Violet Skies

"So, what's a Nuzlocke?" Flint the Cyndaquil asked me as we walked down route 29 looking for a pokemon to catch.

"Well, in a nutshell, if you are defeated in battle, you die."

"Well, then why did Elm give me to YOU?!" He was scared of death apparently. "You're just an inexperienced kid!"

"You're just a kid!"

"I'm the future king of my tribe!"

"What tribe?"

"Back in Mt. Silver, like all Cyndaquil tribes… Can we just go home?"

"CUCOOO!"

"Hank what was that?"

"It sounded like a Pidgey. Follow me, and watch how we get new teammates."

*Talon the Pidgey was caught*

"Oh thank goodness I've found you!" Talon said as I sent him out. "My mother said that Hank Coro needed her help, but she is far to undernourished to help you out on your journey again."

"Ummm…. What exactly is going on?" Flint asked.

"Oh… my apologies." Talon said bowing. "I'm Talon. I'm a bit of a celebrity back in my hometown of Cerulean. You see, my mother is the leader of my flock, and my father was one of Hank Coro's pokemon."

Suddenly I realized that Talon was the child of Dove, my old Pidgey, and Braveheart, my old Fearow, who was my very best pokemon until he died, and I was forced to flee to Johto.

"I'm Flint." Flint said. "I'm a king."

"No, you aren't. You're a prince."

"Well, he's a future king." Talon corrected me. Yep, this was definitely Braveheart's son.

"Yeah!" Flint said, teaming up with Talon against me. "So you're going to have to do what we tell you, punk!" He boasted giving me a little punch in my leg, (he's small.)

"No, I really don't." I said as we walked into Cherrygrove City. "Besides, with an attitude like that, your shaping up to be rather pathetic king indeed."

"Not the way I see it!" Flint said to Talon before he jumped in front of me, startling me a bit, since the flame on his back was burning.

"Flint…" I was nervous, and I heard music. (Oh my gosh, here it comes….!)

"I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!" Flint sang. Talon clapped along. He wasn't helping.

"Well I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little scare." I half sang, kind of wanting to move on through the city, but Flint seemed eager on finishing the song.

"I'm gonna be the main event, like no king was before! I'm brushing up on looking down, I'm working on my ROAR!" He yelled as he tried to roar at me but it just made me laugh a bit.

"So far a rather uninspiring thing…" Talon joked.

"I just can't wait to be king!" Flint sang as he used Talon to fly around from rooftop to rooftop.

"Flint…" I called after him. "I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart to heart!"

"King's don't need to talk to petty humans for a start…"

I turned around and scratched my head, then pinched my nose like Stan from South Park. "If this is where my journey's headed, I'm so done." I said.

"Hey!" Talon came to cheer me up. "Why don't you just lighten up and have some fun?"

"That child is getting wildly out of wing!" I said to Talon as I pointed at Flint, dancing on top of a building.

"Oh I just can't wait to be king!" Flint said. "Hey, Hank Coro, look left!" I look left and Talon hit me from behind. "Hey, Hank Coro, look right!" I looked to the right and Talon hit me from behind again. Flint then used smokescreen and I couldn't see anything.

"Everywhere you look I'm…" The smokescreen cleared and I saw him striking a pose. "Standing in the spotlight!"

"Not yet!" I said as I picked him up and started carrying him up Route 30. Talon was flying by me though, and still singing.

"Let every creature go for broke and sing! Let's here it in the herd and on the wing! It's going to be King Flint's finest thing!"

"Oh I just can't wait to be king!" Flint sang as he danced around in my arm. "Oh I just can't wait to be king!" Talon decided to join in now.

"Oh he just can't wait…." Talon sang.

"Oh I just can't wait…." Flint sand.

"To be king!" They both sang as the stretched out the king at the end, and the music I heard ended abruptly when they stopped singing.

"Hey!" A young kid yelled at us from across the street. "No one get's past Route 30 without beating me in a battle!"

"Who are you?" I asked, wondering who this youngster was. I questioned whether he was old enough to be out on the streets this early in the morning, let alone battling pokemon in a Nuzlocke…

"I go by many names." The kid said ominously. "But around here I'm known as Joey! The best trainer in Cherrygrove!"

….One short battle later….

"Well, Joey. I have to hand it to you. I haven't faced a Rattata like that in a long time, but you still have a long way to go before you try to set out on a pokemon journey."

"Hank, can we just take the money and go?" Flint asked, groaning. Talon nodded in agreement.

"Shh!"

"Hey, I was wondering if I could have your number." Joey said. "I want a rematch, and I'll call you when I'm ready okay?"

"Sure." I was really disinterested in this how slowly I was moving. Hopefully, something cool would happen soon…

….Route 31.…

"Alright! Great job guys!" I said as Flint and Talon showcased the new moves they'd picked up. "Ember and Gust! Both excellent attacks!"

"Hey Talon." Flint said.

"Yeah buddy?" Talon asked.

"Hank has had pokemon before? You said that he-"

"No it was just a bunch of nonsense!" I said quickly, realizing what was going on. Flint barely respected me as it is and if he found out that I actually lost an Elite 4 challenge, he'd clearly stop listening to me altogether. "Talon, can I talk to you?" I took him aside.

"What's up?"

"You can't tell anyone that I've trained pokemon before. If anyone, you should know how badly that ended for me."

"But if pokemon know that you're more experienced-"

"No one Talon!" I raised my voice. Talon took his right wing and pretended to zip his beak shut.

"Hey guys look at that!" Flint said pointing. "It's Violet City!"

Talon and I looked and saw a small village at the base of the hill we were on. At the northern end of the village was a big tower, and in the center I saw a Gym. "Well boys, here we are at Violet City!" I said.

"Woah!" Talon flew up into the sky to get a better view.

"It's just stunning!" Flint said, taking an interest in the architecture.

"Let's go!" They said in unison.

"Alright boys." I said. "Welcome, to the world of Nuzlocke!"

(Now, that chapter took me a long time to finish…by the way, this book will have an appendix at the end for anyone reading who wants to know exactly what I felt about each pokemon. Anyways Enter: Talon, a male pidgey who seems to get along with Flint really well. Hopefully nothing happens to mess that friendship up. Talon, and Flint will both be reviewed in the Appendix of the book, as well as some major players in this Nuzlocke Team. Also, any questions about the first book? Feel free to pm me! Any questions about this one? PM me! I'll answer you to the best of my ability. Also, a fair warning: Book 3 is going to be a little more…creative than these two books. (But how can it be more creative than a Lion King 2/ Hercules/ Alladin/ Pochahontas/ Pokemon Story?) Don't worry. You can PM me if you really want to know. Anyways, what awaits Hank, Flint and Talon in the land of Violet City? Find out next chapter!