Chapter One (.1): It's a hard night
OMFG I AM SO SORRY THAT IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO DO THIS CHAPTER –But in my defense, I did say be patient- I'll talk about the SYOC's at the end. Anyway, the delay on this chapter, a LOT happened, the first being me not enjoying how this was originally going, the second being that I lost what progress I had (And a few other important documents of mine)- I could go on so, I won't. Anyway, soz to bore you all with this and hope you enjoy the chapter (I haven't actually written it yet so IDK if it's any good XD)
"It's been two weeks and she hasn't remembered anything."
He rolled his eyes as he listened to the static reply he got. Why was he even bothering to have this conversation anyway? It's not like she gave a damn anyway, anything she does is just an act nowadays.
Let's be honest here, she was only good for her penthouse-
"Phil." He gritted his teeth, "Don't go blaming me when you haven't done anything for us in years."
He groaned and hung up, not wanting to listen to her attempts of defending her actions. He then looked around the empty, dark, open plan penthouse. It was obviously rather big and looked down onto the city below. That damn girl obviously couldn't be low-key about anything, now could she?
Kenji was sat at the kitchen's island, a small bowl of pudding on the shiny surface next to him. Although the room was big, each... section wasn't. The kitchen tucked into the back corner, all black and white. The office under the stairs, made up of a desk, computer and bookshelf. The dining room in the middle, mostly glass furniture and fake flowers. The Living Room up against the biggest windows- 'So Phil can stare down at her empire'.
Or she would... If she was ever actually there.
The other rooms all sat upstairs, two bedrooms and one bathroom. One of which had muttered sounds coming out of it. Kenji looked up to that door briefly, stuffing a spoonful of pudding in his mouth as he did.
Not that this was his drama or anything, but he really questioned 'why me?' A lot lately.
Why him? Why did he get born with these damn girls? One's –in his opinion- an idiot that almost got herself killed and the other is a narcissistic poser that refuses to be at fault.
And people ask why he's always so angry and rude?
Taking another spoon of pudding, the boy decided to not be cruel to the younger girl. Yes, she was an idiot but she is suffering the consequences and seeing as the eldest is being no help, it's up to him, and only him to help her.
So, Kenji finished his pudding, poured some kibble into a Pokémon bowl and headed up stairs. The mumbling seemed to stop the second he got to the top of the stairs so he figured the girl was pretending to be sleep.
"Trin?" The boy whispered as he slowly opened the door. A Rowlet nightlight was the only light in the room, it created a dim green glow which only really outlined the furniture and a scratching post which, based on the subtle glowing murderous eyes, Muffin was currently sat on. But Kenji's attention was set on the lump on the bed, "...I know you're awake..."
The girl pulled the sheets over her face a bit more then mumbled a reply.
Kenji's face turned bleak to this, "...What was that?"
"I said I'm sleeping!" She then groaned, "Damn it." And thus, rolled over to face her brother, "Didn't I tell you to leave me alone? What's so hard to understand? I don't know you."
Oh that always stung. Those last four words would drive a dagger through anyone's heart. Especially from a beloved sibling. But Kenji showed no strain, why should he? It only stung him really deep down, it's not a surface wound to him.
Well not any more it isn't.
"That's not what I was going to say." He kept his voice calm in hopes of not triggering another episode from the girl. "Trinity, Philia wants to see if the professor can do anything to help you." But he didn't stop himself lying to her, "She's just gotten back into the region though so we're going to have to go to Hymichu City to see her."
He stood there for a few seconds, awaiting a reply that was never received despite how the two were staring each other in the eye. Kenji could only sigh as he closed the door over, holding everything he had in him not to punch the wall right after. No, he shouldn't be as frustrated like he is, it's not her fault... Entirely.
He should have done more to stop her.
Maybe that's why he was so frustrated? Because deep-down where that metaphorical stab wound was, he was blaming himself for her misfortune.
It's not like it hadn't been rattling in his mind the last few weeks but to say he was only blaming himself is an understatement.
Philia.
She was his biggest blame.
And this had nothing to do with Kenji's obvious opinion of the girl... well not entirely... Philia is a topic in herself and if the Kenji got onto that, then he'd never get to sleep.
But their parents were the last but the briefest thought that flew into the blame game as he got into bed. They always ended up getting the final blame on everything –well... them and Philia-, Kenji blames them for his outlook on life –and Philia- he blames them for his life in general –and Philia- and now he finally has a reason to blame them for something Trinity related.
But he can, right? It's not like they're here to defend themselves are they?
So, Kenji closed his eyes, thinking thoughts of hate and disgust towards his three least favorite people in the world and while the fluff of his Mareep in his arms and the warmth of Litleo curled up to his side, Kenji soon fell asleep in an angry bliss.
"Pssst- Muffin-"
Trinity watched the sleeping Pokémon closely. The faint green glow outlining his fluff and his displeased sleeping face. Trinity reached out from her covers, poking the Eevee's side repeatedly until a low growl busted through his lips.
"Go to sleep."
"Muffffiiiiiin," The girl whined, "Who's the professor?"
Muffin's visible eye snapped open, only to glare at the human, "A human. Now let me sleep!"
"Awww!" A new voice exclaimed. Trinity gave a small smile as Elvis, her Zorua, jumped over her and onto the top platform of the scratch tree, he smiled whilst looking down to the brown Pokémon, his tail wagging happily. "Is someone not getting their beauty sleep?"
Muffin's reply to this was jumping off the tree, grumbling to himself as he crawled under the bed.
But Elvis gave a triumphant smile as he looked back to his trainer, he had once again successfully annoyed the smol angry one. "Yay!" He cheered, "Master! The professor is a lady who studies Pokémon. I didn't meet her though... And I don't know how well Pokémon to Human transfer goes... But Master, maybe she can help you remember! You met her before after all."
Trinity gave a hopeful smile despite the pain in her eyes. Elvis gave a warm smile to this, he jumped up and curled up against her chest, "Don't worry Master, we'll win in the end! You'll get your memory, Muffin will get his sleep, Mitzy will get a physical form, and I'll be way more awesome than I already am!"
The girl gave a small smile as she snuggled the fluffy haired Pokémon. "Yeah. We will. And maybe then that stranger will leave me alone."
"You mean your brother?"
She covered the Pokemon's mouth "….Shhh," She cooed, "Muffin is trying to sleep-"
Now the main point of SYOC's. Thank you for all who have submitted, I've looked at them all and I see how much work has been put into them. I haven't made any decisions just yet sorry to say as none are gonna appear in these first few chapters. Once I've decided, I'll post a... I guess a cast list on my page, including some descriptions of my own characters. So please don't get angry if your character isn't in it for a while, I'm just trying to set up the story before introducing too many characters.
As for character descriptions, they will all also be on my page, if you haven't noticed, Trinity and Kenji haven't been described other than hair and eye colour. I just feel that too much description can be hard to read and kinda distracts from the current plot/situation. It may not for the reader but it does for me and if I'm finding it hard to write, it might be hard to read if you catch my drift. (I kinda wanna redesign Kenji anyway...) As for locations, I'm not sure yet, I may just give brief descriptions and leave the rest of to the imagination in terms of cities and towns but if it's a significant building -say like a gym- I will probs build it on sims or something, idk, we'll see.
As a last note, these first few chapters will be pretty short -for me anyway, I normally go up to 3,000/4,000 words- just a warning, its just plot convenient. And also feel free to input opinions, ideas for the region and/or speculation as to what is up with the Quinn family, I wouldn't mind hearing them and it may also come in useful. (KK, I've proofread and what have you but if anyone sees any mistakes I missed, feel free to point them out, much appreciated.)
And thank ya'll for reading!