Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, I only own Violet Hawke as my OC.

Summary: Violet Hawke wanted nothing more than to be a Bug Pokemon Trainer, but with how people viewed those types all she got was ridicule until the day she bumped into the local Professor. Now on a journey, she tries to make her goal a reality, but with an Organization coming out of the shadows she has to decide just how much she's willing to risk to realize her goal.

Chapter 02: The Start of a Journey

Violet grimaced as she rolled over in her sleep after sunlight filtered through the window.

She didn't want to open her eyes, not when the bed was so comfortable.

… Wait, sunlight?

Cracking an eye open, Violet tensed when she didn't recognize where she was and sat up rather quickly in a panic. After a few seconds however she calmed down.

Right, she was in Pallet Town after returning the Pokedex to Professor Oak-.

Violet ended up glancing down at the clock only for her eyes to widen as she realized it was eleven in the morning.

She's late for school!

Panicking, Violet jumped out of bed, her feet still caught up in the covers as she tripped and slammed into the floor, having a bout of clumsiness that usually happens around her.

Rubbing her chin in slight pain, Violet didn't let that stop her while she grabbed Stinger's Pokeball and her shoes, not even bothering to fix her hair up in pigtails while she ran out the door only to see the Professor waiting in the study room that was near the front door.

"Ah Violet, I was wondering when you would wake up, I need to talk to you about something." Professor Oak began but Violet kept going.

"Sorry I can't, I'm late for school!" Violet went to run out, but Professor Oak's next words made her stop.

"I took the liberty of calling your school to let them know you wouldn't make it today," Professor Oak commented, leaving out how the principal of said school was in shock that the Pokemon Professor called for something so trivial. "So you don't have to rush. Now please sit down, I wish to talk to you."

Violet gave him a look, unsure of what to say in response to that.

True that meant she won't be in bigger trouble from being late after skipping the other day, but why would the Professor do something like this?

Still it would be rude not to listen, so she walked to the study and sat on the couch while the Professor was sipping his cup of coffee. Seeing the coffee made Violet grimace as she tried that type of drink once before and found it rather bitter.

Taking a few moments to let Violet get comfortable, Professor Oak began. "How do you feel about the idea of helping me with my research?"

Violet blinked, processing that question. "Come again?" She asked thinking she heard wrong.

Why would Professor Oak ask her of all people to help him with his research.

Instead of repeating the question, Professor Oak pulled the Pokedex out and placed it on the table with Violet glancing down at it before looking back up to the Professor in complete confusion.

"Let me rephrase that," Professor Oak said, a smile crossed his lips. "How do you feel about the idea of keeping the Pokedex and going around the Kanto Region to see other Pokemon?"

That request made Violet's eyes go wide in disbelief.

"What?"

She couldn't think of anything else to say.

Professor Oak gave a good natured chuckle at the reaction, finding it appropriate. "I looked at the data you managed to get yesterday with the Pokedex and I saw that Pink Pokemon you encountered yesterday," He began with Violet remembering that strange Pokemon. "Do you know what Pokemon that was?"

Violet shook her head, given how she didn't really try to look into it given how late it was. And with the people chasing it, she wasn't sure if she wanted to know

After a second, Professor Oak smiled. "I would be surprised if you did know considering how little Mew shows itself to others."

The second he said the name Mew, Violet's brain came to a halt, having trouble processing that.

M-Mew? That was Mew?!

She met a Legendary Pokemon the other night?!

"That actually explains those people chasing it." Violet whispered, but that sentence caught the Professor's attention.

"There were people chasing Mew?" The Professor asked calmly with Violet giving a nod. "Can you describe them?"

Fidgeting a bit, no doubt remembering the encounter, Violet spoke while she tapped her fingers on her leg to help calm herself down. "They wore black and they had a red R on their chest." She said, the description making the Professor's eyes narrow in annoyance.

"So it is them, Team Rocket." Professor Oak said the name with anger that surprised Violet. "You were very lucky they didn't do anything to you."

"Team Rocket?" Violet asked, never hearing of them before. "Who are they?"

Professor Oak was silent at this, debating whether or not to share this with a young child before deciding it was better that she knew if she accepted his proposition.

Leaving Violet in the dark about who they were could get her hurt. This way she'll know to avoid them in the future.

"First off, do you remember the Pokemon War that happened a good twelve years ago that caused some of the regions to remain cut off from each other?"

Violet gave a nod as that was an important History Lesson taught in school. "The Kanto-Johto-Orre War?"

"Precisely, it was a rather dark time for Kanto's History with a lot of trainers dying in said war," Professor Oak's eyes showed a lot of bad memories of that time. "It's the war responsible for the Kanto Region's decline in trainers as most of them are rather up there in years or too young."

It was also the reason that the age a person could become a trainer was ten as the Kanto League wanted to fill the ranks back up again over time. Still they were better off than the Johto Region as their stock market crashed after the war as they didn't have much money compared to the Kanto Region. And the Orre Region was practically devastated by the war with their League being entirely destroyed in the aftermath leaving the region to fend for itself.

While Violet grimaced at the thought of death she wasn't naive about it, they desensitized kids to the idea of death the minute they started Trainer School given how dangerous the world could be. It was a way to avoid having rookie trainers not go into shock when something terrible happens.

"Because of that a lot of criminals were pardoned to help with the war effort but they stuck together, forming a group that would eventually become known as Team Rocket," Professor Oak looked away, no doubt remembering how he had a lot of misgivings about the idea. "While they did help secure a victory for the Kanto Region, they began to cause problems and even outright mistreated Pokemon, using them as tools for both war and crime."

Hearing that she ran into criminals made Violet pale in slight terror. "So when you said I was lucky-?"

"If they knew you saw Mew or they weren't too busy, chances were they would've stolen your Pokemon and more." Professor Oak left out that they might've killed her too.

But they probably deemed her not worth it given how she only had a Weedle.

Violet swallowed the lump in her throat.

"The Elite Four are doing everything they can to capture these criminals so they won't be out for too long." Professor Oak said, giving her a calming smile.

"R-Right."

So avoid anyone wearing anything with a red 'R' on it.

Seeing that she looked scared, Professor Oak steered the conversation back to his original intent thinking that was probably enough info on them for the young girl. "You see Violet, it's my dream to make a complete catalogue on every Pokemon in the world, it's been my dream ever since I was a young boy," The Professor had a gleam in his eyes when he spoke. "That was the reason the Pokedex was created, but I'm too old, I can't go around to do this anymore."

Violet tilted her head in interest, now getting why the Professor asked her. "So you want me to go on a journey?"

"And with the Pokedex you can complete your own goal of proving to everyone how strong Bug Pokemon are," The Professor revealed with Violet tensing in realization. "With it you'll have quite the advantage over countless people."

A chance to prove that Bug Pokemon were strong, and by doing this she'll have a headstart on everyone else in the Trainer School who would have to wait until they graduate in two months to begin their journey.

It was too good to be true.

"Why me?" Violet whispered, having some doubt. "I'm just a kid you met yesterday."

"A kid that risked a lot to return the Pokedex, that says a lot about you." Professor Oak reminded her. "Now will you?"

Violet glanced back at the Pokedex a hint of longing on her face mixed with apprehension.

Could she do this? Should she?

The Professor was asking quite a lot from her, but shouldn't that be more of a reason to accept?

Then again she might screw this up somehow.

But with it she could accomplish her goal and see the world.

A bit at war with herself, Violet came to a decision and looked at Professor Oak with clear determination in her eyes, a rare sight for those who knew her. "I'll do it."

"Splendid!" Professor Oak sounded excited. "Now the Pokedex is yours to use as you wish, within reason that is, I'll start off by creating a Trainer ID for you and register you as an assistant alongside my Grandson Green."

"Green?" Violet asked, not expecting that.

"Yes, he has the other Pokedex I mentioned," Professor Oak explained with Violet not expecting that. "As such both of you will be helping me out, he's somewhere out in Route 31 at the moment."

Professor Oak was about to suggest that perhaps they would meet up but decided not to as while he loved his Grandson he wasn't blind to how cold the young trainer could be.

Hopefully his journey would help him be a little friendly towards others.

Slowly Violet trudged on back home in thought, looking at the Pokedex that was now officially hers in one hand and the other being her new Trainer ID that was blue to signify her being a rookie, something she shouldn't even have as of yet.

This was an outcome she never expected.

She was officially a trainer instead of a student with a Pokemon.

As such she had the standard start of 3000 Pokedollars, she could buy trainer related items such as Antidotes, Paralyze Heals, ecterra and she could legally travel the region now and was legally an adult in the eyes of the Kanto Region which was just crazy to think about.

For a second, Violet imagined the look on Lucy's face when she heard about this with a rather vindictive smile, but she shook her head with her shoulders slumped knowing that despite this Lucy would still be able to beat her in a battle pretty easily.

She didn't want to think about that.

Right now she had to prepare for her journey.

… Her Journey, those words kept repeating in her head.

Taking a deep breath, Violet thought about her steps.

While she was going to travel around the Region per the Professor's Request she can't do it with just Stinger, especially with him being a Weedle, so the first thing she has to do is train him until he's a Beedrill. She'll try to catch a Caterpie in Viridian Forest to get a Butterfree as well.

From there she'll move on and she'll add the other four Kanto Bug Pokemon as she finds them.

Paras, Venonat, Scyther and Pinsir.

The last two would be pretty hard to find given their rarity but they're a must for a Bug Team and Paras is said to be inside of Mt. Moon, which is near Pewter City, so it will be the third Pokemon she'll catch.

That was her plan for a team, but Violet had no idea what she wanted to do. Journey's were for trainers to find their goal in life.

But what would her goal be beyond showing how strong Bugs could be?

"I guess I'll find out on the way." Violet decided as she should just go home and pack.

Pack, make plans, ensure she has food and get a map of the region, so she won't get lost.

At least she knows how to survive in the wilds as at school they taught survival training in the first month to make sure every kid knew what to do and what not to do when it came to being away from a town or city.

Hearing a snarl, Violet glanced up to see a few Rattata that were glaring at her and while she hesitated, she knew that Stinger needed the experience to get stronger, so she pulled his Pokeball out.

"Let's see." Violet was back home in her room looking through some supplies while Stinger was on her desk eating the promised bowl of honey soaked leaves with berries, some new injuries that were treated from a stop at the Pokemon Center.

Currently she had different clothes, rope, medicine, food, canteens of water, a local map of the region which would help immensely, some Pokeballs.

That was practically it, a lot of this stuff drained her starting funds from 3000 to 250 Pokedollars and if she wanted to get it back up she would have to win battles against other Trainers. But she could also lose money by losing battles as well which is the most likely outcome due to her inexperience.

Now she just had to pack this stuff into her new bag which was given to new trainers when they set foot inside of the Pokemart after obtaining their license. It used the same technology as Pokeballs to hold a lot of items.

There were rumors that she would be able to fit a whole bicycle in this type of bag, but Violet had her doubts about that rumor. Still, it was a good item to have for her journey.

Especially since it worked like a satchel which had one strap that would make it easy to carry. Though she'll keep her Pokeballs that contain the Pokemon she has on her belt for easy access.

Hearing noise, Violet looked to see Stinger using String Shot to pull himself up to the bed, his bowl now empty. "Are you satisfied?" She asked in amusement while the Bug Pokemon curled around her items making her giggle. "I guess so."

Her giggling made Stinger sit up before bending over as if he was about to pounce in a playful manner.

Stinger was acting like a baby Growlithe right now, it was adorable.

So she stopped preparing and rubbed his stomach, the Weedle melting like putty in her hands as he rolled over to allow more of his stomach to be rubbed.

While she did that, she looked from him to the desk where he was before she realized that he used String Shot to move quickly as opposed to crawling around.

Could that be used in battles?

In fact what else could String Shot be used for rather than blinding others and slowing them down?

"Perhaps it could be used for traps?" Violet stopped rubbing Stinger much to his chagrin and cupped her chin in thought. "Especially if we fire it at the ground under the pretense of missing, it could give any enemies less maneuverability."

Stinger tilted his head at her incessant mumbling, barely hearing her.

"Then we could use so much that they can't move and the speed of using it to get from one place to another would give us an advantage," Violet continued now pacing, getting way too into her thoughts. "How has nobody tried that before? It could change how Bug Pokemon fight! Especially if we add barbs of Poison Sting to it to cause some damage along with immobilizing any targets-."

Having enough, Stinger fired a small String Shot to her leg catching her attention.

"Oh uh, sorry about that," Violet rubbed the back of her head with some slight embarrassment on her face. "Haven't done that in awhile."

She tends to mumble when she overthinks on something she finds interesting.

But right now she was just happy to find a use for String Shot that she was sure not many people would think of.

Especially when Stinger evolves into Kakuna, String Shot might have enough uses to ensure he could still battle?

That night she was wearing a black nightgown with Pokeball emblems stitched on the hems while she lay in bed, looking over the Pokedex a bit, Stinger curled up next to her.

She was looking at the information it had on her Starter showing the Level Function.

It said that Stinger evolved at seven, he was currently six due to those Rattata from earlier and he started out at three back when she picked up the Pokedex. So he'll evolve pretty soon if she keeps it up which had her pretty excited at the thought of seeing an actual evolution.

Learning about it was one thing, but actually seeing it? It would be amazing.

Perhaps someday she'll be able to beat Lucy in an actual battle? Though Violet was realistic and knew she wouldn't be ready for quite awhile.

But then there was this Green that Professor Oak mentioned, she wondered if he would be friendly or not.

If they were both working on this Pokedex, perhaps they could be friends?

Violet really hoped that would be the case, but deep down she wondered if she was being too optimistic for something that probably wouldn't happen.

She couldn't help but hope it will happen though.

Yawning in the process, Violet figured she should get some rest as the next day she was going to be heading into the Forest in order to get her second Pokemon and do some training.

Her Journey would officially begin in the morning.

Violet hummed to herself the next morning as she was ready to go, she was just putting the finishing touches on her hair, tying them into pigtails like she usually does.

She already ate, same with Stinger who was currently in his Pokeball attached to her belt, she was packed with everything she would need to get to Pewter City which was at least a good few days of travel through the Forest, hopefully by then she'll have both a Beedrill and Butterfree when she gets there.

Finally she ensured she had plenty of Antidotes, while Stinger was immune to Poison they were for her in case she gets poisoned or for her future Caterpie as they work for both Human and Pokemon.

It was something to consider when traveling.

Her two canteens were filled with water and she had a few bags of trail mix and wrapped sandwiches which should be enough to get her through the Forest.

Taking one last look in the mirror, determination filled Violet's face.

She can do this.

Getting through the Forest would only be the first step, but she needed to prove she deserved to assist Professor Oak.

"When in doubt, smile and move." Violet whispered remembering finding one of her Mom's old journals and that was something she always said when getting ready for something.

With that done, she left her room and bounded down the stairs two at a time before stopping in the living room.

It looked to be a casual room bare of anything that stood out except for one thing.

A glass cabinet that was turned into what looked to be a shrine, complete with a picture of a young woman with shoulder length black hair showing a kind smile.

It was far from the only picture as there were a few of her in both casual and formal wear. But above the pictures was a single straw hat that she wore in the casual pictures with two feathers in it.

Swallowing a bit, Violet smiled. "Hi Mom." She said to the makeshift shrine, looking from it to the floor. "I guess this is the last time we'll talk in awhile."

Due to her Dad being out of town most of the time, Violet made a habit of talking to the picture of her Mom, always imagining what it would've been like if she didn't die from an illness when she was a baby.

Instead she only had the journals to learn about her.

Forcing herself to look at the picture, Violet continued, grabbing Stinger's Pokeball to hold it up to the picture as if the woman could see it. "I got my Pokemon License yesterday and I have a Pokemon, I think you would love Stinger, he's pretty affectionate." Slowly she lowered the Pokeball, a sad look going across her face. "Dad's doing great too, he's been working hard in Saffron City and he sends letters."

There was some bitterness in her tone that she tried to hide when she said that before she felt Stinger's Pokeball wiggle in her grasp making her giggle, feeling a bit better.

Right, she forgot that unless they were in stasis, Pokemon could sense something going on with their trainers while inside of the Pokeball.

So she placed it back on her belt and looked at the shrine one last time, this time her gaze going to the straw hat and she hesitated.

Truth be told she was thinking about taking the hat with her. It might seem disrespectful, but she wanted to have a piece of her mother with her on this journey.

Would that be so bad?

After a few seconds of contemplation, the young girl caved and moments later she was holding the hat, turning it over before she slowly placed it on her head where it was a little loose.

… She'll just have to grow into it a bit.

With that done, she gave the house one last look before walking out the front door, locking it behind her.

Professor Oak rubbed his tired eyes as he spent most of the night going over one of his old Research Papers, something he did years ago in his youth.

Most of it was outdated but there were times when he would forget something he wrote about a long time ago that would still be viable in the near future.

It was an old thesis on where humanity came from as it was discovered through ruins that Pokemon were here much longer than humans were since ancient times before a meteorite hit the world and killed off a good amount of them such as the Fossil Like Pokemon known as Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, Omnastar and Aerodactyl.

After the meteorite, humans started to appear and throughout the years there was little to no explanation on where they came from, or how they could bond easily with Pokemon.

Though there were notes at how Humans evolved along with Pokemon throughout the different generations becoming pretty durable, not to the point of surviving a Hyper Beam or a Dragon Claw, but they could easily survive being electrocuted or a rather large fall as before they were rather fragile in the beginning. Then there were the papers of Psychic Humans that the Professor managed to study in his earlier years with different questions in his mind.

Were Humans evolved from Pokemon? Were they new life given form? And then there were the Pokemon themselves.

Where did they come from? How many were there? In Kanto, there were said to be 150, though Oak knew better then that from before the war when other Pokemon used to be seen around this region before they migrated away to the regions they're most commonly seen in.

'I wonder how Violet is doing?' Prof. Oak mused with a hum. 'If she waited until today she should be in the Forest by now.'

His Grandson should be in there as well, hopefully they have a good first meeting.

"Quick Attack." A cold voice ordered as a small fox-like Pokemon with brown and white fur slammed into a Pidgeotto, knocking it out. "Just one hit? Not even worth catching."

The one who spoke was a ten year old boy with spiky brown hair wearing a long sleeved blue shirt and jeans.

In his hands was a Pokedex.

"Besides I already have a Pidgey, no use in wasting a Pokeball if I'm just going to evolve him." Green Oak said while the Eevee sat next to his foot patiently, feeling rather proud of his achievement in knocking the evolved bird out in one hit.

Currently he had at least twelve Pokemon captured for his Grandfather's research, once some of them were fully evolved for the Pokedex he'll send them to his Grandfather, though he'll keep a few for the team he's planning to make.

"Now where are you?" Green muttered as there were rumors of a powerful Pokemon going on a rampage in this forest, one that he's been searching for quite awhile.

Closing the Pokedex, Green figured he might as well train up his team while searching.

After all, he had his own goals on this journey.

To Be Continued…

Starter

Name: Stinger

Species: Weedle

Type: Poison/Bug

Gender: Male

Nature: Naughty (Up Attack/Down Sp. Defense)

Characteristics: Capable of taking hits. (Up Defense)

Lv. 6

Caught at Lv. 3

Ability: Run Away

Moves: Poison Sting and String Shot

Wow not as long as the previous chapter but I was starting to run out of things to put in this chapter. But Violet is officially a Pokemon Trainer right now with a license and everything, though she's still a long way from actually accomplishing anything.

Plus we have a bit of world-building with the war theory from the games being put into effect, a bit more of Violet's personality being revealed and a first look at Green who's starter is the same as the Yellow version as giving him an actual starter would've been too easy.

Finally some information from Professor Oak about Humans and Pokemon with his research. It's a way to explain how Humans are still around when you have walking natural disasters or nukes that they can capture and train, as Humans are pretty much like cockroaches at times with surviving you would think that over the many years they would adapt. It's my way of explaining how they survive attacks in the Anime. And due to how dangerous they are, death is a thing that happens in the Pokemon world which is why they desensitize kids to it.

It's one of the reasons some of the kids can be mature in some areas, though they are still kids so immaturity is a thing that still happens.