Gotta get these introductions outta the way…

Natalie sprung awake as her alarm went off. She smacked her nightside table a few times before finally hitting the clock and making the irritating beeping stop. Her espeon looked annoyed, like it usually did.

Natalie Chem wasn't much of a morning person, at all. In fact, she despised mornings with a strong passion. She was more of a night noctowl type of girl. She rolled over in bed, cuddling her pillow until her espeon decided that it was time to get up. She cried and whined until Natalie finally sat up and just looked around her room, pushing her blonde hair out of her face.

Her room was relatively…well, organized? It wasn't messy or sloppy, but it wasn't clean. She had posters and drawings of legendary pokemon all over the red walls of the bedroom, along with two bookshelves that had books and plushies of the very pokemon that were on her walls. Her drawers and closet were neat, and organized, but her desk area wasn't. It had books and notebooks piled on it, a trash pin filled with balled up notebook papers, and her desk chair had her belt with her pokeballs on it hanging off the back.

She got up and left her room to go to the bathroom to get ready for the day. She was currently at her father's house, and she could hear him in the kitchen, making breakfast. After brushing her hair and washing her face, she went to change in her room, packed her bag with her uniform, a black dress and a red hood with matching arm and leg warmers, and put her belt on before heading out into the living area.

"Morning." He dad greeted. Her father was a scientist that worked for Team Magma, it was how Natalie got in. Her mother knew that he worked for Team Magma, it was the reason that the two divorced, but she was unaware that her daughter was part of the team as well.

Natalie had been part of Team Magma since she was thirteen and was seventeen now. She had been cornered by Team Aqua grunts just north of Mauville City, the place where she was born and raised and lived currently. Team Magma had come to her rescue and after finding out her father was Dr. Paul, they brought her back to the base and the rest was history.

She finished her breakfast and left for work, eager to see her commander. Commander Tabitha was a large reason for her wanting to join. She didn't really believe in Team Magma's goal, she thought it was a little, well, stupid, but she would follow her commander anywhere. He was strong, snarky, and a great leader. Natalie had been crushing on him since the day she joined, though she didn't think he noticed.

She made it to the base hidden away in the mountain and changed into her uniform swiftly.

"Nate, there you are." Tabitha said once he saw the girl. He looked her over once, making sure she was wearing the uniform properly, something he had done every day since she joined. She had a habit, mostly when she was younger, of having something wrong with her uniform.

"Heya, Commandeerrr." She grinned at him as he sighed. The girl could be such a fool at times, he didn't know why he made her his right hand grunt. "What are we doing today?"

"I'm going on a mission." He said and walked past her. Right on cue, a loud whine emitted from the girl. She turned around and went after the man, grabbing hold onto his cape. "Before you ask, no, you are not coming."

"B-But why?" She asked, furrowing her brows. She always went on missions with Tabitha, always. She was clingy and whiney, but she was only this way with Tabitha.

"Because I said so." He argued and she rolled her eyes, not impressed with his answer.

"That is probably the worst excuse I've ever heard." She muttered, annoyed with her commander. "Fine, whatever." She folded her arms across her chest. "I'm going to go see what's up with Brodie." She turned and walked back down the hallway, towards Brodie's room.

Brodie was the weirdest guy she had ever met. He had weird purple hair with different streaks of color, weird facepaint, and, the ability to be anyone. He was so good at dressing up and acting as other people, it was a little ridiculous. She heard Tabitha call after her, but she pretended that she didn't hear him, and turned down another hallway. She knocked on the door and waited until Brodie opened it.

"Aw, Tabs ignoring you?" He asked, letting her into his room and shutting the door behind her. She glared at him and plopped down on his bed.

"No, but he won't let me go on the mission he has planned for today, probably because we ran into Team Aqua last night and they messed everything up." She muttered, thinking back to the mission. As usual, she had to battle the boy with the umbreon, which is what always happened, while their commanders bickered.

"So now you're ignoring him?" Brodie asked, sitting down on his desk chair.

"No…." Nate trailed off, eyeing Brodie. "I just told him I was coming to see you since I wasn't going on the mission."

"So you are ignoring him now." Brodie chuckled. "You two need to stop doing this. You argue, then he ignores you or something like that, so you ignore him until he can't take it anymore."

"Well he's just being stupid." She muttered, falling back onto the purple haired male's bed. "He's such a knucklehead sometimes."

"But you still love him anyway." Brodie said and she sighed. He was right about that. "You are commander's pet and always will be."

"Urg, I hate that nickname." She growled. She kicked anyone's ass who dared call her that!

"You earned it." He told her, poking her knees. "Always following him around like a lost poochyena since the day you joined."

"I do not." Nate argued, but, she knew she did. "Whatever, I'm going to go train." She huffed, sitting up and glaring at Brodie, before she stood and marched out of his room, hearing him laugh behind her.

Next chapters will be longer, I promise