Lost Champion
Cynthia was watching the sun rise from her hospital room window. She was wearing a pair of plain pajamas now; her blue uniform was cleaned and packed away in a bag beside her along with her sword. She felt the need to get up and practice with this weapon, but she didn't know why.
A small growl reminded her she hadn't eaten in a while.
'When was the last time I ate?'
As if it read her mind, a pink Pokémon with a round body (Chansey) came into the room pushing a cart with some food on it.
"Thank you."
"Chansey!"
"Cynthia? Are you awake already?"
Cynthia looked up to see the four men who had been there last night.
"Oh Good Morning…where's Betty?"
"Betty?"
"I believe she is referring to Bertha." Lucian said with a light snicker. "Bertha had to go talk with the Pokémon League director, and your Grandmother will be coming by later today."
"Grandmother?" Cynthia repeated in confusion as a memory of attending a funeral as a child entered her mind. "I thought that she was dead."
The men sweat dropped.
"No…she's very much alive." Volkner replied to her.
"Man if she's this bad remembering her own family, due you think that she'll even remember her Pokémon?" Flint whispered.
"I think we're about to find out." Aaron replied as Togekiss flew up to the window.
"Togekiss!" Cynthia called out happily. She leapt off her bed to let the Pokémon in.
"OH SHE REMEMBERS THE POKEMON RIGHT AWAY, BUT NOT HER FRIENDS?" Flint shouted.
"QUIT YOUR WHINING BEFORE I TEAR YOU APART LIMB FROM LIMB!" Cynthia snapped suddenly.
Aaron and Flint screamed as the image of an Ursaring appeared behind her.
"WHY DID SHE HAVE TO GET SO SCARY!" they wailed as they hid behind Volkner who just looked stunned. Lucian…looked impressed.
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Further away, the sun was rising slowly over the fields south of Jubilife City on Route 202. As the mist slowly clears a campsite becomes visible. Miles; the sole early riser is filling his canteen at the nearby creek, his Zweilous and Nuzleaf merrily munching away on some Pokémon food mixed with assorted dry berries.
Ed's Aron had tagged along was had happily digging away at the rocky ground for any metallic ores but so far all he found were some odd stones and a few roots.
"Good morning Miles!" Alex called out as he and Turtwig approached.
"Oh Alex, good morning." Miles replied.
"I was hoping to speak to you in private away from the others." Alex suddenly said, a glint of something disastrous shimmered in his eyes.
Miles suddenly felt like he was challenging a giant with a toothpick.
"You knew that my sister was having nightmares….and she let you see her private journal…that would imply that you and my sister are very close?"
Miles nodded a faint blush visible on his face.
Alex starred at him intently before clapping a hand on the Ishvalan's shoulder. "I approve. You may continue your courtship of my sister!"
Miles nearly face faulted into the creek. 'Was that all?'
"ARGH!"
Ed's Aron had apparently dragged him out of his sleeping bag and over to the pile of stones and the fossil it had found. "You dragged me over for rocks and roots?"
Aron replied happily and nudged them towards Ed with zeal.
"Well Ed, according to this booklet those are evolution stones which alone can fetch a high price. And I'm pretty sure these roots are edible." Miles replied as he looked at a blue stone.
Turtwig sniffed one and eagerly began to chew on it. Aron tried to get it away, but Turtwig tackled him then began to chase the steel Pokemon around.
They all headed back to camp and found Roy looking like he had touched the wrong side of an electric outlet and Riza and Piplup facing off with a small blue lion like Pokémon with a black hind legs and a four point yellow star on the tip of its tail. Al and his Glameow looked like they were trying not to laugh.
"Dodge and use Tackle!" Riza ordered.
Piplup charge forward with a small burst of speed and tackled the blue lion. The second it's feet left the ground Riza tossed one of the spare poke balls at it. Three dings later, and it was successfully captured.
"So what was that?"
Al opened his Pokédex to find the entry.
Shinx; the Flash Pokémon. All of its fur dazzles if danger is sensed. It flees while the foe is momentarily blinded.
"Considering it's an Electric type, you must have caught it by surprise." Al said as he looked through the entry. "Water Types normally are weak against Electric."
Riza snickered. "Actually Roy caught it trying to take some of his ration bars. He tried to grab it instead of using Chimchar and well…he sort of grabbed its tail…"
"So that's why he looks like he stuck a fork in an electric socket." Ed laughed.
"Shut it Fullmetal." Roy snapped as he went to the creek to clean up. And get rid of the afro.
Al and Alex began to douse the flames when they spotted two Pokemon watching them from the bushes. Calling out their partners they cautiously followed while Miles and the others finished breaking down camp.
They returned a few minutes later looking victorious and holding a new Pokémon in their arms.
Alex had a Budew and Al had found a Shroomish.
"You caught them?" Ed asked cautiously.
"Yup."
"Where's Roy?" Alex asked.
There was a splash from the creek and a burst of steam shooting up in the air followed by Roy shouting in victory.
"AHA! I CAUGHT A POKEMON! IN YOUR FACE FULLMETAL! I'M ONE UP FROM YOU!"
"So what did you catch?" Ed asked dryly.
Roy opened his Dex to show them a red fish with a yellow fin shaped like a crown on the top of its body.
Magikarp; the Fish Pokemon. It is said to be the world's weakest Pokemon. No one knows why it had managed to survive.
Roy blanched as Ed opened his mouth.
"Don't say it Fullmetal."
"Fine…"
Roy turned around.
"USELESS!"
"GAH!"
So sorry for not updating recently, life got in the way!
