Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal: Lazorgator's Recap Story, Part 2

A new day has always come to welcome a new set of obstacles. For us, it seemed as though there were nothing but obstacles in the new day.
After we defeated Silver, AJ led us to the outskirts of the town of Azalea. There, we met with an old man named Kurt. Admiral told us that he was famous in the region for his pokeball making skills. I considered collecting a pink apricorn for my master, so that Kurt could turn it into a Love Ball. I wanted my master to feel calm and happy and loved—it's been a long time since I heard him laugh. However, before I could even ask Admiral where I could find one, AJ led us down the Slowpoke Well. It was there that all our hardships started.
Men and women in black outfits distinguished by a red letter "R" covered the interior of the well. I found several Slowpokes with their tails missing—and I heard the ones who actually realized they were missing a tail wail in pain.
AJ attempted to fight them, but he suddenly stopped in his tracks and froze. Then, the unimaginable happened. He sent Prince to battle and within moments, I saw the little baby Togepi faint. Admiral's words echoed in my head "a leader must always watch out for their teammates" over and over until they nearly drove me insane. I was supposed to protect Prince no matter what, even if it was against my master's commands. I was supposed to have protected him. Because I didn't protect him, I was alone now. Admiral grew weak trying to keep us all from fainting. Brian, Oxxy, and BK went down with him shortly after. I was supposed to help Admiral protect everyone. I was supposed to. I was—...
"Lazor," my master called out to me.
I heard him speak, but why did his voice sound so far away?
I was incompetent, and because of my incompetence, everyone got hurt. Was he going to throw me away? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
My master knelt down and smiled at me. He placed his hand on my head and pat me in the way he always did, and I found all my anxiety disappear within a blink of an eye.
"It's time to battle," he said.
I nodded at him, and before I realized it, we already defeated all the suspicious looking people in the well. They called themselves Team Rocket, and it seemed as if they only fought to earn wealth. I couldn't believe it. For the sake of wealth, they found it reasonable to harm my fellow pokemon. I didn't understand the cruelty in the hearts of people.
But, I felt AJ pat my head again, as if to tell me that I did a good job, and I knew that no matter what happened, he would never be cruel—he'd always be my kind master...always understanding.
Kurt found us and led us out of the Slowpoke Well after he discovered that we defeated the infamous Team Rocket. He introduced himself as we walked to his home in Azalea Town, and gave my master a Lure Ball. Though I was content with the fact that my master got a gift from the kind pokeball master, I still wondered if it would be possible to give him a gift myself. I stared at Kurt and a pink apricorn that sat on a table; Kurt smiled at me as if he knew what I was thinking. Then he said, "come back anytime with an apricorn."

Without us having to lead him, AJ found the Azalea Town Gym and took us inside. It was a place full of bugs and a thick, humid air. I looked up at my master who only looked straight ahead at a boy with green hair. His name was Bugsy and, like Falkner at Violet City, he was the gym leader.
In the battle, my master sent Prince out once again and as I was about to intervene, Admiral stopped me.
"You have to let everyone carry their own," Admiral told me.
"But...Admiral...Prince...he's just a baby," I said, completely panicked.
"Yes. And one day, he will become a man," Admiral began to answer me. "He needs to learn how to fight. That is what AJ is teaching him."
I stood in silence as I watched Prince try a Metronome attack. His battle didn't last very long, but AJ held Prince in his arms afterward and smiled before giving me a nod.
It seemed as if everything was going to be okay, even if we were getting hurt.
With a Hive Badge in our hands, Admiral led us to the Illex Forest. AJ wasn't doing well, yet again, and we had to guide him through the walk.
We met a young man with a Farfetch'd that knew the move Cut. They were gathering charcoal wood in the forest, he managed to tell us before his Farfetch'd ran away. After we helped the young man find his Farfetch'd, he gave AJ HM01, which contained the move Cut. He wished us luck on our journey before disappearing into the darkness of the forest.
It was then that we decided to set up camp. The cat-and-mouse chase that occurred from trying to get to Farfetch'd tired AJ out a lot. He was sweating and shivering. His slurs of nonsense were coming back.
"...Up...down...up...up...left...," he began to say.
Admiral gathered some firewood in the forest after being taught the move Cut and lit us a campfire. There were only berries for us to eat, but we tried our best to feed our master. His condition was getting worse, and I didn't know how to help him.
I guess Admiral saw my fear, because he placed his hand on my head and pat it—the way AJ would—and said "everything will be okay."
Prince wobbled his way towards me and chirped very cheerily. He seemed completely oblivious to the situation, and I found myself a somewhat envious of the little kid.
"Hey, Lazor!" he exclaimed.
"Yeah?" I responded, very amused by him.
"Did you see me in battle today? Didja see me?!" he asked me as he jumped up and down on the grassy terrain of the forest.
I smiled at Prince the way that Admiral smiled at me, and said "yes. You were so brave and strong today."
Prince smiled and hugged me as tightly as he could before slowly falling asleep on my lap.
"What did I tell you?" Admiral said to me in a soft voice.
"...you were right," I told him with a smile.
We both looked up towards the sky again, and tried to see the stars between the leaves and branches of the trees. It was difficult, but it was still as beautiful as when we first looked up at them. Brian and Oxxy came back from their little adventure, bringing back a whole bunch of berries that we snacked on as we waited for AJ's fever to cool down.

When morning came, the campfire was replaced by ashes and smoke. I awoke to see AJ up and well, and I found myself so grateful that my master was cured of his fever.
We journeyed through the forest and wound up in Goldenrod City—an actual city. It had a game corner, famous buildings, and a gym. It was so full of life, and it was the first time I ever saw so many people in the same place at once. Everyone seemed so busy with their own agendas.
AJ found himself talking to a stranger in front of the Radio Tower; I think he wanted to win the Radio Card the man had up for display. It seemed to be an addition for the gadget he wore around his neck: his PokeGear.
Admiral guided us to the gym in the city after AJ finally won his card. I saw signs of his sickness coming back as he tried to complete the quiz the man gave out. I heard him cry out "up" and "down" as he looked at the questions, although they were very faint cries. I wanted to believe that I was just hearing things.
It was an easy victory for us to obtain the Plain Badge that Whitney gave out to competitors, though actually prying the badge off her hands was a difficult task. I don't know if it was because AJ was growing weaker with each passing moment or if she was actually just that strong, because the struggle to get the badge surely took much longer than the actual battle.
Upon exiting the gym, Admiral and I sat down at a bench while AJ took the rest of the party somewhere.
"Do you think AJ will die?" I asked Admiral after a brief moment of silence.
He took a deep breath and sat closer to me before trying to decide on how to respond.
But, I no longer needed an answer from him because I understood what he thought from the way he reacted.
"...it'll be okay, Lazor," Admiral told me.
I really wanted to believe it, so I closed my eyes and tried to engrave his words inside my head. However, just like that, I heard Chikorita's voice tell me "the end is coming" and I freaked out again.
It was like a bad omen of some sort—as if my mind was trying to forewarn me of something. I wish I paid attention to it more, but I didn't. Instead, I tried to find comfort in Admiral's voice and words.
"Did you know that in my family, I was known as VV?" Admiral told me. I think he was trying to distract me from my thoughts. I think he was trying to protect me the only ways he understood how: by teaching me to move along.
"...why?" I asked him.
"Because I was the fifth born of the fifth generation in my family tree," Admiral said to me with a smile.
I laughed because it was actually quite interesting.
A little while after, AJ returned with only an egg in his hands. Everyone else was gone, and I didn't understand. Nothing but negative thoughts managed to process itself in my head. I couldn't hear Admiral speak to me anymore. All I heard was Chikorita's voice, in a taunting manner, telling me that "the end is coming."
I wanted to ask my master "why?"
Did they do something wrong?
Did he abandon them?
...will he do the same to me?

--; March 6th, 2014
Welp. I hope you guys like the part two.
Yup. I attempted to foreshadow Admiral's eventual release. How'd I do? :D
Anyways, please look forward to part three and, once again, thank you to TVTropes.org for the Recap page and Pureownege75 for their reddit post.
Also, guys, check out kiyokon on tumblr~ She (I think it's a she because of her tumblr icon...so I hope I'm right...and if I'm wrong, I'm so sorry!) makes incredible fanart for TPP, including one piece that inspired the whole Admiral and Lazorgator father-son relationship for me.
So yeah~

Twitch Plays Pokemon Crystal: Lazorgator's Recap Story, Part 1

Honestly, I don't know what it is that I'm here for. When I first met AJ, he was a little bit crazy to me. He chose me, but I'm not sure he really meant to choose me. However, I was grateful. He chose me and because of that, he expanded my world. I met many people and befriended many pokemon.
AJ was undoubtedly a good kid. He was my master and still is—and forever will be. My first and only master. His methods of training me were a little unorthodox in my opinion. We attempted to battle a wild Pidgey once and for some reason—even though I knew I could have taken it down with a tackle or two—AJ commanded me to use leer so many times, I actually lost count. My eyes hurt a lot afterwards, and it felt like everything was glowing in red—red...just so much red.
We met an old companion of mine when we were heading to a town that had a sweet aroma of Sakura trees. It was the first time I saw the flowers in bloom. Previously, Elm—the man who introduced me to my master—only took me through this town once to meet a man by the name of Oak. I remembered the scent from way back then—when I was truly just a little baby—and it seemed to be fated that I'd meet Chikorita back here again. However, we were enemies and her master stole her away from Elm. Upon her defeat, I tried to talk to her and ask what had happened, but she glared at me and told me "the end is coming."
I didn't understand back then, and quite frankly, I still don't quite understand now.

A little further into our journey, AJ and I became acquainted with Brian, a Pidgey who seemed determined to make a path open for himself. It seems that he grew up having many tell him he'd never amount to the greatness of Bird Jesus. I didn't know who he was at first, but Brian took the time to walk me through the story of adventure of the great Bird Jesus. I was left in awe and shock—the incredible Pidgeot seemed to have gone through a great number of trials in order to revive his god: the Holy Helix, Omanyte.
Not long after, AJ had two more friends to introduce me to. One was a Sentret whom we considered our protector. We dubbed him "Admiral", and for much of our journey, he helped guide us along. With his mighty sword, he cut down obstacles one after another—quickly becoming my idol and instructor.
After the introduction of Admiral, we met Oxxy Ozzworm the Caterpie. She had a weird sense of fashion, always choosing to wear these odd sort of circular shades over her eyes.
By the time I realized it, it was no longer just AJ and I. We had three other companions who tried their best to support us—to support AJ. It seemed that AJ was ill. Many times, he would stop in his tracks and cry out about the voices that screamed in his head. My master—our master—was on the verge of insanity and I was afraid that I would lose him.
We, the party, tried to ease AJ's mind. We helped to guide him to Violet City, a city known for the famous Sprout Tower training spot and the Violet City Gym. Admiral was the one who did most of the guiding. He was very knowledgable about this region and knew things I would never think of knowing about. It seemed that back in the days, he worked as a scout for his gang and had to learn to collect information very quickly for the benefit of his team.
It was an easy victory for us at Violet City Gym. We obtained the Zephyr badge for our master but I don't think AJ really noticed the badge or the victory. Instead, as if something was calling him there, he led us to an eerie place known as the Ruins of Alph.
Strange creatures infested the ruins and they frightened us all—except for Admiral. He stood tall on his tail and led us to safety, and in our journey of terror, we welcomed a baby into the world: Prince Omelette, a Togepi of immeasurable strength.
I never forgot about the moments in the ruins, though. My master hardly slept a wink after the incident at Alph, and sometimes even neglected to acknowledge the existence of the party—save for me. AJ, when we wandered around the routes at night, always pat me on the head and smiled. I think he wanted me to get stronger, but I didn't understand what I would ever need the strength for.
Somehow, one night, I remembered the dark tone of Chikorita's voice as she told me "the end is coming" and I became so frightened that I went to Admiral for guidance.
Admiral heard my fears and nodded, even though he didn't have much of anything to say. My rant woke up Prince Omelette who burst into tears because he was exhausted from the lack of rest. Admiral quietly walked over to Prince and cradled him in his arms, and I saw the tears subside from Prince's eyes.
"You're amazing," I said.
"Why do you say that?" Admiral asked me. He glanced over at me and I noticed the reflection of the campfire burning in his eyes—but it was a kind fire...a gentle one.
"...you just are," I said.
Admiral laughed at me, very quietly, and pat my head. He said, "you're amazing yourself, Lazor."
"...do you really think so?" I asked.
"Yes. I know so," he said before placing Prince back down near AJ's resting body.
This was the first night we spent resting in a long time and I never realized how beautiful silence was until now.
As if he read my mind, Admiral walked over to me and placed his arm over my shoulder. "Look at the beautiful stars," he said.
And I did. And they were, like he said, absolutely beautiful.
"Have a good rest, Lazor. Who knows when you will be able to rest like this again?" Admiral smiled at me as he guided me to AJ's quiet body.
"...what about you?" I asked him.
"A leader must always watch out for his teammates, Lazor. Remember that well. You will be a leader someday, too," Admiral told me.
I never knew my father. Neither did Chikorita nor Cyndaquil. Not a single one of us knew who our parents were. I remembered coming into the world alone and I cried until I heard the voices of Chikorita and Cyndaquil somewhere else. We introduced ourselves—actually, I think it was more like Chikorita introduced herself to me and dragged Cyndaquil into the introduction.
"We're orphans, just like you, Totodile," she said to me.
"...what's...an orphan?" I asked.
"It means our parents didn't want us," Cyndaquil quickly said.
"...didn't...want...us?" I repeated.
"Cyndaquil! What are you doing? He's just a little baby," Chikorita scolded him.
I didn't really hear their conversation though. It was as though the words swallowed me whole. I wasn't wanted...that's why I was born into the world cold, and alone.
"Listen, Totodile. It's true. Our parents...they didn't want us. But, Elm here did. He found us before he even knew who we were and took us in. He told us that we will be loved and cared for one day very soon, because he arranged for a few young trainers to come and adopt us. So...just because we weren't wanted by a few people doesn't mean we weren't wanted at all." Chikorita placed one of her forelegs on my shoulder and pat it. She looked at me a warm kind of sympathy and I felt the kindness of the world for the first time through this simple interaction.
In amidst of my thought, I heard Admiral call out to me.
"Lazor. Are you okay?" Admiral asked, his voice sounded very concerned.
"...yes, I'm fine, Admiral," I nodded. "I think...I think I will go to sleep." I found my place near AJ's heart and cuddled beside my master's body.
"Sleep well, Lazor," Admiral said while patting me to sleep.
I never knew my father. But...I knew Admiral...and he was the best father I never had.
"Hey, Admiral?" I called out to him, sleepily.
"Yeah?" he responded.
"...I hope...that one day...when I'm all grown up...I become like you. Strong and admirable," I told him.
It might've been the fact that I was tired or even just the red-orange burn that came from the campfire, but I thought I saw Admiral's eyes become glazed like he was tearing up when he said "thank you" to me that night.

When morning came, AJ introduced us to Wooper Goldberg, a male amphibious creature who looked too pretty to be a boy. In our introductions, he told us to call him "BK" in favor of the name our master gave him. We all had a nice laugh at the incident and I felt calm for a while—calm and content.
Then, we met Chikorita and her master, a red-haired boy named Silver. She seemed angrier than she was the last time, and after their defeat, I tried to talk to her again.
She used her last ounce of energy to shoot sharp leaves my way before completely fainting.
I asked her if she was happy with her new master.
I don't think she was.

--; March 6th, 2014
So uhh...yeah. What can I say? The fanart for TPPC gave me a case of the major feels.
This is part one. I'll be working on a part two.
I'm actually quite happy with how everything turned out.
I don't know 100% the story, so if I got the names wrong, leave a comment and let me know. A lot of this came from TVTropes' Recap page for TPPC—so thank you TVTropes.org! I also found information from http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/wiki/historyoftpp_gen2, so thank you reddit user Pureownege75.
I hope you enjoyed my fanfiction.
I'm really excited to write about Admiral and Prince Omelette's release scene, so, LOOK FORWARD TO IT! Hopefully it can give you a lot of feels, LOOOL.

Chapter 2: All Aboard the SS Stern, Part One.

Raymin

Okay. Let's get something straight first: I have a huge fear of heights...
Yes. That's right. I admit it. I'm scared of heights. But, I don't mean like the kind of heights where it's like up high. It's sort of weird, but I'm just scared of having my feet being lifted off the floor. Basically, I'm scared of floating.
Oh, wait. Yeah. That works. I'm scared of floating.
Alex is evil. He's full of evil. He's carrying me and refusing to place me down on the floor for the sole reason of keeping me from running. And before you say anything else, I wasn't planning to run...not really. I mean...if I go off course for a little while—just a little bit—would that really count as running off? I don't think so. Therefore, this guy right here is technically kidnapping me. Yup. He's kidnapping me. A kidnapper. Shame, Alex. For shame. I can't believe you've resorted to kidnapping people.
As I suck my teeth at Alex in my head (I didn't actually do it...if I did, who knows what he would have done to me...), I slowly back away from resting my face on his neck. Alex has really pretty features (not that he'd ever admit it). His hair is black, but when the sun shines on it--like it does right now—I can always see stars in the spots that shine. And well, his eyes? His eyes are sort of weird. They're mostly green. If you look really closely, you can see specks of different shades. I like it. When I look at Alex, I feel like I'm staring at the whole entire world—packaged all neatly into the shape of one person.
"Alright, we're here, Ray," Alex whispers into my hair. I feel him kiss my head as he gently places my feet on the ground. To be honest, I sort of like Alex--I think.
"Mhmm," I say to him, as I straighten out my clothes and look at the building in front of us. We're in front of my day-care and I swallow hard.
As the front door opens a little bit, I try to make a turn to start running. But, of course, I can't. Alex is already holding my hand and I can feel my entire body growing a bit warm. I don't really know what the feeling can be called, but I felt it.
"Raymin!" I heard a girl call out to me. It was my sister-in-law, Melissa.
I force a smile on my face and nervously wave hi to her as I try to hide behind Alex's tall figure. Alex is six feet, which is a good five feet taller than me.
"Come out from hiding, Raymin. You know I don't bite," I hear her coo in that voice of hers. "Look, I even got some new dresses for you to try out—and if you like, bring them with you to Kanto."
"...oh...o--okay...," I answer.
Now, look. It's not like I'm scared of Melissa, it's just—she scares me... Yeah, I know. It's confusing. But like, I really like Melissa. She's pretty awesome when she doesn't look at me like a little dress up doll for her to play with. I go to her for advice every now and again (because my feelings really confuse me sometimes) and she usually gives me good advice. But, Melissa...she teases me a lot...and it always makes me feel embarrassed—especially when I'm with both Alex and Kevin (which I am, right now. Or will be, in a moment).
"Come on, Ray. Go with Melissa. You have to go collect your pokemon and PokeDex anyways," Alex tells me.
"...mhmm..."

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I'm going to cut the chapter short here.
I started it in present tense speak and honestly, I'm horrible at present tense stories. I've written a lot of things, and only one of them uses present tense. Just one.
ONE.
I'll come back with a part two, in past tense writing form.
But yeah.
Raymin. Crushing. On. Alex.
Ahahahahaha.
I don't even know if they will really be canon.

Chapter 1: It's Just The Beginning

"Raymin!" a woman called out from the dining room table of a two story house. She set four plates on the table, with breakfast decadents such as pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon.
"Yeah?" another voice responded from one of the rooms on the second floor. The sound of a door opening could be heard as the owner of the voice peeped out to look down the stairs. It was a girl with an odd coloration of hair and heterochromic eyes in blue and yellow. Her hair reached her a little above her elbows, with the ends tinted in a shade of midnight blue while her bangs sat on her forehead taking the coloration of a light blonde--almost platinum. In-between the two contrasting colors, she had black hair to serve as a neutral zone. Her right eye was shaded in a deep and vibrant blue, while her left eye was colored a dark and dull shade of yellow--somewhat like the sun on a foggy winter morning.
"Breakfast is ready," the woman clarified as she poured drinks in tall glasses set on the table.
"Okay," Raymin answered, closing her door again only to come back out a few minutes later. She wore a light yellow tank-top with spaghetti straps and a checked dark blue skirt that reached the mid-section of her thighs. On her legs were white colored stockings that stopped an inch from where her skirt reached. Her feet were protected by black colored Mary Janes that added barely a quarter of an inch to her five foot nine posture.
"You excited for today, Raymin?" a male voice asked from the living room sofa. It belonged to a middle-aged man who was reading the newspaper, while simultaneously watching the news on a television screen.
"Yep!" the seventeen-year-old girl happily answered with a smile as she greeted her dad with a "Good morning".
"Where's Richard?" the woman asked. She could be described as a middle-aged woman, though not as old as her husband who sat in the living room, with raven black hair and blue eyes that seemed to space off into a deep purple.
As Raymin sat down at the table, she moved her shoulders up and down in response to her Mom's question.
"I don't know, Michelle. I think he went out to take care of the pokemon at the day-care with Melissa," answered the middle-aged man as he picked himself up to go eat breakfast.
"Oh! I'll be making a stop at the day-care to see all the pokemon before I take off!" Raymin declared as she quickly gulped down her breakfast.
"Try to eat elegantly for once, Ray. You're supposed to be a young lady with manners—not a little monster," said a voice from the outside. A teenage boy revealed himself through an opened door across the dining room, with eyes green as meadows and hair dark as night.
Nearly choking on her food, Raymin drank an entire glass of orange juice in order to move the food stuck in her throat in amidst her panic. "What are you doing here, Alex?" she questioned as she slammed the glass on the table.
"Now, now, Raymin. Be polite," her mother warned her with a stern voice.
"…yes, ma'am."
"Thank you for having me over, auntie." Alex bowed his head down as he greeted the family before walking towards Raymin. "I'm here to pick you up," he spoke with a grin.
"It's no problem, Alex. Take care of her, alright?" Michelle smiled.
"Always."
As Alex's hand took hold of Raymin's, he made a dash for the outside and its blue skies—completely ignoring the girl with daylight paired eyes and her screams of discomfort.

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"I can't believe you rushed me off like that. I didn't even have any of my stuff and we had to go back…," Raymin complained to the boy walking in front of her.
The boy had his arms crossed behind his head and simply grinned at Raymin as she complained. "Oh well. It was good exercise."
"…I really want to hit you right now," she said, making one of her hands form into a fist as she glared at Alex.
"Come on, we should hurry. Kevin is waiting for us at the day-care," Alex said, completely ignoring her again.
Suddenly, all anger faded from Raymin's face and was, instead, replaced with confusion as if to display shock. "What? Day-care?"
"Yes, day-care."
"…"
"What's wrong?" Alex questioned, stopping in his path as he no longer heard Raymin walking behind him.
"My day-care?" Raymin asked again, in an attempt to confirm something.
"…what other day-care could we be talking about?" he asked, shooting Raymin a look that almost said 'have you gone insane?'
"Nope. Not going." Raymin turned about face completely and started walking away from where Alex stood.
"Hold up! What do you mean you're not going?" The boy with the meadow-colored eyes chased after Raymin in order to grab hold of her hand which caused her to halt in her steps.
"Melissa might be there…" Raymin turned her head around to look at Alex and say.
"…I already confirmed with Kevin."
With a look of hope in her eyes, Raymin's face suddenly lit up and she smiled joyfully as the rest of her body completely turned back around.
"She is definitely there," Alex said, completely his sentence.
And just like that, the girl with daylight paired eyes disappeared from Alex's vision. All he could do was stare at the trail of scattered dirt she left in her hurry to leave and sigh with a feeling of exhaustion in his mind. As he reached into his jet black messenger bag and pulled out his Pokémon Navigator in order to make a call to someone.
"Hello, Kevin?" Alex began to say. "Yeah. She ran. Probably to the usual spot," he said in a tone of voice that didn't really show concern. "I'm heading to the day-care now, so do you still want to meet up?" As the other line spoke, he nodded his head and finally said, "Alright. See you soon, then," before hanging up.
"Jeez, Raymin. Why must you be so difficult to manage…didn't you say you wanted to go to the day-care in the first place…?" he sighed.

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A pokemon with a round, blue body and white cotton-like wings nestled itself on the lap of a teenage boy with hair brighter than the sun and eyes more blue than the sky. He calmly smiled and pet the bird-like pokemon gently, careful not to irritate the two blue feathers that sat atop its head.
"I think she likes you, Kevin," a young woman remarked as she readied herself to sit down beside the blond. She had a facial structure similar to his, with hair in a strawberry blonde color and eyes slightly lighter in shade than his.
"Well, she is mine. I think it's good that she does," he responded.
"Now that she's finally hatched, will you give her a name?" she asked.
"I'll see what the other two have to say about her name. She is sort of theirs too."
"I don't think so. It seems as if she has already imprinted on you," a young man answered from a distance. He held a bowl of food in his hand and placed it beside Kevin.
"Richard is right; it'd be cruel to force her to separate from you at this point." Melissa added.
"I'll just call her Swablu for now…I honestly can't think of an actual name for her," Kevin said.
"Alright. Swablu is fine. It is what she is, anyways," Richard said. "Be sure to feed her breakfast. She has refused to eat a thing since she was hatched last night."
"Don't worry. I got it," Kevin answered with a diligent look on his face.
"By the way, when is my little sister coming here?" Richard asked as he leaned against the door frame that led to the interior of the day-care. His eyes were revealed to be a soft blue color—even lighter than the swablu's—with black hair that seemed to share strands with a color of midnight blue.
"Raymin's coming?!" Melissa asked with a cheerful voice.
"She won't be. It seems she ran off when she found out you were here, Melissa," Kevin responded, nonchalantly.
"…whatdoyoumean?" Melissa questioned, placing both her hands on Kevin's shoulders—nearly signaling that she was ready to shake him down from head to toe.
"You tease her way too much, Melly. There's no way she'd come with Kevin here, too—and Alex accompanying her."
"But she loves me," Melissa cried with what looked like tears forming in her eyes.
"Yes, yes. Of course she does," Richard responded, walking away from his girlfriend of three years—already used to her actions.
"Well…I'm going to go and feed Swablu now." Kevin got up and held the baby bird in his arms he carried the bowl of food away with him to a tree that was situated far from where he was sitting. Melissa was his sister; if Richard was used to the behavior, then he could be considered completely immune.
"Why is everyone so cruel?!" Melissa wailed a little bit as wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Yes, yes. We are all very cruel," Richard responded as he handed Melissa a tissue for her tears.
Very touched by Richard's gesture, Melissa jumped on top of Richard and hugged him very tightly.
"I love you too," he said with a calm smile.

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"You know you can't hide, Raymin," Alex said.
"I can if I want to," Raymin responded.
"…aren't you afraid of heights?" Alex asked, as he stared at the girl who was hanging onto the tree she instinctively climbed up for dear life.
"…SHUT UP!" she screamed.
"Calm down. You don't want to fall, do you?" Alex asked, with a calm expression worn on his face.
"LEAVE ME ALONE, ALEX. I AM PERFECTLY FINE," she shouted at the boy as she held on even tighter to the tree.
"…okay. I guess I'll leave you here…by yourself."
Silence was all the response Raymin could manage.
"…who knows? Maybe the poochyena will come back. With some mightyena, too. All to provide you with company," Alex nonchalantly added into his dying conversation with Raymin.
"…SAVE ME, ALEX!" Raymin cried very desperately.
Giving her a smile, Alex very calmly walked over to the trunk of the tree Raymin climbed up and opened up his arms. "Jump down."
Raymin was now teary-eyed and sniffling, but managed to nod her head.
"I'll catch you, okay?" Alex reassured.
"Un," she nodded again.
So she jumped down in a manner that seemed more like she was falling down, and Alex caught her in his arms—holding her like a bride.
"We're going to the day-care now, alright?" Alex told her.
"…un," she responded, already too exhausted from her terrifying morning to argue back.
"We're starting our journey today. You should be happy. Not upset," Alex said.
"…un," she responded, very obediently.
"So, calm down and greet everyone properly when we get there, okay?"
"…un." Raymin buried her head in Alex's shoulder and held onto him by wrapping her arms around his neck. She had a flustered expression on her face, and attempted to hide from Alex's gaze by doing this.
"It'll be okay. Professor Birch already dropped off our starter pokemon at the day-care. Captain Stern has gifted us with tickets that will take us to the Kanto region—like you wanted to go. The ship we are going on will be full of other trainers who are eager to travel—just like us. We'll have fun." As he felt Raymin's face touch his neck, he held her a little more tightly, as his way of saying he does not want to let her go. "I promise."

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Wow. That took a while! I'm sorry I never updated, but I've been busy with everything. The chapter didn't progress the way I wanted it to, but I had to get something posted (it's already been over a week!)
I'll have the next chapter to make up for it. I'm still trying to figure out a style that would be appropriate for this series (notice the subtle changes in writing, if you can, haha). Bear with me for the next few chapters or so as I try to figure it out. I promise the updates will only continue to come, and the story will most definitely progress!
Also, I'm planning to add drawings to the series! :) Just draft-like artwork (nothing fancy) to provide you guys with a better picture of everything. 
Anyways. I'll leave you with this, and hope you enjoy it. As always, comments are welcome! If you find corrections that should be made, please list. If it's a complaint about the style of writing, please let me reiterate that I'm still trying to figure that out.
Bye~ See you guys next time :)

Prologue: A Little About The World

So, let's get to know a little bit about this world and its wonders. We have these special creatures, known as pokemon, whom accompany us on this journey through life. Pokemon are found all throughout the world--there's an overabundance of them (their numbers overpopulate the humans!).

How do our lives intertwine with the habits of these creatures? Well, for starters, they can be found fighting alongside us in what we call "battles". Trainers have the ability to command their pokemon comrades in a contest of ability and strength. There are special gyms placed throughout the various regions of the world that are regulated by special trainers. They are known as the Gym Leaders, and hundreds of thousands of aspiring Master Trainers come from far and wide just to challenge them to a battle in the hopes of earning a Gym Badge. Badges are collected in order to participate in an tournament known as the Pokemon League. You prove your abilities and try to outlast the competition for a chance at the gaining the title of Master Trainer of the season--and for a chance to battle the Elite Four, and Champion! 

Moving on slightly from that area of discussion, let me tell you how battles work! These creatures we call pokemon are special for their abilities. Some can breathe fire, others summon psychic abilities with a blink of an eye--while others are just incredibly strong! Take Machamp, for example: it's known as the superpower pokemon, and has to wear a special belt in order to contain its strength or else its muscles will just keep growing! Isn't that quite amazing?

Battles are regulated through two mechanics: the pokeball system and the PokeDex system. In order to make an official capture, trainers must register a pokeball with a pokemon. Those who are not registered by a pokeball, but follow a trainer anyways, are considered a friendly companion and not a battle companion. They are not allowed to partake in official battles, though battles for recreational purposes are perfectly okay. The PokeDex system is the backbone of the battling system. As all official battle companions are registered in their respective pokeballs, trainers must make an input of data in a PokeDex that is registered to them in order to battle others. This occurs by taking a scan of the pokeball and submitting a photo of the pokemon that will be registered with the specific pokeball, along with all the other details such as nicknames and everything else. PokeDexes are equipped with the latest data on all discovered species of pokemon, so a picture of your companion is really all you need to identify its species and powers.

When getting ready for a battle, all trainers must link up their PokeDexes to a computer that downloads the details of pokemon captures. Information such as pokemon levels, movesets, stats, and origins are all downloaded and made official so that there's no possibility of cheating. This download step is crucial because it helps to determine a pokemon's capabilities and health level, leading to calls of "battle over" when certain limits are reached and the pokemon must be called back. When a pokemon is considered at the limit, it is called "fainting" and that pokemon is no longer able to participate in battle until it receives treatment properly. Winners are determined by whoever is left standing (such as someone defeating another person's pokemon team, in its entirety).

Pokemon Centers are known as resting spots for trainers and their pokemon. Many major cities and towns have a Pokemon Center for trainers to lodge in for a fee. The fee paid handles their stay expenses (sleeping arrangements, breakfast, and pokemon care). Trainers are often found interacting in the various Pokemon Centers, and stocking up on items in the PokeMart section of the Center. 

Though I've talked a lot about the battling mechanics of this world, there are more than just trainer occupations that exist! For instance, there are Pokemon Professors who study pokemon. There are many professors in this world, all with their own fields of study. A famous one goes by the name of Professor Oak,  who was the developer of the original PokeDex that served as simply an encyclopedia of information. It was later transformed by Devon Co., making it into what is considered the backbone of pokemon battles. Devon Co. is run by Mr. Stone, who founded the company when it was very small and unknown.

There are also athletes in the world who compete with their pokemon companions in a contest of the fittest. Some participate in swimming competitions, while others are cyclists who travel the world.

I, for one, come from a long line of pokemon trainers and pokemon breeders! What are breeders, you ask? Well, breeders study the natures of pokemon and groom them to become the best of the best. Simply said, pokemon breeders raise pokemon. Most breeders run Day Cares for pokemon, like my family does. Others open up shops that sell pokemon food made from organic ingredients. 

There are even those who open up shops that sell berries and flowers for battles and treat-making. Two forms of popular pokemon treats are known as the PokeBlock and the Poffin. Berries are often used to condition pokemon towards perfection, so that they become suitable for Contests. Pokemon Contests aren't a competition of strength or anything of that sort, but of performance and charm. They are judged by famous breeders and tons of Coordinators travel the world to make it to different contests. Oh, and in case you didn't know, people who raise pokemon for Contests are known as Coordinators. My family has a few coordinators in the history--though not as many as trainers.

Now, let's move onto the actual pokemon world! I live in the Hoenn region, in the city of Mauville--home to the Electric gym leader, Wattson! There are many other regions in this world, such as the Kanto region (located west of Hoenn) which is connected to the Johto region. The Sinnoh region is further west of the Johto region. There are also the Unova and Kalos regions, but we'll get to those later on (they're really far away!). Currently, I am seventeen and getting ready to head out into the world for travels and discovery. This is my journey in the world with my friends. So follow me and come see what I see, my way!

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So I thought I'd throw some random facts here about the characters that will appear in the series~
The main character is named Raymin (and is a girl) who starts her journey around the pokemon world with her best friends, Alex and Kevin. All three of them are seventeen (just born different months).
A majority of the story will be written in third-person. I feel it is best for the story because I get to show the thoughts of different characters when I like :)
Alex is the son of a gym leader in Hoenn (no spoilers on who, yet), while Kevin the son of Professor Birch (though since I mentioned this, you can probably figure out who Alex's father is...Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, anyone? Haha).
All three have been around pokemon all their lives and have a pretty good idea about what they want to do with the rest of their lives, so the story isn't about simple travels and small battles or challenges! It's about the age of adolescence in the world of pokemon and how you pass into adulthood. The three each started the journey for their owns reasons, but decided to start together in order to show their attachment to one another. (Childhood friends, after all).
Don't worry though, they won't be together the entire story (in fact, I'm having them split quite early).
I'm still iffy on the style of writing I want to use for the story. When I originally thought of the idea, it wasn't going to be a happy story (boy did I have a sinister mind for a ten year old child...), but I decided to add some humor into the series so I needed to change it up a bit.
My plan is to make it silly in a sense that you can relate, but also dark because we all have those dark moments still--especially while growing up.
Oh! They each get their own Hoenn starter (though it won't be the only pokemon with them). I'll try my best to walk you through the idea behind the battles and everything, as well as how gym leaders choose their pokemon for the challengers (think Pokemon Origins).
Also, it's most likely going to continue for a while because I was planning to have a different segment for each region visited (we are currently on six regions. I didn't include Kalos' actual location, because I honestly have no idea where it is). Props to http://www.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page for being my wikipedia guide :) All general information about the pokemon world will come from this site (as a notice).
I hope you enjoy the journey with me!