"May? May Sapphire!? Are you sleeping in there!? Get out! We're finally here to our new home, dear." Said a woman's voice.
The back doors of the moving truck open wide as the sun's light hit the body and reveal a ten year old girl in a red tank top, red bow with a white stripe, brown hair, sapphire eyes, white shorts with black shorts under them and a small yellow backpack tide to her waist.
This girl is none other than young May Sapphire (In her ORAS design.). The ten year old girl has recently moved away from Johto to Hoenn due to her father being a gym leader in the Hoenn region.
May has recently become ten years old the past week and is now old enough to start her pokemon journey. She's been excited to start pokemon journey of her own, wanting to explore Hoenn to meet it's people and pokemon. She was determine to win every gym badges, beat the Elite Four, and become the champion of the region. It's been her dream to become a pokemon trainer since she was a little girl and her day of becoming one is coming true today.
When the sun's light hit May's eyes, she quickly cover them to prevent them getting the sun's light on her eyes after spending much of her time in the dark storage of the moving van. May weakly walked out from the back and carefully watched her step, finally setting a foot on the grass ground. May continued to wipe away the tiredness of her eyes before looking at her mother who happens to have the name April. (See what I did there?)
"So we're finally here huh?" May said, in a joking manner. April looked at her daughter and rolled her eyes.
"May, hanging around in moving trucks I see." April said, teasing her daughter.
"Yeah." May said, shamefully.
"I love you May, but you can't keep doing that, come on." April scolding her daughter and faced the brown house in front of them.
"Putting that aside, look at our new house, May! Isn't it wonderful!" April said, putting her hands on her cheek.
"Wow mom, our new home looks awesome, so much better than our old home in Goldenrod City." May examine the house from top to bottom.
"Well why don't you go to your room and adjust the time of your clock. The hour time here are a lot different than it was in Johto. Also, some of your things are in boxes, so you want to decorate your room a bit before doing anything else." April suggested to her daughter.
"Sure, especially since I've been wondering if my stuff made it here safely. They're really fragile things you know." May said, walking to the door of her new home.
When young female trainer open the door, she found two large Machokes lifting the up heavy boxes and setting them down in specific parts of the house.
May walked pass the two Machokes as they were chatting with one another in their native tongue language that no human can understand, but pokemon can.
"Machoke choke machoke! (Translation: Hey, do you what I ask you to do? The prank?)" The first Machoke asked.
"Machoke choke machoke machoke! (Translation: Yeah, I set those small ketchup packs right underneath the bumpers of the toilet of this house. Just wait until someone has to use the toilet and they're gonna get ketchup on their underwear.)" The second machoke said, snicker as the two high five each other.
"Machoke machoke machoke! (Translation: It's a good thing that humans can't understand our language.)" The first Machoke said.
"Machoke! (Translation: True dat my home boy from the hood!)" The second Machoke said, as they high five each other more.
"Ah, what wonderful and majestic creatures they are." May said, smiling as she headed upstairs to her.
May soon stumble upon the door of her room. May was excited, wondering how her new room would look and imagine all the fun nights of playing video games and watching movies with her future pokemon. She put her hand on the knob and titled it.
When the young trainer open the door, she found that her room has already had itself set up. The tv was hooked up with her purple color Gamecube hooked up to the television as well as a purple Gameboy Advance. There was a large flat pink carpet with orange dotted bean bags in the center of the room near the Gamecube and television.
On the far right of her room was her PC and her desk with a bookshelf build to it. The shelves had May's favorite book and mangas that she's been collecting since she was little such as the "Dr. Slump" series.
Next to the desk was the map of Hoenn being display, which May took a moment to look at. On the bottom right of her room was her bed and it was near the window room for when she wakes up, she can get a good view of the outside world from her window.
May has also spotted a few boxes around her room that weren't open. She went to one of the boxes and open it. In one of the boxes, May found her items that hasn't been set up yet. She smiled, happy to see that her things weren't broken and was able to see them again after spending many days on the road.
From the box, she pulled out some of her pokemon plushies such as Clefairy, Pikachu, and Charmander and set them near her bed so she can snuggled with one of them when she sleeps. She took a Voltorb shape lamp and set it near her desk. May shot a big smile when she spotted something in box that she treasure the most of all her items.
What May found was her poster of Pokemon Trainer Red and his pokemon team, taking a group photo after winning the Kanto league against Blue years ago. May has been a big fan of Red since she was little. She remembers when she first saw Red on her small television screen back in her days in Johto with her father, who was watching the match with her. She watch the final match between Red and Blue that was being broadcasted around the world at the time.
May saw how determine Red wanted to win against his rival Blue. She'll always remember how much she cheered loudly when Red's Pikachu took down Blue's Flareon with a thunderbolt and became the youngest trainer to ever become champion. Since then, Red left an imprint on May and made her want to become a pokemon champion like him.
That wasn't the only reason she looked up to Red. May also remember hearing the many tales of Red's adventure through Kanto like how he and his pokemon single handedly defeated the evil organization known as Team Rocket, who were stealing, experimenting, and abusing pokemon for their plans to take over the world. She heard tales of Red capturing all 150 as he travel across the land, searching far and wide.
If it wasn't for Red, she wouldn't have the desire to become a pokemon trainer. She wanted become the best, like no one ever was.
May sigh happily as she looked at the poster, grabbed a nail, and jab the poster on the wall pinned it with the nail. She looked at the poster one last time with a brightly smile, determined eyes, and clenching her fist with a cocky smirk with a nod.
"Boy, it would be so awesome if I could meet Red one day and maybe battle him when I have a team of pokemon of my own. It would be awesome!" May said.
The female trainer then walked towards her bed and laid on it to watch the ceiling above as she thought more about her idol Red.
"But the chances of me meeting Red is very little. I bet he's busy doing awesome championship stuff with his pokemon team right now. The chances of me meeting Red is about 721 to 1. Maybe more than 721 as time passes by." May said, standing up and looked out of her window room.
"Oh how I wish I could meet Red. It would be so hype just to shake his hand! I probably would have meet him if I stayed at Johto and started my pokemon journey there and go to Kanto." May fangirling a bit until she jumped out of her bed when she heard her mother scream from their house bathroom.
"AHHH! I got ketchup on my underwear!" May's mother April yelled out as the sound of two Machokes could be heard laughing from outside the house.
With Red
"Booya! Wooo! I win!" Red yelled out, getting up from his seat he was sitting on.
"Darn you! Why must you be so young!?" Yelled a old man at Red.
The Pallet Town Trainer looked back the old man, "Just face it Ric Flair. I'm the king of playing bingo! Woooo!" Red boosted as the old man he was talking to crossed his arms. "Red gon give it to ya what!" Red sang out.
The Pallet Town trainer was in a room filled with elderly people, playing bingo against them in S.S. Anne. All the elderly people were shaking their fist angrily and wanted to whack Red with their walking stick as they watch the Pallet Town trainer dance and sing his way upstage where the bingo lady gave him a grand prize, which was a coupon to one of the restaurants of Hoenn.
It's been hours since Red has left Kanto to start his new journey through the Hoenn region. Red was currently riding on the S.S. Anne alongside with his other pokemon. Red himself was passing the time by playing a few rounds of bingo in the game room of the ship. Red has also let out his pokemon to have fun and were hanging out in different parts of the ship doing their own thing.
Red's Pikachu was on a floating water tube on a pool in the front of the ship, enjoying the sun's light and sipping on some orange soda with ice cubes in it and was wearing a pair cool shade of sunglasses. Red's Espeon was near the pool that Pikachu was relaxing, but was sleeping on a folded chair, loving the both nice breeze of the sea and sun's light that were giving her a well slumber.
Red's Charizard was soaring all over the blue sky above the S.S. Anne, wanting to feel and smell the salty air of the sea. Charizard would also let out loud roars, showing it was having a fun time and sometimes shoot out a flameflower attack. Red's Blastoise was doing exact opposite of what Charizard was doing. Blastoise was enjoying his time by swimming through the ocean as well as water diving seeing many types of water pokemon of the sea of Hoenn.
Red's Snorlax was in the cafeteria part of the boat, eating just about anything that the cafeteria has to offer and wasn't planning on to slow down anytime soon until his trainer comes in and calls him back. Venusaur was at the very top of the S.S. Anne, wanting the sun's heat closer to his body and absorb it through that giant plant on his back.
Red's pokemon don't consider each other as friends, but considers each other as family as they look out for each other when one of them is in trouble. Espeon is the only female in the family and often gets a lot of attention from other pokemon and people because of it's beautiful fur. Espeon was the smartest of the group for she can outsmart anyone she comes across with. She can also be fiesty if she's being annoyed and can be girly at times.
Red first obtain Espeon when she was just a Eevee in Celadon City, where some weird scientist was telling the Pallet Town trainer about how an Eevee is able to evolve to three evolutions through these special stones. The weird scientist then gave Eevee to Red to help understand more about Eevee's species.
Eevee refuse to evolve into Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon which Red was kind enough to let Eevee have her own decisions. Eevee became a Espeon during their time training at Mt. Silver. One day Red was constantly Eevee in the afternoons and soon Eevee's body to glow which really took Red and Eevee by surprise when she evolve into Espeon.
It was then at that point Red found out that there was more pokemon in the Johto region and was upset that his time was wasted filling up the pokedex for Professor Oak while Eevee loved her new form as a Espeon, calling herself cute and hot looking.
Red obtain Venusaur when he was just a little Bulbasaur. Red first encounter Bulbasaur in a sick state where a woman was taking care him in a house nexts to Misty's Gym in Cerulean City. After Red won against Misty, the woman taking care of Bulbasaur saw Red's Cascade badge and saw him as a worthy trainer to take Bulbasaur under his care once it was healed up from his sickness.
As Bulbasaur travel with Red through Kanto, he became a mighty Venusaur that is even strong enough to take down the strongest fire and flying type pokemon when it battles. Of the three starters of Red's team, Venusaur is the more relaxed one and always tries to keep everybody from fighting each other, for he likes everything to be neutral and peaceful.
Red obtain his Charizard when the giant flaming dragon was just a Charmander. After defeating his rival Blue near the Nugget bridge and defeating a row of trainers on the Nugget bridge. A man has been watching Red battle his way through the Nugget bridge and saw him as a strong trainer to that will be able to provide for Charmander's needs.
Red's Charizard is the more silent and tough one of the group and mostly likes to keep to itself for the most part. Charizard loves to fight any tough opponents, especially against water types. It takes a tough trainer to raise a Charizard and Red was no exception. Charizard didn't respect Red at first, but later learn to trust as Red helped him get stronger and stronger during their journey through Kanto.
The Pallet Town trainer obtain Blastoise as a Squirtle in Vermillion City. Before Squirtle was Red's pokemon, he would cause mischief to the people of Vermillion City, pulling pranks and graffiti the buildings of Vermillion City. Until one day an officer of Vermillion City name Officer Jenny was finally able to catch Squirtle in a pokeball, stopping his mischief.
Though Officer Jenny had caught Squirtle, he was hard to control and train, which he would disobey Jenny and just squirt water to her face. Officer Jenny decided to give away Squirtle to the first trainer who comes out of Lt. Surge's gym, which happens to be Red at the time. Jenny walked towards Red as he was looking at his new Thunder badge and offer him Squirtle.
Red agreed to take Squirtle, seeing how he has two other Kanto starters with him. In the beginning, Squirtle was hard to control but eventually Red made him stable and was able to teach him use moves like hydro pump and ice beam and became a Blastoise at the end.
Red's Blastoise was more level headed when he fully evolve and would sometimes be in a argument against Red's Charizard, arguing who's the strongest between the two. Though he and Charizard have a rivalry with each other, they respect as well when they battle and partner up. Blastoise relies more defense than offense and is able to take on five big solar beam attack straight on.
Snorlax was captured when Red found him blocking his way towards Fuchsia City as he slept on the road. After saving both the pokemon tower and a old man named Mr. Fuji in Lavender Town from Team Rocket. Mr. Fuji gave Red a poke flute as his reward for saving him. The poke flute has the ability to wake up any sleeping pokemon, which Red used to wake up Snorlax from his slumber to proceed on towards Fuchsia City.
Once Snorlax woke up from the music of the poke flute. He got angry and started to battle Red's pokemon. Snorlax was quite the challenge to catch as Snorlax took down most of Red's team with ease. Which made Red wanting Snorlax to be his own even more. Thankfully, Red manage to capture Snorlax in a pokeball thanks to his Ivysaur's leech seed and poisonpowder.
A lot of trainers who battle Red mostly have a lot of trouble taking down his Snorlax due to his large amount of health and strength he has. Snorlax is the powerhouse of the team as there are times where Snorlax is able to own a team of six pokemon own it's without no effort. Of course, the only downside to having a Snorlax is that he needs to eat to keep up his strength up. Snorlax has a chill and calm personality as he's always up for a battle even if he's hungry.
Back with Red, the trainer was walking out of the game room with a hand full of coupons for some restaurants in Hoenn that he can't wait eat at to taste the food of the region. As Red was walking down the hallway of the S.S. Anne while putting away his coupons in his large yellow backpack. The captain of the ship spoke up on the mic of the ship, informing everybody on some news.
"Twenty minutes. We have twenty minutes until we reach the land of Hoenn. You'll see Hoenn on the front deck of the ship as we came near the region. We will park the ship near the docking bay of Littleroot Town."
Hearing this, Red got excited and ran to the front deck of the ship, only to see the land Hoenn in sight. Red smiled as he stood there watching the land of Hoenn draw near with bright smile and the wind blowing on his face. Red's Pikachu and Espeon then appeared and Pikachu jumped on his right shoulder and Espeon jumped on left shoulder as they joined Red.
"You see that guys. It's the Hoenn region, where our new journey will be begin." Red said, not leaving a eye off the region.
Both Pikachu and Espeon chanted in glee.
"What makes this even more better is that nobody knows who I am there, so we'll be able to do fun things without my crazy fans ruining it like in Kanto." Red said.
"Especially with my new looks. The chances of someone recognizing me is very little. It's gonna be so hype!" Red said, looking his red sleeveless vest and black wrist bands.
"I guess I should call everybody back to their pokeballs. We're almost near the region anyways." Red suggested as he took one last look of Hoenn in the far distance.
Before Red could turn his head around, somebody tapped on his shoulder. Red turned around saw it was a girl, who he has never seen or known. The mysterious girl gave a soft smile and waved hello to Red as she remain silent. Red didn't know what make of this as he greeted back, not wanting to be rude.
"Ummm….hello?" Red responded back. "Is there something you need from me?" Red asked.
The girl nodded her head and quickly grabbed Red's hand took him somewhere as they ran together, making his Pikachu and Espeon jump off his shoulder and were also confused by what's going on.
"Hey! Where are you taking me? " Red asked, as the girl kept on holding Red's and ran through groups of people in the hallway of the ship. Red tried to break free from the girl's tight grip but couldn't.
"For a girl, you sure are strong." Red said. The girl took Red to the storage room of the ship, making sure she, Red, and his pokemon were alone.
The girl quickly ran to the door and locked it, making Red somewhat scared on what's gonna happen to him next. Red then a had a scary thought come to him. His guess was that the girl is one his crazy fans and has figure out who he is and wanted him to be her boyfriend or yet something worse. Marriage.
"Who are you! Are you one of my crazy fans or what? You can't do anything nasty! This is a PG rated story you know!" Red yelled.
The girl giggled at Red's remark as her body began to glow brightly. Red gasp knowing and seeing this transformation long ago. When the glowing stopped, the girl reveal herself as the mystical pokemon, Mew, who used the move transformation to disguise herself as a human girl.
Red has encounter Mew before during his journey through Kanto years ago. One day Mew saw how Red fought against Team Rocket all over Kanto and grew interest in him and found him cool to hang out with him and his pokemon. Red has become friends with Mew, even allowing the small feline looking pokemon to be under his command.
Mew is a bit of a jokester and loves to have fun and sometimes annoy Red. (Which she loves doing a lot.) Mew loves to kid around and be carefree. She even spends most of her time with Red's Mewtwo when she goes visit him in Cerulean Cave. One time Mew offer herself to be Red's pokemon so that she doesn't have to worry about being capture by pokemon poachers and would be around Red and his pokemon, but Red refuses seeing how Mew will annoy him a lot.
When it comes to hanging out with Red's pokemon. Mew mostly gets along with Red's Espeon since she was the only girl in the group and have become best friends due to them both being pink, psychic types, females, and looking like feline cats. They even had a girl only slumber party when Mew travels with Red for a while. Red is the first human that Mew actually likes to be around and where she can just be herself and is willing to lend him a hand if he needs it.
"Mew?" Red said, confused. Mew nodded her head as she flew close to Red's face and talk him in telepathy.
"Yo what's up Red! How ya doing! It's been awhile!" Mew giggle and hugged Red's face.
"What are you doing here?" Red asked, lightly pushing away Mew.
"Isn't obvious? I'm here to say good luck to you on your new journey through Hoenn and say goodbye as well." Mew as she spun around carefree.
Mew then looked at Red's Espeon, "Yo what up my psychic home girl!" Mew said to Espeon.
"Espeon es Espeon! (Translation: Hey girl, how's my bestie doing?)" Espeon said, raising one of her paws up.
"Doing great! Give me some skin!" Mew said, as she and Espeon high five each other and did their secret handshake together.
"Pikachu. (Translation: Girls.)" Pikachu said, rolling his eyes at the two females.
Once they were done, Mew looked at Pikachu, "Hey Pikachu, it's good seeing you too." Mew smiled at the yellow mouse.
"Pika Pikachu! (Translation: Same here, Mew.)" The mouse smiled back. Mew looked back at Red and began to examine him as she flew around him.
"Wow Red you look a lot different than before. Why did you change your hair from black to brown and change your eye colors from black to brown as well. I hardly recognize you." Mew said, as she playfully took Red's new hat off his head and put it on her own head and flew around aimlessly, unable to see where she was flying.
"Well Mew, since I'm starting a new journey. I wanted to have a different look, so people won't recognize me as the former champion of Kanto and leave me alone in peace." Red said, watching the small pink feline fly around the storage room.
Mew stopped flying and tilted Red's hat up a bit after hearing what he said.
"What?! Former champion!? When did that happen?" Mew asked, curious as she flew close to Red's face, wanting an answer from him.
"A few weeks ago, a boy from the Johto region name Ethan beat me in a pokemon battle at Mt. Silver, so he's the champion now." Red said, in a casually tone.
"And you're okay with your defeat against this Ethan kid?" Mew asked, tilting her head.
"Sure am, and because he beat me. I was now able to leave that dumb boring mountain and go on a new journey. Poor Ethan, he didn't know the rules of Mt. Silver before challenging me. He's probably being swarm by pokemon trainers by now." Red said, thinking about Ethan.
Red looked at back Mew, "By the way? How did you know I was leaving Kanto to start a new journey anyways?" Red asked, as he took back his hat from Mew's head.
"Oh I heard the news from your mom when she's talking to some of her friends on the phone when I wanted to see if you were home from Mt. Silver." Mew confessed.
"You know Red, I'm gonna miss your old look from before." Mew said.
"How come?" Red asked.
"Because then I wouldn't be able to see more emo fan art of you made by your fangirls. You know the ones that draw you with a feminine face and draw you with red eyes to make you look more attractive to them. I'm gonna miss how you'll be all upset about it." Mew teased as she giggled.
Red sigh angrily and remembering all the fan art his fangirls would send him through his mail.
"And that's one of the reason why I wanted to change my looks. My eyes aren't even red to begin with for crying out loud! They were black and now brown!" Red yelled and pointed at his eyes.
"Gosh I hate my fangirls! They're one of the reason why I went to Mt. Silver in the first place!" Red said, with his arms folded angrily. "I especially hate the fangirls that pair me up with my rival Bl-"
The trainer stopped talking as the Captain of the S.S. Anne spoke on the mic.
"Ten minutes until we reach Hoenn!"
Red and Mew looked at each other, "Well Red, I think should be off. I don't want to bother you during your new journey through Hoenn…...at least not yet." Mew gave sly eyes to Red.
"Yeah, well thanks for coming to say goodbye Mew. I appreciate it." Red nodded his head.
"No problem, that's what friends are for. Now, can I get a goodbye hug?" Mew said, spreading her arms out.
Red smiled and rolled his eyes as he hugged the small pink pokemon goodbye.
"Tee-hee thanks Red." Mew giggled as she let go and floated above him. "Remember Red, If you need me. Just give a howler and I'll be there. I don't want anything bad happening to you and your pokemon. You guys are the coolest group I ever met." Mew said, giving cheerful eyes.
"I'll give ya a call if I really need your help. Take care Mew." Red said to the floating pokemon. Mew smiled and said her goodbyes to Pikachu and Espeon. Mew then disappear in thin air as she used teleport.
"Well at least she's gone now." Red said, still looking at the spot where Mew disappear.
Red looked at his Pikachu and Espeon, "Come on you two, let's get everybody back into their pokeballs before the ship parks near the docking bay of Littleroot Town." Red said, as he and his two pokemon exited out the storage room.
Ten minutes have past after Red's encounter with the mystical pokemon occurred. The pokemon trainer quickly ran near the exit of the boat with his Pikachu on his shoulder and his rest of his team back in their pokeballs. The blow horn of the S.S. Anne went on as stairs leading to dock bay of Littleroot Town pop out from the boat.
Red quickly ran down the stairs from the boat, wanting to be the first person to set foot on Hoenn. Once he set foot, he jumped in the air, happy to finally made to the Hoenn region.
"Oh Yeah! We're finally here! Hello Hoenn!" Red shouted as he was in the air from his jump.
"Pikachu!" The yellow mouse on his right shoulder chanted.
With no time wasted, Red quickly ran to the sidewalks of Littleroot Town, fascinated as he looked at some Hoenn pokemon that their trainers had, such as Zigzagoons, Poochyenas, and Tallows. At sight of them, Red took out his national pokedex and did a quick scan on them for some information.
Red smiled once he put his pokedex away and looked at the people of Littleroot Town, who were eating at restaurants, riding bicycles, hanging out with friends, laughing out loud, and saw kids playing at a park with their pokemon. Red felt happy as Littleroot Town has a very lively tone to it as the warm sun beacon upon the place, especially since it was the spring season. The time of the year where everything blossom in beauty.
"So far no one has recognized me, but let's test it out to see if people will know if I tell them." The trainer said, walking past a group of pokemon trainers that were about his age. Red then spotted two pokemon trainers that were a couple together.
"Hey, there. I'm Red, Pokemon Trainer Red from Kanto." He introduce himself to the couple. The couple looked at the trainer and his Pikachu with odd looks and walked away.
"Weirdo." The woman coldly said, walking away with her boyfriend.
"YES!" Red shouted happily. "Nobody knows who I am here." the trainer clenching his fist happily. Red's pikachu couldn't help but let a sweatdrop at his trainer's happiness.
"Chu." Pikachu let out, rubbing his head
This was making Red even more excited and curious on what other places Hoenn has to offer for him if Littleroot Town was this beautiful.
"What should we do first Pikachu, I don't even know where to start. I'm just too excited that I can just sing so carefree." Red said, as he form a fist.
"No time to question my moves! I stick to the path that I choose!" Red sang out, as he shot his fist in the air as he walked through the streets of Littleroot Town and put his hands behind his head as he sang out more. Bobbing his head left and right, not caring that people were looking at him.
"I'm on a master quest! I want the whole world to see! I'm gonna be the very best! So all I got to do is believe in me!" Red sang out more.
Meanwhile with May
"There, I'm just about done setting the clock to it's proper time setting." May said, looking at the clock in her. "I'm also just about done setting up everything up in my room." May said, seeing her items and toys in her room in the right places.
"Well, now that I'm done. I think I'm gonna play a bit of "Donkey Konga" on my Gamecube and maybe even "Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door"." She said joyfully.
May's attention was then to her mother April, who was walking through the door of her room and was adjusting her pants after changing into a new pair of underwear when she "mysteriously" got ketchup on them when trying to use the toilet.
"I see that you finished up setting your room." April said, looking at May's room.
"Yeah, I just finish setting up the clock time." May said, tapping the glass cover of the clock with a light knock.
"Oh I just remember something, your father's friend, Professor Birch, lives a block away from us. He too has a child, a boy to be exact. Why don't you go give his son a visit. After all you might want to make some new friends while living in Hoenn." April suggested.
May shrugged her shoulder, "Meh why not. I bet he's a just minor character to the plot." May said, walking out her room, went down stairs, and exited her house. Once May was out of her new home, she took a deep breath of the Hoenn air and stretch her arms feeling tired after putting her things away in her room.
The female trainer smiled as she cover her eyes and looked at the bright sun once she was outside of her new home.
"One day there will be a game base on the Sun and Moon, and maybe even a remake of Diamond and Pearl, but who knows." May said, as she began her way towards the town of Littleroot.
May twirl and spun around as she looked around her new hometown as she pass by multiple people and pokemon who doing their merry business. May smiled as the town was just filled with lively people and beautifuls plants that people had display out their shops and homes.
May was engrossed with the place she kept and twirling her body, wanting to see every part of the town and keep that majestic feeling she was having. There was nothing but felicity running her body as she walked through Littleroot Town.
The female trainer began singing as she wanted to express her happiness under the bright and sunny day that was present.
"I used to think maybe you love me, now baby I'm sure! And I just can't wait till the day, when you knock on my door!" May sang in a lovely voice that a few people notice as she walked past them and kept on singing happily.
She sang with her eyes closed as she walked, "I used to think maybe you love me, I know that it's true! And I don't wanna spend all of my life just waiting for you!" May singing even more happily She stopped twirling and singing when she heard a sound of a pokemon shout.
"PIKA!"
But it was too late as May then bump her forehead on a person, making her and the person fall to their back. May had her eyes close as she rubbed her hurt forehead. When she doing rubbing the pain away, she lifted her head to see a boy with a red hat, a red vest, a black shirt underneath his red vest, two black wrist band, blue pants, and a big yellow backpack. The boy too was rubbing his forehead with his Pikachu beside him, wanting to make sure his trainer was all right.
"Pika pikachu chu! (Translation: Hey man, you okay? That was quite the impact?)" Pikachu asked. The boy lifted his head to reveal his brown eyes, looking and smiled at the yellow mouse.
"I'm fine, Pikachu. No need to be worry." The boy responded back. May quickly got up to her feet to apologize to the boy she bump into.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so so so sorry! I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." May stutter.
"It's okay, I also didn't know where I was going either." The boy said, as his brown eyes were meeting with May's sapphire eyes.
"Here, let me help you up at least." May offer her hand.
The boy smiled as he took the female's hand and got up to his feet, "Thanks." The boy said, dusting off the dirt on his shoulder.
"I'm really really really sorry. Please forgive me." May said, as she bow down.
"Look it's no big deal, really. It's just an accident." The boy said, as his Pikachu jumped on his shoulder as they both looked at May.
May smiled in glee when she saw the boy's Pikachu. "Oh wow, a Pikachu. I never seen one this close before." May smiled at the yellow mouse.
The boy and his Pikachu smiled, "Really? Would you like to hold my Pikachu. It's the least I could do after bumping into you." The boy offer.
"Yeah I do!" May shaking her fist excitedly.
Pikachu then jumped off from the boy's right shoulder and May caught the yellow mouse in her arms.
"Aw, you have to be the cutest Pikachu I have ever seen. Thanks for letting me hold him." May said, scratching the mouse's belly and made him let out a "Cha" sound in delight.
"Say, what's your name?" The boy asked, smiling and seeing his Pikachu liking the girl. He was surprise how much his Pikachu was taking a liking to May since his Pikachu doesn't really go well with random strangers. May looked at the boy with her sapphire eyes.
"I'm May. May Sapphire." She introduce herself.
"Cool name, May. Are you a pokemon trainer by any chance?" The boy asked some more.
"Not yet, I just recently move here to Littleroot Town. I'll be starting my pokemon journey in a few hours." May said, scratching Pikachu's belly.
When May was done scratching Pikachu's belly, the yellow mouse jumped from her arms and back to the boy's right shoulder.
"How about you, what's your name?" May asked with her hand behind her back as she grew curious about the boy with his Pikachu. For some strange reason, May was getting a joyful vibe as she watch him and just kept on smiling.
"Well May, my name is-" The boy stopped when his cell phone began ringing. The boy reached down his pocket and saw it was his mom calling him. May couldn't help but giggle softly, seeing the blush of embarrassment on the boy's face.
"Opps sorry about this, my mother is calling me. She worries a lot about me. I gotta take this." The boy said, embarrassed.
"Hey it's cool, I gotta get going to somewhere anyways. Let's talk some more and hang out a bit if we see each other." May said, as she began to run away to her destination.
"Sure, I'll be looking forward to it. You seem like a cool girl, May." The boy said as he and his Pikachu waved goodbye and answered his cell phone.
As May was running through the streets of Littleroot, she couldn't help but think about the boy in red that she just met right now, for there was something familiar about him that she couldn't put her tongue on it. Just the way the boy had his Pikachu on his shoulder reminded her of someone.
"The way that Pikachu looked on his right shoulder almost reminds me of how Red has his Pikachu on his right shoulder. Could it be that I actually ran into him just now." May thought to herself as she tried to look back where the boy was at. The female trainer stopped running to think about her encounter with the boy in red with her hand on her chin.
"Nah, it can't be Red. He has black hair and black eyes. Not brown eyes and brown hair, plus he's not wearing his regular suit that Red wears. Maybe he's a guy who's a fan of Red and is trying to mimic his outfit style and pokemon team." May suggested.
"I mean why would the champion of Kanto be here in Hoenn? Right?" May said to herself. "Though the way he had Pikachu on his shoulder is the way Red does it as well." May said, as she then hit her noggin.
"I'm thinking way too hard about this. I should keep on going to meet my dad's friend's son. Man, trying saying that twenty times." May laughed to herself as she continued her way.
"At least I made one friend in Hoenn today." May said as she ran through the streets with a bright smile.
Moments later
After a while of walking, May finally made to the house of Professor Birch,. The house looked really identical to her home with it's same structure and house paint. May knocked on the door lightly as she waited for someone to open the door.
It took for respond but then the door slightly open, but not all the way. A pair of red lips appear on the ledge of the door, for the person didn't want to show their face. May was a bit creeped out about this, but spoke anyways.
"Umm...Hello." May responded.
"Are you the buyer?" The voice said in a mysterious voice, which happen to be a woman's voice.
"Umm...No." May said. May then heard a sound of a clip being put in a gun for the woman behind the door didn't want no trouble.
May quickly answer as she was frightened, "I'm May Sapphire, the daughter of Norman, who's friends with Professor Birch." May quickly answer.
"Oh that changes everything!" The woman said, happily as she open the door for May and reveal herself to be an average house wife.
"Hello! I'm Professor Birch's wife, please to meet you." The woman said, happily.
"Hey, I'm just here to visit your son that my mom wants me to make friends with." May said.
"Oh yes, you're the girl that your mother April told me that was coming. Please, come right in." Birch's wife said.
"My son is just up in his room doing whatever boys his age do." The woman pointed upstairs.
"Thanks." May nodded as she headed upstairs. Birch's wife then turned off the lights once May was gone and check outside her windows to see if the buyer shows up or not.
May reach the door room of Birch's son. She enter in to find a boy with a white hat, black short pants, tan skin, and a red and black stripe shirt. May saw that the white hat wearing boy was looking at cute Skitty videos and pictures on the internet with his PC and was unaware of May's presence.
May walked to him, "Ummm...Hi?" She spoke up.
The boy then broke out of his trance as he looked at May and his face became completely red in embarrassment as the sounds of Skitty's cute "Nyas" could be heard loudly. There was a awkward silence between them before the boy spoke and shouted.
"POKEMON FULLY RESTORE! ITEMS READY!" shouted the boy as he quickly shut off his computer containing cute Skitty videos.
"Who are you?" The boy asked, hoping that May saw nothing.
"I'm May Sapphire, I just moved here today." May answered.
"Oh you're May and you just moved here today." The Boy said, as May nodded her head.
"Hi, I'm Brendan. Brendan Birch Ruby, glad to meet you!" He introduce himself.
"Wow, you even have a gem as your last name too." May said, as she and Brendan shook hands.
"I...I have this dream of becoming friends with pokemon all over the world." Brendan said, randomly.
"O-Okay, I don't know why you would just say what your dream is to me. We just met." May said.
Brendan was getting more nervous, "I heard about you from my father, I was hoping that you would be nice, May, and that we could be friends." Brendan said, nervously. "Okay but-" May was cut off by Brendan.
"Oh would you look at the time, I just remember that I have to help my father catch some wild pokemon and do minor character stuff to the plot. I'll catch ya later in the next chapter of this story." Brendan said, as he quickly ran out his house.
"Umm...Okay I'll see ya later." May awkwardly waved goodbye. "I guess I also made another new friend in Hoenn today." May said, scratching her head.
Brendan quickly ran out and hid behind his house, watching May come out his house and walk away as he began to talk to himself.
"Oh boy, a cute girl walked into my room without slapping my face this time. It's just like one of my japanese animes." Brendan said, happily.
Back with May, she was still confused by what happened between her and Brendan just now as she walking back through the streets of Littleroot and was heading back home.
"Boy that was weird, maybe I should have knocked on Brendan's door instead of just coming in like that." May said to herself.
As May was walking, she notice that a boy was standing in front of a gate leading to some tall grass. The small boy had a frightened face as somebody shouted "help" out loud. May ran up to the young boy to get some answers.
"Hey what's going on?" May asked the boy.
"I can hear someone shouting down the road there. What should I do? What should we do? Go call for some help!" The boy panic, looking at May.
"Well why don't you call for some help then?" May questioned the young boy.
"I can't! I'm a NPC. I can't move from this spot until somebody does something to help the person in trouble." The boy explained.
May raise an eyebrow, "Oh okay then, I'll go help that person myself." May still somewhat confused by what the boy meant as she ran towards the person.
May ran towards her way to aid who ever needs help and spotted a fat bearded man in a lab coat being chased around by a wild Poochyena. May just stood there and laughed, seeing it was kinda funny seeing a fat man run around the area.
The fat man then spotted May as she was laughing and was still being chased around.
"Hey you over there!" The man pointed at May.
"Me?" May pointed at herself.
"Yes you! Please! Help!" The man pleaded.
"Okay, but how?" May tilted her head.
"In that bag down next to you! There's a poke ball!" The man pointed down.
May looked down to her feet and saw a brown handbag and open it to see three poke balls.
"Good! Now quick! Take out a pokemon to battle this Poochyena and-OWW!" The man shouted as he almost got bit from the wild Poochyena.
"I don't know, it's kinda funny watching you run around. With a large body like that, you could use the exercise you know." May mocked.
"Now is not the time to joke about my fatness! I get enough of that from my wife and son as it is! Just pick a pokeball already!" The man said.
"Okay then, let's see here?" May said, bending down and gaze at the three pokeballs in front of her. "I'll pick the one on the far right." May said, happily.
"Oh, so you like Mudkips huh?" The man teased back.
"Okay nevermind, I'm putting that one down." May said, settling down the red ball.
"I'll pick the one in the middle." May said, picking up the pokeball with the pokemon of her choice. The red bow wearing female ran towards where the fat man was at and got between him and the Poochyena, gaining the wild pokemon's attention.
May had a smirk,giving a tight grip on the pokeball in her hand. Poochyena barked at May as it watch her throw her pokeball.
"Okay! Let's do this!" May shouted throwing her pokeball, ready for battle.
A little while ago with Red
The Pallet Town trainer was walking through the streets of Littleroot Town with his Pikachu walking on his right. The two friends were just finishing up their cone of ice cream that Red bought one for himself and bought another one for his best pal Pikachu.
Red glance at his yellow mouse friend, walking beside him.
"Did you like the ice cream I bought you, Pikachu?" The trainer in red, asked.
"Pika Pikachu! (Translation: Heck yeah! This one didn't make me vomit this time! Because it's not the ice from Mt. Silver!)" Pikachu responded with a thumbs up.
"You know, we should look for the professor of this region. Every region has a pokemon professor you know." Red looking at Pikachu.
"Pika pikachu chu! (Translation: True dat, I wonder if they all went to the same school together.)" Pikachu said, to himself.
"Let's ask for some direction to see where we can find the professor of this region, so he can tell us where we can find a man name Steven who has some info about those stones Professor Oak gave us. Maybe on the way, we'll encounter some tough trainers to battle." Red said, as his Pikachu nodded and jumped on his right shoulder.
"HELP!"
Their eyes were captured by May as they watch her run a block away from them.
"Hey it's that girl May that we met a little a while ago." Red said, with his eyes glue to May, running to where she was heading. "I think she's heading to where that scream of "help" came from." Red said, as he tail May from Behind.
"Come on let's help out if it's something dangerous. Afterwards we can ask May where we can the professor of the region. Maybe she knows." Red said, running with his Pikachu on his right shoulder.
When Red reach the area where the shout of help came from. He stopped running when he saw May with a pokeball in her hand and a Poochyena in front of her, growling.
Red and Pikachu hid behind a bush and watch May, "Looks like May is gonna have her first pokemon battle. This should be interesting." Red said, as he and Pikachu kept quiet and watch.
"Okay! Let's do this!" May shouted throwing her pokeball, ready for battle.
As May launch the pokeball into the air, it burst open as a blue beam came out of it and unleashed the pokemon. The blue beam ended and revealed a small chicken like pokemon. This pokemon was small and had yellow and orange feathers, representing the color of fire. The chicken pokemon also had a yellow beak and black eyes and hairstyle that resembles a flame.
"Torchic! (Translation: I'm free!)" The pokemon spoke her name.
"Sweet! A Torchic! A fire type pokemon." May said, with her hands tight together happily. Red himself was also surprise, never seeing a pokemon like Torchic before.
"A Torchic huh?" Red said to himself as he took out his national pokedex to get it's data and continued watching that event that was about to unfold.
The Poochyena wasted no time as it charge straight at May's Torchic. "Torchic, you ready?" May asked.
Torchic looked at May with determined eyes and nodded her head, "Torchic Tor! (Translation: Just tell me what to do! I've been itching for a fight!)" Torchic said. May nodded back and said her first command.
"Okay Torchic! Use Growl!" May commanded, throwing a fist forward.
Torchic then face back at the running Poochyena and let out a loud growl. Poochyena stopped running and felt a bit frightened at the loud noise that Torchic caused and hurt it's ears and lower its attack stats. "Good Torchic, now use scratch!"
Torchic's feet then began to glow as the chicken pokemon ran towards the weaken Poochyena full on. Once close, Torchic scratched Poochyena on the face and head causing it to scream in pain.
"Wow, nice." Red said, a bit impressed by May's commanded.
Poochyena then used howl to push away Torchic, but the orange pokemon stood her ground as she stay on her chicken legs.
"Torchic, are you alright?" May asked.
Torchic nodded her head in a "yes" and wanted to keep battling.
"Look out Torchic! It's coming in with a tackle attack!" May warned her pokemon, throwing a fist in the air. "Dodge it quick! And follow it up with another scratch attack." May commanded. Torchic weave her body to the left and mange to avoid the attack from Poochyena.
Torchi then proceed using scratch and on the left side of the body of Poochyena, getting a critical hit out of it. Poochyena growl as it began to fall back and ran away from the fire pokemon, knowing it doesn't stand a chance due to its weakened state, thus letting May and Torchic win their first battle.
"Yeah! We won!" May celebrated as her Torchic was hoping in the air.
"Torchic chic torchic! (Translation: Wow that was fun!)" Torchic said, still hopping.
"You did a great job, Torchic." May said, bending down to one knee and patted Torchic's head.
"Torchic Torchic Tor! (Translation: Thanks! You were pretty good too!)" The bird pokemon smiled.
Red couldn't help but smile softly at May and her Torchic celebrated together and clapped quietly for them.
"Not bad for a trainer who just started out. Right Pikachu?" Red asked his mouse buddy.
"Pikachu pika pika! (Translation: We gotta push that Torchic for Summerslam!)" Pikachu said, in deep grouchy voice. Red and Pikachu's attention were then turn back to May when they saw a man in a lab coat come towards her in relief.
"Whew!" The man in the lab coat said, wiping off the sweat from his forehead. "Whew, just give me a sec to catch my breath. All that running made me tired." The fat man said, with his hands on his knees.
"Thanks I owe you one." The man said, thanking May and continued on talking. "I went into the tall grass to survey wild pokemon when I was suddenly jumped! You save my hide. Thanks a lot!" The man explained.
The man looked at May, taking a good close of her. "Hey you're Norman's girl, May!" The man said.
"Yeah, I'm May." The female trainer responded, as she pick up the Torchic in her arms.
"Wow, I didn't even realize who you were at first. You've grown into quite the young woman." The man said.
"Umm okay, but how do you know who I am?" May asked. "Why I'm friends with your father Norman. Professor Birch is the name." He said, introducing himself.
"Oh you're Professor Birch. The guy that my dad always block on his Twitter and never pays any attention to." May said.
"Eeyup, the same one. Nice to meet you May." Birch said, as he and May shook hands, "Come on, this isn't the place for a chat. Let's head back to the lab and-" Birch stopped talking when he and May saw some bushes shaking.
From the bushes, out came a large pack of Poochyenas and the same one that May's Torchic fought before. The Poochyena that Torchic fought, brought some of it's friends to avenge him for his defeat.
May, Birch and Torchic were out number as they were being surrounded by the pack of Poochyenas. They couldn't even reach for Birch's bag containing the other pokemon to help them out, for the pack was preventing them from doing so.
One of the Poochyenas stood in front of the gang and began to bark out loud, "Bark! Bark! Bark! (Translation: Torchic! We coming for you foo!)." Poochyena barked.
"Oh crud, we're out number!" Birch yelled.
May's Torchic jumped off from May's arms and jumped front of May and Birch, wanting to protect May and Birch from the pack of Poochyenas.
"Torchic torchic chic! (Translation: Come on! All of you! I can take you all down on my own!)."
"Torchic! No! Come back! You can't take them all at once!" May pleaded to Torchic.
"Torchic chic! (Translation: Don't believe me! Just watch! Wooo!") Torchic chanted at May as she began to scratch the dirt floor with her chicken claws, bracing herself.
One of the Poochyenas from the pack then jumped forward to attack, until a voice shouted out from nowhere.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!"
The Poochyena then turned it's head saw a yellow beam of electricity come and hit its body, making it faint instantly on the scene. The Poochyena fell to ground as everybody who witness the electric attack unfold. The other Poochyenas ran towards their fainted friend to aid him.
"Where did that attack come from?" Birch asked as he, Torchic, and May looked around, including the Poochyenas.
"Torchic Torchic tor! (Translation: Well, wherever it came from. It was awesome!)" Torchic said, jumping up and down happily.
"*Whistle* Over here!" shouted a voice
Everybody looked over where the voice came from and spotted Red and his Pikachu, giving cocky smiles to the Poochyena.
"Hey, it's you! The boy I met earlier today!" May said, happy to see the boy in red again. Red smiled and nodded his head at May and looked back at the pack of Poochyenas with a teasing smile.
"Hey, my Pikachu just took down one of your pack member. What are you going to do about it!" Red taunted the pack of Poochyenas. "Pika pikachu chu! (Translation: Yeah! Are gonna do something or what?)" Pikachu said, clapping his hands in a taunting way.
The pack of Poochyenas then turned their attention to the male trainer and his Pikachu and growl angrily at them. The whole pack then charge straight towards Pikachu, wanting to jump the yellow mouse together. Pikachu wasn't frightened as he kept his cocky smile, knowing he got this under control.
The pack approach Pikachu, ready to use the their tackle attack. Pikachu did nothing as he just dodge their attacks, having fun while doing so as he ducked and dodge roll out of the way. No matter how hard the Poochyena tried, they could hit Pikachu for his speed was something incredible to watch and Red still hasn't given a command.
May, Birch, and Torchic were amazed as they watch Red's Pikachu just dodges the swarms of attacks from the Poochyenas. Red himself was watching, smiling seeing his Pikachu have his fun and was ready to give him a command. Red smirked seeing how tired the poochyenas were as they panted and stuck out their tongues.
"Alright, you had your fun, Pikachu. Finish them with a thunderbolt!" Red commanded.
Pikachu's red dotted cheeks began to spark up, ready to attack the pack with cocky eyes to do so.
"PIKA-CHUUUU!" The yellow mouse shouted out as a huge wave of electricity came out from it. The wave of electricity hit the pack of Poochyena, making them all howler in fear and run away from the scene, not wanting to deal with Pikachu any longer.
Red dusted his hands as Pikachu ran up to him, "Great job Pikachu, that scare them off." Red said, as he and Pikachu high five each other.
May, Torchic, and Birch ran up to him as they wanted to learn about Red and his Pikachu.
"I have to say, that Pikachu is something great! Thanks for saving us." Birch said.
"No problem, Pikachu here is the first pokemon started with when I first started my pokemon journey. I trained him a lot." Red said, patting his pokemon's head.
"Thanks, for the help, I was afraid that we were doom." May said, thanking Red.
Torchic walked towards Pikachu with a huge smile, "Torchic torchic torchic! (Translation: Man, that was so awesome! I wanna be like you!)" Torchic cried out as Pikachu couldn't but laugh a bit.
"Are you the professor of Hoenn?" Red asked.
"Why yes I am. I'm Professor Birch." Birch introducing himself to Red.
"Quick let's head back to my lab to talk safely. It's really close by from here." Birch suggested.
"Lead the way." Red said, as he and May nodded at each other followed the professor back to the lab. While on the way Torchic was jumping around Pikachu as she was idolizing him.
When they reach the lab, Birch first spoke to May and told her how impressed he was when she battled with Torchic and decided to let May keep the pokemon as a thank you. Torchic had no problem with May being her trainer as she happily accepted her. May smiled as her new Torchic jumped on her arms, beginning a new friendship between them.
Once Birch was done talking to May, he turn his attention to Red.
"So what about you, it seems you been wanting something if you were looking for me?" Birch said.
"Just some answers really." Red said. "Really? What answers?" Birch asked.
"I'm looking for a man name Steven, here in the Hoenn region." Red explained.
"Steven? As in Steven Stone? Yeah I know him." Birch answer.
"Yes, I'm was told by Professor Oak to meet him while I'm on my journey through Hoenn." Red told the bearded professor.
"Wait! Professor Oak? As in the famous pokemon professor that has ever lived. He used to be my teacher and would always send me to detention." Birch said, excitedly.
"Well I wouldn't call him the greatest professor. He can't even remember his own grandson's name." Red stated.
"What does Oak want from Steven?" Birch asked.
"He wants some info about these weird stones he found recently. He's hoping that Steven might have some information about them." Red said.
"Weird stones? Mind if I take a look at them?" Birch asked.
Red nodded as May and Birch watch the male trainer take a small black case from his yellow backpack. Red open the small black case as Birch and May took a quick scan of them.
"Fascinating." was all that Birch and May was able to say, seeing their reflection of the stones as Red put away the black case back into his backpack.
"Well I don't know where Steven is exactly. He travels a lot around Hoenn. I'm sure he you'll cross pass with him as you journey through Hoenn. Sorry if I'm not much of help." Birch said.
"It's okay, makes this journey of mine more exciting." Red smiled.
The professor eyes widen realizing something. "Oh clumsy me. I forgot my manners. What's your name young boy?" Birch asked. May spoke up, also wanting to know.
"Hey yeah, I didn't catch your name from before. What is it?" May said, giving curious eyes to Red and his Pikachu.
Red shot a boosting smile at the two with his Pikachu on his right shoulder, "I'm Red, Pokemon Trainer Red from Pallet Town in the Kanto region. I just started a new journey to meet new people, see new places and battle against any tough trainers." Red said, proudly.
"Pikachu!" The mouse chanted out loudly and pump his fist.
"Well nice to meet you Red. I hope you enjoy your time here in the Hoenn region. I think you'll enjoy it." Birch gave handshake to Red.
"Thanks, I look forward to what this region has in store for me." The male trainer responded back to the bearded professor and went to look at May.
"There you go, May. That's my name and now-" Red stopped talking the moment he laid his eyes on May.
May's sapphire eyes were sparkling in joy as she was watching him and was speechless as if her wish came true.
"Umm hello?" Red waved a hand in front of her. May then formed a huge girly smile on her, ready to burst out in joy.
"You're you're you're..." May stuttering her words excitedly.
"Oh no, I think she knows who I am." Red frighten, stepping away from May.
"Oh my gosh! It's the champion of Kanto!" May cheered out loudly causing everbody in the lab to look at her. Red facepalm and curse himself.
"Oh crud. Life's a Birch." He said, as his Pikachu and May's Torchic couldn't help but laugh at him as May kept her joyful smile.
Little did Red know, it was the start of a long, beautiful, and awesome friendship between him and May as his journey through the Hoenn region is just beginning.
To be continued…...