Card Captor Lorenna
By: The Pokemon Reader

Chapter 3 - The Day Of Destiny

It was another warm day, the sky was its usual blue, the flowers were blooming, the Pidgey were singing, nothing could make this day any different than any other day! Except for one thing.....

L.N, L.P, Lizzy and Tasha screamed out of excitement. Today was the day they'd get their first Pokemon! All four girls had slept over at L.N's house since she lived nearest to the Pokemon Lab. They all got out of bed, and got dressed into the clothes they wouldn't wear until they were Pokemon Trainers. L.P wore a red shirt that had a big pink flower in the middle, this wasn't the one that L.N also had, this one was very new and wasn't from Limited Too. Tasha wore a sleeveless, black shirt that didn't cover her skinny stomach, and she also wore a black skirt to match her shirt and black hair. Lizzy wore a sleeveless, emerald green T-shirt, and a white skort, her short, light brown hair was loose with a white headband. Last, but not least, L.N wore a pink, sleeveless shirt that also didn't cover her skinny stomach, she wore a red skort, and a pink headband to match the shirt. They all said 'Wow' to how they all looked so good! They all quickly grabbed their backpacks, said good-bye to L.N's mother, father, and grandmother, then ran out of the house. They all headed for Professor Birch's Pokemon Lab.

When they got there, they knocked on the door rapidly. They were just TO excited! One of Professor Birch's Colleges answered the door. "Oh! L.N, L.P, Lizzy and Tasha! How could I and Professor Birch forget today's the day you get your first Pokemon?!" the College known as Branch said with a sweatdrop, "I'm sorry, but Professor Birch is out on the Route studying Pokemon.... I'll give you lot permission to go out there without Pokemon since he took them all with him...." The four girls nodded and said good- bye to Branch, then they walked away from the lab, heading towards the entrance to Route 101.

As they walked, they began to start conversations. "So, what Pokemon are you going to pick, Lizzy?" L.N asked, grinning. "I really don't know... I might pick Mudkip, and I might pick Torchic, I don't really know yet...." Lizzy answered, she began to thinking of the one she might take, "Which one are You going to get?" L.N thought for a moment and answered, "Treecko or Torchic.... Which ever is left, I suppose.... But, we'll always know that Blaze is my real first Pokemon!" She and Lizzy looked down at her backpack which she had slung over her shoulder. Blaze popped his head and and smiled. "So, which one are you going to get, Tasha?" L.P asked, looking at Tasha. "Well, either Treecko or Mudkip... I really don't care which one, as long it's one of those two..." Tasha answered, putting her hands behind her neck as she continued walking. "I'm totally going to get a Torchic! I mean, it's the only cute Pokemon in the whole lot!" L.P spoke, putting her hands on her hips as they walked. Then they stopped, seeing three Poochyena barking meanly at a person that was in a tree. L.N and Lizzy looked at the person and recognized it to be Professor Birch! He looked down and saw the four girls, he exclaimed, "Can You Girls Get The Pokemon From My Bag And Help Me?! Please?!" They all nodded, and went for the bag, Tasha took one, Lizzy took another, and L.P took the last one. L.N took the bag and looked around in it, it was empty, there were no more Pokeballs in it. She frowned and went over to a tree, it was a tree that was one tree away from the one Professor Birch was in. She sat down under it, and sighed, she turned and began to watch.

Treecko, Mudkip and Torchic were released from the balls, the Poochyena stopped barking at Professor Birch, and began to growl at the Pokemon. "Scratch Attack!" Tasha yelled, pointing to one of the Poochyena. The Treecko nodded and began to scratch at it, it ran away in fear. "Mudkip! Go Water Gun!" Lizzy exclaimed, pointing to another of the Poochyenas. The Mudkip nodded and opened its wide mouth, a strong, and large stream of water flew from inside of its mouth and at the Poochyena. It ran away cowardly, and still wet. "Peck Attack!" L.P commanded to the Torchic, pointing to the last Poochyena. Torchic nodded and quickly got onto the Poocheynas back, it began to peck at its neck. He howled in pain, Torchic's sharp beak was making a cut. Torchic jumped off, and the last Poochyena ran off, scared of the Torchic making it give up anymore blood.Professor Birch slide down the side of the tree trunk and exclaimed, "That was great! You all wanted your first Pokemon, right? Well, you can keep the ones you battled with just now!" Tasha, L.P and Lizzy cheered, bu then Lizzy stopped and went over to L.N. "Professor Birch? L.N didn't get a Pokemon...." Lizzy spoke, looking at L.N's disappointed face. Professor Birch's smile turned to a frown when he saw L.N's disappointed face, then he had an idea. "I know! L.N, come with me back to the lab, I have 3 other Pokemon you could choose!" he said, his frown changing back to a smile. L.N's sad face turned to a smile, she got up and responded, "Ok, let's go!" So they all followed Professor Birch back to his Pokemon Lab, where L.N would get her 'first' Pokemon.

As soon as they got to the Lab, Professor Birch opened the door and let the four girls in. He asked them to wait in the in the room as he went into another room. He came back into the room holding three new Pokeballs, he let all of the Pokemon the balls had contained out. The four girls gasped, these new, three Pokemon weren't Starter Pokemon! They were Pokemon you could easily find in the wild! The first one was a white and grey Pokemon, it was very small, and it looked like a small child in a ghost costume. "Castform!" it exclaimed, jumping up once, then when it landed it stopped. The second one looked like a small, sky blue colored bird with cloud white colored wings and beak. "Swablu..." it cooed peacefully, bowing its head in the preasence of Professor Birch and the other four girls. The last one was a white and black colored dog, it had a long horn on the left side of its head, and it had red eyes. "Absol! Absol Ab!" it barked happily, wagging its black, knife-like tail. Tasha, L.P and Lizzy gasped at how cute the Swablu was, but Lauren just gasped at the Absol. She grinned and said, "I'll take the Absol!" "WHAT?! NO NO!! TAKE THE SWABLU!!!" L.P and Tasha yelled. Lizzy giggled and knew why L.N wanted the Absol, to breed with Blaze probably. "All righty! Here's your new Absol's Pokeball..." Professor Birch spoke, handing L.N the Pokeball he had let Absol out of, then he took out four PokeDexs, and twenty empty Pokeballs. He handed one PokeDex and five Pokeballs to each of the girls and said, "Here are your Pokedexs, and here are your Pokeballs! Now you're all set!" He smiled while saying this, and all of the girls smiled. "Thank You, Professor Birch!" all of the girls exclaimed in unison. "You're welcome girls! Now run along, you don't want to be late.... A bunch of other trainers have all ready left since they came on time..." Professor Birch told, laughing nervously. "WHAT?!" all the girls yelled, yelling "BYE!!" as they ran out of the Lab.

They ran all the way out to Route 101, and they walked on, looking for a town to go to and for Pokemon to catch. They stopped running and began to walk slower, looking around for any Pokemon they could capture, and they also began to start talking. Then, their talking had to stop, since a small Pokemon called Wurmple had crawled into the middle of the trail. Tasha and L.P immidiately ran behind Lizzy and L.N, Lizzy quickly pulled out her video camera, and L.N pulled out her Absols Pokeball. "Go! Abby!" L.N exclaimed, tossed the ball one or two feet away from the Wurmple. Her new Absol popped out of the ball, barking happily. When he saw the Wurmple, it growled a bit. L.N pulled out her PokeDex and pointed it to the Wurmple, she had only read about the cute Pokemon.

PokeDex: Wurmple is targeted by Swellow as prey. This Pokemon will try to resist by pointing the spikes on its rear at the attacking predator. It will weaken the for by leaking poison from the spikes.

L.N just blinked and put her PokeDex away, then she asked, "How about a Scratch Attack?" Abby the Absol nodded and scratched the Wurmple twice before it had fainted. L.N blinked and threw an empty Pokeball at it, the Wurmple was sucked into the ball and it had been caught. She walked over to the ball and picked it up, turning around and seeing Lizzy taping her. "Ok L.N! Make a pose for the camera! This has been 'L.N's First Pokemon Capture!'" Lizzy exclaimed with stars in her eyes. L.N sweatdropped, but made a pose. She stood up straight, her right hand on her hip, and her other hand held the ball up to the camera. "I Caught A Wurmple!" L.N exclaimed, but then sweatdropped and asked, "Did I just say that? These things can be caught almost Anywhere...." Lizzy laughed and smiled, "It's still your first capture!" "Well, yeah, you're right... I'll have to treasure my new Pokemon...." L.N responded, looking to the ball, and taking Abby's ball and letting her back into her own ball.

So, they walked on, then they had stopped since a red colored Poochyena had gotten in the middle of their path. L.P ran in front of L.N, Lizzy and Tasha and yelled, "This One's Mine!" As soon as she finished yelling this, Blaze popped out of the backpack and yelled, "I Sense A Pokemon Card!!" L.N and Lizzy quickly got in front of L.P, Lizzy began filming again, and L.N got out her key. "Hey!! I Said This One's Mine!!!" "Oh Shut Up!! This Is A Pokemon Card!!" Blaze yelled from L.N's shoulder. L.P was knocked to the ground because of this, and she stood quiet as she sat there, watching with a jealous look on her face. L.N once again let go of her key, it didn't go to the ground, her hands with around it, but not holding it. "Oh key that hides the powers of the darkness, Reveal your true form before me, I, Lorenna, Command you under our contract.... RELEASE!" L.N exclaimed, the Sign of Clow appearing under her feet, and the Skarmory headed key began to grow into the staff. She grabbed the staff and twirled it twice, then got out a card. She threw it in front of her, it spun around in front of her. "Absol! Come Out And Use Slash!" she exclaimed, touching the Skarmory head's beak to the middle of the card. The card began to glow and it popped out of the card and slashed at The Poochyena in attempt to make it faint. The Poochyena dodged the Slash attacks and used Bite, The Absol was biten, but it didn't effect due to the attack being a Dark-type. The Absol made one more attempt, and it was a hit! The Poochyena went down to the ground, but got up again. It was obvious that half its HP was gone. "All Right, Absol! Use Razor Wind!" L.N commanded, pointing to The Poochyena. The Absol nodded and whipped up a whirlwind, then it attacked! It was a hit, a rather hard hit! That was enough to knock the rest of its HP off. L.N ran to be two or three feet away from The Poochyena, then he raised her staff. "Return To The Form You Were Meant To Be In! Poochyena Card!" He hit the staff one or two feet above The Poochyena's head, then it got sucked back into a card. The card flew into L.N's hand, and she grinned. "Well, that was rather easy..." she spoke, The Absol Card turning back into a card, too. Blaze smiled and said, "Very good indeed! You're getting better! Now, let's continue to Oldale Town, shall we?" All, but L.P nodded, she got up and said, "Um... I don't think I want to travel with all of you anymore... It's all right though... You all have my number on a cell phone. Bye..." She waved as she walked to a different direction than they where supposed to go in. They all waved good-bye to their long time friend, then they walked on.

Blaze walked at L.N's side, then he said, "I sense another Pokemon Card....." Lauren looked down to Blaze and responded, "I do, too, but I don't know where it is...." "Well, that's what the rubys on each side of the staff is for... I guess I forgot to tell you... I'll bet the words will come to you, since I don't really know myself... Clow made me forget..." Blaze spoke, sweatdropping. Lauren looked to Blaze again and sweatdropped, "I'm not really surprised...." She pulled the key that was on a necklace, and exclaimed, "Oh key which hides the powers of darkness, Show me where the next card I seek is!" The key's rubys were all glowing, then the ruby on the right stood glowing, the others stopped. Lauren and Blaze looked in the direction and saw a black Mudkip! They also saw a boy with a sword by it, looking as if ready for a battle. Lauren, Blaze, Lizzy and Tasha ran over to the bushes, they tried to hide and watch. But then the boy looked in their direction, a look on his face that said "Don't Mess With Me!" all over it. "Come Out!!" he yelled, narrowing his eyes. Lauren sighed and stood up from the bushes, walking three steps closer to the boy. Blaze forgot to hide his wings, so he flew over to Lauren's head and he sat on it. He was in his small form, if he were in his big form, Lauren would probably fall down. "Who are You? And what are you going to do with that cute little black Mudkip?" Lauren asked, her eyes looked innocent, as the boy narrowed his eyes at her. "My name is Aaron Birch, and this is no Pokemon! And I might wanna know what Your name is since you know mine..." he answered, still his eyes were narrowed. "My name is Lorenna Nayalo, but everybody calls me Lauren. And I know that's not an ordinary Pokemon... But Pokemon Cards should be treated like trained Pokemon are, with care, or else they might not go to you..." Lauren spoke, as she looked at the little Mudkip. "Who asked you?" Aaron asked, still with narrowed eyes, then he raised his sword and brought down the point a few inches above The Mudkip. An empty card appeared, and The Mudkip was sucked into the card. Aaron reached for the card, but the card flew over to Lauren. "What The Hell?!" he exclaimed, "Why did You get the card I sealed?!" Blaze flew off of Lauren's head and glared at Aaron. "The card gets to choose who it will go to if there's more than one CardCaptor... And it seems that Lauren isn't the only one..." Blaze answered, letting his sharp teeth hang out from the inside of his mouth. "Humph! Well anyway, looks like I've got a rival for both the cards and the title of Best Pokemon Master..." Aaron spoke, then he turned and said, "We'll meet again, but till then, good-bye." Then he walked off to Oldale Town, the same town the girls were headed, too. All the girls shrugged and walked off to the path and continued towards Oldale Town.

To Be Continued....