A/N: Right, so, this is a reupload of the original because of my brother. I had asked him before to copy this from my OpenOffice document (which I had to send to him) and then paste it in the doc uploader. I then asked him to upload it for me (because I had no internet at the time, but he did). I got a review about the info I gave out about my OC, and I wondered about it for a few days before I checked out the chapter online. I couldn't log into FF at the time, so I told my brother to go delete my OC's info (as that was for me, in case I forgot any plot points). He took it the wrong way, and completely deleted the entire story. But I am able to log in from my home comp now, and here is a revised version of my story! Enjoy!
Some general info:
*This is based off of my actual Pokemon X play-through, although some elements of this story are out of Pokemon Y. Such as both Xerneas and Yveltal are able to be caught wild, though Xerneas is the Legendary that Team Flare was using.
*Some clothes and Pokemon mentioned here are not obtainable in Pokemon X (clothes may not be obtainable in either game). Some of the Pokemon mentioned were traded from Pokemon Y.
Chapter 1: Forced on a Journey
When Calem and Shauna, my new neighbours, told me that I was getting a Pokemon, I tried my hardest to refuse. I mean, come on, I just moved here with my mum! I didn't want the responsibility of owning a Pokemon yet. Maybe in another year, when I turned 17. But I failed in my refusal, and now I was sitting at a cafe table, looking at the three starters of the Kalos Region. Two boys, Tierno and Trevor, sat across from me, staring at me with the same look Calem and Shauna were giving me: expectation.
"C'mon Lady Taylor! Pick one!" Oh yes, did I mention I convinced them all to call me as Royalty?
"Well... I guess I'll take Fennekin." Shauna cheered for some odd reason, and grabbed Chespin.
"I'll have Chespin!" Calem took the last Pokemon.
"Hello Froakie, I'm Calem, your trainer now." Calem said, getting a croak from the frog Pokemon.
"It'd be cool if I could understand you..." I muttered to Fennekin. He perked up and yipped his species name, before concentrating on my head. "Uh... why are you doing that?"
"Oh don't worry about that Fennekin. Professor Sycamore said it was a bit weird."
"Ah... okay then." Trevor dug through his bag and pulled out three squares of technology.
"Um, here you guys go. A Pokedex for each of you. Oh and, uh, Tay- I mean, Lady Taylor. The Professor said to give this letter to your mom." I grabbed the envelope he placed on the table. It smelled sweet. I had a sinking suspicion that this was not just a letter.
"Alright! Let's go Trevor! The Professor wants to see us!" Tierno said, getting up. He and Trevor left quickly.
"Uh... I guess I'll head home then." I said, making my way to the entrance to Route 1.
"Lady Taylor, wait!" I paused, and turned to face Shauna. "I challenge you to a battle!"
"...alright." I patted Fennekin on the head. "Go Fennekin!"
"Chespin!"
"Fennekin, use Ember!" Fennekin blew a ball of fire at the grass-type.
"Chespin! Oh no! Use Tackle!"
"Dodge! Ember, Fennekin!" And with that final ball of flame, her Chespin was down for the count. "Yeah! We did it Fennekin!"
"Fenne!"
"Hey, mum! I have a letter for you!" I shouted as I entered the house. My mother walked out of the kitchen, drying her hands on her apron.
"A letter?" She asked, grabbing the envelope from me. "Oh! Is that a Pokeball? You have a Pokemon?"
"Read the letter mum, it's from some Sycamore dude." I pulled a chair out from the table and sat down as she read the letter.
"What's this, a love letter?" She scanned through it. "Oh... oh. Why, this is so wonderful!" She started twirling around happily.
"Uh, mum?"
"Why, we just moved here yet all these wonderful things are happening! One second honey, I'm going to pack you all the essentials, then you can get going!"
"Wait, what?" I asked. I stood up to stop her, but she had already run upstairs. "Mum!" She came rushing down after a few minutes and shoved a shoulder-strap pack into my arms, dragging me to the door. "Oi!"
"Oh my baby, I'll miss you so much on your journey!" My mum hugged me, before pushing me out the door and slamming it closed.
"...was I just kicked out of my house?" I wondered out loud. "I guess I'll go on this... journey thing."
I brought Fennekin out of his ball once I got to Route 2. Calem and Shauna had appeared out of nowhere a few seconds ago, gave me ten empty Pokeballs, and then disappeared into Santalune Forest. They didn't even bother to tell me how they were used! I glanced down at the tiny fox and sighed.
"I wish I could understand you. I'm getting tired of hearing 'Fenne! Fennekin!' every few seconds." I grumbled, kneeling down to pick him up. I had barely enough time to widen my eyes before Fennekin headbutted my forehead and sent my flying back. I landed roughly on my back and groaned in pain. "What the heck Fennekin!"
"Sorry... I didn't mean to! I swear!" I blinked and sat up, staring at my clearly sorry fox.
"Did... did you just... speak?"
"Oh yes yes yes! I did! Isn't it what you asked for?"
"I... but how?!" I shouted before nearly hitting myself. "Oh yeah. Fire and Psychic type evolutions. You were channeling your latent Psychic abilities and forced open the communication centre of my brain when you smacked into my forehead." He tilted his head to the side in confusion.
"...what? I just headbutted you with all my might and hoped for the best!" I twitched as he grinned.
"You could have killed me!" His ears drooped and he whined.
"Sorry..."
"Just... warn me next time you're going to headbutt my face, okay?"
"Alright!" He stiffened after finishing the word and sniffed the air.
"Fennekin? What is it?"
"Caw-hahahaha! That was so funny!" A new voice joined in, and suddenly my head exploded into a flurry of high-pitched voices laughing.
"Wh-what? Fennekin, what did you do!"
"I don't know! What's wrong!"
"All these voices! It's so loud!" I grabbed my head. "Shut up!" I shouted, and threw the closest thing to me, which happened to be a Pokeball, at the laughing voice to my right. It popped open and sucked in whatever was laughing at me, before shaking and dinging. As this happened, I heard scurrying, and the ruckus in my mind faded.
"New Pokedex entry!" My Pokedex beeped, before continuing. "Pidgey; the Tiny Bird Pokemon. It is a common sight near forests and woods. It flaps its wings at ground level to kick up blinding sand."
"...they stopped... the voices stopped!" I leaped towards the closed Pokeball and held it up to eye level. A glaring Pidgey sat inside, and, thinking that it wouldn't hurt me since I was it's Trainer now, let it out. "So you're a Pidgey? I'm Taylor, your trainer now, and this is Fennekin."
"Whatever. It's not like you can understand me anyways." The Pidgey's voice was decidedly feminine. It was a girl?
"Um, actually, she can! 'Cause of me!" Fennekin chirped and the Pidgey gave him an incredulous look.
"It's true. He channeled latent Psychic abilities and caused the communication centre of my brain to function at a higher level. I can now understand and communicate with Pokemon."
"Oh. I see! What a nice thing for him to do." She bowed her head. "It is nice to meet you, Trainer."
"Please, call me Taylor. It's my name, Pidgey."
"Well, until I have a name myself, you shall be Trainer, since you are adamant about calling me Pidgey."
"Ah... um, do you have a name already?"
"No."
"I do! I do! My mommy called me Friar before I was taken away!" He sounded far to happy about that. I nodded slowly.
"Oh, um, okay then. Then you're Friar... and Pidgey, you can be... hmm... Carla."
"I like it..."
"Lady Taylor! Over here!" I heard Shauna call out. I turned and saw her waving me over. I had just entered Santalune Forest after training Carla and Friar up a bit. I had succeeded in getting them to work together as a team in case we run into a Double Battle. I heard that those can be real tough when your Pokemon don't like each other. I started on my way towards the enthusiastic girl.
"Oh, uh, hey Shauna!" I said, having gotten within talking distance. As Shauna made to tell me something, I felt a Pokemon land on my head and nuzzle against me.
"Hiya Trainer! Please, take me with you! I wanna see the world!" I reached up and plucked whatever was on my head and brought it down to eye level.
"A... a Pikachu? You wanna come with me?"
"Oh please? Please, Please, Please! I wanna see everything!"
"Um, okay. Do you have a name?" I glanced at the Pikachu's tail and saw it more curvy instead of sharp. So it's a girl, huh?
"Nope!"
"Well, then, as of now, you are my Pokemon. Your name is Michelle. Got it?" She nodded happily and I tapped a Pokeball against her head. It shook and dinged.
"New Pokedex entry! Pikachu; the Electric Mouse Pokemon. It raises its tail to check its surroundings. The tail is sometimes struck by lightening in this pose."
"Oh wow Lady Taylor! You caught a Pikachu!" Shauna exclaimed bouncing close to me.
"Yeah, I did. She wanted to come along."
"How did you know?" Shauna asked, her eyes getting an excited edge to them. "Ooh! Can you understand Pokemon! You know that one in every 3'000 people can! Oh, but they haven't found anyone in Kalos who can yet. Usually you find Pokemon speakers in Johto and Unova!"
"Um... I can...?" I hesitantly said, and almost immediately got tackled by the over-excited girl. The momentum sent us to the ground.
"OH WOW! You're so cool Lady Taylor!" She better not have been hugging me! I. Don't. Like. Physical Contact! In fact, I was rather afraid being hugged. I pushed her away. Well, actually, I failed to do so, and had to settle for asking her to get off.
"C-Could you get off of me?"
"Sorry!" Shauna jumped off of me and smiled wide. I exhaled slowly to calm myself. It's okay. I'm okay. She doesn't yet know that I don't like people touching me. "Just wait until I tell Calem and Tierno and Trevor!" I shot to my feet, but before I could stop her, she ran off deep into the forest.
"...damn. I really did not want that to get out." I sighed, and started making my way through the forest. Just a few metres from the exit, I tripped. Over a small ledge. I landed roughly and cursed out loud.
"Son of a..." I growled, sitting up gently. Who puts a ledge in the middle of nowhere! My left ankle throbbed and I hissed, grabbing it. I bet my ankle's either sprained or twisted. Not enough pain for it to be broken. I used the help of a tree to stand, and turned towards the forest exit.