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Pokemon Trainer X
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Ok everyone, here is my fic. It has been revised and you all should enjoy it. I think everyone should give it a chance. This is a double so I put chapters 1 and 2 up. Well, enjoy...
Chapter 1: The Beginning
It was a bright and sunny day in Little Root Town. A young boy yawned as he exited his small house on the right side of town. He was wearing a black and red shirt and black pants with yellow at the base. His white hair was being tamed a black headband with the shape of a red poke’ ball on it. He covered his eyes to block out the blinding sun and walked about two steps before he ran into a familiar face.
“Hey Brendan, did you just wake up? “ Asked the girl as he looked at her blankly, “You sleep more than a Snorlax.”
The girl was wearing a short, red, one-piece skirt with a little black under suit. Her silky brown hair was covered by a red bandana with the shape of a poke’ ball outlined in white on it. The two of them had a lot in common, but they also had a lot of differences.
“Do you ever take that headband off?” She asked.
“Well…I take it off in the shower.” He responded sarcastically, “Do you ever take off the Bandana.”
“I think it’s kind of cute.” She said with a smirk.
“So what was it you wanted May? He asked, “I was having a good dream.”
“So what were you dreaming about?” She asked without caring that she had woken him up. “Oh let me guess.” She said putting her hand on her chin as if she were thinking, “You were dreaming about your first Pokemon right?”
“Uh…yea.” He replied, “I was choosing my first Pokemon and I was ready to head out on a journey. But I was in my underwear…and then the pokeball blew up.” May covered her mouth and began to laugh. Brendan always had the funniest dreams and she just loved to hear them.
“I need you to come with me somewhere.” May said without wasting any more time.
“Where?” Brendan asked with a confused look on his face. May and Brandon were two very different people, but they had one major thing in common, they were dreamers. They both dreamt about the world outside of their small town. They had been friends since they were three and neither of them had ever breathed the air outside of Little Root Town. Brandon always dreamt of being a Pokemon Trainer and entering the Pokemon League. He had a collection of Pokemon action figures and watched anything he could find on television that was Pokemon related. He would pretend that he had his own Pokemon and he had played it out in his mind so many times. He often even had dreams of Pokemon and receiving his first one.
May, on the other hand, had always wanted to be a Coordinator. She liked to think that she had a knack for realizing the inner beauty as well as the outer beauty of Pokemon, but she didn’t have one of her own. Her father was professor Birch and had been distributing starter Pokemon to new trainers from all over, but she had yet to receive one herself. She grew up watching her father raise all of these different Pokemon and she would practice her grooming techniques on them, but all that was about to change.
“Well as you know yesterday was my birthday.” She said in a happy voice, “I am now officially fourteen years old!”
“How could I forget?” Brandon asked, “You knocked your birthday cake on top of me. I was up until twelve o’clock trying to get frosting out of my ears.”
“I said I was sorry!” May exclaimed, “Well anyway as I was saying, since I am now ten my dad says I’m old enough to get my own Pokemon. And you can get one too.”
“But I’m fifteen!” Brendan exclaimed, “Tell me again why I couldn’t get my Pokemon when everyone else did?”
“We go over this every time.” May began, “My dad only gives Pokemon to trainers that are leaving on a Pokemon journey, but he said that he would lone one to you so that you can start getting acquainted with Pokemon’s feelings so that when you do go on your journey it will be easier to bond with your Pokemon.”
“Oh,” Brendan said, “That’s right. Oh well, I guess it would help, if we ever do get out of this small town. I want to see the world you know? Battle lots of trainers and compete in the Pokemon League.”
“Yea, Brendan I want to do all of that stuff just as much as you do, but let’s focus on getting a Pokemon first said.” May said with determination.
Brendan nodded his head then he and May ran off to Professor Birch’s lab. They arrived at a giant, rectangular shaped lab at the edge of town. Brendan opted to ring the doorbell, but May just squeezed in front of him and opened the door, smiling widely. He rolled his eyes and walked in behind her. The two of them entered the giant building filled with doors that lead to different rooms of study. May walked around as if she had been going there all of her life and that may be because she had, but Brendan, on the other hand, was completely lost. Professor Birch had done a lot of renovating since Brendan’s last visit so he relied on May to get them to the room where the professor resided. May lead them to the very back of the building where, as they entered the room, they saw her father, along with his assistant, sifting through some Pokemon data on their computer.
“Brendan, May you’re here!” He exclaimed with a big smile on his face as both he and his assistant turned away from the computer, “I was beginning to think that you weren’t going to show up at all.” May already knew what she wanted. She wanted a Torchic. She had been planning on it for a long time now, but the problem was so had Brendan.
“Are you kidding? We wouldn’t miss an opportunity to get our first Pokemon!” Brendan exclaimed with excitement in his voice, “I already know what I want!”
“I want Torchic!” They both exclaimed at the same time.
“What!” May yelled in a loud voice, “You can’t have Torchic. I’m going to get Torchic!”
“No I am!” Brendan exclaimed back.
“No me!” May yelled trying to raise her voice louder than his. The two of them continued to argue for a good five minutes before professor Birch broke it up.
“Look I know that you both had your hearts set on Torchic, but I gave it away just this morning.” Birch said, getting up from his chair and walking over to the shelf on the right wall of the room.
“You what?!” May exclaimed, “Dad how could you do that? You know I wanted Torchic!”
“I’m sorry May, but if there’s one thing that I’ve taught you it’s if you snooze you lose.” Birch said in a firm fatherly voice, “Had the two of you been here on time you might have been able to get Torchic, but because of your tardiness you have to settle for what’s left.”
“Oh, man!” Brendan exclaimed, “I really wanted Torchic too. Oh well, what’s left then?”
“Here I’ll show you.” Birch said. He grabbed a large bag off of the shelf and put it on his desk. He then opened the bag up and pulled out two pokeballs. He threw the poke’ balls and out came a green gecko-like Pokemon and, beside it, a light blue Pokemon. “This is Treecko.” Birch said pointing to the gecko Pokemon. Then he pointed at the other Pokemon, “And this is Mudkip.” Brendan thought to himself as if the appearance of the Pokemon didn’t matter to him. He just wanted the one that was best at battling. May, of course, was moved by the Mudkip’s cuteness and had already made her decision. She figured that Treecko wasn’t cute enough to win in contests and Brendan thought that Mudkip was too cute to have any skills in battle.
“I’ll take Treecko.” Brendan said, confident of his decision.
“And I want Mudkip.” May said also feeling good about her choice.
“Alright then, consider Torchic and Treecko you temporary Pokemon so be sure not to get too attached. I’m going to need them back soon.” Birch said returning the Pokemon to their balls and handing them to Brendan and May.
“Hey, I though that I got to keep the Mudkip!” May exclaimed.
“May you know that these Pokemon are reserved for trainers starting their Pokemon journeys.” Birch replied.
“But I was going to travel around and become a coordinator.” May said with sort of a whiny voice.
“Honey, you cannot travel by yourself alright. Your not ready for a journey like this, definitely not alone.” Birch said as he got on one knee to reach May’s level.
“Dad I’m ten now.” May said, “Why can’t I go on a journey like all of the other kids?”
“I know that you’re ten, but I just don’t think that you’re ready to face this world alone.” Birch said, trying to be suttle about the whole thing, “Maybe if Brendan were to go with you I’d feel a little better, but you know his mother won’t let him, so neither can you.” May began to cry a little.
“Thanks a lot Brendan!” She exclaimed. She ran out of the room and out of the lab, crying her eyes out. Brendan ran after her without hesitation. As May ran thorough the woods on the outskirts of Little Root Town with her pokeball at hand, Brandon tried desperately to find her, but having never been out of the village the truth is, they may never see her again.
To be continued…
Chapter 2: The Attack
“May!” Brendan called out as he walked through the damp forest, “May where are you?” He stopped and sighed.
“Oh come on May where are you?” He asked under his breath. He sighed again and continued to walk along a path that seemed to stretch on forever. He walked about three more steps and he heard the faint sound of crying in the distance. He followed the sound to large tree. He peered behind it to find May crying.
“May, thank goodness your ok.” Brendan said letting out a sigh of relief. “Go away.” She said as she sat, gripping her pokeball. “Look May it’s not my fault that I can’t go on a journey.” Brendan said, “Why are you acting like this?”
“Just go away.” May said as she continued to cry.
“Ok look,” Brendan said as he sat down beside her, “I’m sorry that you can’t follow your dream of becoming a coordinator, but how do you think I feel? You know I’ve wanted to be a trainer since I was a little boy. I think that’s why we became friends. We shared the common dream of getting out of here and seeing the world, but it looks like that won’t be happening until were, like, twenty.” Brendan laughed and May giggled along with him. “So come on May, let’s just go back.” Brendan said, “Besides, you know no matter what happens you’ve always got…me.” Brendan smiled. He had a way with words that would always leave May speechless. And that smile was hypnotizing. She could sit and watch him smile for hours. No matter what happened she knew that Brendan could just smile and she would feel like everything was going to be alright.
“Ok, let’s go.” She said with a smile as she whipped her eyes.
“Let’s give our Pokemon some fresh air.” Brendan suggested.
“Alright.” May agreed, “Mudkip come on out!” She threw her pokeball and Brandon threw his too. Out of the red and white colored balls came their Pokemon Treecko and Mudkip.
“Treecko!” “Mudkip!” They exclaimed with great enthusiasm.
“Hi Mudkip I’m May.” She said bending on one knee and rubbing the Pokemon’s head.
“Torchic, Tor!” It exclaimed as May continued to rub its head.
“Hey we’re getting along already.” May said looking to Brendan.
“Hey Treecko, My name is Brendan.” He said bending down to Treecko’s level, “I’m your temporary trainer.” He put his hand out, but the Treecko just turned away. “Oh come on Treecko, don’t be like that.” Brendan said reaching out and accidentally grabbing its tail. The Treecko got extremely angry. It spun around and gave Brendan a powerful pound attack to the side of the head. He fell over and held his head in pain.
“I feel sorry for the trainer that gets this Pokemon.” He said, “Then again it would be great in battle.” Meanwhile May continued to pet her beloved Mudkip. As she bonded with it she began to grow more and more attached to it.
“Oh it’s so cute.” She said in a baby voice, “I wish I could keep it for longer than a week.”
“How about I keep it forever?” Asked a strangely deep voice. A chain tied like a lasso came down around Mudkip and a man in a red suit reeled in his lucky catch. The man had on a red suit with a weird black symbol on it. His shirt had a black cape attacked to the back and he had on a hood with black horns sticking out of it.
“Hmm a Mudkip, hu?” The man asked now holding the Pokemon, “This will make a lot of money on the market. Or maybe I’ll just keep this one for myself.” Mudkip wiggled around in his arms, shooting embers off in all the wrong directions.
“Who are you?” May asked, “Whatever it doesn’t matter give me Mudkip back!”
“He’s a member of Team Magma.” Brendan said as he walked up beside May.
“Who’s Team Magma?” May asked with a puzzled look on her face.
“They are a notorious group known for harassing Trainers and stealing their Pokemon.” Brendan began, “They bring terror and destruction where ever they go. There part of the reason my mom won’t let me go on a Pokemon journey. That’s not all though…they have a rival team called Team Aqua and they are in a constant power struggle.”
“How do you know all of this stuff?” May asked looking at him.
“I watch the news a lot and read the Pokemon times.” Brendan replied, “I guess you can call me a nerd.” He chuckled.
“Those Aqua geeks have nothing on us. We’ll mop the floor with their pathetic water Pokemon.” The Magma member said.
“How about you battle with me first?” Brendan asked.
“Me, battle a little runt like you?” The member asked in a sarcastic voice, “You’ve got to be kidding.”
“The way I see it is the only reason you wouldn’t is because you’re too afraid.” Brendan said with a shrug of his shoulders, “You’re not afraid of me are you?”
“I ain’t afraid of nothing kid!” The Magma member exclaimed.
“Then what do you say to a one on one match?” Branden asked, “Winner gets the Mudkip.”
“Alright kid I’m game, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.” The magma member said with a smirk.
“I should be the one warning you.” Brendan said with a smirk of his own.
“Brendan what are you doing?” May asked in a low voice, “If what you said is true then this guy specializes in fire-type Pokemon!”
“Yea so?” Brendan asked.
“So…all you have is that Treecko.” She said, “I’m not the expert on Pokemon battling, but I’m pretty sure that grass-types are weak against fire-types. Treecko is going to get creamed!”
“Don’t worry I won’t lose.” Brendan said maintaining his cocky smirk.
“Look I appreciate you doing this for me, but you are way too determined for your own good.” May said folding her arms.
“Look I’m not actually planning on winning.” Brendan said in a low voice, “I’m just going to stall him. He can’t hold Mudkip and concentrate on the battle at the same time so after he puts it down he’ll be busy with me so you can sneak over there and take Mudkip back. Then we make a run for it."
“That is the dumbest plan I’ve ever heard.” She said, “Count me in.”
“Hey if you two love birds are done talking over there can we get this show on the road?” The magma member asked.
“Alright let’s go Treecko!” He exclaimed. Treecko knew what was at stake and despite any problems he had with Brendan he stepped forward to face the challenge hoping that his temporary trainer knew what he was doing.
“So, you’re using a Treecko, hu? Yet another rare Pokemon?” The Magma member asked, “This is going to be like taking candy from a baby, but since your so confident how about this. If you lose I get that Treecko too. So what do you say?”
“I accept.” Brendan said without hesitation. May was surprised and still a little confused by Brendan’s motives, but she had learned to trust him over the years.
“Good.” The Magma member said as an evil smile shot across his face, “Then lets get started, pokeball go!” He threw a pokeball out onto the ground and out came a black dog-like Pokemon. It howled loudly in an attempt to intimidate Treecko, but Treecko did not waver. “Oh, tough Treecko you’ve got there.” The Magma member said sarcastically, “Not afraid of the big bad wolf? Well we’re going to have to make it afraid won’t we? Houndour Ember!” Houndour opened its mouth and out shot a blazing stream of fire aimed directly at Treecko.
“Treecko dodge it!” Brendan commanded.
“Treecko!” It yelled as it leaped to the left avoiding the attack.
“Use another Ember Houndour!” The Magma member yelled. The Pokemon howled as it shot another stream of fire in their direction, but this time it wasn’t aimed at Treecko. The attack was headed toward Brendan. He realized it at the last second and jumped out of the way, but was unable to escape a minor burn on his arm.
“Ouch!” He exclaimed holding his arm, “Hey that’s not fair! You’re not supposed to attack a trainer in a Pokemon battle!”
“Who said anything about playing fair kid?” The Magma member asked. “You’re playing with the big boys now! Houndour use another Ember attack!” The little Pokemon shot yet another stream of fire aimed at Brendan. Just before it hit Treecko jumped in the way and took a direct hit.
“TREEEEECKOOOOOO!” It yelled as it fell to the ground charred and bruised.
“Treecko!” Brendan exclaimed running up to the injured Pokemon and returning it to its pokeball.
“It looks like the games over kid.” The Magma member said, “And now I’ll be taking my prize.” He turned to see that the Torchic was gone. He looked up and saw May trying to sneak off. “Just where do you think you’re going?” He asked stopping May in her tracks. She turned to see him and his Houndour chasing her.
“Who me?” She asked, “I was just going to…” She dropped the sentence and began to run.
“Houndour show her what happens when you cross Team Magma.” He commanded. The Pokemon nodded.
“Hey!” Brendan yelled gaining the members attention, “May keep running now!”
“Oh no you don’t!” The Magma member yelled turning back to her, “Houndour Ember now!” The Houndour shot another Ember attack, but it was now aimed at May. She tried desperately to run, but she tripped, dropping Mudkip. The stream of fire was coming straight at her, but just then Mudkip jumped in front of her and used a Water Gun attack. The two attacks collided causing a cloud of steam, allowing Brendan and May escape.
“Come on let’s get out of here while we still can!” Brendan yelled as he grabbed May and dragged her away with Mudkip at hand. When the dust cleared all that was stood there was the Magma member and his Houndour.
“Those kids will regret messing with Team Magma.” He said to himself, “I swear it.”
Brendan and May made it back to town after a short run. It was mid afternoon and the first thing they did was tell professor Birch what happened, and then he healed Treecko.
“That’s quite a day you two had.” Professor Birch said.
“Yea you should have seen Brendan. He battled like a real pro.” May said sarcastically.
“Shut up!” He exclaimed, “I think I did pretty well for my first Pokemon battle.”
“Yes you did Brendan.” Birch agreed, “You held yourself very well and you knew when your Pokemon had enough. That shows signs of a great trainer.”
“Thanks.” Brendan said, blushing a little, “Well I guess it’s about time for me to get home. My mom is probably worried sick about me. See ya May.”
“Bye Brendan.” May said, “Oh and don’t forget to…” May was cut off by a loud rumbling. “What was that?” She asked.
“Let’s go see.” Brendan said grabbing Treecko’s pokeball. The three of them ran out where the people of Little Root Town were all standing outside of their burning houses.
“Wha…what’s going on here?” May asked one of the female villagers.
“It was a guy from Team Magma. He’s says he wants to see the boy with the white hair. He and his Pokemon burned the great tree down.” She responded pointing to Brendan, “That’s was the only thing that allowed Little Root to prosper for so long and it’s all your fault.”
Brendan stepped up with a blank look in his face as the Magma member stood, glaring at him with an evils smirk smacked across his face.
“What do you want with me?” Brendan asked, “,and how did you know where I lived?”
“Oh come on boy,” He responded, “It was simple to figure out once I saw your Treecko. You could have only gotten that from one place.”
“What do you want from me!?” He asked raising his voice this time.
“I just wanted to congratulate you on outsmarting Team Magma.” He replied, “Now here’s your prize!” He raised his voice and pointed at the burning tree.
“You monster.” May exclaimed.
“Now I shall leave you to bask in this.” The man said turning his back on them, “Remember that Team Magma did this to you.” Just then a blimp with a giant ‘M’ on it came down and picked him up. The blimp flew off leaving the shocked villagers standing around the great tree as it burned in the evening sky.
Brandon was left speechless and May was also at a loss of words. He looks up and sees his mother’s disappointment. He could feel their pain and their hatred. Without any further word he began to walk away in shame.
“Where are you going?” May asked as she caught up to him.
“I have to leave.” He responded, “This is my fault… I can’t stay here. I’m already responsible for this. I won’t let anything like this happen again.”
“Then I’m going with you.” May said. Brendan opened his mouth to speak, but May cut him off. “I’m just as responsible as you are. It was my fault we were even out there in the first place. So I’m going with you and that’s final, but I have just one question… Where are we gonna go?”
“Well I was thinking that now would be a good time to go on that Pokemon Journey we always dreamed of going on.” Brendan replied.
“But what about our parents?” May asked. Just then Brendan’s mother runs up with tears in her eyes.
“I know what you have to do.” She said, “It’s getting dark so I’ll try to make this quick. This is your life and you’re getting older now. I’ve tried to keep you to myself for so long, but you're fifteen and you are starting to learn that your actions have consequences and you have to accept them. So go…go and do what you nee to make things right with yourself. Live your life to the fullest and don’t ever forget to have fun.” Brendan hugged his mom and smiled.
“We can at least stay for the night.” He said.
“That would be nice.” His mother said nodding her head.
That night May and her father stayed over Brendan’s house. They packed their bags for the long journey ahead and made sure to get a good night sleep.
The next morning Brendan and May stood on the edge of the village kissing their parents goodbye.
“I’ll miss you guys.” Brendan’s mom said.
“We’ll miss you too,” May replied, “and thanks for not trying to stop us professer.”
“Why would I do that?” Birch asked, “I realized that I was being too hard on you May. You’re growing up and I just didn’t want to accept that. I didn’t want to let you go, but I’ve learned that every bird must leave the nest someday. I guess today is your day. Oh and Brendan…you have grown up quite a bit. I know that the two of you are capable of great things and you need to get out doing them. So go and don’t come back until you’ve beaten the Pokemon League and won the Grand Pokemon Contest.”
“Thanks dad.” May said standing on her tip toes to give him another kiss.
“Thank you Professor Birch.” Brendan said as he turned away.
“Oh and I got these for you two.” Birch said stopping them. He handed Brendan a Pokedex and a badge case, then he gave May a ribbon case and a bag of Pokeblock.
“It’s just a little gift from me to you.” He said.
“Thank you professor.” Brendan said shaking his hand.
As Brendan and May waved goodbye, not only to their parents, but to the place that they grew up in, they knew that nothing but adventure lie just over the horizon.
To be continued…
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Chapter 1: The Beginning
It was a bright and sunny day in Little Root Town. A young boy yawned as he exited his small house on the right side of town. He was wearing a black and red shirt and black pants with yellow at the base. His white hair was being tamed a black headband with the shape of a red poke’ ball on it. He covered his eyes to block out the blinding sun and walked about two steps before he ran into a familiar face.
“Hey Brendan, did you just wake up? “ Asked the girl as he looked at her blankly, “You sleep more than a Snorlax.”
The girl was wearing a short, red, one-piece skirt with a little black under suit. Her silky brown hair was covered by a red bandana with the shape of a poke’ ball outlined in white on it. The two of them had a lot in common, but they also had a lot of differences.
“Do you ever take that headband off?” She asked.
“Well…I take it off in the shower.” He responded sarcastically, “Do you ever take off the Bandana.”
“I think it’s kind of cute.” She said with a smirk.
“So what was it you wanted May? He asked, “I was having a good dream.”
“So what were you dreaming about?” She asked without caring that she had woken him up. “Oh let me guess.” She said putting her hand on her chin as if she were thinking, “You were dreaming about your first Pokemon right?”
“Uh…yea.” He replied, “I was choosing my first Pokemon and I was ready to head out on a journey. But I was in my underwear…and then the pokeball blew up.” May covered her mouth and began to laugh. Brendan always had the funniest dreams and she just loved to hear them.
“I need you to come with me somewhere.” May said without wasting any more time.
“Where?” Brendan asked with a confused look on his face. May and Brandon were two very different people, but they had one major thing in common, they were dreamers. They both dreamt about the world outside of their small town. They had been friends since they were three and neither of them had ever breathed the air outside of Little Root Town. Brandon always dreamt of being a Pokemon Trainer and entering the Pokemon League. He had a collection of Pokemon action figures and watched anything he could find on television that was Pokemon related. He would pretend that he had his own Pokemon and he had played it out in his mind so many times. He often even had dreams of Pokemon and receiving his first one.
May, on the other hand, had always wanted to be a Coordinator. She liked to think that she had a knack for realizing the inner beauty as well as the outer beauty of Pokemon, but she didn’t have one of her own. Her father was professor Birch and had been distributing starter Pokemon to new trainers from all over, but she had yet to receive one herself. She grew up watching her father raise all of these different Pokemon and she would practice her grooming techniques on them, but all that was about to change.
“Well as you know yesterday was my birthday.” She said in a happy voice, “I am now officially fourteen years old!”
“How could I forget?” Brandon asked, “You knocked your birthday cake on top of me. I was up until twelve o’clock trying to get frosting out of my ears.”
“I said I was sorry!” May exclaimed, “Well anyway as I was saying, since I am now ten my dad says I’m old enough to get my own Pokemon. And you can get one too.”
“But I’m fifteen!” Brendan exclaimed, “Tell me again why I couldn’t get my Pokemon when everyone else did?”
“We go over this every time.” May began, “My dad only gives Pokemon to trainers that are leaving on a Pokemon journey, but he said that he would lone one to you so that you can start getting acquainted with Pokemon’s feelings so that when you do go on your journey it will be easier to bond with your Pokemon.”
“Oh,” Brendan said, “That’s right. Oh well, I guess it would help, if we ever do get out of this small town. I want to see the world you know? Battle lots of trainers and compete in the Pokemon League.”
“Yea, Brendan I want to do all of that stuff just as much as you do, but let’s focus on getting a Pokemon first said.” May said with determination.
Brendan nodded his head then he and May ran off to Professor Birch’s lab. They arrived at a giant, rectangular shaped lab at the edge of town. Brendan opted to ring the doorbell, but May just squeezed in front of him and opened the door, smiling widely. He rolled his eyes and walked in behind her. The two of them entered the giant building filled with doors that lead to different rooms of study. May walked around as if she had been going there all of her life and that may be because she had, but Brendan, on the other hand, was completely lost. Professor Birch had done a lot of renovating since Brendan’s last visit so he relied on May to get them to the room where the professor resided. May lead them to the very back of the building where, as they entered the room, they saw her father, along with his assistant, sifting through some Pokemon data on their computer.
“Brendan, May you’re here!” He exclaimed with a big smile on his face as both he and his assistant turned away from the computer, “I was beginning to think that you weren’t going to show up at all.” May already knew what she wanted. She wanted a Torchic. She had been planning on it for a long time now, but the problem was so had Brendan.
“Are you kidding? We wouldn’t miss an opportunity to get our first Pokemon!” Brendan exclaimed with excitement in his voice, “I already know what I want!”
“I want Torchic!” They both exclaimed at the same time.
“What!” May yelled in a loud voice, “You can’t have Torchic. I’m going to get Torchic!”
“No I am!” Brendan exclaimed back.
“No me!” May yelled trying to raise her voice louder than his. The two of them continued to argue for a good five minutes before professor Birch broke it up.
“Look I know that you both had your hearts set on Torchic, but I gave it away just this morning.” Birch said, getting up from his chair and walking over to the shelf on the right wall of the room.
“You what?!” May exclaimed, “Dad how could you do that? You know I wanted Torchic!”
“I’m sorry May, but if there’s one thing that I’ve taught you it’s if you snooze you lose.” Birch said in a firm fatherly voice, “Had the two of you been here on time you might have been able to get Torchic, but because of your tardiness you have to settle for what’s left.”
“Oh, man!” Brendan exclaimed, “I really wanted Torchic too. Oh well, what’s left then?”
“Here I’ll show you.” Birch said. He grabbed a large bag off of the shelf and put it on his desk. He then opened the bag up and pulled out two pokeballs. He threw the poke’ balls and out came a green gecko-like Pokemon and, beside it, a light blue Pokemon. “This is Treecko.” Birch said pointing to the gecko Pokemon. Then he pointed at the other Pokemon, “And this is Mudkip.” Brendan thought to himself as if the appearance of the Pokemon didn’t matter to him. He just wanted the one that was best at battling. May, of course, was moved by the Mudkip’s cuteness and had already made her decision. She figured that Treecko wasn’t cute enough to win in contests and Brendan thought that Mudkip was too cute to have any skills in battle.
“I’ll take Treecko.” Brendan said, confident of his decision.
“And I want Mudkip.” May said also feeling good about her choice.
“Alright then, consider Torchic and Treecko you temporary Pokemon so be sure not to get too attached. I’m going to need them back soon.” Birch said returning the Pokemon to their balls and handing them to Brendan and May.
“Hey, I though that I got to keep the Mudkip!” May exclaimed.
“May you know that these Pokemon are reserved for trainers starting their Pokemon journeys.” Birch replied.
“But I was going to travel around and become a coordinator.” May said with sort of a whiny voice.
“Honey, you cannot travel by yourself alright. Your not ready for a journey like this, definitely not alone.” Birch said as he got on one knee to reach May’s level.
“Dad I’m ten now.” May said, “Why can’t I go on a journey like all of the other kids?”
“I know that you’re ten, but I just don’t think that you’re ready to face this world alone.” Birch said, trying to be suttle about the whole thing, “Maybe if Brendan were to go with you I’d feel a little better, but you know his mother won’t let him, so neither can you.” May began to cry a little.
“Thanks a lot Brendan!” She exclaimed. She ran out of the room and out of the lab, crying her eyes out. Brendan ran after her without hesitation. As May ran thorough the woods on the outskirts of Little Root Town with her pokeball at hand, Brandon tried desperately to find her, but having never been out of the village the truth is, they may never see her again.
To be continued…
Chapter 2: The Attack
“May!” Brendan called out as he walked through the damp forest, “May where are you?” He stopped and sighed.
“Oh come on May where are you?” He asked under his breath. He sighed again and continued to walk along a path that seemed to stretch on forever. He walked about three more steps and he heard the faint sound of crying in the distance. He followed the sound to large tree. He peered behind it to find May crying.
“May, thank goodness your ok.” Brendan said letting out a sigh of relief. “Go away.” She said as she sat, gripping her pokeball. “Look May it’s not my fault that I can’t go on a journey.” Brendan said, “Why are you acting like this?”
“Just go away.” May said as she continued to cry.
“Ok look,” Brendan said as he sat down beside her, “I’m sorry that you can’t follow your dream of becoming a coordinator, but how do you think I feel? You know I’ve wanted to be a trainer since I was a little boy. I think that’s why we became friends. We shared the common dream of getting out of here and seeing the world, but it looks like that won’t be happening until were, like, twenty.” Brendan laughed and May giggled along with him. “So come on May, let’s just go back.” Brendan said, “Besides, you know no matter what happens you’ve always got…me.” Brendan smiled. He had a way with words that would always leave May speechless. And that smile was hypnotizing. She could sit and watch him smile for hours. No matter what happened she knew that Brendan could just smile and she would feel like everything was going to be alright.
“Ok, let’s go.” She said with a smile as she whipped her eyes.
“Let’s give our Pokemon some fresh air.” Brendan suggested.
“Alright.” May agreed, “Mudkip come on out!” She threw her pokeball and Brandon threw his too. Out of the red and white colored balls came their Pokemon Treecko and Mudkip.
“Treecko!” “Mudkip!” They exclaimed with great enthusiasm.
“Hi Mudkip I’m May.” She said bending on one knee and rubbing the Pokemon’s head.
“Torchic, Tor!” It exclaimed as May continued to rub its head.
“Hey we’re getting along already.” May said looking to Brendan.
“Hey Treecko, My name is Brendan.” He said bending down to Treecko’s level, “I’m your temporary trainer.” He put his hand out, but the Treecko just turned away. “Oh come on Treecko, don’t be like that.” Brendan said reaching out and accidentally grabbing its tail. The Treecko got extremely angry. It spun around and gave Brendan a powerful pound attack to the side of the head. He fell over and held his head in pain.
“I feel sorry for the trainer that gets this Pokemon.” He said, “Then again it would be great in battle.” Meanwhile May continued to pet her beloved Mudkip. As she bonded with it she began to grow more and more attached to it.
“Oh it’s so cute.” She said in a baby voice, “I wish I could keep it for longer than a week.”
“How about I keep it forever?” Asked a strangely deep voice. A chain tied like a lasso came down around Mudkip and a man in a red suit reeled in his lucky catch. The man had on a red suit with a weird black symbol on it. His shirt had a black cape attacked to the back and he had on a hood with black horns sticking out of it.
“Hmm a Mudkip, hu?” The man asked now holding the Pokemon, “This will make a lot of money on the market. Or maybe I’ll just keep this one for myself.” Mudkip wiggled around in his arms, shooting embers off in all the wrong directions.
“Who are you?” May asked, “Whatever it doesn’t matter give me Mudkip back!”
“He’s a member of Team Magma.” Brendan said as he walked up beside May.
“Who’s Team Magma?” May asked with a puzzled look on her face.
“They are a notorious group known for harassing Trainers and stealing their Pokemon.” Brendan began, “They bring terror and destruction where ever they go. There part of the reason my mom won’t let me go on a Pokemon journey. That’s not all though…they have a rival team called Team Aqua and they are in a constant power struggle.”
“How do you know all of this stuff?” May asked looking at him.
“I watch the news a lot and read the Pokemon times.” Brendan replied, “I guess you can call me a nerd.” He chuckled.
“Those Aqua geeks have nothing on us. We’ll mop the floor with their pathetic water Pokemon.” The Magma member said.
“How about you battle with me first?” Brendan asked.
“Me, battle a little runt like you?” The member asked in a sarcastic voice, “You’ve got to be kidding.”
“The way I see it is the only reason you wouldn’t is because you’re too afraid.” Brendan said with a shrug of his shoulders, “You’re not afraid of me are you?”
“I ain’t afraid of nothing kid!” The Magma member exclaimed.
“Then what do you say to a one on one match?” Branden asked, “Winner gets the Mudkip.”
“Alright kid I’m game, but don’t say I didn’t warn you.” The magma member said with a smirk.
“I should be the one warning you.” Brendan said with a smirk of his own.
“Brendan what are you doing?” May asked in a low voice, “If what you said is true then this guy specializes in fire-type Pokemon!”
“Yea so?” Brendan asked.
“So…all you have is that Treecko.” She said, “I’m not the expert on Pokemon battling, but I’m pretty sure that grass-types are weak against fire-types. Treecko is going to get creamed!”
“Don’t worry I won’t lose.” Brendan said maintaining his cocky smirk.
“Look I appreciate you doing this for me, but you are way too determined for your own good.” May said folding her arms.
“Look I’m not actually planning on winning.” Brendan said in a low voice, “I’m just going to stall him. He can’t hold Mudkip and concentrate on the battle at the same time so after he puts it down he’ll be busy with me so you can sneak over there and take Mudkip back. Then we make a run for it."
“That is the dumbest plan I’ve ever heard.” She said, “Count me in.”
“Hey if you two love birds are done talking over there can we get this show on the road?” The magma member asked.
“Alright let’s go Treecko!” He exclaimed. Treecko knew what was at stake and despite any problems he had with Brendan he stepped forward to face the challenge hoping that his temporary trainer knew what he was doing.
“So, you’re using a Treecko, hu? Yet another rare Pokemon?” The Magma member asked, “This is going to be like taking candy from a baby, but since your so confident how about this. If you lose I get that Treecko too. So what do you say?”
“I accept.” Brendan said without hesitation. May was surprised and still a little confused by Brendan’s motives, but she had learned to trust him over the years.
“Good.” The Magma member said as an evil smile shot across his face, “Then lets get started, pokeball go!” He threw a pokeball out onto the ground and out came a black dog-like Pokemon. It howled loudly in an attempt to intimidate Treecko, but Treecko did not waver. “Oh, tough Treecko you’ve got there.” The Magma member said sarcastically, “Not afraid of the big bad wolf? Well we’re going to have to make it afraid won’t we? Houndour Ember!” Houndour opened its mouth and out shot a blazing stream of fire aimed directly at Treecko.
“Treecko dodge it!” Brendan commanded.
“Treecko!” It yelled as it leaped to the left avoiding the attack.
“Use another Ember Houndour!” The Magma member yelled. The Pokemon howled as it shot another stream of fire in their direction, but this time it wasn’t aimed at Treecko. The attack was headed toward Brendan. He realized it at the last second and jumped out of the way, but was unable to escape a minor burn on his arm.
“Ouch!” He exclaimed holding his arm, “Hey that’s not fair! You’re not supposed to attack a trainer in a Pokemon battle!”
“Who said anything about playing fair kid?” The Magma member asked. “You’re playing with the big boys now! Houndour use another Ember attack!” The little Pokemon shot yet another stream of fire aimed at Brendan. Just before it hit Treecko jumped in the way and took a direct hit.
“TREEEEECKOOOOOO!” It yelled as it fell to the ground charred and bruised.
“Treecko!” Brendan exclaimed running up to the injured Pokemon and returning it to its pokeball.
“It looks like the games over kid.” The Magma member said, “And now I’ll be taking my prize.” He turned to see that the Torchic was gone. He looked up and saw May trying to sneak off. “Just where do you think you’re going?” He asked stopping May in her tracks. She turned to see him and his Houndour chasing her.
“Who me?” She asked, “I was just going to…” She dropped the sentence and began to run.
“Houndour show her what happens when you cross Team Magma.” He commanded. The Pokemon nodded.
“Hey!” Brendan yelled gaining the members attention, “May keep running now!”
“Oh no you don’t!” The Magma member yelled turning back to her, “Houndour Ember now!” The Houndour shot another Ember attack, but it was now aimed at May. She tried desperately to run, but she tripped, dropping Mudkip. The stream of fire was coming straight at her, but just then Mudkip jumped in front of her and used a Water Gun attack. The two attacks collided causing a cloud of steam, allowing Brendan and May escape.
“Come on let’s get out of here while we still can!” Brendan yelled as he grabbed May and dragged her away with Mudkip at hand. When the dust cleared all that was stood there was the Magma member and his Houndour.
“Those kids will regret messing with Team Magma.” He said to himself, “I swear it.”
Brendan and May made it back to town after a short run. It was mid afternoon and the first thing they did was tell professor Birch what happened, and then he healed Treecko.
“That’s quite a day you two had.” Professor Birch said.
“Yea you should have seen Brendan. He battled like a real pro.” May said sarcastically.
“Shut up!” He exclaimed, “I think I did pretty well for my first Pokemon battle.”
“Yes you did Brendan.” Birch agreed, “You held yourself very well and you knew when your Pokemon had enough. That shows signs of a great trainer.”
“Thanks.” Brendan said, blushing a little, “Well I guess it’s about time for me to get home. My mom is probably worried sick about me. See ya May.”
“Bye Brendan.” May said, “Oh and don’t forget to…” May was cut off by a loud rumbling. “What was that?” She asked.
“Let’s go see.” Brendan said grabbing Treecko’s pokeball. The three of them ran out where the people of Little Root Town were all standing outside of their burning houses.
“Wha…what’s going on here?” May asked one of the female villagers.
“It was a guy from Team Magma. He’s says he wants to see the boy with the white hair. He and his Pokemon burned the great tree down.” She responded pointing to Brendan, “That’s was the only thing that allowed Little Root to prosper for so long and it’s all your fault.”
Brendan stepped up with a blank look in his face as the Magma member stood, glaring at him with an evils smirk smacked across his face.
“What do you want with me?” Brendan asked, “,and how did you know where I lived?”
“Oh come on boy,” He responded, “It was simple to figure out once I saw your Treecko. You could have only gotten that from one place.”
“What do you want from me!?” He asked raising his voice this time.
“I just wanted to congratulate you on outsmarting Team Magma.” He replied, “Now here’s your prize!” He raised his voice and pointed at the burning tree.
“You monster.” May exclaimed.
“Now I shall leave you to bask in this.” The man said turning his back on them, “Remember that Team Magma did this to you.” Just then a blimp with a giant ‘M’ on it came down and picked him up. The blimp flew off leaving the shocked villagers standing around the great tree as it burned in the evening sky.
Brandon was left speechless and May was also at a loss of words. He looks up and sees his mother’s disappointment. He could feel their pain and their hatred. Without any further word he began to walk away in shame.
“Where are you going?” May asked as she caught up to him.
“I have to leave.” He responded, “This is my fault… I can’t stay here. I’m already responsible for this. I won’t let anything like this happen again.”
“Then I’m going with you.” May said. Brendan opened his mouth to speak, but May cut him off. “I’m just as responsible as you are. It was my fault we were even out there in the first place. So I’m going with you and that’s final, but I have just one question… Where are we gonna go?”
“Well I was thinking that now would be a good time to go on that Pokemon Journey we always dreamed of going on.” Brendan replied.
“But what about our parents?” May asked. Just then Brendan’s mother runs up with tears in her eyes.
“I know what you have to do.” She said, “It’s getting dark so I’ll try to make this quick. This is your life and you’re getting older now. I’ve tried to keep you to myself for so long, but you're fifteen and you are starting to learn that your actions have consequences and you have to accept them. So go…go and do what you nee to make things right with yourself. Live your life to the fullest and don’t ever forget to have fun.” Brendan hugged his mom and smiled.
“We can at least stay for the night.” He said.
“That would be nice.” His mother said nodding her head.
That night May and her father stayed over Brendan’s house. They packed their bags for the long journey ahead and made sure to get a good night sleep.
The next morning Brendan and May stood on the edge of the village kissing their parents goodbye.
“I’ll miss you guys.” Brendan’s mom said.
“We’ll miss you too,” May replied, “and thanks for not trying to stop us professer.”
“Why would I do that?” Birch asked, “I realized that I was being too hard on you May. You’re growing up and I just didn’t want to accept that. I didn’t want to let you go, but I’ve learned that every bird must leave the nest someday. I guess today is your day. Oh and Brendan…you have grown up quite a bit. I know that the two of you are capable of great things and you need to get out doing them. So go and don’t come back until you’ve beaten the Pokemon League and won the Grand Pokemon Contest.”
“Thanks dad.” May said standing on her tip toes to give him another kiss.
“Thank you Professor Birch.” Brendan said as he turned away.
“Oh and I got these for you two.” Birch said stopping them. He handed Brendan a Pokedex and a badge case, then he gave May a ribbon case and a bag of Pokeblock.
“It’s just a little gift from me to you.” He said.
“Thank you professor.” Brendan said shaking his hand.
As Brendan and May waved goodbye, not only to their parents, but to the place that they grew up in, they knew that nothing but adventure lie just over the horizon.
To be continued…
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