Okay, here's Chapter 19, and as a tradition thing, Pokémon interrupt me... and by the way, it's almost Christmas and I have to finish this.... anyway, there's no Christmas special here.... everything goes just as ordinary events....
Ziggy (interrupting): Um, Avegaille, something's wrong with Charlie...
Me (very worried): WHAT?! What happened to him?
Ziggy (muttering): I think he's got Pokérus...
Me (very annoyed): Oh, you got me worried sick there.... don't worry, Pokérus is a good virus.... I think it'll make your Pokémon stronger
Ziggy: Okay, thanks for the note, and by the way, I think I also have Pokérus... What do I do?
Oh, what can I do to convince these Pokémon that Pokérus is a good thing? Anyway, here's Chapter 19....
Random Fact of the Story: Please note that 'Nicole' is not Blue's real name for the manga and the FireRed and LeafGreen games. I just made that up, since it's kind of suitable for her.
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Chapter 19 - A Big Turn Of Events
So, the last time we left, Avegaille's flashback was a bit hanging, so here's the continuation... May and the rest of the Pokémon are still listening to her though, so don't worry....
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In Viridian City, just outside Pokémon Trainer School, there were three students. One of them is Avegaille, a young Avegaille to be exact and her newly found friend, Blue. But there was also a guy in spiky brown hair, in which his ego reached the skies. His name, Gary Oak. The three of them were talking, well, actually this is going to be an argument if Gary continues to make insults. Then, from behind Blue, was a kid with black hair, wearing a cap. His uniform is the same as Gary's. Blue was really surprised when she turned around to see who it was.
"Yo! Ash Ketchum! What do you want?" Gary called out, seeing Ash approaching him. "Are you also going to defend these defenseless girls?"
"Nicole, you should really stay away from Gary," Ash told Blue in a teasing manner for Gary. "He's just a senseless jerk who would blab about nothing to you all day."
The statement Ash said made Blue laugh so hard. Then, she noticed Avegaille looking at her, in a confused way.
"Nicole?" Avegaille was really confused upon seeing that Ash was referring to Blue. She looked at Blue to get the truth out of her.
"Um, that's my real name," Nicole replied nervously as she sweat-dropped. "Blue is just my other name... Most people call me Blue. Ash is the only one who knows my real name..."
"Yeah, right... Nicole!" Gary snorted. He started to laugh again. "I think it's better if I called you Blue!"
"See what I mean..." Nicole said to Avegaille after hearing out Gary.
Then, from a distance, Avegaille saw a middle aged woman approaching them. She was wearing a teacher's uniform which only means that she's going to be her teacher for the whole year.
"What's going on here?" the teacher asked demandingly. He saw Gary laughing so hard. "Gary Oak, what is so funny?"
"Um, uh, nothing, Miss Fern," Gary replied nervously as he began to sweat.
"Blue, would you tell me what happened?" Miss Fern requested.
"Well, it's just that Gary is been making fun of the new student and I was only trying to defend the new student and..."
"Okay, I had enough," Miss Fern said as she quickly went near Gary and took his arm. "As for you Gary, you're in for detention after school, although it's just the first day of school."
"Oh, damn it!" Gary murmured as the teacher dragged him to the school building. "Just you wait, I'll be back!"
"Ha, that's what Gary gets for making fun of everyone!" Ash remarked after seeing Gary being dragged to the school building. Then, he turned to Avegaille. "Hey, by the way, what's your name? I'm Ash Ketchum..."
"Avegaille Amethyst," Avegaille replied as Ash took out his hand and Avegaille shook hands with him.
"So, you want to know how room services work here?" Nicole asked after Avegaille shook hands with Ash. Seeing the suitcase that Avegaille had, she wanted her to know more.
"Well, at least I don't have to be roommates with that Oak kid," Ash remarked.
"Yeah, that's because he didn't want to be roommates with you," Nicole interrupted. She turned to Avegaille. "There are only four students here, which means you and I get to be roommates."
"That's good to know," Avegaille said. "I wish that there was something else to do around here besides read books and take down notes..."
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"Oh, you're so lucky, studying with Gary, Ash and Blue," May exclaimed out excitedly. The, she turned around and started talking to herself. "So, Blue's real name is Nicole. I thought that was just a rumor."
"Okay, now you're creeping me out," Avegaille murmured as she sweat-dropped. She sat down in her bed. "Anyway, I haven't seen much of Blue after I finished Pokémon Training School. I was eight years old back then."
"I see..." May looked at her Pokémon, who were all getting sleepy. "Well, it's probably time for bed." She yawned and stretched her arms.
"Yeah, well, good night," Avegaille said as she yawned and lied down on her bed, without even using the blanket. She rested her head on the pillow as she began snoring.
"Okay, then, good night," May whispered as she looked around at the room for the light switch and turned it off. The room however, was so dark, she can't even find her bed. She called out Kathy to use Flash to at least light up the room for a little while. As doing upon so, May was finally able to get to her bed and rest on it too...
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The next day, which is another day in Slateport, since that's where the gang is right now. Any who, the boys got up a bit early to do extensive training on Route 110. Since the girls stayed up a bit longer last night, they were still asleep in their room.
Inside the girls' room, everyone was sleeping peacefully in their spots except for Gil and Sean. Both of them are always waking up early, since after all, they are birds. Both of them decided to wake up everyone with their bird calls.
" WAKE UP EVERYONE! " Gil and Sean both said together loudly at the same time.
Everyone inside the room was very startled as they opened their eyes, sat up from their spots and looked around the room. Then, they all saw Gil and Sean near the window, wide awake.
" Hey! What's the big idea of waking us up like that?! " Charlie demanded.
" Yeah! And I was having a good dream too... " Terra added. She stood up from her spot and quickly approached the two birds near the window.
"Oh, man, what time is it?" Avegaille groaned as she looked around the room.
"Um, uh, nine 'o clock?" May replied doubtfully as she looked at the Fame Checker that was placed on the mini drawer besides her bed. She quickly got off from her bed and looked panicked-stricken. "Wow! We really slept in this time!"
"Well, we can still catch up with the guys if they already went off to Mauville earlier than us," Avegaille remarked. She got off her bed as May paced around the room, looking for something. "Um, uh, what are you looking for?"
"My bandana!" May exclaimed as she continued to look around for her bandana.
While May was looking around the room for her bandana, Terra decided to talk to Charlie for a while. Finally, Avegaille noticed that she couldn't recognize May without her bandana but seeing that she just recognized her, it must mean that May is just wearing her bandana now without May herself noticing.
"Um, yeah, is it the one in your head?" Avegaille asked as she sweat-dropped and pointed to the direction of May's head.
" She must have forgotten to remove it last night, " Bell, the Beautifly, whispered to Kathy, the Skitty, as she started to snicker.
"Ha, ha, very funny," May said sarcastically upon hearing Bell's remark.
" Speak for yourself, " Terra whispered to Charlie. Both of them started to chuckle.
"All right, that's enough!" May exclaimed furiously, after seeing that half of the Pokémon in the room were laughing at her.
" You have such a high temper, " Terra remarked as she went near her trainer while May sat in the bed she slept on last night. " We're just joking around... "
"You're such a happy-go-lucky type of Pokémon," May remarked to Terra. Since she has been observing Terra's attitude for the past days, that is the only thing that she could say.
" Yeah, I know, isn't it just grand? " Terra asked as she walked off and went back to Charlie.
"Yeah, sure, whatever," May said as she sighed and looked at Avegaille.
"Ziggy, guess what time it is?" Avegaille asked as she approached her Linoone.
" Um, about nine-thirty? " Ziggy replied in a confused way.
"Well, yes, it is, but before we leave Slateport I have to do a little something with you," Avegaille said as she picked up Ziggy from the floor.
" This looks interesting... " Gil murmured to Sean, after hearing what Avegaille said to Ziggy.
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After packing up everything and preparing all the things in their room, May and Avegaille got out of the Pokémon Center with all of their Pokémon back in their balls. But before the two of them left Slateport, Avegaille had to do something first.
"Hey! Where are you going?" May asked as she saw Avegaille going inside the house a few feet next to the Pokémon Center.
"Don't worry, I'll be right back!" Avegaille called off as she went inside the house.
"Yeah, whatever..." May murmured to herself. She sighed and looked around Slateport to see if there is anything she could do around before they go off the city.
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Inside the house Avegaille entered, there was an old man sitting in a chair. He was really happy when he saw Avegaille as Avegaille went near her.
"Hello there! I'm the Name Rater! I'm very fortunate to see and rate the nicknames of your Pokémon... I might even help you change the nickname of one of your Pokémon.... so how about it?" he asked to Avegaille.
"Um, yeah, that's the reason why I came here..." Avegaille said as she took out a Pokéball and sent out Ziggy. "This is my Ziggy. I was wondering if..."
" You're going to change my name? " Ziggy asked, very depressed. " But I like my name now... " He started to whimper.
"No, no, I'm just going to add a new name to you," Avegaille explained as she tried to comfort the depressed Pokémon. Then, she started to think. "Okay, so maybe I'm just going to change your name..."
" Really? What is it then?" " Ziggy asked curiously after all that whimpering.
"Well, what do you want your Ziggy's new name to be?" the Name Rater asked.
"How about... Linole?" Avegaille asked as she looked at Ziggy.
" Yeah! I like it! It fits with my Wild Pokémon Name! " Ziggy exclaimed out, very happy.
"Okay, from now on, your Linoone will be known as Linole!" the Name Rater said happily. "How fortunate for you!"
"Come on, Linole, let's go!" Avegaille exclaimed as she picked up Linole from the floor. Then, she looked at the old man. "Oh, yeah, almost forgot, thanks for helping me out!"
"No problem," the Name Rater said happily.
" All right, a new name! " Linole exclaimed as Avegaille carried her and both of them got out of the house.
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As Avegaille got out of the house, she saw that May was impatiently waiting for her. She didn't know what to say next, as she still continues to carry Linole in her arms. But she was also having a little problem carrying the heavy but small Linoone so she decided to put Linole in the ground for a while.
"Gee, what did you in there?" May asked in an impatient mood.
"I just changed Ziggy's nickname," Avegaille replied. "I needed a little help, so I decided to visit the Name Rater."
"Okay, now let's go!" May exclaimed out as she took out her Acro Bike from her bag and got on it.
"Hmm, okay, Linole come back!" Avegaille called out as she took out Linole's Pokéball.
" I'll be back! " Linole said as red light came out from the ball and made him insert into the ball.
Avegaille clipped the Pokéball that she was holding into her belt. May was testing her Acro Bike by doing Bunny Hops while she waited. Then, May noticed that Avegaille was done talking with her Pokémon so she stopped doing Bunny Hops.
"You named your Ziggy, Linole?" May asked upon hearing Avegaille call Ziggy in his new name. "Gee, I know it's fits well with his Wild Pokémon Name but..." She paused for a while.
"What?" Avegaille asked as she reached for her backpack and took out her Acro Bike. She unfolded it and got on it.
"Oh, nothing, forget what I said," May said. "Come on, let's go to Mauville!" She pedaled on her bike and took off.
"Okay, wait up!" Avegaille called off as she followed May while riding on her Acro Bike.
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At Mauville City, Brendan and Phil had just finished training their Pokémon and now ready to challenge the gym leader of Mauville City. Both of them didn't seem to care now if the girls are looking around to find them since they didn't tell to them where they are. It was Phil's turn to challenge the gym leader since Brendan had finished his turn. They were facing Wattson, the gym leader of Mauville City.
"Oh, what's a little kid such as you are doing here?" Wattson asked Phil. "By the way, my name's Wattson, if you don't know it yet." He started to laugh cheerfully.
"What's up with that laugh?" Brendan asked Phil. He was starting to get freaked out.
"Hmm, well, I don't know but whatever it is, maybe he just likes to do it," Phil replied as he took out a Pokéball.
"All right, let's see if you can stand against my Electric Pokémon!" Wattson exclaimed. He took out a Pokéball as the wide screen on the wall behind him lit up, revealing Phil's picture and his picture.
Phil went off to the other side of the battle stadium as Brendan followed him. Wattson tossed out a ball and sent out Magneton as Phil sent out Mark.
"Hmm, this should be interesting, seeing that Magneton is part Steel," Brendan said to himself.
"Magneton, use Spark!" Wattson called out to his Pokémon.
"All right, Mark, use Earthquake!" Phil ordered.
The ground started to tremble really hard, as Magneton charged up and tried to tackle Mark, but since the ground was trembling really hard, he couldn't even attack and he also fell off from his spot, making him faint also.
"Where'd you get the Earthquake move?" Brendan asked Phil after Wattson sent back Magneton and sent out Voltrob.
"Isn't it nice to have good friends?" Phil asked back to Brendan.
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End of Chapter 19
Linole (very excited): Oh, boy, a new name for me!
Me (sweat-dropping): Okay, I get it... you don't have to be all that excited....
Linole: But I'm the only one in the story who had its name changed....
Me: Oh, it's just the beginning.... more things will be happening as the chapters process....
Charlie (interrupting): That's right, more exciting and climatic things will be happening....
Well, that's the end of Chapter 19, I don't get the title myself but hey... maybe it has to do with Ziggy or Linole or maybe Phil....