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*** Featuring Wally “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll be landing shortly. Please fasten your seatbelts and secure all loose items.” Finally, I almost said out loud. Eight hours in a plane was just as unpleasant as I thought it would be. Sure, it wasn’t as irritating as the traffic going in and...

Last Trip of the Day “Thanks for riding with Accel! Have a nice day!” He slammed the car’s door as his reply, and he rushed inside the building like his life depended on it. And, sure, it might have, seeing as he was dressed formally and he was tapping his phone incessantly throughout the...

Fame “C’mon, it’s no big deal. It’s not like you didn’t see this coming.” “... …?” “Don’t give me that. It isn’t called the Fame Checker coz it has a bunch of no-name trainers on it. You saw it for yourself—it has the gym leaders, the Elite Four, and other famous people like Gramps and Old...

[This has some mild swearing so I'm rating this PG.] After Plasma “C’mon! Let’s have fun stealing Pokémon together, like we did before!” He looked tired, even moreso than two years ago. I couldn’t find that same passion in his eyes anymore—it was replaced by regret and helplessness. But I...

Vito Winstrate “You’re the first trainer I’ve seen deploy Pokemon with such mastery. But I should warn you—my son is stronger than you.(1) He even challenged the Pokemon League, I’ll have you know!(2)” (1) No, his son is not stronger than you. In fact, he’s not stronger than a lot of...

Dear Liepard, Dear Purrloin, Sorry, no. Dear Liepard, I’m so, so happy you’ve returned. I couldn’t stop crying when I saw you again. It’s been so long! I wanted to tell you so many things, everything I wrote to you back then, everything that’s happened in the past six years while you were...

There’s some mild foul language so I’m rating this PG. Iris Hi. I’m Iris. I work in the Ever Grande Pokémon Center for 12 hours a day, six days a week. I serve hundreds of trainers each day, thousands each week. Sure, they’re all different and unique and whatever, but I can...

There’s some mild foul language involved so I’ll rate this PG. Unpacking “Hey, uhh, can you stay and help me?” “Help you with what?” “Well, with, uhmm, unpacking.” “What?” “With unpacking my bag. Because, well, I won’t need it anymore since—” “I heard you the first time. But what...

Youngster Josh “Great job, Geodude. Return!” The fainted Rock-type Pokémon turned into a red light and retreated to the Poké Ball. His trainer, Josh, gave the Poké Ball a reassuring nod before pocketing it and facing his opponent. “Wow, you’re really strong!” said Josh. “But the rest...

Dear Purrloin, How are you? I really miss you. I keep asking Mom when you’ll come back and when I can pet you again. But she always tells me the same thing: “I don’t know.” Then I feel sad, and Mom feels sad, and Dad feels sad, too. And Hugh gets mad. Very, very mad. I...

Soda Pop “Two soda pops, please.” She was still surprised by how he talked—there was a certain authoritative quality in his voice that made it almost impossible to say no to. It made her slightly afraid, but at the same time it made her admire him all the more. “Coming up, you two!”...

Exit Interview “Please come in and have a seat.” She could never get used to how they entered her room so nervously. She didn’t know if it was still the situation or if it was her at this point. But even the cockiest and most pompous of employees would suddenly become soft-spoken and...

Stationary He sat on the left side of a two-seater bench waiting for the right train to arrive. He checked the time: 9:16 p.m. He had been sitting there for four hours and eleven minutes, only standing up thrice to go to the bathroom, twice to stretch his legs, and once to remove a rock that...

24 Months "Mom, I'm gonna go look for him." She noticed how his voice exuded an overwhelming amount of confidence. It demanded more attention than she thought it would, something she could only attribute to him having been Champion for a year and a half. What made her worried was the...

Inspired by Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York The use of images in this fanfic has been permitted by bobandbill and Dragonfree. A similar version of this fic can be found on Tumblr. Table of Contents Introduction [scroll down] File 1: Trainers of Hoenn File 2: Explorers of Hoenn File...

Warning: This one-shot deals with suicide. If you are uncomfortable with this, thank you for clicking this title, but please do not proceed. JX Valentine has given me the go-signal to post this. Escape Rope “I’m sorry.” He remembered the exact manner those two words were said to him...

I'm sure you've come across a link that leads you to several two-sentence horror stories, where people try to elicit horror within the very short range of two sentences. One of my favorites has to be: The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door. Two very simple...

A Friday She wore pink that Friday. Everything about her was pink. Her flowing dress that stopped halfway through her knees. Her silk bow that perched lazily on her hair. Her pearl necklace that swayed to the rhythm of her walking. Her beaded bracelets that she toyed with every now and...

Warning: This one-shot has implied abuse. I've already ran this through bobandbill and he says it's okay for posting, so yeah. Berries A Nurse, Three Island Pokemon Center Good afternoon! Welcome to the Pokemon Center. What can I do for you? A researcher? Oh my! We rarely get...

Welcome to the NPC Face-Off! NPCs, or Non-Player Characters, make up a bulk of all the main series games. From that suspicious red-haired kid outside Professor Elm's lab to a tall green-haired fellow who can hear the voice of your Pokemon, these characters essentially make up the plot of the...