"STOP!" a voice called as rather worried girl walked out the door. She mumbled before sprinting south. She didn't stop until she got half way down Route 45. She grabbed her lone pokeball off her belt and pressed the capsule, releasing a snakelike pokemon.
"Hey Azura. Looks like it's just you and me. We might want to hurry, we don't want them to catch up with us do we?" she said, making a peace sign with her hand. The serpent pokemon raced ahead playfully.
"I see how it is! I'm going to get you!" She said before running after the pokemon, laughing. The Dratini kept a look out for other trainers and adjusted their path as needed as it's trainer followed.
The journey to New Bark had taken a while. However, the odd couple of pokemon and trainer raced each other and trained along the way to help pass time. When she finally got there the first thing she did was to recall Azura into her pokeball. She didn't want to cause unnecessary attention to herself. She hoped she looked like one of the normal trainers that are always starting on their journeys. She then walked straight into the lab without any thought and asked for directions to the bathroom. There she took off her long black sleeve undershirt and her scarf and placed them into her traveling bag.
She then walked out of the bathroom and turned to face Professor Elm.
"Hello there, who might you be?" he said. She jumped back startled by the sudden encounter.
"I'm Ellie. I'm just starting out on my journey...and I was wondering if I could maybe have a pokemon..." She said, looking down at the ground.
"Well, don't you already have a pokemon?" He said motioning to the pokeball on her belt.
"Well, Azura isn't exactly battling material. She is still a baby and really timid..." She trailed off. Elm looked at her as if sizing her up.
"Well, I can't see how it would hurt." Elm stated.
"Thanks!" Ellie's face brightened up and she smiled widely.
Elm led her over to a weird looking machine.
"Please pick one." Ellie looked at each one of the pokeballs before releasing one of them and let out Azura. The Dratini looked at the pokemon questioningly.
"Azura, I want to make sure you approve of my choice." She said, looking at the both of them. A tiny crocodile like pokemon peered up at her. She recognized it as a Totodile, the water starter. Azura didn't protest so she figured the two pokemon would get along. She took the pokeball and returned the eager Totodile before clipping it on her belt.
"Thanks again, Professor Elm!" She said before running out the door with Azura.
Ellie didn't stop until they were out on Route 29. She walked over to a side path out of the way of wondering eyes. She let out her new pokemon and looked at it with a smile on her face.
"Hello! Nice to meet you. I'm Ellie." she said, offering a hand. The new pokemon then promptly bit down on the offered hand. Ellie screeched in pain, and rip away her now throbbing and bleeding hand.
"Hey that wasn't nice! We do not bite!" she scolded. She frowned as the Totodile hung it's head in shame to make it's new trainer mad within five seconds of meeting her. Ellie knew she shouldn't have taken such a harsh tone. She sighed and applied first aid to her hand.
Ellie picked up the pokemon.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been mean about it. However, we do not bite okay?" She said, planting a kiss on the pokemon's forehead.
"I know! Why don't we call you Nila?" The Totodile nodded it's head before jumping down and chasing Azura around playfully. Ellie started to laugh loudly. Soon she was tackled lightly by Azura and she soon joined in with the playing taking no notice to the passing trainers including one with a ridiculous hat followed by a Chikorita.
When all of them were finally exhausted the sky was already becoming increasingly darker.
"Let's set up camp, it's getting late. I don't like sleeping outside but I guess it can't be helped," Ellie said, frowning at the sky. There was no way she could make it to Cherrygrove in just a little while. She sighed, she wanted to be as far away as possible before the day was over and she only made it a little way.
She started to gather firewood and made a stack before telling Azura to ignite it. The little dragon did so before going back to playing. Ellie dug through her bag and took out a blanket and laid it on the ground. Her stomach growled and she realized with horror she hadn't packed any food at all. She had just left in such a hurry she wasn't prepared. She frowned but called her two pokemon over.
"All right, you guys had fun. We need to see if we can find any berries or something. I forgot to pack food," Ellie said. Azura just stared and Ellie tried to ignore that look in her eye.
"Azura, why don't you stand guard. Nila and I will go look for food," Ellie said, trying to calm down the dragon. Azura just huffed and Ellie quickly made her get away with the tiny Totodile beside her.
"Alright, food...we need some food," Ellie said, crossing her arms looking around. She didn't really want to kill any pokemon for food and she didn't want to steal any either. She sighed as she noticed the sun almost completely gone. If it hadn't been for the need of food she might have enjoyed the beautiful sunset like Nila beside her but instead she began to look around in the trees in bushes.
After searching for a while she finally found a tree filled with Oran Berries. She didn't exactly like the idea of climbing up a tree to get them but she had climbed rocky cliffs before so she figured she might as well. She was already scrambling up the tree by time Nila came around much to the surprise to the little pokemon. Ellie was careful not to hurt any pokemon that may be sleeping in the tree as she made her way up it.
"Nila, catch these and put them in a pile. Don't eat any yet," Ellie said, throwing down a couple berries down. Nila did as she was told and soon there was enough berries to feed the trio. Ellie quickly climb out of the tree, jumping down from the lowest branch and landing next to Nila. She grabbed the small pile of berries and they made their way back to camp.
Nila and Azura chose to eat their berries raw but Ellie chose to eat her heated up by the fire. She was careful to make sure the juice didn't get everyone on her clothes. She had after all only packed a couple outfits and she had to make them last. She didn't even have much cash on her which could prove to be a problem later when she tried to buy supplies.
Ellie stared at her new pokemon, Nila. She couldn't believe that the Professor had just handed her a pokemon just like that. Was it her lucky day or something? The start of her journey had been great, even if she didn't get one of those Pokedex things. She wondered exactly what they did. She had seen only one in her life and it was a long time ago. She wondered if they had new designs.
Ellie finally finished eating and curled up in her blanket. Nila and Azura joined her and she drifted off to sleep. She woke up rather early and she quickly woke up Nila and Azura. She quickly went and got some water and doused the remains of the fire from last night.
"Come on, I'll race you guys to Cherrygrove. It's in that direction!" Ellie said. Nila and Azura looked at her before taking off. Ellie frowned.
"I didn't say go!" she said, taking off after them.
She started to run faster and didn't stop until she finally got to Cherrygrove. She ran straight to the pokecenter and stop at the counter trying to catch her breath. Despite this, Nila and Azura still beat her.
"Hello, and welcome to the Pokémon Center. We restore your tired Pokémon to full health. Would you like to rest your Pokémon? Wait, are you okay?" the nurse asked Ellie.
"Yeah...I'm...Fine...Ran...from...New Bark." She answered, in between breaths. She returned Nila and Azura to their pokeballs before handing them to the Nurse. She barely noticed a worried Chansey coming over and doctoring her hand and checking her pulse.
"Thanks there, cutie." She said, earning a small blush from the pink pokemon. The nurse looked at her hand.
"A Totodile huh? We see quite a few of those bites here. You did tell it that it can't just go around biting people right?" Ellie nodded at the Nurse's question, still trying to catch her breath fully.
"Can I have a room for the night?" Ellie asked and was then presented with a key.
"Go ahead and sit down, it'll be a minute before Chansey gets the chance to heal your pokemon."
Ellie looked over at the tables, noticing the only free seat was by a very odd looking girl. She sighed but sat down anyway.
"Hi! I'm Lyra. I'm aiming to be League Champion! It's nice to meet you! Are you are new trainer too? I have a Chikorita. What pokemon do you have?" the overexcited girl questioned Ellie.
"Um, I'm Ellie. I just want to travel around maybe challenge some gyms if my pokemon want to. I have a Totodile and a Dratini..." Ellie answered quietly but she was cut off by more questions. Lyra continued to ramble on and on and on. Ellie nearly ran to the counter when Nurse Joy called her over and handed her back her pokemon.
Ellie soon retreated to her room and let all Azula and Nila. Nila looked amazed to be in such a room and even Azura got curious and started to look around while Ellie went to go take a shower in the small bathroom. She walked out, feeling refreshed, only to see that Nila and Azura had made a huge mess while going through her bag.
"Oh right, food. You guys stay here, I'll go to the market and get some," Ellie said, running out the door and making sure she locked it.
The market was small but she found a couple bags to pokefood and some fruit. She yawned but decided it would have to do. After all, she didn't really want to cook and it was only around lunch time so something small would do for her. Maybe she would find a place to eat where she wouldn't have to cook but she reminded herself she would have to be able to have her pokemon with her. She returned to her room where she fed her pokemon and ate her own food before relaxing.
She never did get to find a place to eat. They spent the day watching tv and hanging around the pokecenter due to the massive rain storm that came soon after they finished eating. It rained all day, not letting up even a little bit. Eventually the trio went upstairs and fell asleep for the night.
Author's Note: Um, Hello! Please enjoy this story. It follows Ellie and her adventures throughout Johto and maybe some other regions later on. It's mostly based on the game since I didn't really watch the anime. A picture of Ellie can be found on my DA. xx-xxakaraxx-xx .
This chapter has been updated and quite a few things have been changed.
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Pokemon. However, I do own Ellie.