(A.N. Thank you all for the positive reviews and messages, I am changing the story a little though, I decided not to have Riolu evolve into Lucario this early in the fic, Perhaps sometime down the road but anyway hope you enjoy Pokémon Dark star Rising Chapter 2: The Adventure Begins
My teacher came over and asked if we were ok,
"Why?!" I sobbed
"Why what dear?" She asked.
" Why them, what did they ever do?!" I yelled, Tears streaming off my face and the face of my Pokémon brother.
She brought me, with Riolu holding my hand to the principal's office. We found him talking with Officer Jenny, who looked at me sadly before excusing herself. As I sat in his office Principal Cartwright confirmed my deepest fears.
That man was from Team Rocket, a band of thieves and goons that wanted to use Pokémon's powers to destroy the world. Normally they don't come over into this region, but something my father did must have gotten their attention. he told me that for my own safety I would me moving to Pallet town, with my Aunt Delia, and her son Ash, who was about my age. I was instructed to pack my school work and to met her out front of the school in one hour. I did as I was told, Riolu never leaving my side. Once I had said my good byes I went out and sat on the bench in front of the school.
' Why them?!' Riolu angrily asked.
"I don't know" I sobbed and held my brother close in my arms. We stayed like that till Aunt Delia showed up in her car.
"Hey Alex, remember me?" She asked kindly.
"A little" I said honestly.
" I'm not surprised you were so young when we last met." she laughed. She loaded my back pack in the back of her car and buckled me in the seat next to a boy with Spiked black hair and a Pokémon comic book. Riolu sat on my lap the entire way to their house. Once we got there and got settled in Riolu and I sat alone in our room for a few hours.
'I know how we can get through this!' Riolu exclaimed.
"How? " I asked curiously
'By becoming what dad always wanted us to become.' Riolu said.
" Guardians?" I asked
"Guardians." He confirmed.
We stuck to the training that he had set up for us, Get up at five A.M meditate for an hour , get breakfast, then spar with one another, Rinse and repeat till we die.
Things really started to kick off on my tenth birth day. See once a child in our city reaches the age of ten they set out on an adventure to catch as many Pokémon as they can, and earn the title of "Pokémon Master", and today was my day, today I would become a Pokémon trainer. I woke up just like another day and began my meditation, It wasn't as focused as I thought it would be, but I figured it was just because I was excited to start my Journey. I got dressed in my usual attire of Red Trainers shoes, faded black jeans, a black shirt. I threw on a jacket that had a Yellow center section, but had white short sleeves. My dark brown hair was spiked and my emerald eyes shone with excitement. After I got dressed I walked down stairs Riolu following short behind.
"Morning Alex." Delia called.
"Morning." I called with a smile.
"Today is the big day!" She said flipping the pancakes on the stove.
"Yah, I can't wait to see professor Oak!" I said.
"Do you know what Pokémon you are going to chose as your starter?" She asked grabbing a plate and placing two pancakes on it.
"Well," I said taking a seat at the table. "It wasn't an easy choice, but I think I'll go with Charmander."
" That's great dear, I just wish Ash would get out of bed." She jokingly said setting the plate in front of me. I laughed and thought about how Ash had acted over the last five years. He had never really shut me out, but there was something about me that he didn't trust, he was often late, forgetful, and he lacked discipline. I had often looked to the stars and thanked my father for the schedule me and Riolu were following, because without that I feared I would have been just like him.
As I grabbed my fork to begin eating I said " Well you know he's not going to be here forever, he's going to have to learn to wake up on his own."
" I know I just wish he could be a bit more like you." She said walking back into the kitchen.
I finished my breakfast and went back up stairs to pack my bag.
'Don't forget this.' Riolu said picking up my water cantina.
"Thanks Ri." I said taking the cantina from him and packing it away behind a bundle of cloths and spare snacks Delia had made.
"Man I can't believe today is finally here." I said to Riolu, who nodded and said
' I'm really nervous'.
" Don't worry Ri," I said " We'll be fine."
Riolu smiled and walked over to my book shelf. ' You taking any of these?' He asked.
I stood up and walked over to him,
"None that leap off the shelf and scream TAKE ME WITH YOU!" I said earning a laugh from my brother.
I packed my few remaining cloths, threw my back pack over my shoulder, and walked down stairs.
"Well I'm off." I said to Delia as I walked out the door.
She ran out to the porch and gave me one last hug
"Be careful, sweetie." I assured her I would and set off for Professor Oaks lab.
"Good morning Alex." The gray haired Pokémon scientist said once I got there.
"Hey doc!" I called.
"I see you brought Riolu with you." He said looking down at Riolu at me side.
"Yup, I never go anywhere without him." I said with a smile.
"Well let's get you that starter Pokémon shall we." Oak said beginning the walk back up to his lab.
Once we got there he took me over to a pedestal that had three Poké Balls on it, each having the respective insignia on it. Charmander had a flame, Bulbasaur had a leaf and Squirtle had a water drop. I walked over to the ball of my choice and held it out to Oak.
"I chose Charmander." I said and he smiled.
"I had a feeling you were going to pick that one." He said removing the fire logo and giving it back to me. I decided to look at my new Pokémon, so I opened the PokéBall and a beam of red light shot out before Charmander formed with a
"Char char!"
I bent down to look the small Fire type in the eyes, "Hello Charmander, I'm Alex. I'm your new trainer." I said smiling.
Charmander stood there for a few seconds then smiled and ran into my arms.
"Looks like he likes you." Oak said laughing.
"Guess so." I agreed.
Riolu decided to jump on me as well, knocking me over on my back laughing.
"You really have a way with Pokémon Alex." Oak said as he helped me back up to my feet. I returned Charmander to his PokéBall as Oak handed me a flat red device that he called a Pokedex.
"This will automatically record data on any Pokémon you see or capture, however to get the full data you must catch the Pokémon, otherwise it will just be generic." He said "I also want you to have these." he said handing me six more PokéBalls.
" A beginner Pokémon can usually only carry six Pokémon at a time, all the rest of the captured Pokémon are automatically sent to the P.C." he explained
"Thanks Professor, now I just hope I prove a worthy Pokémon trainer." I said
"I'm sure you and Riolu will do just fine." He continued.
I thanked him, then took my leave. With Riolu, and now Charmander at my side my Pokémon journey had finally began.
As I left prof. Oaks lab I heard someone call out my name.
"Alex, Alex please wait."
I turned around to see Delia running towards me.
"what's up?"I asked.
"I was finally able to wake Ash up!"she said happily
"Oh...that's great." I said slightly confused
"Would it be too much to ask if you would wait for him here?" she asked.
"Sure no problem!" I said smiling
"Thank you so much!" she said and ran off toward oaks lab. I walked over to a nearby tree and sat in the shade.
' This ought to be interesting.' I said to Riolu, who nodded.
'I wonder if I can make a I Gingi Link with other Pokémon?' I asked Riolu as I reached for charmander's PokéBall.
'Only one way to find out' Riolu said. I pressed the center of the PokéBall and released charmander. The flame type Pokémon looked at me with joy in its eyes.
"Charmander I'm going to try something with you," I said looking into Charmander's eyes.
"It will help me train you, understand you, and help us learn from each other."
Charmander looked a little nervous but trusted me, and agreed.
"Ok charmander I want you to close your eyes and open your mind," I said placing my hand on Charmander's head.
'OK charmander I'm here can you hear me?' I called out.
' I can.' the small voice of Charmander came back,
'Listen charmander if there's anything you don't want me to see just imagine a door, and I promise I won't open it.' I promised.
Charmander was as open as he could be, nothing held back, he let me see everything. So I in turn let him see everything.
'OK Charmander this is the hard part I need you to focus on a time you remember most strongly, something that you will never forget.' I said
Charmander flipped through several images, before settling on the first time he ever made a flamethrower attack, and how proud his parents were of him.
See the more powerful the memory the more easily the link is made, and I knew the memory I was going to use.
Soon he link was made and I could now speak with both my Pokémon without saying a word, even if they're in their PokéBall. Soon after I returned charmander to his PokéBall I saw Ash come walking up the road.
"Hey Ash!" I called. I then saw he was dragging a Pikachu with a rope attached to the poor Pokémon's waist.
"Hey Alex." he said.
"So that's your starter Pokémon?" I asked with a smile.
"Yeah I was going to go for charmander but he was already taken, Pikachu here was the only one left." he explained
" Yah, but why isn't it in a PokéBall?" I asked
"It doesn't like them, from what the professor tells me it a rare thing but some Pokémon don't like PokéBall, Pikachu here is one of them."
I looked down at Pikachu who had a bored expression on his face.
'I wonder what that Pikachu's problem is?' I asked my Pokémon
'I don't know,' charmander said, 'but my father was the same way.'
" I guess that makes since." I said
As we walked down route one a Weedle popes out of the grass.
I threw out charmander and colander him to use scratch. Charmander began swinging his arms at the opposing bug type Pokémon. The Weedle used string shot and wrapped charmander in its web. I used one of the PokéBall professor oak gave me on the Weedle. The ball hit the bug square in the face before opening and drawing the small caterpillar inside. The ball shook once, twice, three times, before signaling a successfully capture.
"Alright way to go charmander!" I said and scooped the small Pokémon up in my arms.
'Did I do ok?' he asked hugging my neck.
'You did better than ok, you were excellent!' I said happily
Charmander smiled and his tail flame grew brighter with excitement.
Suddenly my pokedex beeped signaling that Weedle's data had been added.
"Weedle the harry bug Pokémon. The stinger on this Pokémon's head guarantees that any attacker will get the point right where it hurts."
I smiled and closed the pokedex.
" Welcome to the team Weedle."
We walked a bit farther and a Pidgey came out. Ash said he wanted to try his luck, so I let him try, however Pikachu wouldn't listen and ended up letting the Pidgey get away.
"Better luck next time Ash." I said
As we walked farther and farther we eventually came upon the first stop on our adventure Viridian City.