Just to be clear, regular quotes ("") mean it's a human talking and then this ('') around the words mean a pokemonis talking since humans can't understand pokemon speech. So there you go in case you're wondering how a pokemon is talking.
I tried running away from the twins but they ended up cluelesslymaking me run to the woods. Not used to running on four legs, I ended up banging into a tree, too slow to turn. I got up and shook off the dizziness.
"Ok! Are you ready Vulpix?" Damian asked enlarging apokeball. I looked up at him with wide eyes. It was too late I was going to have to fight. "Go Rico!" Damian exclaimed throwing the ball. The Treecko came out of his ball.
He saluted Damian and exclaimed, 'Okay boss, lets go!'
Well, I thought, at least I have a type advantage. Rico was grass and I was fire. Now all I had to do was know how to use a fire attack.
"Okay, use absorb!" Damian ordered. Rico sent somethingglowy towards me and I braced myself for the hit. Surprisingly it didn't hurt that bad, like barely any pain at all. I opened my eyes and shook the pain off, literally. "Why didn't that work more?" Damian asked annoyed.
"Idiot, Vulpix is a fire type. Using a grass attack like absorb on her isn't going to work. In fact if she does any fire attack Rico is screwed, no offence Rico," Stella said. Rico was too focused to take offense.
Okay my turn. What can I do? I thought. Almost as if my body knew what to do, I felt warmness rising from my stomach. Oh this must be Ember! With that thought I took a deep breath and when I let it go, fire came out of my mouth right towards Rico. It hit him square in the chest. Rico cried out in pain and fell to the floor. I felt bad afterwards but I knew it had to be done. It's not like I permanently hurt him.
"Told you!" Stella said cheerfully.
"Shut up! Rico can you continue?" He asked worried.
'I think so boss,' Rico said standing up weakly.
"Great! Now use pound!" Damian ordered. Rico lunged at me fist glowing. Panicking, I dodged quickly. I did not want to get hit with that, I decided. Unfortunately for me he quickly switched directions and hit me hard. I flew backwards and slammed into a tree. I got back up as fast as I could which wasn't that fast. I was still a bit disoriented, but I refused to let it affect me. There was no way a fire type like I apparently was now was going to lose to a grass type and due to a lousy absorb and pound. It was really a pride thing.
Nonetheless it was on now. I took another deep breath, embracing the heat coming from my belly and let loose another ember. It hit Rico again and with a cry, he fainted.
"Well that was predictable," Stella commented.
I jumped up and down in victory excited that I won my firstpokemon battle as a pokemon! Maybe I will be fine as apokemon as long as I'm this awesome all the time. I spoke way too soon.
"Don't count your pokemon before they hatch Vulpix!" Damian said recalling Rico. My celebrating took an immediate stop as he enlarged another pokeball. "Go Gully!" he called. Out of the ball came a Wingull. I was too horrified at the prospect of fighting a water pokemon, even if it was part flying type too, to be aghast at how uncreative Damian was with names.
Crap, I thought, What's the chances it doesn't know watergun?
"Gully, use water gun!" Damian called.
'Okey dokey!' Gully chimed, her voice high pitched, 'Sorry pretty Vulpix!' she apologized before spitting water at me. I dodged, squeaking.
"She's fast," Damian said, "But you can get her Gully! Try again!"
She did so and continued even after I dodged. Then I realized,I'm a pokemon too! I can attack her too! But what could I do that would be effective? Ember wouldn't work. Maybe I could tackle her? I didn't know if Vulpix's generally knew how to use tackle attack but it can't be hard right? I pounced at Gully who was luckily not that far off the ground. I landed on top of her, sending her straight to the ground. She landed hard with me still on her.
"Now!" Damian commanded. Suddenly I realized I was right by her beak. I tried jumping off her but it was too late. I got a face full of water that sent me careening into a tree again. The feeling was instant. I felt totally drained. I tried standing up but I immediately fell back down. Suddenly a pokeball appeared and I got sucked inside it.
A moment of panic overcame me. I was caught. I was inside africken pokeball! After the panic left me I looked around me. It wasn't necessarily bad. I was floating it seemed in a black surrounding. It was weird though because it wasn't dark, black, like it was legit black. It wasn't scary though. It was strangely comforting, like I guess how a baby feels wrapped in their mother's arms. In my case though I was the baby and this weird black surrounding was my mother.
I didn't like it though. It felt wrong somehow. I was human even if I wasn't one currently. I wasn't supposed to be in here! I tried struggling to get out but it didn't work. I was officially caught.
So, what to do now, I thought. I didn't have the energy to roam or even find out if I could actually roam. Instead my mind ran to conclusions. What if I never get out of here? What if Damian forgets about me and I'll die all alone inside a pokeball?! No! This can't happen I won't allow it!
Suddenly that happy carefree feeling from the healing machine washed over me and just like that I was happy again. That machine really was a miracle worker. I happily relaxed, not scared of the pokeball anymore. Right when my high was wearing out, I saw a red light in the distance. Somehow knowing what to do I ran towards it. With a blink of an eye, I was out of my pokeball.
Disoriented I looked around. I was in some sort of hotel room on a bed. "Hey Vulpix!" Damian exclaimed. I jumped around and saw Damian sitting crosslegged leaning against the headboard. I surprisingly felt happy at seeing my trainer's face. Wait did I say my trainer?
Before I got caught I felt happy when I saw him because, well, he saved me. Now after being caught, it felt different. Not bad, just different. Damian pat his legs to tell me to come over and I did. When I got close he picked me up and put me on his lap. "Ok Vulpix I need to nickname you so you'll stand out amongst all the Vulpixes out there!" He exclaimed. He picked me up again and held me in front of him. He studied my face intently. I just hope it's not something dumb like Vullie or Pixie. "I got it! I'm going to name you Pixel!" Damian exclaimed proudly, putting me lightly back on the bed.
Well, it's not Pixie at least, I thought before letting out a 'Pix!' of approval. Based on his history of naming pokemon, I didn't think it was too bad.
"Ok Pixel! Then it's time for you to meet your teammates! Go Rico and Gully!" Damian called bringing out his two otherpokemon on the bed.
'What is it Boss? Is there trouble? What can I do?' Rico exclaimed.
"Calm down Rico," Damian laughed. "Guys, meet Pixel! She's the newest addition to our little team."
'You're the pretty Vulpix I beat before!' Gully chimed excitedly flying circles around me checking me over.
I turned around, following her and asked annoyed, 'What are you doing?'
'Oh you're still upset that I beat you!' Gully exclaimed.
'Well a little, but you're a water type and I'm fire,' I tried explaining but she didn't stop circling me. I finally exclaimed, 'Why are you doing that?'
'You mean spinning?' she asked in response. After I nodded she chimed happily, 'Because it's fun!'
"You guys stay here and get to know each other. I have to make sure Stella doesn't do something she'll regret," Damian said slightly annoyed at the reminder of his sister. He waved goodbye and said, "I'll be back soon," before he left closing the door behind him.
'You're Boss's new pokemon?' he asked me.
'I guess so,' I said.
'You look like the type of pokemon Boss's sister would have,' Rico said coldly.
'Uh thanks,' I said offended.
'You should go to her and leave Boss alone!' Rico told me angrily.
'That's mean,' I said aghast.
'Don't take it personally Pixie! He's just mad you beat him,' Gully said landing next to me.
'Don't call me that!' I told her when she called me Pixie.
'What Pixie? It's a nickname!' she exclaimed happily flying up and doing a loop, 'A cute nickname for a cute pokemon!'
'Stop saying that!' I exclaimed getting exasperated at Gully's enthusiasm.
'But it's true!' Gully exclaimed doing another loop.
'How does that thing beat you when I couldn't?' Rico asked annoyed.
'Is that it?' I asked, 'I'm a fire type, you're a grass type. Fire doesn't do good things to grass types.'
'Don't try to school me!' Rico said indigently.
I was about to reply when the door flung open with a bang. We all jumped, well Gully just flew higher, and turned around and saw a panicked Damian. Rico immediately went up to him and asked, 'What's wrong, Boss?'
"Guys follow me. Stella's in trouble," Damian said.
That's chapter 3! Sorry it's a day late. I didn't finish writing the chapter until late at night so I decided to wait until morning.
I want to thank awsmpup for favoriting the story andSomething Dictionary related and beanboy21 for putting it on their story alerts! I would also like to thank Pikachu0311 for being the first reviewer for this story! You all rock! Also, to answer Pikachu's question, the witch will come back in a few chapters, after Damian takes on Roxanne's gym. Remember everyone, review!