This is the fan fic I've working on lately. I posted it on SPP, but I haven't been getting many reviews, so I thought I'd try here too. If you read, please leave a review. Thanks!
Chapter One: Desperado
16-year-old Eric’s tanned hand grasped the rim of the bird’s nest as he pulled himself onto the tree branch. Peering inside, he saw three, tiny blue eggs nestled in the brown mass.
“Wow. Real Taillow eggs!” Eric exclaimed.
One of the eggs began to twitch and shake and soon the others followed. The top of the egg cracked open to reveal a small, black bird Pokemon, covered in a slimy mess. The other two eggs hatched as well, and Eric looked on in awe. Wanting to comfort the small babies, he reached his hand out to them. Before he could touch them, however, a black blur came from the sky and began to peck at him, screeching wildly.
“Ack! The mother Swellow!” Eric cried, shielding his head from the large black bird’s beak and talons.
Fumbling and trashing, Eric fell from the tree and landed onto the ground below with a thump, shooting pain throughout his body. Moaning, he let his head lay on the leafy ground, and looked up. He could barely make out the sun and sky from under all the trees in these woods. Still, this was a favorite resting spot for him. It was located just outside Littleroot Town, and only he and a few neighborhood kids actually came here.
Eric’s vision was blocked by long blonde hair flowing over his body. Rolling over, on his belly, Eric looked at the girl’s sandaled feet, then up at her blue jeans, and then at her black T-Shirt. Finally, after looking at her blue eyes and blonde hair, he recognized one of his closest friends.
“Hey Kristen, what’s up?” Eric asked.
“What are doing on the ground, Eric, you’re gonna get dirty…” Kristen replied.
Eric jumped up, and brushed his blue jeans, and red shirt off. Then after running his hands through his black hair to fix it up, he started to continue his conversation, but noticed a small blue creature behind Kristen’s legs.
“Kristen, what is that?” Eric inquired.
Kristen turned around and bent down to pick up the animal, and once it was safely in her arms, wheeled back around to show her friend. Eric leaned to get a better look, and noted that it was a Pokemon, one he had never seen before, but a Pokemon nonetheless.
“Mud! Mudkip!” It cried happily.
Startled, Eric stumbled backwards, forcing a giggle out of Kristen.
“It’s called a Mudkip,” Kristen explained, “I named him Neptune.”
“Wait…that Pokemon, is yours?” Eric asked.
“Uh huh!” Kristen said, smiling, “I got him from my dad. Aren’t you getting your Pokemon Trainer’s license from him today too? ”
“Yeah, I stopped by the lab earlier today, but he wasn’t around.” Eric sighed, “Is he home now, or what?”
Kristen’s father was none other than the highly respected Professor Birch. In the tropical Hoenn region, field research was more common. Birch loved field research more than anything, constantly disappearing during the day to track Pokemon in the wild. He had promised both Eric and Kristen Pokemon today, but Eric had been unable to contact him.
“Sorry Eric, he left again to observe some Pokemon.” Kristen laughed.
“Arrgh! Your dad is on the move constantly!” Eric said, exasperated, “How am I supposed to get my Pokemon?!”
“I don’t know…” Kristen replied, rubbing the back of her head, “You should’ve came around noon.”
“I’m going to go find him right now.” Eric said, getting up to leave.
Wandering throughout the woods, Eric glanced around, looking for any signs of humanity. He wanted to hurry and find Birch, as the sky was becoming a crimson red, signaling evening was approaching. A gentle breeze blew in the air, that and the dropping temperature made Eric shiver.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the woods, a middle-aged man in a lab coat, with shorts, sport sandals and a handbag awkwardly made his way through the forest. This man, was none other than Professor Birch himself. He stopped in front a small, plump, red worm-like creature, clumsily walking along the side of a tree. Smiling, he allowed the small crawler onto his arm and lifted it to his face.
“Why, it’s a Wurmple. Hello there, little guy.” Birch said, gruffly.
“Wurrrmple!” It purred.
Birch gently set it onto the shrubbery below, and got ready to continue his field research. Unbeknownst to Birch, a sleek shadowy creature made its way through the greenery it’s blood red eyes fixated on the human pray. Birch bent over to pick some Oran berries to the Pokemon he had with--
“Oh! That’s right!” Birch exclaimed, “Eric was supposed to get his Pokemon today, too! He must be waiting for me back at the lab!”
Birch turned to head home, but as soon he turned around he saw a four-legged lupine Pokemon. Covered in gray fur, and a glossy black mane that ran from its head down to its tail, the Pokemon lowered its head and bared its fangs, growling low. It’s fiery red eyes pierced Birch’s hazel ones, and cold sweat began to pour down his neck.
“A-a M-Mightyena..” Birch stammered.
He had seen Mightyena in the wild, whilst observing them, but he was never considered to be food by one. He would have to chase it away with the Pokemon he was carrying with him. His hand shaking, Birch reached for the Pokeballs in his bag. The Mightyena could smell his fear, its eyes swerved to the bag and then to Birch. The wolf-like Pokemon lunged for the professor. Screaming, Birch dropped the bag, and made a break for it. Running like mad, he prayed for his life, so that he could she his wife and daughter again….
“PROFESSOR BIRCH!!!” Eric yelled, jogging through the woods.
He was tired of this, he was promised a Pokemon today, and dang it he was going to get it. Running out of breath, he decided to sit down and take a break from searching. When he leaned over, his butt landed on something squishy. Quickly standing back up, Eric turned around in time to see what was about to attack him.
“Shrooooomish! Shroooo!” the small mushroom Pokemon yelled.
“Ack! A Shroomish?!” Eric exclaimed, backing away.
It was too late, the Shroomish immediately let out a spray of Stun Spore. The gold haze billowed over Eric, forcing him to cover his mouth and turn tail to run. The Shroomish chased after him, trying to punish Eric for squashing it.
“Neptune! Tackle!!” Kristen’s voice called out.
Kristen’s Mudkip Neptune slammed into the side of Shroomish knocking it backwards. When it picked itself back up, it looked at Kristen, Neptune and then Eric. Knowing when to run and fight another day, Shroomish hopped into the bushes. Turning around, Kristen walked over to Eric to make sure he was alright.
“You okay?” she asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I didn’t breathe any of the spores in.” Eric replied.
“You shouldn’t have run off on your own. We should just go back and wait for my dad. It’s getting dark.”
“Hmm, maybe…”
Their conversation was ended when Birch’s cry could be heard, forcing flocks of Swellow to fly out of their trees. Birch was trembling like crazy now. He was surrounded by three Mightyenas. In his frantic fear, he had forgotten that they hunt in packs, that they would try to corner him like this. He backed up some more, and was up against the rough bark of a tree. The Mightyenas advanced onto him, licking their chops at their anticipated meal. Birch uttered a cry out, before clambering up the tree. The three wolves rushed at the base of the trunk, barking furiously at their meal that they foolishly let escape.
Barely holding onto the branch, Birch looked down onto his predators below. With each bark, with each primal roar they released, frothy saliva would gush from their mouths. Closing his eyes, Birch prayed for someone—anyone to save him.
Eric and Kristen were running as fast as they could, both silently hoping that Birch was okay. After a couple of feet of running, they could hear the Mightyena’s loud barking, and then they came into view.
“Kris! Your dad! He’s up in the tree!” Eric yelled.
“Oh my goodness! We’ve got to get him down from there!” Kristen cried.
Grasping the small Pokeball from her belt, Kristen pressed the button on it, and enlarged it to the size of a small baseball. Hurling the ball at the growling Mightyenas, Kristen prepared to do battle with the beasts.
“Go Neptune!!”
The ball popped open, blasting energy everywhere. The silver colored energy started to form into Neptune, who shook his head around, glad to be out of confinement. Upon seeing the Mightyenas, the little Mudkip immediately struck a fighting pose, aware that it was about to engage in combat. The pack of the Mightyenas turned around to quickly dispose of the morsel.
“Water Gun! Now!” Kristen ordered.
Neptune inhaled, then blasted water at the dogs. All three jumped backwards to dodge the attack, their speed outclassing Neptune’s. Kristen knew she wouldn’t be able to take ONE Mightyena down, let alone, three. Her Mudkip was just too weak for this. But she had to at least drive them away from her father. Professor Birch was waiting for the wolves to move far enough away from the tree where he could hop down. He needed to get to his bag, and use the other 2 Pokemon. If he could just….
“Eric! My bag! Go get my bag!” Birch roared.
“Wha?! Okay!” Eric responded.
Eric quickly made his way through the woods, until he located the bag. Grabbing the worn leather, he ran back to the battle site. Neptune was worn out from spraying Water Guns at the Mightyenas, who just dodged each blast.
“Eric! Send out the Pokemon to help battle!” Birch called out.
Eric rummaged through the bag, and grabbed the two Pokeballs. Hurling them, he watched the energy blasts form on both sides of Neptune. The first one was a small green lizard with a fire red belly, and large yellow eyes. Standing on two legs, it glared at its enemy. The second Pokemon was a downy orange chick with yellow wings and a head crest.
“Okay…here I go…” Eric gulped.
Chapter One: Desperado
16-year-old Eric’s tanned hand grasped the rim of the bird’s nest as he pulled himself onto the tree branch. Peering inside, he saw three, tiny blue eggs nestled in the brown mass.
“Wow. Real Taillow eggs!” Eric exclaimed.
One of the eggs began to twitch and shake and soon the others followed. The top of the egg cracked open to reveal a small, black bird Pokemon, covered in a slimy mess. The other two eggs hatched as well, and Eric looked on in awe. Wanting to comfort the small babies, he reached his hand out to them. Before he could touch them, however, a black blur came from the sky and began to peck at him, screeching wildly.
“Ack! The mother Swellow!” Eric cried, shielding his head from the large black bird’s beak and talons.
Fumbling and trashing, Eric fell from the tree and landed onto the ground below with a thump, shooting pain throughout his body. Moaning, he let his head lay on the leafy ground, and looked up. He could barely make out the sun and sky from under all the trees in these woods. Still, this was a favorite resting spot for him. It was located just outside Littleroot Town, and only he and a few neighborhood kids actually came here.
Eric’s vision was blocked by long blonde hair flowing over his body. Rolling over, on his belly, Eric looked at the girl’s sandaled feet, then up at her blue jeans, and then at her black T-Shirt. Finally, after looking at her blue eyes and blonde hair, he recognized one of his closest friends.
“Hey Kristen, what’s up?” Eric asked.
“What are doing on the ground, Eric, you’re gonna get dirty…” Kristen replied.
Eric jumped up, and brushed his blue jeans, and red shirt off. Then after running his hands through his black hair to fix it up, he started to continue his conversation, but noticed a small blue creature behind Kristen’s legs.
“Kristen, what is that?” Eric inquired.
Kristen turned around and bent down to pick up the animal, and once it was safely in her arms, wheeled back around to show her friend. Eric leaned to get a better look, and noted that it was a Pokemon, one he had never seen before, but a Pokemon nonetheless.
“Mud! Mudkip!” It cried happily.
Startled, Eric stumbled backwards, forcing a giggle out of Kristen.
“It’s called a Mudkip,” Kristen explained, “I named him Neptune.”
“Wait…that Pokemon, is yours?” Eric asked.
“Uh huh!” Kristen said, smiling, “I got him from my dad. Aren’t you getting your Pokemon Trainer’s license from him today too? ”
“Yeah, I stopped by the lab earlier today, but he wasn’t around.” Eric sighed, “Is he home now, or what?”
Kristen’s father was none other than the highly respected Professor Birch. In the tropical Hoenn region, field research was more common. Birch loved field research more than anything, constantly disappearing during the day to track Pokemon in the wild. He had promised both Eric and Kristen Pokemon today, but Eric had been unable to contact him.
“Sorry Eric, he left again to observe some Pokemon.” Kristen laughed.
“Arrgh! Your dad is on the move constantly!” Eric said, exasperated, “How am I supposed to get my Pokemon?!”
“I don’t know…” Kristen replied, rubbing the back of her head, “You should’ve came around noon.”
“I’m going to go find him right now.” Eric said, getting up to leave.
Wandering throughout the woods, Eric glanced around, looking for any signs of humanity. He wanted to hurry and find Birch, as the sky was becoming a crimson red, signaling evening was approaching. A gentle breeze blew in the air, that and the dropping temperature made Eric shiver.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the woods, a middle-aged man in a lab coat, with shorts, sport sandals and a handbag awkwardly made his way through the forest. This man, was none other than Professor Birch himself. He stopped in front a small, plump, red worm-like creature, clumsily walking along the side of a tree. Smiling, he allowed the small crawler onto his arm and lifted it to his face.
“Why, it’s a Wurmple. Hello there, little guy.” Birch said, gruffly.
“Wurrrmple!” It purred.
Birch gently set it onto the shrubbery below, and got ready to continue his field research. Unbeknownst to Birch, a sleek shadowy creature made its way through the greenery it’s blood red eyes fixated on the human pray. Birch bent over to pick some Oran berries to the Pokemon he had with--
“Oh! That’s right!” Birch exclaimed, “Eric was supposed to get his Pokemon today, too! He must be waiting for me back at the lab!”
Birch turned to head home, but as soon he turned around he saw a four-legged lupine Pokemon. Covered in gray fur, and a glossy black mane that ran from its head down to its tail, the Pokemon lowered its head and bared its fangs, growling low. It’s fiery red eyes pierced Birch’s hazel ones, and cold sweat began to pour down his neck.
“A-a M-Mightyena..” Birch stammered.
He had seen Mightyena in the wild, whilst observing them, but he was never considered to be food by one. He would have to chase it away with the Pokemon he was carrying with him. His hand shaking, Birch reached for the Pokeballs in his bag. The Mightyena could smell his fear, its eyes swerved to the bag and then to Birch. The wolf-like Pokemon lunged for the professor. Screaming, Birch dropped the bag, and made a break for it. Running like mad, he prayed for his life, so that he could she his wife and daughter again….
“PROFESSOR BIRCH!!!” Eric yelled, jogging through the woods.
He was tired of this, he was promised a Pokemon today, and dang it he was going to get it. Running out of breath, he decided to sit down and take a break from searching. When he leaned over, his butt landed on something squishy. Quickly standing back up, Eric turned around in time to see what was about to attack him.
“Shrooooomish! Shroooo!” the small mushroom Pokemon yelled.
“Ack! A Shroomish?!” Eric exclaimed, backing away.
It was too late, the Shroomish immediately let out a spray of Stun Spore. The gold haze billowed over Eric, forcing him to cover his mouth and turn tail to run. The Shroomish chased after him, trying to punish Eric for squashing it.
“Neptune! Tackle!!” Kristen’s voice called out.
Kristen’s Mudkip Neptune slammed into the side of Shroomish knocking it backwards. When it picked itself back up, it looked at Kristen, Neptune and then Eric. Knowing when to run and fight another day, Shroomish hopped into the bushes. Turning around, Kristen walked over to Eric to make sure he was alright.
“You okay?” she asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I didn’t breathe any of the spores in.” Eric replied.
“You shouldn’t have run off on your own. We should just go back and wait for my dad. It’s getting dark.”
“Hmm, maybe…”
Their conversation was ended when Birch’s cry could be heard, forcing flocks of Swellow to fly out of their trees. Birch was trembling like crazy now. He was surrounded by three Mightyenas. In his frantic fear, he had forgotten that they hunt in packs, that they would try to corner him like this. He backed up some more, and was up against the rough bark of a tree. The Mightyenas advanced onto him, licking their chops at their anticipated meal. Birch uttered a cry out, before clambering up the tree. The three wolves rushed at the base of the trunk, barking furiously at their meal that they foolishly let escape.
Barely holding onto the branch, Birch looked down onto his predators below. With each bark, with each primal roar they released, frothy saliva would gush from their mouths. Closing his eyes, Birch prayed for someone—anyone to save him.
Eric and Kristen were running as fast as they could, both silently hoping that Birch was okay. After a couple of feet of running, they could hear the Mightyena’s loud barking, and then they came into view.
“Kris! Your dad! He’s up in the tree!” Eric yelled.
“Oh my goodness! We’ve got to get him down from there!” Kristen cried.
Grasping the small Pokeball from her belt, Kristen pressed the button on it, and enlarged it to the size of a small baseball. Hurling the ball at the growling Mightyenas, Kristen prepared to do battle with the beasts.
“Go Neptune!!”
The ball popped open, blasting energy everywhere. The silver colored energy started to form into Neptune, who shook his head around, glad to be out of confinement. Upon seeing the Mightyenas, the little Mudkip immediately struck a fighting pose, aware that it was about to engage in combat. The pack of the Mightyenas turned around to quickly dispose of the morsel.
“Water Gun! Now!” Kristen ordered.
Neptune inhaled, then blasted water at the dogs. All three jumped backwards to dodge the attack, their speed outclassing Neptune’s. Kristen knew she wouldn’t be able to take ONE Mightyena down, let alone, three. Her Mudkip was just too weak for this. But she had to at least drive them away from her father. Professor Birch was waiting for the wolves to move far enough away from the tree where he could hop down. He needed to get to his bag, and use the other 2 Pokemon. If he could just….
“Eric! My bag! Go get my bag!” Birch roared.
“Wha?! Okay!” Eric responded.
Eric quickly made his way through the woods, until he located the bag. Grabbing the worn leather, he ran back to the battle site. Neptune was worn out from spraying Water Guns at the Mightyenas, who just dodged each blast.
“Eric! Send out the Pokemon to help battle!” Birch called out.
Eric rummaged through the bag, and grabbed the two Pokeballs. Hurling them, he watched the energy blasts form on both sides of Neptune. The first one was a small green lizard with a fire red belly, and large yellow eyes. Standing on two legs, it glared at its enemy. The second Pokemon was a downy orange chick with yellow wings and a head crest.
“Okay…here I go…” Eric gulped.
Like I said before, I like how it starts with him getting the eggs instead of at his house or at the Professor's house like in most journey fics. Great job, Brin! ^_^