Hoenn Adventures
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DISCLAIMER: I didn't make any of the Pokémon games, that respect goes to the GAME FREAK team from Nintendo. However, crazytomboy1 (that's me, Shina) does own the strange trainer Amara (who happens to lie about some things on an occasional basis). PG-13 for the language sometimes. Sorry about the wait, now here's the fic! Oh, I love playing games like this one! May's pov chapters feature the Ruby game, Brendan's pov chapters feature the Sapphire game, and Amara's pov chapters feature the familiar antics of Team Rocket for old school fans.
(Shina) As Prof. Birch says: 'Let your journey unfold', or something like that...I'm using English Pokémon names, although the nicknames are reflective on how I act and play. Note: Game spoilers!
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May's Intro
Author's Narration: The girl May was watching a show in the moving van, while on her way to the Hoenn region. She has brown hair, loose and short with long bangs, with a bag around her waist. She has blue eyes, red is her favorite color, and she was wearing an outfit with a little black. Even her shoes are mainly red!
There was a Professor by the name of Birch explaining the wide world of Pokémon to all the new trainers out there. Afterwards, there were a few trainer battles. I can't wait to get my own Pokémon! I bet traveling all around Hoenn will be exciting. The truck slowly stopped, and a Machoke opened the back doors. I pulled on my white gloves with black fingers and cuffs, as I always have done when I'm nervous and jumped down.
I got out and was greeted by my Mom. "May, we're here, honey! It must be tiring riding with our things in the moving truck. Well, this is Littleroot Town. How do you like it? This is our new home!"
"Mom, it looks different from Johto..." It's a bit nice, but why isn't there a Pokémon Center here?
She went on. "It has a quaint feel, but it seems to be an easy place to live, don't you think? And, you get your own room, May! Let's go inside."
Inside our house, I was looking around and had only one thing to say, when I had found my voice. "WOW! This is our house?"
"See, May? Isn't it nice in here, too? The mover's Pokémon do all the work of moving us in and cleaning up after. This is so convenient! May, your room is upstairs. Go check it out, dear!" Mom would most likely turn around and say one last thing before leaving me to see my room. "Oh, Dad bought you a new clock to mark our move here. Don't forget to set it!"
"Okay Mom." I had a big grin on, daydreaming already. Which Pokémon will I get? Now to set the clock like Mom asked me to. What time is it again? Oh yeah, it's 9:00 AM.
Mom came into my room, smiling at me. "May, how do you like your new room?"
I smiled weakly at her. "It's not like the old home, that's new!"
"Good! Everything's put away neatly! They finished moving everything in downstairs, too. Pokémon movers are so convenient! Oh, you should make sure that everything's all there on your desk."
Once again, she tells me obvious stuff, Dad does that too. I'm growing up into a big girl, but they are there for me at hard times. I flipped the notebook open and read the 2 adventure notes. After that, I checked the PC right next to it and withdrew a Potion, an item Prof. Birch explained on the show. It heals a Pokémon's Health Points (HP) by 20. Why hasn't Mom checked on me again? I'll go downstairs and find out!
She was by the TV, watching an interview. "Oh! May, May! Quick! Come quickly!" I ran over there to see the TV. "Look! It's Petalburg Gym! Maybe Dad will be on!"
A purple-haired woman was wrapping up a report; she had a Poké Ball on her waist to show that she was a trainer interviewer. "...We brought you this report from in front of Petalburg Gym." Then, another show started up.
"Oh...It's over. I think Dad was on, but we missed him. Too bad." Her face lit up again. "Oh, yes. One of Dad's friends lives in this town. Prof. Birch is his name."
I stopped and smiled at the mention of the Pokémon expert's name. Dad knows the Prof. Birch?! So cool!
"He lives right next door, so you should go over and introduce yourself. See you, honey!"
On my way there, I saw the town's residents and talked to them, and then walked over to the other house. A lady saw me, and ran up. "Oh, hello. And you are?"
"Um, I'm May. Nice to meet you!" I bowed slightly to the woman, showing respect.
The woman bowed back. "Oh, you're May, our new next-door neighbor! Hi! We have a son about the same age as you. He sure was excited about making a new friend. He's upstairs, I think."
I wonder if he happens to be a trainer...I'm so nervous! "Who...Who are you?"
There was a white-haired boy sitting at his desk reading a notebook, with a bag over his back, wearing black mumbling to himself. "Items all packed, and...Hey! You...Who are you?"
I asked first! "Um, I'm May Earth. Glad to meet you!"
"You moved in next door, right? I didn't know you were a girl. Dad, Prof. Birch, said that our new next-door neighbor is a gym leader's kid, so I assumed you'd be a guy. My name's Brendan Birch. So, hi, neighbor!"
"Hello to you too, neighbor!" Oh no, I'm being stiff as a board! Break out of it, so what if his eyes are as inviting as the old swimming pool?
"Huh? Hey, May, you don't have a Pokémon? Me either, dad said to wait for the other two trainers. But the third one isn't here yet...Would you tell me about yourself?"
Did he just say what I thought he said? Never mind, I'll say it anyway! "Well, I have this of becoming friends with Pokémon all over the world as a trainer." Brendan snickered a little bit at what I had said. "It's not funny! I heard about you from your mom. Brendan, I hope that we can be friends. Oh, this is silly, isn't it? I...I've just met you, Brendan. Ehehe..." Smooth move there, May. Why don't you be less personal?
"Aw, darn, I forgot...I'm supposed to go help my dad catch some wild Pokémon. See you some other time, okay?" He bolted downstairs and out the door at a moderate pace, and I trailed behind, eager to meet Prof. Birch.
Brendan's mom said something about her husband being way too caught up in his work to greet the neighbor's kid. "He might be at his Lab..."
I went directly to Prof. Birch's Lab, only to bump into a green haired person who looked a bit worn out with bright green hair in a high ponytail and wearing a gray jumpsuit with a bunch of Poké Balls on it in the middle section. "Sorry about that, I should be more aware of where I'm going! You're the second person I've bumped into on the way here...I'm Amara Stone, and I just got to Littleroot." Amara's bag was like a backpack, perfect for traveling, and Amara must've noticed the look I was doing. "What's with that look?! It's plain to see that I'm a guy, so what if you can't tell?"
Now that felt embarrassing! "I-I didn't know, I'm very sorry..." Oh, I forgot! "I'm May Earth."
"I'm sorry that I've been rambling again. No offense, okay?" The other kid bolted after Brendan, to see what he was doing most likely.
I entered the lab, a bit confused. "Um, where might Prof. Birch be?"
A man in a lab coat looked up at me. "Hunh? Prof. Birch? The Prof.'s away on fieldwork." I sweat dropped and looked at the man like he was crazy. "Ergo, he isn't here. Oh, let me explain what fieldwork is. It is to study things in the natural environment, like fields and mountains, instead of a laboratory. The Prof. isn't one for doing deskwork. He's the type of person who would rather go outside and experience things than read about then here."
I went out and went towards where Amara and Brendan went and saw Prof. Birch being chased by three Poochyena! "H-help me!" Amara and Brendan came running over fast. "Hello! You over there! Please! Help! In my bag! There's 3 Poké Balls!" Not wasting any time, I grabbed the center ball; Brendan snatched the right one, leaving Amara to take the one on the left. I had watched the battles with a whole lot of care in the moving van, how else could I? "Go! Torchic!"
"Go! Mudkip!"
"Go! Treecko!"
"Use their attacks, help me please!" Prof. Birch was nearly up a tree as he shouted to us three.
I noticed that there are two attacks for Torchic, Growl and Scratch. Two Scratches from Torchic made a wild Poochyena faint. The other two kids around my age helped by making the other two Poochyena faint.
"Phew...I was in the tall grass studying wild Pokémon when I was jumped. You all saved me. Thanks a lot! Oh? Hi, you must be the other two trainers! This is not the place to chat, so come by my Pokémon Lab later, okay?" On the walk there, Amara introduced himself to Prof. Birch, and I did the same afterwards. "So, Amara and May, I've heard so much about you from your families." He then included his own son in the talk. "All of you don't have you own Pokémon yet. But the way you battled earlier, you pulled it off with aplomb! Great families, great potential! As my thanks, take the Pokémon that you used to save me with." I smiled at the Prof., then at my two new friends. "While you're at it, why not give your partners a nickname?"
"Mine's going to be Yugi!" I was smiling at the lonely Torchic, as I petted it happily. I love playing all sorts of games, and hope he will too!
"Nice name, but this Mudkip's name is going to be: Malik!"
Amara just laughed. "Really good names; they match the names you have! He's Ryou, this Treeko is!" The Treecko looked at the laughing guy and then at the other trainers with a 'why me?' look that was very modest. "Can I tag along with you two? I'm feeling lucky with Pokémon, but I can't find my way out of a paper bag!" Ryou smiled at that, loving the praise he got, but flinched at the last part.
It was very quiet on the way through Route 101 to Odale Town; I was getting into plenty more wild battles than the others did, and saying 'I'm sorry' before making the wild Pokémon faint. "I just want to be friends with them..."
"But self-defense doesn't mean that you hate them, and just look at your Yugi now!" Amara was right; Yugi had grown to lv.6, 7 (at which he learned the new attack: Focus Energy), and then to lv.8!
As we walked into Oldale town, a person wearing an apron asked us to come with her. "I work for a Pokémon Mart, and we have useful items for you trainers. Here, I'd like you to have this for a promotion!" She handed out a Potion to Amara, Brendan, and then me. "You can always find where we are in a city or town, just look for the blue roof!"
"Where to now? I'm eager to get some Pokémon and do sight-seeing done!" Amara was a bit strange by contradicting himself, but he had his perks, like a warm personality to both Brendan and me.
"Come on, let's go to Petalburg City so we can see May's dad!" Brendan was right; I wanted to go see Dad instead of staying here.
After taking a look at Yugi's Poké Ball, which had his stats on a little window, and a glance at the others, I piped up. "Um, why not go to the Pokémon Center first...Yugi looks like he's going to faint, as do Malik and Ryou."
After we had gotten our Pokémon healed, Brendan had a great idea. "I think we should battle on Route 103, who wants to come?"
Both Amara and I raised our hands; we were both smiling like idiots. "I do, I do!" I was actually starting to get used to the idea of battling wild Pokémon, and wanted to prove it!
"Fine with me, I'll take on May and Brendan as a warm-up." He did just crack his knuckles!
Amara looked too smug to my own liking, so I decided to put a damper on his ego. "Bring it on Amara, I'll show you!" Both Brendan and I dragged Amara off to Route 103, not wanting to hang out with a weirdo unless we could beat some manners into him! Brendan insisted he'd take on Amara first, so I got into his face! "Oh, come on Brendan, Amara challenged me first!"
"Ooh, a fight between the higher levels! I want to battle the winner!"
Brendan sweat dropped at that comment. "Let's do janken to see who gets to battle who they want to, then the winner goes from there."
"That's fine with me, Brendan." I won, not surprisingly. "You'd better be ready to lose, Amara! Show Ryou who's better, Yugi!"
"Funny, that's my line...Ryou, will you be nice after the battle? No pressure at all for you!" Yugi easily won the battle in just 3 full turns. "No way, you're really the gym leader's kid!" I got ¥300 and Yugi grew to lv.9!
"I told you so, Amara! Now, I'll take you on, Brendan!" I had won one battle, but I knew that it was way to early to be cocky.
The white-haired boy beamed. "Be careful Malik, May's a good trainer!" Another 3 full turns, and Malik fainted, I won another ¥300 because of Yugi's skills. My current wallet had ¥3600 in it.
Brendan was very shocked. "Huh, May, you're not too shabby. Hey, let's all go back to my dad's lab to get a Pokédex."
"But let's heal our out-cold pals first, Brendan. Never should've lost..." Amara was muttering the last part under his own breath, but I heard him.
At the lab, Prof. Birch checked on our Pokémon's friendliness. "Hmm...All of your Pokémon like you through the short time they've been with you. I want you to have one Pokédex and 5 Poké Balls each." Soon after we said goodbye to the Prof., my Mom had a gift for me: running shoes.
I also noticed that Brendan and Amara had their own pairs on from before. "Maybe you can keep up with us now!"
"Amara, don't push your luck now, you just lost to me at Route 103 ten minutes ago." My point hit home, seeing that Amara promptly shut up. Brendan was chuckling at Amara, and I spoke up again. "Please don't provoke the nice oddball, I'd hate to see you lose two times in a row. I want to get some new friends on the road to Dad's gym!" I was pointing to my belt, which had Yugi's Poké Ball, and the rest were empty.
"Yeah, I think that these Pokédexes should be used well. And the more Pokémon we have, the better our luck will be!" Amara was eager to get going again by the look on his face.
"Hey, there's a cutie!" At the sight of a hardy lv.2 Zigzagoon, I told Yugi to do one Scratch, and then caught the Pokémon easily. The Pokédex beeped and the data for Zigzagoon was added. ~#012 Tiny Raccoon Pokémon; HT:1'04", WT: 38.6 lbs. 'Zigzagoon restlessly wanders everywhere at all times. This Pokémon does so because it is very curious. It becomes interested in anything that it happens to see.'~
"Hey, Stripe...What are you holding? Is that a Berry, or something else?"
Sometimes the strange info that Amara had in his mind was useful! "It looks like the ability that all Zigzagoon have just kicked in, you never know if its good for battle, or something else...A free Potion, somebody must've dropped it."
"You know, Yugi's Blaze will go on if he's in the red HP wise." Brendan also knew his way around the Pokémon world, but through textbooks only.
A little while later, I caught a careful lv.2 Wurmple without an attack by Yugi or Stripe. Another beep, and the data for Wurmple was added. ~#014 Worm Pokémon; HT: 1'00", WT: 7.9 lbs. 'Using the spikes on its rear end, Wurmple peels the bark off trees and feeds on the sap that oozes out. This Pokémon's feet are tipped with suction pads that allow it to cling to glass without slipping.'~ "Hey, why can't we stay to catch more Pokémon? I just got started here!"
"Let's just go to your dad's place, okay?" The two guys were practically dragging May towards Oldale Town.
"Oh yeah, dad wanted me to check on what Pokémon are on Route 103, I'll race you there May!" Brendan started running a bit too quickly around and he knocked out a Wingull using Malik. "Oh no, I wanted a Wingull!"
I used the way I liked to battle: if the wild is in the red HP, then throw a Poké Ball! Using those tactics, I caught the lv.2 bashful Poochyena in no time at all. ~#010 Bite Pokémon; HT: 1'08", WT: 30.0 lbs. 'At first sight, Poochyena takes a bite at anything that moves. This Pokémon chases after prey until the victim becomes exhausted. However, it may turn tail if the prey strikes back.~ "Another friend, I'll call her Ayame!"
When we both got back Amara came out of the Mart with 4 more Poké Balls for himself. "Hey, the guy who was sketching is done, we can go to Route 102 now!"
"Finally, I can go show my Dad Yugi and I think he'll be proud! Will you follow me?" I have new friends, both in Pokémon and trainers!
While leading the way, I passed by a young trainer whose ID card read 'Youngster: Calvin'. He ran up to me, the glint of a possible battle showing in his eyes. "If you have Pokémon with you, then you're an official Pokémon trainer! You can't say no to my challenge!" He sent out a lv.5 Zigzagoon, while I sent out Ayame to do battle! Midway, I switched Pokémon wisely, and ended up with Yugi delivering the final blow! "Argh, I lost...I should have trained mine more..." I won ¥80, all of my other Pokémon reached lv.3 if they weren't there already, and as we went past him, Calvin called out to me. "Listen you. If you're strong, you should have told me before!"
I remembered that my Pokémon were hurt pretty badly, and ran back to the Pokémon Center to take care of that problem, and then ran back to my friends. "I'm so sorry, I don't like my friends getting hurt!"
Much to my surprise, Amara nodded. "My cousin feels the same way. He's got a cool Pokémon, and I'm going to beat him in the race to be the Pokémon League!"
We walked a little further, and I was caught off guard as another trainer ran up to me! His ID card read 'Bug Catcher: Rick'. "Hahah! Our eyes met! I'll take you on with my bug Pokémon!" And he sent out a lv.4 Wurmple, while I sent out Stripe this time. After that, Stripe grew to lv.4! Rick was sending out another Wurmple at lv.4, so I stuck with him. When Stripe reached the red bar, I switched to Felix, and quickly finished off Rick. "Ow! Down and out!" I smiled after getting ¥64.
We walked on, seeing another Youngster by the name of Allen. "Did you just become a trainer? We're both beginners!" He sent out a lv.5 Poochyena, and I sent out Felix to counter. It wasn't long before I switched to Stripe for a counterattack! Felix grew to lv.4 as a result of the first faint, and I'm letting Ayame take care of his lv.3 Taillow, but I switched to Stripe once more to finish the job! Stripe grew to lv.5 and learned Tail Whip, while Ayame reached lv.4. "I called you because I thought I could beat you..." I got 48 more ¥ because of the win.
Nearby, I saw two Berry trees, so I picked two Oran and two Pecha Berries, and planted one of each. "It figures, girls and flowers go together..."
I turned around at Brendan, a little irked. "What's so wrong about conserving nature? Oh, we should be going to Petalburg City!" I was a bit afraid to go towards the next trainer, when I saw a Potion and made a run for it!
When I was heading back to the others, that's when Lass: Tiana saw me! "I'm going to keep winning and become the best trainer. Help me further my career!" She sent out a lv.4 Zigzagoon, while I let Ayame take charge. She grew to lv.5 and learned Howl. Tiana sent out another lv.4 Zigzagoon, while I sent Felix out, and then switched to Stripe to finish the Pokémon off! "I ended up furthering your career..."
I got ¥64 again, I love how my own Pokémon battle! "It's right over there, guys..." I went to the Pokémon Center, while they were taking in the sights. When I went over there, I was practically dragging them away from a bunch of girls who liked trainers because of Pokémon. "This way to the gym, get ready to meet my Dad."
Amara pulled his arm away, rubbing it slightly. "I know that I can move on my own, thanks. You've got a strong grip, though!" Brendan didn't comment, but he followed after me patiently.
"Dad, these are my friends! Meet Amara Stone and Brendan Birch. This is my Dad, Norman."
"Nice to meet your friends May...Hm?"
'Hm' what?
"So you're all finished moving in?"
You're paying too much attention to me, and it's embarrassing! "Yes Dad, Mom and I are all set!"
"I'm surprised that you didn't need a map to find your way, it must have been hard."
Amara cleared his throat, snapping me out of my thoughts. "On the contrary, Mr. Earth." What's Amara going to say now? "May led us here without stopping, unless you count the Pokémon battles we've been through."
"Oh, I see. You're all with your Pokémon. Hm, then I guess you're going to become a trainer like me, right?"
"Yes, we plan to!" It's weird; Amara and Brendan are a little scary sometimes.
My Dad's straight face turned into a warm smile. "That's great news! I'll be looking forward to it!"
Just then, a young, pale boy stepped in, looking out of breath and nervous. "Um...I...I'd like to get a Pokémon, please..."
Dad didn't look shocked for long. "Hm? You're...Uh...Oh, right. You're Wally, right?"
The sickly boy nodded. "I'm going to go stay with my relatives in Verdanturf Town. I thought I would be lonely by myself, so I wanted to take a Pokémon along." If possible, Wally looked even sadder. "But I've never caught a Pokémon before. I don't know how..."
Dad thought about the situation before replying. "Hm, I see." Dad then turned to face me, of all the trainers in the room! "May, you heard that, right?" I nodded once. "Go with Wally and make sure he safely catches a Pokémon. Wally, here, I'll loan you one of my Pokémon."
Dad handed over a Poké Ball with a lv.7 Zigzagoon, making Wally smile brightly. "Oh, wow! A Pokémon!"
"Hm, I'll give you a Poké Ball, too. Go for it!"
Wally looked like he was going to fall over out of joy. "Oh, wow! Thank you! May...Would you really come with me?"
"Of course I will, see you after I help Wally out everyone!"
I walked out of the gym and we went to Route 102. As soon as we went into the tall grass, he looked in a few directions, and then turned to me. "May...Pokémon hide in tall grass like this, don't they?"
I smiled warmly. "Yes, they do, Wally. You've got the right idea there!"
"Ok...Please watch me and see if I can catch one properly...Whoa!" After two attacks on a lv.5 Ralts, he asked me a question. "May, you throw a Poké Ball now, right?"
"Yes, you do!" I went into trainer mode, answering his questions quickly and confidently.
"I'll do my best, then." His face looked overjoyed, as the wild Ralts didn't make any attempt to break free of the ball. "I did it...It's my...My Pokémon! May, thank you! Let's go back to the gym!"
A short walk later, and my Dad was curious on how it went. "So, did it work out?"
"Thank you, yes, it did. Here's your Pokémon back. May, thank you for coming along with me. You two are why I was able to catch my Pokémon. I promise I'll take really good care of it." Wally looked shocked all of a sudden. "Oh! My mom's waiting for me, so I have to go! Bye May!" I waved as he went out the gym doors.
"Now..."
I turned around fast. "Yes, Dad?"
"May, if you want to become a strong trainer, here's my advice. Head for Rustboro City Beyond this town. There, you should challenge the Gym Leader, Roxanne." I nodded, feeling great. "After her, go on to other Pokémon gyms and defeat their leaders. Collect Badges from them, understood?"
"Yes, I will!" I was funny how we all replied at the same time, I had nearly forgotten about Amara and Brendan.
"Of course, I'm a Gym Leader too. We'll battle one day, I'm sure. But that's only after you become stronger. I'll battle anyone who has four Gym Badges!" With that, he looked out the window. "Oh, it's late. You should rest here for the night, May, and your friends are welcome to stay here too." I heard Brendan yawn, so I nodded. It's not everyday a person gets to sleep in a gym!
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(Shina) Ah, I feel better after getting that off my nerves, doing a playing guide that's a rpg is understandable!
(May) How long did that take again? I don't feel tired, but you're the author!
(Shina) I'm glad you feel that way. Your Pokémon is such a cutie!
(May) In order to see what happens next, you'll have to r&r. That's it for this intro, I'm sorry to say.