Storm stood before a desk in a dark room, facing the back of a chair, a man was sitting in it, and his Persian was curled up in a corner, growling at her lightly. "Your adoptive father works for me, and so will you…" the man said, his face hidden by the shadows. "Um, isn't there a child labor law? HELLO! I'm only 8 years old!" Storm yelled, the Persian growled and the man yelled, "SILENCE!" the room was quiet. "You'll be given a uniform and a room… you'll have to get your own Pokemon though… until then, you'll be following the two who brought you; Jessie and James"
Both teens were not happy about this, "WHAT?! Us, take care of his daughter?! You gotta be out of your mind! We can't wait for her to catch up to us when we're trying to get that Pikachu!!" Jessie said, but she was silenced by a loud crack of thunder, even thought outside there wasn't a single cloud within sight.
"I can take care of myself…" Storm said, then turned and walked out, leavening the three adults in silence, Giovanni smirked, "yes… you'll be taking care of her." he said, turning in his chair. Jessie and James left the office, Meowth was pestering the child and getting beaten into a bloody pulp, the lights flickered briefly but no one seemed to notice as James pulled the child away from Meowth.
"You leave hi alone, you snot-nosed brat!" he said, and then yelled. Smoke rose from his head and he was charred black. He dropped the child and Storm landed softly on her feet and glared at him. "Look, I'd rather be back in the adoption center with my sisters and Kasu. So, I'll get out of your hair and take myself back there right now." she said, turned, and ran into her new father. A man in a Black and Red outfit, again with a giant 'R' on the front.
"oh, I'm sorry… are you okay?" the man asked, kneeling down to Storm's level and helping her back up, she rubbed her head lightly, muttering. "Yea… you're the guy who adopted me, right?" she asked, looking up at his face, he at least seemed somewhat kind. The man nodded, his blue eyes sparkled.
"Yes… I'm sorry those two nitwits…" he paused and glares at James and Meowth, "were giving you trouble… what is your name, child?" the man asked. Storm studied his face as the lights flickered again. "Storm…" she said, a bit hesitant. The man smiled and lightly patted her head. "Come, I'll show you where your room is and I'll see if I can get you a few Pokemon." he said, leading her by the hand down the hallways. Leavening James and Meowth fighting over who had been the stupid one who had gotten the kid mad and how her father was going to punish them.
The man opened a door near the front of the complex; inside the room was a nice little bed, a few toys and some books. A desk, a table lamp and a window to the outside. The walls were painted with thunderclouds and lightning. There were plushies of several different kinds of Pokemon, including a Riachu and Dratini. "Whoa…" was all Storm said, she'd never seen a room decorated this much. She wandered around the room and paused, looking at the books with a questioning look. "What are those?" she asked, pointing at the books. The man had been watching her from the doorway, he smiled and shook his head, that orphanage didn't do much for the children apparently.
"Those are books… haven't you ever read before?" the man asked walking over to the small pile of books, he picked one up and sat down on the edge of the bed, Storm sat beside him, curious. "What are all those black things?" she asked, pointing to the words on the page, her attention turned quickly to the picture on the page. "Hey! That's a Nidoran!" she said, pointing at the photo.
"They are so cool!" Storm said, the man laughed slightly. "Nidoran are a poison type. That horn on their foreheads is used for stabbing their opponents. We used to have a few here, but they evolved already." he said, Storm was leaning over his shoulder now, and looking at the book, "what do they evolve into?" Storm asked, ignoring the gathering of random members of Team Rocket.
"Nidoran evolves into Nidorino or Nidorina, who then evolves into Nidoking or Nidoqueen." the man said, flipping the pages of the book to show the evolutions of Nidoran." the two sat n the room, the man explaining things to his new daughter, who was very inquisitive about Pokemon Evolutions and types, and 'those page thingies with the pictures in them'. It was dark before either noticed the time.
"You'd better get to sleep, Storm. Tomorrow should be a busy day for you." the man said, setting the book with the others as Storm crawled under the blankets of her bed, clinging to a Nidoran (m) plushie.
"Night Dad" she said quietly when the man paused at the door to turn off the lights. "Goodnight Storm, sleep well." he said with a smile, then turned off the lights and closed the door. It didn't take Storm long to fall asleep as the thunder rolled outside and the rain beat softly against the window and roof, lulling her into a light sleep as lightning flashed outside the window.
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Early the next morning, Storm woke up to find a small figure just climbing out of her window, it looked like a child, but she couldn't be sure. Not one to question such things as being 'bad' she followed the figure but stopped when she noticed there were flashing red and blue lights coming from the distance. SHe climbed back inside the window and ran for the door and pulled it open, standing out in the hallway, looking for her dad. "Daddy…?" she called softly, hearing soft roars and screams. She followed the sounds down several halls and down a few flights of stairs, still in the cloths she had wore yesterday since no one had given her anything else to wear yet. She stooped to the floor and peeked around the corner, her adoptive Dad was in the middle of a Pokemon battle, he had a serpentine Pokemon.
"Ekansssss…." it hissed, the victor of the battle. It slithered back towards the man and curled up head down. "Good Job, Ekans." he said, recalling the Pokemon. He saw Storm peeking out from the corner and smiled a little.
"Come here, Storm" he called, his opponent looked over at Storm, a bit surprised. Storm ran over to her Dad, "what are you doing?" she asked, he smiled and held out three poke balls. "I'm battling, here, you pick the next Pokemon for Me." he said. Storm looked over the poke balls carefully and picked up the middle one. Her father put the other two away, "would you like to battle this round?" he asked, Storm nodded, "yea!"
Storm stood in front of her father and threw out the poke ball, "Let's start!" she said excitedly, and umbreon came out and her father caught the poke ball, Umbreon was a beautiful black fox-like Pokemon with gold bands on its ears, tail, forehead and legs.
The other rocket, another man, a lot younger, almost the same age as James didn't seem surprised. He brought out a Charizard. The battle began. Both men were shouting orders to the Pokemon, Storm watched, entranced by the fight. The battle lasted a good half hour, with Umbreon the winner. Storm jumped up and down and ran out and hugged Umbreon, the Pokemon looked surprised at first but let the girl cling to it. Both Storm and the umbreon walked back to the elder man. Storm pet the Umbreon's head, amazed such a small Pokemon could beat a Charizard. The man patted the Umbreon's head and returned the Pokemon to its pokeball.
"c'mon, Storm, let's get you back to your room before Giovanni finds out you were here." the man led her back to her room; she immediately noticed the shiny new pokeball sitting on the desk and ran over to it picking it up.
"Wow! A poke ball! Can I keep it? Please oh please oh please??" she begged, clinging to her Dad. He picked up the note and read it. "Seems it was meant for you…" he said, picking her up and sitting down on the edge of the bed with her on his lap. "dear Storm, sorry I couldn't talk to you before, here is a Pokemon to get you started, have fu and no flairs, you sick little freak. Bye for now, Ka-" he was cut off by Storm's squeal of happiness, "KASU!!!" she hopped off her fathers lap and let the Pokemon out. It was a small pink Nidoran with a black and maroon ribbon tied around its neck.
"Nido….?" the Pokemon looked around and Storm clung to it. "Oh! You're such a cute little Pokemon!! I've gotta find Kasu and thank him!" she gently pet the Nido's head, listening to its soft murrs. Her Father smiled and set the note back where it was. "Guess the Nidoran is you're to keep. I've got work to do, so you stay out of trouble, alright?" he asked, both Storm and the Nidoran nodded and the man left, outside Storm heard him talking with his battle buddy, catching her father's name, "za? His name is Mike? Huh, oh well. I think I'll call you Nido!" Storm said eagerly.
She and the Nido spent the rest of the day outside training against random bug Pokemon that wandered into view, Nido only won once against a little yellow cocoon, but that was alright. Storm now had her first two Pokemon, Nido the Nidoran and a Cacoona.
Both teens were not happy about this, "WHAT?! Us, take care of his daughter?! You gotta be out of your mind! We can't wait for her to catch up to us when we're trying to get that Pikachu!!" Jessie said, but she was silenced by a loud crack of thunder, even thought outside there wasn't a single cloud within sight.
"I can take care of myself…" Storm said, then turned and walked out, leavening the three adults in silence, Giovanni smirked, "yes… you'll be taking care of her." he said, turning in his chair. Jessie and James left the office, Meowth was pestering the child and getting beaten into a bloody pulp, the lights flickered briefly but no one seemed to notice as James pulled the child away from Meowth.
"You leave hi alone, you snot-nosed brat!" he said, and then yelled. Smoke rose from his head and he was charred black. He dropped the child and Storm landed softly on her feet and glared at him. "Look, I'd rather be back in the adoption center with my sisters and Kasu. So, I'll get out of your hair and take myself back there right now." she said, turned, and ran into her new father. A man in a Black and Red outfit, again with a giant 'R' on the front.
"oh, I'm sorry… are you okay?" the man asked, kneeling down to Storm's level and helping her back up, she rubbed her head lightly, muttering. "Yea… you're the guy who adopted me, right?" she asked, looking up at his face, he at least seemed somewhat kind. The man nodded, his blue eyes sparkled.
"Yes… I'm sorry those two nitwits…" he paused and glares at James and Meowth, "were giving you trouble… what is your name, child?" the man asked. Storm studied his face as the lights flickered again. "Storm…" she said, a bit hesitant. The man smiled and lightly patted her head. "Come, I'll show you where your room is and I'll see if I can get you a few Pokemon." he said, leading her by the hand down the hallways. Leavening James and Meowth fighting over who had been the stupid one who had gotten the kid mad and how her father was going to punish them.
The man opened a door near the front of the complex; inside the room was a nice little bed, a few toys and some books. A desk, a table lamp and a window to the outside. The walls were painted with thunderclouds and lightning. There were plushies of several different kinds of Pokemon, including a Riachu and Dratini. "Whoa…" was all Storm said, she'd never seen a room decorated this much. She wandered around the room and paused, looking at the books with a questioning look. "What are those?" she asked, pointing at the books. The man had been watching her from the doorway, he smiled and shook his head, that orphanage didn't do much for the children apparently.
"Those are books… haven't you ever read before?" the man asked walking over to the small pile of books, he picked one up and sat down on the edge of the bed, Storm sat beside him, curious. "What are all those black things?" she asked, pointing to the words on the page, her attention turned quickly to the picture on the page. "Hey! That's a Nidoran!" she said, pointing at the photo.
"They are so cool!" Storm said, the man laughed slightly. "Nidoran are a poison type. That horn on their foreheads is used for stabbing their opponents. We used to have a few here, but they evolved already." he said, Storm was leaning over his shoulder now, and looking at the book, "what do they evolve into?" Storm asked, ignoring the gathering of random members of Team Rocket.
"Nidoran evolves into Nidorino or Nidorina, who then evolves into Nidoking or Nidoqueen." the man said, flipping the pages of the book to show the evolutions of Nidoran." the two sat n the room, the man explaining things to his new daughter, who was very inquisitive about Pokemon Evolutions and types, and 'those page thingies with the pictures in them'. It was dark before either noticed the time.
"You'd better get to sleep, Storm. Tomorrow should be a busy day for you." the man said, setting the book with the others as Storm crawled under the blankets of her bed, clinging to a Nidoran (m) plushie.
"Night Dad" she said quietly when the man paused at the door to turn off the lights. "Goodnight Storm, sleep well." he said with a smile, then turned off the lights and closed the door. It didn't take Storm long to fall asleep as the thunder rolled outside and the rain beat softly against the window and roof, lulling her into a light sleep as lightning flashed outside the window.
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Early the next morning, Storm woke up to find a small figure just climbing out of her window, it looked like a child, but she couldn't be sure. Not one to question such things as being 'bad' she followed the figure but stopped when she noticed there were flashing red and blue lights coming from the distance. SHe climbed back inside the window and ran for the door and pulled it open, standing out in the hallway, looking for her dad. "Daddy…?" she called softly, hearing soft roars and screams. She followed the sounds down several halls and down a few flights of stairs, still in the cloths she had wore yesterday since no one had given her anything else to wear yet. She stooped to the floor and peeked around the corner, her adoptive Dad was in the middle of a Pokemon battle, he had a serpentine Pokemon.
"Ekansssss…." it hissed, the victor of the battle. It slithered back towards the man and curled up head down. "Good Job, Ekans." he said, recalling the Pokemon. He saw Storm peeking out from the corner and smiled a little.
"Come here, Storm" he called, his opponent looked over at Storm, a bit surprised. Storm ran over to her Dad, "what are you doing?" she asked, he smiled and held out three poke balls. "I'm battling, here, you pick the next Pokemon for Me." he said. Storm looked over the poke balls carefully and picked up the middle one. Her father put the other two away, "would you like to battle this round?" he asked, Storm nodded, "yea!"
Storm stood in front of her father and threw out the poke ball, "Let's start!" she said excitedly, and umbreon came out and her father caught the poke ball, Umbreon was a beautiful black fox-like Pokemon with gold bands on its ears, tail, forehead and legs.
The other rocket, another man, a lot younger, almost the same age as James didn't seem surprised. He brought out a Charizard. The battle began. Both men were shouting orders to the Pokemon, Storm watched, entranced by the fight. The battle lasted a good half hour, with Umbreon the winner. Storm jumped up and down and ran out and hugged Umbreon, the Pokemon looked surprised at first but let the girl cling to it. Both Storm and the umbreon walked back to the elder man. Storm pet the Umbreon's head, amazed such a small Pokemon could beat a Charizard. The man patted the Umbreon's head and returned the Pokemon to its pokeball.
"c'mon, Storm, let's get you back to your room before Giovanni finds out you were here." the man led her back to her room; she immediately noticed the shiny new pokeball sitting on the desk and ran over to it picking it up.
"Wow! A poke ball! Can I keep it? Please oh please oh please??" she begged, clinging to her Dad. He picked up the note and read it. "Seems it was meant for you…" he said, picking her up and sitting down on the edge of the bed with her on his lap. "dear Storm, sorry I couldn't talk to you before, here is a Pokemon to get you started, have fu and no flairs, you sick little freak. Bye for now, Ka-" he was cut off by Storm's squeal of happiness, "KASU!!!" she hopped off her fathers lap and let the Pokemon out. It was a small pink Nidoran with a black and maroon ribbon tied around its neck.
"Nido….?" the Pokemon looked around and Storm clung to it. "Oh! You're such a cute little Pokemon!! I've gotta find Kasu and thank him!" she gently pet the Nido's head, listening to its soft murrs. Her Father smiled and set the note back where it was. "Guess the Nidoran is you're to keep. I've got work to do, so you stay out of trouble, alright?" he asked, both Storm and the Nidoran nodded and the man left, outside Storm heard him talking with his battle buddy, catching her father's name, "za? His name is Mike? Huh, oh well. I think I'll call you Nido!" Storm said eagerly.
She and the Nido spent the rest of the day outside training against random bug Pokemon that wandered into view, Nido only won once against a little yellow cocoon, but that was alright. Storm now had her first two Pokemon, Nido the Nidoran and a Cacoona.