I've just been dishing these chapters out! I guess the plot line really interests me…go figure. This one could turn out to be one of my longer ones! YAY! Anyway, Pokémon isn't mine. However, the characters you meet are probably mine, and the Pokémon you don't recognize for a minute are mine. Panmaro, Caytaptor, etc. Anyway, enjoy!!
Rose Town is the city closest to Lily Valley. Nearly over-run by roses, the people there train many Grass type Pokémon with flowers, including Bellossom, Venusaur, Vileplume, and the newly discovered Grass evolution of Eevee, the Floreon. The first stop for new trainers leaving Lily Valley, the gym leader is the first challenge on the road to the championship.
Slowly Trina's eyes flickered open. She could see rays of sunlight filtering through the blinds on the window. "Wait, how'd blinds get on the window?" she asked drowsily.
"I put them down," a high, bell-like voice replied. "I didn't want you to be disturbed." Looking up, the girl saw the nurse smiling down at her. "Good morning!" she said sweetly. "Sleep well?" Trina nodded, sitting up as she rubbed her eyes. "Glad to hear it! I'll bring you some hot chocolate." With that the smiling green-eyed nurse walked off. Trina yawned, stretching her arms high over her head. Then she felt a warm, soft pressure against her leg. Looking down, she caught sight of Panda sleeping soundly next to her.
"Panda!" she cried happily, picking the little Pokémon up and hugging him tight. Relief flooded through her as she saw that he was all right.
"Panma…" he muttered sleepily, barely awake if awake at all.
"Oh, I thought you were done for!" she exclaimed. She continued to hug the little creature until the nurse returned with the hot chocolate. She set the cup down on the table just before she noticed Panda clutched tightly in Trina's arms.
"I see you've found your Pokémon," the nurse smiled. "And he's as good as new now!"
"Thank you very much!" Trina grinned. As she reached for the hot chocolate she noticed a dual tone orb at the center of the table. This she gently picked up, staring at it before noticing the note beside it. She took it and began to read.
Well, Trina, you may have lost but I admire your spirit. Inside the Pokéball there's a Pokémon. Naturally. Her name is LunaVee. She has only one destined evolution, but you'll understand that in time. Take care.
Shandra"What…" the girl asked, then she dropped the sphere to the table. It popped open, releasing a blaze of shapeless white energy. This formed the shape of a Pokémon, then the light faded. An Eevee was sitting serenely on the hard plastic.
"My goodness!" the nurse exclaimed. "An Eevee!!" Trina stared at the creature. It was about a foot tall, with a fluffy tail and crest, long ears and large black eyes. But there was something different about this one. The crest has little curved waves in it, the limbs were a bit thinner than average, the tail seemed to bulge a bit at the end, and the eyes were huge. But it was adorable.
"LunaVee," she said quietly. The little Pokémon yipped at the mention of its name. Trina giggled, then petted its head. The Pokémon purred a bit, bumping Trina's hand as though asking for more.
"Eevees are very rare," the nurse murmured. Trina nodded, a happy smile on her face.
"LunaVee, return," she said quietly. The little fox Pokémon sighed as a beam of rose light hit it, then the Eevee was sucked into the ball. This Trina quickly attached to her belt. Suddenly a thought crossed her mind. "Have any other trainers come in here?" she asked. The nurse looked a bit startled, then she began to think.
"Quite a few, actually. Most are here to challenge May, the Rose Town Gym Leader." Trina cocked her head. "But not May Oak, her name is May Rose. She's very sweet, but she knows how to battle." Trina nodded.
"Has a girl with dark blue eyes and sort of darkish red hair come in?" Trina asked. The nurse nodded.
"Yes, she came in last night about fifteen minutes after you fell asleep. She was carrying a Dragoli and she dropped off…" the nurse pondered for a moment, remembering. "Yes, she dropped the Dragoli off for inspection, and then she took it back. She slept in another of the booths, but she headed out at first light. She said she was off to challenge May." Trina stared for a moment.
"She's already ahead of me," the girl stated, incredulous. Quickly she took a drink of her hot chocolate, nearly choking when she discovered that, contrary to her original thought, it was still piping hot.
"I take it the girl was your rival," the nurse said, pouring a glass of ice water from the pitcher on the counter and handing it to the gasping trainer. Trina hurriedly drank the contents of the cup, sighing in relief as the burning in her mouth and throat subsided.
"Yeah, you could say that," she answered dryly. "Anyway, I can't finish the cocoa, but thank you!" With that she raced from the center. Panda, being the smart little Panmaro he was, had attached himself to the girl's arm so that he wouldn't be left behind. Hurriedly the trainer looked around for the gym. Instead she saw Amana strolling down the path, hands in her pockets, a little dragon on her shoulder. The Pokémon was busily fussing with its translucent yellow-orange wings. The pair looked up as they came toward the center, noticing Trina. Amana smirked.
"Well, if it isn't lil' miss perfect," she remarked snidely. Trina glared at her. "Glad to see you're awake. After all, it is nearly nine in the morning."
"What do you want?" Trina asked, annoyed. Panda cocked his head at the new girl, trying to figure out why his trainer was so angry. The person didn't look bad. And she didn't smell bad. She didn't sound bad, either. She just seemed a bit…lost, maybe.
"Nothing, really. I just wanted to show you what the gym badge looked like." With that Amana pulled open her jacket, revealing a small, glittering rose-shaped badge, a minute pearl at the center. Trina stared. "So, how about a battle to see how good you are?" Amana asked, closing her windbreaker. The other girl glared.
"You're on," she growled. Panda hopped off her arm, bouncing a bit as he hit the ground, then he walked toward Amana. The Dragoli had already fluttered off her trainer's shoulder and was standing ready for the Panmaro. "Two on two battle," Trina said.
"No," Amana answered instantly. Trina looked startled. "One on one. Our starters against one another."
"Hey, we both have two Pokémon. No fair holding back one!" Trina exclaimed.
"Who said I had two?" Amana asked quietly. Trina looked at the other trainer's waist. Indeed there were no balls clipped to the belt there. She narrowed her eyes, but relented.
"Fine," she spat. Amana smiled a bit, her normal sneer.
"Let's begin, shall we?" she snickered. "BurningSky, Flame Wheel!" she called. Panda shrieked and raced away as a blast of flame singed his fur. He hid directly behind Trina, shivering and holding onto her legs. "Is your little panda scared?" she asked, sneering.
"Panda, come on!" Trina grumbled, embarrassed. Slowly, fearfully, the Panmaro walked back toward the Dragoli. "Tackle!" she called. Now that he was commanded, the Pokémon gained confidence. He raced forward on all fours, intent on ramming the dragon ten feet away. But instead, he hit air and skidded face first in the dirt.
"Didn't expect it, did you?" Amana asked, snickering, as BurningSky hovered in the air. "Ember! Cover the field!" The hatchling's mouth began to flare, then a wave of embers fell from her open maw. Some landed directly on Panda, making him cry out and try to run. But the field itself was covered in the hot coals, burning the pads of the Panmaro's feet.
By this point a large crowd had grown, watching the battle excitedly. A few children were placing bets on which Pokémon would win. Most were betting on BurningSky. Everyone was cheering at the strategic attack, a move that had nearly clinched the battle in Amana's favor.
"It's hopeless," Trina muttered. "Panda, return!" she called. The Panmaro whimpered quietly, sitting still. He was close to the center of the battlefield, on the only patch of surrounding ground that was not covered in hot coals. With the bottoms of his paws burned he couldn't jump, and walking across would only hurt more. Sniffing a bit, he tried to endure the heat around him. The crowd had fallen completely silent.
"Sky, help the little Panda out," Amana said quietly. The Dragoli nodded, fluttering down and picking the panda up. Pumping her wings she gained altitude, then swooped over to Trina. Halting her flight in front of the trainer, she smiled a bit. Trina narrowed her eyes and grabbed her Pokémon away from the dragon. Both Dragoli and trainer seemed surprised.
"You don't know the first thing about Pokémon training," Trina spat. With that she raced back into the center.
"I see you were in a battle with a fire type," the nurse said as Trina came up.
"Please help my Panmaro?" she asked. The nurse nodded and took the little Panda into another room. As the young trainer sat down at a booth Amana walked in, BurningSky on her shoulder again. As the two walked up to the counter the nurse walked back in, flicking her hair over one shoulder. She smiled at Amana and Sky.
"I'd like to get my Dragoli healed, if you don't mind," she whispered. As Trina watched another Pokéball was placed on the counter. "And I'd like it if you checked up on RainSpirit, too." The nurse nodded, taking both the Dragoli and the Pokéball to the room she had placed Panda in.
"That went horribly wrong," Amana muttered, placing her hands behind her head as she walked over to get a cup of cocoa.
"Liar," Trina called over. The other trainer looked up, deep blue eyes startled.
"What?" she asked.
"You heard me, liar," Trina said again. "You had another Pokémon the whole time, but you just didn't want to use it."
"I have my reasons," Amana replied, walking to a booth and setting her hot chocolate down on the hard plastic table. Trina got up and walked over, setting her weight on the table and looking the other trainer straight in the face.
"Tell me your reasons, then." The look in her dark eyes would have been enough to quail a Tyranitar.
But Amana wasn't a Tyranitar. She was herself.
"Not on your life," she answered snidely. The nurse came out again, Panda on one arm and BurningSky on the other.
"You're Pokémon are ready for you!" she called. Amana stood up, avoiding Trina's glare as she walked over. Sky called happily and fluttered over, attaching herself to her trainer's head. Trina followed as the nurse handed the Pokéball to Amana.
"Now its been healed physically, but the emotional scars are deep," the nurse was saying as Trina walked up. "You need to remember that as you care for it. She might not listen to you right away."
"I don't expect her to," Amana murmured, sliding her fingers over the top of the ball. She nodded her thanks to the nurse, then left the same way she had come in. Trina cocked an eyebrow at the nurse.
"What was that about?" she asked. The nurse smiled.
"Nothing, really." She passed the Panmaro across the counter to Trina. "All right, he's been fully healed now. Take care, and have a nice day!" she smiled. Trina nodded and smiled back, heading out of the center. Now she set a course for the gym, ready to battle for her first badge. She wasn't going to lose, not this time. She had catching up to do.
Ah, and now Trina's pumped up and ready to overtake her rival!! …now the only question is, can she do it? I'm wondering…well, I'll be typing like a madwoman…mad girl…for a while, so I'll be giving you another chapter of this soon! And, for those of you who are curious, I'm going to type this in a slightly different manner from Amana's POV for The Quest for Power. Adios, mi amigos!
