Here it is!
Chapter 3: Sparkheart
Calem had been leading Holly through the forest a whole day now and they had not encountered the horde of Beedrill. Emberwing is currently on Holly's shoulder with his wings still bandaged. Calem had also informed Holly that it would take another day before they got out of the forest.
"Hey Holly?"
"Yes Calem?"
"Why do you keep your Fletchling out of it's Pokeball and not your Froakie?"
"Well... Emberwing doesn't like being in his Pokeball and Bluestream hasn't complained about it."
"You nicknamed your Pokémon?"
"It gets rather dull having to say their species name all the time. And it lets them know that i'm the one looking for them."
Calem looked thoughtful for a moment, but nodded his head in agreement.
"That does make sense when you put it that way. And it does give them some sort of an identity."
They continued walking for a bit, not speaking. Holly was starting to feel like she knew this forest, even though she had never been to the forest before and was starting to remember her first time in a forest.
Flashback 9 years ago
Holly and her father were walking through the Viridian Forest, looking at all the Pokémon that passed by them. Holly had just spotted a flock of Pidgey flying above them, and was pointing at them excitedly. Her dad leaned down and pointed over to a Pidgey that had landed on the ground a little ways ahead of them.
"Do you want to know something about Pidgey?" He asked his daughter.
"What?"
"Pidgey don't look like it, but they are fierce fighters when they reach their final form."
"Why aren't they now?"
Holly's father looked into his daughters forest green eyes.
"They have to grow and gain experience in order to get to that stage." He then paused and patted his daughters head. "Just like you."
"I'm like a Pidgey?" Holly asked, confused.
Her father chuckled. "In a way." He stood up as the Pidgey flew away."Let's go home now."
END OF FLASHBACK
Holly smiled at the happy memory with her father. She remembered how happy they were, and it also made her sad as it was one of the last with her father. Holly then heard Calem calling her back into reality.
"Are you alright Holly?" Calem looked at her, his storm gray eyes gleaming with concern.
Holly shook her head to get rid of the happy memory.
"I'm fine. It just feels like I know this place."
"Have you been here before?"
"Never. This is my first time here."
Calem had a thoughtful look on his face.
"Maybe you had a dream about it."
"A dream? How could I dream about something if I've never seen it?"
"There have been some instances where I had a dream of a place that I've never been before, and it would happen the next day, a few months, or the next year."
"Amazing."
They kept on walking until Holly stopped dead in her tracks, soon taking off to the right. Off the path. Calem looked at the spot where his friend had been, processing what had just happened. It soon dawned on him and he ran at full speed to catch up with his friend.
"Holly! Wait up!"
Holly kept running. She was sure she heard a cry of fear. She came upon a clearing with a caged Pikachu in the middle of it. Holly ran over to the trapped Pikachu. The Pikachu looked at her fearfully.
"Are you the poacher?" It's a girl because of her voice.
"No. I'm here to help you." Holly began tugging at the cage. "Stay still so I can get you out."
"Why are you helping me?" Her brown eyes sparked with confusion.
"Because I don't want you to go with a poacher." Holly continued.
"Well you don't have a choice in the matter. That Pikachu is coming with me." A voice put in.
Holly turned around to see a large man wearing a black T-shirt, black jeans, and black cargo boots. He has spiky brown hair and sharp yellow eyes. He is carrying a pokeball with an extremely angry look in his eyes.
"Who are you?" Holly asked.
"That's none of your business." He placed the pokeball on his belt and pulled out another. "I suggest that you leave." He threw the pokeball and a Golbat materialized once it came out of it. The Golbat shrieked and glared at Holly. "Unless you want to get into a fight you can't win."
Holly pulled out a pokeball and threw it into the air, Bluestream materialized, growling and glaring at the Golbat. The man laughed when he saw Bluestream.
"You think a frog can beat my Golbat? Let's just see how well it can do. Golbat! Use Quick Attack!"
"Dodge it, then use Bubble!" Holly yelled at her Pokémon.
Golbat flew straight at Bluestream, leaving a silver streak behind it. Once Golbat was close enough, Bluestream jumped out of the and blew bubbles at Golbat's back. Golbat only grunted and made a sharp turn, hitting Bluestream and knocking him down. Bluestream cried out in pain and clutched the side that was hit by the attack.
"Are you all right?" Holly asked her Pokémon with concern.
"I'm fine. That Golbat is just on a higher level than me." Bluestream answered.
"Holly! You shouldn't have run off like that!" Calem yelled, running into the clearing, then stopping in his tracks when he saw the battle. He then saw the Pikachu in the cage and glared at the poacher. He pulled out a Pokeball and threw it into the air, sending out his Chespin.
"Chespin! Tie up Golbat's wings with Vine Whip!"
Two vines shot out of Chespin's neck and quickly tied the Golbat's wings to its side. The Golbat fell to the ground and tried wiggling around to get out of Chespin's grasp. Chespin started tightening his grip on the bat Pokémon, as the Golbat started writhing in pain.
"Calem, please take care of this battle. While Bluestream and I help the Pikachu." Holly told Calem.
He simply nodded and went back to the battle. Holly and Bluestream rushed over to the caged Pikachu.
"Bluestream use Pound on the cages lock." Holly ordered the blue frog.
"You got it!" Bluestream told his trainer, and then using Pound on the lock, breaking it.
Holly opened the cage door and pulled out the Pikachu. The Pikachu looked up at Holly gratefully and jumped out of Holly's arms, running over to the battle, her red cheeks crackling with electricity. She got into a attack position and lifted her tail into the air. She then let out a cry and launched an electric blast at the Golbat and its trainer. The poacher and his Golbat yelled out in pain and when the electricity faded, the both ran away from the fight.
"And don't come back!" Holly yelled after the man. She turned to Calem and gave him a high five. "That was great Calem!"
"You bet! How's the Pikachu?"
The Pikachu ran over to Holly and jumped into her arms.
"I would say she's doing just fine!"
"May I join you?" The Pikachu asked Holly.
Holly looked down at the Pikachu with surprise.
"Are you sure about that? You just got your freedom back?"
"I know. But I would like to travel with you to get stronger! Please take me with you!"
Holly thought about it for a second and nodded.
"Would you like a nickname?"
"Yes please!"
"What do you think of Sparkheart?"
"I love it!"
Holly smiled and pulled out a Pokeball. She tapped the Pokeball on Sparkheart's forehead. Sparkheart disappeared into the Pokeball and a soft ping showed Holly that she caught a new Pokeball.
"Welcome to team Sparkheart."
Authors Note:
I rushed the end there, sorry about that. Also the first reviewer gets to choose the next Pokémon that Holly catches. With nothing else to say I leave you until next time.
P.S. Please review!
