*grins sheepishly* Hiya everyone, sorry for the long wait, I finally got Pokemon Ruby for my birthday, and I've been kinda, well, obsessed.
*sister walks in* OMG! She's not playing Pokemon! It's a miracle! *runs out*
Ehehe, yeah, I mean really obsessed, as in starting at 3 p.m. and stopping at 1 a.m. On the bright side though, I beat the Elite 4 in less then 60 hours, with all my Pokemon at Lv. 50, and only one fainted the entire time, and that was during the battle with the champion^_^
Anyway, on with the chapter!
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It didn't take long for Kat to realize she had no idea where she was going. New Bark hadn't seemed this big from up in the hills, but now she was hopelessly lost.
Sitting down on a bench she gave a sigh of frustration, she was starting to get a headache and all this walking around was getting her nowhere.
"Hey, you okay?"
Kat looked up to find a little boy looking at her, he couldn't have been older than six. "Yeah, I'm okay, I'd be better if I wasn't lost though."
"I can help, where do you need to go?" The boy asked smiling.
Kat had to smile back, "I'm trying to get to Professor Elm's lab."
"No problem, I can get you there easy," the little boy reached forward and grabbed her hand, "come on."
Kat stood up and let herself be lead by the little boy.
*What have I gotten myself into?*
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It was about half an hour before they managed to get to the lab. Twice the little boy had gone off in a tangent when he had seen a butterfly and Kat had gotten more odd looks than she could count.
Entering the lab Kat stopped a second just to look around. Researchers were bustling here and there and there were quite a few pieces of equipment the Kat could only guess what their use was. And yet, the atmosphere seemed a little off, everything felt subdued and shaken. It made Kat tense up, she hated that feeling.
The little boy seemed oblivious to it though. "Come on, I'll show you where his office is, my dad's sure to be there."
*Dad?*
The boy continued to lead her through the halls with practiced ease, and soon they entered an office where a man wearing glasses was sitting at a desk typing something up on a computer.
"Dad, I brought someone to meet you!"
Prof. Elm jumped, "oh, William you startled me horribly, haven't I told you to knock."
William gazed down at the floor almost guiltily, "sorry."
The Prof. looked up at Kat, "you wouldn't happen to be Katherine, would you?"
Kat nodded, "yeah, I'm Katherine, I'm here to pick up my starter."
He leaned back in his chair, "I was afraid of that, you see Katherine, last night we had a break in, thieves took quite a bit of our research and several Pokemon as well, including the Cyndaquil that was going to be your starter.
Kat's heart went to her throat, "are the other trainer's starters okay?"
Elm nodded, "yes, the others picked up their Pokemon yesterday, I'm terribly sorry about this unfortunate turn of events, Clair told me how much you were looking forward to this."
Kat sat down heavily in a chair, her face buried in a hand, trying to hold back her disappointment. "Is there any other way I could get a starter?" her finally managed to choke out, her voice betraying how she felt.
He thought for a second, "well, the next time we're getting more starters is in a month, you could wait till then."
Kat felt herself go numb, a whole month?
"Hey dad, what about that other Pokemon, that one Crystal found injured and brought here?"
Elm's head snapped up, "of course! How could I have forgotten about it?" He stood up and walked to a table across the room. Grabbing a Pokeball from its surface he turned back to Kat. "Katherine I know this isn't a usual choice for starters, but about a week ago a trainer brought this Pokemon in to us, apparently it had been found injured. We healed it, but the trainer didn't want it. If you're willing to take it, you can have it."
"Of course, any Pokemon will do!"
"Then she's yours." With that Elm tossed the ball to the floor. There was a flash of bright light before a small form materialized.
The Pokemon flicked its tail and stared up at Kat. "Meowth?"
"Professor, she's perfect," Kat breathed. She bent down on one knee, her arms open, "Come here Meowth," she called.
The Meowth brightened at once and launched at Kat. Laughing at her new Pokemon's enthusiasm Kat gathering her up in her arms and started stroking her fur. Meowth then jumped to Kat's shoulder, rubbing her head against Kat's and purring. Kat then noticed the charm on top of the Meowth's head, unlike a normal gold one this one was a bright shiny silver.
"Hey, her charm's silver."
"Yes, we're not sure if that would make her a shiny Pokemon or not, but she certainly is different from your average Meowth, besides the charm she's slightly smaller than an average sized Meowth, and she doesn't seem to have the same fascination with shiny objects like others do."
Kat stood up, the Meowth wobbling slightly from her change in position. "Well I think she's is perfect," she said, starting to scratch her under the chin.
"Of course, well all that's left are your Pokeballs and Pokedex." After receiving five more Pokeballs Kat was given a choice between many different colored Pokedex. She ending up choosing a dark midnight black one, she would've preferred blue, but the only blue available was light blue, and she didn't really care for the color.
Before she left she paused to shake Prof. Elm's hand.
"Best of luck, and make sure you sign up for the Johto League in Cherrygrove City."
"I'll be sure to, thank you again Professor." She looked over at William, "and thank you too William, if it hadn't been for you I probably wouldn't have found the lab," she paused to tickle Meowth, "or gotten Meowth here, thanks."
William smiled, "you're welcome."
Kat smiled one last time before turning and leaving. Once outside the lab Meowth jumped down from her shoulder to the sidewalk, looking up at her new trainer.
Kat squatted down to look at her new friend. "You know, I think you need a name, calling you by your species is just too impersonal." She thought for a moment before smiling, "Isis, that's your name from now on."
"Meowth!" Isis exclaimed happily.
Kat rose to her feet, "come on Isis, let's go see what the world has in store for us."
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There you have it, Kat's got her first Pokemon.
As always, I'm open to ideas and suggestion, any questions you have I'll try to answer, see ya'll next chapter.
(Ya'll? Man, I have lived in the South for way too long^_^)
