Author's Note: Hey guys, I just wanted to say thank you to Yawgmoth for my review because that was my goal for this story . 1 review might not seem like much but since this is my first story I'm happy.

Disclaimer: I do not in anyway shape or form own pokemon, but I do own Emerald.

Alternate Reality: The Trials of Emerald

Chapter 1

4 years later...

A girl with midnight black hair and emerald eyes crouched in the shadows of a building. Her eyes darted left and right before she moved to the next shadow. She heard footsteps and pressed herself against the building. Both eyes narrowed as they passed by without even noticing her presence. That sickly red letter on the front of their uniform made her blood race with rage. When they had passed her position she continued towards her destination, the Pokemon Center.

When the Pokemon Center was in sight she calmly walked out of the shadows and around to the back. She knocked on the backdoor with three hard taps followed by 3 soft taps. The door cracked open a face appeared. "Right on time as usual Emerald." The door opened up enough so that Emerald could slip through.

"Hello Nurse Joy, how are you today?"

"Oh, I'm the same as any other day I suppose." Her eyes looked tired but she smiled at Emerald anyways.

"So how's Rasa doing today, the same healing as usual?"

Emerald's tone got serious, "You know you don't have to heal my pokemon. If anyone ever found out..."

"Oh don't worry about that, I can take care of myself."

Nurse Joy put both of her hands on Emerald's shoulders. "I want to do this. It's the only thing I have to look forward to now. If I get caught the only thing I will regret is not being able to take care of you anymore. I already feel that I don't do enough for you."

"Thank you."

There was a small silence between them before Nurse Joy spoke. "So let me see Rasa so that I can heal her."

Emerald pulled out a pokeball from the folds of her clothes. Nurse joy took the pokeball and walked over to a wall. She ran her hand along it till there was a click and a small passageway appeared. They walked down some stairs into a dimly lit room where there was some equipment that looked like it belonged in a dump. After hooking Rasa up to the second rate machines Nurse Joy and Emerald sat down to talk like they always did.

"So what has been happening in the real world?"

Nurse Joy's mouth became a thin line. "They've finally taken over the Kanto region."

Emerald's eyes widened, "What! But it's only been a week since I've been here. I thought that the Victory Mountain defenses were holding strong."

Emerald watched Nurse Joy's facial expressions carefully; she had never seen her look so...so...defeated. "So did everyone else...but they brought in some secret weapon that decimated everything that went against it. Eventually the Elite Four had to surrender or everyone there would have been slaughtered. There aren't many details but from what I have heard everyone that wasn't killed in the invasion was taken prisoner. No one knows what's happened to them."

Emerald's eyes were downcast. "Even the Elite Four were taken?" Nurse Joy nodded her head sadly.

Emerald stood up with determination in her eyes. "I have to go help them. Rasa and I can free them I know it."

Fear came into Nurse Joy's eyes. "Emerald please listen to reason. Even the Elite Four lost to their power. You only have one pokemon. What can you do that they couldn't?"

Emerald looked away for a moment and her eyes glowed briefly before she turned back around. "I suppose you're right, the best thing I can do now is to train Rasa and myself more."

Emerald saw a relieved look pass across Nurse Joy's face from the corner of her eye. "Emerald, I've never asked before but what kind of training do you put yourself through anyways. I—"

"Don't want me to get hurt, right? I...just try to keep myself in shape, that's all." The machine Rasa was hooked up to started beeping and Nurse Joy walked over to it.

Emerald asked a question that she asked every time she came to get Rasa healed. "Have you managed to find another pokemon for me?"

Nurse Joy handed Emerald the pokeball. "Actually, I have managed to catch one pokemon without them knowing. You'll probably laugh at me though."

Emerald wondered what pokemon it could possibly be, unless it was a...oh... maybe she should be laughing. "Anything that you have would be wonderful." Nurse Joy walked over to a dusty shelf and picked up a pokeball.

"I suppose you are around the age that most used to start their pokemon journeys. I guess it's only right that you receive a pokemon." She handed Emerald the pokeball. Emerald took it and braced herself when she let her new pokemon out. She was right after all. Before her flapping on the ground uselessly was a Magikarp. Honestly she couldn't expect anything more with all the regulations and patrolling that was going on.

She looked at Nurse Joy who had an embarrassed look on her face. "He's wonderful, thank you." Emerald walked over the pathetic pokemon picked him up. He stopped moving immediately. Hello friend Magikarp, my name is Emerald and I am your new trainer. If the Magikarp's gaze wasn't perpetually blank she could have sworn that he looked at her. In any case she didn't receive a response.

"So where did you find him?" They started walking up the stairs again.

"I found him in the river; he was stuck in some of the trash that's piled up there."

Emerald looked down at her newest pokemon. "I'm surprised the river hasn't flooded with all of the trash they dump in there." Emerald grabbed her pokeball and a red light engulfed Magikarp. They stopped at the back door.

Nurse Joy enveloped Emerald in a hug. "Be safe." A small smile appeared on Emerald's face. "I will be." Nurse Joy opened the door a crack and looked outside. She motioned to Emerald and Emerald slipped out without a sound. Nurse Joy looked away for a second but when she looked back Emerald was nowhere in sight.

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Emerald looked back at the town behind her then at the beach in front of her. This was probably the hardest part of her journey into and out of town. There were no shadows to hide in on the beach. Quickly and quietly she sprinted across the sand and slipped into the water. She grabbed Rasa's pokeball and released her. Emerald grabbed onto two of Rasa's arms and whispered to her, "Take us home." They slipped under the waves and disappeared.

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Emerald stood up on a different beach and dried herself as best she could. She looked over her surroundings; they held both happiness and pain for her. This was the island her family used to live on. To her knowledge no one knew about it except her and the ones the destroyed her life. They had never come back after that night. This was still her home though.

When she was strong enough all those years ago she buried those she could find. It was hard for her and most of the holes were dug right beside the bodies because she wasn't strong enough to move them. The island had all she needed though. Her family had been self-sufficient. There was a well where she could get fresh water from. There were also numerous fruit trees around both planted and native. There also used to be a vegetable patch but she had never really figured out how it worked. She fished for food sometimes for Rasa and herself. All in all it was enough to get by, she couldn't complain.

Emerald lay down on the sand and looked up at the clouds. She did this often to gather her thoughts. The privacy of the island was what she appreciated the most. After her family died everything seemed to happen so fast. By the time she had made it to the town for the first time the takeover of all the regions had begun. It had only been 4 years today that the takeover had begun and now Kanto was defeated. This was a sad day. No one took the takeover serious at first and by the time everyone realized what kind of power they were up against...

She shook her head and muttered to herself, "I don't need to be worrying about all of that." Emerald stood up and beckoned to Rasa. "Come on, it's time to train. Plus we have a new guest today." Emerald took out Magikarp's pokeball and looked at it fondly while walking back to the house. It may be the weakest pokemon out of them all but he was a gift and she would train him nonetheless. Although, how she would do that she still didn't have any idea.

When she arrived at the house she released Magikarp into a fountain that held rainwater. She walked up to it and started talking even though she was fairly sure that its mind was a blank slate. "Hello Magikarp, I'm going to be training with Rasa that Staryu over there. Watch carefully because you're going to be doing this one day." Emerald winked and gave him a small peck on his crown.

Emerald picked up a small pile of pebbles. "Ready Rasa!" She felt the soft touch of Rasa's mind on her own. Ready Emmy. Emerald threw the pebbles in rapid succession. A water gun came out and hit every pebble dead on. "Good job! Again!" They did this over and over until Emerald picked up a handful and did something different. "Try this." She threw them all up at once, there must have been a hundred. Rasa didn't miss a beat and quickly stars flew up to meet every pebble and neatly cut them in half. "Good. You know what's next."

Emerald crossed her arms in front of her in an X and shouted, "Give me your best tackle attack!" Rasa came towards her and when Emerald received the tackle her feet skidded on the ground. When she came to a stop she started shaking her arms out. "You're getting pretty good at that." She turned her arms over and saw two bruises forming. She looked up; a spark of challenge had ignited in her eyes. "Again!" Rasa complied and gave another tackle. Every time Emerald would skid further back.

"Hmmm, okay time to move onto the Body Slam."

Emerald took in a deep breath, this was necessary to bring Rasa to her full potential. She looked up and crossed her arms in an X again. "Go." Rasa flew into the air and began to spin faster and faster till she was almost a blur in the air. She came at Emerald just like she did with the tackle.

When Rasa made impact this time though, a horrible cracking sound echoed throughout the island. Both of Emerald's arms had broken from the impact and when her arms had slammed into her body most of her ribs were broken as well. Emerald's eyes glazed over as she let out a small gasp of pain. She fell to her knees her arms dangling uselessly by her side. She began to cough up blood and her eyes were closed tight.

Magikarp jumped out of the fountain and used a pathetic tackle against Staryu. Staryu didn't budge an inch and Magikarp just bounced off and began to uselessly flop on the ground. Need...help...green-eyed girl... This Magikarp was trying to protect Emerald but he had failed. Both pokemon could only watch as Emerald continued to cough up blood.