The Story of Amy Ketchum
A/N: Back! Sorry for not adding a new chapter yesterday, or the day before that. My mom, my sister, my grandma, and I all went to see the Nutcracker and Sunday and it took all day. I was planning on writing the chapter on the way down but I fell asleep ^. And yesterday, well I was sick. I am today o I just feel good enough to write. So, yea that's my apology for the chapter. Anyways let's get to the story! (P.S again this might turn T just an FYI)
When I came to my head hurt, I was standing instead of being pinned to the ground. I looked down and I found the pocket knife in my hand. Immediately I dropped it trying not to shriek because I was right next to my house. The three boys that were torturing me and my friend were now running off calling me some very bad words I didn't understand at the time and that I don't feel comfortable repeating. Being 3 I didn't think much of it at the time but what I didn't realize was that I would keep blacking out and more bad things were going to be happening to me and everyone close to me. That this was only the beginning. I also didn't know the difference between a feinted pokemon and a dead one.
"Courage," I said shakily my head still throbbing. I started to panic when he didn't respond, and I panicked more when I was blood faintly splattered on him. I scooped him up and ran as fast as I could back to Oak's lab. "Pwefessor, something's wrong with Courage! He won't answer me!"
"Amy, you found Courage!" The Professor exclaimed. "I thought he had ran off. One moment I was just sitting here doing some work developing a device that records a Pokémon's data and the next thing I know Courage had Air Slashed the door open and my research was being blown away!"
"Not now Pwefessor, Courage's not responding to me! What's wrong with him?" I was shaking so much, and my heart rate was so fast I thought my heart would use self-destruct. I was panicking because I thought the bullies had killed Courage while I was blacked out.
"Calm down Amy," Oak tried to persuade, "Courage is just fine. Here have him eat this."
The Professor of relationships handed me a yellow vitamin like jewel with the texture of a gummy Beartic. I took the strange medicine at placed it in Courage's beak. Before I knew it Courage was back in the conscious world.
"This little miracle is what's known as a revive." The professor explained.
The Professor and I talked for a little while and I helped him check to see if Courage had worsened his wing. This time he walked me back to my house, though now I don't think those boys would have come after me again that night.
Over the next week and a half the same thing happened almost every day. I would wake up and have breakfast. Then I would head over to Oak's lab to help him take care of Courage. Over that time Courage's wing was getting better and better. Over that period of time those boys didn't bother me anymore, and I'm thankful for that. But before I knew it 2 weeks had gone by since I had found Courage. Courage's wing was all healed and his flock had circled back to get him.
Oak and I had taken Courage out to Route 1 back to where I had found him. His wing no longer bandaged he practiced flapping. Oak said this was because he hadn't flown in a week and he needed to rebuild the muscle. I was already tearing, even though I had only known Courage for two weeks I was very sad to see him have to leave. Courage looked happy though, so I couldn't feel a little happier to. He cheerfully flapped his wings trying to maintain flight. As I sat staring at the happy flying type Oak walked over and sat down next to me.
"I know you're sad to see Courage go Amy, but it's for the best. Courage needs to be with his mother and father."
It was then I remembered, a week and a half before when Oak had tried to feed Courage. Courage said that his mom and dad were captured, and that he was alone, even within his own flock. That only make me tear more, almost to the point of them falling. Courage must have sensed something and he stopped attempting to fly and he hopped over to me like a little bird Pokemon does.
"Don't cry Miss Amy," Courage told me with his big dark blue eyes, "it will all work out I promise you." He said before nuzzling his head into my hand.
Right then his flock appeared and gently floated down into the clearing. Courage removed his head from my hand and hopped over to the flock. No one seemed to be especially ecstatic to see Courage. He hopped over to the largest one in the flock. Oak leaned over to tell me that that was the leader of the flock. Courage first bowed to the leader. The leader bowed his head in acknowledgement. Courage started flapping his wings and chirping. Every now and then the leader would dip his head slightly as if to say "I'm listening keep going." Before I knew it Courage had hoped over to another bird and it was hugging him. Then the whole flock took flight, leaving Courage behind. As soon as the flock was high in the air I got up and bolted over to Courage.
"Courage!" I exclaimed. "Why didn't you go with your flock?"
"Because," Courage told me, "I told you, my family, my parents were captured. Not only that but they were poached. The flock has no intention of finding the poachers, I just confirmed that with the leader. I said, mine is a lost existence. I thought, maybe if I stayed with another lost soul, we could find our way together. I've seen what those bullies to do you, and you need my help, not only that but I need yours."
"Courage," I said faintly, already emotional I couldn't help but let the tears flow, "thank you." I managed to say.
Oak got up from his spot and walked over to me.
"Well Amy, it looks like you're made a friend. I'm guessing he wants to stay with you."
All I could do is nod in response.
"I was suspecting this might happen. If that's the case then take this."
Oak held his hand out, resting in the palm of his hand was a sphere, the size of a golf ball. It was half white and half Red with a black line running through the middle separating the two halves. Oak pressed a white button placed in the middle of the whole sphere and it grew to the size of a baseball so it fit perfectly in the Professor's hand.
"Your father being who he is had probably shown you one of these before, but just for the sake of clarification I'll tell you anyways. This, Amy, is a Pokeball. To a trainer this is the most valuable tool they will every use. These orbs contain nothing at first, but when used by a proper trainer what's on the inside then becomes a valuable friend. I'm entrusting you with this, so you may become even close to Courage, if that's even possible. Knowing you I trust you will use it well. Now Amy, take this ball and become a Pokemon trainer."
I felt many emotions at once that day. I was joyous that Courage was staying and that he would become my first ever Pokemon partner. I was nervous because I knew the great amount of responsibility that came with carrying these orbs. I felt humbled knowing that Courage had chosen to stay with me rather than be with his own flock. And I felt sick worrying over what those three bullies would do to me and Courage once they found out that I received a pokemon and they didn't. Overall the feelings weighed out more positive than negative, so I gingerly took the ball from Oak's hand. I turned to face Courage and he bowed to me. I carefully took the ball and pressed the button to Courage's head. Courage turned to red energy and was sucked into the pokeball like it was a vacuum wave. The ball shock in my hands one, two, three times before stopping. Small sparks flew from the ball. I immediately threw the ball. When it landed on the ground it popped open. Courage emerged as white energy before materializing back into himself. When the job was done that ball flew back into my hand.
"I did it." I thought. "I just captured my first pokemon."
A/N: Yay! I can't believe it took me 4 chapters for Amy to catch Courage. I hope this isn't to slow paced. Anyway, again I'm sorry for no updates the last two days. I hope this chapter makes up for it! I also hope that you got your permission slips signed because this was a distortion world of a feels trip! Please remember to review, it probably sounds like I'm a beggar but please, I really like to get reviews and it motivates me. OK that's enough, remember I love your opinions! Anyway, until I write again. See ya later!