Oh yeah, I changed my author name to 'Pearl Rose'. I did a search on FF.net and there were too many authors with Maggie in the name. I decided to go with originality, and change my name.
Scott, Nico, Racahel, Dixie, CharMaster, and Kirk, I keep thanking you for getting macots, 'cos without them, I would have no fic.
Scott and Rachael, your reviews for the last chapter were great.
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Don't worry Rach, I used to spell Airella's name Ariella for a little while, until I picked one spelling and stuck with it! Scott, Charizard makes his first apperance in this chapter, and Rattata meets Kathryn!
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The readers of this fic, muchas, muchas gracias! (Thank you very, very much, for all of you non-spanish speakers. ^^;)
And we can't forget this....
DISCLAMER: I don't own Pokemon. (I wish I did!)
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"Kyra, can you do me a favor?" asked a girl, about 14 years old, very tall, with short, straight, black hair.
"What, Eve?" asked Kyra, who was also about 14, with long blonde hair and a Sentret at her side.
"Well, I found this Charizard over there," Eve pointed east. "Can you watch him? I think he's wounded."
Kyra sighed. "I'm taking care of Rio Gallagher's Rattata, Airel, and his Raticate, Andy, PLUS we have Kathryn, that wounded Rattata you found last week, and Sari here," she said, pointing to the Sentret, "Told me that Klara hurt her leg."
"I'm sorry your Stantler's hurt, but the Charizard won't do well with my Eevee evolution clan, and you LOVE caring for pokemon." Eve retorted.
"Oh fine, but I run a day-care, not a Pokemon Center!!" Kyra groaned, then told Airel and Andy to help drag the Charizard in.
"You know there's no pokemon center for miles in this forest!" Eve exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah." Kyra sighed again, and asked Sari to help Andy and Airel bring the Charizard inside.
"Thanks, Kyra."
Kyra just rolled her eyes, then followed Sari, Airel, and Andy in, so she could take care of the Charizard's wounds.
"Ok, the Charizard's gone, you can come out now." Eve told her pokeballs, before releasing the pokemon out.
"Flareon!
"Espeon!"
"Vaporeon!"
"Umbreon!"
"Jolteon!
"Eevee!"
"I know that big Charizard scared you all," Eve said soothingly to her pokemon, "But now we need to go to Alyssa and Andrea Lannigan's farm and pick up some milk."
Her Eevee-lutions nodded in response, and together they trotted off to the farm.
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"We're lost!" Rattata wailed.
"Oh, quit whining!"
"You first, Trevor!"
"You're the one that got us lost, Mister I-Know-Where-We're-Going!"
"You agreed with me, Trevor, so quit griping!"
"Quit whining!"
"I WASN'T whining!"
"Liar."
"Put a cork in it, you two!!!" interrupted Kakuna, ending the fight.
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AN- Doesn't Kakuna ALWAYS seem to play peacemaker? ^_^
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"What's going on here?" asked a Stantler, hobbling along on three legs, with a Sentret by her side.
"It looks like they were arguing," answered the Sentret.
"Oh, you're right, Sari."
"Hey!"
"Oh, sorry guys. I'm Klara." said the Stantler.
"Hi. I'm Trevor."
"My name's Rattata, and that's Kakuna over there."
Kakuna nodded as well as he could.
"Well guys, we were just heading off to Andrea and Alyssa Lannigan's farm. You can get some food there, and then..."
"You can come with us to Kyra's!" Sari exclaimed, finishing Klara's sentence.
"Who's Kyra?" asked Rattata.
"Kyra's our trainer. She runs a day-care, and her best friend Eve, an Eevee trainer, usually crashes at Kyra's when she here between gyms and stuff on her Pokemon Journey." replied Klara.
"Oh."
"Let's go!"
The group headed through the forest, with Sari and Klara leading the way, until they were at a small cottage.
"That's Rio Gallagher's place here in Kanto. He's from Johto, and right now, he's off at the Fushica City Gym. Kyra's watching his two favorite pokemon, Airel and Andy." explained Klara.
"Airel's a Rattata, Andy's a Raticate, and they're brother and sister." added Sari.
"Oh, cool." Trevor tried not to look bored, but failed miserably.
"Airel's a girl Rattata?" Rattata appeared to somewhat interested in what Klara and Sari were saying.
"Don't get your hopes up, Rattata. Airel has a crush on Wallace, a Raticate that belongs to Logan Murray, Rio, Eve, and Kyra's friend, and another trainer here in the Viridian Forest. Logan's on a journey now too."
Rattata looked slightly hurt.
"Don't worry, " Klara said in attempt to cheer Rattata up, "There's another Rattata at the center. Her name's Kathryn!"
"Enough of that, for now." Sari smiled. "We're at Alyssa and Andrea's!"
Magby and Elekid greeted Sari and Klara.
"Hi-Hi! Listen, Sar, Klar, you'll never believe what happened here!!" said Magby happily.
"Yeah, two Jigglypuffs, and a Cleffa met their long-lost family!" chimed in Elekid.
"Hold on. Two Jigglypuffs, and one Cleffa! That sounds like Jiggly, Airella, and Boofca!"
"You're right, Trevor."
"I'm always right."
Kakuna immediately moved between Rattata and Trevor, to avoid another argument.
Andrea and Alyssa then came over to the group, followed by a teenage boy, about 15 or so, and Eve who had her 6 Eevee forms with her.
"Magby, Elekid, have you been bothering these pokemon?"
"Hey, Lys, look! They're Kyra's Stantler and Sentret!
"You're right, Andrea. I guess they need your Miltank's milk."
"Don't forget I need milk too." added Eve.
A Ponyta wandered over to Alyssa.
"I won't. Ponyta!"
"Now, Ponyta, I need you to go get some MooMoo Milk from Miltank."
The Ponyta trotted off.
"Boo!"
Andrea and Eve turned around quickly. "Rio!"
"Hey, when'd ya get back?" asked Alyssa.
The boy, Rio, replied "Oh, just a few minutes ago. And look!" He proudly displayed his Soul Badge.
"Cool, so that's um..."
"Er, 7 badges?" finished Eve.
"Yeah, now I need the Earth Badge from Viridian."
"Sari, what are they talking about?"
"Badges in the Kanto, or Indigo League."
"Oh." Trevor just nodded his head, not really understanding it.
"I'll explain later." Sari just smiled, and trotted off to go see what Ponyta was up to.
The four teenagers were talking, and since the pokemon were bored, Klara explained about the Johto and Indigo Leagues.
Their conversation was interrupted when a hot-air balloon crashed into the field of Alyssa and Andrea's farm. Two people, and a Meowth emerged from the balloon, and began to recite an all to familiar motto to us Pokemon fans. (AN- ^_^)
Prepare for trouble!
Make it double!
To protect the world from devastation
To unite all people within our nation
To denounce the evils of truth and love
To extend our reach to the stars above
Jessie!
James!
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!
Surrender now of prepare to fight!
Meowth, that's right!
"What do you want?" asked Alyssa suspiciously.
"Um, who are they?" asked Rattata.
Jessie looked ticked. "We are Team Rocket, the most notorious criminals in the world!"
"Yeah, so?" asked Rio.
"We want to steal all your pokemon!"
"Huh? I don't get this. Klara, Eve, someone a little help here." remarked Trevor.
"You won't get our pokemon without a fight!"
"Is that so, then Arbok, Lickitung, go!"
"Wheezing, Victrebel, go!"
Victrebel proceeded to eat James's head. "Not my head, you dumb plant!"
Klara laughed, while Rio sent out his Golduck, Alyssa summoned her Seadra, Andrea brought out Sunflora, and Eve chose her Flareon.
Klara sighed. "I can't fight, with my bad leg, and Kakuna only knows tackle, so Rattata and Trevor, have fun!"
Rattata and Trevor joined the fight.
"Arbok, Bite!"
"Sunflora, use Giga Drain!"
"Wheezing, poison gas attack!"
"You know the drill, Golduck. Confusion!"
Both attacks did little to phase their attackers.
"Arbok, use Poison Sting!"
Arbok obeyed Jessie's order and went after the Sunflora.
"Sunflora, dodge!"
The Sunflora avoided the attack, but instead, it hit Rattata. He yelped in pain, but not before quickly deciding to use a Hyper Fang attack of his own. Arbok got the blunt end of THAT attack. Trevor retaliated for his friend's injury by using Water Gun. Arbok looked beat, but wasn't down for the count until it (?) got Sunflora's Solar Beam. Arbok was down and out.
Now, it was Wheezing's turn. "Use Smokescreen!"
Golduck was left slightly phased by the attack. Jumping in, Flareon gave Wheezing a good Flamethrower attack, and Seadra used Hydro Pump to its full potential. Quickly, the group of pokemon finished with Team Rocket and sent them 'Blasting off again!'.
"Rattata, you're hurt!" cried Sari, returning with the milk.
"Kyra'll have to give you some antidote." remarked Rio before Rattata could protest.
"Could you take us there?" asked Trevor.
Rio nodded, and picked up Trevor, Rattata, and Klara, and went off towards Kyra's.
"Wait for us!" cried Eve as she recalled her pokemon, grabbed Kakuna and Sari, and followed Rio to Kyra's place.
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"MORE pokemon?" groaned Kyra when she saw Rio and Eve along with some pokemon.
"Chill out, Kyra."
"Yeah, and anyways, the Rattata's poisoned. Do you have any antidote of full heals or something?"
"I'll get an poison-cure berry out." Kyra dashed inside to get a berry.
"Hey, Rattata, are you OK?" asked Eve.
Rattata just put on his most pitiful, 'I'm hurt' look.
"Aw, isn't that so sweet. Don't worry, you'll feel better soon."
"I think Eve likes anything cute-looking." observed Trevor.
"Uh-huh." answered Kyra, returning with a berry. "Now, Rattata, eat this, then we'll bring you inside to get some rest."
Rattata did as he was told, then Eve carried Rattata in, with the others following along.
"Rio, Andy and Airel are in the back," Kyra said. "Eve, place Rattata on the cot between Charizard's and Kathryn's. Kakuna, Trevor, Sari will show you were you can rest until I get some food ready. And Klara," she said, looking straight at the Stantler, "Lie down on the cot that's next to Charizard's. Your leg needs rest, so it doesn't get any worse."
The group dispersed, leaving Kyra and Eve with the four wounded or sick pokemon.
"Well, Kyra, I've got to go home. I think Rio's leaving to. He's off to get the Earth Badge, so Airel and Andy will be staying here."
"OK." Kyra was busy changing Charizard's bandages, and didn't look up when Rio and Eve left. Letting her 'patients' sleep, Kyra went off to get some dinner for the other pokemon.
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When Rattata awoke after his injury, a Raticate and another Rattata greeted him. "Hi, I'm Rattata." he said, groggily.
"Oh, I'm Andy, and that's my sister Airel." said the Raticate.
"Yep. Oh, keep your voice down, everyone else is asleep." added Airel.
"We're going to sleep too. But Airel wanted to say hi."
"I'm just nice at heart." Airel then yawned. "G'Nite, Rattata. Pleased to meet you." And with that, Andy and Airel left the room.
Rattata was about to go back to sleep, but noticed the other Rattata, Kathryn, he thought she was called, wake up. "Huh?" She said sleepily, then she saw Rattata. "Hi! I'm Kathryn."
Rattata was slightly speechless. "Um, hi." he finally stammered out.
Kathryn smiled. "That's what I said. You are..."
"Oh, I'm uh, er, um..."
"Ha! That's a cute name, uh er um!"
"No! That's not my name, it's Rattata. I'm Rattata."
"Rattata, it is? OK! You met Klara already?"
Rattata nodded in reply.
Kathryn found this amusing. "What's the matter, Meowth got your tongue? You'll meet Charizard later. It's late. I'll talk to you later."
"Nite."
"Good Night."
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THREE DAYS LATER...
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Rattata had developed a crush on Kathryn, and was following her around constantly, and surprisingly Kathryn didn't seem to mind too much. Trevor and Kakuna assumed that Kathryn liked Rattata. But the most important thing, was that Kyra said that Rattata was ready to go. Trevor had explained their journey to her, and the pokemon. After much debating, Charizard and Kathryn would accompany Kakuna, Trevor, and Rattata. Rattata was STILL on overjoyed. After many good-byes, the quintet was ready to head off.
"So, have we got everything?" asked Charizard.
"Uh-huh, all we gotta do is snap Rattata out of his 'lovestruck' state of mind for a minute, and we can go." answered Trevor.
"That'll be hard. Kathryn's starting to drift away too."
"Great. Now we're gonna have a strong silent type, Kakuna, and the sickeningly in the clouds couple."
"Don't say that, or you're gonna really regret it." said Airel, appearing on the steps."
"Don't tell me you LIKE all this mushy stuff."
Airel rolled her eyes slightly. "Nevermind, but you probably shouldn't tease them."
"Why, Airel?"
"Kathryn just learned a new TM. Thunder."
Both Charizard and Trevor looked horrified for a moment.
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Remember, Trevor's a Totodile, so his Water type is weak against Electric, as is Charizard's flying type.
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"Just giving you fair warning." Airel turned to go back in, but stopped. "Oh, Kakuna'll bring the duo outside in a sec, so be patient." she then proceeded inside.
A few minutes later, Kakuna came out, followed by Kathryn and Rattata.
"Everyone ready?"
"Yeah."
"Then off we go!"
And the second team went off in search of their grand adventure.
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