Chapter 1: Enter Carmine Lasky

Was it the rain? No; the cluter? Or the fact my Father decided there wasn't enough room in the four passanger car to fit me in. Moving to a new town for most kids is a night mare; But not for me, the night mare for me was my old town, Golden rod. I used to attend Poketrainer acadmy there, intill my father became gym leader of the Peatlburg gym. And unfartunally the nearest academy is 3 towns out of my new one. I was bullied all therwout my child hood mostly due to my odd hair. At its sides it was black, but above my eyebrows there were I wondered if I was once adopted. My father told me I would never amount to anything after we left for little root and that he wouldn't enroll me in to the academy in Hoenh.

Devastating thing a kid could here "you've failed trainer academy six times! You're a failure Carmine! A failure and your never be any better than that!" I've never forgive him for it, and I never will. Suddenly the van stopped hurtling boxes everywhere. The back door of the moving van slid up and the Dim light of the day slowly filled the area. The smell of rain was soothing compared to the musty stench of the boxes.

"Carmine, go ahead and step out, but be careful" my mom called. I stepped carefully out of the van to the wet outdoors. "The rain supposed to clear up soon. Lets go inside sweetie."

"Alright mom" I replied.

We stepped inside to find my fathers vigroth unloading the boxes on the floor. " Wheres Norman?" I asked in a diserend tone.

"your father isn't hear, le left for work all ready. Sorry your father made you ride in the moving van."

"It's okay it wasn't your fault."

"Hun, I got you some stuff"

"Really mom? What"

"Go see its in your room."

I ran passed the kitchen to the upstairs in to my room to find a new orange trainers shirt and black shorts. I undressed and switched cloths, I then discovered in emerald green head band from the pokemon league in hoenh. I walked over to my roughly handled desk and tighted it up. I came across a strange insignia I wasn't familiar with it looked to be an m in the shape of a volcano. "werid… I don't rember this" I picked It up and put it in my back pack.

I proceeded down stairs to find my mom organizing her bookself.

"Need help?" I asked.

"No" She replied softly. "you might want to go over to meet our new negbiors I hear they have a kid about your age"

"Alright, see yea mom" I grabbed my back pack and went out the door by then the rain had cleared up. After looking around I had realized there where only three houses mine, the nejboirs, and the lab building, assuming that they didn't live in a lab I had to head to the house on my left. I knocked on the door, after awhile a women in her about thirtys answered the door.

"Can I help you?" She asked with a grin.

"Um… hi I just moved in next door and… ah mom said to go say hi or something…"

"Oh, hi nice to meet you im Kayla Birch please come in." She lead me inside where I noticed the layout of the house was uncortable simler

a small boy with black hair and thick glasses came up to me. "Hey! That's an official league head band! Are you a trainer!" He asked with excitement.

"Ah… not yet"

"Hey max, mind your self, sorry this is my son max" Kayla apologiticlly replied.

"It's fine mrs birch"

"My daguter is probly up in her room if you wana meet her."

"Ah… Alright…" So I headed upstairs trying to keep my mind out of the guhter. I walked into her room to find no one present. Howeverm I noticed a gleaming red and white pokeball lying on the floor with minimal hesitation I picked it up and played with it, striking heroic poses and mubling nonsense to my self. "Here he comes the man himself the legendary Carmine Emadon! And the crowd goes wild aaahhhhh!"

"What the hell are you doing?" An unknown female voice asked.

"ahhhhh…." I turned around to see a young Brunet girl with an orange Dress, tight short shorts and a emrald green pokemon league bandana.

"Well, what are you doing?"

"Ahh… Sorry im the new negboir Carmine." I answed as I placed the pokeball on the table embarssed. "your mom told me to come up here"

She gave me a sturn look then suddlenly burst out laughing "I know, I heard you come up stairs so I hide in the closet dude it took everything not to burst out laughing!" I breathed an ackward sigh of relif. "Im May Birch nice to meet you. So you a trainer?" She asked.

"No…" I sadly responded.

"Hey don't sweat it nethier am I…" She grinned a little.

"Wait, how old are you?" I asked.

"15 and a half ish. You?"

"Sixteen… sad I know."

"Like I said no biggy. Trainer school?"

"Yep."

"Crap?! I forgot, sorry im not ditching you but I have to meet my dad in route 101 go ahead and come along later if you want!" By the time she had finished her sentence she was out the door. I followed her out but, went home to talk to mom before heading out. I walked into the house, within the thirty minutes I was gone, mom and the bogoroth had finished moving in to the new home. Mom was sitting at the table texting her friend Jennifer as always.

"How'd it go?" Mom questioned.I told her about the family and what may had invited me to do. "hun going into route 101 without pokemon is very reckless."

"I'll be carful mom"

"okay but, take a medical kit in your bag just in case" She insested.

"Okay mom see yea love you!" and out the door I went. Route 101 was relatively easy to find considering it was the only Route in or out of little root. Forthiy minutes have passed since I last spoke to May. Upon entering route 101 every thing was calm no sounds other then the howeling cries of the wind.

"Hand it over fat man!" This low yell caught my attion I looked over the hill that stood before me to find both may and who I assumed was her dad; being harrasted by a man in what looked like a prisnor jumpsuit with a blue bandana, the bandana read 'Aqua' with what looked like a poorly drawn skull and crossbones. "hand over the research data!" He yelld in a raspe vocie. He then threw out the small gray dog pokemon called poocheyna. "Use bite on the girl!" the pokemon lashed out biting down on mays right arm as she went to gurad herself.

"Hey, leave them alone!" I shouted

"Boy theirs a bag on that hill with pokemon grab one and help please!"

I rushed to grab a pokeball labeled grass. I jumped down the hill and tossed the ball into the air. A bright sparking light burst from the ball onto the grass and a figure formed. The tree gecko pokemon treecko appeared. "Well looky here poocheyan we's got's our selves a hero" He chuckled condesdingly.

"Treecko knows pound and Absorb!" May's father shouted.

"Got it!" I responed.

"Poocheyana show the punk whos boss, use bite!" The assalent shouts.

"Treeclp counter with absorb!" As poocheyana came charging at treecko teeth bearing, treecko grabbed it as a green arua engulfed poocheyena. It then threw poochyena to the ground. Poochyena stood weakly.

"Don't you give up you loser use takle!" poochyena struck treecko with its soft body knocking it over.

"Its okay treecko hit back with a pound!" Treecko jumped off its back into the air stricking poocheyna in the snout with a critical hit knocking it unconcuios.

"damn, return!" The assulent ran off empty handed.

"May!" I yelled running over to aid her with treecko not far behind. "Hey I brought a med kit" She had a deep bite in her right arm. We did the best we could to treat it. Then her dad brought her to the hospital for better treatment. That same night I went to my mom to tell her about the hole ordeal that had occurred.

INSERT RANDOM BIOLOGY NOTES ABOUT CELLS AND ALSO A RANDOM UNFINISHED DRAWING

AND THEN A FEW OTHER RANDOM NOTES AND A TREECKO

The next day was relatively uneventful. I more or less spent time goffing off and playing halo and looking up videos. Then it dawned on me, I still had treecko. "Come on out," I commanded as the pokeball left my hand and into the air. It burst out of the ball and unto the floor. "So treecko… whats up? Oh right it cant talk. So what do you wanna do?" It jumped onto my desk and swiftly took my head band. "Hey! Put that down!" It then proceed to mock me and stick its tounge out. "Come here you little…" I jumped at it tring to grab it, but it jumped away and chuckled. "You wanna play keep away?" It nodded with a grin then, stuck its tounge out and ran off. After chasing him around the room for awhile my mom finally came upstairs to see what caused all the commotion.

"Carmine, whats going… oh" She stopped mid sentince. "Who is this?"

"This is my friend treecko." I said then quickly swiped my head band from treecko and put it on, he gabe me a glare.

"Is this the same treecko from yesterday?"

"Yea, Mr. Birch didn't ask for it back."

"You should call and see if he dose"

"Do I have to?"

"Yes." That was the end of the conversation she left the room immdeatly knowing I would talk her out of making me call. I picked up and dialed the numbers as instructed hoping that he wouldn't answer his phone.

"Hello?" Mr Birch answered as I cussed under my breath.

"Hey, its Carmine…"

"Not to interrupted Carmine but we'd like to have your family over for dinner tonight if that's okay."

"ah… Sure I don't mind."

"Alright, see you at 7" He hung up and I was left dumbfounded by what had happened.

"Well treecko… guess where going to dinner" I began walking out of the room with treecko over my right shoulder.

Later that night we sat at the table in the Birch household. "Thanks for the food guys." I said.

"Will your father be joining us?" Mrs Birch asked. I sad head down away from eye contact.

"My dad doesn't care much about what I do" May must have noticed her mother had struck a nerve and continued to another subject.

"So ah… Carmine, I cant thank you enough for saving me and my dad."

"Did they ever catch that guy?"

"No, but we filed a report with the police." Her father interrupted. "Now, carmine I see that treecko has taking a liking to you" he pointed at the sleeping treecko in my bag. "I think I'll let you keep it."

"Really?" I exclaimed and woke treecko up. "hey little bro" I said as I picked treecko up. "You wanna come with me on a journey?" His face suddenly lite up with excitement as he nodded in agreement.

"Do you want him registered as Bro?" A highly computerized voice Mr. Birch had been filling with something under the table for quite sometime but at the moment he was franticlly pushing buttons. "Sorry, well now you know about this." He said as he handed me a shiny new pokedex from acrossed the table.

Name installed. Pokedex treecko recignition Bro. Then a small jingle and with that the screen of the dex went dark.

"So Carmine, can I call you C?" May asked.

"Sure, don't see why not."

"So dad gabe me my own pokemon too."

"Really what is it?"

May pulled out shining red and white ball and pressed the button in the center. A flash of ferice light splashed onto the floor as a torchick apperred. The small orange and yellow pokemon let out a cry and jumped into mays lap.

"This is my partner torchic." She grinned at tochic and returned it to its pokeball. "So C, ah… I have something to ask you."

"what is it?"

"if you plan on going on a Journay… I want to go with you" The air was still in the room.

"May that's really inconsiderate of you you just met Carmine yesterday." Mr. Birch said in a sturn tone.

"I'm okay with it if you are Mr. Birch." I said.

"Are you sure you don't have to." May quickly said.

"It's fine, it'll be fun; I'm sure Bro won't put up an argument"

"Did you bother to ask me? May I don't want you to leave little root." Mr. Birch said.

"But Dad that's not fair!" May shouted as tears began to form in her eyes.

"May that's enough!" Her dad shouted back. "Go to your room!"

May picked up her pokeball and ran up s"tairs slaming the door to her room.

"I'm sorry about that." Mr. Birch said.

"It's fine, but its late so we should get going." Mom replied. We said our goodbyes thank them for the night.

I began to pack my things as I thought the night over. "You know Carmine your a good kid." My mom said with a tearful voice. "your going to gone for along time, so you plan on leaving tonight?"

"Yea, I wanna get a head start and camp out in route one."

"Well, you be careful and rember you can always come home."

About and hour later I was at the opening of route one ready to leave. Yet, something held me back as if a thick sting of silk was tied to my limbs. I turne around coming to the back of the birch reidents. I picked up some rocks throwing them next to mays window after the first two where thrown she answers the window.

"You come to sing to me Romeo?" She sarcastically said.

"You wish." I smiled at her. The pale light of the moon barely aloomanated us. I waited to leave at night not to get a head start but to take her with me. "You up to anything?"

"I just started unpacking."

"Well, why would you do that?"

"I can't leave tomorrow."

"You still wanna go?"

"Duh, but my parents wont let me."

"Are your parents asleep?"

"Haha pedophile alert!" she said as she began to laugh uncontrollably.

"Shh… we should probably keep it down."

May stopped laughing. "Yea we wouldn't want to wake them up."

"May do you want to come with me?"

"What? Ah… sure, I mean yea of course! Hey, just let me get my things."

After a few minutes had pasted she returned with her things.

"How am I supposed to get out?" May questioned my planning.

"Just jump, I'll catch you."

"Alright but, if you touch my ass I'll kill you."

"will you just jump?" I easily grew impatient because we couldn't afford to get caught.

"Don't rush me!" May sat on the windowceil of her room legs dangling fourteen ft above the ground. "I-I don't want to do this." She studdered.

"Trust me." I calmly said. She took a deep breath and pushed herself off plummeting down into my arms. I sat her down on the ground as gentle as I could.

"We have to hurry we can camp out at the northern end of Route 101." As I finished my sentence the lights in mays room came on. "Run!" As we ran toward route 101 entrance I looked back to see Mr. Birch sticking his head out the looking opposite of our position. As we came to the hill where the assault occurred the previous day may tripped, fell and rolled down the hill.

"May!" I shouted as I slide down the hill. "May are you alright?"

"No, I think my ankle is twisted."

"Can you walk?"

"No, I don't think so." As she tried to stand.

"I'll carry you, here." I motioned for her to get on to my back as I turned around and knelled. She slowly worked her way onto my back as I began to walk off. After a good half hour of walking we came to our camping site. I sat her down on a stump then began to unpack a sleeping bag.

"Whyd you do this?" May asked.

"what do you mean?"

"Why bring me alone if you barly know me."

"because I know what your going threw. Even without trainer school a trainer can start with a proffessers promision. My father wouldn't let me get promision from elm."

"Well… Thanks… I really appriate what you did for me."

I looked up and smiled at her. The figded fall air gusted parted the trees and out into the unknown. I got out mays sleeping bag and set it down for her, I then carried her to her bag. We said our goodnights as I went to sleep, unaware of the adventure about to unfold.

Chapter 2: Escape