Tracey's Quest
Author's Note
Hello, everybody. I bring you Tracey's Quest, a new fanfic. The fanfic is, as everybody feared, a trainer fic, but it isn't the cliche one everybody thinks of and fears, it has trainer elements, but it isn't an actual trainer fic. So, have fun reading, please review, and have fun! So, following in the footsteps of such great fics like From Rookie to Champion, Lisa the Legend, and From Electric Buggy to Victory, I bring you Tracey's Quest
Prolouge: The Death of Dannie Sketchit
The Orange Islands were a large group of islands each in the Articuno Ocean. Each island was very different, each with their own government and independent police force. They did have, however, something in common; every person on the islands loved Pokemon.
Pokemon were the center of the universe for the Orange Islands, almost everybody big had a Pokemon, and a lot of people were trainers, even though only a few were actually able to train properly.
Valencia Island was the ringleader of the Orange Islands, it was by far the largest island of all.
Valencia Island had a town square, with the name of The Venetian. The Venetian was right by the sea, so therefore tons of little shops selling clothes and books and other accessories were found.
The homes of Valencia weren't small, but they weren't very big either, but it was a safe area, and there was nothing too dangerous about the island. The biggest worry of all was falling into the ocean. Officer Jenny and her Growlithe kept the island safe, and Nurse Joy and her Chansey kept the Pokemon healthy, as well as some of the trainers.
The two largest homes lay on top of The Venetian, and these homes were huge estates. They had about twenty rooms each, and a lot of land, especially the backyards. These homes belonged to Professor Alicia Ivy, and Drew Sketchit.
Professor Alicia Ivy was about fifty years old, even though the access of makeup and clothing she wore made it seem impossible. Ivy in her life had married five men; most notably Proffesor Samuel Oak of Kanto, who was a renowned professor of the world. Oak didn't give her what she wanted, which is a lot of love, and so she went off to the land of Aloe Vera, which was a set of islands like the Orange Islands, and married Professor Westwood the Fifth, who was more interested in his Taillow than in Ivy. And so, after marrying three younger men, Ivy settled in Valencia Island, where she also became a professor.
Professor Ivy studied water Pokemon and their habitats, and she also had a Pokemon of her own given to her by Oak. It was a Wailmer, a ball whale water Pokemon. Wailmer hardly battled, but it was also a pervert.
It used to try to sneak under Ivy and look up her skirt, but Ivy recalled Wailmer whenever it became a pain.
The estate next to Professor Ivy and Wailmer belonged to Mr. Drew Sketchit. Drew was in his late forty's and was very stocky and had blond hair. He also wore glasses. Drew was a Pokemon art historian, and studied ancient and modern arts of Pokemon, and wrote his studies in book. That's why he caught a Smeargle in the nearby Valencia Mountains, to give him inspiration for his books. Smeargle would always draw on Drew when he wasn't noticing, and Drew got easily annoyed.
Drew's beautiful wife was Andrea Sketchit. Andrea was also a writer, who wrote Pokemon Romance Novellas. She sold a lot of bestseller books, and one day, she even caught a Miltank because it seemed like a "romantic" Pokemon to her. Miltank liked Drew's Smeargle, but Smeargle was annoyed by the pink cow.
Drew and Andrea had two children, Dannie and Tracey. Dannie was twenty one years old, had black hair, and was tall. He was muscular and fit, and worked out almost every day. Dannie was a Pokemon Champion of the Orange Island League, but he only had three Pokemon; a Venusaur, a Meganium, and a Sceptile. He was friendly with all his Pokemon, and strong too.
Dannie's little brother was named Tracey. Tracey loved to sketch, but he was only fourteen years old. He had black hair, and a red headband. He was chubby, but did not have any Pokemon. He was very smart, and most of all he loved to sketch Pokemon. He was very skilled at drawing Pokemon, and he spent hours in their backyard sketching Dannie's Venusaur, Meganium, and Sceptile.
And that was how life went on Valencia Island, slowly, but while being surrounded by the sea, life was in pure bliss.
One day, Professor Ivy, Drew, Andrea, Wailmer, Smeargle, and Miltank went for a hike in the mountains to look for ancient Pokemon art for Drew's newest book. Miltank tried to hold Smeargle's hand, but Smeargle didn't seem to have interest for women, he was looking at Wailmer, who in turn was trying to look up Ivy's skirt.
Dannie was left in charge of watching the estates and Tracey. Tracey was outside, sketching Venusaur, Sceptile, and Meganium. Danny came outside of the estate, and saw his little brother sketching with a bright blue sketchbook that Tracey was given by Dannie for his tenth birthday.
"Hi Trace, whatcha doin?", asked Dannie, who patted Tracey on the head.
"Nothing much, just sketching your Pokemon", said Tracey while looking at the Pokemon to sketch them again.
"Oh, well the picture is coming out fine", said Dannie, giving Tracey a complient.
"Dannie, do you think I would make a good Pokemon trainer?", asked Tracey looking up at Dannie with willing eyes.
"Tracey, I remember reading this somewhere; Some are born great, Some achieve greatness, and Some have greatness thrust upon them".
Tracey didn't really understand these words of wisdom, but he got the point.
Just as Dannie finished, they both heard three Pokemon cries in the air. Both of them didn't believe it, these three legendary birds hadn't been seen for thousands and thousands of years. They were Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres.
The three Pokemon seemed to be angry, but also seemed to be tired at the same time.
"What are they doing on Valencia Island?" asked Dannie, as Tracey started to sketch. The people below the estates in the Venetian started to scream after seeing Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres. Suddenly, Articuno fired an Ice Beam, Zapdos fired a Thunder, and Moltres fired a Flamethrower at the estates and at the Pokemon.
"Meganium, Sceptile, Venusaur, use SOLAR BEAM!", screamed Dannie, as the three grass types sucked in energy from the sun. Before anything, however, Dannie told Tracey to run up into the Valencia Mountains and hide.
The Mountains were very close, but Tracey didn't want to leave Dannie and the Pokemon alone, but Dannie forced him.
Tracey ran, just as the three birds fired their signature attacks at Venusaur, Meganium, and Sceptile. Instead of fainting, the three Pokemon died. Just as Dannie screamed, the attacks also collided into Dannie, and the estate of the Sketchits and Ivy. There was a huge blast, as Tracey saw from the mountain range.
The remains toppled over the hill onto the Venetian, where screming people ran away from the burning rubble.
After this, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres seemed to be looking for something, but they returned to where they came from, their job finished.
Daniel Sketchit, Venusaur, Meganium, and Sceptile did not survive.
Tracey, horrified at the burning rubble returned back to what used to be his house at the moment when Professor Ivy, Alicia, and Drew returned with Wailmer, Smeargle, and Miltank.
"Tracey, what happened with Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres? Where's Dannie and the Pokemon?" asked Drew, and as Tracey set his sketchbook down and started crying, it was all too evident what had happened...
To Be Continued...
Tracey's Quest
I'm just an aspiring writer myself, but I really liked it. It was quite a mysterious first chapter, yet the name didn't bring good taste. I mean, Tracey's Quest sounds too obviously..erm...weird. Anyway, nice chapter. Hopefully some veteran will give you some better help tho.
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SneaselReborned: Thanks for reading it! I gave it that name because Tracey is eventually gonna avenge Dannie's death, more on that in future chapters, namely at the end of the Orange League. Well, that's why I gave it that name, thanks again!
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Chapter 1: Tracey's First Pokemon
Two years passed since the semi-destroyal of Valencia Island. The two estates were rebuilt more vibrant than ever, and The Venetian recovered as well. Valencia became a tourist spot once again, and Tracey eventually grew up to be a popular sixteen year old.
Tracey became very chummy with Professor Ivy. He would usually come home after school and help her with stuff around the lab, help train Wailmer, and also read a lot about water Pokemon.
One day, Tracey came to Ivy's lab after school, and she saw him serious over thought about something mysterious, as she was sitting over a table with three Dive Balls, which were deep blue Pokeballs that are thought to contain water Pokemon.
"What is it Professor Ivy?" asked Tracey, trying to be in the best of thought.
"I was thinking who to give these three Pokemon to. You see, the Orange League Competition is starting once again, and I want to give these three water types to three trainers who I think are most deserving of them." said Ivy, her eyes open wide in thought.
Wailmer must have been in its Net Ball, as it was nowhere to be seen.
"What are the Pokemon inside the Poke-"
"Not now, Tracey, I don't have time for questions, go home, I'll call you later today."
And with that, Ivy went out of the labroom, climbed the glass stairs and slammed the door.
Tracey, more hurt than curious, left the lab and went back to his house. Inside, he saw Drew and Andrea eating supper already. Smeargle was checking Drew out, while Miltank was checking Smeargle out.
"Tracey, what's wrong, I thought you were going to study a bit at Professor Ivy's lab?" asked Andrea, as she ate her helping of Miltank Loaf. Miltank was mad that her trainer was eating one of her kind's meat.
"I don't know, Professor Ivy seemed so angry, the Orange League is starting, so she's thinking about who to give one of her water Pokemon to." said Tracey, who's mood was ruined.
"Tracey, do you want some dinner?", asked Drew.
"No, just leave me alone.", said Tracey.
Both Drew and Andrea sensed that Tracey really wanted one of the Pokemon, but he was very negative about it, why would Tracey get picked out of all the kids in Valencia Island?
Hours passed, and Tracey lay asleep in bed, a deep, fatigued sleep. Soon, as his eyes closed, he started to see a dream. He saw Dannie's face, and he was saying Tracey's name.
Soon, the voice started to turn more femanine, and he woke up to see Andrea standing over Tracey's bed.
"Tracey, it's Professor Ivy on the line, she wants to speak with you," said Andrea, giving Tracey the Horsea shaped telephone.
"Hello." said Tracey.
"Tracey, it's me, Professor Ivy. I want to tell you that out of all the kids in Valencia Island, I want you to be one of the trainers competing in the Orange Island League. I already registered you and two other future trainers in the league, and I want you to come tommorow to my lab and choose your first Pokemon. Bye." said Ivy, and hung up immediatly, which seemed very rude.
But Tracey didn't care! He was going to get his very own Pokemon, and it was gonna be his!
He ran down the three flights of stairs which made up the estate, and hugged Smeargle in joy. Smeargle seemed to like it. *_*''
The next day, Tracey awoke to find a set table in front of him. His mother had cooked his favorite breakfast, Grumpig Bacon, and he started to dig in, since it was a breakfast in bed.
Andrea, Drew, Smeargle, and Miltank entered Tracey's large room, and smiled.
"Tracey, you are finally following in your brother Dannie's footstep, and we wanted to congratulate you with all our hearts," said Drew, as everyone else nodded.
Tracey smiled and got out of bed and hugged his parents, and even the Pokemon. He was gonna make Dannie proud, even if he wasn't alive.
It was about nine o'clock AM when Tracey Sketchit started the short walk to Professor Ivy's estate.
It wasn't empty, as there were about three different cars outside the house. Tracey entered, and saw Professor Ivy dressed in her signature lab coat, with Wailmer next to her.
They were in the labroom, with three Dive Balls on the table. Tracey waved to Ivy and Wailmer, and went and stood by the other two kids in the room. Tracey knew them, as they went to the same high school as he did.
One's name was May, and she had brown hair and was very developed. She had a red bandana around her head, and a red outfit. She waved at Tracey, and Tracey smiled back.
The girl next to her had a name of Misty, and she also went to Tracey's high school. She had red hair tied up in a pony tail, and she smiled at Tracey. Tracey waved back.
"Well, kids, you are going to go on your own journey in the Orange Island League, and you can't go alone, so you will recieve your first starter Pokemon. The three Pokemon are as follows. The Dive Ball on the left contains a Water and Normal Type, Azurill, the one in the middle contains a Dragon and Water type Horsea, and the one on the right contains a Water and Psychic type, Politoed.", said Ivy, running out of breath, as Wailmer managed to look under Ivy's lab coat.
"You many now choose the Pokemon you want, May, go up.", said Alicia Ivy.
"Well, I think the Azurill sounds good, I want the Azurill.", said May, smiling.
She took the Dive Ball on the left, and threw it on the ground. The Pokemon was revealed to be an Azurill, and it immediatly started bouncing up an down on its tail once it saw May. May picked Azurill up immediatly and smiled.
"Now, May picked Azurill. Misty, who do you want?", asked Ivy, looking around her as she spoke, missing Wailmer completely.
"Well, I was thinking about it, and I want Poliwag, it seems cute.", said Misty, and took the Dive Ball containing Poliwag. She threw it, and she saw the Poliwag.
"You're so cute!", said Misty, as Poliwag hugged Misty with its tail.
"Okay, Tracey, I guess you have no choice but to pick the Horsea.", said Ivy, as pointed to the middle Dive Ball.
"Good, I wanted Horsea!", said Tracey enthisiastically, as he took the Dive Ball, and threw it. A Horsea came out, and immediatly said its name and hopped up into Tracey's arms.
"It's so cute!", said Tracey, as May and Misty played with Azurill and Poliwag.
"Your first gym is in Tangelo Island, and there is a total of five gyms in the Orange League.", said Ivy. "I wish you all Good Luck."
"Bye Professor Ivy!", said May and Misty, who recalled Azurill and Poliwag and left the lab.
"Thanks, Professor Ivy, for all your help.", said Tracey, who recalled Horsea, and waved to the Professor.
"Bye Tracey, I know of all you will prevail", she said, as she recalled Wailmer.
To Be Continued
Tracey's Quest
Chapter 2: The Ship
Tracey, who had already recalled Horsea in its Dive Ball, went outside of Professor Ivy's lab. He saw Valencia Island, like he always did. It was a moderate, cloudy day, and it seemed like it would rain.
Tracey played by around with Horsea's Dive Ball for a moment, and still couldn't get over the fact that he was now a Pokemon trainer, whose ultimate goal was to win the Orange Island League.
As Tracey turned around to look at his house, he saw a medium boat in front of it, with a red ribbon tied on the front. It was huge, not the size of a ferry, but smaller, like a tour boat. It was white, new obviously, with blue painted on the sides of the white. There was a cabin on the deck, and it seemed like a motor boat.
In front of it were Drew, Andrea, Smeargle, and Miltank. Professor Ivy and Wailmer came out too, to see what the procession was about.
"Tracey, on behalf of our family, we'd like to give you this boat, so you can travel around the Orange Islands!", said Drew, who gave his son a hug instantly.
"Oh my God, you guys are doing this all, for..for..me!?", asked a very touched Tracey.
Andrea nodded.
"It's a ship, all you have to do is get on, start the motor, and you're off!", said Andrea, smiling.
Soon, Ivy and Wailmer departed back to their lab.
"To think you will be a Pokemon trainer, just like your brother, I'm so proud", said Andrea, as Tracey kissed her Miltank, and Drew's Smerargle (which it enjoyed) goodbye, and went in Drew's truck to the ocean, because the ship was loaded on the truck.
"Goodbye Tracey, there's a video-phone in the cabin, call whenever you feel like it" said Drew, and Tracey hugged him goodbye.
The ship was unloaded, and put in the sea. The tourists in the Venetian watched as Tracey went onboard the deck of his new ship, which he christened "The Valencia" after his hometown.
As he watched Drew go up alone in the good old red truck, tears came to his eyes, and he reminisced about all the good times he had with his family, and all the bad times too.
Tangelo Island, where the first gym was, was about 200 miles away, so it would take some time on the motor boat. Tracey stood on deck for a while, since the boat just zoomed straight.
He sent out Horsea out of its Dive Ball.
As soon as it was released, Horsea got off of Tracey's lap, and looked at the ocean. It really liked the ocean.
"Hi, Horsea!", said Tracey, with a smile. Horsea turned back and smiled, it really seemed to like Tracey, and Tracey liked it right back.
"We're gonna win a lot of battles and catch a lot of Pokemon, right?" asked Tracey, and Horsea nodded, then jumped on the rail of the ship and looked at the sea some more.
They were still in the middle of the ocean, and Tangelo was no where to be seen by the time night fell; Tracey and Horsea alone were bored.
As the sun went completely down, Tracey got a little homesick, it was, after all, the first night of his journey, and he missed the estate and his home a lot. He slowed down the ship a bit, so that the motor was not heard anymore.
Horsea, still on the railing was getting tired as well. Tracey decided that he'll let it out of its Dive Ball for the night, cause he realized that both of them were a bit homesick.
He decided to go inside the cabin, it was the real first time he went in there anyways. It was small, but it was nice and clean. The light was exactly the same like his house. There was a small bed in the corner for him, and a stand for six Pokeballs, so Tracey decided to recall Horsea and put the Dive Ball on the stand. The stand was on his bedside table.
On the bedside table was also a night-light, and a tissue box. On the other side of the table was a bookcase, with many books on the Pokemon world, above the bed was a map of the Orange Islands.
Next to the bookcase was a closet, with a lot of clothes, and next to that, a small bathroom. There were two windows, large, on either side of the room. Tracey was a bit scared, but he realized there was nothing to be afraid of.
He also noticed that next to the bed, there was a video phone, just like his dad said, that was actually also a computer, where he could store Pokemon and also go on the computer.
Tracey turned the light off and turned the nite lite on, and he got in bed. It had been a boring day, it was exciting in the morning, but a day at sea with no land was kinda boring.
Tracey was tired though, and he went to sleep.
To Be Continued...
Tracey's Quest
Actually, this was a lot better than most of the trainer fics that I have seen. Most are just battle, battle, battle, oh you wanna battle? Actually, there is more character development in here than most fics have. Very, very good job.
I'm surely going to be reading the next few chappies^^.
Tracey's Quest
SneaselReborned: Thanks, Sneasel! I thought no one would be reading this, but I'm happy you are! I'm trying to make this as non-boring as possible, the next battle will be in about two episodes, and the next gym battle will be in about three. There won't be too many battles in the fic, mostly development. Anyway, Chapter 3.
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Chapter 3: The Legendary Birds and Electric Island
Tracey woke up. His eyes opened wide and he looked around him and saw a Dive Ball next to him and saw that he was in a small cabin. The two windows were open since they had no drapes, and Tracey was surprised.
Then, it all came back to him. He was headed to Tangelo Island on "The Valencia", which was his ship that he recieved from his parents.
Tracey woke up, and streched. He went to the bathroom, and saw his face in the mirror.
"My, I smell, don't I...", said Tracey, as he undressed and took a quick shower, brushed his teeth, and dressed into his signature green shirt and black shorts. He put his red headband on and exited the cabin.
"Oops, forgot Horsea's Dive Ball...", said Tracey, as he rushed in the cabin, and got Horsea's Dive Ball, and released Horsea.
Horsea's eyes were still closed, but it soon opened its cute red eyes and smiled at Tracey again.
"Hi Horsea, what's up?" asked Tracey, as Horsea smiled.
Suddenly, Tracey's hazel eyes grew wide in wonder, and as Horsea looked at its master amazed, it soon saw the sight and grew amazed as well.
It was blue bird Pokemon, soaring the skies and was huge. Powder snow followed its glorious, blue tail, as it soared the sky. Tracey recognized the graceful ice Pokemon as Articuno, the Pokemon that the sea was named after.
While Tracey ran and got his blue sketchbook and started sketching, he remembered that this was one of the mysterious Pokemon that killed his brother two years back, but he was too engulfed in sketching that he forgot to think.
As Tracey was sketching, Horsea saw that they were coming up to an island, it trained to warn Tracey, but he was trailed in thought sketching.
Suddenly, there was a big thud, and the boat collapsed onto the island.
Tracey and Horsea lost their balance and fell into the cabin, knocking the nite-lite over.
Tracey rubbed his head and saw that they had reached an island, but lost track of the Articuno. It's okay, he had a pretty complete sketch of it anyhow, and he could send these to Professor Ivy if she wanted to research it any longer.
Tracey and Horsea exited the boat, and saw that the island was deserted. As Horsea waited outside, Tracey's ran back in the boat and checked his map. It seemed that this island was thirty miles south of Valencia, and was known simply as Electric Island.
"Horsea, it seems like this island is inhabited by rare electric Pokemon, that's wierd, if we were by Electric Island, I would think that a Zapdos would be flying by, not an Articuno..." said Tracey, as he and Horsea started walking on the sandy coast line of Electric Island.
Electric Island was pretty small, but it was very small and populated with many caves and trees. As Tracey and Horsea walked through the dense forest of Electric Island, Horsea saw a big cave at the side of the road.
"Hor, Horsea!", said Horsea trying to gain the attention of its trainer.
"What is it, Horsea?" asked Horsea, looking at his Pokemon.
Horsea pointed to a large cave at the side, with what seemed like a Pokeball with eyes glaring at them.
"Hey, that's a Voltorb!", said Tracey, starting to sketch the elusive Pokemon.
Horsea looked a bit scared, as its red eyes looked at its trainer worryingly.
"Don't be scared Horsea, just think of it as a Pokeball with eyes!", said Tracey trying to comfort his favorite and only Pokemon.
The Voltorb seemed to be guarding something; since when Tracey tried to enter, it seemed like it would Selfdestruct.
"Well, if we can't get past it, then we just have to catch it!", said Tracey, getting a Pokeball ready from his belt.
"All right, Horsea, go!", said Tracey sending Horsea out.
Horsea jumped off of Tracey's shoulder, and faced the Voltorb.
Voltorb started using random Thundershocks, but it's accuracy obviously wasn't very good, as the attacks kept hitting trees instead of Horsea, who evaded the attacks just in case.
"Horsea, use Smokescreen!", said Tracey, as Horsea fired an inky black smokescreen at Voltorb, whose metal coat got covered by the inky substance.
"Now, use Water Gun!", said Tracey, as the water gun was fired at Voltorb, which in turn used a Sonicboom. The attacks collided, but the Water Gun was more powerful, so the Sonicboom and the Water Gun slammed into Voltorb.
"Now, the Pokeball to catch a Pokeball Pokemon," said Tracey, and threw the Pokeball at Voltorb.
Voltorb got sucked in, as the Pokeball shook once, then twice, and it finally pinged, signalling that Tracey caught his first Pokemon, a Voltorb.
"Yay! Horsea we caught a Voltorb! Good Job!", said Tracey recalling Horsea back into its Dive Ball.
It was now well past noon, and Tracey stood eating some lunch outside of the cave where he caught Voltorb.
As he started to leave, he saw a massive yellow electric bird Pokemon shoot out of the cave; it was Zapdos, another legendary!
Tracey recognized this as well, and realized that Voltorb was guarding this Pokemon, who was hiding in the cave.
Before he could think, he ran, because of the Zapdos chasing him ready to kill him just as it killed Dannie two years before. Tracey ran as far and fast as he could, and jumped on The Valencia, got in, started the motor, locked the cabin door, and sailed out of Electric Island.
The ship was well away from the island now, and Tracey wished he had drapes so he could close the windows and not see anything outside. Oh well, he would buy some from Tangelo Island. He put Horsea's Dive Ball and Voltorb's Poke Ball in the Poke Ball holder, and was happy that two of the spaces were full.
Tracey lay down on his bed and rested. He was surprised that Zapdos didn't leave Electric Island, but he wished he didn't catch Voltorb, since Zapdos might want its friend back.
The day turned into dusk, and Tracey walked out to deck. He was probably sixty miles away from Electric Island, and therefore almost a hundred miles away from home.
Tracey calculated that in one hundred more miles, they should be in Tangelo Island, where he should get drapes and challenge the local gym leaders. But he didn't like battling, he liked to draw and just see.
He released Horsea's Dive Ball, and the seahorse Pokemon with red eyes smiled at him. He was relunctant to send Voltorb out, but he did, and the Pokemon, even though kind of scared of Tracey soon got accustomed to him and Horsea.
Voltorb and Horsea started in a deep conversation, which seemed to never end. Tracey tried to ask Voltorb about Zapdos, but it just looked out to sea and pretended not to hear. Horsea clearly didn't want to get involved.
By nightfall, Tracey recalled Horsea and Voltorb and went back inside the cabin. He locked the door and lay down to sleep, putting Horsea's Dive Ball and Voltorb's Poke Ball on the holder. As he slept, he swore he saw Moltres, the legendary bird of fire, flying around his ship.
He saw Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres all in one day. These birds were trailing him, and he had to get rid of them somehow, some way, or else, he and his family and all who he knew in the Orange Islands, might end up in the same fate as his brother Dannie and his Meganium, Sceptile and Venusaur ended up.
Tracey's Quest
Chapter 4: The Pokemon Watcher
A new day started, as the sun poared in through the cabin windows. Tracey woke up, streched his arms, and started his daily morning routine. He showered, put some new clothes on, and took Horsea's Dive Ball and Voltorb's Poke Ball and attached them to his waist.
He went out on to the dive of The Valencia, and saw an island approaching, he thought they were about 70 miles north of Tangelo Island, so he took a look on the map and saw "Danbun Island" as the island after "Electric Island", so he began to slow the ship down.
As Tracey got out, he released Horsea and Voltorb for protection, as this island was deserted too, and he hoped no legendary birds roosted here. Horsea and Voltorb came out, streched, and got on the shoulders of their trainer.
Tracey smiled and walked on through the densely populated forests of Danbun Island. As he walked on, he saw a small cabin to the east of the main path.
He turned left, and got a little scared, as this might be a haunted cabin or something; but he decided not to get involved in that kiddy stuff, so he entered the cabin.
He looked around, and there was an old man sitting on the table with a Cyndaquil on his desk. He had white hair, a white mustache, and glasses. He was wearing safari clothes, and had a Southern accent.
"Young man, who might you be?", asked the man, after looking up at Tracey and his Pokemon.
"Uh, I'm Tracey Sketchit, from Valencia Island, and these are Horsea and Voltorb. I'm sorry I wandered in on ya...", said Tracey, who was interrupted by the man.
"Sketchit, eh? I've read your father's art pieces for years and years. I have a whole book case in the back, Cyndaquil, come back, let's go show our guests the books.", said the man.
Cyndaquil, who had gone talking to Horsea and Voltorb, told them to follow him and went to the bookcase.
"By the way, my name is Ned Wallingrum, and I'm a Pokemon Watcher. Do you know what a Pokemon Watcher is, Tracey?", asked Ned with a grin on his face.
"Um, no, Mr. Wallingrum.", replied Tracey, with a stern look on his face.
"Just call me Ned, Tracey. It is a person who studies Pokemon in the wildlife, who studies habitats and distribution of them. That's why I'm spending my life here on Danbun Island, studying Pokemon around me.", said Ned, while petting Cyndaquil on the back, the fire didn't hurt.
"Hey, how can you touch Cyndaquil's back like that, it's full of flames!", said Tracey.
"Cyndaquil won't hurt anyone it trusts", said Ned.
"All right, let me try!", said Tracey, but just as he put his hand on the back, it started burning.
"AAAAHHH! Horsea WATER GUN!", screamed Tracey, as Ned went to get a fire hydrant.
Horsea fired Water from its snout, and Tracey's hand was back to normal, but very charred.
"Here, this'll help!", said Ned, bringing some Burn Heal from his bedroom.
As the Burn Heal sprayed onto Tracey's hand, he realized that he had only met Cyndaquil, and that it didn't hate him, it just met him, that's all.
With Tracey's hand back to normal, they heard a blast outside.
Ned, Tracey, and Cyndaquil ran out of the cabin, with Horsea and Voltorb following close behind.
They saw a bunch of wild Pokemon outside, scared because of the blast.
"This blast must have scared all the Pokemon out of their habitats. Who commited this crime?", said Ned, angirly.
There, they found a Pina Colada, with some liquid still in it. A Swinub and a Mankey came to the drink and drank from it.
"Whoever it is left. They must have wanted to steal the Pokemon, but they saw us exit.", said Ned.
The Pokemon started to return to their original homes, and it was starting to nightfall.
"Well, Ned, Cyndaquil, thanks for your hopsitality", said Tracey, as he and Horsea and Voltorb headed off for the ship.
"Bye, Tracey, Horsea and Voltorb, come back and visit anytime!"< said Ned, as he and Cyndaquil returned into the cabin.
Tracey and Horsea and Voltorb returned to the cabin and started off for Tangelo. This time, Tracey didn't sleep, he realized that the Video Phone was also a tv and a computer, so he got really happy as he turned on the TV and watched something. The nite lite was also a radio, Tracey realized the ship was very handy.
The lights were on bright, and Tracey looked at the time on the nite light, it was only nine o'clock, and they were still at sea. Horsea and Voltorb were watching a Pokemon show on TV, and Tracey was reading a book Ned had given him about Pokemon Watching.
Suddenly, they saw Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres circling the ship. Tracey turned everything off, including the nite lite. He recalled Horsea and Voltorb and put the Dive Ball and the Poke Ball on the stand. He lay on his bed and looked at these powers looking for him.
At about midnight, after finished, they returned to wherever their roosting points are, one of which was only known to Tracey, Electric Island.
Tracey turned the nite lite on and fell into a deep feverish sleep.
He saw the dream again this night, Dannie calling Tracey's name, but by the time he woke up, he forgot all about it.
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Hey, it's pretty good. It doesn't seem to really follow the Tracy from the anime, but that's okay, I know you'll bring it somewhere. It has good potential. We're both aspiring writters, so I could closely relate to yours. Well Done, Hanada.
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RJDude: Thanks for reading my fic! I'll relate a bit to yours too, you have a good fanfic. Stay posted for more chapters, I try to write as much as I possibly can.
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Chapter 5: The Submarine
It was noon as The Valencia sailed on the Articuno Ocean. The sun sat straight in the sky, as it boiled all who were below it. Tracey was inside the cabin, reading more of the book that Ned and Cyndaquil gave him. He liked this stuff about being a Pokemon watcher, he didn't mind the concept of it.
As he thought of Ned, he remembered the mysterious Pina Colada and who tried to steal the Pokemon on Danbun Island. He wanted to see how far Tangelo Island was, and it seemed like he had made a lot of progress during the night. He was about 30 miles north of Tangelo, but there were no more islands between Valencia and Tangelo except for Electric Island and Danbun Island, so it was clear that it was smooth sailing from Danbun to Tangelo.
Tracey went to his Poke-Ball holder and threw the Dive Ball and the Poke Ball on the ground, sending Horsea and Voltorb out from their deep slumber. It seemed like they were already awake though, and they greeted each other as they were released.
Tracey continued reading, while Horsea went out of the cabin and looked out at the ocean, and Voltorb spent the day rolling around on deck.
Soon, after about ten miles, Tracey spotted Tangelo Island slightly. He was excited that he was going to try and attempt to battle his first gym battle.
Meanwhile, under Tracey's ship was a Feebas submarine, riding the waves of the Articuno Sea was the notorious members of Team Rocket, they were following the ship and waiting for the right time to pounce.
As Tracey recalled Horsea and Voltorb in their balls since they were nearing Tangelo, the sub pounced up in front of them. Tracey screamed, and thought it was a wild Feebas.
From the top of the Feebas submarine came out two people, one with long, red hair, and the other with short, blue hair, a cat Pokemon drinking a Pina Colada came out as well.
"Prepare for Trouble, Team Rocket is here!", said the woman with the red hair.
"I'm James, she's Jessie, and this is Meowth", said the man with the blue hair.
"I'm Meowth, that's right!", said the cat, drinking his pina colada as he spoke.
"Jessie, James, Meowth; who are you people?" asked Tracey with a frown on his face.
"Why, dear child, don't you know us?", said Jessie, as Meowth finished his Pina Colada and threw it in the ocean.
As Tracey saw this, he suddenly realized that these three must have been the ones who tried to steal the Pokemon the other day on Danbun Island!
"I don't know you people, and I don't want to know you!", screamed Tracey.
"Team Rocket wants to steal Pokemon and dispose of them for the good of all, and we don't want little brats like you in our way. First, give us your Pokemon, and then the ship!", said James, with a smirk on his face.
"Not on your life, my Pokemon don't belong to you, and you don't belong here!", said Tracey.
"Well, would you fancy this thing, then?", said Jessie, as she held the gun at perfect aim towards Tracey.
"No, I'll never give you my Pokemon, you wretched old hag!", said Tracey.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!!??", screamed Jessie, as she fired three bullets directly at Tracey.
Tracey covered his eyes in fear, prepared to die...
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I've never seen TR with guns before (except in Legend of Dratini) but it was nice to see TR in your fanfic. Keep up the good work.
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Yeah, I guess I hadn't added comments yet~_~. Anyway, as I said on AIM, this is a very good fic. You keep writing, I keep reading~_~.
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I just started reading, and I like several things about this fic:
1. old characters, new story line
2. very original
3. not overused Pokémon
4. some violence
Keep up the good work
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First of all, due to people not wanting me to send this fic to the graveyard, I have decided to continue writing "Tracey's Quest", and I think it will make a number of you silent fans very happy, because we are having Tracey's Monthly Contest! Whoever posts their name might be the mysterious person that is traveling on Articuno in about three chapters! So post your name and the Pokemon you want to have, and your name will be featured in a chapter of this fanfic!
RJDude: Team Rocket are very evil in this fanfic, they even kill someone at one point, I want to make them real evil!
SneaselReborned: Oh, no problem at all. Thanks for reading my fanfic!
PokeRuler: Yeah, I think giving him a Voltorb was not a bad idea. He gets a couple of the starters (not the Hoenn ones, don't worry) later on in the fic, but he doesn't battle as much as he trains.
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Chapter 6: Tangelo Island Gym Battle
The bullets flew toward Tracey. He was prepared to die, ready to die like his brother before him. As the bullets raced towards him, Tracey saw a far off Relicanth in the distance. The huge Pokemon flew towards him, with what looked like a black mummy on top riding it.
The Relicanth zoomed toward Tracey and quickly made a reflect attack to cover Tracey and the ship. The bullets hit the reflect shield, and just dropped off into the water.
The mummy creature on top of the Relicanth said to Jessie and James and Meowth, who were hugging in utmost fear, "How dare you hurt innocence in this way? How dare you shake tremor on the peaceful, vibrant, Articuno Sea!", said she, as her Relicanth, which was much bigger than any other Relicanth that Tracey or likely anybody had every seen, fired a watery blast from its mouth, sending the Feebas Sub and all the occupants upon it, through the Orange Island Sky.
Before Tracey could thank the mysterious creature, she was off on her Relicanth heading off to what appeared to be Tangelo Island in the distance. Tracey turned the motor on at full speed and followed her, not knowing who she was and what business she had there.
After about ten minutes, Tracey finally reached Tangelo Island. After almost a week, he had made it two hundred miles from home, and he liked it. However, he didn't see the mysterious mummy or its Relicanth, so he was happy that he was rid of this mysterious feeling.
Tangelo Island was a pretty big island, not as big as Valencia Island, but pretty big. It had a large sandy beach, and a main street right above it. It really reminded him of his home.
Tracey decided to head right to the gym. He didn't need to visit Pokemon Centers since his ship, which was parked at the Tangelo Boat Parking, had a special unit in the bathroom which would heal his Pokemon if they needed to be healed.
He finally reached the special place he was waiting for, the Tangelo Island Gym. The first gym of the Orange Islands. It was a huge structure, about nine feet tall, and it was colored blue on one side, and brown on the other.
As Tracey entered, not knowing what to expect, he again saw that one half of the very dark and dimly lighted gym was brown and one half was black. Tracey wondered if this was some kind of cult on the island. But it was the Tangelo Gym.
There was an arena directly in the middle of the room. All of the arena was covered by glass. Under one part of the glass, was water, and under the other half was muddy soil. Tracey wondered what this was all about, but he let it go.
Suddenly, he saw an elderly woman enter from one side of the arena. She looked old, but her makeup didn't think so. She wore a navy blue dress, and she was very stocky. She had puffy white hair, and had a strong British accent.
"May I help you, young sir?", asked the woman.
"Yes, madam, I was looking for a gym battle with the gym leader here on Tangelo Island.", said Tracey very nervous as the woman kept looking at him.
"Well, I am that gym leader, Tracey, and my name is Abagail. I train dual type water and ground Pokemon.", said Abagail, grinning.
"Wait, how did you know my name?", asked Tracey.
"Never mind, just get on the water side of the arena, please.", said Abagail grinning.
"For my first Pokemon, I'll choose Voltorb!", said Tracey, throwing out the Poke Ball, and out popped the Voltorb.
Abagail seemed to know the Voltorb, but she backed away and took a Lure Ball out from her Pocket. "You have made a grave mistake, dear child, I choose you, Mudkip!", said Abagail, as she threw the Lure Ball onto the arena, and it opened and revealed a shiny Mudkip!
"Wow, that Mudkip looks shiny, but it doesn't mean I'm gonna go easy on it! Come on, Voltorb, start off with your strongest Thundershock!", said Tracey, as Voltorb fired its strongest electric attack at Mudkip. Thinking it was gonna be a OHKO, Tracey was surprised when Mudkip didn't even feel the blast.
"Fool, many people know that Marshtomp and Swampert are dual water and ground types, but few know that Mudkip is.", said Abagail winking.
Ignoring her, Tracey thought of a different strategy. Maybe, instead of being wet by Mudkip, he could wet Mudkip himself.
"Enough of this foolishness, Mudkip fire your best Water Gun, hurry up!", said Abagail, as Mudkip started to fire a blast of cold water to Voltorb.
"Voltorb, BARRIER!", said Tracey, as Voltorb conjured up a shiled, which reflected the water back at Mudkip. Mudkip was shaken and wet, but not ruined.
"Now, fire another Water Gun!", commanded Abagail, as Mudkip fired another cold, icy blast at Voltorb, but this time, Voltorb was faster.
"Voltorb, THUNDERSHOCK!", said Tracey, jumping up and down on the arena. Voltorb fired its thundershock, which conducted the water gun, went through, and hit Mudkip, frying it to a crisp.
"MUDKIP, Oh, return you weakling!", said Abagail, as she took the Lure Ball out and recalled the fried Mudkip.
"Yay, Voltorb, you did it! Return now!", said Tracey as he recalled the grinning Voltorb into its Pokeball.
"Now you rookie trainer, I will show you your downfall! Hit, it, Relicanth!", said Abagail, as she threw out a Heavy Ball, and it hit the arena, revealing a giant Relicanth.
Caught up in the heat of the moment, Tracey didn't remember that a mummy on a giant Relicanth had saved him from Team Rocket earlier!
"A Relicanth, eh? I Choose You, Horsea!", said Tracey, as he threw the Dive Ball onto the arena, and the small red-eyed seahorse onto the arena.
Horsea looked happy, but when he saw the Relicanth, he got scared instantly. Tracey already had a strategy though.
"Relicanth, start weakening Horsea with your Earthquake", said Abagail, as Relicanth started going in the ground and shaking everything around it up, including Horsea.
Horsea was weakened, but not fallen. "Horsea, stay in your spot", said Tracey, as Horsea didn't move from the back of the arena.
"That's stupid, Relicanth, Take Down, with all your might!", said Abagail, as Relicanth started to go to the other side at Horsea instantly.
"Horsea, quick, out of the way!", said Tracey, just as Relicanth was tackling Horsea, it leaped out of the way and the Relicanth slammed into the wall ruining the arena. Relicanth fainted.
"Yay! We did it! Relicanth fainted! Good job Horsea!", said Tracey, as he and Horsea celebrated their victory.
"You have proven yourself worthy; here it is, the Navy Crimson badge", said Abagail, as she recalled Relicanth and handed Tracey his blue and brown colored badge. She also handed him an official Orange Island Badge Case, in which Tracey put his first badge in.
"YAY! I WON MY FIRST BADGE!", said Tracey, just as he remembered the giant Relicanth that saved his life. But when he turned around, Abagail was gone...
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This was a nice chapter. Although the battle was kinda short, it was exciting!!
And the Voltorb and Mudkip pictures didn't work.
As for the contest: Julian is my name!!! the Pokémon under my posts (in my sig) are the ones that I have with me at the moment.
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Heh, I meant to read this the other day, but an English essay took over all of my thought processes... -_-;; I like it so far. I like how Team Rocket isn't wimpy but more like they were in the first couple episodes, and I also like how it stars Tracey and not a more usual character like Ash or Misty (actually, I haven't seen that many Brock centered fics...hmmm). I actually like Tracey, and was dissapointed that they didn't give the guy more character development on the anime. And I agree with SneaselReborned, it's good that it doesn't just have battle, battle, battle. Keep writing!!
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Good chapter, Hanada. I like it when trainers beat gym leaders by using some strategy, not just brute strength. Well done.
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PokeRuler: Thanks for the nice comments! So, Julian has a chance of being in the special! When fifteen people sign up, I'll tell you the circumstances for the contest, okay?
Light Togetic: Good, someone else from Anime read this! Thanks for taking your time to read! I might make Brock make an appearence in this sometime as well.
RJDude: Thanks for reading, Tracey's not that good a trainer, he relies on strategy more often.
Chapter 7: J & J Furniture Stores
After winning his first badge on Tangelo Island, Tracey Sketchit still had to do something before accomplishing his visit to Tangelo. He wanted to find some kind of a furniture store to buy some drapes for his ship.
After walking around for a while on the island, he found a rather shabby building, but it seemed to be what he was looking for. The sign read J & J Furniture Stores, and it seemed to have drapes.
Tracey entered the store, and it really smelled musty. It was pretty big, and Tracey saw the cashier. The people at the register had red hair and blue hair, and they both had fake smiles on their faces.
Tracey likewise smiled at them, and looked around for some drapes. As he looked around, he noticed that the two people at the register were mumbling something to each other, but he let it go.
Suddenly, he found what he was looking for, three sets of Horsea curtains, and they were very beautiful. Tracey took them, and paid for them at the register.
"Hi, I'll get these three plus this bag of Grumpig Bacon Chips", said Tracey, as he handed the curtains and a bag of potato bacon chips to the girl with red hair.
"That'll be 69.99 please", said the woman, still smiling.
Tracey was amazed, three small curtains and a bag of chips for $70? They must be ridiculous.
As the cashiers put the items in the bags, they handed them to Tracey and he walked off, but as he was walking out of the store, the doors closed and locks in front of his face.
"What the..." said Tracey, but the cashiers finished his words for him.
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of life, surrender now or prepare to fight!", said the one with red hair.
"I'm James, she's Jessie, and this is Meowth", said the one with the blue hair.
"Meowth, that's right!", said a cat Pokemon, drinking a Pina Colada.
"Team Rocket, not you again!", said Tracey, as he looked at them angirly.
"Yes, little twerp, give us your Pokemon and your badges or we will take them by brute force!", said James, as Meowth, finishing his Pina Colada threw it on the ground, and held up a musket, ready to fire.
"This time, you're not in the sea, you're stuck here with no where to hide!", said Jessie, holding her own musket and giving James one too.
Tracey looked ready to listen to Team Rocket.
"Now, little boy, you will die either way. If you don't give us your Pokemon, you will face the consenquences by getting shot at by three muskets, and if you do give us what we want, we will escape in our Meowth balloon, while we bomb this joint sky high!", said Jessie, as she prepared to fire the muskets.
"Well, if this is what it is going to come too, then we might as well make it a battle", said Tracey, getting Horsea's Dive Ball and Voltorb's Poke Ball ready.
"Um, twerp, we don't want a battle.", said Jessie, but suddenly she got a phone call.
"What do you mean Moltres escaped? LAWRENCE, you piece of manure, we had the fire bird! Never mind, I'll be right there, can't you do anything right?", screamed Jessie, as she turned the phone off and took James and Meowth and ran out of the store, letting Tracey escape.
It was almost time for the sun to set, and Tracey walked to the dock. He boarded The Valencia, and put his Badge Case on the Bedside table. He healed Horsea and Voltorb and put them on the Pokeball holder, and put the Horsea drapes up. They looked very matching to the blue painted room, and soon the window on the cabin door, and the two windows in the cabin were covered.
Tracey then fell into a deep feverish sleep, and he saw the dream again...
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Hmm... so Jessie and James are inlisting Lawrence's help in catching the Legenndary birds? Sounds cool. Keep up the good work.
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Geez, Lawrence can't ever get much right can he?And Tracey buying Horsea curtains is kinda cute. I want to know why Tracey keeps having the same dream about his brother. Is it simply a bad dream... or not? Oh well, I'll just have to wait to find out. Keep writing!
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RJDude: Yeah, Lawrence the III plays a big part in the fic later on, you shall see soon enough.
Light Togetic: Yeah, the Legendary Trio do attack Valencia Island again in the future, but not till the end of the fic. The dream does end when Tracey finishes the Orange League though.
Chapter 8: Reunions
After winning his first badge on Tangelo Island and also getting new drapes for his cabin, Tracey Sketchit is en route to the next island, Mikan Island. It seems that Mikan Island, which is where Tracey can win his second badge, is not very far from Tangelo Island; only about fifty miles. Tracey, during the night, made progress of about twenty miles, so has almost arrived to Mikan. However, before he does arrive, there is one island on the road, known as Lassen Island, and that's where Tracey is headed.
Tracey reached Lassen Island early in the morning. He stopped in the boat parking and decided he would call his parents back in Valencia. He went to the video phone in the cabin, and called home. The answering machine came on. Andrea's face came on as she said "Hello. The Sketchits are not home right now, but please leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.", and Tracey hung up, as he knew that his parents never check their messages.
Tracey then called Professor Ivy's lab, and she picked up the phone instantly. Tracey didn't see Wailmer around, so he presumed it was in its Pokeball.
"Hi, Professor Ivy! It's me, Tracey! I already won a badge on Tangelo Island, and I'm at Lassen Island right now!", said Tracey, as Ivy looked on happily.
"Lassen Island already? That's great news Tracey, because I know for a fact that your other rivals, May and Misty, are at this very island!", said Ivy, as Tracey's face lighted up.
"Cool! Where are Mom, Dad, Smeargle, and Miltank?", asked Tracey.
"They went down to The Venetian to go eat.", said Ivy. Tracey wished he was with them, but those thoughts were shelved when he realized that he could even challenge May or Misty to a battle!
"Well, Professor, I've got to leave, I'll see ya soon!", said Tracey, as he hung the phone up, took Horsea's Dive Ball and Voltorb's Poke Ball, and headed off for Lassen Island.
As Tracey went on the island, he noticed it was more of a tourist trap than a jungle island like Electric Island or Danbun Island, but he didn't exactly think it was as populated as Valencia Island or Tangelo Island, so he continued walking.
Soon, he saw his rivals, May and Misty standing on a street corner, with their Pokemon. He was proud that his Pokemon looked stronger than their Pokemon did.
May looked the same, and she was taking pictures of her Pokemon, her starter, Azurill, and a new Pokemon she must have caught, Torchic.
Misty's Pokemon looked a bit tougher than May's, but they appeared like they still needed work. Misty's starter, Poliwag, had grown, but she also had caught a rare grass type Pokemon, Sunkern. Tracey had seen a lot of those on Danbun Island. Ned had told him a lot of stories about them. He wanted to see Ned again.
Tracey decided to release his Pokemon too, just to show off to May and Misty how good his were compared to theirs. He threw the Dive Ball and the Poke Ball, and out came Horsea and Voltorb, looking more vibrant than ever.
"Hey, look! It's our friend, Tracey, from Valencia!", said May, as they ran up to Tracey smiling. Misty was clearly blushing.
Tracey hadn't ate his Grumpig Bacon Chips yet, so he pulled it out of his pocket and decided to share it with Misty and May.
"Hi, Tracey. How are you?", asked Misty, with May nodding. Horsea and Voltorb started talking to Sunkern, Azurill, and Torchic. Poliwag seemed a bit anti-social, so it just stayed on Misty's shoulder.
"So, you girls are traveling together?", asked Tracey, with a skeptical look upon his face.
"Yeah, my dad Norman, who's the gym leader in Petalburg City in this nowhere place called Hoenn brought us one for keeps, so we travel in it!", said May, with a dumbounded look on her face. Misty kept looking at Tracey.
"So, I've alredy won one badge.", said Tracey holding up his Orange League Badge Case with the Navy Crimson Badge on the top space.
May started hysterically laughing, while Misty just smiled. "We've already won two badges, from Mikan Island!", said May, as she held of her and Misty's Orange Island Badge Cases, which already had two spaces filled; the Navy Crimson Badge and the Coral Eye Badge.
Tracey just kept to himself, and looked at the Pokemon.
"So, how about a little, like, battle Tracey?", said May, as Misty talked to Poliwag a little bit.
"Sure, May, it'll be a one on one.", said Tracey, getting ready.
They went to the Lassen Park, in the middle of town. The Pokemon waited with Misty, while Tracey and May got in battle mode.
"I'll first choose this COOL Pokemon! Torchic, Go!", said May, as she ordered Torchic onto the grassy arena. Torchic came out, acting cocky.
"Heh, let's see, Go, Horsea!", said Tracey, as Horsea waddled in front of Torchic, ready to battle.
"Torchic, beat that puny seahorse! Ember!", said May, as Torchic shot a few unorganized flames out of its mouth.
"Horsea, dowse 'em with Bubble!", said Tracey, as Horsea fired a few bubbles out of its mouth. It completely dowsed the flames.
"Dude, this is not time for a bubble bath", said May, as she ordered Torchic to Peck Horsea.
"Horsea, use Smokescreen!", said Tracey, as Horsea fired a deep ink jet at Torchic, which stained its beak, making the Peck inaffective.
"Oh, this brat is getting me angry! TORCHIC! Use, erm, Focus Energy!", said May with a clenched flist.
"Horsea, use Leer!", said Tracey. Horsea used Leer, and everything around Torchic turned black. It couldn't see straight, and the Focus Energy proved to be inaffective.
"Now, Horsea, finish this battle up! Use your Water Gun!", said Tracey, as Horsea squirted a water attack out, which head Torchic head on. The small fire chick toppled on the ground, defenceless.
"Torchic, return now!", said May, as she recalled Torchic in its Love Ball, she started crying on the grass.
"Good job Horsea", said Tracey.
Misty looked like she was gonna throw up at May's sulking.
"Out of the way, May, it's my turn.", said Misty pushing May out of the arena.
"Like girl, what's your problem?", said May, as she recalled her Azurill and put its Dive Ball and Torchic's Love Ball on her waist.
"Nothing, I'm gonna show you how a real battle is fought", said Misty, as she recalled Sunkern and Tracey recalled Horsea.
Tracey and Misty faced each other.
"The Pokemon I will use is going to be Poliwag!", said Misty.
"Heh, you made a grave mistake, Mist. I'm gonna use Voltorb now!", said Tracey.
The anti-social Poliwag faced the overly-social Voltorb; awaiting their masters commands, the battle was going to start...
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Very Original. I really like this story since it has many old characters. The chapters are pretty good too I may add. I hope you do really good with this story.
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Nice fic; although some of the punctuation is off, it generally has had a good enough storyline to make up for it. Team Rocket has ditched the motto, I see, and none of the anime characters have met each other, excluding Tracey and Prof. Ivy, at least to our knowledge. This type of thing has been tried before, by pikagurl23, for instance (who I haven't seen for ages), but you've done a nice job of making your fic stand out. However, I think a few things could be done to make the fic more noticeable and be taken more seriously. For instance, you might want to try just describing the Pokemon instead of putting an icon directly up there. But if that's how you'd like to run this fic, that's fine. Another related point is just maybe having more description in general. Part of the problem with some fics is that they have all action and no description. You've done a pretty good job so far, though, I have to say. And character development's always good. That's been the main weakness of this fic, I think. Tracey doesn't seem to have changed very much. Even though it's still the early chapters, he'll have to change sometime, or people will lose interest in the monotone character.
I'll enter the contest. If I'm to be riding Articuno, just have me as a real shady guy who goes by the name of "Mr. Pikachu."It doesn't matter to me what Pokemon he has, choose whatever you like. Good luck with this fic, and I'll definitely keep reading!
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Dewgongtears: Thanks for reading! I hope you read future chapters!
mr_pikachu: Thanks for reading! I'll take those tips into consideration, and try to describe the Pokemon more in addition with posting their pictures. Well, the second person in the contest. We need thirteen more!
Chapter 9: Reunions II
Tracey stood on the grassy arena in front of Misty. Her red hair blew in small strands as the wind came her way. May stood and watched, perpelexed by her loss, but also eager to see what would happen.
Voltorb and Poliwag faced each other. Voltorb's round body faced Poliwag's circular one in stress. Poliwag, the anti-social Pokemon, seemed to be a little scared of Voltorb, but it knew that it could defeat it somehow, as both Misty and Poliwag sensed Voltorb's weak spot.
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"Okay, Voltorb, start and finish this with your Thundershock!", said Tracey, as Voltorb again fired an electric attack at Poliwag. Before Misty gave a command, Poliwag was shocked, almost to the point of fainting, but it endured the blast.
"Heh, Poliwag's better than that! Use your Water Gun!", said Misty, as Poliwag fired an icy cold water blast at Voltorb, who was shaken but not fainted.
"Heh, Voltorb one more Thundershock, and this mismatch is over!", said Tracey, but suddenly Misty ordered Poliwag to use a Hypnosis attack.
Poliwag's belly spirals started to turn, and turn, and turn, until Voltorb's eyes started to close.
"Come on Voltorb, don't fall asleep!", said Tracey, as Voltorb's eyes started to close even more, until it fell asleep.
Misty cheered on for Poliwag, as the red Pokeball Pokemon started to roll in a deep sleep.
"Now, Poliwag, use your Dream Eater!", said Misty, as Poliwag's belly grew purple, and Voltorb turned black and it seemed like it was having a nightmare, but then it looked perplexed! Poliwag had eaten Voltorb's energy!
"How can a Poliwag learn that?", screamed Tracey. It was clear that his monotone normal personality was going to change for the worse after this potential round.
"Well, Poliwag is a half-psychic Pokemon, so there.", said Misty, as she ordered Poliwag to use another Water Gun on the sleeping Voltorb. Poliwag fired another Water attack, and this time Voltorb got real wet.
"Now, my dear friend Tracey,", said Misty, as May looked on horrified, "What was the last movie Voltorb used on Poliwag before it fell asleep?", asked Misty, in a suspicious tone of voice.
"Um, I think it was Thunderbolt.", said Tracey.
"A trainer I battled on the way here taught my Poliwag a special movie, Mirror Move. It repeats the move used last by the opponent on the opponent.", said Misty, grinning.
Tracey realized he was in for it.
"And now that your Voltorb in Slumberland is asleep, and wet, Poliwag will use Mirror Move on that Voltorb!", said Misty, as Poliwag grew yellow with electricity, and used a Thundershock at Voltorb, who, while wet, and while being an electric type, became conducted, and fainted.
At this point, everything around Tracey turned black. The once green, lush trees became dry ashpits. The bench that May was sitting on became a grave. The grass became sand. The sun became the moon. And Tracey ran. He recalled his Voltorb and ran.
He heard cries behind him from May and Misty, screaming at him to come back, but he ignored them and continued to run. This was his first loss. A loss against a ruthless Pokemon trainer. A ruthless Charlotte, a joke.
He ran and ran and ran, all through Lassen Island. Everything around him was black. He screamed, and screamed, and screamed.
Meanwhile...
"What the hell happened to Tracey?" asked May, as she got up from the bench.
"I dunno, he took his loss so seriously, I guess.", said Misty, as she congratulated Poliwag on its win and recalled it in its Dive Ball.
"It was just one puny battle, I thought Tracey would be a good sport, not a cry baby", said May.
"Shut up May, he's not a crybaby, he's had a hard life", said Misty, as May rolled her eyes.
"I think you have the hots for Tracey", said May, as Misty slapped her. May slapped her back.
"Listen you ****, shut up or my Poliwag'll telepathically teleport you into the ocean!", said Misty. May saw that Misty kinda felt bad for Tracey, but she let it go.
"Whatever, sorry, come on, on to the island where we'll get our third gym badges, I think its Navel Island!", said May.
"Okay, let's go back onto the ship, come on, I'm excited!", said Misty, as May ran after her. They left the park.
Meanwhile...
Tracey still was running. It wasn't the loss. He didn't even know what it was. He saw the dream while running. He saw Articuno behind him, firing Ice Beams wherever he went. He saw Zapdos firing Thunders, and Moltres firing Fire Attacks. One hit his ship, and he was on it. He didn't realize where he was, as he saw himself in three places at once. He saw Danny screaming for help, he saw his parents screaming for help.
His life was a circle, all around him were images from the past, shamless days and nights with Professor Ivy studying in the lab, looking and fantasizing about Misty in History class, his life seemed to be an archeology of madness.
Suddenly, he fell. He couldn't take it any more. He just fell. He heard himself fall with a thud. His eyes closed, and they didn't open.
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wow! cliffhanger! oooww..... Oh, by the way hello
oh, and if i'm allowed to enter your competition thingy... Can the char be a girl called Amelia with thick chesnut hair, very quirky, and a rapidash? please? rapidash is so cool..... plus i think it'd be funny to have a fire trainer riding artincuno.....but thats just me ^_^'
can't wait for the next chappie!!
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Great Chapter. The chapter was pretty cool but Tracey lost. Oh well it is still a good chapter. I hope your next chapter is just as good as the rest of them.
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Oh, BTW, I know the circumstances for the contest. When fifteen people register, I will write a secret code in the chapter. Whoever reads it first, and sends me a PM with the secret code first (out of those who registed), will be the person riding the Articuno. Keep reading!
*shadow* - Thanks for reading my fic! I really want to make Tracey different from his monotone character that he is on the tv show.
DewgongTears - Yeah, Tracey's gonna lose a lot of matches on this fic, this is just the beginning.
Chapter 9: Reunions III
Tracey woke up. He was in a white room, with an open window by his side. He was in a big bed, and he saw that he was in white hospital clothes. Horsea's and Voltorb's respective balls were on the bedside table, and the breeze was blowing through the window.
"So, I see that you're all right!", said a woman that Tracey recognized as Nurse Joy. "Some people found you on the street, and brought you in to the Pokemon Center. You seemed to be suffering from epileptic seizures."
Following Nurse Joy was a small egg Pokemon named Chansey; it followed her around wherever she went.
"Now, you look fine. I see no reason why you can't just dress up and leave", said Nurse Joy, but as soon as Tracey got up, he realized he couldn't walk and fell back down on the bed.
"Oh dear, I'll call your mother. Would you give me her number?", said Joy, but Tracey didn't want to worry them so he told her not to call.
The day passed. It seemed that Tracey had spent the night at the Pokemon Center, but he had come that morning after battling Misty. He felt bad for the loss, but he didn't realize why he made a big deal about it.
Suddenly it happened again. The white room turned black. The noises coming out the window from Lassen Island's Main Street turned into cries. Tracey looked around and saw himself standing up.
He heard cries around him. He heard the Legendary Trio behind him, and he took off and ran. He heard cries next to him, around him, all around him. Suddenly, he saw his estate in Valencia. He ran in, it seemed like he was flying. He saw Danny at the front door, his parents behind him. Suddenly, they both disappeared, and he crashed through the window.
Tracey in reality had crashed in the computer of the Pokemon Center. He had in reality gotten out of the bed and ran through the Pokemon Center.
As he fell, he screamed, and cried, and cried, until no voice was heard. He and the broken computer lay in front of an astonished Nurse Joy who carried Tracey to his bed.
Tracey was bleeding everywhere.
"WE CAN'T GET A HEARTBEAT!", said Joy, as she and Chansey tried CPR on the corpse of Tracey Sketchit. Chansey tried using its Heal Bell attack, but Tracey didn't move.
Tracey was dead. Or to his knowledge. If Heal Bell didn't work, then nothing would. That was until something crashed through the window.
"AAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!", said Nurse Joy. A mummified creature came out from the rubble. (This character is going to be the person who wins the contest.
"What are you doing here? GET OUT, OR I'LL CALL OFFICER JENNY!", said Nurse Joy, screaming as she hid behind Chansey. Tracey was still dead.
The creature didn't speak. It took out a gun from somewhere, anywhere, it didn't matter, and shot Joy, once in the head, and twice in the heart. She then shot Chansey's egg twice, and its heart three times.
She was about to shoot Tracey, but saw his Badge Case on the table, and didn't. She got out some kind of a powder from inside her mummy bandage, and poured it on Tracey, then with a clap of her fingers, Tracey returned to infront of his boat, with all his Pokemon and Badge Case. He was returned and recalled to normal.
He turned around and saw that the Pokemon Center was a bunch of rubble, and that people were screaming that Nurse Joy and Chansey were dead; but he seemed to have no knowledge of this. The last thing he remembered was battling Misty; and how her Poliwag beat Voltorb.
He didn't care. As far as he was concerned, he beat May, who seemed stronger than Misty, so it didn't matter.
Leaving his forgotten seizures behind him, Tracey got on his ship, and headed off twenty miles from Lassen Island to Mikan Island.
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NIce chapter! The description was nice, and I felt like I could see the chapter playing out in my head as I read. Good job, that's exactly what you want!
Only two mistakes that I saw: You changed the attack that Poliwag copied from Thundershock to Thunderbolt and back! Also, how could Tracey have been dreaming about Misty in history class if he only just met her? Am I missing something there?
Once again, nice work! If it continues this way, I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being a hit! (At least for a trainer fic) Keep it up!
EDIT: Whoops! Got sidetracked and ended up replying after you posted the next chapter! I've gotta go, but I'll try to read it when I can and reply to it!
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WOW! That was sooo good!!
I like the mummy boy. I wanna be the mummy
Register me.
BTW, my name would be Sheu, so just take a note of that if I win. My pokemon would be a Dragonite, a Tyranitar, and a Metagross.
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_pikachu: Thanks for reading! LOL, sorry I made a few mistakes there, but Misty and May knew Tracey from high school, that's how they know each other.
SneaselReborned: Thanks, now that we have 4 people who have registered, we need just 11 more people to give the secret password! Come on, I know you guys are out there!
Chapter 10: Team Rocket and Lawrence
As Tracey continued his journey to Mikan Island where he would win his second Coral Eye Badge, Jessie, James, and Meowth, our evil Team Rocket trio, continued in their Feebas sub to Electric Island, where their boss had established a new hideout.
"Jessie, have you ever realized that we have positvely no Pokemon?", said James with a confused look on his face.
"Well, ya got me!", said Meowth, in his raspy and ugly voice.
"No one asked you! Besides the only move you now is Growl, and it is useless in battle!", said Jessie.
"Oh well, you two keep on peddling, I'm gonna go fix myself a Vanilla Pina Colada.", said Meowth, as he got out from the peddling machine and went to fix himself an alcoholic beverage.
"Oh, do whatever you want, you alcoholic cat!", said James, as he continued thinking about what Pokemon would suit them.
Suddenly, Jessie saw their map and calculated that they should be directly by Electric Island now.
They got out of the sub, Meowth with his pina colada, and all ready to head out to land.
Jessie and James and Meowth looked around for a Rocket Grunt to signify that the hideout was near. Suddenly, they both saw two bug type Pokemon that seemed to be staring directly at them.
"Oh, those are Wurmple!", said James, as he saw the cute bug type.
"Exactly the Pokemon Team Rocket is looking for!", said Jessie.
"I want mine to evolve into the evil and strong Dustox!", said James, as he got a Pokeball ready.
"I want mine to evolve into the beautiful and beautiful Beautifly!", said Jessie, as she thought of Beautifly.
"We'll have to weaken them before we catch them!", said James.
"But we don't have any Pokemon, except for this useless cat, but it doesn't know any attacks.", said Jessie, as Meowth continued to drink its Pina Colada.
"Oh well, we've got to try our luck!", said Jessie, as she and James threw their Pokeballs. Jessie's got the left, more femanine Wurmple, and James' hit the right, more masculine Wurmple. They moved once, twice, and finally three times; and then pinged.
"All right! We both caught Wurmple!", said Jessie, as she took her Pokeball and put it on her waste, and James did the same.
"Heh, now you two can actually battle!", said Meowth, in his usual raspy tone of voice.
With two new Pokemon, Jessie, James, and Meowth continued to the hideout, there they saw a Rocket Grunt waiting outside.
"Welcome, Rocket elites.", said the Grunt.
"Welcome, Grunt", said Jessie, as the grunt seemed annoyed.
"The Boss Giovanni left for Viridian City on the mainland, it seems that he had some interesting business to attend to.", said the Grunt.
"Where is Lawrence?", asked Jessie.
"He's downstairs", said the Grunt, as he used his shovel to dig a tunnel entrance. Jessie, James, and Meowth, who finished his Pina Colada, climbed down through the entrance, as the Grunt did the same.
The underground secret base was small. It was lavish. There was a blue couch with a coffee table in front of it. There was a television, and it looked a lot like Tracey's cabin.
On the couch sat a fat, stocky man, with greenish, blond hair, smoking a cigar.
"Lawrence, how awful to see you!", said Jessie, as she held her hand out, and Lawrence kissed it.
"Hello, Madam Jessie, how awfully tempting!", said Lawrence.
James, annoyed, didn't even greet Lawrence.
"Well, Jess, it seems that we meet again here. I must give my sincere apologies for losing track of Moltres; my overhead fortress is huge, but for so me reason it is not immune to fire attacks. I have to spend another million to rebuild it.", said Lawrence.
"Why don't you go and catch some Pokemon in order to battle the bird, smartass.", said James.
Jessie looked at James, and Lawrence chuckled.
"Fool. Don't you know that the legendary birds can't be battled with regular Pokemon?", said Lawrence, as James ate his words.
"Anyway, where were we? Yes, um, I talked to Abagail this morning. She says that she tried to put a Voltorb to guard the Zapdos on this very island, but when a kid caught the Voltorb, the Zapdos escaped.", said Lawrence.
"WHAT?", screamed Jessie. "Why did that old coot put a Voltorb in front of the electric bird!"
"Wait, we know a kid who has a Voltorb!", said James, as Jessie also remembered.
"Hmm, so he's the ones that caught the Voltorb that Abby put; hmm. I see. Abagail is busy, she is the gym leader of Tangelo, she doesn't have time to find rare electric types.", said Lawrence.
"Where is Articuno? Is it just flying around?", asked James.
Lawrence ignored him, but when Jessie asked the same question, he answered "He was last sighted heading for Mikan Island. There was a wierd mummy creature flying on him."
"Well, we'd better scram, the birds have to be caught and tamed", said James, as he got out and helped Jessie. The Grunt dug the hole again and remained inside with Lawrence, while Jessie, James, and Meowth, and their new Wurmple, headed out to the Feebas Sub, and started to follow Tracey to Mikan Island.
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Chapter 11: The Mikan Island Gym
Tracey Sketchit, now all healed and back to normal, was heading for Mikan Island. He realized that he was about 10 miles north of it, so he decided to get ready. It was early in the morning, so he got Horsea's and Voltorb's Poke and Dive Balls and healed them. Then, he took his badge case and got out of the railing.
Soon, he was in the boat parking for Mikan Island. He got out, and saw bustling life on the small island community. It, like Valencia Island, had a pretty large shopping center, and smack dab in the middle was the Mikan Island Pokemon Gym.
The gym looked more deserted than an area for battling. It was a grass gym, all ingrown with trees and shrubs. Tracey entered it. The gym was dark, and a short kid with glasses was standing on the grass arena.
"How may I help you?", asked the boy.
"Um, I want to challenge the gym leader for my second Orange League gym badge!", said Tracey, with a clenched fist.
"Very well, let's get this show on the road then!", said the boy.
"You mean to tell me that you're the Pokemon Gym Leader for Mikan Island?", said Tracey, in an astonished voice.
"No, he's not, and he doesn't even have any Pokemon!", said a more developed individual.
"Huh?", said a confused Tracey.
"I am the Orange Island Mikan Gym Leader, Joey Wheeler, and I train dual type water and grass Pokemon.", said Joey, who had blond hair.
"Well, then who's this kid?", asked Tracey.
"This is my little brother, Masato, and he's very annoying", said Joey, as Masato rolled his eyes and stood at the side of the arena.
"All right, this is gonna be a 1 on 1 battle, no time limit! Let's get this show on the road! Go, Lombre!", said Joey, as he threw a Net Ball onto the arena, and a very wierd Pokemon came out onto the grass field.
"What the heck is that ugly thing?", said Tracey, as he got his Dive Ball ready, and sent Horsea out.
Horsea looked rather cute compared to the rather ugly Lomtre.
"Beauty is only skin deep;", said Joey, "Lombre, start off with your Astonish!"
Lombre's eyes grew red, and Horsea felt himself go black, and suddenly saw scary images around him, he got scared and confused, and kept flinching.
"AH! Horsea, you okay, buddy?", asked Tracey, as Horsea kept attacking himself.
"Astonish usually makes the foe flinch and confused! Well, let's use an Absorb, Lombre! Since Horsea is Part Water, Grass attacks like this should be super affective!", said Joey, as both Lombre's and Horsea's bodies grew green. Lombre seemed to be sucking Horsea's energy out.
Horsea grew very weak, as Lombre took even more energy in and looked larger than ever. This is when Tracey noticed the various shrubs around the area. Suddenly, Lombre started glowing white. It became much taller, it's color changed from green to yellow, and it looked like a huge pineapple.
"Hehe, Lombre just evolved into Ludicolo!", said Joey, as Masato gasped.
Tracey and Horsea realized they were in for it. But just like with Relicanth at the Tangelo Gym, size did matter, and he knew how to literally make Ludicolo trip up.
"Ludicolo can now use more advanced grass and water attacks! Start off with a Sunny Day!", said Joey, as the room grew bright. Horsea couldn't see straight, but neither could Ludicolo, so it lost accuracy.
"Horsea, use your SmokeScreen!", said Tracey, as Horsea fired ink from its snout. It hit Ludicolo straight on, and it fell. The sun grew bright. Tracey thought, but before he could think of a strategy, Ludicolo was up.
"Start of with a Solarbeam!", said Joey, as the sun was absorbed into Ludicolo, and it fired a green beam, directly at Horsea. Horsea took the beam straight on, but it wasn't done yet, just very weak.
Suddenly, Horsea's snout grew blue. Masato, Joey, and Ludicolo looked closely. A huge blue twister came out of it. The massive flying attack took Ludicolo by surprise. It took the pineapple in it, turning it around, and finally throwing it into the shrubs.
"Wow, Horsea learned Twister!", said Tracey.
"Now, use your Water Gun!", said Tracey, and Horsea's Water Gun pushed Ludicolo the the wall, and it fainted.
"OH! MY PRECIOUS LUDICOLO! Return!", said Joey, as he recalled his newly evolved Pokemon into its Dive Ball.
"That was great, Horsea!", said Tracey, as he hugged Tracey.
"That was a great match yourself", said Masato, as Joey spoke. "I think you are totally deserving of this badge, take the Coral Eye Badge, as a prize."
As Tracey recalled Horsea, he cheered "I got the Coral Eye Badge!". He put the badge in the Orange League Badge Case, in the second spot, next to the Navy Crimson Badge which he one in Tangelo Island.
As he bid farwell to Masato and Joey, he headed back to the Valencia. He healed Horsea and Voltorb in the PokeBall healer and put his Orange Badge case, with two badges back. He checked the map and it said that the next badge island was in Navel Island, and that he needed to pass Fire Island before getting there.
Fire Island was about 30 miles south, and Navel was likewise 30 miles south.
And so, Tracey headed for Fire Island and finally his ultimate goal, Navel Island.
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Pretty cool chapter even though I do not like Ludicolo but it was still a good chapter. I also liked the gym battle pretty cool too I might add. I can not wait till your next chapter.
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Joey Wheeler, huh? Wonder where that came from
Meh, I really liked it. Still, I think that some of the other chappies were better. You need to strengthen your battle scenes a little bit. But still, very nice fic! I like how this is coming out. Only 281 more episodes until TQ is done!
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Well, I like your storey ^_^
I just popped in, and read all chapter in a breath
Keep up the good work
A Little question, will Horsea evove in a seadra and later in a kingdra? Or will it stay a little Horsea for ever(like pickachu)
Anyway, Can I register for your appearance thingy?
My pokes are : Jigglypuff(puffy), Starmie(Ster), Vaporeon(Mirroreon), Lapras(Myst) and a Blissey(Lucky)
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DewgongTears: Thanks! I prefer Lotad to Lombre and Ludicolo too. Ludicolo is just plain wierd. O_O
SneaselReborned: Thanks! Battles are my weakness, I prefer character development to battles. Thanks, though!
Whizzy: Thanks for reading! I answered your question through PM, since it might have revealed a spoiler! Also, thanks for registering! Now, we need only 10 more people since 5 people have already registered!
Chapter 12: Fire Island
Tracey Sketchit woke up. He tossed and turned in bed, but realized that for the last night he did not have the dream that was bothering him. He took his Orange League Badge Case out and looked. He had two badges and two spaces full. The Navy Crimson Badge from Tangelo Island and the Coral Eye Badge at the Mikan Island Gym.
He took Horsea's Dive Ball and Voltorb's Poke Ball and released them out. He hadn't done this for quite a while, he was becoming anti-social kind of like Misty's Poliwag who defeated him on Lassen Island.
Horsea and Voltorb came out of their Pokeballs and looked around. They really had grown a whole lot since Tracey first got them.
Tracey took Horsea and Voltorb and looked outside at the sea. Horsea loved the sea, so he hopped off of Tracey and sat on the railing. Voltorb remained in Tracey's grip. It looked at the sky and wondered where its boss Zapdos was. But it was happy with Tracey.
Suddenly, Tracey sighted that he was very close to an island. He stopped the motor and parked in the deserted Boat Parking. It seemed like this was and used to be a town.
Tracey got up. A sign read "Fire Island". He saw a lot of burned buildings, ash forests, and streets that at least used to exist. Tracey was surprised.
"Sad, isn't it?", said a man with a heavy Southern accent behind Tracey.
"Mr. Wallingrum! From Danbun Island!", said Tracey as he shook Ned's hand. Voltorb and Horsea tried looking around for Cyndaquil, as they had become quite good friends. They saw a Pokemon that looked like Cyndaquil, but bigger and meaner.
"Well, Horsea and Voltorb look good!", said Wallingrum.
"Yeah, they won me two badges!", said Tracey while holding the badge case up. Ned admired the badges, while Horsea and Voltorb looked at the Pokemon.
"Hor Hor Horsea?", asked Horsea to Tracey.
"What, what happened to Cyndaquil?", asked Tracey.
"Oh, this here is Quilava. My Cyndaquil evolved after battling some wild steel Pokemon on the next island after Navel Island. They have many a wild steel Pokemon.", said Ned, as Quilava looked on.
Horsea and Voltorb started talking to Quilava, and they discussed current events.
Mr. Wallingrum and Tracey took a walk, looking around at the sounds and sights of what once was Fire Island.
"What happened here? Why would people want to desert such a nice island?", asked Tracey.
"They all moved to Cinnabar Island in Kanto.", said Ned, with a scurmished look on his face, as Quilava, Horsea, and Voltorb kept on talking.
"Oh yeah, this was the work of the legendary bird Moltres.", said Ned. "One day, for some wierd reason, Moltres didn't want life here. He burned everything, killing many people. This was about three days after the attack on your house, Tracey."
Tracey froze. It seemed like the legendary birds went on a topsy turvy run while killing people.
Suddenly, he bumped into a red-orange Pokemon. "Char Char!", it said smiling.
"Hey, that's a wild Charmander! I would catch it!", said Ned.
"A Charmander? Heh, this is my chance!", said Tracey, while getting a Luxury Ball out.
"Okay, go battle it Voltorb!", said Tracey, as Voltorb stopped talking to Quilava and Horsea and went to battle the lizard Pokemon.
Charmander used an Ember attack, as red flames emptied from its mouth.
"Voltorb, use Sonicboom!", said Tracey, as Voltorb's eyes grew yellow, and it sent out a yellow sonicboom, CHarmander got caught in it, and it was tossed onto the ground hard.
"Now, Voltorb, use Tackle!", said Tracey, but just as Voltorb got close enough to Charmander, it got Scratched in the face.
"Voltorb, use another Sonicboom!", said Tracey, as Voltorb used the same attack that it used before. This time, Charmander was about to faint. Its tail seemed weak. Tracey was about to throw the Luxury Ball, but threw the green Friend Ball instead.
Charmander was pulled inside. The Friend Ball shook once, twice, and three times, and then pinged. Tracey caught Charmander!
The weary Voltorb came back to talk to Quilava and Horsea.
Tracey looked at the Friend Ball and released his new Charmander.
"Hi, Charmander! This is Voltorb and Horsea!", said Tracey, as Charmander walked over to Horsea, Voltorb, and Quilava and started a nice conversation.
"Heh, Pokemon are so cool!", said Tracey.
Suddenly, a net covered Horsea, Voltorb, and Quilava.
"My QUILAVA!", said Ned.
"Horsea, Voltorb, what's going on?", screamed Tracey, as Charmander sat looking around.
"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light", said Jessie.
"I'm James, she's Jessie, and this is Meowth!", said James.
"Meowth that's right!", said Meowth in a raspy voice, drinking a pina colada.
"What do you nitwits want with our Pokemon?", said Tracey, with a clenched fist.
"You're the ones who staged my robbery on Danbun Island, didn't you? The Swinub and Mankey who drank your pets Pina Colada almost died!", said Mr. Wallingrum.
"Shut up Grandpa, now twerp, give us your Charmander or we'll electrify this Horsea and throw this Voltorb in the ocean with Quilava!", said Jessie.
"We might as well make it a battle then!", said Tracey.
"Fine, Go Wurmple!", said Jessie.
"Go, Wurmple!", said James.
The two twin Wurmple sat on the ground next to each other, in battle mode.
"I have no choice but to use Charmander; GO!", said Tracey, as Charmander jumped into battle mode, ready to take on the Wurmple.
"Charmander, start off with Scratch!", said Tracey, as Charmander scratched Jessie's Wurmple on the face. Wurmple took back, and collapsed onto James' Wurmple, giving him collateral damage.
"Oh Wurmple, give it your Poison Sting!", said James, as Wurmple fired a Poison Sting attack at Charmander. Charmander held his stomach in pain, it had been poisoned.
"Perfect, now we'll just reel the prey in! Wurmple! String Shot!", said Jessie.
"Yes, Wurmple, you likewise use String Shot!", said James.
Meowth was cheering on.
The two Wurmple fired a String Shot, which hit Charmander, but it was faster. It hit an Ember straight on, setting the string on fire, and eventually hitting Team Rocket and Meowth.
Ned had cut the ned during the battle, and Quilava, Horsea, and Voltorb soon escaped.
"Team Rocket's Blasting Off Again!", said they, as Jessie, James, Meowth, and their Wurmple blasted off again.
"Thanks, Charmander! If Not For you, none of this would happened!", said Tracey, as he recalled Horsea in its Dive Ball, Voltorb in its Poke Ball, and Charmander in its Friend Ball.
As they reached Fire Island's shore again, Tracey waved to Ned and Quilava, as they went to do more exploring. Tracey went in the ship. He healed his Pokemon, then put the Pokeballs on the stand. He know had three Pokemon; Horsea and the Dive Ball, Voltorb and the PokeBall, and Charmander and the FriendBall.
He sailed on towards the third gym, Navel Island.
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Good storie, though a little short.
And Charmander is overused, although I don't mind, some people will probaply will.
But whatever, this fic is very good.
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I want Team Rockets wurmples to evolve so I cans ee what they get. But very cool chapter even though Charmander is not my favorite.
I guess I will register also.
Meagan, her pokemon will be Swampert, Minun, Walrein, Altaria and Gardevoir.
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Shucks, I made a mistake. Never knew the person on Articuno's back was that violent. Can I please change my Pokémon?
1. Primeape
2. Houndoom
3. Tyrannitar
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this get better and better! Tracey really stands out as a character!! Go Hanada! Wicked chapter. Tracey seems to be soing really well in the Orange League as well.
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Hey that was a great chapter. I like how you have the pokemon pictures over each part of the chapter and it show's which pokemon is gona be in what part. I agree with lot's of people your story does get better and better every chapter. Keep it up I can't wait for the next chapter!
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Mudkip, please delete your post or SOMETHING! You are making the page scroll, and that is not fun when trying to read one of your favorite fanfics.
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