Chapter Four! I hope Y'all will enjoy it :)

Oh Silly me, I been forgetting to put the Disclaimer.

Disclaimer: In no way in the heavens do I own Pokemon. Just the characters Karma, Teresa, Matthew, Adam , Langston, and Maddie. I know, it's depressing.

On to the Chapter!

Mrs. Gold's house wasn't the largest building I have seen. Then again, I haven't been to many building in the first place. The only other city I had been to besides Cherrygrove and New Bark was Cianwood City to visit my Uncle who's the pharmacist over there. The houses over there weren't big either, but they had seemed more like vacation houses more than anything.

Mrs. Gold smiled at me as I entered the house. She reminded me of my Dad, as she was at the kitchen table reading the News Paper while drinking a cup of coffee.

"Hello Karma, it's nice seeing you again." Maddie had made a friend out of Mrs. Gold whenever she moved into the small town. I could see why, she was probably one of the nicest ladies I have ever met.

"Good afternoon Mrs. Gold. Um, do you know why my sister asked me to come here?" I asked the middle age woman.

"She's giving you a new outfit of course." She winked at me which made me shudder. This could not be good.

I roamed the living room, looking at the pictures on the wall. One that stood out to me the most was a boy and a girl posing together, arms locking around each other's necks. They were both smiling brightly at the camera.

I picked up the photo.

"Are one of these kids yours?" I asked in curiosity, examining the photo even more. Mrs. Gold looked up from the paper, her face softening as she looked at me. She folded up the News Paper and walked towards me so she can peer at the photo too.

She pointed at the boy.

"That is Ethan Gold, my son. I could have never been more proud of him. He left for his Journey five years ago, as a ten year old boy. He disbanded Team Rocket and won the Pokemon League. All in a year and a half by golly. Then he went to Kanto, to set after the Legendary Trainer he had told me. I haven't seen or heard of him since..." Her eyes turned sad, as I could see small tears come up at the edge's of her eyes.

We could all assumed what that had meant. He was most likely deceased, what other reasons would he have just disappeared ?

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have never brought it up..." I placed the photo back, as I felt my hands burn as if I touched the devil himself. She sniffled, then started to shake her head.

"No, it's okay. I've had some time to deal with it. Though, Karma, can I ask you a favor?" I tensed up at the questions. Favors were never a good thing.

"Sure." I croak out, instantly regretting it. Then I felt ashamed of myself for regretting. Mrs. Gold was a nice lady and deserved whatever she was going to ask .

"Could you... Could you find anything about my son while you're out there in your Journey?" I looked dead in her eyes. She had looked so broken without the knowledge about her son. She at least deserved closure.

"I'll try. I promise." I said in determination, clenching my fist. I will help the lady find out about her missing son. I'll make sure of it. She chuckled as she patted my shoulder.

"You remind me of Ethan himself. He should be about a year younger than you." My heat raised to my face as I coward my head away from her. I didn't like being compared to other people. I studied the picture one more time as it would seem to be the last time I'd have a reference .

Red jacket, black spiky hair, black and gold hat. I kept thinking about the attributes that he had, replaying the image in my mind over and over again. It would make my Journey worth it , if I could benefit some one from it.

"Karrrmmmaaaaa!" My sister sung out as I moaned, loathing what she had in mind.


I grumbled incoherent words behind my sister as she strolled proudly to Route 29. She had forced me into a black skirt that had shorts built in them. Knee high socks with some black converse shoes . Luckily she had loaned me a big gray hoodie to wear over the t-shirt she gave me.

"Oh come on, you look good." She teased, smirking.

"Whatever. I'm to fat for skirts like these.." I found myself trying to pull the skirt down so it wouldn't show as much as my legs. My sister rolled her eyes at me.

"You need to be more secure with yourself, seriously. You're not even that big for Arceus's sake!" She told me, using her hand to exaggerate her point.

"I am like a Wailord..." I mumbled to myself, hiding my hands in my sleeves to cover up. I was allowed to have insecurities, it was obstacles of my teenage years that I just had to get over with.

We saw Teresa sitting with her Budew at the beginning of Route 29.

"Finally." She exclaimed as she stood up, picking the lethargic Budew up in her arms.

She spotted me, with skirt and all. She raised her lightly colored eyebrows at my outfit. I wished I could be in a corner where no one could see me. She shrugged her shoulders with out a care in the world, which left me to be less tense.

"Okay, the first lesson to catching a Pokemon..." My sister droned on about the importance of having Pokemon as our partner's, and then showed us a demonstration with over-powered Ampharos. Those little critters didn't stand a chance .

She then gave us each a 1000 Poke-Dollars each, to my surprise. It was probably that I was her sister and Teresa was there to witness the exchange so she had to be apart of it. She then gave us each ten Pokeballs to start out with , which was a less of a surprise.

"Well it's starting to be evening, you guys should head out to Cherrygrove and spend the night over at the Pokemon Center, since it's not as safe to be out on the road's at night since the crime rate is higher than it ever has been before. Also ladies-"

Teresa waved her hand at Maddie, stopping her mid-sentence. "Whatever, I got to get going. Time's a ticking! See ya later!" Teresa disappeared into the tall grass , the sounds of her rustling foot steps fade away. Maddie sighed.

"I had forgotten what it was like to be such an ambitious beginner Trainer. She will learn one day." She then turned her attention on me. " Karma, what I was going to tell you guys is that Professor Maple was visiting Johto to show off his new invention. I'd appreciate it if you went to Ecruteak City to pick it up and check it out for me ."

"Do you not know what it is?" I asked , it did seem rather suspicious. She shook her head.

"No, which is why I am asking you to do some recon for me. It's really not that hard Karma." Maddie said, crossing her arms.

"Of course not, what's the worse that's going to happen." I said, shrugging my shoulders. Abruptly, my sister engulfed me into a hug.

"Most importantly Karma, have fun and be safe. I experienced a lot of nasty things I wish I could turn back so I could just close my eyes and just say they weren't there. " She whispered into my ear, which had made me shiver. What would I see in my Journey? I decided not to dwell on it to long as I hugged my sister back.

"I need to get to Cherrygrove Maddie." I told her, slithering out of the hug.

"Okay...I love you."

"I love you too." I told her as I started to go into the tall grass. I turned my head back to see her walk back to the small town that she had called home. I was going home myself, even if it was briefly. Cherrygrove was my birth place, so it would always be a welcome sight to see, even if I was gone from it for a short period of time.

It didn't take long for me to get back to Cherrygrove, with minimal wild battles blocking my path. The long way had always sucked , since the grass was everywhere and can get confusing to get through if you didn't know your way around.

When I set foot in Cherrygrove the sky was turning to a starry blue. The sun was setting down at the small beach Cherrygrove had.

My hand skimmed the top part of the Pokeball that held ChiChi, my Ralts. Huh, it had felt weird to think it that way. My Ralts. I smiled, something I hadn't expected for me to do, since I was so against on going on a Journey in the first place. I picked up the small Pokeball and watch it expand in my hand. I pushed the button, and with a red beam Chichi had came out.

"Hey ChiChi." I said to the small creature. It tilted it's head in confusion. I guess it had never went by anything else except Ralts.

"Your new name is ChiChi, alright? Don't worry, you'll get use to it eventually." I smiled down at her as she looked up to me with her own smile. I looked around the small city, debating to go to my own house.

Honestly, with the term I had left my Mother, I wasn't really enthused to face her again. So my fate was decided as I trudge along to the Pokemon Center.

I walked into the warm building, with it's bright lights feeling so welcoming. I smiled at the Nurse Joy that worked there, who I had known personally.

She was in her young twenties, and had looked about the same as every other Nurse Joy that I had seen in pictures. She was the only Nurse Joy I met, besides the one is Cianwood City, but I didn't really count that one.

"Hey Joy, how is it going?" I asked as I strolled to the desk. She peered at me with curiosity.

"Hello Karma, erm excuse my rudeness but what are you doing here?" She asked, crossing her arms.

"I need a room, of course." I slyly grinned at her, waiting to see her reaction. She now looked confused.

"You live here, why do you need a room?" She questioned.

"I'm on a Pokemon Journey, don'tcha know?" My grin grew wider as I saw the registration appear on her face.

"Oh!" She vocalized, her eyes wide. "I would never expect you to go on a Journey." She said, her regular demeanor coming back to her.

"My parents kinda forced me." I spit the words out as if the words them self were toxic.

"Well, I am glad you are going to experience the world. I am stuck in here all day and night, with not much business going on here. " She joked, rubbing her elbow. It'd probably explained why she was less formal than other nurses I would presume. Then again it could just mean that I had known her for a long time. Or just my lack of knowledge of Nurse Joys.

"Hey, Joy, have any other Trainers come through here?" I asked her, curious what the other four Trainer had done. Her eyes narrowed.

"Why yes, four exactly, five if you want to include you. The first boy was nice enough, just simple chit chat. He was a cutie." She giggled. " Then two other boys came in and practically trashed my Pokemon Center! They had a dispute about something and had a Pokemon Battle right inside the building! It was infuriating having to pick up after them! Then after the boy with the Poliwag defeated the other boy with the Litwick, they just demanded me to heal their Pokemon! I mean, who does that?" She complained, making a curtly noise in the back of her throat.

"Well Nurse Joy, you are inclined to heal all Pokemon that enter your Center." I told her, leaning against the counter. ChiChi tug on my leg, as she felt like she wasn't getting enough attention. I quickly picked her up and placed her on the table. I started to scratch the silky smooth hair that was on top of the Ralt's head. She started to purr.

"I know, but still. They could at least have more manners than that. Then the last Trainer that came in was a ten year old girl who quickly wanted her Pokemon healed and left with out a word. She's probably still in Route 30, since she didn't leave that long ago. " Nurse Joy looked at ChiChi with a smile.

"Is this your starter Pokemon?" She asked and I nodded.

"Yes, her name is ChiChi. I obtained her when I was in Route 29, on my way to New Bark." Nurse joy started to pet ChiChi too, which the creature did not flinch which was a good sign.

We chit-chatted a little more until she aligned a room to me that was up the stairs.

It had been a long day. I quickly got dress into my pj's as I snuggled to the pillow on the bottom bunk. ChiChi laid her head on my side, I could feel her breathing as I was passing out. I could only imagine how tomorrow was going to be.

Ta-da! Chapter four is complete! I hope you like it! Review!