Yo! ^^ I know some people read the first chapter, even if they didn't review…. oh well. I never planned on updating so soon, but when has it ever been a bad thing, right? =D
Disclaimer~ I am but a lowly peasant who owns not a thing…except my characters…X3
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Emma woke up to her Piplup shaped alarm clock chirping and squawking at her. Her mother thought it cute to buy her things that made annoying noises… But deep down, Emma thought it was cute too.
She slowly rose to a sitting position on her bed, stretching out her arms and legs. She yawned as she stood up and shuffled over to the clock, which rested on top of her dresser across the room. She put it there so she would have to get up to turn it off. Every morning she regretted it, yet she kept it there to make sure she woke up in the morning. Or in this case, apparently, afternoon.
Her eyes widened when she read the time on her little clock. It read 1:02, close to the time that Redd was supposed to come over. She rushed over to her dresser, and pulled out a brown tee shirt and another pair of jeans. She ran into her bathroom to quickly change. Once she finished, she threw her pajamas into the hamper with her clothes from earlier that week.
On her way out, she grabbed a thin white hooded sweater, her favorite, and headed out into the hallway. She looked around, seeing no one. Thinking this strange, she listened for the familiar sound of the T.V. that Keith so loved, but she was greeted with silence. She even tried sniffing for any smells of food, it was lunch time after all. Nothing.
She slowly walked down the hall, the lack of normal family behavior putting her on edge. She tried to be silent, but then again, she had never been very good in the stealth department. Emma cringed every time she stepped in one of the areas that made the old floor squeak, which was pretty much everywhere.
She finally made it to the stairs, and, tossing the stealth idea, just casually walked down.
And that was her mistake.
As soon as she stepped onto the entryway floor, she was greeted with a very unwelcome surprise. She must have jumped at least a foot in the air as her whole family (Plus Redd) jumped out from behind various types of furniture, and yelled SURPRISE!!!
Once Emma had recovered from the immense shock, she nearly growled in annoyance.
"What in hell's name was that about!?" She yelled, forgetting that her mother was present.
"Watch your language!" Stella scolded.
Of course, at the moment, Emma couldn't care less about her colorful language.
"Whatever, just tell me why you all felt the need to get up and wait for me to walk down the stairs, just to freak the living shit out of me!?"
Keith shook his head and made a little tut-tut sound with his tongue.
"Are you telling me that you forgot what today is?" He asked with a sly smirk on his face.
She tilted her head a bit in thought.
"Oh wow! How did I manage to forget my own birthday?" She asked, a little ashamed of herself for freaking out.
"Because you're just stupid like that, now can we move on to the Pokemon part please? I'm dying to choose my starter!" Redd yelled in excitement.
Stella crossed her arms and shook her head. (Lot's of head shaking, huh? CoughcoughBabeOfGlamcoughcough… Just ignore that….)
"No, I still have to make a cake, get the presents rapped, take care of the Pokemon, and help Luke and Emma pack. Just hang in there, we'll get to that eventually." Stella stated.
Redd sighed in frustration.
"Well…How about me and Emma take care of the Pokemon, Luke packs by himself, Keith raps the presents, and you cook the cake? Then I'll help Emma pack, seeing as I already am." Redd suggested.
Stella nodded her head in approval while Keith sighed in disappointment.
"Why do I have to rap the presents? I don't even want any part in this!" Keith stated defiantly.
"Tough. No one else has the time. So suck it up, bub." Luke retorted, heading off to his room to pack.
"Well, see ya, me and Redd are going, I guess…" Emma said, dragging Redd off with her.
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Emma and Redd were both sitting on a fence, looking out at the pasture, which was filled with Flaffy. The little sheep Pokemon were being followed around by a Houndoom, which was a Hudson family pet. Also conveniently good at herding.
They had just finished feeding all the Pokemon, so they were taking a well deserved break.
"So, what do you want to choose as your first Pokemon?" Emma asked, watching the Houndoom casually walk over to the pair.
"I still don't really know… What do you think I should get?" He asked.
Emma stroked the dark wolf like Pokemon as she replied.
"Well… I didn't know either, so Mom told me that I should just pick a random egg."
"And your going to, I assume?" Redd asked, again, looking up at the clouds.
"Well, yeah. Maybe you should, too. Then we'll get to raise them ourselves. That might be fun…"
Redd just laughed a bit, then jumped off the fence.
"Where ya going?" Emma called after him.
He didn't turn around, but just kept walking as he answered.
"Where you think I'm going? I'm going to check out thee eggs you guys have!"
She jumped off the fence and followed. And quickly chasing after her was the Houndoom, who I should mention was named Mila.
They quickly got to a typical barn, which was the ranch's personal incubator. Emma took out a key and unlocked the big doors. They kept all of their barns locked when they weren't in use, just in case. They walked through the big barn doors, and looked at the giant contraption holding all of the Sunset Ranch's eggs.
Redd didn't waste time in checking every single egg he saw, trying to guess what was inside. The family never labeled the eggs, seeing as it would take too much time that could be spent doing something more useful.
"What do you think's inside this one?" Emma asked as she held the bright blue egg close to her face, as if that would allow her to see through the thick shell.
"How should I know? Which one are you going to pick, Em?" He retorted, holding tightly to a deep red egg.
She shrugged.
"I don't know…maybe I should make someone else pick it for me? Just for kicks?"
"Yeah, as if it makes a difference…oh well, I can choose your egg, and you can choose mine! Like you said, just for kicks, right?" Redd said, laughing a little.
"Sure, I don't care. Either way, it's just a random egg…Oh! Look at this one!" She yelled, running over to look at an orange and blue striped egg.
"Oh, well, look at this one! It's so…girly!" Redd said, holding up a pink egg with light purple spots.
"Oh wow…that is really lame… This one's cooler." Emma said, pointing at an egg that was light orange with a flame pattern all over it.
Redd whistled.
"Wow…That one's awesome…" He said, staring at it.
"Hey, guys! Mom finished the cake, hurry up and get back to the house!" Luke called from some unseen location.
"Sweet, I'm starved. C'mon, let's go already!" Redd called, running toward the door.
Emma quickly checked to make sure all was in order before following him out the door. She quickly locked it and ran to the house, with Mila still in tow.
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They were all seated in the living room. The whole group had just finished the cake, and they were now focused on the little pile of presents. Stella had also gotten Luke a few things, seeing as he was leaving as well.
"Here you go, Em. A little something from your's truly." Said Keith proudly, as he handed her a small package.
Emma quickly tore through the rapping, eager to see what was inside. She opened the box, and inside was a brand new black sweater. It had blue flames rising from the bottom of the sleeves.
"Whoa, sweet! Thanks, Keith!" She said, taking a closer look at it.
"And that's not all! There's more in the box, sis." He said, excited by her reaction.
She folded the hooded sweater and put it down, then examined the box once again. Inside, she also found a plain blue tee shirt, and a white pair of running shoes. After she thanked Keith, Stella handed her a present from Luke.
She opened this one just as quickly, and saw that in it was a black baseball cap.
"Seeing as you love hats so much, I thought I'd get you a new one. Hope you like it, Em." He said, smirking as she tried it on.
"Look's great and stuff, now open my present!" Redd said, shoving it in her face.
"Alright, alright, no need to shove it down my throat…" Emma muttered as she took the rapped package from him.
She tore through this one more slowly, just to add to the suspense, and Redd's frustration. Once she had opened it fully, she was curious to see that it was a collar. It was black and covered in little spike like studs. Emma looked over at Redd in confusion.
"It's for your first Pokemon. So if you manage to lose it, which I'm sure you will, everyone will know who's it is."
"Wow, I'm touched…" Emma said sarcastically.
Redd just shrugged and leaned back on the black leather couch as Stella handed the last two presents to her. Emma tore through these ones quickly, wanting to know what her mother had gotten her. In the first package was a dark blue backpack. In the second was a Pokedex, some books on Pokemon and how to survive in the wild, some normal novels, and some Pokeballs.
"Thanks, Mom! Now I won't die, what a relief." She said, and Stella just chuckled a bit as she enveloped her daughter in a hug.
"They grow up so fast…" She sniffled, and pulled Emma closer.
"Oh, it's ok, Mom! I promise I'll come to visit you and Keith all the time!" She assured.
Stella pulled away to look her daughter in the eyes.
"You promise?"
"Of course."
Stella smiled.
"You'd better, or I'll disown you!"
"Whatever, Mom…" Emma muttered, rolling her eyes.
She gave her mom one last hug before she went up to her room to pack. Soon after she started, Redd joined her, sitting on her bed and watching.
"So…Wanna go get those eggs now?" He asked casually.
"Just a sec, I'm almost done…" She said as she stuffed some more clothes into her backpack. Thank goodness it was so big, or else she wouldn't have room for her stuff…
"Ok, done! Let's go!"
The two walked down to the living room, where Stella was waiting.
"Luke already left, so you two should hurry. I'll come with you while you get your Pokemon." She said, obviously a little sad still.
"Ok, Mom. Remember, I'm going to visit you as much as possible, ok? Don't look so sad, or I won't have the heart to leave…" Emma said, getting a little depressed herself.
"I know, hun. I just can't help but remember when you were still just a little girl…You would always go on about how you would be a great trainer. And now here you are, all grown up, getting ready to start your journey…Sweetie, I'm not sad, I'm crying because of how proud I am that your finally going to fulfill your dreams. Just don't worry about me, I still have Keith. And I know that you and Luke will always drop in to say hi…Just do whatever it takes to make your dreams happen, Emma, and don't worry about me."
Emma felt a few tears break lose and slide down her cheek. She rushed over to her mom, and quickly embraced her in a deep hug. Redd left, not wanting to barge in on these mother-daughter moments.
"Ok, Mom…I promise, I'll make you proud…" Emma sniffled, and pulled away.
"Good. Now, let's go to get your egg."
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Stella and Redd stood side by side, watching as Emma browsed around. She was picking out Redd's egg, just like she said she would. She stopped in front of a green and blue one, but quickly shrugged and walked past it.
"Would you hurry up already!? I'm dying of suspense!" Redd shouted, waving his arms through the air for emphasis.
"Ok, ok. Don't have a heart attack, jeez…" She muttered, finally stopping in front of the blue and orange egg from earlier that day.
She picked it up and carried it over to Redd.
"Here you go, speedy." She said, and shoved it in his face.
Stella quickly grabbed it from her.
"Emma! If you're going to treat your egg like that, then maybe I shouldn't let you have one at all!
"Sorry, Mom…Just please let me have an egg…" Emma pleaded, giving Stella the puppy-dog eyes.
"Oh…alright…Just don't go around shoving them in people's faces, you might drop it." She said, carefully handing Redd the egg.
He looked at it , then handed it back to Stella.
"Hold on to that for me? K, thanks…" He said, walking over the eggs.
He didn't take nearly as long as Emma did. He just walked right over to one, grabbed it, then walked back. He gave it to Emma with a satisfied smirk on his face.
"Hey, what gives! This is the girly one…" She whined.
And, sure enough, it was. It was the pink one with purple spots.
"Emma! You're lucky you get an egg at all! Now, quit whining and be grateful!" Stella scolded, again.
"Thanks Redd…" She muttered, holding the egg at arms length.
"Why, you're welcome, Emma! I'm so glad you like it!" He said, with a little too much enthusiasm.
Stella walked away, waving goodbye to the pair before walking back into the house. As Redd passed her on his way out, he muttered-
"That's for not giving me the flame one…"
Emma growled as she quickly followed him out of the barn, and into the unknown…
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Hope you liked it! That was chapter two, obviously… I couldn't think of a better ending…sorry…v.v I hoped to end any mary- sueness with this chapter…I tried to point out more of Emma's faults, don't know if you noticed…oh well. R&R, and all that good stuff…
Oh! And, I'm just gonna put some descriptions of the characters here, before I forget…~
Emma
Hair~ Long and dark brown
Eyes~ Brown, almost black
Skin~ Pretty pale, a little tan
Age~ 12
Redd
Hair~ Short and blonde
Eyes~ Bluish green
Skin~ Average tan
Age~ 12
Normal outfit~ Very loose dark green tee shirt, with baggy dark grey jeans, torn at the knees. Black shoes.
Luke
Hair~ very short, black
Eyes~ Brownish black
Skin~ Very tan
Age~ 14
Normal outfit~ Black tank top with a skull on it. Baggy dark brown jeans.
Keith
Hair~ Average length, dirty blonde
Eyes~ Dark green
Skin~ Average tan
Age~ 16
Normal outfit~ dark green tee shirt, and black sweater, with blue jeans
Stella
Hair~ Blonde
Eyes~ Blue
Skin~ Average tan
Age~ 34
Normal outfit~ white tee shirt with blue jeans
Ok, I'm done now. ^^ R&R!