II. New Pokémon?
Quick Author's Note: I'm really sorry that I wasn't able to try and update this, even though I was hoping to make this series quite long *sighs for 12331 hours*. I have reasons! First, school was being a huge obstacle in my time, and my editor, who is my best friend Bellicia (go check her out on deviantart: MizukiNakamura24) had some troubles finding time to edit this chapter, which ended up not being edited at all, so I had to do it. Expect a bit of mistakes, but I do try and correct *cri*
I was hoping to update this weekly, but I'll try to get back on schedule. Now that's out of the way, enjoy. *flops on bed*
Although New Bark Town is the so-called 'Winds of a New Beginning', it actually did live up to its name.
Struggling, she walks away from her house bit by bit, and deeper she is into the world. The somewhat-harsh winds push her back, but she paces herself at a constant speed. Eevee jumps onto Hannah's shoulder, but she doesn't lose her balance. The wind was as if it was a force that didn't want her to continue.
But the skies above were illuminating a light hue of blue, looking up to see all the clouds on wonderful shapes and sizes; one of them is an annulus, the other looks like as if it was her blanket, but flying in the sky. The sun is neither overpowering, nor weak; it was perfect. The two could feel their skin warming up a bit beneath the sunlight, whilst the bustling breeze grazes through the skin in a cool fashion.
Hannah rubs Eevee's forehead gently, which was like rubbing one of her plushie toys, only softer and full of life. "Ee! Eevee!" he purred.
A leaf detaches itself from a tree a few metres away, and with the science of wind, the leaf collides onto Hannah's face randomly and she flails. "AH SHITT!" she yelps, smacking her face in an effort to separate herself from that cursed leaf. Eevee jumps away in shock, to avoid being hit.
"Out of all things," she says to herself. "I have to go out on the windiest day." Eevee shows up in front of her, showing that he was a little annoyed. "Sorry Eevee. I got scared from a leaf." Hannah explains, as they both walk together on the path.
Nonetheless, it works. But little did she know, an unsuspecting twist was about to unravel.
The grey beret she is; or was wearing has now flown with the wind like a paper aeroplane.
By instinct, she reached for the beret, but her actions were too slow. Her middle fingertip grazes the side of the hat. So, like that one cliché in most things on a windy day, she runs after her hat. Eevee follows, keeping up with her pace. 'Dammit!" she yells. "I knew I should've done better in Sports!"
Hannah's effort succeeds to vain; with all her luck, a hand reaches out for the beret, causing her movements to stop and her brain in confusion. She angles her head a little down, so that she is looking straight forward as to who caught the hat. "Eevee?" Eevee cocks his head to the side a bit.
It was one of her classmates at school, Lukas. He was sort of the player, flirtatious guy at school; he was pretty much everything a guy could be. Attractive, good at sports, social as well as intelligent.
His clothing attire was quite a mix of casual and formal mixed into one person. It consists of a red-and-black plaid shirt buttoned up all the way, a black sweater typically made of the thin material that cardigans are usually made of. He was taller than her, standing at about five foot ten.
As always, Lukas is quite snazzy and polished. Black jeans with black-and-gold high tops; but what is most aesthetic apart from his clothes was that he was quite built, but not too much, especially since he is sixteen, same as Hannah. His wavy black hair could definitely be considered attractive. Whenever one were to look at his entrancing eyes, they would see sapphires, sparkling like the ocean was in front of them and his sun-kissed skin; a girl couldn't simply deny his looks.
"Well, well," Lukas grinned. "looking for this?" Hannah rolls her eyes, and walks briskly over to him, snatching the beret at the end of the process. "Since when do you even go outside alone?"
"Just then." he answers back. "But, I have to get something from Elm. More of a little personal matter." Hannah also has to go to Elm to obtain her Pokémon but... Is it possible that he was going to get his first Pokémon as well?
"I have to get something from Professor Elm as well." Hannah adds, as Lukas smiles playfully. "Oh? Are you indirectly saying we should walk there together?"
In that moment, she blushes a faint embarrassing red. Her brain tried to process the ways she could try and answer back to that sly question, but the only she could even say was, 'Uhm... I, uh..."
Lukas giggles in remarks to the latter's statement; Hannah however, decides to walk off in a fast rhythm to the direction of Elm's laboratory. "Hey, wait up!" the boy said between laughs.
"Eee..." Eevee sighs quietly, overtaking the two by a few steps, making their way through the town.
*At the laboratory*
A figure is sitting down on a chair, typing furiously onto the keyboard, getting every single word right like a commanded machine. He wore a lab coat, above a teal polo shirt, army-green trousers and unlaced brown shoes. Elm pressed his glasses up at one point to see a bit better, then continued on with typing.
A few knocks on the door are heard, but he was completely oblivious to his surroundings. "Professor Elm?" This captures his attention, swinging himself like a lasso, off to the door. Opening the entrance, a small gust of wind comes into the area, causing a few of the papers near the entrance to fall out from their piles.
None other than Lukas and Hannah were standing at the doorway. "Oh you two!" exclaims Professor Elm. "Please, come on in."
He moves himself on the side of the entrance, so that the two are able to go in. Once they are in, he closes the door, and overtakes them as he walks over to a table of three Poké Balls. "So you two, are you both ready to obtain your first Pokémon?"
"I'm ready." Hannah clenches both of her hands separately in front of her chest.
"Yep." Lukas scratches the back of his wavy hair a little.
"Ee-Eevee!" Eevee shakes himself off, releasing the build-up of dirt and small plant matter that went in-between his fur.
"Great!" Elm smiles, "Be sure to take care of the Pokémon that you two will choose. You can't change your final decision, once you have your Pokémon." The two nod in agreement.
The atmosphere inside the house was tense and heavy; Hannah's stomach feels like it is being dragged down with a thick plate of steel attached to a rope. For Elm, he didn't seem to notice the intensity of the situation that she was feeling.
For Lukas however, he is rather anxious, though his cool and manageable exterior masked what he is really feeling. Eevee just sat on the floor between the two 'future' trainers, wagging his tail in a rapid manner.
"You may choose from," since the Poké Balls are lined in a row of three, he points at the one on the left. It shows a picture in front of the capsule of a bipedal, mouse-like Pokémon with flames on its back like spikes. "Cyndaquil, the Fire Mouse Pokémon. The starter Fire Pokémon."
"Or you can choose," he moves his finger to the one at the middle. It shows a picture of another bipedal, but it resembles a bit of a more of a blue crocodile-like Pokémon, with a large jaw. "This is Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokémon." he pushes his oval-rounded glasses upwards.
Then finally there was the one on the right. The picture shows a small pale-green quadruped Pokémon, with a large leaf attached to its sort-of-large rounded head. "And finally, Chikorita, the Leaf Pokémon."
Hannah releases a mix of a sigh and a gasp; her mind was in complete analysis and decision, as to which Pokémon she wanted as her starter. Sure, she has Eevee, but another ally to the team is an important decision to her.
Lukas made up his mind; he always thinks of things beforehand, which helped him greatly when making decision that changes the course of his future.
"I'll choose Cyndaquil." he confirms, walking over to the Poké Ball on the left and grasping it in his hands. He stays like that, and glances over his shoulder to see Hannah in a bit of a corner.
"Uhm…" she nips at her bottom lip, making her decision. "I'll go for Chikorita."
Hannah moves over to the right Poké Ball, carefully holding the hollow capsule in her hand. To her hands, she had never felt a Poké Ball in her entire existence; Eevee never liked being inside one of those, because he loved experiencing the world outside.
"Great!" Elm hollers, his two hands clapping together once, creating a loud, blunt sound. "Now, the important part..."
The professor walks over to one of many desks, which are pretty much all stacked with papers, filled with complicated information. Hannah and Lukas look at each other in confusion as to what in the world the lab-coated professor was doing. Eevee became a little impatient, and garners his attention to fluffy, bushy tail.
"A-ha!" Elm proclaims, holding two rectangular-shaped, devices. They both have a blue button in the middle, but one of devices is a teal-green, whilst the other is a light hue of red.
Pokédexes?
Hannah remembers a vague thought in her head like a light switch turned on dimly. It was back in the fourth grade, and she herself, and the rest of the class used a sort of 'dummy' Pokédex. One of the students, had broken the 'device' in a flurry fragmentation of steel and circuitry.
The student ended up crying afterwards.
"Every trainer must go out with one of these Pokédexes," he explains, "which will further assist them in their journey."
He hands over the teal-green Pokédex to Lukas, and the light crimson one over to Hannah.
"So, for starters," Elm starts off. 'Oh great. Elm's going to lecture us with a mile-long essay.' Hannah groans in the void of her mind.
Elm shows how the Poké Ball changes in size for easier convenience, whilst how to use one in general. He also shows how to use the Pokédex, how it automatically analyses information about the Pokémon once it is opened with the press of the button, and once the tech detects its presence.
… For around twenty minutes or so.
"Ahh…" Elm sighs, finishing his 'lecture', "you two remind me of these two amazing trainers. Ethan and Lyra were their names. They both started their journey here, like you two, only six years back."
"Back in my day…" Lukas sarcastically mocks back to his statement. "Ha-ha," she ridicules Lukas' statement, "very funny, Lukas." Elm chuckles. "You should go now. See the world before your eyes." Elm assures, as the two leave the building slowly, before saying their goodbyes.
"Bye Elm!" the two now-trainers bids their farewells, as Elm does the same, whilst waving. "Bye!"
Once they are out of sight, and enter Route 29, Elm reminisces of the a similar day six years back; a boy in black, gold and red, walking with a girl in white, red and dark blue. "Ah," Elm sighs in relief. "those were the days. They'll grow up to become great Masters."
Elm goes back inside, the other two continuing on their journey.
Anddddddd, another chapter. I do read reviews to make these fanfics better. So, reviews are welcome.