Chapter 1

"Alright, it's settled then. Bianca will have Tepig and Cheren will have Snivy."

Bianca cuddled her new friend as the Fire Pig Pokemon oinked happily. Cheren immediately began telling his partner about the different Gym Leaders of Unova and their strategies for beating them, which the green bipedal snake listened to intently. After a few minutes, Professor Juniper cleared her throat, silencing them and shifting their attention to her.

"Now that you have your starter Pokemon," she began, "I am going to present you with your-"

"OOOSSSHHHHAAAAAAAA!"

The three of them turned to the source of the wailing. On the tiled floor of the laboratory was a little blue Pokemon sitting in a slowly growing puddle. Tears were pouring out of his eyes by the gallon and they showed no sign of stopping.

"Awww, poor Oshawott!" said Bianca, "He's sad that he wasn't chosen."

Oh, shut up! Snivy complained.

Don't cry! There's always next year! comforted Tepig.

But I want a trainer NOW! Oshawott bawled.

Professor Juniper picked the Sea Otter Pokemon up gently. "There, there," she soothed, "More trainers will come next year! I'm sure one of them will pick you!" Oshawott completely ignored her and kept crying. "Oh dear…"

"I have an idea!" cried Bianca, "Let's give him to Shizuka!"

"Shizuka? She wants nothing to do with training Pokemon or even owning them!" Cheren remarked.

"But we can try," said Bianca. She turned to the professor. "Can't we?"

Professor Juniper thought about it for a while, then replied, "That sounds like a great idea, Bianca! Why don't you two take Oshawott over to Shizuka's house right now? I'll prepare a third Pokédex just in case."

"Great! Hear that, Oshawott? You're gonna have a trainer!" Oshawott immediately stopped crying and hopped up and down cheerfully as they exited the lab.

"You shouldn't get your hopes up too high," said Cheren, "She probably won't want him."

"Oh, don't say that, Cheren!" scolded Bianca, "You'll make him cry all over again! Besides, who could resist that adorable face?" Oshawott grinned happily and seemed to blush at the compliment.

Within a matter of minutes, they reached Shizuka's house. Bianca picked up Oshawott and knocked on the door. A young woman with light brown hair and blue eyes answered it.

"Oh hi, Bianca and Cheren!" she greeted cheerfully, "I see you've gotten your starter Pokemon already. What brings you here!"

"Hi Heather!" said Bianca, "Can we see Shizuka? This little Oshawott is really sad that he wasn't picked this year and we're wondering if she'd be willing to take him."

"Of course! I'll call her down right now. Shizuka! Can you come here, please?" When there was no answer, she turned back to the group outside and smiled.

"Come inside, we'll all go up to her room together and get her." The trainers and their Pokemon followed Heather up the stairs and stopped in front of a door. A sign on the front of it read, "SHIZUKA'S ROOM".

Heather knocked on the door. "Shizuka, can you come here for a minute?" Oshawott heard footsteps coming towards the door and his excitement skyrocketed.

This is it! Oshawott thought in anticipation, My trainer is here! I'm gonna go on an adventure! He jumped up and down in front of the door, eagerly waiting for his new trainer to open it.

After what seemed like forever to the little Pokemon, the footsteps stopped. However, instead of the door opening, a slip of paper was slid underneath it. On it was written, "What is it?"

Heather sighed. "Shizuka, Bianca and Cheren are here and they have something very important to tell you. Please open the door." There was no answer. "Shizuka, please?" she begged.

Another note appeared through the crack under the door. "What do they want?" it read.

"Shizuka, just open up!" shouted Cheren.

Yet another note was sent through. "I can hear you fine through the door. It's locked, by the way, so don't try coming in yourself."

"Oh, for crying out loud," grumbled Cheren, "Shizuka, we received our starter Pokemon today."

A fourth note appeared. "What does that have to do with me?"

"The Pokemon that wasn't chosen is really sad," Bianca continued, "We were wondering if you'd wanna be his trainer?"

After a short pause, a fifth note was slid through the crack. "Which one is it?"

"Oshawott, the Water-type," Cheren answered.

Shizuka's response didn't come immediately. By now, Oshawott had already begun losing hope.

Cheren was right, he thought sadly, She doesn't want me. I'll just have to wait 'til next year.

Finally, after a painfully long wait, the door opened.

Author's Note

Hey, people! Thank you very much for reading! This is my very first time doing a Nuzlocke, so let's hope not too many of my team members die immediately!

BTW in case you get confused:

Regular human speech will be written with normal font.

The inner thoughts of any character, person or Pokemon, will be in italics.

Pokemon speech will be written in bold italics.

Hope you enjoy this Nuzlocke fanfic!

-Shadowpen448