I do not own Pokémon.
But I do own Vincent, and all the other characters that doesn't appear in
the game or TV show
If you want to use Vincent or any of the other characters, you have got to
have my permission
A Grey life
Chapter 4: Lessons For Life
You should know these things before reading my story
" " people speaking
( ) a person's thoughts
"Great, all of you have a Pokémon and it is now time for your first lesson: Pokémon Ethology." Johnny said as he put his hands together
I had done this lesson in school already. It was about how animals behave and why they behaved like that. It was actually one topic in biology that was fun and I had aced the exam.
But that wasn't on Pokémon. So I dismissed the thought that I would know anything on the subject and listened to what Johnny had to say.
"Now, if all of you follow me so that we can begin." He began walking out of the living room and all of class B followed out of the dorms, across the school yard and out to a big, green field that looked like a soccer field, only that there were no lines or goals.
"This lesson is supposed to teach you and your Pokémon to understand each other. If you can't understand each other, you will have lots of difficulties training and becoming partners."
After a short silence, Johnny looked at all of us. "Well? What are you waiting for? Release your partners"
Looking at each other, the class reached for their Pokéballs and pressed the release button. The first one to release his Pokémon was Jak. In the corner of my eye, I had seen him fumble with his Pokéball just as if was a competition he just had to win.
A Sandshrew. It didn't have the "round" shapes like all other Sandshrews. Instead, it was a bit bigger and the usual round eyes, ears and tail had a bit more edge to them.
Everybody released their Pokémon and watched in awe at their new partner.
I joined in and released my Machop. I pressed the release button on the Pokéball and the sphere opened and let the white energy flow out to take its form.
As the light faded, I found myself watching my first Pokémon. My very own Machop.
It was small. It only reached about up to half my thigh with the comb on its head. It looked like it hadn't done anything else than training its entire life! I had seen guys that worked out for a few years and had fewer muscles than this guy.
The short Pokémon eyed its surroundings and finally looked straight into my eyes.
Johnny began wlking around in a circle "The first thing you and your Pokémon must work on is your communication. That is why this class is very important. I want you to interact with your Pokémon and I will be walking around and checking how things go."
(Allright... what to start with? If I am gonna live with this fella for a long time, I can't just call him Machop. A name. Gotta find a name for his guy.)
Machop began stretching out his legs and as the girls looked at him, he tightened all his muscles and the girls started giggling.
I crossed my arms and loocked down at the ground, scanning my mind, searching for a suitable name to this humanlike creature.
Sudenly, it just came to me and it was indeed a good name...but that was not for me to decide. I kneeled down to get on the same eyelevel as the Machop.
"Hey, you, machop. I have thought of a name for you. But it is up to you if you want to keep it or not."
Machop tilted his head and looked at me in a way that could only mean that it wanted to know more.
"Slate"
He crossed his arms and looked at the ground, reminding me of myself a little.
I felt a strong hand on my shoulder and quickly stood up "You see Vincent? You have only had your Machop for a short while and it is already influenced by you. Do you realize now how imortant it is that you are strong as a trainer to train a strong Pokémon?"
"I'm only beginning to see the tip of the iceberg aren't I?"
He smiled "Actually, you can't even see the tip because you are looking at the fog."
Johnny walked away, checking on some of the girls standing further away.
I felt a slight nudge on my left leg and looked down. Machop was standing there, he looked right into my grey eyes and I looked down at his blue. Then, he smiled.
Not being sure, I wanted confirmation. "Slate?"
The short Machop took a step back and reached ut his hand towards me, still smiling. I kneeled back down and couldn't help but smile a little. I grabbed his hand, just a little smaller than mine, folding my fingers around the base of his thumb, as he did the same with mine.
"Then Slate it is."
Apparently, having walked around to everyone, Johnny walked into the middle of the circle again and stood there in silence.
After a few moments, he spoke. "Every single Pokémon is special. They are all unique, just like us humans. But, remember this: Pokémon usually pick up on some of the characteristics of its trainer. And you can usually see who the trainer are through his or her Pokémon. I want you to discover what kind of Pokémon you have on your own. I am giving you the rest of the day off. You are to be back at the dorms at eight o clock tonight and I will have a personal talk with all of you. You may leave now."
The ring dissolved, leaving only me and Slate left.
Johnny looked up at us "Was there something else, Vincent?"
Slate and I walked towards Johnny "Yes there was, I was just wondering if you have a gym at the school, with weights and a gym hall."
"Well yes, we do. I'll show you the way."
We reached a large building with two separate doors on either side.
(Probably dressing rooms.)
Opening the door, Johnny began talking
"You see Vincent, the gym is open at all times for people and Pokémon to train in."
When we entered the massive hall, we were met by two different sections. To the right were the excersise machines and the weights. And to my left was the hall. Complete with ropes and rings in the ceiling, basketball hoops and soccer goals to the far sides. There were pillars in the middle of the building to create invisible walls between the two sections.
"As you can see , we have everything for both sports and serious training. I presume you know how all of these things work?"
Being surprised that he didn't show me how all the excersise machines worked and lecturing me on safety, I looked up at him.
"I do."
"But remember that you are responsible for both your Pokémon and your own safety. Don't take any risks ok?"
(There it was... Always the safety thing...) "I understand. No risks." I deliberatley made it sound as I was tired, hoping he would pick up on the hint that we wanted to be alone.
"Good, If there is anything else, I'll be in the dorms."
He left, leaving only me and Slate in the hall.
(Good, now lets see what this little thing can do.)
"Slate" He immeadiately looked up at me
"Since we are going to be together for some time, I want to see what you are capable of."
Again, tell me your thoughts. / Yorun
A Grey life
Chapter 4: Lessons For Life
You should know these things before reading my story
" " people speaking
( ) a person's thoughts
"Great, all of you have a Pokémon and it is now time for your first lesson: Pokémon Ethology." Johnny said as he put his hands together
I had done this lesson in school already. It was about how animals behave and why they behaved like that. It was actually one topic in biology that was fun and I had aced the exam.
But that wasn't on Pokémon. So I dismissed the thought that I would know anything on the subject and listened to what Johnny had to say.
"Now, if all of you follow me so that we can begin." He began walking out of the living room and all of class B followed out of the dorms, across the school yard and out to a big, green field that looked like a soccer field, only that there were no lines or goals.
"This lesson is supposed to teach you and your Pokémon to understand each other. If you can't understand each other, you will have lots of difficulties training and becoming partners."
After a short silence, Johnny looked at all of us. "Well? What are you waiting for? Release your partners"
Looking at each other, the class reached for their Pokéballs and pressed the release button. The first one to release his Pokémon was Jak. In the corner of my eye, I had seen him fumble with his Pokéball just as if was a competition he just had to win.
A Sandshrew. It didn't have the "round" shapes like all other Sandshrews. Instead, it was a bit bigger and the usual round eyes, ears and tail had a bit more edge to them.
Everybody released their Pokémon and watched in awe at their new partner.
I joined in and released my Machop. I pressed the release button on the Pokéball and the sphere opened and let the white energy flow out to take its form.
As the light faded, I found myself watching my first Pokémon. My very own Machop.
It was small. It only reached about up to half my thigh with the comb on its head. It looked like it hadn't done anything else than training its entire life! I had seen guys that worked out for a few years and had fewer muscles than this guy.
The short Pokémon eyed its surroundings and finally looked straight into my eyes.
Johnny began wlking around in a circle "The first thing you and your Pokémon must work on is your communication. That is why this class is very important. I want you to interact with your Pokémon and I will be walking around and checking how things go."
(Allright... what to start with? If I am gonna live with this fella for a long time, I can't just call him Machop. A name. Gotta find a name for his guy.)
Machop began stretching out his legs and as the girls looked at him, he tightened all his muscles and the girls started giggling.
I crossed my arms and loocked down at the ground, scanning my mind, searching for a suitable name to this humanlike creature.
Sudenly, it just came to me and it was indeed a good name...but that was not for me to decide. I kneeled down to get on the same eyelevel as the Machop.
"Hey, you, machop. I have thought of a name for you. But it is up to you if you want to keep it or not."
Machop tilted his head and looked at me in a way that could only mean that it wanted to know more.
"Slate"
He crossed his arms and looked at the ground, reminding me of myself a little.
I felt a strong hand on my shoulder and quickly stood up "You see Vincent? You have only had your Machop for a short while and it is already influenced by you. Do you realize now how imortant it is that you are strong as a trainer to train a strong Pokémon?"
"I'm only beginning to see the tip of the iceberg aren't I?"
He smiled "Actually, you can't even see the tip because you are looking at the fog."
Johnny walked away, checking on some of the girls standing further away.
I felt a slight nudge on my left leg and looked down. Machop was standing there, he looked right into my grey eyes and I looked down at his blue. Then, he smiled.
Not being sure, I wanted confirmation. "Slate?"
The short Machop took a step back and reached ut his hand towards me, still smiling. I kneeled back down and couldn't help but smile a little. I grabbed his hand, just a little smaller than mine, folding my fingers around the base of his thumb, as he did the same with mine.
"Then Slate it is."
Apparently, having walked around to everyone, Johnny walked into the middle of the circle again and stood there in silence.
After a few moments, he spoke. "Every single Pokémon is special. They are all unique, just like us humans. But, remember this: Pokémon usually pick up on some of the characteristics of its trainer. And you can usually see who the trainer are through his or her Pokémon. I want you to discover what kind of Pokémon you have on your own. I am giving you the rest of the day off. You are to be back at the dorms at eight o clock tonight and I will have a personal talk with all of you. You may leave now."
The ring dissolved, leaving only me and Slate left.
Johnny looked up at us "Was there something else, Vincent?"
Slate and I walked towards Johnny "Yes there was, I was just wondering if you have a gym at the school, with weights and a gym hall."
"Well yes, we do. I'll show you the way."
We reached a large building with two separate doors on either side.
(Probably dressing rooms.)
Opening the door, Johnny began talking
"You see Vincent, the gym is open at all times for people and Pokémon to train in."
When we entered the massive hall, we were met by two different sections. To the right were the excersise machines and the weights. And to my left was the hall. Complete with ropes and rings in the ceiling, basketball hoops and soccer goals to the far sides. There were pillars in the middle of the building to create invisible walls between the two sections.
"As you can see , we have everything for both sports and serious training. I presume you know how all of these things work?"
Being surprised that he didn't show me how all the excersise machines worked and lecturing me on safety, I looked up at him.
"I do."
"But remember that you are responsible for both your Pokémon and your own safety. Don't take any risks ok?"
(There it was... Always the safety thing...) "I understand. No risks." I deliberatley made it sound as I was tired, hoping he would pick up on the hint that we wanted to be alone.
"Good, If there is anything else, I'll be in the dorms."
He left, leaving only me and Slate in the hall.
(Good, now lets see what this little thing can do.)
"Slate" He immeadiately looked up at me
"Since we are going to be together for some time, I want to see what you are capable of."
Again, tell me your thoughts. / Yorun