The Second Story: A Hoenn Adventure
Chapter 5: Story time, seriously! Part 2
Hello. How are all of you doing? I'm not going to do the extended version of Felix's past so I'm moving right on to Sage's past. This one should introduce the humor again, unlike last chapter. Also, this will not be in first person, this will be from the normal perspective. I hope you enjoy!
Current Pokemon: Same as last chapter.
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"Wow, I didn't know your life was so horrible!" Moonbeam's eyes were filling with tears. "I feel so bad for you!" She threw herself at Felix and pulled him into a suffocating hug.
"Uh, get off!" Felix pushed her away. She looked at him, sniffling once, then broke into tears again. "Ok, since Moonbeam doesn't seem able to tell her story, why don't you tell us yours Sage?"
"Wha? Me? I don't think that's necessary," she said, waving her hands n the air in front of her.
"Come on! I told mine, now you have to tell yours!" Felix whined.
"Fine, just don't talk. Ok, here we go…" Sage trailed off as more of those little dashes that symbolize a flashback appeared below this sentence.
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"Dad! Dad! Dad!" Sage screamed as she ran towards her father.
"What is it Sage?" he asked impatiently. He leaned down to look her in the eyes.
"I get my Pokemon today!!" she screamed right into his ear.
"Oh. Right, I almost forgot what with your brother writing home about his new gym badge." he smiled proudly at the thought of his son.
"Yeah, I feel the love here Dad…." Sage trailed off, frowning and looking away from him.
"Oh! Sorry about that, forgot you were here." He stood up and walked into the next room. He came back with a backpack in his hands. "Your mother got these for you the other day, so here you go I guess."
"Alright! Got my traveling stuff!" Sage grabbed the backpack and put it on. Then she froze. She thought she heard something, something very familiar, and very scary. She heard an inhaler directly behind her.
"Hello Sage! How are you doing today?" A voice wheezed from behind her.
"Hello Sean…" Sage was standing stock still, petrified. "I'm fine and yourself?" her teeth were grinding.
"I'm great now." Sean said stupidly. "Guess you and me are both getting our first Pokemon today huh?"
"Oh…..boy." Sage hadn't realized Sean was 10 as well. He would probably want to go with her on her trip.
"So, can I come with yo-" Sean was interrupted by a fist slamming into his face.
"Ah, now I feel better!" Sage smiled and walked out of the house, leaving Sean in a heap on the floor.
Sage walked through the small town observing the people doing their everyday things. There was the baker baking, the butcher butchering, and the new trainers running around with their new Pokemon. Sage froze. If they already have their Pokemon, then that means……I'M LATE! She sprinted off towards the professor's house.
"Professor! Professor! I came to get my Pokemon, are they all gone already!?" she yelled, bursting through the door.
"No, no, of course not Sage!" Birch walked over and steered her towards another room. "Actually, I expected you to be late so I saved one I think you will like!"
They entered a small room with a few rows of shelves. On the shelves were nothing but pokeballs. Sage had never known so many could be kept in one place at a time. They passed through that room and entered another one with only a table and a few chairs in it. Two pokeballs rested on the table. Birch picked one up and gave it to Sage.
"Here you go!" he smiled and started out the door. "It's an Eevee, so you'll have to find a stone to evolve it, but I think you'll like each other just fine."
"Ok! Thanks Professor!" Sage held up the pokeball, then released the Pokemon inside.
"Eevee!" it said happily as it appeared. It saw it's new trainer and immediately decided to suck up. It walked up and began snuggling against Sage's leg.
"Ohhhhh! So cute!" Sage bent down and picked it up. She petted it for a while then put it back in her pokeball. She had to go show her dad.
She ran out of the lab and immediately turned back inside of it. She hid behind the door for a few seconds and sure enough…..Sean burst through looking madly around for her. Luckily though, Birch walked over and led him out of the room.
Now, she ran out the door and towards her house. As she opened the door and started calling for her dad, her big brother came in, along with her other big brother, and her other big brother. All three of them immediately gave Sage a big hug and started talking at once.
"So, Sage what Pokemon did you get?" one asked.
"Where are you going to go to first?" another piped in.
"Gonna take your stalker with you?" the last said, grinning slyly.
"Eevee, dunno, and no way!" she said happily. She hadn't known her brothers were going to be coming back to see her off. They were all top class trainers and were really busy.
"Ah, Sage, I see you know your brothers came back!" her dad said, walking in. "Look at them Sage, they make me proud to see them with all of their gym badges and strong Pokemon. One day, you should try to be like them…"
"Hmmm." Sage looked down, hurt. She had always loved her dad more than anything, but he had never returned the affection. He was always going on about "Your brothers this." and "Your brothers that". He never said anything about her. He never felt proud about her.
"Say, Sage?" the younger of her three brothers asked. "How about a practice battle to see what it's really like?"
"You're on!"
Sage pulled out her pokeball and ran outside. She had always been very competitive with her brothers because they got all of the attention.
"Ok, I think I will use my Crawdaunt!" He came outside after her, pokeball in hand and released the Pokemon. A large lobster like Pokemon popped out. It had four legs, two large back ones, and two small forelegs. It also had giant claws. The star like appendage on its forehead gleamed a little. It looked rather imposing.
"Whoa! Ok, go Eevee!" Sage threw her pokeball, releasing the small Pokemon. As it appeared, it took one look at the Crawdaunt it was facing and ran. "No, Eevee come back!" Sage ran after it trying to make it return to the pokeball, but it dodged every time.
"Heh heh, that was funny." the brother said, returning his Pokemon to its ball. "She has a long way to go, but she also has potential. As long as we keep getting better that is." The other brothers looked at him weirdly. "Well, she is always competing with us, so if we get better, she will too." He pointed out. The others nodded, thinking 'why aren't we wise like that, we are older…'
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"Eevee come back!" Sage had been chasing Eevee for quite a while now. She was getting exhausted. "Eevee, take down on that tree!"
"Vee!" it said. Without thinking about what it was doing, it rammed into a tree, successfully knocking itself out.
"I didn't want to have to do that, but you forced me…" Sage trailed off and looked around. She groaned when she realized that she had no idea where she was. She had gotten lost chasing after Eevee. She looked at the forest surrounding her (Jeez, there're forests everywhere in my world huh?) and jumped when she heard something crashing through the trees behind her.
"Hey Sage, why did you punch me?" It was Sean, and he had one of those magical band aids that appear when you get hurt in animes on his nose.
"Ahhh! How did you find me Sean?" Sage stepped back, pulling her hands up defensively.
"Not quite sure actually, but guess what! I got my Pokemon so we can go traveling together now!" Sean pulled out a pokeball and threw it. Out of it popped a small star like Pokemon with a large glowing red gem in it's center.
"Hyaa!" it said.
"How do you like my Staryu, Sage?" Sean grinned.
"It's ok I guess, I feel for it though…" Sage looked at the Pokemon with the stalker for a trainer. "Hey, I know, why don't you and I have a quick battle before we go." Sage smiled slyly.
"Ok, I won't lose to you even if I have a horribly mad crush on you!" he yelled.
Sage sweat dropped. "I didn't need to know that, but anyway, go Eevee!" The Pokemon came out of the pokeball in a heap. Sage sweat dropped again. "I forgot I made it knock itself out… Come on Eevee! Wake up!"
"Vee…" it said groggily getting up.
"Take down again!"
"Water gun, Staryu!"
Both Pokemon reacted at the same time. Eevee started running full speed at Staryu while Staryu jumped into the air and shot a large blast of water at Eevee. Luckily, Eevee dodged and jumped for Staryu, hitting it head on. Staryu and Eevee fell to the ground and struggled to get up.
"Staryu, tackle!"
"Eevee, use scratch!"
Once again, both lunged at each other. Both of the Pokemon scored a good hit on the other. Staryu jumped back and awaited it's orders. Eevee wobbled a little, then did the same. The two Pokemon were staring each other down, Eevee growling and Staryu's gem thing glowing brighter.
"Finish this Staryu! Use Rapid spin!"
"Ahh! Eevee! Use, uhh, use, uhhh, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!"
As Staryu began to *cough* spin rapidly, Eevee turned and ran. As it passed Sage, going into the forest, Sage whispered something very fast. Staryu hurtled towards them, and Eevee disappeared into the forest. The Staryu swerved around Sage and chased Eevee. After a few seconds, it came out, and stopped in the middle of the clearing it was in.
"What, you couldn't catch that runt!" Sean said, his anger causing him to use his inhaler.
"Hey! Just for that, now Eevee!" Sage called into the forest.
Out of the side of the clearing, Eevee leapt off of a nearby tree and smacked into Staryu head first. Staryu was sent flying into it's trainer, and the both of them were thrown into the forest. Sage gasped and looked around quickly. No one was around, so she jumped up in down in victory, and because she got to seriously hurt Sean with no punishment.
"Well, we should leave now so he won't be able to track up when he gets out of there." Sage recalled Eevee into it's pokeball and started walking in a random direction in the forest. After about 30 minutes, she made it out of the forest onto the main road leading to her town. Sage looked back to the town which was still visible in the growing dark and sighed.
"Well, I guess it's time." Sage turned and walked away. "Goodbye everyone." She could feel the tears in her eyes.
"Bye Sage!" came a couple of voices behind her.
"What!" Sage jumped in surprise. She turned and saw all three of her brothers just standing there, as plain as day, yet she hadn't seen them. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Did you honestly think you could leave without at least saying bye?" one asked.
"Well, I was hoping, but obviously not…" Sage said sarcastically.
"That's our sister! Now, leave before dad realizes you aren't at Sean's house." another said.
"You guys are the best!" Sage ran up and hugged each in turn.
"Yes, we are." one said. "Maybe someday you'll be honored by losing to one of-oooh" he was cut short by a fist embedding itself into his stomach.
"Well, I'll see you guys!" Sage pulled her fist free and started off in the other direction.
As she faded into the distance, the brothers also turned and walked away. After they had been gone for a few minutes, a figure came out of the forest.
"I'm proud of you Sage." her father said. "I am sad however, that I cannot tell you, for if I did, you would stop being the person I am proud of. You would lose all of your ambition and all of your motivation. I'm proud that you're my daughter." With that, he also turned and headed home.
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Poor Sage, she doesn't even know she has already done what she is striving for…. Anyway, how did you guys like it? Sorry it took so long for this chapter but I had a lot to do this weekend.
Review plz and I am still open to any suggestions. Cya!
Chapter 5: Story time, seriously! Part 2
Hello. How are all of you doing? I'm not going to do the extended version of Felix's past so I'm moving right on to Sage's past. This one should introduce the humor again, unlike last chapter. Also, this will not be in first person, this will be from the normal perspective. I hope you enjoy!
Current Pokemon: Same as last chapter.
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"Wow, I didn't know your life was so horrible!" Moonbeam's eyes were filling with tears. "I feel so bad for you!" She threw herself at Felix and pulled him into a suffocating hug.
"Uh, get off!" Felix pushed her away. She looked at him, sniffling once, then broke into tears again. "Ok, since Moonbeam doesn't seem able to tell her story, why don't you tell us yours Sage?"
"Wha? Me? I don't think that's necessary," she said, waving her hands n the air in front of her.
"Come on! I told mine, now you have to tell yours!" Felix whined.
"Fine, just don't talk. Ok, here we go…" Sage trailed off as more of those little dashes that symbolize a flashback appeared below this sentence.
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"Dad! Dad! Dad!" Sage screamed as she ran towards her father.
"What is it Sage?" he asked impatiently. He leaned down to look her in the eyes.
"I get my Pokemon today!!" she screamed right into his ear.
"Oh. Right, I almost forgot what with your brother writing home about his new gym badge." he smiled proudly at the thought of his son.
"Yeah, I feel the love here Dad…." Sage trailed off, frowning and looking away from him.
"Oh! Sorry about that, forgot you were here." He stood up and walked into the next room. He came back with a backpack in his hands. "Your mother got these for you the other day, so here you go I guess."
"Alright! Got my traveling stuff!" Sage grabbed the backpack and put it on. Then she froze. She thought she heard something, something very familiar, and very scary. She heard an inhaler directly behind her.
"Hello Sage! How are you doing today?" A voice wheezed from behind her.
"Hello Sean…" Sage was standing stock still, petrified. "I'm fine and yourself?" her teeth were grinding.
"I'm great now." Sean said stupidly. "Guess you and me are both getting our first Pokemon today huh?"
"Oh…..boy." Sage hadn't realized Sean was 10 as well. He would probably want to go with her on her trip.
"So, can I come with yo-" Sean was interrupted by a fist slamming into his face.
"Ah, now I feel better!" Sage smiled and walked out of the house, leaving Sean in a heap on the floor.
Sage walked through the small town observing the people doing their everyday things. There was the baker baking, the butcher butchering, and the new trainers running around with their new Pokemon. Sage froze. If they already have their Pokemon, then that means……I'M LATE! She sprinted off towards the professor's house.
"Professor! Professor! I came to get my Pokemon, are they all gone already!?" she yelled, bursting through the door.
"No, no, of course not Sage!" Birch walked over and steered her towards another room. "Actually, I expected you to be late so I saved one I think you will like!"
They entered a small room with a few rows of shelves. On the shelves were nothing but pokeballs. Sage had never known so many could be kept in one place at a time. They passed through that room and entered another one with only a table and a few chairs in it. Two pokeballs rested on the table. Birch picked one up and gave it to Sage.
"Here you go!" he smiled and started out the door. "It's an Eevee, so you'll have to find a stone to evolve it, but I think you'll like each other just fine."
"Ok! Thanks Professor!" Sage held up the pokeball, then released the Pokemon inside.
"Eevee!" it said happily as it appeared. It saw it's new trainer and immediately decided to suck up. It walked up and began snuggling against Sage's leg.
"Ohhhhh! So cute!" Sage bent down and picked it up. She petted it for a while then put it back in her pokeball. She had to go show her dad.
She ran out of the lab and immediately turned back inside of it. She hid behind the door for a few seconds and sure enough…..Sean burst through looking madly around for her. Luckily though, Birch walked over and led him out of the room.
Now, she ran out the door and towards her house. As she opened the door and started calling for her dad, her big brother came in, along with her other big brother, and her other big brother. All three of them immediately gave Sage a big hug and started talking at once.
"So, Sage what Pokemon did you get?" one asked.
"Where are you going to go to first?" another piped in.
"Gonna take your stalker with you?" the last said, grinning slyly.
"Eevee, dunno, and no way!" she said happily. She hadn't known her brothers were going to be coming back to see her off. They were all top class trainers and were really busy.
"Ah, Sage, I see you know your brothers came back!" her dad said, walking in. "Look at them Sage, they make me proud to see them with all of their gym badges and strong Pokemon. One day, you should try to be like them…"
"Hmmm." Sage looked down, hurt. She had always loved her dad more than anything, but he had never returned the affection. He was always going on about "Your brothers this." and "Your brothers that". He never said anything about her. He never felt proud about her.
"Say, Sage?" the younger of her three brothers asked. "How about a practice battle to see what it's really like?"
"You're on!"
Sage pulled out her pokeball and ran outside. She had always been very competitive with her brothers because they got all of the attention.
"Ok, I think I will use my Crawdaunt!" He came outside after her, pokeball in hand and released the Pokemon. A large lobster like Pokemon popped out. It had four legs, two large back ones, and two small forelegs. It also had giant claws. The star like appendage on its forehead gleamed a little. It looked rather imposing.
"Whoa! Ok, go Eevee!" Sage threw her pokeball, releasing the small Pokemon. As it appeared, it took one look at the Crawdaunt it was facing and ran. "No, Eevee come back!" Sage ran after it trying to make it return to the pokeball, but it dodged every time.
"Heh heh, that was funny." the brother said, returning his Pokemon to its ball. "She has a long way to go, but she also has potential. As long as we keep getting better that is." The other brothers looked at him weirdly. "Well, she is always competing with us, so if we get better, she will too." He pointed out. The others nodded, thinking 'why aren't we wise like that, we are older…'
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"Eevee come back!" Sage had been chasing Eevee for quite a while now. She was getting exhausted. "Eevee, take down on that tree!"
"Vee!" it said. Without thinking about what it was doing, it rammed into a tree, successfully knocking itself out.
"I didn't want to have to do that, but you forced me…" Sage trailed off and looked around. She groaned when she realized that she had no idea where she was. She had gotten lost chasing after Eevee. She looked at the forest surrounding her (Jeez, there're forests everywhere in my world huh?) and jumped when she heard something crashing through the trees behind her.
"Hey Sage, why did you punch me?" It was Sean, and he had one of those magical band aids that appear when you get hurt in animes on his nose.
"Ahhh! How did you find me Sean?" Sage stepped back, pulling her hands up defensively.
"Not quite sure actually, but guess what! I got my Pokemon so we can go traveling together now!" Sean pulled out a pokeball and threw it. Out of it popped a small star like Pokemon with a large glowing red gem in it's center.
"Hyaa!" it said.
"How do you like my Staryu, Sage?" Sean grinned.
"It's ok I guess, I feel for it though…" Sage looked at the Pokemon with the stalker for a trainer. "Hey, I know, why don't you and I have a quick battle before we go." Sage smiled slyly.
"Ok, I won't lose to you even if I have a horribly mad crush on you!" he yelled.
Sage sweat dropped. "I didn't need to know that, but anyway, go Eevee!" The Pokemon came out of the pokeball in a heap. Sage sweat dropped again. "I forgot I made it knock itself out… Come on Eevee! Wake up!"
"Vee…" it said groggily getting up.
"Take down again!"
"Water gun, Staryu!"
Both Pokemon reacted at the same time. Eevee started running full speed at Staryu while Staryu jumped into the air and shot a large blast of water at Eevee. Luckily, Eevee dodged and jumped for Staryu, hitting it head on. Staryu and Eevee fell to the ground and struggled to get up.
"Staryu, tackle!"
"Eevee, use scratch!"
Once again, both lunged at each other. Both of the Pokemon scored a good hit on the other. Staryu jumped back and awaited it's orders. Eevee wobbled a little, then did the same. The two Pokemon were staring each other down, Eevee growling and Staryu's gem thing glowing brighter.
"Finish this Staryu! Use Rapid spin!"
"Ahh! Eevee! Use, uhh, use, uhhh, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!"
As Staryu began to *cough* spin rapidly, Eevee turned and ran. As it passed Sage, going into the forest, Sage whispered something very fast. Staryu hurtled towards them, and Eevee disappeared into the forest. The Staryu swerved around Sage and chased Eevee. After a few seconds, it came out, and stopped in the middle of the clearing it was in.
"What, you couldn't catch that runt!" Sean said, his anger causing him to use his inhaler.
"Hey! Just for that, now Eevee!" Sage called into the forest.
Out of the side of the clearing, Eevee leapt off of a nearby tree and smacked into Staryu head first. Staryu was sent flying into it's trainer, and the both of them were thrown into the forest. Sage gasped and looked around quickly. No one was around, so she jumped up in down in victory, and because she got to seriously hurt Sean with no punishment.
"Well, we should leave now so he won't be able to track up when he gets out of there." Sage recalled Eevee into it's pokeball and started walking in a random direction in the forest. After about 30 minutes, she made it out of the forest onto the main road leading to her town. Sage looked back to the town which was still visible in the growing dark and sighed.
"Well, I guess it's time." Sage turned and walked away. "Goodbye everyone." She could feel the tears in her eyes.
"Bye Sage!" came a couple of voices behind her.
"What!" Sage jumped in surprise. She turned and saw all three of her brothers just standing there, as plain as day, yet she hadn't seen them. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Did you honestly think you could leave without at least saying bye?" one asked.
"Well, I was hoping, but obviously not…" Sage said sarcastically.
"That's our sister! Now, leave before dad realizes you aren't at Sean's house." another said.
"You guys are the best!" Sage ran up and hugged each in turn.
"Yes, we are." one said. "Maybe someday you'll be honored by losing to one of-oooh" he was cut short by a fist embedding itself into his stomach.
"Well, I'll see you guys!" Sage pulled her fist free and started off in the other direction.
As she faded into the distance, the brothers also turned and walked away. After they had been gone for a few minutes, a figure came out of the forest.
"I'm proud of you Sage." her father said. "I am sad however, that I cannot tell you, for if I did, you would stop being the person I am proud of. You would lose all of your ambition and all of your motivation. I'm proud that you're my daughter." With that, he also turned and headed home.
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Poor Sage, she doesn't even know she has already done what she is striving for…. Anyway, how did you guys like it? Sorry it took so long for this chapter but I had a lot to do this weekend.
Review plz and I am still open to any suggestions. Cya!