Her arm started to sting immediately. She squeaked against and pressed a hand to the clean cut through it. The pidgey had to be strong!
Or she was just really weak. She ignored that for now.
But its pokeball was clipped to her waist, and she had caught her third pokemon. If only it fought her half as much as Stantler did, she would have it fully trained by tomorrow, and everything would be perfect.
Pushing her shoulders back and fluffing the edges of her hair, she started to march toward the Pokecenter of the town.
Her arms were scratched and she was still bleeding. Twigs stood up from her hair and a few leaves were littered over her legs and shoes. The grin on her face was more than just happy.
People awkwardly shuffled away from her path. She ignored them, trekking happily back toward the Pokecenter. Oh, she couldn't wait for tomorrow, where she could show the pidgey to Tododile! Maybe not Stantler.
Probably not Stantler. She decided to think about that tomorrow.
But then she was at the door and pushing it open, her adrenaline fading away. Her breath was a bit hard in her throat, and her arm was hurting more than it had been a few seconds ago. There was a little streak of blood down her arm, curling around her wrist. She didn't mind the sight of blood, though it was a bit unnerving.
There weren't any trainers in the room, just empty and quiet. Almost calm.
Nurse Joy looked up, a gentle smile on her face. Then her eyes widened. "Oh! What happened to you?"
Bri marched happily toward her, popping her pokeball off of her waist and holding it up. "I caught a new pokemon!"
There wasn't much enthusiasm in the nurse's expression. "Yes yes, very good. Are you injured? Is that blood?"
"Maybe a little. I got hit with a Peck attack but other than that, I'm-"
Nurse Joy had her arm and was pulling her behind the counter before she could blink. The next second she was sitting on a table with cloth behind wrapped around her arm. There were twigs being plucked from her hair and something stinging dabbed onto her scratches. Bri blinked.
And then she was shoved back into the common, the pidgey's pokeball pulled from her hand. "I'll have it back in a jiffy!"
Bri blinked again. That was fast.
Then she turned around and walked out of the Pokecenter. Time to explore Olivine City for a few hours before she could start training. Without spending any money. Or running into any over-zealous trainers.
She idly wondered whether she could buy a disguise.
But the majority of people wandering around were adults, adults that didn't battle tiny kids or even pay them any mind. Pokemon swarmed around some of them, large and powerful. Mainly bird pokemon fluttered overhead, as to not run on the ground and disturb other people. Skarmorys, fearows, and even one enormous pidgeot-
Bri froze.
The pidgeot was enormous, with a beak that gleamed like a sword. Its wings were as long a person laying down as it lazily glided over the crowd. But its eyes were glued on a woman, a woman wearing light grey clothing and walking fast. A hoodie and sweatpants.
She started to move faster through the square.
Where was the poacher going? All of her buddies had been captured by Officer Jenny, and she had failed to get the herd of stantler.
And she probably would recognize Bri if she went anywhere near her. Only bad things could come from that.
But where was the poacher going?
She could see more of her now, though. Red hair cut short around her ears, one that bounced as she walked. Tall, even without any sort of heels - she towered over Bri and most others around. She didn't have any sort of pokebelt with her, but her hand was tucked into a pocket on her sweatpants. A bag was snug by her side, rather large.
All she was doing was seemingly enjoying her day, just walking around peacefully. She checked her phone often and stopped to talk happily to people. This must be where she was from.
Though she kept checking her watch, and her eyes flicked toward the center quite often.
Bri moved backward around twenty feet, found a bench, and sat down. She could watch the woman without moving a muscle.
The pidgeot still flapped overhead, but it didn't seem so innocent now. Its eyes were still focused on the woman but now its talons were flexing and unflexing, and it was flying a bit closer to the ground. People had stopped and pointed to it, confused.
Pausing, she narrowed her eyes.
The pigeot swooped from the sky and grabbed the woman.
She shrieked, but the talons were around her waist and were carrying her high into the sky.
Shrieks echoed everywhere.
People reacted instantly, and several fearow launched high into the air. The pidgeot twirled its wings powerfully, releasing winds that were stained a brilliant blue. Hurricane.
The fearows were blasted back.
Coming to the conclusion that the woman was most definitely not the poacher, Bri started running. People were throwing out more and more pokemon, trying to reach the woman held by the pidgeot.
"That's Mr. Pokemon's daughter!" Someone yelled, and Bri jerked. He wasn't that famous, but he was getting there, and he worked very closely with Professor Elm.
She shot a desperate glance toward the Pokecenter. Her pidgey could help-
The woman - Julie Pokemon - shrieked again.
Bri took off.
The pidgeot was slowly moving toward the forest, wings still beating out a steady Hurricane. Nothing could get even close. It was disappearing higher and higher into the sky, but she could see its primaries pointed at the trees. That was where it was going.
Ignoring every lesson she had ever been taught, she plunged right into the leaves as soon as she reached them. The pidgeot cawed powerfully once more before plunging.
It reached the trees around a hundred yards in front of her. She kept running.
By the time she reached an area where she could hear voices, the pidgeot had long since landed. She hung by the trees to stare.
Julie Pokemon was curled on the ground, body wrapped around the bag. Blood sluggishly dripped from a cut above her eyebrow and a woman stood above her, wearing dark grey clothing. The same as the woman below her.
The woman she was kicking.
Her shoes were tipped with something sharp, for Julie shrieked with each kick that hit her side. Something red dripped to the ground. Bri felt her stomach roil desperately in her chest.
Julie curled tighter within herself, the bag nearly hidden. Something cracked in her side.
The poacher - with a thick mane of blonde hair and piercing green eyes - shouted in a voice dripping with anger and desperation. "Give it up!"
She spat out a mouthful of blood. "Never."
Frown deepening, she turned to her pokemon. "Use Hurricane!"
The pidgeot shrieked once, head cocked to the side. Bri stilled, but it wasn't looking at her - sounds of many footsteps lunging through the woods echoed all around.
The poacher stiffened, eyes widening.
"Grab her," she barked. The pidgeot stepped forward, talons sinking into the dirt. The poacher started running. Julie tried to flinch away.
Bri exploded out of the bushes, grabbing at Julie's arms and pulling. The pidgeot shrieked right as it started to take off, looking down. But Bri yanked one more and Julie angled herself and there was blood smearing over the talons and she slipped free.
Sounds echoed around them once again. The pidgeot took off into the air. The woman was already gone. The forest was far from quiet.
Julie, her dark red hair splayed behind her, collapsed fully on the ground, still cradling the bag. Blood was thick and heavy on her sides, and her face was half scarlet. Her eyes were closed. Cuts littered her body.
Bri was right in the middle of a heart attack when people broke through the barrier of trees. Maybe three people, Officer Jenny and two others. Both male.
Officer Jenny instantly took off toward Julie, hand snapping toward her mouth. "Joy! Get someone out here fast!"
"Move!" She barked to Bri, who numbly tried to set down the woman. Julie clung to her arms, the bag slipping over her shoulders.
Officer Jenny gently pulled her away, but the bag was left in Bri's arms. She still stumbled back, arms tight around the bag. The poacher had almost killed someone just to get whatever was in it.
The flap fell open, exposing a clean white surface dotted with strange red and blue markings. An egg.
"Everyone! Help me!" Officer Jenny had ripped pieces of cloth away from her uniform and was pressing them to Julie's face and side. "Get more cloth!"
Bri fell forward and found a thick cut on Julie's leg. She started to pull parts on her shorts until a sizable chunk tore off. She pressed it to the blood.
Oh god. What was she doing here-
Nurse Joy appeared behind everyone, a stretcher pushed by a chansey. Her blue eyes were wide but she moved insanely fast, jumping forward and leaning down. Officer Jenny knelt lowered and slipped her arms underneath the woman, Nurse Joy doing the same on the other side. They were strong enough to pick up Julie and lay her on the stretcher, pieces of red-soaked cloth fluttering away.
The stretcher thumped on the ground, sticks breaking. Chansey immediately turned around and started to push it out of the forest.
Bri was still having a hard time breathing when Officer Jenny ran to her. "What is that?"
"A- a bag. She had it-"
"Come with me."
And then she was stumbling through the woods, arms wrapped around the bag.
Hey guys!
It's been a while. Sorry about that.
But yeah, this chapter is certainly going a different direction! Actual realistic things of what could happen in the world!
Also, do you think that Bri should get the egg? And what should be in it?
And yes, I know it's supposed to be togepi, but hey, this is fanfiction! And anyway, why would the poacher want the egg so badly?
Also, who knew that Mr. Pokemon had a daughter? Not me until I wrote this chapter!
But yeah! I hope you liked this chapter! She should be a bit more shellshocked and hurt after this, and I don't just plan to make Bri just skip happily through this world.
Yes, I know that this chapter is really, really short. But hey, I am human, okay? Not some pokemon trainer. I have to sleep and go to school and sleep and breathe and eat and perform and stuff like that! Also my like twenty other stories. I GOT STUFF ON MY PLATE, K?
But yes, you should get chapters for a while. IDK how many, but maybe one in like a week. For Christmas. So for now, enjoy what you get!
Also, sorry for no pidgey/Bri bonding. That should come soon.
Yeah! Send pokemons for the egg and whether she should get it or not!
Anyway! Please read and review!
Frost OUT!