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 05: Preparations

Violet hummed to herself as she was using a cloth to clean the Boulder Badge, a look of glee on her face.

It was still surreal even a few hours after the match.

She won her very first Gym Battle and this was proof of it.

Now she just needs to get the other seven and she'll be all set for the League.

Both Stinger and Silk were currently asleep in their Pokeballs after eating, wanting to sleep inside there for the night, so she was currently by herself.

Giving the badge another wipe with it gleaming, Violet opened the badge case she was given from Nurse Joy upon receiving the badge and placed it in there.

"Alright, next up is the water gym and I'll definitely have a Paras by the time I get there." Violet quietly mused while reopening the Trainer Guide to see that it showed the Pokemon that Misty used after a trainer had one badge.

This would be the last time she could do this as after two badges it leaves the rest for a surprise to allow for rookie trainers to plan with unknown factors. But for now she was taking advantage of this.

If a trainer had one badge then Misty uses a Staryu and Starmie, but given how that last one was part psychic, Violet knew that she couldn't use Stinger if she wanted to avoid being at a disadvantage like she was for Brock.

"So next battle I'll use Silk and the Paras I'll catch and the third Gym will be the Electric one so I'll avoid using Silk and use Stinger and the Paras… By the time I'm at the fourth Gym I should be able to catch a Venonat."

Once she has four she'll try to come up with a plan for the next four.

… Then again she should probably just focus on getting the second one before she plans too far ahead.

Leaning back, Violet glanced towards the computer that was in the room with a phone attached to it and blinked in thought.

Maybe she could call Professor Oak? It was still early and she wanted to show that she was doing well with what he asked her to do. Sure she hasn't captured any Pokemon but the two she has, but she has scanned just about every Pokemon she came across.

"What's his number?" Violet mused just now realizing she didn't even know before she gained an idea and checked her Pokedex.

Thankfully she was right in guessing that his number was in there.

So she typed it into the Computer and waited with the phone to her ear as it rang before the Professor picked up.

"Yes hello-?" Prof. Oak began only to give a smile. "Ah Violet, it's been awhile. How are you?"

"I'm doing great Professor." Violet said with a smile. "I managed to beat the first Gym."

"Did you now?" Prof. Oak asked, cupping his chin with a glint of amusement in his eyes. "I suppose congratulations are in order, your Weedle has become quite a fine Beedrill and you've certainly showed off your Butterfree's strengths."

Violet's smile got wider before she blinked in confusion. "Wait, how do you know about that? This is the first time I've called since you gave me the Pokedex."

"Remember? Any data your Pokedex gains is sent to me for analysis and as your sponsor for being a trainer I'm given access to footage of your Gym Battles." Prof. Oak answered like it wasn't a big deal while Violet's eyes widened.

She didn't know about that last one.

"First Badge or no, defeating Brock isn't an easy feat, I knew I made the right choice in giving you the Pokedex." Prof. Oak told her with Violet looking down shyly.

"T-Thanks."

It was a little embarrassing to be complimented like that. Sure she took the one from Brock easily, but the adrenaline of the battle kept her from overthinking it.

As she did that, Prof. Oak's smile slowly dropped as he adopted a concerned expression. "But enough on that, how are you faring after the Forest?" He asked making her tense up. "Green told me about what happened."

Right, she forgot that Green was his grandson, of course he would know.

Unsure of what to say at first, Violet sighed. "I don't know," She said softly, her head down while her hat hid her eyes, the memories of that day going through her head once more. "I'm trying not to focus on it, but it's hard."

Prof. Oak gave an understanding nod. "I would've been worried if it wasn't, I'm sorry you had to go through that, especially so early in your journey," His eyes softened a bit when Violet finally looked up. "Here's some advice, don't push something like this down, it might be hard to think about it but ignoring it won't help."

Violet nodded to show she understood. "I'll keep that in mind, thank you."

"That's all I ask," Prof. Oak looked relieved as while he was still having problems trying to get his grandson to understand that, at least Violet wasn't doing the same. "Now if I might make a suggestion, how long do you plan to stay in Pewter?"

Violet blinked, not expecting that question. "I planned to leave tomorrow, why?"

"While you might want to continue your journey I would advise you to explore the city you're in," Prof. Oak smiled, no doubt recalling some memories from his journey. "Your journey isn't just about reaching your dream, it's about the memories you make along the way and one of the best memories is seeing different places, not just making it to the next place."

After all, memories are what make the journey in his opinion and this way if she does explore the city more, she'll have more good ones to counter the bad ones like the Kangaskhan.

Thinking that over, Violet smiled actually liking the idea.

In fact wasn't the Pewter Museum an important part of the city? Perhaps she could visit there?

The next day, Violet held a look of awe while in the museum after paying the fee of fifty Pokedollars for a child ticket to get in, passing by a bone structure of an Aerodactyl, one of the Fossil Pokemon that were extinct.

Just seeing the teeth on that thing made her shiver.

'It's dead you won't see one in real life.' Violet reminded herself, though the bones were enough for the Pokedex to scan it.

It's too bad that Stinger and Silk couldn't stay out to see this with her, the Museum had a rule about Pokemon being in their Pokeballs and they were even more adamant with Stinger, most people were scared of Beedrills though given how a swarm of them chase people it was kind of justified.

Putting the Pokedex up, Violet readjusted her hat when she walked towards a case showing various stones.

They were Evolution Stones that were used and no longer worked, but they were donated to allow for others to see them. At least no one would try and steal worn out evolution stones which was what made them perfect for the Museum.

They were pretty cool to see, though Violet knew that they were expensive.

Not like she would need them as no bug Pokemon evolve from stones as far as she knew.

Taking the sight of them in, Violet walked away, passing by an exhibit detailing how Pokemon like Clefairy's were from the moon along with the Moon Stones that they evolve with.

Instead she looked at the various fossils of Pokemon like Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto and Kabutops.

"Too bad there aren't any bug Pokemon Fossils." Violet whispered in disappointment, though she quickly forgot that as she saw an exhibit on the Space Shuttle where people managed to land on the moon. "Whoa."

"It's an amazing thing isn't it?" A voice asked with Violet giving a nod. "It just shows how far people can go given enough time."

"Can you imagine being up there, looking down on the planet?" Violet asked turning to the person she was speaking to, seeing a young woman with red hair currently pulled into a ponytail and glasses over amber eyes, wearing a black sleeveless shirt with a blue jacket over it, a purple pencil skirt and black high heels.

The woman smiled at her. "Makes one wonder doesn't it?"

Violet gave a nod before blinking as this woman looked a bit familiar. "Um do I know you?" She asked tilting her head in confusion.

If anything the question made the woman smile in amusement. "Doubt it, but you can call me Kanna," She said to her. "It's nice to see a child taking time to learn more about the world, I take it you're a trainer?"

"Y-Yeah, Prof. Oak suggested that I take time to explore the cities." Violet said without thinking with the name drop catching Kanna's attention, making the woman cup her chin in thought.

"Prof. Oak? Quite the connection you have."

Violet tensed and stammered out a bit red. "N-No, I just met him and he-er gave me advice."

It seemed that her nervousness was enough for Kanna to laugh. "Take it easy, I was just teasing."

Violet looked down at that, a little embarrassed.

It was almost enough for Kanna to tease her a bit further, not in a mean way, but it was nice to actually talk to someone who didn't know who she was and none of her colleagues were fun to tease. Though as rare as it was all it took was one person to recognize her.

"So I take it you're doing the Gym Challenge?" Kanna asked curiously given how that was the goal a lot of trainers attempted.

Hearing that question, Violet gave a short nod, still not looking up. "Y-Yes, I managed to get my first badge yesterday."

"Oh?" Kanna looked rather amused at that remembering how proud a lot of trainers can be after getting their first badge. "Good for you."

Violet will admit she had no idea if Kanna was being genuine or sarcastic.

It was kind of hard to tell with people.

"T-Thanks." She said assuming it was the former, giving a small smile. "I still have a lot to learn."

"Don't we all?" Kanna looked back at some of the exhibits, mostly the fossil ones in thought. "Well it was nice meeting you, but I need to get going soon."

"O-Okay, have a good day Miss Kanna." Violet said while the woman walked away.

Kanna made it outside when her pokegear rang leaving for her to pick it up, already knowing who it was from the Ringtone. "Yes Lance, what is it?"

"Just checking to see if anyone made a move for those Fossils Lorelei." A sharp tone of a young man answered back. "We've already had a few attempts at the resurrection labs."

"No one's attempted to go for them, I'll keep a watch on them for the rest of the week before Agitha takes watch, any word from Bruno?" Lorelei leaned against the wall when she spoke, watching some of the civilians of Pewter pass by, none of them glancing her way showing how despite her status she wasn't as recognized as the other members of the Elite Four.

Probably the reason that Lance had her keep watch as even after a few years they were still trying to rebuild the Kanto League to what it was before the war.

"He's currently training near Rock Tunnel and isn't answering my calls." Lorelei swore she heard exasperation in Lance's tone. "If I didn't know him I would say he's ignoring me."

That brought a smile to Lorelei's face. "You know how he gets, especially when the Indigo League starts up."

After all, the winner of the League has the honor of challenging the Elite Four, not only that but they do have exhibition matches where the Gym Leaders compete against each other along with the Elite Four holding their own matches.

Most of it is to help keep their skills sharp and to show the world the true teams of the Gyms rather than the one that they use regularly for the Gym Battles. It's also so any of the Elite Four can try and take Lance's Championship status despite how the Dragon Master has kept it for a good decade already.

"Yes, but you know that the tournament this year has a lot more to it." Lance brought up with Lorelei giving a bit of a sad smile.

"You mean with Agitha's retirement?" Lorelei asked remembering the elderly trainer who has been a part of the Elite Four for decades, long before her, Lance or Bruno.

"Not only would this be a standard tournament but it's also to find a suitable replacement for Agitha." Lance reminded her. "The League Association has sent in some recommendations of various Ace Trainers who have been making strides, though two have caught my attention."

"Two?" Lorelei asked with a quirked brow. "Shouldn't it be one?"

Lance said nothing to that before Lorelei heard hushed voices on his end before the man spoke. "I need to get going, apparently there have been Rocket sightings near Saffron."

Hearing that made Lorelei's warm eyes grow cold. "Make sure to burn a few of them for me." She said with no hint of remorse in her tone.

Team Rocket was quite a sore subject for any member of the Elite Four with their existence being a failure on their part. Especially with how long they've been trying to stomp them out.

Violet eventually made her way sort of Cafe later in the day as she sat outside sipping on some lemonade with a sweet taste, her hat currently on the table.

Today was a lot of fun in her opinion.

Sure it wasn't the same as travelling through the Forest where she had her Pokemon out, but it was the first city that she explored that wasn't Viridian and the Museum was quite the learning experience.

She did plan to do some last minute shopping with restocking her supplies after this last stop and then leave for Mt. Moon tomorrow morning.

As she imagined the journey through Mt. Moon, a voice spoke up behind her.

"Well you're certainly taking it easy, aren't you Violet?"

Eyes widening, Violet turned to see Green who looked like he was passing by.

"Tch to think Gramps wasted his time to give you a Pokedex, I'm almost embarrassed to have you as a Rival on this journey." Green scoffed.

A familiar surge of anger shot through Violet as she stood up pretty quickly. "What was that?" She asked in a low voice.

A few weeks ago she would've taken that without a fight, but after winning the Boulder Badge she was rather proud of her team's strength right now. Enough to not want to take anymore insults to them.

… Wait?

"Almost?" Violet echoed with Green giving her a dull look.

"Yeah, Gramps said you managed to luck your way through the first Gym, I'll admit I wasn't expecting that," Green allowed a small smirk at seeing her annoyance. "Oh, do you wish to fight?"

In answer to that, Violet pulled out Stinger's Pokeball while Green reached for his Eevee's, only for another voice to cut in.

"If you're going to battle, take it outside!" The owner of the Cafe shouted not wanting any of that around his business.

Violet looked rather sheepish at that while Green huffed and turned to walk away before stopping.

"Nugget Bridge."

"What?"

"I said Nugget Bridge, it's in Cerulean City," Green repeated himself, glancing back actually enjoying Violet's confused face. "I'll be there next week. If you show up we'll battle there."

With that said, he walked off with Violet glaring daggers at his back.

"If? I'll definitely be there!" She shouted after him only to frown as Green waved it off. "Tch."

She sat back down now finding the sweet lemonade to taste bitter.

Green reminded her too much of Lucy who Violet was pretty positive she could beat with her team right now.

So she didn't want to take any more insults.

"Let's see I'll need some more potions, the Antidotes are stocked up pretty well and I'm only aiming to catch one Pokemon so I'm good on Pokeballs," Violet mused at the Pokemart, carrying a hand basket that had potions and berries along with some regular ingredients to make herself some food. "Though it'll be my first time in a Mountain so I need to prepare, should I get a flashlight?"

Then there were the Repels considering the rumors she's heard of the various Zubats that ambush trainers at almost every step.

As Zubat wasn't a Bug Type she wasn't going to try and catch it, but she could train Silk up against them considering their poison typing would leave them vulnerable to her Confusion attack?

And once she has a Paras she could train that Pokemon up against the rock types of the cave due to it being grass along with bug to get it caught up with the rest of her team.

Stinger won't be any good against some of them sadly enough. She could use the Bide TM she got from Brock to give him another move, though she should probably save it in case she actually needed it for another Pokemon. After all TM's were good for one use before they broke so she had to be sure of which Pokemon learned what TM's whenever she gets more.

She should stock up on more water in case she ever gets lost.

"I recommend a compass if you don't already have one." An amused voice broke Violet out of her rambling.

"Huh?" She turned in surprise only to see Brock who looked like he was doing some shopping of his own, carrying two different types of hand baskets packed to the rim with items. "Brock?"

Brock gave a nod considering his hands were full, quirking a brow a bit. "You are preparing for Mt. Moon, right?" He asked with Violet giving a nod. "Then a Compass is a must have if you want to avoid getting lost."

On hearing that Violet felt like an idiot for forgetting something so obvious.

"T-Thanks." Violet muttered in a low tone.

"It's not a problem, I'm preparing to head there myself soon." Brock revealed surprising Violet.

"You are?"

"It's where I train my team up." Brock revealed, though he kept the part about him excavating fossils that are found there to donate to the museum.

While Violet seemed like a decent trainer he figured she didn't need to know that part.

Violet tilted her head before nodding given how that made sense.

Geodudes were found there along with the occasional Onix, the latter are too strong for any rookie trainers to deal with, so perhaps Brock goes there every once in awhile to ensure they're taken care of?

"Hey do you-," Violet began before pausing and sighing. "Never mind."

"Hm?" Brock gave her a curious look as she began to search the shelves for a compass. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I was going to ask if you knew where Paras were regularly found but to be honest I think I'd rather try to find one on my own." She revealed given how it was her journey.

Prof. Oak already helped her out a lot, she wanted to improve on her own terms.

"I won't tell you where, but they love to burrow into the ground, so if you find any dirt that's freshly moved chances are it's a Paras or a Sandshrew." Brock revealed, respecting her decision in wanting to find them but leaving a hint of how to locate where they would be.

Hearing that made Violet give a smile in appreciation.

"Hello? May I help you two with something?" A female clerk came up with a kind smile.

Violet went to politely refuse, only to blink as Brock was suddenly down to one knee with the clerk's hand in his own, his two baskets off to the side while the Clerk smiled rather awkwardly.

"You sure can, I've been lost and you've showed the way with your bright smile." Brock flirted while Violet stared both awkwardly and in surprise.

This was a side of Brock she didn't think she would see.

"Thanks Brock but I think you can find your own way." The clerk said showing how often this happened.

A flash of light erupted from Brock's belt with a rather large, bipedal stone-like creature with sharp red eyes and two fangs showing in the upper jaw, its stone-like tail uncurling while the Pokemon rolled its eyes in annoyance and grabbed Brock by the back of his shirt lifting the lovestruck Gym Leader up to leave.

"Uh." Violet had no words while a Geodude popped out of another one of Brock's pokeballs to grab the baskets the Rhydon left behind.

"Don't worry, Brock does that every time he comes here." The clerk said with a good-natured smile. "In fact he does that to every girl he meets, it's how he is and his Pokemon do a good job of keeping him in line."

Taking that in, Violet tilted her head. "Wait, he didn't do that with me."

Not that she was complaining but if he did that to every girl why not her? Should she feel insulted or not?

The Clerk gave a giggle at her confused expression. "He doesn't do it to anyone younger than him, he's a romanticist not a pedophile."

"I see," Violet really didn't, but figured it was probably not important. "Hey where are the Compasses?"

"Alright I think that's everything." Violet said happily back in the room she rented out in the Pokemon Center, this being the last night she was using it.

She had everything packed up, the sandwiches and trail mix wrapped up. The food for her Pokemon all canned to avoid it going bad, though she bought some berries that were in a bag to keep them fresh until she needed them. Her water was filled back up with extras in her bag and she had enough advice to get through Mt. Moon.

No more putting it off.

Besides it shouldn't be that difficult, plenty of trainers go through Mt. Moon with relative ease, so she'll be fine.

Giving a yawn, Violet wondered how long it would take for her to get through Mt. Moon, it shouldn't be as long as the Forest so she could deal with that. The only thing she's not really looking forward to is the fact that unlike the forest the ground would be pretty hard to sleep on inside of the Mountain.

"I'm going to miss this bed." Violet muttered glancing at the bed, already imagining the pain her back would be in after getting through there.

But that was one of the prices of being on a journey and she wasn't going to let that stop her.

To Be Continued...

Party Data

Starter

Name: Stinger

Species: Beedrill

Type: Poison/Bug

Gender: Male

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

Characteristics: Capable of taking hits. (Up Defense)

Lv. 16

Caught at Lv. 3

Ability: Sniper

Moves: Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden, Fury Attack and Focus Energy.

2nd Pokemon

Name: Silk

Species: Butterfree

Type: Bug/Flying

Gender: Female

Nature: Bold (Up Defense/Down Attack)

Characteristics: Thoroughly Cunning (Up Sp. Attack)

Lv. 15

Caught at Lv. 5

Ability: Compound Eyes

Moves: Tackle, String Shot, Harden, Confusion, Poison Powder, Stun Spore and Sleep Powder.

Man this has to be my shortest chapter yet with this story, not much going on but enough to make it interesting. I didn't just want to run the character into Mt. Moon immediately after the first gym and I wanted to expand a bit on Pewter City and do a bit more world-building in this chapter.

After all, who was expecting for Lorelei to make an appearance this early? Most people go for Lance to be the first Elite Four member a character runs into, but I think with the setting, Lorelei would've been great. Unlike the others she's not as well known as proven in the Pokemon Let's Go games where Team Rocket of all people didn't even know who she was when she appeared. This way I can give them some time to shine instead of having them be the Elite Four at all times. Plus it'll be fun to type Violet's reaction when she realizes who 'Kanna' is and for Lorelei's reaction when Violet makes a bit of a name for herself.

Next up, we have more on Brock with me adding his infamous flirting personality as I always loved that part of him in the Anime, it was hilarious, especially when his Pokemon started to keep him in check in place of Misty and Max. It also showed one of his Pokemon from his actual team being Rhydon which is a pretty powerful Pokemon for a Rock Gym Leader to have. It gives him more depth like when in the game you learn that he excavates fossils at Mt. Moon.

Then we have some more interaction between Green and Violet with the two still not getting along, though with Violet having a Gym Badge she's starting to prove she's not that bad of a trainer and it's enough to test Green's curiosity in a battle, though he wants to wait until the Nugget Bridge as it would give both trainers enough time to train up a bit more. Whoever wins is up in the air though.

Finally we have Prof. Oak giving Violet some advice like he tried with Green. Because honestly I think anyone would given the incident that happened in the Forest and he wanted to make sure she was handling it okay.

Rmarcano321: Yes Brock is pretty funny, he's a great character in my opinion. As for how many chapters, I'm not sure, I do plan to keep the chapters at least 4000-6000 for this story to ensure I get more out, but perhaps 30 will be the limit? I'll know when I get there.

Pokemonking0924: Haha thanks, I do plan to end this-but so does everyone who make a fic. So far the fic is going well so I should be good on that department for now. I'm happy that you're enjoying Violet's character, writing a mature ten year old yet still trying to keep her age is always going to be a challenge. She does seem to possess some luck with the meetings, let's hope that it doesn't run out any time soon. Yes Stinger will someday be able to mega-evolve but that won't be coming for a very long time. You will learn more about Violet's family as time passes on, I do have some plans for them. Green isn't really full of himself, he's just confident with good reason and if you mean fully evolved like her obtaining a Scizor before the League then no. She'll only have the Kanto Bugs for that part, I'm going by Generation release for the moves and Pokemon to make things easy to type in the beginning. She might catch a different type to trade for a bug in the future, haven't decided yet. Yes Team Rocket is shown to be cruel in this story as the lore always had them perform inhumane experiments which I decided to show here, it basically shows how much of a threat they are compared to Canon. The First Gym Battle was a blast to type even if I limited the moves that Brock would know it was certainly a thrill to show how much of a threat he could be even like that. He is a Gym Leader after all. While those are good names for a Paras I already have a nickname for that Pokemon, one that is pretty appropriate given the nature of those Pokemon's evolution. She will eventually use specialized Pokeballs, just not for the Kanto Region.

Darth Monkey: I know what you mean, I played a LG Nuzlocke before and one of my go-to Pokemon was Silk-who I placed in this story and she survived to the very end being key to decimating Agitha with her psychic abilities. So Bugs can be great if one puts the effort into them. I'll try to fix the whole cover thing in the future, just not now.

Lynxgoddess: Thanks, hopefully the development and writing style will keep being interesting and I'm happy I'm making the adventures of a Bug Catcher rather interesting.

Bradilain: Thanks, it was a lot of fun to type the Gym Battle, especially with the MC having quite the disadvantage in terms of types. Yeah Team Yell wasn't really that threatening in comparison, though it was different I'll give them that. But I feel like the teams are lacking in the games with exceptions to Team Plasma and Galactic as both teams are pretty threatening in the games in their own way.