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~That Which May Be~

ShadowCloud62

Child at Heart
Yes, I am aware that I am working on Words of Farewell, but since I will be done with that soon, I have decided on starting a new fanfic.

It does have trainers *dodges flying knives* but it's NOT the typical trainer fic, I swear! Got this idea a long time ago, just don't think it might work...depends on reviews, I guess. ^_^;;;

Well, here's the prologue.


Prologue

It wasn't as bustling of a city like Lilycove City, yet it wasn't as quaint and peaceful as Littleroot Town either. Rustboro City was somewhat in between, an excellent mix of urbanism and countryside peace. There were buildings, tons of them, the roads were a light brown, the color of rocks and stones.

The Pokemon Academy was the one thing that added to Rustboro's calmly air to it. It was a rather large building, just a few blocks away from the far larger Rustboro Gym. It wasn't a house, it wasn't a mansion. The Academy was surrounded by a gate that prevented anyone from coming in and students sneaking out, and pleasant green trees that made the Academy seem like it was in a forest instead of smack in the middle of a city. The building was completely white, sharply contrasting to the brown streets and ground. The walkway towards the entrance was made of hard marble, the doors were carved mahogany wood. Right above the doors was a large clock. The windows were shined and always open.

Roxanne took a deep breath, standing up on her tiptoes for a few moments then lowering to her original height again. She stood in front of the open doors of the school, clutching her lesson planner tightly against her chest. She was wearing the usual outfit she wore, her short purple dress. It only went up to her thighs. Roxanne wore pink leggings, however, as to not look trashy. Her purple shoes added to her sweet ensemble, and her dark brown hair was in a single ponytail, much unlike her usual elegant pigtails. Taking another deep breath, Roxanne walked into the building.

***

The class was terribly noisy, throwing paper airplanes around, and yelling out pokemon's names as to help study for a quiz.

"Name a solid grass type pokemon!"

"Weepinbell!!"

"Nuh-uh, stupid, Weepinbell's part Poison type! Sunflora is an example of a pure Grass type!"

"Don't call me stupid, stupid! You don't even know what type Charmander is!!!"

The class started flinging pens and pencils at each other and arguing about who knew what. However, someone by the doorway cleared their throat, and the class immediately raced to their seats and became quiet, all straightening up.

Roxanne's face showed no expression, only her large, carnation colored eyes revealed her annoyed mood.

As she stood behind the teacher's desk, she finally spoke, her voice tight and tough,

"Good morning, class."

"Mornin', Miss Roxanne..." it was only a murmur.

"Now, come along, I can't hear you!" Roxanne exclaimed.

"Good morning, Miss Roxanne!" rang clearer through the class.

"All right, everyone, now I don't know what was going on before I came into the classroom, but I'm glad it has stopped!" Roxanne yelled out, making her students bow their heads in shame, "Now today's lesson,"--she slammed her lesson planner on the desk and opened it--"we'll be learning about the many different type match-ups!"

The class groaned simultaneously.

Roxanne's head shot up, her eyes narrowing, "Any problems with that?"

The class shut up, then spoke in unison, "No, Miss Roxanne!"

Roxanne smiled, "Good! Now everyone take out your textbooks and turn to page 394!!! I'll get the type diagram ready!"




I know, it doesn't look like much...but....it'll get better.
 

armaldo

Pittsburgh Pirates 7th Super Bowl
*Speaks in a terrible, poorly typed accent*

It...is...vonderful!!

I, zee great fon fec criticizer of all zee great fon fec criticizers of all zee great fon fec forums of all zee great forums of zee vorld abzolutely love zee prolouge!

*Returns to average voice*

I love how you described Roxanne & the stereotypical of a classroom. I actually do like the prolouge, even though I haven't gotten the slightest drip of what your fic isn about. & that probably makes me a very short sighted person.



But I like the prolouge, & that's all that matters at the point of the fan fic, right?

Hmmm... "Fan fic" is starting to sound really wierd......
 
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StrayedBullet

OMFG................
hmm i'm not too sure i like this, but hey it's only a prologue. I think it is only because I have no idea what exactly is going on, but I do sincerely hope it picks up later.

Just a few things:

There were buildings, tons of them; the roads were a light brown, the color of rocks and stones.

The walkway towards the entrance was made of hard marble; the doors were carved mahogany wood.

Other than that, the description at the beginning was very nice, it's just the plot I am not too sure about. I hope I haven't been too critical, ShadowCloud.

-SB ;001;
 

ShadowCloud62

Child at Heart
armaldo: Hee hee, funny accent. Thanks for your review.

SB: Not to worry, you weren't critical. ^_^ It's just the prologue, and basically the story picks up a little later. This story might not be very good, but it's okay, I guess....I mean, I typed it after playing Pokemon Stadium 2....


Chapter One

He was a rather chubby man, with beady brown eyes and what seemed to be a brown toupee (A/N: Not entirely sure if I spelt that right) on his head; and a brown mustache above his mouth. He was so round he almost filled up the space of the tiny brown swivel chair behind his wooden desk. His hands were clasped together on the desk, his eyes were narrowed this time.

The man wore a large entirely sky blue suit, with a red bow tie. He was rather neat for a such a seemingly messy man.

This was Vice Principal Earl, he had just transferred from Violet City Academy in the Johto region, now here he was, leading Rustboro's tiny school.

A fellow teacher and gym leader of the Rustboro Gym, Roxanne, stood in front of him, holding her lesson plan tightly to her chest.

"What did you wish to speak to me about, sir? I'm sorry to sound rude, but can you make this quick? I have my class being covered by Joseph, but I need to teach them about Pokemon History." Roxanne spoke.

Earl took a deep breath, and finally answered, his voice very deep yet kindly,

"I have only been here for two days, Miss Roxanne, but I already see that you do not let your students battle one another with pokemon. I don't see any pokeballs holding pokemon. Personally, I find this a very large issue. Can you tell me why you don't let the students battle?"

Roxanne's grip on her planner loosened a little, and her nervous expression softened into a charming yet sheepish smile, "Oh. I'm sorry, sir. We'd very much love to have our students battle, but unfortunately, we can't exactly afford it from the Pokemon Kennel."

Earl nodded, "I see, Miss Roxanne. But you're a Trainer...a Gym Leader as a matter of fact. Can't you catch pokemon in the wild yourself? And why exactly can't you afford it from the Kennel?"

"My pokemon are much too strong to battle those in the wild," Roxanne spoke, and while she spoke, Earl instantly noticed two pokeballs attached to her belt.

Earl nodded again, "What kind of pokemon do you have, Roxanne?"

"Rock and Ground, sir. One Geodude and one Nosepass."

Earl's brows rose at the name 'Nosepass', "A Nosepass? Impressive. Nosepass are very uncommon in these parts....in all of Hoenn in fact. Why don't you let them use your pokemon?"

"They would listen, but for only a limited time....they're much more comfortable with me. The last thing I want is for the students to get hurt." Roxanne replied.

Earl suddenly grinned widely and dramatically rose from his seat, pumping a fist into the air, "Very well then! That's why I've decided to enroll the students in a special test!"

He suddenly began twirling around like a ballerina, singing a song,

"Oh, brilliant me, ohhhh, brilliant me....."

Roxanne raised an eyebrow, "Um, sir, what do you mean...?"

"Why, I'm taking them to Johto, of course!" Earl proudly proclaimed as he stopped twirling.

This time Roxanne dropped her planner, "WHAT?!"

"Why, it's perfect! I've enrolled them in a special tournament! It's specially for little children, underage trainers like the students. They allow rental pokemon, only three can be chosen, and only one student can make it to the top! If they win the tournament trophy, they not only get a special scholarship of five thousand dollars, but they also get to keep the three pokemon! Isn't that splendid?"

"NO!" Roxanne yelled, "With all due respect, sir, we've never taught them any battle basics, we're not in that unit yet!"

"Well, what better way to teach them than by actually battling! You've taught them type matchups, that's all they need! All you need to teach them is ordering their pokemon and there you have it! They'll be perfect! I've seen them at play in recess, they've got the spunk and brains to do it!"

"But...we can't just ship them to Johto! What about their parents?!"

"Oh, I've already distributed permission slips...and they all said yes!" Earl proudly said, crossing his huge, chubby arms.

Roxanne's eyes were wide, "But....why? Couldn't we just....?"

"If we can't afford pokemon from the Kennel, and we can't use your pokemon or wild pokemon, it's the tournament!"

"But, sir, those pokemon are huge! They might be dangerous!" Roxanne protested.

"Ah, ah, that's where you're wrong!" Earl shook his finger and he twirled around again, "Now, I'm not putting them in danger, for all the pokemon they'll rent will be....BABY POKEMON!"

This time Roxanne screamed at the top of her lungs,

"BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS?!"







Next update will be up soon.
 

StrayedBullet

OMFG................
Very strange... I like the way the Vice Principal was decsribed, and it is improving. Baby Pokemon eh? strange, strange indeed...

-SB ;001;
 

Hahahabvc87

Always watching...
Lol, the people just keep on getting wierder and wierder. Did the vice principal drink too much wine? One minute he's the respectable VP of the academy, and in the next he keeps on popping strange ideas...

I'd love to see how those students fare in the tournament. Not expecting much of a fight, though there will most certainly be surprises!
 

Stephy

candies!!!11
XD Love the chapter! Good thing this wasn't the typical trainers fic...or...
-clutches knife that was about to throw when read that this story is not the typical trainers fic- Okay...love the part where the principal did ballet XD I was imagining it and I was cracking up!
 
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