Chapter 1: Fates Meeting

It had been 4 years since he left me, I knew this so why in the hell was I having this dream once more.

I stared at my father then toward the 7 year old version of me who went after him anger filled his little eyes.

"You told me... you were the number one in the world," I heard my 7 year old self call after my father, "Are you gonna quit? What are you going to do now?"

My father turned to my 7 year old self saying nothing for several seconds. I stared at him knowing what was coming next hearing it like a broken record come out of his mouth, "One must acknowledge one's defeat before he can move on... I will go solo... for now... so that one day I will form a stronger organization."

"Yeah acknowledge one's defeat huh, dad," I muttered under my breath shaking my head looking toward my 7 year old self knowing he would talk next since I relived this memory so often in my dreams.

"What aspect of you was number one? Gathering so many only to be defeated by a mere child," I watched my 7 year old self say in anger toward my so called father.

My father simply stared at my 7 year old self before replying, "Putting together the potential of many is how you produce huge power... That's what an organization is... That's the strength of an organization! I failed... to make the best use of my subordinates' potential...! But you shall witness one day the revival of me and my Team Rocket!"

I smile smugly as I watch my 7 year old self storm up to my father and scream upward toward his face, "I don't understand you! You don't make any sense!"

My father turned from my past self not responding right away like he was thinking of what to say before finally saying the stupid lame parent line, "One day, you will understand."

With that I watch as my father walked off calmly into the distance then heard my past self yell after him, "I don't want to understand you! I will never become someone like you. A coward when you're alone and acting like a tyrant when you're in front of other cowards! I will become strong! I will become a stronger man all by myself! All by myself!"

I then turned around watching as my younger self ran away bumping into some girl with stupid pigtails just pushing her before he walked past her completely. The world started to become blurry before I could get a better look at the girl and I heard my alarm clock on my Pokegear going off.

I woke up opening the stupid thing turning off the alarm as I climbed out of bed with a sigh running a hand through my hair knowing I needed to get to New Bark Town quickly if I was going to put my plan into action.

I got up and got dressed quickly putting my black and red jacket on zipping it up. I ran a comb through my messy shoulder length red hair before running out the door my black bag flying behind me. I ran from my house in the forest near Route 31. I ran through Cherrygrove as the sun was rising ahead of me. I ran toward the east as quickly as I could getting to New Bark Town. I went to an alley that was beside Professor Elm's Lab. I climbed onto a box spying into the window seeing 3 pokeballs that only sat out when he was expecting a trainer to come by. I smiled this was going to be a piece of cake then a grimaced hearing a voice behind me. I turned to look at the pigtailed girl cringing from the site of her pigtails and cheerful smile.

"What are you doing?" the girl asked her voice was high pitched sounding very sweet and kind. She tilted her head as she looked at me her white puffy hat perched on her head covering most of her brown hair.

"None of your buisness, girly," I replied with a smirk grabbing her overalls pushing her out of the alley before I went back to spying. I noticed out of the corner of my eye she was frowning but it served her right for bugging me plus I could care less if this girl was sad.

"Fine," she said sadly getting up walking away and I heard a door open and closed a few moments later.

My went wide eyed as I watched the same girl go into the pokemon lab talking to Professor Elm. So she was who he had been waiting for, oh that's just perfect she gets a pokemon before I even had a chance to steal one of them. I shook my head watching as the girl chose the pokeball closest to me happily then leaving the lab running off toward Route 29. I smirked waiting a few moments as Professor Elm went back into his office and the assistant ran out to do something. I opened the window expertly from the outside climbing in and over into the lab. I walked quietly over to the table grabbing the second one just as Professor Elm opened the door staring at me. I thought quickly grabbing a smoke ball from my pocket tossing it in front of the professor it ruptured black smoke filling the air. I covered my mouth running to the door clinging onto the pokeball in my hand tightly. I got out heading to Route 29 as quick as my legs could carry me. I climbed into a tree hiding in the leaves looking at the pokeball in my hand breathing quickly to re-catch my breath.

After a few moments I jumped down from the tree heading toward Cherrygrove walking slowly now with a smirk on my face. I had done it, I got my first pokemon and I was well on my way to being stronger then that no good father of mine Giovanni. I knew I should have paid more attention to where I was going as I hit something soft in front of me looking forward seeing the girl from before on the pavement.

She looked up at me with a frown asking, "Don't you watch where you are going? Are you distracted or something?"

Her frown quickly went back to the cheerful smile as she stood up picking up her pokeball saying, "Oh well no big deal, I'm in a hurry so please excuse me."

I stepped in front of her before she could go by me with a smirk saying, "I see you have a pokemon, I too have a good pokemon."

Without her response I called out the pokemon I had just stolen. I looked down at the little fire mouse thinking this thing isn't what I was expecting. I look up though trying to keep my determined look as I watched the girl register what was happening. She smiled with a nod calling out, "Go Rose."

I watched as a little green thing with a leaf on it's head appeared in front of her. I knew my pokemon could handle this thing with ease or so I thought I knew. It took this girl no time at all to take care of my Cyndaquil even with smokescreen and scratch to defeat me. I looked up at the girl with a smirk trying not to show weakness saying, "My pokemon was just weak, just like you are. You had a very lucky break."

I pushed past her trying to get as far away from the girl as I could.

"Silver! Silver Sakake! Wait you forgot your..." she called out after me holding something in the air.

I turned around quickly knowing I had never told this girl my name noticing what she had in her hand coming back over taking it quickly saying, "You had no right to look at my trainer card, girly."

"But but you dropped it," she said simply, "I was just trying to tell you... by the way, my name is Lyra Soul."

"I don't care," I say in anger before turning around and walking away remembering that she knew my name now so she could easily turn me in. I had to get away from here as quickly as possible then. As soon as I was sure I was out of her sight I took off on a run heading toward Violet not wanting to be caught already before I got a chance to prove that I could be stronger all by myself. If I never saw that pigtailed girl again it would be to soon.