"Red!" Leaf yelled out as she sprung out of bed; her forehead is covered in sweat and her right arm is stretching out as though she's reaching for something. She blinked a couple of times as she scans her surroundings, there was several white drawers that are nicely designed, a small table sitting in the middle of the room and two chairs sitting on both ends. The room itself was quite bright as the sun from the balcony window shines through. She then look to her right and noticed her white hat sitting neatly on the table; she grabs it and placed it firmly on her head. Confusion is still taking a toll on her as she gently got out of bed, but nearly collapsed when she tries to balance herself, luckily she placed a hand on the wall for support.
"Argh…it still hurts…" Leaf hissed in pain, remembering the previous event that had happened to her. Slowly she straightens herself and walked towards the sliding door and opened it and exited out. Her eyes were in awe; she's in a small suburb town with many people walking around with their pokemon. The houses and buildings have strange canopy with different color variation of colors. What's even stranger is that the people here have a heavy accent and the smell in the atmosphere is greatly different compare to her home town. Last, but not least there is a Roselia fountain pouring water on each ends of the roses. But she couldn't help, but feel familiar to the place, like she's been here before.
"This place feels familiar…like I've been here before…but why?" Leaf whispered to herself as she leans forward, her elbows resting on the edges as she went into deep thought.
"Red…Hope…where are you guys?" Leaf whispered to herself; she was getting worried, the two people who she dearly loves have been separated while traveling through Pandora. She remembers landing heavily on some stone pavements in a small alleyway. Then she tries to support herself from getting up, but ended up leaning against the walls and was knocked unconscious. Then she suddenly woke up in a strange world and in bed, but who could've brought her here?
"Why did Pandora send us here? Did Red somehow miscalculate its traveling?" Leaf whisper to herself as she continues to watch the people walking around and talking to one another, then suddenly the smell of fresh bake bread from a nearby bakery was in the air, her stomach was grumbling.
"Oh…I'm hungry…" Leaf moaned as she place a hand on her stomach. A door swings open from behind her; Leaf looks behind and her eyes widen in shock and surprise.
"Hey, you're awake." Serena said with a soft smile. She was carrying a basket filled with breads and pastries; Leaf eyed on the basket then back at Serena.
"S-Serena!?" Leaf yelled out in surprise. She moves towards the younger cousin, her mouth still agape.
"Yeah it's me. I've found you leaning against the nearby alley by the pokemon center, you didn't wake up and your leg was sprained, so I brought you here so you can rest." Serena stated as she place the basket on the table and sat on the chair.
"How long was I unconscious?" Leaf asked her young teenager. Serena crosses her arms and looked at her with a serious look.
"About two hours. It was enough time to get a badge in Santalune City." Serena stated. Leaf's eyes widen in surprise, now she recognized the small city. She's in the Kalos region, her aunt and uncle's home! She gave another look at Serena who she responded back with a raised eyebrow.
"Come on Leaf, tell me why you're here." Serena said as she crosses her legs. Leaf nodded her head as she took a seat across from her cousin. The situation feels awkward, like both of them are two different strangers, or at least that's how Leaf feels like.
"You won't believe what happen…um may I?" Leaf asked as she pointed at the basket. Serena nodded her head and gesture her to do so. Her older cousin thanked her and grabs a piece of pastry filled with red filling; she took a bite out of it and sighed pleasantly.
"Try me." Serena stated with a serious look. Leaf sighed; she knew that Serena was a serious person, ever since they were both younger; Serena would always stay serious in any situation, she would rather study than play little doll house together and she would always be prideful on what she do. One would say she's a boring person.
"Well…let's start from the bottom…" Leaf stated as she took a bite out of the pastry.
"Calem duck!" Red yelled out towards the blue sweatshirt trainer. Calem did so instructed, a Pidgey glides down, towards his direction, but narrowly missed by a hair.
"Sandslash rock slide!" Red yelled out towards his pokemon. The yellow and brown pokemon obeys as it raised its arms in the air. Pieces of debris and earths were thrown towards the wild pokemon. Several pokemoon were hit and they all collapse on the ground defeated. Calem got back up on his feet and pointed at the sky blue frog pokemon.
"Ninja, use bubble!" Calem commanded the frog pokemon. The small frog nodded with a loud croak 'froak!' and opened its mouth; several bubbles shot out and landed on a few Pansages and Pansears. Although the Pansears went down in one fell swoop, the Pansages were still up and strong.
"Damn it…" Calem cursed as he looks at his surroundings. The wild horde of pokémon has diminished when he was here trying to save Red, but there are still too many. Slowly the pokemon got the two trainers and their pokemon's in a corner.
"Sandlash return! Go Feraligatr!" Red yelled out as he returns the Sandlash back into the ball, and then he threw another ball from his belt. It revealed a large blue scaly bipedal alligator with a red spiky scale on its head and sharp claws on each hand.
"Calem get behind me and call back your pokemon!" Red yelled back at the trainer. Calem agreed to do so as he withdraws his pokemon back into the ball and went behind Red.
"Feraligatr, use surf!" Red yelled out. The giant alligator pokemon obliges as its hands starts glowing blue. The pokemon roars and hisses as he swings its arms upward. A huge body of water form in front of Feraligatr, then the blue alligator sends it off, the huge body of water crushes and overcome the wild horde of pokemon. Calem is amazed and was in awe on how the trainer before him had taken down the entire wild horde encounter in one attack. It seems his heroic attempt was all for nothing. Red gave a sigh of relief as he calls back his pokemon back.
"Th-That…was amazing!" Calem said in bewilderment, but Red heed no mind as he still kept looking around, ignoring the younger trainer.
"Leaf! Hope!" Red yelled out as he ran off leaving Calem behind.
"H-Hey! Where are you going!?" Calem called out, then with blinding speed he sprinted towards Red and put a hand on his shoulder. Red still worried; he turns around and see Calem trying to catch his breath.
"Look kid, I'm glad you helped me out and all, but I'm looking for someone very important to me." Red said franticly and bit his lower lip.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but…your name is Red right? Just…who are you?" Calem asked in concern. Red sighs as he closes his eyes and looked up at the sky.
"I'm just a trainer, nothing more and nothing less." Red responded back. Calem raised an eyebrow and crosses his arms and gave a small frown.
"You're either an idiot or a terrible liar." Calem simply stated which Red responded with an eyebrow raising up.
"A simple trainer wouldn't just simply waltz around the forest and shouting out 'earthquake' or fighting off hordes of pokemon with a brilliant move and quick thinking. No…you're a…Pokemon Master…correct?" Calem simply stated the obvious. Red's shocked on how Calem is so perceptive on someone who he just met, so he sighed in defeat and nodded his head.
"Ah ha! I knew it!" Calem announced as he snap his fingers and flash a wide grin.
"Yeah so what, you know who I am and you know how well I'm trained, I have something else I need to do that's far more important than to talk to some stranger. So thank you and see you later." Red said coldly as he gesture his hand in the air and walked away, but that didn't stop Calem as he stopped him again, by putting a hand on Red's shoulder. Red could swear his blood is boiling and is ready to beat this punk down, but he's trying his best not to come into that factor.
"I've got a proposition, how about we join forces? You know a team." Calem suggested. Red's eyes bulged out as he couldn't believe what he's hearing.
"Listen kid-" Red remarked, but Calem interrupted him with a raised hand.
"It's Calem." Calem corrected him, which Red sigh in response.
"Calem…what the hell do you want from me?" Red asked in annoyance, but Calem rubbed his hands together and grinned.
"You're new here aren't you? How do you know where you're going?" Calem asked.
"I'll look for a map." Red remarked.
"And if you can't?" Calem responded.
"Then I'll ask for directions." Red responded back with no hesitation. Calem sighs and shook his head.
"Look, that's going to take ages, I have a map right here in my bag, you have no idea where you're going and I'm planning on helping you look for your special someone." Calem suggested. Red closed his eyes and thought for a moment.
"You said it's going to take me ages to find a map or directions, but yet you're going to the gyms and to different locations around the whole region and challenge the Elite Four in the end. How is that, not fast enough compare to mines?" Red asked coldly. Calem sigh and shook his head.
"Look Red, I'll help you, no one else isn't going to kindly give you a map or directions. So what do you say?" Calem asked the red jacket young man while having his arm outstretch for a handshake. Red sighs and thought for a moment. Calem is right on some department…but he doesn't know the area and the region he's in is completely new to him. Maybe traveling with someone with a map will help him on his quest.
"Alright deal…" Red said as he has his hand clenched onto Calem's.
"That is quite a story there Leaf…so who is this person named Red mean to you?" Serena asked as she took a croissant out of the basket and took a bite out of it. Leaf twiddles her fingers together and looked down on the carpet floor.
"He's my husband…." Leaf responded back with a small smile. Serena's eyes bulged out and nearly choked on the food she has in her mouth.
"W-What!?" Serena yelled out while standing back up on her feet. Leaf gave a small laugh and smiled nervously.
"So-what-how-when-did-huh?" Serena said in gibberish words. Leaf looked down at the half eaten pastry she has on her hand and smiled.
"We're not legally married, but we did during my-our adventure." Leaf simply said. Serena's mouth dropped down as though she saw a ghost, but she tries to regain her composure and slowly sat back down.
"I thought you were always going for Blue, what happened?" Serena asked, needing more juicy information out of Leaf. Her older cousin sighs and frowned.
"Blue was…well…he wasn't the guy that I thought he was. Sometimes the good looking guys are the ugliest from the inside, but he is slowly changing, however he's still the same as always." Leaf responded as she bit onto her pastry.
"So Serena…do you have anyone out there that you like yet?" Leaf asked the blonde girl. Serena shook her head.
"Nope, not that I need someone anyways." Serena responded. Leaf just nodded her head. Despite Serena's stubbornness and prideful nature; she is an eye catcher and many guys around her age would love to take her out on a date or wouldn't be caught dead in her appearance.
"Yup, old typical Serena, so you're on a pokemon journey?" Leaf asked the blonde with interest.
"Yeah I just started out today, my pokemon is a Chespin." Serena said as she unclips a ball from her dress and showed it to Leaf.
"Very nice, so I see that the Kalos region is having more pokemon migrating." Leaf said. Serena nodded her head in response.
"Correct, it's enough for trainers to start their journey, and I'm going to be the best of the best! That I guarantee." Serena called out in triumph.
"That's great and all, but what happens after you do become the very best?" Leaf asked Serena. The blonde didn't thought about that as she started mumbling to herself.
"I-I don't know yet, but I will figure it out someday." Serena sheepishly admitted.
"Well good luck with that Serena…I'm going to find Red and Hope, thanks for everything." Leaf said as she tilts her white hat and headed for the door.
"Huh!? That's it? You're just going to get up and leave me after what I did to save you?" Serena asked in bewilderment. Leaf looks back at her and raised an eyebrow.
"What are you saying Serena?" Leaf asked the blonde. Serena bit her lips a bit and advert her eyes to the side.
"What if…um…how do I put this…why don't you join me on my pokemon journey?" Serena suggested. Leaf's eyes widen in shock and surprise.
"I would love to Serena…but I need to find Red and Hope." Leaf responded back. Serena rolled her eyes and sighs.
"Leaf, it's the least you can do. Tell you what, I'll help you find your husband and your pokemon Hope along the way." Serena suggested. Leaf bit her lips and thought for a moment.
"We…I don't' know…" Leaf hesitated said, unsure what to say or do.
"Come on Leaf, we're cousins and cousin's needs to help each other out." Serena added.
"Okay, but why do you need me for?" Leaf asked in confusion.
"It's because you're the champion and master in Kanto. I would like to hear some advices." Serena said with a bit of plea.
"What ever happen to your prideful nature?" Leaf asked in bewilderment from Serena's sudden change of attitude.
"Hey, everyone needs a little pick me up every once in a while right?" Serena asked. Leaf sighs and nodded her head.
"I suppose so Serena…even though we aren't exactly close relatives, but family has to stick together right?" Serena said with a small hint of confusion.
"That's the spirit! I love you Leaf!" Serena remarks as she hugged her older cousin, causing Leaf to be alarmed, but patted the back of her head.
'Why do I get the feeling she's using me?' Leaf thought to herself.
"So…where do we go from here?" Leaf asked. Serena slowly removes herself away from Leaf and smiled.
"We're going up north from here. We're going to try to head to Lumiose City, that's where Professor Sycamore's lab is at and I need to show him my Pokedex." Serena stated. Leaf only nods her head in response.
"Let's get going Leaf." Serena said.
"Talk about split personality…wait a minute…am I like that to Red?" Leaf whispers to herself as she put a finger to her chin.
"Let's head to the pokemon center Red, I need to heal my Ninja." Calem said to Red whom they've both arrived at the small city. Red only nodded his head. They both enter the pokemon center, but before Calem could head for the counter Tierno came from behind both of them with a big grin.
"Oh! Hi there Cal! Are you here to get your pokemon all heal up too?" Tierno ask as he approaches Calem.
"You bet Tierno, I had a rough battle back in the forest, but I made it out safe and sound." Calem responded back with smile. Tierno look to his right and saw Red standing in total silence with his arms crossed.
"Oh, are you friends with my pal Cal?" Tierno asked in bewilderment as he approaches Red.
"I suppose you can say that." Red simply said with a shrug of a shoulder. Tierno smiled as he starts dancing around with his arms spread and finally a spin at the end. Red only raised his eyebrow at the weird event going on.
"That's great; Cal just moves here, I hope I can be friends with you too um…" Tierno trailed off, unsure what to say.
"Red." Red simply stated.
"Red! That's great, say since we're going to be pals, can I nickname you?" Tierno asked in happiness. Calem smiles as he looks at Red who's just stunned on how fast the relationship is going between the two.
"Um, sure." Red simply said.
"Hmmm…let's see…since your name is already Red…and your name is pretty much that…oh I know! I'll call you Crimson!" Tierno called out excitingly. Red's eyes widen as he clenches his hands and his red cap covering his eyes.
"No…" Red simply stated.
"Oh why not? Crimson is a wonderful nickname, it's just so you, and the name Crimson is just so cool!" Tierno chirped. Calem frowns as he looked at Red, concerned on what made him seem dark.
"No…" Red stated again, only in a bit more anger tone.
"Come on Red; Crimson is the perfect name for you, the red eyes, the clothes, and even your name! It's too bad your name is already Red, so I think Crimson is the best name for you!" Tierno continued on. Red clenches his hands even tighter, his teeth barring together, and his blood is boiling.
"Um Tierno…I think you should stop." Calem suggested with a hint of warning.
"No!" Red called out again with a bit more anger added into it. However, due to Tierno's obliviousness, he continues rambling on and on about how Crimson's name would be fitting for Red.
"So from now on you shall be known as-" Tierno was cut off when suddenly Red grab a hold of his black T-shirt and slammed him against the wall. Everyone in the center looked at both of them, all stay silent and still. Red's hand gripped onto Tierno's shirt and his other hand curled into a fist ready to launch a punch and for some reason; Red's eyes seem to be glowing red even fiercer.
"No means no you dumb fat ass!" Red yelled out. Tierno cower in fear and meekly whimpered.
"What's wrong fat ass, I heard you like dancing from Calem, what if I break every bone on those chubby legs of yours with my pokemon!?" Red yelled out while having a pokeball in hand. Calem was stunned and shock on Red's behavior, what has gotten into him!? Then he noticed something red and thick coming out from Red's nose, blood.
"Red's that's enough! Let him go!" Calem yelled out, suddenly Red snapped out of it and slowly released Tierno. The big trainer slowly slides down while whimpering with several tears in his eyes. Red turns around and saw many trainers and nurses looking directly at Red each and every one of them stares in awe and fear.
"I-I'm sorry…" Red whispered an apology. He slowly left the center in deep thought, eyes still trailing him as he leaves. He leans against the center; he wipes the blood away from his nose and examined it.
"Crimson…it's just like that mask person said…he called me Crimson…" Red whispered to himself. He closes his eyes and was in deep thought.
"What the hell…" Red whispered to himself.
If you guys are confused on why Red has different pokemon and not his own, you have to read, and I repeat, READ Pandora! The first story on my profile!