Psychic Beauty

Chapter 1

Ups and Downs

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(Ray):

"BZZZZZZZ….."

"BZZZZZZZ….."

I woke up with a buzzing noise next to my ear, and I knew it was my alarm clock but I shut it off. Then I began to wonder to myself, "Why did I set up my alarm so early? I mean, it's only my 10th birthday…."

Then it finally hit me….

Today was the day that I received my trainer's license and got my first Pokemon! As I realized this, quickly jumped out of my bed and started to get my things ready for my visit to the Pokémon lab. How could I be so stupid as to forget the most important day of my short life?

I quickly got ready and went down for breakfast, but when I got there all I saw was a note that said:

"I'm sorry honey! I had to leave to take care of an emergency that just couldn't wait. I hope you'll forgive me for not being there on your first day as a trainer…. I love you Ray, and no matter what happens you'll always make me proud – Mom"

I wasn't the type of boy that let his emotions get the best of him, but at that point I couldn't help but shed a tear when I knew that my mom couldn't be there when I received my first Pokémon. She was all I had in this world ever since my dad left us when I was younger. No one really knew where he went or what his reason for leaving was. All I knew was that my mom was the only real family that I had.

I was going to Professor Birch's lab in the morning that day to pick one of the three that he had for starting trainers, so I went early to try and have as many choices as possible. It was a slow and typical morning for my town. On the way there I heard a small, shrill cry of desperation. I thought that perhaps a smaller kid had gone off into the forest and gotten lost so I went to investigate the source of the sound.

"Get back here, Ralts!" said a trainer whom I'd never seen before. That's when I realized that the shrill cry had come from a Ralts this trainer was chasing. I heard them coming toward me. Then, from behind the trees, the Ralts came through looking back as she ran from the trainer. She bumped into my leg, before hiding behind it when the trainer came through.

"Hey! That Ralts is mine! I saw it first," said the trainer. I looked at the Ralts and I knew that she was scared. I could also tell that this kid hadn't really caught her yet…I couldn't really leave her here with this kind of person that would do this to a Pokémon.

"I'm sorry. I've been looking for Ralts for a while now. We kinda got into this argument and I made her cry, and whenever she cries she runs away into the forest," I replied. Crap, I thought, this is bad; I can't battle him here since I don't have any Pokémon. I have to make him go away somehow….

The trainer eyed me with suspicion, but I knew that if I gave it away I'd just be asking for trouble. It seemed like there was no way out of this situation without some sort of confrontation from him.

"Oh yeah," he said," prove it."

He caught me. I had no way of faking the fact that this Ralts was my Pokémon.

"Fine! You're right. Ralts doesn't belong to me. I know I'm just starting, but I know a bad trainer when I see one, and I'm not gonna let you take her." I threatened.

"Who the hell do you think you are? Give it to me or you're gonna regret the day you crossed me, kid." He said as he drew out a pokeball from his belt.

"Oh no you don't!"

I lunged at him with my right fist before he could bring out his Pokémon. My fist connected to some part of his face but I couldn't tell because of the adrenaline.

"Augh! You bastard! You broke my nose. I'll get you back for this…." he said as he stumbled away from us. He got up and started ran away with blood all over his shirt. He looked at me with contempt in his eyes but I could tell he wasn't gonna do anything for now.

As he left I looked back for the Ralts that he was chasing, but she was a good distance away from me when I found her. She must've sensed my anger and gotten scared of me. I walked to a tree that was across from where she was to give her a moment to calm down and see that I wasn't a threat. I could tell she was scared by the way she looked at me. Having been attacked by a boy and then seeing another one right after must've been frightening to her so I waited.

Roughly 5 minutes went by before I noticed that she was slowly coming closer to me. Little by little she inched closer to me as she felt my intentions and emotions. When she got to me, she crawled onto my chest and began to cry. She buried her face into my chest while she sobbed and I carefully put one hand on top of her head and petted her silvery green hair to try and comfort her from what just happened.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that," she whispered to me. I was taken aback a little by what I just heard in my mind, but then I realized that she was psychic so of course it would make sense that she could communicate that way.

"Hey, don't worry about it, you're gonna be okay now. That boy won't be bothering you anymore," I said," but what were you doing all by yourself out here in the forest? Aren't your parents around?"

She made a struggle to fight back some tears after I had said that and I realized that perhaps that wasn't the right thing to say at the moment.

"My parents were captured by some trainers a few weeks ago and I've been roaming the forest ever since. I've been trying to survive off whatever I could find the whole time. I've was so scared when that human started to chase me. I thought I was gonna die…."

"Don't worry, you're safe now. I'll protect you from that trainer. You must be hungry," I said as I heard her stomach growl. She blushed at the sound and I took out some Oran berries that I had picked right before I headed to Professor Birch's lab. I also took out a potion next to the berries that I didn't know I had in my pack. I realized Mom must've put it there in case of an emergency.

"You'll be fine as long as you stay close to me, so just eat to your heart's content. But first, you look a bit hurt. Why don't you let me heal you before you start eating?"

"I don't want to be a bother to you. You don't have to do that mister…" she said as she blushed a little. I had to admit, that made me smile a bit.

"It's fine, I want to do it," her stomach growled a bit," and besides, I couldn't live with myself if I just let you go injured. Consider it me being selfish." I smiled at her. She blushed.

"Thank you so much mister! You saved me," she sniffled as she got ready for me to apply the potion.

"This might sting a little," I warned. She nodded and I sprayed the potion on her. She winced a bit as I applied the potion onto her. Then she lifted her head a little to look at me with a set of violet eyes that were unlike any I've ever seen before.

"That feels much better." She whispered. The vibrant violet color in her eyes had stunned me a little as I realized that her hair wasn't the only thing unusual about her. Then I remembered that I was just about to give her some berries to eat.

I gave her the berries and she started eating them shyly. As she ate I couldn't help but wonder what I should do. I couldn't leave her alone knowing that trainer was still around looking for her, but I knew that if I took her with me she'd be in danger too. She was just so hurt and innocent that I couldn't leave her alone here by herself….

"Um, mister?"

"Yes?"

"I read your mind and I know what you want to do with me. I don't have anywhere to go, so….um, could I maybe, um...go with you?"

She was timid in asking even though she already knew what I would say. I was also kind of embarassed that she had done that, but I couldn't say no to that moon eyed gaze that felt as if she was playing my heartstrings on a harp. As soon as she knew what my decision was she smiled.

"Of course you can come with me. I told you you could stick by me, right? But right now I don't have any pokeballs so I hope you don't mind walking with me for the time being?"

"What are those for, mister?" she asked.

"They're for catching Pokémon. It's a way of letting trainers know that a Pokémon is that trainer's friend, but some people treat Pokémon like they're property. Like that boy back there. I don't really understand how people can think Pokémon can be owned," I exclaimed softly.

She nodded in agreement and as soon as she understood I picked her up on my shoulder and we started heading down towards where I thought Professor Birch might be. Suddenly I realized something.

"By the way, my name's Ray, short for Raymundo. What's your name?" I asked.

"Um, I don't have a name. I was never given one by my parents…"

"Oh, I see…well how about we give you a name then? You have such beautiful violet eyes, so how does Violet sound?"

"I love it," she blushed, "Thank you, Ray."

She hugged me around the neck at the sound of her new name. We started walking and while we walked she held on to my head like a pillow. As we kept walking we heard another cry for help. This time it was a human. From what I could tell it was a man's voice.

"Help! Somebody please help me!"

"That must be Professor Birch," I exclaimed. "We have to go help him!"

I started to run toward where the sound came from making sure that Violet was able to hold on while we made our way to Professor Birch. When we found him, he was on the ground backing up into a tree. A wild Zigzagoon was inching towards him, readying for an attack.

"Ray! Thank goodness you came. Quick, look in my bag and grab a pokeball from inside" he yelled. I looked inside and saw three pokeballs. I grabbed the middle one and threw it. Out of the pokeball came a Torchic.

"Quick, Torchic, use Scratch on the Zigzagoon", I ordered.

Torchic lunged at the Zigzagoon, but the wild Zigzagoon saw it and dodged it. Violet got scared and buried her face on my chest. The Zigzagoon then tried to tackle Torchic, but Torchic managed to barely dodge it.

"Now, use Scratch one more time Torchic! Aim for its face!" I yelled in anxiety.

Torchic attacked Zigzagoon before it could turn around from its previous attack. The attack connected and the Zigzagoon ran away. I congratulated Torchic and walked over to Professor Birch to check how he was doing.

"Are you ok Professor? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine Ray, thanks to you." He looked over at Torchic and then at Violet. "Well it seems like you're quite popular with Pokémon, Ray. Torchic seems to have taken a liking to you, and I see you've already made friends with a Ralts." Violet shied away from Professor Birch as he tried to shake her hand.

"Violet, it's ok. He's not gonna hurt you," I told her. "He's actually a very kind person."

She slowly turned to him and shook his outstretched hand.

"Nice to meet you Professor, I'm Violet," she whispered telepathically, "I heard about you from Ray as we were coming down here."

Professor Birch froze for a moment in amazement.

"But, um, Professor? If you don't mind me asking, do you have a spare 'pokeball' that we could have?"

I slapped Professor Birch in the back of the head to snap him out of his stupor. I explained to him why we wanted an extra pokeball and the situation with the trainer that was chasing Violet. He said he didn't have any with him, but then he told us we could get some in the next town. I sighed in disappointment as I realized how long that would take.

"Ok, well thanks Professor!"

"Thanks Professor!"

I put Torchic, who I named Ken, back inside his Pokeball before Violet and I went to the next town to buy her one. I decided to get her a special one with the money I got for my birthday. Once there, we looked for the nearest PokeMart to try and get Violet a Pokeball before we ran into the trainer that chased her. Too late.

"Hey kid, that Ralts is mine!" yelled the kid. "I'm not going anywhere til you give her back you piece of crap!"

"First of all, I'm not giving you anything except an ass-whooping for being such a jerk. Violet doesn't belong to anyone. Second, the name's Ray. Who the hell are you?

"My name's Atlas, and I 'm the one who's gonna show trash like you where you belong!" he exclaimed as he took out his pokeball. He threw it and out came a very aggressive looking Zigzagoon.

"Go Ken! Use Ember on Zigzagoon!"

Ken and Zigzagoon battled for what seemed to be hours. I couldn't let Atlas take Violet from me. I knew that if he did she would be abused by him. I had to win...I just had to.

"Zigzagoon, use tackle! Aim for its head" screamed the aggravated trainer.

"Ken use Scratch on Zigzagoons back." Torchic lunged at the Zigzagoon and it connected violently. It looked like the Zigzagoon was badly injured by Ken.

"Zigzagoon, get UP! Use Headbutt and take that pathetic Torchic down!" yelled Atlas.

"Ken, use Ember and put an end to this!"

Ken shot a stream of embers that showered the defeated looking Zigzagoon and it fainted. I couldn't help but feel disgusted at what I had just done to this already suffering Pokémon.

"Get up you pathetic thing!" He walked up to his Zigzagoon and kicked it right before calling him to his Pokeball.

"This isn't the last you'll see of me, you pathetic trainer." As soon as he recalled his Zigzagoon back into his Pokeball, he looked at me with a look of disgust and then ran away.

I knew I would see him again someday. I didn't know when, but I knew. With all that happened today I could tell that our journey was going to be filled with danger and excitement. Together, Violet, Ken and I were going to see the world as I journeyed to become a Pokémon Master.

End of chapter One

This is my first fanfiction, but I did my best. Please review and add your comments. I would appreciate the feedback. If you like it there will be many more chapters and epic storyline to come. Thank you!