Hi again! I thought I'd try out experimenting with another topic I love: Pokemon! I'm still very new in the writing game, so feel free to let me know if I make any mistakes or errors that I can fix, and I'm more than happy to hear feedback from you. Disclaimer- I do not own Pokemon, or the characters from the show, I only own my O.C. Now, let's get to it!
The Kalos Region, a region full of wonder and mystery, home to some of the most unique species of Pokemon around. Pokemon of all shapes, sizes, and features, live here together in harmony with us, humans, as we grow, live, train, and correlate together. And over in Santalune City, we find one human in particular who is preparing for a very important occasion.
By a yellow brick building in the bustling city of Santalune, we see a bedroom with green painted walls, posters for Pokemon showcases almost everywhere you look, a desk where a computer rested, with a plush Pikachu sitting on top of it, a closet with a giant poster of the Lumious City tower on it, and a bed, with red covers, and currently, someone asleep in the bed. In the bed was a 10-year-old girl, with long messy brown hair that was currently a giant bedhead knot ball, due to tossing and turning all night, white skin, and the color of her eyes undeterminable at the moment, since she was asleep. Next to her bed was a wooden nightstand, with a Spheal-shaped lamp, and an electronic alarm clock that currently read 6:59 am. When the clock changed to 7 am, the alarm started to beep, signifying that she had to wake up.
The girl stirred and weakly raised her arm, pressing the snooze button before dropping her arm back down and continuing to sleep. Suddenly, something seemed to kick her bedroom door open as a loud shout shook the room, declaring in a proud voice, "CHESNAUGHT"! The girl immediately opened her eyes, revealing to be blue, and screamed as she sat up in her bed, looking up at what had just entered her room. It turned out to be a Pokemon: a tall one with fluffy white fur on its belly and fringing its face like a beard. It had a small, pink nose with a three-pointed patch of brown fur extending up its short snout, and four pointed teeth. On top of its head was a plate of beige armor, similar to a helmet. It possessed a prominent domed, armor-like shell similar to that of a chestnut. The armor was beige with four large spines jutting out of the back, trimmed with red and green bands; the green is on the outermost edge, with an additional spine protruding from the armor over each of Chesnaught's shoulders, which are connected by a green breastplate. Its body wais colored similarly to the shell, and its long limbs and tail are banded with plates of armor. The top surfaces of the tail and arms are protected by green armor, and each arm had two small spines. It had three brown, clawed digits on its hands and feet. The Pokemon was chuckling happily as the girl screamed, "Chesnaught! How many times do I have to tell you not to wake me up like that"?!
Chesnaught looked at the girl and smiled cheekily as the girl rolled her eyes before laughing, saying, "Well, I'm up at least." She leaped out of bed, sliding into her Dedenne-themed slippers, before saying, "I can't wait! Today's the day I finally become a trainer! I've been waiting for this day since forever, Chesnaught"! The armored Pokemon rose his hands up excitedly, grunting in agreement, as the girl then said, "And just wait: once I pick out my partner, we're gonna train to become the strongest team in the world! We'll take on the gyms, and win the Kalos League! Along with winning the showcases and earning the title of Kalos Queen! That would be a dream come true"! the girl then said, "I better get out of my pajamas and change! Let my dad know that I'll be downstairs in a few minutes, ok"? Chesnaught nodded and left the bedroom as the girl closed the door and opened her closet to pick out her clothes. She wound up wearing a light blue T-shirt with a big red heart on it that had a Pokeball symbol in the middle of the heart, a black jacket with two yellow stripes on each sleeve, black jeans, and dark blue-and-white sneakers. She quickly brushed out her hair, which reached to around the back of her knees, and tied it into duo pigtails with golden scrunchies holding her hair in place, letting her side-swept bangs hang loose, and on top of her head, she placed on a blue cap that had her name encrypted on it in gold letters: Lyra.
The now identified girl looked at her reflection in the full-length mirror on the inside of her closet door, saying, "Lyra Yvonne, get ready to rock the world." The last thing that Lyra pulled out, from her jacket pocket, was a pair of blue fingerless gloves, with one of them (the left glove) holding a Keystone in a little rim section on it.
Lyra looked at the Keystone, remembering the day she won the gloves as a prize.
Flashback to 5 years ago
5-year-old Lyra was in Shalour City, and was at a booth game, where she had to guess the weight of 4 boxes stacked up together.
"is it...65lbs," asked Lyra innocently.
"Yes! Correct, you have won," shouted the booth manager, who gave her a little box while saying, "And here is your prize. Be careful with it, it's very special."
Lyra opened the box and saw the pair of fingerless gloves, which were big for her hands at the time, including the one with the keystone.
End of flashback
Lyra smiled, saying, "If we're lucky, I'm sure we'll find the right pokemon to use you with," while looking at the Keystone still.
Satisfied with her outfit, Lyra grabbed her backpack, which was full of trainer's supplies, change of clothes, snacks, water, etc., and placed it on her back as she ran out of her bedroom and slid down the banister railing to the first floor, saying, "I'm here, dad"!
The first one to greet her was a little Dedenne, who had a round body, round black ears with pale yellow interiors, black eyes, a tiny nose, and a prominent upper incisor with a slight point. On each cheek was a circular, dark orange marking with two black whiskers. The upper whiskers had branches and resemble antennae, while the lower whiskers are simple. There was a thick black stripe down its back and it has a pale yellow belly. It had stubby limbs with three digits on each paw and a long, thin black tail with a tuft of fur on the tip.
The Dedenne chattered excitedly while running up to her, climbing up her get and sitting on her shoulder, as Lyra said, "Morning, Dedenne! Today's the day"! the little mouse Pokemon chattered while nuzzling Lyra's cheek gently since it didn't want to paralyze her by accident.
Lyra ran into the dining room, saying, "Dad, I'm here and-," before she stopped and saw that her father...wasn't there. Chesnaught was standing by the table, where there was a plate of food: scrambled eggs, sausage, toast with jam, waiting for Lyra, but no sign of her father anywhere. Lyra looked around a bit before she saw Chesnaught give her a note sadly. Lyra looked at the note, saying, "Dear Lyra, I'm sorry. I really wanted to see you before I left for work, but you know how my job keeps me so busy. But it doesn't mean I don't support you. I know you're gonna make an awesome trainer! Never give up till it's over, sweetie. Love, dad."
Lyra sighed sadly, saying, "I love you too, Dad. Though I wish you could've stayed...just at least for a few minutes."
Chesnaught and Dedenne could tell that Lyra felt really sad. Her father was always busy with his job working at the Pokeball company, and he always barely had anytime to spend with his daughter. It's been this way since when she was a baby, and while it didn't matter as much before, now that Lyra was a little older, they knew the girl had longed to spend time with her father. However, that opportunity just never seemed to come. Sure, he was always home for dinner and would eat with Lyra, but he'd be on work calls, and never had time to talk to Lyra about her day.
Luckily, Chesnaught and Dedenne were there to cheer her up, as Dedenne pulled his cheeks back and made a silly face, which prompted Lyra to laugh before Chesnaught let two vines emerge and tickled Lyra's stomach, as she cried out mid-laughter, "Chesnaught! That tickles"!
Lyra was lucky that her father often left his Pokemon at home to keep her company. While they weren't like having a brother or sister, they still cared for Lyra the same way, and she cared for them in the same manner. Chesnaught was the mature older brother that kept things running smoothly, and Dedenne was like the quirky younger brother that loved to make Lyra laugh.
As Chesnaught soon stopped tickling Lyra, the girl wiped away a happy tear, saying, "Thanks, you two. You always seem to know just what to do to make me feel better. Now, did you both eat before I came down"?
Chesnaught and Dedenne both nodded as Lyra sat in her chair, saying, "Good, so now, I can eat up before I head out." She picked up her fork and started to eat, before something under her plate caught her attention: another envelope. Lyra took a few more bites of her food before she picked up the plate to pull out the envelope, saying, "I wonder what this is about."
Lyra opened the envelope and saw two things inside of it: what looked like a photo, but it was currently facing the opposite way, and could not be seen, and a letter. Lyra pulled out the letter and read it, saying, "Dear Lyra, you've become 10 years old, I'm so proud of you, sweetie. I know that you're set to go off on your journey, but before you do, there is something you need to know. There's a little secret I've been keeping from you since you were born. In this envelope is a photo, and it's one I want you to have on your journey."
Lyra placed the letter down to look at the photo, turning it around to see what it was, and what the photo was made Chesnaught and Dedenne gasp, and Lyra to be speechless. It was a photo of her father, and a woman, who she guessed must most likely be her mother. Her father also had white skin, honey-blonde hair that was short and slicked back blue eyes, and had a mole on his right cheek. He wore a white business polo shirt with a black jacket over it, blue pants, and black boots, with a red tie under the collar of his shirt. In his hands was a baby girl with a tuft of brown hair, wrapped in a pink blanket. The woman, who was sitting in a hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown, also had white skin, blue eyes, curly brown hair, that was held with a golden triangular clip, and in her arms was another baby girl, who had a tuft of honey-blonde hair, who was also wrapped in a pink blanket.
Lyra was very surprised at what she was looking at in the photo, before she read the letter again, reading, "You might be a bit confused at first, so let me explain: you know how you've always been asking me who your mother was, and I never told you about her? That woman in the photo that I'm standing with her, that's your mom: Grace Yvonne. And in her arms, that little baby girl you see...it's your sister."
Lyra gasped in shock and dropped the letter, feeling like she was gonna faint, as she commented softly out of shock and disbelief, "I...I have a sister...I have a sister." Chesnaught quickly caught Lyra, who fell back towards him, as Lyra commented, "Chesnaught! Dedenne! I-I have a sister"! Chesnaught and Dedenne both chattered in shock, with Lyra commenting, "I know! W-Why didn't dad ever tell me this"?! Dedenne leaped down from the table and picked up the letter, climbing back up to give it to her, as Lyra looked back at the photo, before looking at the letter, reading, "I had wanted to tell you this for a while now, but because of my increased amount of work that I've received at my job, I never found the right time to tell you, so I made myself a promise that, once you've turned ten, that I would find a way to tell you this information. I figured that since you were going on your journey, with this new information, you'd also want to see if you can try to find your mother and sister, and meet them. I can't really tell you everything at the moment as to who they are specifically, and why we separated in the beginning, but I will say that, hopefully, you'll now feel a sense of closure in knowing who they are. Oh, and one last thing, before you go, I have one last parting gift to give you: on the kitchen counter are the pokeballs for Chesnaught and Dedenne. i'd love it for you to bring them along on your journey. I know how much they care about you, and would feel really lonely if they were left at home without you begin there, so, I decided to let them join you."
Hearing this, Chesnaught and Dedenne were both happily surprised, as Lyra smiled, saying, "Guess all three of us are going on a journey together"! Lyra then looked back at the letter, saying while reading, "Anyways, good luck on your journey. I'm rooting for you, sweetie. Love, dad." Lyra placed the letter down before looking back at the photo, placing her fingers on where her mom and sister was, as she said, "I promise, I'll find you two somehow. I really want to meet you."
Lyra then placed the photo in her left pocket and continued to eat until her plate was empty. Once she had finished her breakfast, with her backpack in tow, she picked up the two Pokeballs on the counter and said, "You both ready"? Chesnaught and Dedenne both nodded together as Lyra returned them to their Pokeballs and placed them in her pocket. With everything ready, Lyra walked to the front door and opened it, closing it behind her as she left the house.
She took a deep breath and whistled loudly, shouting, "Taxi"! A black taxi cab approached her house, with a taxi driver saying, "Hey, lil' lady, where ya heading"? Lyra hopped inside, saying, "Lumious City, the pokemon laboratory, please." The taxi driver nodded, saying, "You got it"! He soon drove off down the road all the way to Lumious City. It took about an hour, but soon, she made it and thanked the driver before exiting the taxi, facing the large building.
Lyra walked up the steps and opened the door, saying, "Uh...hello," as she entered, asking while the door closed behind her, "Is...anyone here"?
Suddenly, Lyra heard a growl and saw something coming toward her, which turned out to be another Pokemon. One that was primarily dark blue in color, red on its underbelly from the lower jaw to the middle of the abdomen, including the undersides of its arms, and a patch of gold comes to a point below the red on its belly, and a golden star shape adorns the tip of its snout. It also had horn-like appendages that resemble a jet plane's engine, and a large mouth full of razor-sharp teeth. The feet have three white talons, and each arm has a single large, white claw for a hand. Curved fins sprout from the arms, creating wings that gave it the capability to fly, and had a large dorsal fin and another on its tail. It also had pairs of small, white spikes protruding from its upper arms and legs, and there were gill-like slits on the sides of the neck. The eyes were intense, with black pupils and gold-colored irises. Around its neck was a necklace with a purple sphere stone on it.
Lyra jumped a bit in fright from seeing the Pokemon in front of her, thinking it was dangerous. Luckily, a calming voice told her, "It's ok, Garchomp is very friendly." Lyra looked around, wondering who said that, asking, "Is someone there"? The voice responded, "I'll be right there," while Lyra approached the now identified Pokemon, saying, "Hi there, uh, Garchomp," and petted its snout, making it smile. Garchomp cooed gently as Lyra chuckled, saying, "Awww, you're just a little sweetheart."
Soon, the owner of the voice arrived, saying, "Sorry I'm late," as it revealed to be the voice of a tall man with white skin, black, curly hair, bluish eyes, and some facial hair under his ears, that wore a blue shirt, black trousers with a yellow belt (which has a buckle shaped like a circle), a white laboratory coat, orange socks and brown trainers with gray stripes, along with a brown watch on his left arm.
He greeted Lyra while saying, "Hi there. Welcome to my pokemon lab. I'm Professor Sycamore."
Lyra shook hands with the professor, saying. "Nice to meet you, Professor. I'm Lyra, and it's such an honor to be meeting you face-to-face."
Sycamore replied, "Well, the honor is all mine. Now, I bet you're here to pick your first Pokemon, correct"?
Lyra nodded as the professor turned his head and gestured to his assistant to open a nearby door. From behind the door, two pokemon came running up and sat in front of Lyra, looking up at her in excitement. The first one was light brown with darker arms and three triangular markings around its face and had oval, brown eyes; a triangular, red nose; and rodent-like incisors. Its arms had three fingers, while its feet have two long claws, and covering its back was a tough, green shell, which extends from its head to halfway down its tail, and the tip of its tapered tail was orange. There was a small, off-center hole in the shell on the back of its head and, around the face, the shell has four leaf-like spikes, and on the back of its head is another spike split into three parts. The green Pokemon jumped excitedly while exclaiming, "Chespin," which identified its name. The second Pokemon that stood next to Chespin was, as it's cheerful chirp said, Froakie, and it had light-blue skin, white hands, a dark blue stripe from the center of its oval head to its nose, and three fingers and two toes on its hands and feet. Its eyes, which had yellow sclerae, black irises, and white pupils, protrude vertically from its head due to their size. On Froakie's chest and back, including the two little bubbles on its nose, was a large mane of bubbles, and they were called Frubbles.
Lyra looked down at both Pokemon, saying, "Awww, they're so cute"!
Sycamore then noticed that there was only two starter Pokemon present, saying, "Hmmm, we're missing one. Sophie, is there a Fennekin that's available"?
Sophie, the name of Sycamore's assistant, answered back, "I'll see," and opened the door a little wider to see if there was a Fennekin that was available. Sophie then saw something coming close to the door, as she smiled, saying, "It's ok, little one; you can come see her."
Lyra watched as from behind the door, a little fox-like Pokemon shyly peeked its head out and came walking out cautiously. It had a traditional coat of fur that was longer on its haunches, a white muzzle with longer fur on its cheeks, large, dark orange eyes, and a pointed, black nose. When it whimpered and said its name shyly, two pointed teeth could be seen in its upper jaw, along with tufts of dark orange fur cover the interior of its large ears. the Fennekin also had small paws with no visible toes and slim legs, and its tail is fluffy with a dark orange tip. But to Lyra's surprise, unlike most Fennekins, which were normally pale yellow, this one had grey fur instead.
The Fennekin came close, but hid behind the professor when it saw Lyra, who asked, "Awwww, who's this? She looks so cute."
Sycamore knelt down and petted the Fennekin, who felt better, while answering, "This is a very special Fennekin that was brought to my lab not too long ago. She was rescued from a group of Pokemon poachers that had her trapped in a cage."
Lyra gasped in shock, saying, "That sounds awful"!
Sycamore nodded, saying, "Yes, and the experience has made her very shy of other humans, so she doesn't willing come out when I'm presenting starter Pokemon to new trainers."
Lyra looked at the Fennekin, who looked at Lyra and whimpered shyly.
Lyra knelt down and slowly extended her hand to it, saying, "Hi there. No need to feel afraid; I'm not like those poachers who took you back then. I'm very friendly, and would love it if you and I became friends."
The Fennekin looked at Lyra in surprise, and then looked at her extended hand, and slowly walked up to her, sniffing her hand. feeling like Lyra wasn't a threat, she crouched down and placed her head under Lyra's hand, indicating she wanted the human to pet her.
Lyra slowly petted the Fennekin, who eased up, making Lyra say, "She's so sweet."
Sycamore was happily surprised to see this, saying, "Wow, usually that Fennekin doesn't ease up with new people so quickly. I think you have a remarkable gift, Lyra."
Lyra giggled and asked, "You think so," before she felt the Fennekin approach her and cuddle close to her chest.
The 10-year-old girl picked up the Fennekin, hugging it gently, as Sophie commented, "Wow, she seems to really like you, Lyra."
Lyra looked at Fennekin, who was smiling happily, before saying, "I guess so. Professor, I'd like to choose this Fennekin as my partner, please. If that's ok with you, Fennekin"?
The Fennekin chirped happily and nodded, wanting to be with Lyra, as Professor Sycamore commented, "Marvelous. I can tell you and Fennekin will forge a great friendship together."
Sophie approached Lyra and gave her Fennekin's Pokeball, saying, "Here is its Pokeball, which you cna use to call it out and back in at any time." Sophie then gave Lyra 5 more empty Pokeballs, saying, "And some extra ones that you can use to catch anymore Pokemon that you want to join your team."
Sycamore then said, "And one last thing, you'll need this," before he gave Lyra her own Pokedex.
Lyra accepted the Pokedex, saying, "Thanks, Professor," before she placed the Pokeballs and the Pokedex away while Fennekin climbed up and rested itself on top of Lyra's hat, chirping happily.
Lyra, Sophie, and Professor Sycamore all borj=ke into laughter before Sycamore said, "You're all set, Lyra. Go out and explore the wonderful world of Pokemon, and make many new experiences along the way."
Lyra nodded, saying, "I will! Thanks again, Professor," and walked out of the laboratory, sliding down the stair banisters before hopping onto the sidewalk.
As Lyra began to walk down the sidewalk, the first stop she wanted to make was the Pokemon center to register for the league and the Pokemon Showcase circuit. while walking, she decided to spark a conversation with her new partner, saying, "Fennekin"?
Fennekin looked down from the hat at Lyra's face, as Lyra said, "I think to cement our new partnership, I want to give you a name. Is that ok"?
Fennekin seemed curious about having its own name and decided to roll with it, nodding in agreement.
Lyra smiled while saying, "Let me see...hm...how about...Silverstream"?
Fennekin seemed to really like the name, as it wagged its tail excitedly while chirping in agreement, signifying it wanted to be called Silverstream.
Lyra chuckled in response, saying, "Ok, Silverstream it is. You know Silverstream, i can tell you and i will be a great pair."
Suddenly, the wind seemed to pick up, blowing by the duo fast as the photo of Lyra's parents and sister flew out of her pocket and traveled into the sky.
Lyra saw the photo disappearing and ran after it, saying, "Wait, come back"!
Silverstream seemed to see that this photo meant a lot to the human and climbed up onto the top of the hat and leaped up with all of its might, catching it with her mouth, as the little firefox fell from the sky.
Lyra saw Silverstream falling and ran to catch her, leaping up with her arms out wide and catching her before falling into the fountain.
The human sat up in the fountain, feeling soaking wet, as she looked at her partner, asking, "You ok"?
Silverstream looked up at Lyra, nodding while holding the photo safely in its mouth.
Since her pockets were wet and needed to be dried out, Lyra unzipped the zipper of one of her backpack pockets so Silverstream could place it inside gently before it got zipped back up, with Lyra saying, "There, it's safe now."
Silverstream sighed in relief before it suddenly shook itself to dry off, making Lyra giggle and try to block the flying water, saying, "Silverstream, cut it out! I'm already wet enough"!
Silverstream saw her new trainer was still dripping wet and couldn't help but giggle, making Lyra roll her eyes while giggling as well, before she remembered something, saying, "Oh, I almost forgot. Silverstream, I want you to meet two good friends of mine."
She pulled out the Pokeballs containing Chesnaught and Dedenne and tossed them up in the air, letting out both Pokemon. Dedenne ended up standing on Chesnaught's shoulder as Chesnaught stretched its arms up while both Pokemon chirped out loud, happy to be out of their Pokeballs.
Lyra then knelt down towards Silverstream, saying, "Silverstream, these are my dad's Pokemon, Dedenne, and Chesnaught. Chesnaught, Dedenne, meet my new partner: Silverstream the Fennekin."
Dedenne leaped down and ran towards Silverstream, happily saying hello first, while Chesnaught offered its left hand to her, as a gesture of saying hi as well.
Silverstream looked at Lyra, who nodded in reassurance before the Fennekin smiled and said hello to her new friends.
Lyra felt relieved that Silverstream seemed to be getting along with her new friends nicely.
Suddenly, when Lyra stood up to stand on her feet, someone had bumped into her, making the girl fall.
Silverstream, Chesnaught, and Dedenne all ran to Lyra to make sure that she was ok. while a female voice asked, "Oh no! Are you ok"?
Lyra nodded as she sat up, with Silverstream hopping into her lap while Lyra said, "Yeah, I am ok. Takes more than a fall to hurt me."
An arm extended to Lyra while saying, "I'm so sorry, I was not looking where I was going."
Lyra accepted the help and stood back on her feet, with Cheanaught helping, while she said, "No worries, everything is all good here. I'm Lyra, pleased to meet you."
All that could be seen of the person that helped her up, at the moment was a set of sapphire blue eyes while she said, "Nice to meet you. I'm Serena."