Chapter 1: Discovery of a Melody
The Alaria region, one of the most technologically advanced regions in the world. It has several advancements in Pokeball and everyday tech that other regions don't have, like hover shoes, teleporters, and Augmented Reality interactions. The region is also home to one of the larger branches of the International Pokemon Police, so big that they have a pseudo-headquarters located here. Thanks to technological advances and the fact that there are professional detectives and cops all around, Alaria is also regarded as one of the safer regions, though there are still things that go wrong whether it be with technology or crime.
Our story begins in Melodic Town, a town on the edge of Alaria that is more rural than the rest of the region. Here,we have a girl, her meeting with a songstress, and the start of a journey.
"Hibiki, it's time to get up." a voice called out into her bedroom. Hibiki slowly opened her eyes and turned her head to face her twin sister from her bed. "It's our big day today." her sis said playfully before closing the door. Hibiki laid in beed for a minute before getting a jolt of energy as she remembered what was going to happen.
"We get our Pokemon today!" Hibiki thought ecstatically as she got out of bed and rushed to get ready. After a few minutes of hyperness, Hibiki stood in front of a mirror and made sure she had everything. Hibiki was an 17 year old light tanned skinned female with purple eyes and silver hair tied up with a treble clef hairpin in a ponytail wearing a blue shirt with a gray disk on it, a small silver cape she had sewn on, a red skirt with a musical scale and notes on it, a blank musical scale sash, black leggings with a purple stripe near her thighs, and multi-colored shoes.
After making sure she was fully dressed, she grabbed her backpack and headed out the door to head downstairs. When she got downstairs, she saw that, her mother, Aria, and sister were already eating breakfast with a Chimecho eating a bowl of food that it had.. "Sorry about that, I completely forgot about today." Hibiki said as she sat down.
"Really? I couldn't tell from how excited you were yesterday." her sister said in a playful tone. Hibiki's twin sister looked exactly like her, except she has elbow-length golden hair, red eyes, and a similar clothing style with a plain purple shirt, green skirt, red shoes, a gold cape and light gray stockings.
"... I mean, you know how I get at night Echo." Hibiki told her sister with a smile as she started to eat her breakfast.
"I'm so happy for you two, getting your Pokemon today and becoming trainers." their mother told them. Hibiki and Echo looked at their mother with smiles as their mother's Chimecho happily swayed side to side.
"Speaking of, what time do we have to go get our Pokemon?" Echo asked as she stood up to put her and her mother's plates in the dishwasher.
"In about two hours and a half hours, Professor Cherry is out at the moment. She's taking care of some business at the moment, but she'll be here soon." Aria said.
"Ah, well what do we do until then?" Hibiki asked as she swallowed some of her food.
"Stay here, but knowing you, you're going to be going to your Den to get ready." her mother said with a small sigh.
"Why can you two read me like books?" Hibiki said in a sad tone. In response, Echo walked up behind her and hugged her sister.
"Because we love you and know you in and out." Echo said in a compassionate voice. Hibiki simply smiled as she finished her breakfast and talked with her family for a bit.
About an hour had passed before, Hibiki had left her house to head to her Den that she had built. As she left, she took a deep breath and sight out of excitement. "Calm down Hibiki, it's just a quick visit to the Den and back here. Nothing is going to happen… why do I even bother?" Hibiki thought to herself, mentally slapping herself. Walking through the surrounding woods, she took the steps to make sure that she was calm. Suddenly, she heard a rustling in the grass nearby and she quickly moved to make sure she would be safe.
"Oh, didn't realize there was anyone else out here." a voice said, earning a yelp from Hibiki. As she heard the voice, she turned around and saw a boy coming out of the foliage followed by a Stoutland. "Apologies for the scare." Wind said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"It's fine, I didn't expect to run into anyone, this area is usually not home to many Pokemon." Hibiki said in an embarrassed tone.
"Eh, I'm kind of just a wanderer with me and my friends… who are in a heated argument right now. Just decided I would take a walk with my Stoutland." Wind said.
"That's good… hope your friends are alright." Hibiki said awkwardly as she looked for a way out.
"They'll be fine, this happens often enough. Name's Wind by the way, what's yours?" Wind said with a cheerful tone.
"... Hibiki." Hibiki introduced shyly. Upon seeing the shyness of Hibiki, Wind simply sighed and gave an understanding smile.
"Getting your first pokemon today are you?" Wind guessed. Hibiki simply hid her face and nodded before Wind gave a small laugh. "Shy one aren't you? I completely understand why though, It's the start of a journey." Wind said, getting a little nostalgic himself.
"...I should get going." Hibiku said as she proceeded to walk away. Wind simply waved goodbye, sighing as she disappeared from view.
"This could be a problem." Wind said to himself as he proceeded in the opposite direction Hibi went. Meanwhile, Hibiki continued toward her Den, keeping an eye behind her for Wind.
"I don't trust that guy at all… then again I say that with everyone I meet for the first time." Hibiki thought as she reached her Den, which was a cave on the side of a hill. When she did, a smile appeared on her face as she sighed happily. "Don't think about it for now, just be excited." Hibiki told herself before entering the Den. As she entered into her Den, she turned on an electrical system that had installed and lit up the Den. Her den was relatively small with relatively few items, just a bed for times she stays here, few shelves she puts things on, a PC because of course, and a few pots and jars scattered around.
"OK, time to get some things from here." Hibiki said as she walked towards the bed. When she got there, she grabbed a small box from under it. Opening it, she got out a few supplies she had made her mother bought as a birthday present, some Pokeballs, healing items, and a small red pendant that she had received as a child. As she put the items away in her bag along with the box, she thought she heard a soft snoring. Having studied a bit about Pokemon and using some logic, she concluded that the snoring was not human as far as she could tell. "In that case, what Pokemon is sleeping in here?" Hibiki thought, listening for the source of the snoring. As she determined the source of the snoring, she quietly approached the area the snoring originated from.
After looking behind some pots, she found a Pokemon sleeping in what looked like a makeshift bed facing away from her. "Whatever Pokemon this is, it's not a normal one for sure." Hibiki thought, noting the cyan-hair. Almost as if on cue, the Pokemon turned around, now awake and aware that someone was there, and stared at Hibiki. Hibiki's eyes immediately went wide as she realized what the Pokemon in front of her attempted to use Telekinesis, but couldn't due to the still present injuries it had. "Are you ok?" Hibiki asked out of concern, reaching out a hand to it. In response, the Meloetta stood up carefully and walked towards Hibiki with a grimace on its face before it touched her hand.
"Do I look ok to you?" Meloetta telepathically told Hibiki. Hibiki yelped a bit when she heard Meloetta's voice in her head and backed up a little bit. "Figured that would happen, humans are weird creatures." Meloetta said, before sitting on the edge of the shelf she was on.
"What are you doing?" Hibiki asked.
"You're here to capture me aren't you? ...Just get it over with, I'm done running." Meloetta said, accepting her presumed fate.
"Capture you?" Hibiki inquired.
"Don't play dumb with me. You're one of the armored people that was chasing me last night. Still surprised that you stopped fighting with that one you called Wolf." Meloetta explained in a very bitter tone. When she heard that description, Hibiki paused for a moment and thought about Wind. After a few seconds, Hibiki looked at the Meloetta again and sighed before speaking.
"Did one of the people chasing after you have a Stoutland?" Hibiki questioned.
"... Why are you asking me that?" Meloetta asked, now more annoyed. For Hibiki, that was all the response she needed as she proceeded to get out a duffle bag.
"Look, as much as I know you don't trust me at all, I've seen the guy you're talking about. If you want to get away, get in this bag and I'll take you someplace safe." Hibiki told Meloetta in a calm tone.
"And why should I listen to you?" Meloetta asked.
"Because that man is going to find you, no matter what. It doesn't matter to me if you trust me or not, all I ask is this; do you want to be free or be in servitude to those people?" Hibiki responded simply. Meloetta paused for a moment as she considered that question before sighing and hovering into the bag. "Thank you, I promise you won't regret it." Hibiki said with a smile as she helped make the Meloetta comfortable.
"I better not or else. Speaking of, how are you going to keep me hidden scent wise?" Meloetta remarked. In response, Hibiki gave Meloetta a small mask with a tube in it.
"I have a portable oxygen tank for Pokemon that I made myself just in case for times like this… I am a bored girl with a lot of time on her hands." Hibiki explained while she got out a Repel Spray. Meloetta just glared at Hibiki in both confusion and intrigue as she put the mask on and closed the bag. "This is going to be an interesting journey if I can see where this is going." Hibiki thought to herself before she applied the Repel to herself and the bag. After doing that, she simply calmed herself down before heading out of her Den, turning off the lights as she left. As she left the cave, she looked around and listened to make sure Wind was not nearby. Almost as if on cue, she heard some voices coming from up ahead which prompted her to hide in some bushes.
"And you're sure that command wants us to return?" a voice asked their compatriot.
"Yeah, I'm just as confused as you Wolf. That being said, we will still be in the area for a while and more agents will be deployed as necessary." the more femenine voice said.
"Krystal, you make a good point, but it still seems weird. That… and you kind of justly did get very angry at me." Wolf told her, rubbing his neck.
"I said I was sorry." Krystal said, pouting a little.
"It's behind us, let's go find Wind and get out of here. I want to sleep." Wolf said as he turned in a direction and walked that way. As the two walked by, Hibiki noted that they were in full unmarked armor. After a few seconds passed and making sure they were out of sight, Hibiki left her hiding spot and continued back to town.
"Well, looks like I was wrong about you… I'm sorry." Meloetta told Hibiki.
"It's fine." Hibiki said with a sad smile on her face as she headed back to town.
After a bit of walking, Hibiki approached Melodia town along her normal route through the forest and looked at her house for a moment. 'Hey Meloetta, between my family and the local Professor, which would you rather be dropped off at?" Hibiki told the Pokemon.
"...The Professor, no offense to your family of course." Meloetta said calmly. Hibiki simply nodded as she walked to the lab entrance, noting that the lights were now on. When she got to the front door, they slid open and walked inside. The Melodia Pokemon lab was, out of everything in the town, the one big technological center of the town. In it were state of the art computers, healing machines, and hologram technology.
Standing in front of a desk were two people, Professor Cherry and a woman in a suit that Hibiki had never seen before. Professor Cherry was a mid-30 year old woman with white skin, pink eyes and red hair in pigtails wearing a professor coat, a red shirt with pink cherry blossoms, magenta pants, and pink shoes. The Woman had white skin, shiny lilac-colored hair tied into a ponytail with a black ribbon, and purple eyes and was wearing a black suit with a black tie with a white shirt underneath, tight black skinny fit pants, matching black shoes, and black gloves with gray bumps on them. As Hibiki got closer, the Professor excused herself and walked up to Hibiki. "Oh Hibiki, apologies I didn't hear you enter. What did you need?" Cherry questioned.
"Um, it's something about an injured Pokemon I found. May I ask who this is?" Hibiki asked, a hint of nervousness in her voice.
"Oh, I was going to introduce you to her when you got your pokemon. Hibiki, I would like you to meet Anabel, a member of the International Pokemon Police." Cherry introduced. After that introduction, Anabel simply smiled as she walked up to Hibiki.
"A pleasure to meet you." Anabel said, stretching out her hand. Hibiki responded to the hand shake, although she was very nervous standing in front of an I.P.P. agent.
"Now what did you want to ask? I'm kind of busy setting everything up." Cherry asked, a hint of impatience in her voice.
"Well… just about an encounter I saw earlier with some armored people." Hibiki said shyly. Cherry immediately looked over to Anabel, who gave a quick nod to her.
"What happened in that encounter?" Cherry asked.
"It was just a quick conversation between two people, Wolf and Krystal they called themselves, discussing that a search was being called off before they left to look for their last member." Hibiki explained. Anabel took note of that as Hibiki brought her duffle bag out and fully opened it. "There's more, while I was getting some things from my den, I found what they were looking for." Hibiki said. The Meloetta proceeded to float out of the bag,earning a shocked look from the two adults.
"A Shiny Meloetta?!" Anabel exclaimed.
"Yeah, it was reluctant to come, and honestly I don't blame it at all, but I did manage to push her a little bit to come here for treatment." Hibiki said as the Meloetta drifted forward.
"I see no reason I shouldn't treat her. Thank you for letting us know of the events Hibiki." Cherry said as she walked forward and held out her hand. Hibiki simply bowed out of respect before turning to leave.
"It's no problem, just doing what I can to help. I'll see you later professor." Hibiki said as she left the lab. Professor Cherry waved goodbye before leading Meloetta into another room with Anabel following and closing the door behind them.
"So, what did you think about here?" Cherry asked Anabel.
"She's certainly got guts, I can say that much. Not to mention just an unhealthy amount of kindness." Anabel responded.
"Yep, sounds about right for Hibiki, doing things to help others even if it means getting into trouble herself." Cherry asked as she helped the Meloetta onto a table.
"Interesting girl she is…" Anabel said before she started to think about something.
"You're thinking about the individuals she told us about right?" Cherry inquired.
"Yep, even if they're not from the organization I'm after, it's still worrying that they were chasing after this Meloetta." Anabel responded.
"Well for right now, I would recommend you think of what you're going to tell the new Trainers. In the meantime, I have work to do." Cherry told Anabel as she proceeded with the check up on the Meloetta. Anabel simply nodded as she walked to a quiet corner and began to think about what she was going to say in about an hour.
"Maybe, just maybe, I can get that girl to help on something…" Anabel thought before starting to practice a speech she prepared.