((HEYO!It's about time I got to do that with this story! Speaking of "story," the one here is that this was my first Fanfiction (that I posted). As a result, it really sucked. I starting revising it, and this is the result! This update made 10/16/13.))


001 - Hurdling Houndoom

In the quiet streets of New Bark Town, on the fourteenth of May, a small, purple disc flew through the air. The sound of thumping feet and a thrashing tail could be heard above the sound of the spinning disc. A Houndoom, a black dog-like Pokemon with horns and a pointed tail, leaped three feet into the air and caught the flying Frisbee.

"Nice catch, Sparky!" called a girl from behind. Sparky raced up to the girl, and handed her the disc, receiving a scratch behind the ear in return. The mutt licked her affectionately.

The girl was ten years old, about four feet tall. She had long, blonde hair that reached her upper back, and wore a light blue scarf the reached her lower back. She wore a purple jacket that she kept zipped-up, and slightly roughed up jeans. Her sneakers were also purple, as well as her baseball cap, which she wore backwards. Completely out of place were her shiny green pilot's goggles. It seemed like she was mimicking the clothing of a certain Pokedex Holder. She also wore fingerless gloves with mystical looking gems on them.

She was crouching at a height about the same as Sparky, who toppled her over and began licking her face excitedly. She laughed and played around with her pet. A Shinx, whom the girl had named "Shinxy" at a younger age, sat on a table not far away, wagging his tail and completely entertained.

On the other side of the fence, an unusually colored silver Swinub, a small pig-like Pokemon with long fur that covers its tiny paws and eyes, was watching through a hole in the wooden brackets that separated the two houses. It leaped onto the fence, followed by his partner, a boy who appeared a few months older than the girl. "Yo, Miranda!" he called.

Miranda and Sparky, as did Shinxy. "Alex!" Miranda cried happily. She stood up and dusted herself off.

Alex had been eleven for almost five months now. That and being 4"4 were pretty much the only things that made him more mature than Miranda. He wore a blue bandana with the sign of the Tribe of Frozen Waters on it. He, too, wore a sweater, although his was a hoodie without a zipper. It was also blue, and had a white lining. It also sported the sign of the Tribe of Frozen Waters. His sweatpants were green, much like Miranda's out of place goggles, and his boots were, you guessed it, blue. And white, but that's beside the point. He also had a leather belt, holding a large scimitar.

He smirked. "Playing with your Houndoom, I see!" he laughed. Swinub leaped off the fence and landed on the table next to Shinxy. Alex sprang off the fence and landed next to Miranda. "Happy day-before-your-Birthday!" he said.

His friend smiled. "Thanks!" Miranda said. She took a step backward as Alex's Haunter, a purple ghost Pokemon that was pretty much a floating head with two unattached hands, flew over the fence and landed on Alex's head. "Keep that thing and it's evil tongue away from me!" Miranda cried, half serious, half joking.

Alex laughed. "Oh, come on!" he said. "It's not gonna hurt you." Haunter waved "hello."

Miranda smiled nervously and waved back, exchanging a glance with Sparky. Shinxy and Swinub leaped off the table and stood next to their partners. Alex grinned. "So what are the plans for tomorrow, Randi?" he asked.

Miranda scowled at him. "I thought I told you to stop calling me that." she growled. Alex shrugged. The female sighed. "No plans," she said. "Not so far. But daddy told me he has a surprise for me." She cast a glance at her two partners, sitting obediently at her side. "I wonder what it is?"

Alex smiled. "Beats me," he said with a shrug. "But knowing your dad, it's gonna be over the top."

Miranda laughed. She and Alex had known each other since Alex moved to Johto from Sinnoh when they were five. She was the first person that Alex had ever gotten close to. He never even got attached to his father, let alone his Pokemon. He said that where he came from, somebody can be with you one second, and be gone the next. Miranda taught him what it meant to care for someone.

They had mixed feelings for each other. One minute they could be the best of friends, the next they could hate each other for some unknown reason.

They turned as the sliding door that led into Miranda's house from the backyard slid open. There stood her sixteen-year-old brother, Zack. He had spiky black hair and a blue baseball cap that had a black rim, and his prized possession, the Rising Badge that he had won from Claire five years ago, in the middle. He wore a black T-shirt and a blue and white vest, and blue fingerless gloves with black cuffs. He had plain old jeans that were pre-ripped, and blue and black sneakers, with black laces. "C'mon, Miranda," he called. "Lunch time."

Sparky barked his praise and Shinxy started wagging his tail, and leaned down onto his front paws as if he were bowing. Miranda nodded. "Okay, Zack!" she replied. She and her Pokemon returned back into their house, Sparky had the Frisbee clenched in his jaws. Miranda turned to Alex before she walked inside. "See 'ya later!" she said.

Alex smiled, then leaped back over the fence with Swinub and Haunter.


CRASH! "WAAAAH!" Miranda snapped awake at once. "WHAT WAS THAT, CYMBALS?!" Sure enough, when she focused her vision, there was her eight-year-old brother, KC, standing next to her bed and holding a pair of cymbals.

KC had messy blonde hair and a red scarf that he tied around his head, with a four-point star in the middle. He looked almost like a ninja, wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with red cuffs and a red waist, and a big red "K" in the middle. He wore black pants with red cuffs, and black Velcro sneakers. He smirked. "Happy Birthday, Miranda!" he cried, crashing the cymbals again. "Mom made breakfast!

Miranda covered her ears. Sparky covered his eyes with his front paws and Shinxy hid under the covers. "Can I please wake up and get dressed first?!" Miranda cried.


She who had woken up and gotten dressed walked down the stairs, followed by Sparky and Shinxy. KC was sitting at the table and Mrs. Hunter was in front of the stove, flipping a pancake. She was in her forties, but still looked young. She had shoulder length blonde hair and a white T-shirt, and a black sweater and sweatpants. "Good morning, Birthday Girl!" she said, placing the pancake on a plate, on top of a stack of others.

Miranda smiled, and took the plate of pancakes off the counter and set them on the table, then opened a cabinet full of Pokemon food. She approached Sparky and Shinxy's bowls and filled them each up. After she was done with that, she sat down at her seat at the table as her Pokemon began to wolf down their breakfast.

Her mother looked up from the stove. "Oh yes, before I forget," she said. Miranda and KC looked up. "Your father wants you to visit Prof. Elm's lab when you're done.

Miranda swallowed. "Why?" she asked.

Mrs. Hunter smiled. "He told me it's a secret to everybody," she replied.


"Remind me why we're here again, prof?" Gold asked, sweeping a broom across the laboratory floor.

"Yeah," said Silver, wiping down a machine holding two Pokeballs. "I don't care much to be here. I'd rather be spending time with my sister, Green."

Prof. Elm looked up at them. "Now, boys, don't be so immature," he said. "Remember, two children are coming later to get a Pokemon, and a Pokedex. I told you this already!"

"Oh right, the new Pokedex Holders!" Gold remembered. "Who are they again?"

"My daughter and her best friend," said a voice from behind. Gold and Silver spun around. There stood Prof. Anthony Hunter, an inventor and Miranda's dad. He, too, was in his forties, and had spiky black hair. Also a short beard and mustache. He wore a black T-shirt, a white lab coat, jeans and black boots.

"Prof. Hunter!" Gold and Silver said in unison, dropping everything immediately and standing up.

"I didn't know you had a daughter," Silver said. "What's her name?"

Prof. Hunter smiled. "Miranda Hunter," he said. "Today is her birthday and she would die to meet the two of you. That's why I asked Elm to hire you as assistants instead of Crystal." Gold and Silver nodded.

Zack approached with his Feraligatr and Umbreon. "Yeah, and if you two break out in fighting in front of my little sister," he said. "you two are gonna get it!" Feraligatr and Umbreon nodded.

Gold and Silver bowed (like that Japanese culture) to show that they understood. A moment later, there was a loud "BANG BANG BANG!" on the door. Prof. Hunter looked down at his eldest child. "Sounds like your sister," he said. Zack nodded.

While Gold and Silver scrambled around the lab, putting cleaning supplies away as fast as possible, Zack opened the door to see not just Miranda, but also their younger brother KC. "Hey there, lil' sis!" he said. "Why'd 'ya bring KC?"

Miranda sighed. "He insisted," she replied.

KC was jumping up and down. "What's the surprise?!" he cried. "I must know!"

Zack laughed. "Well then, why don't you come in and find out?" he said, stepping out of the way.

Gold and Silver were standing obediently next to each other, grinning with their hands behind their backs. Miranda rushed into the lab as soon as she saw them. "Pokedex Holders Gold and Silver?!" she cried. The boys nodded. Silver's smile was still fake, but Gold's had become real. Miranda rushed over to her dad and gave him a hug. "Daddy, you're the best!" she cried.

Prof. Hunter smiled. "That's not all I have for you," he said. His daughter looked up at him. "Boys?"

Gold and Silver both took a Pokeball from the machine and tossed them in the air. From Gold's came a Cyndaquil, from Silver's came a Totodile. "You get to get one of these guys!" Gold said.

"Your friend will get the other when he gets here." Silver added.

Miranda grinned and approached the two Pokemon. Cyndaquil looked up at her with determined eyes, and Totodile with hopeful ones. Miranda turned her gaze from Cyndaquil, to Totodile and back again. Several long passed, and she fixed her gaze on Cyndaquil, the small Pokemon with a long nose and fire on his back. "I want that one!" she said. Cyndaquil leaped into Miranda's arms while Totodile fell over anime-style.

"Who took the Chikorita, anyway?" Gold whispered to Silver, who shrugged.

Alex burst through the door. "What did I miss?!" he cried.

Miranda held up her new Pokemon to her friend. "I got a Cyndaquil!" she replied. "You get that one," She pointed at the Totodile.

Totodile looked up at Alex with pleading eyes. Alex scowled. "I don't want this Totodile," he said.

"Hey, what's the big idea?!" Gold cried. "You get what you get and you don't throw a fi-" Silver covered Gold's arrogant mouth before he could finish.

"It's okay, Gold," Prof. Elm said. "I figured Alex might not want what was left over, so I got something I thought he would like." He opened a cabinet full of Pokeballs and pulled one out, then handed it to Alex.

Alex tossed the Pokeball into the air, and out came a Spheal! Alex grinned. "It's an Ice Type so it reminds me of home," he said. "And a Water Type so it can destroy Miranda's Cyndaquil! I love it!" Spheal clapped his flippers.

He turned to Miranda, grinning. "Well then, my friend," he said. "Now that we have Pokemon that aren't pets," he said, and pointed his finger at Miranda. "I challenge you to a battle!" Spheal sat up tall, appearing bold.

Miranda exchanged glances with Gold, who gave a thumbs-up. She looked back at Alex as Cyndaquil folded his arms and smirked. "I accept your challenge!"


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