Queen of the Darkness
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Will and Karen walk into the bright city known to all trainers as Violet City. There are a lot of people and their pokemon walking around. Karen gives a quick squeal of delight and rushes off with Umbreon at her heels. Will starts shouting to her that the Pokemon Center is the other way, but Karen keeps rushing ahead deaf to his calls. She stops in front of a tall tower. Will comes up behind her.
"That's Sprout Tower." He says. "The pokemon center is this way." Karen has found something else to take her attention. She recalls Umbreon and takes off. All down the road are mini outdoor shops, selling everything from food to TMs. She rushes down the street. Will just rolls his eyes and follows. When he catches up to her she is speaking with one of the vendors.
"......is Blizzard. It is a pretty good ice move, not quite as powerful as Ice Beam, but it doesn't miss as easily either. Only 1,395 Pokebucks." The vendor is saying. Karen starts going through her purse.
"Come on, I know I have this......." She says. She finally pulls up the money and hands it to the vendor, exact change. He hands her the TM. "Ummmmm.... this is gonna sound really dumb, but how do you use this?" she asks. The vendor just smiles.
"Just have the pokemon you want to learn it hold it. There will be a small glow for about three seconds if the move is successfully learned." Karen thanks him then turns around. She stops about a centimeter short of crashing into Will.
"Happy now?" he says. She grins.
"Center.....this way?" she says pointing. Will nods and they head off.
**In center**
Nurse Joy has given back the pokemon. Karen and Will are finishing up their lunches. Karen finally asks the obvious.
"How many are there?!" she says. Will smiles.
"Cousins, sisters, etc. All over the place. Makes it easy to remember their names." Will says with a chuckle. "So you ready for a real battle?"
"Bird boy?" Karen says. "That reminds me...." She lets Sneasel out. Sneasel looks around a bit, then sits down disappointed.
"What's up with her?" Will says.
"Hey there, I got something for ya." Karen says. Sneasel looks up. "New attack if ya want it. Perfect for nailing birds." Sneasel lights up and starts jumping up and down. Karen smiles.
"Guess she wants it." Will says.
"Gee, did you need your psychic power to tell ya that?" Karen responds sarcastically. She pulls it out of her purse. "OK, now he said you just need to hold it for a few seconds.." she hands the TM to Sneasel. There is a glow for a moment, then it dies down. Sneasel looks at the small device. Then starts to put it in her mouth.
"DON'T EAT IT!" Will shouts. Sneasel cries out and drops it. Karen picks Sneasel up.
"It's OK, you would have gotten really sick if you ate it. But you should have the move now." Karen smiles as Sneasel looks down at her paws. "Hmm, maybe we should try it out on something else first." She looks up at Will.
"The best you are getting is Smoochum." He says. She smiles.
"Fine." They go outside and Will releases Smoochum. Sneasel is standing in front of Karen.
"OK Smoochum, let's see if this girl can pull off an ice move." He says smirking.
"Sneasel, Blizzard!" Karen shouts. Sneasel unleashes the attack and nails Smoochum. However, being an ice-type herself, it does almost nothing. Will smirks.
"OK Smoochum, give her a nice, big Lovely Kiss!" he says. Smoochum rushes over to Sneasel. Sneasel isn't about to let her get that off, and does a Faint Attack. Smoochum reels back, but isn't out of it yet.
"That should have knocked it out!" Karen says. Will smiles.
"Not with her Special Defense it won't." he says. Karen grits her teeth. They got the important part out of the way, which was testing the move. Now she wants to win.
"Faint Attack!" she shouts. But before Sneasel can move, Smoochum is up with her kiss. Sneasel is out instantly. Karen growls and recalls Sneasel.
"I know, you hate me now." Will says smiling. They go inside and get their pokemon healed again. Karen is still groaning when they come out. Will takes her down to the Gym. A young boy is sitting outside just watching some bird pokemon fly around. Will walks up to him.
" 'Scuse me," he says. "Eagle around?" The boy looks up.
"I'm not good enough?!" he says.
"You the Gym Leader?" Will asks. The boy looks down.
"I will be someday." He says. Before either of them can say anything else, a young man, mid to late 20's, white shirt, pants, shoes and gloves and black hair comes out. He looks over Karen and Will. Then he looks down at the boy.
"Falkner, why didn't you tell me I had challengers?" he says.
"I wanna do it!" Falkner yells. Eagle laughs.
"Sorry about my son." He says to Karen and Will. "Come on in." They all go inside the building and into an elevator. "Hope neither of you are afraid of heights." He says.
"How high are we going?" Will asks. Karen pinches his arm. "OW! What was that for?!"
"Don't ask that. I don't want to know." She says. Eagle chuckles a bit. The elevator stops and they get out. The standard grid is painted on the floor. A referee is standing on one side.
"OK, so which one of you do I beat up on first?" Eagle asks. Karen growls and steps forward. Eagle smiles. "I was hoping it would be you." This makes her even more mad. She hands her pokedex to the ref., and the match screen lights up, her picture on one side and Eagle's on the other. Under each picture are three slots, right now empty. Will already explained that they were for whatever pokemon she pulled out. She takes a deep breath, and puts her hand on a pokeball. Eagle throws one out first.
"Pidgey, go!" he shouts. The small bird appears and stretches its wings. Karen throws out her pokeball.
"UMBREON, GO!" she shouts. Umbreon appears in the center of her side. She can almost feel Will's confusion. But she has no intention of telling him her intentions now.
"Pidgey, in the air!" The Pidgey takes flight. Umbreon is in attack stance, and waiting for Karen's order. She remains silent.
"Bree?" Umbreon asks.
"Don't worry Umbreon, I know what I'm doing." Karen responds.
"Glad someone does." She hears Will mumble. She smirks a bit, but otherwise ignores him.
"You gonna battle or not?" Eagle asks.
"Soon as that bird of yours gets tired of flapping its wings. Even a bird can't stay up forever." She says. "And the minute it comes anywhere near Umbreon....."
"You think that don't ya?" he says. Pidgey swoops down and tries to Tackle Umbreon. Umbreon was ready and answers with a Tackle of her own. Both pokemon reel back, but neither is down. Not by a long shot. Pidgey goes for another aerial assault. It swoops down from a high arc.
"Wait for it......wait for it......." Karen is saying. Umbreon is ready to spring. The Pidgey is closing in. "NOW!" Umbreon darts out of the way and the Pidgey ends up hitting the floor at full speed. It is knocked out instantly.
"Pidgey, return," Eagle says. Karen grins.
"Nice brakes." She calls. Eagle returns the grin.
"Savor it while you can. You're going down for that." He releases a Fearow. It starts trying to peck at Umbreon. She is dodging, but it seems to be getting closer.
"Umbreon, act like a vampire!" she calls. Umbreon tries to get a Bite attack on its neck, but it veers off and she ends up biting the leg. It still does some decent damage, but not nearly enough.
"Fearow, use Drill Peck!" Eagle shouts. The bird nails Umbreon dead on. Umbreon is down.
"Umbreon, return." Karen recalls Umbreon. She takes a deep breath. //Gastly only knows tackle, I wonder it will be enough?// she thinks. Then she nods. "Gastly, Go!" she releases the ghost pokemon. Gastly hovers in front of Fearow.
"You nuts?" Eagle asks.
"Gastly, Tackle and Dodge!" she shouts. Gastly does a complicated flight of dodging Drill Pecks and nailing Tackle attacks. It takes a while, but the Fearow finally goes down. Eagle recalls it. Then he looks over at Will.
"You are going to have to wait a bit for your challenge." He tells him. Will just shrugs. Then Eagle turns back to Karen. "All right smart alek, enough play time." He releases a Pidgeot. The giant bird sits there and stares at the ghost pokemon.
"That is a huge bird!" Karen exclaims. Eagle smiles.
"You'll like this even more." He turns to address Pidgeot. "Gust attack!"
"Dodge it!" Karen cries. But Gastly is about two seconds too late. He goes down. She recalls it. //That thing is powerful.// she thinks. //Only one choice left....//
"You give up?" Eagle calls.
"Not by a long shot." Karen shouts back. "Sneasel, go!" She releases the Sneasel. "Ultimate test time, Blizzard!" Sneasel unleashes the ice attack. It hits for major damage, but Pidgeot is still able to take to the air. It starts raining down gust attacks. Sneasel is dodging them, and at every chance trying to get another Blizzard off.
"You're doing good, but you don't have a prayer." Eagle says.
Karen bites back the rude comment. Instead, she says, "Sneasel, aim a Blizzard at its wings!" Sneasel does so, and the giant bird comes crashing down. It lands hard and is out on impact. Eagle recalls it grumbling.
"Beat by a punk." He says shaking his head. Sneasel is still watching him.
"Sneasel, it's over." Karen says. Sneasel comes over to her and she picks her up. "Great job." She says. Sneasel is proud of herself now. Eagle comes over to her with the badge and a small bag.
"Here is the Zephyr Badge. You have earned it." He hands her the badge and the bag.
"What's in the bag?" she asks.
"Rules state that you are also given money for winning. Gotta keep you guys going somehow." Eagle replies smiling. Karen thanks him then goes back over to the elevator. She hears Eagle telling Will he will have to wait a couple of hours so he can heal his pokemon. Will says it is fine and joins Karen at the elevator. They both head down and over to the Pokemon Center.
Disclaimer: What do you think.
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Will and Karen walk into the bright city known to all trainers as Violet City. There are a lot of people and their pokemon walking around. Karen gives a quick squeal of delight and rushes off with Umbreon at her heels. Will starts shouting to her that the Pokemon Center is the other way, but Karen keeps rushing ahead deaf to his calls. She stops in front of a tall tower. Will comes up behind her.
"That's Sprout Tower." He says. "The pokemon center is this way." Karen has found something else to take her attention. She recalls Umbreon and takes off. All down the road are mini outdoor shops, selling everything from food to TMs. She rushes down the street. Will just rolls his eyes and follows. When he catches up to her she is speaking with one of the vendors.
"......is Blizzard. It is a pretty good ice move, not quite as powerful as Ice Beam, but it doesn't miss as easily either. Only 1,395 Pokebucks." The vendor is saying. Karen starts going through her purse.
"Come on, I know I have this......." She says. She finally pulls up the money and hands it to the vendor, exact change. He hands her the TM. "Ummmmm.... this is gonna sound really dumb, but how do you use this?" she asks. The vendor just smiles.
"Just have the pokemon you want to learn it hold it. There will be a small glow for about three seconds if the move is successfully learned." Karen thanks him then turns around. She stops about a centimeter short of crashing into Will.
"Happy now?" he says. She grins.
"Center.....this way?" she says pointing. Will nods and they head off.
**In center**
Nurse Joy has given back the pokemon. Karen and Will are finishing up their lunches. Karen finally asks the obvious.
"How many are there?!" she says. Will smiles.
"Cousins, sisters, etc. All over the place. Makes it easy to remember their names." Will says with a chuckle. "So you ready for a real battle?"
"Bird boy?" Karen says. "That reminds me...." She lets Sneasel out. Sneasel looks around a bit, then sits down disappointed.
"What's up with her?" Will says.
"Hey there, I got something for ya." Karen says. Sneasel looks up. "New attack if ya want it. Perfect for nailing birds." Sneasel lights up and starts jumping up and down. Karen smiles.
"Guess she wants it." Will says.
"Gee, did you need your psychic power to tell ya that?" Karen responds sarcastically. She pulls it out of her purse. "OK, now he said you just need to hold it for a few seconds.." she hands the TM to Sneasel. There is a glow for a moment, then it dies down. Sneasel looks at the small device. Then starts to put it in her mouth.
"DON'T EAT IT!" Will shouts. Sneasel cries out and drops it. Karen picks Sneasel up.
"It's OK, you would have gotten really sick if you ate it. But you should have the move now." Karen smiles as Sneasel looks down at her paws. "Hmm, maybe we should try it out on something else first." She looks up at Will.
"The best you are getting is Smoochum." He says. She smiles.
"Fine." They go outside and Will releases Smoochum. Sneasel is standing in front of Karen.
"OK Smoochum, let's see if this girl can pull off an ice move." He says smirking.
"Sneasel, Blizzard!" Karen shouts. Sneasel unleashes the attack and nails Smoochum. However, being an ice-type herself, it does almost nothing. Will smirks.
"OK Smoochum, give her a nice, big Lovely Kiss!" he says. Smoochum rushes over to Sneasel. Sneasel isn't about to let her get that off, and does a Faint Attack. Smoochum reels back, but isn't out of it yet.
"That should have knocked it out!" Karen says. Will smiles.
"Not with her Special Defense it won't." he says. Karen grits her teeth. They got the important part out of the way, which was testing the move. Now she wants to win.
"Faint Attack!" she shouts. But before Sneasel can move, Smoochum is up with her kiss. Sneasel is out instantly. Karen growls and recalls Sneasel.
"I know, you hate me now." Will says smiling. They go inside and get their pokemon healed again. Karen is still groaning when they come out. Will takes her down to the Gym. A young boy is sitting outside just watching some bird pokemon fly around. Will walks up to him.
" 'Scuse me," he says. "Eagle around?" The boy looks up.
"I'm not good enough?!" he says.
"You the Gym Leader?" Will asks. The boy looks down.
"I will be someday." He says. Before either of them can say anything else, a young man, mid to late 20's, white shirt, pants, shoes and gloves and black hair comes out. He looks over Karen and Will. Then he looks down at the boy.
"Falkner, why didn't you tell me I had challengers?" he says.
"I wanna do it!" Falkner yells. Eagle laughs.
"Sorry about my son." He says to Karen and Will. "Come on in." They all go inside the building and into an elevator. "Hope neither of you are afraid of heights." He says.
"How high are we going?" Will asks. Karen pinches his arm. "OW! What was that for?!"
"Don't ask that. I don't want to know." She says. Eagle chuckles a bit. The elevator stops and they get out. The standard grid is painted on the floor. A referee is standing on one side.
"OK, so which one of you do I beat up on first?" Eagle asks. Karen growls and steps forward. Eagle smiles. "I was hoping it would be you." This makes her even more mad. She hands her pokedex to the ref., and the match screen lights up, her picture on one side and Eagle's on the other. Under each picture are three slots, right now empty. Will already explained that they were for whatever pokemon she pulled out. She takes a deep breath, and puts her hand on a pokeball. Eagle throws one out first.
"Pidgey, go!" he shouts. The small bird appears and stretches its wings. Karen throws out her pokeball.
"UMBREON, GO!" she shouts. Umbreon appears in the center of her side. She can almost feel Will's confusion. But she has no intention of telling him her intentions now.
"Pidgey, in the air!" The Pidgey takes flight. Umbreon is in attack stance, and waiting for Karen's order. She remains silent.
"Bree?" Umbreon asks.
"Don't worry Umbreon, I know what I'm doing." Karen responds.
"Glad someone does." She hears Will mumble. She smirks a bit, but otherwise ignores him.
"You gonna battle or not?" Eagle asks.
"Soon as that bird of yours gets tired of flapping its wings. Even a bird can't stay up forever." She says. "And the minute it comes anywhere near Umbreon....."
"You think that don't ya?" he says. Pidgey swoops down and tries to Tackle Umbreon. Umbreon was ready and answers with a Tackle of her own. Both pokemon reel back, but neither is down. Not by a long shot. Pidgey goes for another aerial assault. It swoops down from a high arc.
"Wait for it......wait for it......." Karen is saying. Umbreon is ready to spring. The Pidgey is closing in. "NOW!" Umbreon darts out of the way and the Pidgey ends up hitting the floor at full speed. It is knocked out instantly.
"Pidgey, return," Eagle says. Karen grins.
"Nice brakes." She calls. Eagle returns the grin.
"Savor it while you can. You're going down for that." He releases a Fearow. It starts trying to peck at Umbreon. She is dodging, but it seems to be getting closer.
"Umbreon, act like a vampire!" she calls. Umbreon tries to get a Bite attack on its neck, but it veers off and she ends up biting the leg. It still does some decent damage, but not nearly enough.
"Fearow, use Drill Peck!" Eagle shouts. The bird nails Umbreon dead on. Umbreon is down.
"Umbreon, return." Karen recalls Umbreon. She takes a deep breath. //Gastly only knows tackle, I wonder it will be enough?// she thinks. Then she nods. "Gastly, Go!" she releases the ghost pokemon. Gastly hovers in front of Fearow.
"You nuts?" Eagle asks.
"Gastly, Tackle and Dodge!" she shouts. Gastly does a complicated flight of dodging Drill Pecks and nailing Tackle attacks. It takes a while, but the Fearow finally goes down. Eagle recalls it. Then he looks over at Will.
"You are going to have to wait a bit for your challenge." He tells him. Will just shrugs. Then Eagle turns back to Karen. "All right smart alek, enough play time." He releases a Pidgeot. The giant bird sits there and stares at the ghost pokemon.
"That is a huge bird!" Karen exclaims. Eagle smiles.
"You'll like this even more." He turns to address Pidgeot. "Gust attack!"
"Dodge it!" Karen cries. But Gastly is about two seconds too late. He goes down. She recalls it. //That thing is powerful.// she thinks. //Only one choice left....//
"You give up?" Eagle calls.
"Not by a long shot." Karen shouts back. "Sneasel, go!" She releases the Sneasel. "Ultimate test time, Blizzard!" Sneasel unleashes the ice attack. It hits for major damage, but Pidgeot is still able to take to the air. It starts raining down gust attacks. Sneasel is dodging them, and at every chance trying to get another Blizzard off.
"You're doing good, but you don't have a prayer." Eagle says.
Karen bites back the rude comment. Instead, she says, "Sneasel, aim a Blizzard at its wings!" Sneasel does so, and the giant bird comes crashing down. It lands hard and is out on impact. Eagle recalls it grumbling.
"Beat by a punk." He says shaking his head. Sneasel is still watching him.
"Sneasel, it's over." Karen says. Sneasel comes over to her and she picks her up. "Great job." She says. Sneasel is proud of herself now. Eagle comes over to her with the badge and a small bag.
"Here is the Zephyr Badge. You have earned it." He hands her the badge and the bag.
"What's in the bag?" she asks.
"Rules state that you are also given money for winning. Gotta keep you guys going somehow." Eagle replies smiling. Karen thanks him then goes back over to the elevator. She hears Eagle telling Will he will have to wait a couple of hours so he can heal his pokemon. Will says it is fine and joins Karen at the elevator. They both head down and over to the Pokemon Center.