Okay, sorry for not updating sooner, but I didn't have internet for a long time and I was at a writer's block for the longest time. But now I have finished chapter 1, so here it is. R&R, PM, and Enjoy!
Chapter 1
In Sunnydale, a young boy had awoken from his nightmare, screaming in fear. He looked at his surroundings, noticing his untidy bedroom. On the floor were various articles of clothing and action figures. On the walls were several Pokemon posters, the most distinct having Seedree, Stonish, and Emberlin, the Rosharr region starters. He kept looking at his room, making sure this was reality.
When he confirmed it was, his mother came in and asked, "Is everything alright, Micheal? Did you have another nightmare?" Micheal only nodded his head. His mother moved over to the bed and sat down. "I don't know what is going on with these nightmares," his mother said. "You have never seen a scary movie, you never had any traumatic experiences, its like these nightmares just came out of nowhere." This wasn't the first time Micheal had these nightmares. They started on his seventh birthday, and continued just about every year on his birthdays. Today was his tenth birthday, the day he starts his Pokemon journey. He forced a smile and his mother asked him if he was okay.
"I'm fine Mom, it was just a nightmare."
His mom got up and said, "Alright, but when you go out on your journey, I want you to call me at least once a day, alright?"
Micheal got up and pushed his mom out the door saying, "Yeah, yeah, mom. I need to change." He shut the door once he had successfully moved his mother away from his room. He moved over to his dresser and looked at the figures he had of the starters.
Seedree was a small humanoid plant Pokemon that looked similar to Nuzleaf. The main difference was that the limbs were thinner and it's body was almost completely green. The only part that wasn't green was its "pants", which were flexible pieces of tree bark.
Stonish was a small, fish-like Pokemon that looked like it was made of rock. However, he knew from Trainer's school that Stonish was actually part Poison-type and kept its poison in the spines on top of its back.
Emberlin was a small goblin/gremlin-like Pokemon that had skin made of molten rock.
He smiled and picked out his clothes for the day: a red shirt with a white jacket, blue jeans, red and white shoes, and finally his favorite red and black cap. He turned to his closet and reached for his bag, a basic book bag, and went downstairs. He went into the kitchen and poured himself a glass of milk and made some toast.
"Have you decided which starter you're going to pick?" His mother asked.
"I think so. Most likely it will be Seedree. If not, then Stonish." He liked those two the best because of their evolutions. Seedree in its final evolved form could disguise itself as a giant tree, and Stonish's final form looked like an ancient insect. The toast popped out and he pulled the slices out carefully. He finished his breakfast and made a mad dash for the door, shouting, "Bye, Mom!" He stepped out into his hometown of Sunnydale. It was about average size, five houses plus the Pokemon laboratory. His house was right next to the Sin-arr lake, a large lake that stretched north into the Sinnoh region. Michael ran straight to the professor's lab, a two story building with two windmills and a garden in the back. He arrived at the door and knocked three times. He waited, and soon enough, Professor Edward Collin Dare (C. Dare, as in cedar) opened the door. Professor Dare was tall and slender with messy brown hair. He usually wore his lab coat over a fossil Pokemon themed shirt, as that was his profession. His shirt had a picture of a Kabutops, its scythe-like hands crossed like a pair of swords. He had brown cargo pants, each pocket seeming to be stuffed with rocks. Professor Dare mostly wore glasses with eye guards on them. "I'm here for my starter sir."
The professor smiled and said, "You're in luck, your the first of the three to arrive." David silently cheered as he went inside. He looked around and noticed one table was littered with rocks. "You're Michael, right?"
"Yes sir," Michael replied, "for my starter, I want Seedree." The professor moved over to a table in the back and grabbed a pokeball and a rectangular device, the Rosharr Pokedex no doubt.
Professor Dare handed them to him and said, "Okay, here you go. You'll also need these," he held out both of his hands. In his right were five pokeballs in their portable form and a Town Map. The professor turned towards the table with the rocks on it and said, "Do you know what my profession is as a Pokemon professor, Michael?" Michael shook his head and the professor continued, "All my life, I have been fascinated by fossil Pokemon. Kabuto, Omanyte, Aerodactyl, Anorinth, Lileep, every one of them. They hold so many mysteries of the ancient world, and even more mysteries than the Pokemon of today. For example, all fossil Pokemon have Rock as one of their types. Why is this? Are they naturally born with a Rock-type, or is it part of the revival process that gives them their Rock-type?" Michael thought about this and the professor continued, "What was it like in the ancient world? What kinds of mysterious Pokemon have we not discovered yet?" The professor turned to Michael, and said, "In addition to completing the Rosharr Pokedex, I would like you to search for fossils as well. Since Rosharr is annexed by Sinnoh (north), Johto (south), Kanto (south-east), and Orre (east), there should be an abundance of fossils around."
Michael nodded, and said good-bye to the professor. He exited the lab and pulled out Seedree's pokeball. He tossed it in the air, and it opened in a flash of light. The light materialized into the small, humanoid Grass-type. "See seedree!" it called out. Seedree was about a foot tall, and did look somewhat like a Nuzleaf. Its arms were thin, like a small stick, but its legs were a bit thicker. Other than its pants, it also had on a cowl with a small sapling at the top. Seedree's torso was covered with a robe-like shirt made of leaves. Surprisingly, its voice was gruff. Michael pulled out his Pokedex and scanned Seedree's data:
Seedree; The Sapling Pokemon; Type: Grass; Height: 1'02"; Weight: 23.1 lbs; Seedree are relatives to the Pokemon Nuzleaf. Very smart and crafty, they have been known to steal, then return, items from their trainer's for amusement. Their main form of attacking is to use pieces of bark from their "pants", then hit opponents with them. This Seedree is male, and knows the moves Pound and Leer.
Michael put the Pokedex into his pocket and sat on his knees so he was eye level with his Pokemon. "Hi, I'm Michael. I guess you're my starter Pokemon."
The Seedree smiled and said, "Dree, seed seedree." The Seedree jumped into Michael's arms, hugging him. Michael returned the hug, but then felt something move in his pocket. He pulled Seedree away from him and saw he had the Pokedex in his hands. Seedree laughed, then gave it back to Michael.
"You're going to be a handful, you know that?"
He set Seedree down, who said, "Dree dree dree", while waving his hand back and forth.
Michael smiled, then asked, "Okay, how about a nickname then?" Seedree nodded, and Michael said, "How about...Bandit? Since you like to steal things from me."
Seedree made a thoughtful face, then nodded yelling, "Dree!" Michael held up Bandit's pokeball then said, "Okay, return for now." Bandit dodged the red beam of light, surprising Michael. "What? You want to stay out a little longer?" Bandit shook his head no, and Michael guessed again, "You don't want to go back in at all?" Bandit nodded, and Michael smiled. "Okay, here," Michael picked up Bandit and set him on his shoulder. "Let's go home first. Mom'll want to see you."
"Dree dree!" Bandit shouted, raising a fist into the air.
It took me a long time to come up with Seedree's description, as he started out very roughly. Stonish and Emberlin were SO much easier. Stonish basically looks like a Stone Fish (yes, its an actual animal) and Emberlin was based off of...actually I can't remember what I based him off of. Anyways, R&R, PM, and Godspeed.