Hello! Yes, I now that I told you guys that it would probably be three months or six till my next update for this story, but I just got so inspired, I decided to type up this chapter!
If any of you were confused at the end of last chapter, Ashley's last name is Ketchum, but when she changed her name to Alice, she also changed her last name to Crimson.
This chapter takes place the day after last chapter, but I won't have the characters be so young forever. What fun will that be?
Since I love the Pokespe manga so much, I will have my own OCs with names in the same fashion as they are in the manga. In other words, I will have OCs named after minerals, colors, gemstones, etc. Some characters who already have a counterpart in the anime will have their names used for other OCs, but they will look nothing alike. Trust me. I put a lot of thought in this.
Next, I know that I told you guys to vote in a review to see who Ashley will end up with, but I decided to put up a poll on my profile. So check it out and vote with guy will win Ashley's/Alice's heart!
I also started a little thing I do where I put some lyrics form a song (either real or Pokemon related) that relates to each chapter before the actual chapter! See if you can guess each one!
Let's just get on with the chapter then.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I only own Ashley/Alice, Dan, Hood, Bree, Ruby, Sapphire, Jade, and Garnet.
Update 8/21/16: Okay so I had no idea what happened but I fixed everything and the chapter is what it should be.
I wanna go where no one's been.
Chapter Two
Alice's POV
"First stop on Day 2 of a Team Rocket Admin, here." Dan stopped in front of two wide glass doors. I peeked over his shoulders and saw several pokémon pass the doors.
"And what is 'here'?" I asked.
"'Here' is where you will choose one pokémon to train with you at your side." he explained.
"But I already have some pokémon." I pointed out.
"Yes, but every admin is required to choose one pokémon raised in a Team Rocket facility." he explained as he swapped his ID card into one of those electronic locks next to the doors. It beeped and Dan walked through the doors.
I followed him and I saw many pokémon. I studied a lot so I knew what every one of these pokémon are. Though, how Team Rocket was able to get a few Zorua still eludes me. Getting one away from its mother can be tricky, especially since they can change to look like anything or anyone.
"Yo! Bree!" Dan called out.
"What? What do you want?" a girl around my age walked towards us from a couple of pens holding pokémon.
Her red hair split into two long pigtails that went over her shoulders with a green bandana imprinted with a red 'R' on top of in tied on her head. She was wearing a green apron over a blue long sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Her faded black skinny jeans were tucked into some brown boots. Her brown eyes shone with fierceness as she glared at Dan.
"If you're here to ask me out on another date, than you can forget about it! For the umpteenth time, I'm not interested!" she shouted in Dan's face.
"I'm not here for a date. I'm here to show princess the pokémon." Dan explained, jerking his head towards me.
"Hmm?" she looked over Dan's shoulder and spotted me. I gave her a little wave to show her that I meant no harm. Hopefully she would get the message. I really hope so.
"We're just here to get her a pokémon." Dan explained.
"Oh? Is that it?" she looked at me. "Sorry about my little outburst earlier. This guy comes in here all the time to hit on me so I just assumed it was just another attempt."
"But I will succeed one day." Dan added.
"Yeah right!" the girl bonked him on the head with her fist. "Anyways, I'm Bree! What's your name?"
"Alice." I told her.
"So, you're the new girl huh?" Bree asked. "Seems like a nice change. We have a lot of boys in charge. It's about time we have a girl here."
"In this base, Hood, Bree, and myself are some of the nicer people so I suggest sticking with us during your first few months here." Dan explained.
"For once, he's right." Bree commented. "If you have any questions or just need to get away from the other two idiots, just come to me."
"Thanks, but Dan did say something about me getting another pokémon?" I asked.
"Right. Follow me." she walked towards some of the pens. Dan and I followed her while Pikachu sat on my shoulder.
"That's a neat Pikachu you have there. You raise her yourself?" Bree asked.
"Yeah. As long as I remember." I answered her, rubbing Pikachu's ear.
"If you want to survive here, try to have her in her pokéball. If you can't do that, than train her to hide anywhere while also following you." Bree suggested.
"Maybe that can be one of our regular training exercises." Dan pondered.
"Here we are." Bree announced as we stopped in front of a large fenced in area. Several different types of pokémon were scattered around. "Just choose which one you want. The one you pick will be your official Rocket pokémon."
I looked around the pen. There were of combination of rare and common pokémon in here. I spotted a Riolu sitting by itself. A Rattata walked up to it. The Rattata said something, but the Riolu just swatted it away.
"That's a feisty one." Bree chuckled.
I looked at her. "Why?" I asked.
"That Riolu," she pointed towards it. "is the only female in this pen. So, many of the male pokémon would come and hit on her. But she always rejects them by hitting them or driving them away."
"Reminds me of someone I know." Dan muttered. Unfortunately, he did loud enough so Bree and I heard it.
I caught Bree giving him a death glare that caused him to shrink back a bit. I silently laughed at this and entered the pen. I already knew which pokémon I was getting. And from what Bree told me, I had more of a reason to pick Riolu.
What do you want? Riolu asked rudely. Thank Arceus I decided to improve my aura abilities.
"How do you feel if you can get away from all of these boys?" I asked her as I couched down to her so we were at eye level.
Y-you can understand me? she blinked with a surprised look on her face.
"Yes I can. Like you, I can control my aura." I told her.
Impressive. And if you can get me away from all of these lovesick bastards, then count me in. Riolu smirked as she jumped onto my shoulder.
I walked out of the pen with Riolu sticking her tongue out at the other pokémon.
"I see you chose Riolu?" Bree asked.
"That's right." I nodded.
"Then get ready. It's time to prove your worth." Dan said.
"What?" What does he mean by that?
"It's simple. You just need to survive ten days in the mountains around the base without help from any other members." Dan explained as he threw me a backpack.
"Is this necessary?" I asked.
"Of course it is. Every new member, from a lowly grunt to a high ranking admin, has to it." Dan explained as he sat down in his seat.
Currently, we were in a helicopter. Pikachu was on my shoulder while Riolu was sitting next to me with her arms crossed. She was too stubborn to return to her pokéball at the moment.
"Actually, I heard that they're changing the rankings." Hood spoke up. He was also in the helicopter with us to make sure I had all of the required supplies.
"To what?" Dan asked.
"From lowest to highest, there's the usual grunts while the admins and workers like Bree and I are at the same level. Then there's the newly created position of generals and commanders. Commanders help generals handle their teams so they're lower than generals. Above them are the executives with Giovanni as their direct supervisor and Madame Boss on top." Hood explained. "I heard you and Alice are going to be generals. While the executives are Proton, Ariana, Petrel, and Archer."
"They're seriously making Proton and Petrel executives?" Dan asked.
"Yeah, but they're the lower two. Ariana and Archer are the higher ones. If you're lucky, you might be as well on the same level as Proton and Petrel." Hood said.
I just sat there dumbfounded. I lost track of what they were saying when Hood was explaining. I only bits and pieces like 'Madame Boss', 'Proton', 'Petrel', 'Ariana', and 'Archer'. I'm not sure if they're names or weird codewords for something.
"I officially have no idea what you guys are talking about." I spoke up.
"Don't worry about it. I'll tell you when you get back." Dan said as he opened up the door. "It's time for you to get off, princess."
"Off where? We're still in the air." I told him as I walked towards the door.
"Here! Hood, does she have a parachute?" Dan asked.
"She's all set!" Hood gave the thumbs-up as I felt something heavy get strapped on my back. I spotted Pikachu climb onto my shoulder while Riolu grabbed a hold of my legs.
"Wait! What are you- ah!" I screamed when Dan pushed me out of the helicopter.
"Hope you survive, princess!" I heard Dan yell before he closed the door.
"I'm going to die!" I screamed as I saw the tan and gray ground below me get bigger.
Do I have to do everything myself? Riolu complained as she crawled from my leg and onto my shoulder. She fiddled with something on my back and suddenly, I was yanked upwards.
"Eep!" I yelped as I did. I saw that instead of falling towards the earth, I was gently floating down.
"Pi." Pikachu sighed as she slumped on my shoulder. "Pika pi chu pi."
Oh please, that was not that terrifying. Riolu rolled her eyes at her.
"Says you! I just got pushed out of a helicopter a thousand feet in the air!" I exclaimed at her as I slowly drifted down.
Can't you toughen up? You're going to be a general for crying out loud! Riolu bonked me on the head.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure if I can do it." I grumbled as I rubbed the spot where she hit me.
Then why did you even join Team Rocket? she asked.
"To get stronger. I want to be the very best." I told her.
Than prove it! Toughen up and show those sorry excuses for grunts what you're made of! Riolu exclaimed as she jumped off my shoulder and onto the ground as we landed.
"And what makes you so high and mighty?" I looked at her as I got the parachute off of my back when my feet touched the ground.
Hey! I had to suffer attempt after attempt of fucking love confessions! And I'm sick of it! I had to learn how to defend myself from unwanted attention! And that's what I'm going to do with you! I'm going to show you how to get tougher! Riolu replied.
"If it helps me." I sighed. "Let's see what they left me to survive with." I looked in the backpack Dan gave me. "Dehydrated food, two water bottles, a flashlight, matches, an extra set of clothes, and flares. With a note. 'If you want to give up, fire the flares. Someone will come get you. Maybe.'"
That's not much. Riolu commented.
"No it isn't, but if I want to get stronger, than I have to do this." I closed the backpack and put it on. "Come on. We have to get moving."
"This is a good place to set up camp." I announced as we arrived at a cave up on top of a cliff.
For the last five days, we've been hiking around the mountains. During the day, it was blazing hot so wearing black was just another thing I had to deal with if you count having a rebellious pokémon who curses every five minutes as a thing. At night, it was freezing and the pack didn't even come with blankets. We ran out of water and food after two days, but we always managed to find a lake or cluster of berry trees to fuel up with.
When we had to camp out at night, we always try to find a cave or tree to sleep in. We used blankets made of leaves to bundle up with. I let everyone out so we could use the body heat to warm each other up with. Whenever we made camp, we always make a fire first. In desperate times, we had to use Charmander's tail flame. But since it takes so much of his energy, we use it only when we really need to.
"Everybody, out." I called everyone out. Pikachu is always out with me while Riolu, again, was stubborn and insisted on staying out the entire time.
"Squirt."
"Bulb."
"Char"
"Everyone knows what to do." I nodded at them. They nodded back.
Bulbasaur reached into the backpack and pulled out several twigs and logs. He arranged into in the center of a ring made of rocks. Charmander blew a small Ember at the twigs and a fire was lit.
"Riolu, if you don't want to die from starvation, than I suggest you eat." I told her as I tossed her an apple.
Maybe I don't want to. Riolu tossed the apple up and down as she leaned on the cave wall.
"Okay than, die for all I care. You have been stubborn and your tough girl act has been getting really boring lately." I snapped at her.
Now you're getting a hang of it. she smirked.
"A hang of what?" I narrowed my eyes.
To survive in a team like Team Rocket, you have to act cold and mean towards everyone. Just like you just did to me. she explained.
"I know that I'm not actually the toughest recruit out there." I started.
That's for sure. Riolu added.
"But I'm not sure if you acting like a spoiled brat is supposed to help." I ignored her comment.
Fine. Let's find another tactic! Riolu dropped her apple and rushed towards me.
I jumped out of the way as she nearly tackled into me. "What the heck?!" I exclaimed.
Come on! If you're tired of my shitty attitude, than fight me to show your frustration! Riolu took a battle stance.
"I am not fighting a pokémon! It's not fair!" I exclaimed as I got to my feet.
Fair? It's totally fair! You have aura powers of your own don't you? she asked.
"Yeah, but-" I got cut off as an Aura Sphere was hurled my way. On instinct, I threw my arms up to my face and an aura barrier appeared.
See! I told you got in you! Riolu exclaimed.
"I thought Riolu can't learn Aura Sphere!" I exclaimed as I ducked as an Aura Sphere was thrown at me.
Normal ones can't, but I'm not normal! Riolu exclaimed as she charged up another one.
"No kidding!" I exclaimed as I ran out of the cave to avoid another one that whizzed by my face.
It was raining out and was already dark. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a pack of Absol with a lone one apart from them.
"Wait!" I exclaimed as I put up another barrier to stop an incoming Aura Sphere.
What is it? Riolu complained.
"Just wait." I told her. I carefully walked from the cliff that held our cave and towards the pack of Absol on the cliff next to ours. I slowly and quietly walked over. I stayed far away enough not to disturb them, but close enough to see what's going on.
"Ab. Absol. Absol sol ab!" an Absol larger than the rest stood in the front of the pack. From the sound of the voice, it was a male and he had a large scar running over his right eye. His left eye was the usual blood red, but the right one was white due to the scar.
"A-" a smaller shiny Absol was facing the pack and its leader. The voice was higher pitched so she was a girl. Instead of the blood red eyes an Absol would normally have, her eyes were an emerald green while her fur had a red tint to it. Her face, claws, and tails, normally a midnight blue on a normal Absol, were red, confirming she was a shiny.
"Absol!" the scarred Absol cut her off. "Ab! Sol! Absol!"
Interesting. Riolu appeared on my shoulder.
"What the-!" I exclaimed quietly. "What are you doing out here?"
The leader is exiling that shiny Absol because she's different and weaker than the rest of the pack. Riolu translated. To make matters worse than it is, the leader is the shiny Absol's father.
"That's a horrible thing to do to your child." I said quietly.
"Ab sol." the scarred Absol turned his back and walked back into a cave with the rest of the pack, except for one. An Absol stayed out in the rain, staring at the shiny Absol.
"Sol?" the shiny Absol asked.
"Ab!" a loud voice boomed from the cave.
"Absol." the normal Absol said quietly before running back in the cave.
That Absol was the mother, but her mate wanted her to forget their child. Riolu translated.
"How awful." I felt bad for the shiny Absol.
Doesn't sound that bad. You don't have to worry about your parent breathing down your neck. Especially since you have a bastard for a dad and no good whore for a mom. Riolu commented.
"Can you not curse every five minutes?" I looked at her. Who knew the pokémon I chose had such a mouth?
Nope. she answered before walking back in the cave. I sighed as she did. I hope she'll mature when she evolves after some training and time.
I stayed out a bit longer. The shiny Absol had nowhere to go so she slowly limped from the cave in the rain. Wait a minute, limped? Riolu was right, that scarred Absol is such a- well you know. Don't judge me, I don't curse. Currently. Hey, right now, I'm a wimp. I know that, you know that. I'm going to toughen up, just like Riolu said.
I ran out from my hiding place and quietly walked towards the Absol. I mistakenly stepped on a twig and the Absol turned around to face me.
"Ab? Sol." she growled the best she could, though she looked weak.
"I'm not here to hurt you. Please trust me." I held my hands up to show that I meant no harm. "I saw what your pack did to you. They thought you were weak, didn't they?"
"Ab?" she was confused.
"Listen, I know what it feels like. I've been there before." I couched down to her. She flinched, but slowly looked at me. "See, I want to become stronger, and I'm sure you do too."
"Sol." she nodded slowly.
"Then how about you join me? We can get stronger together." I placed my hand out.
"Ab?" she thought about it. "Sol!" she nodded.
"Great." I smiled. "It's cold out here so why not come with me to where my other pokémon and I are staying for the night?"
"Ab." Absol nodded.
I guided her back to the cave where Riolu was waiting along with the rest of my pokémon.
What took you so long? Riolu complained.
"I was able to convince Absol to join our party." I explained.
Great. Another softie I have to harden up. Riolu rolled her eyes.
"Riolu, be nice." I scolded her.
Whatever. she rolled her eyes again. Here's your food.
I caught a kabob of roasted berries before it could stab me in the eye. I sat down on a rock and eat in peace. Absol was listening to Pika as she was explaining things to her. Charmander passed her some roasted berries of her own. Absol gratefully accepted and chowed down. It seemed like she hasn't ate in days.
I finished off my kabob and threw the wooden skewer in the fire. I walked towards Absol, who was on her second helping, with a pokéball in my hand.
"Absol, this is called a pokéball." I kneeled down so she was eye level with me. "I need to catch you in this so you can be part of my team."
"Ab? Absol." she nodded.
I tapped the pokéball on her forehead and she got converted in a red energy. The energy got sucked in the pokéball. It shook three times before it clicked, signaling a successful capture. I released Absol out of her pokéball right after.
"Welcome to the team" I smiled at her.
Ugh. All of you need some real work if you want to survive! Riolu complained. Starting tomorrow, you not just going to survive in these mountains, but you're going to be at my boot camp!
Why do I have a feeling that I'm not going to like the rest of this survival test?
Dan's POV
"What's up guys?" I asked Bree and Hood as I sat down at our usual table with my tray full of lunch.
"Nothing much. The base just got a shipment of new swords if you want to check them out." Hood offered.
"No thanks. I'm only interested in small knives and daggers."I replied.
"I don't get it, you boys can talk about weapons all day while you can't even express a small bit of concern for Alice." Bree stabbed her salad with her fork.
"Hey, we are concerned. We are just bad at showing our emotions." I defended.
"That explains so much." she rolled her eyes. "I just hope she's doing well with that Riolu she picked. She's kind of a handful."
"How?" Hood asked.
"She was basically a tyrant in her pen." Bree said bluntly.
"I'm sure Alice can handle herself. She showed that with those shurikens you gave her." I pointed to Hood with my fork.
"Still surprised by that." Hood said as he stabbed several pieces of pasta with his fork. "For a new recruit, she's still good."
"You should've seen her acting than. If she went another way, she would've been a great actress." I commented.
"Her acting?" Bree was confused.
"I mean-" Great, now I blew it.
"Dan, do you know something we don't?" Hood asked.
Bree reached across the table and slapped Hood upside his head. "Idiot! Of course he does!" she glared at me. "If you know what's good for you, I suggest you spill it!"
"Okay. I'll talk." I pushed my empty plate of spaghetti away. "But you better keep it a secret." I warned them. They nodded. I motioned for them to come closer. Bree stood up and walked around the table to sit next to me while Hood was already in the seat on my other side. "When Giovanni first found her, she was known as Ashley and she was very weak. I'm not kidding. So when the boss offered her a job, she took it, but she wanted to make her family and friends think she was dead. So the princess decided to fake her death and I had to help her with it." I whispered so only the two of them could hear.
"Then she changed her entire image including her name." Hood added.
"And the boss decided that she had enough potential to become a general." Bree finished.
"Exactly." I nodded.
"The boss was right to recruit her. She's pretty good." Bree noted.
"Do you know anything about her from the record system here?" Hood asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes. Yes I did." I smirked. "Her full name was Ashlynn Satoko Ketchum and she had a twin brother. She had a Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle where the only one of them who evolved during her journey was her Pikachu since she got it when it hatched from an egg and into a Pichu." I whispered to them. "Before her journey, she lived with her mother and brother before she went on her journey. She travelled with her childhood friend, Gary Oak, while her brother went another way. Eventually, Gary abandoned her and Ashley went home to Pallet. Her father mysteriously disappeared right after she and her brother were born and he was never heard from again."
"Is it just me or do our record system give away too much information about people?" Hood asked.
"How should I know? You're the tech guy here. I'm only a breeder." Bree commented.
"I am a weapons expert. Not a tech guy!" Hood retorted.
"So what? Both involves metal and I seen you work on computers all the time!" Bree countered.
Hood opened his mouth to say something, but quickly closed it. Getting burned by a girl, always funny.
A beep came from my Pokegear. I looked it and saw that I had a message.
"Sorry guys, but I have to meet both Alice's and my new teams." I stood up. "See you later!" I called to them as I walked out of the cantine.
I walked up the metal staircase, my every steps echoing off the metal walls. I pushed the door at the top of the staircase open to a hallway. For a secret base, they shouldn't have seven floors of emptiness above ground while every single one after that below ground.
I navigated my way through all of the hallways until I reached one of the training rooms. I opened the door and found two groups of a hundred grunts each waiting there. I have my work cut out for me.
"Sir!" all of the grunts saluted.
"At ease." I ordered them. They reverted back to their original stance. Two grunts from each group walked up to the front.
I'm guessing these are the new commanders we have. A guy and a girl were in each pair. They wore the regular uniform grunts wore, but instead of the red bands around their gloves, they had a single thick gray cuff at the end with a gray vest, for the girls, or jacket, for the boys, on, unzipped, over their shirts. They also didn't wear the hat that all grunts wore. They all looked a year younger than Alice. People will join Team Rocket at such a young age nowadays. And the grunts looked younger than the commanders. Where is this generation heading?
"Commander Sapphire." a girl with deep blue hair in a high ponytail stated. I saw small fangs poking out of her mouth whenever it was closed or when she was talking.
"And Commander Ruby." a boy with spiky dark red hair stated.
"Reporting for duty to General Alice!" they said in unison.
"Commander Jade." a girl with straight dark green hair up to her waist stated.
"And Commander Garnet." a boy with dark orange, almost brown, hair that went to his ears stated.
"Reporting for duty for General Dan!" they said in unison.
"So you're the new commanders?" I asked them.
"Yes sir!" they shouted.
"Alright, there's no need for all the 'sir' and shouting." I glared at them.
"Sorry. We just got used to it so much." Jade apologized.
"It's fine." I told them.
"Um, where's General Alice?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah! We were told she would be here!" Sapphire exclaimed.
"Then whoever you got your information from is wrong. She's doing her survival mission right now." I explained.
"I told ya you were wrong!" Sapphire shouted at Garnet.
"Do we really have to do this in front of the grunts?" he asked nervously, clearly embarrassed of being yelled at in front of the grunts.
"Don't worry about them. Alice and I are some of the more lenient authority figures here so you guys are fine. For now." I smirked.
"So what do we do now?" Jade asked.
"Since there are so many grunts, I suggest each of you picking five grunts to become admins to help keep track of your squads." I ordered them. "And then we can get to training."
"Yes sir!" they shouted.
"What did I say?" I glared at them.
"Sorry."
Alice's POV
"Okay. This is where they're supposed to pick us up." I looked at the sky.
Keyword there being 'supposed'. Riolu pointed out. Yes, she's being stubborn again and stayed out. Good thing Pikachu is always out and Absol decided to stay out as well.
"Stop being negative." I glared at her. "Isn't hurling Aura Spheres at me every day for the past week enough?"
Puh-lease. Riolu snorted. After the training I gave you and your pathetic pokémon, you should be thanking me.
"Pika pi?" Pikachu asked Absol, who she was riding on.
"Absol." Absol sighed.
I heard that! Riolu yelled at them.
"Enough. All of you." I ordered them. "I hear something."
I looked back up at the sky to see a black speck get bigger and bigger. Soon, it turned out to be a helicopter. Thanks Arceus they actually came to pick me up. These ten days were torture.
The helicopter hovered above me before a rope ladder was dropped down. I returned Absol while Riolu and Pikachu climbed onto either one of my shoulders. I grabbed a rung on the ladder and climbed a bit up before the ladder started to pull up.
When I reached the helicopter, I saw that Dan was waiting there along with two girls and two boys.
"How was it, princess?" Dan smirked.
"As fine as getting pushed out of a helicopter and in a mountain will ever be." I glared at him. "And don't call me princess."
"Nope, don't think I will." he said. I glared at him even harder. "These are our new commanders." he gestured to the four people behind him.
"Commander Ruby and Sapphire ready for duty, General Alice!" a bluenette girl and a redhead boy saluted.
"Guys." Dan glared at them.
"Sorry. Habit." they looked at their feet.
"It's fine." I waved it off.
You're letting them off the hook? Riolu raised a brow.
"And the other two?" I asked.
"Are Jade and Garnet. My commanders or in other words, seconds-in-charge." Dan said as he pointed to a greenette girl and a coppertop boy.
"Your names really fit your looks." I commented.
"Our parents weren't really the best with names." Ruby shrugged.
"We're in charged of them and a hundred other grunts each." dan explained.
"You're kidding." I went wide-eyed.
"Don't worry. We're here ta help ya along with ten otha admins we personally hand picked." Sapphire assured me.
"Thank Arceus." I sighed.
"If you don't mind, we're heading to Pallet Town." Dan spoke up.
"Why?" I narrowed my eyes.
"To see your funeral of course." he held up a black trench coat, a black hat with a small veil, and a pair of sunglasses.
I thought about it. Do I really want to go back and see? To see the people who hurt me? The same people who I thought I could trust?
"Give me that." I grabbed the clothes from his hands. I want to see them suffer. I forced Riolu back into her pokéball while Pikachu hid in my coat. Dan and the commanders wore clothes similar to mines.
The helicopter landed in the forest outside Pallet. I took a long look around. I have never seen the town this depressed. But of course, nobody cared about me until I died.
Dan led me and our commanders to Professor Oak's lab where the funeral was taking pace. When we got there, we stayed near the edge so we could be unseen.
I spotted my mother crying in the front seat while my brother was comforting her next to her. Gary was sitting emotionless next to Ash while Professor Oak was giving a speech with a casket behind him.
"And so, even though her body was never found, we still want to give a trainer who embodied the spirit of Pallet Town a fine farewell. We will miss you, Ashley." Professor Oak said without any much emotion or even a hint of sorrow.
I stood there, emotionless. They really didn't care about me. Not only did they think I was weak, but they didn't even cared for me! All the more reason why I should stay dead.
"Let's go." I whispered quietly to Dan and the others. I walked away from the tent where the funeral was taking place and back towards the forest. I took one last look at the crowd and saw Gary's eyes meet mines. I shook it off and went back to the helicopter.
My new life is awaiting me. And I want it.
Gary's POV
While Gramps was giving his speech, I just sat there and stared at her casket. Why? What did she get into that made her get killed by Team Rocket? If I ever meet one of them again, I'll kill them all.
"Let's go." I was surprised. That sounded so much like her. Though it was so soft, I could still hear it. I turned around and saw six figures in black walk away.
One of them turned back and I stared at her. She looked so much like Ashley if it wasn't for her hair. She quickly turned back around and disappeared back into the forest. I swear she looked exactly like Ashley.
I tuned out the rest of Gramps' speech. Is Ashley actually alive?
And that's it! Heh. Left you all wondering on that last part, did I?
As I said, I will have OCs with weird names. Ruby, Sapphire, Jade, and Garnet are examples of that. And it's not the same Ruby and Sapphire from the manga. But they will have some of their personality. I also gave Sapphire a slight accent if you didn't notice.
Again, I have a poll up on my profile to see who Ashley/Alice ends up with. Don't forget to vote!
Since I still don't have many chapters for this and I'm busy in my other stories, don't expect another quick update. Maybe another big holiday if possible. With those words, Happy Holidays and early New Years to everyone! I won't update any of my stories till the new year comes! And when 2016 comes, I'll update one of my stories every two weeks! Sorry, but I need more time to write and suffer through life and school!
Please review! It would make me very happy to have some feedback for this story! And thank you to everyone who fav/followed from just the first chapter! You're just wonderful!
Oh, and who's excited for the new movie, Hoopa and The Clash of Ages, on Cartoon Network? I know I am! They're also showing Arceus and The Jewel of Life before it! Don't miss these awesome movies!
-AKCC, signing out!