Update: (7/18/2015) I felt the need to 100% update this chapter! Because after reading it again after like 3 years it hurts my soul! XD But either way I'm fixing this a bunch!
Aqua: I say that Squirtle-Chan Does not own pokemon! Although she sure does wish that she did.
Chapter 1
The Beginning
Normal POV
Gloomy storm clouds loomed over the Pokemon Ranger School in Almia, all off it's adolescent inhabitants where tucked away safely in their beds in their respective dorm rooms. Lightning brightened the sky and thunder rumbled like an enraged Tauros.
Deep down in the darkest depths of the ocean a war was raging. A war between a raging Kyogre and the Guardians of the Sea. The Pokemon's rage was causing a global storm... If this kept up the world will drown.
The Legendary Pokemon had been rudely awakened from his deep sleep and his mind was full of endless anger towards the one who had awakened him. The young baby Squirtle that had hatched from an egg only a few days ago had absentmindedly swam into the basin of the beast when she saw a sparkling object near the bottom of the sea. The tiny turtle belonged to a Guardian of the Sea and she was supposed to be following the Guardians Milotic, Calypso home to be put to bed... However it seems Arceus had other plans for the small Pokemon... She had given the most magnificent of beast, Kyogre, a rude awakening.
The monster raged as a youthful guardian of the sea, tried to calm the beast. But she was far different than most of the guardians... instead of pokemon, she was a different sort of creature, she was a mermaid. Mermaids have been aiding in protecting the sea for over a millennium and this young Mermaid was no different.
The girl was no older than 15 years of age, her light brown hair was tied into long pigtails, her skin was pale, her cheeks tinted pink, she had a beautiful sapphire blue mermaid tail, two light blue shells covered her breasts. Her eyes were as bright and as blue as sapphires. Pearls floated in the water around her tail and wrists, a shell necklace with a sapphire in it hung around her neck. She was a deep sea beauty. But she was also in charge of Kyogre.
"Kyogre! Please be calm! The baby meant you no harm! Please! My dearest friend! Listen to me! Calm your rage!" The girl shouted trying desperately to reach the heart of her enraged Pokemon friend. She swam near him, lifting the scared baby Pokemon into her arms she showed the beast, "See Kyogre... this baby meant you no harm... She only wished to play. She hadn't a clue that she was to disturb your slumber my friend. She didn't know that what she saw was you!"
The baby Pokemon tucked itself inside of it's shell and timidly looked at the large Pokemon.
A small, blue, aquatic Pokemon, with long blue antennae flowing in the water small hastily towards the girl, it's dark blue and yellow eyes full of worry. Calypso the Milotic was hot on the small blue pokemons tail.
"Manaphy?" The girl questioned. "Oh Arceus... Is it good to see you..."
"Kyogre! Please stop this madness!" The Manaphy cried a plea.
"Kyogre. Darling. The tiny turtle didn't mean to upset you! Nor did you mean to wake you up!" The beautiful Milotic spoke kindly to her friend. She had known Kyogre since she was nothing more than a Feebas... "Kyogre blame me! I was the one watching after her today! I didn't see her swimming down here!"
In the large Pokemon's intense rage it shot a Hyper Beam at the trio, it sent the young girl flying through the water, her long pigtails where chopped short, leaving two shortened spiky pigtails. The girl hit a deep sea rock with force... The girl still held the baby Pokemon close to her chest, afraid to let it go. She swam upwards will she reached the surface.
The angry legendary then swam deeper into the abyss taking the raging storm with him.
The storm had now subsided, but the girl was intensely beaten and burned, as she drifted into unconsciousness, she looked upward at the sky and noticed her Squirtle looking sadly into her eyes, she wished to stay with the one she considered her mama, she was in fact her savior from that beast Pokemon.
"Catriona!" The Milotic swam over to her side.
"Calypso...?" I gently rubbed Milotics face... "I need you to go to daddy and tell him what has happened... Make sure to take care of everyone. You were my first Pokemon... I trust you know what to do. Everyone is in their pokeballs at home... Here's your pokeball..." The young mermaid handed a Dive pokeball to the Pokemon and smiled weakly... She smiled weakly as the held the Pokemon. As the young mermaids drifted into unconsciousness, a bright light from the heavens shown down upon her, her body was transformed, her tail turned into two pale white legs, a sapphire blue dress covered her fragile being, she was barefoot as she floated in the freezing night waters. A cracked pokeball was attached to her hip. A shell necklace around her neck. The Squirtle never leaving her side, it clung to her as if she were its mother. "And you know I go by Kate-"
"Kate..." Calypso frowned sadly. "Aqua...?"
The squirtle looked up at the sound of her name.
"I trust that you will protect Kate?" She smiled sadly.
"Y-Yes ma'am!" Aqua the squirtle spoke softly.
Calypso smiled sadly before swimming towards the used to be mermaids home in the Eastern Kanto sea. She needed to inform the girls family of what has happened.
The Pokemon of the sea recognized the young, now human girl. She was their savior. Their friend. A Wailord lifted the girl onto his back and carried her for miles upon miles until he reached a dock. A Swanna carefully laid the girl and the Squirtle on to dock of the Ranger School. The both the Float Whale Pokemon and the White Bird Pokemon were full of sorrow. As the large Pokemon turned to leave and the Swanna flew away, the sun began to rise...
Soon Pokemon began to awaken from their nightly slumbers.
The small tiny turtle Pokemon started to cry when she saw her friend was sickly pale and unconscious.
"Squirt. Squirtle...? Squirt..." The Pokemon asked, shaking the girl to awaken her... The girl wasn't responding, was she still breathing the tiny turtle thought. The Squirtle also noticed a shattered pokeball laying off to the side of the girl... It was the squirtles Pokeball... Was it broken by Kyogre?
"SQUIRTLE!" The young turtle Pokemon shouted through her tears thinking her trainer to be dead, waking up every person and Pokemon on the schools premises. "SQUIRTLEEEE!" Tears ran down the tiny baby turtle Pokemon's face.
Loud foot steps came running towards the sound of the upset Squirtle.
First there were two teens around the ages of 15 and 16, one was a boy with fiery red hair with ruby eyes to match, the other a blonde haired girl with golden yellow eyes, three adults followed in pursuit of the children, but as the humans came upon the scene they froze at the sight in front of them.
A beautiful brunette girl with spiky pigtails laid motionless on the ground. Her soaking wet blue dress clung to her pale almost blue skin... a clearly upset Squirtle was trying desperately to revive the girl.
"Squirtle!" The Pokemon wailed.
The five humans crept closer to try to help, but the tiny turtle would not allow them near, shooting weak water guns at them whenever they drew near, as it gave it tried to awaken the girl, soon the girl opened her sapphire eyes, a song like voice came from the young beauties mouth as she sat up, "What happened?" The Squirtle hugged her, happy it's friend had finally awoken.
"Squirtle...?" The girl asked unsure... as if she did not remember the Pokemon. The girl sat up and rubbed her eyes.
The tiny turtles face was full of worry, had it's saviors mind been damaged when she was transformed, she did not seem to remember her at all... "Squirt...? Squirtle!" The pokemon wanted her to remember. She had to remember! Large tears filled the babes eyes... That's when the Pokemon realized... Kate... couldn't understand a word she was saying...
"Oh do not cry..." She hugged the small Pokemon to her chest.
The sight saddened the five who watched the sad sight in front of them...
One of the students, the handsome boy with red hair and ruby eyes rushed over, "H-Hey...? Are you alright?" His voice full of concern.
"Oh yes... I believe I am fine..." The girl looked up at him, surprised, as she had not noticed the five humans, "Who are you?" Her eyes were as beautiful and as blue as freshly polished Sapphires, but they held a strong sense of confusion as she looked around, "M-May I ask where I am?"
"I'm Keith," The red head spoke, "Over there is Principle Lamont," he pointed to an elderly man, who was already dressed in his green suit, "Ms. April," He gestured to a lady with kind eyes, "and Mr. Kinkaid..." He pointed to a blonde haired man with a funny hair style, He spoke softly kneeling beside her," and blonde over there is Rhythmi, You are on the small dock of the Pokemon Ranger School, now a better question is... Who are you?"
As she embraced the sobbing turtle, she tilted her head to the side, "Me? My name?" She started trying to think of what her name was... "Um... Oh I remember! My name's Catriona Sapphire!" She smiled. "I go by Kate. Though that's all I seem to remember..." She felt sad as she looked down at the Pokemon in her lap... The Pokemon seemed so familiar to her... That's when she caught sight of the shattered pokeball next to her... "Oh my... Looks like it broke..." She picked up the broken pokeball pieces.
The Squirtle seemed very distressed about this. "I'm guessing this was yours wasn't it?" She studied the pokeball a bit when she noticed a name engraved in cursive on it... "Aqua?"
The Pokemon instantly looked up with stars in her eyes causing the girl to giggle. "Yep. This was defiantly your pokeball! So now I know two things. I remember my name. And I know that Squirtle, I mean Aqua was my Pokemon... Looks like I'm gonna need to capture you again..."
The Tiny turtle smiled and hugged her happily.
"So... Tell me, what is a ranger?" She questioned holding her Pokemon.
This is when the elderly man, the red haired boy called Principle Lamont, spoke walking over to the girl... "You see young lady Pokemon Rangers are people who harness the power of certain Pokemon and utilize them to help defend nature, using these things known as Capture Stylers." He noticed the way she so tenderly hugged the Squirtle.
The look in the girls eyes was one of amazement... this intrigued the old man.
"Protect nature?" She grinned.
"Squirt..." The little turtle nuzzled the girl, at one time the girl must have been a great trainer for a Pokemon so young to love her so much.
"Yes, Maybe we should speak inside..." The older man smiled... "Can you stand...?"
"I-I think I can..." The girl tried to stand but ended up falling back down, as if she had never walked before, which she hasn't, with a small sigh, "I guess I can't..."
The boy named Keith smiled, "Here, let me help..." He reached down to take her hand, as she shyly took his hand, he helped her to her feet, steadying herself, the boy helped her take her first steps.
The Tiny Turtle Pokemon clung to her tightly as she walked with the help of the boy to the school.
The boy noticed the girls skin felt like ice.
"Man... You sure are cold... are you going to be okay?" He asked trying to hide the fact he was worried about the beautiful girl from the sea.
"Oh I'm sure I'll be fine Mister Keith..." She smiles a small smile.
The boys face heated up at the sight of the girls smile, "H-Hey no need to call me mister... Y-You can just call me Keith..."
A wide smile brightened her features, "Okay then. I'll just call you Keith then, like you want me too."
He smiled as he helped her walk, "So is that Squirtle yours?"
"I'm pretty sure she is. Why else would she know me and I have a broken pokeball with a name engraved on it that she reacted to..." She smiled a bit holding the Pokemon. "I can never be 100% but I think she is."
"Squirtle..." The pokemon sounded sad... The Pokemon wanted to know what Kate couldn't understand her...
"Well Squirtle seems to remember you so you must be it's trainer or friend..." He stated as they walking into the school, only now could he truly see how intensely beaten and burned the two were, "Oh my Arceus... Mrs April!" He called for the teacher, who came running at the sound of her name.
"Oh my... young lady let me dress those wounds of yours..." The woman sounds worried.
"Okay... But do Aqua's first... She's hurt too and she's far more important than I am." The girl spoke as she looked fondly down at the pokemon. "She's just a baby. Look how tiny she is."
The principle over heard this and was shocked, not many children would say something like that... he believed that she would make a fine ranger.
"A-Are you sure...?" Both student and teacher asked appalled.
"Yes. Please heal Aqua!" She hugged the Pokemon gently, "I may not remember her... but... but she certainly remembers me... I don't want her to feel anymore pain than she already does..."
The woman nodded, taking the tiny turtle into her arms she took it to the infirmary of the school and started doing first aid and using potions and berries to heal the Pokemon quickly while the girl sat in the Staff room answering questions from all sides.
All the questioning was so overwhelming. She didn't know what to say to many of them.
The two teachers and the Principle walked out of the room to talk alone for a moment Leaving Keith, Rhythmi and the mysterious girl known as Kate alone.
With a sigh Keith spoke, "So you really don't remember anything...? No Friends. No Family... Just that Squirtle, who you don't even remember?"
"I fear so... I haven't a place in the world to go... I'm a little scared... but I'm sure I will be okay... I'm sure I'll figure out who I am eventually." She smiled. "Though I really want to hear more of what a Pokemon Ranger is! They sound so interesting." She sounded so excited.
The Principal overheard the excitement in her voice as we was walking back into the Staff room. A thought crossed his mind. This Mysterious girl seems to love Pokemon, and her love and compassion for a Pokemon she doesn't even remember, she has so much of the qualities of what me and my friends so long ago dreamed of seeing in the world of Pokemon. She would make a perfect ranger. A friend to all Pokemon.
The elderly principal cleared his throat to get the students and girl attention.
"Young lady. How much do you love pokemon?" The man asked an odd question.
"With all my heart sir. Sir is Aqua okay?!" Her eyes full of fear showing the true love for the pokemon.
"She is fine. She is fine." He smiled knowingly, "Now answer another question for me... please..."
When the girl nodded the man asked his question, "How would you like to be enrolled in this school, to become a Pokemon Ranger? I can not send you out into the world with no friends or memory... I may not be able to give you back your memories, I would very much enjoy it if you would stay in this school and create new memories."
Her eyes widen with shock, "R-Really? That sounds amazing! I would love to stay here sir! Thankyou! But what of my Squirtle, what of my only friend..." Her voice full of worry. "Though... I guess she isn't mine anyone... with that broken Pokeball of hers...
The man smiled, "Your Squirtle may stay with you... I can not separate the two of you. Your case is different form the other students here... This Squitle may help you remember who you are. Even without a pokeball. She still loves and cares about you. And you love and care about her. Now lets begin your paperwork so that you can start school on Monday, two days from now. Now Keith, Rhythmi, You do not need to go to class today, Show her around the school, while I retrieve the papers. Oh and Rhythmi, can you go find her a change of clothes please?"
Kate Pov
"Sure thing!" Rhythmi shouted before taking my hand and pulling me out of the room and up the stairs even though I could barely walk, leaving Keith to converse with the principal, and into the girls dorm, which was void of the few female students. He forced me to sit on a chair, the blonde started going through her closet throwing all of her clothes onto her bed, Then she stopped looking me over...
"You need a bath... being in the ocean for all that time... I'll go run you a bath!" She smiled, running into the bathroom that was connected to the girls dorm and started running a bath for me.
Soon she came back over to me, grabbing my hand she pulled me into the bathroom and discarded my soaking clothes, leaving me naked in front of her, a dark red blush covered my cheeks, She forced me to get into the bath and started pouring different fragrances onto my body, taking down my hair she started washing it.
Rhythmi didn't seem to care that she was bathing me, she started talking to me, "You are very pretty Kate. And your hair is so soft."
I stuttered a reply, "T-Thankyou."
This girl is quite an odd character that's for sure...
"Sorry... You must not be used to having someone bathe you... my family runs a hot spring and spa in Hoenn so... I guess you can say I'm used to seeing girls naked..." She laughed a bit, she pored water over my head to wash the shampoo out, "So do you know how old you are?" She asked as she continued to bathe me.
"15 I think..." I blushed.
Rhythmi smiled at me, "Oh Me too, I'm also 15... Oh I'm almost done washing you okay." She scrubbed my body then draining the tub she pulled me up and started drying me off as if I were a toddler. But I didn't dare argue with my new friend. She pulled me out of the bathroom, wrapped me in a towel and sat me on her bed and started choosing the clothes for me to wear.
I felt over run by embarrassment, Rhythmi is such an odd spirit.
She hummed a sweet tune as she chose the clothes for me, soon she chose a royal blue short dress, and some Royal blue high heeled boots, she handed me the necklace that was around my neck when my new friends first found me.
She ordered me to stand up and started dressing me, once dressed in all the things a normal girl would wear, she started doing my hair, blow dried it, and put it up in to silky spiky pigtails.
She smiled triumphantly at her work, "Perfection!" She exclaimed than going into her closet she started to get dressed herself. Though it took her no where near as much time, She put on a dress similar to the one she dressed me in but it's color was a golden yellow, she wore high heeled yellow boots and her hair was done in blonde ringlet curls.
Taking my hand she led me back to the staff room to retrieve Keith.
Upon arrival in the staff room where we both noticed an EXTREMELY bored out of his mind Keith, slouching in a chair. Waiting for us.
Rhythmi cleared her throat to get his attention.
As he looked at us his eyes widened, though I was unsure about why.
His only thought was 'Beautiful'
"So the principal said something about taking me on a tour of the school correct?" I asked.
"Oh Right! Follow me Kate!" Rhythmi took my hand smiling and lead me and Keith down the hallway towards classroom in the bottom-right of the large school.
"This room is Mr..Kinkaid's room... he can be a little bit grumpy sometimes and his like motto is "No running in the halls". She informed, then pointed to a room across the hall to the bottom-left of the school, "And that classroom over there is Ms. April's classroom. She's really nice but watch out for that temper of hers!"
Keith then took my hand and lead be back up the hall way towards what they called the staff room, "You already know where the staff room is right?"
I nodded.
"Okay then, but now to the other room, follow me to my nap room, otherwise known as the Library." He sighed.
The twosome lead me into a room full of books, it was amazing, the room for the most part was empty except for a Plump green haired boy and a tall blond haired boy with a mushroom haircut.
I shyly picked up a book and looked at it, I opened it to see many off pictures... It was a book about the Pokemon Kyogre... But it wasn't written in everyday English. It most certainly was written in Unknown.
"You Okay?" His voice was kind.
"Hmm? Oh yes. I'm alright. I was just looking at this book on Kyogre." I smiled showing it to him.
The blonde boy spoke, "Wow That books written in Unknown... not many people seem to be able to read unknown..." His voice was a soft whisper, "My names Issac. What's yours?"
"I'm Catriona Sapphire. But I go by Kate." I smiled at him.
"Issac, Kate here washed up onto the beach early this morning with who we guess is her Pokemon, but she is unable to remember anything about herself, other than her name."
Rhythmi sighed, "But her pokemon sure remembers her though."
"Oh I see Amnesia... Everything must seem new to her..." He smiled at me.
A short chubby boy with green hair walked over, "What's with all the commotion?" He had an almost goofy grin on his face, "Oh hi there, I'm Ponte. This Schools Conflicted Marshmallow boy..." He said with a bit of a laugh.
"Conflicted Marshmallow Boy?" I giggled. "That's an odd nickname."
"This is Kate Sapphire, she's starting school Monday because of some unforeseen circumstances." Rhythmi smiled.
"Oh Cool! Well Welcome to the School Kate!" Ponte smiled.
"Oh well look at the time, we need to get a move on with this tour!" Rhythmi smiled, "Bye Issac, Ponte!" Rhythmi took me and Keith's hand and pulled us out of the Library and up a flight of stairs towards the dorms.
"I know you already know about the dorms but I thought I might as well show you again! See that Blue door over there, that's the boys dorm and this pink door is the girls room, this place where we are standing now is the commons room." She told me.
"Okay." I smiled at them
"Okay now lets go back downstairs," She smiled leading us down the stairs, Keith sighed.
As we made our way down, the bell will ring, meaning we are aloud to go outside.
"HEY! Let's go outside!" Keith almost shouted.
Rhythmi grinned, "YEAH!"
The two started running pulling me behind, but as hard as I tried I couldn't truly be happy till that little Squirtle was in the safety of my arms.
Schoolyard
Keith laid down in a grassy area and looked at the sky, me and Rhythmi sat next to him and I finally spoke something that had been upsetting me.
"Rhythmi, Keith, Do you think Aqua's gonna be okay...?" I felt warm tears filling my eyes.
"I'm sure that Squirtle of yours is gonna be A-Okay." Keith assured me.
"Yeah, and we can go check on her later okay." Rhythmi told me.
"Okay..." I smiled sadly.
Keith sat up and looked at him, "Hey I have something I think you should see, follow me." He took my hand and helped me to stand up then led me towards the place that I washed up on shore, we descended the stairs and then the three of us stopped, "This place where you washed up onto is known as Ascension Square where the Pledge Stone is located." He explained.
"Hey! I have an idea!" Rhythmi cheered, "Lets make a pledge to be friends forever and follow our dreams!" She put her hand out face down.
Keith grinned, "I'd so agree to that pledge!" He put his hand on top of hers and then they both looked at him.
With a short nod and a sweet smile, I put my hand on top of his.
Soon the bell rang summoning all of us to go back to the school.
And with that Keith took my hand and started dragging me towards the school.
Keith thought as he dragged me towards the school, 'What a day! First I wake up freaking pissed because a pokemon, who I know know is this girls Squirtle, yelling and wailing, Then I find this off yet beautiful sapphire eyed girl who we now know is called Kate, who has no memory of who she is, and now we are becoming close friends! Over the past few hours! Hopefully. One day. I'll be the one to help her remember who she is! Were she comes from! I promise you Kate. I'll help you! Even if you don't know it.'
Having to do slight rewrites to a bunch of chapters is a pain in the butt! But if that means I can make my story better then I will!