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A: Hey guys, and welcome to another chapter! This time, I am not letting a month get between chapters. So yeah, I FINALLY fixed that floorboard I keep falling through… *glare at board*
A: Oh yeah! Guys, between the chapter before last and the last chapter, we hit 1,000 views! Yeah guys! …I know. It doesn't seem like much, but what it means to me is that at least 1,000 people took time out of their days to read MY work, just a person who likes writing. Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I would also like to thank all the followers and the favouriters for…yeah, doing that. Wait…this is turning into a thank-you fest! NO! Okay then, now let's read the reviews!
A: Before we do that, I just need to…find…something… *looks through random pile* HERE IT IS!
A: *puts on crown* Hey guys, remember this crown? The one I put on at the start when we had four reviews? Well, it's back. First review!
A: The first review is from Eon the Zoroark, and I'm not gonna bother writing *cough* copy and paste *cough* it on because it would add so many words to this, so if you want to read it, check out the reviews. Well man, I just have to say thanks. That is definitely what I would call worth wile advice. I'll take it all on board! Well, I'll take your advice on the Bulbapedia thing, though I won't be able to use it most of the time, because where I usually write it*cough* school *cough* it's banned. So I'll try to, but it's mostly out of the question. But thanks. But wait. When they say 'penny for your thoughts' and you put 2 cents in, what happens to the other coin? *dun dun dun dun* Eh, never mind. Also, I'm sorry, but I'm have to break that thing you say about switching POVs, for the sake of the plot thickening. In addition, I'm gonna take an educated guess and say you're American. Just saying. Next one!
A: The next one is from VesuviusPM, and he said: "QOTC: Happy Wheels.
As for the chapter itself, you actually addressed something quite wrong with Pokemon, and that's how most of the attacks work. Like seriously how do they do half of this s-, unlike a certain other series/franchise I know. I won't say what it is for the sake of not starting an unwanted hate show."
Well, then. Yeah, you're right. Also, yeah. How does **** even work in the Pokemon world? Also, I WANT TO KNOW THE FRANCHISE. TELL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee… *gasp* Ok, next one!
A: The next 2 are from a new person, Missingno50. Thanks for reading, man! He said: "Happy Wheels.
Time to work on an OC that I hope comes much later in the story than the next chapter." And his next one: "Ignoring the fact that I was late to the QOTC-I'm still going to make that character so I can send it in after the next QOTC."
Yeah, you're right. Also, don't worry, you decide when and how they come in to the story. Just another thing. You can send it in now. I know, you didn't answer first, but it was the same with Draco. He didn't say it first, but the other people had already sent one in, so he got one (I hope he wants to, at least…). So yeah, you can send it in.
A: So guys, that's all I have to say and do. K, before I go, I gotta do something. *takes off crown and throws it away* Well, I'll get that back when something else special happens. See ya guys! *runs off*
A: Wait a minute! *runs back* I didn't explain some stuff! Okay. So, the stuff you see at the start of the real chapter, y'know, the intro thing. That's still the person's thoughts, the explanation stuff. Anything in italics is Pokemon speech, because it's easier to understand and why not? After that, the story's on, and I'll (hopefully) do what Eon said, and (everything in brackets is my thoughts while writing this. You can either ignore or read. Happy Reading!)
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Chapter 10: Finally gone
1st person: Azura
Whoa whoa whoaaaaaaa, what? Wait, Ace doesn't have a Pokemon? Whaaaaaat.
"Well, yeah, I don't have a Pokemon" Ace said.
"But wait…you can't battle without a Pokemon" I said shakily.
"Ok, that settles it!" Ross said. "We're going to get you a Pokemon!"
"Are you sure, guys? I mean-" Ace was about to say, before he was interrupted by Kai.
"You can't battle without a Pokemon in legal battles, so you actually need one" He said.
"…fine." Ace said. "I'll get a Pokemon"
"Alright then, that's settles!" I declared. "I'll just go heal my Pokemon, then we can go! You guys stay here"
I started walking off in the direction of the Pokemon Center, and before long, I saw the familiar Pokeball sign on top of the building. I casually walked in and Nurse Joy said to me: "Hello, and welcome to the Pokemon Center! Would you like us to heal your Pokemon?"
"Yes please!" I replied eagerly. I handed her my Pokeballs and she put them on a tray her Blissey was holding.
They walked into the room behind them, and I waited for a bit, thinking about things.
"Because seriously, how does a rock disappear?!" I thought in confusion. In that same confusion, I didn't notice the Blissey coming out of the room. I finally noticed when she started talking to me.
"So, you won your badge?" Blissey asked me.
"Yep! Got my badge and everything, even though there wasn't an everything!" I replied joyously. How sad. I didn't realise what I just did.
Blissey took a step back, a look of confusion on her face "Wait, you can understand me?" She said confusedly.
"Uhh…" I said slowly, hoping someone could save me. Fortunately, someone did!
As we were standing there, dumbfounded, Nurse Joy came at the perfect moment with my Pokemon. Nurse Joy to the rescue!
"Here are your Pokemon! We hope to see you again!" She cheerfully said, clearly not noticing the situation going on here. Maybe…
"Uh-yeah! Thank you!" I quickly said. I gathered up my pokeballs quickly and ran out of the Pokemon Center, a confused Blissey and Nurse Joy looking at me. Nurse Joy turned to Blissey and said, "Well, I wonder what that was all about!"
"Beats me" Blissey replied back.
I ran back to the spot the guys were waiting for me at, thinking "Oh my god, I nearly just revealed it" over and over. Thankfully, they were still there, but it looked like they were…arguing? Well, at least three of them were. Minerva was just standing at the side, looking at them and exchanging looks with Ralts. They shrugged at each other and continued to watch them argue.
I ran up to them and Minerva turned to me with relief.
"Thank god you're here. They started arguing when you left, and they have not stopped once" She said.
"But wait. Why didn't you just stop them yourself?" I asked her.
"Because they would've found a way to rope me in as well, then you know what happens next…"
I sighed. "Yeah, I'll just deal with it"
I went up to the arguing boys, and I heard snippets of their argument before I punched Ross in the face and tackled Kai while kicking Ace in the face. Hey, that rhymed! I'm a poet!
"Oh god WHY?!" Ross screamed.
Kai just sighed.
Minerva stood there, then gave me a thumbs-up. "Noice" She said.
Ace wobbled around for a moment, then said "Alright, I'm okay!" before toppling over onto the ground.
I sighed again as I walked over to him. "Alright, get up." I said as I slapped him in the face.
"ALRIGHT I'M UP" Ace said very loudly. Not yelling, but very loudly. There's a difference, gosh! Nah, just kidding.
"Good! Now let's go catch you a Pokemon!" I declared as we set off. On the way, I turned to Ross and said "Hey, what were you guys arguing about earlier?"
"About what ice-cream flavour is the best" He replied instantly.
"…seriously?"
"HEY! Favourite ice-cream flavours is a serious topic!" He said.
"Hey Azura, what IS your favourite ice-cream flavour?" Kai asked me.
I looked at Minerva. Her eyes screamed "FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T ANSWER!"
I turned to Kai and said "Yeah, NO. I'm not getting involved"
Ace pouted. "Aww, come on! What is you-"
"I swear to god, if you keep pestering me, I'm gonna go ham on you. You do not want that" They immediately shut up.
We eventually got to a forest, to the confusion of some of us.
"Wait, is this supposed to be here?" Ross asked, confused.
"Eh, beats me" Kai replied.
"I'm…pretty…sure this is…supposed to be here?" I said slowly.
Minerva shrugged. "Eh, it's here. Let's go in"
We went in and were immediately were assaulted by heat.
"My god, why is it so hot?" Ross complained.
"Because of global warming. I told you already" Minerva said while tying her robe…cloak thing around her waist.
"Wait. Why does global warming happen?" I said.
"Well, the earth is stable and warm right now. Well, used to be. Humans are putting a stop to that" Minerva replied.
"Did you just refer to humans like you weren't one?" Kai said suspiciously.
Ace, who was strangely quiet until this point, said "Wait…this doesn't seem like any normal global warming heat. Something isn't right." He ran off in the direction of the heat as we followed. We soon got to a clearing where 2 strange people had cornered a small Pokemon.
The people were a male and a female. The male was wearing a full body uniform, which kinda resembled a onesie, without the entire sleepwear thing. He wore a belt with a pokeball on it and he wore grey boots. The female wore the same top half of the males, but the bottom half ended in a miniskirt, which sort-of resembled Zoe's. She was wearing grey knee high grey boots, and she also had a belt with a pokeball on it. Both had Rs on their front.
"We've been looking all over for you, little Vulpix!" The male said leeringly at the Vulpix.
"You're a pretty hard one to find, aren't ya? Don't know why the boss wants ya, but anyways" The female said in the same manner as the male.
"So if you don't wanna get hurt, you'll just come with us!" The male announced. The Vulpix just crouched in the corner, looking threatened.
"HEY! STOP THAT!" Ace shouted as he ran in between the Vulpix and the people. The Vulpix looked a little surprised that Ace had arrived, but still a little wary.
"A Pokemorph, eh?" The female said surprised.
"No matter!" Announced the male "Just an added bonus! You, give me your Pokemon!"
Ace shrugged. "Sorry, don't have any"
"Ok then, we'll just take you!"
"Oh no you don't!" Shouted Minerva as she put herself between the person and Ace.
"So, who are YOU now?" The female said as the male backed up.
"My name's Minerva, and Ralts! Bewear! Go!" She said. Ralts jumped off her shoulder and stood in front of her, but Bewear was nowhere to be seen.
"Wait, Bewear. Where are you?" Minerva said confused as we all looked around. We all saw it sleeping against a tree. It had a Butterfree perched on its face
"OH COME ON!" Minerva shouted, before sighing. "Fine…I'll just beat you with Ralts"
"You'll lose against our Pokemon!" Both of them shouted before starting a motto.
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nations!"
"To denounce the evils-"
"Oh my god, you're Team Rocket. Seriously?" Kai said unimpressed.
"You guys went out of fashion like 5 years ago" I added on.
"Hey! Well, Team Rocket's still here. Pokemon, go!" They both shouted while sending out their Pokemon. We took a good look at them.
One of the Pokemon was a Zubat, no surprise there. But the other one, it looked like a Rattata, but it was black, and had what looked like a moustache on its face.
"Haven't seen my Alolan Rattata before?" The female said leeringly "I caught him in Alola myself before I joined Team Rocket."
"Okay Ralts, use Icy Wind!" Minerva commanded. Ralts inhaled, then exhaled and released her frosty breath over the opposing Pokemon. Zubat seemed pretty hurt by it, but Rattata was relatively unharmed.
"Zubat, use Supersonic!" The male commanded. Zubat screeched, and several grey circle-shaped rings shot at Ralts from its mouth, steadily increasing in size.
"Dodge it!" Minerva shouted. Ralts jumped out of the way of the rings. They harmlessly went into the ground.
"Rattata, use Tackle!" The female commanded. Rattata ran at Ralts, white lines running off its body. Ralts tried to dodge, but she got hit.
"Ralts, are you okay?" Minerva asked worriedly. Ralts stood up again, and gave Minerva a thumbs-up. Well, the best she could with her 'hands'.
"Good! Now use Confusion!" Minerva commanded. Ralts put its hand on its head and concentrated deeply, and Zubat and Rattata were enveloped in a blue glow. Inside Ralts' head, she was grabbing hold of Zubats and Rattatas mind. She was able to grab hold of Zubats mind easily, but however she tried, she wasn't able to grab hold of Rattatas mind.
Suddenly, Zubat was thrown to the floor, still enveloped in the blue glow. Rattata just stood there, scratching its moustache. Zubat was again pulled off the ground by Ralts' power, and thrown into a tree. Zubat and Rattata were released from the power, and Zubat fell to the ground, clearly knocked out.
"Dammit! Zubat, return!" The male shouted.
"Rattata, use Bite!" The female shouted as well. Rattatas teeth elongated and it ran at Ralts. She tried to dodge, but Rattatas fangs closed around her as she struggled. Rattata let go of Ralts after a moment. She fell to the floor.
"Ralts! Are you ok still?" Minerva said once again. Ralts got up, albeit more slowly, and nodded at her.
"Good, try…Icy Wind…" Minerva said, clearly running out of ideas. Ralts inhaled, but instead of a cold wind coming out, Ralts shrieked, and heart-shaped waves of energy came out instead. They grew in size as they reached Rattata, not unlike Supersonic. As they hit Rattata, it was flung back against a tree, and it was knocked out.
"What was that?" Minerva said. Kai coughed.
"It looks like your Ralts just learned Disarming Voice!" He announced.
"Oh no, we're not dealing with that!" The grunts shouted. "Team Rocket's running off again!" They ran off into the distance.
"Well, that went well. Good job, Ralts for learning Disarming Voice!" Minerva praised. Ralts celebrated.
"Wait, are you okay?" Ace said, still standing behind Minerva, to the Pokemon. It still looked a bit wary, but it came up to him and snuggled against him.
"Wait Ace. We came here to get you a Pokemon, and this Vulpix seems to like you, so why don't you have this as your Pokemon?" Ross said.
"Well, that seems like a good idea, I guess" Ace said. He bent down so he was on eye level of the Vulpix. "Hey, do you want to become my Pokemon?"
The Vulpix thought about it for a second, then nodded.
"Alright then. Hey one of you guys, can I borrow a pokeball?"
"Sure, you can borrow one of mine!" I said as I threw him a pokeball. He caught it pretty well for not having proper hands. He knelt down to Vulpixs level again and held out the pokeball to it. It thought for a moment, then touched the button on the center of the pokeball. It became red light, then was sucked into the pokeball. Ace loosened his grip on the pokeball as it shook in his palm.
1…2…3…ding! The pokeball stopped shaking and settled in his hand.
"Well, you caught something! Well done!" Kai congratulated. Ace looked at the pokeball in his hand, then stood up and posed.
"Yes! I caught Vulpix!" He said triumphantly. We all stared at him.
"…what was that?" I asked.
"…my victory pose when I catch a Pokemon!"
"…yeah. Please don't." Kai said quickly and quietly.
"Eh. I'm gonna keep doing it."
"Let's head back to the Pokemon Center, so Ace can prepare for his battle" Minerva said. She looked at Ralts and saw that she looked pretty beat up, so she said softly "You should go into the magical pokeball" Ralts nodded and tapped the button on the pokeball. She turned into red light and went into the pokeball.
We headed back out the forest, into Pewter City and into the Pokemon Center, as we waited for Aces battle.
(At this point I was considering whether to make a long chapter or split them up, but yeah. Long one!)
THE NEXT DAY…
We walked in relative silence to the gym, Vulpix walking alongside Ace, when he turned to it and said "Hey, since I've caught you and we've trained, you haven't said a word. Why?" Vulpix stopped and thought for a moment, then sat on its rump and started waving its paws around.
"Hm? What's Vulpix doing?" Ross said confusedly.
"Wait guys, I think Vulpix is trying to show sign language," I said. "Luckily, I know sign language!" Yeah. I learnt sign language because when I get a job, I want to help deaf and people unable to speak battle in leagues. Nice, huh?
I knelt down to Vulpix and started showing it sign language. It thought for a moment, then started doing it back. It was kinda hard to understand, y'know, only having 3 fingers on each hand, paw, thing, but I got the basic message. I turned to Ace and said "She can't speak".
Ace stopped and said "Whoa, ok." Then we kept on walking. When we were nearly inside the gym, Ace turned to Vulpix and said "How do you know sign language?" Vulpix sat down and started showing symbols again, and when she stopped, I turned to Ace and said "In her words, she said "I got it from a book that I found in The Woods"
"Wait, don't you mean the woods?" I said to Vulpix.
"No, The Woods" Vulpix signed back.
"Guys, stop pulling a Wingdings and get in the gym" Minerva said as she stood inside the gym with Ross and Kai.
"Whoops!" We said sheepishly. We walked into the gym and Brock greeted us.
"So, you're battling now, eh?" He said to Ace.
"Yeah." Ace said. He turned to us to find us walking up the stairs.
"Good luck!" Minerva and Kai called out to him.
Downstairs, Brock said to Ace "Are you ready to battle?" Ace nodded. "Good, follow me." They walked onto the battlefield.
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1st person: Ace
Hello, it's me. Your friendly neighbourhood pokemorph, Ace! Now let's win a badge, for the first time.
We walked onto the battlefield, myself feeling anxious, and we stood on either side of the battlefield as the ground below us rose up.
"The battle between Brock, the gym leader, and Ace, the challenger, is about to begin. Trainers, send out your Pokemon!" The referee announced.
"Geodude, go!" Brock said. He sent out Geodude and it got into a defensive stance.
"Go! Vulpix!" I called out. Vulpix jumped off the platform onto the battlefield and took the same stance as Geodude.
"The battle between Vulpix and Geodude is about to start. Battle begin!"
"Alright Vulpix, use Ember!" I called out. Vulpix inhaled, then spat out a small flame at Geodude. It hit it spot on, but Geodude was largely unharmed.
"Okay Geodude, use Rock Throw." Brock commanded, and Geodude started picking up rocks off the ground and throwing them at Vulpix. Vulpix had no problem dodging them, though, and on the last rock, which was slightly larger than the other ones, she jumped on it and did a backflip off it.
"Well, aren't you just agile!" I teased Vulpix. She just gave me a heavy-lidded glare back.
"Alright, fine" I said back, but as we were talking, we didn't notice Brock calling out his second attack. Suddenly, Vulpix was thrown backwards by Geodudes Tackle.
"Vulpix! Are you okay?" I asked. Vulpix stood up, albeit a little shakily.
Inside my head, I thought, "Crap. We can't afford to get hit one more time. We still need to battle Onix"
"Alright, now use Payback!" I shouted. Vulpix concentrated, and multiple dark beams shot out of her and smacked Geodude, sending it flying. It hit a rock, smashing it into pieces, lying still.
"Geodude is unable to battle. Vulpix wins!" The referee announced.
"Yeah, Vulpix!" My friends cheered.
"Geodude, return," Brock called out, sending Geodude back to its Pokeball. "Now Onix, go!" He shouted, sending Onix out. It roared, for the sake of Onixness. It got into an offensive stance.
"The battle between Vulpix and Onix is about to start. Battle begin!"
"Vulpix, use Confuse Ray!" I said. Vulpix sent out a circular pulsing ball of energy at Onix. It hit Onix, and suddenly Onix seemed clumsy and unresponsive.
"Come on Onix, snap out of it!" Brock shouted, but that only prompted it to hit its head against the wall.
"OH COME ON!" Brock shouted. Unluckily, Onix stopped being confused.
"Alright Onix, use Rock Tomb!" Brock said as I inhaled sharply. The same rocks that took out Oshawott appeared in the air and started falling at Vulpix. Each rock smashed into the ground around Vulpix, and the final one covered the top, finishing off the 'tomb'. The rocks suddenly crumbled and I saw Vulpix laying on the ground amongst the rubble.
"Vulpix is unable to batt-huh?" The referee was about to announce, but he stopped when Vulpix started shakily standing up.
"Vulpix! You can stop battling if you want to-" I started to say, but she turned her head and shook it.
"That choice will be your downfall! Onix, use Bind!" Brock commanded. Onix slithered up to Vulpix, actually quite fast for a rock snake with no arms and legs, and started squeezing the life out of the helpless Vulpix.
"VULPIX!" I cried out, drained of options, when Vulpix closed her eyes. She seemed like she had a headache, then a multi-coloured beam of light came from the middle of her forehead. As all of us gaped at it, the beam hit Onix straight in the head. It reared up, releasing Vulpix from the death, well not death, because that would be illegal, grip. It reared up once again, then fell to the ground.
"O-Onix is unable to battle. Vulpix wins, which means the victory goes to Ace!" The referee stuttered out.
"Yes Vulpix, we did it!" I said, then I noticed her lying on the floor next to Onix. "Oh god, are you alright?" I shouted as I ran to Vulpix. I picked her up, then said "Nice job."
Brock walked up to me with a smile and said "You have beaten me. To show proof of your victory at the Pewter Gym, I present you with the Boulder Badge." He opened up a case which held a badge that looked like a, well, Boulder.
I picked it up off the cushion and looked at it. Then I struck a pose and shouted "Yeah! I got the Boulder badge!" My friends stared at me.
"…didn't we agree to not do that anymore?" Ross said, heavy-lidded.
"You agreed. I didn't" I argued as I walked out into the foyer. The others came down the stairs just as I came in.
"Good job, Ace!" Azura congratulated.
"Finally, we can go!" Minerva sighed.
Brock watched us as we set off to the Pokemon Center, to get ready to leave for the next city. As we walked off, Brock sighed and said "Well, this is going to take a while to clean up"
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3rd person
Brock and the referee were cleaning up the gym after Aces battle, when Brock noticed the strangely unnamed referee trying to sneak out the door.
"And where do you think you're going?" Brock asked the creeping referee. He jumped, then scratched his head sheepishly.
"Sorry Brock, I need to go somewhere. I'll stay and help you clean-"
"It's okay!" Brock said. "I can clean up myself, and Geodude and Onix can help"
"Are you sure? I can-"
"Just go! Before I change my mind!" Brock laughed.
"Okay, thank you!" The referee said, and left. What was unknown to Brock, though, that he had less than good intentions on his mind.
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1st person: ?
I sat on my chair, behind my desk, and waited for my grunt to come with the latest news on the triplets. Persian purred as I scratched her behind the ears. She always liked me scratching her there.
Before long, a knock came on my door and I said "Come in" A man came in, and I recognised him as one of my grunts. Where was he stationed again? Ah yes, he is posing as gym leader Brocks referee to keep up the data with the trio.
"Sit down. How did they go with the battle?" I asked the grunt.
The grunt sat down, and stuttered a bit, but he said "B-boss! All of them, even their companions, they managed to beat Brock!"
"Hmm, interesting. Seems like they're going to be more of a problem then I…suspected. Seems like I need to…take care of them sooner" I said quietly.
"Boss, I don't understand why you're interested in these kids. I mean, they're like any other kids starting their journey! What's so special about them?"
I leaned across the table and said softly, "Are you questioning my choices?" Persian growled.
The grunt recoiled. "N-no boss! I'm just asking!"
I sat back and said "You can leave" The grunt left the room quickly.
"Seems like I need to take care of them sooner…" I mused. It's a shame. They were such nice kids.
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3rd person
Unknown to this person, there was someone on the roof, listening in to his entire conversation.
She said, "Hmm, interesting. Veeery interesting. There are some certain people who would benefit from this" in a very familiar British accent before jumping off.
Inside, the person swore he heard someone outside, but he shrugged and returned to his desk.
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*walks out*
A: So, how was that for you? It's definitely a shorter wait then last chapter, because the wait for that was UNACCEPTABLEEEEEEEEEEEE, and it's the longest chapter by far, with 4500 words. Hope you guys enjoyed. If you want to, please review, or drop a follow or favourite. I know, you don't have to, but I would really appreciate it! And here's the QOTC. Remember, if you get it right, you get an OC in the story. Here it is!
QOTC: Where is UNACCEPTABLEEEEEE from?
A: Here's a hint: It's from a TV show that's ending really soon, which makes me wanna cry, it has 9 seasons, and yeah. What time is it? It's time to end the chapter!
A: I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I'll see you next chapter! *runs away, then runs back* Wait a minute, I nearly forgot something! Ok guys, I am currently looking for cover art for Different. If you like drawing, just send it to my Gmail and I'll see. I'm also looking for a beta reader for Different, so if you want to, just PM me. Ok, that's all, see ya guys! *runs off for real*
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