Hey, I'm going to update this in between the Reality of Serenity. Hope you enjoy!
Amy47101 does not own pokémon.
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The Adventure Saga
Enlightening the Soul
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"Alright..." Lyra thought as she braced herself before the gym doors. She looked down at Mareep at her feet, who glanced back up at her determinedly. Nodding to each other, Lyra slammed open the doors, eyes squeezed shut and a silly grin on her face. "MY NAME IS LYRA KOTONE AND I'M HERE TO CHALLENGE YOUR GYM!" she shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Challenge your gym... gym... gym..." an echo answered her. Lyra blinked.
"Whaaa?" she wondered to herself. "HELLO?!"
"Hello... hello... hello..." Lyra grinned, looking down at Mareep, then cupped her hands around her mouth.
"I'M AN IDIOT!"
"I'm an idiot... idiot... idiot..." Lyra tilted her head back, laughing.
"Okay!" she said, placing her hands on her hips. "Now where's the gym leader?" She heard a small creaking noise under her feet, and glanced down at the strangely brown wooden panel she stood upon in the middle of a white tile floor. "What the...?"
She shrieked as she suddenly shot up, clutching Mareep close to her chest as he stomach lurched at the sudden movement. Quickly, the movement stopped, and Lyra took a few quick breaths. She looked over the edge and saw a man who was quite clearly smirking at her reaction.
"That..." she said, grin coming onto her face. "WAS AWESOME!"
"Awsome... awesome... awesome..." the walls echoed back.
"THANK YOU MR. GYM GUY!" Lyra exclaimed while the man evidently fell down anime style from her cheery reaction.
"Mr. Gym Guy... Gym Guy... Guy..." the walls echoed back. Lyra smiled, turning around and placing her hands on her hips, humming a song under her breath as she walked across the skinny wooden planks towards the gym leader.
"HI! MY NAME IS-"
"Lyra Kotone, yes, I know, you shouted it at the top of your lungs when you came in." Falkner said, rubbing his temples. "Please, just be quiet." Lyra clamped her mouth shut, innocently tilting her head to the side. "Alright. Thank you." Lyra nodded enthusiastically. "My name is Falkner, the gym leader of Violet City." he glanced down at Mareep, whom Lyra set next to her once she reached the battlefield. "I see you brought an electric type." his face suddenly twisted into a scowl. "People say that you can clip the wings of flying type pokémon with a jolt of electricity." his scowl turned into a look of fierce determination. "I will not allow such insults to bird type pokémon!" he tossed a pokéball in the air, releasing the Pidgey that resided inside. "I'll show you the real power of the magnificent flying types!"
"Alright! Mareep, lets go!" Lyra exclaimed happily, pointing towards Pidgey.
"Whirlwind!" Falkner commanded. Pidgey flew up, letting out gusts of wind at Mareep. Lyra watched in surprise as Mareep actually became it's red, outlined form and went back to her pokéball on her belt. Suddenly, Chikorita popped out, glancing around confusingly. She turned to her trainer.
"Chik-a?" she asked, and Lyra shrugged.
"I dunno either." she said. "But let's go with it! Use Magical Leaf!" Falkner stared somewhat dumbfounded as the colorful leafs hit his pokémon, though barely causing any damage. He decided that this girl was either completely oblivious to the type-matchup table or simply choose to ignore it. Or maybe she had some sinister and secret plan behind her giddiness...? He shook his head, blue bangs swishing across his face. Now was not the time to figure out this challenger, but to beat her!
"Pidgey, Wing Attack!" he ordered, smirking as the glowing wings slashed at the grass type. Pidgey flew back towards his trainer, but suddenly flinched, forcing a unexpected landing. Falkner raised his eyebrows. "What the?" He looked back at Lyra and her weakened Chikorita, whose leaf upon her head was glowing a slight purple, dust falling around them. "Poison Powder." he mused.
"Yay! Good job, Chikorita! Now use tackle!" the tackle slammed into Pidgey, allowing the poisonous spores to drain away the rest of his health. Flakner stared, slightly surprised. He underestimated her, definitely. She did have some sort of potential, some form of strategy hiding behind that huge marshmellow hat of hers. "Yes! Keep it up, Chikorita!"
"I will admit I underestimated you." Flakner said, grabbing at his final pokémon. Throwing it in the air, he smiled as the gift from his father popped out, a Pidgeotto. "But the wind is finally with us! Pidgeotto, use Ariel Ace!"
"Gah! Chikorita!" Lyra exclaimed as the pokémon fainted in front of her. "Aaaw! Chikorita, return! You were great!" she reached for her spare pokéball. "Lets see how you fare against MAREEP!" she exclaimed, the fluffy little sheep back in the full swing of battle.
"Ma-reep!" exclaimed the electric type, it's determined glare looking somewhat out of place on her face.
"Gust!" Falkner ordered. He knew that Mareeps ability was Static, meaning contact with her could mean instant paralysis. Paralysis meant a disadvantage, if he wasn't at a huge one as it is.
"Alright, start with Cotton Spore, lets go!" Lyra exclaimed, watching as Mareeps fur puffed up around her, making a soft shield. Once the whirlwinds of the gust blew away the soft spores, and nearly sent Lyra's hat over the edge, Mareep glanced back at Lyra, awaiting her next command. Adjusting her hat, Lyra grinned. "Thunder shock!"
"Ma-reeeeeeep!" Mareep exclaimed, letting out the weak pulses of electricity. Pidgeotto swiftly dodged around some of the electric sparks, but couldn't help the few that managed to brush his wings. The bird squawked in pain as one managed to sear his wings, feathers falling to the ground.
"Pidgeotto, stay calm! Use Roost!"
"Take Down!" Lyra ordered while Pidgeotto tried to heal himself. Mareep ran forward, jumping into the air and slamming into the flying type, though taking a little damage herself from the aftereffect.
"Pidgeotto!" exclaimed Falkner as electricity crackled around the bird. He squawked painfully, though it was meant to reassure his master. This did not help the gym leader much. "Gah... Twister!" Pidgeotto nodded, flying up despite the paralysis. He flapped his wings quickly, and like that, a raging tornado tore across the battlefield. Mareep shrieked in surprised as she got picked up and whirled around, fierce wind sending everything flying.
Lyra shielded her face with one arm, the other holding onto her marshmellow hat as her pigtails whipped around her head so quickly she was sure the elastic bands holding them in place would be torn free.
"Mareep, Thunder shock!" Lyra ordered over the blistering winds. Mareep shrieked, letting loose the thunderbolts at random, the wind sending them in random directions. "Gah!" Lyra exclaimed, just barely dodging the voltage that flew past her. She heard the shriek of a bird, and suddenly the winds died down, Mareep flailing to the ground, but saved herself by unleashing Cotton Spore, giving her a soft landing. After checking up on her pokémon, Lyra looked up, and saw Pidgeotto had fainted.
A grin broke out on her face as she scooped up Mareep, twirling around with an exclamation of joy. Falkner stared at this, saddened by the loss, yet slightly surprised that he lost, his father's cherished bird pokémon, lost. He shook his head. Yes, he decided, there certainly was some form of potential hidden under that silly marshmellow hat.
"...For pity's sake! My dad's cherished bird Pokémon..." he muttered, returning his Pidgeotto. "But a defeat is a defeat. All right. Take this official Pokémon League Badge. This one is the Zephyr Badge." Lyra took it from his hand, and grinned again, pinning it on the right strap of her overalls. She grinned at Mareep, the smile never leaving her face.
"Thanks, Falkner!" she exclaimed happily. She tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Now what to do next?"
"There are Pokémon Gyms in cities and towns ahead." Falkner said with a small smile. "You should test your skills at these Gyms. As for your next move..." he pondered thoughtfully for a moment, slightly amused with how the fourteen-year-old'd eyes stared up at him with as much innocent enthusiasm as many of the young children who lived in the city. "I would suggest Azalea Town. As for me, I'm going to train harder to become the greatest Bird Keeper of all!" Lyra nodded happily.
"Alright Mr. Falkner! I'ma gonna go to the next town! Good luck with your Bird training! SEE YAAAAAAAAA!" and like that, she was gone.
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Lyra walked happily through the city, smiling as the new badge glinted on the sunlight. Chikorita and Mareep had healed up and now, she figured, she would head off to Azalea Town like Falkner suggested. Her pokégear rang, and she glanced at the number, not recognizing it. Regardless, she answered it anyways.
"Hello?"
"Oh, hey Lyra! It's Prof. Elm!"
"Hey Professor!" she exclaimed. "How's the egg?"
"Great! It is, most certainly, and egg! And thats exactly why I called you! Well, you see..." he paused, as if wondering how to phrase his next words. "I want you to have the egg!"
"REALLY?! That's awesome! I'll totally accept it!" Lyra shouted happily into the phone.
"Well..." Prof. Elm said awkwardly. "That was rather easy. Anyways, my assistant is waiting in Violet City's pokémart. He'll transfer the egg to you there!"
"Alright, thank you!" Lyra said happily, hanging up and jogging over to the pokémart, ecstatic that she got to raise the rare egg. Waiting patiently for the automatic doors to open, she tapped her foot, and then rushed inside.
"Hello? Are you Ms. Lyra Kotone?" a man with glasses and a lab coat asked. Lyra turned, and beamed.
"Yup! That's me!" she exclaimed happily. He smiled, holding the mysterious egg out to her.
"We still haven't figured out what kind of egg this is yet, but we found an article stating that if the egg goes to new places, it'll hatch. So we figured, maybe, just maybe, if we let it travel around with a trainer, it'll hatch. That was when the professor exclaimed, 'I know just the person for that!' and began to call someone. I figured he would've called Krystal or Ethan, but it was you..." he paused, pushing his glasses up his nose. Lyra felt a stab of dismay as he said this. Another person who didn't believe she was suitable... or at least not the first choice. A last resort. She forced a smile, figuring, well, at least the professor had faith in her!
"Thank you!" she exclaimed, taking the egg gingerly, carefully holding it in the crook of her arm. Chikorita scratched at her leg, and Lyra bent down for her starter to sniff curiously at their new team member. "See this, Chikorita? A pokémon is going to hatch from this egg! It'll be a member of our team soon!"
"Chik-a!" exclaimed Chikorita excitedly, looking up at Lyra with hopeful eyes.
"Good luck with the egg! Now I must hurry back to the professor. So much paperwork!" the assistant said, walking out, muttering something about paperwork and Krystals insane catching. Lyra blinked, and stared down at the egg, still cold to the touch.
"What are you, exactly?" She wondered aloud as she walked out the door. So caught up in her thoughts, she did not realize she was walking towards someone until she, well, slammed into them. "Whoops!" Lyra exclaimed, falling on her behind, thankful that the egg managed to stay safe. "Sorry!" She looked up at whomever she ran into, and saw that she managed to stay on her feet. Lyra pushed herself up, suddenly feeling slightly inferior to the beautiful kimono girl in front of her. The girl widened her eyes, staring at the egg in Lyra's hands.
"That egg..." she said before nodding. "You must be a very special person. Please take care of that egg, will you? It's very, very important." Lyra tilted her head to the side curiously.
"Okay!" she said. The Kimono girl nodded, walking away and spinning mid walk, before disappearing through the threshold of the town. Lyra looked down at Chikorita, and then shrugged. "So random!" she cried before jogging down the pathway to get to the next town.
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I really did try to fix it so that the gym battle was exciting, but I felt like I failed... UGH.
Amy47101 signing off! ^.^
