It isn't much of a surprise when I wake up with a scream and fall out of the tree. I had just relived that awful moment when my house exploded, so it's natural I would jerk in my sleep. I just never thought it would hurt this much to fall out of a tree. I land with a large thump and all the breath in my lungs is expelled. As I sit there and gape like a Magikarp, I hear footsteps and voices.
"She can't have gone far. Her house was blown to smithereens. Who knows how long it took for her to get out of town." A masculine voice says.
"She must be close though. I thought I heard a scream from this direction. The little mouse is probably having nightmares." A feminine voice adds with a chuckle. I try to stay as quiet as I can, still trying to suck some air back into my lungs.
"Maybe she woke up and ran off?" the masculine voice says, "She's really just a kid, how far could she go. Let's try this direction." I hear them walk off into the undergrowth and lay where I fell for a while. They know it's me. They know I'm running. Shit! I look out of the bushes I had fallen next to and search for any stragglers. The criminal couple are gone so I get up and out of my sleeping bag. I quickly put it away and head in the opposite direction they walked toward. After a few minutes of walking I come to the main road, but stay off it. If they are searching for me then that would be the first place they check. I stay in the shade of the evergreen trees and head south. Kentil can't be much farther. The sun starts to rise on my left and it sets the snow filled horizon ablaze with golden light. I would stop to admire it, if I weren't trying to stay hidden from a bunch of criminals. I walk as fast as I can to get to Kentil, especially since I haven't eaten since two nights ago, and I don't have any food with me. When I finally make it to the small town, I head over to the Pokémon Center first. Not for my pokémon, but to get some food. It's strange that we never ran into any wild pokémon on the way here. It must have been all the criminals in the woods. The pokémon would know instinctually to stay away from them. Once I get to the cantina I let out Tikeri and Eve. They greet each other for the first time since I was a little rushed for introductions before. Eve is already in mothering mode, even though she is half the size of Tikeri, she's smoothing down the fluff of hair on his head. Tikeri just sits there and takes it like a man, probably because he knows Eve is his elder. He may be rambunctious, loud, obnoxious, and who knows what else, but at least he's respectful. I laugh as I walk towards the kitchen. I grab the sweet pokémon food I know Eve likes and make three sandwiches for myself.
"Hey Tikeri, what kind of food do you prefer?" I ask my little furball.
"I'm kinda partial to the spicy stuff myself." He replies, trying to escape from Eve. I grab a bag of the spicy food and bring all the food to the nearest table and give Eve and Tikeri their respective foods and chow down on my sandwiches. It feels good to have food in my stomach. You never really appreciate it until you starve for a while. I have an uneasy feeling that that might happen to me as often as not. I go back to the kitchen for a glass of water and come back to Eve mothering Tikeri again. It's funny seeing her wipe crumbs off his face. I chuckle as Tikeri sends me an exasperated look of, "Do something!" I just laugh a little more and let Eve be herself.
"Well guys, since we're on the run, we might as well take what precautions we can. Kentil has some clothes shops and I think I saw a salon on the way here, so those will be our first stops of the day." I say, mostly to myself.
"Wait, wait wait, wait, wait! Who ever said anything about being on the run?" Tikeri says with a puff of fire coming out of his nose. "No one ever said anything about being fugitives! What the heck Rin?" I sigh and explain the situation to Tikeri. By the end he looks mortified and I can't help the tears from falling off my face. I feel Tikeri climb into my lap and put his head on my shoulder.
"Don't worry Rin, you've got me to protect you. And you know no one will come near you with me around! You've got yourself a guardian. Eve can help out too, but I don't know what she can do. Maybe embarrass them to death or something."
"Whatever furball." Is all Eve says. I laugh at the two of them, wiping my tears off my face.
"Thanks guys," I say with as much a smile as I can manage, "that makes me feel much better. Now let's go see what we can do about my appearance." I get up from the table and grab my bag, walking out of the Pokémon Center, to the center of town. It's still really early in the day, most people are still at home, but the shops are open. First I go to the salon and chop off all of my hair. The stylist is hesitant to cut it all off but I assure her that it's only bothering me. By the end, my hair is so short that I cannot even get it into a ponytail anymore. I head to the shops next. I buy a bright blue shirt with yellow around the high blue collar and down the sides in thick stripes. I also get charcoal colored pants with the same yellow lines down the sides with yellow edges and big pockets and a pair of yellow suspenders hanging off the belt. The last two purchases I make are blue sneakers and a beanie. The beanie is very unique, but familiar. I try to think of when I've seen it and remember a young man that passed through our town on the way to something called the "Battle Frontier. " He had one like this but it was red. What was his name again? Topaz? Amethyst? Oh, I know! Ruby! He had the most wonderful sense of style, and his pokémon were lovely as well, especially the Milotic, it just oozed beauty. This hat is like his, the edge being colorful-in this case bright blue with a yellow circle-and the rest being white, giving off the illusion of the wearer having white hair. I immediately buy it remembering the fond memory of the slightly conceited, but kind-hearted, boy. Once I get back to the Pokémon Center I change into these new clothes and stare at my reflection in the mirror. I actually look like a serious trainer, it's kinda weird. What disturbs me most is my lack of hair. It used to be down past my waist but now it's so short, that if I didn't have any curves, I would probably be mistaken for a boy. The familiar weight of it is gone as well, my head feeling five pounds lighter. The shirt fits nicely, showing off what little I actually have for curves and I leave the collar open so it doesn't choke me. The long shorts go down just past my knees and match the shirt nicely. I decide to leave the suspenders down since the belt is working just fine and they hang on the sides of my legs. The hat is the last part I look at. Just like when Ruby passed through town, I could easily mistake myself for having white hair, except my bangs. They poke through on either side of my head. It doesn't look too bad though, at least they frame my face.
"Well, Eve, Tikeri, how do I look? Is it too much?" I ask my team of two.
"I think you look wonderful Rin," Eve says with a grin, "But it's strange seeing all your lovely hair gone."
"I think you look cool! Like an exotic champion. I like the hat the most." Tikeri says with enthusiasm. I smile at the kind words from my friends.
"Alright guys, we need to train a little before we go to the next town. Marn has a Gym and I'd still like to challenge Gyms on our tour of secrecy." I say. I grab my trusty white jacket and bag before leaving the Center, heading to the outskirts of town. When we leave the town limits, I look around for wild pokémon. I need to train Tikeri and I have a pokémon in mind that I'd like to catch. We wander around the cold forest for a while until we come across a wild Sneasel. I immediately send out Tikeri, telling him to use Bite. He jumps at the Sneasel and lands a clean Bite. The wild pokémon counters with a Scratch, raking its claws across Tikeri's chest. He jumps away with hardly any damage. His fur absorbed most of it.
"Tikeri, Leer, then Ember!" I order and he jumps to it, quickly dropping the Sneasel's defense and blasting it with a powerful Ember. The Sneasel comes back with a Faint Attack, then Scratch again. Tikeri looks worn out at the double attack, but he's still standing. I order him to use one more Ember, which he pulls off with success, knocking the Sneasel out cold.
"Yes! Great job Tikeri!" I shout in victory.
"What else did you expect from someone as awesome as moi?" he says with a prideful puff in his chest. I laugh and continue walking through the icy woods. We run into three more Sneasels and a few Spheals. I have Eve take care of the Spheals since they are part water type.
"Hey Rin, what are we looking for exactly?" Tikeri asks as he trots by my side, his paws sinking into the snow.
"I'm looking for a pokémon that's unique to Alamar. In fact, it's the only pokémon totally unique to Alamar." I explain, "It's called Crysat. They can only live in the north here since it's cold and snowy all year long, unlike Icirrus or Snowpoint which defrost with the seasons. They're known to be elusive but I'm determined to catch one. I always said it would be the first pokémon I caught when I was little."
"Oh, okay." He simply states. After wandering for even longer, the sun starts to set.
"Alright guys, guess we're not gonna find it today. Let's go back to Kentil." I turn back the way we came, towards the city and start the long trek back. Some night pokémon jump out at us. Mostly Misdreavus and Snorunt. Eve and Tikeri take care of them with ease. It's nice knowing my friends are strong and able to take care of the wild creatures without too much difficulty. Before we reach town, however, a lovely female Crysat jumps out of a tree ahead of us landing on her small paws with grace. Her large ears-much like Eve's- are white with light blue tips and twitching as she walks in the snow. She has long whiskers extending back behind her head and a fluff of fur, like Tikeri's, on her chest that is the same blue as her ears. Her whole body and face is white up until her tail. The bottom half white like her body and the top half blue. What stands out most are her vibrant purple eyes, of which are fixated on me at the moment.
"Well you three look like strong opponents," she muses, "Let's have some fun, shall we?" I grin and send out Eve. The Crysat starts off with an Icy Wind, quickly hitting Eve. I order her to counter with Tail Whip and then Bite. As Eve goes in for the Bite, the Crysat uses Double Team, confusing Eve as to which is the real one. The Crysat clones attack with Shadow Balls but since they are a ghost type move, they don't do anything to Eve.
"Coward! Show your face!" Eve challenges.
"I may be many things, but I am no coward!" The real Crysat appears nest to Eve and lets loose another Icy Wind, which Eve jumps to avoid.
"Eve, Bite!" I order while the Crysat is still trying to catch up. Eve deals out a powerful Bite and then lets go to return to my side. All of a sudden she starts to glow. Oh my God! Eve is evolving! I am speechless as I watch her become larger and much more intimidating. When the light dissipates I finally get a good look at my comanion. She has become black with yellow rings on her ears, legs, tail and forehead. I do not know this evolution so I take out my new pokédex to scan her. "Umbreon the Moonlight Pokémon. On the night of a full moon, or when it gets excited, the ring patterns on its body glow yellow."
"So Eve, an Umbreon huh? Let's make this work, use Faint Attack!" I order and she quickly obeys dealing more damage to Crysat. I see her stumble to recover and know now is the perfect time to catch her. I throw the first pokéball my hand finds in my bag and it swallows her in a red light. It falls to the ground and shakes a few times before making a faint click. I jump for joy.
"We did it Eve! We caught a Crysat!" I yell with joy and pick up our new companion and let her out.
"Well done, human. You are the first to be able to catch me." She says with a smile making her whiskers curl.
"Well how would you like a name?" I ask.
"All right," she agrees.
"How 'bout Frost?" She shakes her head, "Glacey?" Another shake, "Winter?" she agrees to this one.
"We should get back to the Pokémon Center, Rin," Tikeri says, "It's already dark." I look at the sky realizing we have no light left. I start walking again with my companions trailing me. Eve's rings glow in the light of the full moon, giving us light to walk by. We make it to the Pokémon Center without incident and Nurse Joy is still up helping a young man with his Pidgeotto. I wait for her to help me and return my pokémon to their pokéballs. I hand her the balls and she sets them in the healing machine. I ask her if I can have a room for the night.
"Sure, just let me see your Trainer Card." She says with a smile.
"Umm… Trainer Card?" I ask, totally oblivious.
"Let me guess," she says, "You started off in Eira? With Professor Cypress?" I nod. "That man needs a level-headed assistant." She sighs. "It's a good thing I have the authority to issue one to you, otherwise you'd have to go back to the Professor." She starts typing away on her computer. "Age?"
"Fourteen."
"Name?"
"Reena, Reena Frost." I don't know what makes me use my grandmother's name, but it's too late now. She hands me blue and black badge case covered in swirling designs and a small plastic card.
"Here you go. That case is to hold your badges and your Trainer Card." She explains and hands me a room key as well. I thank her and head up to my room. I change into my PJ's and collapse on the bed with my furry friends around me.
Yes I know i added a fake Pokemon. if you don't like it, then that sucks for you! I really like this Fakemon that my friend thought up and he deserves a little fun. I also want to thank Wosprig and adventurerXD for submitting OC's. I cannot wait to add them to this story! Remember lovely readers, I don't own Pokemon, that is Nintendo you're thinking of! :)