Chapter 1 - Captured by a Mysterious Sphere!
It was a nice day, like any other day here at the Pallet Lake Preserve. I had just awoken 30 minutes ago. Now I'm hungry. I want something different than the food the humans drop off every week or so. That stuff is good and all, but some variety would be nice.
I scanned the area for a different food. I saw the many trees that dotted this area, and the Pokemon that inhabited them. I saw the Krabby swimming in the lake. Of course, everybody asked the Krabby to splash us, since none of us could swim. I saw a few Rattatta playing amongst themselves. They always have fun here. I saw the path to the Pallet Graveyard. The Pallet Graveyard. That's where the Gastly came from about 3 months ago. I saw my sister, a Nidoran, there eating a pile of Oran Berries.
Oran Berries! I always liked the taste of the juicy Oran Berries! I was happy my sis had gathered the Oran Berries for me! It'll be no problem to take them from her. She always did nothing to stop me.
"Hey sis!" She turned to me. The look in her eyes meant she knew what was coming. "How nice of you to gather all these Oran Berries for me! I thank you!"
"I gathered these berries for myself, bro." she protested.
"Nonsense! You're always the best little sister, always doing everything for me." I rebutted.
"No, please, I mean it." she pleaded. Her voice sounded unusually desperate.
I ignored her and started toward the berries. I glanced at her quickly, making sure she was alright. I then smirked and started to eat her berries.
"Please stop." That made me pause for a split second. Why was she being so defiant today? I bet the Gastly talked to her last night while I was asleep.
This bothered me. Before that Gastly came here, everyone catered to me. I was the leader. Now everyone tells me to stop bullying them. I'm not bullying them! "Look, you got those berries for me. Accept that fact! I am the leader!"
"No. Not anymore." Her voice indicated that she was growing more sure of herself. "Everyone is equal here. That's what the Gastly said."
So it was true. This Gastly is a huge pain. "Why do you betray your own brother? The person who kept this place in order for 7 years? The person who benevolently lead this place? If this happened 3 months ago, I would kick you out of here!" I angrily snapped at her.
"Then why don't you throw me out right now? You weren't like this 3 months ago! You were kind! Now you try and bully everyone to get your way! You are no longer my brother! I should kick you out of here!" How dare she! How dare she! This was the last straw! I angrily tackled her. I will kill her for this! She started fighting back.
She scratched at me furiously. She drew blood. She drew blood. I can't believe this! She drew blood! This was beyond treason! I wailed at her with my fury attack. She screamed out in pain.
"Cease fire this instant!" Uh-oh. We both froze up. We were both familiar with that voice. The voice that would chastise us if we fight. The voice of reason. The voice that arrived here 3 months ago.
They almost always got into fights. Why would they do this? They are brother and sister. Siblings shouldn't fight. Pokemon shouldn't fight. I examined the situation. 2 Nidoran. One male. One female. A pile of Oran berries big enough for 30 Pokemon. Is that what they dropped off this week? Were they arguing about this? "Tell me what happened." It took a second for them to respond. When they did, they babbled incoherently. It was always the same routine.
"Stop." They obeyed. "Let's let the sister tell her side first." Not a second after I finished that sentence, she glanced at her brother and stuck her tongue out. I reflexively told her to stop and she apologized. She then explained that her brother threatened her to get the berries. The male Nidoran said he politely asked to have some berries and she rudely kept them all to herself. I sighed. "I can't help you work this out if neither of you tell the truth."
After a while, we worked out the truth, with help from the other Pokemon that saw them. "Now, I want you two to apologize to each other. If I hear any insincerity, I'll give you both time-outs separate from each other."
"I'm sorry I tried to bully those berries from you. And I'm sorry I accused you of turning against me, and attacking you." the male Nidoran stated first. "I'm sorry of claiming all the berries for myself. And I'm sorry for attacking you as well." the sister stated.
"Now was that so hard? Or did it make you feel better, now that you two have made up?" They agreed. Now that they weren't trying to tear each other apart, I smiled. I was about to suggest they play with the Rattatta, but then I saw a Pokemon that I only see here once a week. But it was different then the mostly-blue one.
This one was was shorter, about four and a half feet. It had pale pink skin with a red tuft of fur on it's head. It had a red stomach, chest, and legs. It also had black feet. It had blue eyes that shown frustration and lips that were pinkish-red. I had also noticed a small growth on the right side of it's hip. The growth was red and white. What happened next I would never forget.
This was my pokemon's last chance. The chikorita would either beat the gastly and both nidoran or I will abandon it. It's "skills" were pissing me off. I grabbed my pokeball and expanded it. "You had better win." I then threw my pokeball in the air. As usual, it released the pokemon inside it with the usual flash of red.
When it was done materializing, The gastly said something to the two nidoran. I ignored that and thought of a move to order my weak chikorita. "Use leaf storm on the gastly!" The wild pokemon were shocked at this, looking at their expressions. What, haven't they ever seen a trainer before? My chikorita was throwing leaf after leaf at the gastly, but it dodged every single one. "stop dodging and let my pokemon hit you, darn it!" I wasn't paying any attention to the two nidoran, and it cost me. Now that I was, I saw the male one stick it's horn in my pathetic pokemon. I knew the fight was over. In one hit as well. Something else was over as well. This was the last time, the very last moment that chikorita will ever have me as it's trainer.
My whole body filled with rage. My fists clenched. I gritted my teeth. "You..." My eyes started to water. "You... you weak, pathetic piece of piss!" Before I knew it, I had kicked the poor excuse for a Pokemon. "You can just go die!" I started running. Running away from the gastly. Running toward Pallet Town. I would give pokemon training one last chance. Maybe a bulbasaur would make me happier...
I had absolutely no idea what had happened. First a new, rare Pokemon appeared before him and pulled off it's growth. Then a Chikorita appeared out of nowhere. Then it started attacking me for no reason. Then he brother Nidoran used it's horn to knock it out. Then the weird Pokemon kicked it and ran.
First off, I had to punish the brother for attacking a Pokemon. "But it was trying to attack you!" I didn't care. If I had been given enough time, I would have been able to convince it to stop. After an argument and an apology, I then asked what that strange Pokemon was. "That wasn't a Pokemon. It was a human." A human? I've never heard that word before. Before I can ask what a "human" was, the Chikorita was regaining consciousness.
I rushed over to it's side. "Where... What happened?" The poor thing was disoriented.
"Perhaps you can explain why you attacked me without reason." I ordered.
"I... I had to."
"Why?"
"My trainer..." She looked around. When she did not find what she was looking for, which was perhaps that weird Pokemon, or "human", she sighed. "My former trainer had ordered me to." Trainer? Does she mean guardian? Parent? "You have to obey your trainer no matter what." So it was like a guardian.
I turned my attention to the brother Nidoran. "I want you to apologize for attacking the Chikorita."
"No, I deserved to get hurt." it interrupted.
"No Pokemon deserves to be attacked." I corrected. I was not going to let this Pokemon depreciate itself.
"No need to defend my actions. I should have been paying attention to the two Nidoran as well as you. I'm no good." Her guardian brainwashed her to think this way. How despicable. If that "human" comes back here again, I'll admonish it for treating the Chikorita so horribly.
"No. Don't blame your guardian for your skills." I needed to get her to think positively. "Your guardian is the one to blame. It raised you wrong. You need to let your former guardian go. It even abandoned you. Let me be your guardian from now on." The Chikorita looked up at me. It's eyes looked happy at the gesture, but still held much sadness.
"Or I could be your "guardian". We all turned to face that voice. It was another weird Poke- I mean human. This one had a white head with brown fur coming out of the white. It 's upper body was light blue with a pink heart on it's chest. It had the same lump but smaller than the almost-all-blue "humans." It had green eyes that were filled with excitement. It's legs had pink going down to the knees. It also had white and black feet. Then I saw the same red-and-white spherical-growth as the one with the red fur on its head.
This was it. My first pokemon battle, My very first wild pokemon sighting. I think my hands are trembling in anticipation. In excitement. I knew coming to the Pallet Lake Preserve, where the Pokemon are all weak there, is frowned upon. I didn't care being called a noob. I just want to get as many Pokemon as I can and become the greatest Pokemon Master. Better than anyone, Including Ash Katchem.
I was just about to throw my pokeball that included Brownie, but I remembered about the pokedex Professor Oak gave me. I whipped it out and pointed it at the gaseous form that is gastly. Oak will be surprised at the first Pokemon
Gastly. The Gas Pokemon. Its thin body is made of gas. It can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
Hmm... I expected a different voice. Oh well. Plus the description was crappy as well. It doesn't tell me anything except for it's deadliness. What about it's attacks? It's habitat? Well, graveyards, of course. It's diet? Does it even eat? I fumbled around with the pokedex a bit, trying to access more info. "What's that red box? Is that a pokemon Or a human as well?" "I don't know what it is."
I'm glad I have the ability to understand what pokemon say. It helps me with my relationship with Brownie. But it's rare. Much more rare than a shiny. I was one of the tiny few lucky ones across the world who have it. I first discovered I had it when I was 4 years old. I heard a pidgey's beautiful song it sung to her young.
"You wanna know what this thing is?" I held out my pokedex proudly. "This is my pokedex!" I stepped closer to them to show them better. Plus I pushed a button.
This is Dexter, an artificial intelligence program designed to help trainers with their pokemon journey.
Dexter, huh? The name suits it.
This pokedex has been assigned to the pokemon trainer Dai Hoshiko of Pallet Town.
The pokemon looked amazed. Haven't they seen a pokedex before? What about from that one trainer running toward Pallet? "Anyways, I want to capture you."
Capture us? This human, supposedly called "die howsh ink oh", was obviously no better than the other human that abandoned the Chikorita. If what that red box was saying was true, all humans, including the mostly-blue one, needed a punishment. "You want to capture us? For what purpose?" The two Nidoran were tense. The Chikorita was curled up in a ball while whimpering. I needed to drive this human out of here!
"I want to capture you because I want to be the greatest Pokemon Master ever!" Master? It must be another word for guardian. I relaxed a bit and told the others to do the same. "Dai howsh ink oh"'s meaning of the word "capture" must mean that the pokemon accepts it's offer. I was about to decline the offer, but she picked up the red and white sphere and tossed it.
The sphere opened and the same red stream of light appeared just like the red-furred human's sphere did. Then a Pikachu came out of nowhere, just like the Chikorita did. The Pikachu looked at us, then at the Human. "Four against one, Dai? Mere pichu's play." The Pikachu called the human "die". Why not "die howsh ink oh" like the red box said? "What move shall I open with?"
"Just a moment. I want to get the other pokemon in my pokedex as well." The Pikachu made a noise that sounded like frustration and impatience. "I'll hurry!" She pointed the red box at the two Nidoran.
Nidoran. Female. The poison pin pokemon. The poison hidden in its small horn is extremely potent. Even a tiny scratch can have fatal results.
Fatal? The brother Nidoran drove his entire horn into the Chikorita and it recovered quite well! Plus the two Nidoran fight each other almost every single day.
Nidoran. Male. The poison pin pokemon. The male Nidoran has developed muscles that freely move its ears in any direction. Even the slightest sound does not escape this pokemon's notice.
Wait, is that thing correct? The brother Nidoran was as surprised as I was when we heard "die"'s voice.
Chikorita. The leaf pokemon. It waves its leaf around to keep foes at bay. However, a sweet fragrance also wafts from the leaf, creating a friendly atmosphere that becalms the battlers.
"Chikorita, I want you to try and calm the Pikachu down." I waited for a moment. So did the Pikachu and "Die". The Chikorita was still cowering.
"Brownie, I think it'll be only 3 on one."
"Even better. Now will you please give me an opening move already?"
"Hold on, I'll capture the chikorita first." That made the Pikachu, possibly called "brow knee", give out another huff of frustration and anguish. "Do you not want to battle and just go home forever?" I guesses that made "brow knee" keep quiet, as it glanced at "Die" worriedly. I saw it's eyes were impatient.
"Die" pulled another one of those red-and-white spheres. She then threw it at the cowering Chikorita. I have no idea why none of us reacted to this and just stared at the mysterious sphere, but I knew I would regret it.
The pokeball hit the chikorita. I had already decided on a name. I was going to name her "Basque". What a cute name. The pokeball opened up and time slowed to me. Every second felt like an hour. The ball closed. I felt my excitement growing. The ball twitched. I was holding my breath. Then the pokeball dinged, signaling a successful capture.
I did it! I did it! Four pokemon in less than an hour was going to be a world record! I really am the best! I squeed as hard and as loud as I could, but now was not the time for a victory dance. Plus, Brownie was getting really impatient. I was lucky with Basque, who was just cowering. "What did you do with the Chikorita?"
I looked at the gastly. It looked like it was about to cover my whole body to suffocate me. I, uh, captured it." No, I was not going to let such a weakling intimidate me! I grew a smirk. "I captured it and I will soon capture you. Then I will capture the two nidoran. Like I said, I'll become the greatest Pokemon Master. My name, Dai Hoshiko, will be the greatest name in the world!"
"You can take your "mastery" and shove it!" I glared at the male nidoran. How dare he? How dare he! He has insulted the future Queen of Pokemon! Right about know, I was as angry as Brownie.
"How dare you insult the future Queen of Pokemon! You'll eat your words! Brownie!" I saw his ears perk up. "Finish off that insect nidoran with a thunder!" Obviously, Brownie listened. He was different. He was actually smart. The Pallet Lake Preserve glowed a bright yellow for a second, then subsided. I looked at Rhino. Yes, Rhino is a great name. I saw through it's fainted eyes it was ready to be captured. Just to be sure, I got out my only greatball.
This day is the day my life would change forever. I've already learnt a lot. I've learned about Trainers and The Pokedex and Dai Hoshiko and The Pokemon Journey and The Pokemon Master. I will never forget this day. The day that would bring much more new experiences. The day I would leave this place.
I looked at the sky. Clear as always. I looked at the trees. All the pokemon there were stealthily watching us. I looked at Dai. The human was doing something weird to itself, to it's hips. I looked at the two Nidoran. The brother Nidoran has a weird, tired look in it's eyes. The sister Nidoran was trying to get it to wake up.
I looked back at Dai. The human was holding a sphere similar to the red-and-white one. This one was blue-and-white with two red stripes on the blue part. It threw it at the brother Nidoran. Without thinking, I floated in front of the ball, intending to stop it. I wanted to protect this place no matter what. I wanted to protect the Pokemon here no matter what. But I knew those days were over.
The Mysterious Sphere hit me. It opened. It opened? It's hollow? I looked at Dai. She looked surprised. I wanted to look back at the two Nidoran, but the world started getting darker. Very dark very fast. The next thing I knew I was in... I don't know where I was. There was... there was... nothingness? I think I remember this place. No, I was never here before.
I was scared. All I could see was black everywhere. I wanted the clear sky. I wanted the trees. I wanted the lake. All I have is... nothing. I wanted to get out. "I'm surprised you threw yourself in front of my greatball." It was Dai's voice! I wanted to follow it, but it sounded like it came from everywhere.
I was just about to give up. "Don't worry. You'll get as much glory as I get." I tried relaxing. I then heard a ding noise. Suddenly, this place of nothing felt welcoming.
Oh well. I'll just use a pokeball. After all, I was given 5 of them by Oak. I got one out and enlarged it. "You hurt my brother."
"Don't worry. When I finish capturing you two, I'll heal you all up. You'll become as famous as I will be. Trainers all over the world will chant our names." I was just about to throw the pokeball at the fainted nidoran.
"I don't want your fame. I now understand why our guardian was so against attacking other pokemon."
"If you don't want my fame, maybe you want my care."
"No. I want you to get out of here."
"And miss the world record? Not a chance. Just let me capture you." I would have never expected what happened next.
"NO!" Whoa. That horn looks extremely dangerous right now. "You hurt my brother. Get out and don't you dare hurt another pokemon EVER AGAIN!" The female nidoran began to glow. It began to glow. Began to glow. So this is what pokemon evolution looks like. I needed to capture this nidorina. It grew bigger. Tulip grew bigger. What a cute name, tulip. I'm even great at naming pokemon. She'll eventually mellow out when I catch her.
"My, evolving for me? How generous of you." I was going to become The Pokemon Queen quicker than I thought. I now own 3 pokemon: Brownie, my pikachu. Basque, my chikorita. Shade? No. Phantom? No. Polybius? Oh, yes. Such a spooky name. I love it. Once I scan Tulip, I'll have seen 6 pokemon. I would already beat a world record.
"You shall pay for what you have done." Hmm. The nidorina's voice was quivering. Tulip is scared of me.
"Don't be scared."
"Scared? You think I'm SCARED? I'LL SHOW YOU SCARED!" Tulip charged at me. Okay, maybe this wasbad.
"Brownie, help! Thunder!" The area flashed yellow for a moment again. When it subsided, I saw that Tulip stopped. And was shooting a death glare at Brownie. Wait, what just happened? "Brownie?" This was bad. I had gotten too full of myself. I'm in way over my head. My poor Brownie's eyes had shown that he fainted.
I pulled out Brownie's pokeball and called him back in. Then I started running. Running as fast as I can. Maybe even faster. That nidorina was too powerful for my current team. A few more minutes, reached a familiar sign.
YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE PALLET LAKE PRESERVE
WELCOME BACK TO PALLET TOWN you noobs
Someone had vandalized the sign, which is expected. After all, The Pallet Lake Preserve is closely monitored by the league, made to be the bare basics. Not so much anymore, now with that powerful nidorina rampaging in that place. "Welcome back, Noobie McNoobster." Ugh, that voice angers me.
"Shut up, Hideo." He was always bullying the people that went to the preserve. "Just because you don't have a pokemon is no reason to pick on people who go to the preserve." He was about to say something else, but I cut him off. "Besides, have you ever known someone there who caught 2 pokemon, seen 5," I paused a moment just to cut him off again. ", and seen an evolution?"
"You what?"
"That's right, I saw a female nidoran evolve." His mouth was agape. After all, he had never heard of anyone seeing an evolution in there. "Plus I caught a gastly."
"A gastly? Why and how was a gastly doing in a preserve made for poison-, water-, grass-, and normal-type pokemon?"
"Exactly."
"Exactly what?"
"What, you didn't know gastly was a dual-type? Ghost and...?"
"Ghost and what?" This was too easy. He's making himself look like an idiot!
"Ghost and poison." I bet that flabbergasted him. "This is why you don't have your pokemon license. You failed. Thirteen times. You're an idiot. And guess what?" Heh. He's angry.
"What?"
"The league doesn't allow idiots to go on a journey." I knew the journey to becoming The Pokemon Queen would be easy as pie"
AN: Wow. Fanfiction is harder than it looks. I also expected this to be a lot shorter. If you review, no flaming. Please post all gripes constructively. From now on my AN's will be at the top.