"Where to next, Dom?
Dominic and Cara were sitting inside the Mauville pokecenter, sipping coffee and devouring a plate of cheese and crackers that an attendant had given to them. Dominic had already healed spoink and Zap, and now had them out of their pokeballs. Cara's surskit joined them on a couch opposite where her and Dom were sitting.
Dominic found it funny how pokemon acted around each other. Despite the fact of just paralyzing spoink in battle, Dom's electrike was now chatting loudly with it about lord knows what. Surskit was clambering up and down the couch, but occasionally stayed still to listen to the conversation. Yeah, pokemon were funny..
"Dom? Hello?" Cara said, staring at him. "Daydreaming, are we?"
"Sorry, Cara. Er.. going.. right.. Well do you still want to go to the Mauville lab?"
"I dunno, Dom. Don't you feel uncomfortable staying around here?"
"Pierre said our records were cleared.."
"Do you seriously trust a French guy?" said Cara, looking around uneasily.
"Cara, I think his accent was fake.."
"Still! I don't want to stay here anymore, Dom!" Obviously, Dom could tell, she had been a little freaked out in jail. She sure didn't show it, he thought, remembering her talking about fondue and killing Pierre's pokemon..
"Alright, but we HAVE to stop at the lab in the closest city from here! We need pokedexes, pokegears, do we even have trainer licences?"
"I do," said Cara, pulling out a small silver card with her picture on it. "I knew that your mom never let you get one so I stole my step-brothers! He kind of looks like you.. dontcha think?" She held out another card with her step-brothers picture on it. Dom took it and laughed.
For one thing, the picture had been taken when Cara's step-brother was seventeen (Dominic remembered him leaving for his trainer journey when he was 12.. he must have had to renew the card). For another, he looked absolutely nothing like Dominic. He had his ears pierced, a mohawk, and a goatee.
"Cara! Do you seriously think that I look like this?"
Cara looked confused. "You could cut your hair.."
* * * * * * * * *
Dom and Cara were walking down the road that lead west from Mauville City. They passed the apple grove, a few flower beds, and a small pond where a herd of lotad lived, but otherwise nothing was too exciting.
"I'm surprised there aren't more trainers around here!" said Cara, her surskit sleeping ontop of her head. It was about 11 in the morning. Dom and Cara had decided to stay the night in the pokecenter, just for them and their pokemon to relax.
"I know, it's kind of lonely with only us around here.."
"What town are we going to, anyway?" said Cara, looking around at the scenery. "Verdanturf.. it's one of the smallest towns in Hoenn, next to Oldale. No gym, no excitement. There's a contest house, but I'm not really into that stuff.."
"And there's a lab?"
"Yup. Professor Bennett works there.. I looked into her work. She moved here from Kanto, don't ask me why, and is still offering starter pokemon to beginning trainers. Do you think I should get one?"
"I am! Surskit's great, but I want a little variety. I'm thinking about Treeko.."
"I was thinking of a Mudkip.." They looked at eachother and smiled. Cara's ponytail was blowing in the breeze, and Dom now noticed that his spikey black hair was waving a little. 'Always choosing opposites..' Dominic thought. "Up for a little company, Cara?"
"Sure!"
"Cmon out, Zappy!" Dominic said, throwing his pokeball out. Surskit awoke on Cara's head and hopped off, greeting the electrike as it materialized. "Spoink, you too!"
Before long all five of them stood in the entrance to Verdanturf Town.
"Kinda small, no?" said Cara, picking up surskit and feeding him a flower.
"Small? That's, like, the understatement of the century!" Dominic said, realizing that the population must be around 50 at the most.
They walked through the threshold, spoink and electrike still chatting loudly. Cara stopped a man working in a flowerbed to ask where the lab was, and he replied in something Dominic thought was a grunt.
"Well, the people are friendly!" said Cara, as they walked in the direction the man had pointed. Dominic took the time to take in the surroundings. The theme, Dom thought, was obviously flowers. Most houses had gardens in front of them, and the pokecenter had huge flowering vines growing over it. The houses were yellow with green roofs, and Dom thought that if the town had had a gym, the leader would have definately specialized in grass pokemon. In the distance Dom saw the glass lab built upon the side of a large mountain.
"There, Cara, on the side of the mountain. C'mon.."
Electrike obviously knew what was going on - he barked loudly and burst into a jolt of lightning. In an instant he was barking from the front door of the lab.
"Jeez, Dom, Zappy is damn fast."
Dom smiled. "Yup, he's great."
Spoink jumped over to where electrike was. The two were quickly becoming good friends. Cara let surskit down and he, too, hobbled over to the other pokemon.
"Well, Cara, I think our pokemon are getting to be friends." She nodded and soon they stood at the front door, too. Withdrawing their pokemon to their pokeballs (despite some argument from electrike), they walked inside.
* * * * * * * * *
"So, here's your trainer liscence, Dominic!"
Professor Bennett was a tall black women with dark hair pulled back into a tight bun. She wore a long lab coat that was open, revealing a red shirt and blue jeans. Presently she handed Dom a silver card with his own picture on it.
"And now you and Ms. Cara can choose your starter pokemon!"
Dom had eventually refused to accept Cara's step-brother's liscence, and had easily gotten his own. Professor Bennet had been very easy going about helping him fill out the form and giving his two pokemon a check up.
"I must say, Dominic, your electrike is in overly excellent health," the professor said as they walked over to where the starter pokemon rested. "And Ms. Cara's surskit is, also. The spoink you say you received as a gift is in fair condition, but I get the feeling he was misused by his old owner. A little experience and he should be fine."
"Thanks so much for helping us, Professor Bennett." Cara said.
"No problem! NO new trainers come to Verdanturf anymore. Heck, I don't even know why I came here. I used to work at the Cinnabar Island Lab, but Blaine kicked me out after I told him that his Rapidash was pregnant. Believe me, not a story you want to hear.. Oh! Here we are!"
Dominic and Cara were laughing as they reached a small enclosed space where three pokemon rested. There was an odd green lizard pokemon - Dom knew it must be Treeko - a small orange bird, Torchic, and, and.. what WAS that?
As if reading his mind, Professor Bennett said, "That is our new import pokemon. All of the Mudkip were taken, so I supplied it. It is called a gulpin. It is a poison type and is slightly rare around here. You like?" Dominic nodded, inspected each of the Pokemon.
"I want the treeko!" said Cara immediately. "He's so cute!"
Professor Bennett smiled. "Good pick. Dominic? Your choice?"
"Um.. I think I'll go with the gulpin."
"Alright! I didn't think anyone would take the poor thing!" the Professor said, holding up two pokeballs which shot energy at the two starter pokemon. She handed the treeko to Cara and the gulpin to Dominic. "And here.." she handed them each two small devices, "are your pokedex and pokegear."
"Yes! We're, like, so cool Dominic!" shouted Cara. Professor Bennett chuckled.
"Yup, we're finally ready! We have new pokemon, liscences, gear. it's awesome." Dom said.
"Just make sure you don't run into Team Magma or Aqua!" said Professor Bennett.
Dom suddenly felt a surge of hatred run through him. His father..betrayel..his mother crying..
"No! We WON'T run into them!"
"Dom..?"
"Come ON Cara! Let's GO!"
"But.."
Dom stormed out of the room, three pokeballs attached to his belt.
"Professor, Dominic's dad left the family to join Team Aqua.. I.. he gets really emotonal."
"Oh god, I didn't know. Cara honey, take these pokeballs for you and Dominic, give them to him later, and - oh, take two potions, one for you, one for him.. oh the poor dear I didn't know!"
"It's alright, professor, I'll go tell him. Thanks again!"
Cara left the lab with her two pokemon and met Dom outside, where he was sitting.
"Dom, she didn't know! She told me to give you these," she handed him the things, "and said to tell you she's very sorry. C'mon, don't let it get to you."
"Cara, it's just.. ugh. I just want to find Team Aqua.. find my dad.. if I could TRY to convince him to come home.. not that mom would want him back.."
"I know it's hard, Dom, but you have to remember that Team Aqua isn't good! Your dad made a mistake and he's probably paying for it right now. He left his two kids and wife.. I bet he regrets it." Cara looked at Dominic with such sincerity that he stood up, smiling.
"You're right, Cara. He probably regrets leaving and wishes he could come home! That's why we have to find Team Aqua and get him back!" Dom ran off toward the pokecenter. He shouted back, "I'm getting some food!"
Cara sat down on the patio outside the lab. She sighed, releasing surskit and treeko. He just didn't understand.. but how was she going to tell him..
"Treeeee!"
"Sursk!"
"You guys, I don't know what I'm going to do. I have to tell Dom my secret. If I don't soon, he'll keep up this crazy search for his dad and won't pay attention to getting his badges.. Ugh."
"Sursk?"
"Okay, surskit, you're right. I'll tell him when we get to Rustboro City, after we get to the gym there. He'll hate me, but I can't keep it inside any longer."
"Treeeee.."
Cara got up, scooped up surskit in one arm, treeko in another, and walked off.
"Cmon, guys. Let's go get some food."
* * * * * * * * *
How exciting.. dieing to know what the secret is? Well.. you wont find out until the next few chapters.. by the way ive only got one character so far so pleeez send them in! I neeeed them! Cmon! And keep on reviewin. thanks
Next chapter should be up REALLY soon since I was working on them at the same time. BYE!
Dominic and Cara were sitting inside the Mauville pokecenter, sipping coffee and devouring a plate of cheese and crackers that an attendant had given to them. Dominic had already healed spoink and Zap, and now had them out of their pokeballs. Cara's surskit joined them on a couch opposite where her and Dom were sitting.
Dominic found it funny how pokemon acted around each other. Despite the fact of just paralyzing spoink in battle, Dom's electrike was now chatting loudly with it about lord knows what. Surskit was clambering up and down the couch, but occasionally stayed still to listen to the conversation. Yeah, pokemon were funny..
"Dom? Hello?" Cara said, staring at him. "Daydreaming, are we?"
"Sorry, Cara. Er.. going.. right.. Well do you still want to go to the Mauville lab?"
"I dunno, Dom. Don't you feel uncomfortable staying around here?"
"Pierre said our records were cleared.."
"Do you seriously trust a French guy?" said Cara, looking around uneasily.
"Cara, I think his accent was fake.."
"Still! I don't want to stay here anymore, Dom!" Obviously, Dom could tell, she had been a little freaked out in jail. She sure didn't show it, he thought, remembering her talking about fondue and killing Pierre's pokemon..
"Alright, but we HAVE to stop at the lab in the closest city from here! We need pokedexes, pokegears, do we even have trainer licences?"
"I do," said Cara, pulling out a small silver card with her picture on it. "I knew that your mom never let you get one so I stole my step-brothers! He kind of looks like you.. dontcha think?" She held out another card with her step-brothers picture on it. Dom took it and laughed.
For one thing, the picture had been taken when Cara's step-brother was seventeen (Dominic remembered him leaving for his trainer journey when he was 12.. he must have had to renew the card). For another, he looked absolutely nothing like Dominic. He had his ears pierced, a mohawk, and a goatee.
"Cara! Do you seriously think that I look like this?"
Cara looked confused. "You could cut your hair.."
* * * * * * * * *
Dom and Cara were walking down the road that lead west from Mauville City. They passed the apple grove, a few flower beds, and a small pond where a herd of lotad lived, but otherwise nothing was too exciting.
"I'm surprised there aren't more trainers around here!" said Cara, her surskit sleeping ontop of her head. It was about 11 in the morning. Dom and Cara had decided to stay the night in the pokecenter, just for them and their pokemon to relax.
"I know, it's kind of lonely with only us around here.."
"What town are we going to, anyway?" said Cara, looking around at the scenery. "Verdanturf.. it's one of the smallest towns in Hoenn, next to Oldale. No gym, no excitement. There's a contest house, but I'm not really into that stuff.."
"And there's a lab?"
"Yup. Professor Bennett works there.. I looked into her work. She moved here from Kanto, don't ask me why, and is still offering starter pokemon to beginning trainers. Do you think I should get one?"
"I am! Surskit's great, but I want a little variety. I'm thinking about Treeko.."
"I was thinking of a Mudkip.." They looked at eachother and smiled. Cara's ponytail was blowing in the breeze, and Dom now noticed that his spikey black hair was waving a little. 'Always choosing opposites..' Dominic thought. "Up for a little company, Cara?"
"Sure!"
"Cmon out, Zappy!" Dominic said, throwing his pokeball out. Surskit awoke on Cara's head and hopped off, greeting the electrike as it materialized. "Spoink, you too!"
Before long all five of them stood in the entrance to Verdanturf Town.
"Kinda small, no?" said Cara, picking up surskit and feeding him a flower.
"Small? That's, like, the understatement of the century!" Dominic said, realizing that the population must be around 50 at the most.
They walked through the threshold, spoink and electrike still chatting loudly. Cara stopped a man working in a flowerbed to ask where the lab was, and he replied in something Dominic thought was a grunt.
"Well, the people are friendly!" said Cara, as they walked in the direction the man had pointed. Dominic took the time to take in the surroundings. The theme, Dom thought, was obviously flowers. Most houses had gardens in front of them, and the pokecenter had huge flowering vines growing over it. The houses were yellow with green roofs, and Dom thought that if the town had had a gym, the leader would have definately specialized in grass pokemon. In the distance Dom saw the glass lab built upon the side of a large mountain.
"There, Cara, on the side of the mountain. C'mon.."
Electrike obviously knew what was going on - he barked loudly and burst into a jolt of lightning. In an instant he was barking from the front door of the lab.
"Jeez, Dom, Zappy is damn fast."
Dom smiled. "Yup, he's great."
Spoink jumped over to where electrike was. The two were quickly becoming good friends. Cara let surskit down and he, too, hobbled over to the other pokemon.
"Well, Cara, I think our pokemon are getting to be friends." She nodded and soon they stood at the front door, too. Withdrawing their pokemon to their pokeballs (despite some argument from electrike), they walked inside.
* * * * * * * * *
"So, here's your trainer liscence, Dominic!"
Professor Bennett was a tall black women with dark hair pulled back into a tight bun. She wore a long lab coat that was open, revealing a red shirt and blue jeans. Presently she handed Dom a silver card with his own picture on it.
"And now you and Ms. Cara can choose your starter pokemon!"
Dom had eventually refused to accept Cara's step-brother's liscence, and had easily gotten his own. Professor Bennet had been very easy going about helping him fill out the form and giving his two pokemon a check up.
"I must say, Dominic, your electrike is in overly excellent health," the professor said as they walked over to where the starter pokemon rested. "And Ms. Cara's surskit is, also. The spoink you say you received as a gift is in fair condition, but I get the feeling he was misused by his old owner. A little experience and he should be fine."
"Thanks so much for helping us, Professor Bennett." Cara said.
"No problem! NO new trainers come to Verdanturf anymore. Heck, I don't even know why I came here. I used to work at the Cinnabar Island Lab, but Blaine kicked me out after I told him that his Rapidash was pregnant. Believe me, not a story you want to hear.. Oh! Here we are!"
Dominic and Cara were laughing as they reached a small enclosed space where three pokemon rested. There was an odd green lizard pokemon - Dom knew it must be Treeko - a small orange bird, Torchic, and, and.. what WAS that?
As if reading his mind, Professor Bennett said, "That is our new import pokemon. All of the Mudkip were taken, so I supplied it. It is called a gulpin. It is a poison type and is slightly rare around here. You like?" Dominic nodded, inspected each of the Pokemon.
"I want the treeko!" said Cara immediately. "He's so cute!"
Professor Bennett smiled. "Good pick. Dominic? Your choice?"
"Um.. I think I'll go with the gulpin."
"Alright! I didn't think anyone would take the poor thing!" the Professor said, holding up two pokeballs which shot energy at the two starter pokemon. She handed the treeko to Cara and the gulpin to Dominic. "And here.." she handed them each two small devices, "are your pokedex and pokegear."
"Yes! We're, like, so cool Dominic!" shouted Cara. Professor Bennett chuckled.
"Yup, we're finally ready! We have new pokemon, liscences, gear. it's awesome." Dom said.
"Just make sure you don't run into Team Magma or Aqua!" said Professor Bennett.
Dom suddenly felt a surge of hatred run through him. His father..betrayel..his mother crying..
"No! We WON'T run into them!"
"Dom..?"
"Come ON Cara! Let's GO!"
"But.."
Dom stormed out of the room, three pokeballs attached to his belt.
"Professor, Dominic's dad left the family to join Team Aqua.. I.. he gets really emotonal."
"Oh god, I didn't know. Cara honey, take these pokeballs for you and Dominic, give them to him later, and - oh, take two potions, one for you, one for him.. oh the poor dear I didn't know!"
"It's alright, professor, I'll go tell him. Thanks again!"
Cara left the lab with her two pokemon and met Dom outside, where he was sitting.
"Dom, she didn't know! She told me to give you these," she handed him the things, "and said to tell you she's very sorry. C'mon, don't let it get to you."
"Cara, it's just.. ugh. I just want to find Team Aqua.. find my dad.. if I could TRY to convince him to come home.. not that mom would want him back.."
"I know it's hard, Dom, but you have to remember that Team Aqua isn't good! Your dad made a mistake and he's probably paying for it right now. He left his two kids and wife.. I bet he regrets it." Cara looked at Dominic with such sincerity that he stood up, smiling.
"You're right, Cara. He probably regrets leaving and wishes he could come home! That's why we have to find Team Aqua and get him back!" Dom ran off toward the pokecenter. He shouted back, "I'm getting some food!"
Cara sat down on the patio outside the lab. She sighed, releasing surskit and treeko. He just didn't understand.. but how was she going to tell him..
"Treeeee!"
"Sursk!"
"You guys, I don't know what I'm going to do. I have to tell Dom my secret. If I don't soon, he'll keep up this crazy search for his dad and won't pay attention to getting his badges.. Ugh."
"Sursk?"
"Okay, surskit, you're right. I'll tell him when we get to Rustboro City, after we get to the gym there. He'll hate me, but I can't keep it inside any longer."
"Treeeee.."
Cara got up, scooped up surskit in one arm, treeko in another, and walked off.
"Cmon, guys. Let's go get some food."
* * * * * * * * *
How exciting.. dieing to know what the secret is? Well.. you wont find out until the next few chapters.. by the way ive only got one character so far so pleeez send them in! I neeeed them! Cmon! And keep on reviewin. thanks
Next chapter should be up REALLY soon since I was working on them at the same time. BYE!
