Blade: Hello my readers! This chapter will explain why Sabre is the was she is today.
BLADE!
Blade: Oh hell.
A girl that looks like a witch: You were supposed to help me with my-
Blade: I know, I'm just starting this new chapter. By the way, this is Hex. I'll be there in a minute, SO BACK OFF HEX!
Hex: Fine, just finish up and then come to me.
The girl leaves the scene.
Blade: ... Sorry about that, lost a bet with her and now, well, that isn't important right now. Please Read and Review!
Chapter Four: Life Choices
At the base of Mt. Coronet, Sabre and the team set up camp to search for a powerful friend. While Lucario and Duskull set up several alarms around the camp's perimeter, Sabre practiced her moves with Gardevoir in case she needed to fight again.
After half an hour of attacking a fallen tree, all the alarms were in place and Sabre assigned the search teams. "Nova, Z, you two search the exterior of the mountain. Z, strap a sensor pack on Nova and hop into it. Duskull, Lucario, you search the interior. Report any trace to Z and myself. But keep communications to a minimal." "What about me?" Gardevoir asked. "You are going to stay with me and help me watch over the camp. I feel that we shouldn't leave this camp alone, even with the sensors in place."
Everyone left for their designated jobs. After an hour of nothing but silence, Gardevoir decided to learn more about her trainer. "Hey Sabre, can I ask you a question?" "Sure, not like we have anything else to do." Sabre and Gardevoir both were surprised that pokemon came out instead of English. "Ignoring the fact that you just spoke pokemon, how did you meet Vaporeon? He keeps saying that he chose you, but I never understood what that meant."
Sabre was silent for a moment. "I guess you should know, staying with me for as long as you have. The story on how I meet Vaporeon also is the story on kinda why I am the way I am today."
Eleven years ago...
I grew up on a small island called Atari Isle that was in between the Sinnoh and Hoenn regions. It had a unique feature that caused it not to be well known. Pokemon trainers were not allowed to set foot in the town without a permit. The reason lies behind an ancient battle that put the island and all who lived there in between the two regions.
Beyond that, we do not know anything. When I was five, I was an orphan. I was found in a burning ship wreck with no trace of anyone else surviving the wreck. No one knows how I managed to survive. But I did, with no memory of who I was. Six months after I was found, I came across a injured Eevee while I was taking a walk in the forest. Mayor Jones allowed me to take care of it for there was no pokemon center on the island. There was never a need for one anyway. The next month, Jones was replaced by a, how do I put it? Less, understanding. He didn't like pokemon. Ok, that is a total understatement, he absolutely hates pokemon. The only reason I was allowed to keep looking after the Eevee was because the little guy only had a few more days until he was better. After the Eevee was better, I continued my strolls through the forest. Almost every day, that Eevee kept meeting with me.
One day, when I was seven, I didn't see the Eevee, but I thought he had other things to do, so I went on with my walk. After forty minutes of traversing the forest, I saw two police officers chasing something. Probably after some Rattata who was seen in the city, nothing new. But when I heard "EE, EEVEE!", I knew something was wrong. When I saw Eevee running from the two cops, I made the stupid choice. I grabbed a stick I found and swung it at their feet, knocking them flat on their backs. I grabbed Eevee and ran as fast as I could. When the police got back on their feet, they gave chase. They had a speed advantage, but I knew the forest better than anyone in town, so I lost the police quickly. I ran to a cave where I went to if I wanted to be alone.
I went into town later that day only to be stopped by the new librarian. Jones, the ex-mayor. He told me that I was going to be harshly punished for attacking two police officers to protect a pokemon. He gave me some items that was found in the wreckage that survived the fire. A machete with my name inscribed on it, a multi-tool, and a pokedex. "Take these quickly and find safety, before I'm caught with you and we both get in trouble." After that, I ran to the little cave and hid there with Eevee.
Years past and I saw nobody except Jones or the occasional hiker. I estimated I was about nine years old, ten in about a week, when I noticed that the pokemon who normally lived near the town started moving inwards. Curious, Eevee and I decided to investigate. What we saw horrified us. Mayor Cathro (the S.O.B. who declared me an outlaw for defending a pokemon) was building an amusement park where the forest was. Not only would I be found and hauled to some jail, but the pokemon would have no where to live. I decided to organize a small defense force to protect the forest. According to Johnson, Cathro also made a new militia, the All Volunteer Militia.
Because I had been living amongst the pokemon for three or four years, they didn't even hesitate to help me. That night, we sabotaged the bigger equipment any way we could. Cathro was not happy about that, although surprisingly, a good portion of the town did. Johnson informed me that the idea of a amusement park was never a popular idea, even among the police force, which explains the militia. Later that day, the militia sent two dozen of their soldiers out to try and find a mysterious masked being (I had decided to hid my face from any camera or guard at the build site) who commands pokemon who obey without question.
They got a little to close for comfort to my cave, so we ambushed them and threw them out of the forest. After three days if that, but in larger numbers, the Ranger Union noticed the unusual activity on Atari Isle and sent two rangers. But nobody on the island knew anything of this at the time. On the seventh day of attack and retaliation, Cathro decided to invade the forest with every single volunteer in the militia. When a Taillow warned me of a massive attack (The bird pokemon placed pebbles in a bag to tell me how many volunteers were coming), I gathered every able pokemon I could and led them in battle as best I could. It was chaos. We battled for the fate of the forest, the pokemon, and the island for what seemed like hours, when it was all stopped by the two rangers.
A truce was declared and the town agreed to let me stay in the hotel with Eevee for the night while the rangers looked into this matter. In the morning, the rangers announced that they were going to shut down the plans for the amusement park and arrest Cathro for a number of charges. Cathro disappeared later that day along with some of his militia. I was welcomed back as a hero (which I had to admit, felt pretty good seeing how this all started out because I helped out one little Eevee). I started my journey as a pokemon trainer when the champion of Sinnoh, Cynthia, came to the island. She had heard of my little adventure and decided that I could put my talents to good use as a pokemon trainer. She handed me a trainer license and six pokeballs. To everyone's surprise, Eevee went up to a pokeball confidently and tapped the button to be caught. That is when I knew that this was the start of something great.
Present day...
"And that is how Vaporeon choose me." Sabre said as she finished her story. "Wow, even back then you got yourself almost in over your head with trouble." Gardevoir replied. Sabre yawned, not having slept in a while. "I'm gonna doze off for a while, wake me if something happens." And like that, Sabre fell asleep.
When she did, she had the strangest dream.
"You are the chosen one... "
"Huh? Who is there? Show yourself! "
As she finished, she found herself in a room with a table surrounded by eighteen figures, each one wearing a different color cloak.
"Who are you?"
A figure in a gold cloak stood up and said
"We are the spirits of pokemon..."
Sabre: Is that the end of the chapter? Blade, where are you?
A man in what looks like Mark V Spartan armor with a sniper helm and a battle rifle on his back enters the room.
Sabre: Diamondblade, what are you doing here?
Diamondblade: Blade said that if he wasn't here by the time the chapter ended, I had to close it.
Sabre: Ah.
Diamondblade: So, I hope you like the chapter. Review and recommend the story to other! I have to go back to my own story, see you later Sabre.
Sabre: Bye! Hope you enjoy this story!