Kendall:Right. WhiteCalman does not own Pokemon or any of the submitted OCs. Pokemon belongs to the rightful owner and the OCs belong to their creators. She does own the fic, me, and Clint.
Time for the first chappy!
4 Years Ago
A six year old Kendall stood beside a six year old Clint as they waited for their fathers to tell them their suprise. "Daddy," Kendall complained, "hurry up!"
"Be patient, Kendall. It's almost ready," her father replied, his back turned to the young auburn-haired girl. Kendall turned to Clint and cocked her head to the side.
"What does 'patient' mean?" she asked, to which Clint shrugged. They turned back to the adults and saw them smiling.
"Here you go, you two!" they exclaimed. Kendall's father handed her 3 Poke Balls and Clint's father handed him 3 as well.
"What's in them?" Clint asked, curiously.
"Just open them and find out," his father answered. The two kids shrugged and pressed the buttons. Out of Kendall's three came a Bulbasaur, a Charmander, and a Squirtle. Out of Clint's three came a Chikorita, a Cyndaquil, and a Tododile.
"Cool!" they exclaimed. The two were fascinated with the Kanto and Johto starters and kept looking at them from different angles, but their mothers weren't as happy.
"Are you sure?" Kendall's mother asked. "They're only 6."
"Right," Clint's mother agreed. "They aren't old enough to become Pokemon Trainers."
"Calm down," Kendall's father said. "They won't become Trainers yet. They'll just have the Pokemon."
Mrs. Baird and Mrs. Johnson exchanged looks and shrugged, giving into the men's fantasy of their children becoming Trainers.
Later
"Daddy, you'll be back soon, right?" Kendall was hugging her father's leg as he packed a bag.
"Of course, Kendall," he assured her. "Daddy's just going on a trip."
After he was done packing his bag, Kendall's father waved good-bye to his wife and daughter and started off, leaving his family behind.
Later, again
Clint and Kendall were hiding in the closet of Kendall's room with only a flashlight for light.
"Why am I here?" Clint asked quite loudly.
"Shhh!" Kendall put her finger to her lips. "They'll hear you!"
"Oh," Clint said. "Sorry."
"Daddy left me and Mommy to be Trainer. Your daddy left you and your mommy to be a Trainer. I think that when we're ten years old, we should take the Pokemon our daddies gave us and be Trainers," Kendall whispered.
"But not just Trainers," Clint whispered back."We should become the best Trainers ever."
Kendall nodded eagerly. "Yeah. Let's make a promise to be the best Trainers ever." Kendall held up her pinkey finger and linked it with Clint's.
"I swear," they promised in unsion.
Present
Kendall's Snorlax alarm clock continued to ring but she didn't acknowledge it. Finally, her Bulbuasaur, dubbed Bulb, got bored watching his Trainer sleep and started poking her with his vine.
"What?" Kendall asked, sleepily. Bulb pointed to the clock and Kendall woke up immediatly. "Ack!" Kendall said. "I gotta get ready!" The 10 year old girl got ready and headed downstairs, leaving only her coat and scarf off. She sat down at the table as her mother set down three pancakes on the girl's plate. Kendall focused on the food and started cutting the pancakes. Mrs. Baird sat down across from her with a cup of coffee.
"So today's the day, huh?" Mrs. Baird asked. Kendall put some food in her mouth and nodded. "I'm glad that you're not traveling alone. Arceus only knows what would happen then."
"Mom," Kendall complained. "I can handle myself."
Mrs. Baird shook her head and smiled. "Either way, it's always good to travel with someone. Had your father traveled with someone..." Mrs. Baird trailed off into silence and an awkward silence fell in the room.
"So," Mrs. Baird started. "Where are you meeting Clint?"
"I'm meeting him at his house," Kendall answered. Mrs. Baird nodded and let her daughter finish her pancakes. After they were gone, Kendall drank some milk and put her scarf and coat on. She grabbed Squirt's, Char's, and Bulb's Poke Balls and kissed her mother's cheek.
"Bye, Mom!" she called as she ran out the door.
At Clint's house.
Just as Kendall was about to knock on her friend's door, it flew open and a boy with wild blonde hair flew out the door, running into her and knocking her over. "What the heck?" he cried. After realizing the situation, the boy blushed and stood up, helping Kendall up as well.
"Sorry, Kendall," he apologized.
"It's OK, Clint," Kendall reasurred her friend. "Now," she said, making sure she still had her Poke Balls, "Ready?"
Clint smiled. "You bet!" The pair of Trainer set off to Route 201, chatting about how great it was going to be to challenge to Pokemon Gyms of Sinnoh. Half-way to Sandgem Town, a Piplup and Chimchar ran out of a bush and hid behind Kendall. Clint was getting some water so he wasn't there to see the situation.
"What's wrong?" Kendall cried. As though summoned by her voice, several Beedrill. Realizing her problem, Kendall picked a Poke Ball. "Char! Time to win!" she called, sending out her Charmander.
"Char! Charmander!" he said.
"Char! Use Ember!" Char released several embers, burning some of the Beedrill. Even though was a type advantage, there were too many Beedrill for the ones that were knocked out to make a difference for. Char continued to release Embers and was soon assisted. Kendall turned and smiled as she saw Clint running towards her with his Cyndaquil, named Explosion. Explosion was releasing embers as well, knocking out Beedrill with Char. After all of the wild Pokemon were defeated, Clint and Kendall returned their Pokemon.
"That was weird," Kendall said. Clint nodded but didn't say anything. "Got something on your mind?" Kendall wondered.
"Yeah," Clint answered. "Don't you think it's weird that a bunch of Beedrill attacked us here in Sinnoh, even though they're only found in Kanto?"
"Well, I guess," Kendall confessed. "But you wanna know what's weirder?" she asked, looking over her shoulder.
Clint cocked an eyebrow and they stopped walking. Kendall pointed to two Pokemon following them and smiled. "I think they like us," she said.
"You think so?" Clint asked as Piplup stopped in front of him and Chimchar stopped in front of Kendall. "Maybe they're just grateful."
"Maybe," Kendall said. "Or maybe they're still scared."
"Scared? Of what?" Clint said.
"Clint, if you were a young Pokemon that got attacked by a bunch of Beedrill you know you couldn't beat, wouldn't you be scared afterwards, too?" Kendall asked.
"Maybe they are scared," Clint muttered.
"Hey! You found them!" someone shouted. Kendall and Clint turned to see a boy with navy hair running towards them, a Turtwig trailing behind. When he stopped in front of them, he put his hands on his knees and panted. "These Pokemon belong to Prof. Rowan," the boy stated.
"Really?" Clint said.
"Yeah. Oh, hey, I'm Lucas. I'm helping the prof. with his research," Lucas said.
"Cool," Kendall said, smiling.
"I think the prof. might want to talk to you two. Come with me." Lucas turned and started to walk away, not waiting to see if Kendall and Clint would follow. The two Trainers exchanged a frightened glance and slowly followed Lucas to Sandgem.
What will happen to Kendall and Clint? What about Piplup and Chimchar? Stay tuned to find out!
So, whatcha think? Hope it's good!
