Secret Arc 3 of 3~
Nine year old Caleb sat outside the orphanage and watched Terra and Jacob leave with their new family, sighing. He had been in the orphanage for two years now, since he was taken away from his family, and noone had wanted to adopt him. He sighed, before he felt a familior presence.
"Hey, how are ya doing?" Franklin asked, sitting next to his friend.
Caleb frowned. "Just watched two good friends go away, after they've only been here for a year. When will it be our turn?" Caleb asked, putting his hands on his chin.
Franklin patted his friends back to console him. "Hey, don't worry about it. We've got each other, and that's all that matters. Look, I tell ya what." He said.
"When you and me are both old enough, we'll get our own pokemon and go on an adventure! We're almost old enough anyway, so what's stopping us?" He said, proposing the idea.
Caleb thought about it for a few seconds, before looking back at his friend. "You've got yourself a deal.
X.x.X
"Caleb!" One of the workers called, as Ten year old Caleb rushed right over. The professor has asked a favor of you, could you go there please?" She asked, Caleb nodding, before rushing out the door.
"Hey, Caleb, where ya going?" Franklin asked, noticing Caleb rush off.
"Oh, I was asked to go do something for the professor, I'll be back!" Caleb said, running off.
Franklin waved goodbye, before going back to bet the Patrat at his side.
"You know he's not coming back right?" Karl, one of the bullies at the orphanage stated, walking over to Franklin.
"What are you talking about?" Franklin asked, confused by the statement.
Karl sneered. "Caleb's gonna go, do the favor, get himself a pokemon, and travel around the region without you! So much for your little pact you had!" He said, laughing and walking away.
Franklin sighed. "He's wrong, I know he is. Caleb wouldn't break our pact. He'll be back by the end of the day! I know he will!"
X.x.X
"Well, the professor's place is a bit away, he'll be back tomorrow for sure!"
X.x.X
"O-ok, so he's not here today either! The next day then!"
X.x.X
"He... he wouldn't break the pact would he? It only takes two days tops to get there and back! We've made the trip a thousand times!"
X.x.X
"...He... He's not coming back, is he..."
*1 Year Later*
Caleb ran into the orphanage, with a Gengar by his side.
"Hey, guys, I'm home!" The Eleven year old shouted, people running over to greet him.
He greeted all his peers, before noticing one in particular wasn't around.
"Hey, where's Franklin?" Caleb quizzed. Everyone began to shift in their feet, before one of the workers walked up.
"Caleb... Franklin.. ran away. Two weeks after you left, he thought you broke your promise, and he ran away. We searched for months, but we could never find him..." The worker told Caleb.
Caleb began to back away from the others. Had he done this? Had leaving for a year made Franklin leave for good?
"No.. no this wasn't my plan at all! I was gonna learn the ropes so he wouldn't have too! Do.. do you have any idea where he may have gone?!" Caleb asked frantically.
The worker shook her head, before Caleb ran back out of the orphanage.
"Gotta find him, I've gotta find him!" Caleb cried out.
X.x.X
"Excuse me, have you seen a boy named Franklin? He's a year younger than me, and he ran away from the orphanage?"
X.x.X
"Yea, I trained Prankster to do some really cool things- wait, I almost forgot, have you seen anyone around by the name of Franklin?"
X.x.X
"So what you have to do, is base your moveset off of what you want your pokemon's roll to be!" Caleb explained to the young Micheal.
"Wow, that's so cool! What else do you know?!" Micheal asked, with stars in his eyes. Caleb grinned.
"Well, the first think you gotta do, is know what your pokemon likes to do, and how they act. Are they serious? Do they like to play pranks? These are all helpful things to know...
Chapter End~