Yayyy! Chapter Three! I would like to thank DestinyVerge for reviewing, they are very appreciated like always!
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New Bark town. It truly was a town. Though Cherrygrove wasn't any bigger, but at least Cherrygrove had a Pokemart and a Pokecenter. When you enter New Bark, it's shiny glory hole was always the first thing you saw. The professor's lab. I swear, if it wasn't because Professor Elm had his lab here, New Bark wouldn't have ever been heard of.
Though I had heard that most Professor's like to live in small town because it was more peaceful and quiet so it had allowed them to concentrate on their work more.
For it being Spring Day, I would have expect the place be a little bit more busier . Then again Langston did say that only three other people were here to get their Starter Pokemon. I could feel a lump form in my throat as I approached the tall building.
Ralts coo at the building with awe. I looked at her with a small smile. She really was a cutie.
"Come on Ralts, let's go check in." My smile grew as it agreed happily . Maybe not all Pokemon were half bad.
We entered the building and was instantly greeted with white tile floors that had a blue tint to it. It was a whole lot darker inside then it was outside. I blinked a few times to adjust my eyes to the lighting.
Slam!
I cringed as the door had slam shut. Guess that was my fault for leaving the darn thing open. I opened my eyes from my cringed to see everyone staring at me. I could feel heat creep up to my cheeks as I had all eyes on me. I had instantly wished that I was in a twenty feet hole.
Langston was right. There were three other kids here waiting to get their Pokemon, as he had said.
The first one was a ginger girl who was probably ten years old. She seemed to be in the height range of 4'11 as she wore a yellow T-shirt with a Pokeball printed in the middle of the shirt. She wore blue shorts and a pair of normal tennis shoes that were white. She wore her hair in a long braid as she wore a yellow ribbon as a head band. She was glaring at my with piercing brown eyes as she looked like steam was about to come out of her ears.
"Daddy told me I was going to get a Pokemon! Not a lecture party! Now we have her interrupting the final pickings." The young girl stomped on the ground as she dramatically crossed her arms.
"Teresa, you'll get your Pokemon soon. Then you'll have all the time in the world to bond with your Pokemon." The Professor told her sternly, as he then smiled to me.
"Karma!" I turned my attention to the one who called my name. It was my sister Maddie, with a pile of papers surrounding her as she had dropped them from the sight of me.
I gave her a small wave as I forced a smile towards her. Maddie, age of 24, had her mousy brown hair in a tangled bun as she wore a blue dress shirt with a professional black skirt with a lab coat over it.
You could tell that we were sister's by our facial structures, the only difference really was that her hair color was lighter than mine and the fact that I wore make-up and she didn't.
"Dear Arceus, what happened to you?!" Maddie asked as she rushed towards my side. I had forgotten that I had probably looked like a mess. I could feel a twinge of pain in the spots that the Pidgey's had pecked me that I could have sworn wasn't there before.
I guess they were right when they said that pain was all in the mind. Pushing the irritation aside, I smiled to her.
"I just got into a tussle with the wild Pokemon in the area. It's no biggie." I told her as I swatted her pestering hand that kept trying to touch my wounds.
Snickering.
"You let a bunch of Sentret's and Pidgey's do this to you?! Oh that's too good!" A howl of laughter had came from the voice. It was from one of the three kids. He was taller than me, though probably the same age as me also. Like Langston was. Except with this guy, I didn't want to practically drool on him from head to toe.
He wore a black leather jacket with a dark blue shirt. He wore dark blue jeans to with black shoes. You could see a leather bracelet even poke out from his jacket. His black hair was short and gelled up , his steeled onyx eyes watered as he was laughing too hard.
My face boiled red as my fist clench.
"A Pokemon did this to you? Usually Pokemon around this area are peaceful and nice..." Professor Elm asked me, while he mused silently to himself. A little of my anger let up as I looked shyly away.
"Well... It didn't help the fact that I disturbed their breakfast..." I side step away from the Ralts that had hidden behind my leg as soon as we entered the Lab.
"A Ralts! They're rare around these parts of Johto." Professor Elm claimed as he walked up to the Ralts. He bent down to pet her. The Ralts flinched away.
"I see..." He muttered as he stood straight.
"See what?" I inquired, curious to what he was thinking. Being once a assistant to Professor Oak, this man had almost always had great thoughts in his mind.
"By the way she reacted , it can safe to assume that she had probably lost her mother to Pokemon Hunters." He claimed, as we all stared at the trembling Ralts. Sympathy was the emotion I felt for the young creature.
"Pshhh. How can you make such an assumption Old Man? " The boy in black had spoken , crossing his arms .
"Disrespectful! Just because of that Adam, you'll get to have your Pokemon last. Though to answer your question, you can tell with the way the Pokemon is behaving. She is very young, so she wouldn't have been winged off her mother yet and the way she flinches when come close to human contact can be said that humans had done something wrong to her. Which could be the reason why Karma had found it defenseless on her way over, with it being attacked. Pokemon Hunters had just came through the area not to long ago, which is why I suspect they are the reason behind her mother's lost. Besides... I'm not even that old..." He grumbled out the last part as his shoulders slugged over.
The whole room fell silent. It was possible theory, one that made the most sense. I just couldn't help but sense something was wrong, like that wasn't the whole reason. I shook of the doubt in my mind, focusing on the professor once more.
He became perky once more, smiling at the three kids- Erm well four including me.
"Well Teresa, Matthew, Adam, it is now time to choose your Pokemon." Each grinned at the professor, Teresa bouncing on her tippy toes with excitement, Adam smirking , while the other kids that was Matthew had just grinned.
"Matthew , you get to choose first since you were the most respectful-" He glared at the gingered hair girl and the boy in black-" Through out the whole lesson."
Matthew's grin grew wider, which I didn't even know it was possible.
Matthew was a little bit shorter than I was, probably had reached around my chest. He was African American, his skin was a chocolate brown, he had a small Afro coming in which had poof out a little bit. He wore an oversize blue hoodie and jeans that seemed a little bit bigger than they should have been. He wore a back pack like I did, but his was black with white surrounding the zipper.
He walked slowly to the three Pokeballs. From where I stood I could see his arm shake. He picked up the first Pokeball as it expanded in his hand.
"Pokemon, come on out!" The first Pokemon was surprisingly a Poliwag. It wiggled it tailed happily, jumping in the air.
Everyone looked at the Professor in surprise.
"Man! What is this? I would have expecting something grand, not this piece of crap!" Adam burst out, waving his fist at the Professor. He looked nervous as he wiped of the sweat forming on his head.
Poor fellow, how he knew he was going to get himself in trouble with this plan.
"Kids, you all knew that this year was going to be a twist, if you want something different then what I am providing, well there's the door. " He pointed at the door that was behind me. I was still by the entrance I noticed, so I took a few steps toward the action.
Adam opened his mouth like he was going to say something then shut it with a few grumbles I couldn't hear. Matthew recalled the Poliwag so it would stop jumping around.
Matthew put the Pokeball back into it's place.
His hand hovered over the second Pokeball as he grasped it with his large hands.
"Hurry up! We are all waiting here!" Teresa called out to the young man, or well he was older than her, but still young compared to me. I saw him sighing as he showed the next Pokemon.
A red beam of light revealed something I had not expected. It was a candle like Pokemon that was small and had a purple flame on it's head.
"This is Litwick. They are usually are found in the Unova region." The Professor informed, being such a helpful guy that he is. The Litwick looked at the area around it, keeping a calm demeanor about itself. Matthew knelled down to the fella, petting it's waxy skin. He grinned at the candle like Pokemon.
"Go back to your Pokeball." He recalled the Litwick and put it beside the other two Pokeballs.
Last but not least, he picked up the final ball.
"Let's go Pokemon!" He called out to the last ball.
"Dewwwww." It had said, as it's form appeared to the four of us. Budew had looked very sluggish as if it just woke up from a nap.
"So Matthew, this is this year's starter Pokemon. Which one would you prefer?" Professor asked as Matthew placed his hand on his chin.
The boy was a quiet one, a man of few words. So when he spoke, I was surprise how soft his voice was when he wasn't screaming for Pokemon to come out.
"I'd like to choose Litwick." He insisted, smiling as he picked up the second Pokeball. The Professor turned to the impatient ten year old girl as she was tapping her foot.
"I want the Budew!" She divulged , picking the sleepy Budew in her arms. That left Adam with the Poliwag.
"Damn it..." I heard him muttered and he distastefully picked up the last remaining Pokeball. With disgust, he attached the Pokeball to his leather bracelet.
"Now that you all have your partner's-"
"Wait! What about me?" I interrupted. I was not about to be kicked out of my house only to be not granted a Starter Pokemon. There was no way I going to let that happen!
"You already have your Starter Pokemon it seems." He smiled gleam fully at me as his eyes fell on the Ralts.
"The Ralts?" I asked as my own stare fell on the Pokemon coward-ing behind my leg. "But that's not a register Starter Pokemon!" I complained.
"It is now." The Professor picked up a scanner like object and motioned me to come near him with the Ralts. I picked up the Ralts in my arms and walked towards him. My stomach started to feel queasy as I didn't know what was to happen next. Was this the feeling most people felt whenever they got their first Pokemon?
I looked at the other three kids. They didn't look as nervous as I felt . I placed Ralts on the table like the Professor wanted me too. He scanned the Pokemon with the small little red object he had in his hand.
"This is a Pokedex. Not only can it give you information of what Pokemon you caught but it shows your registration as a Pokemon Trainer. Your official Pokemon licence. " He started to type in things into the Pokedex. He then handed it to me with a smile.
" I feel like this will benefit you as a Trainer, Karma." My stomach started to flip all over the place as my own hand shook as I reached for the Pokedex. This made me a official Pokemon Trainer. Something that I had considered a burden all my life was finally happening to me. Why did it feel so exhilarating then?
"Th-thank you Professor." I bowed my head in respect as I placed the Pokedex in my bag. He then suddenly tossed a Pokeball my way so I could catch my very own Starter Pokemon.
I turned to the Ralts as I knelled down to here.
"Hey there, um, would you mind being my partner to this grand adventure I am suppose to have?" I put the Pokemon in front of her, hoping she would accept my offer. The Ralts cheered happily as she touched the button of the Pokeball. A red beam ate her up, sealing her in the Pokeball, securing her fate as mine. She was mine Pokemon. My very first Pokemon.
I stayed there for a moment, staring at the ball. I was a Pokemon Trainer now. Why couldn't I wrap my head around it?
"Hey! Staller, hurry up, we have adventures of our own that we need to get a move on!" Adam told me, whipping me back to reality. Could he not let me have this moment to myself?
"Oh shut it, you have your whole life to waste to be adventuring." I stood up, staying in line with the other three. Adam rolled his eyes at me as he crossed his arms.
"Now that you have partner's, would you like to give them a nickname?"
I pondered as the Pokeball was still in my hand. Would she even appericate if I gave her a nickname?
"I'll call mine Flameio, off a slang I once heard before. " Matthew said, grinning to himself. Teresa had placed her Budew in her ball . She gave it a kiss.
"Mine shall be called Turnip." She said proudly, clutching the ball in her hand. Adam shrugged his shoulder's.
"I'll pass. I'm not fond of nicknaming Pokemon." He said.
My shoulders slugged as I was stumped to call my partner.
"I can't think of a nickname for mine..."
"Well since it'll be a Gardevoir and it's a female, you could call... it... ChiChi..." Drool was starting to come out of the Professor's mouth as his eyes turned hazy. Adam snorted.
"What are you into Professor?" He asked as he stifled a laugh. The Professor's face turned beat red as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"She asked for a nickname, so I provided one." The Professor said spitefully towards the boy in black. All he did was rolled his eyes at the older man.
"ChiChi..." I uttered out, it sounded okay enough. If I didn't like it later, I could always go to the Name Rater and change it. Where he lives at though, I had no clue.
"So who knows how to catch a Pokemon?" Maddie asked, finally speaking up after the whole ordeal. Only Matthew and Adam raised their hands. Teresa crossed her arms as she looked away as I stared at my hands shamefully. I never thought catching a Pokemon would ever be a useful skill cause I had always thought I was going to be home-bound for the rest of my life. "You two can go. Karma, Teresa, I'll teach you how to catch a Pokemon on Route 29. But first Karma, I would like for you to go with me to Mrs. Gold's house before so, so I can prepare you better for your Journey." She pointed at my already messed up outfit. My face heated up as the boys left the lab.
I probably wouldn't see them in a long while.
"I'll meet you in Route 29. Just... hurry up." Teresa told me as she stomped out of the lab too. I sighed as I looked at my sister.
The life of a Trainer was oh so grand, wasn't it?
Well this is chapter three! Sorry if it seems like it was all dragged out, but you know in every game the introduction is always the longest. I hope you enjoy the story so far! Review!