We walked the endless plains of our world
Fearless, careless and full of sin
And for our blasphemy our mother and father punished us
They created Kyogre and Poseidon
Who flooded our world and washed away our lives and our sins
Yet in all there might mother and father were merciful
They created Groudon and Gaia
Made high mountains and plateaus for the righteous to survive the flood.
And they fought each other to establish there chosen goals
And so did there followers
And many died.
And thus a hero emerged.
A young man by the name of Apollo
Who prayed day and night to father and mother
Begged and pleaded for his people's salvation
And who led the rest of civilization against the warring factions
And which resulted in his death by the fanatics
But mother and father were merciful
And revived the man with the power to rival there own and gave him a partner
And so Apollo and Rayquaza took to the sky
Where neither land nor sea could touch.
Together with the great power mother and father gave them
They put Kyogre and Groudon to sleep
And ended the war
And they made peace between Sister Gaia and Brother Poseidon
And forever held the bridge of peace in this world should Kyogre and Groudon awaken
And became the champion of humanity.
When we stepped outside the first thing I did was take a nice deep breath of fresh air. It felt amazing and I couldn't suppress a grin as Vortumna excitedly went running around both me and Katie in circles in her own little bliss of escaping the cave. Nyx, of course, went right to the nearest tree and as far away from us she could, that was my little girl and it made me smile even harder.
"Nice ta see a smile on your face, Ms. Ice queen," Katie commented and as I turned to look at her, I was shocked to see that her first reaction to leaving the cave was to light up a cigarette. "What?" She asked me as I gawked at her.
"We just got into the fresh air, and you start sucking down one of those?" I ask incredulously.
"Well, I didn't wanna clog tha cave with second-hand smoke, that would make me a right cunt now wouldn't it." She said taking another long deep drag of her cigarette.
"Well uh yeah, I guess." I stammered out and she smirked smugly making me wanna hit her until I remembered the last time I tried that.
"Lesson number five? I'm always right." She lectured and then burst into laughter at the clear expression of anger I had on my face. "Come on I think we're about a two-day journey from Opal town." She said and the thought of a nice warm shower instantly brightened up my mood. However, it was quickly darkened when I felt a ton of vibration within my backpack and I quickly took out the culprit, my Pokedex...
"Um just one moment, I need to check this," I said turning away from Katie.
"Hey I saw your tournament run in Marigold, and I was just wondering if you were okay, I know my first kill was really rough. Oh and also I got an unwanted egg if ya want it? I'll even sell it to ya sixty percent off regular price. Call me when ya get this."
-Breeder Cale sixteen days ago
"Hey I don't know where ya are but I'm worried about ya squirt, Ya haven't called me yet and after the way you took off after that tourney, I'm a little scared."
-Breeder Cale eight days ago
"Hey, I guess you must have entered Union Cave, and have no service, anyways that Egg I have is still here and pretty close to hatching and well it's yours if you still want it. Call me.
-Breeder Cale six hours ago
I nervously walked away from Katie and rang Cale and after three rings he picked up.
"Hello?" He questioned when he picked up.
"Hi, um it's MG…" I nervously responded and proceeded to have an ear full shouted at me through my Pokedex. When he finally calmed down and I explained I was fine, we agreed to meet at Opal town in around two days, after that, I hung up and returned to Katie.
"Who was that?" She asked immediately on my return.
"Oh just my breeder," I responded and started walking forward in the direction of Opal town.
"Wait a second ya have ya own bloody breeder?" She asked in astonishment. "What kinda royalty shat you outta there womb." She asked and it made me smile for a second, she certainly had a way with words.
"He's not my breeder, he just happens to be a breeder I know," I replied nonchalantly causing her to be even more outraged.
"And this here breeder, does he give ya discounts? Chances no one else has? Unwanted items and everything?" She asked the same bewilderment in her voice.
"Well um… yes." I said back blushing nervously.
"I don't fuckin believe it, she's got herself a fuckin breeder." She shouted to no one in particular. "Well, little Miss Goddess. Ain't ya fucking perfect then." She shot at me sarcastically and I grinned wider, I was happy to have one thing over her.
"Shall we get going then?" I said and began walking even faster.
"Hey wait up." She said before running to catch up.
We walked and bantered back and forth for a few hours until finally, the sun began to set and we made camp. I went and gathered firewood or to be more specific I went to and then Nyx dropped a lot of it on my head, the bitch and when it was lit Katie started on the food, that was the deal we arranged.
"Ya know I always wanted to be a cook when I was a little girl," Katie said as she slowly roasted a Bidoof that was unfortunate enough to stumble upon our little camp.
"Well, why didn't you?" I asked back as I read some pages from the book the stranger gave me.
"Money." She said and I snorted in agreement., "That and me mum and dad never woulda approved." She explained with a hint of resentment pouring through her voice,
"Well fuck them then," I replied and she let out a long laugh,
"I don't know what kinda shit you Johtoans are into but we tend not to do that to our family members in Hoenn." She shot back and it was my turn to let out a chuckle.
"In all seriousness though, you don't seem the type to care about what your parents think," I said back.
"Well, when ya mums a gym trainer and ya dads an ex-competitive battler, who drill into ya how important it is ta keep the family legacy goin. Ya would ignore what ya want too." She explained some more that same bitterness creeping into her tone. "What about your parents?" She asked back. "Ya doing this ta make them proud or somethin?"
"They're dead," I replied without emotion, still not sure how that made me feel.
"Ah sorry about that then." She apologized solemnly.
"Don't worry about it. My mother was an abusive drug addict and my father was an alcoholic enabler." I said laughing back dryly and when I looked at her she stared back at me within something else in her eyes.
"Dinners done." She finally replied after a few minutes and with that, we ate in silence and went to bed in silence.
We both woke up early the next morning with the suns rise blinding us and reminding us of being outside. We packed up in silence and as we walked along the edge of the forest we bantered back and forth chattily like nothing happened the night before. Vortumna and Hector run up and down the path chasing each other the entire time with there boundless energy, while Nyx flew freely dropping the occasional twig on me and to his annoyance Rex who stayed very close to us.
I also caught a Caterpie, Weedle and a couple of Kakuna along the way. I knew that in the town of the bug gym, I could probably sell a few bug types for a decent amount of money and it was nice to log somethings in my research dex, so I didn't feel like a sham with it the whole time. Eventually, we sat down for lunch and some training before continuing on our trek and as we did my mind began to wander to our destination.
Opal town was a place I was very excited to visit, it was one of three major fronts in the Kanjoan war of unification, which take place from the year three thousand, eighty-seven to three thousand ninety-two almost thirty-seven years ago from the current date. Hundreds of thousands died in the mass war of the two regions until Johto surrendered unconditionally and the continent was united under one league, the current indigo league.
Opal town suffered among the worst in the war, being the eastern front for Johto invaders. It was here one of the grandest sieges in the history of our world happened lasting almost the entire war. It was a Kantonian general by the name of Arthur Currie that led Kantoan troops through the battle and invented the strategy of the rolling barrage. Sending dozens of Voltorb, Electrode and Golem rolling forwards into the enemy line, those that weren't stopped crushed hundreds of enemy troops, and it didn't matter if they were stopped, As Currie ordered them all to explode and then leading his troops he charged through the explosions and took Opal town for his own, what was once thought to be unconquerable, even if he had first reduced it to ash.
Nowadays rebuilt there lays a massive graveyard where one can come to pay their respects to the fallen and is the only place in the world where a certain flower grew. One of my grandparents died in that war, shortly after my father was born and I hoped to go and pay my respects. That and I loved history and wished to experience the grand history this place held true.
We arrived early in Opal town, just as night began to fall and we made a beeline for the pokemon center and agreed to share a room, so it would be a bit cheaper. After losing rock paper scissors I agreed that Katie could have the first shower, and when I was done showering I came back to a more nicely dressed Katie then I thought I would, and blushing I remembered my first impressions of her and how good looking she actually was. Unfortunately for me, she caught me staring.
"What?" She asked and I quickly looked away blushing even more.
"Uh, nothing, what are you all dressed up for?" I asked abruptly changing the subject.
"Oh, isn't it obvious? We're going to go have a drink.": She replied like it was the most normal thing in the world.
"Aren't we underage?" I asked nervously.
"We're trainers, Ya show them your trainer card and ya can get in anywhere." She explained and I just swallowed nervously.
"Well I'd rather not drink, it kills brain cells and-" I started but was quickly cut off.
"Oh shut your bloody trap and live a little." She said and I did quickly shut up and giving in to peer pressure, I changed into something comfortable and followed her out the door. I remember seven stages from that night.
Stage one
Drinking
We got to our first bar and to my surprise Katie was right, we simply flashed our trainer cards and we were seated. With some live jazz being played in the background, it had a nice casual atmosphere. I have to admit that Katie knew what she was doing bringing me there for my first bar.
"We'll take two shots of Kalosian Vodka and then two glasses of May Maple Razz Wine.." Kalosian Vodka, Katie said to the waitress when she came by. "So how ya feeling?" She asked me once the waitress left.
"Nervous," I stammered out back to her.
"Don't be, I'll take good care of ya." She said with a wink and suddenly I felt even more uneasy and then the waitress came back with our drinks. "To a terrible hangover!" She half yelled, half toasted and I raised my glass back, and we both knocked our shots back, causing me immediately to start coughing and sputtering.
"What the hell was that?" I asked when I calmed down.
"The first step," Katie replied laughing harshly and then we sat and sipped our wine while chatting.
Stage Two
Tipsy
"Woah, this is weird," I said feeling a bit lightheaded after I finished my first glass of wine.
"What's weird?" Katie asked back, as she quickly ordered this time a couple of glasses of aged Hoenn scotch.
"This feeling," I replied back, not too sure what to make of it.
"Oh that, ya it gets better." She said laughing. "God I love newbies."
"So Ms. Kaytay. What is your deal?" I asked her.
"Uh, what do you mean?" She questioned back.
"Why you so upbeat all the time?
"Well ya gotta be, ya either forget the bad stuff and be happy or ya go insane." She explained. "That and a good strong drink certainly helps." She joked afterward and I laughed alongside her.
Stage Three.
Giggley
The scotch was gross, Katie drank it much faster than I did and she finished her second glass in the time it took me to finish my first. By the end of it though I began to feel amazing and began giggling quite happily to myself for no reason in particular.
"What's so funny?" Katie asked me and it caused me to laugh even harder.
"Everything," I replied loudly enough that it made Katie jump back a bit.
"Aww, drunk you is so cute." She snapped back and I blushed heavily.
"You're so cute all the time." I retorted back and then gasped loudly and covered my mouth, causing her to burst once more into loud laughter and I shortly followed suit. The two of us laughed together for at least a minute before Katie suggested we switch to another place. I nodded in agreement and stumbled getting up, with Katies help we stumbled to another bar, this time one with much more vibrant music.
Stage Four
Dancey
When we got into this bar, Katie immediately led us to the bar, where we shared another couple of shots and I took them much better this time. Then I began bumping and grooving to the music, which was weird as I had never danced before in my life. Katie quickly led us onto the dance floor and I flailed my limbs around with as much spontaneity as I could. At least until Katie showed me how to actually dance.
We danced and danced and danced, and Katie left to get us some drinks, while I continued my horrid attempt at dancing. Eventually, some young guy came up to me and asked me to dance and I in all my amazing wisdom ran away in fright.
Stage Five
Cryie
In my drunken stupor, I realized how hungry I actually was and stumbled my way out of the bar. Luckily in the surrounding central street, I spotted quite a few places to eat and stumbled my way into one of them. There I ordered some dish I don`t even remember and a glass of wine, this time instead made from Pecha berries.
Enjoying my food. I sat there for a while eating hungrily and sipping my drink until I remembered Katie's existence. After paying my bill I quickly stumbled my way out of the restaurant and back into the club. Where after some short searching I found her wandering around looking for me. Upon spotting me she ran over and hugged me.
"What the bloody hell, where were you?" Asked, yelling in anger and tears began to well in my eyes.
"I'm sorry, there was this guy. He asked me to dance and I didn't know what to do, so I ran. Then I couldn't find you and then I was hungry, so I got something to eat and I'm sorry." I stammered out very slurred and nervously.
"It's okay, just don't do it again, alright?" She asked and I nodded. "Now come on, let's go drink some more."
Stage Six
Nothing
I don't remember a single thing.
Stage Seven
Hangover
When I woke up I felt like Hector had tackled me all over again. When I looked down I was shocked to find myself completely clothless. I was even more shocked when I felt the bile rise up from my throat and I ran to the bathroom and hurled inside the toilet. Wiping my mouth I quickly washed my hands and began sipping greedily from the tap and then collapsed back into bed and fell asleep.
When I awoke next it was to my Pokedex vibrating and with a groan, I picked it up and saw that Cale left me a message saying he was in town. I groaned some more and ignored it but before I could fall back asleep, the door opened and in walked Katie.
"Rise and Shine, kiddo." She said laughing when I groaned an unintelligible response back to her.
"Why I am I naked?" I finally asked when I felt I could speak.
"You fucked like six lads last night." She responded and I shot up in fear.
"What?" I asked back shocked.
"Oh yeah, it was crazy to watch, though you're a lot louder than I thought you'd be?" She said and I began to shake with fear.
"Really?" I asked nervously.
"Nah of course not, I told ya I'd take care of ya, didn't I?" She explained and I let out a sigh of relief.
"Then why am I naked?" I asked again.
"Ya gurped all over your clothes, I figured ya didn't wanna sleep in that, so I helped ya take it off." She explained.
"Thanks," I replied and she just shrugged it off. "Does it always feel like this?" I asked my head still pounding heavily.
"Pretty much."
"I'm never drinking again," I said and she laughed some more.
"Sure ya aren't. Now come on don't ya have some meeting to go to or something?" She asked and I groaned and got up to get changed. Then the two of us left the room a little worse in some aspects but a lot better in others.
Hey guys, got this one out much sooner, thanks for reading as always and make sure to rate and review. I know I had a lot of fun with Drunk MG and have been having some fun writing some fluff. But don't worry it will get back to the regular journey very soon.
Also, some decent worldbuilding and references to real life history and some hints towards the next team member, whoever guesses what it is correctly, will have it named after them for the most part.
Also if ya want, I do have a P_(a T^ )R .E ON, if ya want it pm me and I'll send ya a link.
Until next time.