When I got to Viridian, I saw a crowd of people chasing after something. I ran up to take a look. It was a pikachu, with an apple in its mouth.

"Hey! Leave that Pikachu alone!" I yelled. When they didn't listen, I cursed and ran ahead of them to head off the crowd. "Hey! If you want to catch that Pikachu, leave it to me!" I said. "Go Charcoal!"

"Char!"

"Rage!" I yelled. She charged the pikachu, and bounced off.

"Pi!" It turned to fight, and shocked Charcoal.

"Char!" It charged Pikachu again. Eventually, I caught the little bugger. She was extremely tamed, and seemed to like people, other than the ones that were trying to catch her. I wondered if it had belonged to someone. I put my hand in front of its face, hoping to be able to read something out of its mind. I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find out it wanted to become a Riachu, one of my dream pokemon.

"Well Rai, you've come to the person," I said, hugging the pikachu.

"Pika!" It squealed.

Charcoal and Rai became best friends, and helped me catch a lot of pokemon, including some rare ones. The ones I couldn't catch, I played with. When I was young, my big brother, Lance, said I had something called empathy. He said it meant that pokemon were attracted to me, when a scarred Dragonair came up to us at the beach. I got to keep it, since Lance had forgotten to take it with him when he left.

When I found a small pond, I chose Daggers (my dragonair) to carry me across the water. There was a strange man who was sleep talking. I woke him up, and he told me he had a nightmare, and thanked me for waking him up with TM 50. I surfed back and went to the Poke Center. That night, at my rented room at the pokemon center, I heard noise outside. Curious, I went outside.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" I whispered. Suddenly, a hand reached out of the shadows and grabbed me. The person put a cloth over my nose and mouth. Then, I blacked out.



Hi! I know, I know, this chapter isn't very good. I just hope it gets better! I need to know what my readers (if I have any) want to happen. I need ideas people!