Fire red, chapter 1: ready, set, starter!
"boing, boing."
I stared at the tv, Nes controller in hand.
My mother had gotten it for me last Christmas, and I still haven't beaten any of the games.
That however, didn't stop me from guiding Mario through the castle while repeated each and every sound.
I'd gotten farther than ever before this morning. Perhaps this one actually had-
"thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle."
Nope. Still hadn't rescued princess peach.
"I swear this game doesn't have an ending…"
"Pallet, breakfast is ready."
I rushed downstairs and saw piles of French toast and bacon.
I removed my hat and hung it on the chair before grabbing a few slices of each and drowning them in syrup.
"Honey, slow down. You're going to-"
A piece of bacon logged in my throat, but a few gulps of milk and I was back to my plate.
Some People often say Snorlax have a huge appetite. Those people have clearly never seen a growing boy eating his favorite food.
"I swear, you're just like your father."
"I wouldn't know"
It was true. My father had left for Hoenn before I was born.
Occasionally he'd appear on the news. Apparently he was trying to become gym leader in some small town.
The kids at school thought it would be cool if he succeeded, but I never really cared.
What point would there be to having a gym leader for a dad if you'd never even spoken with him?
It actually kind of had a lasting impact on me.
For the longest time I didn't want to become a trainer.
After all, what if I turn out just like him? What if mom was left alone because of me?
When I brought my fears to her, she just ran her fingers through my brown hair while wispering "You have the power to break the chains that bind you."
it didn't stop me from hating the idea of training at all.
So what eventually changed my mind?
A few months back, a wild Bulbasaur was found near route one.
My neighbor Oak, the local Pokémon researcher, had tried to take care of it, but she wouldn't eat a thing.
Eventually his grandson Nova convinced me to try. Jokingly I offered her some Tauros jerky.
Who would have thought a plant would be a carnivore?
I kicked off pretty well with the little dinosaur plant, and as payment Oak promised to save her for me as a gift.
"Pallet, if you don't hurry you won't make it in time."
I looked at the clock. I'd been staring at my food for 15 solid minutes, and it was now almost 8AM.
"Ok, I'm off."
before she could stop me, I'd already put my hat back on, Grabbed a coat from the hander, and ran out the door with a slice of French toast hanging in my mouth by the corner.
"Ah, there you are pallet."
Nova smiled at me as I entered the Lab. Like usual, his hair was dyed a shade of brown that almost looked orange.
"Yeah, sorry, kind of got lost in a daydream."
"Typical Pallet, you probably couldn't stay focused if your life depended on it."
Nova playfully punched my shoulder and we started walking toward Oak's office.
"So, any plans on your starter." Nova asked, tilting his head while opening the door.
"Very funny, you know I'm going with the Bulbasaur."
"How did you know about the Bulbasaur." A new voice rang out.
I turned my head to stare at Oak. The silver haired professor was always forgetful, often even forgetting his grandson's name, but he hadn't had that problem since he'd started taking medicine.
"Very funny, like I could forget the Pokémon I helped nurse back to health."
"But I was the… oh forget it."
I stared at Oak and Nova, wondering what was going on.
Had something happened that I wasn't aware of?
I reached for the Ball I knew contained my friend, and quickly released her.
bending down, I gave her a quick once over. everything seemed fine."you know, I still haven't thought of a name for you. How about Lily?"
I reached under her chin and proceeded to scratch, laughing as she her head against my hand desperate for the attention.
"Wait, a plant type? You know how common those are, right?" Nova scoffed as he looked at the remaining two pokeballs.
I was really getting confused now.. At least with Oak it was possible he'd just missed a dose or something, Nova had no such excuse.
Finally giving up, I figured I'd just ignore it. Perhaps they'd give up their little game.
Nova grabbed the pokeball containing a fire symbol, opening it up to reveal a young Charmander.
'should have known he'd pick the type advantage' I thought.
I Thanked the professor, and was about to leave when Nova grabbed my shoulder.
"So, want to battle, or are you as much of a fragile flower as your starter?"
I knew Nova was playing, but It still angered me.
"Any time Hothead." I fired back.
Oak took a step back.
As much as he wanted the two to battle outside, he knew not a force on earth could stop them once they set their mind to something.
Authors notes:
I know the chapters are kinda short, but that's partly because I'm playing the game while writing XD (also I'm terrible at writing)
anyway, the purpose of this is to record (in story form) my nuzlocke.
for those who don't know what a nuzlocke is.
1:Permafaint.
2:Can only catch the first pokemon I encounter per named area (as shown on map),
of course, I've added some custom clauses to my runs.
3:duplicate clause. I already have a rattata, and encounter another rattata as my one pokemon per route, I can skip it and catch the next pokemon instead.
4:rule 2 doesn't apply to npc trades or gift pokemon (my starter, eevee, the fossils, ect. you can check bulbapedia for a list)
5:I can only trade to npc's, no other players.
6:rule 2 doesn't start until I can get my first pokeballs.