Hey everyone! Yeah...this came out really late. I mean SUPER late...and while I wish I had a
good excuse, like literally anything not my fault...truth is, I did a pretty big fuck up. See, I had
like 12 chapters written up, hoping to post one a week or so. Well shortly after posting chapter 2
I decided to clear up my computer and junk old files so I could download some stuff for work.
You can see where this is going...
That's right, instead of deleting the original rough draft that was crap compared to what I had
for posting...I deleted the fixed, edited, proofread chapters...because I am clearly a complete
idiot. Not only that, but the deletion of so much work really put me in a 'fuck it why bother' state
and despite knowing what I wanted to write, I just had zero motivation. But after so many people
asking where the next chapters were, I decided to get off my lazy ass and write this one. It's
not as good as the original, I know...but it's the same basic story, just without the proofread and
editing. I apologize for the whole ordeal, but...just sucks ya know?
The morning brought new light, and new fun. "Who's first for the shower?" Autumn asked, standing up and stretching. Wonderful idea! I climbed out of my cubby and stretched my wee legs, letting my joints pop. "You go first. Here, take her with you." Tyler said, tossing a PokeBall to Autumn. "Girls and girls?" Autumn asked. "You know I'm not gonna shower with her, it would be weird." he said, digging through his bag. Autumn scooped me up, and took me into a joined room with white tiles, a sink, a weird white chair with a hole in it, a box of weird scented dirt, and a large cubby with a curtain and a metal thing coming from the wall. she set me in the box of weird dirt, then released Bubbles. I stared at the dirt, wondering what the point of it was. It was strangely warm, soft, and gritty. Perfect for digging really. But I doubt that was the point.
"Hey Sparkette, you do know what that is right?" Bubbles asked as Autumn started undressing. "It's a box of dirt. Just put an F on there and let me go home." I whined, knowing I was missing some important point. "It's a litter box. You use it to go to relieve yourself. Like, if you have to pee or such." she giggled, turning around for my privacy. Oh...oh! That explains why it smelled and was for digging! It was supposed to be like waste dirt! I turned around, sniffed, dug a deep hole and squatted down, letting my body do it's thing and let out a large puddle, sighing in relief. When I finished, I covered it up and noticed the puddle was being absorbed and clumped up. I covered it with more litter, and it just hardened into a lump of flower smelling dirt. Wonderful!
"Come on Sparkette, get in here." Autumn said, standing nude in the cubby with bubbles. I walked in, she shut the curtain, and then turned a knob. Suddenly water poured down on me, soaking my fur and matting it down, making it heavy and wet and miserable! Why!? What did I do wrong!? Why soak me like this?! I laid down and cried, trying to hide behind Bubbles, who Autumn was brushing with a pink lacey scrub thing. She turned around on Autumn's command and saw me huddled down.
"What's wrong Sparkette?" she asked, holding a paw up to Autumn, who looked down at me also. "I hate being wet! I thought trainers loved their Pokemon! Why would you do this Autumn!" I screamed at them. Autumn looked confused, and Bubbled started laughing. "Oh Sparkette, it's called a shower. It's not meant to be mean. It's to clean you. Showers are much shorter and easier than trying to lick yourself clean." she explained. Autumn kneeled down and poured some type of thick viscous fluid on me that smelled heavily of berries, then worked her fingers into my fur, which felt wonderful as the liquid turned into foam. It was very relaxing...and then I was held under the thing in the wall which dumped water on me again, making me even more soaked and matted and just...excuse my language, but fuck this!
Autumn turned off the water, opened the curtain, and set me on a mat on the floor, where I stood, shivered from my cold drenched matted fur, and looked at Autumn in pure misery. Why? "You look absolutely abused." Autumn laughed as she stepped out. "I feel abused!" I screamed! Bubbles laughed, and Autumn plugged in a pink thing she held that looked...I don't even know. She turned it on, and it screamed loudly, making me fold my ears down. What the fuck did I do to deserve this!? She aimed it at me, and I was blasted with hot air that dried me almost instantly while Autumn worked a brush through my fur. As annoyingly loud as it was, I would take loud but warm brushing over being drenched. By the time I was done, I looked better than ever! My fur had never been this dirt free, smelled this wonderful, or been this fluffy! Autumn even set me on the counter while she tended to Bubbles, and I looked at myself in the mirror. I was cuter than I had ever been in my life!
When we went back into the main room after being cleaned and Autumn was dressed again, Tyler took Shadow into the room and left us with Pyro. I guess being a fire type, he would handle the water worse than I did. Autumn pulled out a small opening screen thing, set it on the floor, and had Pyro, Bubbles, and I sit in front of it and watch a small ball bounce around. Once Tyler and Shadow were done, Shadow sat with us and Autumn hit a button. A man came on screen, and started teaching things. Colors, numbers, letters, objects, sounds...he also had us try to pronounce sounds to make words. It seemed simple enough and normal, but half way through saying the word 'purple' I realized he was teaching us! Like how to understand humans and even speak like them! That was why Pyro could speak to them, although still badly. It was because we were being trained to speak.
Once the video was over, Autumn packed up the laptop and put it away. "Alright everyone. Tyler and I need to get our first badges. That means we gotta take on Brock. He's a rock type gym leader, so it's not going to be easy. Bubbles and Pyro are going to be our front lines respectively, and Sparkette and Shadow will be running back up just in case one of you faint. Another thing is that we did bring a good supply of potions and such with us, and we'll probably end up going through them today. But, once we get our badges we'll come back here tonight, and tomorrow we will head out towards Cerulean City via Mount Moon. That's going to be a week long trip, but it'll be worth it. So, let's get going!" Autumn ran down to us, reading from a sheet of paper on a clipboard.
Brock's gym was unlike anything you would ever expect from anything. It was a huge building, with a giant field of rocks, boulders, and sand. It was soft and warm...my toes enjoyed it. Brock himself was just a tall man, probably an adult, with spiked hair who seemed to either be blind, or just didn't open his eyes. It was decided that Autumn would go first, simply because she was a girl and it was 'ladies first'. Not exactly sure how that matters, but whatever.
Pyro was up first, dashing into the arena as Brock let out a Geodude. Pryo leapt into action as soon as the count went off. He charged the Geodude and started unleashing wave after wave of fire at it, slowly bringing it's health down while the Geodude missed most of it's shots. It was like he faster somehow...what the hell? It took him a bit, but pretty soon the Geodude just couldn't keep up and passed out. Damn...Pyro was a beast. Brock recalled the Geodude, then threw out a massive snake made of boulders. Onix...a terrible monster known for being ill tempered and in same cases outright brutally mean.
Pyro didn't seem phased. He kept at it, ducking and rolling while whipping flames everywhere, blasting the rock snake at every opportunity. Around he danced, spitting fire and dodging attacks. It almost looked like he could win...
Almost.
The Onix got a shot and took it, whipping Pyro with it's tail and sending him sailing into a wall hard enough to break the stone. If we didn't have an aura to protect us, he'd probably be dead. "Fuck...Sparkette, you're up! Just try and hold him down!" Autumn shouted, trying to get Pyro back up with some weird glowing bottle. Well shit...ok. I stepped into the ring and looked at the giant Arceus damn snake of Arceus damn rocks with a giant fucking Arceus damn horn. Seriously bitch, really think I can do a fucking thing to this mother fucker? Alright then...trust the trainer I guess.
I darted forward and the Onix spit rocks at me, as if it would rather crush me than just knock me out. One rock crashed down right in front of me and I leapt up to avoid it, hopping from it to the Onix's body. It was surprisingly grippy for rock. "Wait...Sparkette, can you shadow ball it?" Autumn asked. Really Autumn!? Are you quite literally fucking insane you daft bitch!? I growled and rolled my eyes, ducking just as a rock soared over my head. Alright, fine! If nothing else I'll try to save my own ass!
I bolted up the Onix's body, my tiny claws digging in and sending me up towards it's head at an astounding pace. Not even I understood the speed, and the Onix was even more confused. I raced higher and higher, getting to the point I needed. I jumped, aiming my whole body at it's eye as I charged up, gathering energy in my maw. My front paws connected on it's face, and I unleashed a shadow ball directly into it's red eye, the force of the powerful explosion hurling me rocketing towards the ground. Oh fuck!
I slammed into the dirt hard enough to hear the distinctive crack in my front paw as my leg snapped like an Arceus damn twig. Well shit, I'm done for a while. I turned myself over, spinning on my good paw and charging another shadow ball, ready to go out with a serious Arceus damn fight. Not dying like this! To my utter shock, the Onix's eye rolled back into it's head as the towering beast slowly fell, kicking up a cloud of dust as it crashed down. Did...did I just fucking win a gym battle? Like seriously, did I just knock out an Onix!? How the hell did I do that?
Autumn was also amazed, deftly recalling me into my ball with a stunned look. "Welcome home to your PokeBall Sparkette! How can I make you comfortable today?" the voice asked. I had gotten pretty used to it. "Well, my leg is broken. Can you fix it?" I growled, looking at the limp paw. "I can lock the ball until you are treated and administer a pain killer." it replied. Wait...it can do that!? "That will be fine." I answered. Sure enough, the exit portal clicked, a red X blinking over it as a pink mist filled the field. I inhaled it and smelled cherries...and then dropped to the ground asleep, my last thought being 'damn you Pokeball'.
Ding ding, ding ding ding.
My eyes opened slowly, the lights of the PokeCenter glaringly bright as I was released from my ball. To my shock, my paw was fixed. Actually, everything was better. I felt like I had never battled. Thank you PokeCenter! "You alright Sparkette?" Shadow asked, looking me over. "Surprisingly, yes. What about you?" I answered as I stood. "Never got a chance to go in. Bubbles is a water type, good against stone. She taught that Onix a lesson in being a prick. Seriously, he was being far too heavy on damage even for a gym Pokemon. But yeah, both of our trainers got badges. So I guess it's Mt. Moon tomorrow." he explained. "Looks like it. Let's hope that's an easier trip. Without a giant damn Onix whipping our asses in both senses of the word." I growled. "You are getting very vulgar in your old age. So many curses." he teased. "I get upset when a Pokemon tried to murder me. Kind of enjoy being alive. Feels good." I laughed.