.New Beginnings//
by: Rian S. Dillard
Published: July 16th, 2006
Type: Self Insertion With The Narrator no one listens too
Chapter Rating: PG
Author Notes: If anybody wants to suggest any ideas feel free to do so and I'll try to incorporate them into the story.
(Viridian City)
"Cool so this is Viridian," Lydia said as she stood in awe staring at the bright green town... uh city in front of her. It had to be at least the size of Pallet and Blueburry combined, at least!
"Yep that's Viridian City the Eternally Green Par-a-dise," Silver said standing next to Lydia, not nearly as phased by the sight as she was. Silver crossed her arms as she played lightly with the words and tilted her head.
Lydia looked questioning over at Silver and said plainly "You sound like you're quoting something."
"I am it's the City's title."
"You've been here before," Lydia stated with slight interest.
Silver took a couple of steps forward before she turned around back to Lydia and said "Who hasn't…. besides new trainers that is." Her eyes suddenly slid to Lydia and a smile split across her face as she realized the small game she could play.
"Why that means that this is your first time in the city isn't it?"
"No I've been here before once when I was two," Lydia said defensively crossing her arms. She knew it was petty but who cared.
"That-doesn't-count," Silver said shaking her finger like one would to a naughty child. "Look I am warning you now you better stick next to me like radio active glue."
"Like you do to me?" Lydia smiled.
"Yes and if it is possible do so even more." Lydia's smile quickly turned into a frown. There was no way to insult Silver was there?
Silver just continued with a slight smirk now starting to hover around Lydia in a small circle. "You are a country girl, not a bumpkin, but still a country girl to these people so you better watch what you say and do because I don't want to have to send flowers to your funeral they cost way to much money now-a-days."
"I'm gonna be the one sending flowers to your funeral if I ever get my hands on you" Lydia felt like saying but instead she said "So what makes you not a country girl in their eyes?"
"Because I how to act, what to do, and say." Silver gave a little motion to each action as she spoke to accent their importance.
"Bullshit."
"Trust me or not is up to you I really don't care either way, but I just hope that you don't end up insulting anybody with your charming attitude. Now let's go!"
Lydia blinked a couple of times stunned. One second Silver was standing next to her and the next she was running away into the city. That's when it hit her: she was getting ditched.
"Hey get back here!" Lydia yelled running after Silver feeling somehow that this scene was way too familiar.
How did Lydia and Silver suddenly get to Viridian you're wondering? Well after the battle with the Poochyena pack things had become a little hectic. Lydia had to drag an unconscious Silver out of the clearing and right when they had almost made it out of there the pack started to wake up. Luckily at that same time Silver started to wake up and they both had to run outta of there at top speed because the pack was pissed off to hell that Lydia had captured their leader.
After that Silver had had a long talk with Lydia trying to convince her that she was not the evil demon from hell that Lydia thought she was. Lydia still didn't believe her entirely. Lydia was then properly introduced to her two protectors. They were Midgewater and Firefoot a Vaporeon and a Flareon respectively.
Silver then felt obligated to give Lydia a big congratulatory hug, Lydia was still having nightmares about that, and announced happily that they could now start heading over to Viridian. Lydia had practically thrown a fit on why they were suddenly going over there now and Silver replied calmly that she had retrieved all her Pokemon and that it was perfectly fine for them to go there now. Apparently she had met up with her Umbreon and Jolteon while she and her Flareon were looking for Lydia.
"Why didn't you release them to help fight when you saw the pack then?!?!" Lydia cried.
"Because," Silver said giving Lydia a flick on the forehead, "I knew that my Firefoot and Midgewater could take care of that pack easily."
"Remind me to kill you later."
So they changed their traveling direction and started off towards Viridian. They arrived about two days later which is they currently were with Lydia chasing Silver through the city of Viridian.
"Excuse me! Coming through! Move it!" Lydia yelled as she jumped through another group of glaring people. 'I'm gonna kill her!' she thought as she finally caught sight Silver up ahead on the sidewalk about to cross the street. The light flashed green and Silver ran across the street without hesitation.
"Why do I put up with her?" Lydia sighed out loud making the other people around her hand out strange looks to her. Was it that abnormal to talk to oneself? She suddenly put on a burst of speed, broke away from the crowd, and ran across the crosswalk praying that the light didn't turn.
Luck apparently wasn't with her because the light changed right back to red right when she was in the middle of the street. There was a sudden flurry of cars and honking horns and Lydia made a desperate leap for the sidewalk. She hit the concrete and rolled to her knees thankful that none of the cars had made contact with her.
She stood up glaring causing the gaggle of people that were staring at her to back off, not wanting to be the cause of her anger. She continued to walk down the street with people hastily trying to get out of her way. She ignored them and slowly made her way closer to her target: Silver.
She walked down about a half a block before she saw her target ahead of her staring into the front window of a shop. Silver had a dreamy look on her face as she stood there in front of the building practically pressed up to the glass.
Lydia walked up to her yelling "Are you trying to ditch me?!"
Silver slowly turned to her with a "Huh?" and barely dodged a punch that Lydia had aimed at her. "Crap are you trying to kill me?!?" she yelled jumping backwards.
"That's a thought," Lydia said crossing her arms with a scowl.
"Hey don't be mad my little kitten," Silver said keeping her distance as she started to circle around Lydia defiantly not wanting to be the targets of any more attacks.
"And why shouldn't I?"
"Because I have a very good, valid reason for why I ran off," Silver said with a tone that Lydia recognized. She had learned by this point that it meant that she was up to another game so for once she decided to back play.
"Was it so you could steal my money?" Lydia said waving her arms slightly to fend off Silver.
"Yes... I mean no, no," Silver said shaking her head backing off. "You should know by now that I always have a good reason for doing something and that is defiantly not a good reason."
Inside her head Lydia was mentally counting backwards from ten and trying to keep herself from attempting to whack Silver again. Silver as if sensing her impending doom quickly said. "Take a quick look at the building in front of you."
Lydia glanced at the building with a small amount of interest before settling her attention back to Silver. "Yeah I see it what about it?"
"You don't know what this is?! My, my, don't you know anything of the world around you?" Silver asked with a smirk and a flourish.
"You never get straight to the point do you?" Lydia said as an answer as some of the anger melted from her. She could never hold it for that long and Silver was just being her usual annoying self.
"Nope, not with you," Silver answered with a smile as she walked over to a nearby street lamp and wrapped herself around it.
"Lovely," Lydia said. "But what's the building in front of us."
"Are you sure you want to know what it is?" Silver said jumping off the pole and stalking towards Lydia with a scary amount of vigor.
"Yes I'm sure," Lydia stated holding her ground as she cautiously watched Silver come slowly towards her. This freaked her out the first time this was done to her but she was used to Silver's antics by this point and they didn't bother her as much. She still thought Silver needed heavy medication though.
"Okay if you're sure." Lydia just gave her a look that said plainly 'just get on with it or I will hurt you'.
"It's the best restaurant in town!" Silver finished with a laugh, throwing up her arms.
With out hesitation Lydia walked right up to her and smacked her on the head.
"Hey!"
"That was for being an idiot. Why in the world would I care about a stupid restaurant? If this place was a Gym, yes then I would care."
Silver rubbed her head and said defensively. "You won't battle good with an empty stomach and if you wanted the Gym its right down the street and to the left."
That piked Lydia's interest. "It is?" she asked ignoring Silver's improper grammar. She would scold her for it later now was the time to focus on the main task: finding the Gym.
"Yes but I wouldn't even think of challenging Blue if I were you. You only have two Pokemon," Silver said accenting her words by holding up two fingers, "one of which is a complete coward and the other one hasn't even been trained yet, it's still wild and untamed. The only time you've even seen it is for feeding and then he still keeps trying to bite your head off."
"Hey it's not my fault about the first one. How was I supposed to know that it had a Timid nature?" Lydia crossed her arms in a slight pout.
"It's a bit more than Timid," Silver teased regaining her normal attitude and hovering again this time a little closer so that she brushed up against Lydia now and then.
"Again not my fault," Lydia said backing off this time herself. She was so going to have to break Silver of that annoying hovering habit. "I 'm heading over to the Gym now, you coming or not?"
"Oh my God it's the a-poth-eosis!" Silver exclaimed clutching her hands to her chest with a slight smirk.
"Don't you mean the apocalypse?" Lydia asked trying to decipher what in the world Silver had said.
"No."
"Well, why is it the apo- apoth-" Lydia tried to question as she stumbled over the word.
"Apotheosis," Silver rolled her eyes. "And because, my friend, you have invited me to come with you and you normally tell me to leave you alone, get the hell away, or give you your money back."
"I still want it back and it's not that big of a deal."
"For me it is."
"Do you want me to revoke my invitation?" Lydia threatened.
"Doesn't matter to me I'll follow weather you want me to or not," Silver grinned as Lydia frowned. "But you are safe from me for now my little kitten for I am getting hungry and I am going to get some nur-ish-meant."
"Stop calling me kitten," Lydia said. "Well do whatever you want I can't stop you without doing something that'll get me arrested and/or possibly shot at, plus I know you'll find me somehow you always do so bye." Lydia finished, turned around, and started to walk towards the Gym with out even looking back behind her once.
"GOOD LUCK!" Silver called in her sing song voice ending with a laugh. 'She's too easy,' she thought fingering two of Lydia's Pokeballs that she had snuck into her pocket earlier, the ones that contained her two only Pokemon.
"Now for some food," she said with a small grin as she turned around and walked deftly into the restaurant.
6 - 6
Lydia looked up in awe at the Gym in front of her. It was huge!
"Not gonna get any where standing here like an idiot though," Lydia said again ignoring the stares of the on the streets people around. Maybe talking to ones self was weird, hmmm…
She walked defiantly up and opened the door to the Gym and steeping inside like she owned the place. She walked quickly pass the lobby, through the double doors, and smiled as she saw a battle with the Gym Leader taking place in the middle of an arena. The crowd around her screamed as Blue's Arcanine KO'd the opponents Weezing with a single Flamethrower attack.
'Silver was crazy thinking I wanted to battle him,' Lydia thought watching the opposing Trainer send out a Golem. Blue quickly switched out his Arcanine for a Nidoking and the battle continued. 'There's no way I could take on Blue and win, but it's a great experience coming here and watching.'
Lydia stayed there a while more watching the battle progress, Blue won of course but it was still fun to watch, and she even learned a couple of new tricks and battle strategies. The battled ended and a second Trainer came in and eventually a third did too. Lydia decided she would skip the third match for a step outside to stretch and get some fresh air.
She got outside and stretched heartily breathing in the air that seemed overly fresh to her because she had been inside that hot stuff Gym. She wondered vaguely how Blue could stand breathing in all that stale air for hours and hours on end. Of course though he was a Gym Leader and had been one for some time so perhaps he was used to it for sometime.
Her little break was interrupted though after a couple of minutes when a guy with short dirty brown hair and sky blue eyes came up to her with a question.
"You're a Trainer aren't you?" he asked. He was wearing a long sleeved jacket that covered a stark red shirt that Lydia was guessing was long sleeved to and along with that was a pair of pants.
'He must be dying of heat in there' Lydia thought before she said in a defensive voice "Who wants to know?" She had vague recollection of noticing this guy in the Gym staring at her and was immediately on edge.
"Cool it I mean ya no harm," he said putting his hands out defensively showing he was unarmed. His innocent act didn't quite work on Lydia though. He looked like he was about 6'3 and that was way to big for the innocent act to work even though he was quite skinny.
"Then why were you watching me through almost the whole entire battle?" Lydia asked with an accusing tone still watching him carefully and not letting her guard down even an inch.
"Would believe me if I said you were cute?" he asked taking off his hat and slapping it against his knee like an old habit. It was then that Lydia noticed that the hat he was wearing was a gambler's hat and it strangely seemed to throw his whole outfit together.
'EWWW is he flirting with me?!?'' Lydia's mind screamed.
"I guess not," the guy sighed putting his hat back on ignoring Lydia's look of revulsion. "Look I was just wondering if you were a Trainer. If you're not I'm sorry for bugging ya I just thought you would be one be one since the way you watched the matches and all. It was with a little more intensity then the rest of the fans and only Trainers seem to get that kinda look for some reason. If you are a Trainer I would love to have a battle with ya 'cause well I haven't had a decent one in ages and you look like ya be a firecracker."
Lydia's heart rushed with adrenaline as she heard him talk and sure as hell wasn't from infatuation. She hadn't had a battle against another Trainer yet and this guy looked like he was pretty weak, plus he talked funny. His accent was almost implacable though and seemed to throw off his speech style; it seemed like it almost forced.
"Sure I'll battle with you just tell me your name first."
"Oh sorry my name's Markus," he said straightening out his jacket. "What's yours?"
" Lydia. But where are we gonna battle? We can't have a match here," Lydia asked looking around and seeing that there were just too many people to have a battle here plus she didn't want to attract a crowd either.
" Lydia huh, well Lydia what about that park over there?" Markus said pointing off somewhere behind Lydia.
Lydia turned to look but she couldn't see over the heads of the crowd and she inwardly cursed her height as she agreed, having to trust this Markus that there really was a park over there and not a waste dump or something of that sort. Of course why there would be a waste dump out in the middle of a city was beyond her but you never knew.
As it turns out there was a park over and Lydia finally saw after the two of them broke away from the crowd. Once they crossed the street and got there they both headed over to a stray patch of grass next to an old sandbox that was just big enough to serve as a battle field. Once they got there and Markus immediately yelled "Ya ready for this!" with a smile as he grabbed a Pokeball from his belt, enlarging it at the same time. This is what he lived for.
"As ready as I'll ever be!" Lydia yelled back reaching for her own Pokeball and frowning when she didn't feel anything. She looked down, starting to panic, and saw that her two filled Pokeballs were missing from her belt.
"SILVEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!"
Author's Notes: Some body's gonna get in trouble.