Disclaimer- I don't own Pokemon and no money is made off this story.
Authors note- the only thing that is owned by us is the original characters. This is Co written by imaginary Raine, who helped this idea come to life. While we already have two stories this one is something from our childhoods and will always have a special meaning to us.
Story will also contain Slash, het and Yuri. If you do not like any of those then don't read, any and all flames will be used to roast marshmellows while the two of us continue to plot.
"Normal talking."
"Pokemon speech."
Pokedex
Chapter 2
They had planned on leaving early and going to say goodbye to the town and all of it's people, but when the night came neither of them were able to sleep. It wasn't that they were nervous but rather they were excited, for the longest time they had someone else with them and now it would be just them. Henry and Micaela, Micaela and Henry. But even though they were excited they were also sad that they were leaving their grandfather behind, they knew that he would gladly go with them. However they didn't know what his health would be like they had still asked him anyway, the man had just laughed and shook his head.
"This journey is for the two of you and not me, I know that whatever the two of you will see it will help you grow."
The hadn't been able to argue when faced with that argument and that logic, that didn't mean that they didn't try to argue with him, he had just simply shot down each and every one of their arguments. In the end they had given up, but they could safely say that they did try it was arguing with their grandfather was like telling a Snorlax not to sleep. In short it was impossible. Still they had their bags ready, however before they had even stepped out of the front door they had been called back.
"I have something for you Micaela."
Aged hand passed over an egg, there was a smile playing on his lips as he looked at the wide eyed look that she gave him.
"It seems that Luna has a nest somewhere, she won't show anyone where it is. However she has given me this egg to give to you."
Micaela stroked the Ninetails before she took the egg and smiled, now she had two. While it would be more work she knew that it would be worth it, after all both her and Henry now had three Pokemon so they were even. She looked at Scorch who was still slightly sleepy and shook her head, it looked like he wasn't a morning Pokemon, but that was fine. She wasn't a morning person either, she looked at the egg and moved it to her other hand before she gave her grandfather a hug.
"Thank you grandfather."
The man grunted before he kissed her forehead, and smiled when she rubbed the top part of the egg. He knew that he had chosen well, when he had decided to give Micaela the egg. Although he wasn't sure what gender the Pokemon would be e knew for certain just what type it would be and he knew that Micaela had always wanted one, since she had been a little girl.
"Henry this is for you."
Henry took the book and looked at their grandfather, the man nodded his head and Henry opened the book and began flipping through the pages.
"It's a book on every berry that is safe to eat by both humans and Pokemon, it even has their effects and everything else! Thanks you!"
Lucy came walking into the room with Henry's egg wrapped up in about ten blankets, it was clear that the water Pokemon was taking no chances and was doing everything in her power to make sure that the egg survived. Henry shook his head in a fond manner and knelt down to pick up both of them.
"I see you have been busy."
Lucy nodded her head before the grip on the egg became tighter, it was clear that she didn't want anything to happen to the egg. Henry gave a small smile before he shook his head.
"Sorry, Lucy but this time the egg is going in the backpack."
Lucy growled at the thought of being separated from the egg but still nodded her head anyway, Scorch began prodding her.
"Char, Charrr, Charmander." "Ha, ha you lost your egg."
His eyes widened as he saw Micaela place her eggs into her backpack as well, it was very clear that he hadn't been counting on her to do that.
"The bags will give them some more protection and heat, it's not that we don't trust you. We do but right now these little guys need to keep warm."
Scorch pouted and walked away, it was clear to everyone just what he thought about the eggs going into the backpacks. Lucy looked at her companion and knew what he was going through, she walked beside him and leaned in close. While they both knew that they wouldn't get on very well, they could both understand each others pain. Micaela shook her head with a fond smile on her face, it was clear that those two would be a handful. Still she had two eggs now and her work load had doubled she found herself happy that she had been trusted with something so fragile as an egg.
"Do you have everything?"
Micaela closed the lid of her backpack and nodded her head, her eggs were safely tucked in her bag and they would be warmer in her bag than they would be if she was carrying them.
"Yep, got everything except the kitchen sink. Though it wasn't from lack of trying to be honest."
Richard shook his head and ruffled Micaela's hair ignoring her squawk of protest as she tried to push his hand away, Scorch came over and looked at the two of them. The Charmander shook his head before he walked away, it looked like he didn't want to get involved with whatever was going on.
"Char." "Weird."
Lucy shook her head and made her way over to Henry who was calmly stood off to the side, Lucy tilted her head and studied her human, he was uncomfortable with this and she wondered why. Still he was her human and she would help him open up. There would be a long way to go but Lucy knew that she would do it, besides she would have help.
Scorch looked at his trainer, he knew that by being with her he would get stronger. But it wasn't just strength that he wanted to get, he wanted to see things, he wanted to be able to see the world and everything it had to offer and being with Micaela would give him that and much more. Sure he would have to share her with the other Pokemon and her brother but he was fine with that, he may lose a battle but he knew that they would learn something from the lose.
So yes he was happy that they were together.
"Are we ready then?"
Lucy and Scorch turned and looked at their trainers, their backpacks were over their shoulders and they looked ready to go. The two Pokemon ran up to their trainers and stood next to them, Richard gave a sad smile as he looked at them.
"Make sure that you have everything, and I expect you to call me when you get to the next town."
Micaela and Henry nodded their heads before they turned around and began walking out of the town, just as they were about to leave the town the two of them turned around and began waving. Richard waved back as Luna came and sat next to him, Richard looked at his first Pokemon partner and sighed.
"You don't want them to go either."
Luna nodded her head and turned around, it was clear that she didn't want to see anymore it was hard enough that they knew that Micaela and Henry were leaving. But that didn't change the fact that Richard stood and watched them until he could no longer see them, he just hoped that they wouldn't meet their father on this journey.
~~~~~ Micaela and Henry ~~~~~
Micaela pulled out her map and looked at it, while they did have Pokedexs and a Pokenav she didn't want to take all the fun out of it by relying on technology to help them with everything, Micaela looked at the map and frowned before she turned the map the other way around. Once she found the right way she smiled and looked at it again before she spoke.
"We can either walk through Mild woods and spend some time training or we can follow this route and it will take us to the next town then to Pewter city, where our first gym is."
She looked at the group that was looking at the map with her, while going through mild woods would take more time it would give them more of a chance to train their Pokemon and see what moves they knew. It also gave them the chance to practice battling together, it would also give them more time to bond with their Pokemon as well.
"Mild woods would be best, gives us more time and we can prepare before going against the gym leader as well."
Micaela tilted her head to the side and looked at her brother before she asked.
"When did you get so smart?"
Henry squawked in protest as he tried to find some way to defend himself and not having much luck, Micaela laughed as she began walking, she was giving her brother no time to defend himself and not that he could because she would have another comeback before he could even blink. Still he could always try, and then get shot down. The two of them took the right turning instead of the left, the right one would take them straight to Mild woods were the former Pokemon professor Daniel lived.
The word former was used because the man was a drunk, he was drunk nearly every day of the week. However he was a genius it was why he had been able to hold onto his job for so long, while he may be a genius no one could deny that his drinking was a very big problem. In the end he retired and moved to Mild woods to get away from humans, there was also the problem of when he left there was about ten years worth of alcohol missing as well. While many people didn't concern themselves with him not one person could deny that if you wanted to know something then he was the person to go to. Even though he lived the middle of the woods it didn't stop people from going to see him, even if he had moved to the middle of the woods to get away from people.
Still they would be going right by his cottage in the woods and why they may not have to enter it, they had been told about his habit of throwing things. So while they would have to watch out for flying objects they would also need to keep an eye out for the Pokemon that lived in the woods as well, not only would they be able to catch one or two of them. They would also be able to get some battle experience in, but it wasn't just the experience they were after either, they weren't going to push their Pokemon to evolve or change but they were worried that they wouldn't be strong enough. They knew that some people and Pokemon picked on weaker ones, they knew that some trainers abused their Pokemon and shouldn't have them.
They wanted their Pokemon to be able to defend themselves should the need arise, and they hoped that they would never have to do that. But even though they might have to defend themselves the two of them knew that they would be able to do so.
"Alright so some training first then a break, followed by more training."
Micaela watched as they all nodded their heads before Lucy and Henry walked off to do some training, Micaela sighed she had no idea where he had walked off to, oh well if he needed her she would only need to follow the sound of a the girly screaming.
"Ready little guy?"
Scorch nodded his head a determined glint in his eyes as he looked at her, Micaela smiled and pulled out her Pokedex.
"Lets see what moves you know."
They had bother received prototype Pokedexs that would allow a person to learn more about a Pokemon, while it was still in the testing stages they had been given one to see how the normal trainer would react to having such power at their fingertips, Micaela wasn't stupid or blind she knew that some people would abuse the power that they had been given. Even though most trainers didn't care about what moves their Pokemon learned there were some that went out of their way to catch a Pokemon that already knew certain types of moves, instead of training their Pokemon themselves they would simply bypass that corner and in a way cheat.
Micaela didn't like that and she knew that the only way to bond with a Pokemon was through blood, sweat and tears. There was no cheating, no trying to get strong Pokemon by cheating. There was also the problem with people over breeding Pokemon and then selling them off, Micaela scowled as she thought about the smuggling ring that had been destroyed a few months ago. From what she had been able to gather there had been a group of people selling Kanto Pokemon to the highest bidder, there was also the fact that they had been stealing Pokemon eggs and then selling them. However each and everyone of the Pokemon that had been rescued from the smuggling ring had been a shiny Pokemon.
They had later learned that it had been a bunch of powerful and wealthy people buying the Pokemon simply for how they looked and hadn't taken care of them. Apart from the fact that the ring had been in Kanto and no one had known about it for years, which was why there had been a sudden decrease then increase in certain species of Pokemon it was also disgusting to be a part of the human race, she was happy that it had been destroyed but she was also sad that so many lives had been destroyed because of it.
Scorch moved in front of the Pokedex wary of his trainer's scowl, while he wasn't sure if it was directed at him he didn't like it on her face.
"Charmander, the current Charmander knows the moves. Growl, Leer, Tackle and Ember. Charmander has the potential to learn flamethrower and fires spin."
Micaela smiled and nodded her head, it was a good move set and while he may be a baby Pokemon she knew not to underestimate him. She looked at Scorch and smiled.
"Alright, lets increase your speed. So lets start out with something small, how about ten laps around the creek there?"
Scorch looked at the small creek and nodded his head he could easily do that!
"Char!" "Okay!"
Micaela watched as Scorch ran off and began to run around the creek, even though he wasn't pacing himself she knew that he would be able to do the ten laps. Micaela pulled the two eggs out of her backpack and looked at them, there were no scratches or cracks which was a very good sign because it meant that the eggs hadn't been damaged. But it also meant that the Pokemon were nowhere near close to hatching, which was a small downside to it. But the eggs were still safe and that was all that mattered, and if she had her way then nothing would harm them.
Micaela looked over at Scorch who was struggling on his fifth lap, not that she could really blame him. All he had done was walk everywhere or get picked up by her, and before that he had spent most of his time in an egg or a pokeball. Still she knew that he could do it, and she had faith in him that he would be able to do it. Micaela began collecting some rocks, she had an idea, slowly she walked towards Scorch with a grin on her face.
"After these laps I will need your help, I have an idea on how to keep the eggs warm."
Scorch pumped his paw into the air and began running his laps around the creek with more determination than what he had before, while she knew that he was doing it so he could help her with the eggs she had to admire his spirit. Micaela picked up the smallest rocks and nodded her head.
"Now to see if this works."
~~~~~ Henry ~~~~
Red eyes looked around the clearing as he tried to figure out just how he could help train his Pokemon, he didn't want to throw them into a battle straight away, but he knew that they needed some form of training or if anyone would attack them then they would have no real way of defending themselves.
"Well, first thing is first we need to see just what moves the two of you know. Then after that we will work out, what you need help on."
Lucy gave a cry of happiness as the Feebas that he had been given off professor Oak looked at him warily, Henry opened his Pokedex and looked at Lucy with it.
"Squirtle, the current Squirtle knows the moves. Tackle, Growl, Headbutt and Watergun. Squirtle has the potential to learn the moves, Aqua jet and Rapid spin."
Henry turned to Lucy and nodded his head before he looked at her, the n looked at some rocks that were nearby.
"Okay Lucy, lets try and do some damage to those rocks. By doing this you will increase your stamina and that means you can go on for longer periods of time, after that we will have a small break and then we will move onto something else."
Lucy nodded her head and turned to look at the Feebas, while the other female didn't have a name yet she knew that her trainer would find her a good one. Lucy looked at the rocks and growled, they were so going down! Henry turned and looked at the Feebas that was still warily looking at him, still he felt his heart go out to her and knew that if he hadn't had Mica then this is where he would have ended up, but he did have his sister and he would be grateful to her for the rest of his life. Not that he would tell her that, she had a big enough ego as it was.
"Alright, now then lets see about a name for you."
Henry began tapping his chin with his middle finger he thought about a name, for the female Feebas.
"How about spot?"
She shook her head, Henry shook his head as well.
"Yeah that isn't a good name for you."
This time he tilted his head to the side as he thought, nothing was said for a few minutes until Henry spoke once again.
"How about Shelly?"
Feebas shook her head once again.
"Fee, Feebas." "The name doesn't suit me."
Henry sighed and continued to think, he was sure that there was a good name for her he just needed to find it, after a few more minutes of thinking he snapped his fingers as he looked at her.
"Lucky! That is the perfect name for you!"
Feebas thought about the name for a few moments and Henry grew worried that she didn't like it before she nodded her head, Henry pumped his fist into the air and grinned.
"Alright, so that is the name down. Right next thing, we need to find out just what moves you know and what moves you might be able to learn. After that we can work out everything else."
He opened his Pokedex and looked at Lucky with it, he had no idea what moves she knew and he hoped that she knew at least tackle. While he wouldn't be upset if she didn't know tackle, tackle would help them both out quite a bit. But then again with how bad Lucky's trainer was he would be very shocked to find out that she did know tackle.
"Feebas, the current Feebas knows the moves, Flail, Tackle, Leer and Growl. The current Feebas has the potential to learn the moves Rain dance and Mirror coat."
Henry nodded his head before he looked at Lucky, she looked miserable and he had a feeling about why she looked like that. He picked her up and smiled at her.
"Don't worry, we will get you in tip top shape in no time!"
~~~~ Micaela ~~~~~
Violet eyes looked at Scorch who was currently sat down on the ground panting, she knew that doing the laps around the creek must have been hard for him. But by doing so he had increased his speed, while it may not have been a lot if he kept up the training he would have a good base speed stat. While she was happy that he was able to do it, she knew that it would only get harder for him, after all he still had a very long way to go and soon the training would get harder and harder, but she had faith in him.
"Ready for a break?"
Scorch looked at her with such hopeful eyes that she had to resist the urge to laugh, looked like Henry when he had went to the Dojo with her and she made him compete in a junior tournament with her, still it had been fun until he had got his revenge by making her do ice skating with him. She hated the ice with a passion, maybe it had something to do with the fact that it was cold and she kept falling over. Still she didn't like ice so that was the end of that!
Scorch walked over to her and she could see just how tired he really was, but he looked more determined than ever. The fire burning brightly in his eyes reminded her of their grandfather and how he wouldn't quit until he had got it perfect, he was stubborn and refused to give in and most of the time he did manage to do things even though he would be tired for the rest of the day.
"Here, eat some of this."
Micaela had pulled out a glass jar and had opened it, inside was a strange blue goop that smelled wonderful to Scorch. It smelled like Oran berries and he loved Oran berries, after all they were the best type of berry out there. Scorch looked at the blue goop before he sniffed, it just because it smelled like Oran berries didn't mean it was. Still it smelled like a Oran berry, it had the same colour as a Oran berry, the only difference was it was all mashed up. Why was it mashed up? Micaela looked at Scorch before she began speaking.
"It's Oran berry jam, it's safe for you to eat. There are all sorts of berry jams, mainly Henry makes them fresh because that way you still have the effects of the berries."
Micaela looked at Scorch who was still unsure about the jam, shaking her head in amusement she dipped her finger into the jam before putting it into her mouth. While he may be a pain in her arse she had to admit that Henry knew what he was going, Scorch watched Micaela and when he was happy that she wasn't going to keel over and die he happily began to eat the jam. What Micaela didn't plan on was the jar getting took of her and Scorch running away with said jar, Micaela looked at Scorch for a few minutes before she quickly stood up and began chasing him, while she knew that eating that much jam wouldn't be bad for him it wouldn't be good for him either.
"Get back here!"
Scorch shook his head and shoved his paw back into the glass jar and shoved his now blue paw into his mouth.
"Char!" "No!"
Micaela growled under her breath as she continued to chase after Scorch, neither of them noticed the man stood watching them from the trees. Micaela caught Scorch after a few more minutes of chasing him, the Charmander pouted as Micaela took the jar off him, said jar was now half empty. Micaela shook her head and looked at her not so guilty Pokemon.
"You really shouldn't eat that much in one go."
Scorch continued to pout as Micaela put the jar back in her bag, there was no way she was making the same mistake twice and considering the fact that Scorch couldn't get her backpack open she felt rather confidant that he wouldn't be able to get the Oran berry jam any time soon.
"Now then, seeing as you are all ready to go how about some more training?"
Scorch looked at her and nodded his head.
"Char!" "Yes!"
Micaela smiled and picked up some small rocks that she had collected earlier.
"Alright, now then we are going to increase the strength of your ember. By heating up these rocks not only will it keep the eggs warm but it will serve as a form of training for you."
Micaela placed a rock in front of Scorch and looked at him, the small Charmander was looking at her with curiosity.
"Each rock need to be at a certain temperature, in other words it needs to be hot enough to be held. Since rocks can hold heat quite well then we can keep the eggs warm for a longer period of time."
Scorch nodded his head, while he may not have understood all that was being said he understood the fact that the eggs need to be warm and by heating up these rocks he would be helping.
"So when I can pick the rock up in my hand and my hand stay warm we know that it is the right temperature."
Scorch nodded his head once again, he wondered how Micaela came up with this idea. Still it was a good idea, and he would be able to help and if Micaela could hold the rocks then he was doing it right. Scorch felt determination swell up inside of him, he would get this right! Micaela smiled at her Pokemon and had the feeling that once again he would surprise her, he was very good at doing that and for not being outside of a pokeball for very long he was fast as well.
"Scorch use ember!"
Scorch stood in front of the rocks and looked at them, he knew he could do it. Micaela was counting on him, Scorch knew that Micaela knew that he could do it and he didn't want to let her down, he didn't want to let the eggs either. He knew that the small beings inside of those eggs were counting on him and he knew that he wasn't going to let anything happen to them he couldn't. Taking a deep breath he opened his mouth.
"Char!"
A small flame left his mouth and hit the rock, he watched as Micaela picked the rock and shook her head before she gently patted him on the head.
"It will take more than once Scorch, lets try it again."
Scorch nodded his head and clenched his paws, he could do this!
"Char!"
The flame that hit the rocks was slightly bigger than the last one and he felt pride swell inside of him, he was doing it! Still there was a long way to go and he knew that. Micaela picked up the rock and smiled gently.
"It's getting warmer."
Scorch's chest puffed up as he felt the pride swell, his trainer was happy for him and he was happy as well.
"Char!"
The two of them watched as the flame hit the rock and the rock changed colour changed slightly, Scorch pumped his fist into the air and looked at the rock, he had done it. Micaela picked up the rock and smiled, it felt warm enough but whether it would live up to the task of keeping the eggs warm was a different matter altogether.
"Lets see if we can get the second one done."
Scorch pumped his paw into the air, he had done it! Now all he needed to do was get the second one done and the third and he would have done it! Micaela shook her head at her Pokemon's antics, still he had every right to be happy and proud of himself. He had only been out in the world for two days and already he was coming along nicely, although she was worried about stronger Pokemon and trainers she knew that if they kept up with the way that they were going then they shouldn't have any trouble at all.
"Char!"
Micaela rolled her eyes, it looked like he had started without her and the fact that the rock seemed to be changing colours told her what she needed to know. Picking up the rock she smiled when it felt warm to her touch.
"Good job Scorch."
At the rate he was going he would get Ember down in no time, which was a good thing considering these woods were filled with poison types, grass, fire, bug, water and flying. Micaela wasn't dumb enough to believe that all of the Pokemon would be friendly so they had best be on their guard and make sure that nothing got past them.
Hidden in the trees just a few feet away from them stood a man, his white coat reeked of alcohol as he looked at the young trainer before him. She was a interesting character, not only were her training methods unique but they way she was handling the Pokemon spoke of previous lessons as if she had been around them for her whole life. It was possible that someone in her family was a Pokemon breeder and if that was the case then it was no surprise that she was so good with Pokemon, the man rubbed his forehead.
"It's too early for this and I need a drink."
But for some reason he found that he couldn't pull himself away from the young trainer, he watched as she had her Charmander heat up the rocks to keep the eggs warm. It was a strange and unusual tactic but it looked like it worked, it also served a dual purpose as well. Professor Daniel knew a good trainer when he saw one, he also knew how to spot the bad ones from the good ones despite his drinking. Yet the trainer in front of him didn't even compare to the others that he had seen, sure he may have been a hard arse and refused to give people starting Pokemon and Pokedexs but looked at how they had turned out!
One of them was head of Team Rocket, and the second one was running Team Aqua!
He had no idea how those two had been able to get their hands on a trainers licence, he snorted and shook his head. He had spent far too long sober but he had been told that he had to stop drinking, so he had done. While he got the shakes and the cravings he found that it was nothing that he could deal with, he had poured every bottle of alcohol that he had down the drain and while he had cried doing so he had felt better for it.
Still he was only 50 year old and yet he felt far older than what he was, there were a lot of things that he needed to do and there were a lot of things that he wanted to see before he died and when he did die it was going to be on his own terms not because his liver decided that it was going to pack in on him. Hazel eyes looked at the young woman, she would be truly stunning when she grew up and she would have both men and women flock to her. While he was enjoying watching her it was the brother he wanted to see as well, while he wasn't sure, he could have sworn that he had seen that face somewhere before. He knew it!
Still there was no rush for him to go and find the brother, he was rather interested in watching how the young woman trained her Charmander it was clear that it was well thought out and he had to give the young woman credit she knew what she was doing, however there was something about her eyes that was calling to him. He had seen that shade of violet a long time ago but he couldn't quite place where he had seen it, he could easily remember the colour he just couldn't think of where he had seen it.
But it didn't really matter at the moment, he knew it would come to him and he would be able to solve the mystery that surrounded her and her brother, but he also knew that it would bug him until he remembered where he had seen that face and that shade of violet before. He leaned against a nearby tree and watched as both her and her Charmander played around for a bit, he could easily see the love between them and that wasn't something that you saw every day. Most people saw Pokemon as tools or as weapons that could be used to defeat their enemy, it was something that was becoming quite common as the years went on and people changed more and more, so to see this?
It warmed his withered heart, still he had things he needed to do and he couldn't continue to watch them all day no matter how heart warming the scene was.
Micaela spun Scorch around in a circle as she laughed, not only were the eggs now warm but his ember had some fire power behind it, and the pun was intended. Micaela snickered to herself as she thought about all of the jokes and puns she could now use, she knew that it would get on people's nerves but that would be the funny bit, and the jokes and puns were funny as well.
" I think that is enough training for today, why don't you take a nap. It will help get your energy back up and ready for tomorrow."
Scorch gave a yawn and Micaela resisted the urge to go aww, while it was cute she could see how easily Scorch got tired out. Perhaps she should work on his stamina and endurance next? Micaela tossed the idea around for a few moments and decided that she would do that, not only would it help him in the long run but he would be able to do a lot more if they could get them up.
"Scorch asleep as well?"
Micaela looked over at Henry who was dripping wet and his lips were starting to turn blue, Micaela jumped up and pulled him towards the fire while ordering.
"Strip."
A white eyebrow was raised as Henry looked at her.
"Why Mica I didn't know you suddenly liked men."
Micaela flushed and hit her brother on the back of the head while scoffing.
"My preference has not changed, you need to get out of those wet clothes before you fall ill."
Henry began stripping out of his wet clothes while Micaela put more wood onto the fire, the two of them listened to the popping sound that it made. For awhile neither of them said anything until Micaela asked.
"So what happened?"
Henry rubbed his hands together as he tried to get warm, and despite the fact that Kanto was normally warm it felt like one of the rare cold days. Cold days were few and far in-between and when they hit everyone knew about it, not only could it snow at any given moment but Pokemon refused to go out. The nights were even worse and yet, there had been no snow and it looked like it wouldn't snow on the night which they were both thankful for.
"Lucy was swimming, we had spent ages trying to figure out a name for her before we finally settled on Lucky because of how we found her. So while Lucy was off destroying rocks Lucky had decided to increase her speed by swimming, all was fine until someone or something threw a rock at her and she lost whatever speed she had. That wouldn't have been an issue if there hadn't have been a swarm of Beedrill and Butterfree fighting, Lucky was getting attacked from three sides in the end in jumped in and swam to her."
Micaela scowled and people wondered why she didn't get on with anyone? Who throws something at a Pokemon? For that matter what right did they have to do so? But then again he did say someone or something, for all they knew it could have been a Pokemon dropping something and it startled Lucky. Micaela looked at the red marks that were starting to appear on Henry's arms before she sighed.
"You can't go a single day without getting hurt, can you?"
Henry snickered as he shook his head.
"When have I ever been able to stay out of trouble?"
Micaela shook her head and looked over at the sleeping Pokemon, they all looked so peaceful that it made something inside of her ache.
"Do you think they miss us?"
Both of them knew just who they were, and while they didn't remember much of their parents they did often wonder what they were doing from time to time.
"I don't know, all I know is if see our father I will punch him. I may not be able to hit women Micaela so I will leave our mother to you."
Micaela nodded her head, neither of them liked what their parents had done. They may not know everything that had happened but they knew when they were being lied to, and they knew that their grandfather was lying to them. It had taken some research and they had been able to find what they had wanted to know, their parents were not dead. There was no record of their deaths, which meant that they had been dumped on their grandfather, which would explain why they had no memories of them. Still they wouldn't trade what memories they had for the world and if they ever saw their parents again all they would get was a slap and a punch, depending on what mood they were in.
"They haven't regretted what they did to us, and I don't think that they ever will. I don't care about the what if's and should have been, all I know is they dropped us off on grandfather's doorstep like yesterdays rubbish. As far as I am concerned he was the one that raised us."
Micaela wrapped her arms around Henry, they may not remember their parents but they could still remember things. The sound of someone shattering a glass as it was thrown over Micaela's head, Henry crying out in pain as he was hit.
That was the curse about being a physic, they could remember things as far back as when the ywere younger, things that they didn't want to remember. Things that had hurt them, that had changed them. But there was nothing that could be done about it, they both knew that those memories would be with them for the rest of their lives, it was no shock that their grandfather's memory was still as good as it was.
Physics had such good memory because their psychic energy drew off their emotions and aura, the stronger the aura of a person the stronger they would be as a physic. While a physic can understand Pokemon and move things with their mind they also have very good memories as they use more of their brain than a normal human being, so while they were never able to forget things they could also use their knowledge to help people and Pokemon.
It was how the two of them were able to remember all of their trainers lessons even though they hadn't been to a trainer school in 6 years, it was both a curse and a blessing.
Micaela leaned against Henry as the two of them looked up at the stars, neither of them had anything to say and to be honest they didn't know what to say to each other. While they could wish and dream that their parents loved them they both knew that it wasn't the truth, their parents had never loved them and the first chance that they had got they had been dumped on their grandfather's doorstep.
They would forever be grateful to their grandfather, he didn't have to take them in yet he did so without complaint. So no matter what life threw at them, no matter how many times the got knocked down they would both get back up because they had someone who believed in them, they had someone that loved them no matter what. Still the road of life would take them places that they had only ever dream about, places that they wished that they could go to. Yet here they were on their very own journey, the two of them continued to look up at the stars.
~~~ Katli town, Richard's house ~~~~
It was strange in the house, it was empty. No sound of footsteps, no doors slamming, no fighting over who gets the bath where he never thought he would see the day where he found an quiet house disturbing, he had always loved the quiet and the peace that the town gave him. And yet he found himself missing the noise, the sound of Micaela and Henry fighting as she tried to get the last tub of ice-cream. Luna gave a mournful cry and rested her head on his knee.
"You miss them too?"
Luna nodded her head, she had still been a Vulpix when he had gotten the twins. She had hatched only a day earlier, her mother had died protecting her nest. So it was no shock that they had gotten on so well, still he felt strange, as if there was something missing and he supposed that there was. For the past 14 years he had been raising Micaela and Henry, showing them how to look after Pokemon, how to control their powers.
Without them here it seemed like the life had been drained out of the house, in a way he supposed that it had been, even the town didn't feel the same which was saying something as back then the nearest hospital had been Vermillion. So he had been born in the town, his aunt had been the midwife and his father had helped him get delivered. Still he wasn't the only one feeling like this, many of the older people who had lived in the town for as long as he had missed the two of them. However it wasn't just the fact that they missed them, for the longest time the two of them had been the youngest people in a town and now they were out in the big wide world.
It didn't sit right with some of them, while they could all understand that going on a journey was part of growing up, it would help shape them into the adults that everyone could see that they were going to be. Still there was a difference between growing up and moving out sort of, although going on a Pokemon journey was considered normal and going against gyms and gym leaders. And going through Mild woods, oh they knew about the fact that the two of them were in Mild woods training. It wasn't that hard to guess what they would do next, and while they were happy that they were taking their training seriously they didn't want Daniel to tell them who their parents are.
It had caused the biggest scandal in the town, and although they knew who their parents were they wouldn't tell the two teens, after all that was Richard's job. Even though they were 16, almost 17 years of age which caused them to pause, they wouldn't be celebrating their birthday inside the town, they would most likely be in the middle of nowhere.
Richard stood up and looked at Luna, the Ninetails was looking at him with knowing eyes and he knew why. Richard scowled as he began packing his bag.
"Alright, so they were right! Stop looking at me like that."
With that he left the room to go and pack a bag, he needed to see Daniel anyway to make sure that the man was keeping his promise. After all the man had spent the better part of 30 years drunk, so a helpful reminder wouldn't go amiss. With is bag packed he looked at Luna who was sat beside the door an expectant look on her face.
"I wasn't going to leave you behind."
Luna pointed her snout into the air as she walked out of the door, Richard shook his head as he tried to figure out just what he had done wrong, or if he had offended her in some way with Luna he was never really sure. He walked to the front door and opened it, he knew he would be coming back. It wouldn't be right if he helped them on their journey this was for them, he could point them in the right direction but he couldn't do it for them.
Richard groaned and knew that he would be checking up on them every few months, it wasn't that he didn't trust them it was the amount of trouble the two of them got into. After all he did the exact same thing when he was their age, Luna walked calmly beside him as he used the old shortcut to get to Mild woods. Nearly everyone in the town knew about the shortcut and most of them had used it several times as Mild woods was a direct way to Pewter city, the only ones that didn't know about the short cut were Micaela and Henry. That didn't mean that they didn't go exploring the woods, they had caused more than their fair share of panic in the town. From the moment the two of them could walk they had been exploring the town, getting into all sorts of trouble and mischief. But even though they got into all sorts of trouble they had never harmed anyone on purpose even when their powers were starting to grow.
Richard had an idea of what the two of them had done, but he couldn't really prove anything and not that he wanted to. He could still remember the day when Henry had told him he was gay, or as Richard called it homosexual.
~~~~ Flashback ~~~~~
"Grandfather! Henry has something to tell you!"
Micaela shrieked with laughter as she was chased through the front room, her small feet hit the wood flooring as Henry chased her around the room. Richard grabbed hold of Henry and sat him down on his knee as Micaela climbed up on the chair and sat on the arm of it.
"Now then, what do you want to tell me?"
Henry bit his lip and looked away, Micaela made 'go on' gestures with her hands. After a few minutes of nothing being said Henry spoke in a quiet voice.
"I'm gay."
If he hadn't have been straining to hear what had been said before then he was straining to hear what Henry had said. Micaela rolled her eyes before calmly stating.
"Henry is gay."
Richard blinked, once, twice and a third time just to make sure. He looked at Henry who was fidgeting on his knee and shook his head.
"I knew for years Henry, and you as Micaela."
The two smiles filled with relief were enough to make him smile, just because they liked their own gender didn't mean anything to him. Until they brought their partners around then they were going to have a problem.
~~~~End flashback ~~~~~
Nothing had changed after that, they were still his grandchildren and just because they preferred their own gender wasn't going to change anything, but just because he had accepted them for themselves didn't mean that other people did. There had been tears, screaming and nearly everything underneath the sun when he had found out that people were bullying them, of course the tears didn't come from him. But rather his two very upset grandchildren and no one was allowed to hurt his grandchildren at all, Richard quickly walked through the grass with Luna by his side.
The small cottage that was in front of him reminded him that while he would be able to catch a glimpse of his grandchildren he was here on business as well. He knocked on the door and a cold smile made it's way onto his lips as he stared into the hazel eyes.
"Hello Daniel, we need to have a little chat."
The door closed with an ominous wind.