Shay's POV

This gem thingy was all too strange, though I was snapped out of the thought I was having when a boy, about the age of 19, slammed directly into me, running at full speed. I knew this kid all too well too. When I looked up, I knew exactly who it was. My 'dear' cousin, Chris Tennor.

Chris looked up the next half second, and he said, that same stupid grin on his face "well hey, stranger." I mimicked back his tone, "Well hey brick brain." I stood up and Snivy was surprisingly alright, though she was glaring at my cousin. Chris stood up "well someone's crabby today."

"I'm not crabby. I just may have a concussion thanks to an idiot i'm related to." I said. "No, everywhere you go there's trouble. Thats why I don't like you." I responded, putting Snivy on my shoulder, "What are you running from, exactly?" Chris glanced around "Um...you seen a rouge Charizard around here...?" "No... I haven't." I said, "And I'm guessing your Charizard went rouge?"

Chris's eyes went all shifty "Nooooooo." I facepalmed, "You can't be serious, Chris." Chris said, looking around at the sky "it got a thorn in its foot and flew away in a psychotic rage, what was I supposed to do?!" "Don't ask the girl who just became a trainer an hour ago." I said, "I don't know how I can help you."

Chris rolled his eyes "you are no help" and walked away. "Well you're real nice." I said, then walking the other direction away from him.

Chris then came up behind me and said "you're helping anyway" and dragged me by my hair. "Ow! Hair hair hair ow!" I shouted, "How am I supposed to help?!"

Chris just said simply "you're the bait." "The bait?! The Bait?! Ow! You're still pulling my hair!" I said. Chris just said "yes, and thats a tree, and thats a bush, what else is new?" "I'm not going to be used as bait!" I said. Snivy then hopped off my slanted shoulder and slapped Chris with one of her vines. Chris let go "God! Mean much!" "I didn't tell her to do it!" I said, "And I'm mean?! I'm not the one threatening to use my cousin as Charizard bait!" Chris rolled his eyes "I wasn't planning on letting him eat you!" "Then what WERE you planning exactly?!" I said, storming up to him and shoving him. As I waited for an answer, I heard a distinct roar that sounded exactly like a Charizard roar.

Chris said , then running off towards the Charizard noise "get him close, but him back in the pokeball, then go get some ice cream at Jerry's! Is that so wrong?!" I just rolled my eyes and took of in the other direction, not wanting to be apart of angry Charizards rage. Snivy was running beside me.

A while later, I was sitting under a tree, when Chris walked by, he was chared and smoke was coming from his hair. "So did ya get your Charizard?" I asked, smirking as I gave Snivy an apple I found in the tree. Chris just kept walking "yes, and now I'm getting Ice cream. and you can't have any!" "I'd fix your hair, and your clothes, and your charred up face before ya go anywhere, cuz." I said, jumping down and following him, Snivy using her vines to swing through the trees and follow me.

Chris glanced back at me for a second "oh, so now you follow me?!" "I need to get to the next town, so yeah, I'm following you." I said, smirking. Chris just grumbled something and walked into a lake. I stopped and looked at him, then turned and followed the path into town.

I walked into the pokemon center and started looking at the shelves for things to buy, going on a journey requires a lot of supplies, and you can get most of them at the pokemon center. I bought some stuff, and Snivy tried to wander off a bunch of times, so I had to put her in her pokeball until I left. When she was out though, everyone was complimenting on the 'necklace' she had on. I just nodded, and went back to shopping.

Finally I had all the thing's I thought I'd need for my journey, I was going to go home and get some sleep so I could leave in the morning, but Chris had me thinking about ice cream now! I walked down the road and found the ice cream place and walked inside. Only the owner of the place, Jerry, was there, washing glasses I walked up to the counter and ordered an ice cream to go, then headed home.

When I walked inside, I let Snivy roam about my house. "Oh, Shay, you're home! Your cousin Chris came to visit!" I heard my mom say, and when I walked into the living room, Chris was lying on the couch like he owned the place! Chris looked up for a second when I came in "welcome" "Don't welcome me to my own house." I said, "What are you doing here?" Chris just said, talking to me like I was dumb "sitting on the couch and watching TV, duh. WHat does it LOOK like I'm doing?"

I asked what you were doing here, brick brain." I said, walking over and pushing his feet off the couch so I could sit down, Chris just said "again,sitting on your couch and watching TV." then kicked me off the couch "You're a jerk." I said, "Are you staying the night or something?" Chris just shrugged " I might"

Whatever. How's Russell treating ya? Both of you planning something diabolical to do to me?" I asked. Chris just shrugged "we've got something in the works" "Well then I'm locking my door tonight." I said, shoving him off the couch and sitting down. Chris just sat up on the floor "well then: "What cha watching?" I asked, kicking my feet up on the coffee table. Chris just said, seriously peeved "well, I WAS watching pokemon hour" I tossed the remote onto the table, "That's fine." I smirked at how he was reacting. Chris then stood up and walked to the kitchen, then came back and poured ice from the freezer down my shirt.

I yelped in surprise and jumped up, knocking the ice out, "What the hell?!" I shouted, grabbing a cup of water from the table and throwing the water in his face. Chris didn't answer, just went into the bathroom, grabbed body wash, and squirted that on my head. I shoved him and chucked the remote at his face. Chris caught it, then sprayed me with mustard I ran into the kitchen and grabbed the ketchup, then squirted him with it. Chris then salt and peppered me

Then I threw soap at him and tackled him to the ground. Chris kicked me off him and then poured a pickle jar on my head

I ran to the fridge and grabbed the milk, poured that on his head, then grabbed the orange juice and poured that on him as well. Chris then grabbed the whipped cream bowl and poured that on my head, and the chocolate syrup too. "What IS going on in here!?" I heard my mother say. Chris and I looked over and blinked, before talking at the same time about different scenarios.

Chris's scenario involved me kicking him off the couch and then throwing a potted plant at him, and mine was, the truth

"There AREN'T any broken potted plants in this house." My mother said, "Both of you, CLEAN UP." Then she walked away. Chris walked into the bathroom and locked the door "I shower first!" "Ugh I hate you!" I said, "I've got longer hair then you! If this dries then I'm screwed!" Chris just said " To bad Shaylee!"

"Don't call me that, Christobrick!" I shouted.

Chris just turned on the water "Ok, Snezzy Saurous!"

I walked up the stairs and flushed the tolit in the bathroom up there, making the water sizziling hot. Chris then yelled, loudly "GAh! MY BURNS!" I sat up there, and every minute or so I would flush the tolit again. Chris kept yelling every time I did so. When I heard the water stop, I ran downstairs and waited until Chris walked out, then I ran in and locked the door. "You can clean up the kitchen!" I said.

Chris didn't do that, he walked outside, and when I was in the shower, the water suddently shut off. HE SHUT OFF THE WATER! I put on my clothes quick, my hair still dripping in whatever he put in it and stormed out, "What is your problem?!" Chris just shrugged, then locked me in the broom closet.

"MOM!" I shouted until she let me out, and I could finish my shower since he turned the water back on.

Chris went into cameron's room, kicked him out, locked the door, and went to sleep. Did I mention I hate Chris? If not, then I do. I was forced to stay up and clean up the kitchen, which means I didn't go to sleep until 1am. When I got up to my room, Snivy was asleep at the foot of the bed, and I had to check for any traps by Russell and Chris. I layed on my pillow, only to find it filled with whipped cream. I should've looked there.

I switched out the pillows and went to sleep, then I woke up at the crack of dawn and changed, grabbing the still sleeping Snivy and my backpack, then racing out of the house. Chris was at the mailbox. "Ahh!" I shouted, skidding to a stop, "You're up!? Why?!" Chris said " going outta town again, look for some action." "By the way thanks for filling my pillow with whipped cream," I said, walking past him and shoving him out of my way, "Really appreciate it." Chris bowed like he was in a theater play "thank you"

God he was such a jerk. I kept walking, though I noticed both of us were walking in the same direction. Chris ignored me. And I ignored him, though I mumbled 'brick brain' every now and again. Chris eventually got sick of me and let his Charizard out. I turned to him and growled, "Really? You're this immature?" Snivy was now awake and sitting on my shoulder. A grass type against fire type. This was going to be just great.

Chris said " I'm going to fly away on my charizard now. what did you think I was doing, going to make cousin kabobs?" "No, I thought you were challenging me to a pokemon battle." I said, "But whatever." I kept walking. Chris thought about it for a few minutes, but decided to fly. Fastest way to get places.

I kept walking until I noticed a vulpix walking around. Time to catch my first pokemon. It didn't see me. I nodded at Snivy and she hopped off my shoulder, walking close to Vulpix and then whipped Vulpix in the side with vine whip. Vulpix then used a flame thrower at us. Snivy dodged and used Leaf Blade. Vulpix continued to use flamethrower. Snivy kept dodging the best she could and continued to use moves that only had little effect, until she used tackle.

Vulpix got hit into a tree and I pulled out a pokeball and threw it, Vulpix getting sucked in. I watched it roll from side to side on the ground. Finally, it locked. Yes! I caught a pokemon!

Chris said to me, somehow behind me "bravo, you caught a vulpix" I jumped and turned around, "Are you STALKING me or something!?"

Chris said "no"

"Then how did you get here?! Have you been watching this whole time?!" I asked.

Chris just said "yes, I watched you this whole time."

"Why?!" I asked.

Chris said "because I want to watch you fail"

"Do you also want to get punched in the face?" I asked.

Chris just said" don't be so uptight"

"I'm not being uptight, just stop watching me." I said.

Chris just said "why?" "Because it's creepy." I responded

Chris shrugged "so?"

"Its. Creepy." I repeated.

Chris just rolled his eyes and got back on his charizard. I picked up my new pokemons pokeball and walked down the path with Snivy. Snivy was sniffing the ground, then started biting my sho. "Um... what's wrong?" I asked. Snivy looked at me with cute eyes.

"Aww..." I said, picking her up. Snivy started gnawing on my backpack strap.

"Are you hungry?" I asked. Snivy gave me cute eyes again. "I'll take that as I yes." I said, taking out some pokemon food and holding it out for her. Snivy devoured it and I continued along the path, holding Snivy as I walked. I thought this journey would be boring after that day and the simple catch of Vulpix. But boy was I wrong.