Me: Well, I hope you people out there acrosws the globe enjoy this next chaper of Ice Cold Stone! It's a re-write of what I originally had planned, so tell me what you think!
Anubis: I am the only person that the author has possession over. He holds no power over pokemon.
Chapter Three
Several hours passed, and Basher grew used to Anubis in that short time, though when he initially saw Charizard and Feraligatr, he created yet another sandstorm. Didn't help that Feraligatr tried to eat the little dual-type, though.
Anubis shut down the computer he had been on, sighing. Earlier that day, after the battle, he'd attempted to feed Basher along with his parents' pokemon, but his starter had refused to touch it. Even the others had made an attempt to feed him, but had failed.
"Nothing reliable on the internet," he moaned, entering the living room where Hugh and Nate were watching the news as Rosa assisted Charizard with giving Feraligatr some medicine. No one ever blamed the water-type for fussing, as his medicine was quite nasty in smell, and probably was nastier in taste even.
"Seriously? How will you get Basher to eat, then?" Rosa cried out, dropping the ladel as Feraligatr snapped his jaws shut, nearly taking her arm off in the process.
"I have no idea." The new trainer sighed, but his attention was drawn to the news. A reporter was outside of the Pokemon Center on the north side of Asperita City, along with two people that were new to him in the background, speaking with Nurse Joy and his mother.
"Apparently, sources were correct," the reporter, a woung woman, said. "The new Asperita gym leader, Cheren, has arrived today, and his first challenger has arrived mere moments after he did. Let's get an interview with the two trainers before they leave."
The camera moved with the woman towards the center. Holding a mic up to a trainer with a black cowlick, in very uncomfortable looking clothes, she asked, "Cheren, can you tell the viewers just what kind of gym you will be running?"
Cheren shied away a bit, shaking nervously at the camera. The other trainer, a boy with a mop of spiked, shaggy red hair, in worn out clothing, jumped into sight of the camera, blocking off sight of the gym leader.
"Hey, hey, everybody! Name's Benga, and I'm going to be the first trainer to battle this new leader! Don't you forget my name, 'cause I'm out to be better than all of y'all!" Benga bust into laughter, and the reporters face went glum.
"Get out of the way, kid!" The reporter shoved the boy away, only to show Cheren was missing. " Where did he go?"
Nate burst into laughter, causing Tepig and Oshawott, both of whom had been napping, to jump off of the pillow they'd been sharing. Basher had been on a seperate pillow, and snorted indignantly as they other two jumped onto Snivy in fear.
"Nate, calm down," Hugh stated.
"But it's funny!" The front door opened as Anubis' mother walked in, sighing. "Hi miss Stone!"
She lifted an exhausted hand and tossed something on the table before heading to her room. As she passed her son, the nurse said, "go ahead and open it up. It's something for all of you," and she was gone before Anubis could say anything.
"What was that," Rosa asked, finally managing to hold Feraligatr still as Charizard force fed his medicine.
"No idea. And, this is complete deja vu..."
"Just open that thing already, Anubis." The teen scowled at the eldest of the four, but grabbed the package none the less. Opening it, he cried out and dropped it back down, the contents spilling out.
The others looked towards the table, and each had a similar reaction at the sight of four trainer cards and an equal number of pokedexes. Basher let out another snort in response, and both Feraligatr and Charizard snickered.
"Wh- wh- what?!" Nate raced over from the couch, grabbing a card with his picture in the corner and a pokedex with a flame design on the black casing. "These are real!"
Hugh and Rosa grabbed cards picturing them as well, while a floral designed pokedex went to Rosa, a wave patterned one to Hugh. Anubis grabbed the final card, the final pokedex black with a gray blue design on it. It could have been ice, or even a carved rock.
"Apparently, my mom wants us to start our travels. When do you think we should leave?"
"Leave!?"
Me: Sorry if the ending was a little strange or dull, but I couldn't think of better at this moment, and I just wanted to get past this part! I'll do better with future chapter! Oh, and to anyone who cares, I will accept OCs, using the same form as that for Nightmare Keeper. But I want to try to keep the teams Unova based, mainly, but some pokemon from other regions will be allowed.
