Pokemon Fan Fiction / Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ The Call to a Trainer's Destiny ❯ New Dawn ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter Three - New Dawn

Faye woke up early that day, about 20 minutes before her alarm clock rang. Waking up early was something she rarely ever did. Last night she even stayed up late, thinking of several ways to get herself secretly going on her Pokemon journey. She had finally thought of one. Faye got dressed into her usual clothes, washed up, and with a new addition to her routine, she took her "mystery" key, which was now looped through a chain, and wore it around her neck with the key under her shirt. It was now her little good luck charm, yet she still hadn't figured out how and what it was doing in her hand the other day.

She walked downstairs and instead of sitting at the kitchen table, she grabbed a waffle that was sitting in the toaster, formally frozen, then walked straight out to the front room. She was still too angry to say or look at her sister. In about a minute she was already outside on her bike, getting to Pr. Elm's lab. Unlike her usual over-speeding self, she actually rode at a calm pace this time. Whenever she had class, she left and still had about ten minutes left to talk to Pr. Elm when she got to the lab. No one else ever came early unless they had to. Since she left earlier that day, she would have more time to talk to the professor.

After the bike ride, she ran into the lab.

"Pr. Elm! I need to talk to you about something!" she called out since the man wasn't anywhere in sight.

"Ok Faye, you're here awfully early!" he shouted back from a distance. A few moments later, he came walking through the door to his library with a book in his hand. "Ok, what is it that you want to tell me Faye?"

She sat herself onto the surface of a table as Pr. Elm sat in a chair. "I came early cause this is kinda important."

"Ok, I'm all ears."

"Uhh...me and Quinn argued yesterday over this thing I wanted...I told her that I wanted to be a Pokemon trainer..." she explained.

"A trainer...I know you've attended my classes often, but were you absolutely sure of what you said?" he asked.

Yeah, of course I was. What made me wanna go...was because yesterday while getting to Cherrygrove City with Hiro, I watched a battle...saw some different Pokemon around...you know, it inspires me."

"I see...well tell me, what gives you the assurance that you are ready to set off on a journey? I know you are an exceptional student, but the students who graduate are the ones that are allowed to leave on their own."

"I know but...I can't wait. If I had to wait until I graduate, the courses would end about one month later and I certainly can't wait that long...I'd get behind in the Johto League competition!"

Pr. Elm sighed. "You've let your eagerness and enthusiasm get to you Faye. I know you say you can do it, but unless you can show me that, I can't allow you to go off on your own."

"I know most of the elemental weaknesses and strengths, I know a lot of attacks...what more???"

"You need to learn that it takes more than knowledge to be a trainer."

"But I DO know that caring for your Pokemon is essential too!"

"Not caring...loving them."

"I know...Professor, please let me do this...I am sure that I can..." she pleaded and was now standing straight and with her hands laced in front of her.

"Hmm...I'm sorry Faye..."

"I'm begging, if you do let me, I promise that I can be a great trainer, and I'll give New Bark Town one of the best titles when I win every competition thrown at me. I'll beat as many trainers as I can, I'll raise my Pokemon right and make sure they feel cared and confident, please Pr. Elm...I really want to do this!"

He hesitated and looked downward. "What will you tell Quinn?"

"Q? She...doesn't have to know that I left..." she said hesitantly yet a bit more enthusiastic by how Pr. Elm replied. She knew he was willing to change his mind.

"Usually...your guardian would have to let you go off on a journey. But this time...let's just bend the rules a little..." he said with a smile on his face.

"Oh, you mean..."

"Yep, you can go live out your dream..."

"Oh, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!" she said and got out of her sad-looking begging face and replaced it with a happy and elated one.

"But one thing Faye, don't tell anyone that I let you go. I can get into trouble. So to be safe, I can't give you your own PokeDex."

"PokeDex? Oh, that thingie that records data on Pokemon right? Oh that's fine. I won't need it. I want to be a great trainer but I don't want to learn about Pokemon using a tool, I want to learn using my own head," she explained.

"Not to be a bad influence, but you could say that you ran away or that you were some kind of orphan that left on a journey. Really don't think of me as a bad influence though!"

"Oh don't worry! I won't tell anyone!"

"Ok, I know you won't. Follow me," he said and stood up from his chair and walked toward another room. Faye followed obediently.

When they walked inside, there were shelves with hundreds of Pokeballs lined on them. Faye stared at the shelves with awe.

"Here, I have several different Pokemon for you to choose from. None of them are reserved for other future trainers, so you can choose one of these five," he explained, pointing to five Pokeballs that sat on a table. Next to each Pokeball was a paper with the image, name, and description of the Pokemon inside.

"Eevee, Pichu, Chikorita, Poliwag, and Charmander..." Faye read the names.

"Think hard, Faye. Choosing a Pokemon would mean to raise it and love it forever. If you neglect it, you can never be a worthy trainer of any Pokemon."

"Eevee can evolve into five different Pokemon. Pichu's final evolution form is a Raichu but a Thunderstone is needed. Chikorita can evolve into a Meganium which seems like a big Pokemon. Poliwag can get to a strong Poliwrath but still needs a Waterstone. And there's Charmander that can evolve into a Charizard," she thought. "If it were me, I'd choose a Water type...but..."

"So Faye, what will it be?"

She walked closer to the table, and picked up a Pokeball. "This one. Pokeball, go!!!" she shouted and tossed it to the ground.

A small orange lizard popped out. Its tail had a flame at the end and it was smiling so that two of its teeth showed.

"A Charmander!" Faye said.

"CHAR!!!" it said with pride.

"Hmm...ok Faye. You may leave New Bark Town when ready. But first, you have to register yourself at a Pokemon Center. See Nurse Joy when you want to."

"Err...ok!" she said. Faye looked at her Charmander. It was a great Pokemon in her eyes and she knew perfectly well that it would be the best to achieve her dream. Instead of having to send it back to its Pokeball, she decided to let it walk around along with her for a while so they would get closer.

"Bye Pr. Elm, and thank you so much!" she said and walked out the door with her new friend.

She knew she couldn't take her bike and leaving it at the lab would make Pr. Elm seem suspicious when Q would find out that Faye left. So she took it and rode back home. She stood at a distance and looked through the window to see if Q was home. She was in the living room watching TV with her boyfriend, Vince. Vince was the one who made the remote Q had to shut off Faye's TV. He was a technical type guy, he knew a lot of electronics and often worked at Pr. Elm's lab. Faye liked him ok, but he DID resemble her sister a bit.

Faye stealthily sneaked into the back yard with her bike. "Charmander, when you see anyone come near here, yell out something, ok?"

Charmander nodded and stood on watch. Faye knew that wouldn't be such a hard task to do but she couldn't let anyone know she planned on secretly leaving on a journey. She walked the bike into the backyard and left it there.

"CHAR!!!!!"

"Uh-oh! GAAH!" Faye shouted and ran to the fence. She clawed her way up the wooden fence and jumped over it frantically only to land on Charmander's tail.

"CHAAAAAARR!!!!!" it hollered in pain and instinctively shot out a Flamethrower that happened to have hit its master. Faye sat there, still on Charmander's tail, and with her face charred into a smoke color by the flame. Then the fence behind the pathetic two opened up.

"Oh wow, it was a hinged fence..." Faye said, dazed and stupefied. "AAAAAHHHHH!!!!" she screamed as the flame of Charmander's tail finally burned her bottom. Faye jumped up in more pain, but she was lucky that her bottom itself hadn't caught on fire.

When she finally stopped screaming, she looked around and no one was there. "Charmander!!! There's no one!!!" she yelled at it.

Then the little Pokemon stopped rubbing its poor tail and pointed toward two girls simply talking and walking down the sidewalk across the street.

"THEY'RE JUST GIRLS WALKING BY!!! I MEANT TO SCREAM OUT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE COME HERE!!!"

"Charmander..." it said apologetically.

Faye frowned, "Oh...it's ok. I'm sorry I yelled. Anyway-"

"HEY! IS ANYONE OUT THERE!?!?!" a guy's voice called from the front door of her home.

Faye`s face scrunched up and she grabbed her Charmander. She scurried to the other side of the fence and hid there, frenzied. The voice she heard came from Vince. Both Charmander's and Faye's cries obviously were heard by Q and Vince inside the house. Vince looked from left to right with his head popped out the door. He walked out and looked around again, he saw no one. He then shrugged and went inside.

Charmander and Faye both let go of some of their tenseness and sighed a mushroom cloud.

"Well at least that's over with..." Faye said. "Now, to go register..." she sounded much more relieved. She and her Charmander then started walking calmly to the Pokemon Center. When the building was in view, she rushed toward it, eager to get qualified and start her journey. But she stopped right outside the entrance in a horrible epiphany. "Nurse Joy knows who I am...if I go in, she'll get suspicious...aww...what will I do???" she said to herself. Faye turned to her Pokemon.

Charmander smiled at her. It was indeed friendly and kind. Faye knew it would make a perfect partner. She smiled briefly at Charmander, then frowned. Charmander's face, too, became plaintive.

"I know, we'll just go register at Cherrygrove City then!" Faye thought and smiled to the sky. She then realized AGAIN that she'd already been there too. "Charmander, what will I do?" she turned to it and asked.

"Charmander?" it replied.

"Hmm...Nurse Joy in Cherrygrove City only met me once...maybe she won't recognize me..." she thought. Faye dropped to the ground on her behind and sat, looking toward the sky for thought. That was how she always thought. Faye would sit down and stare upward whether if she were outside or under a roof. "Ok brain, I don't get along with you too well sometimes, but let's pretend to be friends this time and I might not ask for your help for a while...ok?" she whispered to herself.

Charmander stood next to the girl, eyeing her tentative look. Then Charmander too, sat and looked up in the style Faye was in. Several passersby stared in puzzlement as they saw a young girl sitting next to her Pokemon in the strangest fashion.

"I GOT IT!!!!!" she yelled and shot up onto her feet.

The few people around her stopped walking and stared even more. She froze in embarrassment and sweatdrop formed at the side of Faye's head. She laughed nervously, then grabbed Charmander and ran off into the woods near the town's exit.

"I have an idea. When we get to Cherrygrove, I'll just make some weird disguise and sign up for the Johto tournament! Then Nurse Joy won't recognize me!" she said to Charmander "Hey...why'd it take me so long to think of something so simple as that??? Grr...dumb brain, you did that to me on purpose, didn't you...?" she spoke to herself again.

"Char, charmander, char char," Charmander spoke.

"Huh? I'm sorry but I don't have a clue what you're saying..." Faye replied.

Charmander slapped its forehead and pointed to a nearby sign.

It read, "Cherrygrove City, 12 miles ahead."

Faye's face blanked out. "Twelve...miles...?" she repeated out loud and twitched a little. "Aww...COME ON!!!"

The last time she traveled to Cherrygrove with Hiro, they ran the rest of the route at one point and it made it seem less than 12 miles. But this time, she had to walk the whole way unless she was to agitate another crazy Mankey and run again.

"Well, better get going...but I don't have a map. How stupid am I??? And what was I thinking coming out here without any food or water or CLOTHES!!!" she kept screaming out to the air in front of her. Faye did bring her backpack though. She opened the zipper and checked her belongings.

"At least I was almost prepared. A toothbrush with toothpaste and three bags of instant noodle...wow," she said sarcastically. Then she sighed a mushroom cloud at her own absentminded brain. "Gee Faye, you're very sharp..."

Then when she stood up, she heard a light clank below her. She looked down only to see the dangling key tapping against her zipper line. "You're a real mystery...where did you come from...?" she asked. Faye removed the key and showed it to her Pokemon. "Do you know what it is?"

Charmander shook its head.

"I guess you'll stay a mystery then..." she said and put it back over her neck with the key hidden from anyone's eyes under her shirt. "Well, let's go buddy...off to Cherrygrove City, where our journey will start, our new dawn."

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A/N: Ok, done with this one. Continue to review please! And keep in mind that sometimes I update with an attached pic I drew along with this story too, not just a chapter update.