Torri's vision by WyldClaw
Plot: This is the 2nd chapter of the fic. My disclaimer poem:
As much as I wish it could be
I don't own most of the characters in this chapter.
However I made up a few: Torri's dad, the Growlchu, Jake and Torri.
Anyone uses them without telling me
Let's just say you'll have to deal with an angry WC
Trust me, that scene will not be pretty
Understand? Good, now that's out of the way. This story takes place a bit after my two-part story so there are some spoilers. Here are some author's notes: {italics} mean a vision, () is translated Pokémon speech, ( ) mean mental speech "" are humans talking. I know this doesn't seem like it fits into the story but trust me it will.
Last edited : 4/17/2017
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It was a sunny day in Johto. On the outskirts of Goldenrod City, the end of a two round match was going on between a girl and a boy. The girl, Torri had a small Natu with clear blue eyes out while the boy, Jake, had his Golem out. She had shoulder length dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes behind glasses. She stood at a medium height and wore a blue tee shirt with patched shorts. A silver chain was around her neck but the fang shaped locket at the bottom was hidden under her shirt
Jake was shorter than her and had a white shirt and cutoffs on. He had spiky green hair and wore a bandana. "You really think that blind bird will defeat my Golem?" He smirked.
Tori and the Natu stood their ground. "If my Magby knocked out your onix Natu here can take out that Golem"
(Yeah! I'm not scared of a dumb rock) the bird mentally agreed as it scratched out the words 'will beat you' into the earth
(stupid bird. Can't even taunt) the golem said.
"what's the matter with your Natu? Why isn't it squawking?" Jake asked.
"he's blind and mute , but he can use his other senses to great extent. Look at his writing" Torri told the kid.
"Oh yeah, go Golem! Use your Rock Throw! "Jake commanded.
The rock type jumped up into the air. (Dodge this!) It said.
" Teleport."
The small green bird disappeared in a flash of light as the golem flew hit the ground with a loud thud, creating a large crater in the earth. (Owww) it moaned.
he reappeared a few feet away from the rock type and blew a raspberry at it. "What's the matter? Your Golem can't even hit a blind bird?" Torri laughed.
"Grrr. Body Slam!"
"Night Shade that pile of rocks!"
The bird Pokémon was too quick for the rock type, which got hit with a volley of the ghost type attack and fell on its butt. "Nice going! Guess it's true: Golems have rocks for brains. "
The Natu nodded and scratched a pictogram of the words 'Dumb rock' into the earth for his trainer before scratching it out,.
"seriously? The dumb bird can't see or talk and it's creaming me." Jake muttered then said loudly, "That does it, you're going down! Golem, Dynamic punch that bird!"
A white light covered one of the Golem's hands. (Bye bye birdie.)
"Double Team!" Torri called. "And Confuse Ray when I say the word."
The little bird's eye's glowed blue. Suddenly there were six other natus that encircled the rock type. (Nyah. Can't hit me) they mentally mocked the golem as they waved their butts in its faces
" Pound that mute pest! Mega Punch it!"
"Wait for it…" Torri commanded. Just as the Mega Punch was about to hit them she cried, "Now!"
They opened their beaks and A white ball of light appeared in each one and hit the Golem. (Hasta la-huh?) The rock type's eyes changed color as it became confused. It turned and sent the attack at a tree. "Fly up!" The copies faded as the Natus flew up into the air. "This battle's mine" she remarked as the Natu's wings glowed silver.
"Let's finish it Golem, hyper beam -"
" you know what to do. What must come up?
(Must go dowwwwwwn) he mentally cried as he flew down and dealt the rock type a massive Steel Wing attack. The golem fell on the ground unconscious. Both trainers recalled their pokèmon to their pokeballs & walked over to each other
"Good match" Tori held out her hand. . Jake put a hundred dollar bill and a fifty-dollar bill into Torri's outstretched hand. She put it in her pocket. He walked off grumbling. "Jerk. The least he could have done was say 'good match'" she said as she looked toward the bushes. "You can come out now, kerin"
A small Girafarig slowly walked out, its tail head searching for predators. (Is he gone) it asked as it reached Tori and nuzzled her
"Yeah. He's gone Ker. He was a sore loser. You were a good boy to hide like that."
(I don't think I would have been able to beat those pokèmon-I'm still working on my attacks) he commented.
"I know Ker. You're still young and I wouldn't have expected you to battle. Sometimes you learn by-
suddenly Torri felt the locket under her tee shirt burn. She blinked and her soundings changed.
{She was in a forest clearing with a girl, a boy, a Cyndaquil, and a Pikachu. The girl & the boy, who looked vaguely familiar, had some kind of metal ring around their bodies. The electric type was a few feet away trapped in a small Spider Web net. It was panting like it was recovering from a very brutal battle and in addition to other bruises its front paw looked like someone had pulled it. There was also a long red slash mark on its side.
. The Cyndaquil in the middle was covered in purple goo. It screamed and painfully twitched as the goo soaked into its skin. Tori noticed the fire type had lots of scratches and cuts-much more than the Pikachu. it was bleeding from a cut on its face near its eye. Its right leg looked broken. The shadowy figure laughed. "Doesn't have much time to live, maybe an hour"
"No!" the boy cried as he struggled. "Leave her alone you-AAAAAAGGGHHHH" a very strong blast of electricity came out from the metal ring and shocked him. He screamed in pain and the girl & the Pikachu looked over at him worried.
"Now are you going to co-operate nicely or do you want me to zap you with two hundred more volts?" the shadowy figure sneered a few minutes later when the electric attack stopped.
The boy looked up. Torri observed the attack had burnt into his skin a little. His black eyes were full of determination. 'I know that face from somewhere' she thought. "Go. Rot. " he panted.
The hidden figure let out a growl that seemed more like an animal's than a human. "Fine then. How about this?" a glowing sludge covered hand, like an arm belonging to a Muk extended out of the darkness and reached for the Pikachu. The mouse tried to back away but it couldn't do much in the net. The hand got closer and closer….
Suddenly the scene changed.
She was looking down at three strange pokèmon. One was a gray Vaporeon like pokèmon but with shadowy wings that were tied together and had purple Gastly like tendrils on its legs along with an Espeon tail next to a Vaporeon one. Its front paws were that of an espeon's. Another one was a Nidoran but it was yellow and had Pikachu ears, two brown stripes and two tails. The third pokèmon was a small Ponyta but with a blue body & white, reddish orange and azure flames for a mane and tail. It's Fearow sized wings were shackled together. It also had blue flames coming from behind its legs. They were all in a large cage and Tori heard cries of pain
. A huge three-headed houndoom watched them; it had large fangs and a spiked tail protruded from its back. It had an Arbok head as well. Two large sneasels were next to it. The gray vaporeon like pokèmon looked worried (what do we do?) it asked the others. (It sounds like they're in pain)
The ponyta pawed the cage floor. (don't know Shea)
The Nidoran tried to ram the bars but it got knocked back. A black bolt of electricity came out from a collar around its neck and it screamed in pain.
There was a blinding flash of light and the scene changed yet again. This time she was in a sort of lab. She saw all these trapped pokèmon in cages! Some were crying while others were shaking with fear. There was a shadowy outline of a person with a syringe with something in its hand, a knife in the other.
A Cyndaquil was tied down to a table, a muzzle over its mouth she knew it was the same one she'd seen in the other vision. . It tried to break free but it could barely move. When the person spoke it was the same cruel sounding voice that she had heard in the other vision. "Now that that trainer of yours is taken care of, you're all mine!"
The pokèmon trembled. Torri realized with dread she was the Cyndaquil on the table! She struggled against her bonds. The needle got closer and closer and closer. She gave the person a look of terror. "You will help me this time or else!" the person slashed her cheek and she screamed, "No one will stop me!" }
(Tori, tori are you okay), Tori heard Kerin cry. (You're shaking)
She blinked again and saw her surroundings return to normal. The vision was over. "It's okay kerin." She stroked the Pokémon's nose, shuddering as the chain cooled down.
Kerin looked at the girl (it must have been bad) he said. Being part psychic he sensed something was going on. But he was still a young Girafarig.
Tori nodded "Mind if I ride you to the center? I don't want to dwell on what I saw. "
(No problem) he knelt down so that Tori could jump on.
. 'I have to talk to dad' she thought as they walked to the Pokémon Center.
,,,,
Once she reached the building she recalled Kerin to his pokeball. After Nurse Joy healed her pokèmon and she checked into her room, she dialed a number on the vid-phone in the room . As it connected, she stroked her Pidgey Gusta who was in her lap. She was no ordinary pidgey and knew something was up. (More visions?) the bird asked.
"Yup. These ones really worried me, Gusta."
(Hmm. Maybe it means that something really bad will happen)
"I don't know -" Torri began to reply but a man appeared on the vid-phone screen. He had light-coffee colored hair with some streaks of gray in it. His glasses magnified his warm blue-green eyes. He wore a blue tee shirt underneath his lab coat. This was Doctor Darren Waverson, Torri's dad. "Hi dad!"
'Hey Tor! "He smiled. "How are you? Hi Gusta."
Gusta flew up to see him. (Hiya Doc! How are things on the isle?)
"Things are going great. The Lapras migrating season started a few weeks ago and I took the boat out to see them. "
"That must have been fun" she replied. She loved seeing the Lapras migrating- they were beautiful pokèmon.
"Yeah. Volcano got into another fight." he sighed.
(yet Again?) Gusta chirped. Volcano was the neighbor's Quilava who was always in some scrap or another.
"How many times have you patched her up now?"
"I've lost track" Darren shrugged. "That's one Quilava that won't take no for an answer. She's stubborn & seems to love to get into scraps. She's got pride issues that are for sure. "
The mention of Quilava reminded Torri of the vision. "Dad, I had a vision about a Cyndaquil today."
Darren looked around and lowered his voice. "What did you see?"
She described it in detail. As she did, Gusta saw Derek's hair turn curly red and his eyes change to coal black and narrow. (Uh, Doc) she pointed at his hair with her wing.
"Oops. Thanks" he closed his eyes for a minute. When he opened them his hair and eye color were back to normal. Torri was used to this and paid no attention.
After she finished, she asked, "So what do you think it means?"
He thought hard. "It sounds like that Cyndaquil was poisoned badly. And the kids look like they're in real trouble."
"I seems to recall the boy's face from somewhere but I can't think of where."
"Remember that incident with Lugia a few years back? There was some story about a boy who was connected to It.," he suggested.
"Of course! Now I remember him from the festival."
(What about the hybrids?) Gusta pointed out.
"Good point. Those poor pokèmon looked like they were all bones."
"That's horrible that anyone would do such a thing to a ponyta."
(Or even a Nidoran) Gusta added (they are strong on their own-why would anyone want to splice it with a Pikachu?)
There was a howl and a bark from Darren's end. (D-did you say a half Nidoran h-half Pikachu? I k-know who did that. )
"Wait a minute." He was out of view for a minute and then returned with a small Growlithe in his arms. Torri noticed that it was unlike any Growlithe she had seen. Instead of bright orange fur and black stripes, it had red-yellow fur and brown zigzag stripes. It had red electrical sacks on its cheeks like a Pikachu and yellow Pikachu ears. Although the rest of its body was that of a Growlithe, it had a fluffy Pikachu tail.
Gusta pointed out whip marks on its face and back to Torri. The bird was so agitated she flew up a few feet up into the air and back down again, muttering not so nice words. "I found this poor thing when I was on the beach with Raine a few days ago. She was half dead when Raine found her but I healed her up. Raine's been good to her"
Torri felt pity for the half Growlithe, half Pikachu. 'I'm sure she's been like a mother to her. That Vaporeon has a big heart. "
The little pokèmon trembled. (I remember who d-did that to them. His n-name is d-Devon and he mutates pokèmon. He did Th-that to m-me. My tr-trainer s-sold me and I th-thought that he was a nice hu-human. But then he t-tied me to a cold steel table and stuck something in me. I fell asleep and when I woke up in a cage I was …. this ) The strange Growlithe whimpered like a pup. (He-he called me a Growlchu. He f-forced me to go into p- p-pit fights) the Growlchu let out a Spark attack out of fear. Tori felt her anger rising- she knew what pit fights were and had helped to break a few down as her other form. (He beat m-me when I lost and put me in that cage. Those pokèmon became my only comfort in that evil place, especially Artik and Nika-that's the blue ponyta and the Nidoran/Pikachu hybrid) She paused to catch her breath. (He stuffed me in a bag and sprayed some kind of sleep powder on Me. when I woke up I was on the beach. I th-think he tried to drown me cause I'm part fire type )
(You poor dear. You've been though a lot ) Gusta chirped.
"I've been helping to heal her injuries and get her back on her paws. " Darren said.
(I don't want h-him to hurt me anymore. I'm scared he's g-gonna c-come back. I have nowhere to go. I'm a freak) the hybrid whimpered.
"You're not a Freak. You're beautiful the way you are. Its okay, He's not going to hurt you anymore. You're safe with dad." Torri reassured her. "What's your name?"
(Don't got one)
"Well, you need a strong name for the hell you've been through. ' she thought. "Can we call you Brightheart? Your fir us partly yellow and you must have a strong heart and soul to pit up with Devon. You must have been brave to go through that and I think that fits you. Do you want to stay with dad? You'll be able to and meet lots of friends. There's lots of freedom and space."
(It's really fun!) Gusta chirped (there's hills and lots of pokèmon to meet. You have lots of room to explore. )
(But won't they think I'm a freak?)
Torri shook her head. "it's a great sanctuary. There are bunches of pokèmon there who are different from others. There's Luckie- she's a Chansey who had her arm and left leg bitten off but she has robotic replacements,"
(There's also Charcoal. He's a Charizard who has these strange markings on his back. ) Gusta added.
The Growlchu thought about it, nodded and licked Darren's face. (I'm Brightheart! I have a new home! ) She happily barked as she jumped out of his arms
Darren chuckled. "You sure made her happy. Do you know where to find this person?"
She shook her head. "No, but I'm sure that I'll will get a sign from -"
Suddenly a voice popped into her head. (Mahogany, go to Mahogany. Disguise yourself and head to the Mahogany Motel outside of the town and head north. You will know what to do)
"Dad, I know where I'm going. Mahogany Town"
"What alias are you using this time?"
"Robina."
(I think you should use the blue hair dye while we're there) Gusty suggested.
His voice got a little louder in case anyone was listening "Good luck. And let me know when you're safe."
"Dad. I know what I'm doing "Tori felt her face blush. "I've done this plenty of times before. "
"I know sweetie but it's my fatherly duty to make sure you're okay."
"So I end up with a few cuts and scrapes. It's not that big of a deal."
"What about the last time? That gengar did a number on you"
She grimaced at the memory. "Well, the bruises healed fairly quickly. I thought that scar made me look tough. "
He shook his head. "What if you break your arm or something like that? It won't heal when you turn back to normal"
"So I'm in a sling for a few weeks. Big deal I don't exactly stay in one town. I have guidance from my friends if you know what I mean"
"Good point. Just be careful"
"I always am. Love you dad." Torri turned off the vid-phone and looked over at Gusta and nodded. She muttered in a low voice. "Pokegod Spirits hear my plea . right now for Gusta this body be the norm. let her embrace her second form."
There was a flash of light and she was now a Pidgeotto. "Ready to go on a trip to Mahogany Town?"
To Be Continued.
Author's notes: trust me Torri will show up in future chapters! How' did you like it
