammed into Froakie, making it go wide eyed as it was hit with an unexpectedly strong attack. It rolled back until it stopped with a thus in front of Eddy.
"Hey, what was that all about? How come that attack did more damage than Pound?" Eddy demanded to know.
Once again, Double D pulled out the manual and started scrolling through and found what he was looking for. "Ah! Here we go. Eddy, it says here that Pokémon vary in types. Froakie is a Water Type, and Chespin is a Grass Type."
"So?" He replied, unfazed.
"Well, it says here that Grass Types are strong against Water Types, and Water Types deal less damage to Grass Types. Vine Whip is a Grass Type attack, which means that it'll do more damage to Froakie."
Eddy was annoyed by this sudden realization. "Hey! No fair! Shouldn't that be cheating or something?!"
Double D shook his head. "Sorry Eddy, it's fair. This tests a trainer's response to a situation such as this."
"Fine! Then use Bubble!" Eddy demanded. Froakie immediately got up and opened its mouth, unleashing a spray of fast moving blue bubbles at Chespin. Ed made no attempt at dodging, mainly because he wasn't paying attention…again.
Chespin took the attack head on and didn't even flinch. That attack didn't do as much damage as Eddy thought it would.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Eddy complained.
"That's how it is Eddy. Bubble is a Water Type attack, and since Chespin is a Grass Type, Buble only does half of its damage." Double D said, much to the latter's dismay.
"Stupid Chespin! Stupid types!" Eddy was fidgeting about, making Froakie look back with a shaking head.
"(Well, we're not going to get anywhere.)" Froakie sighed.
Nevertheless, the battle had continued. Since Ed's Chespin used Growl and used a super effective move, he's currently in lead.
Ed laughed happily, enjoying his battle without any stress. "Ho c'mon Eddy! This is fun!"
Eddy groaned and face palmed himself. "Fun?! What if you lose lumpy?! Then what?! Will that be fun?!" He shouted.
The only response was Ed tilting his head, his brain stopping. Eddy groaned and ordered Froakie to use Pound. Froakie did as told and hit Chespin, who stumbled back.
"Use Growl!" Ed commanded. Chespin then growled, making Froakie's Attack fall even lower. Eddy then had Froakie jump and use Bubble. It leaped and did a Bubble that rained down on the silly Chespin. Chespin still looked unfazed, but the damage was sure to accumulate. At this point, both sides should have the same energy, though Ed only unleashed one Vine Whip.
"Use Pound!" Eddy shouted. Froakie then hopped forward with a glowing arm.
"Tackle it!" Ed shouted, spinning about in happiness and laughing. Chespin leaned its body forward and ran full speed ahead. It sprinted and the two attacks collided. With Froakie's Attack power weakened, Pound was easily overpowered and Tackle pushed through, having Froakie lose its footing and skid back.
"C'mon! Froakie use Bubble!" Eddy commanded. Froakie did as told and unleashed another barrage of bubbles at Chespin.
"Go forth my warrior hedgehog! Defeat the spray of potential pain with your vines of justice!" Ed ordered.
"(If he means Vine Whip, then I'll take it!)" Chespin said. He then shot another lash of Vine Whip at the Bubble. It lashed at every Bubble and took no damage because of type advantage. Eventually, Vine Whip made it through the jet of bubbles and rammed into Froakie. Froakie was left helpless as it was shot up in the air when the Vine Whip arced, making an uppercut.
Froakie gawked at the incredible strength his dunderhead of an adversary wield. '(Well, we've got a lot to learn.)' Froakie thought as it was falling in midair. It crashed into the ground with a thud. Eddy looked in disbelief as his Froakie didn't get back up after that attack. Double D closed in and saw that Froakie had fainted.
"Froakie is unable to battle, Chespin is the winner! Which means that the victory goes to Ed!" Double D declared.
"Haha! My Chespin!" Ed shouted, running up with his Chespin jumping in his arms. Both plopped to the ground and laughed like idiots, but happy idiots.
Eddy was silent. He was upset; yet, he was happy at the same time. Maybe battling with Pokémon can be fun. Though it was his first time, Eddy actually got to know how to battle. Guess he did gain something from this after all.
"You did good Froakie, for a first timer." Eddy said. He then turned back towards Double D and his Fennekin. "So, what do we do now sockhead?"
Double D smiled, satisfied to see Eddy to be not as upset as he thought he would be. "Glad you asked Eddy." Double D responded. He flipped through the manual one more time and found the correct page. "You enlarge your poke ball and point it at your pokémon. You then have to simply say "return" and then it'll return back into its poke ball. You can heal your pokémon also by using items that are on you or buy heading off towards a Pokémon Center to restore your pokémon's energy."
Eddy actually listened to what he'd said, through the entire thing, and did what he'd said. He enlarged his poke ball by pressing the button and said "return". A red laser then shot out and reverted Froakie back into energy. The defeated pokémon then retreated back into the poke ball.
Ed did the same and returned his pal back into its poke ball. Double D did so as well, seeing as to how Fennekin got to observe how a battle works.
The trio then packed up their supplies and got ready to set out for their adventure.
"So where to Double D, and we better hurry. The sooner I get to heal Froakie, the sooner I get to kick your butt next."
Double D tried to disregard Eddy's implication of a battle and put forth his focus back on the road. "Well Eddy, all we have to do is go one more mile up ahead and then we're in the next town." He explained.
With no time to lose, the Eds followed an impatient Eddy towards their next destination, hopefully getting to heal Froakie and Chespin after their battle.
This adventure was just getting started.
Party Data:
Eddy
-Froakie (Male)
Lv: 5
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Pound, Growl, Bubble
Double D
-Fennekin (Male)
Lv: 5
Ability: Blaze
Moves: Scratch, Tail Whip, Ember
Ed
-Chespin (Male)
Lv: 6
Ability: Overgrow
Moves: Tackle, Growl, Vine Whip
What did you guys think of the first chapter? Was it okay? This was my second FanFiction, and I plan to alternate between this story and The Fairy Contender after each chapter.
Overall, I plan to make every chapter in this story potentially 7K at an average. The reason this chapter was around 9K-10K was because of character detail and such.
I might make this a cross between anime and the video game, meaning locations of pokémon won't change, but energy and such wouldn't matter as much unless it would be necessary.
In case if you are wondering, the cul-de-sac kids will indeed join, but I won't say when.
Let me know if you like this stuff. Favorite, Follow, & Reviews would be appreciated.
Until next time!
Next Time: Into the Woods