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 14: All Aboard the SS. Anne
Violet was humming as she was now reading up on the SS Anne late at night given how tomorrow would be the day she would be on the ship.
Nothing interesting happened at the beach, well except for her just having fun with her Pokemon, something she needed after everything else so she wasn't complaining. No one approached her though given how she had a Beedrill out at the Beach, but Violet didn't mind.
Even Parasite seemed to act a bit more alive despite her current muted state so that was a big plus for her.
Though right now she wished that she was smart about being out there for so long given she had a bit of a sunburn now.
Still it was worth it.
"I'm definitely coming back to the beach again someday." Violet whispered as she saw that the ship was going to be passing by the Seafoam Islands and reach Cinnabar to dock for at least two days before turning around to come back to Vermillion.
Seeing that, Violet pondered on if she should challenge the Cinnabar Gym Leader, but decided not to.
She was nowhere ready for any of Blaine's fire types, that was one type she had little to no counters for, something she needed to work on.
Besides, she was more interested in the Seafoam Islands, even if there weren't going to be any bugs to catch there, she heard stories of how beautiful the caverns were.
But due to the bizarre blizzard going on, the plans for the ship to dock there were cancelled which was a shame.
At least the ship will have countless other things to do, there were trainers from all over Kanto so chances were that she would be able to get some training in for her team.
Besides that there were other things to do in order to keep busy on the ship. Ballroom Dancing, a makeshift rock climbing wall, mini golf, a pool out on the deck, a room specifically for trading Pokemon.
The possibilities were endless.
"I want to do everything." Violet decided before wincing. "Except for trading."
Don't get her wrong, she see's why some people do that and it helps when some of the Pokemon that are traded are happier for it, but she doesn't like the idea of trading any of her Pokemon.
Early the next morning, Violet was standing in line to get on the ship, it was a ridiculously long line given the amount of people trying to get on, something that she understood given how luxurious the ship was.
She didn't talk to anyone in the line like she did for Surge's Gym, instead just kept quiet, wanting to get onto the ship to see what it would be about.
Eventually after a half hour, she was finally able to get on as one of the Sailors who wore the trademarked white uniform they were known for holding a ticket scanner.
"Ticket or Badge?" The Sailor asked as Violet hesitated before bringing the ticket out.
Sure she could use the badge, but the ticket was a gift from Bill so it would be better to use it right?
As the ticket was scanned, the Sailor blinked in surprise before giving Violet a one over look.
He then shrugged and gave it back to Violet. "Your room is in FC24, you can ask for directions at any part of the ship, but we have a map near the entrance."
Entering the ship, Violet saw quite a huge crowd of people walking through the halls, from adults to kids.
Actively trying to avoid bumping into anyone, Violet eventually managed to find where the maps were and stared as she read it.
Apparently FC24 stood for First Class Room 24 which nearly made her drop the map in shock.
F-First Class?
Thinking it over it made sense given how the ticket was supposed to be for Bill, but she didn't even think about that when she used the ticket.
And the First Class rooms were a bit away if the map was any indication.
As she made her way towards where her room would be, Violet was rather overwhelmed by how luxurious the ship seemed with its rich looking carpets, beautiful paintings and most of the occupants were much better dressed than she was right now.
It really made her feel out of place.
Eventually she made it to the first class halls and if she thought the earlier part of the ship looked luxurious this part blew it out of the water.
She could see fancy scriptures on the wall along with ice sculptures by certain rooms and chandeliers every so often.
The occupants looked even better dressed than the other ones, without a speck of dirt or a stain on their clothes that looked to be worth more than everything she owned.
Violet certainly got some confused looks when one factored in her clothes in comparison as hers were well worn with wrinkles and smudges of dirt from all of the traveling.
Finally she made it to her room and entered it only to stare at how big it was.
It was bigger than all of the rooms back home in Viridian.
There was a huge king sized bed that could fit even a Machamp and an Arcanine with ease and still have a lot of room left over along with a very expensive looking red carpet and a huge aquarium which had to be for trainers with Water Pokemon and perches for Flying Pokemon.
There was even a desk with a computer on it and a wide screen TV on the wall near a mini fridge and a bookshelf filled to the brim with books.
Besides that there were two doors, Violet opened one to see a huge walk-in closet.
A bit scared at the amount of space, she opened the other to see one of the most lavish bathrooms she's ever seen with white walls that shone without a speck of anything to show it was very clean with a walk in shower and even a freaking hot tub.
Do rich people live like this every day?! Seriously, there was so much she had no idea what to do.
If all of the first class rooms were like this then Violet was wondering how they managed to fit it on this ship?
Shaking her head, Violet dropped her bag and sent her team out where each of them gave a different reaction to the room they were in.
None of them have been anywhere like this room, only being at camp sites or the Pokemon Center rooms.
Stinger looked as if he was on a different plane of existence from how uncomfortable he looked, keeping to the air as he felt that stepping on the ground would most likely ruin the carpet. Silk was on the floor, slowly looking around without uttering a single sound, her eyes wide in disbelief.
Parasite just stood there though one of her claws twitched showing she was just as uncomfortable.
"We're on the SS. Anne," Violet explained to her team, looking relieved that they were feeling the same way she was about this. "It's only a week cruise and there are a lot of trainers on board for us to battle, think of it as a vacation after everything that's happened."
Her explanation did little to make them comfortable but they gave a nod to show that they understood.
It'll just take some time for them to adjust to this.
Seeing them exploring the room, Violet checked the mini fridge and saw it stocked with cold drinks such as soda, lemonade, water and tea.
There really wasn't much else to do as the books looked a little too advanced for her.
Violet walked around with only Silk out as Parasite just wanted to sleep and she left Stinger inside of her room to keep Parasite company since she can't exactly walk around with him on this ship without scaring a lot of people.
Silk on the other hand wanted to explore the ship and was capable of doing so without scaring anyone and she sat on her head, her wings kept still as she eyed some of the passengers while Violet walked through the ship, in awe of the amount of stuff that was inside of the ship, a lot more than what people would think from looking in on the outside.
She already passed by the cafeteria which was massive and right next to the ballroom where people would often dance together. There was an onboard casino but they didn't have the prizes that the Game Corner did, in fact that was just for the sake of gambling or making money.
Violet did purchase a Coin Bag there though for whenever she did go to the Game Corner.
There were night clubs, karaoke bars, theaters showing various movies, the list was endless as Violet discovered. Though she was confused when she passed by an 'Adult' bar that they turned her away from due to her age despite how she was legally an adult but shrugged it off as she continued.
Sadly she didn't see any Bug Catchers on this ship showing she might be the only bug trainer, but she didn't let that get her down, instead she took that with pride, especially when she finally came to what looked to be a battling arena where she saw a ton of trainers duking it out.
They were using Pokemon she's never seen before such as Magmar, Hypno, Jynx, Vileplume.
That really put quite a few entries into her Pokedex and Violet knew that Prof. Oak would be happy about that.
And the battles were paired up with the amount of badges that people had which made it fair and to avoid people facing those stronger than they are. It also helped avoid stronger trainers taking advantage of the weaker ones to take their money.
"Once we finish exploring and pick up the other two we are definitely having some battles." Violet said with Silk giving a cry of confirmation.
Eventually she came to the deck where the pool was and saw a series of slides that looped all around it along with countless pool chairs where people could sit and relax and a part of the deck that people stayed at for sunbathing, it was packed due to how the storms in the next few days would prevent them from using this for awhile.
Upbeat music was playing, adding to the shouts and laughter that accompanied this part of the ship.
"Fweh?" Silk looked up at the air, seeing the countless flying types that most likely belonged to other passengers and Violet grinned.
"Go ahead, have fun."
Hesitant to leave Violet alone, Silk gave a nod and took to the air thinking she could do this and keep an eye on the trainer.
Violet watched her fly off when someone spoke. "I'm surprised you're not letting your Beedrill out to fly with her."
Knowing exactly who it was, Violet took a second to take a deep breath and turned to see Green.
"I would if he was with me, he's keeping Parasite company back in the room." Violet said, attempting to be civil as even if she was usually annoyed by the other Pokedex User, he didn't really say anything snide this time.
Green gave a nod and glanced up, seeing his Pidgeotto in the air. "Same thing with Raticate and Sandshrew." He revealed and Violet was actually thrown off by how he wasn't being his antagonistic self that she got to know.
She didn't bring up asking how the rematch with Surge went given how it was obvious he won if he was here, plus she figured doing so would probably ruin the fact that they were being civil for once.
So instead she looked back up at Silk seeing how happy she was to be flying high into the air, doing a few twirls in the process.
Seeing as she was being silent, Green continued. "I want a rematch while we're on this ship."
That completely surprised Violet who glanced at him, not expecting that due to what happened last time.
"It's because of the rumors that you defeated Surge on your first try." Green said already guessing what she was thinking, though there was a hint of annoyance at saying that before he continued in a calmer tone. "I want to see for myself if you improved or it was luck."
'And all's right with the world.' Violet couldn't help but think now that Green sounded normal again.
That didn't mean she wasn't annoyed at how he said that. "What, you think I can't win without luck?"
Green said nothing but he turned and walked off. "Prove me wrong, I'll book a battle on the field for tomorrow night."
Despite how Violet was glaring at him, she realized something.
He said 'Prove him wrong'
Before he would've scoffed and said that luck was all she had.
So why did he word it like this?
"He is so confusing."
Stinger had his forearm stingers crossed as he tapped his foot rather impatiently, while Parasite sat in the corner of the room tucked into her mushroom fast asleep.
Sure he did understand why he couldn't fly around like Silk could but this was so boring.
He wanted to be where the action was, to be with his trainer.
Instead he was babysitting Parasite who honestly freaked him out with how she's been acting since evolving.
Sure he was getting used to it, but seeing this in comparison to how she was when she first joined the team was rather jarring.
At least she was definitely stronger than she used to be.
Feeling bored, he uncrossed his stingers and jabbed them back and forth as if he was a human doing shadow boxing, practicing his Fury Attack in a way.
Unknown to him however, Parasite was awake and watching from beneath her mushroom.
There was a little emotion showing than usual with Parasite looking rather entertained at seeing how Stinger was acting.
Right now Parasite's thoughts were rather foggy compared to before as if she was lost, unable to think straight or recall anything.
Yet whenever she heard her trainer's voice it was as if something pierced the fog and she recalled various memories.
Such as when she first evolved she was nothing but at seeing Violet cry, something stirred.
The longer she's been around this team the more it's happened and some of the fog lifted in the process.
It was enough for Parasite to jumble some thoughts together, though she still had trouble doing so.
"Bzzt?!" Stinger finally noticed Parasite and seeing the pale white eyes peering from beneath the mushroom made him jump into the air, staying there while buzzing with anger to hide the fear he felt.
Parasite did nothing.
Stinger then buzzed again, demanding that she stopped doing that.
Then Parasite did something that Stinger wasn't expecting.
She let out a small laugh but it was gone as Stinger just stared in confusion before the mushroom now covered the eyes as Parasite went back to sleep.
Now she was back to creeping him out.
Time flew for Violet as the first day on the ship just about came to an end.
All she did really was explore, never staying in one spot for too long, she was just amazed at everything on the ship and wanted to see what was available for her to do.
It wasn't long before she ended up finding herself at some sort of evening show with a magician named Will who she heard was from Johto which surprised her.
She watched as this Magician who looked quite peculiar, though it's probably a part of his act. First off he had lilac colored hair that fell over his left eye, though you couldn't see the eyes due to how they were covered by a domino mask. Besides that he wore some rather flamboyant clothes such as a black sleeveless tailcoat vest over a pink tuxedo and pink pants with black shoes on.
He also seemed to be a psychic trainer due to how he had Pokemon such as Jynx, Alakazam, Hypno and an Exeggutor out.
She watched as Will opened up his sleeve after showing that there was nothing up them and countless Pidgey and Spearow flew out without the telltale sign of a pokeball opening up before the flying types flew together and vanished, instead rose petals replacing them.
This was amazing.
As the rose petals fell, Will grabbed a few and closed his hand before opening it to show another Pidgey that flew around him before he did the same thing and the pidgey was replaced by a black staff that extended into a cane that he twirled.
She couldn't even imagine how he was doing this and she knew that none of his Pokemon were helping him because if they were one would've seen their eyes glowing, instead they were there just for show.
"Now for my next trick I shall require a volunteer from the audience," Will said twirling the cane again as it aimed at the audience with them roaring with excitement, a lot of hands going up before he tutted playfully. "How I choose them is rather unorthodox and they will be chosen randomly, fair warning."
Suddenly a loud bang went off as something shot out of the cane and into the audience, but no one saw what it was and were left confused while Violet felt something poking her much to her irritation.
"Now my chosen volunteer should have a Queen of Hearts right behind their ear." Will said with a smile as everyone began to check.
Hearing that however made Violet pause as she checked behind her ear where she felt something poke her and she pulled the card out much to her shock.
How did he-?
"Hey it's over here!" Someone shouted as suddenly a light shined on the now nervous Violet who was definitely not expecting this.
"Wonderful, step right up, no need to be shy." Will said, now resting his cane on his shoulder with a smile.
Swallowing the lump that formed in her throat, Violet walked up to the stage, painfully aware of all of the stares she was getting from the audience and she felt like hyperventilating a bit.
"You can relax, this will be an easy one for you." Will assured her, seeing her nerves. "First please introduce yourself."
"V-V-Violet."
"I assume you've never been in front of so many people?" Will asked with her slowly nodding. "Well then don't focus on them, instead focus on your own heartbeat."
Violet wasn't sure how that would work but she did so as Will then returned his Pokemon much to everyone's confusion. "For this trick this young girl will disappear from the room." He explained to them. "As you can see, all of my Pokemon are recalled, so no one will accuse me of using their teleport and there are no trap doors on the stage."
Twirling his cane once more, Will winked at Violet behind his mask even if she wouldn't see it before focusing with her swearing she saw a blue glow emanate from the mask before suddenly she was outside of the room where she heard the audience thunder in applause.
Violet on the other hand felt like her stomach did several flips as she nearly doubled over in surprise, wondering what just happened.
Placing a hand on the wall, Violet realized that she was inside of a dressing room and almost left when in a split second, Will appeared right next to her, making the girl jump.
"Bravo, well done on helping me with the act." Will said as he placed his cane up against the wall. "Sorry for springing that on you."
"Um, it's alright." Violet wasn't sure what to say as she felt like asking how he made her disappear without using any Pokemon.
As if he knew what she was thinking, Will gave a sly grin. "Now, now as a magician I can't reveal my secrets," He said to her. "Besides the true magic is in the mystery now isn't it?"
After all, if he divulged how he did it, then no one would be in awe of it.
"I suppose so." Violet was more worried about how he knew what she was thinking.
"Ah, but where are my manners," Will acted a bit dramatically by placing the back of his left hand on his head. "Do you want anything to drink before heading back out?"
Violet shook her head politely.
"Very well, then I shall bid you adi-," Will stopped however when his eyes fell upon the hat she was wearing, or rather the feathers on them. "Could it be?"
Violet shifted uncomfortably as the magician looked at her as if reevaluating her.
"Is something wrong?" Violet asked not sure what was going on and she guessed it showed as Will gave a small laugh and backed off.
"Apologies, it's just that hat seemed a bit familiar," He said, surprising her. "Would you happen to know of a Yukiko Sakura?"
"You know my Mom?" Violet sounded even more surprised, the question catching Will off guard.
"Your mother hm? That would explain-," Will cut himself off as he gazed at the feathers on her hat before smiling. "I met her once in Ecruteak City, her family lives there."
That made Violet even more curious because this was the first person who knew her Mom that wasn't her Dad.
"How did you meet her?" Violet asked, kind of pressing for details as Will chuckled, now sitting in a chair.
"It was about thirteen years ago, I was only six when I was with my own parents attending a festival in Ecruteak, she was helping her family set up the dance theater." Will sounded nostalgic at the memory that he looked back onto fondly. "I got separated from my parents due to my excitement and I ended up bumping into her, instead of scolding me like others would, she smiled and let her Eevee entertain me until my parents found me. Since then whenever we were in Ecruteak we would always visit with her becoming a great friend to my parents."
Violet smiled at this, never knowing that her mother had an Eevee, or that her family worked at some sort of dance theater.
She'll have to visit some day, though there were restrictions to traveling outside of one's home region.
Trainers have to be at least thirteen before they can travel to a different region due to being so far away from home, so even though she does want to go, she has to wait a bit before she can.
"How is she doing?" Will asked showing that he didn't know making Violet wince. "I've heard she lived in the Kanto Region, but that was all I managed to find out."
Will then saw how Violet shifted and it took a moment to guess why as he grimaced.
"I see, I'm sorry if I brought up any bad memories."
"It's fine, I'm just happy to be learning more about her." Violet said as Will looked taken aback before smiling.
"I'll be happy to tell you what I recall, I believe my parents have pictures that I can send if you want." He offered with Violet giving a rapid nod.
It was enough to make him chuckle.
As he began to tell Violet a few more stories of what he knew about her mother, Will was momentarily distracted by his thoughts as he remembered why he was here.
He was in reality an Ace Trainer that was a trainee for the Elite Four, alongside a good friend of his from Johto and due to how no one knows that as of yet, he was placed on the SS. Anne in order to help with security due to how Lance wanted to ensure that nothing happened in case Team Rocket, who were making waves at a rather alarming rate compared to before, gained any funny ideas about ambushing the cruise ship due to the amount of money and rare Pokemon that would attract them.
Yet he runs into the daughter of an old family friend?
Fate works in rather mysterious ways.
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. 27
Caught at Lv. 3
Ability: Sniper
Moves: Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden, Fury Attack, Focus Energy Twineedle and Rage.
Special Moves: Poison String (Poison Sting/String Shot)
Became Violet's Starter in Chapter 01: The Phantom Pokemon.
Evolved into Kakuna and again into Beedrill in Chapter 03: Dangers of the Forest.
2nd Pokemon
Name: Silk
Species: Butterfree
Type: Bug/Flying
Gender: Female
Nature: Bold (Up Defense/Down Attack)
Characteristics: Thoroughly Cunning (Up Sp. Attack)
Lv. 27
Caught at Lv. 5
Ability: Compound Eyes
Moves: Tackle, String Shot, Harden, Confusion, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Supersonic and Whirlwind.
Special Moves: Esper Spore (Confusion/Poison Powder/Stun Spore/Sleep Powder)
Joined the team in Chapter 03: Dangers of the Forest.
Evolved into Metapod in Chapter 03: Dangers of the Forest.
Evolved into Butterfree in Chapter 04: Rock Hard Determination.
3rd Pokemon
Name: Parasite
Species: Parasect
Type: Grass/Bug
Gender: Female
Nature: Naive (Up Speed/Down Sp. Defense)
Characteristics: Hates to Lose (Up Sp. Defense)
Lv. 26
Caught at Lv. 7
Ability: Dry Skin
Moves: Scratch, Stun Spore, Bide, Leech Life and Dig
Special Moves: Quick Sand (Dig/Scratch)
Was captured in Chapter 06: Trials of Mt. Moon
Evolved into Parasect in Chapter 12: A Surging Battle
Day Journey Started: April 4th, 20XX
Current Day: May 7th, 20XX
Time Spent as a Trainer: 1 Month
Another filler chapter with it showing the very first day on the SS Anne and I think this chapter revealed some rather interesting stuff, am I right? I wanted to do more character interactions such as both Violet and Green actually interacting without being snide with each other showing that they were starting to respect one another in a way, though they have a ways to go and then we had another Pokemon only scene, this time with Stinger and Parasite, adding a bit more depth to the latter despite her zombie-like state her evolution gave her.
Then I finally revealed the name of Violet's mother, adding hints to who her family was which I think everyone will find rather interesting as well as introduce Will of the Johto Elite Four, I hope you all enjoyed how I wrote him due to how interesting his character could be from what was shown in both the game and Manga, though unlike the Manga Path for the Rocket Executives, Will isn't anywhere close to being his Manga counterpart.
Instead I had him as a bit of a Magician, he kind of looks like one if I'm being honest and he's shown to be a bit showy and flamboyant when it comes to his description in the game, so I decided to add to it.
Now next chapter will be a fun one as you'll be shown the rematch against Green, will Violet win or will the results be the same?
Oh and did you know that the last bug catcher you run into in the Red/Blue/Green/Yellow games was right before Rock Tunnel? There aren't any on the ship either, man Bug Types were more ignored than I originally thought back when I made the comment about it during the Mt. Moon chapter.
So let's get the reviews and post this chapter.
Pokemonking0924: Yea, it's something she needs to learn but it won't stop her from trying, that's for sure. That's why I wanted to have her relax on the ship a bit before anything too bad happens, she's been through a lot and there's still more to come which is kind of sad considering she's only ten and has gotten into quite a few life threatening situations she shouldn't have. Nah I plan for the battle to mirror the game one on the SS. Anne which was why I had him challenge her in this chapter. Whether or not the ship will end up like in the Anime remains to be seen.
Starlord Master: Yup, I love adding in the talks with Violet and the Professor, it's something she didn't get a lot growing up due to how busy her father was. As for her favorite Pokemon it's obviously Stinger given how he was her Starter and first Pokemon.
Legion29: Violet is slowly gaining Green's respect, though it's only a little bit as of now.
Blue is the Sea: Thank you, yeah this fic was definitely a project when it started. After so many failed attempts at starting a Pokemon story I realized I was only trying to measure up to what other fanfic writers did instead of enjoying what I put out, so I decided to do something not many people did which was why I didn't use Ash or Red. It's also why I decided to go the Manga path with the Kanto Gym Leaders because it's something that's rarely touched upon, kind of surprised myself on that, you would think that it would be done a lot. And thanks, I'm still working on my grammar but I'm happy that it's improving compared to before and I hope you continue to enjoy how I develop the characters.
Bradilain: Thanks but it's still a surprise that it happened, I'm happy it did but I never did expect to see it recommended. The fact that the talks with the Professor makes up for the lack of ones with her father was exactly what I was going for, so I'm happy that worked out well. Green is very interesting to type, especially when you go into detail of how he is and I'll eventually get to why he's like that even if he's slowly changing as his journey continues. Eevee is an awesome Pokemon and I have plans for Green's Eevee in this story. It's great to see that the tidbits I added with Parasite's evolution and then the move Rage paid off, truth be told I was unsure if I wanted to do the two before I decided to take a chance on it.
Kunoichi69: Yes and this chapter shows her enjoying things a bit more compared to before given how she always ended up in dangerous situations, so it's a nice change of pace and soon enough Violet will have her own bike which will definitely help her out with traveling. Nah I just had Green challenge Violet on the ship much like how you face the rival in the game there and perhaps Team Rocket will ruin the ship, maybe not I'm not saying anything. Sorry for not doing a beach only chapter, I don't have any plans for that as of yet.
Victoria La: Sorry but no regional travel as of yet. It's still Kanto only though some Johto Pokemon might show up soon considering who I have in this chapter.
Guest3: I will when I can break myself of the writer's block I have on that story, sorry.
MAJORMATT1234: Exactly but this story is focused on the time when they weren't as strong, though they are still viable if one is careful in how to use them.
Countess Millarca: Heh, thank you I've been having a ton of fun typing how her character evolved so far, there were times where I thought I was screwing up when I wrote her character from how I had her in the beginning, to hear that she seems 'real' is a great relief. I'm also happy that people are enjoying the twist of me taking the manga path with the Gym Leaders, I'm surprised more people don't do it to be honest. Thank you for giving the story a chance and I hope you continue to enjoy it.