Review answers -
At the moment, Brendan wasnt in my storyline plans, i dont know much about his character, also adding him wouldnt seem right in the story, ill see if i can add him in further on in the story though, and thanks for the review :)
To people saying about grammer, wording, and structure: Ive had a few reviews about this, and i thankyou for pointing out the errors in the stories, i will eventually go back to improve them and try make the story flow easier, thanks for the reviews (if it doesnt seem to improve, then i cant see my mistakes - sorry.)
Chapter 3 - Trust appears.
"Oh wow, whats that pokemon?" Max exclaims as a yellow pokemon runs towards his direction.
As the unknown pokemon runs towards him, Max calls it over by whistling. Of course not all pokemon are naive, but it seemed to trust the friendly 9 year old boy.
"Are you lost?" Max asks his new companion.
Unknown by Max, the pikachu looks around trying to find his new traveling partner. But no avail. Pikachu looks down. He knows he is lost...
Max notices the sad expression, and strokes the top of his head, whilst saying "Hey, lets walk around town, and if you see him, show me and ill give you back, ok? Lets go!" And as enthusiastically as that was said, was put into his running as he speeds of into the main part of the town of little root.
What could be seen, by many residents and passer-bys, was a sad 10 year old boy, with his cap covering his eyes, and under close inspection, his friends and family would call him by his name, Ash. Many people with confused expressions as to why he was feeling like this are caused by many things which are worrying the pre-teen.
Firstly, he is extremely far away from home, its a mild temperature, but just barable. And the most affecting, in his race of the boat, he and pikachu, amongst the many that were aboard the ship, got seperated. The sad boy was close to tears.
But what he doesnt know yet, is that his friend, with another boy, are going in his direction.
"Pika! Pikachu, pi!
(translations will not be put in, it will ussually be obvious what they are saying, if not i apologise, and if you want them, tell me and ill update my chapters ^_^ ).
"Oh, you see him? Where is he? The one with the hat? The guy running? You gotta be more clear!" Says max, annoyed that he cant understand the pokemons language.
Pikachu, clearly unimpressed with the human unable to locate his trainer, jumps from Max's arms and dodging people to meet his journey companion after their little trip. After his little fear of boats,and Ash helping him, the two became quite good friends over the multiple hour trip to hoenn.
Ash felt a weight on his shoulder. He turns and looks at what it could possibly be, and he finds his partner, smiling at him, knowing they are both thinking the same thing.
"Your here!/Pika!" Both pokemon and trainer said, overjoyed at their new re-union. And Ash takes pikachu from his shoulder, and gives him a hug after the stressful moments without anyone by his side.
Speaking about people, Max finds his way to them and introduces himself to the Newbie trainer. He sticks out his hand to Ash.
"Hi, im Max, I was with your pokemon trying to help him find you" Max explains to the re-united trainer.
"Oh wow, im really grateful for you finding my pikachu" The trainer replies.
'So its a pikachu, never heard of that pokemon before, it could be rare.' Max thought.
Ash meets Max's hand with his own in a handshake. They both smile and head down a path to Oldale town, where Ash, Pikachu, and of course Max, are starting to meet a pokemon centre, where rest is slowly becoming a need for the three of them.
As they venture down the path, just outside littleroot..
"So Ash, where you headed? You going around Hoenn?" Max asks.
"Well, so far thats the plan, seeing what I should do, meet some friends and go around exploring, and make my pokemon stronger." Ash replies, thinking a bit more about where to go next.
"Oh wait!" Max quickly exclaims. "Have you seen my sister? She wears a red bandana, black shorts and a red and white blouse with matching shoes."
Ash thinks bad throughout his time in littleroot.
"Erm, no, im sorry, I cant remember seeing someone like that, but for getting me and pikachu together again, ill help you find her, whats the name?" Ash asks curiously
"Oh, her name is May, May Maple, she just got her pokemon today, and I cant find her!" Max states, fed up with searching for a longer ammount of time than he hoped.
Ash looking aroud the path, noticing that the terrain is about to change.
'Grass? A field of some kind... I dont think this is the right path, but maybe ill find some cool pokemon this way'
"Hey thats her! Hey May! Over here!" Max jumps exitedly, finally meeting her sister. "Cmon Ash, ill introduce you"
"Ok, im coming, get a move on Pikachu"Ash says, chuckling at Pikachus new expression after being called slow. And with that, Pikachu dashes of ahead to greet the female.
"Oh, aren't you a cute pokemon." May says, looking at the yellow mouse pokemon.
'I wonder what you are, I'd better check my pokedex' She thinks as the pink pokedex is being taken from her bag.
Pikachu, the Mouse Pokémon. It can generate electric attacks from the electric pouches located in both of its cheeks.
"Oh, so your a pikachu, thats the first one i've seen." May tells him.
"Yeah I thought so too, ive never seen one either" Says a new voice, yet familiar.
May looks up. To see a boy running at her with a huge smile. He has glasses, and green and black clothing. Her eyes go wide in shock and joy. That boy...
'Is Max!' She thought, overjoyed that she has met back up with him.
Ash notices what will happen, and decides to give them some space to relax by himself about 10 metres away, relaxing by himself looking up at the clouds.
'I have no need to be there, i'll let them have their moment.' Ash thought, containing no motive to interupt them both.
"May, I finally found you, I was getting worried, that maybe you had already left and trave-" Max says, but is interupted by Mays embrace.
Max accepts the hug and is pleased that he has had his re-union with his new travelling partner.
"Dont worry Max, I would've waited for you we are traveliing together, just the two of us, well 3 of us now, wouldn't you say so,well? Torchic?" May states as the fire chicken appears from behind May.
With his eyes wide, he escapes his sisters hug to pick up his sisters starter pokemon.
"So just the three of us - wait, can we have another 2 join us?" Max asks expectantly
'Oh, hes talking about us, I better make my introduction'. Ash thought.
Ash Makes his way over to the duo.
"Wait five? Isnt our group getting big now? Wernt we travelling together?" May asks.
Ash makes his way over and sits next to Max.
"Hello May, Im Ash, from Pallet town, and this is my partner, Pikachu" Ash spoke, introducing him and gesturing to the yellow pokemon May had seen a few moments ago.
"Pika!"
"Oh hello, I guess Max told you about me?" May answers.
"Yeah, this was the guy who helped me find you, I was walking with him, not knowing where we were going, and I just saw you, and shouted" Max clarifies.
'Wow, that was nice of him to go out of his way to help Max, he seems like a nice guy. Max has accepted them too, so thats helpful'.
"well then, thanks for helping us, would you like to join us?" May asks Ash, hoping that the new face can be helpful and fun to the adventure.
"It'd be my pleasure, thanks." Ash replies.
As the afternoon sun slowly sets, the three make their way to the outskirts of Odale Town.
"Hey we are back here" The Siblings say simultaniously.
"Wheres this? Anywhere special?" Ash asks the pair.
'Oldale town, the town where the travelling begins' Ash reads from a wooden sign.
'Hmm, where the journey begins? so, there must be a bigger gap between towns now, maybe we should prepare, and leave tomorrow... wait, im in a group now, i need to tell May and Max, and Pikachu too of course,hopefully things will be easier with friends' Ash thinks hoping for the best out of his journey.
After reading the sign of Odale town, Ash notices a pokemon centre, with the bright red roof, it isnt hard to miss either. Also on this small town, theres a shop, which at a longer look,has pokemon items as shown in posters on the glass.
"So guys, what we gonna do? Travel now, or early tomorrow?" Max asks, thinking the others had an answer.
"Well, we could get an earlier start,but we can travel all day tomorrow,and less chances of camping out... What do you think Ash?"May turns to look at him, expecting an answer, but stays silent when no answer appears out of the boys mouth.
'Is he ok? why has he gone quiet... Not as entertaining as i thought' The girl decides, concluding Ash isnt who she thought he is 'Thats too bad, he seemed like a really good guy, and cute too..'. A blush appears on her cheeks as she realised what she thought.
"... and thats all i think really,May? Maaayy...earth to May... cmon already." Ash says to her, waving his hand infront of her face.
She finally escapes her daze, realising how close Ash is to her, and takes a quick step back, with the red on her face getting brighter, she looks down trying to hide it.
"So, what do you think? You didnt say anything"Ash says looking at her.
"oh, erm, well, I was thinking to start now, and definetly get there tomorow, its Petalburg city after thi-" May suddenly stops speaking. She shares a look with Max, and there is an akward silence.
"Whats up? Whats wrong with Petalburg city?" Ash asks curiously.
After the decision of walking on, past Odale town, sunset is clearly here. And yawns from the trio are occasionally heard, and even though 20 minutes have past since Ash asked the question, there was no reply for him, and his mind was let to wander.
'Petalburg... what will happen, is something wrong with them in that city? Its a shame i don't know enough...I cant help. But i wonder.. is Petalburg city something i should be worried about too?'
"So Max, May, are we gonna camp out? If we are, we should start to set up before its too dark". Ash advises, hoping for a reply from his travelling companions.
"Sounds good, lets stop here, while the suns not too far down yet" May agrees.
So the trio set up their sleeping bags, Max on Mays's left, and Ash has placed his sleeping bag on Mays right, sticking together for their first night in a forest.
Its now approaching dark and the group start talking about pokemon.
"So tomorrow, im gonna try and catch another pokemon, pikachu wont be enough against gym leaders, ready for a battle tomorrow pikachu?" Ash asks his starter.
"Pikachu is an electric type, isnt he?" May asks, intrueged about Ash.
"Yeah, what difference does that make?" Ash answers, wondering what May is saying 'whats wrong with electric types?' He thinks to himself.
"Well, I heard, in each region, you get a grass, fire, or water type, so why are you starting with a pikachu?" May continues, prying for more information from the male trainer.
"Oh, haha, I overslept this morning, so I took what I could, but im glad I did, me and pikachu are getting on well". Ash replies.
"Oh wow, your really special then, arn't you Ash." May giggles. Then blushes madly at how her sentence came out.
Ash was no exception, a blush appears on his face after Mays compliment. "Th-Thanks I guess, sleeping has its benifits." Ash says, joining in with the laughter.
"Oh, Max is asleep, a hectic day for us today though, thats why we we didnt look excited to go to Petalburg city." May says, looking at Max with a sad expression.
Ask scoots closer to May, so they can talk without waking up the younger boy.
"Well, I went to get my pokemon, and Max wanted to come with me on my journey, as he will be getting his starter pokemon next year. And he ran away, so we are in trouble when we get home.." May says, staring at the ground. She was clearly upset.
"Is there anything I can do to help you? I just met you two earlier, but id like to be good friends and travel together, there arnt any problems between us. Its a shame things might end tomorrow.." Ash replies, hoping for a better outcome of this situation.
"I dont think so, theres no point in getting you involved, but thanks anyway Ash, I appreciate it" May answers, whilst thinking of something good that could happen tomorrow, at the moment, tomorrow seemed like something that would just cause problems.
As the darkness continues to shroud around the sky, night is still here, nothing is changing, exept with the light of the stars twinkling overhead, showing some of the many constellations.
"Hey, look at all the stars, theres gotta be thousands up there!" Ash states to his friend.
As the two gaze up into the sky.
"Well, scientifically, theres over 100 thousand, millions maybe" Says a new voice, known to their youngest group member, Max.
"Oh hey Max, did we wake you?" May asks, with a sad smile on her face, not wanting to wake her younger brother.
"Yeah its no problem, we get to have a group moment though right? You two cant spend every moment just you two" Max replies with a snicker.
"W-whats that mean max, its not our fault you fell asleep" May argues.
'Why does he have to make things akward, or say anything like that, why did he have to be annoying now of all times!' May thinks to herself.
"Well, I have an idea" Ash interupts. " Why dont you and I battle May? We need some practice, in the morning after breakfast?"
"Yeah, and i'll be the referee!" Max adds excitedly.
"Sure Ash sounds fun, I hope your pikachu is prepared, we will blow you away!" May says, with a friendly tone to her voice, as its no official battle, and against her friend.
"You wish, pikachu will win this" Ash says, punching the air infront of him to make his point.
The trio laugh and decide to try and get some sleep, anticipating what tomorrow may bring.