Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any of its characters. I only own Lilly Revere, her mother (who will remained unnamed), and my precious laptop.
Ages: Lilly- 15
The sun had long since settle beyond the horizon by the time Lilly and Charmander finally arrived in Pewter.
"Well," started Lilly as she slowly pedaled her bike towards the Pokémon center, "it seems that my estimation was a tad off."
Charmander turned back to look at her from his place in her bike's pouch and gave her a look that seemed to translate as, 'A little?'
Lilly sighed, "Alright maybe by a few hours. I'm sorry; it's my first time traveling this way so I thought it would have been shorter."
Pulling to a stop in front of the Pokémon center, Lilly let out a sigh of relief when she noticed that it was still open and quickly parked and chained her bike to the building. Placing Charmander on her shoulder, Lilly walked into the building and looked around.
'An almost exact replica of the one in Viridian,' she thought.
"Oh!"
Lilly turned her head towards the main desk and saw Nurse Joy looking up at her.
"You wouldn't happen to be Lilly Revere, Professor Oak's Assistant, would you?"
Slowly, Lilly nodded her head in confirmation, "Yes ma'am, that's me. How can I help you?"
Nurse Joy seemed to sigh in relief, "We have an incoming video call from Professor Elm in the Johto region for you. I have the call on stand-by in booth #1; just press the blue button once you want to speak with him. While you are talking, would you like for me to prepare a room for you?"
Lilly nodded, "Yes please, Nurse Joy. And thank you for informing me about the call."
Nurse Joy bowed her head, "Of course."
And with that, the pink-haired nurse scurried off, leaving Lilly and Charmander to gather their thoughts.
"Well, guess I better go and see what Professor Elm wants."
Charmander 'Charr'd' in response.
Sliding into the first video booth, Lilly pressed the large blue button on the side of the screen and watched as Professor Elm's lab appeared in the screen. Professor Elm's EMPTY lab."
"Umm….Hello? Professor Elm? It's me, Lilly!"
Somewhere off screen, a clattering sound could be heard and, soon, a startled and frazzled looking Professor Elm appeared on screen.
"Lilly? Oh, it is you! I'm glad you finally picked up my call."
Charmander snorted from Lilly's shoulder as said trainer sheepishly scratched the back of her head, "Sorry about that Professor Elm, I didn't think that it would take me this long to reach Pewter."
"Pewter, you say? I made this call to Viridian, thinking you were still there. I guess the Nurse Joy there knew you had already left and forwarded the call to Pewter's Nurse Joy."
Lilly nodded her head along with Charmander, "Yes, that's most likely what occurred. But, not to be rude, what did you call me for, Professor? It couldn't have just been for a friendly chat, for you could have called me in me morning for that."
Professor Elm looked puzzled for a moment before his eyes brightened and he jumped up from his seat, "Oh yes! Let me go get it!" and with that, he ran off of the screen once again.
Both Lilly and Charmander glanced at one another, 'It?' they both thought.
Soon enough, the Professor came back onto the screen holding a brown and cream colored egg.
"An egg?"
Professor Elm nodded, "Yes. A friend of mine, Mr. Pokémon, was out for a stroll one day and came across two eggs, this one, and a white egg with blue and red speckles on it. He had called me up immediately and asked if I could give them to trustworthy trainers. I gave the first egg to my assistant, Ethan, and I wish to give the second egg to you, Lilly."
Lilly was shocked, "Well, i would be honored to raise whatever Pokémon will hatch from it, but are you sure I would be a good candidate?"
Professor Elm chuckled, "That is the exact reason I'm choosing you Lilly. You are a kind-hearted girl, and very trustworthy and loyal to everyone you meet. It would be MY honor to have you raise this Pokémon."
"Well," started Lilly, "If you are positive, then I will gladly accept the challenge of hatching the egg and raising whatever Pokémon may hatch from the egg."
Professor Elm smiled, "Good. I will send the egg over the Pokémon transporter in the morning, so remember to pick it up before you battle the gym…..You ARE battling the gym, right?"
Lilly giggled at the Professor's questioning gaze, "Yes, yes, of course I am."
He nodded his head firmly in response, "Well then, I hope to hear of your success from Professor Oak at a later date. Good night, Lilly. You too Charmander."
Lilly nodded her thanks, "Thank you once again, Professor, and good night."
Professor Elm hit a button on his key board and her screen went black. Lilly sighed and glanced at Charmander.
"Looks like we're going to have a new teammate soon, Charmander."
Charmander nodded before yawning cutely.
Lilly chuckled, "Come on, Charmander. Let's go see if Nurse Joy has our room ready for us yet."
Sliding out of the video booth, Lilly made her way over to the main desk where Nurse Joy could be seen typing away on a computer.
"Hi Nurse Joy. Is my room ready?"
Nurse Joy nodded, "Yes it is ready. Your room is number 3A. Here is your room key."
"Thanks Nurse Joy. Oh, and Professor Elm will be sending an egg over tomorrow morning for me."
Nurse Joy smiled, "Thank you for warning me in advance. I will be sure to prepare the Pokémon transport bay for in the morning and I shall keep it with me at the front desk until you wake."
"Thanks again Nurse Joy!" Lilly said as her and the now asleep Charmander made their way towards room 3A.
As she entered her room, Lilly contemplated what Pokémon could possibly be in the egg.
'If I remember correctly,' thought Lilly as she recalled Charmander into his Pokéball and removed her pack and placed it against the wall, 'The first Pokémon in the red and blue speckled egg is a Togepi, but…. I don't remember there being a second egg.'
Eventually, Lilly opened her pack and pulled out a tank top and pajama bottoms and switched them with the clothes she was wearing. Lying down on the twin-sized bed, Lilly stared for a moment at the ceiling before rolling onto her side and shutting her eyes. Tomorrow would be her first Gym battle and she needed to get some rest but, no matter what she did, she couldn't get the picture of the egg out of her head. Eventually, she fell into a dream filled sleep of Pokémon eggs and Gym badges.
'Oh yes,' she thought, 'such wonderful but odd dreams. Note to self, don't sleep while daydreaming about Egg's and Badges. Very odd combination.'
A.n. CUT! Hope you liked it, and if there were any spelling mistakes, I'm sorry because my cat decided to make me pet her while I was typing. So I was trying to type with one hand while petting a demon cat with the other. And now I believe she can read cause she just glared at me.
