Hey y'all!
I have GOT to stop posting so late… AGH! I NEED SLEEP! ... Sorry about that freak out there guys, I get a little cranky when I haven't slept in a while… So, next chapter taking off and this will explore what a pokémon party would be like, interesting right? Also, first pokémon battle description so please tell me if it was good or not. Positive criticism always helps! Enjoy the story, folks!
I do not own, nor ever will own, the rights to Pokémon or any of the characters, objects, creatures, etc. Nintendo owns all rights to this franchise… Wish I could make all of that yin…
Chapter 2
"Okay, just have to hang this here and… Done!"
A Coheed and Cambria band poster now hung on the wall in front of Carter. His room was set, everything was in place. For his side of the room anyways, his roommate hadn't shown up, yet. The Machokes carried Carter's luggage up to the room, but they didn't take anything out. That was up to the students and their own pokémon.
Carter's Monferno, Jester, finished pushing the last of the boxes under his bed, while Phylum and Tucson, Carter's Donphan, were laying lazily on top of it. They hadn't been much help anyways, Tucson went straight for the bed and Phylum only helped by holding a few things. Jester was really the only one who did anything to help set up the room they would live in.
"Good job Jester!" Carter complimented, receiving a joyful jump and cry in acknowledgement. "And… I guess good job to you two, as well?" He looked over towards Phylum, who gave a sleepy, yet happy, cry, and Tucson, who just laid there and let out a happy yawn. "Right, should have known I'd get that response." A grin found its way towards his face and a chuckle to his throat. Carter raised two of his poké balls. "Alright Jester, Tucson. Return!" A red laser shot from each ball onto the two pokémon, making them disappear in a flash.
Carter then took out his Holo Caster, typing in Aaron and Eileen's IDs. Sending them a quick message telling them to meet him at the pokémon battle grounds, Carter went towards the door, stopping in front of the mirror on it for a moment. He looked at the twin image of his oval face with his blue eyes, fixing his shaggy, brown hair until it looked good to him. A red and black plaid shirt donned his torso, while blue jeans and grey Vans covered his lower body. Small adjustments were made to his clothes to make sure everything looked fine.
'Can't have Eileen thinking I'm messy or anything', he explained to himself in his mind.
Once he was satisfied with how he looked, he called Phylum. "Let's go explore a little, shall we?" Phylum jumped off the bed, ready to move a little bit. Carter grabbed his backpack and they made their way out of the room and into the crazy dorm hallway. If you went down the hall, you'd think there was a mass evacuation with all the people crammed into it throwing Frisbees or footballs, or getting help from Machokes with moving stuff from dorm to dorm. It was a mad house.
Carter and Phylum quickly made their way through the hallway, jumping over smaller pokémon, ducking under couches, and dodging the occasional football. After going through the hall and down the stairs, they found themselves in the eastern lounge of Sycamore Hall. People there were chatting with each other or comparing pokémon, while simultaneously watching a soccer game on the TV. Once they went through a couple more hallways, they came to the entrance hall of the dorm and made their way outside.
At this time, Carter received a Holo message from Aaron saying he would meet him there, but he might be a little bit late. Not even a minute a later, he received another Holo message from Eileen saying she'd be there, as well. So, with the confirmation that both would be there, Carter and Phylum made their way towards the battle grounds. From the living area, the two had to make a small, five minute walk to get there. When they got to the area, most of the fields were taken, being used by trainers who were learning techniques or just battling for the fun of it.
Carter and Phylum found a field that was located close to the small Pokémon Center that serviced the student's pokémon hurt in battle. They sat down on the bench near the sidelines and waited for Eileen or Aaron to show up. While they were waiting, Carter played around with Phylum, playing catch with a Frisbee he had in his backpack. It was a simple game, but the pair enjoyed it immensely. Games like this, coupled with their adventures together, aided in forming the strong bond they had with each other today. The Frisbee was overthrown by Carter eventually, and as Phylum went running after it, it was thrown back to Carter. From where it was thrown, the duo saw a blonde girl with a Pichu on her shoulder. It was unmistakably Eileen.
"Put a little too much power into that one?" She joked.
"Nah, Phylum was just too slow to catch it", Carter rebuked sarcastically. This earned him a slight glare from Phylum. "Hey, it was just a joke, Phylum!"
"So, this is your Leafeon I take it?"
Phylum jumped onto Carter playfully, knocking him on the ground "Yup! His name's Phylum, and we've been together for as long as we can remember." Said pokémon gave a happy cry in greeting, while Carter scratched him under him his chin.
Eileen giggled. "The bond between you guys is pretty strong, I think it's cute when people and their pokémon are such good friends." She blushed a little, as did Carter when he heard the word cute. The Pichu on Eileen's shoulder ran up to Carter and examined him. "Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot! Carter, Phylum, this is my Pichu, Zesty!" Once it heard its name, the small, yellow pokémon made its way to Eileen's shoulder. It let out a small volt of electricity from its cheeks once it reached the top and gave a smile as a greeting.
Carter gave a wave to Zesty, while Phylum gave a greeting call and went up to Eileen. Zesty ran off its trainer's shoulder and Phylum began to chase it, the two having a great time playing with each other. "That didn't take long," Carter said with a smile on his face. "Is Pichu the only pokémon you brought with you?"
Eileen had the same smile on her face. "No, I brought two more, like everyone else!" She responded. Two poké balls came from the pack she carried, which she then threw. Out of the two capsules came a Glaceon and a Roserade. They gave a gleeful greeting to their trainer and the stranger next to her. "Hey, you two", she kneeled down and greeted the pokémon, then turned towards Carter. "This is my Glaceon, Elsa, and my Roserade, Petals!" The two responded with a joyful cry.
"Nice to meet you guys!" He kneeled down by Eileen's side. "You have really great pokémon, you must have all been a formidable team!"
"You bet! We won the Jubilife City Open Tournament together!" She gave her answer with an obvious hint of pride.
"Wow! That's impressive", Carter stood up and reached for the other two poké balls on his chain. "But let's see if they can compare to my team." This was followed by a competitive grin that showed up on Eileen's face, as well.
Carter then enlarged the two poké balls, accepting the little competition Eileen began. Out of the two balls came Jester and Tucson. "This is Jester and Tucson!" They gave a greeting to the mysterious trainer across from them. Eileen gave a smile in return. "These guys won me the Veilstone City and Hearthome City Tournaments a couple years ago." Both pokémon gave a confident cry at hearing the tournament names.
"That's also impressive, but there's only one way to decide whose better." Carter and Eileen gave each other a knowing grin. "A pokémon battle!" Both of them yelled at the same time.
They called their pokémon back to them, returning them to their poké balls. All were back in their capsules except for Elsa, Phylum, and Zesty, who stayed on Eileen's shoulder. The two competitors went to opposite ends of the battle field. "Alright, a one on one battle. First one to be knocked out loses?" Carter asked, setting the rules.
"Sounds fair to me!" Eileen replied. "I'm expecting a full on battle here, don't go easy on me." She gave Carter a sly grin.
"Wasn't planning on it", he answered with a competitive grin. "Phylum, let's give them a battle they won't forget!" Carter's Leafeon took the field and let out a growl to match the determination of its trainer.
"Glad to hear it! Okay, Elsa, give it you're all!" The Glaceon went out on the field with a glare in her eyes, raring for battle. "Time to show them how we won the Jubilife City Tournament! Use ice beam!"
Elsa let out an ice beam that nearly hit Phylum, but he got out of the way just in the nick of time. "Okay Phylum, buy us some time! Use grass knot!"
Only a second after the command, grassy roots shot from under Phylum and sped towards Elsa, ensnaring her. While the Glaceon and Eileen were trying to get out of it, Carter told Phylum to use sunny day. Instantly, the battle field became warmer and filled with sunlight. As Elsa broke the grass knot, she began to slow down a little, not used to the warm, bright sun.
"Come on, Elsa! Hang in there, I believe in you!" This boost of confidence had an immediate effect on the pokémon, as she shook off the extra warmth of the sun.
As it got up, Eileen told her to use icy wind. Phylum wasn't able to avoid this attack, as it covered the entire field. Carter winced at the effect it had on his pokémon. He took significant damage, but was still ready to go. "We're still good, Phylum! You got this!" The pokémon used grass knot again, ensnaring Elsa.
"You're gonna have to switch up your strategy if you want to beat me!" Eileen taunted.
"Well, I hope this makes you happy, then!" Carter quickly countered. "Alright, Phylum. Solarbeam!"
It went straight to the attack, as sunny day gave it the power to strike quickly. The beam struck Elsa straight on the mark, causing great amounts of damage. "Now finish the job! Aerial ace!" Phylum struck with such speed that Eileen couldn't even give a command to dodge the attack, even though it would've been futile in its condition. This attack hit Elsa straight on, knocking her off her legs.
"No!" Was all that escaped her trainer's mouth as her pokémon hit the ground. Before Carter could congratulate Phylum on a job well done, Elsa was able to stagger back up. There was still fight in her. "There we go Elsa! I know you had it in you!" Eileen chanted with determination. "Okay, let's finish this. Use hail!"
The battle field went from a warm, sunny day to a cold, foggy winter storm. Carter and Phylum could barely see through it, giving Eileen and Elsa the chance they needed. Commanding her pokémon with great skill, Elsa shot another ice beam towards Phylum. With the visibility near zero, and Carter and Phylum blind, it was a direct hit. Phylum wasn't done yet, but the small determination it had was shattered as it was met with a swift tackle by the opposing Glaceon. Its strength left its body and it fell to ground, a KO.
Eileen and Elsa jumped for joy at the victory, while Carter ran to Phylum to make sure he was okay. "Phylum! Are you alright?" A small cry came from the pokémon to let his worried partner know he was okay. Carter then formed a smile. "You did well, bud. Now, get some rest." He brought up the first poké ball on his a chain and a red laser shot towards Phylum, returning it to the capsule. Then, he looked over towards Eileen.
'That combo usually works', was the first thing that came to his head. 'I'm surprised her Glaceon was still standing, guess they're stronger than I thought.'
At this moment, Eileen called back Elsa into her poké ball, then walked over with Zesty still on her shoulder, happy that her friend won the battle. "Man that was a great battle!" She congratulated Carter. "I haven't had one like that in a while, you scared me with that solarbeam of yours!"
"Yeah, usually that wins it, but I guess you're pokémon was strong enough to pull through. I'll have to rethink my strategy if I'm gonna beat you!" Carter said rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah, Elsa and I won't go down without a fight. I guess we'll have a rematch in the near future?" She questioned him.
"You can count on it!" He replied. They starred at each other for a brief moment. And Zesty looked between the two, not knowing why they were staring at each other. Seconds later, they heard a voice in the distance and saw three figures heading towards them.
"Hey! Carter! Is that you?!" It was Aaron and he was followed by two people Carter had never seen before.
Carter and Eileen walked over to the group as they were walking onto the field. "Hey, Carter! Sorry I'm late, had to get these two to come along with me!" Aaron pointed behind him indicating the boy and girl that were following. The boy had short, black hair, a goatee to match, and amber eyes. His attire was comprised of a red sweatshirt, tan cargo shorts, and equally colored shoes. Next to him was a girl who had hair that matched the boy's in color, but came down to her shoulders, while her eyes matched the boy's, as well. She wore a pink dress that came down to right above her knees, covered by a jean jacket and accompanied by a charm bracelet on her right wrist and blue flats.
They came up next to his side. "Carter, I'd like you to meet my roommate, Dominique."
The boy stepped ahead and shook Carter and Eileen's hands. He wore a calm smile, "Nice to meet you guys, you can call me Dom. And this", he turned towards the girl behind him. "This is my twin sister, Delilah."
Now it was the girl's turn, she came and give each of them a hug. She wore a beautiful smile that showed her pearly white teeth. "Hello!" She exclaimed joyfully. "It's so nice to meet you!" Everything about her radiated positivity, whereas her brother seemed a more calm-minded, controlled individual.
Carter replied to them both, "It's great to meet you guys. I'm Carter, and this is Eileen." The blonde gave a wave and smile in response to her name.
Aaron jumped in, "It's great to meet you, Eileen." Then, he turned to Carter. "Only a few hours here and you've already found a girl? Man, I need to take lessons from you!"
This made Carter blush instantly, as well as Eileen. They turned from each other to hide it, while Carter rubbed his head as he usually did when things got awkward. "N-No! She's just a friend – I mean, um…" Eileen put her hand on his shoulder to calm him down, realizing the awkwardness of the situation.
Eileen cut Aaron off before he could say anything. "So, what're you guys doing?"
Aaron wanted to comment more on the two, but saw Carter turn red and decided otherwise. "Well, Carter sent me a Holo Cast wanting me to meet him here. I thought bringing Delilah and Dom along would be great so they could meet him. And", Aaron left them waiting, as he pulled a folded up piece of paper from his pocket "I wanted to know if you guys would want to go to a bonfire tonight, Delilah and Dom are coming." At this point he unfolded the paper that advertised a bonfire being held at the Fraternity Lane of the university.
Carter took the piece of paper and looked at it, as did Eileen and Zesty. "Hm… This sounds fun! I'll tag along with you guys, if you don't mind."
"Of course!" Aaron exclaimed. "The more the merrier. What about you, Eileen?"
She was tempted by the offer, but declined. "Thanks, but I was gonna spend the night exploring Lumiose City with my pokémon." Eileen nodded towards Zesty and it gave a happy cry. Carter was a little disappointed that she wouldn't be going, but he didn't let it show. "But I won't be going into the city until tonight, so I say we go to the dining hall and get some dinner for us and our pokémon." Everyone agreed, but they first went to the small pokémon center to get Elsa and Phylum healed.
The group then made their way to the dining hall and ate outside. Everyone's pokémon came out to eat and were introduced to everyone else. Dom's Nidoking, Roi, and Delilah's Nidoqueen, Reine, were the only pokémon they brought, but they battled as a duo, so it was like they had two pokémon. Along with Marble, Aaron brought along his Loudred, Feedback, and his Nocturne, Specks.
Over the course of the dinner everyone got to know each other, including the pokémon. Carter and Eileen learned that Delilah and Dom were from Aquacorde Town in Kalos. Luckily for Aaron, they didn't just speak Kalosian. The twins came to Pokémon Tech so Delilah could be taught the principles of pokémon breeding and Dom could learn the styles of pokémon photography. Vice versa, Aaron, Delilah, and Dom got to know Carter and Eileen better. The sun had disappeared beyond the horizon for about an hour when Eileen made her leave, but received everyone's Caster IDs before she left.
"It was great meeting you guys! I'm in Birch Hall, room 313 if you guys ever want to stop by and say 'hello'!" A smile beamed from her face as she said good-bye to everyone. When she came to Carter, she gave him a hug and said to send her a Holo Cast sometime tomorrow. Zesty went back on her shoulder and she returned her pokémon as she left the dining area.
After Eileen left, Aaron turned towards Carter. "Are you sure she's just a friend?"
Delilah and Dom laughed as Carter gave a friendly punch on the shoulder to Aaron. "Shut up!" He replied with a smirk on his face. "For now, yeah we're friends, but… You know. We'll see."
They quickly finished what was left of their dinners, then returned their pokémon and made their way to Fraternity Lane. From the dining area they had to take a twenty minute walk to the street. Once they arrived, they immediately saw the bonfire. Students had their pokémon out and were dancing around to an Exploud that amplified music coming from a band in front of the bonfire. Around it, the group saw some pokémon performing party tricks, such as an Alakazam using its psychic powers to hold two students as they did a keg stand. It was a college party, and the first the group had ever attended.
"Alright, guys. We should try to stick together." Carter turned around to see his friends were already gone. He saw the twins head off to watch the band, while simultaneously taking a beer being handed to them. Aaron went over to a group of girls, obviously trying to get a few IDs and, from the look of the big guy heading over to cut him off, he wasn't succeeding. This forced Aaron to back off, so he went towards another group of girls.
Carter made his way around the bonfire, seeing everything that went on, from shots to wild dancing to smoker's circles. Pokémon such as Kirlia and Spinda were enjoying the music blasting from the Exploud with their trainers. While Ludicolos and Torkoals were enjoying some blunts with the students. It was amazing, yet terrifying at the same time. Eventually, a girl, who was slightly tipsy, came up to Carter and offered him a drink.
"Hey, cutie." Her words were slightly slurred. "Want a dr-drink?" This made her appear even more so under the influence as she handed him a beer. Carter looked at it for a minute, but reluctantly took the beer. He took a swig, and went dancing with the girl.
After a few more drinks, Carter could feel the effects of the alcohol. Everything was starting to become blurry. This wasn't the end of it however, as he was convinced to take some shots and do a few beer shotguns. Eventually, he was beginning to make incoherent sentences, and the sights and sounds of the bonfire blurred together. When he was dancing, after ingesting the alcohol, he spun in circles and hit the ground hard. Once that happened, his eyes slammed shut. Black out.
Aw man, college parties am I right? Haha. So, I took what I've seen from parties during my first year of college, not too big, but there will be more, trust me. Again, this was my first time having to describe a pokémon battle, I hope it was good to y'all. I want to hear critiques on that if it wasn't, thanks! And the pokémon that were involved in the party were the ones that I thought would fit the most, if y'all have any ideas on better pokémon, feel free to suggest them! There will be more battles and parties to come, as well as Carter getting out of his black out and recollecting everything the next day (favorite part of the hangover -.-), so stay tuned!
Keep checking in on this story, there will be a lot more interesting things to come. Until next time y'all, peace! Thank ya kindly for reading :)
