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, and Pokédex attempts for Amara's pov. *sweat drop* I'm not a cheater, but I do like to be inventive!
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Amara's Intro
Author's Narration: The semi-withdrawn girl Amara was at her cousin's house in Mossdeep City, flipping through TV channels, finally stopping on the show for new trainers. Her bright green hair drying, she was in her gray jumpsuit with the multiple Poké Balls on it, her two-toned blue running shoes by the door.
As the program ended, I turned around to ask my cousin something. "Cousin Steven, will you fly me to Littleroot Town today? I want to become a Pokémon trainer, so I will be skilled enough to take you on!"
My Cousin would always melt under my cute pleading, but it was also a fact of if he would like to see me do the same. His silver hair caused him to be one of the most handsome trainers in Mossdeep City by Tate and Liza's perspective. "All right, Amara...Make sure you have everything you think you'll need."
"Thanks ever so much, Cousin. I'll be outside in 5 minutes!" I checked my green watch, which read 9:00 AM.
I got my bag, camping gear, and stuck in a Potion without hesitation. I barely made the deadline I set for myself. I ran outside, seeing him stroking Skarmory's head. "Well, you are punctual, it seems to run in the Stone family." He was joking around as anyone would with his or her family; I think we have the same sense of humor though.
"If we landed a little bit into Route 101, I won't mind at all!"
He nodded, and then he climbed onto his Skarmory. "You should hang on tight onto me!" I did as my cousin asked, and I what I saw took my breath away in a good sense! I was a bit disappointed when we landed on Route 101. "Now you're on your own, little cousin. I hope to see you later!"
Oh great, just great... "Bye Steven, be careful!" I doubted that he heard me, but when he was out of sight, I went southwards, after seeing a man in a white coat writing some things down about Wurmple. I didn't pay any attention to him; I was looking for Professor. Birch. As I was walking towards the lab, a boy with white hair bumped into me, wearing half black, half red with a bit of tan. Wow, what a cool bag he has, is it a knapsack? "Ouch...Oh, I'm sorry!" I couldn't seem to pull away from his eyes, he looked like Steven that way, but then again...The look that says 'are you a boy or girl' happened!
"Are you ok? I'm Brendan Birch, by the way. Who are you?"
One at a time, please...I'll let you know the real me though, you look rushed! I hate Q&A's but I smiled at him anyway. "I'm Amara Stone, a girl who just happens to be looking for your dad." I paused, looking at him. "If you're in a hurry, I'm not holding you back!"
I watched as he paled. "Right! Lab, see you later Amara!"
As he bolted out in the lab's direction, I had just remembered about one thing in which made me groan loudly. "The map!" I smacked my face, and followed the fast boy, walking with my face towards the ground towards the general direction Brendan had headed, bumping into another person. "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." This time, it was a girl who reminded me of the person who dared me to cross-dress, which wasn't a good memory, but I got that person back. Ack, the look again! "What's with that look?! It's plain to see that I'm a guy, so what if you can't tell?" I usually lie when I don't like the situation I was in. Frankly, it made people who found out question if I was girl or a boy, and my preferences. I don't know about that, but I've thinking both! Oh no, I've scared her...
"I-I didn't know, I'm very sorry...I'm May Earth."
She had stopped stuttering, that was good! "I'm sorry that I've been rambling again. No offense, okay?" I followed after Brendan a few minutes later, going into the lab after a confused May passes me by. What's with her?
I just saw Brendan talking to himself; he does that as much as I would, maybe. "Come to think of it, I should check Route 101..."
I smiled, and he jumped up as soon as I remarked. "Oh, thanks for narrowing down the area I have to search in!" I snickered at him; he looked so cute!
The lab assistant looked up at us. "If you don't mind me interrupting this picturesque fluff, but who screamed?"
I watched as Brendan paled greatly. "Dad!"
"The Professor!" It was weird that we shouted at the same time, he grabbed my hand and dragged me towards Route 101. We must have passed by May when we got there.
But lo and behold, there was Prof. Birch running like mad with three Poochyena chasing him! "H-help me! Hello! You over there! Please! Help! In my bag! There's 3 Poké Balls!" May took the center ball, Brendan snatched the one on the right, leaving me to take the left ball, and I didn't care which Pokémon I got, as long as it looked cool.
"Go! Torchic!"
"Go! Mudkip!"
I smirked, the Poochyena are going to regret chasing Prof. Birch around. "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 Treecko: Leer and Pound. Two pounds made the wild Pokémon I was facing faint; Brendan and May must've been born trainers!
"Phew...I was in the tall grass studying wild Pokémon when I was jumped. You all saved me. Thanks a lot! Oh?" He saw right through my charade, I was just glad I didn't get another look. "Hi, you must be the other two trainers! This is not the place to chat, so come by my Pokémon Lab later, okay?" While we followed Prof. Birch, I introduced myself to him, May did the same. "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 your 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 was grinning from ear to ear, and when I looked at Brendan and May, they had on similar grins. "While you're at it, why not give your partners a nickname?"
May quipped up, petting the Torchic and smiling. "Mine's going to be Yugi!"
I could see the wheels turning in Brendan's head as he looked for a suitable nickname for his buddy. "Nice name, but this Mudkip's name is going to be: Malik!"
This Treecko is special, even though he's modest; I can see him besting Cousin Steven! "Really good names; they match the names you have! He's Ryou, this Treeko is!" I laughed again, and then it hit me. I didn't bring a map, damnit! "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!" I think I said something wrong, because Ryou 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. May kept on saying 'I'm sorry' before she knocked out a wild Pokémon. Why she does that is beyond me, but maybe she's never been in karate class! "I just want to be friends with them..."
Yup, she's never taken karate! "But self-defense doesn't mean that you hate them, and just look at your Yugi now!" I was right; Yugi had grown to lv.8! Ryou had been growing just as fast, learning the grass move Absorb at lv.6, and was also at lv.8 himself.
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 Brendan, May, and finally to 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!" I may seem a bit strange by contradicting myself, but I have my perks, like a warm personality to both Brendan and May.
"Come on, let's go to Petalburg City so we can see May's dad!" Brendan was right, I wanted to go see May's dad instead of staying here.
May had a very pressing matter, which made him look over there as I was being blocked by some guy sketching, damnit! "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 May 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!
I cracked my knuckles; I know that I'm also looking smug. "Fine with me, I'll take on May and Brendan as a warm-up."
They had irked looks on their faces, which made me feel like I should've stayed quiet. "Bring it on Amara, I'll show you!" Both Brendan and May dragged me off to Route 103, not hearing my complaints!
May again, this time, she was nearly bumping noses with Brendan. "Oh, come on Brendan, Amara challenged me first!"
I smiled broadly. "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." Brendan was the winner! "You'd better be ready to lose, Amara! Show Amara not to make me mad, Malik!"
"Funny, that's my line...Ryou, will you be nice after the battle? No pressure at all for you!" Ryou easily won the battle in just 3 full turns.
Brendan looked like he was going to fall over if the wind blew. "There's something weird going on with this picture!" I got ¥300 and Ryou grew to lv.9!
"I told you so, Brendan! Now, I'll take you on, May!" I had won one battle, but I knew that it was going to be hard taking on the type advantage.
The white-haired boy was cheering for May. "Be careful Yugi, Amara's a good trainer!" Another 3 full turns, and Yugi fainted, I won another ¥300 because of Ryou's skills. My current wallet had ¥3600 in it.
May was very shocked. "Oh no, Yugi! Are you ok?!"
Brendan spoke up, before anyone could complain or put their foot into their mouth. "Hey, let's all go back to my dad's lab to get a Pokédex."
"And heal your out-cold pals, Brendan. You never should've lost..." I was muttering the last part under my own breath, but I doubt they heard me.
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., May's mom had a gift for her: running shoes.
I noticed that Brendan had his own pair on. "Maybe you can keep up with us now!"
"Amara, don't you have a life outside of teasing?" Why can't these kids take a joke simply as a joke?
Brendan was chuckling at May, and I spoke up, I have some manners! "Hey, that's not very polite, Brendan!"
"I want to get some new friends on the road to dad's gym!" She was pointing to her 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!" I was eager to get going again by the fact that they were both correct.
"Hey, Pokémon alert!!" At the sight of a sassy lv.3 Zigzagoon, I told Ryou to do one Pound, 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 is a Pokémon to rarely go in a straight path. It is attracted to preschools because of the children's messy drawings.'~
"Hey, Choten...What are you holding? 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, lucky guy! I hate academics...
A little while later, I caught a timid lv.3 Wurmple without an attack by Ryou or Choten. Another beep, and the data for Wurmple was added. ~#014 Worm Pokémon; HT: 1'00", WT: 7.9 lbs. 'This Pokémon has known to be one of the fastest to evolve in Hoenn. Wurmple has been found in abundance in forests and old tree houses.'~ "Saori, will you say 'hi' to Ryou? Hey, why can't we stay to catch more Pokémon? I just got started here, darn it all!"
"Let's just go to your dad's place, okay?" Brendan and May were practically dragging me towards Oldale Town.
"Oh yeah, dad wanted me to check on what Pokémon are on Route 103, I'll race you there, Amara!" Brendan started running a bit too quickly around and he knocked out a Wingull using Malik.
I know I've watched my Cousin too much, because I could catch Pokémon with no problems! I caught the lv.3 lax Poochyena in no time at all. ~#010 Bite Pokémon; HT: 1'08", WT: 30.0 lbs. 'Poochyena will take a bite at anything that moves. This Pokémon's teeth will leave a mark in a rock two months after it's birth.'~ "I'll call this guy Hiroto!"
When we both got back, May was still in the Pokémon Center. I went to the Mart with 4 more Poké Balls for myself for ¥800. I walked out, and noticed that Pokémaniac was standing in the center of the town. "Hey, the guy who was sketching is done, we can go to Route 102 now!"
"Finally, I can go show dad Yugi and I think he'll be proud! Will you follow me?" Like I have a map, we need to follow you!
While May was 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 Hiroto to do battle! Midway, I switched Pokémon wisely, and ended up with Ryou 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 studied the map there. I would've burned rubber if I'd brought my bike with me, but that wasn't the case. "Sorry, I don't like my buddies getting out of action, you know what I'm saying?"
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 Choten this time. After that, Choten grew to lv.4! Rick was sending out another Wurmple at lv.4, so I stuck with him. When Choten reached the red bar, I switched to Saori, 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 Saori to counter. It wasn't long before I switched to Choten for a counterattack! Saori grew to lv.4 as a result of the first faint, and I'm letting Hiroto take care of his lv.3 Taillow, but I switched to Choten once more to finish the job! Choten grew to lv.5 and learned Tail Whip, while Hiroto 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. I'm keeping my mouth shut this time...
May was helping me cover up the Pecha Berry when she spoke up. "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 Hiroto take charge. He grew to lv.5 and learned Howl. Tiana sent out another lv.4 Zigzagoon, while I sent Saori out, then switched to Choten to finish the Pokémon off! "I ended up furthering your career..."
I got ¥64 again, I love how my own Pokémon battle! May stopped just as we reached the town's outskirts, it was huge! "It's right over there, guys..." I ran over to the Pokémon Center, with May hot at my heels. When I went over to where Brendan was, I was practically bombarded my Pokémon fans! May to the rescue, that's superb timing... "This way to the gym, get ready to meet my Dad."
Huh? Let go of my arm! I had to rub it slightly to promote circulation there again. "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 May, next to me.
"Dad, these are my friends! Meet Amara Stone and Brendan Birch. This is my dad, Norman."
"Nice to meet your friends May...Hm? So you're all finished moving in?"
"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."
I cleared my throat cautiously. "On the contrary, Mr. Earth. 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; Brendan and I can be a little scary sometimes.
The Gym Leader'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..."
Norman 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..."
He looked thoughtful about the situation before replying. "Hm, I see." Norman then turned to face me, of all the trainers in the room! "Amara, 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."
Norman 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! Amara...Would you really come with me?"
"Of course I will, little guy!! We'll come back successfully, ok?" 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. "Amara...Pokémon hide in tall grass like this, don't they?"
I patted the kid's shoulder. "Yup, that's right, 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. "Amara, 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! Amara, thank you! Let's go back to the gym!"
A short walk later, and May's dad was looking curious on how it went. "So, did it work out?"
"Thank you, yes, it did. Here's your Pokémon back. Amara, 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 Amara!" I waved as he went out the gym doors.
"Now..."
May 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 May 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, and my feet were stinging from all the walking I had done for today, it's a good thing May nodded 'yes'.
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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!
(Amara) Says you...You make me look so stupid, my Cousin would have a bone to pick with you, coward!
(Shina) Don't forget who's the author here, Amara.
(Amara) You're right, my intro's done. I'm going to go soak my feet while the people go r&r the chapter, thank you very much!