A Whole New World
A Pokemon Fiction based on the Sapphire game.
Chapter Three
"He Has My Pity."
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Amaya was woken up some hours later by the sound of the back of the moving truck being opened, it had really happened, they had really left Johto…She was never going to be able to see Ash, Brock, Misty or anyone else again. Amaya sighed heavily as she got up, stretching and hopped out of the back of the truck, with some help from a Pokemon mover.
"Amaya! Sweetie!" Naomi greeted, rushing out of the small house. "We're here, honey!"
"Yeah…but where exactly, is here?" Amaya asked, looking around, the town was really small, there was only one other house besides theirs and there was a Pokemon lab.
"Littleroot Town!" Naomi said happily, smiling. "It does have a quaint feel, but it seems to be an easy place to live, don't you think?"
"I guess…it's not Pallet Town, though." Amaya said, still looking around.
"I know…" Naomi replied. She was a bit saddened because her daughter wasn't as excited as she was. "Oh honey, it must have been tiring riding all that way with our things, come on in and see our new home! And you get your own room! Just like back in Pallet Town."
"Oh goodie!" Amaya cheered sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Oh come on Amaya! It'll be nice living here, you'll see." Naomi smiled, pushing her through the door to the house. "See? It nice in here too?"
"Oh lovely, just lovely." Amaya groaned, making a face.
"And just look at the excellent job the Pokemon movers are doing! They're putting everything away AND they are cleaning up afterwards!" Naomi beamed. "It's just all so convenient!"
"Mom…Are you feeling okay?" Amaya asked, looking at her mother oddly.
"Yes! I feel great! And you will too once you see you're room, it's up stairs the second door on the right. Go check it out!" Naomi said, pushing Amaya over to the stairs. "You're father got you a new clock as well, so don't forget to start and set it"
"Alright…" Amaya sighed, walking up the stairs.
Amaya entered her new room and looked around, it wasn't much different from her room in Pallet Town. She saw a T.V. with a gamecube and a gameboy advance for the control, she also saw her bed that the Pokemon movers had just brought in and fixed, she saw her new P.C. sitting on a new desk with a green chair, but where the heck was her clock? She finally found it and started it, setting it to the correct time and placed it on the wall, next to her T.V. just as she had done that, her mom entered the room.
"Well Amaya? How do you like you're new room?" She asked, smiling.
"It's okay…" Amaya sighed, looking around.
"Good! And everything's put away so neatly too!" Naomi smiled. "They've finished moving in downstairs, too. I tell you, Pokemon movers are just so convenient!"
"Yeah…you've told me that, like ten minutes ago" Amaya murmured under her breath.
"Oh yes, you should make sure everything is on you're desk" Naomi said before exiting the room.
Amaya sighed and walked over to her desk, she saw a notebook, her drawing pad, her pencils and everything else. She sat down in the chair and booted up her P.C. She looked into the item storage and pulled out a Potion, after sticking into her bag she turned off the P.C. and walked down stairs.
"Oh! Amaya!! Amaya! Quick! Come over here!" Naomi cried.
"What is it?" Amaya asked, rushing over to her mother, who was standing by the T.V. in the living room/kitchen.
"It's Petalburg Gym!! Maybe your dad will be on!!" Naomi said happily, turning the volume up.
"We brought you this report from in front of Petalburg Gym, in Petalburg City, this is Gabby signing off!" The woman interviewer said, then T.V went blank then went back to showing some snappy soap opera.
"Oh…it's
over," Naomi said sadly, turning the T.V off. "I think dad was on there, but we
missed him."
"Oh well, you know the way the TV is nowadays, they'll show it over again for at least six more times." Amaya said with a sigh, walking over to the refrigerator and getting out a bottle of water.
"Oh yes, one of dad's friends lives in town, Professor Birch is his name, he lives right next door, you should go over there and introduce yourself." Naomi said, as she sat down at the table.
"Aw mom, do I have to? I was planning on staying in my room until I turn fifty" Amaya said, making a face, giggling just a bit at the look her mother gave her.
"You should stop it, and yes you have to, the Birch's are very nice people." Naomi replied, shaking her head and smiling.
"Oh alright, I'll do it…but I won't like it." Amaya replied, walking out the door.
She walked out into the now afternoon air, it was warmer now then it had been earlier that morning, Amaya looked around at the people that were walking around, tending to the flowers that grew quite merrily in the soft breeze. She walked over to the house next to hers and looked at the sign. "Professor Birch's House" It read.
"Gee, if that's not the most redneck thing, I don't know what is." Amaya thought to herself, walking over to the door and knocked.
"Just a second!" A woman's voice answered, a few seconds later a woman with sandy brown hair, that was pulled back in a bun and was wearing a blue sweater with a dusty rose skirt came to the door. "Oh, hello! Who might you be, dear?"
"I'm Amaya, ma'am, Amaya Valentine…I just moved in next door with my mother" Amaya replied nicely, smiling.
"Oh! So you're Amaya!! Hi! Come right on in dear!" The woman said, smiling brightly.
"Thank you," Amaya said, entering the house.
"I'm Ruby, I'm Professor Birch's wife, I'm sorry to say that he's not here right now, he's out doing some work" Ruby replied.
"Oh that's okay," Amaya shrugged, giving a smile. "Is Professor Birch a Pokemon professor?"
"Why yes, he is, how did you know?" Ruby asked.
"I just kind of figured it out by all the pokeballs and paper work with Pokemon pictures lying around" Amaya explained.
"Yes, my husband, he's just crazy about Pokemon, he's hardly ever home because of it!" Ruby sighed, shaking her head. "Oh yes, we also have a son, he's about the same age as you I'd say."
"Really?" Amaya asked.
"Yes, he was so excited about making a new friend," Ruby said, smiling. "I think he's upstairs, you can go up if you like he won't mind, his rooms the second door on the left"
"Um, okay…" Amaya replied, a bit unsure but walked up the stairs anyway.
She walked past a bunch of pictures of the Birch family, she saw a middle aged man, whose hair was thinning, she figured that was Professor Birch, she saw Ruby and a boy with snowy white hair, she supposed that was their son. He reminded her a bit of Ash from the way he looked in the pictures.
"Okay… second door on the left" Amaya thought to herself and opened the door carefully, peeking in, she saw the boy sitting at his desk with a backpack, talking to himself.
"Pokemon fully restored, items all packed and…" He stopped, turning around and saw Amaya. "Hey! You…who are you?"
"Oh, I'm…" Amaya started but the boy stopped her.
"Wait, wait, you're…Uh…Amaya right?" He asked.
"Right…" Amaya answered.
"Moved it next door, right?" He asked again.
"That's me," Amaya stated, nodding.
"Wow… I didn't know that you were a girl, my dad, Professor Birch, said that our new next-door neighbor is a Gym leader's kid, so I assumed you'd be a guy" He admitted, shrugging a bit.
"Oh you are such a guy," Amaya groaned, crossing her arms.
"What's that suppose to mean?" He asked, also crossing his arms.
"Don't you know that there are a lot of great GIRL trainers AND GYM LEADERS out there? Girls are just as capable of being trainers and gym leaders as boys are" Amaya spat, she have a feeling that she wasn't going to get along with this boy to well, but then again, he was acting just like Ash did when they first became trainers.
"Geez, okay, okay, wrong choice of words" The boy said, holding his hands up. "Sorry, anyway, my name's Brendan, so hi neighbor!"
"Oh sure, now you try and make friends with me" Amaya said, rolling her eyes, but couldn't help smiling a bit.
"Hey, Amaya...don't you have a Pokemon?" Brendan suddenly asked.
"Yes… I have a Pokemon... I have a lot in fact but they're all in Johto." Amaya said, sighing a bit.
"Well hey, do you want me to catch you one?" Brendan asked.
"No I'll be perfectly capable of catching one myself, thank you." Amaya snapped, although she knew he was just trying to be nice.
"Oh yeah that's right miss independent doesn't want anyone's help" Brendan gave a small laugh. "Besides I just remembered, I'm suppose to go help my dad catch some wild Pokemon, maybe we can go catch some Pokemon together sometime"
"Yeah, maybe" Amaya replied, and walked out of Brendan's room, with him fallowing right behind her.
Amaya watched the boy rush off, waving to her once they were out of the house; she shook her head once he was out of sight.
"He's a sad, strange little person, and he has my pity." Amaya murmured to herself.