.Oh, I'm not using the levelling up system, and learning attacks. So the pokemon in my story might have attacks that they don't learn til they're trained up, in the game...Cos the only thing I'm basing on the game is the map, the routes n such
Chapter 2- The path to Oldale
Eilish walked forwards, looking around cautiously at the shrubs and trees dotted around Route one. Talon walked beside her, sniffing the air.
Eilish let out a short scream as a black dog-like pokémon jumped out of a shrub, barking angrily. She took out her pokédex, and pointed it towards the pokémon.
"Poochyena, the dark-type pokémon." The pokédex said, "It is not very brave, chasing prey until it wears them out. Though it flees if the pokémon fights back."
Eilish raised an eyebrow, "what a wimp." She muttered. "Talon, this is your chance to show me what you're made of. Use bite attack!"
Talon opened his mighty jaws, and bit into the Poochyena. It whimpered in pain, before tackling Talon. Talon flew back, before biting it again; the Poochyena fainted, falling to the floor.
Eilish watched the injured pokémon weirdly, "Uh… what now?" she asked. She opened her pokédex and it spoke once again.
An image of a pokéball came up. "Pokéballs are used to capture wild pokémon that have lost a battle to your own pokémon. To fill up the pokédex you must capture as many pokémon as possible, becoming a stronger trainer."
She shrugged, and threw a pokéball at the Poochyena. Red light engulfed the pokémon, pulling it into the ball. The pokéball shook a few times, before staying still.
Eilish picked it up, smirking, "I caught a Poochyena!" she said happily, Talon jumped up and down in excitement.
Her pokédex began talking, and she groaned, did this thing ever shut up? "You have caught Poochyena, it knows the attacks tackle, and howl. Do you wish to give a nickname to the Poochyena?"
Eilish sighed, "No, I don't. I didn't even want a Poochyena, you told me to get it."
She glared at the pokédex, but knew it would not do anything. It spoke again, "If you do not wish to keep a pokémon in your 'party' then you may press a white button on the pokédex and the pokéball will be sent to Brendan."
She pressed the white button, and the pokéball disappeared. She raised an eyebrow, but shrugged, before continuing through route 1.
Half an hour later, she was still in the long route. She had caught a Wurmple and sent it to Brendan. Talon had also become stronger, though the more battles he fought the more fatigued he became.
Eilish looked at the pokémon, concerned. She looked around, seeing the same sights. She was lost, and she knew it.
She sat on a nearby tree stump, Talon lay by her legs. "Why does this route have to be so long, it looks so much shorter on the map."
"Trapinch.." Talon said wearily.
Eilish sighed, yet again, and looked around. Tree, bush, shrub, another bush, another tree, a pair of eyes.
She froze, staring at the eyes that were staring at her. "H-hello?"
The eyes seemed to fade in the coming darkness. Eilish stared at the same spot, before screaming loudly as she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders. Talon fell to the floor as she ran forward, running behind the nearest tree.
Laughing was heard as she looked around the tree. An odd boy was sat on the stump she was sat on a few seconds before, and he was laughing hysterically. He had really pale skin, and he wore dark clothes, a black t-shirt with a yellow ring on the front and back and black pants with the same yellow rings on the knees. He also wore a black bandana with a yellow ring, and black gloves with the same markings on the back. His feet were covered by black boots. He had unusually long, natural white hair that reached halfway down his back and weird light blue coloured eyes with red pupils; He was an albino.
Eilish walked up to him, fuming. "You idiot! You could've given me a heart attack. I thought you were a murderer!" She stood over his laughing form, "Leo, don't you dare ignore me."
The boy, Leo, calmed down slowly. "Jeez, that was priceless, you should've seen your face."
A small brown fox-like pokémon came through the trees, looking at Leo oddly.
Eilish took out her pokédex and pointed at the pokémon. "Eevee, the evolution pokémon. This pokémon can be evolved into one of five evolutions, depending on how it is raised. There may be more undiscovered evolutions."
"I see you got a pokémon." She stated simply, looking at the Eevee.
"Yep, meet Hazel, my Eevee. I wanna make her evolve into an Umbreon, cos they're awesome."
"Umbreon?" Eevee questioned, opening her pokédex. A black fox-like creature with yellow markings came onto the screen. "Umbreon, the dark-type pokémon. It is one of the five Eevee evolutions, and it can use the rings on its body to light up even the darkest caves."
Eilish looked to Leo's clothes, "I'm guessing that's why you're wearing black and yellow." She then smirked, "And I thought you were being a Beedrill."
Leo scowled, "Fun-ny. I was five, and I had no choice but to dress up in that stupid outfit."
Eilish smirked, before stepping aside, as Talon moved forward. "This is my Trapinch, Talon."
Leo looked at the pokémon in awe, "Do you know what Trapinch evolves into?" He asked, incredulously, Eilish shook her head, so Leo continued, "It evolves into Vibrava, and then Flygon, and both are dragon-types, the strongest types of pokémon!"
Eilish whistled in amazement, "Cool." She then looked to the sky, cursing when she saw how dark it was, "Dammit. I was hoping to reach Oldale by today, I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow." She sighed, "If I hadn't gotten lost, then maybe I'd be there by now."
Leo laughed, before saying "You got lost?"
She scowled at him, and he smirked. "You really shouldn't scowl, you'll get wrinkles." He commented
"Shut up, Leo, you're older than me so you can't call anyone old." She retorted.
"I'm older by a year, hardly a difference."
Eilish stuck her tongue out. Hazel and Talon watched amusedly while their trainers argued, though they eventually fell asleep.
Eilish sighed, before noticing that Talon and Hazel were asleep. "I can't leave tonight now, can I? Not when my pokémon is asleep."
"We'll stay here, and tomorrow we can go to my house in Oldale." Leo said.
Eilish sighed, but pulled a blue sleeping bag out of her pack. She unfolded it onto the floor, and got inside it.
Leo cursed silently, before looking at Eilish awkwardly. "I left my pack at home. I was only meant to be looking for some berries."
Eilish sighed, before moving over in her own sleeping bag. It was big enough to fit two people in, but could fold to a surprisingly small size.
Leo smiled, and got in, taking his shoes off, and putting them beside Eilish's shoes that where behind them.
She turned around to him, "Don't get any ideas."
"I'm not like that. You should know me by now, since we practically grew up together." Leo said, somewhat defensively.
"Whatever." Eilish said dismissively, turning away.
Leo smirked, and curled up slightly. He soon fell asleep.
Eilish listened to his steady breathing, though she couldn't fall asleep. Her thought lingered on the boy sharing her sleeping bag, the boy she had knew for almost all of her life. He had helped her through poké- preschool when she was picked on due to her odd eye colour.
She turned to face him, smiling at his serene sleeping state. She watched as a single strand of white hair moved towards, then away, and back, his mouth as he breathed.
She eventually fell into an odd sleep, full of dreams about her best friend.
I added the second main character, whooo! I hope y'all are liking it, and I'll try and update both of my fan fics when I have the chance.
Oh, thanks Qwara for helping me with Leo's description. This is an altered version of the original chapter two, I made him an albino to go with his white hair- the hair colour was my idea, lol. Thanks a load Qwara.